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FloatingGoatwhats the best way to record guitar? looped at every 4th beat or try to play through the whole song?11:40
smartboyhwNow where is ailo!?11:41
smartboyhwHE would be the best to answer this11:41
smartboyhwAlso len-dt maybe11:41
FloatingGoathe answers a lot of my questions lol11:42
FloatingGoati guess i could ask again tomorrow11:45
FloatingGoator later today11:45
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Ubuntu_IssuesHey guys ive got maaajor resolution issues18:20
Ubuntu_Issuesjust did an update and im stuck at 640 x 48018:20
Ubuntu_Issuesdoes anyone know any way to rollback all updates or force resolution?18:21
holsteinUbuntu_Issues: i would just try the old kernel18:23
Ubuntu_Issuessorry im a real new user here :)18:23
holsteini would look and see if a proprietary driver installation has installed a custom xorg.conf and that it looks as expected18:23
Ubuntu_Issuesjust upgraded from win 718:23
holsteinUbuntu_Issues: thats not an upgrade18:24
Ubuntu_IssuesI have absolutely no idea how to18:24
holsteinUbuntu_Issues: thats a different operating system18:24
Ubuntu_Issuesoh hey holstein! I used to be known as presonus :P18:24
holsteinUbuntu_Issues: i was assuming an upgrade had broken your display18:24
holsteinUbuntu_Issues: i would just look for a proprietary driver18:24
Ubuntu_Issuesyeah it seems to have, I didnt have a problem till I rebooted18:24
holsteinUbuntu_Issues: ok.. then try the earlier kerne18:25
Ubuntu_Issuesok sorry for stupiud questions but what is a kernal -facepalm- and how do I try an earlier one18:25
Ubuntu_IssuesI used the damn updater18:25
holsteinwell, you can search around and find out what a kernel is if you need18:26
Ubuntu_Issuesno idea about terminal window.. yet18:26
Ubuntu_Issuesbut im learning18:26
holsteinat boot, you'll see a list of boot options18:26
holsteinif you dont, you can either tap shift to show them, or refer to18:26
holstein!grub218:26
ubottuGRUB2 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)18:26
Ubuntu_Issueshmmmm18:26
Ubuntu_IssuesI dont have grub installed i dont think18:27
holsteinyou'll find the last kernel that was working in the list under "previous entries" or something like that18:27
Ubuntu_Issuesit boots straight to ustudio18:27
holsteinUbuntu_Issues: you can confirm that if you'd like, by referring to that link i gave you18:27
holsteinUbuntu_Issues: but, if linux is booting, and you installed from the default installation CD, you have grub18:27
Ubuntu_Issuesbooted from usb, installed to hd18:28
Ubuntu_Issuesit auto boots, no options18:28
Ubuntu_Issuesis there ashortcut key I need to hit?18:28
Ubuntu_Issuesit was a blank drive in a blak machine18:28
Ubuntu_Issues*blank18:28
Ubuntu_Issuessorry for text formatting, my zoom is all fucked since my resolution is huge18:29
holsteinUbuntu_Issues: you can tap shift to show the boot menu as i mentioned earlier, or you can refer to that link18:29
holsteinUbuntu_Issues: this is a troubleshooting step.. try the earlier kernel18:29
Ubuntu_Issuesoh ok cool I missed it, my window is TINY18:29
Ubuntu_Issuesthanks man rebooting and trying now18:29
Ubuntu_lUserHey rebooted and back18:33
Ubuntu_lUserim getting invalid format on my display until it boots18:33
Ubuntu_lUsercant access any menus18:33
Ubuntu_lUseris there anything I can do from the terminal to force resolution?18:33
Ubuntu_lUseroh good my nick timed out18:34
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holsteinUbuntu_Issues: you tried the earlier kernel?18:37
holsteinis there an earlier kernel?18:37
holsteinthere are recovery options, and one of them is graphics18:37
holsteinthats in that menu that im still not sure you are getting to or not18:37
Ubuntu_Crashsirry bad crash18:38
Ubuntu_Crashno chat history, I cant log into xchat cos the buttons are off the screen18:38
Ubuntu_CrashSUCH a pain18:39
Ubuntu_Crashdoes anyone know a way to force resolution?18:39
Ubuntu_Crashthx :)18:39
holsteinthere are recovery options, and one of them is graphics18:40
holsteinthats in that menu that im still not sure you are getting to or not18:40
holsteinUbuntu_Issues: you can put an xorg.conf in place18:40
Ubuntu_Crashcant get any boot menus18:40
holsteinyou can remove the kernel upgrade asssuming thats what has caused the issme18:40
holsteinissue*18:40
holsteinUbuntu_Issues: you'll need to tap shift, or refer to that link i gave on how to unhide the grub menu18:40
Ubuntu_Crashcant access kernal menu, invalid format warning on my screen18:40
holsteinUbuntu_Issues: then thats screen related18:41
Ubuntu_Crashcant get to grub. no display till the desktop loads18:41
holsteinUbuntu_Issues: i would look and see if you have changed any settings there18:41
Ubuntu_Crashscreen was running fine till I updated and rebooted18:41
holsteinUbuntu_Issues: then, if you are early one, maybe just reinstall, and dont update18:42
Ubuntu_Crashdamn I dont have time to :P I was hoping it was any easy command line to force resolution :) sitting round with a bunch of mates smashed as hell18:42
Ubuntu_Crashplaying music its like 5am here18:43
Ubuntu_Crashoops 7am man im wasted18:43
Ubuntu_Crashgoogled it a few times but couldnt find anything that worked :) thats why I logged on here18:44
holsteinUbuntu_Issues: you can explore those options i gave earlier18:44
Ubuntu_Crashreally appreciate your guys help thanks heaps18:44
holsteinyou can try #xubuntu or #ubuntu since this is not really an ubuntustudio issue18:44
Ubuntu_Crashyep rebooted a few times hence the nick change holstein, cant get grub menu18:45
holsteinUbuntu_Issues: you can if you edit the menu in tty18:45
holsteinUbuntu_Issues: have you tried tty?18:45
holsteinUbuntu_Issues: have you tried checking out that linke?18:45
holstein!grub218:45
Ubuntu_Crashdumbass question whats a tty18:45
ubottuGRUB2 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)18:45
Ubuntu_Crashim so sorry :P I know I must look like a retard haha18:45
holsteinUbuntu_Issues: that is another way of getting to your system18:45
holsteinUbuntu_Issues: you look frustrated and rightly so18:45
holsteinUbuntu_Issues: you'll need to be patient and ready to try some troubleshootins steps though to resolve this18:46
Ubuntu_Crashhaha its not so much that ive lost grub, cos it is loading, but the resolution its loading in isnt supported by my tv18:46
holsteinUbuntu_Issues: reinstalling should take about 20 minutes.. that would be the easiest18:46
holsteinUbuntu_Issues: you didnt "lose" grub18:46
holsteinUbuntu_Issues: you *never* said tv til just now18:47
Ubuntu_Crashoh crap sorry18:47
holsteinUbuntu_Issues: i would get to a monitor.. make life easier18:47
holsteinset it up there, and then go to the TV18:47
Ubuntu_Crashtv has vga input18:47
holsteinUbuntu_Issues: sure... and hows that working for you?18:47
Ubuntu_Crashcant get to a monitor today18:47
holsteinUbuntu_Issues: you *can* sort this out with the tv, but id have to be there18:47
holsteinUbuntu_Issues: i would just reinstall and dont update18:48
holsteinjust dont update til you know what you are doing a little more and you have more hardware for troubleshooting purposes18:48
Ubuntu_Crashyeah ill have to reinstall tomorrow when my heads clear :P all my windows are off the screen and its driving me nuts18:48
Ubuntu_Crashyeah definately, I installed all the updates I could find cos im trying  new firewire card18:49
Ubuntu_Crashim the guy that had the firewire problems18:49
Ubuntu_Crashdidnt expect it to screw with the display18:49
holsteinit might not have18:49
holsteinits not a display anyways, its a TV18:50
holsteinthats an extra layer of complexity that you might not want to deal with18:50
Ubuntu_Crashfor the record I bloody love ustudio its awesome18:50
Ubuntu_Crashwell its a plasma18:50
Ubuntu_Crashbut yeah tv, it showed up as a standard monitor untill I updated18:50
Ubuntu_Crash*-l18:50
holsteinif it were me, i would just go in with a live CD and put an xorg.conf in place18:50
holsteinOR, ssh in18:50
Ubuntu_Crashits an empty box im perfectly happy to open it up18:51
Ubuntu_Crashill have to reburn an iso to usb and redo it, internet is pretty crap here so thats atlease a 3 hour ordeal18:52
Ubuntu_Crashsorry for spelling, all my typing is offscreen bc of resolution18:52
holsteininternet doesnt have anything to do with it18:53
holsteinjust use the one you have already downloaded18:53
holsteinmake a USB stick reinstall.. you should be done in 20 minutes18:54
Ubuntu_Crashalready blanked the damn usb to transfer my files18:54
holsteinsure, use the iso you have downloaded18:54
Ubuntu_Crashand the iso is on my dead windows box18:54
Ubuntu_Crashnightmarrrre18:55
holsteinUbuntu_Issues: you have no live diagnostic CD's?18:55
Ubuntu_Crashnope18:55
Ubuntu_Crashno optical drive18:55
Ubuntu_Crash:P18:55
holsteinmaybe just download a lighter one.. puppy... ubcd18:55
holsteinget the iso off the windows box18:55
Ubuntu_Crashpuppy is awesome :) I just really love ustudiop18:55
Ubuntu_Crashthe sequncing program is prefect for writing drums18:56
Ubuntu_Crashand geequie is amazing for my photography18:56
holsteinim not suggestion you use puppy instead18:56
Ubuntu_Crasho really? I may have puppy lying around18:56
holsteinim staying the puppy iso is under 200mb's and you need a live diagonistics CD anyways18:56
holsteinUbuntu_Issues: when i say "you have no live diagnostic CD's" thats what im asking18:57
holstein*anything* that boots up live.. right now.. that you can get that iso off the "dead" windows box with18:57
holsteinthen, you transfer instead of download18:57
holsteinremake a USB. boot.. install.. enjoy18:57
Ubuntu_Crashmobo is dead, nothings comin off it without a hd transfer18:57
holsteinUbuntu_Issues: i would take the hard drive to another machine ..plug it in18:58
holsteinor, just q up the iso download18:59
Ubuntu_Crashstupid asus hp box has these green shit in the way its gonna be a cunty teardown18:59
Ubuntu_Crashqing up the dl now19:00
holsteinasus hp?19:00
holsteinwhatever... if its trash, its trash... tear it down with a hammer19:00
Ubuntu_Crashyeah its a bastard pc :P19:00
holsteini can only offer solutions... i dont deal with limitations well19:00
holsteini just get things done, or throw them out19:01
Ubuntu_Crash:P im in the resurrection business haha building a junkyard network19:01
holsteinsure... but if its trash, its trash19:01
Ubuntu_Crashgot a bunch of boxes out of the trash - broke student artist19:01
holsteineither he mobo is dead or not19:01
holsteinyup.. i got a stack of those as well19:01
Ubuntu_Crashwell one box had a mobo that worked, one had a power supply and the other four had 3 gigs each of hd :P19:04
holsteinso, you can build a functional machine, and get the info from the hard drive19:05
Ubuntu_Crashresurrected a laptop with puppy linux and it worked well so I thought id go for a serious ubuntu install, and this is the first one thats worked19:05
Ubuntu_CrashI know my questions are pretty stupid but im learning :P thanks so much for your patience19:06
holsteini dont think your questions are stupid... you have some excuses mixed in with the questions though19:07
Ubuntu_Crashyep! Probably due to inexperience19:08
Ubuntu_Crashif you can spot what the excuses are def call me on it :) ill be as honest as I can19:09
holsteinits challenging... you really got to be willing to tinker since no one is getting paid to make sure your linux experience is "good" on your hardware19:09
holsteinOR, buy something with linux already on it, like from system7619:09
holsteinbut, i feel confident we can get you going in the right direction here19:09
Ubuntu_CrashHeres the story from boot, I get my DOS screen, then nothing but a blank invalid format display until the desktop loads with a default monitor showing only 2 resolution options19:09
holsteinyou can force different options with a custom xorg.conf19:10
Ubuntu_Crashcant afford to buy anything, im on student allowance and trying to get a computer thatll do my projects without actually shelling out more than a hundy :P19:11
Ubuntu_Crashand im so close!19:11
holsteini didnt mean to imply that was mandatory19:11
Ubuntu_Crashoh good :P started wondering if ive pushed my hardware luck to capacity19:12
Ubuntu_Crashits a dual core though but ddr2 ram so kinda old19:12
holsteini can do anything i do on a p4 with a gig of ram19:13
holstein512 prolloy19:13
Ubuntu_Crashwow!19:13
Ubuntu_CrashI resurrected a p2, ive got 4 p4s in my junk server atm19:14
Ubuntu_Crashworking my way up with ubuntu so I can attack it once ive got more knowledge19:14
Ubuntu_Crashits a long road though19:14
Ubuntu_Crashive got the stickability, just trying not to piss off my few avenues of help haha19:14
Ubuntu_Crashis unetbootin the program to load isos to in ubuntu? Or do you guys use a better one19:15
Ubuntu_Crashthats what I used on my win7 box before I formatted it19:16
holsteinunet is the one i use... there are plenty and "better" is a matter of opinion19:16
Ubuntu_Crashgood, as long as 'junk' isnt in the description, I know windows ports are dodgy sometimes19:16
holsteinunet is in the repos19:16
holsteinits well supported19:17
Ubuntu_Crashright! unet installing, gona roll right back to a clean install and leaave the updates off19:20
Ubuntu_Crashis there somewhere with update advice I can check to decide whats vital and what isnt?19:21
Ubuntu_Crashonce again, apologies for the spelling, I cringe every time19:21
holsteinUbuntu_Issues: i would just learn for now19:21
holsteinUbuntu_Issues: if you get some more "generic" hardware, you can run a normal setup19:21
holsteinkernel upgrades can break things19:22
Ubuntu_Crashproblem is ive got no contingency, so if I take it offline I can't get online to check any help files, so I make hard copy note before I do anything19:22
holsteinthey can also add functionality19:22
Ubuntu_Crashits the only box in the house thats working now19:22
holsteinUbuntu_Issues: if its not "online" then theres nothing to worry about security wise19:23
Ubuntu_CrashI cannibalised everything to get it running19:23
Ubuntu_Crashnot security wise, as in if something fucks out and doesnt install I cant google the error to fix it19:23
Ubuntu_Crashits a blank box I dont care about security atm theres nothing on it19:23
holsteinif you arent online, you wont be installing anything anyways19:23
Ubuntu_Crashoperating systems19:24
Ubuntu_Crashustudio installer screwed up for weeks when I tried to load it19:24
holsteini dont take updates or install anything while installing the OS19:24
holsteinUbuntu_Issues: it worked first time and everytime for me19:25
holsteini had issues taking upgrades while installing so i dont anymore19:25
Ubuntu_Crashexample: With puppy I had to load another program first to recognise the usb port and boot from it, I wouldnt have known that if I hadnt hit up puppylinuxs chatroom and asked19:25
holsteineither your machine boots USB or it doesnt19:26
holsteinyou needed something like plop?19:26
Ubuntu_Crashcant remember the name but the menu looked like the old ps2 screens19:26
Ubuntu_Crashyeah plop!19:26
holsteinthats got nothing to do with puppy19:26
holsteinthats because you have legacy hardware that doesnt USB boot19:26
Ubuntu_CrashTHANKS! My windows machine needs it, and google as I might I couldnt find the name19:26
holstein*any* thing you want to boot from USB will require that19:26
Ubuntu_Crashyeah it was oooold :P19:27
Ubuntu_Crashacer aspire19:27
Ubuntu_Crashno cd drive, ony floppy! I nearly took it fully apart to get at the hd till someone mentioned plop19:27
Ubuntu_CrashCan I ask some dumb questions? Do you guys use utorrent or is there a special linux one? What about winamp? Are there any common applications I SHOULDNT install? (Acrobat, Office etc)19:33
Ubuntu_Crashim 26 btw not 13, I'm reading back over these questions and realising I actually know stuff all about linux19:33
Ubuntu_Crash:P19:34
holsteini dont think there is winamp for linux, though nothing about linux or ubuntu prevents winamp from making a version for it19:34
holsteinthere are *lots* of media player.. i always come back to VLC19:34
holstein!vlc19:34
ubottuAudio (Ogg, MP3...) players: Audacious, Banshee, Listen, Quod Libet, Rhythmbox, Exaile, XMMS2 (GTK/Gnome based) and Amarok, JuK (Qt/KDE based).  Video players: Totem, Xine, MPlayer, VLC, Kaffeine - See also !codecs19:34
holsteini dont torrent things, though i have hosted iso's for friends19:34
holsteinthere are defaults in the main ubuntu distro, and in xubuntu19:35
holsteinthere are plenty of torrent applications19:35
Ubuntu_CrashIm using Audacious atm, but I really loved the visualisations in winamp, can you run these on audacious? The matrix screensaver is doing fine for now, I freakin love this OS19:35
holsteintransmission was the torrent application i used19:35
holsteinUbuntu_Issues: there are plenty of heavy application for media playback with visualization19:36
holsteinUbuntu_Issues: i would look at one of the big ones... rhythymbox or banshee or amarok19:36
holsteini dont install adobe acrobat reader since we have pdf viewers and adobe has been causeing some unecessary sucurity risks with th reader application19:37
holsteini dont use microsoft office, i use either google docs online, or libre office, which is in the repos19:37
holsteini would take it slow, and just ask19:38
Ustudio_Somethinoops did I get kicked or did I accidentally quit19:38
holstein"i want visualizations"19:38
Ustudio_Somethinsorry mods if i did19:38
holsteinUstudio_Somethin: no one kicked you or got kicked19:38
Ustudio_Somethinok cool im using a webchat atm so no chat history or server window19:38
holsteinhttp://paste.ubuntu.com/1219270/19:39
holstein^ history19:39
holsteini would try and just "get your feet wet"19:39
Ustudio_SomethinIm going back to my screen name to make things easier19:39
Ustudio_Somethin :)19:39
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holsteinthink about how long you used windows before you started using winamp, or even knew what a visualization was19:39
holsteini mean, i could be doing the same.. showing up with windows asking about apt-get and repositories19:40
holsteinthese are different operating systems, and i urge you to take a more open-minded computer science approach like "how can i accomplishe this task" rather than "how can i exaclty emulate the experience that im used to"19:40
TripleFFF-whoosh for now- I dedicate myself to learning what the heck that means19:41
TripleFFF:) I'd love to! I think I just don't know how to ask, as I don't know the capabilities yet19:42
holsteinyou say "how do i get visualizations in my media player"19:42
holsteininstead of "is there anything like winamp"19:42
TripleFFFand what I think is the only possible way to do something is the most difficult, since its using mostly windows knowledge19:42
TripleFFFok cool!19:43
TripleFFFI get you, winamp is the best possible thing I could think of19:43
holsteinsure, and i just happened to have used winamp19:43
holsteinso i know what you are asking.. but we have lots of visualization options19:43
holsteinif a person is new to computers, i think its easier just sit down and use linux... its the switching that is challenging19:45
TripleFFFcan you recommend any cool linux media players with visualizations that are comparable to something like milkdrop19:45
holsteintheres a certain level of functinalitiy that a user expects that has taken years to cultivate, and they want that immediately19:46
holsteinTripleFFF: i would try one of the major big ones.. like i mentioned above... rhythymbox.. banshee, amarok19:46
holsteinhttp://linuxrevolution.blogspot.com/2007/11/howto-get-more-visualizations-in.html19:47
holsteinhttp://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/09/enable-visualisations-in-banshee-ubuntu19:47
holsteinhttp://amarok.kde.org/wiki/Amarok_1.4/User_Guides/ProjectM_HowTo19:48
holsteinamarok will pull in a bunch of KDE stuff... though it is quite nice19:48
TripleFFFhave you had any experiences with the visualisation control? We use winamp a lot at dance parties for the screens19:49
holsteinTripleFFF: i dont do visualizations.. the most if done is disable the automatic ones in rythymbox19:50
holsteinthere are plenty of nice ones... JACK ones19:50
Ubuntu_Crash Ok I desperately need to know how to format a drive as /root or whatever it is19:57
Ubuntu_Crashmy phone locked my sd card as read only and now I cant record to it19:57
Ubuntu_Crashwe're in the middle of a jam session19:57
Ubuntu_CrashI need to format it19:58
Ubuntu_Crashdrives recognised, but it says error creating trash item19:59
Ubuntu_Crashoops thats where my other login went19:59
TripleFFFtest20:00
TripleFFFdamn multi desktop voodoo20:00
TripleFFFsorry if theres another way to ask that, umm does anyone know how to zero write an sd card from the terminal as admin?20:01
TripleFFFI tried googling, wikihow said to install gparted Ubuntu but I got htis Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree        Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package gparte20:05
TripleFFFoops just read it, sorry for the flood, my eyes arent so good this morning20:05
TripleFFFthis resolution is such a pain20:08
TripleFFFok stil cant format my sd card, cant find disk utility in settings or the blue menu thing, and the resolution makes all the windows too big for the screen20:11
holsteinTripleFFF: i would just get a gparted live CD20:32
holstein!sudo20:32
ubottusudo is a command to run command-line programs with superuser privileges ("root") (also see !cli). Look at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo for more information. For graphical applications see !gksu (GNOME, Xfce), or !kdesudo (KDE). If you're unable to execute commands with sudo see: http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/fixsudo20:32
holstein!gksudo20:32
ubottuIf you need to run graphical applications as root, use « gksudo », as it will set up the environment more appropriately. Never just use "sudo"! (See http://psychocats.net/ubuntu/graphicalsudo to know why)20:32
holsteini assume you have tried to just set the resolution in arandr20:32
holsteinTripleFFF: ^20:32
Ubuntu_Issuessorry for delay, scrolling and trying20:34
Ubuntu_Issuestext is huge20:34
Ubuntu_Issuesim getting four words a line at 540 x 480 om a 48 inch haha this sucks\20:35
holsteinyup... i had the same issue on a TV once in windows XP20:36
Ubuntu_Issuesuhoh whats an andrar20:48
Ubuntu_IssuesI went to settings and display..20:48
holsteinUbuntu_Issues: try arandr20:49
Ubuntu_IssuesI dont really know what that is20:49
holsteinUbuntu_Issues: you can just open it20:50
holsteinUbuntu_Issues: run arandr from the menu20:51
holsteinopen a terminal and type "arandr"20:51
len-dtI don't think that will help... you need to use a really small default font. This is still not a guarantee as some programs will set their own font size. With TV resolutions you are looking below what _everything_ is designed for anymore. That is smaller than plain old VGA after all.20:51
holsteinhit alt+f2 and type "arandr"20:51
holsteinyup.. i dont think it will work.. and i assumed you had already tried it20:51
Ubuntu_Issues:) sorry google gave me a total blank20:51
Ubuntu_Issuesits not doin anything20:52
Ubuntu_Issuesits got a red circle with a line next to it20:52
Ubuntu_Issues:S20:52
holsteinUbuntu_Issues: it?20:52
Ubuntu_Issueshit alt f2 typed in andrar and nothin happened20:53
Ubuntu_Issuesblast I think im gonna have to strip this system back20:54
holsteinUbuntu_Issues: arandr20:55
holsteinits also in the muneu20:55
holsteinmenu*20:55
Ubuntu_Issuesahhh damn20:55
Ubuntu_Issuesok i checked all the options and im still only getting 640 res max20:57
len-dtmakes sense that is the limit the TV gives you.20:58
holsteinlen-dt: Ubuntu_Issues says the TV gave him higher before an upgrade20:59
Ubuntu_Issuesway higher20:59
len-dtMaybe it didn't know what it was feeding before...20:59
Ubuntu_Issuesmaybe my graphics drivers are gone20:59
Ubuntu_Issuesthe onboard one is a nvidia21:00
holsteinUbuntu_Issues: the graphics drivers are in the kernel... i would open a package manager and remove the latest kernel upgrade, effectively booting the last known good kernel21:00
Ubuntu_Issues:) thx len no worries this is a pretty long chat history21:00
holsteinUbuntu_Issues: or, check the xorg.conf that the nividia drive put in place likely21:00
Ubuntu_Issuesthe problem is, as soon as it restarts, it shows the (motherboard?) graphic and dos options, I tap shift the whole way anyway21:02
len-dtIn settings->settings manager-> Appearance->Fonts there is a DPI setting that may help too.21:02
holsteinUbuntu_Issues: you can remove the upgraded kernel from where you are now21:03
holsteinUbuntu_Issues: you can view the xorg.conf from where you are now21:03
Ubuntu_Issuescan I do it without the boot screen?21:03
holsteinUbuntu_Issues: you can do it from where you are right now. the desktop.. as is.. all blown up21:04
len-dtAlso, I find that Settings->settings manager->Display does some things a bit better than A/x RanadR21:04
holsteinright now21:04
Ubuntu_IssuesAs soon as anything boots, the display screws up21:04
Ubuntu_Issuesim guessing its trying to run an invalid resolution, and then it times out and defaults to.. THISS21:04
holsteinUbuntu_Issues: with the display "screwed up" you can view the xorg.conf, or remove the last kernel21:04
holsteinUbuntu_Issues: you can use the tab-click to move the window around21:05
Ubuntu_Issuesyoure a lifesaver21:05
Ubuntu_Issuesboth of you21:05
Ubuntu_Issuesgot the dpi down to 80 and I can finally see the bottom of the screens21:06
Ubuntu_Issuesworkable workaround :P Im gonna live with it! Thanks heaps roomies! I need a drink haha21:07
holsteinUbuntu_Issues: you can hod the tab key, click and drag *any* window around21:08
holsteinhold*21:08
Ubuntu_Issuesat the old dpi the display window wouldnt move and its not resizable vertically21:09
holsteinUbuntu_Issues: you can hold the tab key, and click and drag them around21:09
holsteinUbuntu_Issues: you wont need to resize, you can just drag them around and get to what you need to get to21:10
holsteinholding down tha tab key, and hovering the mouse over *any* part of a window, then holding down the main left mouse button and draging them around with the mouse... with the tab and the moust button held down21:11
Ubuntu_Issuesit was hitting the top of the screen it was ridiculous21:11
Ubuntu_Issuescustom dpi was at 140 because I had it at 108021:12
holsteinit?21:12
holsteinyou can drag it past the top of the screen21:12
Ubuntu_Issueshow do you do a blush emoticon on IRC....21:13
Ubuntu_Issuescheers for the tips, im gonna live with it for now :P suns coming up so im gonna get drunk and probably head to beach21:15
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FloatingGoathey how do i install the realtime kernel in 12.0423:12
FloatingGoat?23:12
len-dtAre you sure you need it? Normally lowlatency is enough.23:13
FloatingGoatwell jack is lagging23:13
len-dtMeaning?23:14
FloatingGoatidk23:16
FloatingGoatlike23:16
FloatingGoatif i play guiatar pluck a string23:16
FloatingGoatwhen its ran through jack23:16
FloatingGoatthe sound output is just a hair off23:16
FloatingGoatbut its easy to notice when playing guitar/singing23:16
len-dtUsing guitarix or something?23:17
FloatingGoatwell rakarak23:17
FloatingGoatbut also using jack rack with vocals seems to lag a little too23:17
len-dtSo you are using it as a live filter or for recording?23:18
FloatingGoatsorta yeah23:18
FloatingGoatbut just to get a rough idea23:19
len-dtFor live work, jack needs to be set with frames/period to max 128, 64 or less is better.23:20
len-dtBut if you are recording at the same time 128 is probably as good as you will get.23:20
len-dtIt depends on the HW. Mine is older.23:21
FloatingGoatokay im going to try it out23:22
FloatingGoatlen-dt: your the best bro, always helpin a brotha out23:30
len-dtIt depends on the HW. Mine is older.23:37

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