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[nietzsche]

Ok... I don't know much about X but, which conf file did you edit? Do you have multiple .conf files on your system or is it all in one file?

Also, possibly the command you're looking for:

Xorg -configure

Also, maybe this will help - you were running Mint right?

http://forums.techarena.in/operating-sy ... 390096.htm

Well I tried different things and the easiest, the one I didn't want to try from the start was what it worked.

I entered the recovery mode, mounted the file system and removed the xorg.conf file, and restarted.


I don't have a .conf file and the nvidia splash screen appears every time I boot now, I will create a xorg.conf file later to add the "nologo" option.

I need to get my projector working in this thing, and wine+iexplore too.

I really like this hippie thing linux mint + cinnamon.

[GreecePwns]

Im using Ubuntu on a Lenovo T410, and I can't change the brightness using my keyboard. Is there a way to fix this? I've googled all over the place but still haven't found a solution.

[natty dread]

Im using Ubuntu on a Lenovo T410, and I can't change the brightness using my keyboard. Is there a way to fix this? I've googled all over the place but still haven't found a solution.

Well, you could try this, not sure if it works, I found it by googling... found on this page-> http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installin ... nkPad_T410

Go to /etc/X11/ and edit your xorg.conf file (make backups) and add to the "Device" section this line:

Option “RegistryDwords” “EnableBrightnessControl=1”

[nietzsche]

So, for the second time I try to install wine and it f*ck ups my linux, I don't know how to fix it so I reinstall.

[natty dread]

So, for the second time I try to install wine and it f*ck ups my linux, I don't know how to fix it so I reinstall.

Ok, can you tell me how exactly are you trying to install it and how is it fucking the system up?

Are you compiling it yourself from source or installing from a package?

[nietzsche]

So, for the second time I try to install wine and it f*ck ups my linux, I don't know how to fix it so I reinstall.

Ok, can you tell me how exactly are you trying to install it and how is it fucking the system up?

Are you compiling it yourself from source or installing from a package?

I'm installing it from the Software Manager, not compiling it myself.

After installing it, I try to run it, nothing, (try run it from the Menu, either wine settings or winetrics or any of the 3 or 4 menu items). Then I try restarting and gnome never starts again, I go to tty1, try killing it but never fully starts again (gnome). There also a bunch of folders with weird names in my home too. So I decide to resintall, don't want crap that I don't know how to clean in linux.

[natty dread]

Have you tried it in recovery mode?

[nietzsche]

Have you tried it in recovery mode?

Try what? Installing it?

Recovery mode doesn't start X, only shell.

[natty dread]

No I meant the recovery console... come to think of it I don't know if Mint has one? In ubuntu it's kind of like "safe mode" in windows...

Anyway, does the X login screen show up normally?

[nietzsche]

No I meant the recovery console... come to think of it I don't know if Mint has one? In ubuntu it's kind of like "safe mode" in windows...

Anyway, does the X login screen show up normally?

Yeah, it has a recovery console. The recovery console doesn't start X, only bash. It has multiple options tho, like mounting file systems, tried the little that I know to fix it, couldn't, so I reinstalled. The X login didn't show up when it was fucked up by wine installation.

I have it all like I want it for now, not gonna try installing wine until I know why it happened. What's bothering me id that Chromium has stopped running java 6.4 and everytime it needs it it asks you to update, or run java 6.4 for this time only, and I've been checking how to install java 7 but there seems to be some problems for some, I don't want to f*ck this again lol.

Also, I hate it that I have to log in to Windows to check my enter my online banking sites, shouldn't it be more secure to do it in linux? but no, they don't work 100% in linux, which is weird since i use Chrome in windows and not IE.

[natty dread]

Why not use firefox? I have no problems with java on firefox.

I'm myself trying to figure out why a software I'm trying to compile doesn't find certain shared libraries... I've probably messed something up with the installation and I'm trying to pinpoint what it is.

[nietzsche]

Why not use firefox? I have no problems with java on firefox.

I'm myself trying to figure out why a software I'm trying to compile doesn't find certain shared libraries... I've probably messed something up with the installation and I'm trying to pinpoint what it is.

Doesn't ask you to install java 7?

THey are sort of interchangeable now, Chrome and Firefox, Chrome is good now.

[TheGeneral2112]

So I fucked up my X conf file last night.

I wanted to play a movie on the projector and installed the nvidia X server settings app, then made some changes, on the display sections, I should've made one by one when it asked for reboot but I was lazy and kept modifying it.

A whole mess.

So I tried rebooting, killing X, then modifying xorg.conf (I don't remember much about this, even though in the pass I have dealt with it), removed the projector screen sections 2 or 3 don't remember, nothing.

I know there's a command that automatically reconfigures the conf file, I just don't remember which.

I would appreaciate any advice, I know I can find this online but it's sunday the forums are closed.

Install Gentoo. Will fix it all.

[ManBungalow]

[natty dread]

Why not use firefox? I have no problems with java on firefox.

I'm myself trying to figure out why a software I'm trying to compile doesn't find certain shared libraries... I've probably messed something up with the installation and I'm trying to pinpoint what it is.

Doesn't ask you to install java 7?

THey are sort of interchangeable now, Chrome and Firefox, Chrome is good now.

Ubuntu has all the proprietary drivers and codecs and stuff in a separate package, they're not included in the main distro probably due to legal reasons... so I had to install them myself, but once I did that, everything has worked just fine - flash, java, all that shit.

[nietzsche]

Linux Mint 13 "Maya" is out.

There's a version that comes with Cinnamon 1.4 installed.

It's based on Ubuntu 12.04.

I will try it soon, apparently it's very stable.

[maxfaraday]

Linux Mint 13 "Maya" is out.

There's a version that comes with Cinnamon 1.4 installed.

It's based on Ubuntu 12.04.

I will try it soon, apparently it's very stable.

I never tried Mint, but I've been using Ubuntu 12.04 since it it was released, and I'm fully satisfied with it.

[natty dread]

Linux Mint 13 "Maya" is out.

There's a version that comes with Cinnamon 1.4 installed.

It's based on Ubuntu 12.04.

I will try it soon, apparently it's very stable.

I never tried Mint, but I've been using Ubuntu 12.04 since it it was released, and I'm fully satisfied with it.

Pfft, I've been using Ubuntu 12.04 since before it was released.

That's right, I'm just that cool.

[maxfaraday]

Linux Mint 13 "Maya" is out.

There's a version that comes with Cinnamon 1.4 installed.

It's based on Ubuntu 12.04.

I will try it soon, apparently it's very stable.

I never tried Mint, but I've been using Ubuntu 12.04 since it it was released, and I'm fully satisfied with it.

Pfft, I've been using Ubuntu 12.04 since before it was released.

That's right, I'm just that cool.

Natty, I was waiting for the LTS.

[natty dread]

But I've been using the 12.04 LTS since before it was released...

ie. I started using it when it was still in beta

[nietzsche]

I'm currently running 2 window managers simultaneously.. gnome and lxde.. man lxde is fast..

I'm having some problems with nautilus, it sort of hangs for some seconds when I open it.. anyone have an idea how can I fix this?

I was thinking, lxde is just perfect for what BBS wanted, that thing should run in 486s

[natty dread]

man lxde is fast..

Yeah man. I recently installed lubuntu on my old laptop (1.7 ghz celeron m, 512mb ram) and it runs like 10000 times faster than xp ever did... when i had xp on that laptop, even as a fresh install, I could go make a cup of coffee while it was booting. Now it's actually usable.

I was thinking, lxde is just perfect for what BBS wanted, that thing should run in 486s

Could be... it's been tested and supposedly runs smoothly in at least pentium 2:s, not sure about pentium 1:s or 486:s though - I don't know if computers that old still exist outside of developing countries?

Anyway, lxde is also pretty good for someone who is used to windows - the gui is pretty similar, there's a start button and taskbar and everything.

[natty dread]

I just read an interesting thing: apparently the 1.5% figure for linux desktops only counts systems that are shipped with linux, and the actual figure (counting dual-boot systems) is closer to 8-10%.

[maxfaraday]

I just read an interesting thing: apparently the 1.5% figure for linux desktops only counts systems that are shipped with linux, and the actual figure (counting dual-boot systems) is closer to 8-10%.

I don't want linux to become mainstream.
Then there will be money involved,
And we won't be able to laugh at the face of the majority of morons who still use windows anymore.

[natty dread]

I just read an interesting thing: apparently the 1.5% figure for linux desktops only counts systems that are shipped with linux, and the actual figure (counting dual-boot systems) is closer to 8-10%.

I don't want linux to become mainstream.
Then there will be money involved,
And we won't be able to laugh at the face of the majority of morons who still use windows anymore.

In other words... you only use linux because you're a hipster?