[13:56] <smartboyhw> Hi there,
[13:56]  * smartboyhw is not a beginner
[14:17] <DarkSim> Hello, I'm using 12.04 with xubuntu-desktop and I want to use my media control buttons on my Logitech G110 with music applications like Spotify, but they don't work, can I activate/set them?
[14:27] <smartboyhw> DarkSim, you'd better ask in #ubuntu. But i think you need to install the drivers.
[15:01] <DarkSim> Thanks smartboyhw
[15:01] <smartboyhw> Yeah, sure...
[19:34] <E3D3> Must be a stupid question:    whatis more ---> file perusal filter for crt viewing.  But what is crt viewing ? Cathode ray tube viewing. Google didn't help.
[19:35] <stlsaint> E3D3: not sure what you are asking
[19:36] <E3D3> I don't understand what 'crt viewing' means
[19:36] <stlsaint> in just that aspect...neither do i
[19:37] <E3D3> Can't find  definition beside 'cathode ray tube'
[19:38] <E3D3> What aspect where you thinking of ?
[20:38] <maheanuu> After a serious krash caused by a corrupted kernal i have backed up my data on an external hd and completely repartitioned and formatted my infected drive.  I installed 10.10 on it and was told that this was obsolete and I needed to upgrade to 11.10 which I did.   Now I cannot seem to find anything familiar,  Can I return to the old style instead of this line of Icons running down the left side of my screen
[20:39] <krytarik> maheanuu, please check back what I've just posted in #ubuntuforums.
[20:50] <maheanuu> Ok, so I am still running in circles (ever faster and ever decreasing ones)  What i am trying to do is subscribe to Usenet and want to use Transmission as my download engine....   Is this possib le or will I need to use a Windoze puter in order to access usenet and its loaders
[20:51] <maheanuu> sometimes I think that I am getting too old for this ratrace
[21:01] <maheanuu> where is the systems files that I had under preferences and administrator...   I do not find any of this in this monstrosity called 11.10
[21:03] <zelesnikar101> need help! my touchpad is not working in 12.04 its an elantech touchpad! it is detected and has driver but it does not respond to any input!
[21:03] <stlsaint> maheanuu: what you are disliking is called the unity interface
[21:04] <stlsaint> maheanuu: what you are used to is called gnome
[21:04] <stlsaint> maheanuu: if 10.10 was stable for you i would suggest 10.04 or decide if you what to just install the gnome fall back session
[21:06] <maheanuu> stlsaint, I cannot seem to find my old familiar things such as system and the administrator  and preferences so that I can get to synaptic and possibly download some software and apps.  I am trying to repopulate this new version and not really getting anywhere
[21:08] <zelesnikar101> does anyone know how to get the "Elantech Touchpad" working?
[21:08] <maheanuu> Stlsaint, I had a major problem with my 10.04 and after managing to save most of my data I decided to upgrade and here I am a very old man in need of a helping hand with things that are way above my paygrade
[21:10] <maheanuu> How do I rid myself of the Unity interface and get back to good old Gnome?
[21:11] <stlsaint> zelesnikar101: sorry no
[21:11] <stlsaint> maheanuu: than gnome session is what you want
[21:12] <stlsaint> maheanuu: sorry i cant provide a well written guide right now as i am doing somethign that removes my port 80 but one sec and i will see what i can get you
[21:12] <maheanuu> With the unity interface, I cannot find anything even close to being familiar....   being of the old school "If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It" I believe that some of the old things are still good
[21:16] <maheanuu> stlsaint, Not a problem, being retired and deep in the middle of the South Pacific, time is one thing that I have in excess
[21:21] <stlsaint> maheanuu: this should help you install the fallback. just make sure after you install it that you select it from the login menu
[21:21] <stlsaint> maheanuu: http://complete-concrete-concise.com/ubuntu-2/ubuntu-12-04/ubuntu-12-04-how-to-install-the-gnome-session-fallback
[21:35] <zelesnikar101> need help! my touchpad is not working in 12.04 its an elantech touchpad! it is detected and has driver but it does not respond to any input!
[21:43] <not_found> hi... I need someone to assist me a bit in removing ubuntu from a dual boot with windows 7... anyone game?
[21:49] <zelesnikar101> i removed ubuntu from a dual boot with windows 7 a few years back
[21:49] <zelesnikar101> its a bit tricky
[21:52] <zelesnikar101> i just removed the partitions associated with ubuntu and then had to restore the default boot loader for windows through the command line in windows, but i do not remember what i used
[21:52] <not_found> my issue is I have both on there own HDD and last time I formated the Ubuntu disc I tried to rescue the Windows install with the Windows install media as per all the guides and it didnt' see the windows drive... only the formatted (ex) ubuntu drive and that didn't help  :/
[21:54] <zelesnikar101> not a clue i have only dual booted with hdd
[21:56] <not_found> zelesnikar101, no worries (I am just not in the mood to do what I did last time and reformat windows too... takes me two days to update and set it up again and after a week I realize about some or other file I didn
[21:56] <not_found> didn't back up I need
[21:56] <not_found> :p
[21:57] <Unit193> not_found: fixmbr or fixboot commands in windows?
[21:58] <not_found> Unit193, try those but last time it didn'
[21:58] <not_found> didn't see the windows hdd
[21:58] <not_found> only the ex - ubuntu hdd
[22:00] <krytarik> Make sure the HDD Windows is on is enabled in the BIOS!?
[22:00] <not_found> krytarik, thanks... will do
[22:00] <not_found> be back in a bit (if I am lucky)
[22:00] <Unit193> Windows recovery is generally a joke and not helpful.
[22:00] <Unit193> Though ##windows may know more than we do about it. :P
[22:01] <not_found> :) - k...
[22:01] <not_found> nothing a re-install can't fix :'(