[02:32] <xubuntu181> hi
[02:32] <xubuntu181> First time user of xbuntu, everything is great except I don't have sound. Running version 12.04 can anyone help?
[02:32] <xubuntu181> Thanks
[02:33] <holstein> !audio
[02:33] <holstein> xubuntu181: though, it could be you are just muted
[02:34] <xubuntu181> Yeah i've tried all that...in the sound settings it's not recognizing my speakers and when I use the headphones the sound is very faint and choppy
[02:34] <xubuntu181> The laptop is old but in windows the sound worked fine so at least I know it isn't a hardware issue
[02:36] <holstein> xubuntu181: faint and choppy is different than not having sound...
[02:36] <xubuntu181> Very very very very faint
[02:36] <xubuntu181> sound card not recognizing speakers, just headphones
[02:36] <holstein> xubuntu181: have you tried "alsamixer" in the terminal? and tweaked the settings there?
[02:37] <xubuntu181> yeah i've tried that as well
[02:37] <xubuntu181> the category for "speakers" are not showing up in the alsamixer
[02:39] <holstein> xubuntu181: right.. dont trust the labels
[02:40] <xubuntu181> I've also tried all the settings in the multimedia system selector (gstreamer-properties)
[02:40] <xubuntu181> everything in the alsamixer is at 100
[02:41] <holstein> xubuntu181: in alsa mixer you can hit F5 to show all
[02:41] <xubuntu181> Yeah, still don't see a category for "speakers"
[02:41] <xubuntu181> but everything there is at 100 as well
[02:46] <holstein> xubuntu181: you may not.. dont trust labels
[02:46] <holstein> xubuntu181: *all* sounds are like that? from all output?
[02:47] <xubuntu181> Yes unfortunately
[02:48] <holstein> xubuntu181: well, keep in mind, since you are not promised by the hardware creator that linux will work, it may not.. but, i would start by applying upgrades
[02:48] <holstein> sudo apt-get udpate && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
[02:48] <xubuntu181> So here are the categories in AlsaMixer:  Master (100) PCM (100) MIC (100) Mic Boost (100) Beep (100) Capture (100)
[02:48] <xubuntu181> none of them on mute either
[02:48] <holstein> then, i would reboot if there is a kernel update, and test... then, if not change, i would likely just try some different live CD's and see if something supports the device out of the box
[02:49] <xubuntu181> Yeah thats a good idea
[04:59] <xubuntu873> hi everybody
[05:17] <mapps> hi
[05:22] <i_need_help_my_f>  i need help recovering my password and please do not refer me to the "ubuntu password help thingy"
[05:42] <xizdaqrian> Do you have more than one user profile for yourself, Pewdiepie_jk?
[05:42] <pewdiepie_jk> no
[05:42] <xizdaqrian> Is this on your personal system, or on someone else's server?
[05:43] <pewdiepie_jk> mine. (pc
[05:43] <xizdaqrian> Good...
[05:43] <pewdiepie_jk> very
[05:43] <xizdaqrian> You could boot via a live CD...
[05:43] <pewdiepie_jk> no
[05:43] <xizdaqrian> Why not?
[05:43] <pewdiepie_jk> i do not have ubuntu live disk
[05:44] <xizdaqrian> Can you download one? Is that a possibility for you?
[05:45] <xizdaqrian> Do you have a usb stick or burner?
[05:45] <pewdiepie_jk> no that would be a proposterous method. sorry but it is the truth.
[05:45] <xizdaqrian> No, easy... Just follow me..
[05:45] <xizdaqrian> boot via live CD...
[05:46] <xizdaqrian> mount your filesystem
[05:46] <xizdaqrian> Go to the /etc/password or maybe /etc/shadow...
[05:46] <pewdiepie_jk> i do not have a usb big eneugh
[05:46] <xizdaqrian> delete the hash thing...
[05:46] <pewdiepie_jk> i really do not how
[05:47] <xizdaqrian> Oh, I see.
[05:47] <pewdiepie_jk> im still teaching myself these things im sorry
[05:48] <xizdaqrian> Your password is stored in /etc/password, or /etc/shadow. It looks like a bunch of garbled junk. When you type in your password, it's run through an encryption program and compared to that hash. Delete the hash from the file, and you have no password to login. just login.
[05:50] <pewdiepie_jk> how do i axsess that data?
[05:52] <xizdaqrian> When you boot via live CD, type the following into a console. "mkdir /my_drive && mount -t ext4 /dev/sda1 /my_drive" You have to adjust those values based on where your partitions are.
[05:52] <xizdaqrian> Run gparted to find out where your linux data partition is
[05:52] <pewdiepie_jk> ok stay online so you can walk me through please?
[05:52] <xizdaqrian> it will be something like /dev/sda1
[05:53] <pewdiepie_jk> i want to tell you that i have xubuntu
[05:54] <xizdaqrian> It won't matter what distro you have
[05:54] <pewdiepie_jk> oh thats good so i still boot ubuntu live?
[05:54] <xizdaqrian> Do you by chance recall your superuser password. Like when you type sudo?
[05:55] <xizdaqrian> Yeah, boot anything
[05:55] <pewdiepie_jk> no thats waht i reset
[05:55] <xizdaqrian> If you have to download one, download dsl
[05:55] <xizdaqrian> It's the smallest
[05:55] <pewdiepie_jk> dsl what
[05:55] <xizdaqrian> DSL stands for Damn Small Linux
[05:55] <xizdaqrian> Very light
[05:55] <pewdiepie_jk> lol
[05:56] <pewdiepie_jk> so still ubuntu live and not xubuntu live?
[05:57] <xizdaqrian> wait, check this out. Just found it.
[05:57] <pewdiepie_jk> ok
[05:57] <xizdaqrian> http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/339
[05:57] <xizdaqrian> Go to that link
[05:57] <pewdiepie_jk> ok
[05:59] <pewdiepie_jk> i be back soon ok
[05:59] <xizdaqrian> k
[08:06] <seronis> How can i get UNetBootin to recognize a 500gb external harddrive for a liveusb install ?
[08:07] <seronis> the OS finds it find.  and i've tried with it partitioned and formatted as  ntfs(original state), ext2 and fat32
[08:24] <arrith> seronis: it doesn't show up?
[08:24] <seronis> nope
[08:24] <arrith> is it connected through usb?
[08:24] <seronis> yes
[08:25] <seronis> im running unetbootin via sudo, and have tried all 6 permutations of it being mounted or unmounted, and with file systems of ntfs, ext3 and fat32
[08:26] <seronis> the boot flag was also confirmed to be set with gparted
[08:26] <arrith> seronis: gksudo
[08:26] <arrith> seronis: might be able to pass the drive as an argument
[08:27] <arrith> seronis: gksudo unetbootin /dev/sdx
[08:27] <seronis> still not recognized
[08:28] <arrith> seronis: sdb?
[08:28] <seronis> yup
[08:28] <arrith> seronis: gksudo unetbootin /dev/sdb     ?
[08:28] <seronis> yes
[08:28] <arrith> odd
[08:28] <arrith> well
[08:28] <seronis> i used sdb,   not sd1
[08:28] <seronis> err sdb1
[08:28] <arrith> yeah
[08:28] <arrith> you can dd xubuntu isos
[08:29] <arrith> dd bs=64M if=xubuntu.iso of=/dev/sdb
[08:29] <seronis> i thought that doesnt allow persistant installs though
[08:29] <arrith> oh
[08:29] <arrith> it doesn't i dn't think
[08:29] <arrith> you could try liveusbcreator from the repos
[08:30] <arrith> really don't know why unetbootin isn't seeing that drive. sounds like a bug
[08:30] <arrith> seronis: get any output from unetbootin in a terminal?
[08:30] <seronis> the OS sees it fine.  i can open it and add / remove files
[08:30] <seronis> nothing
[08:31] <seronis> ok gonna reboot and try one more time then i'll check out liveusbcreator
[08:32] <arrith> seronis: unetbootin targetdrive=/dev/sdb
[08:32] <arrith> from http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/unetbootin/wiki/commands
[08:32] <arrith> might also try /dev/sdb1
[08:34] <bekks>  /dev/sdb1 will not work.
[09:26] <xubuntu767> hi
[09:27] <xubuntu767> i am new to xubuntu is the same like ubuntu?
[09:27] <cfhowlett> xubuntu767, same?  no.  similar.
[09:28] <xubuntu767> but i can still use the same software?
[09:28] <cfhowlett> xubuntu767, yes
[09:29] <xubuntu767> it use .deb files?
[09:29] <bekks> yes
[09:29] <xubuntu767> nice :)
[09:30] <arrith> xubuntu767: the xubuntu-desktop metapackage, for the most part, is xubuntu
[11:26] <Ofloo`> hi, i've got a quick question, .. when i wnat to install a package i get some error about nutrix-icon-theme that it contains an empty file, .. when i want to remove that package i get teh same error how do i manually remove that package
[11:26] <Ofloo`> without using apt-get dpkg or whatever cause they are not able to handle the problem
[11:26] <cfhowlett> Ofloo`, how did you install the theme?
[11:27] <Ofloo`> pff it's been ages don't remember
[11:27] <Ofloo`> i think through add-apt
[11:27] <Ofloo`> add-apt-repository
[11:27] <cfhowlett> Ofloo`,  so a ppa - ppa purge
[11:27] <cfhowlett> !ppa
[11:29] <Ofloo`> you think if i remove the ppa that it will solve the problem?
[11:29] <Ofloo`> or are you saying you're on your own where not liable for the packages ..
[11:30] <tgrego> hi
[11:30] <Ofloo`> hi
[11:31] <tgrego> Im trying to install 14.04 beta2 on a new laptop, but with no luck :(
[11:32] <tgrego> I think the issue is uefi
[11:32] <cfhowlett> !trusty|tgrego, 14.04 support in the other channel
[11:32] <Ofloo`> how do i find out what ppa it is on
[11:32] <tgrego> ok, thanks
[11:33] <cfhowlett> Ofloo`, Ofloo` apt-cache policy packagename will display the repo
[13:02] <starrats> good morning all you xubuntu folks!
[13:42] <thoss> is there a reason why http://xubuntu.org/ don't give a description over what Xubuntu  is ?
[13:52] <bekks> thoss: Did you read the title and the two sentences on th start page?
[13:55] <thoss> bekks: yea, that description could be given to all linux distrubutions, just empty buzz words
[13:55] <bekks> thoss: So what are you looking after, exactly?
[13:56] <thoss> bekks: a description over what make xubuntu different from other distros
[13:56] <bekks> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xubuntu
[13:58] <thoss> bekks: yes, I can google it but I just can't understand why the answer on the most obvious question is not given on the official website
[13:58] <thoss> bekks: are there any commercial reason for this ?
[14:03] <thoss> bekks: anyway, I have mint installed now but have a lot of problems with Nvidia drivers for my hardware.  My question is if xubuntu are more stable
[14:04] <bekks> ubuntu uses the same drivers for nvidia.
[14:05] <thoss> bekks: It is most the start up screen and stuff that give my problem, I have tried ubuntu and it works better out of the box.
[14:07] <bekks> Then use Ubuntu - Xubuntu is basically Ubuntu with a different selection of preinstalled packages.
[14:09] <thoss> does xubuntu also come with the ubuntu spyware ?
[14:09] <bekks> Ubuntu doesnt come with spyware.
[14:10] <thoss> bekks: I mean all that amazon stuff
[14:10] <bekks> Which is no spyware at all.
[14:10] <bekks> And you can easily disable it.
[14:10] <se_b> isn't included
[14:11] <thoss> I have 4 options now and can't make up my mind, It is Mint, Xubuntu, Lubuntu and just debian.
[14:12] <thoss> I have difficulties to grasp the differences between Mint, Xubuntu and Lubuntu
[14:12] <bekks> It's your choice entirely.
[14:12] <bekks> xubuntu = ubuntu - unity + xfce; lubuntu = ubuntu - unity + lxde; Mint = whatever.
[14:14] <thoss> bekks: then it comes to hardware support you think all of them are more or less the same ?
[14:14] <bekks> The hardware support is exactly the same throughout all Ubuntu derivatives.
[14:15] <thoss> Mint are not working good on my system, sometimes i just get a black screen and I can't find any documentation for how to fix it
[14:15] <bekks> For Mint, ask the Mint support, we dont know.
[14:19] <thoss> bekks: thanks,  just one last question. I already have a ubuntu DVD and have to pay for ech GB I download.  Can I use that DVD and uninstall unity and then install xfce. Will that give my a xubuntu distro or is it other differences ?
[14:21] <bekks> you can just uninstall ubuntu-desktop and install xubuntu-desktop.
[14:22] <thoss> bekks: ok, thanks for your help
[17:12] <barbadillo> hi all, I'm on a hp pavilion d6 laptop xubuntu fresh installation running
[17:12] <barbadillo> I'm wondering if it's normal that the fan is always running
[17:20] <barbadillo> so much silent in the universe? are we alone? no intelligent life out there? all these stars and galaxies are for what?
[17:21] <TheSheep> much silent, very loneliness, wow
[17:23] <TheSheep> barbadillo: I would search the forum and the linlap wiki
[17:54] <barbadillo> TheSheep, I think it is a matter of cleaning the fans
[17:55] <barbadillo> and they say that hp products are so heating in any case
[17:55] <barbadillo> never buy hp laptops
[18:06] <bekks> HP works fine here.
[18:15] <pleia2> I have an hp ultrabook which works well (no fan all the time)
[18:25] <Uncopyable> hi folks. Does anyone know how to change cursor size? It doesn't work in "Mouse and Touchpad>Theme" for me
[18:27] <barbadillo> pleia2, is your laptop recent or old one?
[18:30] <pleia2> barbadillo: it's about a year old
[18:34] <barbadillo> pleia2, ok let's see the next year
[18:35] <barbadillo> I think the best would be open it and really clean the fan, but it's an hard work
[18:37] <cfhowlett> !aptlock
[19:21] <K4neda> Greetings from Venice (Italy)
[19:24] <K4neda> Anyone use a Toshiba NB500?
[19:37] <jarkko> sudo dpkg --configure -a should be fine
[19:59] <xubuntu019> hey anybody can help me with audio problems?