[01:29] <alexandros_c> hello, I am using compiz with xubuntu and I am unable to change the number of workspaces. Can anyone give me an idean of how to fix this?
[01:30] <alexandros_c> *idea
[01:30] <bosnjak> alexandros_c: compiz has its own settings for this, iirc
[01:31] <bosnjak> alexandros_c: run "compizconfig-settings-manager"
[01:31] <bosnjak> alexandros_c: go to "General options"
[01:31] <bosnjak> alexandros_c: then tab "Desktop size"
[01:31] <bosnjak> alexandros_c: there you can change the value for "Horizontal Virtual size" most probably
[01:32] <bosnjak> alexandros_c: or "Number of desktops", play with it i am not sure
[01:32] <alexandros_c> ok thanks bosnjak
[01:32] <bosnjak> alexandros_c: i hope it works, havent used compiz in a while
[01:32] <bosnjak> alexandros_c: no
[01:32] <bosnjak> alexandros_c: no problem
[01:35] <alexandros_c> hey bosnjak, I am trying to get the cool cube rotation, any ideas?
[01:35] <bosnjak> alexandros_c: did you get 4 pages yet?
[01:59] <alexandros_c> bosnjak, I have four pages but it still does not do the cube rotation
[01:59] <bosnjak> alexandros_c: you need to turn it on
[01:59] <alexandros_c> it is turned on
[02:00] <alexandros_c> bosnjak, under desktop I have Rotate cube enabled
[02:01] <bosnjak> alexandros_c: how are you trying to rotate it?
[02:01] <bosnjak> try CTRL+ALT+RIGHT/LEFT
[02:02] <alexandros_c> super+atl+control+LEFT/RIGNT
[02:02] <bosnjak> does it switch workspaces?
[02:02] <alexandros_c> yes
[02:03] <alexandros_c> bosnjak, I have noticed if I set it to 4 with 2 rows and 2 columns it will only rotated through the row
[02:03] <bosnjak> alexandros_c: you should read about it, there are plenty of articles on google how to set the cube up
[02:03] <alexandros_c> but it I have them all vertical it rotated through all
[02:04] <bosnjak> alexandros_c: i have to go now, but search google for compiz cube xubuntu, you will get many articles
[02:04] <bosnjak> like this
[02:04] <bosnjak> http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/how-to-set-up-compiz-in-xubuntu-1210-or.html
[02:04] <bosnjak> good luck
[02:04] <well_laid_lawn> iirc you need 6 desktops for the cube
[02:04] <alexandros_c> that is the article I used to set up compiz
[02:04] <well_laid_lawn> !compiz
[02:05] <alexandros_c> thanks well_laid_lawn and bosnjak for all the help provided
[02:05] <bosnjak> np
[02:18] <audrey> hi
[04:03] <stewie> Hey guys, quick question. I know that Xubuntu and Lubuntu have alternate disks for low RAM computers, but once installed is the OS less intensive if installed from the alternate disk?
[04:04] <pleia2> no, it's the same
[04:04] <pleia2> and xubuntu doesn't have an alternate installer anymore in recent releases, you have to use the core installer and select xubuntu desktop in the installer
[04:05] <stewie> Yea, I noticed that Xubuntu's altenate is 12.04 not 13.10
[04:06] <Unit193> What's the system specs?
[04:07] <stewie> .95ghz cpu, 384mb ram
[04:09] <stewie> But for some other computers I'm mainly interested in the altenate disks because the full versions don't fit on CD's, they're too big.
[04:09] <Unit193> I'd personally use neither with that little ram. :)
[04:10] <Unit193> But yeah, mini.iso in that case.
[04:10] <Unit193> !mini
[04:10] <stewie> Hmmmm
[04:10] <stewie> What os would you reccomend on that system, then?
[04:12] <Unit193> You could install from the mini, but install openbox rather than a DE, or fluxbox, or somesuch.  Another option would be Debian (or antix), but feel free to try and see if it works for you.
[04:13] <stewie> I'll check it out, because I already tried Lubuntu on that once and while the OS was smooth opening Firefox was impossible because it easily crashed.
[04:14] <Unit193> Openbox on an Ubuntu minimal install was under 100MB.
[05:25] <Mycah> Hello
[05:25] <cfhowlett> Mycah, greetings
[05:25] <Mycah> I am having an issue with my sound I was hoping someone might be able to help me with. I've tried everything I can find on the subject on Google and have gotten nowhere.
[05:26] <Mycah> There is no sound, but at times there are crackles like it is trying to play something.
[05:26] <Mycah> I've checked Alsa and it is not muted (up all the way), I have uninstalled it and reinstalled, I have force reloaded it, etc etc etc
[05:26] <Mycah> nothing still :(
[05:26] <Mycah> Any suggestions?
[05:27] <well_laid_lawn> !sound
[05:32] <Mycah> Yes, I have gone through these but still no success.
[05:44] <stewie> I'm using the mini CD that I downloaded from https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/MinimalCD but I don't see any option to install anything other than regular ubuntu, anyone know where to find the option to install something else?
[05:45] <cfhowlett> !mini
[05:45] <cfhowlett> stewie, as you install, you'll be offered download/install options.  or install as offered, boot it and run tasksel
[09:56] <manfred_> Hallo
[09:57] <NuSuey> manfred_ hello :)
[09:58] <manfred_> bye
[10:59] <DukeCS> Hi folks
[11:01] <ObrienDave> greetings and welcome
[11:05] <DukeCS> I've got some strange problems on the login screen. I have changed the keyboard layout from english to german. On the login screen, the password is only accepted, if I type it "incorrect". FYI: Z/Y keys are changed in german/english layouts
[11:05] <DukeCS> any idea?
[11:06] <ObrienDave> when you installed did you do it in English or German?
[11:06] <DukeCS> Xubuntu? in english I guess.
[11:08] <DukeCS> I've installed the language support, added German, Apply system-wide, ... all the easy stuff
[11:09] <ObrienDave> my guess would be you probably used the US English keyboard layout, your password is encrypted that way. changing layout will require you to always enter it "wrong"
[11:09] <DukeCS> good point.
[11:09] <koegs> DukeCS: take a look here :) http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Spracheinstellungen
[11:10] <DukeCS> I visited this page some minutes ago, but thanks anyways ;)
[11:10] <DukeCS> I'll try to change my password later and try it again
[11:11] <ObrienDave> ok, enter the old password "wrong" before changing
[11:13] <DukeCS> hmm.. I have to use my (old) password, before I can set a new one via $>passwd . And I cannot use the "wrong" one
[11:14] <ObrienDave> sorry, I don't know about that command
[11:14] <koegs> DukeCS: do you have german or english layout in the terminal?
[11:14] <DukeCS> german
[11:16] <koegs> then you should use the correct one :)
[11:16] <DukeCS> no problem.. I'll change to a new password without z/y
[11:17] <DukeCS> I did, but if I type the new "right" one, the password will not changed, because it is the same ;)
[11:39] <DukeCS> Ok, I think, I'll got it.
[11:40] <ObrienDave> !yay
[11:40] <DukeCS> lightdm greeter does not respect the system-wide locale
[11:41] <DukeCS> but I can use the session for the next login and it works now
[11:41] <DukeCS> weird anyways
[11:41] <ObrienDave> that explains a lot
[11:42] <DukeCS> thanks for your time :)
[11:43] <ObrienDave> not a problem
[11:43] <DukeCS> "In case of your locale not being displayed correctly in Lightdm add your locale to /etc/environment"
[11:43] <ObrienDave> makes sense
[11:43] <DukeCS> looks like some other have the same problem, too ^
[11:44] <ObrienDave> could be. I only read and write English so I don't have to change keyboards very ofter ;))
[11:44] <DukeCS> :P
[11:45] <ObrienDave> *often
[11:46] <DukeCS> thanks & have a nice day
[11:46] <ObrienDave> thanks and you also
[14:05] <audrey> hi!
[14:08] <Poisoned_Dragon> hi
[14:24] <GridCube> !hi
[14:37] <xubuntu056> hello, i have a problem with my Xubuntu 13.10 version. I am useing it with my old Macbook pro A1150 without the key: ALTGR.
[14:38] <xubuntu056> my question: Is it possible to swap the function of the AltGr key to another? Perfect would be the right: "Applekey"
[14:38] <audrey> yes xubuntu056
[14:38] <xubuntu056> how would I do that? I tried to swap it with the keyboard manager
[14:39] <xubuntu056> but it didn't work
[14:40] <audrey> idk
[14:41] <Poisoned_Dragon> Um, AltGR is just the right alt key
[14:42] <audrey> xubuntu056: it'll involve xmodmap
[14:42] <Poisoned_Dragon> I though Macs only had Command and option keys.
[14:42] <xubuntu056> well, i just have the left alt key. I have: "Function key (Fn)" ; Control key; left Alt; "the applekey( i dont really know the name of it (home maybe)), then Space and than again one Applekey and finally one strange one with an little arrow on the very bottom of it
[14:43] <audrey> Fn on a mac?
[14:43] <audrey> what?
[14:43] <audrey> is this thing relaly old or somethign
[14:43] <xubuntu056> yes, it is from 2007, i forgot to write that down. sorry
[14:44] <audrey> lol
[14:44] <Poisoned_Dragon> lol... sad when 2007 is really old.
[14:44] <audrey> 2007 is only six years ago
[14:44] <audrey> oh god six years
[14:44] <Poisoned_Dragon> you never owned a 80286.
[14:44] <audrey> i'm twenty and i already feel old :/
[14:45] <audrey> having a job where i can listen to music and do linux stuff all day is the BEST
[14:45] <pl2> sweet jesus someone please help me: I can't, at all, find the file where xubuntu stores the PATH variables. can someone pass along the filepath? I've tried hundreds and none of them work. thank you.
[14:45] <xubuntu056> ^^ i got that second hand^^
[14:45] <audrey> p12 let me see if i can figure this out
[14:45] <audrey> /etc/profile ?
[14:45] <audrey> i haven't messed with a path in a while\
[14:46] <audrey> oh wait p12
[14:46] <audrey> ~/.profile
[14:46] <audrey> a 1.5 second google search yielded this information
[14:46] <audrey> :3
[14:47] <pl2> Thanks audrey, though /.profile is a sh script.. or at least, that's what's returned when i run: sudo leafpad ~/.profile
[14:47] <audrey> p12 that's the file you want
[14:48] <pl2> audrey, but where's the list of paths stored? I want to access the list because I want to remove something i've added..
[14:48] <koegs> why would you wanna use sudo if you open a file in your own home-folder? o.O
[14:48] <audrey> ^
[14:48] <audrey> p12 jesus christ
[14:48] <audrey> i just told you it's in ~/.profile
[14:49] <audrey> that's your path
[14:50] <pl2> perhaps i'm wording it wrong? I'm trying to find where the outpu of ${PATH} is stored.
[14:50] <pl2> same thing?
[14:50] <koegs> ~/.profile, /etc/profile, /etc/environment, /etc/bash.bashrc, ~/.bashrc
[14:50] <koegs> somewhere in that files, most likely
[14:51] <pl2> koegs, hmm ok. I know i tried most of those but i'll give it another try. thanks for the help.
[14:51] <pl2> koegs, i was using sudo just because i wanted to give the terminal no reason to yell at me :P
[14:52] <koegs> + if you want to start a graphical programm, please use gksudo or gksu instead of sudo
[14:53] <koegs> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo#Graphical%20sudo
[14:53] <marsupapu> Is there any opportunity to get gnome-like "system"-menu to the panel?
[14:56] <marsupapu> Now I have applications and locations "if it is so in english" but I'd like to have system menu as well.
[15:01] <marsupapu> Applications, locations and system were those.
[15:02] <xubuntu056> i listed my keys with xmodmap, and now i read that to change the keys i need to work with the file: xmodmaprc? can somebody please tell me where i can find this file?
[15:06] <xubuntu056> sorry, but i am useing xubuntu since a couple of days and i've no idea how to do anything. My goal is to be able to write down the square brackets and the @ sign for "MATLAB"
[15:07] <xubuntu056> I connected my external keyboard from my other computer and found out, that i just need the function of the altgr key to write down those specific signs
[15:12] <xubuntu056> okay thank you all! i found out how to edit it. Bye!
[15:55] <Hix> anyone got a clue how to enable onscreen keyboard at login screen? Got vmware player issue where keyboard is corrupt until logged in..
[15:57] <Poisoned_Dragon> isn't there an accessibility button at the login screen?
[15:57] <ochosi> exactly
[15:57] <ochosi> and if that isn't the case, check your /etc/lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf for "keyboard=onboard"
[15:57] <ochosi> Hix: ^
[15:57] <Hix> the dude in the circle only has "large font" and "high contrast"
[15:58] <Hix> cool - thanks
[16:04] <Hix> ochosi added keyboard=onboard
[16:04] <Hix> to lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf
[16:04] <Hix> but still no option after a reboot
[16:05] <Hix> oops
[16:10] <Hix> is UTF8 the correct encoding for sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setup? UK keyboard
[16:11] <tsimpson> unless you know better, you always want UTF8
[16:13] <Hix> thought as much. And for character set "Lati1 and Latin5 - westernEurope and Turkic languages" [sic]
[16:14] <ochosi> Hix: did you check that you have the onboard keyboard installed?
[16:14] <Hix> ochosi - I just added the line do i need a sudo apt-get install ....?
[16:15] <ochosi> Hix: well i would simply check by doing a "sudo apt-get install onboard"
[16:15] <ochosi> if it's there, apt will tell you
[16:15] <ochosi> if it's not there, you've found your problem
[16:15] <Hix> thx
[16:15] <ochosi> np
[16:16] <Hix> hmm already newest version
[16:17] <ochosi> Hix: so you added the config-option, you're using lightdm-gtk-greeter (i.e. xubuntu's default greeter and not e.g. unity-greeter) and you have onboard installed and the menu-item in accessibility in the greeter still doesn't do anything?
[16:18] <Hix> ochosi it appears not - though I do have a lightdm-gtk-greeter-ubuntu.conf file too, but I guess that isn't it as xfce has relpaced it?
[16:19] <ochosi> but you have the menuitem in the greeter?
[16:19] <Hix> yes http://pastebin.com/JQv02N8W
[16:20] <Hix> line 24
[16:20] <ochosi> no, i mean this: http://www.zimagez.com/zimage/screenshot-11222013-051954pm.php
[16:20] <ochosi> you have to activate the keyboard there
[16:20] <ochosi> it won't just pop up by default
[16:21] <ochosi> then it should look like this: http://www.zimagez.com/zimage/screenshot-11222013-052118pm.php
[16:21] <Hix> nope - no option  http://i.imgur.com/5enbm87.png
[16:21] <koegs> ochosi: where do i need to put that "user-logo"?
[16:22] <ochosi> koegs: ~/.face
[16:22] <ochosi> Hix: what version of the greeter do you have?
[16:22] <koegs> any special picture-format or parameters needed?
[16:22] <ochosi> Hix: "apt-cache policy lightdm-gtk-greeter"
[16:22] <ochosi> koegs: i think png is a good choice (but you have to save it without file ending)
[16:22] <ochosi> brb
[16:23] <koegs> thx, will try
[16:23] <Hix> ochosi 1.3.1-0ubuntu1
[16:29] <Hix> sorry ochosi time to leave work. thx for your assistance
[16:31] <ochosi> meh, that version of the greeter is too old...
[16:31] <ochosi> doesn't support onboard yet
[16:32] <ochosi> in case Hix shows up again, just tell him that (whoever reads this and remembers ;))
[16:33] <audrey> i won't remember
[17:56] <vkr> hello all
[18:19] <octetcloud> middle mouse click on a laptop touchpad, anybody know how to do it?
[18:19] <holstein> octetcloud: i used to emulate that with 3 finger tap
[18:37] <xubuntuholabando> Hello
[20:42] <hydruid> Is there a decent graphical app for managing disks?
[20:42] <hydruid> Ubuntu/KDE have one but Xubuntu doesn't have one by default
[20:44] <bekks> gparted
[20:45] <hydruid> bekks: I didn't even think of that one...ty
[21:13] <pjotter> Hi everyone. I just did a dist-upgrade to xfce-4.12. Unfortunately, it's kind of buggy on my computer. So, how can I 'uninstall' this distro and go back to xfce-4.10?
[21:14] <pjotter> btw, I'm on Xubuntu 12.04 LTS.
[21:14] <Lenny> Hi! I'm using fglrx-updates, but performance is poor, should i "downgrade" to fglrx?
[21:18] <Unit193> pjotter: Did you add a ppa?
[21:18] <pjotter> Hi Unit193: Yes
[21:18] <Unit193> !ppapurge
[21:18] <pjotter> Great! I'll try that
[21:19] <pjotter> What I dis was this: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xubuntu-dev/xfce-4.12
[21:20] <pjotter> Then an apt-get update followed with apt-get dist-update
[21:22] <Poisoned_Dragon> Oh gosh! 4.12 isn't even ready for prime time.
[21:22] <pjotter> I know... :(
[21:23] <pjotter> I had some problems with some of the xfce 'goodies' and had to upgrade. I should have gone with 4.10
[21:25] <Unit193> 4.12 doesn't exist, 4.11 (development version) is rolling out.
[21:27] <pjotter> indeed, it seems I did a sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xubuntu-dev/xfce-4.10 instead
[21:28] <pjotter> So, if I do a sudo ppa-purge ppa:xubuntu-dev/xfce-4.10 I should be good?
[21:31] <pjotter> ok, brb...
[21:33] <pjotter> Back
[21:33] <pjotter> Wel, I seem to have lost all my panels and stuff
[21:34] <pjotter> Any way to get those back?
[21:34] <pjotter> :S
[21:40] <Poisoned_Dragon> Actually, I use that 4.10 ppa on Xubuntu 12.04
[21:40] <Poisoned_Dragon> No probs so far.
[21:42] <pjotter> Ok, I justed peeked in ~\.config\xfce4  All panels are still there. But now I'm back on xfce-4.08
[21:44] <pjotter> reinstalling 4.10 again ... keeping my fingers crossed... :S
[21:44] <pjotter> brb
[21:46] <pjotter> Ok, 4.10 is back agina. So far so good. only my panels are still missing.
[21:47] <Poisoned_Dragon> Make new ones?
[21:47] <pjotter> I rather go with the ones I already had. It took me some time to get it organised the way I wanted them to be
[21:47] <Unit193> rm -vrf ~/.cache/sessions/
[21:48] <pjotter> Unit193: Is that the solution to my problem?
[21:49] <pjotter> brb again...
[21:50] <Unit193> Likely not, but could be a saved session in theory.  Best bet is to move .config/xfce4/panels
[21:50] <pjotter> ok
[21:51] <pjotter> The panels still seem to be in ~/.config/xfce4/
[22:05] <pjotter> Hi there
[22:05] <pjotter> Still no luck in restoring my panels
[22:06] <pjotter> I just took a look at the files in my ./.config/xfce4/panel/ folder. All the right settings seem to be there. How can I get xfce4 to use them again?
[22:28] <xubuntu929> asdf
[22:28] <xubuntu929> asvf