User1: ruien, are u near Shanghai?  cause it's 8:08 AM there
User2: no, I'm in sichuan, far away from shanghai. However, china has no daylight savings time and the whole country is on a single timezone - very convenient.
User3: and back
User3: User1 gnome-panel is the gnome-fallback mode (no effects), gnome-shell is gnome
User1: ntzrmtthihu777, thanks!  By "no effects" do u mean Gnome 2 lookalike?  So gnome-shell is Gnome 3?
User1: ruien, very convenient indeed but that's a VERY big country for one time zone!
User3: User1 I think its all gnome3, but the gnome-panel session looks almost exactly like ubuntu lucid
User3: User1 and by no effects it means no compiz by default.
User3: heh, and I got the one compiz thing I wanted in the form of a script hotkeyed to super left or right.
User4: hello, i cant log in on x windows, how can i troubleshoot problem, currently on text only irssi session at the moment....something about remote logins on my var/log files??????
User4: i have a mouse pointer, a shaded blue screen and nothing else..... on VT 7 ...
User2: User4 mind sharing the specific errors?
User3: User4 drop to a tty and try sudo lightdm start, or was it sudo start lightdm?
User2: "service lightdm start", right?
User3: User2 not sure as to the exact invocation, but yeah, like that.
User5: service application action
User4: ntzrmttthihu777: i give that a shot byut understand root or usual user?
User4: ntzrmttthihu777: i give that a shot byut under root or usual user? osrry about the nonsense
User2: as root
User4: job is already running (its says)
User3: man i like this icon theme I'm working on :P
User3: User4 xfce4-panel
User3: and I got tabbed browsing in thunar now :P
User2: User4 you can restart lightdm too: "service lightdm restart"
User4: User3 xcce4-panel as root?????????? (why, not even password prompt yet, anyways??)
User3: User4 no, you can run it as a normal user. try what ruien said first
User3: User4 you are obviously logged in in some form, as you are talking to us on said machine, correct?
User2: he's in irssi
User3: User2 yes, and that requires some sort of login, as any program would. he's not in a tty, though, as he has a mouse, no?
User2: oh, i assumed a tty, no mouse.
User3: brb, reboot, dist-upgrade
User2: good luck
User4: well i restarted it, lost complete control of system, couold only get system to respond to alt-sysrq-b.......after restarting lightdm service....still wont boot...odd message about remote sessions diectory in lightdm /var/;og
User4: same shaded blue screen
User2: User4 twice you've referred to an "odd message", but you haven't told us what that message is.
User4: message: failed to open sessions directory /usr/share/lightdm/remote-sessions ?????? <------ is that normal
User2: no, that sounds like a problem.
User2: hm, then again, I don't have even /usr/share/lightdm on my 12.04 xubuntu system. Which system are you running?
User4: User2 is it normal to have a remote-sessions directory? it seems odd to me when all my sessions to me are local (sitting in front of pc) but maybe this is some strange x windows description of remote ...
User1: I want to have a Gnome 2 like DE on my laptop as well as Fxce. Should I go for MATE or the new Ubuntu Gnome project?
User3: User1 stick with xubuntu, you can have it almost exactly like gnome2
User2: User4 well to X, everything is a session and it might treat them all as remote, though i am not so sure. But yeah it's a client/server relationship.
User2: User1 mine looks a lot like gnome 2, just due to the way i've moved the panels around, but i'm not sure what you're really looking for
User1: ntzrmtthihu777, great... thank u sir!  Actually that's what ruien told me too. He said I should spend some time with  xubuntu, cause I would really like it.
User3: well hell, now my top panel's window buttons item is not expanding out :/
User4: User2 remote-sessions directory ????? is that normal?????
User1: ruien, for one, I like the clock app in Gnome. I could add all sorts of cities and look up the time by clicking on the clock. I could also "set" that city and get the temp together with the time and date in the panel
User1: ruien, I was gonna add Shanghai, so I would know your time when I noticed that's not possible in Xfce
User2: User1 if you're talking about the "orage globaltime", that's already in there. but i'm not very familiar with what you're talking about, i only have limited experience with gnome
User4: crazy, theres nothing in lightdm /etc/ directory about that session directory anywhere, WTF?
User3: User4 you install anything strange lately?
User1: ruien, thanks dude, I know about orage and I was going to give it a try. I was busy watching car videos again!
User4: ntzr: nothing strange, just desura and some games .....padman.....warsow.....all done through desura or software center.....
User2: User4 which distribution are you using
User4: this directory lightdm is referring to doesnt even exist anywhere
User4: User2 xubuntu 12.10
User4: havent upgraded due to issue with chrome, also should mention am running amd catalyst ....
User2: yeah, i'm waiting on upstream for chrome too
User3: apt-get purge lightdm-gtkwhatever its called apt-get install lighdm lightdm-gtk-whatever, should purge config files and reset defaulds
User2: then, after that, create a *new* user account and try to log into that new account with xfce
User4: ntzr: whats, intresting here is that none of the .conf files associated with lightdm in the /etc directory mention the directory in the error message whatsoever .....
User3: yes, this is very strange for certain.
User4: is there a normal X sessions directoy on xubuntu 12.10? where is it?
User4: anybody offhand know what the md5 hash of the lightdm binaries should be?
User2: User4 do you mean ./usr/share/xsessions ?
User6: Hey, i'm running Ubuntu on an older system and it's starting to get pretty sluggish. I'm planning on migrating to Xubuntu, would it be better to format and install from scratch or just install xubuntu-desktop?
User5: User4 You can use debsums to check and see if it's good.
User5: !info debsums
User7: debsums (source: debsums): tool for verification of installed package files against MD5 checksums. In component universe, is optional. Version 2.0.52 (raring), package size 42 kB, installed size 199 kB
User3: User6 I've tried converting to xubuntu from gnome, did not work out too well
User4: User2 maybe, whats really got my curiosty is why lightdm is looking for a directory that does not exist. i pulled up the man page for lightdm and it mentioned the sessions...
User5: User6 I like fresh installs better if you don't have stuff setup too much, but can try...
User5: !purexfce
User4: thanks unit193
User7: If you want to remove all !KDE and !Gnome packages and have a default !Xubuntu system follow the instructions here Â« http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/purexfce Â»
User2: User6 install from scratch if you can. And, yes, you will notice improvements in the speed with xubuntu.
User5: User4 Sure thing.
User6: ntzrmtthihu777, Unit193, User2 Thanks, that's what I will do then, install from scratch.
User2: i have a netbook that went from unusable to awesome
User4: debsums says it checks out ...... was hoping to see the md5sums of the binaries in the debian package archive and compare them manually to what i have out of /usr/sib
User4: debsums says it checks out ...... was hoping to see the md5sums of the binaries in the debian package archive and compare them manually to what i have out of /usr/sbin
User6: yeah this laptop only has a 1.5gh core 2 duo with 2gb of RAM and Unity is pretty slow
User4: is lightdm started from xinit???? If i had gui i would google it but kinda tricky without graphics
User3: Mine is better (no brag) but it got hella better when I installed xubuntu :P CPU~Dual core AMD Athlon II X2 240e (-MCP-) lewisdavid@example.org Mhz Kernel~3.2.0-40-generic x86_64 Up~42 min Mem~1352.3/3447.5MB HDD~500.1GB(29.2% used) Procs~182 Client~Irssi 0.8.15 inxi~1.8.4
User3: User4 you can install lynx and browse the net with that.
User8: baz, sudo service lightdm start
User2: User4 you can extract the archive with 'ar x foo.deb'
User3: its basically to a gui browser what irssi is to xchat
User4: gridcube: tried that already same thing
User8: whats the problem?
User4: ntzr: lynx, yeah i know about lynx
User4: system starts up, blue shaded screen, mouse pointer, no gretter no password request. /var/log/lightdm files complain of missing remote-sessions directory which doesnt appear to exist in my directory tree whatsoever...
User3: User4 when you first started what dir were you in? and did you have autologin setup?
User8: baz, tried to reinstall lightdm?
User8: baz, tried to change lightdm for gdm?
User4: failed to open directory : /usr/share/lightdm/remote-sessions???????????????????????????? wondering why its looking there, used debsums... debsums says packages are fine...
User4: no autologin
User4: ntzr: no directoy in particular , just regular boot
User8: check the file /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
User3: User4 you have to be in *some* dir. do pwd
User4: it's odd,, i do bitcoin stuff and a little concerned that someone may have tried to get in the box so to speak so verifying md5sums etc... very curious as to what making lightdm looking in a non-existant directory for sessions
 * GridCube shrugs
User4: ntyzr: pwd wont help right now....... its not the directory i am in.......the question is why is lightdm looking in what seems to me is a really odd directory?
User8: baz, did you installed gdm at one point?
User4: gridcube: not to my knowledge.......
User8: baz, do mkdir -p /usr/share/lightdm/remote-sessions
User8: and try to launch lightdm again
User4: gridcube: sure, cant hurt
User4: opk directory is created..........
User8: baz, https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/1064061
User7: Launchpad bug 1064061 in lightdm (Ubuntu) "Lightdm doesn't start if /usr/share/lightdm/remote-sessions is missing" [Undecided,Confirmed]
User8: thats the workaround
User4: shame i cant copy and paste right now......or at least i dont know how to do that without a mouse pointer in console land......there are days.. that i actually miss Dos, the amiga, etc.. this is one of them
User3: User4 you can do close enough with pastebinit
User3: you can do it right in irssi
User3: do /exec -o pastebinit /path/to/file
User8: baz, yes, you can execute any command and | pastebinit
User4: Unable to read from: /home/baz/test
User8: baz, you couldnt create the directory?
User4: well created directory and nothings new...i checked the log files
User3: User4 does /home/baz/test even exist?
User3: try it with your .bashrc
User4: whats the ownership of remote-sessions supposed to be?
User8: root i suppose
User8: baz,  try sudo dpkg-reconfigure lightdm
User4: thats the current ownership... looking at timestamps of log files
User4: wierd -- 0 bytes for x-0-greeter.log
User4: same after reconfigure... got a process number i am going to use lsof and see what files it has opened
User8: baz, P: what if you sudo apt-get install lightdm --reinstall
User8: or even sudo apt-get install gdm
User4: according to dpkg -i | grep gdm, gdm is not installed
User8: no, thats why, i say install it :P
User3: later, starcraft time :D
User9: hello
User2: hello
User10: how are you
User2: Great. Have a question?
User10: no more like a thank you
User10: over the last few years linux has adapted and over all gave me a great perspective on things
User2: great, direct that to knome; he and his team deserve it :)
User10: i thank all of you for your hard work and dedication to making the best enviroment for users
User10: i honestly have to say ......... thank you  - Linus Torvalds
User11: looks legit
User2: lol
User4: dear god. what was that pastebin thingy i found a new dbus issue re my greeter not loader ...
User4: !pastebin
User7: 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.
User4: !pastebinit /var/log/auth.log
User4: the above possibly describes why i have no password prompt on x-windows... d bus message blocked ....
User11: you're not making much sense
User4: krush: see those lines .... dbus lightdm-greeter.....
User4: in that paste on ubuntu.com
User4: i have no password prompt in xwindows, i think thats why.....
User4: but restarting lightdm has not helped
User2: User4 no, we cannot see your paste.
User4: http://paste.ubuntu.com/5621354
User4: found in my /var/log/auth.log
User2: requirement "user ingroup nopasswdlogin" not met by user "baz"
User2: did you do what we suggested? purge and reinstall and then create a new user to test?
User4: no i did not purge and reinstall, sounded dangerous
User2: yeah, it does. how about the new user?
User4: havent tried that either. dont understand what use a new user is going to be when the damn greeter seems to be not loaded or possilblyu blocked dbus
User4: very frustated , sorry about d**n, 2 day old install...
User4: well, i purged and reinstalled the greeter.......since that seems to be the one generating the error messages.......
User4: and after restart, we have gone from a shaded blue screen to a completely black one....wonder what the logs say now
User4: well, that was destructive
User12: User4 if its just a few days old, i would just reinstall
User4: User12 WHY?, two days...... "just" reninstalling involves installing all drivers and software all over again, if i want that experience theres a windows parition ready and willing
User12: User4 sometimes, if you are new to it, that can be the easiest.. if you installed drivers, i would start there troubleshooting
User4: does anybody know exactly would those lines in auth.log mean????
User4: User12 new not really, try 4 years
User4: but 4 + years of linux use does not help when the documentation provided leaves you with way too much guessing...
User12: User4 what documentation do you need?
User4: User12 i need to understand if these dbus error is in the way of my password prompt showing up..
User12: User4 in the greeter? you dont have a password promt? can you login in tty?
User12: User4 can you login via tty?
User4: at this point after purging and reinstalling the greeter i have probably toasted major sections of the install.....not that it wasnt toasted to begin with......everytime i come back to the ubuntu camp, hoping things are better since more people like steam have jumped on the ubuntu train and only to find out things are worse, i got a 3 year old debian install in my other box......
User4: 3 years to 2 days ....
User4: User12 yes
User12: User4 works fine for most, but i can understand you are frustrated
User4: User12 right now, i am chatting via irssi.....on console....
User12: User4 if i were you, i would just use debian and install xfce.. sounds like that would make you more comfortable
User4: everythings much harder when you cant cut and paste in seconds
User2: baz, the issues you are seeing aren't really typical. did you start with a fresh install of xubuntu and go from there installing drivers? In my experience, drivers can break a lot of stuff too
User12: yup. i agree with that ^^
User12: i think it whatever drivers you are refering to..
User4: User12 yeah, i get your gist. but i chose xubuntu to have fun,,,,,,,,,,,debian is not fun......debian is for admins.....debian doesent have steam and all that.... i wanted a stable gaming distro......
User12: User4 i would reinstall xubuntu, and come here before you do anything
User4: User2 yes, fresh install, installed catalyst driver, all was fine until today......
User12: User4 i, and many other have never had those issues.. and when you say "i have to install all those drivers" thats a red flag for me
User4: User12 1 driver,,,,,, amd radeon 7950
User11: what was the last thing you changed before it broke?
User12: User4 and you have removed it and tested?
User4: is the software i've installed i moaning about.
User12: User4 thats what i suggested earlier... remove it and test
User4: opencl sdk, mining stuff (bitcoin),
User12: User4 non repo software?
User4: its not the mining software. its not the sdk. that was fine....
User4: holestein: how do you sugguest i properly run a $330 graphics card for some fun? , incomplete-open-source drivers..... ????
User12: User4 i suggest you test this as a troubleshooting step
User4: shall i just march into amd's office and demand they open source their driver to make all the open-source guys happy, i'm sure it wont work... and it wont fix my problem ...
User2: first, radeon cards are not a great choice for linux. second, the suggestion was to help narrow down the problem
User12: if you want to have fun, maybe consider purchasing a machine built and designed to run ubuntu.. maybe from system76.. everything should just work out of the box
User4: dear god
User12: !ot | baz
User7: User4 #xubuntu is the Xubuntu support channel, #xubuntu-devel for discussion regarding development of Xubuntu, and #xubuntu-offtopic is for random chatter. Welcome!
User4: i spent $1300 dollars on my non-system76 system.....blaming my problems on a video driver is just ingnorance and sillyness
User4: not only that, all of my componemts work out of the box without extra crap apart from the video card...
User2: baz, there are complexities you are overlooking.
User12: User4 it literally wont hurt to test withouth the driver installed..
User12: User4 i only mention it because of the issues i have had using the proprietary graphics card drivers in the past
User4: and removing the driver (which is not and was not the issue) IT was fine....removes the abilty to play the games.......you might as well be AMD telling me my graphics card is broken becuase i ran linux ...
User4: anyways
User12: User4 i would just try without the driver, as a troubleshooting step.. you can always put a custom xorg.conf in place that forces the vesa driver
User12: User4 maybe its as simple as using a nother greeter with that driver...
User4: jp;steom:  intresting sugguestion but the greeter and dthe driver worked fine together before.
User12: User4 they are currently *not* working fine together
User12: User4 im sure you can find a volunteer who can look at that log and help you.. maybe at amd, or in the mailing list.. also, this is likely not a xubuntu specific issue, so you can try #ubuntu as well
User4: holst3ein: they were working fine until my last reboot.   The real sad issue is i spent years learning all kinds of stuff about computers, i am almost 40 now, started when i was 10 and linux has been the hardest thing to pick up, the documention SUCKS,
User4: i can code in assembly language
User12: User4 the documentation is mostly publically editable... for all linux distros
User11: just read the code then =c
User12: yeah.. the code isnt hiding anything from you.. if you are comfortable looking there (i am not)
User4: i wrote stuff on the c64, but i still know very little about the linux in general, like for example DBUS..... why it is so hard to find good documentation on dbus... if i was as easy as reading a couple of documents and understanding it.. my system would be working fine now... the sad truth is i know my way ....way better around windows which is funny becuase in the last 5 years i can count the number of hours i have used that th
User12: User4 i think its more about what one is used to... let us know if you have a support question, otherwise, enjoy the offtopic channel.. cheers!
User4: i had a support question, no one seems to know what the error message means....
User4: which is the ROOT of the problem , oh dear
User4: lol
User12: User4 did you try the main channel? #ubuntu ? or the mailing list?
User4: they sent me to you in about 2 minutes ....
User12: User4 doesnt seem that any volunteers here (including myself, or you) understand that log message paste
User12: User4 what driver are you using? have you tried the open one? and both proprietary ones? how about if you use the open one or the vesa driver?
User4: User12 right, and if there was more documentaion we would and maybe there would be a lot more linux users in the world ...
User12: User4 but, the documntaion you need is hardware specific..
User2: i don't really see any errors in the paste..
User4: User12 i used the vesa driver, before i installed the properity one.......
User12: User4 and you logged in with it, correct?
User4: User2 the rejected send message doesnt look like a error to you?.....
User4: User12 i have been able to log in under x windows after installing the catalyst driver.....
User12: User4 doesnt look like it to me either.. but again, im not a volunteer who is that savvy with the log messgaes
User12: messages*
User2: User4 sort of, but why is it there, not at the end? does that mean you are able to open an X session if you are root?
User13: hi all
User13: ruien, nice see u again !
User2: hey :)
User13: about my problem, xfce4-session crash with libglib-2.0
User13: im upgrade from 12.10 to 13.04
User11: btw baz, I have that message in my auth.log, too
User2: baz all i found is https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-applet/+bug/346513 which is fixed
User7: Launchpad bug 346513 in indicator-applet (Ubuntu) ""dbus-daemon: Rejected send message" for indicator-applet spams /var/log/auth.log" [Medium,Fix released]
User4: User2 i expect that root wont be a problem for getting into x but you dont really x running as root anyways !!!!!
User12: User4 you could try it
User13: but thin not problem when im try fresh install xubuntu 13.04 im in virtualbox
User12: User4 its just a troubleshooting step. ruien is not suggesting that you run as root all the time...
User2: baz, have you heard of a binary search? you need to troubleshoot, and that means dividing your problem into pieces and eliminating causes. You write software, so you know that writing software takes no skill.. it's debugging that is where experienced programmers shine, right?
User13: i think im hit this bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfce4-session/+bug/1172018
User7: Launchpad bug 1172018 in xfce4-session (Ubuntu) "Xubuntu crashes randomly" [Undecided,Confirmed]
User4: kRush, nice ASCII nick style
User2: User13 that's a confirmed bug, so maybe indeed
User12: User4 i have to go.. but consider trying some of the suggestions offered here.. trying as root could help ruien help you.. and trying another graphics driver wont hurt either
User4: kRush, does your system still let you log in...
User11: ofc
User4: User12 yeah root works fine...or at least startx from the root prompt... no panel though... just a right clickable menu with thankgod a terminal
User12: User4 try as another user then.. remove your user config from the euqation
User12: then, you'll know the issue is in your user /home somewhere.. you can remove the .config files there and they will respawn
User4: User12 but thats not going to help lightdm-gretter show up
User12: User4 i would go one thing at a time...
User12: User4 good luck!
User12: !volunteer | baz
User4: !volunteer
User4: !volunteer | baz
User12: !volunteers | baz
User7: User4 The people here are volunteers, your attitude should reflect that. Answers are not always available. See http://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/Guidelines
User11: and what ASCII nick style?
User4: the small k and the upper case R looks nice on my font...
User4: on my console....
User14: hi , guys , i use ubuntu in my laptop and xubuntu in my old PC ! i installed so much great packages in my ubuntu the i copied all .deb files from /var/cache/apt to my xubuntu ! now i wanna know how can i make a repository from this local directory of all .deb files in xubuntu ?
User15: Installed Xubuntu 13.04 and now when I see the grub menu options and pick one. I see a cursor for a few seconds and then I am back in grub screen over and over and over. Any idea? I am using a Lenovo laptop
User2: User15 does grub freeze? or does the computer reboot?
User14: hi guys , how can i make a Package.gz from all my deb s file in xubuntu ?
User2: User14 do they all live in /var/cache/apt/archives ?
User2: (making a repository from the files is not so easy. you're better off with a mirror like with apt-mirror), but just backing up the .deb files is easy.
User14: User2 no , i copied them from ubuntu /var/cache/apt/archives but its in my home in xubuntu !
User2: okay, well put them all in one directory, say it's called "my_dir"
User2: then
User16: User14 the easiest way would be: https://syslog.tv/2010/07/02/using-dpkg-selections-to-backup-and-install-packages/
User2: tar -czf my_dir.tar.gz my_dir
User14: baizon User2 ok let me check
User16: User14 then you get a list of your pkgs without creating a gz.
User2: of course, to avoid having to re-download those .debs, you still want to extract them to /var/cache/apt/archives on the new machine before running the dpkg --set-selections command
User14: User2 so if copy them all to /var/cache/apt/archives and install them with sudo apt-get install it wont download all packages again ?!
User2: right, it's smart. and baizon's method makes it easy to gave a full list too
User2: s/gave/have/
User16: User14 thats not correct, not every pkg is there
User16: there is the cache
User14: User16 no , i just want to install some of my software such as lamp-server and sublime and workbench
User17: Anyone here able to help me with the new Xubuntu 13.04?
User16: User14 then, download the pkgs, form packages.ubuntu.com by yourself. Tar it and install it then with dpkg -i <youpkg>.deb
User16: User17 yes
User16: if it isn't to hard :)
User17: I just installed it on my laptop and I've got no network interface
User17: No eth0
User17: nothing
User17: It was working before I upgraded
User14: User16 i dont want to download again , i downloaded and installed them before in my ubuntu , and in my new pc with xubuntu i dont have internet connection so i wanna use all those packages from ubuntu
User16: User17 ifconfig -a gives you what output?
User16: User14 then check /var/cache/apt/archives for this pkgs and copy them out
User17: User16 Well, I'll have to type it out. Computer in question is not online to cut/paste. Anything in particular I should look for?
User16: User17 is there anything?
User14: User16 i did , and copy them out to new pc in home directory ! and what u told me was to copy them into /var/cache/apt/archive right ?!
User16: i mean any output
User16: User14 no
User14: User16 so ?!
User16: User14 copy them wherever you want, and just install with dpkg
User17: User16 just lo
User16: User17 https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/serverguide/network-configuration.html
User14: User16 how ? can u explain me the command ?!
User16: User14 http://askubuntu.com/questions/40779/can-you-install-a-deb-file-via-the-command-line
User14: User16 with this command it will install dependencies  packages too , right ?!
User16: User14 no, you have to mark all the pkgs by yourself, like this: dpkg -i pkg1.deb pkg2.deb and so on
User16: User14 in this way you have to mark all the dependencies
User14: User16 its not fair :( , i wanna stick to make a repository from all these package , it think its much easier !
User16: User14 yes it is
User16: User14 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1470742
User16: this gave me google for example
User18: sorry i just disconnected !
User18: my last sentence was User16 its not fair :( , i wanna stick to make a repository from all these package , it think its much easier !
User18: User16 so can u help me out with it ?
User16: User14 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1470742
User16: this gave me google for example
User16: User18 im sure you will find a solution :)
User18: User16 i found this http://www.ihelplounge.com/how-to-set-up-a-local-repository/ , but there is no dpkg-scanpackages command found on xubuntu !
User17: User16 I worked through that link you posted, but I wasn't able to find a solution
User17: User16 I tried  sudo lshw -class network
User17: User16 That listed both network interfaces (ethernet and wireless) but didn't give them a logical name or list their mac address
User16: User18 you need the dpkg-dev pkg
User18: User16 alright ! thanks , let me check
User17: I might just start a forum thread. I'm pretty much stuck.
User19: i have problem black screen after i start  and remove nividia however before update ubuntu is working normal
User14: guys , load button in restore section in aptoncd  wont work and i got error even after i install hal ! what should i do ?
User14: somebody help please
User20: Anyone here?
User21: !ask
User7: Please don't ask to ask a question, simply ask the question (all on ONE line and in the channel, so that others can read and follow it easily). If anyone knows the answer they will most likely reply. :-) See also !patience
User20: I need some testers for a Debian package I've built for the latest release of DocFetcher. It was a little tricky. Its available for only amd64 right now. You can install the .deb package from the link.
User20: http://uberstudent.net/pool/main/d/docfetcher/
User21: User20 maybe try ubuntu-motu
User21: User20 this is a support channel
User20: Thxs I'll have a look.
User14: guys , my cdrom mount directory is AptOnCd but i wanna rename it to cdrom , how can i do that ?
User2: User14 when nothing is mounted, it's just a normal directory.
User2: if it's breaking something, maybe `ln -s AptOnCd cdrom` ?
User14: User2 no no , aptoncd for adding cdrom as repository need to mount cd in /media/cdrom but my when i insert cd it will automatically mounting into aptoncd directory
User2: okay, i am not sure then, because i don't see why or how the default mount point for your CD changed.
User14: User2 dont u know why load button dosent work in aptoncd ?!
User2: Sorry, i'm not sure what you're referring to and haven't used aptoncd. I don't even have a CD drive.
User14: User2 its ok , thanks btw
User22: Hello all
User22: I am having troubles since I've upgraded my xubuntu 12.10 to 13.04
User22: I can't activate the wireless
User22: that's pretty weird
User22: anyone facing the same issue ?
User5: User22 What do you mean by "can't activate"?  Does sudo service network-manager restart  help?
User22: I will  try that
User22: I was meaning, I can't activate wifi with the applet in the top panel
User22: hmm..
User22: when I that ifconfig
User22: I get eth0 and lo but no wlan0
User22: s/that/type/
User22: network-manager restart doesn't  help
User2: does the kernel identify your wireless network adapter during boot in dmesg or does it perhaps show up in lspci ?
User22: it does sho up in lspci :
User22: 02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01)
User22: I get this in dmesg : "02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01)"
User22: When I type ip list I get : "3: eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT qlen 1000"
User22: Looks like my wireless is recognized but Down
User22: I don't know how to bring it up
User23: Anyone here who has some experience with bluetooth audio?
User23: I'm trying to hook up some bluetooth speakers, but i can't seem to get this to work
User23: With bluez configured to use the socket api, there's some sort of dbus api mismatch, and with the media api nothing works.
User24: Hi. Xubuntu 13.04: I have installed additional drivers (Software Centre says) but it shows nowhere. Need to set up my broadcom simple way. Hjalp!
User24: Please...
User25: hello i recently installed 13.04 xubuntu and sound is not working for me.
User25: i also cant play youtube in firefox becasue it r equire flash palyer plugin which i downloaded but then its installation failed..
User13: spiderman, just install xubuntu-restricted-extras
User13: and all codec will be install as well
User26: spiderman, did you check if the sound is muted by default? that can happen on some systems
User27: Hi
User27: i need to make the keyboard layout label "ara" to "ar" , how i can do that? xfce4-xkb-plugin
User25: i had installed minitube which said , it need to install lot of codecs etc,,....after that  when i tried istalling xubuntu restricted extras.. it said some programs will be removed
User25: it seems there are three variants ...xubuntu-restricted-extra , kubuntu-rest-extra  and ubuntu-rest-extra
User25: ubunutu one's size is more 6 MB while xubuntu one's size is 3 MB...so can i install ubunutu assuming it will more codecs ?
User25: no sound was not muted by default... in fact from my speaker when i reduce the volume.. i see notification on my desktop that volute is increasing decreasing...
User26: xubuntu-restricted-extras is the one you need when running xubuntu
User25: sound  came back.....
User25: without installing those... i removed and plugged in my usb speakers once again. thats all
User26: first things one always has to do before installing anything else on a fresh system: first update and reboot, look if drivers need to be install for a graphics card for example and reboot when done, then install the restricted extras of the DE /distro you use and from there on you can go on install whatever you like
User25: if i try to install xubuntu extra its telling me  libav codec and libav library will be removed ..do i want to continue?
User26: spiderman, i don't think that will hurt your system and guess it's something you pulled in with Minitube
User26: if those are the only two that are removed i wouldn't worry too much
User25: i have a pentium-4   processor 3GH , 1 MB L2 cache, with Hyper threading model no 530J .. 2 GB RAM intel 915 chiset mother board
User25: which buntu is good for me>
User26: i thought you were running xubuntu already....?
User25: i had x12.04 for lontg time with 1GB RAm, it was perfectly fine , then i installed 12.10 that also fine....then i tried linux mint ...sound went off.... then i came back to x12.10   still no sound... then i tried x13.04 still there was no sound...  now sound some how came back after relugging my usb speakers in
User25: now i have upgraded to 2 GB RAM
User26: i don't know what you want exactly to be honest. First you want help with xubuntu 13.04 that you have installed, then you ask which buntu is good for your pc and now the sound issue is brought up again. Kinda confusing to me. :)
User26: anyhoo, i got to go anyway, have some things to do
User28: hello, I have a little problem... Today I installed xubuntu 13.04, but now, when I open firefox my system crash (like when memory overload). What can I do?
User28: Â¿Hello?
User29: having tried linux in a few years.  a flash drive bootup of xubuntu is responding quicker than I remember any HDD install working in the past
User29: gotta say im pleased so far
User29: having / havnt
User15: I am having this issue: http://askubuntu.com/questions/286259/ubuntu-13-04-endless-reboot even the LiveCD reboots endlessly.
User30: Hi, I changed my resolution and no can no longer log in to xfce or xubuntu session.
User30: I can log via twm, awesome or ssh however.
User30: I get this in .xsession-errors: xfce4-session: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.
User30: Trying this: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1309603
User31: User30  see if renaming ~/.config/xfce4/ to something else lets you start xfce
User30: I did what was suggested in that link and seem to be getting in now.
User30: Let me try adjusting the resolution again.
User30: Same thing happens.  I set the resolution and never get a prompt to keep it or not nor does the resolution change.
User30: This is in a VM if that makes a difference?
User30: I changed it from 800x600 to 1024x768 and it kept that resolution thought it knocked me out and I had to log in again.
User31: anything happen if you use xrandr in a terminal to set a different resolution?
User30: I'm not sure how to do that.  Let me try upping it a little more.
User30: Won't stay at the next higher resolution.
User30: Must be some sort of device driver issue?
User31: could be. or xfce4's reslotion setter playing up
User31: xrandr -q   will show the available choices then   xrandr -s widthxheight
User31: arandr is recommended in here alot too
User31: !info arandr
User7: arandr (source: arandr): Simple visual front end for XRandR. In component universe, is optional. Version 91.69.162.6-1 (raring), package size 66 kB, installed size 507 kB
User11: you might try something like guest additions, if your VM has that
User30: I believe guest additions are installed and up to date.  VMWare Esxi 5
User11: I'm only familiar with virtualbox
User30: Installing arnadr.
User30: arandr
User30: I think you need to know how to use xrandr to use arandr.
User31: arandr should pop a window with options
User30: Yeah, nothing I understood.
User30: Well, hmmm.
User30: I THINK this workd on a RHEL VM.
User30: Let me check.
User30: Yeah, I can set RHEL Gnome 2 desktop to any size I like.
User30: Strange.
User31: try  xrandr -s 1024x768
User31: if that works put the command in the startup apps in xfce
User32: hello evrybody
User32: i have a question
User7: Please give us full details. For example: "I have a problem with ..., I'm running Ubuntu version .... When I try to do ..., I get the following output: ..., but I expected it to do ..."
User33: Who can help me?I installed Ubuntu 12.10 on a server that I have and XP. The problem is that I can not connect to the internet. I get an error "wired network disconnected, you are offline" ty!
User34: oliver2, does ifconfig show eth0
User32: first i want to know if it s exist xubuntu irc in french
User31: User32  there's an #ubuntu-fr channel
User31: !fr
User7: Nous sommes dÃ©solÃ©s, mais ce canal est en anglais uniquement. Si vous avez besoin d'aide ou voulez discuter en franÃ§ais, veuillez taper /join #ubuntu-fr ou /join #ubuntu-qc. Merci.
User35: i can hear and record sounds with 13.04, but skype output sound with a lot of static interference
User35: tips please
User31: !skype
User7: To install Skype on Ubuntu, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Skype - To record on Skype, check: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SkypeRecordingHowto - Please use open protocols instead if you can, see !Ekiga
User32: merci , thank u for ur help
User31: cheers
User35: is skype ekiga compatible?
User34: oliver2, ask here
User35: or the other way round
User36: hi everybody, first timer here and already amazed that I can be here and the system is not installed...
User37: hello there
User36: hi!
User36: finally got rid of my eternal XP
User31: xp is ten years old now ...
User38: so - lots still use it
User38: User36 cool - glad you've done that - try and bear in mind that they aren't and were never intended to be the same
User36: i know, just that my pc is really old and we are always using my gf's, so I wanted to try to turn this one into a tv box
User36: Ianybody have used XBMC?
User38: I expect so :)
User38: User36 do this - then we can chat in there instead
User38: /join #xubuntu-offtopic
User38: you should see another channel
User38: alternativel you can quit
User39: When I'm in a symlink directory and I open a new tab it expands the symlink to the full directory path in the title. Is there any way to stop this behavior?
User40: I'm not at my xubuntu box at the moment, so I'm not looking for specifics, but I'd like to know if turning off tap-to-click can be accomplished through the graphical config/setting menus.  Searching online indicates that some (fairly simple) command-line stuff was needed pre-13.04, but I don't see any recent info.
User16: User40 http://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-settings/mouse
User40: User16 Thanks.  That's exactly what I was looking for.
User16: np
User35: can anyone here help me with ekiga?
User16: !details
User7: Please give us full details. For example: "I have a problem with ..., I'm running Ubuntu version .... When I try to do ..., I get the following output: ..., but I expected it to do ..."
User35: i have configured ekiga and the sip address according to the instructions found at the wiki, but I cannot hear any sounds
User35: I have ALSA, and I have been also testing http://wiki.ekiga.org/index.php/Audio_setup.
User35: see the " I cant get the sound to work! " section? Only the last command, with c 2 works
User35: there is alink that states it "may" be useful and fix the problem, but for me it didnt work
User35: plus, cant I listen to music with gmusicbrowser while talking via a microphone?
User41: hello
User42: !hi
User7: Hi!, Welcome to #xubuntu! Feel free to ask questions and help people out. The channel guidelines are at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/Guidelines. Enjoy your stay!
User43: hi ppl
User44: What up
User43: i can t install flash player on my xubuntu!
User44: do sudo apt-get install xubuntu-restricted-extras
User43: thanx :D
User44: or sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras
User3: anyone here had success setting up bitlbee with skype?
User45: is there any place to influence getting an updated version of a 3rd party lib added to the xubuntu repos ?
User45: is there any place to influence getting an updated version of a 3rd party lib added to the xubuntu repos ?
User3: !patience | new_xu
User7: User45 Don't feel ignored and repeat your question quickly; if nobody knows your answer, nobody will answer you. While you wait, try searching https://help.ubuntu.com/ or http://ubuntuforums.org/ or http://askubuntu.com/
User45: not a patience issue..  half dozen new entries and 15 minutes passed
User3: joins/parts? I got my client set up to ignore them, so I just see two identical posts.
User45: yup
User3: User45 what lib?
User45: sfml 2.0
User45: 1.6 is in repo
User3: :P lol, why not compile it yourself? I did, I'll even gladly walk you through the (damn easy and straightforward) process.
User45: i just wiped my laptop today (win7) and getting dev environment set up for linux
User45: last time i used linux for more than 3 months was redhat 6  =-)
User3: lol, well if I can be of service lemme know.
User45: im sure i can figure out compiling the lib if i read up on it..  but if i can ALSO find a place to make sure old libs with recent udpates are 'known' it might be useful
User3: its pretty simple. cmake .; make; sudo checkinstall -D make install
User45: thats 'it'  ?
User3: yeah. and install a few libs that cmake may or may not bitch about.
User45: hmm...  i did a preliminary google on the install and it mentions taking the precompiled .so files and has a 2 page explination of where to put them
User3: lessee, glew, openal, and sndfile come to mind, in particular.
User45: looked fairly basic.. wasnt THAT basic though
User45: lol
User3: hell you dont' even need checkinstall. I just use that so I can add/remove compiled from source programs as easily as standard apt packages
User45: oh..  #xubuntu-devl just mentioned   'https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SponsorshipProcess'  on the same question
User45: guess there is a process for petitioning updates
User3: User45 sfml will likely not be added untill they get a final release, its still under dev
User46: My son wants to play some online games, and i know NOTHING about this ubuntu operating system, it says i need to install plug ins, what do i do to get him on a game?
User45: "http://www.sfml-dev.org/download.php"    lists 2.0 as the latest stable
User45: User46  depends on the game.   30 of my 93 games on my steam account are available for linux
User46: He is just searching "cool math games"
User46: I have no games on here, my friend fixed this computer for me because the hard drive went out on the one i had so we put two computers together
User46: This is mainly for the kids,     "fun Brain " is what he wants
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