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xubuntu388Hello00:04
xubuntu388someone around?00:04
xubuntu388need help please00:04
bazhangask a question00:04
xubuntu388ok00:05
xubuntu388i have installed xubuntu 12.0400:05
xubuntu388but ati mobility radeon x700 is not acclerating00:05
xubuntu388been trying for long but none00:05
bazhangis that quite an old card?00:05
xubuntu388need help00:05
xubuntu388its pci express00:06
xubuntu388256mb00:06
xubuntu388its ok for me00:06
bazhangxubuntu388, please don't enter after just one or two words. it's impossible to read00:06
xubuntu388ok00:06
bazhangcheck in additional drivers for one to install00:07
xubuntu388i've tryed fglrx00:08
xubuntu388and original from ati too...00:08
xubuntu388So, anything to try?00:10
bazhangto accomplish what, exactly00:11
xubuntu388to install drivers that can recognize and do acceleration 3d00:12
holsteinxubuntu388: if the proprietary ones dont, there might not be suport for your card. either there hasnt been, or its been dropped00:13
xubuntu388i'heard about nomodeset00:14
xubuntu388how can i choose it?00:14
holsteinxubuntu388: nomodeset would be "safe graphics mode"00:14
xubuntu388how can i apply it?00:15
holsteinxubuntu388: you can get to that in a live CD by tapping shift, and using the F6 option at the bottom... that will bascially force the vesa driver AFAIK00:15
holsteinxubuntu388: that will *not* support 3d00:15
xubuntu388but for installed xubuntu??00:15
xubuntu388hmm i see00:16
xubuntu388what xubuntu version supports my ati car?00:16
B3rz3rk3rxubuntu388, I googled your card quickly, ATi have dropped support for that long ago it seems00:17
xubuntu388last catalyst where 9.300:17
holsteinthats a very old card.. i would look at some older ati drivers00:17
David-Axubuntu388: bazhang asked if you tried "additional drivers" and i have not seen a clear answer to that (system>hardware drivers or system>additional drivers)00:18
xubuntu388mm i tryed from ati repositories00:18
xubuntu388and from synatics too about fglrx00:19
holsteinxubuntu388: its going to be *old*... nothing automatic will support your device00:19
xubuntu388hmm i see00:19
xubuntu388so, what about downloading catalist 9.3?00:20
David-Axubuntu388: see what system>hardware drivers says00:20
xubuntu388How can i do it, please?00:20
B3rz3rk3rxubuntu388, click System, then Hardware Drivers00:20
B3rz3rk3rhit the menu, settings, additional drivers00:21
B3rz3rk3rxubuntu388, found it?00:24
David-A(yes, sorry, menus are different in xubuntu 10.04 and 12.04)00:25
B3rz3rk3ri guess he didn't find it :p00:27
David-A,first thing to do00:31
David-A,drivers00:31
David-A!first thing to do00:32
ubottuDavid-A: I am only a bot, please don't think I'm intelligent :)00:32
David-A!drivers00:32
David-A!codecs00:32
ubottuFor multimedia issues, this page has useful information: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats - See also https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/musicvideophotos/C/video.html - But please use free formats if you can: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FreeFormats00:32
David-A!hardware drivers00:33
bazhangDavid-A, /msg ubottu00:33
David-Awill that ask it or learn it?00:34
bazhang /msg ubottu etc etc00:35
Unit193http://ubottu.com/devel/wiki/Plugins#Encyclopedia  Usage info with ubottu facts.00:37
David-Athanks, good info, but dosn't say what /msg ubottu etc etc does00:41
bazhangavoids the channel being cluttered with tries to find the correct trigger, for one David-A00:42
David-A!search driver00:42
ubottuFound: binarydriver, reiserfs, binarydrivershowto, ntfs-3g, gatos, vesa, binarydriver-#ubuntu+1*, bcm43xx, ext3, tv and 18 more, see http://ubottu.com/factoids.cgi?search=driver00:42
bazhang...00:42
bazhangDavid-A, PLEASE do that in /msg with the bot.00:42
David-Aok00:42
ineshow can i downgrade the grub version?01:16
inesit is on the 3....2401:17
holsteinines: i would open whatever package manager your are comfortable with and downgrade, or force an earlier version01:17
inesand i need the 3....1201:17
holsteini find it easy to find in the synaptic menu01:17
inessynaptic01:17
inesok01:17
inesthere's a specific name01:18
GridCubeines, you want to use an old "kernel" in the grub stage you have an option called "previous linux versions" there you have all the kernels that are still available to load01:20
inesi used it, but when i reboot the laptop, the issue is still there01:21
holsteinGridCube: good call! ...i was wondering about those version numbers01:21
inesi mean, every time i reboot it, the 3....24 load again01:22
holstein!grub | ines01:23
ubottuines: GRUB2 is the default Ubuntu boot manager since 9.10 (Karmic). Lost GRUB after installing Windows? See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestoreGrub - For more information and troubleshooting for GRUB2 please refer to https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2 - See !grub1 for releases before Karmic (9.10)01:23
holsteini find reviewing that helpful.. i usually customize something about grub right after install01:23
inesi made a sudo dist-upgrade01:23
inesso my kernel version was 3.1201:24
inesand now it is 3.2401:24
holsteinsure.. whats the issue ines ?01:24
holsteinyou dont need to downgrade grub...01:24
inesand every time i start my laptop, the mouse does not move at all01:24
ineswhen i made the dist-upgrade, the energy went on01:25
inesthen i made a dpkg --configure -a01:25
holsteinso, the earlier kernel works better?01:25
inesno01:26
holsteini would consider going into a package manager and just removing the kenrel that is not working for you01:26
inesthe older worked better01:26
holsteinor, just boot the earlier one from the grub menu01:26
inessorry im back again01:32
ineshow can do it ? to remove the kernel01:33
holsteinines: i would open the package manager of your choice, and search for it.. i usually open synaptic and search "linux"01:33
ineswhich one, the headder01:33
inesor the image01:33
GridCubeboth01:33
inesok01:34
holsteinines: if it were me, i would remove all associated with the kernel version # i dont want to be using01:34
ines"if it were me, i would remove all associated with the kernel version" what do you mean, what kind of thing for example01:35
inesand should i remove or complete remove01:35
holsteinines: either should be fine for kernels, and neither should cause a problem01:36
inesok01:37
inesim gonna reboot01:40
inesnothing, i reboot the laptop, and the version 3.24 loaded again01:54
holsteinines: yup... "it" will.. you'll need to do one of a few option... you can specify at boot time which kernel you would like to boot01:58
holsteinyou can also remove the newer kernel that is not working, or change which kernel grub boots by default01:58
inesthe original of xubuntu 11.10, the 3.12 version01:59
holsteini would review the wiki pages... you'll want to run "update-grub" likely01:59
inesand it is installed01:59
inesbut i rebooted, and the 3.24 loaded again01:59
holsteinines: you'll need to choose how you would like to specify what kernel to boot02:00
ines"you'll want to run "update-grub" likely" how02:00
ines?02:00
holsteinines: you can read about that in the wiki page i linked iearly02:01
holstein!grub | ines02:01
ubottuines: GRUB2 is the default Ubuntu boot manager since 9.10 (Karmic). Lost GRUB after installing Windows? See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestoreGrub - For more information and troubleshooting for GRUB2 please refer to https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2 - See !grub1 for releases before Karmic (9.10)02:01
holsteinyou can open a terminal and run "sudo update-grub"02:01
inesi just installed the 3.19 version from synaptic02:01
inesok02:01
inesi will02:01
holsteinines: cool.. but we were talking about you removing a kernel, not installing one02:01
ineswell i taught installing one, will figure out the problem02:02
ineswell, im gonna update the grup02:02
inessorry kernel02:03
inesok02:04
inesis it  ready?02:04
holsteinines: ?02:04
inesjust typing update-grub02:05
holsteinines: sudo update-grub02:05
inesready02:05
inesreboot?02:05
holsteinines: you dont need to reboot for that to "work".. you'll likely just want to check and see that the settings are as you expect and want them to be at boot02:06
krelacim instaling linux xubuntu 12.0402:06
krelacwhat shall i do for begin?02:07
krelacim new linux user02:07
holsteinkrelac: just run it live, or install, and start using it.. ask if you have any questions02:07
ineshttp://pastebin.com/UV9UHBuD02:07
inesright02:08
inesis that im gonna reboot02:08
inesthis laptop, is not mine02:08
inesso02:08
inesi need to be sure that it is gonna work02:09
inesdid you see the pastebin?02:09
krelacfirst of all i wanna know what can i do whit linux as beginer02:14
krelacand all what linux can do02:14
holsteinkrelac: i would just start using it... xubuntu is quite full featured and you can likely do anything you need with it02:18
GridCubekrelac, :D theres a whole internet out there to help you, i recommend going to the wikis and start reading02:18
GridCube:D02:18
tychekrelac: This might take a while.  With Linux you can surf the web, write a novel, get email, do your finances, listen to classical music (or any type you like), chat with friends on various channels, watch videos and movies, keep track of local weather, schedule appointments, connect to bluetooth devices . . .02:18
GridCubekrelac, the sky is the fronteir02:19
tycheOh, and best of all, AVOID VIRUSES02:19
GridCubeif you are not silly enough and get cheated to use sudo on a harmful program, that can happen02:19
tycheOK, I'll admit that I DID make a presumption I probably shouldn't have.  But really, would a n00bie know how to use sudo?02:20
Azelphura noobie probably shouldn't need to use sudo at all unless something is broke02:21
GridCubetyche, a n00b will probably do whatever someone says to them, if a troll is nearby that could end tragically02:24
Azelphura lot of noobs tend to run everything under sudo regardless of whether htey need to, too02:24
tycheTrue.  That's why it's good to have people that know what NOT to do.02:24
tycheThat one I hadn't seen.02:25
GridCube!ot | everyone, and that includes you GridCube02:25
ubottueveryone, and that includes you GridCube: #xubuntu is the Xubuntu support channel, #xubuntu-devel for discussion regarding development of Xubuntu, and #xubuntu-offtopic is for random chatter. Welcome!02:25
slinkeeyHello03:14
slinkeeywhat do I need to re-add to my panel to mke it show what applications are open...03:14
slinkeeyI managed to lose that.03:14
slinkeeyso now I am using ALT-TAB as a workaround.03:15
holsteinslinkeey: you can alway just add things back til you find it... or look at the live CD and see, or make a new user, or look in the guest account and check... i would look for "application list" ? something like that03:17
slinkeeyok03:18
slinkeeygood idea03:18
slinkeeyI will add a new user03:18
slinkeeyand look at what is added03:18
slinkeeybrb03:20
MurtaughI have a usb floppy disk driv plugged in and I can't tell if it's just no mounting the disk, or not recognizing the drive03:23
Murtaughexcuse the bad typing03:24
GridCubefloppy?03:31
astraljavaMurtaugh: `tail -f /var/log/messages` before plugging it in, and then you'll see the relevant lines appearing when it is connected.03:34
MurtaughGridCube: I have some plc programs on floppy disks03:35
GridCube!floppy03:36
ubottuTo mount floppy disks, see here : https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MakeFloppyDriveAvailableToEveryone03:36
Murtaughastraljava: no suck file or directory03:37
Murtaugh*such03:38
Murtaughgrr03:38
astraljavaMurtaugh: Sorry, it's moved to /var/log/dmesg nowadays.03:39
MurtaughI didn't see any changes after connecting the drive03:41
Murtaughubottu: my fstab doesn't have the top line, and i can't tell if the drive is even being recognized03:43
ubottuMurtaugh: I am only a bot, please don't think I'm intelligent :)03:43
Murtaughohh03:43
Murtaughderp03:43
GridCubeMurtaugh, im pretty sure that ubuntu droped kernel support for floppies a few years ago03:51
Murtaughis there a package I need to install? >_<03:52
GridCubei dont really know03:53
Murtaughxp doesn't like not having control over the mbr, so I can't get it to boot and try in there03:53
Murtaughthe ##windows folks just chew me out for using grub instead of veing helpfull03:54
GridCubeo: dont say, that come as news to me03:58
GridCube/sarcasm03:58
GridCubeMurtaugh, on a tty do sudo update-grub03:58
GridCubeand grub should add an entry for xp03:58
Murtaughit has an xp entry, but xp halts as soon as it boots, saying a dll is missing03:59
GridCubeoh, thats not mbr fault then04:00
Murtaughhal.dll04:01
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Viva_Nerodoes anybody know what package the "slimline" theme from karmic is in?05:13
Viva_NeroI'm not a fan of any of the themes installed by default :T05:15
fXsTarHy.Does anyone know how to customize action buttons ? I want to use my own custom icons for reboot/logout action. Thank You05:34
baizonfXsTar: create a launcher with commands :)05:57
baizonfor example: "xfce4-session-logout --halt" for shutdown etc.05:58
baizonpossible commands are here: http://linux.die.net/man/1/xfce4-session-logout05:58
TheSheepso, I want to use subpixel hinting, but I'm using two minitors and each has different layout of the subpixel, is there anything I can do about it?06:24
Murtaughwas asked from my other client, but naybody know of a package with a theme similar to slimline from karmic?06:26
Murtaugh*anybody06:26
dystopiandrifthas anyone used anyremote? I want to use my phone as a bluetooth remote to control vlc..06:46
dystopiandriftI'm not in love with anyremote or anything, any bluetooth remote software that works is good to me.. unless it is strictly for kde or something nasty.. keep in mind I am searching myself right now. I'm not one of those "hey, this won't work out of the box, make it go irc" people.06:51
shpankdystopiandrift: what kind of phone do you have06:57
shpankbecause06:57
shpankif it's an android phone and you have a wifi network, there's a bunch of very nice vlc remote apps out there which communicate with the http-interface of vlc06:58
shpankworks like a charm and even my girlfriend uses it :)06:58
dystopiandriftah, yes. I know. Thank you.. But I have an older feature phone Sonim made it. ;)06:59
dystopiandriftso I need something with a j2me client06:59
dystopiandriftandroid makes everything to easy. ;p07:00
dystopiandriftI guess I could punch a hole in my network and connect to vlc's http-interface through gprs.. but that seems like a waste of electrons.07:01
dystopiandrift..sending radio waves to the cell tower down the street to tell my computer to do sutff.. you know?07:02
shpankit's the geek way of using technology07:03
shpanki'm planning to set up a vpn service at home so i don't have to use the crappy wifi on my phone to do such stuff07:03
shpankit loses connectivity every 5 minutes or so07:04
dystopiandriftgnarly. why?07:04
shpanki don't know07:05
shpankmaybe buying a 130 euro smartphone wasn't the best idea i07:05
shpanki've ever had07:05
dystopiandriftdemons? gremlins? politicians?07:05
shpankit's a little broken by default07:05
shpank128MB of RAM is not enough for anything07:05
dystopiandriftdidn't bill gates say something like '128k of ram is all you will ever need"?07:06
Murtaugh128mb of ram will run DSL quite well07:06
dystopiandriftor open-wrt ;p07:07
dystopiandriftso, no suggestions for a j2me based bluetooth remote solution? when I started looking around I figured there would be a dozen or so options.. I guess smartphones came along to quickly and smashed all the j2me dev's plans..07:10
dystopiandriftsee you all some other time.07:27
freshmeatI want to exit Xubuntu and enter X/twm. Is this achievable via the command line?12:23
ToZfreshmeat, if you've installed twm, then you should have an option at the login screen to select the TWM session.12:30
freshmeatToZ, my machine freezes when I choose to start a TWM session for some reason.12:31
ToZfreshmeat, explain "freezes"?12:31
freshmeatToZ, in the sense that there is no progress.12:32
ToZif you select the twm session, do you login and see a background?12:33
freshmeatNo.12:33
ToZdoes the login screen disappear?12:33
freshmeatYes12:34
ToZif you left-click, do you get a menu?12:34
freshmeatJust a moment.12:35
freshmeatI'll be back.12:35
freshmeatSilly me. It does work. I didn't left-click.12:37
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ToZits probably just that nothing is loaded.12:37
freshmeatI'm under a TWM session right now.12:38
m1chaelwhen i changed from a USB keyboard to a PS2 keyboard, I get an error saying that Ubuntu is running in low graphics mode... this behavior disappears as soon as I reboot with the USB keyboard plugged back in... what can i do about this?12:39
freshmeatI see that menus look similar under TWM as they do under Xubuntu.12:41
freshmeatDo they both use a common widget layer that sits on top of X?12:41
ToZfreshmeat, sorry, don't know.12:44
freshmeatAlright.12:46
freshmeatI want to quit to console mode.12:49
baizoni know :D12:56
baizonbut no need to tell :D12:56
aquixhmm, something light?12:57
metalshi13:40
metalsI have to send a huge error. where should I paste it?13:40
metalshere or somewhere else?13:40
aquixuse pastebin.com13:41
knome!pastebin13:41
ubottuFor posting multi-line texts into the channel, please use http://paste.ubuntu.com | To post !screenshots use http://imagebin.org/?page=add | !pastebinit to paste directly from command line | Make sure you give us the URL for your paste - see also the channel topic.13:41
metalsthanks13:41
metalsoh13:41
metalsit is blocked in Iran13:41
metalsany other place?13:41
knomepaste.ubuntu.com is?13:42
metalsno13:43
metalsstand by13:43
metalshttp://paste.ubuntu.com/1159042/13:44
knomewhat areyou trying to achieve and what have you done before you encountered this error?13:47
knomemetals, maybe try running 'sudo apt-get clean' and retrying13:48
m1chaelwhen i changed from a USB keyboard to a PS2 keyboard, I get an error saying that Ubuntu is running in low graphics mode... this behavior disappears as soon as I reboot with the USB keyboard plugged back in... what can i do about this?13:51
xubuntu245ping13:52
GridCube!hi13:53
ubottuHi!, Welcome to #xubuntu! Feel free to ask questions and help people out. The channel guidelines are at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/Guidelines. Enjoy your stay!13:53
xubuntu245hi13:53
metalsknome: I was updating13:55
metalsthe regular update13:56
skaWill Xubuntu install ok on an ASUS EeePC 901 ?14:01
holsteinska: should be no problem.. try it live and see :)14:01
TheSheepyou may also want to check the forums and wiki14:02
skaok.. I'll just make a USB installer.14:02
holsteini have lubuntu running on an old 900 with no issues other than the obvious... i have realistic expectations14:02
skaCan I use the standard Ubuntu usb-disc-creator tool to burn the USB?14:03
GridCubesure, i do use unetbootin tho14:04
skaOk, ill check if that is on my system14:04
* holstein +1 ^^14:04
GridCubeska, you download it free from the internet or install it14:04
skaGridCube: its in my packages..14:05
GridCubeyep, an old version, the internets one is newer14:05
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GridCubethe old version works pretty well tho, if you already have the iso's14:06
skaGridCube: should I unetbootin to install on a 2nd machine to a usb-drive?14:09
skaOr does it go onto the target system directly?14:09
GridCubeit just creates a livecd14:10
GridCubeor liveusb14:10
skaok.14:10
skaFor some reason unetbootin wants to reboot my server system14:14
aquixyeah, it say that when finished, just close it.    stupid option imho14:15
skaok, first time around it didn't copy.. now it is copying lots.14:16
skaholstein: I cant seem to get it to boot. I get a 10 count, but it keeps re-setting to 014:23
GridCubeska, the program failed to load the image14:37
GridCubetry again14:37
skaI'm trying again with usb-creator14:37
GridCube:)14:37
holsteinska: i format before trying14:38
skaSometimes there is a chicken-n-egg disconnect with the device labels internally ..14:38
skaholstein: how can I format /dev/sdd on commandline?14:43
skafdisk?14:44
TheSheepmkfs14:44
skause vfat?14:44
TheSheepmkfs.vfat14:45
holsteinska: i use gparted14:45
TheSheepholstein: on the command line?14:45
holsteinTheSheep: AFAIK, gparted is not available for the command line14:46
TheSheepholstein: then why would you recommend it for a command line tool?14:46
holsteini use gparted for formatting... its a GUI that could be more comfortable for someone who might ask 'how do i format from the command line?"14:47
holsteinTheSheep: i'll try and be more clear in the future.. i was not aware that my statement would be interpreted that way14:48
skaI'm ok,, done it many time, but rusty..14:48
skamaybe i need to wipe the boot sector off of the usb stick too.14:50
skaI keep getting the same unetboot interface.14:50
holsteinska: when trying to boot the USB stick?14:51
skayea.14:51
GridCubeska, check your iso againt the hashs14:52
skaI formatted the sdd1 with mkfs.vfat, and now re-installing via usb-creator.. md5sum checks good.14:52
holsteini use unetbootin... i format the stick, and run unet pointing to the iso i already have downloaded14:53
skaI'm re-makeing the entir usb. dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdd etc..14:59
xubuntu648hi, how does one disable compiz?15:02
TheSheepxubuntu doesn't come with compiz15:02
xubuntu648Well, I installed it, didn't like it, want to revert, any idea how?15:03
TheSheep!compiz | xubuntu64815:03
ubottuxubuntu648: Compiz (compositing window manager), for a howto see http://help.ubuntu.com/community/CompositeManager and more help #compiz15:03
Marzatawhat is this Compositor in Window Manager Tweaks?15:04
aquixxubuntu648     ALT + F2       then run       xfwm4 --replace15:04
aquixthen uninstall compiz15:04
TheSheepMarzata: xfwm4's compositor15:04
Marzataah15:04
xubuntu648thx15:05
TheSheepMarzata: xfwm4 does some accelerated things with windows, just not as fancy as compiz15:05
aquixnp :)15:06
Marzataaha15:06
Marzatanice enough for us15:06
skaholstein: I had to use another system. Mine didn't seem to format or see the usb correctly15:22
holsteinska: glad you got it sorted...15:25
skaholstein: I had an error installing. I have a running cli system, but the /etc/apt/sources.list only points to the (non-existant) cdrom15:51
skaThe error happend during the software installation section, and i continued onto "install bootloader" ..15:52
skaShould i try to re-install or repair?15:52
holsteinska: i do not install software there.. i install only... that has "bitten me" a few times, so i dont do it15:53
holsteinnot during the install.. no reason not to try repairing though.. i would likely run sudo apt-get update, and sudo apt-get upgrade15:54
skaholstein: how do you do it, deselect all options like ssh?15:54
GridCubeska, add the universe apt-repositorie15:54
skaholstein: /etc/apt/sources.list is empty excpet for cdrom entry.15:54
skacan someone give me a sample sources.list for 12.0415:55
GridCubeyep15:55
skacool.. ty15:56
holsteinska: i literally just install... maybe you are on the alternate installer.. i usually like to use the live CD installer for desktop machines so i can see the desktop running before install for testing15:56
GridCubeska, http://paste.ubuntu.com/1159245/15:56
skaholstein: yea, I used alternate.. sorry15:56
holsteinska: no worries.. usually the alternate "just works" regardless of what i choose there, though i used to have issues on some other ubuntu versions15:58
skamaybe i should dl the normal installer. How large is standard install?15:58
skaMy primary disk is only 4gb15:59
holsteinska: i would try adding what GridCube linked, and update/upgrade first.. that could save some time15:59
holsteinlast time i had to fit on 4gb's was 10.04.. and it worked fine back then.. i cannot say xubuntu 12.04 does for sure, but i would think it should fit16:00
skaholstein: I want to do that, but I have no scp, ssh, and the screen/keyboard is very tiny.. myabe usb stick16:00
GridCubeska, 4gb for / is more than enough, given that you give it a dedicated /home16:00
GridCubeive tested the 12.04 isos on vboxes of 4gb and it works, i dont know if they will be usable for long but they install16:01
en1gmaim running xubuntu daily amd64 live usb with persistant install. there is a kismet package in repo but its 2008 and i want something newer which will be a PPA and i know they arent supported but is there any sites more trusted then others for this stuff?16:01
holsteinen1gma: you could link the PPA and get an opinion.. the source is likely the most trusted16:02
en1gmayea true but for a live cd i dont really want to build it16:02
knomeska, i've used 12.04 with 4GB, and it's a tight fit, but you can do it.16:03
en1gmaok i will try and find a good recent amd64 version for quantal16:03
knomeska, 4GB for both / and /home, i mean16:03
en1gmaim not to worried about trust as this will be just a live cd for wardriving16:04
en1gmawont even really connect to net16:05
skaOk, looks good on source.list.. Should I try "aptitude install x-window-system" or similar?16:07
holsteinska: i would want to see sudo apt-get update report no errors16:07
holsteinthen, i would see if the xubuntu-desktop metapackage is installed and go from there16:07
GridCubeska, sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop16:10
GridCubethat should do it16:10
GridCube:P after that you might want to change your apt-location to somewhere near to you because as now it points to argentina if you just copied mine16:11
skaty.. installing 403mb16:11
skaoops..16:11
skagood point16:11
GridCubeit will work dont worry16:11
GridCube:D16:11
holsteinthat sounds hopeful ska16:11
skas/ar/us ?16:11
GridCubei think its just nothing if is for usa16:11
GridCubebut i dont know16:12
GridCubeyou can change it from software sources later16:12
skaok.. its not slow16:14
skajust cross-continental traffic16:14
ska600kB/s16:14
GridCubethats faster than i've ever had XD16:15
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craigbass1976Any reason why I don't have a working rear speaker jack all of a sudden.  It might not have worked yesterday, I'm not sure.  I didn't use it.  Front jack works fine16:30
GridCubedid you updated the kernel craigbass1976 ?16:32
GridCubeim trying to figure out why so many people have lost sound in this last few days >:|16:33
craigbass1976GridCube, not that I know of, but all I see for pending updates are CUPS related, so maybe.16:35
GridCubecraigbass1976, :/ in the last few days i've seen about 6 persons who have lost their sound all the sudden16:36
craigbass1976GridCube, from just one jack, or all around?16:36
GridCubemixed variations16:36
aquixGridCube all 12.04? and when about did it happen?16:37
GridCubecraigbass1976, try seeing what pavucontrol says about the outputs16:37
craigbass1976My VU meters are all running, just no sound out the back jack.  Everything is cranked if I fire up alsamixer too.16:37
damien__any french people here ?16:37
GridCubeaquix, 12.04 and some on other channels with mint updates aswel16:38
GridCube!fr | damien__16:38
ubottudamien__: Nous sommes désolés, mais ce canal est en anglais uniquement. Si vous avez besoin d'aide ou voulez discuter en français, veuillez taper /join #ubuntu-fr ou /join #ubuntu-qc. Merci.16:38
damien__thanks16:38
craigbass1976GridCube, what are you wondering about my ouputs?16:38
GridCubecraigbass1976, if the sound you are trying to convey is being send to them16:39
craigbass1976GridCube, http://static.inky.ws/image/2630/image.jpg16:41
GridCubemmmhm and the playback is sending sounds to that output?16:42
GridCubesometimes my pavucontrol decides to send the sound to hdmi for somereason16:42
aquixcraigbass1976 what does it say in the configuration tab?16:45
craigbass1976analog stereo duplex16:45
aquixyeah.. thats what I got too16:46
craigbass1976What sucks is that the cable running from my stereo will not reach the front of the box without a ruckus...16:48
GridCubecraigbass1976, you unpluged it?16:48
aquixI'm guessing you have looked at alsamixer16:49
craigbass1976aquix, cranked everywhere16:49
GridCubemaybe its not properly plugged16:49
* GridCube has past that experience before16:49
craigbass1976You mean inside the computer somewhere?16:50
craigbass1976I did swap a drive out last night...16:50
aquixoh16:51
aquixworth checking :)16:51
craigbass1976I don't see anything weird.  That would have been too easy16:52
GridCubecraigbass1976, could you do a simple test? could you reboot and choose an older kernel from grub?16:52
GridCube:U theres another case on #xfce right now and i want to figure out whats going on16:53
craigbass1976Give me a couple minutes16:53
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craigbass1976I have sound. 3.2.0-2716:59
craigbass197629 was the no sound kernel16:59
craigbass1976And I'm currently on XFCE 4.817:00
craigbass1976GridCube, ^^17:00
GridCubeo:17:00
GridCubegreat17:00
GridCubeso there is some kernel issue then17:00
aquixgood to know, brilliant17:00
craigbass1976Only half of one though.  Remember, the front speaker jack works.  ;)17:00
aquixwhat laptop/desktop or soundcard is that?17:01
craigbass1976Dunno.  It's a dell I got a while ago.  Back when they were preinstalling the first time (Hardy maybe?)17:02
n2diyI have a webpage that needs adobe flash player, I followed the download link, and I'm presented with a list of available packages, I select apt for ubuntu 10.04, and I'm prompted to select an app. to launch it with. But apt-get isn't listed, where do I find the apt-get launcher?17:02
craigbass1976aquix, there's lspci: http://pastebin.com/HkaRYuAf17:03
GridCubecraigbass1976, do: lspci | grep "Audio"17:03
GridCube:P oh17:03
GridCubeyou did the whole thing17:03
aquixor            sudo aplay -l17:03
David-An2diy: the normal way to get flash is install package xubuntu-restricted-extras. never download things from the internet17:04
GridCuben2diy, ? apt-get isnt installed?17:04
GridCubeO_O17:04
n2diyDavid-A, restricted extras didn't work, and I removed it.17:04
skaIm able to get the packages install, and boot. but no screen, no virtual consoles either.17:05
skaNo X.. I can ssh in though.17:05
skaMaybe I missing a manager.. desktop-display manager of some sort17:05
skax-display-manager perhaps?17:06
n2diyGridCube, I'm sure it is, but how do I launch it from a thunar like window?17:06
GridCubeska, xubuntu-desktop metapackage should have taken care of that17:06
craigbass1976NEXT Question:  Why can't I make DOS windows bigger in Vista.  This makes it even MORE painful to fix someone's computer...17:08
David-An2diy: did x screens and consols go away when you installed restricted extras? did they re-appear when you uninstalled it? did you uninstall other things too? (see /var/log/apt/history.log)17:08
GridCubecraigbass1976, thats for other channels to ask17:08
GridCuben2diy, there is no apt-get gui, you use synaptic for that17:09
craigbass1976Actually, the real question...  Is there a way to defrag from a livecd?  I think there's junk at the end of an ntfs partitiont that's preventing me from shrinking the partition in gparted.  I can't install xubuntu for this guy until I make a new partition17:09
aquixthanks GridCube. I sometimes help at #linuxmint-help   and have seen sound troubles with Intel soundcards lately. This will help..  :)17:10
n2diyDavid-A, no, x is fine. What happened is I had a system working perfectly  with 10.04,, then upgraded to 12.04, and lost the ability to play youtube videos, and pandora internet radio. So last night, I setup my test box as a dual boot system, by installing 10.04 again. Now, I'm trying to get 10.04 working like it used too.17:11
GridCubethere are livecd that allow you to do that yes, but they are of questionable origins, i can not suggest you to google for them17:11
David-AGridCube,n2diy: (gdebi is a gui for .deb files)17:11
GridCubeDavid-A, for .deb files yes, but its not a replacement for apt-get, synaptic is17:12
David-Aok17:12
skaI get the Xubuntu splash screen, but after that it goes dark.17:13
skaXorg: no screens found17:14
n2diyDavid-A, After the 10.04 install last night, I installed restricted extras, and nothing changed, so I've removed that, and I'm trying, now, to install the adobe flash plugin, but I don't know how to launch apt-get from a file manager style window.17:14
David-An2diy: the restricted extras by dependence installs flashplugininstalled that is a script that installes flash from adobe, the latest i presume, so me think download and install latest from adobe manually wont work either17:19
David-An2diy: did restricted extras made something *worse* ? (besides *not* making flash work better)17:20
damiensalut17:20
n2diyDavid-A, ok, I'll try the tar.gz file then, thanks.17:23
holsteinfor testing purposes, you can install something like chrome with its own flash included..17:23
David-An2diy: i'd try restricted extras and check about:config if the browser sees it, then it is installed17:24
holsteinyou can also troubleshoot in 12.04 a bit longer.. it could be something quite simple that has been changed or moved17:24
GridCubeska, try to sudo apt-get install lightdm17:25
David-An2diy: if i find evidence a previous version would work better i'd download a big archive with flash players from adobe17:25
David-A*previous version of flash player17:25
skaGridCube: ok.. installing17:25
holsteinDavid-A: you will likely only find evidence that current versions work fine, and it could just be something in your system that might be "fixable"17:26
holsteinor in n2diy 's system rather17:26
skaGridCube: installed xorg-xxx-fbdev.. ; /etc/init.d/lightdm restart ; now working.17:26
GridCube:)17:27
n2diyok, where should I install the plugin? I don't see a plugin directory in ~/.mozilla/firefox?17:30
David-An2diy: to see where it is installed by the package (wouldnt be surprised if still installed): locate libflashplayer.so17:33
n2diyDavid-A, nope, locate didn't find it.17:34
David-Aone place is ~/.mozilla/plugins/ (there are places in the system too where the browsers look)17:35
n2diyDavid-A, yes, that is where I expected it to go, but the directory doesn't exsist. So, I'm going to create it, and copy the file there, and see what happens? Maybe this is the problem with 12.04 too?17:37
David-An2diy: try create it. the path is kind of old but think ff looks there. (me still think you get the same result just installing restricted extras)17:39
knomenot all directories are created by default17:40
knomeyou need to be careful with the flash .so though, you should only have it in *one* place17:40
David-Anot all directories are created equal :)17:40
David-Aknome: there may be a problem with different versions in different places. is there a problem with the same plugin in different places?17:41
knomeDavid-A, i'd make sure you only have it in one place, whatever the versions :)17:42
skaGridCube: its working.. ty.17:42
GridCube:D17:42
skaIf I want to run icewm instead of XFCE, do i edit .xinitrc or ?17:42
GridCubeinstall icewm and choose it instead of xfce on the lightdm user chooser thingy17:42
skadoh!17:43
skathanks again.. my wife will be very happy now with her recipe system.17:43
GridCubeit just took 3 days to install!17:44
GridCubeXD17:44
GridCube:p17:44
m1chaelwhen i changed from a USB keyboard to a PS2 keyboard, I get an error saying that Ubuntu is running in low graphics mode... this behavior disappears as soon as I reboot with the USB keyboard plugged back in... what can i do about this?17:48
holsteinm1chael: that is odd.. i would try and isolate that even more, and make sure thats the cause.. mabye try with live CD's to take your install out of the equation.. try with an earlier kernel version17:50
genii-around?: Are you using some USB based video like Mimo monitor or so on17:52
n2diyOk, the executable for apt-get is in /usr/bin, but selecting it, and then running the install app. doesn't do anything! The permissions are set so anybody can execute it. What a PITA this is. After six years of using Xubunt, I'm now left with a crippled system.18:05
knomen2diy, i'm not quite sure what you are trying to achieve? apt-get is a command line application, and what is the install application you are talking about?18:06
David-An2diy: you are not supposed to run apt-get from thunar (double click a .deb) thats what gdebi is for.18:07
skaCan someone recommend a light-weight file manager?18:08
skathunar takes 20 seconds to load.18:08
baizonska: clean cache18:09
baizonthat can help18:09
Unit193http://xubuntu.org/news/faq-1204-precise/ take a look at point 2.18:09
n2diyknome, , David-A, intellicast.com wants adobe flash player installed to run it's interactive weather maps. I follow the DL link, and it presents me with four packages to try, yum, tar.gz, rpm or APT for Ubuntu 10.04+. I select APT, and I'm presented with an Xwindow file navigator, NO CLI, I navigate to /usr/bin/apt-get, select open, ok, and nada.18:10
knomen2diy, have you installed xubuntu-restricted-extras?18:10
Unit193Much better to install flash from the repo, !partner has adobe-flashplugin18:11
n2diyknome, yes, that's the first thing I tried, didn't work, so I removed it.18:11
knome!partner18:11
ubottuCanonical's partner repositories provide packages a location for software vendors to publish applications. The repo itself can be added by running this in a !terminal: « sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ $(lsb_release -sc) partner" »18:11
David-An2diy: thats wrong, 1) dont download plugins because a webpage says so 2) apt-get is for CLI, gdebi is for click in thunar, Synaptic for full GUI.18:11
knomethe apt probably means "a .deb file"18:12
n2diyok, I'm in synaptic, flashplugin-installer, restricted-extras, both?18:13
n2diyDavid-A, knome, ok, I'm in synaptic, flashplugin-installer, restricted-extras, both?18:14
David-An2diy: elaborating 1) if you install restricted-extras flash and java should work for webpages, and if a webpage wants something else installed, leave that webpage, its no good. if flash is installed and still not working, the instruction on a flashy webpage wont help.18:15
David-An2diy: both or just one, as you wish.18:15
David-An2diy: restricted-extras will install flashplugininstaller by dependency.18:16
n2diyDavid-A, ok let me try it again, thanks.18:16
David-An2diy: restricted-extras also installs java and mp3 decoder whish is good, unless you are religious about closed source18:17
David-An2diy: (which you obvisly are not since you want flash)18:17
n2diyDavid-A, ok, restricted extras is installing, and bringing along 61 other packages with it, which it didn't do last night!? Sooo, in five minutes or so I'll have something, good, I hope, to report.18:19
GridCubeska, https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunar/+bug/77511718:21
ubottuLaunchpad bug 775117 in thunar (Ubuntu) "Thunar hangs on first launch of each session" [Low,Triaged]18:21
GridCubesee comment 13 ska18:21
drcska: However, I've found that Comment 34 the easiest workaround (remove gvfs-backend)...unless of course you need it for some reason.18:27
bugtraq-devhola19:02
bugtraq-devneeds some help19:02
baizon!ask19:02
ubottuPlease don't ask to ask a question, simply ask the question (all on ONE line and in the channel, so that others can read and follow it easily). If anyone knows the answer they will most likely reply. :-) See also !patience19:02
bugtraq-devok... alright well I'm working on a dev team on a distro and I want to completely remove the entire boot animation sequence from xubuntu19:03
bugtraq-devI can easily remove light-dm, but the intro load animation needs to go and I cannot find where to kill it19:04
bugtraq-devwill uninstalling plymouth create a typical Command Line boot to login manager?19:18
mongyremoving "splash" from your grub.cfg should.19:20
MurtaughHow can i get xubuntu to mount a floppy drive?19:32
MurtaughI'm assuming it just uses generic drivers, it moutned without installing anything on xp19:33
holsteinMurtaugh: maybe just mount it in XP and drag the contents over to USB19:33
Murtaughrebooting every time i need to read a disk isn't an option though...19:34
holsteinMurtaugh: sure.. i just dont have any floppie drives or disks to "learn" on, and i remember it being odd, but sorting it out once19:35
skadrc: thanks.. Those fixes all worked..19:35
drcska: np19:36
skaXubuntu successfully tricked out: icewm, wicd, no gnome-networking.19:36
skathunar now is quick19:36
Murtaughalso, is there a package with a theme similar to "slimline" from karmic?19:37
MurtaughI'm not a fan of any of the options...19:37
milesHey. I have a question about some sharing problems I'm having with my network.. I have one computer with ubuntu and one with xubuntu, when I share folders on the ubuntu comp I can access them from xubuntu but when I share folders via the samba setup utility in xubuntu I can't access them from my ubuntu computer, does anyone recognize this?19:45
recon_lapmiles: have you installed the samba client in the ubuntu machine?20:16
milesYes, but I found the problem.20:17
milesI just had forgot that you have to change the password inside the samba client to access it from another computer.20:18
recon_lapnearly always security :)20:18
thyemCould someone help me figure out why my system wont boot on its own?20:19
thyemI just installed Xubuntu but it just sits at a screen showing only a blinking _ in the top left corner20:20
thyemBooting with the install media works ( usb stick )20:20
thyemupdate-grub didnt help ;-\20:20
recon_lapthyem: have you removed the usb stick and any cd/dvd ?20:20
thyemYes20:21
thyemThat gives me the blinking underscore when trying to boot20:21
thyemand I didnt have it in when running update-grub20:21
thyemThe wierd thing is it doesnt give me an error, just sits  there blinking the underscore. Holding shift did not get me into the grub CLI20:22
David-Athyem: how many minutes did you sat there and looked at the blinking cursor until you gave up? i don't remember exactly but there have been cases something with hardware or network takes several minutes.20:22
thyemHmm, maybe not long enough. With the USB stick its near instant.  I might have been a bit hasty to reboot. Is it a time out issue of sorts or just bad hardware?20:23
recon_lapwhats the amke/model of the machine?20:24
thyemLenovo Edge 11, Core I3 CPU and 4 GB ram20:24
David-Athyem: maybe. it may be hardware detection that has to try things and time out. a special setting somewhere may solve that.20:24
thyemIll try a reboot and let it sit for awhile. I might be to spoiled with SSD theese days. Brb :-) And thanks for the input so far.20:25
recon_lapmight want to look at nomodeset nouveau.noaccel=120:26
David-Athyem: do not wait more than 10 mins, but definitly more than 3. (not saying you should accept 3 mins as normal boot time, just for diagnosing the problem)20:28
thyemIts been a few minutes now, Ill let it sit for a bit longer20:29
recon_lapthyem: seems that there are some issues with graphics cards not starting with default drivers20:29
thyemShould that affect Grub?20:30
recon_laptry add nomodeset nouveau.noaccel=1 to boot options20:30
recon_lapthyem: I'm just reading from the web. dont think I know any of this for sure :)20:31
thyem:)20:31
thyemI just find a bit odd if its that. It might be but the install boots fine with the USB stick. Not sure how that works. The USB stick should just contain the install media, but the installer might have but some boot files on it? I am bit confused, because if there was no grub on the HDD I should be getting "NO OS; Please reboot" or something similar20:33
blackgatonegrowell, the usb versdion has some boot files in it20:34
blackgatonegrois not that different from like, booting from a cd or an old floppy disk20:34
recon_lapthyem: I find that life is to short to try work out these things when there are simple options to try :)20:35
blackgatonegrobesides ubuntu/s have a usb installar for a reason, to make a ubuntu live usb that works20:35
David-Ablackgatonegro: (I reccon thyem have installed xubuntu on the harddisk and try boot it from there)20:38
blackgatonegrowell, xubuntu does boot from a hard disk, but usually you have to format it first.20:39
thyemYeah, I might have worded myself badly so Ill start over: Downloaded Xubuntu, put in on USB stick for install, Plugged USB stick in laptop, booted Xubuntu installer, had it remove windows + recovery partition20:39
blackgatonegroor you mean without grub? grub is there to pick the os you wanna boot20:39
thyemInstalled Xubuntu to the harddrive with a big ext 4 part at /dev/sda1 and some swap20:40
thyemTried booting it without the USB stick, got black screen with blinking _20:40
blackgatonegroso, something went wrong?20:40
blackgatonegrogrub got damaged or something?20:40
thyemTried booting with stick, straight to login screen of HDD install20:40
blackgatonegrowell, you got a bad install for sure20:41
thyemYeah, my toughts. But then I cant figure out why the stick would boot me to HDD install instead of "try Xubuntu" and I dont know why I dont get some grub error or the grub cli20:41
blackgatonegroformat, install again being online, go read the guide on how to restore grub20:41
recon_lapthyem: check boot order in BIOS20:41
blackgatonegro12.04 does have quite a few nasty bugs on a fresh install20:42
thyemIts : USB -> HDD -> Network20:42
David-Athyem: did you tell the installer not to install grub or install it somewhere nonstandard?20:42
thyemBut its still blinking and its been 10 minutes20:42
blackgatonegroput hhd first, usb second20:42
thyemNope, I let it figure it out20:42
blackgatonegrook then your grub is corrupted20:42
thyemAny tips on how to fix that without having to reinstall the entire system?20:45
blackgatonegrohttps://odzangba.wordpress.com/2011/05/14/455/20:47
blackgatonegrothere20:47
thyemhmm20:48
thyemSo I need a live version20:48
thyemThanks for the help so far guys.20:48
blackgatonegroyes, boot with usb  pick "Try xubuntu"20:50
blackgatonegroand follow the intruction20:50
blackgatonegros20:50
recon_lapwell, I'm not much help :) Think I'll call it a night20:52
David-Athyem: would be nice to know what have happend. "sudo dpkg-reconfigure grub" will show where it thinks grub is, but it will also update-grub, there probably is a file to look in. there should be a install log somewhere.20:53
tech1is anyone good with nvidia xserver or /etc/X11/xorg.conf .... for setting up dual monitors? i had them both working before then i had to resetup my pc and cant get dual monitors working again20:56
tech1in nvidia xserver tool, i have detected both displays and can setup dual monitors but the "apply" button is always disabled so i cant apply it20:56
blackgatonegrotech1, best thing would be to remove the drivers and install everything again20:57
tech1the apply button seemed to become enabled by complete fluke every 1 in a billion attempts but so far  i havnt got that back20:57
tech1ok ill try and reinstall the drivers20:57
tech1im just using the default nvidia drivers though20:57
blackgatonegrousing nvidia drivers is like a matching game, it works, or it does not work. be sure to do a complete uninstall20:58
tech1if i uninstall the default nvidia drivers wont my primary monitor stop working too?20:58
blackgatonegrosynaptic/ status view / remove everything in: not installed residual config20:59
blackgatonegrowell, it should load some basic vga drivers21:00
blackgatonegrobut yes, you need to install them again to use 3d aceleration and that21:00
sambagirldeath to nvidia21:00
tech1i have arandr too. but for some reason it only detects my primary which says"default"21:01
blackgatonegroif you have another brand for video cards, please tell21:01
blackgatonegrotech1, thats a bios thing21:01
blackgatonegrounless you are talking about the monitors21:01
thyemDavid-A: Not sure what made it go poop during the installer but I got it fixed now. Since I could boot into the install with the USB I got it running, startet synaptics, removed all grub packages. terminal, sudo apt-get install grub21:02
thyemand working21:02
thyemstarted*21:02
blackgatonegrogood21:03
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David-Anow seconds?21:04
tech1ahhhh21:06
thyemyeah21:06
tech1the apply button is enabled!21:06
tech1i didnt even change anything21:06
tech1its that 1 in a billion time21:06
skaAnyone have issue with splash screen hanging at boot time? Says "configuring network device" or similar21:07
skaIts probably my fault.. eth0 set to dhcp, but no wire21:10
tech1ok the apply button is working now but when i click it i get some warning about xscreen settings not being right21:12
tech1ok i restarted and now i have dual monitors21:20
tech1somehow21:20
tech1i didnt do anything i havnt tried a hundred times this week21:21
tech1well if its working now whatever config made it work should be saved in xorg.conf right?21:23
tech1so all i should have to do is back that file up.....21:23
SysiI think nvidia can also save setings to some file in your home directory21:24
genii-aroundYes21:24
genii-around.nvidia-settings-rc21:24
tech1here is my xorg.conf, does it look like it has saved the dual monitors?: http://pastebin.com/cSNAHDH521:26
tech1ok ill check that other file too....21:26
thyemDo you have two identical screens?21:30
tech1nope each one shows different stuff21:30
tech1my nvidia xserver says twinview, with secondary positioned rightof21:31
thyemI have never used twinview, but the xorg.conf you pasted seems to activate twinview on line 61.21:32
tech1oh wait not anymore... in nvidia xserver(gui) it says they are both disabled under "xserver display configuration" .. that must be for adding new settings? under "xscreen 0", it says dimensions 2944x1080, so its made one big screen out of both monitors21:33
tech1so twinview means they should show the same thing?21:33
thyemDont think so :O21:33
tech1i assumed that at first... the the settings and how i got it working seemed to mean twinview meant 2 seperate things(so they are one massive screen accross 2 monitors)21:34
tech1well it all seems to work now21:34
tech1ill reboot again now and see if it sticks....21:34
thyemgood luck21:34
tech1it works!21:47
tech1so what should i look into on how to open a program in a certain monitor/position?  do i include some xfce4 parameters in my script?21:49
SkippersBosstech: please look at xrand21:50
SkippersBossxrandr21:51
SkippersBoss!xrandr > tech121:51
ubottutech1, please see my private message21:51
tech1ok21:51
tech1thanks reading it now21:57
tech1is dwm(dynamic window manager) compatible with xubuntu/ubuntustudio/xfce4?21:59
tech1it looks quite good21:59
holsteintech1: you'll be wondering if its compatible with XFCE, and http://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?id=6310 looks similar to how i would do it22:03
tech1thanks good link22:07
tech1looks like it will be a bigger deal to set up than i thought though. think ill leave it until i have more experience with linux. or ill end up messing my system up(again)22:08
holsteinmessing your system up and a great way to learn, assuming you realize who is to "blame" when said issue occurs :)22:09
tech1yeh, my old pc just died though, then i had probems twice setting up my new pc this month... so only just got things running again. im in debt and behind on work.... so probably not the best time to experiment. maybe in 3 months or something22:10
holsteini usually have an experimental machine somewhere.. or i use something like virtualbox to test in... you can usually find some free hardware that's decent for running linux22:11
tech1yeh good idea. ill see if i can salvage something together... an experimental machine sounds quite useful to have :)22:13
holsteinalso, having a good backup plan for when things do go wrong... like hard drive failure or whatever... reinstalling the os (in my opinion) should not be something the end user is afraid of, nor should it be "epic"22:14
knometech1, just a pointer too... if you have an extra machine and time later, testing the new xubuntu versions and reporting back results is always useful too! :)22:14
holsteinyeah, as knome says, iso testing can actually really help the teams meet deadlines22:15
tech1cool. will do22:15
holsteinhttp://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/build/xubuntu/all for example22:15
knomeor navigate to http://xubuntu.org/contribute/qa/ and read more :)22:16
tech1cool22:17
martinphonewhat command could I use to see info about all incoming and outcoming internet connections?22:38
well_laid_lawnmartinphone: netstat is good for that - http://linuxpoison.blogspot.com.au/2008/07/how-to-use-netstat.html22:44
David-Amartinphone: maybe the command "ifconfig". depends what info you want. there are tools to collect traffic statistics. you can see traffic in panel applets or screenlet applets.22:44
martinphonenot only the ammount in/out, but what processes use what, what binds to what22:56
martinphonenetstat looks good22:57

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