| ubotu | Sorry, I don't know anything about ubuntugames - try searching on http://bots.ubuntulinux.nl/factoids.cgi |
| CSWookie | etalli: Another good one for when your standard descriptors are all screwed up is reset. |
| bluefox83 | !games |
| ubotu | Information about games on Ubuntu can be found on https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Games and http://www.icculus.org/lgfaq/gamelist.php and ubuntugames.org |
| Seilo | hi guys where can i join a feisty channel |
| bruenig | Seilo, /topic |
| Shine | #ubuntu+1 |
| TaJMoX | typedestereo : did you install the kubuntu-desktop package ? |
| typedestereo | since I can't select kde and I've already tried aptitude, what should I do? |
| Derek_Russo | TaJMoX: when I try to download the driver again, it says it is already up to date |
| typedestereo | I tried to, and it seemed to work |
| TaJMoX | type add repositories in synaptic |
| Derek_Russo | TaJMoX: shoudl I proceed with the rest of the guide anyway? |
| TaJMoX | yes |
| trainer__ | can anyone help me, I am following the ATI howto for fglrx, and my X server still won't start. fglrxinfo gives me -> Error: unable to open display :0 |
| bruenig | typedestereo, what are you doing exactly? |
| typedestereo | trying to install kde |
| AngryElf | what command can I add to crontab to sync with NTP? |
| TaJMoX | trainer : have you modified your xorg.conf yet? make sure composite is off and DRI mode is 0666 |
| CSWookie | TaJMoX: Hmm. The video is all screwy. |
| trainer__ | should I try aserver-xorg-driver-ati instead of fglrx? |
| Derek_Russo | TaJMoX: when I do sudo aticonfig --initial it says "Found fglrx primary device section Nothing to do, terminating. |
| bruenig | typedestereo, ok, what does this do "sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop" (close synaptic or any other package manger before doing this) |
| CSWookie | TaJMoX: But the title screen is clear. |
| sirkism | !beryl |
| ubotu | Beryl is a window manager that takes advantage of an OpenGL accelerated X environment. See http://forum.beryl-project.org/ - Help in #ubuntu-effects |
| CSWookie | TaJMoX: Do I need some kind of decoder? |
| TaJMoX | !tell CSWookie about restricted !restricted |
| ubotu | For multimedia issues, this page has useful information: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats - See also http://help.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/desktopguide/C/common-tasks-chap.html - But please use free formats if you can: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FreeFormats |
| typedestereo | E: Couldn't find package kubuntu-desktop |
| bruenig | typedestereo, ok do "cat /etc/apt/sources.list" and pastebin the output !pastebin | typedestereo |
| ubotu | typedestereo: pastebin is a service to post large texts so you don't flood the channel. The Ubuntu pastebin is at http://paste.ubuntu-nl.org (make sure you give us the URL for your paste - see also the #ubuntu channel topic) |
| scriblle | Does anybody here have experience with installing precompiled kernels? |
| TaJMoX | typedestereo : go into synaptic, Settings -> Repositories and check all the boxes |
| typedestereo | ok |
| trainer__ | man I might actually just go out and buy a new video card for this machine, what is one that I can be sure wont give me too much trouble? |