[04:03] <VisitorMike> Hi there! :-) I'm looking for the system requirements for Xubuntu--it's been several years since I've used it, and I was thinking of putting it on a friend's laptop.  I couldn't find them on the website though.  Does anyone know where I can look?
[04:16] <Damiant> Hello
[04:17] <Damiant> argh VM installs are slow
[04:20] <Damiant> Hey does Xubuntu 12.10 come with those Amazon ads? b/c if it does I'm staying far away...
[04:25] <tomatopotato> ?
[06:31] <zgnuu> I just changed my login manager from lightdm to slim on xubuntu and now I'm hanging on the xubuntu login screen.
[06:31] <zgnuu> How can I fix this so I can actually login?
[06:32] <holstein> zgnuu: i just reverted... never got slim working
[06:32] <zgnuu> how do I do that?
[06:33] <holstein> zgnuu: well, i can only tell you how i did it.. i just went back... i removed slim and set lightdm
[06:33] <zgnuu> how do I go back exactly?
[06:33] <zgnuu> is there something I can enter on this hanging screen that'll take me to
[06:33] <zgnuu> somewhere I can change the login manager back to lightdm?
[06:33] <holstein> zgnuu: the way i did it was by removing the packages i had installed.. slim
[06:34] <zgnuu> how can I do that without logging in?
[06:34] <holstein> zgnuu: i did it in tty or the recovery console. i forget which
[06:34] <zgnuu> ctrl + alt + f1 right?
[06:34] <holstein> !tty
[06:36] <zgnuu> if I restart
[06:36] <zgnuu> and keep pressing ctrl + alt +f1, will I get into tty?
[06:36] <holstein> zgnuu: that is how to get a running system to tty... not sure how messed up yours is or why
[06:36] <holstein> sudo dpkg-reconfigure lightdm ...that should help as well
[06:37] <holstein> if tty doesnt work, dont was any time on trying to make it work.. just use the recovery console
[06:37] <zgnuu> thing is I can't get into lightdm
[06:37] <zgnuu> i mean tty
[06:37] <zgnuu> i'm just stuck on this xubuntu loading screen
[06:37] <holstein> zgnuu: sure... then you can try the recovery consol
[06:38] <holstein> zgnuu: the recovery console is in grub... holding shift should let you see the list of kernels and the recovery options
[06:42] <zgnuu> wow that was scary
[06:43] <zgnuu> set the login manager back to lightdm, whooo!
[06:43] <zgnuu> thank you holstein
[06:43] <holstein> zgnuu: sure... cheers!
[09:30] <beetlelisk> hello linux users
[09:30] <beetlelisk> have a nice day all
[09:53]  * RogueNeuron hi
[10:02] <jarnos> Against which package to report a bug, if title bars are gone from windows and you can hover windows over panel and no alt-hovering works?
[10:02] <jarnos> And no alt-tab-switching works either :(
[10:05] <jarnos> forget it, I'll switch to using lubuntu.
[10:06] <RogueNeuron> would probably be xfwm
[10:06] <RogueNeuron> i could be wrong but xfwm is the window manager i believe
[10:07] <RogueNeuron> personally, ive given lubuntu an honest try more than a few times and i always ended up back at xubuntu
[11:15] <VividReality> hello, my computer crashed and since then I have no audio. I have run several tests, all tests are positive, in the sense that they find the sound card. however, the only thing I hear is static when I mute and unmute the audio
[11:15] <VividReality> I have tried different outputs, all same problem
[11:15] <VividReality> I have checked all volume bars
[11:15] <VividReality> The speakers work fine on my phone.
[11:16] <VividReality> whatever test I ran, no error.
[11:16] <VividReality> speaker test doesn't output any audio.
[11:16] <VividReality> It has all worked fine before, it's just that it stopped working right after the crash.
[11:17] <VividReality> The crash happened while I was playing a game, or rather when I was trying to exit the game
[11:17] <VividReality> I wanted to go to a different tty to start htop
[11:17] <VividReality> but the computer didn't answer to any of my input
[11:17] <VividReality> so I had to do a hard reset
[11:18] <VividReality> also, the lights on my keyboard were flashing during the crash, I don't know what that means...
[11:18] <VividReality> I am afraid that this problem might be worse than I suspect.
[11:20] <VividReality> afraid for hardware failure.
[11:21] <VividReality> is there a hardware test I could run?
[11:21] <VividReality> or should I focus on the audio?
[11:36] <VividReality> Okay so I did a system test
[11:36] <VividReality> Everything passed except audio.
[11:38] <VividReality> there was no error for audio, it just didn't pass because I answered "no" on the question if I hear any.
[12:41] <jondot`> hi guys. just starting out on xubuntu to replace my ubuntu desktop. wondering - is there a launcher I can use that's more like OSX/Win7 launcher (or unity) ?
[12:41] <jondot`> using a luncher panel, I don't get indication of the current window i'm focusing on, for example.
[14:30] <hsnmck> hello, in ubuntu I can take screenshots of only a part of the screen using shift+printscreen, is there a way to do the same thing in xubuntu? thanks.
[14:33] <TheSheep> !screenshot
[14:33] <TheSheep> hmm
[14:33] <TheSheep> hsnmck: in accessories you should see the screenshot tool
[14:34] <hsnmck> TheSheep, yeah but is there a way to do it with a shortcut?
[14:34] <hsnmck> it's handy in ubuntu
[14:34] <TheSheep> hsnmck: sure, you just need to find out the command line for that
[14:35] <TheSheep> hsnmck: xfce4-screenshooter -r
[14:35] <TheSheep> hsnmck: just bind it to whatever key combination you want
[14:35] <TheSheep> hsnmck: xfce4-screenshooter --help for more options
[14:36] <hsnmck> TheSheep, great thanks :)
[15:53] <xubuntu357> salve a tutti (Hi everyones)
[15:59] <GridCube> !it | :) ciao xubuntu357
[16:01] <xubuntu357> Ok, Thank you very much
[16:01] <xubuntu357> anyway I try to write here in English
[16:01] <GridCube> very well
[16:01] <xubuntu357> I downloaded xubuntu 12.10 and I try to install it
[16:02] <xubuntu357> but in my system don'e work the installation gui
[16:02] <xubuntu357> I have access to console (alt+F1)
[16:03] <xubuntu357> does exists an installation metod trought console that i can you? thank you
[16:03] <xubuntu357> (excuse me) mmm "method" and "i can use"  ;-)
[16:04] <GridCube> xubuntu357, the only recommended method actually is usgin the minimal cd
[16:04] <GridCube> !mini
[16:05] <xubuntu357> ooook I'll download it now!
[16:06] <xubuntu357> I have it, I'm burning the image into cdrom....
[16:11] <xubuntu357> great!!! booting work.  :-)  Thank you GridCube. Bye bye everyones.
[19:20] <cal> Hello
[19:22] <Nimby> I'm having some problem with my usb microphone, anyone have time to listen?
[19:23] <holstein> !sound
[19:23] <holstein> i would run in a terminal "aplay -l" and "arecord -l" ..see that the device is there.. i would use or install and use pavucontrol
[19:23] <Nimby> I have pavucontrol
[19:23] <Nimby> I can see the microphone
[19:24] <Nimby> It isn't muted
[19:24] <Nimby> in alsa mixer it's on 100%
[19:24] <holstein> Nimby: dont trust labels in alsamixer
[19:24] <Nimby> k
[19:24] <Nimby> When i scroll that volume, pavu control also changes
[19:30] <Nimby> k so I've checked out the links
[19:30] <Nimby> I can't find anything that should be at fault
[19:30] <Nimby> arecord -l detects it
[19:32] <Nimby> bye
[19:54] <meh_> hello, I use xubuntu 12.04. Unfortunately my wallpaper recently turned blue and I have been unable to turn it back.
[19:56] <meh_> Perhaps you are occupied, but is anyone on this server?
[19:56] <holstein> meh_: i would look at the settings for gamma and effects
[19:57] <meh_> I am quite new to linux; how does one do that?
[19:57] <holstein> meh_: where you select the wallpaper. there are settings there.. either you have chosen a blue one or set some settings there that make it seem blue
[19:58] <holstein> meh_: what are you coming from? windows?
[19:58] <meh_> mac
[19:59] <meh_> I went to settings for wallpaper, and have tried to change the saturation and so on, but it doesn't seem to change anything.
[20:01] <meh_> To further describe the 'problem' upon booting the thunar/nautlis opens. I had the same problem in 11.10, and it 'solved itself after upgrading to 12.04, but then it returned...
[20:01] <Unit193> That was what I was wondering, if you had nautilus or metacity installed and if that was taking over.
[20:02] <holstein> Unit193: good catch.. that it then
[20:02] <meh_> should I uninstall it?
[20:02] <holstein> nautilus is setting the background
[20:02] <meh_> I see.
[20:02] <holstein> meh_: either remove it, or properly inplement it so that it doesnt take over the desktop.. unelss you want it to
[20:03] <Unit193> I don't know about nautilus, but I know pcmanfm has a --no-desktop switch, I'd guess nautilus does as well.
[20:03] <meh_> How might remove it correctly?
[20:03] <holstein> i use the no desktop option with nautilus.. sometimes it still takes over though
[20:03] <holstein> meh_: remove it using the pacakge manager of your choice.. or implement it correctly
[20:04] <meh_> I know almost nothing about ubuntu; could you describe how  to do so?
[20:06] <holstein> meh_: how ever you installed nautilus, i woud just remove it that way.. using the software center or synaptic or the terminal
[20:06] <holstein> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallingSoftware
[20:07] <holstein> if i were new, i would use synaptic or one of the GUI ones.. search for nautilus and remove
[20:08] <meh_> I tried uninstalling. Now I'll restart. Thank you.
[20:24] <meh_> holstein: It worked! Thank you.
[20:24] <holstein> meh_: cheers!
[20:24] <holstein> thank Unit193
[20:24] <meh_> unit193 : thanks!
[20:24] <Unit193> Sure thing.
[20:25] <meh_> I have a general open source question: Is there a good alternative to Adobe (R) flash? Like one that would work in myspace music?
[20:27] <Unit193> Gnash and lightspark, though I use adobe.
[20:29] <meh_> unit193: Thanks.
[20:40] <kgb> hey guys, could you recommend a log viewer pls?.. something neat, like the midnight commander, some nice CLI thingy. :)
[20:41] <kgb> you know.. not a GUI that'll pull half of KDE with it
[20:45] <well_laid_lawn> I just use less - e.g.  less /var/log/Xorg.0.log
[20:46] <kgb> well_laid_lawn: ok, tnx; was just hoping for like a nice unified place (having a strange issue, need to check the most logs i can view)
[20:48] <xubuntu261> hi
[23:25] <Zeiva> I assume the recommended path forward for average desktop use (watching youtube style videos with firefox being the most demanding thing the system will do) when running AMD HD4000 graphics is to use the open drives?
[23:25] <Zeiva> On Xubuntu 12.10 that is
[23:25] <Zeiva> And above
[23:28] <kgb> nvidia-current, not open worked better for me; btw.
[23:28] <Zeiva> Oh its the HD3400 series even. Doubt there is much 3D performance to be gained even WITH the real drivers from such an old chip :) At least not enough to matter for the usage in question, better to keep it with the open drivers for easy of maintance