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I may be missing an obvious question, but i have some phantom process thats looping itself and filling a log file somewhere, is there a better way to find it than du -h'ing around?

jrg

htop - assuming you want to find the process and kill it.

Bad Learner

@jrg still around?

jrg

Yup

Bad Learner

3:29 PM

I have a problem

Unity is overlapping with Gnome

jrg

?

screenshot?

Bad Learner

The windows exit (X) button, window theme etc are like in Unity, not like in Gome

Gnome*

1 sec

jrg

ah.

do you have gnome-tweak-tool?

Bad Learner

I didn't install it specifically. I have compiz

jrg

well, you can't (easily) use gnome shell and compiz.

so, you need to install gnome-tweak-tool: sudo apt-get install gnome-tweak-tool

Bad Learner

3:31 PM

oh, so... removing compiz may do the trick?

jrg

don't remove compiz.

Bad Learner

okay. Since you asked - - img1.uploadscreenshot.com/images/orig/11/32510313321-orig.jpg

jrg

do that and you'll have a lot of problems. gnome shell uses mutter/metacity.

Bad Learner

Okay, so what should I do now? install gnome-tweak-tool: sudo apt-get install gnome-tweak-tool ??

jrg

yeah, install gnome tweak tool, using that command.

and then, run it.

Bad Learner

3:33 PM

done, what next?

check the configs?

jrg

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A: How do I change fonts and adjust their size?

For 11.10: This is a common issue on the forums - the move to gnome3 has dumped many of the customisation features that were available in gnome2. One GUI tool that exists in Software Center is - its a partial solution to allow you to customise some of the desktop. Click here to install it: g...

that answer is for fonts,

but the same general principle is for the theme.

you'll want to change the GTK+ theme entry to adwaita, as well as your window theme.

Bad Learner

font? I am talking about window buttons. Okay, I will take a look anyway

ok

jrg

did that work?

Bad Learner

I dont think so. Let me show you... 1 sec

plz take a look - img1.uploadscreenshot.com/images/orig/11/32510370514-orig.jpg

at the top-right corner

It's still the Ubuntu/Unity style

jrg

one moment, let me login to gnome shell and take a look at the plain gnome i've got setup.

Bad Learner

3:38 PM

Gnome style would look like this - gnome.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/beautiful-3.png

sure, I will wait

Plus, I see a warning in the gnome-tweak-tool: img1.uploadscreenshot.com/images/orig/11/32510390640-orig.jpg

jrg

how did you login?

did you do it like this?

(of course selecting the GNOME option instead of Xubuntu)

Bad Learner

Oh... I just logged out, then clicked the gear icon and changed it to Gnome, just like in your screenshot

jrg

ok.

hm.

Bad Learner

Maybe I should set Gnome as default and restart my PC?

jrg

shouldn't need to.

waits for gnome to log him in

Bad Learner

3:43 PM

okay

I see a warning in the gnome-tweak-tool:

see the triangular warning?

jrg

yeah, i see it.

Bad Learner

could that be the problem?

jrg

possibly.

lazyPower

@jrg ty for reminding me to check processes :| i havent even had my morning coffee yet

apache went rogue on me and started dumping all over itself

jrg

@lazyPower ouch.

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

3:46 PM

0

Q: Ubuntu Server Continuously "goes to sleep"

I am running a web server at home using Ubuntu 11.4 (maybe? I can't 100% recall) on an older AMD 2400+ desktop with 1 or 2 GB of RAM. Sorry I can't recall the details 100%. Anyway, I have a KVM hooked up to a monitor and PS2 keyboard that I use to switch between the server and my iMac (The keybo...

lazyPower

eh, thats what happens when you ramp up traffic on a website and dont have any kind of monitoring on the box.

lesson learned

jrg

@lazyPower wasn't it you who was lecturing me about how awesome nagios is? :P

Bad Learner

@jrg - - I will be right back. I will set Gnome as default, then restart my PC and see

lazyPower

lecture?! me?!

since when :)

jrg

@BadLearner alright. You should have something that looks like the above screenshot.

hehe.

Bad Learner

3:47 PM

yeah

lazyPower

just sayin... this is why monitoring is important ;)

learn from MY mistakes

Alvar

how do I monitor?

lazyPower

nagios, amazon cloudwatch, cpanel has some addons

Bad Learner

@jrg - This is to set gnome as default: $ sudo /usr/lib/lightdm/lightdm-set-defaults -s gnome-shell

Do you know what command I should use to set Unity as default?

jrg

@lazyPower dang, you went up and over the charts.

@BadLearner ohh... you set it that way.

no idea how to help you there, unfortunately. :(

lazyPower

3:52 PM

yeah, i'm kinda awesome like that

Bad Learner

np

restarting my PC

jrg

lesson learned: don't try to run software designed for ubuntu on a fedora box. :P (learn from my mistake)

Bad Learner

@jrg: yay! Restarted my PC and it's working!

jrg

@BadLearner glad you got it working :)

no idea why it wasn't earlier though...

Bad Learner

It probably needed a sys restart. Anyway, is this how Gnome folder icons look? img1.uploadscreenshot.com/images/orig/11/32510553123-orig.jpg

They're kinda primitive

jrg

3:56 PM

yup, that's them

Amith KK

Hello all!

jrg

@AmithKK hello

Bad Learner

Thanks a lot for all the help @jrg. Have a great day!

and tc

jrg

you're welcome @BadLearner, any time. :)

Amith KK

@jrg you like cycling dont you?

jrg

3:58 PM

yup

Marco Ceppi

@jrg You're a cycler too?

Amith KK

You cycle at night?

jrg

@AmithKK occasionally.

@MarcoCeppi for me, my bike gets me from home, to the library, to scouts. :P

so, yes, but not as crazy as you. :P

Marco Ceppi

Ah

jrg

for me, my bike is the same as many peoples cars - it's a method of transportation.

Amith KK

4:00 PM

@jrg When is your bday?

Alvar

@MarcoCeppi are you a cycler too?

jrg

@AmithKK in june....

Alvar

my bikes are my life ;)

4

Amith KK

Ok, I dont cycle: Im banned

@jrg Hey! Your a Gemini like me! Awesome!

Marco Ceppi

@Alvar Yeah, I used to be quite an avid cyclist, I'm just now getting back into it

jrg

4:01 PM

@Alvar amen.

@AmithKK :D

Alvar

I have 3 bikes, one mtb merida, one peak on road (to school) and one old steel racer! :D

my peak was stolen like 6 weeks ago, I got it back 2 weeks ago

Marco Ceppi

I've got a Carbon Fiber Trek 5500 and a Fuji Newest 3.0

Amith KK

@MarcoCeppi Whoa!

Alvar

I was just going to fix new brake pads, I ended up taking the whole brake apart!

@MarcoCeppi I have a steel racer from like 1980

it's really cool :)

I was up in 50km/h in it :)

Amith KK

jrg

4:04 PM

Marco needs one of those. :D

Amith KK

@jrg Yes, yes he does!

Marco Ceppi

@jrg When I drop some weight I'll be getting that and the bib they have :D

@MarcoCeppi :D

@MarcoCeppi :D

4:04 PM

I have style at least :P

Marco Ceppi

@AmithKK I believe it, I've been up to 34 MPH on my Trek :)

Amith KK

@MarcoCeppi Cool!

jrg

Yeah, on my crappy bike i've been up to ~25. :)

ok, why do we have CAPS LOCKS?!

Alvar

@MarcoCeppi it has 12 gears and they aren't on the handlebars...

jrg

why can't it be remapped to esc by default..? :P

Alvar

4:06 PM

@jrg to be able to shout at people for being stupid! ;)

jrg

</end-rant>

Marco Ceppi

@Alvar Same with my trek, they're on the downtube, right?

Alvar

@MarcoCeppi yeah,

jrg

@Alvar THAT IS A STUPID ANSWER TO AN EVEN MORE STUPID QUESITON, OK?! ;P

Amith KK

OK!

Alvar

4:06 PM

@MarcoCeppi you can see it on the picture

Marco Ceppi

jrg

nice.

@AmithKK it was a joke...

Amith KK

@MarcoCeppi whoa!

Marco Ceppi

I love these compared to the ones on the bars, you can fine-tune it better for when you're really grinding

Amith KK

Ah, now to prove that awesome geeks can have awesome bikes to my friend.

Alvar

4:07 PM

@MarcoCeppi yeah so when you take a corner at 30kph and need to change gear it's jsut crazy! :D

jrg

yeah.

Alvar

@MarcoCeppi yeah they don't click so it's more of a feeling than jsut clicking :)

Marco Ceppi

Hey @Alvar, have you seen this?

5

Alvar

and you don't get problems with the gear being between gears and jumping

Octavian Damiean

@MarcoCeppi I approve! :D

Alvar

4:08 PM

@MarcoCeppi that's my new homepage starting now

Marco Ceppi

@Alvar That's what I like about 'em :)

jrg

thanks for that link @MarcoCeppi. never knew about that site

Alvar

@MarcoCeppi at first it's really hard but after like 50 kilometers it's jsut the best! :D

Amith KK

+1

Alvar

@MarcoCeppi I miss the summer now...

Marco Ceppi

4:10 PM

I just started winter training :)

Roland Taylor

@jrg yes it does!

For a few years now actually :)

jrg

@RolandTaylor wait what?

Roland Taylor

We're lagging behind

Amith KK

0

Q: How well does the built-in GPU in a Intel Core i5 2500K support unity?

How well does the built-in GPU in a Intel Core i5 2500K support unity? Will I need a discreet graphics to run it?

11.10 unity intel-graphics intel

Roland Taylor

marco.ceppi(1);

Alvar

4:11 PM

@MarcoCeppi aaah...

lazyPower

@MarcoCeppi How often do you bike in a week?

Amith KK

now, to get a good answer

jrg

@AmithKK get on IRC please.

Alvar

@MarcoCeppi I have my peak to go from/to school and I am at taking it slow, but it's downhill so....

@MarcoCeppi 3.5km with stoplights and all that takes 15 minutes slow and 8:47 fast ;)

Marco Ceppi

We have a bike path here

jrg

4:13 PM

i'm jealous marco. bike path. :(

Marco Ceppi

so on a good day I can make it into DC in 45 minutes (~13mi)

Alvar

@marcoCeppi the cool thing with steel bikes is also that they aren't as firm as a aluminum bike is, so when you go fast and look down (which you do) you see the fork swinging around it's awesome! and totally scary! :D

Amith KK

@MarcoCeppi WHAT?

Alvar

@MarcoCeppi 13mi is 16KM?

@MarcoCeppi that's OK

jrg

not bad.

Marco Ceppi

4:15 PM

Hills, we have a lot of them :)

Alvar

@MarcoCeppi I did the same on my peak about 50 minutes 16KM

@MarcoCeppi I had hills and opposite wind ;)

everything I touch today get 2 stars! very strange....

Marco Ceppi

So, for me I need the light but rigid double tubed aluminum to have enough weight to carry me down, but light enough to huff back up the hill

Alvar

I must have a stalker...

Roland Taylor

puts away the telescope

Alvar

@MarcoCeppi OR you buy a heavy bike and get really fit! ;)

Roland Taylor

4:16 PM

A stalker?

Alvar

@RolandTaylor perhaps you! ;)

Marco Ceppi

@lazyPower I used to do 50 hours a week

now it's down to 10

Roland Taylor

@Alvar who me?

Nevah!

Alvar

http://askubuntu.com/questions/81404/upgraded-to-the-latest-available-kernel-through-update-manager-messed-up-a-lot
here

Jorge Castro

@MarcoCeppi man, you remember our huge spike at release?

gaming just crushed us

Marco Ceppi

4:17 PM

@JorgeCastro Because they've got Chaos working overtime :D

Roland Taylor

We need to get back on the ball

Alvar

@JorgeCastro Oblivion released a week ago or so..

Marco Ceppi

@JorgeCastro skyrimvsmw3.com

jrg

they be cheating. :P

Alvar

@MarcoCeppi my point :P

Marco Ceppi

4:18 PM

They've been doing a lot of PR

jrg

THEY BE CHEATIN'!

gaming crushed server fault...

Jorge Castro

stackexchange.com/sites?expand=true

Marco Ceppi

:) It's like being mentioned in the installer, only on a larger scale

Jorge Castro

sort by traffic

Roland Taylor

hax

Jorge Castro

4:19 PM

they were like, 25k or something like how we were before release

and then just crushed it

Alvar

yeah, I have some friends who still haven't finished it, because they are still home from school! skyyyyyyyyyyyyyrim must die...

jrg

I've said it once, and i'll say it again. THEY BE A-CHEATIN'!! :P

Jorge Castro

good for them, that's an impressive jump

Alvar

lol

Jorge Castro

the question volume doesn't seem as big as ours was a few weeks ago

Roland Taylor

4:21 PM

hax.... pure hax

Marco Ceppi

I hope they can retain some of that after the peak

Jorge Castro

well, even when our spikes were smaller it led to larger return volume overall

Roland Taylor

internet is acting funky

Jorge Castro

I hope they settle around our level

I like to use them for comparison wrt our own growth

Alvar

and now we don't talk about bikes anymore :P ha!

later all! :)

or as @stefanopalazzo would have done (:

lazyPower

4:31 PM

@MarcoCeppi i need to follow your lead and get proactive bout my health

Amith KK

Alvar

load what stands that for ?

Alvar

4:47 PM

i had 3.45 xD

Roland Taylor

:)... another downvote, that could have been resolved by an edit :)

haha

BBT

bye amith

blergh.

4:49 PM

@RolandTaylor Sorry. I am addicted to down voting these days

Until my edit suggestions get rejected, I am not going to change.

I am getting too much free rep.

jrg

@jokerdino it's not free rep.

you earned every single +2 you get for an edit

Jorge Castro

micknelson.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/…

jrg

interesting, he just went with the system ruby for puppet.

jokerdino

@jrg I regard them as free. :P

Marco Ceppi

I should have made a video for the minecraft one

Jorge Castro

4:54 PM

it's not too late!

Mark just randomly replies to my mail last night

"oh we should have webinars for charm school"

I'm like, thanks, not enough to do!

jrg

just asked a question in #juju - pretty sure it's a stupid question. :P

Alvar

@MarcoCeppi minecraft what?

jrg

@JorgeCastro lol. i'd attend.

Octavian Damiean

My first real answer in ages!!

jokerdino

56 seconds ago

Octavian Damiean

4:58 PM

1

A: How to use the Nautilus search option

Sounds like a job for gnome-search-tool. It can perform partial matches on the file name and can perform a search on more options: File content Modification date Size File emptiness Owner/Group Name pattern exclusion Name regular expression match Hidden and backup files It can also: Fol...

Alvar

wow I got an upvote :D :P

jrg

awesome answer. :D

Octavian Damiean

It has a screenshot! :D

Jorge Castro

we're sucking at screenshots lately

jrg

IT HAS A HUGE LOVELY SCREENSHOT! :D

3

jokerdino

4:59 PM

I like screenshots.

Alvar

@JorgeCastro I have a ton of screenshots :P like 4 in one answer! :P

jokerdino

Am I disconnected?

Alvar

yep ;)

jokerdino

Thanks for the feedback :D

jrg

dupe

0

Q: How can I change the background color of the unity launcher?

I really dislike the slight dark-purple tint to the side-launcher bar and shell surrounding the menu after pressing the meta key. How can I set this to another color?

launcher customization

ouch groupon. ouch. - google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ%3AGRPN

Stefano Palazzo

5:10 PM

has anyone here ever done a preseed?

jokerdino

o.O

what context?

jrg

@StefanoPalazzo I take it you mean in the startup funding context? :P

Stefano Palazzo

heh, no I'm talking about unattended ubuntu installations ;-)

jrg

oh.

Nope.

William Hilsum

I don't suppose anyone is around to give a bit of guidance quickly? I am having a weird issue with SSH :/

jrg

5:13 PM

@WilliamHilsum ask, i'm currently reading ssh manpages like a boss for something else.

William Hilsum

@jrg Lol, well - Second full day of using Ubuntu (Yay me!) and this is really getting on my nerves.... (second day of only server edition/just command line... learning on the job/fast)

jrg

@WilliamHilsum ok, so you're a new ubuntu user yay. what's the ssh problem? :)

William Hilsum

(sorry, its a weird one, typing it up now!)

jrg

heh, ok. :)

William Hilsum

ok... Basically, I have a test ESX box which has two copies of Ubuntu Server running, I am SSH'ed to the second box fine, and not had any issue... the first box however, after a random period just drops my connection, and, if I try to open putty again, it gives me a warning about the SSH key has changed/it is dangerous - and, my password just gives "access denied"... However, I can ssh from box 2 to box1, then, restart ssh, and, if I use putty, it warns me that the key has changed again, but

lets me log on... until the next time it happens

I know where my limits are, and, I am trying to learn Linux at the moment, but, this doesn't seem like it is my fault/anything I have done and it has really confused me

Octavian Damiean

5:17 PM

Now that sounds strange!

jrg

yeah, that's... strange.

is there a firewall or proxy that could be screwing with it?

William Hilsum

Again, I know I am not a Linux expert (look at my Superuser profile if you don't know me)... but, when trying to learn something, it is annoying when things like this happen - but, I am certain it isn't anything I am doing...

jrg

its not something you're doing.

William Hilsum

@jrg There is a firewall, but, my IP (the office) is white listed... the esx box is a staging server in a data center.

and, as far as I know, it has the same rules as the other ubuntu server - which is working perfectly

Jorge Castro

juju.ubuntu.com/CharmSchool/2December11

I need someone who knows how to GIMP to take the existing juju ad on AU and make a "attend charm school" ad-like thing for next week's charm school

William Hilsum

5:21 PM

@jrg Thanks!

jrg

@WilliamHilsum :S hm....

this is beyond me.

DevC

Hi! I am new to here.. which protocol this application is using ( irc?)

William Hilsum

@jrg The staging is server is highly restricted to block everything other than the office IP, so, if it was the rule (AFAIK) nothing - esx, ubuntu 2 e.t.c would work if it was that

@DevC It is a custom built chat program by the Stack Exchange team

jrg

i suggest asking on the site.... unfortunately that's the only way I can help you. :(

Jorge Castro

I can help with an upvote

that's all I got today

William Hilsum

5:24 PM

@jrg no problem, will do - thanks... for some reason, I feel more hesitant about posting here than I did on the Apple SE page!

jrg

@WilliamHilsum heh. we don't bite. much ;)

William Hilsum

lol...

jokerdino

You got 11 more votes @JorgeCastro

Or not?

Hey @GeorgeEdison

George Edison

Hello.

jokerdino

My Internet connection is very unstable today :(

jokerdino

5:40 PM

Is there a tag available for gnome-session-fallback in 11.10?

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Octavian Damiean

Hell yea!

Second answer! :D

No screenshot there but still an answer.

William Hilsum

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Q: Ubuntu server is dropping SSH connections, then not allowing me to log back on

I have an ESX box which I have loaded with two Ubuntu Server machines. During setup, I chose no additional packages to install as I just wanted a lightweight machine for testing. The first thing I did was change the root password via sudo passwd After ESX got on my nerves through lag, I decide...