[00:04] <acuozzo> I'm trying to get ALSA to recognize my subwoofer, but I can only get it to see 4.0 of my 4.1 speakers
[00:07] <acuozzo> and nobody in the #alsa room has tried
[00:15] <Swrdfshtrmbns> Hello
[00:16] <Swrdfshtrmbns> I am installing Xubuntu for the first time and it has been on the "configuring hardware" part of the install for like 10 minutes - is this normal?
[00:16] <Swrdfshtrmbns> the mouse is still showing the progress wheel icon
[00:16] <Swrdfshtrmbns> but I am starting to think it is frozen or something
[00:17] <Swrdfshtrmbns> it is a higher end home desktop, curious if anyone has encountered this before
[00:26] <Swrdfshtrmbns> Can anyone help me out?
[00:27] <GridCube> its normal
[01:44] <Shiz> Hey there. Is there any way to force the installer to use legacy/bios mode when the CD is booted in EFI mode?
[01:53] <c2tarun> Hi friends, I have a doubt, if I buy a game or an app from Ubuntu software center and lets say after a week something happened to my system and I have to format and reinstall some other flavor of ubuntu. Do I have to buy that thing again? (Note: I never purchased anything from software center till now)
[01:57] <pleia2> c2tarun: purchase are handled via your Ubuntu One account, so as long as you still have that account you can download it again
[01:58] <pleia2> it prompts you to log in via Ubuntu Single Sign On when you want to buy an app for the first time
[01:59] <c2tarun> pleia2, yeah I used mine account back in Ubuntu, but since I switched to Xubuntu I didn't use it ( I dont really need it). Are you saying that once I'll buy the app its deb or something will be stored in my UbuntuOne account?
[02:00] <pleia2> c2tarun: the purchase history is stored in your Ubuntu One account, so when you log in to the account from a new install it'll see that you bought it and allow you to download it again without paying again
[02:00] <pleia2> (I've never actually bought anything myself so I don't know exactly the technology behind this, but that's basically how it works :))
[02:00] <c2tarun> pleia2, ok, that makes more sense :) thanks. BTW do you any good UbuntuOne client for Xubuntu?
[02:00] <pleia2> I don't know, but maybe someone else has some thoughts
[02:01] <c2tarun> pleia2, hmm... I just checked UbuntuOne is installed :P sorry for wasting time. Thanks for reply
[02:04] <pleia2> shows how much I use it :)
[03:42] <xubuntu442> Hi there. Does anyone know what I can use to make a xubuntu 12.10 live USB from within Windows?
[03:45] <bazhang> unetbootin
[03:45] <bazhang> unetbootin.sourceforge.net
[03:45] <drc> xubuntu442: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick#From_Windows
[03:45] <drc> that's 2...take your pick :)
[03:53] <gobblin> i downloaded chromium and everytime i launch it says its not the default browser even when i set it to be. and everytime i use the web browser icon, it wants me to set a default browser, even though i choose chromium every time
[03:55] <Unit193> LinuxLive USB Creator: <http://www.linuxliveusb.com/>  is great to use.
[03:55] <Unit193> gobblin: Does it have it correct in the Settings Manager > Preferred Applications ?
[03:55] <holstein> gobblin: i seem to remember a "dont ask me again" option... i would try update-alternatives in the command line
[03:56] <gobblin> unit193: yes, but everytime i launch browser using the web browser icon, it wants me to choose a preferred app, but it doesnt save chromium as the choice
[03:57] <holstein> gobblin: it doesnt save? or it nags you each time?
[03:57] <gobblin> it nags me each time, but when i look in preferred applications its also not set as the default browser is
[03:57] <gobblin> no browser it so it asks me to choose one every time
[03:57] <holstein> gobblin: i would try it fromt eh command line.. with update-alternatives
[03:58] <holstein> those changes stuck for me...
[06:45] <zruty> I installed xubuntu on a pc and worked ok but ths creen flickered now and then. So I activated the Radeon driver, but now, the monitor says 'out of range" after restart. I have done some googles but arandr (and such) does not work on a text screen (ctrl-alt-f1, the only way to get in, now). How can I set it back to 'standard'  1024x768x16 for sure?
[06:46] <zruty> F5 during startup also had no effect. I got no menu with a recpovery option. dpkg-reconfigure xserevrer-xrog also did not help.
[06:46] <zruty> (but then, spelled correctly, of course)
[06:59] <xubuntu308> Hi, I'm having a weird glitch in Xubuntu 12.04 after installing.Whenever there is text being displayed, there are letters missing. Instead of the letters k, p, or o, for example, there are usually just blank spaces. Does anyone have any idea what's going on?
[07:00] <xubuntu308> In firefox, I don't seem to have this issue anywhere except in the address bar and search bar.Pretty much anything system-related has this problem.
[07:01] <well_laid_lawn> have you tried changing the font?
[07:01] <xubuntu308> No
[07:02] <well_laid_lawn> I do that in firefox first and see if it fixes it
[07:02] <well_laid_lawn> s/I/I'd/
[07:03] <xubuntu308> Like I said, firefox is mostly fine. This is a problem with the whole OS. Menus, terminal windows, etc. in the actual OS have the issue the most.
[07:04] <well_laid_lawn> and the problem is the same letters missing in nearly every app?
[07:06] <well_laid_lawn> trying a different font in an/any/one/some app is a good start to try and sort it
[07:06] <xubuntu308> Yeah, seems like it's always the same letters
[07:13] <xubuntu308> Changing the font doesn't seem to be fixing it, unfortunately. And man, this thing is running super slow compared to what I expected. It's an older computer, but it has 1.5GB of ram. I can hardly do antything without it locking up for a few seconds. :/
[07:15] <well_laid_lawn> open a terminal and run   top   something might be working hard
[07:17] <well_laid_lawn> you can start some apps like thunar or leafpad from the terminal and see if they mention font errors
[07:17] <xubuntu308> Update manager is using 16% of ram and 40-80% of CPU intermittently
[07:17] <xubuntu308> I knew the updating would be having some effect, but I didn't expect the machine to slow down this much from running 2-3 things
[07:18] <TheSheep> updating uses the disk a lot
[07:18] <well_laid_lawn> databases can be resource heavy sometimes
[07:18] <xubuntu308> Alright, I'll reserve judgment on that account until the updating is all finished. I'll work on this weird font glitch for now. So to open thunar, I would type..
[07:18] <well_laid_lawn> thunar
[07:19] <xubuntu308> (Sorry, I'm completely new to linux commands)
[07:19] <xubuntu308> Ah, thought I might need a start or run or something
[07:20] <xubuntu308> So you just wanted me to see if the font error is there too, or check for a dialog/message?
[07:20] <well_laid_lawn> the terminal where you start thunar from should have any errors thunar prints out
[07:23] <xubuntu308> No errors there, but I think patience may have been all I needed here. The updates seem to have fixed the glitched. But it's telling me to restart my browser. Be right back
[07:26] <FontProblem> Looks like I probably just needed a driver. Thanks for the help, guys.
[07:27] <well_laid_lawn> cheers
[07:28] <FontProblem> I'm doing a lot better than I did with Ubuntu 12.10... all I got was a wallpaper. I tried several fixes and couldn't get the Unity interface and the (taskbar?) at the top to appear
[07:42] <zruty> How to get in xubuntu's recovery menu?
[07:43] <TheSheep> hold down shift while booting (or was it esc?)
[08:01] <FontProblem> Me again. I've completed all the updates, and my system is still running way slower than I thought it would. It's a celeron processor @ 2.4GHz, 1.5GB RAM, 80GB HDD. This machine was able to run windows XP and play facebook games adequately. In Xubuntu, simple applications like firefox with a single tab, or the ubuntu software centre, seem to be competing for my CPU's resources, using up upwards of 45% intermittently. Everythin
[08:01] <FontProblem> I've also had a few full-screen colors everywhere things happen a couple of times at this point.
[08:01] <zruty> TheSheep: I will try that, thanks!
[10:29] <c2tarun> Hi friends, I am facing a problem, my Xubuntu is not detecting DSL connection if left idle for some time :( Each time this happens I have to reboot.
[10:29] <c2tarun> whenever this happens I tried running ifconfig and I get only lo:Local loopback. eth0 disappears.
[10:34] <TheSheep> c2tarun: anything relevant in dmesg?
[10:40] <c2tarun> TheSheep, I couldn't find anything http://paste.ubuntu.com/1357673/
[10:41] <TheSheep> c2tarun: check after it stops working
[10:41] <c2tarun> TheSheep, ok, it might help if you tell what I'll be looking for?
[10:41] <TheSheep> c2tarun: I have no idea
[10:42] <c2tarun> :(
[10:42] <TheSheep> c2tarun: but if there are any problems with kernel modules, there might be errors in there
[10:42] <c2tarun> hmm... I'll surely do that.
[10:42] <TheSheep> (and the fact that the network device disappears from ifconfig suggests that it's related to kernel modules)
[10:42] <c2tarun> hmm....
[11:05] <Justakill> if I configure and make and make install a program but failed to compile the way i wanted to, if i redo the process will it overwrite the files it wrote to the right folders?
[11:07] <Unit193> Unless you change the dest dir, it should.
[11:07] <Justakill> okay thanks
[11:10] <Justakill> making a shell script for make and installing a few programs that work together, is this a good idea? I've been told you usually run into more problems then anything else using scripts for this...
[12:45] <Mmike> hm
[12:45] <tomatopotato> i agree
[12:45] <Mmike> in old gnome, when there was some action in some window, that window would start flashing, in the pane where 'window buttons' are
[12:46] <Mmike> but I don't have that in xfce, is it possible to set it up?
[12:46] <Mmike> for instance, i have this xchat in workspace1, when I click on link, it will be opened in google chrome, but i'd like to have chrome window button to appear and to flash
[13:15] <TheSheep> Mmike: yes, that's called 'urgent hint'
[13:16] <TheSheep> Mmike: in settings manager -> windows manager tweaks -> accessibility you have a "notify of urgency by making window's decoration blink" option
[13:17] <Mmike> do I need to relog on?
[13:17] <Mmike> ah, it's blinking, but not on this workspace
[14:24] <spow> Hi. I think I failed my kernel update, what can I do ?
[14:24] <spow> I have 3.5.0 and I believe current is 3.5.5
[14:24] <GridCube> use an old kernel on the grub stage
[14:29] <Unit193> That's correct if you are using Ubuntu.
[14:29] <Unit193> !info linux-generic
[14:29] <spow> 3.5.0-18 is most up to date ?
[14:40] <spow> ok the problem is that in this kernel "loop" is not a module dynamically loaded, but that's expected by some binary I got somewhere ...
[14:40] <spow> well, I'm screwed
[14:54] <naxilxubuntu> hello
[14:55] <naxilxubuntu> i have problem for use webcam and audio for reg video
[14:55] <naxilxubuntu> i have pulse audio and alsa
[14:56] <naxilxubuntu> my mic go on only if i reg some.. with vlc i have problem on hw(0.0) with cheese i can't reg video.. (i haven't jack audio)+
[14:56] <naxilxubuntu> cheda 0: Intel [HDA Intel], dispositivo 0: CONEXANT Analog [CONEXANT Analog]
[14:57] <naxilxubuntu> and hdmi and digital
[15:21] <Unit193> spow: And you can't manually sudo modprobe loop ?
[15:22] <spow> Unit193, apparently with this kernel loop is not dynamic
[15:22] <spow> it's already integrated in the kernel
[15:23] <spow> so a script failed when reading the /proc/kallsysm because the [ ] did not appear around the module
[15:23] <spow> but all is fine now
[15:25] <Unit193> Ah, didn't notice that, I remember I've had to load it manually before.  Interesting.
[15:27] <spow> do lsmod | grep loop
[15:27] <nikolam> why ubuntu/xubuntu have so many bugs in userland apps?
[15:27] <spow> outputs nothing in my case
[15:27] <spow> which is verified in /boot/.config
[15:27] <nikolam> even smplayer can not continue playing after few times stopped with space key
[15:27] <nikolam> it is LTS
[15:28] <nikolam> how that testing is done anyway
[15:28] <Unit193> spow: I just checked the config /boot/config-3.5.0-17-generic
[15:28] <nikolam> or it s all about testing just supported packages
[15:28] <spow> Unit193, I have this cat /boot/config-3.5.0-18-generic | grep -i "loop"
[15:28] <spow> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=y
[15:29] <spow> which seems to indicate loop has been integrated at compile time in the kernel
[15:29] <Unit193> nikolam: Well, can't test every package in the repo, but what mplayer backend?
[15:29] <Unit193> spow: Indeed it does.
[15:30] <nikolam> Unit193, smplayer it stops playing after few time pausing it
[15:31] <GridCube> nikolam, i use smplayer all the time and it never fails
[15:31] <Unit193> GridCube: dpkg -l | grep mplayer  mplayer or mplayer2?
[15:32] <nikolam> I am on 64-bit LTS 12.04 , please retest with multiple pausing with space key during playing GridCube
[15:32] <GridCube> mplayer
[15:32] <GridCube> not 2
[15:32] <GridCube> nikolam, i usually watch wile i internets, so i do lots of pauses and alt-tabs
[15:33] <GridCube> nikolam, i do use 64bit as well
[15:33] <GridCube> nikolam, what kind of format are you playing, i've noticed lag on 720p and up videos
[15:37] <nikolam> GridCube, it was not on only one movie. Current one is ffodivx codec, ffmp3float audio, lavfpref demultiplex,
[15:38] <nikolam> seems like mpeg4
[15:38] <GridCube> nikolam, if you open it from a terminal with mplayer /path/to/video.mpg does it presents the same effects?
[15:40] <nikolam> GridCube, testing..
[15:44] <nikolam> GridCube, seems like not experiencing at a time while playing just with mplayer. Will watch some more and report if it happens this way.
[16:12] <cocomo> hi, does xubuntu come with a disk management tool, or do i have to install one?
[16:13] <nikolam> cocomo, if you boot from live cd , you can install gparted from network and it will work out of live session (synaptic)
[16:18] <cocomo> ty
[16:35] <Klingel> can someone tell me why i can see my external media twice in thunar? xubuntu 12.10
[16:38] <nikolam> Klingel, see with gparted if your external has two partitions. Check with df -h what is mounted and where.
[16:39] <nikolam> see if turning on and off Volume management in Thunar preferences have affect. Maybe some other app is mounting it.
[16:42] <Klingel> sorry on ubuntu-de d
[16:43] <Klingel> on ubuntu-de iwas told that this is a bug. it is fixed in thunar 1.51
[17:04] <mattt_> Is there a config file that can be used to alter the default audio device?
[17:09] <nikolam> you run GUI, mattt_ ?
[17:10] <mattt_> Yes, but we're using xubuntu as a base system on which our software is installed.  In order to change the default audio device I'm wondering if there's a config file I can edit - I've found some commands that might be useful otherwise that could be run in a post-install script.
[17:12] <nikolam> mattt_, in pulseaudio packafe file list, there is something inside /etc/  Otherwise, might check for pulseaudio documentation.
[17:39] <unheeding> so I'm having a problem with xfce4-terminal and GNUstep
[17:39] <unheeding> i installed GNUstep and played around with it.  when i went back to xfce, whenever I launch the terminal it launches GNUstep too
[17:39] <unheeding> like there's a GNUstep icon in the bottom left, and the GNUstep menu shows up at the top right
[17:39] <unheeding> any ideas why this happens?
[18:08] <MrHotsauce> hm is the menu editor in 12.10 broken?
[18:09] <Unit193> Just a little, how'd you guess?
[18:09] <MrHotsauce> well....you see fresh re-install and i cant add new launches to it
[18:30] <baizon> MrHotsauce: update alacarte to the last version, that will fix the problem :)
[18:38] <MrHotsauce> and how would i go about that baizon im terrible at building from source..
[18:39] <baizon> MrHotsauce: download it :)
[18:44] <baizon> there is a deb package
[19:00] <christoffer> knome, Tm_T ...alive?
[19:06] <unrar> ohai
[19:25] <Tm_T> christoffer: I am now, almost
[19:25] <knome> Tm_T, #ubuntu-nordic for the meeting
[19:30] <Unit193> >_>
[19:44] <Ionela873123> hello
[19:45] <Ionela873123> i have xubuntu. I want to isntall microsoft office 2010, because all my docs are messed up. Anyhow i understood that i have to install wine and get it to work on that. My problem is how will i then be able to install addons to office 2010, like let's say Equation 3.0 (an MS office addon)
[19:47] <well_laid_lawn> Ionela873123: if no one here knows there's a wine channel
[19:47] <well_laid_lawn> !wine
[19:48] <Tm_T> oh, I'm here too
[19:49] <Ionela873123> thank you
[19:53] <Justakill> whats a good way of cleaning up you're files. Getting rid of useless packages etc?
[19:56] <TheSheep> "useless"?
[19:56] <TheSheep> I sure hope that there are no useless packages in ubuntu repositories
[20:44] <unrar> Ciao!