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David-Alobi_: if different behaviours for different users (you and guest) it might be something in one of you dot-files. do you know how to move away dot-files?00:16
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lobi_David-A: what do you think move away dot-files00:36
David-Ato determine if there is a problem with a dot-file, move away dot-files, a few at a time, until the problem goes away. then we know it was a dot-file, and about what dot-file, and the problem is also fixed. afterwards, move back the non-problematic dot-files if you want.00:39
David-Alobi_: ^00:40
lobi_David-A: ok00:42
lobi_David-A: thanks00:42
lobi_I will check00:42
David-Alobi_: you can create a temporary directory ~/old-dotfiles, where you move them away, and from where you move them back afterwards, if you want.00:44
David-Alobi_: try first move away ~/.config , most xfce4 and thunar settings are there00:47
David-Alobi_: after you moved a dot-file, logout and login to test if the problem remains or not00:48
StarcraftmazterHi, my X is hanging/crashing on startup when using more than one card for some reason http://pastebin.com/famTe4js http://pastebin.com/xY0RxUr003:37
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Starcraftmazterp-p-p-please respond03:44
well_laid_lawnStarcraftmazter:  I missed your question. What's up?03:50
toothpickwho asked a question?03:51
well_laid_lawnI was going off Starcraftmazter's last post03:51
toothpickoh alright. is he still around?03:52
toothpickstarcraft, do you have a problem with xubuntu?03:52
well_laid_lawn!tab03:52
ubottuYou can use your <tab> key for autocompletion of nicknames in IRC, as well as for completion of filenames and programs on the command line.03:52
well_laid_lawnthere's a clue ^^03:52
toothpicklol true. well_laid_lawn03:52
well_laid_lawn:)03:53
toothpickhey bro. well_laid_lawn03:53
toothpicki just solved a problem of my own03:53
well_laid_lawnwell done toothpick03:53
well_laid_lawna big prob or little ?03:54
toothpickbut can i tell you what the problem was?03:54
well_laid_lawnsure03:54
toothpickwell kinda big problem. with the raid controller03:54
toothpickok , i just took this VIA KT600 based computer off from local classified today03:54
hank_Hi all - need a hint here. New 13.04 install, no sound. pavuacontrol shows sound levels visually but just "dummy output" instead of sound card. No luck yet searching online. ANy suggestions?03:54
well_laid_lawnnever tried using raid - how did you solve it03:54
toothpicki stopped using the onboard raid. for some strange reason03:54
toothpickevery file was getting corrupted but strangely03:55
toothpickxubuntu never crashed03:55
well_laid_lawnhank_:  tried checking alsamixer in the terminal ?03:55
toothpickhank_: is your sound card picked up? what does sudo lshw report?03:55
well_laid_lawntoothpick:  sounds like that would have been hard to sort out then03:56
toothpickthe problem is it was sneaky. I mean i wrote about 12 GB of data03:57
toothpickall fine only realized it was corrupted upon reading it back. But nailed it as Onboard VIA RAID controller. My guess is the onboard sata raid on this chipset does not behave well with 4K advance format hard drives03:58
hank_I'll check alsamixer in a moment. lshw shows my nvidia on mb sound: MPC51 High Def Audio with driver: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0 maxlatency=5 mingnt=203:58
well_laid_lawnlsmod | grep intel03:59
well_laid_lawnlsmod | grep snd03:59
Starcraftmazterwell_laid_lawn:  Hi, my X is hanging/crashing on startup when using more than one card for some reason http://pastebin.com/famTe4js http://pastebin.com/xY0RxUr004:00
toothpickStarcraftmazter: are you using nvidia gpu from 6xx series?04:00
toothpick*your04:02
toothpickyou will need to stage nv drivers manually to get them working04:02
toothpickStarcraftmazter: if you multi-gpu includes the Nvidia Kepler microarchitecture, they are known to have problems with noveau drivers04:02
toothpickjust download the binary package from nvidia directly and i can help you set it up04:02
well_laid_lawn!nvidia04:03
ubottuFor Ati/NVidia/Matrox video cards, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VideoDriverHowto04:03
hank_Here's the lsmod results (forgive my ignorance re IRC etiquette) http://pastebin.com/7s1wWsgM04:03
Starcraftmaztertoothpick: no, 7970s04:04
Starcraftmazterit will work with one04:04
Starcraftmazterbut crap out with more than 104:04
well_laid_lawnhank_:  you have all the necessary modules loaded so try alsamixer04:04
well_laid_lawnhank_:  in pavucontrol are you sure there isn't more than one card to select from??04:05
toothpickStarcraftmazter: you will need to turn off X and stage the ati drivers manually04:06
toothpickStarcraftmazter: multi-gpu especially the 7xxx series are not well tested with GlideFX open source drivers04:06
Starcraftmaztertoothpick: eh?04:07
Starcraftmazterwhat do you mena stage04:07
Starcraftmaztermean*04:07
toothpickStarcraftmazter: note the url and use wget command to get the binary directly from ATI's website for debian linux04:07
hank_As far as I can tell, under All Output Devices it just shows Dummy, while under Hardware output devs it shows nothing. I;'ll check alsamixer now. Thank you all for the help, by the way.04:07
toothpickStarcraftmazter: oh my bad , stage is just a term we use to say Kernel aware. the linux kernel is not aware and does not know how to handle your multi-gpus04:07
toothpickStarcraftmazter: so you will need the official ATI binary driver for Ubuntu or Debian04:08
toothpickStarcraftmazter: to get your gpus working properly . Note the URL on their website, turn of X (We can help you with that if needed) and use wget to download the drivers.04:09
toothpickStarcraftmazter: also note that you can use ATI's distribution specific package - that might be easier. Install it while you are running single gpu, then restart with multi-gpus04:11
well_laid_lawnbbiab have to do the mowing04:12
toothpickmowing?04:13
Unit193Cutting grass.04:14
toothpickoh. lol nevermind04:14
hank_I notice alsamixer does not show the line out, while it shows everything else under the sun.04:14
toothpickStarcraftmazter: I will let others who are more knowledgeable in multi-gpu setup for ATI to dive in. I am well familiar with NVidia only at the moment.04:15
Starcraftmaztertoothpick: which url?04:15
toothpickStarcraftmazter: the url for the file download from ati's website. Their catalyst binary package04:16
Starcraftmazteri was kind of hoping to use the 12.10 drivers as I need the AMD APP SDK installed too04:16
toothpickfrom this point on, Starcraft, I would not know the specifics of ATI drivers available out there since I have little experience with ATI drivers04:17
Starcraftmaztersure but i mean you seem to imply this is an ati driver issue04:18
Starcraftmazterwhat makes you think its not an xorg issue04:18
Starcraftmazterlike, i cant start up with all my cards even using the oss driver04:18
Starcraftmaztersame thing happens, xorg seems to hang/crash04:18
toothpickbecause you mentioned that you can boot into Xorg with a single gpu04:18
Starcraftmazteryes04:19
toothpickyes, and Xorg only provides basic API for window and desktop managers such as Xfce and Gnome etc. Xorg communicate directly with the video drivers for rendering04:19
AienaWould it be safe to install GLibc 2.3.6 on xubuntu 12.04 an application i want to install needs it. If yes then how do I upgrade my glibc version ?04:20
AienaTHe current version is 2.1504:21
toothpickXubuntu uses open source ATI drivers which may or may not be multi-gpu aware. Due to this rationale, my first impression is installing the official video driver might fix your problem04:21
toothpickAiena: yes it should be safe to upgrade glibc04:23
AienaThanks as to the second question - how04:24
Aienacna you guide me toothpick04:24
Aiena*can04:24
toothpickAiena: try sudo apt-get update then check the update manager to see if new version of glibc is available through the official repository04:24
hank_off to pretend it's windows and reboot, just in case. back soon.04:24
Aienahank_: I have to compile from source I think04:24
Aienathe dependencies seem few04:25
Aienahttp://linuxg.net/how-to-install-glib-2-36-3-on-ubuntu-and-linux-mint/ article specifies automake 1.13 I have automake 1.10 will that do ?04:25
toothpickif you want to compile from source, they almost always have the minimum requirements specified in Readme.txt. You may want to consult that as your first source of literature since the developers know precisely what dependencies may or may not work.04:26
AienaThanks toothpick I have built other software from scratch but not yet glibc.04:32
toothpickAiena: you are welcome. I wish I could be of more help04:33
AienaYouve been of enough of help already - now time to take the plunge and hope for the best :)04:34
toothpickgo for it. Let me know if it works out04:35
hank_Sound is now working after rebooting. Not sure what worked: edited  /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf to add card as 'options snd-hda-intel probe_mask=1 model=full_dig' and purged, reinstalelled pulseaudio and alsa-base. Maybe it was just the reboot. I've never had sound issues except when using jack apps. Thanks for the help!04:40
hank_All these years and never thought to ask here - silly me. Bye all.04:41
AienaBY installing raring do I run the risk of damaging my hardware or only there is risk of software i.e. a clean format will clean up any mess ?05:58
Aiena(13.04)05:58
AienaBy installing raring do I run the risk of damaging my hardware or only there is risk of the OS getting messed up i.e. a clean format will clean up any mess ?06:09
Sysino need to repeat06:09
AienaSysi: Sorry my channel got synchronised after the statement06:10
Aienaso wasnt sure if it got sent06:10
Sysiif there's really obnoxious driver bug and something goes wrong, it's possible that hardware breaks, but that problem is present on all systems and versions06:11
AienaOK but my system uses regular hardware which got detected well out of the box with 12.04 keeping that in consideration in 13.04 safe ?06:11
Sysialmost 100% so06:12
AienaOk thanks06:12
SysiI'd say definitely but I don't believe in perfection06:12
AienaOk thanks thats all I wanted to know :)06:12
Sysiyou're welcome06:13
AienaI needed some newer packages its difficult to build certain things in 12.04 without breaking something else and plus I get a chance to test 13.04 I use windows on the other partition so I have a fallback OS06:14
AienaSysi: If IRC channels get synchronised late do your messages still get sent - if sent prior to the synchronise message?06:15
SysiI don't know, I generally wait a bit after saying anything06:17
AienaOk06:18
Sysi*before06:19
Aienak06:19
AienaSysi: DO you know the glibc version in 13.04 ?06:40
Aiena*Do06:40
AienaDont know who to ask ubottu06:40
Aiena*how06:40
well_laid_lawn!info glibc raring06:41
ubottuPackage glibc does not exist in raring06:41
well_laid_lawn!info gcc raring06:41
ubottugcc (source: gcc-defaults (1.120ubuntu10)): GNU C compiler. In component main, is optional. Version 4:4.7.3-1ubuntu10 (raring), package size 5 kB, installed size 41 kB06:41
well_laid_lawndunno if that helps06:42
Aiena!info glibc raring06:42
ubottuPackage glibc does not exist in raring06:42
Aiena!info libc raring06:42
ubottuPackage libc does not exist in raring06:42
Aienawell_laid_lawn: are you running raring ?06:43
well_laid_lawnnope I'm on my arch lappy atm06:43
well_laid_lawn!packages06:43
ubottuYou can browse and search for Ubuntu packages using !Synaptic, !KPackageKit, !Adept, "apt-cache search <keywords or regex>", or online at http://packages.ubuntu.com - Ubuntu has about 30000 packages available, so please *search* for an official package before installing things in awkward ways!06:43
well_laid_lawnmaybe check online for the version06:44
Sysi!info libc606:46
ubottulibc6 (source: eglibc): Embedded GNU C Library: Shared libraries. In component main, is required. Version 2.17-0ubuntu5 (raring), package size 3951 kB, installed size 9216 kB06:46
well_laid_lawnthank you Sysi06:47
well_laid_lawnAiena:  ^^06:47
Aienawell_laid_lawn:  Yes I was checking there07:01
well_laid_lawnk cheers07:03
nukke/close07:29
well_laid_lawn /fail07:30
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sim642I just installed Xubuntu 13.04 and my wifi speed only reaches 50kbps while on windows I get the correct 20mbps. What's wrong?12:17
cameordo they have toilet paper in romania?12:31
antisober552hi guys long time no see12:34
antisober552umm how can i update to xbuntu without having to do a clean install12:35
bekksantisober552: sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop12:37
antisober552thx12:45
antisober552oh its says im on the newest desktop12:46
antisober552i want to update to 13.0412:46
antisober552can anyone help me13:02
baizonantisober552: what version do you got?13:04
antisober552i have xbuntu 12.10 i think13:04
baizonantisober552: run "update-manager -d"13:05
baizonthere should be a big botton with a 13.04 upgrade :)13:05
antisober552update-manager -d in terminal ?13:06
antisober552cause theres no 13.04 update in software updater13:06
baizonantisober552: yes or in xfrun :)13:07
antisober552nothing is showing i get errors13:07
antisober552ERROR:root:Could not find any typelib for Dbusmenu13:08
antisober552ERROR:root:Could not find any typelib for Unity13:08
antisober552thats with sudo13:08
baizonuname -a13:08
baizonwhat do you get?13:08
antisober552oh im on 12.0413:09
antisober552i just got an update come though for 12.1013:09
baizonif you have 12.04, you have to upgrade 12.04 -> 12.10 and then 12.10 -> 13.0413:09
antisober552okai13:10
antisober552thx13:10
baizonnp13:14
Arroyo1010.join #reddit-sysadmin13:34
Arroyo1010non intentional, i apologize13:34
user____hi. I fail at mounting a swap partition and have no clue why13:48
user____this is what i get when i click on swap parttion icon http://pastebin.com/XuLG5hd213:49
user____fstab: http://pastebin.com/FC4Y5VFd13:50
user____sudo mount /dev/sda5 says /dev/mapper/cryptswap1 does not exist13:52
user____blkid GIVES http://pastebin.com/nCs6CdDM13:53
koegsuser____: you dont "mount" a swap parition14:22
user____OK14:22
user____WHAT ELSE14:22
user____I still get error14:23
bekksYou activate it using swapon.14:23
koegsand your fstab is horribly wrong if /dev/sda5 is swap14:23
user____koegs:14:23
bekksAnd you have to create the swap signature, using mkswap.14:23
user____ok14:23
user____koegs: what fstab would u suggest?14:24
koegs/dev/mapper/cryptswap1  none    swap    sw      0       014:24
koegs/etc/crypttab: cryptswap1 /dev/sda5 /dev/urandom swap,cipher=aes-cbc-essiv:sha25614:25
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Aiena|AFKI ran pm-suspend-hybrid now I fell that my system still remembers the laoded data on disk from the hibernate how do I clear that15:48
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Aiena*feel15:48
zephyr28Having some issues getting desktop effects and/or Compiz working in Xubuntu.  Are these known issues and is there an alternative to get both the effects and functionality of Compiz?15:58
Sysiinstall compiz, compiz-gnome and compizconfig-settingsmanager and set compiz to use gtk-window-decorator for drawing window borders in CC-S-M, set compiz --replace in autostart or run it and save session16:05
AienaI installed openjdk-7-jre is there a way to run java 7 by default instead of the java 6 which come default with xubuntu 12.04 ?16:56
AienaSysi: Any idea?16:56
holsteinAiena: i would just remove the one you dont want17:01
holstein!java17:01
ubottuTo just use java you need a "Java Runtime Environment" (JRE) and/or a browser plugin. If that is not sufficient you will need a "Java Development Kit" (JDK) aka "Software  Development Kit" (SDK).  Please see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Java about how to install one of three current implementations.17:01
Aienaholstein: but they insist not to remove anything which originally came with xubuntu 12.0417:02
holsteinthey?17:02
Aienaofficial ubuntu documentation17:03
holsteinAiena: correct.. but, if you want the latest, then you must install and use the latest17:03
Sysiif there's /usr/bin/java like there's /usr/bin/python you could change that symlink to point to newer java17:04
Aienaholstein: so if I purge openjdk-6-jre then I should be fine17:04
holsteinAiena: you will be using the other version. "fine" is in many cases a matter of opinion17:04
AienaSysi: there is a usr/bin/java17:07
Aienabut java is an exe17:07
Aienain this case17:07
Aienanot a directory17:07
holsteinAiena: you can specify which one you want to use.. or just remove the other one17:08
AienaI think keeping java 7 is safe over java6 deprecated functions will still work if needed I think17:09
Sysi"file /usr/bin/java" if it says "symlink" you can delete it and create new one17:09
holsteinAiena: know how to revert, and you dont have to think.. if you need to revert and know how, you can17:09
configXFor some reason Thunar is not showing thumbnails for any of my images. Tumbler is installed...17:10
AienaI know how to revert17:10
configXAny thoughts?17:10
Aienathats not an issue at all17:10
Aienapurge openjdk7 to avoid issues and fresh reinstall jdk617:10
AienaSysi: it is a symlink17:10
holsteinAiena: so, you can switch that symlink to point where you want17:11
Aienait says /usr/bin/java: symbolic link to `/etc/alternatives/java'17:11
Aienaholstein: I dont know what a symlink is17:11
Sysioh, so you can use update-alternatives17:11
Aienaso what do i type after update alternatives ? Any other parameters have to be specified ?17:12
holsteinAiena: its pointint the the version that you dont want to be using.. you can remove that version, change the symlink, or use the update alternatives17:12
Aienaholstein: deleting the file will recreate the symlink with the new jdk ?17:13
Sysihttps://help.ubuntu.com/community/Java#Choosing_the_default_Java_to_use17:13
Sysiholstein: actually it points to one set in update-alternatives17:14
Aienathanks sysi17:15
AienaI have updated it to point to the the new jdk while keeping the old untouched17:15
configXNevermind...my own stupid mistake. Thumbnails was set to never. I didn't change that but I can't believe I missed such an obvious setting.17:15
mishke_xhi guys19:23
mishke_xwhen i tap to touchpad its not work as click, how to fix that?19:24
secret_ninjai have 2 internal h/d's 2 external h/d's. i boot nt and linux on one internal and linux on another internal. the first linux has kernels 3.8.0-22,23 and 25. the other linux has 3.8.0-19 (it's a clean install).19:45
secret_ninjausing grub219:45
secret_ninjawould like to simplify the method i use to get between os'es19:46
secret_ninjai guess i want to merge the /dev/sda3/boot and the /dev/sdb2/boot directories19:47
secret_ninjaand assign more readable names to the partitions19:47
secret_ninjaanybody even here? shit.19:48
TheSheep!language | secret_ninja19:51
ubottusecret_ninja: Please watch your language and topic to help keep this channel family-friendly, polite, and professional.19:51
contrapunctus!patience | secret_ninja19:51
ubottusecret_ninja: Don't feel ignored and repeat your question quickly; if nobody knows your answer, nobody will answer you. While you wait, try searching https://help.ubuntu.com/ or http://ubuntuforums.org/ or http://askubuntu.com/19:51
TheSheepsecret_ninja: you can set labels for the partitions with e2label19:52
TheSheepno idea about merging boot directories, might be tricky19:53
secret_ninjai use the uuid from blkid19:53
secret_ninjaim sure i can figure out e2label19:57
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