| 00:04.03 | Tianon | sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop ? |
| 00:12.47 | Epic720Admin | yeah, got it now. Thanks |
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| 01:57.03 | major | Hey I'm new to linux and I just finished installing Ubuntu dapper, and I'm having trouble getting my music to work. I have a friend that was giving me a hand with this he knows a lot more than I do and he has already downloaded some packet so that I can listen to mp3's. However when I select an mp3 to play using any music program (such as XMMS) I get an error message that reads: Please check that: |
| 01:58.10 | major | Your sound card is configured properly You have the correct output plugin selected No other program is blocking the soundcard. |
| 01:58.22 | major | I have no idea what I need to do to fix this so that I can listen to music. |
| 02:11.27 | stuporglue | Still there major? |
| 02:12.14 | major | yes, but I kindof got some help elseware...following up on what they suggested, though I am still up for your input. |
| 02:13.16 | stuporglue | I was going to find something on the Ubuntu wiki, which usually has pretty good documentation |
| 02:13.52 | stuporglue | You using Feisty (7.4) or something else |
| 02:14.51 | stuporglue | This has links and info on several restricted formats if it's a codecs issue https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats |
| 02:16.08 | major | I am getting this error: Couldn't find package gstreamer0.10-pitfdll |
| 02:16.17 | major | is there a repos that I am missing? |
| 02:21.11 | stuporglue | I've got it in my pacakge list, so I'm guessing you are |
| 02:21.26 | major | hmmm.... |
| 02:21.38 | stuporglue | Here's my list: |
| 02:21.40 | stuporglue | deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-updates main restricted universe multiverse |
| 02:21.40 | stuporglue | deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-updates main restricted universe multiverse #Added by software-properties |
| 02:21.40 | stuporglue | deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty main restricted universe multiverse |
| 02:21.40 | stuporglue | deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty main restricted universe multiverse #Added by software-properties |
| 02:21.41 | stuporglue | deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security main restricted universe multiverse |
| 02:21.43 | stuporglue | deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security main restricted universe multiverse #Added by software-properties |
| 02:21.46 | stuporglue | # Google Picasa for Linux |
| 02:21.48 | stuporglue | deb http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/ stable non-free |
| 02:21.50 | stuporglue | # Cinelerra |
| 02:21.52 | stuporglue | deb http://giss.tv/~vale/ubuntu32 ./ |
| 02:21.54 | stuporglue | deb-src http://giss.tv/~vale/ubuntu32 ./ |
| 02:21.56 | stuporglue | sorry...that turned out ugly |
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| 02:22.32 | stuporglue | major: Do you know where to put repositories? |
| 02:22.39 | major | Is fiesty different than 6.06 LTS? |
| 02:22.58 | stuporglue | Yes in the sense that it's more up to date. Most files will be in the same places |
| 02:23.34 | major | Stuporglue: No. Like I said this is my first day with ubuntu, as well as linux...had a little (meaning insignificant) experiance with Red Hat 9.0... |
| 02:23.38 | stuporglue | The Ubuntu number is the year number, then the month number, so 6.06 is June 2006. Feisty is going to be 7.04 for April 207 |
| 02:23.41 | stuporglue | 2007 |
| 02:24.25 | stuporglue | If you're not going to be building from source, you can download this list here to your desktop: http://stuporglue.org/downloads/sources.list |
| 02:25.08 | stuporglue | Then copy it to the repository list location. If you're cool with using the terminal you can do "sudo cp ~/Desktop/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list". Enter your password when it asks for it |
| 02:28.21 | major | Aight thanks got a friend here that's going to give me a hand. |
| 02:32.34 | clutch | I finally figured out what my problem is with editing xorg.conf for using beryl. The file is read only, so how do I set it to read/write? I think the same file can also be edited to fix my resolution problem with my desktop |
| 02:32.34 | clutch | isn't there a command to change a files attributes with the terminal? |
| 02:36.52 | stuporglue | You'll need to edit it with admin privileges. You can do this using "sudo" from the command line. For example, if you wanted to edit xorg.conf with the gedit text editor, you'd do "sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf". Then it'll be read-write |
| 02:37.00 | stuporglue | Don't forget to make a backup. :-) |
| 02:41.11 | clutch | I have tried that and the file opens blank, but when I open it manually through gedit the file opens right but I can't edit it |
| 02:41.41 | stuporglue | hrm.... Try just doing "sudo gedit" and then opening the file from there. |
| 02:43.00 | clutch | when you enter your password in the terminal it is still supposed to show as ***** right? |
| 02:43.10 | stuporglue | no, it doesn't show up at all |
| 02:43.16 | stuporglue | It does get entered though. |
| 02:43.27 | burnthegreat | or you can do 'sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf' and use a terminal editor. |
| 02:43.43 | clutch | Ok thought it might be messed up |
| 02:43.57 | clutch | I tried that earlier and got the same result |
| 02:44.35 | burnthegreat | try using the auto complete when putting in the dir path. |
| 02:45.01 | burnthegreat | so you are sure you are editing the right file |
| 02:46.22 | clutch | Well opening gedit and then opening the file manually seemed to work now lets see if it will let me edit it |
| 02:52.03 | burnthegreat | yeah it was the dir path you were using. It was thinking that you were opening a new file. |
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| 03:16.48 | clutch | yay!!!!!!! I finally got it to edit, now I am going to check everything to make sure I got it all then reboot and check it out |
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| 03:39.47 | clutchbo1 | Ok this sucks...... I'm on my desktop now because when I rebooted my laptop to check out beryl I got a fatal error and only have text access. It said that there was an error with the xserver and that no device was found I believe in xorg.conf. what now????? |
| 03:42.56 | burnthegreat | what device driver did you use? |
| 03:43.31 | clutchbo1 | fglrx I guess |
| 03:43.58 | clutchbo1 | I just followed the instructions on this website I found |
| 03:44.20 | burnthegreat | did you check to see if your video card was supported by that driver? |
| 03:44.35 | Heartsbane | Who manufactured the card |
| 03:45.08 | Heartsbane | <insert dramatic pause here> |
| 03:45.34 | burnthegreat | clutchbo1: dont get discouraged. the xorg.conf file is one of the more complex conf files in linux |
| 03:47.02 | clutchbo1 | the card is onboard video on an MSI motherboard it is an nvidia chip set |
| 03:47.15 | burnthegreat | what is a good linux usenet app? |
| 03:47.34 | Heartsbane | clutchbo1: you know what you might want to try ? |
| 03:47.42 | Heartsbane | ever heard of Envy? |
| 03:47.56 | clutchbo1 | what's that? |
| 03:48.00 | Heartsbane | Sorry burnthegreat I don't do usenet anymore |
| 03:48.37 | Heartsbane | It is a script that updates to the correct driver |
| 03:48.42 | Heartsbane | hold on |
| 03:49.08 | clutchbo1 | what is the command line text editor so I can fix xorg.conf? |
| 03:49.22 | burnthegreat | nano |
| 03:49.26 | burnthegreat | or pico |
| 03:49.44 | burnthegreat | the two most basic term editors |
| 03:49.50 | clutchbo1 | and everything was going so well............ BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!! |
| 03:50.19 | burnthegreat | lol |
| 03:50.59 | burnthegreat | what version of ubuntu are you using? |
| 03:51.26 | Heartsbane | I have heard that but I haven't had any trouble with Beryl here, but I did see someones machine that he brought me from home where Beryl (or he did it) ate itself down to the restricted driver modules |
| 03:51.50 | Heartsbane | That was a fun project |
| 03:52.05 | Heartsbane | You still want that link clutchbo1? |
| 03:52.38 | burnthegreat | clutchbo1: change the device from fglrx to nv |
| 03:53.15 | burnthegreat | then start X and open synaptic package manager and install the nvidia-glx device drivers |
| 03:54.16 | atoponce | Zelut: Zelut_: ping |
| 03:54.31 | burnthegreat | the device driv you selected are for ati |
| 03:54.51 | burnthegreat | atoponce: can you suggest a linux usenet app? |
| 03:55.16 | atoponce | usenet? man, i haven't been on usenet for *years* |
| 03:55.25 | atoponce | but, i used thunderbird, whenever i was on it |
| 03:55.41 | clutchbo1 | sorry was afk |
| 03:56.08 | clutchbo1 | ubuntu 64bit 6.10 |
| 03:56.32 | clutchbo1 | I was trying to use nano to fix xorg.conf |
| 03:57.42 | clutchbo1 | I put in "sudo nano /etc/x11/xorg.conf" and then was asked for my pass |
| 03:58.00 | clutchbo1 | when nano loaded there was nothing |
| 03:58.18 | clutchbo1 | like I was trying to create a new file again |
| 03:59.10 | Heartsbane | well sudo bash then nano /etc/x11/xorg.cong |
| 03:59.30 | Heartsbane | er ...../etc/x11/xorg.conf |
| 03:59.56 | Heartsbane | Anyways I got to go in and run backups @ 5AM |
| 04:00.00 | Heartsbane | so ...... |
| 04:00.05 | Heartsbane | Peasch I am outta here |
| 04:00.55 | Heartsbane | or you could try this clutchbo1: |
| 04:00.56 | Heartsbane | wget http://albertomilone.com/ubuntu/nvidia/scripts/ |
| 04:00.56 | Heartsbane | envy_0.8.1-0ubuntu6_all.deb |
| 04:00.57 | Heartsbane | sudo dpkg -i envy_0.8.1-0ubuntu6_all.deb |
| 04:01.03 | Heartsbane | then do |
| 04:01.07 | Heartsbane | envy |
| 04:01.15 | Heartsbane | but anyway |
| 04:01.24 | Heartsbane | I am out .... for real this time |
| 04:02.34 | clutchbo1 | thanks later |
| 04:02.35 | burnthegreat | yeah i have not used usenet in the past 4 years and i finally got a new account |
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| 05:31.22 | herlo | Zelut_: ping |
| 05:31.26 | herlo | Zelut: ping |
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| 07:59.14 | clutchmm | anyone awake that can help me with a serious and growing problem? |
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| 13:35.40 | Zelut | herlo: pong |
| 13:36.12 | Zelut | atoponce: pong |
| 14:16.04 | herlo | Zelut: hey |
| 14:16.44 | herlo | Zelut: did you enjoy New Jersey? |
| 14:23.29 | herlo | I was just reading the logs from last night and clutchbol asked the question about xorg.conf. The reason he had the problem is that xorg no longer requires the xorg.conf to run. It can be there and provides useful info, but if not available, it will use defaults... |
| 14:23.42 | herlo | er clutchbo1 |
| 14:26.34 | atoponce | Zelut: you back in Utah? |
| 17:09.50 | burnthegreat | morning |
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| 18:26.20 | clutchmm | can anyone tell me why my install doesn't seem to be a root account? |
| 18:32.19 | clutchmm | I think I figured it out last night while I was trying to re-edit my xorg.conf file from the command line because the changes I made for beryl make my xserver crash. whenever I tried to open it with nano I got a blank file and at the bottom it said "new file" just like yesterday with gedit, when I tried to reboot from the command line it said "reboot must be root" |
| 18:33.40 | clutchmm | If I am the only user shouldn't I be the root user? |
| 18:34.16 | atoponce | clutchmm: root is disabled by default in ubuntu |
| 18:34.34 | atoponce | use 'sudo' before the command, then enter your password |
| 18:35.04 | clutchmm | well I had to reinstall because of it. I did and it still didn't recognize me as root |
| 18:35.29 | atoponce | for example 'sudo vim /etc/X11/xorg.conf' |
| 18:35.36 | atoponce | password: |
| 18:35.42 | atoponce | you would enter your password here |
| 18:35.57 | clutchmm | that is exactly what I did, and entered my password |
| 18:35.58 | atoponce | then, you have admin priviledges to edit the file |
| 18:36.46 | clutchmm | I had the same problem with gedit yesterday and had to do sudo gedit then open the file manually through gedit |
| 18:36.53 | atoponce | are you running feisty or edgy? i think feisty is doing things differently with X |
| 18:37.02 | clutchmm | edgy |
| 18:37.23 | atoponce | and, if you are going to use a graphical tool for root access, use gksudo |
| 18:37.37 | atoponce | gksudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf, for example |
| 18:38.04 | atoponce | so, there is a blank xorg.conf file in /etc/X11/ ? |
| 18:38.16 | clutchmm | I had tried that first yesterday because that is what the beryl install guide I found said to do |
| 18:38.39 | clutchmm | there was unless I opened it manually through the program |
| 18:38.42 | atoponce | realize, i have never installed beryl |
| 18:39.25 | clutchmm | that's alright, I know what went wrong with the install but I couldn't fix it and that had nothing to do with the install |
| 18:40.38 | clutchmm | for some reason when I do sudo or gksudo and include the file path and name it doesn't recognize me as a root user |
| 18:41.23 | atoponce | hmmm |
| 18:41.34 | atoponce | are you added to /etc/sudoers ? |
| 18:41.48 | clutchmm | but if I use sudo or gksudo and only open the program it works fine |
| 18:42.02 | clutchmm | how do I do that? |
| 18:42.11 | atoponce | cat /etc/sudoers |
| 18:42.59 | clutchmm | it says permission denied |
| 18:43.32 | atoponce | heh. you need superuser privs... :) |
| 18:43.38 | atoponce | you should have this in the file: |
| 18:43.39 | atoponce | %admin ALL=(ALL) ALL |
| 18:43.45 | atoponce | and you should be added to the admin group |
| 18:44.13 | clutchmm | what file do I add that to? |
| 18:44.37 | clutchmm | sudoers? |
| 18:45.15 | atoponce | yeah. it should be there by default |
| 18:45.20 | atoponce | if it's not, then add it |
| 18:47.08 | clutchmm | well that is in the file so what now? |
| 18:47.57 | clutchmm | also has "root ALL=(ALL) ALL" |
| 18:48.09 | atoponce | yeah. root should |
| 18:48.36 | clutchmm | can I change admin to only accept me since I am the only user |
| 18:48.45 | atoponce | so, then in Gnome: System -> Administration -> Users and Groups |
| 18:49.10 | atoponce | "Manage Groups" |
| 18:49.18 | atoponce | look for admin, click "Properties" |
| 18:49.25 | atoponce | and make sure that you are part of the group |
| 18:51.21 | clutchmm | yup, but in user settings where it has my name my home dir is /home/(my name) and below that it has root with a home dir of /root |
| 18:51.38 | atoponce | yup |
| 18:51.44 | atoponce | that's how it should be |
| 18:52.05 | clutchmm | so I should have root piv? |
| 18:52.56 | atoponce | no, you have limited timed access to root privs, when you use sudo |
| 18:53.56 | clutchmm | can I change it so I have them all the time, because something is messed up if I can't do all these things that people keep telling me I can |
| 18:54.41 | atoponce | you don't want that. there is a reason why they are separated |
| 19:01.44 | clutchmm | so then I am back to where I started with not being able to use gksudo gedit /etc/x11/xorg.conf but I can use gksudo gedit and then hit open and access the file manually. But if I need to edit the file from the command line again I can't |
| 19:09.51 | atoponce | nothing will open the file when you run the command? you have to open it from the editor itself? |
| 19:10.07 | atoponce | sudo vim /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't open the file? |
| 19:22.30 | clutchmm | nope it just says new directory at the bottom |
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| 19:39.14 | clutchmm | so Is my install messed up or am I still doing something wrong? |
| 19:54.32 | Heartsbane | Bah got a buddy coming down from iProvo, bring his machine for a dual boot |
| 19:54.57 | Heartsbane | kinda rusty on the dual boot |
| 19:55.09 | Heartsbane | last time was like 1.5 years ago |
| 19:55.17 | Heartsbane | Any suggestions? |
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| 23:38.11 | major | Can anyone help me get emerald themes to work? |