| trrees | Hi, I have booted lubuntu from a usb on an old ThinkPad, but I cannot detect Wifi... any thought on what to do? | 02:40 |
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| holstein | !wifi | 02:43 |
| ubottu | Wireless documentation, including how-to guides and troubleshooting information, can be found at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs | 02:43 |
| holstein | depends on the wifi chip. maybe its not supporting linux.. maybe it can be supported.. | 02:43 |
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| HiDeHo | hi all how do i change the default browser to Chromium. i cant do it from chromium | 09:43 |
| djoi298 | how do you change and set the basic keyboard hotkeys? | 10:44 |
| djoi298 | how do you close multiple windows of the same app at once from the task bar? | 10:45 |
| djoi298 | is this the official support channel? | 12:18 |
| leszek | djoi298: yes it is | 12:18 |
| djoi298 | so does anyone know how to change/set the basic keyboard hotkeys and close multiple windows of the same app at once from the task bar? | 12:19 |
| leszek | djoi298: for basic keyboard hotkeys please take a look at how to configure openbox hotkeys. There is an .xml config file that needs to be edited. Openbox is the default window manager on lubuntu | 12:22 |
| leszek | as for the taskbar thing. I think this only works if the task is grouped together. But I am not sure as I never really needed that feature | 12:23 |
| djoi298 | is all this fixed in the PPA? | 12:24 |
| leszek | fixed ? What should be fixed ? | 12:25 |
| djoi298 | like an app for making keyboard hotkeys and to be able to close multiple windows at once | 12:25 |
| leszek | djoi298: I don't think there is a graphical configuration tool for hotkeys. And for the panel thing. I really don't know | 12:27 |
| leszek | djoi298: btw. here is a short tutorial on how to edit the hotkeys: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Keyboard | 12:30 |
| wxl | anyone successfully using .XCompose? i can't get it to work for the life of me | 17:19 |
| * ianorlin does not | 17:21 | |
| wxl | hm, i can't even get it to work on kubuntu | 17:21 |
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| * likemindead can't get over how fast Lubuntu is on this ancient laptop. | 21:18 | |
| wxl | likemindead: that's always a nice feeling :) | 21:25 |
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| likemindead | Heck yes. This Lenovo 3000 N100 is going on nine years old. Runs Lubuntu amazingly. | 21:46 |
| wxl | nice :) | 21:46 |
| wxl | now that you have all that extra time you're not waiting on your computer, you can help with the project ;) | 21:46 |
| xxxlubuntuhelper | hello m8's who needs some help! | 21:50 |
| wxl | heheheh | 21:51 |
| wxl | seriously tho likemindead there are several places you can help if you like https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/GettingInvolved | 21:52 |
| holstein | such as http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/ | 21:52 |
| wxl | he means https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Testing | 21:53 |
| wxl | which, yes we need | 21:53 |
| wxl | especially as we grow closer to the 15.04 release | 21:53 |
| holstein | i dont think folks realize how helpful that is | 21:53 |
| wxl | you don't need to wipe your computer out to do it | 21:53 |
| holstein | well, "you" left the channel.. anyway | 21:53 |
| wxl | i think bug triage is also particularly helpful https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Bugs | 21:54 |
| wxl | holstein: hm? | 21:54 |
| wxl | oh | 21:54 |
| holstein | the person we are talking to.. they are gone | 21:54 |
| holstein | i tried the bug thing.. its not my thing.. | 21:54 |
| wxl | no i was talking to likemindead who is still here | 21:54 |
| holstein | nope | 21:54 |
| holstein | its just you and me, wxl .. correcting each other ;) | 21:55 |
| wxl | 1hahahah | 21:56 |
| wxl | well he is gone noe | 21:56 |
| Cold|Inz | Hi, anyone here who's been having trouble getting reasonable resolutions with nvidia drivers? Everything else seems to work fine, but I can't for the life of me get higher resolutions than 1360x780, and normally in windows this computer runs 1680x1050.. | 22:00 |
| holstein | Cold|Inz: sure.. i have | 22:00 |
| Cold|Inz | I guess most people have. Linux does have a tendency of just not wanting to work. | 22:00 |
| holstein | Cold|Inz: the issue there is with the comparison to the windows driver.. you are promised "good" windows support.. | 22:00 |
| holstein | Cold|Inz: ? | 22:00 |
| holstein | this has *nothing* to do with the linux operating system.. anyone can create a driver that works well in linux, and provides whatevrer resolution you want | 22:01 |
| holstein | you may find, for example, if you were trying to run OSX on that hardware, that it may not even load.. that doesnt mean its a short coming in OSX.. | 22:01 |
| holstein | if you want linux to "just work", try emulating the workflow you are likely more used to, where, you purchase a machine that promises support for the operating system you want to use.. such as system876 | 22:02 |
| holstein | system76*.. otherwise, you can research hardware *before* purchase, or try live iso's on the hardware.. | 22:02 |
| Cold|Inz | Yes yes, I know. I'm just kinda tired of problems here and there. | 22:03 |
| holstein | Cold|Inz: are you trying the open and proprietary drivers? | 22:03 |
| Cold|Inz | yes, nvidia prop drivers | 22:03 |
| holstein | Cold|Inz: sure.. its just key, i feel, to recognize where that problem is.. since, a team of experts were hired to make sure windows runs well on that hardware.. you basically take that responsibility on when you want to run another unsupported operating system | 22:04 |
| Cold|Inz | tried having nvidia-xconf set the xorg file as well | 22:04 |
| holstein | Cold|Inz: so, have you tried *both* the open and proprietary nvidia drivers? | 22:04 |
| Cold|Inz | gimme a hint please, how would I get the open drivers? | 22:05 |
| holstein | Cold|Inz: the open drivers are just what is in the kernel, when you boot the machine | 22:05 |
| holstein | what i will do is, try many live iso's with different kernels and open driver versions.. see if anything "just works" for me | 22:06 |
| Cold|Inz | oh, like nouveau? | 22:06 |
| holstein | that *is* the open nvidia driver | 22:06 |
| holstein | i'll usually try both, and *many* versions of both before a final install | 22:07 |
| Cold|Inz | ah, then yes I've tried it. had alot of trouble with it on a mint install .. | 22:07 |
| holstein | Cold|Inz: sure.. but that "mint install" is one kernel.. one open driver | 22:07 |
| Cold|Inz | I've installed and used several distros on a couple laptops I have, with great success, but this time it's on my stationary, and things seems to go nicely along, except the resolutions-issue | 22:08 |
| Cold|Inz | thanks for the tip though | 22:09 |
| holstein | yup | 22:09 |
| holstein | i have had that *same* issue.. with my audio production machine.. i need/want dual head, so i added an nvidia card | 22:09 |
| Cold|Inz | although, to my knowledge, the open driver that comes with the installs are vastly inferior to the proprietary ones | 22:09 |
| holstein | the open driver works "out of the box" now, best for that device | 22:09 |
| holstein | Cold|Inz: sure.. its just not the case | 22:10 |
| holstein | Cold|Inz: its not "vastly inferior".. its open.. vs the proprietary one that nvidia provides | 22:10 |
| holstein | Cold|Inz: some cases, the open one works *great*, and best.. some cases.. not at all.. some cases, nvidia hasnt done anything to facilitate the hardware working in linux, and the hardware wont work at all | 22:10 |
| holstein | i say, try other options.. for me, when im dealing with, such as that production machine i referenced, a device that im not promised support for.. when i get it, i make sure im comfortable with it *not* working | 22:11 |
| holstein | it was literally 8 bucks, so, i went into that knowing that, if it never worked, i would be ok with that | 22:12 |
| holstein | i *didnt* go buy the latest and greatest, since i didnt need it. i just wanted to add dual head, and that device would do that, for sure. all i had to do was provide the linux support for it | 22:12 |
| holstein | so, i tried a slew of live iso's on the hardware. *then* in installed ubuntu, actually, a few times.. trying different proprietary drivers | 22:13 |
| holstein | that worked great, til an updated changed the resolution, as you mention, much smaller than what i wanted.. so, i went to an older debian stable base on the hardware.. | 22:13 |
| holstein | but, last time i tried ubuntu live, with the open driver, it worked *great* out of the box.. | 22:14 |
| Cold|Inz | I have been itching to go full linux for a while, even if I'm alittle n00b still. mayhaps as you say, the best thing is to look for new hardware.. keep this one as a gamingstation.. | 22:14 |
| holstein | "new" doenst help either | 22:14 |
| holstein | what you want is "linux" hardware.. hardware that promises you linux support | 22:14 |
| holstein | otherwise, you get what you get, and you have to take responsibility.. | 22:15 |
| Cold|Inz | well, my wallet wouldn't allow "new" either, I meant other | 22:18 |
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