[01:39] <xubuntu212> +i
[01:50] <xubuntu212> i am trying to install xubuntu 12.0 on an old machine. when i get past the part where it asks for the keyboard format, it gives me an error that the operating system can't finish the install.
[01:51] <xubuntu212> its a gateway e-3400 with a Pentium III (930 MHz), and 256mb of RAM
[01:53] <xubuntu212> +x
[02:24] <chris__> hello all, I'm new to xubuntu, and linux in general
[02:25] <chris__> after reading the documentation, I'm having some trouble changing my desktop theme. can anyone help?
[02:30] <Unit193> Menu > Settings > Settings Manager > Appearance OR Window Manager
[02:30] <Unit193> Though, the shimmer themes will be best/most compatible.
[02:34] <chris__> right, but when I dl a theme from http://xfce-look.org/ and place it in my user > share > themes folder, it doesn't show up in the Appearance window
[02:36] <Unit193> Extracted I'd guess?  It *generally* should, but you may as well extract it to ~/.themes/ since that's local.
[02:40] <chris__> I'm not sure what to extract, there are no zipped files that I'm looking at. All the folders in my themes folder lead to a secondary folder like "xfce-notify-4.0" or "gtk-2.0" and then a plain text document labeled "gtkrc"
[03:03] <JenniferB2> Hi .. does xubuntu come with unity ?
[03:03] <Unit193> No, that's the point of the X.
[03:03] <JenniferB2> ooh 12.04 neither ?
[03:04] <Unit193> 12.10 as well.
[03:04] <Unit193> It's the point of the X.
[03:04] <JenniferB2> nice.. i bumbed into this and was confused http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSsiGuq7qf4
[03:04] <JenniferB2> download please progress :)
[03:05] <JenniferB2> 12.04 or 12.10 ?
[03:05] <JenniferB2> i hate instability.. so no risks please
[03:07] <Unit193> Not saying it won't ever be unstable, but it's not using Unity.
[07:28] <mdel> hey all - im installing over top of a 12.04 Ubuntu installation
[07:29] <mdel> Xubuntu retains my home directories, correct?
[07:51] <well_laid_lawn> mdel: do you have home on a seperate partition?
[07:52] <mdel> i do.. already pulled the trigger, everything is fine
[07:52] <mdel> thanks :)
[08:36] <TuxyThePenguin> how do i update XFCE'
[08:37] <baizon> TuxyThePenguin: from to?
[09:37] <BlitzHere> Hi all! I wanted to install ubuntu but my system is quite old. I'm not sure whether to go with xubuntu or lubuntu. CAnanyone help?
[09:44] <well_laid_lawn> BlitzHere: you're in the xubuntu channel, what do you think ppl will recommend ?
[09:44] <well_laid_lawn> :)
[09:54] <Joris__> Hi guys
[09:54] <Joris__> I need some advise ...
[09:55] <Joris__> I just installed for first time a xubuntu distor
[09:55] <Joris__> I just installed for first time a xubuntu distro
[09:55] <Joris__>  and i'm not able to play sound, how do i start fixing this kind of issues?
[09:55] <Joris__> it looks like driver issues
[10:26] <xubuntu336> anyone alive... got question regards to Sony Vaio Fn key not working....
[10:27] <mbze430> this is what I have posted in the forum for help... but it's going no where
[10:27] <mbze430> http://askubuntu.com/questions/163614/xubuntu-12-04-sony-vgn-fj170-brightness-volume-s1-s2-keys-are-not-functional
[11:09] <PrivateReese> hey guys
[11:09] <PrivateReese> somebody online?
[11:10] <Mathsterk> PrivateReese: probably
[11:11] <PrivateReese> oky because i have some problems using xubuntu with my Dell XPS L702x and i though maybe someone of you could help me?
[11:12] <Mathsterk> tell us what your problem is :P
[11:12] <PrivateReese> ok as I sayd i got multiple problems
[11:13] <PrivateReese> I could not select the build in soundcard as the default one
[11:13] <PrivateReese> so i plays some sound but i cant controll it over the FN Keys
[11:14] <PrivateReese> as well as i would want to disable enable wlan and adjust the brightness of the screen
[11:14] <PrivateReese> for screen brightness i know a workaround for my graphics card but i thought that you might have some workaround for everything
[11:15] <PrivateReese> as well as there is some bug controlling the ubuntu software center with the mouse, if i want to switch the center its just going somewhere else
[11:19] <Dice> http://xubuntugeek.blogspot.fi/2012/05/fix-adjust-sound-with-multimedia-keys.html
[11:22] <PrivateReese> thanks for this
[11:22] <PrivateReese> do i have to run it as root?
[11:22] <PrivateReese> because i am not able to rename the device
[11:29] <PrivateReese> seems that i can handle all the problems mention above now
[11:29] <PrivateReese> those somebody maybe know how to setup Bumblebee correctly with Xubuntu and Nvidia Gefore GT555M
[11:30] <PrivateReese> will just shortly relogin
[13:14] <drc> Anyone (in the US, that is) been able to get the Olympics Live on http://www.nbcolympics.com to work under Xubuntu and FF ?  Yes I do have one the required cable subscriptions, and it works fine under Windows and SalixOS.
[13:18] <drc> Actually, it does not work with Xubuntu and FF, Chromium or Midori...so I and guessing it's not strictly a FF issue.
[13:22] <mongy> flash ?
[13:30] <drc> mongy, Not sure...flash is installed and working...what happens is that I can complete the verification process but it soes not appear to work, afterwards the screen returns to the start verification process page insteas of the "you're ready to watch" page.
[13:31] <drc> the same version of flash and FF are used in SalixOS...I'm not sure what version of flash the windows machine is using (and can't check right now)
[13:32] <drc> any way, I'm going to run Ubuntu itself now, to see what happens...it is a *buntu thing.
[13:43] <drc> OK,...the NBC Olympics thing happens under Ubuntu as well...guess it's a *buntu problem :(
[13:54] <PrivateReese> hey somebody  here who can tell my why using this script http://blog.mazesloup.fr/index.php/post/2011/10/12/dell-xps-l702x-switching-touchpad-onoff just switches the led light on the touchpad off/on not the touchpad itself?
[14:03] <spktkpkt> hi...can someone point me to a faq/wiki that explains how to run a script on usb key plug?
[14:04] <spktkpkt> i read about udev, but i need a possibility that doesn't depend on a vendor id or similar, it must work for every usb key
[14:05] <spktkpkt> maybe the automount mechanism of thunar can handle this/can expanded to do that?
[14:07] <spktkpkt> i'll use udev, too...if someone can give me a hint on how to make a rule that work for every usb device (any kind of usb storage)
[14:23] <_xubuntu-ubuntu_> HELP, i have a read only filesystem
[14:29] <_xubuntu-ubuntu_> HELP WITH A READ-ONLY filesystem
[17:48] <xubuntu942>  years
[18:09] <mbze430> anyone alive?
[18:09] <mbze430> need help
[18:10] <baizon> :)
[18:10] <mbze430> I am having the dreaded Fn key not working problem...
[18:11] <mbze430> here is what I have posted on askubuntu
[18:11] <mbze430> http://askubuntu.com/questions/163614/xubuntu-12-04-sony-vgn-fj170-brightness-volume-s1-s2-keys-are-not-functional
[18:14] <mbze430> any takers ? :D
[18:15] <taz1232> criket noises
[18:18] <mbze430> very
[18:19] <Mathsterk> mbze430: idle here until one of the supernerds rescue you
[18:38] <well_laid_lawn> mbze430: I checked the arch wiki and it seems sonys should have the Fn keys working ootb so dunno why yours don't
[18:38] <well_laid_lawn> did they work with an older kernel?
[18:39] <mbze430> I never tried an older kernel... it's on a 3.2-26 generic right now
[18:39] <mbze430> oops
[18:39] <mbze430> forgot the good old /msg
[18:39] <mbze430> lol
[18:40] <mbze430> I have read everywhere as well... but I can't come up with a explanation why Fn key is not registering
[18:46] <well_laid_lawn> you could try adding    acpi_osi=Linux   to the end of the kernel lone
[18:46] <well_laid_lawn> s/lo/li/
[18:46] <Mathsterk> s/li/al/
[18:47] <mbze430> I added that in the GRUB
[18:48] <mbze430> like what I posted on askubuntu tried most of what I can find on the web
[18:48] <mbze430> and I know it works because in Windows 7 I can control brightness and volume and everything else while holding the FN key
[18:49] <mbze430> right now, I think the problem is that the FN key is not being acknowledged
[18:49] <Mathsterk> mbze430: maybe you need to map the keys?
[18:50] <mbze430> mathsterk: that's what I thought... but when I use the shortcut creator... holding the FN key it doesn't "bring" up a short cut
[18:50] <mbze430> ^--- if that made sense....
[18:50] <well_laid_lawn> I'd check launchpad to see if there is a bug filed for it
[18:51] <Mathsterk> mbze430: that made sense
[18:52] <Mathsterk> mbze430: i think there was some fancy way (in terminal) to check if the keys do something
[18:52] <Mathsterk> is*
[18:53] <mbze430> acpi_listen ?
[18:53] <mbze430> acpi_listen "capture" all your keypress...
[18:53] <Mathsterk> i don't remember, i did something 6-7 months ago to fix my volume keys, they work (50% ish) now :P
[18:54] <mbze430> I am pretty sure its has to do with the module...
[18:54] <mbze430> but ... then again... it's beyond my comprehension
[18:56] <mbze430> I submitted the same question to launchpad about 30mins ago... so... we'll see
[19:01] <Dice> mbze430: run "xev" in terminal and then try pressing fn keys
[19:01] <mbze430> k..hold
[19:01] <Dice> man it took long to find that with google
[19:02] <mbze430> yep just as I thought... hitting FN key no events
[19:02] <mbze430> hitting any other keys brings event up on the terminal
[19:03] <mbze430> and S1 and S2 key no events either
[19:06] <mbze430> ok going to update that in my question as well :D
[19:07] <Dice> you could try newer kernel from ubuntu kernel team ppa
[19:14] <mbze430> suggestion on which newer kernel to try?
[19:16] <Dice> as new as possible
[19:17] <echonize> Hey! How can i set panel alpha on 32bit Xubuntu? I had that slider on 64bit version, but now its vanished.
[19:19] <mbze430> now ... I'm scared...lol
[19:22] <Dice> echonize: enable compositing in window manager tweaks
[19:25] <evilbug> hi. i upgraded to xubuntu 12.04 and now nm-applet won't show me the "enable wireless" option when right-clicking on it so i can't use wifi.
[22:58] <uskerine> hi, i have installed ubuntuone in xubuntu 12.04
[22:58] <uskerine> i succesfully launched "ubuntuone-installer"
[22:58] <uskerine> i closed the window, how can i launch ubuntuone again?
[23:00] <xubuntu570> Windows borders have disappeared under Xubuntu 12.04.  xfce4 is running, panel and icons are present, applications behave normally except pull-down menus vanish before items can be selected.  How do I fix this?
[23:03] <Unit193> uskerine: Menu > Internet > Ubuntu One.
[23:03] <Unit193> xubuntu570: Type  xfwm4 --replace  after hitting alt+f2.
[23:04] <xubuntu570> Oh, also the Window Manager preferences panel in my settings manager is blank.
[23:08] <Unit193> What?  Never seen that one...
[23:12] <ochosi> xubuntu570: screenshot?
[23:26] <uskerine> does anyone know how to install bonita open solution in xubuntu?
[23:32] <Maccer> Why isn't xubuntu compiled in i686 yet?
[23:32] <Maccer> I doubt that any pre-1995 computer will be able to run it on boot at 300 MB's
[23:35] <xubuntu570> Unit193: Thanks, that worked.  Any idea what might have caused the failure?
[23:38] <Unit193> xubuntu570: Not much, something can cause xfwm to have a "soft" crash, or such.