[00:32] How do I enable restricted drivers? I just installed Kubuntu [00:33] !restricted [00:33] For multimedia issues, this page has useful information: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats - See also https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/musicvideophotos/C/video.html - But please use free formats if you can: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FreeFormats [00:33] I believe you have to add a repository or something... one moment [00:36] if I remember the command correctly, open up a terminal (press ALT F2 and type konsole, hit enter) [00:36] when you get into the terminal, you type sudo apt-add-repository http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric main restricted [00:38] mansoor: you should also do sudo apt-get install kubuntu-restricted-extras === r is now known as Guest92196 [00:47] BarkingFish: it says it wants the repository name after command [00:47] and Muon software center crashes on every start [00:48] mansoor: we know about muon, it's broken [00:49] I'd advise you do those commands through the terminal, as I directed you to. [00:49] You should also get another package manager, I personally use apper, which you can get through command line / terminal [00:49] BarkingFish: there is an error "Error: need a repository as argument [00:49] " [00:50] when i enter int eh add repo command [00:50] did you copy the URL with it? [00:50] yes [00:50] all of that is one line [00:50] yes [00:51] Well that's confused me totally then. It works here. [00:51] What version of Kubuntu are you on? [00:51] :S [00:51] letest, i downloaded it 2 hours ago [00:54] ok [00:54] i got what i needed [00:54] thanks BarkingFish === root is now known as Guest99180 [01:51] Hi. I'd like to have a user on my Kubuntu (11.latest) system which has the power to install software using muon, but doesn't have root privs. I see that org.kubuntu.qaptworker.* is the polkit dingus which is responsible for package management. How do I create a polkit action file which says "People in this group can perform this action."? [01:52] The only options that I can see (from the man page) are "Any user who knows their password" and "Any user who is an admin.". [01:52] The term "Admin" is very poorly defined. [01:52] Any ideas? :) [01:55] Oh, nevermind. I guess I can do something with pklocalauthority files. === Gerald is now known as geri === Axlin_ is now known as Axlin === zz_Kalidarn is now known as Kalidarn === flavio is now known as Guest87247 [05:00] A Kubuntu 10.4 box hangs on shutdown, so I go to syslog and see this http://paste.kde.org/190748. How can I find out what's wrong if my logging is broken? Or is that collateral damage from the pages of Xorg errors? === Alcine is now known as jalcine [06:30] Hi, autoupdater updated the kernel to 3.0.15, but now this kernel does not boot, so I have to use previous kernel to boot up everytime. [06:30] Is there any way I could make the new kernel work? [06:33] 'not boot' is rather vague [06:34] folsto: well unless you know kernel programming and can debug the problem, you should just use the previous kernel [06:35] hopefully you dont urgently need something thats new in the new kernel [06:36] merlin1991: sorry, I will be more clear, does boot means, after the entering the selection in grub screen, a black screen appears and nothing happens even after 10 minutes. [06:36] Shaan7: Okay, I guess I will keep using this until the next kernel update, which may hopefully work [06:37] yea, its a nice thing apt doesnt remove the old kernels ;) [06:37] folsto: did you by any chance install graphics driver not from the packages but from for example the nvidia homepage? [06:37] No, I have not installed any external drivers. [06:39] Everything was working fine when I installed the distro, so haven't bothered installing any drivers either from the packages or external sources. [06:39] folsto: you could try getting some helpfull output from the "recovery" entry [06:40] okay, I will try that, will be rright back, thanks. [06:40] Why would a Kubuntu 10.4 hang on shutdown but restart just fine? [06:41] BentFranklin: Just a guess, there are some services which do not need to be killed during restart like bluetooth, whereas during shutdown everything needds to be killed, [06:47] There is the following in my syslog during bootup: ACPI Error: A valid RSDP was not found. [06:51] hm I have just plugged in a usb headset and I'd like to reroute all sound to it, though HOW? [06:51] also I don't have pulseaudio here only alsa [06:52] merlin1991: System Settings -> Multimedia? [06:52] merlin1991: Hi, In System Settings>Mutimedia>Phono, give priority to your heasdset [06:53] hm in wich section should multimedia be? [06:53] damn found it [06:53] * merlin1991 is blind [06:55] hm works for new sounds, but doesn't reroute already running sounds [06:56] merlin1991: Kmix > Playback, you will see your app there, right click and switch it to your headset [06:57] kmix doesn't open :P [06:58] may be restart that paricular app [06:59] that is exactly what I want to try to avoid :D [07:03] hi [07:04] I've just installed Kubuntu 11.10 on my System [07:04] I'm having problem with Muon Software Center [07:04] it says [07:04] Application: Muon Software Center (muon-installer), signal: Segmentation fault [07:04] [Current thread is 1 (Thread 0xb7774930 (LWP 2387))] [07:04] Thread 2 (Thread 0xb5807b70 (LWP 2391)): [07:04] #0 0x008afdbd in pthread_mutex_lock () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 [07:04] #1 0x006fef14 in pthread_mutex_lock () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 [07:04] binaryking: Please don't flood; use http://paste.ubuntu.com to paste; don't use Enter as punctuation. [07:04] #2 0x02ef4f53 in g_main_context_check () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 [07:17] ? === ravi is now known as ravi119 [07:53] hello === jalcine is now known as JackyAlcine [09:09] KDE's Remote Desktop Sharing invitation window comes up whenever I log in. It's not in Autostart or any .rc file I can find. Where else could this be loading from? [09:28] hi, what's the deal with mounting a ntfs partition on boot with oneiric [09:29] if I try to do that, my pc stops booting and reports something very bad happened with the filesystem [09:30] but if I mount it manually after booting is complete, I don't see any problem? [09:35] I have a problem whit install of program Draftsight, i don't install it [09:39] I changed the part in the control file architetture_i386 in all but the sw QApt I install the program. Any idea? [10:03] how can i connect my box.net account using webdav === sony is now known as Guest21014 [10:03] Guest21014: using dolphin or konqueror ? [10:03] search dolphin webdav [10:04] kde4 [10:52] Well, hello everybody. [10:53] Would anybody know how I can change my programs in the kickoff menu to be shown by their name, rather than their description? i.e. Web Browser [11:08] LINKSWORD2: mmm [11:08] LINKSWORD2: right click on the button and ===> http://wstaw.org/m/2012/01/22/plasma-desktopRg1691.png [11:09] Wow. I feel stupid. I went right past that. === Haakon_der_Wikin is now known as Haakon_der_Gute [12:02] c'est convivial ici dites donc === yofel_ is now known as yofel [12:46] evening, trying to get monitor to work over displayport, currently works via hdm and dvi. Any ideas? [12:47] kubuntu 11.10 64bit, xrandr doesn't show outputs at all [12:49] xinel: nvdia? [12:49] yes gtx570 [12:50] .... driver issue [12:50] that's what i was thinking, wondering if anyone had come across it [12:51] bah for what i remember i guess you need to install the proprietary driver [12:51] reset all [12:51] and run nvidia-settings [12:51] but i have not nvidia [12:52] cheers === junior is now known as SleepDown === juan is now known as Guest55857 === Guest55857 is now known as juan__ [14:00] hello i would like to know if any can show me hwo to use the advanced partition tool used for ubuntu 11.10 install the is /dev/sda1 fat16 41mb . /dev/sda2 ntfs 12287 mb . /dev/sda3 ntfs 307742 mb, i would like to install on sda 3 but during reg instalation it with only give me sda2 to install to so can someone tell me how to split sda 3 so i dont lose windows and can duel install ubuntu onto half of it [14:02] danny: please dont cross post at the same time, just ask your question only in the appropriate place [14:02] jussi, were is the apropraite place? [14:03] danny: in #ubuntu ;) [14:03] jussi, i was thinking since they all had the same installer maybe someone here would know its all "buntu" [14:04] danny: generally cross posying is considered rude, since many of hte helpers idle in both places [14:05] how do you type unicode in kate or libreoffice? [14:05] danny: just remember to be patient, sometimes people just dont know the answer. also, try askubuntu and the forums [14:06] jussi, ok just figured there were ppl here that arent there and its kinda dead right now [14:17] hi! i just switched from ATI to NVIDIA. now kubuntus system settings can't identify my second montir (nvidia-settings can) and all my visual effects are gone...anybody has an idea how to configure it properly? nvidia-settings is crashing often too [14:21] ok so i am useing gparted to repartion /dev/sda3 and it has 286.61 gib i would like to make 130 g free for me to install ubuntu onto it so i click resize and it gives me 3 boxes to change the top one says free space preceding (MiB) 0 then the one under it says new size(MiB) 293486 and under that says free space following (MiB) 0 and under that says align to and gives me the options Mib cylinder, MiB, None what should i change all the [14:21] values to get what i want === juan is now known as Guest56550 [14:26] James147: [14:26] ping James147 [14:36] peace_: pong [14:38] James147: i am on git :P [14:38] how are you finding it? [14:39] James147: dolphin has git integrated :) [14:39] yup :) [14:39] as so dose qtcreator and kdevelop i believe [14:43] hi evrybody [14:43] I've got a little problem [14:43] with kubuntu's clock [14:43] is there anyone who can help me? [14:46] Martt: what problem exactly? [14:47] James147: It's ah hour behind the effective time. My country real time is 15.57 but it says "14.47" [14:49] Martt: are you dual booting with windows? [14:49] James147: no. Kubuntu is my only operative system [14:51] Martt: have you tried editing them time? and made sure your locale is correct? [14:51] The settings are all correct [14:52] I tryed to edit it but I didn't manage to have the correct time displayed [14:55] Martt: I think the widget only updates every minute, so can take that long to display the correct time [14:57] Martt: you could try playing with "hwclock" and "date" utils to adjust the time directly [14:59] i just tried with hwclock but the konsole says that my local time is CET 14.59 but actually it is not correct [15:00] Martt: sudo hwclock --hctosys to set the system time from the hardware clock [15:02] I typed that but nothing happened [15:04] Martt: "hwclock; date" << dose the output of that matchup? [15:05] date matches up but clock doesnìt [15:06] Martt: "kquitapp plasma-desktop && plasma-desktop" [15:10] James147: I typed the command you wrote but the desktop got black and nothing more so Iìve got to reboot my PC [15:11] Martt: sorry, that was ment to happen then it should have come back... if that happens again just "alt+f2" and run " plasma-desktop" to start the desktop again [15:13] James147: ok [15:13] Martt: is the time correct? [15:14] James147: unfortunately It's not correct [15:15] Martt: "hwclock; date" still match? [15:16] hwclock doesn't match [15:17] here it is the output of "sudo hwclock --debug" [15:17] : [15:17] hwclock da util-linux 2.19.1 [15:17] Utilizzo di /dev interface to clock. [15:17] Ultima regolazione della deriva effettuata 0 secondi dopo il 1969 [15:17] Ultima calibrazione effettuata 0 secondi dopo il 1969 [15:17] Il clock hardware è sull'orario sconosciuto [15:17] Martt: Please don't flood; use http://paste.ubuntu.com to paste; don't use Enter as punctuation. [15:17] Si presuppone che il clock hardware sia mantenuto nell'orario locale. [15:18] Martt: then my guess is your locale is wrong, or hwclock is an hour out [15:18] James147: but in time settings I set my correct local time [15:19] (hwclock wont nessorly be the current time, the system time is calculated from the hwclock and your locale) [15:19] Hi i just started using Kubuntu. I can't seem to change my background image from the Plasma default ( I think that is what it is called) to anything else [15:20] Danno7: what seems to be stopping you from doing so? [15:20] well I pick a different one and nothing happens [15:21] Danno7: and you clicked apply? [15:21] yep [15:21] James147: you were right. I just set the correct tine and everthing worked good [15:21] thanks :) [15:22] I used to get a regular desktop but then I clicked on the little colored dots in the left corner and now I just have this theme [15:23] Danno7: what version of kubuntu are you using? [15:24] the latest I presume. I just downloaded it yesterday . I did use the alt-cd since I wanted LVM encryption [15:24] 11.10 or something like that [15:25] Danno7: hmm, strange :S [15:26] Danno7: might want to check the other desktops/activities to see if thet are changing [15:26] I did have that error where kubuntu hangs on upgrading after installing [15:26] other desktops? [15:26] Danno7: "sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade && sudo apt-get install kubuntu" to make sure your fully up todate [15:27] hmm so a regular apt-get update and upgrade wont work? thats what I did after I came back from the hang [15:27] Danno7: most linux desktop envrioments allow the user to ahve multiple virtual desktops to orgnise their windows "crtl+F#" (where # is 1-8) to switch between them [15:28] oh I never use that but let me check [15:30] looks the same afaik [15:30] Danno7: hmm, not sure why its doing that, but you can reset plasma-desktop to its default settings by renaming/moving ~/.kde/share/config/plasm* [15:31] (then restart plasma-desktop "killall plasma-desktop && sleep 1 && plasma-desktop") [15:31] hmm I tried that update command but it says it cant find kubuntu ...are you sure about that package name? [15:32] kubuntu-desktop sorry :) [15:32] ahh [15:32] "kubuntu-desktop is already the newest version" [15:33] Danno7: thats fine then [15:33] I will rename the config..will it generate a new one next time I log in? [15:33] Danno7: when plasma-deskp next starts [15:33] so yes [15:33] kk. brb then [15:33] (you can just kill and start plasma-desktop instead of reloggin it you want) [15:35] so just confirming, I rename all the ones that start with plasma ? [15:36] Danno7: yes [15:36] (or move them to another directory [15:39] hi [15:39] slm [15:40] hiiiiiiiiiiii [15:40] Hello zerdest [15:41] ok so now how do I change my desktop ? Rightclick on the open area doesn't give me an option for that [15:41] ? [15:42] Danno7: dose it give "configure desktop" option? [15:42] or Desktop settings" [15:42] yes, sorry being stupid [15:42] yes it works now [15:45] got a lot of errors when I restarted plasma :-\ [15:45] Danno7: actual errors or debug output? [15:46] reading through it [15:46] kde apps are quite noisy by default [15:46] you can use "kebugdialog" to disable different debug messages [15:46] Howdy folks [15:47] Heya BluesKaj [15:47] hi James147 [15:48] James147: http://pastebin.com/tA1VgYg5 [15:49] Danno7: is it running fine? [15:50] meh? I think so [15:50] Danno7: then I wouldnt worry about it [15:50] hehe. ok [15:51] I am a long time Ubuntu user but the unity desktop ...I just couldn't deal with it [15:51] Danno7: seems allot of people cannot... though I do like their task manager :) [15:53] not really understanding what this activity manager is suppposed to do? [15:54] Danno7: manages activities... :) now activities are something farily new to kde (so still under heavy development) but are essentially a way of grouping tasks, similar to virtual desktops [15:54] oh man, now I get it. I lost this window again...so how do you change between activity windows? [15:55] Danno7: The difference btween them and virtual desktops is that they can not only group windows but also widgets and backgrounds, and there is developemnt on going to make applications aware of them so they can change behaviour dependong on what activity they are in [15:55] also ^^ they can be stoped and started [15:56] ok so I click on activity and set up a new workspace with widgits and windows...now how do I get back to my original desktop? [15:56] meta+tab should switch between them, or you can click the cachew (the thing in the corner) and click activities, or you can add the activity widget to the panel [15:57] managment of them isnt the easiest thing to do yet... though there is on going work to improve this (kde 4.8 is ment to improve on it) [15:58] oh snap..thats kinda cool [15:58] hi again, any ideas how to play .flv movies in dragon player? [15:58] Danno7: the idea behind it is great, though there is still quite allot of work to be done on them [15:59] thanks James. BTW I think thats why I couldn't change my background. I was in activity window..not in a regular desktop space [16:01] nevermind. no something was borked because I can change my bg no matter where I am [16:03] Danno7: yeah, and there is no such thing as an activity window and refular desktop space... all desktops are activities (by default all the same activity) [16:03] ah. Is there a keyboard shortcut to hid all the widgets? [16:04] why do you want to? [16:04] I dunno. I know I can do it on a OS-X just wondering [16:05] Danno7: there is a dash board where you can place widgets, this can be hidden and shown on top of iwndows [16:05] (ctrl+F12 by default I think) [16:06] oh. dashboard vs just having it on the activity window background [16:06] (you can also set it so the dashboard displays whats on the background) [16:07] hmm. fascinating [16:08] this is way more awesome than unity. I am surprised that I have never tried KDE === martell is now known as popitnow [16:12] will conky work on KDE? [16:13] Danno7: why not use the widgets for kde? if the default ones arent good enough there are allot at kde-look.org (you can even download and install them though the add widgets dialog inside kde) [16:13] there are ALLOT of system monitors to chose from :S [16:14] hmm, yeah. I guess I am just used to looking at my conky. Kind of like an old pair of shoes [16:29] ??????? ??????? ?????? ???????? ????? [16:32] igoressicus: Whatever you just typed is completely unintelligible. I'm sorry, but I am unable to read your message. [16:33] not supported russion codepage [16:34] ok, you want help? We have a russian channel. [16:34] !ru [16:34] Пожалуйста наберите /join #ubuntu-ru для получения помощи на русском языке. | Pozhalujsta naberite /join #ubuntu-ru dlya polucheniya pomoshi na russkom yazyke. [16:34] !ru | igoressicus [16:34] igoressicus: please see above [16:36] thks, it first time start irc on my ubuntu system! thks 4 all! [16:36] hmm his IP shows the ukraine , russians still welcome there ..interesting [16:37] hellol [16:43] how can you tell by the ip from where he comes? [16:46] BluesKaj, being understood is always welcome regardless of other differences. [16:48] more comfortable to have an enemy/rival you understand than a ally/friend you can't decipherr [16:48] pawiecki, GeoIP [16:49] Blocks of IP addresses are assigned to certain organizations and regions. Depending on which IP you can tell from which city the person is connected [16:49] dasKreech, no doubt , but it's still interesting to me. [16:49] hence wonderful ads declaring that you have single girls in $YOUR_CITY just waiting on you to call them [16:50] BluesKaj, Also you can't predict individual responses from official political stances of country leaders [16:50] See GWB [16:52] dasKreech, myu IP here is dynamic , so it's interesting to see ads directed at me in cities 700km away . My ISP uses various switches around the province to balance internet traffic [16:53] BluesKaj, Yes that is a partial flaw of the assumptions made [16:54] It's unusual enough these days that the gamble of it being correct is good enough. [16:54] Not like they expect 100% click through rate in any case [17:01] have another problem - how to simply format pendrive in kubuntu? i can't find it. Looked in kde partition manager but can't do it [17:06] and for my simply means with gui :) [17:07] pawiecki, are you using partitionmanager ? [17:07] pawiecki: am gusessing it doesn't show up in devices? [17:07] guessing* [17:08] pawiecki, did you umount the USB drive before trying to format [17:08] it shows, but i can't make any actions on it [17:08] pawiecki: select it and then unmount it [17:09] tried both KDE Partition Editor and Partition Manager [17:10] ok unmounted [17:10] hello, im having trouble getting my bluetooth to work with kubuntu 11.10, i didnt even think the laptop had bluetooth, but i keep seeing "stopping bluetooth" when i reboot, in settings it says no bluetooth device found, ill pastebin dmesg | grep Blue* if anyones intrested, the laptop is a dell inspiron e1705, any help is good, thanks [17:12] http://paste.ubuntu.com/813296/ [17:12] djones__, If it doesn't have bluetooth then it doesn't have bluetooth. Bluetooth services are installed by default (even on desktops) if you can't make use if it then remove the bluez service (like I do ;-) === Alcine is now known as JackyAlcine [17:14] hi JontheEchidna [17:14] hi [17:17] strange. When i unmounted pedrive it was not shown in partition editor. But when i pulled it out and back again it was there and i could format it and do more actions. That's not very intuitive :/ [17:18] dasKreech: is the more useless stuff installed that i could or should get rid of? im still pretty new to all of this [17:19] djones__, Welcome to Linux and KDE then :) [17:19] djones__: you dont `need` to get rid of anything... installed stuff that you dont use wont hurt your system [17:19] djones__, Useless is of course relative. For someone who relies on bluetooth it's not useless at all [17:20] dasKreech: well if the bluetooth isnt there, the service is pretty useless isnt it? [17:21] djones__, You could perhaps look through /etc/init.d and see if you want the services listed inside there. anything you are not sure about you can ask in here for more details [17:21] djones__: but if you ever do get bluetooth then it will be there... which is why kubuntu has it by default [17:21] djones__, Yes but we know that you don't have bluetooth because you said you didn't I wouldn't start assuming on what you have vs what you don't have and give you a list of things to remove [17:22] djones__: you can disable it if you want... or even uninstall it though it wont make much of a difference if you do or not [17:24] another thing ive noticed, ive looked up the specs for this laptop, as it was givin to me by a friend, and it says im using a ati x1400 video card, but the specs pages all say either intel onboard card or an nvidia go card, is that something weird with the drivers or perhaps an available option on the laptop [17:25] djones__: lspci | grep VGA to see which you have [17:26] is there a simpler way to format a usb drive? I have a friend who has kubuntu installed (by me) and formatting a pendrive with partition editor every time won't be easy for him. You know... on windows it's just right click. Even on Ubuntu it's easy [17:26] pawiecki: why do you need to format so often? [17:26] James147: ok thank you [17:28] i do not. I'm just wondering why is it so complex here [17:29] Not on a KDE box now but I would suspect there is a simpler way. I probably still would use partitionmanager though [17:29] pawiecki: because it is considered a dangrous operation... as it will distroy data (picking the wrong drive could be disgratious)... and there is little need for it to be a convient option as you dont need to do it often [17:31] djones__, maybe your laptop has 2 GPUs, and swaps between them to save power and graphics load requirements [17:31] James147: so what to tell my friend then? Just to delete files via Dolphin? [17:32] pawiecki: why not? you could create a simple script to do it if you wanted... [17:33] He's formatting the drive to delete files? [17:33] yup. [17:33] wow I've never heard of that as the preferred option before [17:33] Me too. [17:33] ^A->del is much faster [17:34] dasKreech: windows users do it as its a "right click -> format" for them... [17:34] Sorry [17:34] Ctrl+A to select all files and then press Delete [17:34] James147, It's still faster to select all files and press delete [17:35] James147: yes but tell me what's wrong in that ? [17:35] dasKreech: not with the mouse :) [17:35] BluesKaj: what would that mean? sorry, like i said before im still pretty new to all of this [17:35] pawiecki, maybe your friend should learn a bit more about linux if he's going to use it. Holding his hand at every turn isn't going to help him. [17:35] djones__, looks like you have the dual graphics system one for low level graphic requirements which switches to higher level (a diiferent card) when the graphics content requires it . [17:35] pawiecki, Nothing overall wrong with itbut it does wear out the drive needlessly and it's slower in terms of actual time (though as James147 points out not in terms of interaction time) [17:36] djones__, ah that could be possible [17:37] pawiecki: a simple option -> create a service menu called "format" that simply deletes the contents of a folder :D [17:37] BluesKaj: what does that mean to me? ha ha [17:37] djones__, what did the command lspci | grep VGA that James147 suggested , tell you ? [17:37] windows has the option "fast format" which (as i suppose) just mark files as deleted, but do not format the entire disc. So it's simpler and faster [17:37] lspci | grep VGA [17:37] 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Radeon Mobility X1400 [17:37] James147: i like your sense of humor :) [17:38] pawiecki: fast format on windows will basically do what partitionmanager on KDE does. [17:38] pawiecki, sort of. it dumps the file listing sort of like rewriting the Table of Contents of a book to just say introduction and glossary [17:38] i do have it connected to my tv also if that makes any difference [17:39] pawiecki, Though it is an option. You can add a right click menu that says format that just deletes all the files and that would work :) [17:40] ok, then how to add it? [17:40] hi [17:40] pawiecki: one sec [17:46] djones__, pastebin the output from this command , lspci , ...need to look at your devices [17:47] !pastebin [17:47] For posting multi-line texts into the channel, please use http://paste.ubuntu.com | To post !screenshots use http://imagebin.org/?page=add | !pastebinit to paste directly from command line | Make sure you give us the URL for your paste - see also the channel topic. [17:47] djones__: maybe check "hardware information" [17:48] http://pastebin.com/s280yNLP [17:48] pawiecki, http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php/Quick+Usb+Formatter?content=137493 [17:48] BluesKaj, see above [17:51] djones__, ok ,you have one graphics card, not the dual level setup that i suspected [17:51] pawiecki: cant find hardware information anywhere, but kinfocenter says nothing at all about my video cards [17:51] BluesKaj: so then everything is working as it should and i just have a different setup than the one listed on the specs page? [17:53] djones__, Which spec page is this? [17:53] djones__, laptop mfgrs are notorious for switching specs without notice , especially graphics chips/gpus [17:53] More noticeably network cards. People care about GPUS [17:54] They will list you a particular network card for your specific machine and ship it with something else completely [17:54] not an issue on Windows but sometimes disaster ensues for other OSes [17:54] dasKreech: the one on the dell page. http://www.dell.com/content/topics/topic.aspx/global/products/inspn/topics/en/inspn_e1705_sp_overview?c=us&l=en&cs=19 [17:56] djones__, what CPU does it have in it? === dac_ is now known as _dac_ [17:56] It's possible that's not quite the same model [17:57] <_dac_> Hi, just trying out new ID name [17:57] dasKreech: kinfocenter says 2 genuine intel max speed 1733 [17:58] djones__: are you sure it's yours model? on the bottom of your laptop there should be full model id [18:00] pp05xb? [18:02] probably. For example i have a Samsung n210 netbook. But the full model id is: "NP-N210-JB01PL" [18:03] djones__, inkinfocenter , check device info>graphical info>opengl [18:04] BluesKaj: what am i looking for there? there it says the same ati radeon mobility x1400 [18:05] <_dac_> k,bye [18:06] djones__, ok , I wanted to be sure is all , since you pointed us to the dell site I kinda wondered myself why it didn't mention ati in it's specs [18:08] wish i could find anything at all on google eabout this thing [18:11] djones__, I'll trust kinfocenter on that. It's pretty difficult to misinterpret a Nvidia card for an ATI one [18:11] djones__: but what's the problem with your laptop? only the bluatooth thing? [18:11] bluetooth* [18:12] weird misspell :P [18:13] pawiecki: that just had me a little confused, i had a little trouble with loading the wrong wireless driver when i first installed, when i try to watch/rip dvds it looks like garbage, thats really the only problem i still have [18:13] i have desktop pc and i olso had "bluetooth stopped" message while apt-get upgrading [18:13] djones__, how much garbage? as in unwatchable? [18:14] dasKreech: yeah, sometimes its worse than others, but always bad enough that i cant watch it [18:14] pawiecki, Yes it's small enough in terms of RAM and disk space to throw in [18:15] djones__, And you installed libdvdcss and libdvdread already ? [18:15] Or VLC? :) [18:15] dasKreech: vlc yes, doesnt that download all the libs by default? [18:16] dasKreech: what's small enough? Sry i'm a bit tired :) [18:16] Sort of. VLC is self contained So vlc should have all the libs but unlikely that others can use it [18:16] pawiecki: i think hes refering to the bluetooth stuff [18:16] pawiecki, Bluetooth service [18:17] James147, Going to be here for a while? [18:17] dasKreech: vlc does a better job of playing them, i can at least tell what its trying to be, but still unwatchable [18:17] dasKreech: probally [18:18] ah ok. But i have no bluetooth device :) [18:18] djones__: it sounds to me that you need some of the packages from our restricted repository and the kubuntu-restricted-extras too [18:19] Does you DVD look like lots of multicolored squares spread all over the screen like a psychedelic chess board? [18:19] *your [18:19] James147, if I vanish can you help pawiecki with http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php/Quick+Usb+Formatter?content=137493 [18:20] !dvd [18:20] it's possible you're missing decoding software & stuff for dvds [18:20] Ubuntu's default installation and repositories do not include packages needed to play commercial DVDs for legal reasons. For information on adding them, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/PlayingDVDs | For information on the legalities involved, see the "DVD" section of https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FreeFormats [18:20] dasKreech: what problem is he having? [18:20] could also be your computer is somehow not fast enough to decode the DVD though that's unlikely [18:21] James147, right click -> format. That should give USB devices a format option when you put them in the computer [18:21] Hooray device manager [18:21] dasKreech: i'll delete files instead of formatting drive, so there's no help needed :) [18:21] dasKreech: yeah, but what problem with that software? [18:22] pawiecki, Oh I'm sure that you will adapt but in case your friend has hard wired format routines in his blood/hand [18:22] James147, requires some compilation. It should be simple enough based on the instructions but in case.... [18:23] BarkingFish: no, it will be kinda clear and then go crazy with lines through the picture, and it wil go all one color or all squares of one color [18:24] yeah, that sounds like you're missing a decoder. [18:24] Follow what dasKreech posted above about commercial DVD and try again, but it strikes me it could also be copy protection if you already have these stuff [18:27] ahh i love kde, but why this love need to by so hard :/ it's so damn buggy [18:27] be* [18:28]