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Vivekanandahi everyone e got lubuntu  12.04 lts and have gecko-media player. I cannot play xvid videos on firefox and it asks me to download plugin. What do I do06:41
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okabiThe other day after doing a software update a dialog box appeared ascking me if I wanted to upgrade to Lubuntu 13.0413:43
okabiHow much free space would I need for an upgrade?13:44
phillwokabi: I've never been asked that before!... having a dig around, it is safest to allow for the size of the ISO as it needs to download all the new stuff before it can start replacing the old stuff with them.14:06
okabiOh shoot then.14:08
okabiI've only got so much space, and don't know how much I can clear out...14:09
okabiRunning from a usb drive lol14:09
phillwyes, the guy who asked was running from a removable device.14:13
okabiLmao.14:15
okabiHey now, it's an 8 gig.14:15
phillwhow much room do you have on / ?14:16
okabi137 mbs after the update I just did.14:17
okabiBefore I had 470 mb.14:17
phillwokabi: running14:17
phillwsudo apt-get clean14:17
phillwwill clear out all the stored archives in your cache, that should increase the free space by a fair margin.14:17
okabiI'm aware.14:18
okabiBut thank you anyway. It'll be useful to anyone readding who doesn't know.14:18
phillwalso remove all the old kernels.14:18
okabiOH yes, I've been wondering about those14:18
phillwthey are disk eating monsters!14:19
okabiI suspected... how do I remove them?14:19
phillwokabi: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Documentation/RemoveOldKernels14:20
okabiThanks phillw14:21
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Yorvykphillw: this is your 1 hour notice of the manual meeting16:59
YorvykNot sure where this meeting is though :/17:01
phillwYorvyk: should be in #ubuntu-meeting17:06
ospi3hello:) how do i backup all emails as simple text files (one email one file)?20:33
hutch_Hello21:48
holsteino/21:49
hutch_\O21:49
hutch_I've installed Lubuntu as I want to see if it will speed up things on my laptop. So far so good but why is XChat not pre-installed?21:51
Unit193Nope, but easy to install.21:52
holsteinxchat is not installed by default because its not a default appication included with lubuntu21:53
holstein!infor xchat21:53
holstein!info xchat21:53
ubottuxchat (source: xchat): IRC client for X similar to AmIRC. In component universe, is optional. Version 2.8.8-7ubuntu2 (raring), package size 348 kB, installed size 891 kB21:53
holsteinsudo apt-get install xchat or install from any package manager you choose21:54
Unit193hutch_: Space issues, trying to cut back.  Figure the people that want it can pretty easily install.21:55
hutch_Pity as there are no obvious support apps for noobs. Though I know it has to leave out lots of things to stay lightweight21:55
Unit193pidgin technically can handle irc, so that's mainly why.21:56
hutch_Not thinking of myself I've been windows free for 5yrs21:56
hutch_And love LXDE/Lubuntu21:56
hutch_Does lubuntu have its own forum btw?21:57
holsteinhutch_: lubuntu *is* ubuntu.. so the forums work for it as well.. and there are specific sections21:57
hutch_np21:58
Unit193Either a section or tag, don't remember which is used.21:58
Stephen_NoobWhen I run aplay -l it doesn't show my USB sound card (PCM2902)21:58
Stephen_NoobBeen trying to configure it but too noob.21:58
hutch_irc via pidgin was always a pain for me21:58
holsteinStephen_Noob: it doesnt have to be supported... did you check the matrix? what is it?21:59
Stephen_NoobI'm not sure what you mean by matrix, but if I run lsusb it lists it.21:59
Stephen_NoobBus 003 Device 003: ID 08bb:2902 Texas Instruments Japan PCM2902 Audio Codec21:59
holsteinhttp://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Matrix:Main22:00
Stephen_Noob*rtfm'n*22:00
holsteinStephen_Noob: a few suggestions22:00
Unit193Ah, I was going to say try it with pulse as it seems to support some more odd ones.22:00
holsteinStephen_Noob: try a live CD with pulse audio.. something like xubuntu (assuming you dont want to install pulse)22:00
holsteinUnit193: :)22:00
holsteinpavucontrol is a nice and handy tool to use with pulse22:01
hutch_Does fb/xmpp on pidgin still not allow video? as I configured my webcam but no video displayed22:01
Stephen_Noobholstein: I'm running lubuntu on a MK802+ Allwinner A10, a CD drive is not an option :P22:01
holsteinStephen_Noob: if you can, disable or remove all other sound cards/devices.. either in the bios or just physically remove them22:01
holsteinStephen_Noob: ?22:01
Stephen_Noobholstein: Also, I installed pulse but I was getting the impression it somehow ran ontop of alsa.22:01
holsteinStephen_Noob: you can boot *something* on there.. USB22:01
Unit193hutch_: I'm pretty sure it does audio, and video technically should work I think, but don't know for sure that it does.22:02
holsteinStephen_Noob: thats what the alsa support *is* relevant...22:02
Stephen_Noobholstein: It's an embedded ARM computer, the size of... a gum pack. I can't unplug them. Not sure how to disable them :(22:02
hutch_Unit193, maybe right just need to talk to fb contact with vid I guess22:02
holsteinStephen_Noob: these are "suggestions".. ignore them if you want, or if they are not relevant to your case.. its just simple ways of discovering support for sound cards22:03
holsteinStephen_Noob: what would i do? take the USB audio device to a more "normal" x86 machine that meets some of the suggested requirements above.. test.. learn.. return to ARM22:03
Stephen_Noobholstein: Yea, I'm on board just want to explain my situation. I did try disabling the built in stuff through alsa-base.conf22:03
holsteinStephen_Noob: the way i see it, you are troubleshooting quite a few key things at once.. ARM, audio in linux, mulitple sound cards... try thinning these out.. go to another machine22:04
Stephen_Noobholstein: I'm afraid the only things I have at my disposal are two Apple laptops, neither have a CD drive and I cannot boot linux due to EFI blocking22:05
holsteinStephen_Noob: i routinely dig machines that are appropriate for this out of the trash22:05
Stephen_Noobholstein: Aye, I recognize they're easy to come by. Realistically I think I just need to tell alsa to load the driver for the PCM2902 but I'm not really sure how to do that.22:06
holsteinStephen_Noob: im sure, if you need/want, you can work a test case up.. if not, i would return the device ASAP. and get something with known linux support22:06
Stephen_NoobSpecifically, I'm not sure what the driver name is.22:06
Stephen_Noobholstein: Where's your sense of adventure??22:06
holsteinStephen_Noob: im actually an audio guy.. so i pick and choose my adventures with it.22:07
Stephen_Noobholstein: Alright, so I anticipate you're familiar with alsa_conf. Let me refer to that matrix again really fast. I guess mine might be under "TI" or "Texas Instruments"22:08
holsteinStephen_Noob: what i would do is go to hardware that i *know* works.. x86 hardware.. and have only one audio device22:08
holsteinotherwise, i have not use ARM, and for all you and i know, usb could be not working22:09
Stephen_Noobholstein: Nah the USB is working, I installed it on another arm system without a problem but this new one is smaller :322:09
Stephen_Noobholstein: Does this shed some light on the situation for either of us? http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Matrix:Vendor-Behringer22:09
Stephen_Noobholstein: That's my USB card...22:10
holsteinStephen_Noob: my friend uses one of those22:10
holsteinStephen_Noob: it works "out of the box".. thats what im saying.. you have to many unknowns going on22:10
holsteinits plug and play.. he is _guitarman_ in #opensourcemusicians22:10
holsteinit should show in aplay -l ... but you have a different ARM kernel, and all kinds of other differences22:11
Stephen_Noobholstein: Darn, I guess I'll have to try to find a MK802 channel.22:11
holsteinStephen_Noob: why? they didnt make the audio device22:11
Stephen_Noobholstein: I'm pretty sure there's some modules not included in this specific flavor of lubuntu, they may be familiar with this.22:12
holsteinStephen_Noob: they might not be able to be use in the ARM kernel22:12
Stephen_Noobholstein: You should have saw me getting the WiFi to work... talk about a learning experience for my first time with Linux :)22:12
Stephen_Noobholstein: There are instructions, but they skip important elements / steps that a Noob wouldn't recognize.22:12
Stephen_Noobholsteni: Says the kernel was built without SND_USB_AUDIO drivers *reading*22:39
Stephen_Noobholstein: ^22:40
Unit193Module or built-in?  Module loaded?22:43

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