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Orioato the ones helping me earlier it is working so thank you verry much00:12
ochosiOrioa: glad to hear00:13
ochosiholstein: ^00:13
Orioai was about to give up00:13
Orioabut im glad i didn't00:13
ochosigood good, it's often the little things00:14
Orioathat what drive you crazy00:19
Orioalol00:19
xubuntu691when in recovery mode, I cannot reinstall xubuntu, states read-only mode00:32
bekksxubuntu691: It doesnt make any sense to reinstall in rescue mode. Rescue mode is for rescue, not for reinstall :)00:33
xubuntu691You're blowing my mind, obviously I am new to this - so I cannot tell the difference00:33
xubuntu691The smilies don't ease the sarcasm, xubuntu loads into a blank screen - nothing.00:34
bekks!nomodeset00:34
ubottuA common kernel (boot)parameter is nomodeset, which is needed for some graphic cards that otherwise boot into a black screen or show corrupted splash screen. See http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1613132 on how to use this parameter00:34
xubuntu691Wow, I can see I am fucked. Atleast I can't get pregnant....I sincerely appreciate you two tring to help - I'll go read LINUX FOR DUMMIES (ME)00:35
xubuntu691Peace to you all00:35
xubuntu691trying*00:36
knomexubuntu691, please watch the language00:36
xubuntu691i watched it alright -00:36
xubuntu691so 4 year old virgin ears are going to be in linux discussion forums00:36
knomethis is a family-friendly channel; you have agreed to follow the guidelines when joining this channel00:36
xubuntu691now's my chance!!!!! ---->>>> we live in a world wear swear words and middle fingers cause more of an uproar that disease, famine, war00:36
bekksWe live in a world were people set you on ignore.00:37
xubuntu691DARN -  you got me00:37
xubuntu691ignore me, haha, for some WORDS? give me a break00:37
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xubuntu585hi, spanish chat?01:51
holstein!es01:51
ubottuEn la mayoría de los canales de Ubuntu, se habla sólo en inglés. Si busca ayuda en español entre al canal #ubuntu-es; escriba "/join #ubuntu-es" (sin comillas) y presione intro.01:51
genii!es01:51
xubuntu585muchas gracias01:51
* genii gives holstein the winning coffee01:51
holsteingenii: :) ...i *love* coffee!01:52
geniiWhat's not to love? ;)01:52
rotHi, I just got done installing on my iMac and the CD won't eject :( I get the following error when I "eject" : eject: unable to eject, last error: Inappropriate ioctl for device02:41
rotany ideas ?02:41
holsteinrot: i had to physically work it out.. without software02:41
rotno kidding?02:42
holsteinrot: correct.. i am not kidding.. the drive failed, and is broken now02:42
rotthis worked in ubuntu earlier, i'm pretty sure02:42
holsteinrot: xubuntu *is* ubuntu02:42
holsteintry the physical eject.. try other media02:42
rotright, i installed another version before once and the disk popped out, no error02:43
holsteinrot: mine worked until it stopped working.. but it was/is mostly hardware related02:43
rotaite, thanks, going in :P02:43
holsteinrot: i can get it to work, but its tricky.. and i dont put anything in there that i dont mind messing up or getting it stuck02:44
Unit193Paperclip.02:45
mmcdarisYo!05:40
mmcdarisI am trying to install xubuntu 12.04 on a freshly assembled machine05:41
mmcdarismy first attempt failed with 12.1005:41
mmcdarisDo I need to be connected to a network?05:43
Unit193Only if you're using mini.iso, otherwise it's just useful.05:52
mmcdarisI am installing from a usb06:07
mmcdarisafter I did https://gist.github.com/mmcdaris/781891306:07
mmcdarisI think it is going to work now while connected to the network06:07
Unit193The iso is hybrid, btw.  Not using 12.04 or 13.10?06:12
mmcdarisIt worked! I am using 12.1006:19
mmcdarisThank you Unit19306:20
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VanessaEgood morning.  Anyone awake to help with a rather obscure suspend/resume crash issue?07:40
VanessaEI've already done the usual googling, which has produced a few candidates, but the "obscure" part is what concerns me, and which is what I can't even begin to figure out where to start looking for a solution.07:42
ObrienDavewell, no one else can help you if we don't know what the issue/messages are07:42
VanessaEI have two machines, with two completely different hardware profiles.  One is based on an ASRock motherboard, the other on an ASUS.  Both have a Phenom II X6 processor, 16GB on one machine, 4GB on the other.  Both hard-lock on resume from suspend.07:43
VanessaE(wait, there's more :) )07:43
VanessaEthey both lock up less often (perhaps not at all, I didn't test enough to be sure of this) if neither one has to contend with the other being off/suspended when it's on its way up.07:44
VanessaENow for the obscure part:07:44
VanessaEon one machine, which has only Xubuntu plus numerous routine apps, the lockup manifests as a black, blank screen and hard-lock (REISUB does nothing, I have to use the reset button).07:45
VanessaEon the other machine, it is also Xubuntu but it ALSO has a full GNOME install on it as that machine's user has some Gnome apps he uses.07:45
VanessaEhe NEVER boots into Gnome - always into XFCE.  When the machine comes up from suspend, it hard-locks BUT IT SHOWS A GNOME DISPLAY.07:46
XATRIXHi, i have the following lines in a boot.log:07:46
XATRIXspeech-dispatcher disabled; edit /etc/default/speech-dispatcher07:46
XATRIXsaned disabled; edit /etc/default/saned07:46
VanessaEthose last six words are the obscure part - how on earth could a machine running XFCE possibly be bringing up a Gnome Lock Screen just prior to the freeze?07:47
VanessaEit resembles this, except that the blue part is also black:  http://linuxlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/gnome-desktop-38-3.jpg07:48
VanessaE(e.g. all that's visible is the title bar)07:48
VanessaE(and no mouse)07:48
VanessaEmy machine is the one which displays nothing whatsoever when it freeze on resume - maybe because I don't have Gnome installed.07:49
sku1dVanessaE: that's going to have something to do with systemd. you find rules under /etc/systemd/. systemd controls for example, which programs have to be restarted after a suspend, but the possibility exists to define rules, what to do before suspending as well.07:50
VanessaEObrienDave: all of the above spew is why I asked - I haven't the faintest clue how to get logs or error messages off of either machine since they both hard-lock.07:50
VanessaEsku1d: systemd eh?  I had a feeling it may be related.  that came up after some searching.  I read a report of a fix targeted at 13.11 (!) but nothing suggesting a fix for 13.1007:51
ObrienDaveVanessaE, well, certainly a mouthful :) LOL BTW there is no 13.1107:51
VanessaEObrienDave: right, that's what I thought.07:51
VanessaEI presumed "13.11" was some equally obscure shorthand for "13.10 + 1" e.g. 14.0407:52
ObrienDavei must admit, i don't know enough about the internal workings to be of any help. sorry07:52
VanessaEsku1d: so a glitch in systemd could cause a Gnome desktop to be forced to come into being on resume?07:53
VanessaE(I've never dug into systemd's config)07:53
fajfardeHello there I woudl like to ask a simple question. Why is my nano editor ignoring the .nanorc file and only using /etc/nanorc?07:53
* VanessaE boots up the machine with Gnome...07:53
fajfardeThe problem is that I have all the sytax highlighting includes in the local one.07:54
ObrienDaveVanessaE, are these 2 networked now? and having gnome installed should not make a difference, i would think07:56
VanessaEsku1d: I don't see anything in the Gnome-laden machine's /etc/systemd tree that would suggest anything to do with that desktop.07:56
fajfardeNo one hawing this problem or a fix?07:57
VanessaEObrienDave: indeed they are.  GigE cable between them, simple static LAN IPs.  Iptables to share internet connectivity. nothing fancy.07:57
ObrienDaveVanessaE, is it a crossover cable? a normal cable will NOT work07:58
VanessaEObrienDave: it is not, however gigE has automatic crossover.07:58
ObrienDaveok, cool07:58
sku1dVanessaE: i am just guessing, but have a look here: http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.general/42351608:01
VanessaEsku1d: another thing I found among my searches is that some weird bug on some systems that use fglrx causes a machine to attempt to swap out pretty much everything in RAM on resume from S3 suspend.... except neither of these machines has any swap (we don't need it).  The bug seemed rather old though.  Possible cause of the lockup?08:01
VanessaElooking..08:02
ObrienDavei think suspend/hibernate need a swap partition to function. could be a cause08:03
VanessaEhibernate does.  suspend does not.08:03
VanessaE(or is not supposed to)08:03
sku1dyour xfce-session might load gnome-power manager, especially if you have selected to "launch gnome services on startup" under "settings manager"-> "session and startup", so that both of the two try to prepare the suspend08:04
VanessaEsku1d: interesting bug, not sure how ... ooooohhhhhhhhh08:04
VanessaEas a matter of fact, I believe both machines are configured to load Gnome services (mine does have some gnome libs, just not the full install that the other has)08:05
XATRIXHi, i have the following lines in a boot.log:08:05
XATRIXspeech-dispatcher disabled; edit /etc/default/speech-dispatcher08:05
XATRIXsaned disabled; edit /etc/default/saned08:05
XATRIXDo i need to fix it or i can leave it as is ?08:05
VanessaEindeed, the Gnome-laden machine shows a "Power Manager" in the session tab.08:06
sku1dXATRIX: nothing wrong with saned, but you can disable it with sudo systemctl disable saned08:06
ObrienDavegnome and xfce shoud not interfere with each other. I run gnome srevices also. no problems here08:07
VanessaEthe machine that lacks full Gnome does not have this applet loaded (as expected)08:07
sku1d:)08:07
XATRIXsku1d: saned is a scanner interface ?08:07
sku1dyeah. mostly used for scanning over network08:07
sku1dbut that can be started using inetd as well08:08
VanessaEhm, nope.  That's XFCE's power manager.08:08
VanessaEstill, both machines were configured to load gnome services.08:08
ObrienDavemine loads both gnome and kde services. not an issue here08:09
sku1dVanessaE: its hard to disable gnome services since many apps use gtk. i would try to disable the xfce power manager, just to make sure. you can manually suspend the system with systemctl suspend08:10
VanessaEI note that my machine does not have that applet loaded, yet it still offers the ability to suspend via the menu.08:10
sku1dVanessaE: the applet is independent from the daemon, which causes the problem in my opinion.08:12
VanessaEalso, these are desktop machines, btw, so the double-suspend triggered by lid closure as in #423516 doesn't apply here08:12
VanessaEoh ok08:12
sku1dthe applet does nothing, but calling systemctl suspend so to say08:12
VanessaEright.  that makes sense.08:14
VanessaEwhat does the daemon do that `systemctl suspend` (and for that matter, `pm-suspend`) doesn't?08:15
VanessaE(or the converse)08:15
sku1di cannot think of anything08:15
VanessaEhm08:16
VanessaEok, I'm gonna try suspending it.  My guess is it'll come back up since my machine is up at the moment.08:16
XATRIXAlso, i have trouble during restart of my netbook. I can't simply restart it. Only shutdown/start . When i do restart, my system shuts down all the processes, and then do the system reset(as it always should) but i see the back screen with the BIOS POST start.08:17
XATRIXOnly power button shutdown, then start can help to wake the device08:17
XATRIXMaybe the kernel issue08:17
XATRIXMaybe i can downgrade the kernel for some versions before ?08:18
sku1dVanessaE: it looks as if the suspend scripts write data to ~/.cache/sessions08:18
VanessaEok, I tried to suspend the machine.  It went down normally.  Came back up, showed the screen as it existed when it went down, and promptly locked up hard.08:18
VanessaEit's still sitting there, hard-locked and not answering to ssh.08:18
VanessaE(destination host unreachable/no route to host)08:19
sku1dVanessaE: oh i didn't get that before.08:19
VanessaEnetwork manager briefly showed "disconnected, you are now offline" on the frozen machine just before it went down.  in fact, it locked up while it was half-way through fading the notification away08:19
VanessaEs/went down/hard locked/08:20
VanessaEwhat should I do?08:21
sku1dreboot and read the kernel.log under /var/log/kernel or /var/log/messages (don't know how xubuntu calls it)08:21
VanessaEhad to reset.  it didn't respond to SysRq/REISUB.08:22
VanessaEon its way up.08:22
VanessaEwell there's a kern.log and also syslog08:23
sku1dkern.log will probably be right08:25
sku1di believe you gonna find the network failure (as you mentioned last seen) in there08:26
xubuntu644ho a atodos08:33
xubuntu644hola :308:33
Unit193!es08:33
ubottuEn la mayoría de los canales de Ubuntu, se habla sólo en inglés. Si busca ayuda en español entre al canal #ubuntu-es; escriba "/join #ubuntu-es" (sin comillas) y presione intro.08:33
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VanessaEthat was weird.08:41
VanessaEOk, I've got something08:41
VanessaEhow much of my text did you get?08:41
VanessaEI switched to a text console, ordered it to suspend via `pm-suspend`.  Brought it back up.  The console initially came up dead BUT I was able to ssh in.  After attempting to switch VTs a couple of times, I was able to get the X display to show up and it seems fine.08:46
VanessaEdmesg has this:08:46
VanessaEhttp://pastebin.ubuntu.com/6528792/08:46
VanessaEnote lines 80 and beyond08:46
VanessaEdoes this mean anything to you?08:46
VanessaEhttp://askubuntu.com/questions/369683/13-10-hangs-on-waking-from-suspend-except-when-suspended-from-console08:57
VanessaEthis is an exact match for my symptoms described earlier (except trade out "close the lid" for "use the menu options")08:57
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sonnegreetings!10:16
sonneafter upgrading to 13.10 my sound icon in the indicator plugin is now greyed out, with '---' on the side of the speaker drawing10:17
sonnehowever the sound works like a charm, i just can't control it from the tray10:17
sonneany ideas on what could have gone wrong?10:17
ObrienDavesonne, that "sound icon" is not the volume control ;)10:27
sonnebut it used to be...10:28
sonneas in... i scroll the wheel to turn it up and down :)10:28
koegssonne: http://askubuntu.com/questions/360806/volume-indicator-issue-after-xubuntu-13-10-upgrade10:28
ObrienDaveyea, I know, I have the same icon10:28
sonneah there it is10:29
ochosiObrienDave: weird, your wallpaper submission is just black..10:30
sonnewell thank you!10:30
sonne:)10:30
ObrienDavedang, I learn something new everyday ;))10:30
ObrienDavestrange, looks ok to me. let me clear cache10:30
ochosiObrienDave: this is how it looks to me in firefox: http://www.zimagez.com/zimage/screenshot-12062013-113218am.php10:32
ObrienDaveLOL that's dark green, not black ;)10:33
ochosiright, my monitor here sucks10:34
ObrienDavejust checked in firefox, thumbnail and fullsize look ok10:34
ochosiso this is not how it's supposed to look i presume?10:34
ObrienDavesupposed to be like dark green muddy water with ripples10:35
ObrienDaveyour screenshot looks correct to me :)10:36
ObrienDaveochosi, I checked screenshot with firefox and chrome, both look correct10:38
koegssame here, only black10:39
cfhowlettObrienDave, too deep for me10:39
koegsah, in full size, you can get an idea of it :D10:40
ObrienDavestrange, darn, well, we'll try to lighten it up10:40
ObrienDaveyea, the thumbnail really lacks for detail ;)10:40
ObrienDavehence the name "Dirty Water" :) Just occurred to me, the lead singer for the Standells passed away a few days ago. He sang "Dirty Water" mid 60's10:42
cfhowlettObrienDave, well, dark green10:44
ObrienDavekoegs, that worked, thanks ;)10:49
ochosiObrienDave: just take my comment as feedback: on bad monitors your wallpaper will be more or less black10:53
ObrienDavethat's cool, no prob. I just prefer darker colors. bright screens give me a headache. appreciate the feedback :))10:54
ochosialrighty10:55
mmcdarisI am only getting ~300 Kh/s from each of my r9 280x's11:10
mmcdarisand suggestion?11:10
mmcdariswhoa  there is a bit more umph now11:11
ObrienDavemmcdaris, not much in the way of mining rig support on this channel ;P11:29
mmcdaristhats cool11:51
mmcdarisI am sure I will figure it out through trial and error11:51
mmcdarisso If you click cash out without an address what happens?12:03
ObrienDaveno clue. might go to the pool, might just *poof*. i don't really know12:05
mmcdariso well ;)12:06
ObrienDavehear about the guy that threw out a hard drive with 7.5 Million dollars worth of bitcoin on it? ROFL12:07
mmcdarissilly silly, there is a guy looking for a hard drive in the dump12:11
mmcdarisone man's treasure... becomes his trash12:11
MtDewFellaHello13:24
cfhowlettMtDewFella, greetings13:24
MtDewFellaI'm having an issue adjusting brightness on my laoptop running xubuntu 13.1013:24
MtDewFellalaptop13:24
MtDewFellawhenever I use the brightness keys, the brightness changes but it also freezes the system13:25
MtDewFellaThe only way to change brightness is to use xrandr from the cli, but I would like to  have a gui or keyboard shortcuts13:26
MtDewFellait's also worth noting that this happens in all linux distros except lxde based ones13:27
MtDewFellaso any Ideas13:27
cfhowlettMtDewFella, good write up.  sorry, NO idea what's going on.  that last note about lxde threw me completely.  So: install lubuntu?13:31
cfhowlettMtDewFella, otherwise @ask in #ubuntu - more eyes13:31
MtDewFellaso there is no brightness gui for xrandr or a way to bind keys to xrandr13:32
koegsMtDewFella: you can bind custom commands to keys13:37
e-DIO-tohai, any known issue about the default user not logging through de? ( no problem in bash  - Xauth has the right permissions - any other user works properly )16:10
GridCubee-DIO-t, probably .Xauthority is corrupted, or either it could be .ICEauthority, i recommend you to delete them both and let them respawn on your next login16:20
e-DIO-tGridCube: allready tryied with no result. The strangest thing is that if i create another user, there's no problem.16:21
e-DIO-ti "solved" creating deleting default user and creating it back again via root16:22
e-DIO-tbut well, is not a solution :D16:22
Sysixfce session and settings might also have been corrupted16:22
e-DIO-tSysi: should I, in that case, be unable to login with any user?16:23
Sysino if user's conf is corrupted16:24
e-DIO-tbut... default user's conf corrupted in two different installs ?16:25
Sysithat doesn't sound so probable16:25
GridCubee-DIO-t, if the .config on your ~/ get corrupted only the user is affected16:25
e-DIO-tbut just happened: i first tought it was an encrypted-home issue, so i makde another fresh install without it16:26
e-DIO-thaving the same problem16:26
GridCubeit might happen if you inherit incorrect configus16:26
e-DIO-tmmmh16:27
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e-DIO-tmmmh fyi: it's somehow related to encryptfs. made another fresh install without encryption and ..voilà, it works.16:40
GridCubee-DIO-t, care to send a bug report?16:41
e-DIO-tGridCube:  as soon I gather some 'structured' infoes16:42
sku1ddoes anybody have a clue how to configure ksh so that one can use CTRL+left to jump before the word (ksh standard is META-B for that)18:07
GridCubesku1d, http://docstore.mik.ua/orelly/unix3/korn/ch10_03.htm18:23
GridCube?¿?18:23
sku1dGridCube: thx. i found something alike, but cannot figure out, how to find out the value for this mystical .sh.edchar-variable18:24
GridCubeno idea18:25
GridCubeisnt there a ksh channel?18:25
sku1dGridCube: good idea18:26
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slickymasterknome, regarding https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FrontPageRefresh19:27
slickymasterthere's something  I've noticed. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SwitchingToUbuntu/FromLinux hasn't been edited/updated since 201019:28
xubuntu949hello everybody19:33
xubuntu949anyone there?19:34
knome!anyone | xubuntu94919:35
ubottuxubuntu949: A high percentage of the first questions asked in this channel start with "Does anyone/anybody..." Why not ask your next question (the real one) and find out? See also !details, !gq, and !poll.19:35
xubuntu949sorry, my question was "when i want to change a default software on firefox that appear when i download something, i don't know where to find the new software i want to use"19:39
knomexubuntu949, are you trying to install new software?19:39
xubuntu949no19:39
knomexubuntu949, right, you mean the mimetypes19:40
knomexubuntu949, first, you shouldn't have to do that manually (the applications that can open certain types of files should be in the proposed list), but you can find most of the binaries in /usr/bin19:40
knomexubuntu949, what kind of files are you trying to open?19:40
xubuntu949torrent, i just want to change to another that i have install but don't appear19:42
knomelook in /usr/bin/ for the binary19:44
xubuntu949i have just try out and it work thanks <knome>19:45
knomenp, enjoy19:45
photonWill Xubuntu 14.04 LTS also be supported for 5 years (instead of the previous 3 years)?19:52
pleia2photon: no, only 319:53
photonThen the Wikipedia page is wrong: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xubuntu#Xubuntu_14.04_LTS19:53
pleia2indeed it is, care to fix it?19:53
photonI will. Is there any reliable source I can quote?19:54
photonpleia2 on freenode doesn't count :p19:54
pleia2it's in our strategy document, sec19:55
pleia2photon: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/StrategyDocument#Release_and_Support_Cycles19:55
pleia2"The Xubuntu release cycle consists of 6 months from start to release, then an additional 9 month of maintenance for standard releases and 3 years of support for LTS releases."19:55
pleia2and thank you :)19:56
pleia2the wikipedia page still has the odd "Despite this, the project members indicated that Xubuntu 12.04 would go ahead as scheduled." under History too19:57
pleia2that was long ago!19:57
knomephoton, ta! if you're willing to help us update the page in general, please join #xubuntu-devel and stick :)20:00
photonFixed it. Concerning the "Despite this, ..." paragraph, I don't find it odd at all, its wording is still accurate today (It just describes what was indicated in the past, plus it's in the History section). Btw, you're free to change what you don't like on WP, you don't even need to register and it's really easy.20:16
photon@knome: I'm absolutely willing to help, but I'm short on time right now, and I don't want to make a half-arsed attempt at updating the page that will more likely make it worse. :p When I have more time on my hands I will come back and try to help.20:17
knomephoton, that's appreciated. cheers :)20:18
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CreamedChickenHello! I just purchased a new laptop with integrated Intel HD 4000 graphics. I haven't downloaded Xubuntu yet, but which version should I get, and how would I get the drivers for my graphics card?20:36
CreamedChickenGoogle says 12.04 doesn't support SNA natively, so should I get 13.10 instead?20:36
sonneCreamedChicken, not sure about your specific case, but 13.10 will have better support for newer hardware... unless you need an LTS i'd go for 13.1020:40
CreamedChickenI guess I'll go for 13.10 then, but is there anything specific I need to do for graphic drivers? Like this? https://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?DwnldID=1381520:42
CreamedChickenOr this? http://www.webupd8.org/2013/05/intel-linux-graphics-installer.html20:43
newguyanyone online?20:46
newguyGuys?20:47
mio6hey guys, what is a good RSS reader for Xubuntu or linux generally? Also related - what fees should I really subscribe to?21:34
knomei use thunderbird to aggregate my feeds since i also use it for mail everyday21:37
knomebut generally, since your needs might vary, it's really hard to say what is a good/the best reader21:37
mio6oh, feeds regarding linux of course :-)21:38
mio6and xubuntu I figure, as I am a xubuntu user21:38
knomemio6, http://xubuntu.org/feed/21:38
mio6great, thank you. sorry for the noob questions, I'm just starting with rss. p.s. what is the rss status btw? I know it's been developed long time ago, are there many rss users? any statistics to be found? (a bit off topic i hope it's ok)21:39
knomei would guess many people use rss and/or other feeds, even without knowing they do; it's a powerful way to exchanged "news"-style data21:40
knomei don't think there are any statistics apart from how many people follow a specific feed21:41
mio6knome: "even without knowing they do" -- what do you mean by that?21:41
Unit193I use newsbeuter.21:41
knomei'm pretty sure many smartphone applications etc. use rss/some other feed mechanism, but it's not presented as such to their users21:42
mio6oh, sounds reasonable21:42
mio6however besides programmers or people who deal with computers everyday (hobbists enthusaists etc.), I've never heard casual people use rss or even know what it is21:43
knomemio6, we should continue this discussion on #xubuntu-offtopic (if you want to discuss that, or any other topic outside support questions)21:45
mio6knome: certainly, I wondered if off topic is allowed and that answers it. Thanks for your time :-)21:46
knomeno problem, welcome to -offtopic!21:47
xubuntu877Anyone from Jersey here?22:02
knomexubuntu877, this is the support channel, you should take the general discussion to #xubuntu-offtopic22:02
xubuntu877got it22:03
xubuntu441how long does it take to install xubuntu?22:21
bekksxubuntu441: about 20 minutes on recent hardware22:21
xubuntu441I've been waiting for this for 20mins now22:21
xubuntu441My CD rom isn't doing /spinning anymore22:22
xubuntu441There's no progress bar - should there be?22:22
bekksWhere is "there"?22:22
xubuntu441I've got this thank you screen with a mouse22:22
xubuntu441installation screens22:23
Orioaevening22:36
Tom____I am skepticle if I should get Xubuntu22:38
knomeok. do you have a question?22:39
Tom____Well, when I install it will it remove everything I have installed/wipe my hard drive?22:40
GridCubewhat do you mean?22:41
knomeTom____, depends how you install, but you should always take backups of any important data before you install22:41
Tom____Alright22:42
Tom____Because I would like to keep my stuff xD22:42
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poeticrpmanyone have any idea why I cant get an application to autostart when xfce starts up? Ive put a .desktop file in ~/.config/autostart linked to a simple bash script.23:14
poeticrpmI have checked that the box allowing it to run as an executable is marked, and the script itself is very simple23:15
poeticrpmit literally just launches pytyle223:16
poeticrpm#!/bin/sh       (next line----->) pytyle223:16
bekkspoeticrpm: use the full path to pytyle223:24
poeticrpmbekks: thanks, ill give that a shot. Why does the script work when executed on its own?23:25
bekksTry it, maybe my approach doesnt work too :)23:26
poeticrpmgonna give it a shot.. brb23:27
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Tom____I am new to Ubuntu/Xubunu and would like to know if I can run Xubuntu alongside Windows23:31
knome!dualboot23:31
ubottuDual boot instructions: x86/AMD64: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DualBoot/Windows - Macs: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBookPro https://help.ubuntu.com/community/YabootConfigurationForMacintoshPowerPCsDualBoot23:31
Tom____Someone told me that I could chose when booting up my computer23:31
Tom____*choose23:31
knomeTom____, see the instructions on those urls23:31
Tom____Alright23:32
Tom____THanks23:32
knomethat should at least get you started23:32
Tom____Thanks for the links but how can I get a recovery cd/dvd?23:35
knomefor windows?23:35
Tom____Yes23:35
knomeask your PC provider if you haven't got one23:36
Tom____Okay23:36

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