[07:56] <phix> I want an autologin session
[07:56] <rainbowwarrior_> yes happygolucky
[07:56] <phix> with a password for remote admin but I dont care if it is stored in plaintext
[07:56] <bkerensa> rainbowwarrior: Can you open terminal and enter -> sudo apt-get install --reinstall icedtea-plugin openjdk-7-jre
[07:56] <happygolucky> rainbowwarrior_: which browser do you use
[07:56] <bkerensa> happygolucky: FF
[07:56] <bkerensa> ^
[07:57] <rainbowwarrior_> firefox
[07:58] <happygolucky> rainbowwarrior_: are both the plugin and browser 32 bit or 64
[07:58] <rainbowwarrior_> 64
[07:59] <hosein_> hi All
[07:59] <newerthhero> hi how do i maintain a screen resolution?
[07:59] <happygolucky> rainbowwarrior_: a 64 bit firefox, hm, are you using a nightly build
[07:59] <newerthhero> it reverts back to 1024x768
[07:59] <diki> hi all
[07:59] <diki> I have ubuntu 11.10
[07:59] <hosein_> when I want open My Synaptic Package manager I get this Error and synaptic closed ...
[07:59] <hosein_> E: Type ‘.launchpad.net/shutter/ppa/ubuntu’ is not known on line 2 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/shutter-ppa-natty.list
[07:59] <hosein_> E: The list of sources could not be read.
[07:59] <hosein_> Go to the repository dialogue to correct the problem.
[07:59] <hosein_> E: _cache->open() failed, please report.
[08:00] <diki> And i need to know how to increase the swap file
[08:00] <rainbowwarrior_> oh sorry happygolucky my bad i meant 32
[08:00] <happygolucky> diki: i think anyone will suggest gparted
[08:00] <rainbowwarrior_> yes i can bkerensa
[08:00] <diki> happygolucky:ok, gparted, and then? what do i do?
[08:01] <happygolucky> rainbowwarrior_: but you're positive the plugin is 32 also
[08:01] <mamece2> llutz i just did two bootable usb sticks with universal usb creator .. BOOT ERROR
[08:01] <durian> diki: boot from live media and adjust the partitions from there
[08:02] <rainbowwarrior_> how do i check please happygolucky ?
[08:02] <mamece2> durian i just did two bootable usb sticks with universal usb creator .. BOOT ERROR. can u help me?
[08:02] <diki> durian:not partitions, swap file space
[08:02] <llutz_> mamece2: i cannot help you, i don't use such stuff.
[08:02] <diki> but i remember there were command associated with it i think
[08:02] <mamece2> happygolucky: i did the universal usb creator thing in windows, still have boot error
[08:02] <phlak_user> diki, use mkswap to create a new partition and swapon to enable it
[08:03] <happygolucky> rainbowwarrior_: you could i guess apt-get -d install --reinstall icedtea6-plugin then go to the archives and check the file name
[08:03] <durian> diki: Oh, sorry. mamece2: What OS are you using?
[08:03] <mamece2> durian i want to install puppy or ubuntu 10.11 386 in an old pc
[08:04] <nimbiotics> devede (3.19)  is not working since I installed 11.10. Any ideas why? TIA!
[08:04] <mamece2> durian but i cant boot from live usb
[08:04] <rainbowwarrior_> ok i will try that and check thank you happygolucky
[08:05] <tonyyarusso> mamece2: Do you mean 11.10?
[08:05] <phlak_user> nimbiotics, any details?
[08:05] <mamece2> tonyyarusso: yes
[08:05] <durian> mamece2: It night not be able to boot from USB depending on how old it is.
[08:05] <happygolucky> mamece2: old pc usually arent setup for USB booting, does BIOS have a USB in the boot order
[08:05] <phlak_user> nimbiotics, for starters, try launching it from a terminal, you might see some error messages
[08:06] <durian> mamece2: Try booting from optical media maybe?
[08:07] <happygolucky> mamece2: why aren't you using wubi
[08:07] <mamece2> durian happygolucky i am using the old HD (40 gb) in a new pc, still boot error., i just want to install the OS in the old HD
[08:07] <rainbowwarrior_> happygolucky :- how do i find the archives please ?
[08:08] <besogon> Hi! I need help. My card reader don't works (eeepc built in card reader) It had worked before I disabled the device with eee-control! NOW here is no eee-control package at ALL!!! HELP! I don't know what to do
[08:08] <mamece2> happygolucky: the old HD has windows intalled but cannot boot, its damaged or corrupt,. i just want to wipe it and install linux
[08:08] <mintakas> hiii
[08:08] <mamece2> i cant find a solution for the boot error in a google search
[08:08] <mintakas> instal chrome
[08:08] <sintrope> guys have a simple qustion, is it posible to get the "Sushi" app for ubuntu 10.10?
[08:08] <nimbiotics> phlak_user: actually, it does start and seems to work fine. It starts creating, but at some point it just does not advanced. I've let it stay there for 5+ hours to no avail
[08:08] <happygolucky>  mamece2 /var/cache/apt/archives/
[08:09] <mintakas> i have pinguy and it s better then ubuntu
[08:09] <phlak_user> nimbiotics, then that could be attributed to your media
[08:09] <happygolucky> oops
[08:09] <sintrope> guys have a simple qustion, is it posible to get the "Sushi" app for ubuntu 10.10?
[08:09] <happygolucky>  rainbowwarrior /var/cache/apt/archives
[08:10] <mamece2> happygolucky:  what do you mean?
[08:10] <nimbiotics> phlak_user: Also tried 8 different files (mkv, mp4, avi); same result
[08:10] <snigel> is there any way to make xml-queries from the terminal, or is there a graphic program that can do this? Just need something simple for school.
[08:10] <rainbowwarrior_> ty  happygolucky  it says 64amd
[08:10] <happygolucky> mamece2: sorry i meant that for someone else
[08:10] <phlak_user> nimbiotics, when you launch from terminal, it might throw up some messages
[08:11] <mamece2> theres no solution for the boot error message?
[08:11] <happygolucky> rainbowwarrior_: that's not gonna fly inside a 32bit ff
[08:11] <happygolucky> as you know
[08:12] <rainbowwarrior_> hmm according to the archivies it says 64amd for firefox aswell
[08:13] <nimbiotics> phlak_user: no error msgs that I can recognize (http://paste.ubuntu.com/751180/)
[08:13] <sintrope> quit
[08:13] <sintrope> quit
[08:13] <besogon> gnome3 vs unity... I installed gnome-shell then I installed cocky-panel then I rebooted the computer then I got a list in lightdm (gnome without 3D, gnome without conky, gnome with conky but without gnome panel... ) :/ WTF??? Conky seems to break my system
[08:13] <phlak_user> nimbiotics, did it exit normally after creating the dvd?
[08:14] <nimbiotics> phlak_user: og no, lemme try again
[08:16] <happygolucky> rainbowwarrior_: if ff is 64 then it should run 64 and 32 plugins
[08:18] <rainbowwarrior_> hmm
[08:19] <mamece2> i did two bootable usb sticks with universal usb creator .. and i get this message BOOT ERROR. help anyone?
[08:19] <nimbiotics> phlak_user: I think the 2 last lines mean troublem but this time it IS actually progressin!!   :]
[08:20] <happygolucky> mamece2: is it a usb 2.0 port
[08:20] <mamece2> happygolucky: yes
[08:21] <mamece2> happygolucky: the usb ports are integrated to the mobo
[08:21] <happygolucky> mamece2: are you able to pass any boot options
[08:22] <mamece2> happygolucky: i set the boot priority to enable usb ports first boot option
[08:22] <rainbowwarrior_> well it half works but still freezes when trying to log in, il try with google chrome and see if that freezes aswell
[08:23] <zare__> problem opening Synaptic.....
[08:23] <zare__> When I Open Synaptic I see this error
[08:23] <zare__> E: Type ‘.launchpad.net/shutter/ppa/ubuntu’ is not known on line 2 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/shutter-ppa-natty.list
[08:23] <zare__> E: The list of sources could not be read.
[08:23] <zare__> Go to the repository dialogue to correct the problem.
[08:23] <zare__> E: _cache->open() failed, please report.
[08:24] <tonyyarusso> zare__: So, you need to fix /etc/apt/sources.list.d/shutter-ppa-natty.list to have the proper format.
[08:24] <llutz_> zare__: sed -n '2p'  /etc/apt/sources.list.d/shutter-ppa-natty.list
[08:24] <mamece2> what a failure..
[08:24] <zare__> Ok I try it
[08:25] <happygolucky> mamece2: is there anything other than boot error on the screen and does it at all load casper or give you a screen prior in which it asks you what to do?
[08:27] <zare__> Ok Friends I delete hutter-ppa-natty. now new Errro
[08:27] <zare__> E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/dl.google.com_linux_talkplugin_deb_dists_stable_main_binary-i386_Packages
[08:28] <zare__> what should I do
[08:28] <diki> well it appears i borked my ubuntu 11.10
[08:28] <diki> cant boot now
[08:30] <happygolucky> diki: you were only suppsoed to resize your partitions
[08:30] <diki> used this although it was for 11.04 http://undertowsam.wordpress.com/2010/07/01/how-to-increase-swap-memory-in-ubuntu-10-04/
[08:31] <happygolucky> diki: i
[08:31] <mimy> hi
[08:31] <diki> oops i mean 10.04
[08:32] <mamece2> happygolucky: just boot error and the blinkin cursor at the next line
[08:32] <happygolucky> diki: i'm not an expert but i would have strongly advised against ever using dd
[08:32] <zare__> Thanks all for helping , corrected ... bye
[08:32] <justified-x0d> hello everyone
[08:32] <diki> Anyway to fix it now?
[08:32] <sharpK> why do I all of a sudden lose permission in the GUI
[08:32] <sharpK> I lost sudo
[08:32] <sharpK> can't save files in /etc
[08:33] <sharpK> how does one give themselves permission to edit any/all files?
[08:34] <llutz_> sharpK: does "id" list you as member of group admin?
[08:34] <happygolucky> diki: i
[08:34] <happygolucky> diki: i'm not sure if it will work but live ubuntu and testdisk?
[08:35] <happygolucky> sharpK: visudo
[08:36] <diki> I have a live cd, but...from there on i've no idea what to do
[08:36] <happygolucky> sharpK: basically copy what's there for root with the user you wish to give root access
[08:37] <happygolucky> to
[08:37] <happygolucky> sharpK: like put beneath it the login name of the user under root and all, all, all
[08:37] <llutz_> happygolucky: the preferred *buntu-way is just to add the user to "admin" group.
[08:38] <auronandace> happygolucky: i hope you know that is a massive security risk (he may aswell logon as root)
[08:38] <Nowayz> hi
[08:38] <llutz_> Hyperbyte: but both will fail if he really has " 09:32 < sharpK> I lost sudo"
[08:38] <happygolucky> risk or no risk it does precisely what he wants, it's adding the user to the sudoers file
[08:39] <llutz_> happygolucky: its not
[08:39] <mamece2> i giveup, i have more than 24 hours looking for this
[08:39] <Nowayz> if I install Ubuntu 10.04 with grub onto a usb hdd can i move it from pc to pc without grub having errors with the boot
[08:40] <rainbowwarrior> nope java still freezes on google chrome same thing as with firefox
[08:41] <happygolucky> i'm confused
[08:45] <happygolucky> anyway sharpK you could if you needed to access all of a disk login as root or superuser by doing su and then typing in the root password and ctrl+D to logout
[08:45] <mamece2> excuse me but this is bullshit
[08:45] <auronandace> !root | happygolucky
[08:46] <eHAPPY> any reason why a NFS mount command would take a really long time?
[08:46] <bkerensa> !rules | mamece2
[08:46] <happygolucky> passwd sets a root password and not everyone chooses not to allow root login
[08:46] <Maccer> So I'm going to have to compile my own network drivers sadly.  If I choose to use ubuntu, how may I add the sk98lin module to load in it?
[08:47] <auronandace> happygolucky: if sudo is not working then somebody has been messing with something they don't understand (and you want to give that somebody root access?)
[08:47] <bkerensa> Maccer: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=11382042#post11382042
[08:48] <llutz_> besides that, activating root-account isn't supported here and shouldn't be recommended at all
[08:48] <happygolucky> wanting things is childish, if someone needs access i'll let them know how to get there
[08:48] <happygolucky> anything else is superfluous
[08:48] <ssta> llutz_: since when?
[08:48] <llutz_> ssta: since ever
[08:49] <ssta> then that's silly
[08:49] <Maccer> bkerensa: That doesn't work sadly, and it's even more of a pain in the ass because I don't have internet without these modules.
[08:49] <llutz_> ssta: blaim the people making the rules
[08:49] <ssta> llutz_: where is this rule stated?
[08:50] <llutz_> ssta: ask in #ubuntu-ops
[08:50] <skilz> I have another partition on my drive containing debian, is it possible to delete that partition and use it to store movies and music ect on? If so how?
[08:50] <skilz> like create an ext3 partition and have it auto mount
[08:50] <happygolucky> Maccer: did you try to modprobe it
[08:51] <llutz_> skilz: make sure its not mounted, "sudo mkfs.ext4 -m0 /dev/sdXY" "sudo mount /dev/sdXY/mnt" "sudo chown $USER:USER /mnt && umount /mnt"
[08:52] <llutz_> skilz: then create a new mountpoint like "/data" and add an /etc/fstab entry for it
[08:53] <lotuspsychje> whats a good xvidcap equivalent
[08:53] <ssta> the helppage linked from !root even tells you how to enable the root account.  This is a silly rule (if it is a rule)
[08:53] <happygolucky> also if sudo isnt working perhaps the it's not been installed i.e. only base system
[08:54] <llutz_> Hyperbyte:  " 09:32 < sharpK> I lost sudo"  <- so he had sudo before
[08:54] <llutz_> happygolucky: ^^
[08:54] <happygolucky> could have meant he had it in prior install
[08:55] <happygolucky> or she
[08:56] <happygolucky> for that matter
[08:56] <llutz_> who cares
[08:58] <brontosaurusrex> lotuspsychje, search repos for "screen recorder" ?
[08:58] <skilz> llee, Whats /dev/sdXY ?
[08:58] <skilz> How do I figure out if its /dev/sda1?
[08:58] <lotuspsychje> brontosaurusrex: i've tested a few screen recorders, but not many handle mpeg so smooth as xvidcap
[08:58] <llutz_> skilz: sudo fdisk -l
[08:59] <brontosaurusrex> lotuspsychje, what are you capturing exactly, a video stream of some sort?
[08:59] <lotuspsychje> brontosaurusrex: yes webcam stream
[09:00] <pnorman> I have two files, foo and bar. I want to rename foo to bar and bar to foo. Can anyone think of a better way then mv foo baz; mv bar foo; mv baz bar?
[09:01] <brontosaurusrex> lotuspsychje, how about glc?
[09:02] <lotuspsychje> brontosaurusrex: lemme test that package brb
[09:02] <skilz> Ubuntu is /dev/sda6 so I think debian is /dev/sda1: /dev/sda1   *        2048    33958021    16977987   83  Linux
[09:02] <brontosaurusrex> lotuspsychje, however i dont remeber how i installed that
[09:02] <llutz_> skilz: you should be sure, not just think
[09:03] <skilz> llutz, How can I be sure?
[09:03] <brontosaurusrex> lotuspsychje, but the cli was : glc-capture --fps=25 -s -n --disable-audio neverball
[09:03] <brontosaurusrex> for example
[09:03] <llutz_> skilz: mount it, check it
[09:03] <lotuspsychje> brontosaurusrex: was it able to record specific area?
[09:04] <happygolucky> skilz: whenever i'm unsure of what is what I like to mount them and then df -h.. usually i can tell by size what's what.. also blkid should give you a UUID for your fstab if for some reason your devices change on you
[09:04] <brontosaurusrex> lotuspsychje, maybe read http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/glc.html
[09:05] <lotuspsychje> brontosaurusrex: tnx ill have alook
[09:11] <besogon> uh
[09:11] <skilz> any gui program for partitioning?
[09:12] <ssta> gparted
[09:12] <besogon> I've found the way to turn on my card reader :-( Now I need a script to do it automatically
[09:12] <happygolucky> skilz: do yourself a favor burn a copy of gparted live
[09:12] <Ampelbein> besogon: Have a look at udev.
[09:12] <tripelb> hi booted macbook on 11.04 liveCD +. connected wireless + started Empathy, set up IRC +. asked to connect to #ubuntu --> OOPS, goes to login screen with only choice = OTHER..  I cant log in.  (this happened twice. The first time I didnt get that far.) HELP please.
[09:13] <A_J> hey all on my netbook my mouse pointer via the trackpad randomly stops working after bootup
[09:13] <tripelb> A_J it might be just doing something that takes a while
[09:13] <tripelb> and it looks like it froze
[09:14] <A_J> i just booted up tripelb
[09:14] <besogon> Ampelbein: I know. That's the reason why I'm sad. It's gonna be painful adventure 8-)
[09:14] <A_J> just happing from today morning tripelb
[09:14] <happygolucky> A_J: does gpm work in shell
[09:15] <tripelb> liveCD opens then goes to login screen and IM STUCK
[09:15] <Ampelbein> besogon: Yeah, udev is best looked at with a nice bottle of $favorite_alcoholic ;-)
[09:15] <Jigal__> hello i am running ubuntu on a virtualbox. Now i want to clone a git repo from github. But i am getting an error when cloning: gitbub.com[0: <IP_ADDRESS>]: errno=Connection timed out
[09:15] <Jigal__> fatal: unable to connect a socket (Connection timed out) any idea's?
[09:15] <A_J> installing happygolucky stand by
[09:15] <tripelb> A_J - well that was my cheap easy guess, just in case. IDK, good luck
[09:15] <Ampelbein> Jigal__: gitbub.com is not github.com
[09:15] <besogon> :)
[09:16] <matrixiumn> lol
[09:16] <Jigal__> lol
[09:16] <Jigal__> tnx Ampelbein
[09:16] <tripelb> ok I be ignored and must sleep. BUT how can I do a disk integrity check with 11.04 -- it is all so automatic I dont get the text list at the start.  Please help me.
[09:17] <A_J> happygolucky: it works but my mouse does not
[09:17] <tripelb> A_J - I wonder, have you tried an external mouse?
[09:18] <A_J> yup that works
[09:18] <tripelb> disk integrity check on 11.04 -- can I?
[09:18] <Ampelbein> tripelb: 'man fsck' will show you how to do it.
[09:18] <tripelb> A_J, that suggests mouse driver
[09:18] <llutz_> tripelb: better to use disk like ultimatebootcd which come with more specialized tools for this
[09:19] <tripelb> Ampelbein, there used to be such a choice at the startup screen. Is there a way to get that screen?  --
[09:19] <A_J> umm, found it. The f3 button had got stuck, that disables and enables trackpad
[09:19] <A_J> lemme give it a reboot
[09:19] <A_J> brb
[09:19] <Ampelbein> tripelb: Hold the SHIFT key after the BIOS, this will bring up the grub menu.
[09:19] <happygolucky> tripelb: you could umount and use badblocks to check the disk physically or i suppose fsck on reboot i.e. sudo shutdown -R -F now or touch /forcefsck
[09:19] <tripelb> hi llutz, I burned 11.04, started it up and it "randomly" goes to a login screen that I cant sign into cause ITS A LIVECD.  Big huh? Any ideas?
[09:20] <A_J> ty tripelb AND happygolucky
[09:20] <tripelb> Ampelbein, how do I know when "after the Bios" is or does it matter?
[09:20] <llutz_> tripelb: no, i don't use desktop live-cds
[09:20] <IamTrying> ASUS Eee pad transformer i have. There today i installed Ubuntu and now i get this how can i fix it? e.g: http://i.imgur.com/E9o16.png
[09:20] <Ampelbein> tripelb: Just hold shift when the computer starts.
[09:21] <llutz_> happygolucky: fyi shutdown -F   doesn't work with ubuntu since upstart came in
[09:21] <happygolucky> well debian based distribution
[09:21] <tripelb> llutz all I want to do is back up the mac. and my external HD is ubuntu. no other computers. (restoring the mac will be another issue but I will do  a clean install of a newer mac os.
[09:21] <tripelb> thanks Ampelbein
[09:22] <llutz_> tripelb: you asked about checking disk-integrity, thus my answer
[09:23] <A_J> what would be the recommended partition size for a boot drive with no data containing ubuntu ?
[09:23] <darkfur93> Anyone here good with grub2?
[09:23] <tripelb> see you on the flip. -- btw llutz, the wireless works in 11.04 and the empathy does have irc. so far so good. Yes NP re your answer. I was filling you in from my prev. meanwhile Ampelbein told me to hold down shift while it boots. (for 5 minutes I guess, so tomorrow)
[09:23] <tripelb> night night
[09:24] <linuxuz3r> darkfur93: what seems to be the problem
[09:24] <A_J> nn tripelb
[09:24] <skilz> How to change permissions for /mnt/media so I can read/write to it?
[09:24] <matrixiumn> night
[09:24] <llutz_> skilz: unix-fs? use chown/chmod
[09:24] <A_J> what would be the recommended partition size for a boot drive with no data containing ubuntu ?
[09:25] <happygolucky> A_J 200 megs
[09:25] <Ampelbein> A_J: What do you mean by "no data"? /usr,/var,/home on a different partition?
[09:25] <A_J> lol 200 megs
[09:25] <A_J> i mean i'm gonna put all my data in another drive
[09:25] <A_J> just programs in this one
[09:25] <A_J> 30 gigs ?
[09:26] <llutz_> A_J: so you mean the /-fs not /boot
[09:26] <darkfur93> @linuxuz3r I'm trying to add XP to the bootloader. The partition it's on is /dev/sdc4
[09:26] <A_J> no that would be the boot drive also
[09:26] <andyn> hi, i'm having trouble printing from flash applets in chromium. when i press the applet's print button, it opens the wrong print dialog with just a drop down list to choose a printer and two page range input fields. i expected it to show the large gnome print dialog that allows printing to pdf. running oneiric amd64.
[09:26] <Ampelbein> A_J: That question is nigh impossible to answer. Noone knows what programs you want to install.
[09:26] <A_J> true, but 30 gb should be enough no Ampelbein
[09:27] <Ampelbein> A_J: With 30gb you could install almost all packages in ubuntu. So yes.
[09:27] <A_J> thanks Ampelbein
[09:32] <darkfur93> Would the rootnoverify  be (hd0,4) because XP is on partition 4?
[09:33] <happygolucky> darkfur93: i used to multiboot windows and linux, the best way was to let windows handle the booting
[09:33] <Diamondcite> .... Since when did the Windows Boot loader do better than Lilo or GRUB?
[09:34] <fgiw> Does anyone here have experience using UEFI? I have an issue where editing the boot manager entries causes issues saving some BIOS settings, also from a certain number of additions/changes no more entries can be added, even when existing ones are deleted
[09:34] <happygolucky> darkfur93: there's a place in system under startup and recovery for all that
[09:35] <happygolucky> windows doesnt play nice with lilo and grub in my experience
[09:35] <velmis> i dont really like lilo
[09:36] <Diamondcite> happyface: And yet I've seen Windows 7 systems not boot successfully after a fresh install... but it boots just fine after installing grub x.x
[09:36] <happygolucky> and to install linux last because windows overwrites everything
[09:36] <Diamondcite> err not happyface, happygolucky
[09:36] <Diamondcite> Well installing linux last has always been true
[09:39] <happygolucky> and you have to no install the bootloader when installing linux for that to work
[09:39] <happygolucky> so
[09:40] <dr_willis> Ive always used grub to handle it all.. windoes tends to mess things up badly in my experience.
[09:40] <paissad> hello guys, i would like to know if iptables rules remain after the machine reboot
[09:40] <paissad> thanks in advance
[09:40] <dr_willis> paissad:  if you saved them.. yes.. if not  no.
[09:40] <paissad> dr_willis,saving ?
[09:40] <MrMind> Hi. is something wrong with the hard drive if it not have the same "Last mount time:" and "Last write time"? http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/750405/
[09:40] <Diamondcite> paissad: No all ip tables rules are reset, unless you have they added as part of the boot process
[09:41] <paissad> dr_willis, how would i save it ?
[09:41] <dr_willis> paissad:  correct... if you do a iptables whatever   command.. and reboot.. it is NOT saved by default
[09:41] <dr_willis> !iptables
[09:41] <paissad> dr_willis, Diamondcite, ok thanks
[09:41] <happygolucky> sure it works that's why he's here saying it doesn't
[09:41] <llutz_> paissad: iptables-save iptables-restore if you don't use ufw
[09:41] <paissad> llutz, i never use ufw,  only iptables
[09:42] <llutz_> paissad: one way: add short scripts to /etc/network/ip-down.d   (if-up.d) performing save/restore actions
[09:43] <paissad> llutz, i have a script /opt/scripts/firewall.sh which is called at startup via an init.d script in /etc/init.d/paissad.sh (i put my personal directives here :))
[09:43] <kantor> hello
[09:43] <kantor> How can I enable mouse cursor in virtual terminals in ubuntu (tty's)?
[09:44] <llutz_> paissad: lots of ways will work, pick what you like
[09:44] <paissad> indeed, thanks anyway
[09:44] <Ampelbein> kantor: You could have a look at 'gpm'
 should i run apt-get autoremove? there are some packages that are supposed to be automatically installed and no longer needed
 or will it break my system?
[09:44] <truefx> how can i find a shortcut's icon file on hard disk ?
[09:45] <Ampelbein> Timewarper: You can safely remove them.
[09:45] <kantor> Thanks Ampelbein
[09:45] <AndyLeeds> I'm trying to install pd-extended on an ubuntu 11.10 laptop, but before I get anywhere it has a insatisfiable dependency on libquicktime1..I have libquicktime2 installed, how do I go about making it use libquicktime2 instead?
[09:46] <Ampelbein> AndyLeeds: ask the package maintainer for a rebuild.
[09:46] <dr_willis> AndyLeeds:  where is pd-extended comming from? its wanting an outdated lib. it seems.
[09:47] <AndyLeeds> from the website..and it was one of their 'nightly builds' so I don't see how it would be asking for out of date software
[09:47] <dr_willis> AndyLeeds:  if they are building on a system with older libs...
[09:47] <dr_willis> mention it in their forums perhaps?
[09:48] <AndyLeeds> ok, cheers :)
[09:48] <Ampelbein> AndyLeeds: I can't find pd-extended for oneiric on their website.
[09:48] <AndyLeeds> no I couldn't either
[09:48] <dr_willis> That sounds like they are building it on an older release to me. :)
[09:49] <dr_willis> if they are providing a repo/ppa.. you could use the build-deps option and try to recompile it yourself.
[09:53] <rodhash> Hello guys.. is there any way to list the processes priorities??
[09:54] <dr_willis> check the options to the ps command?
[09:54] <Ampelbein> rodhash: use top?
[09:55] <fgiw> I use a computer with two nics attached to one network. they both get their own IP from the DHCP server. How can I make sure the routing to external addresses goes through eth1? Where can I best edit eth0 does not request/use the default gateway info?
[09:55] <andyn> see the output of the route command
[09:56] <rodhash> Amanas, It worked ..
[09:56] <rodhash> but what about ps? I'm not finding it in its man...
[09:56] <Ampelbein> fgiw: the dev option in the route command is used for that
[09:56] <andyn> there should be a line that starts with "default" and the last field on the same line is the interface
[09:57] <fgiw> Ampelbein: andyn: so I restet the default route in rc.local? now default is 'randomly' assigned to eth0 or eth1
[09:57] <fgiw> restet=reset
[09:58] <llutz_> rodhash: ps -eo pri,more-fields
[09:58] <xeocs> hello! how to change tty into English version?
[09:58] <rodhash> found it!!
[09:58] <rodhash> llutz, thank you !
[09:59] <xeocs> I couldn't get Chinese characters display right in tty mode..
[10:00] <Varazir> Hello, I have a problem with my HTPC, it's connected to a HC and when the system boots I get this error msg Fatal server error: [    59.699] no screens found
[10:00] <jase_> xeocs: sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setup
[10:00] <Varazir> ubuntu 11.10
[10:00] <xeocs> jase_: Thanks! trying!
[10:00] <Ampelbein> fgiw: Why in rc.local? Depending on the tool you use to connect to the network you can find everything you need in /etc/network
[10:01] <Varazir> Not that strange due to the HC systeam isn't on when I power on and sometime I forget to turn it on. is there a way to work around it ?
[10:02] <fgiw> Ampelbein: then i'd probably need to set dhcp-client-parameters for the individual nics in /etc/network/interfaces right?
[10:02] <Varazir> is there a way to "save" the state it was on last boot and not trying to config the screens on boot ?
[10:05] <Ampelbein> fgiw: No. You most likely want something like 'ip route add -net <IP_ADDRESS>/24 gw <IP_ADDRESS> dev eth1' in /etc/network/interfaces
[10:06] <Ampelbein> fgiw: erm, sorry. 'up route add' of course.
[10:06] <xeocs> jase_: it doesn't work somehow..
[10:07] <xeocs>  still can't get it display right..
[10:07] <jase_> xeocs: it errors or doesn't do what you want?
[10:07] <Ampelbein> fgiw: 'man 5 interfaces' for a complete overview.
[10:08] <fgiw> Ampelbein: OK, thanks. I'd probably need to delete the default routes set by the dhcpclient as well, besides add a new one. Will read the man page a bit...
[10:10] <xeocs> jase_: well, when i was installing ubuntu server, i selected Chinese Simplified as my language, but when i entered tty mode, i could not get any characters, em.. all the Chinese chaacters are not recongnizable
[10:11] <truefx> how can i change resize icon in ubuntu ? its sooo ugly. my cursor theme is oxygen but when i try to resize some ugly primitive black cursor appear. Thats not case with windows os, plz help,
[10:12] <xeocs> jase_: it errors...
[10:15] <lotuspsychje> whats a good gui screen recorder for mpeg video
[10:15] <jase_> xeocs: what's the error?
[10:16] <Ampelbein> !screencast | lotuspsychje
[10:16] <lotuspsychje> Ampelbein: tnx
[10:17] <xeocs> jase_:All the chinese characters are diamond, none of them can be recongnized.. i wonder if i could change Chinese language into English..please help!! Thank you!!
[10:17] <jase_> have you got the en language pack installed? if not you need it then the dpkg-reconfigure console-setup should allow you to change to the en lang pack
[10:18] <rodhash> Guys... Why I can't grep guake with 'ps -eo' ?? I can grep any application but not for guake...
[10:18] <rodhash> very odd
[10:18] <Ampelbein> rodhash: What?
[10:19] <rodhash> Ampelbein,  ps -eo pid,ni,pri,pcpu,pmem,stat,comm | grep guake --> this doesn't work.... but ps aux | grep guake works
[10:20] <rodhash> ohhh gosh... Amanas I found it... I should grep for python
[10:21] <xeocs> jase_: em.. how to install a language pack?
[10:21] <rodhash> Ampelbein, it still making no sense
[10:21] <Ampelbein> rodhash: I don't know guake but if it's a python script it makes complete sense.
[10:21] <dr_willis> whats the term called when you take an audio/video file and alter the sound to reduce the low end hum/static from a low quality conversion. Trying to clean up the audio on some home movies converted from vhs
[10:22] <dr_willis> !info guake
[10:22] <llutz_> rodhash: it appears a "python"
[10:22] <glebihan> rodhash, this should also work : ps -efo pid,ni,pri,pcpu,pmem,stat,comm | grep guake
[10:22] <llutz_> as
[10:22] <rodhash> Ampelbein,  Yes it is... but "ps aux | grep python", doesn't find guake
[10:22] <glebihan> rodhash, oh no sorry
[10:22] <jase_> xeocs: sudo apt-get install language-pack-en-base
[10:22] <xeocs> jase_: THANK YOU!!
[10:23] <rodhash> glebihan, it was close :)
[10:23] <jase_> xeocs: hope it works
[10:24] <Ampelbein> rodhash: What is the complete output of 'ps aux'?
[10:24] <llutz_> rodhash: use ,command    not ,comm
[10:24] <glebihan> rodhash, well the thing is, ps aux shows the command as initially types (so there's isn't python in it). On the contrary, the command with "ps -eo" only the shows the columns you specify (so not the one containing guake)
[10:25] <llutz_> rodhash: fname/comm only show the binary (which is python)
[10:25] <Ampelbein> dr_willis: do you mean denoise?
[10:25] <rodhash> llutz, amazing... thank you!
[10:25] <ToonTownStone> Hi. I have a problem installing Ubuntu 11.10 un a machine that ran 9.10 already. I keep getting kernel panic... Can I fix it?
[10:26] <Ampelbein> ToonTownStone: Without telling us the machine specs and the kernel panic you get: No.
[10:26] <dr_willis> Ampelbein:  im trying to figure out what to google for. :)  'normalize' means just tweaking the volume.  wanting to cut out the low end stuff.
[10:27] <ToonTownStone> Ampelbein, it's a Medion Akoya MD8800, Dual Core Intel proccessor, 2x 1GB DDR3 RAMs, 1TB Samsung Hard Drive.
[10:29] <dr_willis> seem audaicty can do it for audio files. but that would mean i have to  split/rebuild my video files. Looking for an app like audacity that can do stuff to the sound track of a video file.
[10:30] <dr_willis> unless audacity can just pass through the video portion.
[10:30] <Ampelbein> ToonTownStone: "Dual Core Intel processor" is about as accurate as "4 cylinder BMW". What processor is it exactly? And what is the kernel panic?
[10:34] <Guest61234> ciao
[10:34] <ToonTownStone> Ampelbein, its a hardware error, it wont tell me more than it' a dual core proccessor 2.12GHz
[10:35] <wooter> cat /proc/cpuinfo |grep model
[10:35] <love4linux> hello...I am trying to edit my main menu through the 'main menu' icon but when I press 'properties' for a given icon it doesnt do anything.. is that a bug? or is it my ubuntu that is not responding? note: I upgraded from 10.04 to 10.10
[10:35] <Ampelbein> wooter: Hard to do when the kernel panics.
[10:36] <wooter> true, i dont think the model is relevant anyway, Ampelbein id try different cd, reinsert hardware, test ram , hard drive
[10:36] <wooter> what type of videocard Ampelbein ?
[10:36] <Ampelbein> wooter: Ask ToonTownStone, not me ;-)
[10:36] <wooter> sorry
[10:36] <ToonTownStone> -.-
[10:37] <ToonTownStone> Ill try to install an older version because it ran on the computer before and upgrade after.
[10:40] <SavageWolf> Ugh, am I the only one who keeps getting annoying bugs in Unity which require killing the XServer?
[10:40] <lotuspsychje> where to find xvidcap config file?
[10:42] <Ampelbein> SavageWolf: Check on https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity if your bug is already reported.
[10:42] <Ampelbein> SavageWolf: If it isn't, use 'ubuntu-bug unity' to report one.
[10:43] <SavageWolf> It should be reported, somewhere...
[10:43] <sly__> Morning people (from the uk). I use openbox/tint i was wondering if anyone knows of any program to lock certain desktops till a password is entered. I do different things on their own desktop. but do not want anyone who happens to just want to browse the web on my desktop to see what is on say desktop 4 etc etc
[10:43] <sharpK> 11.10 Ubuntu Desktop: Should an administrator be able to edit files in etc?
[10:43] <sharpK> because I am getting a permission denied type error
[10:43] <SavageWolf> But I'm just wondering if, in general, Unity is quite buggy... It keeps crashing and malfunctioning...
[10:44] <SavageWolf> Sharp, you need to be root, `gksudo nautilus` should do it.
[10:44] <MrHanjrah> sharpK: i guess only 'root' can edit files in /etc
[10:45] <Varazir> Hmm when the systeam can't find the screen(HCsysteam not started) After I have turned on my HCsystem I tried to run startx from a consol and get "user not authorized to run the X server, aborting" tried the start with sudo, GUI starts up but wrong session
[10:45] <Varazir> is there a nother way to do it ?
[10:45] <sharpK> it's telling me to create a folder
[10:45] <sharpK> or something or other
[10:45] <Varazir> ubuntu 11.10
[10:46] <tubuntu9839> hi ppl - is there anonimizer for Ubuntu?
[10:46] <SavageWolf> What is telling you to make a folder?
[10:46] <Phr3d13> Tor?
[10:46] <MrHanjrah> Tor ftw!
[10:46] <Ampelbein> sharpK: What is the exact error you get? What is the command you are using?
[10:47] <lotuspsychje> xvidcap crashed on ocelot, what does this mean: xtoffmpeg.c guess_input_pix_fmt(): image depth 32 not supported ... aborting
[10:47] <Ampelbein> Varazir: You don't use startx, you use the login manager, like gdm, light-dm or kdm.
[10:48] <Varazir> Ampelbein: then I get ** (gdm-binary:1879): WARNING **: Failed to acquire org.gnome.DisplayManager: Connection ":1.46" is not allowed to own the service "org.gnome.DisplayManager" due to security policies in the configuration file
[10:48] <sharpK> Ampelbein, I am actually trying to share a folder on my desktop (just re-installed samba), it gives me an error saying 'net usershare' returned error 255: net usershare add: cannot share path /home/usr/Desktop/share as we are restriced to only sharing directories we own. ask the administrator to add the line "usershare owner only = false" to the [global] section of the smb.conf to allow this
[10:48] <Ampelbein> lotuspsychje: Seems this bug is known since a few years, bug 312563
[10:48] <sharpK> so I tried to go to that file and add that like under where it says [global]
[10:48] <sharpK> but
[10:48] <sharpK> then it wouldn't let me save
[10:48] <Ampelbein> Varazir: even with sudo?
[10:48] <sharpK> saying I didn't have permission
[10:48] <FloodBot1> sharpK: Please don't flood; use http://paste.ubuntu.com to paste; don't use Enter as punctuation.
[10:49] <Varazir> Ampelbein: sudo gdm start
[10:49] <Varazir> gdm-binary[1882]: WARNING: GdmDisplay: display lasted 1.684355 seconds
[10:49] <lotuspsychje> Ampelbein: any solution for it?
[10:49] <Ampelbein> Varazir: pastebin /var/log/xorg.0.log
[10:49] <Varazir> Ampelbein: I'm doing this from a ssh session
[10:50] <sharpK> not sure if my big message showed up, flood bot said please don't flood
[10:50] <Ampelbein> sharpK: You need to use sudo
[10:50] <sharpK> guess I went over the chars
[10:50] <sharpK> can I GUI sudo?
[10:50] <sharpK> or would I have to share this through terminal commands?
[10:50] <Ampelbein> sharpK: 'gksudo gedit /path/to/file'
[10:50] <Varazir> Ampelbein: http://pastebin.com/qF0rFHBL
[10:50] <Phr3d13> sharpK: use pastie or pastebin
[10:52] <sharpK> http://pastebin.com/Fm5aqFCz
[10:52] <sharpK> is gksudo to edit sharing or just permissions for the file that would supposedly allow sharing (the one in etc)?
[10:52] <dr_willis> sharpK:  hmm. clarify what you mean.
[10:53] <harrystud> hello
[10:53] <dr_willis> gksudo runs speicifc apps with root access.
[10:53] <dr_willis> root 'rights'
[10:53] <sharpK> dr_willis: I need to edit a samba conf file in /etc/ I can't seem to do it in the GUI because I can't save it
[10:53] <sharpK> I need to add a line to it
[10:53] <dr_willis> sharpK:  you need to launch the text editor with root rights..
[10:53] <Ampelbein> Varazir: Have a look at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RemoteXHowTo
[10:53] <dr_willis> gksudo gedit /etc/whatever/file/you/want
[10:53] <Varazir> Ampelbein: ok I don't want to start it in the ssh sesstion
[10:53] <dr_willis> or via command line... sudo nano /etc/whatever/
[10:54] <harrystud> any girls wanna chat
[10:54] <harrystud> pvt me please
[10:54] <Flannel> harrystud: This isnt a place for that.  Thanks.
[10:54] <Phr3d13> !ot |harrystud
[10:55] <harrystud> what  chat room is this please
[10:55] <Phr3d13> It is #ubuntu
[10:55] <harrystud> what does that mean
[10:55] <sharpK> well, at least it let me set the sharing permissions, but still an error when trying to access the folder on Ubunutu through windows.
[10:55] <sharpK> Dagnabit
[10:56] <lotuspsychje> where can i find xvidcap config file?
[10:56] <ActionParsnip> sharpK: what error?
[10:56] <Effex> I'm wanting to setup my private network's server with a pastebin under Ubuntu. Is there a pastebin package I can install or does anyone have any advice in how I'd go about doing it?
[10:57] <dr_willis> sharpK:   a direcotry you are shareing also has to have the proper filesystem permissions.
[10:57] <garden92> is there a way i can change how fast the dock closes?
[10:57] <sharpK> ActionParsnip: Windows cannot acces \\SERVER\share --- Check the spelling of the name. Otherwise, there might be a problem with your network. To try to identify and resolve network problems, click Diagnose.
[10:57] <dr_willis> sharpK:  and you need to give the user a samba password 'sudo smbpasswd -a username'
[10:57] <Ampelbein> Effex: for example 'pnopaste'
[10:57] <Ampelbein> Varazir: You lost me now. What do you want to do?
[10:58] <dr_willis> sharpK:  the smb.conf file also has a feature to  enable 'home' shares - where each user can have their own home directory as a persnal 'share' accessable by windows.
[10:58] <Varazir> Ampelbein: I have Harman Kardon Amplifier (HCsysteam) and when I power on my systems (HTPC and the HC) the HC is in standby and my HTPC can't find any screens, GUI fails to start
[10:58] <TimothyA> how do I automatically reboot the server on a kernel panic? And no, I don't give a damn it's a bad idea.
[10:58] <Effex> Thanks Ampelbein, just what I was looking for!
[10:58] <dr_willis> if its kernel paniced.. you really dont have any option then a reboot.. but never seen a way to automatically reboot on a panic.
[10:59] <ActionParsnip> sharpK: can you ping the hostname
[10:59] <Varazir> Ampelbein: I like to find a way to get the GUI up without restarting the systeam
[10:59] <sharpK> dr_willis, so when I rightclick share a folder on ubunntu and allow guest access, shouldn't that let them get into the folder without user/pass?
[10:59] <dr_willis> http://www.linuxhowtos.org/Tips%20and%20Tricks/autoreboot.htm first google hit i saw
[10:59] <TimothyA> dr_willis: ....
[11:00] <TimothyA> so you're saying, I will ALWAYS lose money when a server decides to crap itself and the guy supposed to take care of the server is gone?
[11:00] <dr_willis> sharpK:  if you set it to alliow it - it should.. but you dont need to edit smb.conf for that..  or do anything as root.
[11:00] <Ampelbein> Varazir: ok, 'sudo service gdm start' should do then.
[11:00] <ActionParsnip> sharpK: i've seen users need to set a password for folders set in $HOME but the error doesn't imply that
[11:00] <dr_willis> reboot on kernel panic. several older posts  i just googled.. seems theres a  system variable/kernel var to do it.
[11:00] <dr_willis> http://www.linuxhowtos.org/Tips%20and%20Tricks/autoreboot.htm
[11:01] <sharpK> ActionParsnip, what;s teh ipconfig equivalent for terminal?
[11:01] <dr_willis> All you have to do is add the kernel parameter panic=X to your boot line in your bootloader (linux, grub, or others).
[11:01] <dr_willis>  X is the timeout in seconds. The kernel waits X seconds and reboots. A value of 0 means the feature is disabled (default).
[11:01] <sharpK> dr_willis, well, it is checked, and so set to do that, but windows still can't seem to access the server...that's why I thought I might have to edit the file (saw a guide on ubunutu site)
[11:02] <dr_willis> sharpK:  try accessing it by ip#. not hostname
[11:02] <dr_willis>  \\server.ip.number
[11:02] <dr_willis>  \\server.ip.number\sharename
[11:02] <sharpK> dr_willis what is the ipconfig equivalent for linux terminal?
[11:02] <dr_willis> sharpK:  you mean ifconfig? :)
[11:03] <Ampelbein> TimothyA: You could read up on sysctl and the kernel.panic parameter.
[11:03] <sharpK> rgr, I am used to cmdprmpt :)
[11:03] <dr_willis> Add the following to /etc/sysctl.conf:
[11:03] <dr_willis> kernel.panic = 20
[11:04] <sharpK> hmm, still the same windows error
[11:04] <ActionParsnip> sharpK: ifconfig
[11:04] <TimothyA> Ampelbein: already done that
[11:04] <TimothyA> it has no effect
[11:04] <Varazir> Ampelbein: didn't work :(
[11:04] <dr_willis> sharpK:  try disabling the windows firewall as a test.. see if the windows box can ping the linux box. see if the linux box can ping/access shares on the windows box.
[11:04] <TimothyA> I had to wait 20 HOURS on the server to get rebooted. it did that miracilously on its own
[11:04] <sharpK> yeah, tried //<IP_ADDRESS>/share
[11:04] <sharpK> will try
[11:04] <ActionParsnip> sharpK: can you ping the name? can you ping the IP?
[11:05] <sharpK> I can ping the ip
[11:05] <sharpK> from windows
[11:05] <Ampelbein> Varazir: "didn't work" is not an error message.
[11:05] <Varazir> Ampelbein: getting them :)
[11:05] <dr_willis> sharpK:  ive seen windows firewalls get in the way. :) i tend to disable them when im behind a router.
[11:05] <ActionParsnip> sharpK: ok then you can use the IP as you said above
[11:06] <ActionParsnip> sharpK: which version of windows is the client?
[11:06] <dr_willis> sharpK:  also i tend to just fallback to using ssh/winscp on windows.  seems MS managed to make samba/shares impossible to get going with the latest windows versions
[11:06] <Phr3d13> Any linux software devs in here?
[11:06] <Ampelbein> TimothyA: You added the value to /etc/sysctl.conf and rebooted?
[11:06] <sharpK> hmmm, just disbled the eset firewall for 10 minutes, but same error
[11:06] <sharpK> well, I am on 7, so you may be right
[11:06] <dr_willis> eset firewall?
[11:06] <ActionParsnip> sharpK: if you run:  smbtree   from the sambe server, do you see the shares?
[11:06] <Varazir> Ampelbein: http://pastebin.com/9D1xB0mi and http://pastebin.com/4XJVqCQA
[11:07] <sharpK> but SSH would be 3rd party on all the rest of the windows comps, correct?
[11:07] <TimothyA> Ampelbein: it crashed
[11:07] <TimothyA> and then it rebooted
[11:07] <TimothyA> after 20 hours
[11:07] <dr_willis> sharpK:  ssh and winscp are to handy to ignore. :)
[11:07] <sharpK> ActionParsnip: smbtree?
[11:07] <ActionParsnip> sharpK: yes, its a terminal command
[11:07] <Varazir> Ampelbein: and http://pastebin.com/MM5Ebmuf
[11:07] <Ampelbein> TimothyA: What value did you add?
[11:07] <dr_willis> I have a hard time even getting a windows7 box to see other windows7 box's on my homelan. :()
[11:08] <sharpK> ActionParsnip, yes, it does come up in the list
[11:08] <sharpK> my computer that is
[11:08] <dr_willis> sharpK:  the use ip not hostname trick normally works for me.
[11:08] <sharpK> and I should have mentioned, I seem to be able to access the windows files from ubunutu
[11:08] <ActionParsnip> sharpK: ok so now you can see for sure the share name. Do you have any spaces in the name, or is it just one word?
[11:08] <sharpK> I even transferred af ile over to the desktop
[11:09] <sharpK> dr_willis: I tried \\<IP_ADDRESS>\share, but got hte same error
[11:09] <dr_willis> sharpK:  thers also windows7 settings to block stuff not on the home network. i recall
[11:09] <TimothyA> Ampelbein: kernel.panic = 10
[11:09] <sharpK> Actionparsnip: nope, it says WORKGROUP \\Server\share
[11:09] <dr_willis> i started disabling eveyrhing i could find in windows.. and now i see stuff. :)
[11:10] <Ampelbein> Varazir: Can you pastebin the output of 'apt-cache policy lightdm' and 'apt-cache policy gdm' for me?
[11:10] <dr_willis> sharpK:   perhaps restart the samba  service. and/or enable its verbose logging. Its possible its a windows security setting causing the issues.
[11:10] <sharpK> heh, could be it, I can access other windows computers on my network thouhg
[11:10] <sharpK> just the ubuntu that's giving me trouble
[11:10] <ActionParsnip> sharpK: ok the samba server run:  sudo smbpasswd -a $USER      then set the same password as you log in with as the samba password, now when you hit the server you should be challenged for authentication and you can tell your OS to store the credential. Or you can use it to map a network drive
[11:10] <Ampelbein> TimothyA: What is the result of uname -a?
[11:10] <TimothyA> 2.6.32-24-server #43-Ubuntu SMP Thu Sep 16 16:05:42 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[11:10] <dr_willis> because MS likes to enable special scrutity things. (homegroup stuff) and other annoyances. :)
[11:11] <dr_willis> sharpK:  so NONE of the windows machines can see the linux box.. it can see all the windows machines... and the window machines can see each other?
[11:11] <Varazir> Ampelbein: http://pastebin.com/UBwPTuiR http://pastebin.com/fw065pnG
[11:11] <happygol1cky> sharpK: another point is if you're using a wireless adapter for windows you want to enable the wireless zero configuration
[11:12] <sharpK> dr_willis, I'll try to run to another room and see if I can get into ubunutu from there...
[11:12] <sharpK> happygol1cky: nope, all through ethernet into a WRT54g
[11:12] <dr_willis> sharpK:  ive definatly had shares not work when on wireless.. and then do work when wired on windows.. it may be what happygol1cky  just mentioned.
[11:12] <dr_willis> sharpK:  vnc would save the running around. :)
[11:12] <sharpK> Actionparsnip: done, but the same error in wondows
[11:12] <gjois> hello!!
[11:12] <ActionParsnip> sharpK: ive seen users had to reboot router and server
[11:13] <dr_willis> ive seen people fight for hrs getting a share to show up.. then  suddendly it appears..... with nothing done on their end.. :)
[11:13] <sharpK> I guess I'll have to give it a go, brother it playing Dota2 though, so a reboot could mean the end of me right now...
[11:13] <happygol1cky> sharpK: did you allow 192.168.1.*
[11:13] <sharpK> happygol1cky: ubuntu or windows?
[11:14] <sharpK> and how?
[11:14] <happygol1cky> smb conf
[11:14] <dr_willis> I got a $20 NAS with USB. that every box in the house can see.. the boxeebox (running some linux) can see every share.. but ive had windows box's not want to see each other... :) go figure.
[11:14] <Ampelbein> Varazir: Ok, could you have a look at 805154 and try the workaround mentioned there (with lightdm)?
[11:14] <Ampelbein> Varazir: bug 805154
[11:14] <sharpK> what is the specific line I would look for?
[11:14] <Varazir> Ampelbein: can do that
[11:15] <dr_willis> we need sshfs for windows :)
[11:16] <sharpK> happygol1cky: I search for 192.168 in the smc.conf file, it doesn't find anything, so what line to I add
[11:16] <sharpK> ?
[11:16] <gjois> im running windows and need to install virtual box and boot ubuntu on it. But i heard that virtualbox degrades memory performance, so want install only text-mode ubuntu on virtualbox.  can anyone guide me how can i do it??
[11:16] <Ampelbein> TimothyA: Sorry, I can't find any problem mentioned with this kernel not respecting kernel.panic setting. It SHOULD work, no idea why it doesn't for you.
[11:17] <dr_willis> Hmm.. there are some sshfs for windows projects out there... nifty
[11:18] <ActionParsnip> gjois: grab the server or minimal install and run that, you will get a CLI based OS. If you want a mouse based interface, install desktop. It doesn't degrade memory performance, you are just runnning 2 OSes at the same time so it will slow down the system
[11:19] <happygol1cky> sharpK: i think i might have been thinking print server, nevermind that, but in that file you should set path, browsable to yes, read only to no, quest ok = no, create mask = 0644, directory mask = 0755, force user = YourUsername, force group = YourGroupName
[11:19] <ActionParsnip> dr_willis: swish-sftp :)
[11:19] <happygol1cky> *guest not quest
[11:20] <sharpK> happygol1cky: restarting the ubuntu now, will try it when as soon as it comes up
[11:22] <Varazir> Ampelbein: there is no workaround, like forcing ubuntu use the last setting and not scaning for a screen ?
[11:23] <Ampelbein> Varazir: The problem is a segfault (also known as a crash) in your logs. It seems a known problem with gdm, that's why I asked to try with lightdm.
[11:23] <dr_willis> ActionParsnip:  just saw one called dokan sshfs.. but i cant figure out how to get it to use my ssh key. :)
[11:24] <Varazir> Ampelbein: ok
[11:24] <Ampelbein> Varazir: Comment #11 from the bug link.
[11:24] <canterer> why I cannot kill the thread ?
[11:24] <canterer> ps aux | grep 'java'
[11:24] <Guest85224> is there a way to convert batch all files in folders from encoding ascii to utf8?
[11:24] <Varazir> Ampelbein: gona look into it
[11:25] <canterer> yp        6393  0.0  0.2  41580  8716 pts/0    Tl   19:21   0:00 vim hello.java
[11:25] <canterer> kill 6393
[11:25] <canterer> but the thread is alive
[11:25] <ActionParsnip> canterer: try:  kill -9 6393
[11:25] <A_J> hello ActionParsnip
[11:25] <ActionParsnip> A_J: yo yo yo
[11:25] <happygol1cky> sharpK: http://paste.ubuntu.com/751303/ that's what mine looks like, the share is at the bottom
[11:26] <canterer> OK  thanks , but what is the reason ?
[11:26] <Varazir> Ampelbein: /usr/sbin/lightdm is allready as default
[11:26] <ActionParsnip> canterer: no idea, maybe it's hung and a graceful kill won't work. -9 will kill it with no regard for consequence
[11:27] <Ampelbein> Varazir: Then try 'sudo service lightdm restart'
[11:27] <Ampelbein> Guest85224: iconv can do that
[11:27] <A_J> ActionParsnip: u here, or goin in some time ?
[11:27] <canterer> ah  fun:)
[11:27] <ActionParsnip> A_J: in and out
[11:28] <happygol1cky> sharpK: you could also access it from ssh, I use cygwin and putty for complete access
[11:28] <A_J> kk needed some help partioning, when i reach the screen during installation will ping u
[11:28] <ActionParsnip> A_J: ask the channel
[11:28] <A_J> but ut awesome
[11:28] <A_J> ur*
[11:30] <sharpK> do I have to restart samba after saving the smv.conf file?
[11:30] <sharpK> *smb.conf
[11:31] <Ampelbein> sharpK: yes
[11:31] <ActionParsnip> A_J: i'll see it and so will everybody else
[11:31] <sharpK> cmd?
[11:31] <happygol1cky> service smbd restart
[11:31] <ActionParsnip> A_J: x+1 > 1
[11:32] <ActionParsnip> sharpK: failing that use:  sudo service smbd stop; sudo service smbd start
[11:33] <Varazir> Ampelbein: worked :D now I just make it restart it self if it fail
[11:33] <Guest27720> hi - was wondering how i disable xorg to install drivers from nvidia website . any help would be great
[11:35] <sharpK> Well, some progress
[11:35] <sharpK> http://i.imgur.com/DOKr3.png
[11:35] <sharpK> It could see the new [___] folder I created
[11:35] <sharpK> but still gave an error
[11:35] <sharpK> I tried setting guest ok = yes
[11:35] <sharpK> bt stil got that
[11:36] <sharpK> I set force group = WORKGROUP, but could that be wrong?
[11:37] <happygol1cky> sharpK: you're positive wireless zero cinfiguration is an enabled service and running?
[11:37] <Guest27720> or at least what i can do to disable xorg so i can install the drivers from the website :S
[11:37] <sharpK> isn't wireless zero for wifi?
[11:37] <happygol1cky> yes
[11:38] <sharpK> both computers are connected by ethernet to a WRT54G router
[11:38] <sharpK> I know they can somehwat see eachother
[11:38] <sharpK> because I got synergy working on both
[11:38] <sharpK> the mouse and keyboard transfer over
[11:38] <sharpK> so that's something
[11:38] <solringel> hi i need help with something
[11:39] <Guest27720> so can anyone shoot me advice or am i going to have to botch my xorg.conf file so it doesnt load properly
[11:39] <CoinBR> Just installed Ubuntu Server and 2 network cards (same models). One of them work OK as eth0. But the second one is UNCLAIMED and don't work
[11:39] <happygol1cky> Guest27720: i dont think xorg has a conf file anymore
[11:39] <CoinBR> why?
[11:39] <CoinBR> lshw shows the second ethernet card as UNCLAIMED, and had no MAC ADDRESS
[11:40] <ActionParsnip> CoinBR: what is the chip it uses?
[11:40] <A_J> damn how long does it take for the live cd to boot up :|
[11:40] <Guest27720> happygolicky it does , do some of my config through it . so i guess ima have to do that since im having a hard time finding out what ubuntu is using as the main login manager like gdm/kdm/xdm
[11:40] <solringel> i am using ubuntu 11.10 with unity and there is an option to show battery life with time remaining but when i set it it doesnt do anything how do i fix that?
[11:41] <CoinBR> ActionParsnip: RLT-8139/8139C/8139C+
[11:41] <CoinBR> ActionParsnip: both of them are the same model
[11:41] <happygol1cky> Guest27720: i have nvidia, http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html i downloaded this for 64 bit. chmod +x and then ./FILENAME it installs nvidia drivers
[11:42] <solringel> i am using ubuntu 11.10 with unity and there is an option to show battery life with time remaining but when i set it it doesnt do anything how do i fix that?
[11:42] <Guest27720> happy - it asks me to disable xorg to install the drivers unfortunatly
[11:43] <ActionParsnip> happygol1cky: the nvidia drivers are in the repos
[11:43] <happygol1cky> not for 3d vision sir
[11:43] <happygol1cky> which i have
[11:43] <ActionParsnip> happygol1cky: yes, the nvidia driver from nvidia is in the repos
[11:43] <A_J> ActionParsnip: how long does the live cd normally take to boot up A?
[11:43] <Guest27720> 3d vision is an addon to the driver itself :P
[11:43] <ActionParsnip> A_J: depends on spec
[11:43] <ActionParsnip> Guest27720: oh vison..
[11:43] <Guest27720> but can anyone just let me know how to safley disable xorg while i install the drivers
[11:44] <Guest27720> im not doing 3d vision
[11:44] <Guest27720> just drivers from nvidias website
[11:44] <Guest27720> for the gtx 450 i have
[11:44] <happygol1cky> i have gtx 560m
[11:44] <happygol1cky> works for me
[11:44] <A_J> intel atom 1.6ghz single core ActionParsnip
[11:44] <Guest27720> not what i was asking but thank you
[11:44] <Varazir> anyone have any hints how to make a service that fail start again ?
[11:45] <ActionParsnip> my bad
[11:45] <happygol1cky> oh lol
[11:45] <happygol1cky> ps -C Xorg
[11:45] <solringel> can any1 help me out with a small issue?
[11:45] <happygol1cky> then sudo kill the pid
[11:45] <Guest27720> xorg restarts
[11:46] <Guest27720> ive done that already , as well as unity-greeting - xorg restarts each time
[11:46] <happygol1cky> oh oh wait l something
[11:46] <sasori> the touch/trackpad of my ubuntu11.04 lappy doesn't work..any idea/tips what to install to make it work?...coz the drivers from the cd it has is for windows only
[11:47]  * A_J waits for ActionParsnip reply
[11:47] <ActionParsnip> sasori: what make / model is it?
[11:47] <MonkeyDust> sasori  try gpoint blah
[11:47] <ActionParsnip> A_J: how much RAM?
[11:48] <sasori> ActionParsnip: it's a lenovo Y410 59012531 ( to be exact )
[11:48] <kbhtech1> Checking on this, I just went through setup hell.
[11:48] <amirwebdev2> is there a way to convert batch all files in folders from encoding ascii to utf8?
[11:48] <sasori> gpoint?
[11:48] <happygol1cky> Guest27720: i'm severely mixing up distros but I think what you need to do is sudo service gdm stop
[11:49] <ActionParsnip> sasori: is there a shortcut to enable/disable the touchpad?
[11:49] <A_J> 4 gigs ActionParsnip
[11:49] <Ampelbein> amirwebdev2: iconv -f ASCII -t utf8 *
[11:49] <amirwebdev2> is it recursive?
[11:49] <sasori> ActionParsnip: how will i know ?
[11:49] <Ampelbein> amirwebdev2: man iconv will tell you
[11:50] <kbhtech1> Why can't I comm on the backtrack channel?
[11:50] <amirwebdev2> i tried its not working recursive
[11:50] <ActionParsnip> sasori: look at the keyboard under your nose
[11:50] <ActionParsnip> kbhtech1: i'd ask in #freenode
[11:51] <happygol1cky> kbhtech1: probably because your nickname isn't registered with nickserv
[11:51] <Varazir> Ampelbein: thanks btw :)
[11:52] <Guest27720> happy not a recognised service
[11:52] <Guest27720> ubuntu 11.10
[11:52] <ActionParsnip> sasori: also try:  sudo modprobe -r psmouse; sleep 2; sudo modprobe psmouse
[11:52] <A_J> ActionParsnip: the load screen has gone away and now it says on a cli screen *starting bluetooth boot-time encrypted block divicescarty-i386/packages restrictedBB75451 /var/run/dbus/system_ [OK]
[11:52] <happygol1cky> Guest27720: lightdm?
[11:53] <ActionParsnip> A_J: try the boot option:  nomodeset    it should have loaded by now. I assum you MD5 tested the ISO
[11:53] <tolyan_pa> Hi all :)
[11:53] <ActionParsnip> sasori: also may want to try the boot options: i8024.reset    and/or   i8024.nomux=1   and/or   irqpoll
[11:53] <Ampelbein> amirwebdev2: find * -type f | xargs | iconv .... is the quick and dirty way.
[11:53] <Guest27720> ya was lightdm
[11:54] <Guest27720> ty
[11:54] <A_J> yes ActionParsnip, i installed once before from this disc
[11:54] <kbhtech1> Thanks for the direction ActionPasnip and happygol1cky
[11:54] <happygol1cky> Guest27720: awesome
[11:54] <happygol1cky> Guest27720: I thought it was L something
[11:54] <A_J> Gentoo64: wb
[11:55] <A_J> ActionParsnip: how do i set tha..
[11:55] <A_J> that*
[11:55] <Gentoo64> A_J: i havent been on since last night :)
[11:55] <ActionParsnip> !bootoptions | A_J
[11:55] <sharpK> happygol1cky: finally got access to that folder, seems to work after messing with a few lines in the smcconf
[11:55] <sharpK> linux is exhausting, but thanks for all your help, friend :)
[11:55] <A_J> !nomoodreset
[11:55] <Guest27720> thanks again for the help
[11:55] <dr_willis> sharpK:  at least you have  configs to tweak
[11:55] <A_J> !nomodereset
[11:56] <dr_willis> its nomodeSET
[11:56] <ActionParsnip> A_J: nomodeset, not nomodereset
[11:56] <sharpK> dr_willis oh god what's the alternative?
[11:56] <A_J> kk ty
[11:56] <ActionParsnip> A_J: read the words, rather than what you think it says
[11:56] <A_J> !nomodeset
[11:56] <happygol1cky> sharpK: sounds good, give putty and cygwin a wack, it's neat having complete terminal in windows with ability to run all the apps including the graphical ones
[11:56] <A_J> ActionParsnip: lol netbook kebo
[11:56] <dr_willis> sharpK:  i have 2 windows machines not seeing each other.. but they both see the rest of the lan.. :) not sure where to even start trouble shooting that.
[11:57] <sharpK> happygol1cky, i'll definitely look into that for my windows comp, but I can't imagine my dad sshing to stream some media :)
[11:57] <dr_willis> accessing a share.. is not actually 'streaming'
[11:57] <dr_willis> You can set up upnp/dlna servers to do streaming i belive.
[11:57] <happygol1cky> sharpK: i mount my windows drive to my linux machine from windows in putty, it's surreal
[11:57] <ActionParsnip> sharpK: you can use swish-sftp to make a drive for sshfs
[11:58] <A_J> ActionParsnip: i never reached till here too : http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/3509/dgfdgrunningoraclevmvir.png
[11:58] <solringel> hi can any1 help me out with a small issue i am having?
[11:58] <sharpK> okay, lots of unfamiliar acronyms and apparently solutions, I'll have to spend some quality googling time...
[11:58] <A_J> it froze up before that
[11:58] <Ampelbein> !anyone | solringel
[12:00] <solringel> i am using ubuntu 11.10 wuth unity and on my laptop there is an option to show how much battery time remains but when i check it it doesnt do anything
[12:00] <ActionParsnip> A_J: i'd test RAM then
[12:00] <sweb> i want to compile nginx in ubuntu
[12:01] <sweb> it's required gd library
[12:01] <sweb> what is name of the this package ?
[12:01] <Ampelbein> solringel: What laptop (make and model)
[12:01] <Ampelbein> sweb: you can do 'sudo apt-get build-dep nginx'
[12:01] <solringel> Ampelbein:  LG-R380
[12:02] <sweb>  Ampelbein, i want to compile it by myself not using package manager
[12:02] <sweb>  Ampelbein: i will compile it with same configure on centos
[12:02] <solringel> Ampelbein: i am new to linux
[12:02] <sweb> i just wanna test it
[12:02] <Ampelbein> sweb: yes, 'sudo apt-get build-dep nginx' will install the build depnds
[12:02] <Ampelbein> sweb: so that you can then compile it
[12:02] <A_J> ActionParsnip: it's brand new. test how ?
[12:02] <Ampelbein> solringel: I fear this button is not supported currently.
[12:03] <sweb>  Ampelbein, ok ty
[12:03] <solringel> that doesnt make sense so why do i have that option
[12:03] <solringel> i there a missing package?
[12:03] <sweb>  Ampelbein: so how can i retrieve the name of package such as GD in future ?
[12:04] <dr_willis> solringel:  laptop makers love to  have their own standards for things like that.. linux cant always be correct and work with them all.
[12:04] <Ampelbein> solringel: The button is connected to a signal that a windows program interprets correctly and displays the battery life.
[12:04] <dr_willis> solringel:  ive found such #'s very unreliable also.
[12:05] <solringel> but will my laptop warn me when i am low on power?
[12:05] <dr_willis> so fun when you go from 5 hrs to 2 hrs in 3 min of game playing. :)
[12:05] <Ampelbein> solringel: There is however an indicator to help this out: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/02/battery-applet-status-ubuntu/ has more info
[12:05] <dr_willis> solringel:  ive learnd to pay attention to my battery.. even in windows. :)
[12:05] <Ampelbein> sweb: Most libraries are named 'libNAME'
[12:06] <happygolucky> dr_willis: on battery i get maybe an hour haha
[12:06] <happygolucky> this things a monster
[12:06] <solringel> thanks
[12:07] <A_J> ActionParsnip: now it's stuck on checking battery state.
[12:08] <shomon> hi, suddenly on my computer, everything video is playing at double speed with no sound
[12:08] <shomon> how do I fix this?
[12:08] <ActionParsnip> A_J: when you attempt a ram test?
[12:08] <ActionParsnip> sharpK: in which app?
[12:08] <A_J> hmm, okie memtest correct
[12:08] <A_J> i'l do that
[12:09] <sharpK> uparrow? :)
[12:09] <solringel> i got an error trying to install battery-indicator http://paste.ubuntu.com/751328/
[12:09] <shomon> anyone know how to get video to play at the right speed on ubuntu? I've tried in every player I have installed
[12:10] <shomon> and it's all super speed
[12:10] <ActionParsnip> solringel: try:  apt-cache search battery | grep stat
[12:10] <ActionParsnip> shomon: is it the same as all users? Make a new one if you only have one
[12:11] <shomon> oh no... so it could be my user stuff is corrupt?
[12:11] <shomon> this is just my laptop, no other users.
[12:11] <bastidrazor> solringel: did you add the ppa?
[12:12] <dr_willis> happygolucky:  that describes this one im on now.. it has dual hd;s and a 18.4 in screen..
[12:12] <solringel> bastidrazor: yep added the ppa then did apt-get update and then got that error
[12:12] <dr_willis> shomon:  so make a differnt user as a test. it sounds like ther emay be some deeper timeign bug going on. I had a laptop once that even the normal system clock ran at like 5x speed..
[12:13] <dr_willis> shomon:  took a bios update to fix that odd issue for me. :)
[12:13] <ActionParsnip> shomon: its worth exploring
[12:15] <shomon> thanks, works as root so I'll do that
[12:15] <shomon> got to get a film on for my kids now so will work as a stopgap :)
[12:16] <shomon> thanks!
[12:17] <ActionParsnip> shomon: logging on as root isn't supported or needed
[12:19] <solringel> bastidrazor: is there a way to fix that error
[12:19] <solringel> ?
[12:21] <bastidrazor> solringel: apt-get is not seeing that package in the ppa, it seems.
[12:21] <solringel> bastidrazor: thats weird=-O
[12:22] <happygolucky>  dr_willis same here but 17.3
[12:22] <canterer> who can speak in chinese
[12:22] <happygolucky> lay ho ma
[12:23] <happygolucky> sedona
[12:23] <oCean> canterer: this channel is english only, #ubuntu-cn for chinese
[12:24] <canterer> Ocean: thanks !
[12:27] <ilmio> ciao
[12:27] <ilmio> !list
[12:28] <Sidewinder1> !it | ilmio
[12:28] <Untouchab1e> Quick question all.. Im on 11.10 and whenever i lock the screen and wake it back up, the on-screen keyboard pops up
[12:28] <Untouchab1e> The on-screen keyboard is not enabled in the accessibility settings, so there must be some other config Im not seeing
[12:28] <Untouchab1e> anyone know where to disable it?
[12:29] <ianliu> I have 2 hard disks and before I had 2 Windows 7 installed. Now I installed Ubuntu over one Windows, but update-grub can't find the other windows. Any help?
[12:30] <rusnastya16> ðø
[12:30] <rusnastya16> sorry hi
[12:32] <ActionParsnip> Untouchab1e: is there an option in dconf for lock_on_hibernate ?
[12:32] <ActionParsnip> Untouchab1e: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=553961   check the last post too
[12:33] <rusnastya16> I want to meet
[12:34] <Untouchab1e> ActionParsnip: I dont believe I have OnBoard installed? Unless thats what comes with Ubuntu 11.10
[12:34] <ActionParsnip> Untouchab1e: its in a default install
[12:34] <Auriga> Anyone using screenlets in 10.04? Impulse doesn't run smoothly with Audacious, without VLC running... Any ideas?
[12:35] <ActionParsnip> Untouchab1e: you could mark /usr/bin/onboard as not executable
[12:35] <Untouchab1e> ActionParsnip: ahh
[12:35] <A_J> ActionParsnip lol that mem test is yet going
[12:35] <Untouchab1e> ActionParsnip: thanks mate.. I just went into the OnBoard settings and unchecked "Show Onboard when unlocking the screen"
[12:35] <bekks> A_J: the memtest will run as long as you let it run.
[12:36] <Babu> Hi
[12:36] <Babu> any Indian lady from Singapore like to chat with me. just pm me
[12:36] <A_J> bekks this is memtest89, there is a overall percentage at the top which is 18%
[12:36] <oCean> Babu: this is ubuntu technical support, not social chat
[12:36] <A_J> !troll Babu
[12:36] <Babu> Hi troll
[12:36] <Babu> hi aj
[12:36] <rusnastya16> hi
[12:36] <ActionParsnip> Untouchab1e: that'll do it :)
[12:37] <Myrtti> Babu: this is not a social channel. Please take it elsewhere
[12:37] <Babu> ok
[12:37] <Babu> thanks
[12:37] <ActionParsnip> !ot
[12:37] <user82> does anyone know where i can create a new app-icon in gnome3?
[12:38] <ActionParsnip> user82: in /usr/share/applications and it will appear in dash
[12:38] <ActionParsnip> user82: you can copy one of the existing ones and modify it :)
[12:39] <rusnastya16> âíèìàíèå ñþäà ÿ ãîëàÿ
[12:39] <A_J> ActionParsnip i let it run correct ?
[12:39] <ActionParsnip> A_J: sure, run a full test
[12:40] <user82> thanks ActionParsnip
[12:41] <SuprEngr> Seeking advice on sensors-applet in 10.04.  I would now like it to monitor HDD temps but can't remember the requirement to enable this.
[12:42] <SuprEngr> [as I recall it notified on 1st install " this can be added later. use dpkg-configure....? or similar]
[12:42] <user82> ActionParsnip, it works :). gr8!
[12:42] <ActionParsnip> user82: easy peasy
[12:43] <user82> if you know how to do...will remember that one!
[12:44] <CharminTheMoose_> Why does /var/run, /dev/shm and /var/lock all have half my ram allocated to it? shouldn't it get split up depending on how much is being used in any given location?
[12:45] <rusnastya16> fpo\
[12:46] <shine_> Hi I am having problem to start eclipse on ubuntu 11.04
[12:46] <dr_willis>  /dev/shm is special  i belive its like how apps can access ram in special ways.
[12:47] <dr_willis> !ram
[12:47] <shine_> i installed eclipse-platform and eclipse but getting error GDK_IS_Screen
[12:47] <go^> can anyone advise me about a vnc server very light for old pc ?
[12:48] <CharminTheMoose_> dr_willis, well, /dev/shm uses tmpfs, as does /var/lock and /var/run.. just seems odd that each of them say their capacity is 990MB each! :/
[12:48] <dr_willis> go^:  its will be more of a limit as to what desktop you set the vnc server to use.
[12:48] <gulzar> how to automaticlly mount partitions on startup? And how to allow all users to access evey partition with full permissions and to mount any external disk/pendrive?
[12:48] <dr_willis> go^:  ive been using tigervnc lately.
[12:49] <dr_willis> gulzar:  edit /etc/fstab as needed. for part 1.. and for part 2 - use the proper options in fstab.. dependign on what fs yoyu are mounting
[12:49] <go^> dr_willis, tigervnc uhm..ok thank you i'll try it
[12:49] <dr_willis> gulzar:  and check 'ntfs-config' tool to tweak the auto mountingof ntfs/vfat filesystems
[12:50] <dr_willis> go^:  or tightvnc. or any other vnc server basically. they all are similer in requirements. its the desktop/wm the vncserver is running that will be the resource hog. Jwm is good for using in vnc
[12:50] <sharpK> what's the best way to view networking in/out etc in ubuntu?
[12:51] <trijntje> I used to switch between virtual desktops using the cube, but this wont work in oneiric due to a bug. What other way is there to use custom mouse buttons to switch between virtual desktops?
[12:51] <dr_willis> sharpK:   there may be some indicator-applets listed in the askubuntu.com indicator-applet listings.. depending on your needs.
[12:52] <gulzar> dr_willis: i want something automatic beacuse other users have no idea what a command line is. And they usually connect differnt pendrives. So want something whcih is automatic in mounting partitions and allow them to use it woithout any root paswword.
[12:55] <sharpK> dr_willis thanks
[12:55] <dr_willis> gulzar: what filesystem are you using will be the big question.. and are they being hotplugged in? or always plugged in..
[12:56] <dr_willis> ntfs/vfat auto mount on insertion by default here.
[12:56] <orated> How does mult-boot system affects the life of HDD? Or the presence of multiple of file systems ...
[12:56] <dr_willis> orated:  i doubt if it would have any affect at all.
[12:57] <frederik> hi everyone. i just installed gnotime and have some problems creating a project. are some experts in this channel? :)
[12:57] <dr_willis> one part of the hd would be getting used more.. if you are always using the same os. but  i doubt if it will have any effect.
[12:58] <gulzar> dr_willis: ext4
[12:58] <gulzar> dr_willis: pendrives are vfat
[12:59] <dr_willis> gulzar:  you dont just override permissions and ownership of ext4. you would haeve to watch out for that
[13:00] <orated> ok thanks dr_willis
[13:00] <gulzar> dr_willis: permissions are set so anybody can use it but problem is of mounting
[13:04] <mich> So there i sno more option to buy a dell laptop with preinstalled ubuntu?
[13:04] <A_J> omg mem test takes for ever
[13:04] <Neenoo> Hi . my os ubuntu 11.10 64bit , my problem with VGA Nvidia 8400 gs 1024 mb , i download the driver and installed and still not work , how do i know ? by some picture and some video not pure ,, any solution ?
[13:04] <dr_willis> A_J:  you can let it run for days if you wanted to.
[13:04] <ActionParsnip> A_J: depends how much RAM you have
[13:04] <A_J> 4 gigs
[13:04] <oCean> mich: contact Dell, nothing we can do about that
[13:04] <ActionParsnip> Neenoo: how did you install the driver?
[13:05] <A_J> should i stop it ActionParsnip ?
[13:05] <ActionParsnip> mich: try system76
[13:05] <ActionParsnip> A_J: if its been ok the last while then it's probably ok
[13:05] <dr_willis> Neenoo:  you did try the driver from the 'addational drivers' tool first?
[13:05] <A_J> okie. then what could be the problem not letting it boot the live cd
[13:06] <Neenoo> ActionParsnip, first way , with apt-get install nvidia-current and not worked , second way with the main site i download the driver and install it and not work either !
[13:07] <Neenoo> dr_willis, how i do that ?
[13:08] <Neenoo> ActionParsnip, the current driver is NVIDIA Driver Version: 290.10
[13:09] <ActionParsnip> Neenoo: the xorg edgers update ppa has the 285 driver, may help. Your chip isn't hugely new so the 280 driver will probably be fine
[13:09] <Neenoo> ActionParsnip, i try it in fedora 16 , it work fine but after 5 min the system crash ! 1 core of my processor goes to take task 100%
[13:09] <ActionParsnip> Neenoo: some monitors don't act as they are supposed to so you may need to run:  sudo nvidia-xconfig    to make an xorg.conf file
[13:10] <cablop> i need to start a session automatically at computer boot, BUT, keep it locked
[13:10] <mich> ActionParsnip: do they ship in the EU?
[13:10] <sharpK> Here's a wacky networking question: I have a Router(1) connected to the modem. To that router, Router(2) and Router(3) are connected for internet access. How do I get Router(2) and Router(3)'s computers to see computers in Router(1)'s network as though they were in the homegroup?
[13:10] <cablop> i need to start a gui session automatically at computer boot, BUT, keep it locked
[13:11] <gulzar> what is that utility to manage sound,speakers,headphones with a GUI?
[13:11] <ActionParsnip> mich: maybe, not sure. Could ask them and see what they say
[13:12] <ActionParsnip> gulzar: gnome-alsamixer
[13:12] <ActionParsnip> gulzar: or use alsamixer in terminal
[13:13] <Sidewinder1> A_J, If Live CD won't boot, it could be several things. Did you Md5sum the ISO, prior to burning it at "the slowest speed?"
[13:13] <Neenoo> ActionParsnip, i do nvidia-xconfig !
[13:13] <A_J> yes, i have already installed once with this disc
[13:13] <A_J> and the disc looks in ok condition
[13:14] <gulzar> ActionParsnip: alsamixer is working with keyboard. I want the one which works with mouse
[13:14] <gulzar> ActionParsnip: simply drag and bars and adjust sound...
[13:14] <Sidewinder1> A_J, This'll probably sound silly but the drive could be too dusty/dirty?
[13:15] <A_J> perhaps not, it's an external.
[13:15] <zamba> how can i do 'seq' in reverse?
[13:15] <A_J> was working well a few days back
[13:15] <ActionParsnip> gulzar: then I already answered you
[13:15] <ActionParsnip> Neenoo: it needs sudo, it will genreate an xorg.conf which you can then put in place by restarting the x server
[13:16] <Sidewinder1> A_J, If you know the disk/ISO are good and it's not a hardware issue; that's about as far as I can go.. Sorry. :-(
[13:16] <Neenoo> ActionParsnip, done , now should reboot or logout ?
[13:17] <A_J> Sidewinder1, i think the boot cd loads onto the ram, the ram test is okie
[13:17] <A_J> also hdd is fine
[13:17] <A_J> i checked with HDD Sentinal
[13:17] <A_J> says helath 70%
[13:17] <ActionParsnip> Neenoo: reboot is probably easier, if you get no x server then boot to root recovery mode and rename /etc/X11/xorg.conf
[13:18] <gulzar> ActionParsnip: no dear. alsamixer is working with terminal and I can't use it. I am looking for something to wotk with mouse. How to do so?
[13:18] <ActionParsnip> gulzar: what else did I recommmend?
[13:18] <ActionParsnip> gulzar: scroll up and you'll see
[13:18] <gulzar> ActionParsnip: gnome-alsamixer
[13:18] <Neenoo> ActionParsnip, thanks i will try
[13:18] <ActionParsnip> bingo
[13:19] <gulzar> ActionParsnip: isntalled
[13:19] <gulzar> ActionParsnip: done
[13:19] <gulzar> ActionParsnip: thank you
[13:19] <maverick_> how do i break the command line output into parts so that they dont appear all at once, and i dont have to scroll?
[13:19] <ActionParsnip> gulzar: great when you read, huh
[13:20] <gulzar> ActionParsnip: i installed it but it was there in menu not replacing the rightclick on sound icon
[13:20] <gulzar> ActionParsnip: :)
[13:20] <llutz> maverick_: command with output| less    or  ... |more
[13:20] <Ampelbein> maverick_: pipe the output through a program like 'more' or 'less'. i.e.: 'command  | less'
[13:20] <eunix> Good Morning everyone
[13:20] <Si2100> Hey
[13:21] <maverick_> llutz, Ampelbein: aah, thanks, i didn't quite know how to phrase it in google, hence asked
[13:21] <oCean> maverick_: to view the content of a file, you can also use it in the format  less /path/to/myfile
[13:21] <eunix> How many people are running 11.04 on their lappy?
[13:21] <maverick_> oCean: thank you
[13:21] <oCean> eunix: many
[13:22] <eunix> Ok
[13:22] <eunix> I have 11.04 on my 8560w but now I need to retrofit the COE stuff so that my Active key can work
[13:23] <eunix> I did not use the COE distro and then upgrade
[13:23] <eunix> Am I in for a world of pain?
[13:23] <ActionParsnip> eunix: what is COE?
[13:25] <eunix> sorry -
[13:26] <BluesKaj> Hey all
[13:26] <eunix> I think I am in the wrong channel - I have not used IRC in a while and am trying to be in my company IRC channel.
[13:27] <Castbound> yo, how are you ? upgraded from 10.10 to 11.04 everything works fine but the fact that I get blank pages at Random places (for example I use nagios plugin in firefox), that stops working suddenly, or if I try to load system configuration. If I reboot it works but then it breaks. It's clearly a bug, have you heard about that?
[13:27] <BluesKaj> eunix, are they on the freenode server?
[13:28] <eunix> No.  It looks like the corporate server is not responding.
[13:28] <eunix> No problem - I am happy to hang out here for a while with my morning cup of coffee. :)
[13:29] <ActionParsnip> Castbound: what if you rename ~/.mozilla/firefox   is it ok then?
[13:30] <Castbound> ActionParsnip, it doens't only happen in firefox, if I load "system configuration" in the bottom of the start/shutdown menu, it happens the same
[13:31] <Castbound> i think it's related to the themes, but it happens in either the default or others- if I can change the theme then it fixes itself - but breakes later on
[13:31] <ActionParsnip> Castbound: I see
[13:31] <ActionParsnip> Castbound: is it ok as a fresh user?
[13:31] <Castbound> as in create a new user to see if that happens?
[13:32] <ActionParsnip> Castbound: yes
[13:32] <Castbound> I tried reset all custom conf to default by deleting the relevant folders
[13:33] <ActionParsnip> !away > _spt|afk
[13:33] <Castbound> referring to: m -rf .gnome .gnome2 .gconf .gconfd .metacity
[13:33] <A_J> me
[13:34] <ActionParsnip> Castbound: there are configs in ~/.config that aren't just for apps
[13:35] <Castbound> ActionParsnip, I'll create a new user to test and see how that works - thanks for your help | out of curiosity  have you seen that issue before?
[13:37]  * drake01 thanks oCean for kicking out suzzyy
[13:38] <Chotaz> I'm having problems extracting a rar file. My friend has no problem extracting it on windows. I've redownloaded the file 3 times, still no luck. what else can I do?
[13:38] <Effex> I don
[13:38] <Effex> Don't think rar is natively supported by Ubuntu
[13:38] <yeats> !rar
[13:39] <ActionParsnip> Castbound: not myself, I always clean install so I don't get weird issues like that
[13:39] <Castbound> Chotaz, what's the error you are getting?
[13:39] <kanhiya> hello, all
[13:39] <ActionParsnip> Chotaz: install rar unrar p7zip-rar p7zip-full unp
[13:39] <ActionParsnip> Chotaz: then use unp to extract anything at cli
[13:39] <Castbound> ActionParsnip, yeah I should have done that, thanks
[13:40] <kanhiya> help me solve my bluetooth problem in ubuntu 11.10 m i am not able to send or receive files & using DUN profile in ubuntu 11.10 while in ubuntu 11.04 everything was fine
[13:40] <Chotaz> Castbound, "There was an error extracting the files."
[13:41] <A_J> ActionParsnip booting up again
[13:41] <kanhiya> also, error message permission denied appear
[13:41] <A_J> let's hope it works
[13:41] <Castbound> Chotaz, please check what ActionParsnip said above
[13:41] <kanhiya> error code 13
[13:42] <Chotaz> just unp "filename.ext" will do the trci
[13:42] <Chotaz> trick
[13:42] <Chotaz> i already had most of thos packages installed
[13:43] <ActionParsnip> unp is awesome
[13:43] <Chotaz> Awesome First Line Support is awesome! Thanks ActionParsnip  and Castbound
[13:44] <Chotaz> and unp sure did the trick =D
[13:44] <A_J> ActionParsnip how much time about does it take for seeing the installation screen. 4gb ram / intel atom 1.6Ghz
[13:44] <ActionParsnip> A_J: couple of minutes
[13:45] <A_J> hmm
[13:45] <kanhiya> i made a backup cd of all the updates that i have installed to install it on other pc's using remastersys , now is it possible to transfer all my settings like not to check for updates & repository that i  added should be there in the backup cd as well.
[13:45] <bullgard4> What parameter value should I substitute for »x«in '~$oggenc -b x test.wav' if test.wav has the parameters: signed 16 bit 48000 Hz, stereo?
[13:46] <llutz> bullgard4: desired target bitrate kb/s
[13:46]  * A_J drools : http://www.theitdepot.com/details-Intel+S5520HC+Server+Intel+Motherboard_C13P8680.html
[13:47] <bullgard4> llutz: I know the definition for »x«. But the definition which you sent does not answer my question.
[13:47] <Chotaz> Can anyone suggest me a good alternative to banshee, just for mp3 and flac files and that can use my keyboard media keys?
[13:47] <A_J> qmpp
[13:48] <llutz> bullgard4:" none of those you gave" better?
[13:48] <A_J> wait thats qmmp
[13:48] <ActionParsnip> Chotaz: deadbeef
[13:48] <A_J> ActionParsnip it got stuck again :*(
[13:48] <kanhiya> 1542 people are here & not able to solve my  bluetooth problem
[13:49] <ActionParsnip> A_J: on a black screen?
[13:49] <A_J> yes with some text
[13:49] <bullgard4> llutz: With due respect, I do not understand your answer.
[13:49] <A_J> cd drive is making noise
[13:49] <ActionParsnip> kanhiya: you can use aptoncd to make an offline CD repo. I don't use bluetooth, too slow
[13:50] <ActionParsnip> A_J: nomodeset will fix that, if its an nvidia gpu use:  nouveau.blacklist=1
[13:50] <llutz> bullgard4: "signed 16 bit 48000 Hz, stereo"  none of these parameters have anything to do with the bitrate you set with -b "x"
[13:50] <kanhiya> ActionParsnip: Thanks, but it is not working anymore in Ubuntu 11.10 on any pc that i have tried
[13:50] <A_J> ActionParsnip lol i don't reach the screen where i can get that option. I just boot it up, and it gets stuck. no installation option no nothing
[13:50] <ActionParsnip> !bootoptions | A_J
[13:51] <ActionParsnip> kanhiya: what isn't working?
[13:51] <bullgard4> llutz: Ah, now I understand your message. --  I will again think about my question and if I asked nonsense. --  Thank you.
[13:51] <kanhiya> Community tell me any repositary for bluetooth
[13:51] <A_J> ActionParsnip it does not proceed till here : https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootOptions?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=Boot-F6-Other.png :\
[13:51] <ActionParsnip> A_J: are you using a CD or USB?
[13:52] <A_J> cd ActionParsnip
[13:52] <ActionParsnip> A_J: did you burn the CD as slowly as possible?
[13:52] <A_J> yes 4x
[13:52] <kanhiya> ActionParsnip: Bluetooth devices are detected and added but neither able to send nor able to receive  files
[13:52] <LemonAid> Is it possible to manually mount a partition somewhere and not have it mount in /media ,by default, as well ?
[13:52] <A_J> ActionParsnip i have installed from this cd before on my netbook it worked
[13:54] <sweb> how can i get nginx user and group
[13:54] <sweb> in ubuntu
[13:54] <ActionParsnip> A_J: all I can suggest is make a new cd to test, the ram is healthy which is good
[13:54] <ActionParsnip> sweb: how do you mean "get"
[13:55] <kanhiya> community, whether to install security update on my pc , it is related with Linux Kernel & Once i updated kernel in the past  & was not able to boot :(
[13:56] <kanhiya> Now most of things are running fine
[13:56] <A_J_> ActionParsnip: should i try to boot windows
[13:56] <jobbe> ciao
[13:56] <jobbe> list!
[13:56] <ActionParsnip> A_J_: sure why not
[13:57] <ActionParsnip> !list | jobbe
[13:57] <Sidewinder1> ActionParsnip, He's gone. :D
[13:57] <truefx> aaabaam
[13:58] <kanhiya> security updates are well tested or not & I will stuck to LTS forever , if i like ubuntu 12.04 and will look for other distro or Windows again if i don't find it working for me
[13:58] <squaregoldfish> kanhiya: I'd go for the update. It won't uninstall the old kernel, and it's still accessible from the grub boot menu in case the new kernel doesn't work.
[13:59] <Sidewinder1> kanhiya, 12.04 has not been officially released and is still in development.
[13:59] <kanhiya> Why to release in every six month when something is not stable and well tested
[14:00] <kanhiya> Sidewinder1: I know that :), i am talking about 11.10
[14:00] <Sidewinder1> Just wanted to be sure that you knew.. :-)
[14:01] <Sidewinder1> 10.04, here.
[14:01] <kanhiya> Sidewinder1: 12.04 will be last Ubuntu distro i will try, if it worked for me, i will go for it, otherwise thumbs down to Ubuntu :(
[14:02] <kanhiya> Sidewinder1: I know but many things didn't work for me like wireless issues
[14:03] <kanhiya> Sidewinder1: Still it is better than Ubuntu 11.10
[14:03] <ActionParsnip> kanhiya: it is tested and is stable
[14:03] <ActionParsnip> kanhiya: maybe you are confusing not liking the new gnome with not liking ubuntu
[14:04] <kanhiya> ActionParsnip: WHy not release only 1 version in a year
[14:04] <ActionParsnip> kanhiya: not sure, ask canonical
[14:04] <Sidewinder1> kandinski, Yes, sometimes a bit of "tweaking" is in order. I'm fortunate that my machine is rather old and almost everything 'just works'.
[14:04] <kanhiya> ActionParsnip: How to forward request to Canonical
[14:04] <ActionParsnip> kanhiya: the opposite is also applicable, why not more a year...
[14:05] <kanhiya> They should conduct a survey
[14:05] <ActionParsnip> kanhiya: they could survey everything, it'd slow development down
[14:07] <Math^> hello, I was playing a bit with recordmydesktop, and it's capturing great, with sound from my mic, and from my desktop... but the sound is very soft, how can I fix this?
[14:07] <diverdude> Math^: soft???
[14:07] <Math^> diverdude: or low? I'm not english sorry
[14:08] <Math^> I got all the slides in mixer to the top, but it's recording very low sound
[14:08] <yeats> Math^: you've experimented with levels in Sound Settings?
[14:08] <alsoeric> any ideas on how I can improve kbd and display responsiveness when the disk is running
[14:08] <Math^> yes, I tried to pull everything up
[14:09] <kanhiya> all, i mean to say that  Dashing is not always good, people need stable system not to mess with problems , it's job of developers that they update packages carefully  & make sure that new is better than old and stable, if something  is working fine than no need to update
[14:09] <yeats> Math^: do you have access to another mic (maybe a USB headset) that you could try as a comparison point?
[14:09] <Math^> yeats: no :(
[14:09] <alsoeric> Math^, what is your mic brand, type etc?
[14:09] <sagaci> hi, is there an IRC channel for askubuntu... I'm having trouble logging in using an openid
[14:10] <Math^> well it's not my mic I guess... cos it works perfect in skype
[14:10] <squaregoldfish> kanhiya: I'd agree, apart from the regular security updates.
[14:10] <yeats> Math^: I found that my analog mic was not loud enough but that a USB headset was loud and crystal clear
[14:10] <Math^> yeats: yes, but also sound from mix is low
[14:10] <Math^> both from mic and mix
[14:10] <kanhiya> squaregoldfish: Yes, only this exception
[14:10] <ssn> hi guys
[14:10] <alsoeric> mic loudness is really subjective
[14:11] <ssn> is there a way to access my deja-dup backup on u1 on different linux distribution (in my case gentoo)?
[14:11] <TImewarper> hey
[14:11] <Math^> hmm maybe I should try jack instead? but I'm not sure how to do this
[14:11] <alsoeric> I'been working with mics and speech recognition for years
[14:11] <TImewarper> where can i get the shred utility from?
[14:12] <alsoeric> all mics sound different but most work just fine
[14:12] <yeats> Math^: http://recordmydesktop.sourceforge.net/rug/p1_2c.php - in case you haven't seen it
[14:12] <canterer> who use java language?
[14:12] <Math^> yeats: ye, I've been there
[14:12] <yeats> Math^: ok ;-)
[14:13] <oCean> canterer: the people in ##java do
[14:13] <canterer> oCean, I cannot check in that channel
[14:13] <yeats> TImewarper: it's installed by default, I believe
[14:14] <TImewarper> yeats, and what about the frandom
[14:14] <oCean> !register | canterer you have to register first
[14:15] <yeats> TImewarper: I don't know what "the frandom" is
[14:15] <canterer> need the invitation
[14:15] <TImewarper> yeats, another tool like urandom
[14:15] <oCean> canterer: no, you need to register, ask in #freenode for support
[14:15] <canterer> ubottu, I have register
[14:15] <yeats> TImewarper: sorry - don't know
[14:17] <mamece2> i did two bootable usb sticks with universal usb creator .. and i get this message BOOT ERROR. help anyone?
[14:17] <A_J> ActionParsnip trying from usb now
[14:17] <user82> took me 20 minutes to remove the ashes of a kernel panic caused by ati drivers... :p
[14:17] <A_J> will update it i guess to 11.04 later
[14:17] <diverdude> Hello. Is Dyalog APL a functional programming language like ML and
[14:17] <diverdude> 	    F#?
[14:17] <soreau> canterer: You are trying to join the wrong channel
[14:17] <happygolucky> Math^: i alway use alsamixer to raise the volume
[14:17] <A_J> it's 10.04 now
[14:17] <soreau> canterer: Its ##java, not #java
[14:18] <Math^> happyface: ye, but it's all turned up
[14:18] <Math^> happyface: think it's something in recordmydesktop, as my sound works just fine, and skype calls are perfect also
[14:19] <A_J> !spam | A_J
[14:19] <oCean> soreau: #java will forward to ##java, he needs to register and identify
[14:20] <soreau> oCean: Hm, I guess it says invite only if you are already in ##java
[14:20] <soreau> strange..
[14:23] <A_J_> how do i clean a external cd drive ?
[14:23] <A_J_> err
[14:23] <A_J_> sorry
[14:23] <A_J_> can some1 help me partition a hdd during installation
[14:24] <soreau> A_J_: Sure, what do you need to know?
[14:24] <bekks> A_J_: What do you mean by "clean an external cd drive"?
[14:24] <A_J_> wrong section
[14:25] <A_J_> soreau: want a 30gb partition
[14:25] <FerIzDems> hi all
[14:25] <A_J_> for ubuntu
[14:25] <soreau> ! enter | A_J_
[14:25] <A_J_> sorry about that
[14:25] <A_J_> yes 30gb boot partition for ubuntu
[14:26] <soreau> A_J_: Is that all?
[14:26] <A_J_> i have gone in advanced partition
[14:26] <FerIzDems> hi, could you tell me if it is possible to use empathy for google talk, with cam and talk support??
[14:26] <bekks> A_J_: 30GB for /boot is a waste of space, better use 30GB for /
[14:26] <A_J_> i mean for the boot partition bekks
[14:26] <me-1> hi...how can connect to internet ..http://paste.ubuntu.com/751438/
[14:26] <A_J_> the primary one, where the os will be installed
[14:26] <soreau> A_J_: Ok, just create a 30GB partition, tell it to format it as ext4 and mount point as /
[14:27] <soreau> A_J_: You dont need separate boot or home unless you have a good reason
[14:28] <mamece2> i did two bootable usb sticks with universal usb creator .. and i get this message BOOT ERROR and a blinkin cursor. help anyone?
[14:28] <Gentoo64> try it with unetbootin maybe
[14:28] <Gentoo64> might not make a difference thoiugh
[14:29] <happygolucky> me-1: did you check the lights on your modem
[14:29] <A_J_> done thank you soreau
[14:29] <soreau> A_J_: / is the mount point for the root partition
[14:29] <soreau> A_J_: Not called boot ;)
[14:30] <me-1> happygolucky,  no the connection is fine but I am on windows 7 now how can I make connection on ubuntu
[14:30] <A_J_> okie i will remember that
[14:31] <A_J_> soreau: can you also tell me in 11.10, except using genome classic any other way to get ubuntu classic
[14:31] <soreau> A_J_: I think you have to install something to get classic..
[14:31] <soreau> ! classic
[14:31] <ActionParsnip> it's gnome, like the guys with pointy hats and fishing rods, not genome
[14:31] <xangua> A_J if you mean gnome2 , is no longer maintained
[14:31] <orazio> somebody tried UCK to remaster ubuntu?
[14:31] <soreau> ! notunity
[14:31] <A_J_> i knw but genome 3 has ugly black and grey bars
[14:32] <ActionParsnip> A_J_: if you like the Gnome2 look and feel I suggest you install XFCE and use that
[14:32] <A_J_> XFCE okie
[14:32] <A_J_> ActionParsnip: looks like the cd was bad
[14:32] <A_J_> i did a 10.04 usb boot, will update now
[14:33] <soreau> A_J_: Yea, might even give xubuntu live session a try
[14:33] <me-1> how can connect to internet using ubuntu ..with windows setteings are ..http://paste.ubuntu.com/751438/
[14:33] <A_J_> soreau: is there a guide to use unity
[14:33] <A_J_> unity*
[14:33] <soreau> A_J_: I have no idea.  HP?
[14:40] <A_J_> asus eee pc 1101x
[14:40] <yeats> is it a "clickpad" with virtual buttons?
[14:40] <A_J_> not it has physical buttons
[14:40] <yeats> A_J_: what's not working?
[14:40] <A_J_> no clickpad
[14:40] <A_J_> the mouse
[14:40] <A_J_> trackpad
[14:41] <mamece2> i did two bootable usb sticks with universal usb creator .. and i get this message BOOT ERROR and a blinkin cursor. help anyone?
[14:41] <A_J_> it's been happening from today morning
[14:41] <soreau> A_J_: In the live session ?
[14:41] <sharpK> is there something that I have to input before smbtree in the terminal
[14:41] <sharpK> cause it just asks me for a pass
[14:41] <sharpK> and then does nothing
[14:41] <A_J_> yes i'm on that pc right now
[14:41] <FerIzDems> hi, how can I replace pulseAudio with Alsa Driver in 11.10???
[14:42] <lunitik> FerIzDems, pulseaudio already uses alsa... you mean you want to drop pulseaudio? do you know the purpose of pulseaudio?
[14:42] <soreau> ! pulseaudio | FerIzDems
[14:43] <A_J_> soreau: any idea what it can be
[14:43] <soreau> A_J_: Is this in the live session or what?
[14:43] <A_J_> yes it is
[14:43] <A_J_> i'm on that pc right now
[14:43] <soreau> ! who | A_J_
[14:43] <FerIzDems> i've noob with sound in linux; thanks for the info! :)
[14:44] <yeats> !sound
[14:44] <A_J_> soreau: it's a live session i'm on the pc right now
[14:44] <FerIzDems> ok thanks!
[14:44] <soreau> A_J_: If its installing, just let it finish and try booting it. If it happens in the real session, then you can try and diagnose it
[14:45] <kcw45> has anyone else using a combination of oneiric and open source ati drivers experienced any graphical issues on boot?  for me a lot of times, there will be artifacts (not too concerned) before lightdm shows, and occasionally there is a quick flash of a 'screenshot' from a previous session (very concerned).  the card is rv770 (radeon hd 4850)
[14:45] <A_J_> oh not that pc soreau , an other one
[14:45] <lunitik> FerIzDems, ALSA is the in-kernel subsystem for sound, pulseaudio adds many things on top of that subsystem, including software mixing and real time audio etc
[14:45] <mamece2> i did two bootable usb sticks with universal usb creator .. and i get this message BOOT ERROR and a blinkin cursor. help anyone?
[14:45] <soreau> A_J_: Is the problem occurring in a live session or not?
[14:45] <A_J_> please define live session soreau
[14:46] <mamece2> !español
[14:46] <lunitik> A_J_, have you installed the system, or did you boot into the USB stick/CD
[14:46] <soreau> A_J_: Live session is where you boot live (meaning the linux OS running in system memory) from a live boot medium like cd or usb stick
[14:46] <ActionParsnip> !es
[14:46] <mamece2> soreau: lunitik i want to boot from a live usb
[14:46] <ePax> Is this the crontab to run fil at 23:59:59 = 59 23 * * * sleep 59; sh whatever.sh
[14:46] <lunitik> mamece2, does your BIOS support booting from USB?
[14:47] <A_J_> ooh this probelm is happening on a pc, i have installed 4 weeks back. it installed on hard drive of my netbook, where i am currently downloading
[14:47] <mamece2> soreau: lunitik i checked the MD5 and its everything ok, i also did a puppy live usb
[14:47] <soreau> mamece2: Live cd works but no usb does?
[14:47] <A_J_> i mean typing*
[14:47] <mamece2> soreau: lunitik yes it does, i change the options to first check the usb port to boot. i dont have a CD, just usb sticks
[14:48] <lunitik> mamece2, what is the error you are seeing when it tries to boot from it?
[14:48] <soreau> mamece2: Did you try different usb ports?
[14:48] <mamece2> soreau: yes
[14:48] <mamece2> lunitik: just boot error and the blinking cursor
[14:48] <soreau> mamece2: How did you say you created the usb stick?
[14:48] <lunitik> A_J_, I just got here, what exactly is your problem?
[14:49] <mamece2> soreau: i did it with startup disk creator, unetbootin and universal usb creator
[14:49] <A_J_> netbook trackpad not workin lunitik
[14:50] <soreau> mamece2: Do you happen to have any other usb sticks to try?
[14:50] <lunitik> A_J_, did you install anything like xorg-xserver-input-synaptics ?
[14:50] <A_J_> no, nothing
[14:50] <mamece2> soreau:  i have tried with two
[14:50] <soreau> lunitik: Apparently it used to work, then something happened and it quit
[14:50] <soreau> A_J_: What did you do that broke it?
[14:51] <lunitik> A_J_, then you'll need to do that... 'sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-synaptics gpointing-device-settings'
[14:51] <soreau> mamece2: When does the error happen exactly, after you load ubuntu or before it even tries to load the usb medium at all?
[14:51] <A_J_> actually soreau booted it up after 4 or so days and then it works on bootup then stops soon
[14:52] <soreau> A_J_: Check /var/log/Xorg.0.log for messages/errors and possibly $HOME/.xsession-errors
[14:52] <mamece2> soreau: i put the usb stick in, and turn on the PC, after the intel logo it just stay in "boot error"
[14:53] <lunitik> mamece2, did you ever share how you created the USB stick?
[14:53] <soreau> mamece2: I am going to guess that the boot medium you created is fine but your bios is choking when it tries to boot it for some reason. Do you have another computer you can try booting it on?
[14:53] <soreau> lunitik: Yes he did
[14:53] <A_J_> lunitik: latest version installed
[14:53] <mamece2> i can try in this pc
[14:54] <lunitik> A_J_, try running gpointing-device-settings then?
[14:55] <mamece2> lunitik: i created the usb stick formating it with FAT32 and then used universal usb creator, that was the last time i did it. before that i used unetbootin and startup creator. i am using a iso ive dl'ed . i have ubuntu and puppy, i have tried every combination
[14:55] <A_J_> okie lunitik it'd open
[14:56] <A_J_> looks like it was disabled
[14:56] <A_J_> thanks lunitik
[14:57] <A_J_> and ty also soreau
[14:59] <Icehawk78> I'm running Oneiric on my laptop and the current discharge rate is 36.0 W, while most sources online appear to be indicating that I should actually be using roughly 1/3rd that - this is with nothing but putty and Chromium running. Any recommendations?
[15:01] <soreau> Icehawk78: How are you arriving at the value of 36 watts?
[15:01] <soreau> Usually it's value/time anyway
[15:02] <Icehawk78> soreau: grep rate /proc/acpi/battery/BAT2/state
[15:02] <Icehawk78> present rate: 35960 mW
[15:02] <soreau> Icehawk78: Maybe you have an abusive driver loaded. What gpu and driver for it are you using?
[15:02] <lunitik> Icehawk78, the Linux kernel had power management issues for a while, you might be getting hit with those... what is kernel version? there are new patches which fix it, but idk if they're in the default kernel yet
[15:03] <soreau> lunitik: I think it's safe to assume it's the default 11.10 kernel version
[15:03] <soreau> 3.0.x I believe
[15:03] <Icehawk78> lunitik: Correct, it's 3.something, I noticed it upgraded a week or so ago.
[15:04] <lunitik> Then it probably isn't there, because the patches were released after Oneiric was released... can maybe grab the precise kernel and see if it does any better?
[15:05] <lunitik> (oneiric is 3.0.x, precise is going with 3.2.x)
[15:05] <Icehawk78> soreau: GPU is a switchable graphics card, I had issues with the fglrx drivers before and removed them completely, and am now just using the default drivers which (I think) should be using the integrated card
[15:05] <soreau> Icehawk78: Can you show the output of 'lspci|grep VGA' and 'glxinfo|grep renderer'?
[15:06] <alsoeric> how do you get the background picture to keep a portrait oriented picture in portrait and not flip it to landscape?
[15:06] <taros> hi guys
[15:07] <Icehawk78> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
[15:07] <Icehawk78> 01:00.0 VGA Compatible Controller: ATI Technologies Inc NI Seymour [AMD Radeon HD 6470M]
[15:08] <Deltatash> Hi I was wondering if anyone could give me a hand, I am using Ubuntu 10.4 LTS
[15:08] <Icehawk78> OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Intel(R) Sandybridge Mobile
[15:08] <fahad222> hello
[15:08] <fahad222> i need help
[15:08] <soreau> Deltatash: No one can help you if you don't ask your question
[15:08] <Deltatash> I am having problems connecting to a D-Link DGS-1216T Switch with ubuntu
[15:08] <lunitik> Deltatash, if you tell us your actual issue, we may be able to
[15:08] <soreau> Icehawk78: Ok so you are using the intel gpu currently, which should be the better option for low power consumption. What makes you think that it's using too much power?
[15:09] <fahad222> hey
[15:09] <fahad222> i need help
[15:09] <Deltatash> With windows I can connect np but I hook my Ubuntu laptop up with the ethernet wire and my internet icon appears saying connecting, but then it soon says "disconected" so I can not log into my switch using linux :s as it doesnt stay connected
[15:09] <sharpK> where would I find the /etc/gdm/Init/Default file
[15:09] <sharpK> on 11.10?
[15:09] <jglauche_> I have a question.. can I select a different version (here: the latest LTS) in wubi?
[15:09] <fahad222> i need midia
[15:09] <Deltatash> any ideas ?
[15:09] <xangua> oneiric doesn't use gdm sharpK
[15:09] <fahad222> i use back tarack 4
[15:09] <fahad222> i new at world linux
[15:09] <sharpK> xangua: is there an equivalent?
[15:09] <xangua> it uses light dm sharpK
[15:09] <sharpK> so that I can issue certain commands before hte login screen?
[15:09] <xangua> !backtrack | fahad222
[15:10] <Deltatash> no one here have any experience with using Ubuntu to log into Switches and make changes ?
[15:10] <fahad222> thnx all
[15:10] <soreau> Icehawk78: That isn't to say the gpu is the only chip using power.. all drivers for each device should be scrutinized, though gpu typically uses a considerable amount of power compared to other chips/devices
[15:11] <sharpK> xangua: what would be the 11.10 way of issuing commands before the login screen?
[15:11] <Icehawk78> soreau: The fan doesn't appear to ever turn off, and the battery life is exceptionally lower than when I was running Windows, which doesn't quite seem right to me.
[15:11] <xangua> sharpK: i'll care untill i switch from lucid :P sorry
[15:12] <sharpK> It's okay, think I found it on the help.ubunutu.com, thanks though
[15:12] <soreau> Icehawk78: Well you could possibly try disabling the intel gpu or switching to the radeon one to see if it's any better with the radeon driver
[15:13] <Icehawk78> soreau: I saw someone else on the Ubuntu forums recommending powertop, which I just installed - I'm not entirely certain if this is right, but there's an entry saying "Audio codec hwC0D3: Intel" has 100% usage (everything else shows ## ms/s for that column)
[15:13] <diverdude> Hello. Is Dyalog APL a functional programming language like ML and F#?
[15:13] <Phr3d13> Deltatash: when you say switch, do you mean router?
[15:14] <soreau> Icehawk78: Ok, that seems to be a smoking gun. Try unloading the audio module completely if possible, to see if it makes a difference
[15:14] <fahad222> how can i join a channel
[15:14] <soreau> Icehawk78: lsmod will tell you what modules are loaded, grep for snd or something to see audio modules
[15:15] <soreau> fahad222: /j #channel
[15:15] <Phr3d13> Use /j #channel
[15:15] <Icehawk78> soreau: Any chance you could either walk me through that or point me in the direction of something which could tell me what to do? I'm not especially familiar with doing anything with drivers in linux.
[15:16] <soreau> Icehawk78: Ok, pastebin the output of 'lsmod' to pastebin.com
[15:16] <Icehawk78> lsmod or lsmod | grep snd
[15:18] <Icehawk78> soreau: http://pastebin.com/727X0sNW
[15:20] <tiox> I found a way to make a desktop launcher that launches the desktop launcher edit menu, if anyone using Gnome 3 is interested.
[15:20] <soreau> Icehawk78: Ok, let's assume for a moment that the codec modules are problematic. Try unloading them with 'sudo rmmod snd_hda_codec_hdmi snd_hda_codec_realtek'
[15:21] <hot2trot> where is the directory that contains all the .desktop files?
[15:22] <tiox> First go to a term, and type gnome-desktop-item-edit --create-new ~/Desktop, then make a shortcut with the command sh -c "cd /usr/bin && ./gnome-desktop-item-edit --create-new ~/Desktop"
[15:22] <prodigel> hi all. Does anyone know how to install vga_switcheroo on ubuntu? I've googled for it, and excepting kernel compiling couldn't find an easier way. Thanks
[15:22] <tiox> hot2trot: /home/$HOME/Desktop
[15:23] <tiox> Assuming there is a separate home, lol
[15:23] <tiox> Actually, nevermind how silly.
[15:23] <hot2trot> tiox: I mean there is some directory that contains the settings for the various window managers I have installed, like one for unity, one for gnome, etc
[15:23] <tiox> It's the same whether /home is a partition or not, the /home folder still exists.
[15:24] <tiox> OOoh.
[15:24] <hot2trot> tiox: errr... not settings, but they tell ubuntu to have them in the login screen
[15:24] <soreau> Icehawk78: rmmod is roughly the equivalent of modprobe -r. They both unload a module, which means the kernel code they contain will no longer be used. Modules (drivers) almost always talk directly to the hardware so it could mean the difference between using a lot of power to do stuff or not
[15:24] <tiox> You mean the login config files?
[15:24] <hot2trot> tiox: I belive so
[15:24] <tiox> Lemme see if I remember this...
[15:25] <tiox> /usr/share/xsessions and /usr/share/gnome-session/sessions I believe.
[15:25] <hot2trot> tiox: thank you very much, it's hard to google
[15:25] <tiox> But BE CAREFUL editing them.
[15:25] <tiox> i mean, _extreme) caution.
[15:26] <tiox> _extreme_*
[15:26] <phrostbite> I am thinking about dual booting windows 7 and ubuntu. I am worried about the fact that my laptop is an HP which means that i already have two extra partitons labeled "HP_Recovery" and "HP_Tools". Will adding another os interfere with those?
[15:26] <tiox> If you screw up, there might be no turning back, and you'll have to go to CD and copy those special .desktop files into the folders on your main file system.
[15:26] <lnxslck> phrostbite, just remove that crap
[15:27] <lnxslck> phrostbite, install the same windows 7 version, aplly your key and your done
[15:27] <phrostbite> lnxslck, Doesn't it serve a purpose though
[15:27] <tiox> lnxslck: Unacceptable support behavior.
[15:27] <tiox> But most likely not.
[15:27] <lnxslck> phrostbite, you can get all the drivers you need for your laptop from the hp site
[15:27] <teddie> phrostbite, is it really so easy to activate nowadays?
[15:28] <lnxslck> phrostbite, on the other parttion install ubuntu
[15:28] <lnxslck> phrostbite, installing ubuntu along with windows 7 is extremelly easy
[15:28] <phrostbite> so then in theory I could just delete those partitions and install ubuntu in the empty space?
[15:28] <lnxslck> phrostbite, remove all partitions
[15:28] <lnxslck> phrostbite, make 2 partitions empty not formatted
[15:28] <lnxslck> phrostbite, on one partition you install windows 7
[15:29] <teddie> why not reduce the size of your windows partition in windows?
[15:29] <lnxslck> phrostbite, on the other ubuntu
[15:29] <teddie> then install ubuntu in the new free space
[15:29] <phrostbite> I don't want to reinstall windows though lol.
[15:29] <lnxslck> phrostbite, its very easy really, you don't need half of the things that come installed by default by hp
[15:29] <kamilsheiss> karachan.org/b
[15:30] <lnxslck> phrostbite, doing like i told you will get you a cleaner and faster operating system
[15:30] <phrostbite> I have only used windows 7 for about two months. I used ubuntu on my old laptop for 3 years. So I am a newb when it comes to win7 so teddie i didn;t know you could resize
[15:30] <Icehawk78> soreau: Sorry for the delay. rmmod gave errors on both modules saying that they were in use
[15:30] <phrostbite> lnxslck, That makes sense. I don't have anything super special that I need to back up. all my pictures and such will fit in my dropbox
[15:30] <tiox> teddie: Just faffing off when saying this really, but are the tools accessible from compmgmt.msc?
[15:30] <ZekeS> phrostbite: realistically, the main obstacles to shrinking the windows partition will be your page file and stuff like the windows search file
[15:31] <lnxslck> phrostbite, you can, the thing is, you'll get stuck with all the trash hp installs by default making your laptop slower
[15:31] <phrostbite> Hmm now to locate a win7 disc since I don;t have one
[15:31] <tiox> That use to be a go-to command I did a bunch to monitor My machine and look at all sorts of neat stuff.
[15:31] <teddie> tiox, yes.. or diskmgmt.msc to go directly to it
[15:31] <lnxslck> phrostbite, just download it from any site, you'll be apllying a legit key so you're ok
[15:32] <ZekeS> If you do want to shrink it, you'll want to disable as much stuff like that as you can while you're doing the resize (yes, windows will run w/o a page file - and if you set up a separate swap partition when you install linux, you can use swapfs in windows to use it as the page file location)
[15:32] <soreau> Icehawk78: Ok, so the next step would be to temporarily blacklist them, or not have them load at boot time. In order to do this, we can rely on the fact that a module wont be loaded with an invalid parameter set. As a kernel argument, add module_name.dontloadme=1 and boot it. The module should not be loaded and you can test the effect
[15:32] <tiox> lnxslck: Bad advice as He'll google it, and somehow end up with a copy full of malware. :P
[15:33] <tiox> But still, some good sleuthing with Google and you can find just about anything you can possibly download.
[15:34] <phrostbite> I ended up finding this site that has links to download the isos. just need to make sure I have the correct one for my key http://techpp.com/2009/11/11/download-windows-7-iso-official-direct-download-links/
[15:34] <lnxslck> tiox, depend's where he downloads it, microsoft itsellf told many times that they don't mind if you install a pirate copy and legit it
[15:34] <lnxslck> phrostbite, as long as you activate with a legit key you'll be fine
[15:36] <tiox> lnxslck: I was partially joking, but it is a topic of serious discussion. If He can, He should find an RTM or other untampered copy.
[15:36] <tiox> But we shouldn't be discussing pirated stuff anyway.
[15:36] <lnxslck> tiox, but yes, there's a lot of windows copies full of badware
[15:37] <lnxslck> tiox, the thing is, installing a stripped down windows copy (pirate or not) will get you a cleaner operating system
[15:37] <yeats> !ot | phrostbite lnxslck tiox
[15:37]  * tiox wonders if this is the right command...
[15:37] <tiox> Oh, right.
[15:37] <tiox> I was gonna do that yeats, lol
[15:38] <tiox> Except it was gonna be the pirate discussion one, but nevermind.
[15:38] <yeats> tiox: ;-)
[15:38] <yeats> !illegal
[15:39] <Phrosty> Woops xchat freaked out
[15:41] <Icehawk78> soreau: Disabled both kernel modules (had to try twice due to a typo) and neither is showing up in lsmod, but powrtop still displays the audio codec as using 100%
[15:42] <Icehawk78> However, the power consumption rate is down to 19850 mW
[15:42] <soreau> Icehawk78: Nice
[15:43] <soreau> Icehawk78: Now that you understand how to do this with modules, you can continue with your own tests
[15:43] <soreau> Icehawk78: preliminary observation, that's nearly half of what it was using before
[15:44] <xsaidx> hello guys
[15:44] <teddie> hello
[15:44] <xsaidx>  icant add malin ppa in natty any idea why
[15:45] <teddie> please share the error
[15:45] <Icehawk78> soreau: How much damage am I liable to do by turning off a kernel module, or is it entirely reversible by removing the kernel_name.dontuseme=1 from the grub menu entry?
[15:45] <xsaidx> i get not found when i run the update
[15:45] <teddie> there's your problem, perhaps your distribution/version of ubuntu is not supported
[15:46] <soreau> Icehawk78: It is entirely reversible. It should not do any damage whatsoever
[15:46] <Timewarper> !find shred
[15:46] <Icehawk78> soreau: Okay, thanks for your help!
[15:47] <soreau> Icehawk78: If however you find that you want to never load a module again, the proper way to disable it would be by blacklisting it
[15:47] <soreau> ! blacklist | Icehawk78
[15:47] <xsaidx> teddie: im om natty yeh i dount it
[15:47] <soreau> Icehawk78: the dontloadme trick is just a hack using a nonexistent module parameter to confuse it into not loading the module
[15:48] <teddie> xsaidx, is natty listed if you browse the ppa in your browser
[15:48] <xsaidx> teddie: the ppa its in lp
[15:48] <oCean> xsaidx: PPA's are not-supported 3rd party repositories. You need to contact the PPA maintainers for support
[15:49] <mamece2> im back again to tell you is not working, i cant boot from usb
[15:49] <xsaidx> oCean: okay thanks
[15:49] <soreau> Icehawk78: You could use funkytime=1 or thisparamdoesntexist=1 and it would work. This is certainly not a proper way to blacklist a module by any means ;)
[15:49] <Icehawk78> soreau: Gotcha, so use that to figure out what to disable, and then blacklist it once I'm certain I don't want/need that?
[15:49] <soreau> Icehawk78: Right
[15:49] <Icehawk78> soreau: Makes sense. Thanks again!
[15:49] <peepsalot> what is the gui app for installing a deb file directly?  the one that existed before software center?
[15:49] <soreau> Icehawk78: You're very welcome ;-)
[15:49] <teddie> synaptic
[15:49] <somsip>  /quit
[15:49] <dr_willis> peepsalot:  or gdebi
[15:50] <peepsalot> dr_willis, ah i think that's the one  i'm thinking of
[15:50] <ghost714> looking for pdf reader with annotations, any suggestions?
[15:50] <mamece2> lol i have a problem NOBODY in the internet can solve.. linux fails again...
[15:50] <dr_willis> mamece2:  i dont see the logic in that statement..
[15:51] <soreau> mamece2: Did you try booting the usb stick on another machine?
[15:51] <mamece2> soreau: yes on 3 of them
[15:51] <soreau> mamece2: Also yes, clearly that logic is flawed.
[15:51] <dr_willis> i have definatly had some machines not like some usb sticks.. that did boot in other machines.
[15:51] <bekks> mamece2: Is your computer able to boot from usb at all?
[15:51] <mamece2> dr_willis: like my problem its got no logic
[15:51] <mamece2> bekks:  yes it is..
[15:52] <soreau> mamece2: That's like saying 'my stomach hurts which means pizza is poisonous!'
[15:52] <dr_willis> Vendor bios differances and quirks.. is the logic i imagine.
[15:52] <bekks> mamece2: Do you suspect that or did you already tried that?
[15:52] <mamece2> OMG i should make a paste bin with all the tale..
[15:52] <dr_willis> mamece2:  put it on the forums. or askubuntu.com
[15:52] <dr_willis> or both.
[15:52] <peepsalot> hmm, no gdebi is just running on the command line for me.  it didn't look like synaptic either.  it was just a small window with just an install button and some description of the package
[15:52] <ed__> hi how can I install from bzr branch ? I am would like to install this onse : lp:~wwwjfy/notify-osd/dual-monitor-fix
[15:52] <mamece2> bekks: believe i am trying to solve this the last 3 days
[15:52] <dr_willis> peepsalot:  it has a cli and gui version
[15:52] <soreau> mamece2: Yea, it might be time to escalate your issue to the forums
[15:52] <dr_willis> peepsalot:  thats gedbi's x interface...
[15:53] <dr_willis> gedbi<tab>
[15:53] <mamece2> dr_willis: theres a LOT of threads about boot error problem, no body has an answer. i have 2 days searching in forums, and 1 in iRC chats
[15:53] <dr_willis> i think its gdebi-gtk foo.deb
[15:53] <soreau> mamece2: Did you get identical error messages on all the machines you tried to load it?
[15:54] <dr_willis> I tend to just set up a grub2 flash drive to boot iso files these days.
[15:54] <mamece2> soreau:  yes
[15:54] <dr_willis> or i just dd the 11.10 iso image to flash :)
[15:54] <peepsalot> dr_willis, ah ok, it's gdebi-gtk
[15:54] <soreau> dr_willis: Can you boot an iso from a hard disk this way?
[15:54] <dr_willis> peepsalot:  :) the power of gdebi
[15:54] <dr_willis> soreau:  with grub2 you can boot an iso from a hd.. and i THINK you can dd an iso to the first partiuton on a hd. but that would be a little odd.
[15:55] <peepsalot> dr_willis, it shows a bit more info than software center, like the files in the package.  though it doesn't show dependency info, that's what I was hoping for
[15:55] <LABcrab> Hey peeps!  Can i use my TV Tuner card with Totem?  i'd download VLC, but i don't have an unlimited Internet plan.
[15:55] <dr_willis> peepsalot:  never noticed. I use gdebi because it pulls in needed deps. :)
[15:55] <dr_willis> !info vlc
[15:55] <soreau> mamece2: ISTR having a bit of trouble the first time I created a bootable usb stick but after trying some other method (that escapes me at the moment) I got it to work
[15:55] <peepsalot> dr_willis, yeahi wanted to view them but not install the package
[15:56] <dr_willis> 1.3 mb?  or is that 13mb.
[15:56] <LABcrab> dr_willis: VLC downloads a boatload of extra codecs!
[15:56] <bekks> mamece2: I know that you are trying to solve that for days - but you didnt answer my question.
[15:56] <xangua> yeah, vlc codecs LABcrab ....
[15:56] <LABcrab> It has to be under 50 MB or i'm not downloading!  Also: can Totem watch TV?
[15:57] <LABcrab> Aka. convert VHS to digital?
[15:57] <mamece2> bekks: yes i ve tryed in others pcs
[15:57] <mamece2> tried*
[15:57] <dr_willis> err.. last  i lookee vlc included all the codecs it needed built in. :)
[15:57] <mamece2> guess i'll live in this chat for a long time..
[15:58] <dr_willis> im not sure how 'watch tv' implies. 'convert vhs to digital' You mean you have a vcr plugged into a tv tuner card?
[15:58] <LABcrab> dr_willis: Yes, and it works sweet with VLC in Windows.  i had to grab extra drivers, however.
[15:58] <dr_willis> I got a $14 converter box that records my video outs to a sd card. :)  handy for the wife and her home movie collection.
[15:58] <LABcrab> dr_willis: USA?
[15:58] <bennygtr34> Hi guys, I know this is the wrong ple
[15:59] <Sidewinder1> LABcrab, I use Kaffeine for my Hauppague HVR-950Q, (actually an ext. USB tuner), to watch the "idiot-box", and it works fine..
[15:59] <mamece2> i cant boot from a live usb, i got the boot error message in the first screen, can somebody help me?
[15:59] <haie> HI! I have a Broadcom 4313gn. Running Ubuntu 11.10 and I have super bad signal strength in ubuntu. What can I do? ASFAIK I am running broadcom drivers
[16:00] <bennygtr34> oops.. sorry.. again Hi I know this is the wrong place but i'm hoping some of this stuff is not unique to one linux distro. how do i put some songs on an iphone through linux? i'm using fedora 16 at the minute but just downloading the ubuntu and mint installers
[16:00] <LABcrab> Sidewinder1: 1) why an "idiot box"?  i'll start with Jump5 tapes and move on to movies later.  and 2) Kaffeine is KDE, eh?  That would download a boatload of KDE files.  No thanks.
[16:00] <LABcrab> !shipit
[16:00] <LABcrab> RIP Shipit!
[16:00] <LiquidSilver> quit
[16:00]  * teddie only used shipit for the stickers :[
[16:01] <dr_willis> LABcrab:  yep. $14 from qvc.com - its not best quality.. but hay.. for $14 what do ya expect
[16:01] <bennygtr34> does anyone use their iphone with linux?
[16:01] <LABcrab> Stickers fell off teddie.  But it was still nice.
[16:01] <LABcrab> dr_willis: i don't know.  As long as i can read the text "Emergency button" on the Jump5 but, it's good.
[16:01] <LABcrab> *Jump5 bus
[16:02] <Sidewinder1> LABcrab, Idiot-box = Old fashioned term for television; and, yes Kaffeine is KDE and somewhat "heavy" in the download..
[16:02] <teddie> plus, by the time the discs arrived.. a new version of ubuntu waso ut
[16:02] <sweb> i have a problem with compile Kerberos libraries not found.  i install all kerberos libs witch library exaclly php need
[16:03] <Cube``> hey guys, after updating, the wifi toggle no longer works
[16:03] <Cube``> how do i fix that?
[16:04] <dalesulx> i have some questions
[16:05] <Sidewinder1> dalesulx, Feel free to ask.
[16:05] <soreau> Cube``: maybe try rfkill unblock wifi
[16:05] <LABcrab> Sidewinder1: When watching the clips in Windows, i plug the coaxial but still need a separate plug for audio.  Why can't i use S-Video and the card's audio input?  Also: http://youtu.be/oaQYFG_E71Q&t=152 i want to be able to read the "emergency button" text on the left of the door.
[16:06] <dalesulx> is there any ubuntu 11.10 team
[16:06] <dr_willis> dalesulx:  state the questiomn and see who answers
[16:07] <dalesulx> when are that going to make if easy to install theme in unity
[16:07] <dalesulx> opps if =it
[16:08] <xangua> dalesulx: use gnome-tweak-tool
[16:08] <xangua> /google webupd8 oneiric tweak
[16:08] <LABcrab> dalesulx: Yes, they can be seen here http://youtu.be/3KANI2dpXLw
[16:08] <dr_willis> Unity can use the gnome-3 themes.  but the whole themeing of gnome shell and gnome-3 are works in progress.
[16:08] <dalesulx> it breack unity
[16:08] <LABcrab> dr_willis: Have you ever watched TV with Ubuntu?
[16:08] <dr_willis> dalesulx:  i got a few themes from the webupd8 blog site tutorial on it.
[16:08] <Sidewinder1> LABcrab, Sorry I have no clue, :-( I had to fiddle with my set-up, to "no-end", to finally get it to work.. Since we probably have different hdw. (not to mention diff, versions, 10.04, here) I don't thing I can be of much help.
[16:08] <dr_willis> LABcrab:  ive used tv tuner cards with Mythbuntu in the past.
[16:08] <LABcrab> It is a Hauppage Sidewinder1.
[16:09] <LABcrab> dr_willis: Does Myth.tv/Mythbuntu have a huge download size?
[16:09] <dr_willis> LABcrab:  but nothing in the last 2+ years. i need to get a new video capture/tuner card some day
[16:09] <oCean> LABcrab: how is your youtu.be link helpful?
[16:09] <LABcrab> and i think VLC would be easier.
[16:09] <dr_willis> LABcrab:  bigger the vlc i imagine...
[16:09] <dalesulx> ya but those theme are ppls and ubuntu want to block them
[16:09] <Sidewinder1> LABcrab, Have you looked into Mythtv and tvtime? Might be a good place to start..
[16:09] <dr_willis> then vlc...
[16:09] <dr_willis> !info tvtime
[16:10] <LABcrab> oCean: Because i don't know the 11.10 team?  :O
[16:10] <LABcrab> :P
[16:10] <oCean> LABcrab: Don't give silly answers if you don't have real ones, thank you
[16:10] <LABcrab> oCean: Do you have an answer then for the 11.10 team?
[16:11] <dr_willis> dalesulx:  huh? be a bit more clear in your statements. I have used custome themes in unity/gnome-shell/gnome-3/gtk3 from the guides at the webupd8 blog site.
[16:11] <dr_willis> dalesulx:  they even have a list of the best looking themes/top 5 list of them.
[16:11] <LABcrab> i am using Clearlooks for as long as i can.
[16:12] <LABcrab> oCean: But the one with Jump5 was actually helpful.  i want to see text.
[16:12] <dr_willis> bbl
[16:12] <teddie> clearlooks has too much white, the taskbar is really hard to differentiate windows with
[16:12] <LABcrab> teddie: Mmhmm.  Colours can be changed, however.
[16:12] <teddie> i see
[16:13] <dalesulx> ya i have theme but evey one talks bad about unity and i like unity the thing im saying gnome breaks unity
[16:13] <fytfytf> is there a way to remove old kernel versions with oneiric's Software Center or do I have to resort to apt for that?\
[16:14] <tmg>            ~~~~~.
[16:14] <dr_willis> dalesulx:  unity runs on top of gnome-3., gnome does not 'break' unity.
[16:14] <dr_willis> dalesulx:  and people talk bad about everything 'new' and in the next breath they rant about the stuff thats old... so use what you like.
[16:15] <wildc4rd> good afternoon all
[16:15] <GirlyGirl> Hi, are packages of KDE 4.8 beta available for Kubuntu or will I have to build from source to test it?
[16:15] <GirlyGirl> http://kde.org/announcements/announce-4.8-beta1.php
[16:15] <Sidewinder1> fytfytf, There might be a way with Software Ctr.; I know it can be done with Synaptic but you may need to download it.
[16:15] <dr_willis> bbl
[16:16] <oCean> GirlyGirl: maybe try #ubuntu+1, as you know this channel is for stable releases only
[16:16] <dalesulx> im still trying to get unity to work on a 2gopc tablet
[16:16] <GirlyGirl> oCean: I was referring to backports for 11.10
[16:16] <Cube``> soreau: nope, didnt work :(
[16:17] <soreau> Cube``: What wifi card is it?
[16:17] <fytfytf> Sidewinder1:  I have always used synaptic or aptitude/apt-tools for packagemanagement, but I just wonder as Software Center is now the standard tool (and I have experienced Synaptic/aptitude messing up package management on oneiric a bit...)
[16:18] <Cube``> soreau: ah wait, looks like it was bluetooth
[16:18] <Cube``> thans brah
[16:18] <soreau> cool
[16:18] <bekks> mamece2: You still havent answered my question: is the computer you are trying to get that working even able to boot from usb? did _that_ ever booted from usb or do you just think it should be able?
[16:18] <Sidewinder1> fytfytf, I wouldn't know about that, sorry, 10.04 here.. ;-)
[16:19] <mamece2> bekks: ofc it is able, i hit F2 and i set the usb port to be the first drive to boot. also i have booted from usb in that PC before.
[16:19] <fytfytf> I'll just use apt then...
[16:19] <Sidewinder1> :D
[16:19] <teddie> hm, maybe i should give unity another try.. how long did it take most people? i gave up after a few days as i received anxiety attacks like i was trapped in a coffin which took so long to open the lid of when i needed to i feared suffocation
[16:20] <mamece2> bekks: could it be a partition problem? ive dl gpart
[16:20] <Sidewinder1> fytfytf, Just don't forget the back-ups..
[16:20] <bekks> mamece2: Maybe. I have no clue what you have done with the usb device.