[00:05] <RoadRunner> what's the check sum for:  xubuntu-14.04.3-desktop-amd64.iso (can't find it on xubuntu's site)?
[00:07] <knome> RoadRunner, http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/14.04.3/release/
[00:17] <Legendre_> hi hi.. need help setting up a legacy gamepad / gameport on Trusty..
[00:17] <Legendre_> can't get /dev/input/js0 to appear.. =/
[00:20] <bazhang> please dont crosspost to multiple channels Legendre_
[00:21] <RoadRunner> knome: thank you :)
[00:24] <JetLI> yowwzers
[00:24] <RoadRunner> is there an app or a "universal driver"... under linux, to enable the usage of extra buttons in mice and trackballs?
[00:39] <bazhang> RoadRunner, a kernel module if anything
[00:43] <RoadRunner> bazhang: please explain?
[00:44] <RoadRunner> are you saying that unless the linux kernel itself can't do it, the ship has sailed?
[00:56] <Legendre> Need some help setting up legacy gamepad / gameport on Trusty.. anyone help?
[00:57] <Legendre> anyone.. anyone..
[00:58] <knome> you have asked this only some time ago, now ask it again and after a minute, impatiently asking whether anybody is around to answer your question - on the christmas day
[00:58] <knome> patience, please.
[00:59] <bazhang> Legendre, why are you still crossposting
[00:59] <knome> that too.
[00:59] <Legendre> bazhang: because I don't know who is or isn't in which channel/
[00:59] <Legendre> ?
[00:59] <Legendre> pardoj me, I'll quiet down
[01:00] <bazhang> RoadRunner, check the code for that device or tell us
[01:01] <bazhang> RoadRunner, what game are you trying to use it with, details matter
[01:10] <Legendre> so.. is there no longer a js / joystick module?
[01:11] <Legendre> or is it simply not shipped as built with xubuntu kernel?
[01:13] <Legendre> I've also heard that some (boards / SB chips?) don't pass the gameport data to the bus any more.. but how the heck would one ever discover that?
[01:15] <Legendre> and to make matters worse, the USB versions of this device are either not or poorly supported in recent Linux.. ie any of the Retrobit sticks / stapters
[01:16] <Legendre> goal here, is to get one or two '5 button' sticks running, so I can play C64 / Atari / Sega emu
[01:16] <bazhang> thats on the manufacturer not linux
[01:17] <Legendre> bazhang: the board / SB chip? Yes, it certainly would be! =)
[01:17] <bazhang> any device at all
[01:17] <Legendre> but the way to discover the issue might be on the OS side.
[01:17] <bazhang> sure
[01:17] <Legendre> bazhang: oh I know.. the USB to 2-Stick adapters are screwed.. they don't meet the HID specs correctly.
[01:18] <bazhang> I've had great joypad support on certain games / emulators
[01:18] <Legendre> as have I, in the +past+.. but that was in the Slack days.
[01:18] <Legendre> long, long ago.. 10+ yrs at this time
[01:19] <bazhang> this is wine/dosbox and others and just in the last couple of weeks
[01:19] <Legendre> what kind of gamepad are you using? USB?
[01:19] <bazhang> yeppers
[01:19] <Legendre> in this case, I'd like to get my legacy GP pad running.. as it did for a long time, in years past.
[01:20] <Legendre> as I'm broke and it's all I have.. =/
[01:20] <Legendre> but if you can suggest a decent USB pad that will do 5-button type mode, I'm all ears..
[01:21] <bazhang> well make some concessions til the finances improve and stick to some of the ultra reliable uses/games/emus
[01:21] <Legendre> not sure I get you.. my emu is very reliable.. X64
[01:21] <Legendre> just that I'd like some kind of controller that isn't KB.. so clumsy.
[01:22] <bazhang> I just buy the cheapest under 10 buck one and configure it
[01:22] <Legendre> send me an ebay item..
[01:22] <Legendre> (item number, I mean.. as an example that works under Truty)
[01:22] <bazhang> I doubt ebay would carry something that cheap
[01:23] <Legendre> I find that statement very funny.. but OK! =)
[01:24] <Legendre> heck, if I can get a working USB game-whatever, I'll just stick a DB9M on the side ;-)
[01:24] <Legendre> and plug in my Wico stick
[01:25] <RoadRunner> bazhang: my device is an older Windows trackball and I am not trying to use it with a particular game; I am just used to using "accessory" buttons instead of the main ones
[01:27] <Legendre> one prob for me is too many vars.. FOIK, the gamepad is defective.. =/
[01:27] <Legendre> worked fine years ago, doesn't mean something didn't go awry.
[01:27] <Legendre> but when I jack-in, dmesg is mute
[01:28] <bazhang> cheap items wear out sometimes
[01:28] <bazhang> not much other on topic help I can offer, apologies
[01:28] <Legendre> oh sure, the world is an imperfect place.. but this is an orig. Gravis PC game pad.. they were very well regarded.
[01:29] <Legendre> the type with a purple D-pad, screw-in stick and R/G/B/Y buttons, and two switvches to select button mode or LH / RH mode
[01:29] <Legendre> IOW, the one we all knew from when Gravis was on top..
[01:30] <Legendre> anyway, thanks for your time.. and Merry Christmas!
[02:39] <lionelhutz> hi guys I have a question. How do I instal virtual box guest additions onto a xubuntu 15.10 guest?
[02:40] <lionelhutz> I tried running autorun.sh but it didn't work
[03:45] <GridCube> lionelhutz, sudo apt-get them
[10:28] <Bean6754> Hi :)
[12:16] <ibm-r40> hi
[18:43] <rigo2532345> hi. im pretty sure its a common problem. but please help me on this one. i tried w10 on my laptop now i want to use xubuntu. after installing it from a stick it keeps rebooting. what info do you need?
[18:44] <rigo2532345> i have a 500gb hdd, 450 at the end is used for data. i completely deleted the first 50gb, created a 45gb ext4 and a 5gb swap. the sda1 45gb has the boot flag.
[18:45] <rigo2532345> i already tried to add nomodeset to grub. but the laptop still keeps rebooting endless loop about 0 msec after booting up.
[19:39] <dowe> what make is the laptop?
[19:41] <dowe> http://linlap.com/ might have info on it
[19:42] <dowe> auch! didn't see rigo2532345 has left ...
[20:40] <fnord> what to do after installing Xubuntu? compact & only what necessery. Could be in German :-)
[20:46] <xangua> Lots of guides for that
[22:02] <xubuntu996> hablan español?
[22:02] <xubuntu996> buenas tardes
[22:03] <bazhang> !es
[22:03] <xubuntu996> gracias