| michaela | how do i change the clock on the top panel to show 12 hour clock instead of 24 hour clock | 00:46 |
|---|---|---|
| Poisoned_Dragon | go into the clock properties. | 00:47 |
| michaela | ok | 00:47 |
| michaela | now what | 00:47 |
| Poisoned_Dragon | there should be a drop box for the clock format | 00:47 |
| Poisoned_Dragon | Pick one that shows a 12 hour format | 00:47 |
| Poisoned_Dragon | Oh geez... I didn't even ask what desktop environment. sorry | 00:48 |
| Poisoned_Dragon | I could be giving you the wrong advice | 00:48 |
| Poisoned_Dragon | lol... I just brain farted. | 00:49 |
| Poisoned_Dragon | It's xubuntu... duh! It's xfce | 00:49 |
| Poisoned_Dragon | I'm juggling too many distro help rooms. :) | 00:49 |
| CyberJuanito | Heelp! A noob here! | 01:26 |
| Poisoned_Dragon | A question would be more helpful | 01:26 |
| CyberJuanito | Xubuntu taskbar missing, i try xfce4-panel in "run" dialogue, it appears again, it blinks and is gone again, what do i do? | 01:28 |
| CyberJuanito | yes, i´m sorry | 01:28 |
| Poisoned_Dragon | do it in terminal and see if it throws an error | 01:29 |
| CyberJuanito | ok, lets see | 01:30 |
| CyberJuanito | yes, oh god so many things, error bus and many "failed" messages | 01:32 |
| CyberJuanito | "unable to get application list: operacion cancelada (cancelled operation) | 01:34 |
| CyberJuanito | "indicatorObjetc class does not have an accesible description" | 01:35 |
| Poisoned_Dragon | jinkies | 01:36 |
| CyberJuanito | what i did: installed xubuntu, installed updates, installed openoffice, installed chromium, TRY to install propietary stuff (failed), TRY to install vlc (failed), restarted system and got this :( | 01:38 |
| Poisoned_Dragon | how did they fail? | 01:39 |
| CyberJuanito | they just stop installing after download and got a message saying they could not be installed, can´t remember the exact sentence of the error, but it looked like generic installation fail | 01:41 |
| Poisoned_Dragon | type this in terminal: sudo dpkg --configure -a | 01:42 |
| Poisoned_Dragon | I want to see if there was an interupted istall | 01:42 |
| CyberJuanito | right away | 01:43 |
| Poisoned_Dragon | If it's "fine" There will be no output | 01:43 |
| CyberJuanito | nothing, just ask for password and then nothing | 01:45 |
| Poisoned_Dragon | hmm... | 01:45 |
| Poisoned_Dragon | So, what were you trying to install before vlc? | 01:45 |
| CyberJuanito | the pack that allows to run flash, mp3, mpg and other stuff | 01:47 |
| Poisoned_Dragon | Oh... Hmm | 01:48 |
| Poisoned_Dragon | Well, you could try installing it again in terminet using apt-get, if you know the package name. | 01:49 |
| Poisoned_Dragon | With that said, we need to worry about your panels. | 01:49 |
| bazhang | xubuntu-restricted-extras is the name | 01:49 |
| Poisoned_Dragon | ok, try: sudo apt-get install xubuntu-restricted-extras | 01:49 |
| Poisoned_Dragon | See if that pops an error. | 01:50 |
| CyberJuanito | right away | 01:50 |
| CyberJuanito | o crap, it got disconected from inet, please wait | 01:52 |
| CyberJuanito | (lol me talk like robot) | 01:56 |
| CyberJuanito | ok, downloading | 01:56 |
| CyberJuanito | e: prior errors apply to /var/cache bla bla bla | 01:58 |
| CyberJuanito | that message repeated many times | 01:58 |
| CyberJuanito | with different files i think | 01:58 |
| Poisoned_Dragon | hmm | 01:58 |
| Poisoned_Dragon | type this: apt-cache policy xubuntu-restricted-extras | 02:01 |
| Poisoned_Dragon | To see if it shows as installed | 02:01 |
| CyberJuanito | yes sir | 02:02 |
| Poisoned_Dragon | same with vlc: apt-cache policy vlc | 02:02 |
| CyberJuanito | says none of them are installed | 02:03 |
| Poisoned_Dragon | lets see if we can clean out the cache. | 02:03 |
| CyberJuanito | ok | 02:03 |
| Poisoned_Dragon | sudo apt-get clean && sudo apt-get autoremove. | 02:04 |
| CyberJuanito | done | 02:05 |
| Poisoned_Dragon | try installing xubuntu-restricted-extras again | 02:06 |
| Poisoned_Dragon | sudo apt-get install xubuntu-restricted-extras | 02:06 |
| CyberJuanito | right away | 02:07 |
| Poisoned_Dragon | still throwing out errors? | 02:09 |
| CyberJuanito | geez..it was doin it so good.. but at the end "error: leyendo el fichero info del paquete (reading info file? of package). Error input/output | 02:11 |
| Poisoned_Dragon | hmm.... | 02:12 |
| CyberJuanito | e: sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2) | 02:12 |
| CyberJuanito | Poison... | 02:12 |
| CyberJuanito | Poison_Dragon, THANK YOU for taking the time sir,but i have to go now :( i´ll try to do fix it with what you have said to me ;) | 02:12 |
| CyberJuanito | Poisoned* | 02:13 |
| Poisoned_Dragon | k | 02:13 |
| Poisoned_Dragon | sorry I wasn't more helpful | 02:13 |
| CyberJuanito | you helped me, thanks | 02:14 |
| shakti | Hello | 04:17 |
| shakti | I am using Xubuntu 12.04 | 04:17 |
| shakti | i uninstalled my network manger after my internet stopped responding | 04:18 |
| shakti | and now I am unable to get it back | 04:18 |
| shakti | as no form of internet works on my system anymore | 04:18 |
| shakti | the numerous blogs/tutorials I read | 04:18 |
| shakti | all demand an active internet connection to apt-get newtwork manager | 04:19 |
| shakti | is there any alternative | 04:19 |
| shakti | ??? | 04:19 |
| shakti | Please help | 04:19 |
| holstein | shakti: get what back? the network manage? why did you remove it? and how did you remove it? | 04:22 |
| shakti | yes the network manager | 04:22 |
| shakti | my internet had stopped working | 04:22 |
| shakti | and was not being connected to wifi or lan | 04:23 |
| holstein | shakti: i gathered that, from when you said "my internet stopped working" above | 04:23 |
| holstein | shakti: how did you remove it? | 04:23 |
| shakti | sudo apt-get remove --purge NetworkManager | 04:23 |
| holstein | shakti: what i was getting at was, why did you remove that as a "fix" ? did you read a guide? | 04:23 |
| shakti | yes | 04:24 |
| shakti | only to realize that the guide in its later part mentioned | 04:24 |
| shakti | that I would need to re-install using an active internet connection | 04:24 |
| shakti | and now I am screwed | 04:25 |
| holstein | shakti: what guid? | 04:25 |
| holstein | guide* | 04:25 |
| shakti | it was on some blog | 04:25 |
| shakti | is there anything that can be done to restore my internet | 04:26 |
| holstein | shakti: what would you like to do? download the packages from the internet? and install? or manually set up the connetion? | 04:26 |
| holstein | shakti: yes.. plenty | 04:27 |
| holstein | shakti: you can always reinstall | 04:27 |
| shakti | thanks you are a savior | 04:27 |
| holstein | shakti: you can use a live CD to generate download scripts easily via synaptic | 04:27 |
| holstein | shakti: you can manually setup the wired connection | 04:27 |
| shakti | I don't have a live cd | 04:28 |
| shakti | I used a USB for installation | 04:28 |
| shakti | can I still do it | 04:28 |
| holstein | shakti: live media then... cd or whatever.. you know that when i say "live CD", important part there is that you can connect to the internect from it, correct? not that it be on a Cd | 04:29 |
| holstein | shakti: doesnt matter what you run the live CD iso from | 04:29 |
| shakti | I am a newbie | 04:29 |
| shakti | I didn't know that | 04:29 |
| shakti | moreover I am a little panicked | 04:29 |
| shakti | have a college deadline to meet | 04:30 |
| holstein | this is something pretty "light" that i did with a piano player | 04:30 |
| shakti | and the mean machine won't work | 04:30 |
| holstein | i call it newage | 04:30 |
| holstein | http://www.rstrio.com/skyjazzcd.html | 04:30 |
| holstein | new-age | 04:30 |
| holstein | shakti: sorry.. wrong channel | 04:30 |
| shakti | I have the live cd then | 04:31 |
| shakti | please guide me how to do it | 04:31 |
| holstein | shakti: synaptic, as i have guided, generates download scripts | 04:32 |
| shakti | i am really sorry to bother you like this | 04:33 |
| shakti | but i don't understand what you mean | 04:34 |
| shakti | I mean from where can I access synaptic | 04:34 |
| holstein | shakti: i would install it onto the live CD.. but its just one way to do it | 04:35 |
| holstein | shakti: this is relevant http://askubuntu.com/questions/974/how-can-i-install-software-or-packages-without-internet-offline | 04:35 |
| shakti | tried installing keryx | 04:42 |
| shakti | fails to install on my system a | 04:42 |
| shakti | and the synaptic manager fails to starts | 04:43 |
| holstein | shakti: you'll need to define "fails" | 04:43 |
| holstein | shakti: in depth | 04:43 |
| shakti | keyrx depends on python-support (>=0.90.0) however Package python-support is not installed | 04:45 |
| shakti | dpkg: eroor processing keryx (--install) | 04:45 |
| holstein | shakti: you'll need to manually grab those dependanies as well | 04:45 |
| shakti | dependency problems - leaving unconfigured | 04:45 |
| holstein | shakti: if you are not online | 04:45 |
| shakti | okay | 04:45 |
| holstein | shakti: right.. you are not online | 04:45 |
| shakti | yes | 04:45 |
| holstein | so, the package manager cant automatically resolve dependencies for you from the repo | 04:46 |
| holstein | shakti: why not connect to a netork manuallly? | 04:46 |
| shakti | is there any way I can connect my machine to my friends ad-hoc network manually and then install all these packages | 04:46 |
| holstein | shakti: manually | 04:47 |
| holstein | shakti: thats what im asking.. why are you not just connecting manually? | 04:47 |
| shakti | I don't know how to? | 04:47 |
| shakti | I am technically challenged | 04:48 |
| shakti | i have tried lshw -C network and it says networking-disabled | 04:48 |
| holstein | shakti: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WiFiHowTo | 04:49 |
| holstein | shakti: can you not wire it up? | 04:49 |
| shakti | no I have only wifi access in my dorm | 04:50 |
| holstein | shakti: then, the link i gave explains how to manually set it up | 04:53 |
| holstein | shakti: also, the live usb you have should have the pacakges you need on it | 04:53 |
| shakti | thanks | 04:55 |
| shakti | I am really grateful for your help | 04:55 |
| shakti | I might have to disturb you | 04:56 |
| shakti | if I get stuck | 04:56 |
| shakti | thus, my apologies in advance | 04:56 |
| xubuntu864 | hello I have a question. How do I open the desktop and software center in xubuntu 13.04? I am a total newbie. | 05:33 |
| xubuntu864 | I can get bittorrent to open up but cant get further that there. | 05:34 |
| xubuntu864 | Is someone able to help me? | 05:40 |
| holstein | xubuntu864: the desktop directory can be found in the filemanager | 05:42 |
| holstein | xubuntu864: you should see the package manager in the menu as well | 05:42 |
| xubuntu864 | I am obviously in a learning curve problem. I can see the bit torrent screen but cant figure out what to do next. | 05:47 |
| holstein | xubuntu864: what bit torrent screen? | 05:49 |
| holstein | xubuntu864: im not understanding how bit torrent is relating to this question | 05:49 |
| xubuntu864 | bittorrent is the only screen I can get to open from the dvd I burned. | 05:50 |
| xubuntu864 | Or perhaps it is trying to open the file I want | 05:50 |
| holstein | xubuntu864: what dvd? | 05:51 |
| xubuntu864 | I have an old xp machine and want to install xubuntu on it as os from disc. | 05:52 |
| holstein | xubuntu864: ok.. and you have installed? | 05:53 |
| xubuntu864 | not that I can see. I can get torrent movie files to work. | 05:54 |
| xubuntu864 | windows crashed mixing os files all over the hard drive so it no longer works as it should. That is why I want to get rid of xp altogether and just run a linux program. | 05:57 |
| xubuntu864 | when I boot up it first opens in windows then the bit torrent screen opens but there is no option to install xubuntu anywhere. | 05:59 |
| holstein | xubuntu864: torrent movie files? | 06:00 |
| holstein | xubuntu864: if you have bad hardware, linux wont "fix" it | 06:01 |
| holstein | xubuntu864: from what you are describing, i would want to backup my data from the hard drive, and test it | 06:01 |
| holstein | xubuntu864: what im asking is, do you have xubuntu installed? | 06:01 |
| xubuntu864 | I am going to assume that I have not. | 06:02 |
| holstein | xubuntu864: you can "recover" your data using a xubuntu live CD.. | 06:03 |
| xubuntu864 | It is late and I am going to bed. I will try again tomorrow. thank you for your responses. I will think about what you said. | 06:04 |
| holstein | xubuntu864: cheers | 06:05 |
| kRush | can anyone explain to me why enumerating /proc/sys/kernel/random/entropy_avail reduces the available entropy? | 06:11 |
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| jack_2 | Hey guys | 06:29 |
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| jarnos | Are session crashes common to you? I get one usually when logging out and session cannot remember applications properly. | 09:44 |
| jarnos | This kind of issue has been present on Xfce since many Xubuntu releases. | 09:45 |
| HypothesisFrog | hi. It's very annoying. I have a panel that's just stopped autohiding. No explanation. | 10:13 |
| * HypothesisFrog has limited screen space | 10:14 | |
| Sysi | run xfce4-panel -r | 10:15 |
| HypothesisFrog | Sysi ta. That seemed t o do the trick. Got my screen space back now. | 10:22 |
| thunder1212 | hi | 11:14 |
| baizon | hello thunder1212 | 11:14 |
| baizon | how can i help you? | 11:14 |
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| xubuntu933 | any brazilian? | 14:57 |
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| xubuntu829 | Total beginner here | 16:27 |
| xubuntu829 | I have used Ubuntu since 2006, but the latest version isn't supported by my old Dell computer's configuration | 16:28 |
| xubuntu829 | I want to switch from Ubuntu to XUbuntu -- preferably loading from a USB thumb drive | 16:29 |
| xubuntu829 | But I want to replace the version of Ubuntu I have on my Ubuntu drive with Xubuntu and keep my dual-boot capability | 16:29 |
| xubuntu829 | Problem is I configured the Dell for Ubuntu so long ago I forgot how it was done, and I'm not a computer geek for a living so I need | 16:31 |
| xubuntu829 | to always start from the beginning | 16:31 |
| xubuntu829 | I'll check back later for any replies | 16:32 |
| baizon | xubuntu829: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/install-xfce-xubuntu-on-ubuntu-linux/ | 16:45 |
| xubuntu829 | Thanks baizon! | 16:53 |
| Jedi_Phenix | hi :-( | 17:27 |
| jack | hello all | 18:08 |
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| Chaser | Hi how do I set a keyboard shortcut to open a new terminal tab. cntrl+shift+t used to work but it stopped working for a while. | 21:42 |
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| meow | Hey, got a quick question if someone is down to solve a minor mystery. :) | 23:29 |
| knome | !ask | 23:29 |
| ubottu | Please don't ask to ask a question, simply ask the question (all on ONE line and in the channel, so that others can read and follow it easily). If anyone knows the answer they will most likely reply. :-) See also !patience | 23:29 |
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| holstein | meow: linux wont fix the hardware. i would test the basics.. memory, and the hard drive | 23:29 |
| meow | lol sorry y'all, here's the thing: using xubuntu on a dying PC and it keeps "screen of death"-ing if you see what I mean. I suspect it's because the PC's overheating, but I'm wondering if one could find out why the computer keeps shutting down suddenly | 23:30 |
| meow | aka I'd like an autopsy of my session, if that makes any sense | 23:30 |
| meow | Holstein: Is there a program built into xubuntu to see those stats by any chance? | 23:31 |
| holstein | meow: i test those without an operating system running | 23:33 |
| holstein | meow: the built in memory test.. hard drive tests from live CD's | 23:33 |
| meow | Interesting | 23:33 |
| meow | holstein, here's some context: I'm in bed and I'm merely curious as to whether or not aiming my fan at the back of the PC would help it stay alive longer (if not a whole session) | 23:34 |
| meow | if there's a more complex problem with the PC than just heat (it's also fucking warm today), I'm ready to declare this piece of machinery deceased | 23:35 |
| holstein | meow: i have no such issues, and you shouldnt either.. you could blow dust out of the PC and "fix" it.. | 23:35 |
| holstein | !language | meow | 23:35 |
| ubottu | meow: Please watch your language and topic to help keep this channel family-friendly, polite, and professional. | 23:35 |
| meow | holstein, anyway there's software to detect the temperature of the CPU/GPU ? | 23:36 |
| holstein | meow: sure.. but you dont need it, if there is dust in the unit | 23:36 |
| holstein | meow: have you looked? | 23:36 |
| meow | Have I looked if there is dust in the hardware? | 23:36 |
| meow | holstein, shouldn't that be rather difficult if the PC is a laptop? | 23:37 |
| holstein | meow: they all come apart | 23:37 |
| knome | more or less.. | 23:38 |
| meow | sheet neega I hadn't even considered opening the poor basterd up. Any way the dust can be removed safely without resorting to surgery? | 23:38 |
| knome | meow, watch your language, and consider this your last warning | 23:38 |
| * meow meowwwww | 23:39 | |
| holstein | meow: if you literally buy a can of air and blow it in there, that might help | 23:39 |
| holstein | meow: try another offtopic channel for general chat | 23:39 |
| meow | Haha sounds good, thanks for your help holstein ! | 23:39 |
| holstein | meow: you can usually get the straw into one of the holes enough to blow dust out.. | 23:40 |
| knome | or if it's an old laptop and you're ready to even get rid of it, you could just carefully open the screws to get better into it | 23:41 |
| meow | Hmmm I've been looking around the house for guerilla tools for this mission | 23:44 |
| meow | And then I got distracted by this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2obH7ugvIsQ | 23:44 |
| meow | Nice interview knome | 23:44 |
| knome | thanks - but for general chatter, see #xubuntu-offtopic | 23:44 |
| * meow meeeoooooowwww | 23:45 | |
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