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PhysicsBrainGreat! How can I do it? Canyou help me fella?00:00
holsteinPhysicsBrain: i would just boot the live CD, and open the file with the text editor of your choice... the one that you used to edit it in the first place should do00:00
holsteinPhysicsBrain: fix it back, and reboot00:01
PhysicsBrainOk. Let me see! I have to boot with the live CD, open the file and edit. but, where is it in the test mode of the live CD?00:02
holsteinPhysicsBrain: ?00:02
holsteinPhysicsBrain: it'll be right there on your hard drive.. assuming you arent using encryption, you open it from the live CD and edit it00:03
PhysicsBrainHow I access my HD from there?00:03
holsteinPhysicsBrain: you'll see it in the file manager..00:03
PhysicsBrainOK. I'll try. Thank you fella!00:04
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yeehi I have a large library of mp3 files I want to compress. Which is the most efficient way to zip them, to save space? Quality? Speed?13:10
yeehimp3 is already compressed13:11
histoyeehi: well if you don't want to compress them you could use tar13:15
histoyeehi: or you could tar gzip if you want to.13:15
histo!best | yeehi13:17
ubot2yeehi: Usually, there is no single "best" application to perform a given task. It's up to you to choose, depending on your preferences, features you require, and other factors. Do NOT take polls in the channel. If you insist on getting people's opinions, ask BestBot in #ubuntu-bots.13:17
yeehithanks for that histo! I didn't know about ubuntu-bots - how would i format a question in #ubuntu-bots?13:21
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yeehiI can't get gparted to partition using exfat - there is no exfat option. I have installed exfat fuse and exfat utils14:35
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jonny2Hello. I wanted to use Pendrivelinux and bought a 8g Flash drive. I didnt want to use all 8g for my linux would I be able to partion it so that I can have 4g available for other uses?15:49
holsteinjonny2: heres what i do16:06
holsteini just install to the USB sticks.. as if ther are normal media16:06
holsteini dont use an persistent setup.. or any pendrive anything.. i just install16:06
jonny2holstein: So you mean by removing the HD and doing the instalation into the USB16:07
holsteinjonny2: if you want to remove the hard drive, but you dont have to .. you can just not change the hard drive16:08
holstein!grub216:08
ubot2GRUB2 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)16:08
holsteinjonny2: the grub install can be tricky.. i just put grub on the USB stick16:08
holsteinjonny2: i would say, just grab unetbootin, and put a live distro on the stick, and see what your needs are16:08
holsteinjonny2: you can use the space on the unetbootin16:09
jonny2Thanks holstein.16:10
jonny2Oh one more thing Holstein can this work for any flavor of linux like red hat?16:13
holsteinjonny2: unetbootin supports many distros16:13
holsteinjonny2: all distros are likely to have a "supported" way to use a USB stick16:14
holsteinjonny2: i have used it with fedora many times16:14
jonny2Thanks16:14
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yeehiI want to be able to read arabic fonts if they appear in file names and elsewhere - which package should I install?17:00
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earthling_hi, how do I tell what wireless card I have on my laptop?19:24
earthling_I think I found it19:30
earthling_how do I turn on my BCM4312 Broadcom wireless card?19:31
Unit193!bcm | earthling_19:31
ubot2earthling_: Help with Broadcom bcm43xx can be found at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx19:31
Unit193Pretty easy, considering.19:31
earthling_I'll check it out19:32
earthling_thx19:32
Unit193I have one of those.19:32
earthling_it says my pci-id is supported for (2.6.33+)19:36
earthling_that is the kernel version?19:37
Unit193Kernel version in quantal is 3.5.0-2119:38
earthling_Im using lucid live usb19:40
geirhalucid has a 3.2 kernel20:45
GeothstI'm getting some errors on my splash screen when I boot up but they're just kinda randomly all over the screen and I don't have time to read exactly what the errors are. is there a way to pull up boot-up errors after the fact?21:44
geirhaIt depends on what stage of the boot they occur, but if it's late enough in the boot, check /var/log/boot.log21:45
GeothstIt looks like everything on here has an [ok] after it.21:56
GeothstIt says could not write bytes: broken pipe, then it says lots of stuff... starting crash report submission daemon, hardware RNG device inode not found, cannot find hardware RNG device to use, topping save kernel messages, sane disabled: edit /etc/default/saned22:08
GeothstOh that's weird. that didn't go through.22:09
geirhaok, something weird is going on there, but not enough information to suggest what22:23
GeothstIt's a fairly fresh install. I am trying to install steam but it's not working. I installed the very latest beta nvidia drivers.22:35
Geothstsynaptic, xchat, GIMP, inkscape, normal stuff. I haven't done anything wild yet.22:35

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