[00:02] <w30> drc, mine won't unclick. the window for settings won't close either, something is foobared.
[00:04] <drc> sounds like it is...and it's fubar...foo and bar are canonical variable settings :)
[00:05] <drc> w30, then maybe you might try the file cure...let me find a URL
[00:06] <drc> w30: http://askubuntu.com/questions/117127/flash-video-appears-blue
[00:08] <w30> drc isn't flash and Adobe wonderfull!
[00:08] <drc> w30: note that using this file cure solves the blue skin,  but it cause <me> not to be able to view some videos such as slashdot tv.
[00:08] <w30> drc, going for the url now; thanks
[00:08] <drc> you pays your money and takes your chances.....
[00:20] <w30> drc, my purple smurf Jay Leno is now flesh colored, thanks
[00:21] <drc> np...have fun
[00:21] <drc> But I thought Leno "was" a smurf?
[00:23] <w30> drc, maybe he's purple from all those exhaust fumes in his garage?
[00:25] <drc> garage, freeway, side street...in SoCal what's the difference?
[00:43] <w30> Leno's garage is probably more like a block.
[04:09] <agentgasmask_> Hi all. When booting 12.04 the loading splash screen shows for 2 seconds, then the backlight of my screen turns off. If I hold the screen up to light I can see that it is still loading. then it goes to the login screen, and THEN 5-7 second later, the backlight comes on. Any idea how to fix this?
[04:10] <Mathsterk> agentgasmask_: it might be the screen, is it a laptop or desktop?
[04:10] <zx22> In xubuntu 12.04, is there any way to connect to a wep network with a key which is 9 characters in length? It seems to only want a key which is 5 or 13 characters...
[04:10] <agentgasmask_> Mathsterk: laptop
[04:10] <agentgasmask_> I've tried hitting the "brighter" key on the keyboard with no change
[04:14] <Mathsterk> agentgasmask_: model?
[04:16] <agentgasmask_> Mathsterk: Acer aspire one d260
[04:17] <agentgasmask_> Mathsterk: It seems odd that it works for a second or two and then doesn't for a bit. I would think if it was waiting for something to load to "turn it on" it would just stay on then...
[04:18] <Mathsterk> maybe a driver isn't cooperating
[04:20] <astraljava> agentgasmask_: Has this changed from any previous release, or is this 12.04 the first on that laptop?
[04:20] <Mathsterk> second hit on google: http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic/11808/solved-odd-lcd-backlight-delay-at-statler-startup/
[04:21] <agentgasmask_> astraljava: I had 11.10 and I don't remember it happening. But I upgraded a wile ago, and I can't remember clearly.
[04:21] <astraljava> Yeah ok, just a thought to find out whether there's a regression.
[04:23] <agentgasmask_> Mathsterk: Great, reading now. Thanks
[11:00] <blarf_> hi, if i want to use the open ati and nvidia driver with 3d support, do i need to do anything, like install something or change some config?
[11:02] <Dice> you may need to install experimental nvidia 3D from "Additional drivers" dialog
[11:03] <blarf_> thaat is closed drivers ;-)
[11:04] <Dice> in 11.10 open 3D one was there too because it was experimental
[11:06] <blarf_> oh. but now is 12.04 released a long time ago so...
[11:07] <Dice> but I don't know if nouveau with 3D support is still experimental, so I made a note about "maybe"
[12:00] <xubuntu658> HI
[12:00] <xubuntu658> I am msiyer
[12:01] <xubuntu658> I updated the X Server after I received a notification. After update, the normal Xubuntu login screen was not available. I decided to purge and reinstall X Server. I issued the following command:
[12:01] <xubuntu658> sudo apt-get remove --purge xserver-xorg
[12:01] <xubuntu658> sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg
[12:01] <xubuntu658> sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
[12:02] <xubuntu658> This solved the login screen issue but I was now not able to login using my normal account. I could login using Guest User account only.
[12:03] <xubuntu658> I logged-in as the Guest User and went to the User Account Management utility. I could see my normal account listed there. I deleted it and chose to save the files in the /home/{normal account}. I re-cretaed the account.
[12:03] <xubuntu658> Is it not dangerous to allow a Guest User to manage User details?(A malicious user may have deleted my files too!)
[12:04] <xubuntu658> Any one who can help me...
[12:17] <fabri> hi all... I've got a Xubuntu 12.04 installed on a Toshiba Satellite L350... Everything is ok but the volume wheel doesn't control the main level but some other device... How can i set it?
[14:19] <wobbly> hello
[14:22] <wobbly> i would like to know how to get Xubuntu 12.04 to boot to  cli and not load the gui at start up thank you
[14:23] <aguitel> every time?
[14:24] <wobbly> yes every time
[14:24] <Marzata> wobbly: maybe not the answer, but then  why do you need xubuntu, ubuntu server will do the job.
[14:24] <wobbly> i know
[14:25] <ochosi> wobbly: uninstall lightdm
[14:25] <wobbly> but i need to stop the gui and load desttop when i need to log in
[14:26] <ochosi> ?
[14:26] <wobbly> ok like this
[14:27] <wobbly> power on box 95 # of the time i dont need dest top
[14:28] <wobbly> but i would still like it there for when i do
[14:29] <wobbly> if i need to log in i can run startx or what ever
[14:30] <wobbly> judt just need to know how to stop lightdm at start up
[14:33] <ochosi> wobbly: you don't need lightdm then. you can use startx for the cases when you want to run xfce
[14:34] <wobbly> so just uninstall lightdm ?
[14:39] <ochosi> yeah, i guess that should work
[15:00] <alex_alex> hi2all
[15:00] <alex_alex> please, advice
[15:00] <Pici> Don't get a tattoo when drunk.
[15:01] <alex_alex> thanks :) i was playing with pavucontrol - changing audio output
[15:01] <Pici> Oh, xubuntu related advice.
[15:01] <alex_alex> and suddenly all sounds disappeared
[15:02] <alex_alex> and now no sound using alsa, pulse etc
[15:02] <alex_alex> i returned evrth back in sound properties
[15:02] <alex_alex> but with no result
[15:03] <alex_alex> reinstalled pulseaudio and alsa
[15:03] <alex_alex> - nothing changed
[15:03] <alex_alex> if boot from livecd
[15:03] <alex_alex> siund work
[15:03] <alex_alex> sounds
[15:04] <alex_alex> so it is not hadware error
[15:04] <alex_alex> what i have to do now?
[15:07] <alex_alex> advice please what i can check, i dont want to reinstall the whole system again :(
[15:07] <holstein> alex_alex: are you up to date with upgrades?
[15:07] <alex_alex> yes, sure
[15:07] <holstein> have you tried booting the older kernel?
[15:07] <holstein> assuming there is one...
[15:08] <alex_alex> no, i dont have an older kernel
[15:08] <holstein> i would open a terminal and run "aplay -l" if you see something there, then, you can assume its going to make sound
[15:08] <holstein> i would open a terminal and run alsamixer, and dont trust the labels
[15:08] <holstein> i would careful think about what you have changed in the system "troubleshooing" your issue, and undo that
[15:09] <holstein> this is a great resource https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Sound ...typically, its an issue where the kernel doesnt support the device, or the alsa version
[15:09] <alex_alex> yes, i can see my card through aplay
[15:09] <alex_alex> and i checked alsdamixer too
[15:10] <holstein> you can always fire up the live CD, and see what kernel and what alsa rev is running there while sound is working
[15:10] <alex_alex> but still no sounds
[15:10] <holstein> alex_alex: sounds like you have misconfigured something.. i sould make a new user, and log in, see if there is sound
[15:10] <holstein> i would check all connections
[15:11] <alex_alex> i checked all connections  - ok
[15:11] <alex_alex> no i'll try to create a new user
[15:11] <alex_alex> now
[15:14] <holstein> theres a bug where when you mute sound with the keyboard shortcut, you *must* unmute in the menu
[15:20] <Level_9> Hey guys... on a new install... I removed the xscreensaver package, and installed the gnome-screensaver package. But -- no lock function now, and no screensaver. Also, no menu entries for it. It's as if some dependencies didn't load via Synaptic....
[15:21] <alex_alex> i just created a new user - stil no sound (:
[15:21] <alex_alex> wtf!!
[15:22] <holstein> i use i think its xtrlock that im using now Level_9
[15:23] <holstein> alex_alex: it seems you have broken your sound... i would try and "retrace" your steps.. maybe you dont have everything properly reinstalled from when you were trying to troubleshoot... i would try selecting the output from alsamixer... i would make sure its not muted in some odd way
[15:25] <alex_alex> in pavicontrol sound is enabled
[15:25] <alex_alex> in the alsamixer i dont see this option
[15:26] <holstein> alex_alex: there is a way to select the device.. but again, im not sure what you have changed while "troubleshooting"
[15:28] <alex_alex> i just changed the audio output to analog stereo duplex as it was by default
[15:29] <alex_alex> how the puvucontrol can break the whole sound system?
[15:29] <alex_alex> very strange
[15:30] <Level_9> xtrlock certainly is interesting. I had to ctrl-alt-F out to a console and kill it. How do you unlock in the GUI?
[15:30] <holstein> alex_alex: it controls the sound system.. if you "experiment" with the settings, you can select a device that doesnt exist or whatever
[15:30] <holstein> Level_9: i just type the password
[15:30] <Level_9> LOL kewl
[15:30] <alex_alex> i tried to select everything in the list step by step - no sound
[15:31] <holstein> Level_9: i got gnome-screen-locker or whatever its called working though.. i wish i could remember the process... it wasnt terribly complex though
[15:31] <holstein> alex_alex: right, but we dont know what you removed, or "reinstalled" or potentially broke before you got here.. can you recall?
[15:32] <alex_alex> i removed pulseaudio and alsa-base
[15:32] <alex_alex> then reinstalled them
[15:32] <alex_alex> and thats all
[15:32] <holstein> alex_alex: by what method? ..apt? synaptic?
[15:32] <alex_alex> apt-get
[15:32] <holstein> alex_alex: i know you are saying "thats all", but that will/can break sound
[15:33] <holstein> if it were my box, i would try all options in alsamixer ...dont trust the labels there
[15:33] <Level_9> on alex_alex's topic what's the best mp3 (or better, multi-format) cli player for use with alsa?
[15:33] <holstein> cvlc ?
[15:34] <alex_alex> but the sound disappeared before i reinstall this packages, i hope reinstall will fix the sound
[15:34] <alex_alex> i  use audacious only :)
[15:35] <holstein> alex_alex: i wasnt aware audacious had a commandline function
[15:35] <Level_9> audacious is awesome. But I need to run ona teeny-tiny machine with no GUI.
[15:35] <alex_alex> yes, i see, but i have never used cli players before
[15:36] <Level_9> I'm using mpg321 right now, but it's stupid and just the first thing I tried other than aplay
[15:36] <holstein> Level_9: mp3blaster seems interesting.. havent spent much time with it myself... you should ask in #opensourcemusicians
[15:36] <Level_9> cool. I'm one of those.
[15:37]  * holstein too :)
[15:37] <Level_9> down with the lawyers at RIAA, ASCAP, BMI, etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. $$$$$$$$$
[15:38] <alex_alex> ok, seems i have to buy a few bottles of beer and install linux mint right now
[15:38] <alex_alex> damned pulse!
[15:38] <Level_9> all the music I write is open source </off_topic>
[15:39] <holstein> alex_alex: mint uses pulse.. and you can break it with the same version of pavucontrol that is in the ubuntu repos that you were using
[15:40] <alex_alex> i know, but my sound problem it is just a one more reason to try this distro
[15:40] <alex_alex> as i have to install the system again, i can try smth different :)
[15:41] <holstein> alex_alex: sure.. and you should try what you like, but you might want to use this as a learning experience, since all the major distros are actualy quite similar in this way
[15:42] <holstein> if you are new to XFCE, linux, pulse, and ALSA, you might want to spentd a little bit more time troubleshooting and trying to undo what you have doen
[15:42] <holstein> done*
[15:43] <alex_alex> i was googling 4 days, and now i just want to relax listening my favorite radio station
[15:44] <holstein> in the future, you might want to come right in here before you do anything else
[15:44] <holstein> it could be something in the UI you are not accustomed to, that now has been compromised
[15:46] <alex_alex> i think that smth miss configured deep in the system
[15:46] <holstein> yeah, maybe you did
[15:46] <alex_alex> but it is difficult to find what exactly
[15:47] <alex_alex> thanks guys, going to reinstall evrth now, buy!
[15:47] <holstein> i would install whatever DE you were used to using before
[15:47] <holstein> bye*
[16:02] <Level_9> holstein: I noticed in the window manager that "gnome services" on startup is not checked by default.... my guess is that's why the gnome screensaver stuff isn't working. However, *I* _am_ working, so I can't just log out and log back in now. Will have to try later.
[16:03] <Level_9> wish xtrlock could be enabled after inactivity. it's awesome.
[16:04] <Level_9> that would be the resident NSA monitor's main complaint about it (they complain about everything other than corruption)
[16:07] <Level_9>  is now known as Plan_9_From_Outer_Space
[18:06] <K1rk> I created a customized, branded profile for my organization in Xubuntu.  I am trying to push this profile to users. (wallpapers, panel positions, panel preferences\widgets) etc.
[18:06] <K1rk> When I was on a Gnome environment I could simply cp -R /home/skeluser/* /etc/skel, then create a user with that skel folder and everything was copied.
[18:07] <K1rk> On Xubuntu it seems some preferences, like wallpaper and panels, go back to default for this new user.
[18:07] <K1rk> How can I fix this?
[18:09] <Unit193> .config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-desktop.xml for example has the wallpaper, should be another way to set that though.
[18:09] <K1rk> Unit193, I assumed the settings were somewhere in the home directory... that's how it is for everything else.  Thanks for the file path, I will look at that file in a moment...
[18:09] <K1rk> I'm confused as to why a cp -R fails to carry those settings to my new user
[18:11] <K1rk> It looks like my skel user does not have that XML file.
[18:12] <K1rk> Unit193, this is strange.  In /home/skeluser I have the XML file you're talking about.  In the user my skel profile created, that file is missing.
[18:12] <K1rk> Other XML files are present in that folder for the skel user, however
[18:13] <K1rk> Unit193, oh I think I figured out what it did.  This turns out it's not an xubuntu thing... it's that cp -R doesn't copy dotfolders?
[18:13] <Unit193> I was thinking that could be an issue.
[18:13] <K1rk> Unit193, I must've forgotten that part.  :P  It's been a year since we did imaging, so I haven't made a skel in awhile. My bad.
[18:15] <Unit193> I've not actually had to do it this style before, I've only done whole disk.
[18:16] <K1rk> I see what I did differently too.  I believe if I do "cp -R /home/skeluser /etc/skel" it will copy skeluser and all its dotfolders. Then I'll just mv everything up a level. That must be how I did it last year
[18:19] <K1rk> Unit193, thanks for making me realize my mistake.  I got everything working now.
[18:20] <K1rk> https://goput.it/0i9.png  :)
[18:20] <K1rk> Thanks Unit193
[18:21] <Unit193> Great, glad it's working,,
[18:22] <Unit193> So this'll be put on a good deal of the computers there? Cool.
[18:25] <K1rk> Yeah 200 this batch.
[18:25] <K1rk> We have about 400 imaged 10.04.4 LTS with Gnome 2
[18:26] <K1rk> But due to driver issues we can't resolve on the old kernel, we're moving this batch to this.
[18:26] <K1rk> We're making it as Gnome2-ish as possible to eliminate complaints from staff\students
[18:26] <K1rk> Hence the Places applet, and my custom System menu
[18:27] <Unit193> Wow, that's pretty cool, hope it all works out!
[18:27] <K1rk> Unit193, we are going 1 to 1 starting this year. Over the next 4 years, we'll enter 200 netbooks each year into circulation with our incoming freshmen.
[18:28] <K1rk> We've been running Ubuntu 10.04 with Gnome2 on our computer labs and classroom laptops\netbooks for the past year, but we can't get the Latitude 2120 wired NIC working on the 2.6x kernel reliably.
[18:28] <K1rk> That prompted our early move to Xubuntu 12.04 since we are certainly not going Unity
[18:33] <K1rk> Unit193, check this out
[18:34] <K1rk> I made a customized boot splash, I was very proud of this one. :P
[18:34] <K1rk> https://goput.it/aro.jpg
[18:35] <Unit193> Ok, now that's nice.  Doing well with branding the school!
[18:36] <Unit193> (Also, cool for being in Ohio too)
[18:39] <K1rk> Ohio?
[18:39] <K1rk> No Illinois
[18:39] <K1rk> Unit193, I do have one other issue.  I'm not sure where this problem came from.  https://goput.it/1ii.png
[18:40] <K1rk> The menu icons were there before........
[18:41] <K1rk> Unit193, the icons ARE still present for administrator (/home/skeluser, actually I lied slightly about the path to make it more sensible)
[18:41] <K1rk> So it's something that fucked up in the copy to /etc/skel.
[18:41] <Unit193> Right, did you change from Humanity to Humanity-dark?  Could be something to do with .icons
[18:42] <K1rk> Unit193, seems to not matter which icon theme I choose.
[18:42] <Unit193> (Also, we try to keep it family friendly)
[18:42] <K1rk> lol, sorry.
[18:42] <drc> been around teenagers too long :)
[18:43] <K1rk> ^ true that.
[18:43] <Unit193> Should be a direct copy, so don't yet see why it'd be mangled.   Nothing in .icons/ ?
[18:43] <K1rk> drc, didn't even realize I said it.
[18:43] <K1rk> Unit193, .icons does not exist in /home/tecs
[18:43] <K1rk> Let me check administraotr
[18:43] <K1rk> nope, no .icons there either
[18:44] <K1rk> drc, truth be told just because I work in IT doesn't mean I'm old. I'm 19.
[18:47] <K1rk> Unit193, could it be something wrong in .thumbnails?
[18:48] <Unit193> I was thinking more of menucache, or somesuch (Don't think .cache would have it)
[18:48] <K1rk> You know I think I'm just going to copy /home/administrator by making a tarball of it.
[18:48] <K1rk> I must've missed something when I was doing dotfiles
[18:57] <K1rk> Wow, recreating my ske f
[18:57] <K1rk> Whoops. ^
[18:57] <K1rk> Wow, recreating my skel folder did NOT fix the problem.
[18:57] <K1rk> I am now certain all the dotfolders and dotfiles have been copied... I remade the whole skel.
[19:00] <K1rk> Unit193, the only icons missing are the ones for the groups\folders.  All the applications have icons.  And the Office group still has its correct icon.
[19:02] <K1rk> Unit193, also when I go into the Menu Editor, the icons ARE present in that.
[19:03] <K1rk> see: https://goput.it/39d.png
[19:04] <K1rk> ...or not
[19:04] <Unit193> Random guess here, but rebuilding the menu seems like a good idea (update-menus ? ) rather than iconcaceh in that case (update-icon-caches)
[19:04] <K1rk> I must have misread that.
[19:04] <K1rk> update-menus is not a command
[19:05] <K1rk> update-icon-caches is, but doesn't help the problem.
[19:07] <K1rk> Unit193, I reuploaded the file I mislinked to.  https://goput.it/h42.png
[19:07] <Unit193> Odd, I have that command in the "menu" package, but otherwise I don't know on this.
[19:10] <K1rk> Unit193, output of "update TAB" http://gopaste.it/plh6
[19:11] <Unit193> Oh, I trust you on that, just interesting.
[19:12] <Darieto79> I cannot change my cursors in Xubuntu 12.04...and when I do only some animations change
[19:33] <fabster> afdasf
[19:35] <K1rk> fabster: qreqwr
[19:36] <fabster> hehe
[21:10] <xwalk_> Is there a tutorial on connecting to a remote desktop with remmina?
[22:05] <filco> hi
[22:06] <filco> xfce4-terminal -e screen irssi
[22:06] <filco> in start up is not working
[22:06] <filco> without screen works, but with it doesn't
[22:06] <filco> what's up with this command?
[22:07] <Unit193> xfce4-terminal -e "screen irssi"
[22:07] <filco> thanks ill try it
[22:08] <filco> brb rebooting
[22:09] <filco> hm
[22:09] <filco> works, thanks, though the nicklist didn't load up on boot
[22:11] <Unit193> I don't use that script, so I wouldn't know.
[22:15] <filco> done it thanks for your help
[22:19] <Unit193> Sure.
[22:43] <faryshta> How can I modify the volume of XFCE?