[01:36] with an old celeron 1.7ghz and 512 of ram, is it advisable to jump to 12.04? [02:00] I am trying to change the touch area on my synaptic touch pad is that possible? [02:00] this laptop has a touchpad the size of an ipad [02:04] donimo: for ubuntu yes, for xubuntu or lubuntu no [02:05] donimo: sorry the reverse of that [02:06] thanks, i'll get 12.04 later. [02:06] xubuntu [02:08] Gabe_W: I have minimal knowledge of touchpad commands, but you might look at "man synaptics" [02:09] !synaptics [02:09] For a comprehensive Synaptics Touchpad guide, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticsTouchpad [02:09] * drc bets they have the same stuff (but didn't have the url :) [03:36] hello all [03:36] hiya [03:37] bare with me as I setup the background for my problem? [03:37] bear? bare? [03:37] k [03:37] bear [03:37] roger. :) [03:38] was running straight up ubuntu, got tired of the latest misery that is gnome, stumbled across xubuntu and installed xubuntu desktop [03:38] loving everything about it, except one thing that I can't seem to find a fix that works for... many website fonts in chrome are unreadable === xubuntu826 is now known as herpderp [03:39] firefox is just fine. Did not have this problem before switchover to xfce [03:40] sorry, i wont be much help here. you can set what font and the size in chromium's prefrences, but i dont use it cuz chromium doesn't work on some of the sites i use [03:41] firefox has proven to be the best of the linux browsers for stability and compatibility [03:42] Roger that. It's frustrating because it worked absolutely fine until the switchover, so it's got to be either a different package or a conflicting config setting between gnome and xfce, but nothing i've found in searches has worked. [03:42] also, thanks for reading anyway :) [03:42] if that doesnt work, remove it and re-install. but beyond that, im no help [03:43] chromium seems to work a lil better under kubuntu, but that was just my personal experience with it. like i said i dont use chromium [05:35] HeadlessZombie: figured out the fonts problem. [05:35] just thought i'd return to share with anyone who's paying attention, so you can help if this comes along for anyone else [05:36] summary of problem: chrome web fonts generally screwed up and no amount of dinking with antialias configs or chrome font settings fixed it, firefox worked fine, and chrome had worked fine in gnome [05:36] ~/.fonts.conf needs to be added (or edited) with a small block that apparently xfce skips [05:37] solution here: http://kmansoft.com/2012/08/15/debian-xfce-google-chrome-ugly-fonts-all-of-a-sudden/ [05:37] I had accidentally duplicated the header lines for the file and thus it didn't take, until I resolved that issue. [05:38] anyway, hope that can help someone, anyone, in the future. Peace :) [05:49] can someone help me install the nvidia graphics drivers on xubuntu? They're not showing up in the "Additional Drivers" dialog [05:52] eubey: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia [05:53] or http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1872740 [05:55] baizon, ? [05:55] apm1: ! [05:56] baizon, oh sorry ignore that i posted in the wrong channel :) === `mOOse` is now known as m00se === `mOOse` is now known as m00se [12:24] hello. I'm not sure if I already been here, I've been knocking on so many doors... but no success :( I'm trying to get the terminal make some speaker sounds with "tput bel", and have no idea why it doesn't do it. I've already loaded pcspkr module and now I can make speaker sound with "beep" [12:24] but still no sound with "tput bel" [12:25] since centerim5, the chat app I'm using relies on "tput bel" to throw sound notifications, I still have the problem [12:25] I'm using xubuntu 12.04 32bits [12:26] I've alread been in #xfce, #xterm, #linux, #ubuntu, #pulseaudio... [12:26] yo name it [12:26] oh, and #centerim of course [12:26] echo -e '\a' also does nothing [12:27] ^G nothing as well [12:27] I'm becoming a bit desperate [12:27] gmagno: i might try sending an email to a server team... i tried for a few minutes to get a bell to sound in terminal a few years ago, and just gave up on it [12:28] Basically, you're not going to be able to enable that bell, I tried at one point to get it, but only got as close to it would if I connected over VNC to the computer. (what?) [12:28] holstein, oh :-o that would be great. I'm glad I'm not the only one with this [12:28] Things may have changed, though. [12:29] but is this a linux problem, an ubuntu problem, or a xfce problem? [12:30] gmagno: im not even sure its a problem [12:33] Unit193, let me ask, do you have now this issue? Does "tput bel" make any sound on your computer? [12:34] I don't have this issue as I don't want the bell, found a much better way to do what I wanted. Still no bell last I knew. [13:01] Hello, I'm sorry for asking such a pathetic question, but do you have time to answer something for me while Xubuntu installs? [13:02] Do steam-purchased PC games work on Xubuntu? [13:53] Seikao: I don't use steam, but I hear many games works. Name some of your games maybe someone can answer. [13:54] Seikao: If it works in ubuntu it should also work in xubuntu, so if no answer here, ask in #ubuntu [14:04] whats the problem? [14:06] hi there, juts installed xubuntu, would like to add japanese input system , but it seems like all the methods i've googled involve downloading the entire support files, i dont need the menus in japanese ,just to be able to input it [14:08] !ibus | itai [14:08] itai: IBus is used to allow multilingual input such as Chinese, Japanese, Korean (CJK), Devanagari and Dravidian characters in !GUI applications - see also: !SCIM. For more info on Ibus see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ibus [14:11] bazhang, thanks, i have ibus and it allowed me to add chinese (cause im loacted in china, very smart of xubuntu) , but i looked through the settings and it doesnt allow me to add any other language [14:11] that it the "add" option in ibus>settings>input method is greyed out [14:11] itai, thats odd, I can add about 5-6 languages here [14:12] you did the ibus setup, right? [14:12] yes ,你看？ chinese works... [14:12] but cant add anything ,,, [14:13] it then needs to be restarted once the language packs are installed and the system configured [14:13] language packs must be installed first [14:13] so how do i install the language packs? [14:13] via the package manager [14:14] i searched for japanese thru the ubuntu software center , there was no input system [14:14] or use the system administration language support to add them [14:14] ibus wont allow an add unless they are installed [14:15] the sys admin language support forces me to download the entire thing, menus ,firefox translation etc, im on a slow connection , it has been running for hours now, [14:15] do you maybe know the package name and i can just apt-get it ? [14:16] it even downloads gnome packs for some reason... [14:19] the essential japanese fonts, etc? [14:19] there are numerous japanese systems available in the ibus selection [14:20] just the input system , i guess i would need some fonts , [14:20] system input methods that is [14:20] anthy is what i usually use [14:20] !find anthy [14:20] Found: anthy, anthy-common, ibus-anthy, libanthy-dev, libanthy0 [14:20] that simple> [14:20] ? [14:20] !info ibus-anthy [14:20] ibus-anthy (source: ibus-anthy): anthy engine for IBus. In component main, is optional. Version 1.2.6-2ubuntu1 (precise), package size 82 kB, installed size 632 kB [14:21] will it work alongside chinese ? [14:21] !info anthy [14:21] anthy (source: anthy): input method for Japanese - backend, dictionary and utility. In component main, is optional. Version 9100h-9ubuntu1 (precise), package size 143 kB, installed size 412 kB [14:21] of course [14:21] so try anthy and ibus-anthy for starters [14:22] thanks, you know, bazhang, i've been using ubuntu for many years and whenever there's a problem you are always there on the irc, so thank you! [14:22] well, save the thanks til its fixed, but OK [14:24] i'll try to apt-get anthy and see what happens, thank again , have a wonderful day (or night) [14:24] has been started! If you can not use IBus, please run System -> Administration -> Language Support and set the "Keyboard Input Method" to "ibus", then log out and back in again. [14:24] that was the ibus setup message [14:25] interesting [14:25] err ibus-setup [14:25] let me try to add some languages [14:30] なに？ [14:31] works for you [14:32] apt-get is downloading some packages , hope it works, as i was saying ,im on a very slow connectiuon [14:32] the language support prompted me to add some packages, then I chose ibus as the system input method, and it was ok [14:33] about 26mb here [14:34] i think my mirrors are just too slow , i'll change them and see if it helps, anyway gotta go, thanks for everything [14:34] np [15:07] I wish to downgrade back to xfce 4.8 from 4.10 I took from ppa, how do I do it? [15:12] how do I copy a file to my etc directory where sudo privileges are needed? [15:20] can anyone help me with: [15:21] sudo -u gnunet touch ~/.gnunet/gnunet.conf [15:21] touch: cannot touch `/home/dexter/.gnunet/gnunet.conf': Permission denied [15:21] martinphone: sudo -u touch ~/.gnunet/gnunet.conf [15:22] what's that gnunet doing there? [15:22] daedaluz, readme [15:24] daedaluz, is sudo -u gnunet mkdir ~/.gnunet/ also wrong? do I need to sudo -u mkdir ~/.gnunet/ ? [15:24] yes [15:25] sudo -u touch ~/.gnunet/gnunet.conf [15:25] sudo: unknown user: touch [15:25] and leave that u out btw [15:25] sudo: unable to initialize policy plugin [15:25] just checked what it does [15:25] "sudo touch ~/.gnunet/gnunet.conf" [15:26] but I don't get it, you are sudoing in your own $HOME [15:26] disregard all this [15:34] daedaluz, thats my noobness [15:34] not my home, but /compiled/gnunet/, but a dire in which sudo is not needed [15:35] daedaluz, http://paste.ubuntu.com/1194897/ [15:35] all that in dir: home/compiled/gnunet/gnunet-0.9.3 === `mOOse` is now known as m00se [15:56] can I use glade 3, it requires gtk3 [16:24] I need libxml 2.4.1. In the repo I find a libxml--2.6-2 but version number 2.34 [16:24] is this the one I need? [16:26] martinphone: i would say try it, and if you need a different one, step it down [16:26] damned gnunet === `mOOse` is now known as m00se [18:03] I'm having trouble configuring my Wireless NIC [18:03] I'm running Xubuntu 12.04 [18:03] Per the directions on this post: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1800178 [18:03] I managed to install the RT5370 drivers [18:04] But I can't get the GUI front end for wireless tools to detect the wireless driver [18:04] moreover, I can't seem to establish a connection with my access point [18:05] hmm [18:05] Can anyone lend me a hand? [18:08] Foxhound-Z, wish I could. but that's over my head [18:09] seems most people here are having a lazy sunday [18:18] lazing on a sunday afternoon... [18:18] how do I become root from a terminal? === `mOOse` is now known as m00se [18:25] martinphone, use sudo? [18:25] or do sudo su [18:27] sudo -s [18:50] martinphone, now, how about you help me with my mess ;-) [18:57] me? [18:57] I DOUBT i CAN HELP ANYONE [18:57] sorry for that [19:26] Stupid question: How to I read man pages from the GUI? [19:27] there must be something better then "man pulseaudio | xless" [19:28] http://manpages.ubuntu.com/pulseaudio [19:28] Like that? [19:29] grumbel: install devhelp [19:29] !info devhelp [19:29] devhelp (source: devhelp): GNOME developers help program. In component main, is optional. Version 3.4.1-0ubuntu1 (precise), package size 14 kB, installed size 119 kB [19:29] !info yelp [19:29] yelp (source: yelp): Help browser for GNOME. In component main, is optional. Version 3.4.1-0ubuntu1 (precise), package size 49 kB, installed size 544 kB [19:30] Neither yelp nor devhelp seem to support man pages [19:30] that's weird, I'm sure devhelp did at some point [19:31] devhelp just gives me access to all the Gnome reference docu as far as I can tell [19:31] Does anyone one if the broadcom wireless have been solved already in the current Ubuntu version? I tried hard to migrate to Ubuntu some months ago but the wireless problems were a deal breaker [19:31] yelp seems to be completely useless, as that just looks like a poor mans webbrowser [19:33] grumbel: it is a browser, but not for web pages, but for help pages [19:36] anyways, looks like that functionality was removed (or it didn't exist in the first place and I remember wrong), so I guess you could just stream your man page through man2html and to a web browser === billy_idle is now known as march [20:05] I'm listening to the game on my am radio, can I pipe the audio through my sound card and out of my speakers? [20:05] n2diy: sure, go ahead [20:06] TheSheep, how? [20:06] just connect your radio to your computers audio in socket? [20:06] usually the red one [20:07] TheSheep, and what do I play the audio with? [20:07] I don't understand [20:07] plug the AM radio into the microphone port [20:07] make sure mic is turned up in the alsa mixer [20:09] HeadlessZombie, ok thats done, what app. do I use to play the audio? [20:09] TheSheep, what app. do I play the audio with? [20:11] n2diy: http://s8dragon.wordpress.com/2010/12/26/listen-to-microphone-over-the-speakers-using-pulseaudio/ [20:11] n2diy: no need for an app [20:15] not working [20:16] n2diy: start pavucontrol [20:16] grumbel, ok, playing with alsamixer now. [20:17] n2diy: under "Input Devices" in pavucontrol, do you see any action? [20:18] you might also want to try gnome-alsamixer [20:18] Actually I think you might be able to do it completely without pulseaudio [20:19] as soundcards should be able to handle that directly [20:19] click around in gnome-alsamixer on the Line and Mic settings [20:20] and maybe the Capture settings [20:20] Some of those should make mic output come out of the speakers [20:20] if that doesn't help, but you do actually get mic input (can test that with Audacity) [20:20] you can abuse pulseaudio loopback module to redirect audio [20:28] ok, installed gnome-alsamixer, no luck with that either. Sounds work here. Can't play now, have to listen to the end of the game on the radio, thanks all! Go Eagles. [21:14] Good evening! :) [21:17] hi [21:17] hi [21:31] does anyone have experience dual booting with windows? [21:32] no? [21:32] !dualboot [21:32] Dual boot instructions: x86/AMD64: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DualBoot/Windows - Macs: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBookPro https://help.ubuntu.com/community/YabootConfigurationForMacintoshPowerPCsDualBoot [21:33] thanks [21:33] the bot does ;) [21:33] cheers [21:33] i'm dualbooting :P [21:33] what windows are you using? [21:34] assuming you're using windows... [21:34] windows/wineeww yup [21:35] does the xubuntu partition tool (in the liveCD) play nice with win7? or should I make the partition in win7? [21:37] it plays nice with windows [21:38] ok then... Do I have to create swap manually, or does it do that for me? b/c I heard I need that [21:39] depends on what you choose :P [21:40] ok then... I need to go burn an iso. Thanks for your help [23:28] my internet dropped earlier, can anyone help me install a font? [23:32] someone please recommend a good a/v muxer [23:32] HandBrake is a good video encoder, but it's not intended to be a muxer, per-se === `mOOse` is now known as m00se [23:41] I like avidemux [23:41] !info avidemux [23:41] avidemux (source: avidemux): a free video editor - GTK version. In component multiverse, is optional. Version 1:2.5.4-0ubuntu11 (precise), package size 760 kB, installed size 1953 kB [23:46] i'll check it out. thanks