[03:26] <_Marcus> Is it possible to change the tab length for leafpad?
[03:26] <_Marcus> I found the leafpadrc file and I can't read it very well. It's just numbers and letters to me
[04:23] <apm1> i still can't figure out how to disable switch to vblank in xubuntu on an intel GMA gpu ?
[04:24] <apm1> *sync to vblank
[08:12]  * apm1 is worried about his new thinkpad not being able to use it's GPU's full  potential :(
[08:14] <apm1> anyone here using a intel integrated GPU ?
[08:15] <Sysi> probably several people since they work best with linux
[08:16] <Sysi> there are best drivers for them, most easily available
[08:16] <apm1> but how do i turn off sync to vblank on my intel GMA ?
[08:17] <apm1> in xubuntu
[08:17] <Sysi> why'd you do that, it'll cause tearing if you have compositing enabled
[08:18] <apm1> but with vblank sync enabled i can't play games as the fps doesn't go over 60
[08:18] <Sysi> why would you need FPS over your monitor's refresh rate (or over 60)
[08:19] <apm1> games
[08:19] <Sysi> should I understand that as "because it's cool"
[08:19] <Sysi> the easiest way to disable it is probably some option in xorg.conf
[08:20] <apm1> nope because "assault cube " doesn't play well
[08:20] <apm1> where is xorg.conf in the file system ?
[08:46] <tzxn3> hi
[08:46] <tzxn3> what's the difference between the "desktop" and "alternate" versions?
[08:48] <tzxn3> oh
[08:48] <tzxn3> is "alternate" for headless servers or something?
[10:49] <nicekiwi> anyone around?
[10:49] <nicekiwi> having booting issues
[10:49] <torax> what kind of issues?
[10:50] <nicekiwi> torax, When the system boots, it just shows a blank screen. the blue lights on so it getting signal, but nothing comes up.
[10:51] <nicekiwi> torax, the only way I could install was to set the boot flag things to acpi off (i think)
[10:51] <nicekiwi> how can I interupt grub before it boots? The Grub menu does not come up
[10:54] <nicekiwi> maybe i should boot into live and have a look at the grub config..
[10:55] <torax> nicekiwi: hold shift when bootin
[10:55] <torax> http://askubuntu.com/questions/87409/i-cant-get-grub-menu-to-show-up-during-boot
[10:55] <torax> I hope this helps
[10:58] <nicekiwi> torax, k, will give em a go
[11:05] <nicekiwi> torax, ugh.. pressing shift gets me into the grub menu, but my keyboard and mouse do no work once there.. :(
[11:13] <nicekiwi> of course having USB keyboard support disabled might have something to do with it..
[11:23] <nicekiwi> http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/5.1/Cluster_Administration/s2-apci-disable-boot-CA.html#ex-grub-apci-off-CA - Boom! :D
[11:45] <xubuntu521> is posible install xubuntu in p3 with 500mb RAM
[11:49] <xubuntu521> Please,anyone know if you can install xubuntu in PIII with 500mb RAM
[11:51] <Cuddy> hello everyone. i have a problem with booting up either a live or install for xubuntu... when i boot it it goes to a grey screen and everything seems to start being detected hardware wise and then nothing happens... you hear the sound turn on and the xbox controller light up and get detected and such. why the grey screen?
[12:03] <torax> Cuddy: what kind of hardware?
[12:11] <Cuddy> torax: i have a intel i5 a 560gtx ti geforce card and quite good enough stuff in there
[12:21] <Cuddy> ok. i manage to boot the live without silent running so i got the information as it booted, boom it goes crash on nouveau
[12:22] <Cuddy> anyone knows the command to force a standard vga without nouveau?
[12:22] <Cuddy> at boot that is
[12:36] <Cuddy> aha with "nomodeset" in the commandline to start the install i actually made it into the actually install
[12:38] <recon_lap> Cuddy: have you tried setting nomodeset ? http://askubuntu.com/questions/38780/how-to-set-nomodeset-for-installation
[12:39] <recon_lap> lol, need to get quicker with these answers :)
[12:39] <Cuddy> lol thanks :)
[12:40] <Cuddy> recon_lap: im just installing the system now. i hope i dont have issues with the boot afterwards :O
[12:43] <Character7> Stupid question, probably answered millenia ago, how do I disable keyring when not using system login password?
[12:44] <recon_lap> Cuddy: if you do you can just use the info in my link to fix the install
[12:45] <Cuddy> recon_lap: thanks! lol i was just reading it :)
[12:57] <xubuntu664> I'm trying to load xubuntu on my old PC 1MHz athlon processor, 1 GB Ram, 80GB HD. I get to select a language then the install. memory test disk check screen. When I click install the CD Drive acivates for a while the screen goes black and that's it!
[13:04] <xubuntu792> hi guys, just installed xubuntu from usb, but as soon as I boot from the hard drive I can't use the system because the screen resolution is wrong - any idea how can I fix this?
[13:06] <SkippersBoss> xubuntu792,   what is the out come of xrandr -q
[13:06] <xubuntu792> SkippersBoss: I can't get to a command line even
[13:08] <SkippersBoss> xubuntu792, Please define can't use.. What is it showing... Details... Note i m no expert just someone who has been using it for a while
[13:09] <SkippersBoss> Your screen isn't working at all ??
[13:09] <SkippersBoss> (no signal)
[13:09] <xubuntu792> SkippersBoss: the resolution is wrong, I get an image but can't see anything because the resolution is wrong
[13:10] <xubuntu792> do you know how can I get a command line, while booting?
[13:10] <xubuntu792> before X starts
[13:12] <SkippersBoss> xubuntu792, http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1904347
[13:12] <recon_lap> xubuntu792:  give this a try http://askubuntu.com/questions/38780/how-to-set-nomodeset-for-installation
[13:13] <SkippersBoss> that was the one thx recon_lap
[13:14] <xubuntu792> SkippersBoss: thx, it worked - now I have a root prompt, but xrandr -q  just says it can't open display
[13:14] <xubuntu792> (maybe because X didn't start?)
[13:20] <xubuntu792> SkippersBoss: it's working :) after booting in recover mode and resuming the boot sequence everything is working now
[13:20] <xubuntu792> thanks :)
[13:21] <recon_lap> SkippersBoss: seems 90% of the issues are graphic card related and can be sidesteped by nomodeset
[13:42] <Guest38758> hola amigos
[14:13] <Zagi> noooo installation stuck at update-grup :D
[16:56] <xubuntu154> exit
[16:58] <apm1> how can i mount a cd image (.iso) on xubuntu that it acts as a real cd inserted in the drive , i need the cd to play a game on wine :)
[17:01] <bazhang> !iso > apm1
[17:02] <apm1> bazhang, what ?
[17:02] <apm1> look guys i just can't figure out what to choose as a mount point
[17:02] <bazhang> read the private message from the bot
[17:03] <apm1> i did
[17:04] <bazhang> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Mount
[17:04] <Sysi> mountpoint would be /home/$USER/image
[17:05] <apm1> Sysi, that's what i wanted , thanks :)
[17:05] <Sysi> then it will be mounted to "image" in your home folder
[17:06] <apm1> but will wine find it ?
[17:06] <Sysi> home folder should be Z:\ in wine IIRC
[17:08] <apm1> ok that shall work then like a real cd :)
[17:11] <apm1> Sysi, it didn't work :(
[17:15] <apm1> Sysi, the mount point you gave me should be ( /home/apm1/image) or (/home/apm1/name_of_the_iso) ?
[17:15] <Sysi> first one
[17:15] <Sysi> actually I'm not sure, never mounted .iso
[17:15] <apm1> still didn't mount shows error
[17:39] <Cal> hi! is there any easy way to automatically mount a partition at boot?
[17:41] <TheSheep> Cal: sure!
[17:41] <TheSheep> !fstab | Cal
[17:42] <Cal> okay
[17:42] <Cal> I'll take a look :)
[20:03] <ntfwc> hello
[20:04] <GridCube> !hi | ntfwc
[20:05] <ntfwc> I kind of stumbled upon a rather crippling bug relating to cursor themes, of all things.
[20:07] <GridCube> have you read the faq for 11.10 that talked about setting cursor themes?
[20:08] <ntfwc> Well, I was able to set it as the default x-cursor-theme. What was interesting is that it broke xfce4-terminal, gksu, and several other things.
[20:09] <GridCube> :/
[20:09] <GridCube> thats sound unrelated
[20:16] <ntfwc> Well. First I set this theme as the x-cursor-theme. For reasons I now understand, it fell back on a basic theme rather than the one I had set. So I decided to try adding a line "Inherits=" then the theme name to the index.theme file. That's when all the problems started. And as soon as I was able to remove this line, all was well again.
[20:17] <ntfwc> but if I hadn't had the theme within my home directory, I would have essentially bricked my system.
[20:20] <ntfwc> I was able to successfully repeat this in a VM as well.
[20:23] <inzane> hi
[20:23] <inzane> i'm having trouble installing xubuntu from usb
[20:24] <inzane> i just tried making the usb with unetbootin from crunchbang, and it had problems with squashfs
[20:24] <inzane> some help would be appreciated
[20:24] <ntfwc> make sure you check the md5 of what you downloaded.
[20:28] <inzane> i found the md5 for the file i have, but where is the md5 online to check it against?
[20:29] <inzane> i have xubuntu-12.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso
[20:30] <ntfwc> here: http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu-iso/CDs-Xubuntu/12.04/release/
[20:31] <inzane> ok the md5 checks out
[20:32] <inzane> anyone here?
[20:33] <ntfwc> so what exactly happens when you try to write to the usb?
[20:35] <inzane> well if i use unetbootin, it pauses when copying squashfs.. then when i boot off it, i see the options for installing xubuntu, etc, like i think i should, but when i select "install" it immediately gives me an error about squashfs
[20:37] <inzane> i've tried dd as well
[20:38] <ntfwc> This page seems to have some suggestions: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SquashfsErrors
[20:55] <ntfwc> well I'd like to file a bug for that cursor thing, but it seems I have to go through ubuntu-bug even though I don't know the package responsible.
[21:00] <ntfwc> Is there any way to submit a general bug report?
[21:00] <TheSheep> !bugs | ntfwc
[21:02] <ntfwc> ubuntu-bug won't let me even select "other-problem"
[21:21] <ntfwc> Ok, I was able to figure out how to submit it, all is well.
[22:26] <acmeinc1> does anyone know how to use 10.04 style transparency in terminal windows under 12.04?  on 10.04, *only* the background was used in transparecny, now in 12.04 any windows under the transparent terminal window show through
[22:30] <David-A> acmeinc1: the rxvt and urxvt terminals have the old fashioned "transparency" of copying the wallpaper.
[22:30] <acmeinc1> apparently the transparent background setting works on 10.04 w/o compositing on, however in 12.04 it will not work unless compositing is on, which I beleive is causing the other active windows to be shown in front of the desktop image.  anyone know how to allow for transparency w/o compositing?
[22:32] <TheSheep> acmeinc1: the transparency without compositing is fake -- it just displays the background image
[22:33] <TheSheep> acmeinc1: and it always was like that
[22:33] <TheSheep> acmeinc1: you need compositing for real transparency
[22:33] <TheSheep> acmeinc1: on 10.04 too
[22:35] <acmeinc1> but under 12.04 that "fake" transparency fails :/  it doesnt do anything
[22:36] <acmeinc1> the window stays black no matter how much i slide the background transparency bar, though in 10.04 it shows the "fake" transparency im used to
[22:36] <TheSheep> acmeinc1: then it's a bug, please report it
[22:36] <acmeinc1> though, i guess it could be due to the lightdm stuff...is the background in lightdm default to black?
[22:37] <TheSheep> acmeinc1: background is handled by xfdesktop
[22:38] <acmeinc1> sheep, what about the "bugs" in lightdm which take over parts of the desktop?
[22:40] <acmeinc1> ...i.e. the desktop is displayed in layers as a result of lightdm.  These are very apparent when installing xubuntu-desktop on top of a standard ubuntu install...the transparency defaults to the Ubuntu purplish-pink :/
[22:40] <TheSheep> acmeinc1: there are no "bugs", just bugs -- unless it's a configuration problem. It's still a bug if it's the default configuration, though.
[22:40] <acmeinc1> ...im wondering if maybe that is a possible issue with the fake transparency?
[22:41] <TheSheep> acmeinc1: make sure xfdesktop is running
[22:42] <TheSheep> acmeinc1: and that nautilus is not running
[22:44] <acmeinc1> sheep: then this still doesnt explain why the fake transparency setting in 12.04 is not displaying my blue background, and stays black no matter how tranparent the window should be getting
[22:50] <TheSheep> acmeinc1: can't help you there, report a bug
[23:46] <Krasus> hi all got a short quesion going to install xubuntu 12.04
[23:47] <Krasus> usualy i give / 40 gb but i googled a bit and it s saying that 20 gb is fine
[23:47] <Krasus> what s your opinion ?
[23:48] <knome> it's fine
[23:48] <knome> i've used 6.6GB of my /
[23:49] <SkippersBoss> hmm I seem to run out of space with 8. Opera start playing up then
[23:49] <knome> i think we both agree that 20GB is enough though
[23:50] <SkippersBoss> Krasus, i ve noticed that its best to put your /home/ on a different partition
[23:50] <SkippersBoss> saves a lot of hassle
[23:50] <Krasus> SkippersBoss, i always do that
[23:50] <Krasus> but now i was using win 7 for games and want to get back to dual boot
[23:50] <Krasus> so just thinking how to make partitions :)
[23:51] <Krasus> it s still that swap need to be 2 x ram ?
[23:51] <Krasus> i usually do not use hibernation so 1 gb will be fine right ?
[23:51] <Krasus> i have 4 gb of ram
[23:57] <torax> Krasus: Its not that relevant anymore, but depends alot what you are doing
[23:58] <Krasus> torax, thx
[23:58] <Krasus> and now when i m trying tu cut ntfs partition
[23:59] <torax> Krasus:  I use 4gb swap and I have 16gb ram
[23:59] <Krasus> clicking change will do new partition or change actual ntfs ?
[23:59] <Krasus> torax i use my laptop for videos music www and some games
[23:59] <Krasus> nothing to complicated