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| Trace1 | Hey guys, im having a problem with my external NTFS drive. Some of the files are not showing up in Ubuntu, files that have always been there. But when i plug the drive into my windows machine they are all still there. Any ideas | 03:05 |
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| nerdtron | plug in the drive and ls -lah in the terminal and see if the files are there | 03:07 |
| Trace1 | yes they are there now, i just plugged the drive back in, but usually if i unplug and replug the drive it will work for a few hours then the files disappear agian | 03:11 |
| Trace1 | Ok, i tried another folder and it says input/output error | 03:15 |
| Trace1 | well i guess it doesnt work if i unplug and replig | 03:19 |
| nerdtron | input/output error did you safely removed it from windows?? | 03:24 |
| nerdtron | and safely umounted/eject in linux? | 03:24 |
| nerdtron | also plug it in windows and run the check disk of windows....Could be signs of a failing hard drive | 03:24 |
| Trace1 | i did safely remove it from windows but did not unmount from linux, but i can read all the files in windows with no problems | 03:25 |
| nerdtron | Trace1, even though you can read all the files in windows doesn't necessarily mean everything is ok... | 03:27 |
| nerdtron | kindly run check disk just to make sujre | 03:28 |
| Trace1 | ok i will go ahead and run the check disc now and start backing stuff up just in case, thanks for all the help, ill be back with the results im sure | 03:28 |
| nerdtron | backing up is always a good idea...oh and next time, always make sure to umount/eject it xubuntu before you remove the plug | 03:35 |
| Trace1 | this was actually the drive i kept most of my backup on and a few things here and there so luckily no big deal if its lost, running the check disk now but just noticed some files i cannot access in windows. Do you think reformatting could fix the issue or does it seem like the drive is bad? | 03:38 |
| nerdtron | "some files i cannot access in windows" i think this could be the result of not safely eject in xubuntu... | 03:40 |
| nerdtron | try formatting the drive again and then run check disk to see any bad sectors | 03:41 |
| nerdtron | if there are no bad sectors, the drive is still good | 03:41 |
| Trace1 | darn, well i guess thats better news than the drive going bad | 03:41 |
| Trace1 | will give that a shot, thanks again for all the help | 03:41 |
| nerdtron | maybe some files where just corrupted/ fail to write when you pulled out the external hard drive in ubuntu | 03:42 |
| Trace1 | the files i checked had been on there after being removed from ubuntu before so im sure they were written, im sure they were corrupted when i pulled the plug :/ | 03:43 |
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| OndraE | Hello, does anybody have experience with installing Broadcom BCM4318 wlan driver? In my case it crashes kernel - i have 13.04, nut it laso happened in 12.04 | 08:54 |
| cfhowlett | OndraE, how did you install it? | 08:56 |
| OndraE | in 13.04 throught update manager | 08:56 |
| cfhowlett | OndraE, and what crash message are you getting? | 08:56 |
| OndraE | wel its black screen with tons of text and i have to shut down the laptot manually | 08:58 |
| OndraE | its typical "kernel oops" | 08:59 |
| cfhowlett | OndraE, and only when firing up the wifi, I trust. Well, here's an option; download the driver from broadcom, see the README and compile/install manually. Lot more work, but usually works.http://zh-cn.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php /// actually search for broadcom linux sta and get the local / non-chinese mirror. | 09:01 |
| pmjdebruijn | OndraE: did you try the firmawre with the open driver? | 09:01 |
| pmjdebruijn | proprietary drivers tend to suck | 09:01 |
| pmjdebruijn | firmware-b43-installer / firmware-b43-lpphy-installer / firmware-b43legacy-installer | 09:01 |
| OndraE | oh, I didnt try the open ones | 09:01 |
| pmjdebruijn | the driver is already there | 09:02 |
| pmjdebruijn | but it requires firmware which ubuntu isn't allowed to include by default IIRC | 09:02 |
| pmjdebruijn | so those packages download the firmware files on the fly | 09:02 |
| OndraE | well i will try the drivers from link cfhowlett provided and will see | 09:06 |
| pmjdebruijn | like I said, proprietary driver tend to end in tears in the long run :) | 09:15 |
| OndraE | so that b43legacy is not proprietary? i installed the package now and it didnt crash kesrnel, that is really weird :-D | 09:16 |
| knome | pmjdebruijn, that's debatable, so i would advise it always does; i've been using proprietary drivers for years and they work well for me | 09:16 |
| knome | pmjdebruijn, *i wouldn't | 09:16 |
| pmjdebruijn | they can sometimes :) | 09:17 |
| pmjdebruijn | but if you take a look there are many issues around those | 09:17 |
| knome | pmjdebruijn, they can be a lifesaver for some, whose hardware simply refuses to work with the open source drivers properly/adequately | 09:17 |
| knome | pmjdebruijn, sure, but i still wouldn't advise to never use them | 09:17 |
| pmjdebruijn | I didn't say that | 09:17 |
| pmjdebruijn | I said they often end in tears | 09:17 |
| pmjdebruijn | become they break because of some kernel upgrade or whatever | 09:17 |
| knome | pmjdebruijn, and that they suck... which is kind of advocating "don't use them" | 09:18 |
| knome | pmjdebruijn, but i'm fine, just saying. | 09:18 |
| knome | pmjdebruijn, ultimately, proprietary drivers can be a good debugging tool | 09:18 |
| OndraE | well i have to go now, i will try setting wifi up later, thx for help! | 09:18 |
| pmjdebruijn | knome: if there's a open source driver that works, I'd never use a blob driver, really | 09:19 |
| pmjdebruijn | if there isn't an open driver, or it doesn't work, well, then you don't have much options do you | 09:19 |
| pmjdebruijn | you're sortof forced too | 09:19 |
| knome | pmjdebruijn, sure. if the open source driver works... | 09:19 |
| pmjdebruijn | the "issue" is | 09:20 |
| pmjdebruijn | many people go install blobs drivers, just because the open driver needs some firwmare, that not allowed to be distributed | 09:20 |
| pmjdebruijn | so people perceive the open driver is not working | 09:20 |
| pmjdebruijn | and end up using the blob for no good reason | 09:20 |
| knome | pmjdebruijn, sure | 09:20 |
| pmjdebruijn | which is what my suggestion was about | 09:21 |
| knome | pmjdebruijn, i didn't say you specifically advised not using proprietary drivers | 09:21 |
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| xubuntu656 | hello my laptop is booting xubuntu for first time and it is stuck on black screen is this normal? | 11:39 |
| ObrienDave | Which black screen. GRUB? | 11:40 |
| Maple__ | image/text, please? | 11:41 |
| ObrienDave | Think he left. :/ | 11:41 |
| bgardner | Elapsed time, one minute. :P | 11:41 |
| ObrienDave | No patience anymore. Sheesh | 11:42 |
| OndraE | To all, who adviced me few hours ago about broadcom wlan drivers: Thank You! I am using open ones and they work! | 12:06 |
| pmjdebruijn | great! | 12:07 |
| pmjdebruijn | my point exactly :) | 12:07 |
| OndraE | but i read about some problems with higher traffic, it can sometimes crash kernel, so I will see in few minutes | 12:08 |
| pmjdebruijn | I've been using it with my particular BCM for years now, and it's been quite solid | 12:10 |
| pmjdebruijn | in the first few month's after my particular BCM was supported sometimes the connection quit | 12:10 |
| pmjdebruijn | it's been a few years since that's happened to me | 12:10 |
| pmjdebruijn | as the driver is continuosly improved | 12:10 |
| pmjdebruijn | OndraE: so in the end, it all depends on how recent your BCM chip is :) | 12:10 |
| pmjdebruijn | older chips tend to work great | 12:10 |
| pmjdebruijn | really bleeding edge ones tend to work less great | 12:11 |
| OndraE | well this Acer Aspire 5100 is really old piece of iron | 12:11 |
| OndraE | downloading updates and still no problem | 12:13 |
| pmjdebruijn | right, so it's likely to work well | 12:13 |
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| Riccardone | Hi all, I recently installed a Xubuntu 13.04 but apt-get update fails, but navigation is ok ... some advices ? | 14:03 |
| Unit193 | Can you pastebin.com the output? | 14:04 |
| Riccardone | Unit193: http://paste.ubuntu.com/6062747/ | 14:04 |
| Riccardone | Unit193: I am under proxy ... | 14:05 |
| GridCube | ipv6? | 14:05 |
| Riccardone | GridCube: No, absolutely ... | 14:05 |
| Riccardone | I can't understand in fact ... | 14:05 |
| Unit193 | It's trying some IPv6 addresses. http_proxy=http:myproxy:port sudo apt-get update work? | 14:05 |
| Riccardone | Unit193: i must pass this command ? | 14:07 |
| GridCube | http://askubuntu.com/questions/150210/how-do-i-set-systemwide-proxy-servers-in-xubuntu-lubuntu-or-ubuntu-studio | 14:07 |
| GridCube | Riccardone, that worked for me ^^ | 14:07 |
| Unit193 | Connection refused on all IPv4 addresses. Well, does wget -qO- http://ifconfig.me/ip work? | 14:07 |
| Riccardone | GridCube: I'v read yet that guide but didn't work ... | 14:08 |
| Riccardone | Unit193: yes | 14:09 |
| yeyeman | is there a setting to change underscan? I have a black boarder around the desktop | 15:05 |
| yeyeman | as in it doesn't max out to fit the monitor | 15:06 |
| TheSheep | yeyeman: try playing with xrandr | 15:08 |
| yeyeman | can I get more themes for the desktop appearance / window manager | 15:40 |
| yeyeman | the preinstalled ones are kind of bad | 15:40 |
| yeyeman | I mean they are functional and so on | 15:41 |
| yeyeman | but they look as if they are made by a programmer, not a designer :D | 15:41 |
| TheSheep | yeyeman: yeah, try xfce-look.org | 15:54 |
| rosemball | does the xubuntu installer support AF 4k? | 16:38 |
| pmjdebruijn | no clue | 16:40 |
| pmjdebruijn | probably | 16:40 |
| pmjdebruijn | http://superuser.com/questions/148964/how-to-properly-install-wd-advanced-format-drive-in-ubuntu-as-2nd-hdd | 16:41 |
| pmjdebruijn | it's basically the same issue as with SSDs | 16:41 |
| pmjdebruijn | so I don't think it should be an issue newer newer versions | 16:41 |
| pmjdebruijn | https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Advanced_Format#Check_your_partitions_alignment | 16:43 |
| pmjdebruijn | so I'm not sure, but I'd be surprised if it would be an issue for 12.04 and higher | 16:43 |
| rosemball | ok | 16:50 |
| rosemball | thanks] | 16:50 |
| rosemball | if one is writing the install image to a usb drive (lets say sdb) would dd if=image.iso of=/dev/sdb suffice or bs=4M (or other sizes commonly found in the internet) is a better option? | 16:53 |
| Sysi | setting bs might speed copying up a notch, otherly it won't matter | 16:54 |
| Sysi | if you want to view progress, use ddrescue | 16:55 |
| pmjdebruijn | kill -SIGUSR1 dd-process works too :D | 16:57 |
| pmjdebruijn | IIRC | 16:57 |
| Sysi | you can also use pv but ddrescue is small and easy | 16:58 |
| rosemball | thanks very much | 17:11 |
| DrH | anyone know how to disable from switching workspaces when you drag a window to the edge (so that snapping/tiling works properly) | 18:04 |
| pmjdebruijn | DrH: did you check both window manager options in the settings panel | 18:07 |
| TheSheep | DrH: window manager -> advanced -> wrap workspaces when dragging a window off the screen | 18:07 |
| DrH | Settings > Window Manager > Advanced | 18:07 |
| DrH | literally just found it | 18:07 |
| DrH | one more issue, how can i make it so when i double click the titlebar of a application it maximizes it? | 18:12 |
| DrH | there seems to be a setting in Settings > Window Manager > Advanced that looks like it does that but it does nothing | 18:12 |
| TheSheep | DrH: it does that | 18:14 |
| DrH | Weird, it doesn't seem to be working for me :\ | 18:14 |
| DrH | eh not a big deal | 18:17 |
| elfy | have to say I've never managed to get the titlebar to do anything much for me | 18:18 |
| knome | it shows the title, aye? :P | 18:18 |
| elfy | about that - and I can get it to rollup | 18:19 |
| Unit193 | Alt+Scroll wheel. | 18:19 |
| knome | Unit193, that's eww | 18:19 |
| elfy | that's not useful - if I didn't want to see something I'd just roll it up :) | 18:20 |
| Unit193 | knome: That's fun! "Hey, where'd the window go? I can almost see it..." | 18:20 |
| knome | we're getting offtopic | 18:20 |
| TiZ | Hi. I'm trying to customize some gtk3 theme settings with .config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css, but it seems like the file is being ignored. What can I do to fix this? | 18:24 |
| knome | TiZ, are you sure the applications you are using are using gtk3? | 18:26 |
| TiZ | knome: Yeah. I'm opening gtk3 applications specifically to test it, such as file-roller and gcalctool. | 18:31 |
| knome | TiZ, i wouldn't say there's any reason why it would be ignored | 18:31 |
| TiZ | Right now, the only thing I have in gtk.css is * { margin: 3px; } just to make sure it's being opened | 18:32 |
| TiZ | You'd think there'd be an obnoxious 3px margin around every widget with this, but I'm not seeing it. | 18:32 |
| knome | TiZ, you know gtk css is not like real css? | 18:33 |
| TiZ | knome: I'm vaguely aware of that... I took a look at Greybird's css code to check it, and I think my code checks out. | 18:34 |
| Unit193 | You do have to select another them, then go back at times to pick up changes. | 18:35 |
| TiZ | Right, that's what I've been doing. | 18:35 |
| yeyeman | All I want is for gedit to have matching word highlighting | 19:53 |
| yeyeman | sob sob.. | 19:53 |
| Sysi | you could try geany | 19:54 |
| well_laid_lawn | or vim | 19:58 |
| yeyeman | Where is the setting for the font of desktop icons? They have a double font thing going on making the text look blurred | 20:24 |
| yeyeman | I think it's supposed to look like a shadow | 20:25 |
| yeyeman | but the way I have everything set up it just looks blurry | 20:25 |
| yeyeman | it's as if the text is there twice, but just 1 px apart | 20:29 |
| yeyeman | using the blackbird theme, the background color and font color of text in the youtube comment text field are the same :D | 21:34 |
| yeyeman | this negatively impacts my ability to post my insightful and clever responses there | 21:37 |
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