Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] This mailing list will be closed SOON !

2012-01-18 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
Where to suscribe to the new list? -- jpxsat ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] [Lubuntu-wiki-docs] LSC and Dependencies Talk

2012-01-16 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
2/1/16 ∅ > On 01/16/2012 01:39 AM, Gabriel Salles wrote: > > *It would be nice if the Lubuntu software centre let the user know which > packages were also going to be installed, and also if somehow it could tell > the user if the package isn't really designed to go with Lubuntu.* > > I didn't u

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Some little tweaks by default

2012-01-12 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
Done: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lubuntu-default-settings/+bug/915615 -- jpxsat ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-deskto

[Lubuntu-desktop] Some little tweaks by default

2012-01-11 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
e that does not fit with lubuntu I think it would improve the user experience and would make lubuntu more user-friendly & evecandy :) -- Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-des

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Integrate obkey (or the like)?

2011-12-28 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
El 28/12/11 15:43, A. Andjelkovic escribió: Interesting find, doesn't look very user friendly though (I've only watched the screencast, looked weird to me). That vs nothing i prefer that :) -- jpxsat ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-d

[Lubuntu-desktop] Viewnior?

2011-12-26 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
Will Viewnior be the default image viewer in 12.04 ? In 11.04 and 11.10 it's not in the repos... -- jpxsat ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Super Key

2011-12-24 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
> > I prefer that, when I press the Super key, the menu does not appear. Is > this customizable? > In 11.10 development cycle it was supposedly configured this way, if it does not work then I assume it's something with my config or a bug. And as far as i know it's not configurable under lubuntu...

[Lubuntu-desktop] Super Key

2011-12-24 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
Pressing the Super key should show the start menu in 11.10 normally. I'm not getting this behaviour on my lubuntu laptop :( Is this a bug or i'm the only one with this issue? -- jpxsat ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to

[Lubuntu-desktop] About Xscreensaver

2011-12-23 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
It has been pointed in the past, that for old machines Xcreensaver makes everything sluggish (i can make proof of it because some installations of Lubuntu have crashed because it tries to launch xcreensaver and everything falls apart AND in my pentium 3 @1000mhz the first thing i cut is the screens

[Lubuntu-desktop] Idea for i586

2011-12-21 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
First, don't kill me for bringing back this topic ;) Since Lubuntu is official, maybe the cause for dropping i586 is obsolete (if I remember right it was because none of the flavours could run in it, so there was no "market" there). Aditionally, there's the fact that LTS are the less demanding res

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] LSC problems and where to report

2011-12-21 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
2011/12/21 Yorvyk > Where should one report LSC bugs. I can't find any reported on Launchpad. > > The problems. > There is a surfeit of information on some apps. eg. Penguin Taipei and > other Ace-of-Penguin apps as well as others. > No version number in About. > > -- > Yorvyk Versioning in ab

[Lubuntu-desktop] How LSC works?

2011-12-21 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
One thing I need often is the presence of Lame on my system. So, i go to LSC to install lame but can't see it!! I go to USC to verify and i come to realize that the same search parameter returns different things... (just try lame in LSC and USC to see it ;) I'm guessing that this happens with other

[Lubuntu-desktop] Wubi on 12.04

2011-12-21 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
One thing I would like to see in Lubuntu, is the presence of Wubi. I've wanted to "show" some friend/familiars/co-workers how Lubuntu rocks but the only way i get is by livecd... and they want to try it a little :) Wubi is a GREAT option for a lot of people (myself included since i have only one ha

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Lubuntu Users

2011-12-17 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
2011/12/17 Gabriel Salles > Companies, universities, etc. will have a local repo or cache and only > download the update once for thousands of machines. Even some home users > do this if they have few machines. > Off topic, but just to know, can you point me on how to do that? _

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Fwd: [lubuntu newsletter] lubuntu 10.10 released

2011-11-30 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
!! 2011/11/30 Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset <jpx...@gmail.com> Got this a few hours ago... any thoughts ab

[Lubuntu-desktop] Fwd: [lubuntu newsletter] lubuntu 10.10 released

2011-11-30 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
Got this a few hours ago... any thoughts about it?? NOTE: LUBUNTU 10.10 !! Mensaje original Asunto: [lubuntu newsletter] lubuntu 10.10 released Fecha: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 04:12:57 + De: lubuntu LUBUNTU 10.10 RELEASED

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] LxScreenshot update

2011-11-27 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
Could exist an option to make lxscreenshot behave as before?? It was quite helpful to take a series of screenshots quickly :) ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https:

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Fw: Dropping i386 non-PAE as a supported kernel flavour in Precise Pangolin

2011-11-19 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
I would like to do some tests with the latest ubuntu on my old amd-k6 (wich runs Lubuntu 10.04 perfectly) but support for that CPU it's been dropped :( Then again, it's NOT only for the people who have a voice here: it's the users that have one of those pc wich want to use it and CAN'T It's a sha

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Fw: Dropping i386 non-PAE as a supported kernel flavour in Precise Pangolin

2011-11-18 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
Last year they dropped support for a lot of machines, now they will drop for a lot more? What are the exact benefits of dropping all of that? Lubuntu is aimed to be fast, but it's able to resurrect those old hardware so: what will be the the future for those old machines in the near future? Support

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Some considerations about the Precise theme

2011-11-17 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
> > But you'll know that the wallpaper must be BLUE ;) > I would like to propose... Lubuntu going for *GREEN*! Reasons? - It goes a little more with the standart of "efficient" SO (this is important since it's the OS that most fits with the planet :) - It differencies us from Kubuntu & Xubuntu (al

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] [Lxde-list] LXDE Forum

2011-11-11 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
Seeing it from Chile, with a fast connection... and it's slow! ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launc

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] [Lxde-list] LXDE Forum

2011-11-11 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
Seeing it from Chile, with a fast connection... and it's slow! ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launc

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] [12.04] Firefox instead of Chromium?

2011-11-08 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
I don't know if this is correct, but I'm a little concerned for if the machines will support the test? We're talking about Pentium 3 & 4 and 256 to 512 ram. Ps: Ali, on my new machine i have ubuntu with lubuntu-desktop installed... readings of both monitors are different, that's what i was telling

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] [12.04] Firefox instead of Chromium?

2011-11-08 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
2011/11/8 amjjawad HOOHAA > Guys, > > I was wondering if someone has noticed that LXTask actually shows +100MB > usage more than System Monitor and Conky so what is going on? > I have System Monitor installed on Lubutnu 11.04 (was testing something) > and Conky as well. While each of System Monit

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] [12.04] Firefox instead of Chromium?

2011-11-06 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
Proposal for browser benchmarks: - First of all, run the browsers without any add-on - Take starts time - Watch lxtask for memory usage & cpu. Inside Chromium about:memory shows the memory used by each browser running too. Htop? - Watch the general behaviour - Sites: youtube, gmail, google, facebo

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] [12.04] Firefox instead of Chromium?

2011-11-06 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
Just to get an idea, i've installed and run on my new laptop Epiphany 3.0.4, Firefox 7.0.1, Chromium 14.0.835, Midori 0.4.0. Here's what i get with two facebook tabs + gmail: Firefox: 268,7MB ram | 0% CPU Epiphany: 261,3MB ram | 0-1% CPU Midori: 225,6MB ram | 0-2% CPU Chromium: 69+19,8+6,1MB ram

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] [12.04] Firefox instead of Chromium?

2011-11-05 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
Arora is QT based... so i don't think lubuntu will ever adopt it :( ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://hel

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] [12.04] Firefox instead of Chromium?

2011-11-05 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
t > >> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > >> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >> > > >> > >> ___________ > >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-des

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] [12.04] Firefox instead of Chromium?

2011-11-05 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
If it's a vote... i would keep chromium. I always keep both browsers "just in case", but "my" benchmarks on my old pentium 3 can't tell any real difference with just one tab opened. Start time, firefox seems a little bit slower to start. I'll run some "benchmarks" in the next days in the follo

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Virtual Keyboard ?

2011-10-25 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
Here's the output of sudo apt-get install xvkbd: The following extra packages will be installed: xaw3dg The following NEW packages will be installed: xaw3dg xvkbd 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 239 kB of archives. After this operation, 840 kB of addi

[Lubuntu-desktop] Virtual Keyboard ?

2011-10-24 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
Hi. Is there any plans to include a virtual keyboard for tablets and similars? Would be very nice. -- jpxsat ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Lubuntu 11.10 Experience

2011-10-15 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
Well, here's my apreciation: the performance has taken a significant hit. > My old laptop (PIII with 256MB Ram) was suffering with the ram consumtion in 11.04 (starting the system hits the 120MB of Ram). So, i've installed 11.10 and oh surprise! with pidgin and xpad running the consumption is less

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] System won't boot in 11.10

2011-10-15 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
> > First of all tell us if it is a installed system or a live cd. > It is a live CD, i'm not able to install Lubuntu (nor Ubuntu) on that machine (on my other 4 machines it works :) > Because when its a live cd than its definitely a bug, because it should not > even try to load fglrx as it is pro

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] System won't boot in 11.10

2011-10-15 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
2011/10/15 Julien Lavergne > Le 10/14/2011 08:00 PM, Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset a écrit : > > Sorry, "sudo start lxdm" says "lxdm/running, process 3228" > > Here's a brief of what "startx" sends: > > (EE) failed to load module &quo

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] cd wallet

2011-10-14 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
El 14-10-2011 16:46, 神癒礁湖 escribió: Yep, sorry, sent thumbnail only. Here's real sized: http://i.imgur.com/7OYOl.png And here are the others, "traditional Lubuntu style": cover: http://i.imgur.com/XFRt1.png disc: http://i.img

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] System won't boot in 11.10

2011-10-14 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
El 14-10-2011 13:21, Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset escribió: El 14-10-2011 11:40, Julien Lavergne escribió: Le 10/14/2011 03:55 PM, Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset a écrit : Lance: thank you! after setting the boot with "nomodeset" at last i see my "Lubuntu splashcreen" (even if it

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] System won't boot in 11.10

2011-10-14 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
El 14-10-2011 11:40, Julien Lavergne escribió: Le 10/14/2011 03:55 PM, Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset a écrit : Lance: thank you! after setting the boot with "nomodeset" at last i see my "Lubuntu splashcreen" (even if it's the plymouth text-mode). No errors were found w

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] System won't boot in 11.10

2011-10-14 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
t), then press Esc. > > Now the "nomodeset" boot option will be applied when you boot. That's > sometimes helpful troubleshooting graphics card compatibility issues with > the Xserver. Let us know what happens, > > Lance > > --- On *Fri, 10/14/11, Jean-Pierre V

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] System won't boot in 11.10

2011-10-14 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
El 14-10-2011 7:15, Andrew Woodhead escribió: On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 12:58 PM, Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset mailto:jpx...@gmail.com>> wrote: The screen turns off after showing the menu "try lubuntu, install lubuntu, ..." What GPU do you use? Did you

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] System won't boot in 11.10

2011-10-14 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
The screen turns off after showing the menu "try lubuntu, install lubuntu, ..." What GPU do you use? Did you MD5 test the ISO you burned and did you burn as slowly as possible? The MD5 test is correct on both Lubuntu & Ubuntu discs, both burned as slowly as possible. The hardware is a

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] System won't boot in 11.10

2011-10-13 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
2011/10/13 Julien Lavergne > Le 10/13/2011 06:00 PM, Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset a écrit : > > I'm really sorry for starting the bad news. > > I have a NP305V4A-S01 and in 11.04 it worked... now in 11.10 i can't > > even see the "Lubuntu" (plymouth); the sc

[Lubuntu-desktop] System won't boot in 11.10

2011-10-13 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
I'm really sorry for starting the bad news. I have a NP305V4A-S01 and in 11.04 it worked... now in 11.10 i can't even see the "Lubuntu" (plymouth); the screen just turns off but it seems that everything is still running. I tried the same CD in other machines and everything works perfect (i have

[Lubuntu-desktop] Idea for LSC

2011-10-13 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
I was wondering if something like this ( http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=56282) could be implemented on LSC. The main goal of it is to be able to control from one place the default apps of the system to open the files. Something similar exists in pcmanfm, but it must be done extension

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Extend desktop across dual monitors -- a feature I would like to see in Lubuntu 12.xx

2011-10-08 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
2011/10/8 Julien Lavergne > Le 10/07/2011 06:13 AM, PCMan a écrit : > > For the desktop panel: > > 1. one panel per monitor, configured separately > > 2. one panel exending to the external monitor > > 3. one panel staying on main monitor, no panel on the external one > > 4. one panel exending to

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Extend desktop across dual monitors -- a feature I would like to see in Lubuntu 12.xx

2011-10-07 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 12:13 AM, PCMan > wrote: Multi-monitor support is a long standing issue. Here I'd like to ask everyone. How should a muli-monior desktop bahave? For the desktop panel: 1. one panel per monitor, configured separately 2. one

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Use xcompmgr in Lubuntu

2011-09-18 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
I did some adventuring with xcompmgr too a while ago, and it was almost like if it was not there with the apropriate configuration (on a 730mhz machine with 512 ram) but when i watched the log, just like rafael said, there was a lot of bugs, plus chromium doesn't like this app at all last time i ch

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Audio Conf for Lubuntu

2011-09-12 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
2011/9/11 Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset > I've added the PPA for LXPanel made by Julien, but still it haven't > upgraded... > Oh i see now... LXPanel it's not there for natty :P How can I install it under Natty? I add the PPA but instead of "Natty&q

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Audio Conf for Lubuntu

2011-09-11 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
2011/9/11 Stefano > Only one info, does lubuntu use alsa or pulseaudio? > Alsa :) Been trying Gamix for some minutes, and at first sight is allright, but now i can't get anything to work (go to config and you'll see). I've added the PPA for LXPanel made by Julien, but still it haven't upgraded.

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Audio Conf for Lubuntu

2011-09-08 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
xterm gets the effect wanted!! 2011/9/8 Leszek Lesner > > >> I agree. A link to sound preferences makes sense. >> The only issues I see are 1) alsamixer is not very intuitive and 2) it >> dumps users into a terminal which might scare the crap out of many of them. >> :) >> > > Completely agree

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Audio Conf for Lubuntu

2011-09-08 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
2011/9/8 Tim Bernhard > I agree. A link to sound preferences makes sense. > The only issues I see are 1) alsamixer is not very intuitive and 2) it > dumps users into a terminal which might scare the crap out of many of them. > :) > Completely agree that a terminal app scares a lot of people, bu

[Lubuntu-desktop] Audio Conf for Lubuntu

2011-09-08 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
I know we are pass the freeze, but maybe this shortcut could be added to preferences menu for 11.10. I think for a lot of people it's useful to control the mic and all that stuff in alsamixer. Plus, there's nothing to add but this little shortcut :) And maybe there's a way to show lxterminal withou

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] PPA for lubuntu-software-center

2011-09-08 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
Added the repo through synaptic and worked like a charm!! Installed succesfully. The Bug to run the app was already signaled, hope to see this app running soon!! -- jpxsat ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-des

[Lubuntu-desktop] Thoughts from 8.10

2011-08-25 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
Hi people. Has any one tried an old ubuntu lately? lets say for example 8.10? Its damn fast! Don't understand why from there ("here" in my case) Ubuntu is demanding so "many" resources... i imagine 8.10 versioned as Lubuntu: it would be awesome! For starts, the theme (Human) renders very fast and a

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] LSC news

2011-08-25 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
> > If you just want to test it, you just need to download the branch (bzr > branch lp:lubuntu-software-center), and launch it (python > lubuntu-software-center). > Terminal output: bzr: ERROR: Invalid http response for http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~stephen-smally/lubuntu-software-center/trunk/.bzr

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] LSC news

2011-08-25 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
Stefano: Could you upload your work to a PPA for start trying LSC? It would be great. -- jpxsat ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-des

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] [Lubuntu-Desktop] Sound Editing Software

2011-08-21 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
2011/8/17 Tim Bernhard > I've had to adjust the mic balance in alsamixer to get the mic working on > my last few laptops. Seems to be a bug were both channels can't be at full > volume. It's pretty common for people trying to use Skpe with > Acer/Gateway/Packard Bell laptops needing to do this.

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] [Lubuntu-Desktop] Integrate Catfish?

2011-08-20 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
> > What is the resource usage? What is the installed size of it + it's deps? Suggested : strigi-daemon doodle tracker beagle Recommended : slocate Will be installed: catfish (32,3 ko) Installed, is 393 ko. For me catfish requires 22MB Ram to run (+- while it's searching). I think that is a littl

[Lubuntu-desktop] [Lubuntu-Desktop] Integrate Catfish?

2011-08-20 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
Been trying catfish for some days, it's not fully operational (opening folders with "go to") but lubuntu needs an app like this. Xubuntu use this: why not Lubuntu too? -- jpxsat ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubu

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] About GPicView

2011-08-18 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
Sorry i haven't said this: +1 for Viewnior -- jpxsat ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/L

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] About GPicView

2011-08-18 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
2011/8/18 PCMan > Please try Viewnior before making comments. It's better than GPicView in > many ways. Except in Ram consumption: for the same picture (very small one) i have 8,8 for gpic and 13,6 for viewnior. Other than that, i'm lliking it so far :) > Though I don't like to drop my own prog

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] [Lubuntu-Desktop] Sound Editing Software

2011-08-17 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
2011/8/17 Benny Hult > you have checked from alsamixer you dont have microphone muted or on low > level settings? > Alsa Mixer doesn't work well... i doesn't allow me to turn the mic nor the line on/off. It's suposed that Audacity controls the levels himself, but it doesn't work... There's nothin

[Lubuntu-desktop] [Lubuntu-Desktop] Sound Editing Software

2011-08-16 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
Hi. In Lubuntu 10.04 i was able to run Audacity and Jokosher for record guitar+voice. Today Lubuntu let me down with those two programs!! Can't record a single sound with the microphone!! Am I the only one experiencing this? (in mswin it works, so it's not a hardware problem / the programs used to

[Lubuntu-desktop] [Lubuntu-Desktop] Idea for install

2011-08-03 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
Recently i installed Slitaz on a very old machine. For it, inside the live-cd they use a text based installer. The idea is use the old menu at the cd startup (like in 10.04): "Install" option goes directly to text based installer and inside the livecd, there's an icon tu run the text based installe

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] [Lubuntu-Desktop] Mousepad Problem

2011-07-31 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
The behaviour of Ubuntu 11.04 for the mousepad of my laptop is the same as described for 10.04 - so, it seems that this is a Lubuntu specific configuration. It would be great if someone culd get a look at it to make it work again :) 2011/7/18 Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset > Hi guys: > >

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Can be lubuntu software center good thing?

2011-07-29 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
2011/7/29 Stefano > This mean, for example, hide the libs or other not-app packages by default? Exactly! It must make the difference between "packages" and "applications" for it to be user-friendly :) ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-d

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Can be lubuntu software center good thing?

2011-07-29 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
> > we need a simplex synaptic or a lighter USC? A lighter USC - synaptic if far too complicated for the average user :/ -- jpxsat ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe :

[Lubuntu-desktop] [Lubuntu-Desktop] Taskbar

2011-07-23 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
Hi: There's a little problem with the taskbar: putting it above the screen makes something going wrong with the alignement and the size of things there... backing it to its normal position and that problem is still there (didn't see it before). It's not deal breaker, but anyways i report it. --

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] packagekit

2011-07-22 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
I'm giving it a try, some apreciations: - must install gnome-packagekit (graphical front-end) - It's a complete replacement for synaptics+update-manager and the softwares related - maybe the inclusion of packagekit will need some of pulishement to be included perfectly on lubuntu - it's way more f

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Mouse and Keyboard control problem

2011-07-20 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
2011/7/19 Lee Gold > Hey, lots of people use laptops with Synaptic touchpads - there should > really be stable native support to config it in Lubuntu. > I think this could be a good idea. Including gpointing-device-settings or a similar could improve Lubuntu greatly :) -- jpxsat __

[Lubuntu-desktop] [Lubuntu-Desktop] Mousepad Problem

2011-07-18 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
Hi guys: Back in 10.04 when i made a click with two fingers on the mousepad, it used to activate the right button of the mouse, now it acts like the center button. I believe this is a X.Org configuration since this happent in 10.04 when i added xorg-edgers ppa. I tried to change this with gpointin

[Lubuntu-desktop] [Lubuntu-Desktop] Good news

2011-07-17 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
Don't know if this has been pointed on the mail list: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/SystemRequirements Just check the "Lightweight GUI alternative" section :) -- jpxsat ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Wine 1.3 and other apps installed not showing up in menu

2011-07-16 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
For Wine at least, try this two things: - Open a .exe file with wine, Wine will configure itself and after that the submenu "Wine" should be there - If not, log out + lon in and the trick should be done 2011/7/16 Lee Gold > Hi, > > Using Lubuntu 11.04. Installed Wine 1.3 and it does not show up

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Feedback after Lubuntu live test

2011-07-15 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
Hi Theodor: I wasn't able too to run the live-cd in every machine i tried, but in the machines that the live-cd didn't started, i was seeing the terminal: simply typed lxdm and lubuntu started... try that :) ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubun

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Ubuntu Developer Week - Preparation

2011-07-09 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
> > Well, team - Any other ideas? Maybe someone could make a video of the performance on the same machine by Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu & Lubuntu... running the tastks showed on the screenshots of resource, just to show how snappy Lubuntu behaves :) Let's say an old machine, since it's the target fo

[Lubuntu-desktop] pcmanfm memory leak?

2011-07-07 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
Hi: Could someone confirm this leak on 11.04? try to copy 2gb to a usb mass storage connected to your laptop through a pcmcia card (everything is 2.0). I tried it yesterday and i was able to do absolutly nothing while the files were being copied. Before and after that, everything runned normally.

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] 700 mhz laptop with 256 ram running lubuntu

2011-07-04 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
> > my daughters boyfriend has a 700 mhz compaq laptop with 256 ram running > lubuntu can anyone go lower than that My main machine before the hardware upgrade was like that one. After an upgrade to that laptop, i enjoyed time to install Lubuntu on an old Pentium 2 (266Mhz & 256Ram) and on a AMD-

[Lubuntu-desktop] What version of libltdl3 lubuntu handles?

2011-06-29 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
Devs: I've come today with something weird for me: today i've installed the drivers for my Epson all-in-one, and when installed the last file, the system said "need libltdl3_1.5.2-2" or above. Ok, this things happens... but i've found that for Hardy the version of it is libltdl3_1.5.26-1 so i don'

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] ozone2 updates

2011-06-29 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
My vote: Personally i prefer the Colourful with bubbles , the other one looks quite "for old people" :) I prefer the bright bar, since the panel should match with the windows theme

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Hmm, does any of this affect us?

2011-06-24 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
> > This is a non-issue for Lubuntu, as far as I can see. Maybe the concern about this should be focus on the future of the app. Will it still be well supported now that's off from Ubuntu? Just how i see the problem for Lubuntu. ___ Mailing list: https

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Resources on 11.04

2011-06-21 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
> > Back in 10.04 my ram consumption was below 75MB... now the system starts > above 100MB > Since 10.04, we add more features, and it probably takes more ressources than > expected. For example, we "lost" 10 Mb of RAM for update-notifier Oh, i forgot to say that i was aware of update-notifie

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Resources on 11.04

2011-06-21 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
2011/6/21 Julien Lavergne > Le Tuesday 21 June 2011 à 12:01 -0400, Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset a > écrit : > About CPU usage, there is a bug in the theme, which cause more CPU usage > than expected (see > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lubuntu-artwork/+bug/776776) >

[Lubuntu-desktop] bugs with single click

2011-06-21 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
Devs: Since i use the function "open files with one single click" i've found this: Pcmanfm: some desktop shortcuts are movable, others don't :/ Fille-Roller: items must be openned with 2 clicks still (in ubuntu this works) When browsing (not with pcmanfm, like when you're searching a file with a

[Lubuntu-desktop] Resources on 11.04

2011-06-21 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
Devs: Recently installed 11.04 and i'm surprised by the RAM and CPU% consumed by Lubuntu in this release (I was keeping my main machine with 10.04 but decided to change to be able to help a little more). Back in 10.04 my ram consumption was below 75MB... now the system starts above 100MB / the CPU

[Lubuntu-desktop] Good "3g" news

2011-06-21 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
Everybody: For quite a time now, i've been stucked with Ubuntu to get to work my 3g modems (in a very weird way i must say). Good news for 11.04: Lubuntu handle my 3 usb modems flawlessly right after pluggin them, without any weird stuff and set them correctly!! Hope more happy users are having th

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] ubiquity slideshow

2011-06-21 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
2011/6/21 神癒礁湖 (Rafael Laguna) > Did you ever installed Lubuntu recently and see that installer shows bad > the slides? In my case the slides that appears out of position are chat, > e-mail, get help and lxde-based (total 4). > > If anybody has this problem I'll possibly make a bug about this. >

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Missing configuration programs

2011-06-19 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
> > Multimediakeys Play, Pause , etc. need support in the music player itself. > I > think Audacious has support for it, but its disabled in the default > audacious > configuration. I don't know about gnome-mplayer support for this. > > lxkeymap / I cannot confirm this. Switching keymap works lik

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Missing configuration programs

2011-06-19 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
> > But now I'm lacking some shortcut editor. > Me too... Multimediakey support is integrated already. Sorry about it, didn't tried since i'm staying with 10.04 - tried 11.04 though, but only volume worked... pause, play, etc didn't worked as they do in Ubuntu __ i just tried the live cd, maybe i

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Pidgin XChat

2011-06-18 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
2011/6/18 Julien Lavergne > Le Saturday 18 June 2011 à 19:20 +0100, Yorvyk a écrit : > > No point in having two applications doing the same thing so drop > > XChat. > ... having 2 programs which do the same thing is usually a bad idea > for a default install. > > Regards, > Julien Lavergne Agre

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Leafpad Vs gEdit

2011-06-18 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
I'm with Yorvik at this, no way Gedit can replace Leafpad in my old machines! 2011/6/18 Yorvyk > While I love gEdit for Python or editing .po files, with it's highlighting, > auto indenting etc. it does need quite a bit of CPU/RAM and is overkill for > editing small config files, scripts, etc.

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Missing configuration programs

2011-06-18 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
2011/6/18 Leszek Lesner > Am 18.06.2011 11:16, schrieb Filip Dominec: > > Hi, I am missing several important programs for user settings (e. g. > > keyboard shortcuts, startup applications, keyboard layouts switching or > > sound channels volumes). In the ideal case these programs could be > > sim

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] pcmanfm bug

2011-06-17 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
I'm confirming this bug on Lubuntu 10.04 with pcmanfn 0.9.7 -- jpxsat ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://he

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Key 'super' (win logo) support

2011-06-16 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
Could at least be listed in todo? it's a feature that a couple of people that i showed lubuntu said "it would be cool if..." 2011/6/16 Julien Lavergne > Le Thursday 16 June 2011 à 16:56 -0400, Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset a > écrit : > > https://bugzilla.iccul

[Lubuntu-desktop] Key 'super' (win logo) support

2011-06-16 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
People: Some time ago i suggested to use the 'super' key (or 'win logo') to activate the menu in lxmenu. The idea seemed to be good but somebody said that in openbox it wasn't supported to do that. Well, i posted a suggestion and this is what they told me: Subject: [Bug 4791] Key 'super' (win log

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Proposed changes to lubuntu-desktop

2011-06-08 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
Gedit -1, way too slow on my old machines. (P3 and below) -- jpxsat ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Proposed changes to lubuntu-desktop

2011-06-07 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
>From a very-humble user point of view: I use Libre Office + Gnumeric (Abiword can't convince me). As i read recently, Libre Office is getting performance improvements, but the problem is still the ram consumption vs the ram used by abiword (i use LO for writer and slideshows, but gnumeric is a ma

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] IRC Client

2011-05-28 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
IMHO having two programs that one fit in the other is a waste of space in the CD and effort for the Lubuntu devs. Pidgin can handle what xchat does... and for the specifics, xchat will always be installable. Honestly, i personally (in person) don't know anybody that uses x-chat. Just some thoughts

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Benefits of Lubuntu being official (was: Re: Ask Mark session )

2011-05-05 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
> > It should also mean that other developers and packagers within the > Ubuntu world need to "take Lubuntu seriously" and not do anything that > will break Lubuntu (like doubling the amount of calculated disk space > needed just 3 weeks before release, and then not providing any way for > the user

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Fwd: [ubuntu-uk] Ask Mark session

2011-05-04 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
Lubunteers: Hearing those news is just awesome!! May I ask just one silly question? (and excuse me for doing it): What Lubuntu (or the team) will gain by becoming an official part of the family? It's just that i don't exactly know ... Congratulations again to the team :) -- jpxsat

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] system requirements (workaround created!)

2011-05-02 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
2011/5/2 Jeremy Bicha > Be careful about how low you set the number. It can make it difficult > to install any additional software and likely more worrying, it can be > impossible to upgrade if there is not space to download and unpack the > updates. I think that the important thing for an old

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Any major "must fix before Beta" issues left in Lubuntu?

2011-04-02 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
+1 here too for no-graphical-installer by default that's way too heavy for the machines Lubuntu is targetting. -- jpxsat 2011/4/2 Mikhail Maksimov > +1 for handling alternate CD as a "main" distribution, > 2011/3/31 Jorge Andrés Alvarez Oré > >> +1 alternate CD - It´s suppose that the minimal

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