| nausium | Hey, I just installed the LTS xubuntu and I'm having trouble finding info on customizing desktop panels | 00:06 |
|---|---|---|
| nausium | as in, I cant seem to right-click an empty space on the panel like im otherwise used to, is there another way to do it? | 00:07 |
| pleia2 | nausium: what does it do when you try? | 00:07 |
| nausium | nothing | 00:07 |
| nausium | I right click and no menu or anything pops up | 00:07 |
| pleia2 | it should | 00:08 |
| nausium | im using a laptop, ill try with a mouse | 00:08 |
| nausium | now it works | 00:11 |
| nausium | i hate this touchpad | 00:11 |
| xubuntu153 | hallo.... | 01:16 |
| IMTheNachoMan | hey guys. so im installing xubuntu on my older mac mini (i want xfce and saw this is the best way to go) but wondering if I should get 12.04 or 13.04 ?? | 01:37 |
| pleia2 | IMTheNachoMan: it's up to you, but 12.04 is supported for 3 years (dont need to upgrade until then) and 13.04 is only supported until january (then you need to upgrade to 13.10, which comes out in october) | 02:09 |
| pleia2 | so if you are ok with older software and don't want to worry about upgrades, 12.04 is good, if you're ok with upgrading and want newer stuff, go with 13.04 | 02:10 |
| kingnick42 | pleia - 12.04 is supported until 2017 | 02:15 |
| kingnick42 | 5 years after release | 02:15 |
| pleia2 | kingnick42: only Ubuntu, Xubuntu is a 3 year LTS | 02:16 |
| Unit193 | Not Xubuntu, Ubuntu is 5 years. | 02:16 |
| kingnick42 | oh? | 02:16 |
| kingnick42 | Well, I didn't know that | 02:16 |
| kingnick42 | thanks :) | 02:16 |
| === Noskcaj10 is now known as Noskcaj | ||
| IMTheNachoMan | pleia2: i don't mind upgrades but how complex is the process to upgrade? like click click or tinkering? | 03:09 |
| yulezo | Hello. I installed Ubuntu and then thenxubuntu-desktop package on 13.04. I liked the way things were working. I reinstalled xubuntu 13.04 by itself. Now many of the themes that I liked are not there. | 03:15 |
| yulezo | Not sure how to install them but they aren't there. Any ideas? | 03:15 |
| well_laid_lawn | themes for what? | 03:23 |
| well_laid_lawn | xfwm has it's own themes, then there's gtk2/3 themes | 03:23 |
| yulezo | well_laid_lawn: They were under the themes tab. I guess they were from gtk. | 03:24 |
| yulezo | One more question. I can't seem to get vdpau to work though it works fine in regular Ubuntu. Could that have anything to do with xfwm or xfce? | 03:24 |
| well_laid_lawn | you can have a look in the package manager for themes or try gnome-look.org or such | 03:25 |
| well_laid_lawn | !themes | 03:25 |
| ubottu | To change your theme in Xubuntu, go to Settings Manager » Appearance (GTK+ theme) or Settings Manager » Window Manager (xfwm4 theme) to change the theme - find more themes at http://xfce-look.org/ or http://gnome-look.org/ (for GTK+ themes) | 03:25 |
| yulezo | What does the compositor due in Window Manager Tweaks. I thought xfwm was a compositing wm by default. Why is it diabled there? | 03:33 |
| === mutzs_ is now known as mutzs | ||
| c2tarun | Hi friends, here is the screenshot of my tray icons. http://www.zimagez.com/zimage/screenshot-08032013-093126am.php I can figure all the apps but not the third one from top, can anyone please help me in finding out what it is? | 04:02 |
| Orlando_ | habla español? | 05:14 |
| Unit193 | !es | 05:14 |
| ubottu | En la mayoría de los canales de Ubuntu, se habla sólo en inglés. Si busca ayuda en español entre al canal #xubuntu-es; escriba "/join #xubuntu-es" (sin comillas) y presione intro. Si nadie responde, puedes intentar preguntando en #ubuntu-es. | 05:14 |
| Orlando_ | ok, me puedes ayudar? | 05:15 |
| Orlando_ | tengo problemas con constraseña | 05:15 |
| Orlando_ | hola | 05:17 |
| Orlando_ | hola | 05:18 |
| Unit193 | Orlando_: Hola, I recommend you to /join #ubuntu-es | 05:19 |
| xubuntu337 | xubuntu live cd says "this" as user name and then Other and then login and password, nothing works, latest version, cant get in, please help | 07:16 |
| Sysi | xubuntu337: how did you make the stick? | 07:18 |
| xubuntu337 | yumi | 07:19 |
| Sysi | try doing it again with unetbootin | 07:19 |
| xubuntu337 | ok | 07:19 |
| xubuntu337 | ok that did it, the username was "xubuntu" instead of "this" but I still had to click Other and enter login:xubuntu and blank password to get in | 07:33 |
| xubuntu337 | thanks for the help | 07:33 |
| === aziz_ is now known as aziz | ||
| xubuntu074 | bonjour | 09:36 |
| MarkusDBX | I'm looking for a way to get quarter screen tiling | 10:22 |
| MarkusDBX | Tiling left-right bottom-top, works fine in xfce. But I can't get top-left (quarterscreen) to work. Any ideas? | 10:23 |
| Unit193 | As far as I know it isn't supported in Xfwm at this time. | 10:23 |
| MarkusDBX | darn it, it would be a great feature. If that thing was in place xfce would really measure up with the more serious tiling wm's. | 10:24 |
| well_laid_lawn | make your own tiler, all the cool kids do | 10:35 |
| MarkusDBX | well_laid_lawn: can you kick me in a direction where I can find instructions how to roll my own? | 10:51 |
| knome | MarkusDBX, i suppose "learn programming" :) | 10:51 |
| well_laid_lawn | MarkusDBX: find a tiler that is something close to what yo want and start hacking | 11:02 |
| Sysi | maybe worth checking out wmctrl | 11:02 |
| well_laid_lawn | I started from https://github.com/pyknite/catwm | 11:04 |
| well_laid_lawn | MarkusDBX: https://github.com/c00kiemon5ter/monsterwm forked from my dminiwm, ivan is very cool | 11:10 |
| Left_Turn | hey how much space does xubuntu take after installation? | 11:12 |
| Sysi | I've waited for different kind of alttab window trough two xfce releases, next one should have it! | 11:12 |
| Sysi | Left_Turn: 5GB | 11:12 |
| knome | 4.4GB ;) | 11:12 |
| Left_Turn | i thought it was meant to be lighter than ubuntu? which took also 5gb | 11:12 |
| knome | Left_Turn, used disk space doesn't tell much about lightness | 11:13 |
| Left_Turn | oh true | 11:13 |
| well_laid_lawn | the apps you use count towards resource use as well | 11:14 |
| MarkusDBX | well_laid_lawn: Thanks, I will investigate that wm | 11:14 |
| well_laid_lawn | cheers | 11:14 |
| Taylr0x | Hi all. How do you format a USB stick (and in FAT32 or other Windows readable media format)? I can't seem to find any formatting feature/software. | 11:34 |
| Sysi | gparted is a nice tool for that | 11:35 |
| Taylr0x | Sysi, GParted partition editor? | 11:36 |
| Sysi | yup | 11:36 |
| Taylr0x | Many thanks. Will give that a try noe =) | 11:36 |
| Taylr0x | now.* | 11:36 |
| Sysi | make sure to format right drive/partition | 11:38 |
| Taylr0x | Will do. Done the install yet can't seem to find the app launcher to run it. Any ideas? | 11:39 |
| Taylr0x | Found it. It's within the settings options =) | 11:39 |
| Taylr0x | settings manager.* | 11:40 |
| knome | yup, we bunched most of the settings there recently | 11:40 |
| Taylr0x | Makes sense. I should of looked before mentioning here (most likely a common fault with beginners!). | 11:40 |
| Taylr0x | Many thanks for the help. | 11:40 |
| knome | no problem - have fun | 11:41 |
| Taylr0x | How would I create a launcher for that app what with it being within the settings? | 11:45 |
| knome | Taylr0x, launcher in the panel or the menu? | 11:46 |
| Taylr0x | Panel, if possible. | 11:47 |
| knome | Taylr0x, add a new launcher manually, then in the launcher settings, add a new empty item and point the launcher to the command "gparted" | 11:48 |
| Taylr0x | knome, worked a treat. Many thanks! | 11:51 |
| Azelphur | Hi, I'm looking on https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ThunarCustomActions and theres a few bits I'd like to have, but it doesn't actually tell you how to install said custom actions. :< | 11:59 |
| knome | Azelphur, edit -> configure custom actions? | 12:05 |
| Azelphur | knome: it mentioned something about the command line, I realised now that most of the examples are bash scripts which add themselves xD | 12:05 |
| knome | Azelphur, or, ~/.config/Thunar/uca.xml | 12:06 |
| === IsoAnon is now known as Isolol | ||
| jono | knome, cool to see the XMir testing kicking off :-) | 13:08 |
| jono | knome, let me know if there is anything I can help with | 13:08 |
| jono | and I know the Mir team are keen to help fix bugs you folks find | 13:09 |
| === stoeptegel is now known as ducktool | ||
| brainwash | jono: is there even one benefit of using xmir? | 13:21 |
| jono | brainwash, a few: | 13:21 |
| TheSheep | name 30 | 13:22 |
| jono | * this will become the primary supported stack moving forward, so XMir will be the X implementation Canonical maintain and Mir will be the display server - this means less work for flavors who use XMir and Mir | 13:22 |
| TheSheep | also, I think we should move to -ot | 13:22 |
| jono | * there are some benefits such as flicker-free boot, cleaner plug in/out of projectors (fewer artifacts etc) | 13:22 |
| jono | * this also maps into our wider convergence story which could lead the way for a Xubuntu Phone for example | 13:23 |
| jono | Mir will drive more than just the desktop | 13:23 |
| jono | TheSheep, this seems pretty on topic t me | 13:23 |
| brainwash | so xubuntu will move to mir instead of wayland? kinda doubt that | 13:23 |
| jono | brainwash, I don't know what the team are planning - they are just testing XMir in some images, after a discussion from a while back | 13:26 |
| TheSheep | jono: this is the support channel | 13:27 |
| TheSheep | jono: you either want -dev or -ot | 13:28 |
| jono | TheSheep, np | 13:29 |
| jono | sorry TheSheep | 13:29 |
| TheSheep | jono: no need to apologize to me, really | 13:30 |
| jono | :-) | 13:30 |
| brainwash | xfce4-session won't let me logout/shutdown few seconds after login, requires the session manager to be in an idle state | 13:31 |
| brainwash | any ideas? | 13:31 |
| === stoeptegel is now known as suxktool | ||
| === suxktool is now known as ducktool | ||
| xubuntu457 | hello,I have installed xubuntu in a laptop that I have connected to a tv thruoght an HDMI cable, the video is working pwrfectly, but for dome reason the sound is not working, could you help me ? | 13:47 |
| XATRIX | Hi guys, how can i make my LCD screen to poweroff/suspend during inactivity limit ? I've set "Put display sleep... 5minutes" and "Switch off display after ... 15 minutes" in Xfce Power Manager | 15:31 |
| XATRIX | But it's only blanks the screen to "Black" after even 30 minutes | 15:32 |
| XATRIX | It doesn't turn off it's power/suspend it | 15:32 |
| XATRIX | It simply blank | 15:32 |
| koegs | turn of monitor power management in xfce power manager and use the options from screensaver-advanced, that did the trick for me | 15:33 |
| koegs | settings->screensaver->Advanced | 15:34 |
| c2tarun | I am running Xubuntu 12.04, when I use laptop on battery I can feel performance degradation in xubuntu. I unchecked Save power over performance option. Still I am feeling that xubuntu is very slow. Can anyone please help me in improving speed? | 15:40 |
| xubuntu598 | helo | 16:12 |
| GridCube | !hi | xubuntu598 | 16:18 |
| ubottu | xubuntu598: Hi!, Welcome to #xubuntu! Feel free to ask questions and help people out. The channel guidelines are at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/Guidelines. Enjoy your stay! | 16:18 |
| imthenachoman | hey guys. anyone know how to get apple/mac keyboard to work right in xubuntu? | 17:17 |
| holstein | imthenachoman: "right" might be a matter of opinion, and will definetly require more details | 17:18 |
| holstein | should be plug and play functional | 17:18 |
| imthenachoman | i want apple + a to select all, and set it up the way os x works | 17:19 |
| holstein | imthenachoman: not sure how many volunteers will be familiar with "the way osx works".. i would try the keyboard shortcut GUI and try specifying what you like | 17:20 |
| Sysi | you can't make it to be exactly like OS X, but switching cmd(s) from super to Ctrl would get close | 17:23 |
| imthenachoman | hummm | 17:23 |
| Sysi | (and if you want to have super too for hotkeys and such, bind it to ctrl or leave right cmd to be) | 17:25 |
| imthenachoman | i think i might just need to relearn how to use this. i dont want to do all this mapping stuff | 17:25 |
| imthenachoman | i thought it would be easy/simple | 17:25 |
| imthenachoman | loving xfce though | 17:25 |
| Sysi | it's not very difficult, but it's just switching the meanings of keys | 17:26 |
| imthenachoman | if i swap ctrl with apple than ctrl+c would not break in terminal anymore | 17:28 |
| Sysi | no, ctrl C would still be ctrl C, just triggered by different key | 17:30 |
| Sysi | I prefer selecting+middle click paste | 17:30 |
| imthenachoman | humm | 17:33 |
| imthenachoman | any recomendations on a good mail, contacts, calendar app for xfce? | 17:33 |
| holstein | imthenachoman: "good" is a matter of opinion and use case.. i use web apps | 17:36 |
| Sysi | thunderbird and evolution are popular, then there are KDE apps, and one a bit special email client is geary | 17:38 |
| imthenachoman | thunderbird and evolution do all three? | 17:39 |
| Sysi | thunderbird might | 17:39 |
| imthenachoman | cool | 17:46 |
| imthenachoman | ty | 17:46 |
| === brainwash_ is now known as brainwash | ||
| Taylr0x | Filezilla used to have a sister piece of software for hosting FTP's. Can anyone please remind me what it was? Or can you actually do that within Filezilla? | 20:13 |
| Taylr0x | Or at least I think it had a sister program. I could be wrong. | 20:13 |
| GridCube | theres a filezilla server for windows, but i dont know if its there for linux | 20:16 |
| GridCube | you simply install an ftp server on linux, or better an ssh server | 20:16 |
| GridCube | !ssh | 20:17 |
| ubottu | SSH is the Secure SHell protocol, see: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SSH for client usage. PuTTY is an SSH client for Windows; see: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ for it's homepage. See also !scp (Secure CoPy) and !sshd (Secure SHell Daemon) | 20:17 |
| GridCube | its pretty easy to do that too | 20:17 |
| Taylr0x | Many thanks GridCube. I shall give that a try. | 20:18 |
| GridCube | you can use filezilla to acces ssh as ftp's and it should be more secure or something i dont really understand how that works | 20:19 |
| cdh473__ | yeah guys keep it up woo woo | 20:50 |
| * cdh473__ whistles | 20:50 | |
| === cdh473__ is now known as cdh473 | ||
| tux31 | i have bug video in application menu | 22:39 |
| tux31 | how repair this bug | 22:40 |
| tux31 | if i unchech show image in menu i have no bug | 22:42 |
| tux31 | uncheck | 22:42 |
| holstein | tux31: i would start by defining "this". and share as many other details and see if a volunteer can help | 22:42 |
| tux31 | the folder icone disaper and reaper when pass mouse cusor | 22:54 |
| GridCube | tux31, which its your native language? maybe you can get better support from people who you can speak more freely | 22:55 |
| tux31 | french | 22:56 |
| GridCube | !fr | 22:56 |
| ubottu | Nous sommes désolés, mais ce canal est en anglais uniquement. Si vous avez besoin d'aide ou voulez discuter en français, veuillez taper /join #ubuntu-fr ou /join #ubuntu-qc. Merci. | 22:56 |
| GridCube | :) | 22:56 |
| tux31 | thanks | 22:56 |
| GridCube | no problem, i hope you can fix your problem, if not, do come back | 22:57 |
Generated by irclog2html.py 2.7 by Marius Gedminas - find it at mg.pov.lt!