[08:03] <wiggmpk> ikonia: yes, I need to drop into recovery to gain root, but the outcome is still the same, it complains about not being able to lock /etc/groups and use "adduser" instead yields "cannot lock /etc/passwd
[08:04] <ikonia> wiggmpk: when you drop into the recovery console, run the command "id" and tell me what it says
[08:04] <wiggmpk> ikonia: alright, I'll have to get back to ya, dont have another machine to work from atm
[08:04] <wiggmpk> ikonia: I appreciate your time =)
[08:05] <afidegnum> pls while I did telnet localhost 25   I am told connection refused, wht do I do ?
[08:05] <ikonia> afidegnum: you don't have a mail server running
[08:05] <pppurple> ok with a little preface. im trying to preface windows so i can install ubuntu which i am new to...double checking all my bases so i dont screw myself
[08:05] <afidegnum> I am installing postfix
[08:05] <pppurple> is there a good link to do this?
[08:06] <ikonia> pppurple: yes, use the tool I gave you
[08:06] <afidegnum> ikonia: is smarthost an application I have to install ?
[08:06] <ikonia> afidegnum: can you not use your ISP's mail host (smarthost)
[08:06] <ikonia> afidegnum: setting up a mail server is not something you should do without a good reason
[08:06] <afidegnum> hmm, the issue is getting complicated now,
[08:06] <afidegnum> I am giving up
[08:06] <ikonia> afidegnum: not really, ISP mail server, point your client at it
[08:07] <afidegnum> ok, can I configure postfix to connect to something like gmail, or my webmail server ?
[08:07] <Filthy_Macnasty> does gmail have an smtp smarthost?
[08:07] <ikonia> afidegnum: forget postfix
[08:07] <ikonia> afidegnum: gmail/webmail are web clients, just point your browser at them
[08:07] <afidegnum> ok, I am forgetting about it
[08:08] <rizzo> i put a dvd in my comp and its saying that there is nothing in the drive
[08:08] <afidegnum> ok, here we are, I am setting up drupal to my localhost.
[08:08] <abadr> How do I disable the dash keyboard shortcut in 11.10? I've tried changing the "Key to show the launcher" setting in CCSM but that seems to be something different.
[08:08] <afidegnum> my project specicatiosn involves the use of email
[08:08] <Filthy_Macnasty> check that port 25 isnt restricted by your provider
[08:09] <afidegnum> hence using drupal on my localhost, to test mail functionalities, so once done, I can move to the remote server
[08:09] <afidegnum> what do you think about sendmail? \
[08:09] <Filthy_Macnasty> if you got a login at gmail use smtp.gmail.com as a smarthost maybe?
[08:09] <llutz_> afidegnum: so you just need to send mail from php? use msmtp/ssmtp for this. let googlemail send your mail
[08:09] <ikonia> afidegnum: do not use sendmail
[08:10] <rizzo> and its saying the permissions of the drive could not b determined
[08:10] <afidegnum> msmtp/ssmtp do I ahve to install it?
[08:10] <Filthy_Macnasty> the drive is fubar maybe?
[08:10] <Filthy_Macnasty> or try cleaning the disk
[08:10] <rizzo> fubar??
[08:10] <afidegnum> or configure it from my php script?
[08:10] <llutz_> afidegnum: 1st you have to say what you really need to do
[08:11] <Filthy_Macnasty> foxtrot beyond all recognition
[08:11] <rizzo> im not sure how to configure that
[08:11] <afidegnum> yes, that is waht I said earlier, using drupal (php web app) to send and receive mail, so if possible, it can use gmail or my hosting webmail to send mail and receive mail into that box
[08:11] <llutz_> afidegnum: do you need to receive mail from internet (which wouldn't work if you are dial-up/dsl user)?
[08:12] <Filthy_Macnasty> use postfix with a smarthost set that to smtp.gmail.com with your login done
[08:12] <Filthy_Macnasty> sorted
[08:12] <afidegnum> well, I am using adsl connectivity here, is there a way to receive email with it ?
[08:12] <wiggmpk> ikonia: uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root) is what "id" yields in recovery
[08:12] <llutz_> afidegnum: do you have a static-ip and a domain pointing to it or are yu dial-up/dsl at home?
[08:13] <Filthy_Macnasty> yes, use dyndns and set an mx record to your temporary home
[08:13] <afidegnum> no, we are using dynamic ip address
[08:13] <llutz_> afidegnum: no one will deliver mail to a dial-up
[08:13] <llutz_> afidegnum: even dnydns and mail is a bad idea
[08:13] <afidegnum> hehe, I am not using dial up, lol
[08:13] <Filthy_Macnasty> if you use a keepalive in your router it should work
[08:13] <Filthy_Macnasty> af, yes you are
[08:13] <llutz_> afidegnum: adsl is like dialup (dynamic ip etc)
[08:13] <afidegnum> ok ok
[08:13] <rizzo>  sorry im not THAT computer literate
[08:14] <Filthy_Macnasty> who is your provider?
[08:14] <afidegnum> well, I am giving up again... hell noo
[08:14] <afidegnum> Vodafone Ghana
[08:14] <Filthy_Macnasty> dont know what their terms of use say about port 25
[08:15] <Filthy_Macnasty> I know charter and the bell shut me off in about 2.5ms for using port 25
[08:15] <afidegnum> I think port supposed to work
[08:15] <afidegnum> why? why will they shut you down for thtat?
[08:15] <afidegnum> can we allocate another port apart from port 25 ?
[08:15] <ikonia> afidegnum: just point your application to use the gmail smtp servers, you'll find it much much easier
[08:15] <llutz_> afidegnum: 587 submission
[08:15] <Filthy_Macnasty> terms of service, no using port 25 smtp on dynamic addresses you gotta buy the business bundle
[08:16] <Filthy_Macnasty> with the static ip
[08:17] <llutz_> afidegnum: get  a cheap vps somewhere, setup your services and you'll be happy
[08:18] <Filthy_Macnasty> I know its not the method of choice for ubuntu people but take a look at deeproot linux for your answer
[08:18] <afidegnum> I had a vps sometimes ago, set up GPLhost/DTC  found myself sending mail but couldn't receive mails
[08:18] <afidegnum> a tribulation I had to go through I had to give u[p
[08:18] <Filthy_Macnasty> because you didnt have an mx record on anything
[08:19] <Filthy_Macnasty> no mx record, no incoming mail
[08:19] <Filthy_Macnasty> sounds like a dns error not a php one
[08:19] <llutz_> layer-8 error :)
[08:19] <Filthy_Macnasty> rofl
[08:20] <vlt> Hello. Is it possible on Ubuntu to use rdesktop (or something else) to connect to a Windows Terminal Server but show just one application (like MS Office) in a a separate window and not the whole desktop)?
[08:20] <Filthy_Macnasty> here, this is a uni project right?
[08:20] <Filthy_Macnasty> take a clean box, install deeproot linux and be done with it
[08:22] <llutz_> thats no matter of a special distro, you always need some knowledge to run services like mail
[08:22] <Filthy_Macnasty> its a mail server in a can llutz
[08:23] <Filthy_Macnasty> while I do agree that knowledge of how the engine works is critical, some people can just install an engine and go on
[08:26] <llutz_> Filthy_Macnasty: even a "server in a can" needs knowledge. and if you have that knowledge, you can use whatever mta you want. i still prefer those with good documentation and good online help (mlists, irc)
[08:26] <Filthy_Macnasty> deeproot uses email answers from some nice indian fellows that really know the system
[08:26] <osmosis_paul> Good morning, something wierd is happend with my Skype. Normally if I hide the program under other programs disappear, and then one I click over the icon of the left Icon menu show me the login interface, but I'm already login so I cannot login again
[08:27] <osmosis_paul> so I have to kill the process and login again
[08:27] <osmosis_paul> happens since I was playing with Unity, because If I create a new Account does not happend
[08:27] <llutz_> osmosis_paul: pkill skype
[08:27] <osmosis_paul> llutz, I was looking for a definitive solution the kill process I do like 5 times per day :-)
[08:28] <Filthy_Macnasty> place it on another desktop
[08:28] <osmosis_paul> Filthy_Macnasty, I try that as well and nothing, but thanls
[08:28] <wiggmpk> ikonia: if your still there, I figured out what I was doing wrong, I didnt remount the root filesystem with write privilege. after doing that, modifying users/groups worked as expected
[08:29] <ikonia> ahhhh well spotted
[08:29] <osmosis_paul> Is something related with Unity
[08:29] <Filthy_Macnasty> well played
[08:29] <wiggmpk> just me getting ahead of myself like usual, its what got me into the mess lol
[08:30] <Filthy_Macnasty> its called learning
[08:30] <Inumedia> I'm using the ATI proprietary drivers for my ATI Radeon 3100, and whenever I turn on Xinerama all my effects seem to get disabled, does anyone know if there's a fix for this?
[08:31] <wiggmpk> quick question, can you slam these parameters together like this "usermod -aG" or do they have to be "usermod -a -G"?
[08:31] <llutz_> wiggmpk: -aG is fine
[08:31] <Inumedia> Or if there's some log that might be able to tell me what's happening?
[08:31] <wiggmpk> llutz_: cool, thanks
[08:31] <llutz_> wiggmpk: you should consider using adduser/addgroup
[08:32] <wiggmpk> llutz_: oh right, Flannel has mentioned that as well
[08:32] <Squarism> is there something similar to "gnome-do" in unity?
[08:32] <llutz_> wiggmpk: not as dangerous as usermod without -a
[08:32] <Squarism> open-using-file-extension-associated-program that is
[08:33] <Inumedia> Squarism: gnome-do still works even with Unity
[08:33] <Squarism> Inumedia, it doesnt come with 11.10 though
[08:33] <Squarism> thought there was a replacement
[08:33] <Inumedia> You could use Alt + F2
[08:33] <e01> i have troubles while try to install smartsvn on ubuntu 11.10, can anybody help me, seems that java is not suitable :(
[08:35] <Inumedia> Squarism: Or you could just install it from the Ubuntu Software Center.
[08:36] <Filthy_Macnasty> does anyone know of a linux type variant of logmein rescue?
[08:39] <bela_> slt
[08:39] <JadedJacob> my laptop won't wake from suspend.
[08:40] <Roms> amir
[08:40] <JadedJacob> the fans all power up, but there is no display
[08:40] <bela_> saluuuuut
[08:40] <Filthy_Macnasty> JadedJacob tried popping off the header panel and plugging in the monitor?
[08:40] <conntrack> G'day
[08:40] <Roms> et yo
[08:41] <Filthy_Macnasty> G'day conntrack
[08:41] <tapo> hi is there a solution to the FUTEX_WAIT problem when starting java appplications in ubuntu (oneiric, 64bit)?
[08:41] <JadedJacob> i don't use a monitor
[08:41] <Guest37652> hi guys. i have a problem with samba on 11.10. i get an error "failed to mount windows share" while trying to access windows shared folder from ubuntu. no problem accessing ubuntu shared from windows though.
[08:41] <tapo> Guest37652: try it first in command line
[08:41] <bela_> romain romain romain
[08:41] <Filthy_Macnasty> Guest37652: I assume samba3
[08:42] <tapo> Guest37652: smbclient (enter) show all options. try smbclient -U username -L host
[08:42] <Guest37652> ok, i'll try that
[08:45] <abadr> How do I disable the dash keyboard shortcut in 11.10? I've tried changing the "Key to show the launcher" setting in CCSM but that seems to be something different.
[08:46] <bela_> salamou alikom
[08:48] <m3ridian> I've got a virtual 10.4LTS Server running. After a reboot (a new kernel had previouly been installed) this morning it's unable to start. It doesn't matter which kernel I select. The only thing I see on a normal boot is a black screen and a _  , if I boot in recovery I can see it detect the disks attached but after running "Begin: Running /scripts/init-bottom ..." and returning "Done." the
[08:48] <m3ridian> machine freezes and does not seem to be alive.
[08:49] <JadedJacob> m3ridian, are you using grub to start the server?
[08:49] <m3ridian> JadedJacob: yes
[08:51] <JadedJacob> have you tried running the command 'update-grub'
[08:52] <m3ridian> JadedJacob, no
[08:52] <m3ridian> I'll boot a rescue cd
[08:52] <JadedJacob> yep
[08:53] <conntrack> I guess user__ is having a bad day
[08:53] <_Neytiri_> how do i fix a system from the grum rescue menu?
[08:54] <Randolph> hi all
[08:54] <m3ridian> JadedJacob, does it matter if I use a different version of the live cd than what the server has ?
[08:55] <PDSmedia> how do I kill a print job stuck in the queue?
[08:56] <almoxarife> PDSmedia: you see it in a gui?
[08:56] <PDSmedia> yes  but mouse is frozen
[08:56] <PDSmedia> can get to a terminal window
[08:57] <almoxarife> PDSmedia: frozen mouse, stuck printer, I am guessing a reboot is out of the question?
[08:58] <PDSmedia> tried that.  after reboot, mouse freezes in 30 sec
[08:58] <iceroot> PDSmedia: lprm
[08:58] <iceroot> PDSmedia: to see the queue use "lpq"
[08:59] <almoxarife> PDSmedia: you have bigger issues then, looked at the logs?
[09:00] <Squarism> howdy, if i wanna set up a sort of tunnel from one machine (un-nat'ed ) to a my (nat'ed) on a certain port... preferably not permanent / with some nice commanline "tunneling demaon". Could that be done?
[09:00] <abadr> Alternatively: is there a way to disable Dash completely?
[09:00] <PDSmedia> I see jobs in the queue but nothing is printing
[09:01] <PDSmedia> don't know how to find logs
[09:01] <almoxarife> PDSmedia: printer on?
[09:01] <Squarism> So that a connection to UN-NAT-MACHINE:PORT  goes to NAT-MACHINE:PORT
[09:01] <PDSmedia> yes. status light would be flashing and it's not
[09:02] <almoxarife> PDSmedia: first time you have printed from this machine/printer?
[09:03] <PDSmedia> no. I printed earlier and it worked but still froze mouse right after sending to print
[09:04] <JadedJacob> m3ridian: What live cd are using?
[09:05] <almoxarife> PDSmedia: the printer ever actually work without freezing the mouse? mouse freezes usually?
[09:06] <PDSmedia> not so far.  this install of 10.04 is only a week old
[09:06] <luca_bi> nickserv identify LucaBiolcati fili1982
[09:06] <llutz_> luca_bi: time to change passwsd
[09:06] <almoxarife> PDSmedia: 10? or 11?
[09:06]  * Inumedia lol'd.
[09:07] <PDSmedia> 10.04 64bit
[09:07] <luca_bi> llutz_: How can I change it?
[09:07] <llutz_> luca_bi: /msg nickserv help
[09:08] <mahiti> hi, whats the support period for 12.04?
[09:08] <almoxarife> PDSmedia: thought of upgrading?
[09:08] <PDSmedia> yes. separate issue.  ran 11 in virtual machine and hate it
[09:08] <JadedJacob> luca_bi: make sure you always start with a "/" when running irc commands so they don't get printed to the channel
[09:09] <llutz_> and don't use server-commands in a channel tab
[09:09] <PDSmedia> again, how can I kill the 2 print jobs?
[09:09] <llutz_> PDSmedia: lprm
[09:10] <PDSmedia> did that already. lpq still shows 2 jobs
[09:10] <Inumedia> Does 11.10 have a built in VPN server?
[09:10] <usr13> PDSmedia: If it is the default printer, lprm
[09:10] <luca_bi> DROP <LucaBiolcati> <fili1982>
[09:11] <llutz_> lprm for any printer (-P printername)
[09:11] <Inumedia> luca_bi, you're missing a forward-slash.
[09:11] <realsifo> hello
[09:11] <usr13> PDSmedia: But mouse freezing must be a different issue.  Look at /var/log/messages  Alt-F2 gnome-terminal and run tail -f /var/log/messages
[09:11] <realsifo> i need amd radeon driver in gnome 3
[09:11] <luca_bi> Inumedia: thanks
[09:11] <PDSmedia> now lprm says no active print jobs
[09:12] <usr13> PDSmedia: lpq
[09:12] <realsifo> how to fix amd radeon in gnome 3?
[09:12] <flysnowchiu> mint is good
[09:12] <PDSmedia> and the printer status icon in the upper right corner is gone
[09:12] <rabbi1> How to see the contents of usb external harddisk?
[09:12] <usr13> PDSmedia: Was it the default printer?
[09:12] <luca_bi> I cannot drop y account
[09:12] <PDSmedia> now how do I regain mouse control?
[09:12] <pppurple> is it hard to work with a hard drive in linux thats formated in NTSF?
[09:12] <luca_bi> I tried with /
[09:13] <usr13> PDSmedia: Try unplugging and plugging it in again.
[09:13] <mahiti> hi, whats the support period for 12.04??
[09:13] <rabbi1> pppurple: nope
[09:13] <PDSmedia> yes, can't check is it is the default now but  that was how I set it before
[09:13] <milamber> !lts | mahiti
[09:13] <llutz_> luca_bi: /msg nickserv help set                   (  /msg nickserv set passwd..... )
[09:13] <pppurple> so ntfs is supporeted by Ub?
[09:13] <milamber> rabbi1: is it mounted?
[09:13] <usr13> PDSmedia: lpq
[09:14] <deej1976> mahiti: 12.04 has been report in the press to have 5 year support for desktop
[09:14] <rabbi1> milamber: nope, i am unable to find the drive, its infact a laptop harddisk
[09:14] <usr13> pppurple: Yes
[09:14] <PDSmedia> I think I have all print jobs killed now, thanks
[09:14] <pppurple> Thank you!
[09:14] <rabbi1> milamber: "df" command doesn't list the drive
[09:14] <milamber> mahiti: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LTS
[09:14] <usr13> PDSmedia: What does /var/log/messages say?  Anything?
[09:14] <PDSmedia> I unplugged the sending unit for the wireless mouse and pointer control did not come back
[09:15] <pigiman> hey, is there any way to "fast switch" between usb headset and line speakers ?
[09:15] <milamber> rabbi1: and you are using usb?
[09:15] <realsifo> is fglrx not compatible with gnome 3 shell?
[09:15] <rabbi1> milamber: yeap
[09:15] <milamber> rabbi1: unplug it, plug it back in and run: dmesg
[09:15] <mahiti> thanks milamber deej1976
[09:16] <rabbi1> milamber: yeah done
[09:16] <PDSmedia> don't know how to access that.  is it....
[09:16] <PDSmedia> sudo gedit and then the path you gave?
[09:16] <flysnowchiu> 5 years desktop
[09:16] <usr13> PDSmedia: tail -n 20 /var/log/messages |pastebinit
[09:16] <milamber> rabbi1: does it say anything about the usb being connected? if you aren't sure you can pastebin it
[09:17] <mahiti> \q
[09:17] <usr13> PDSmedia: ... and send resulting URL
[09:17] <rabbi1> milamber: USB disconnect
[09:17] <rabbi1> address 1 to 18
[09:17] <conntrack> Now that's a name I haven't heard in a long time...
[09:17] <milamber> rabbi1: run: sudo fdisk -l
[09:18] <PDSmedia> error I get: "pastebinit not installed"
[09:18] <milamber> rabbi1: that will show all the available disks
[09:18] <Ascavasaion> If I change the CPU in my old machine from an AMD Duron 1300MHz to an AMD Athlon 2300MHz would I need to change kernels etc.?  Oh, and will the thing still work at all?
[09:19] <llutz_> Ascavasaion: should work like before
[09:19] <Ascavasaion> llutz: thank you.  You think the performace gain is worth the swapping of the processors?
[09:19] <llutz_> Ascavasaion: swap a snail into a snail.... no idea
[09:20] <PDSmedia> installed pastebinit. re-issued cmd and got this
[09:20] <Ascavasaion> llutz: hehe  Touchě
[09:20] <usr13> PDSmedia: tail -n 30 /var/log/syslog |pastebinit  #And again, send us resulting URL
[09:20] <_Neytiri_> Ascavasaion, if your current motherboard supports that processor it sould work
[09:20] <Ascavasaion> _Neytiri_: Thank you.
[09:20] <llutz_> Ascavasaion: it might be faster, but i don't know if you really remark that
[09:21] <usr13> PDSmedia: Send the URL
[09:21] <usr13> here
[09:22] <PDSmedia> http://pastebin.com/UST51FkP
[09:23] <PDSmedia> I look at the results myself and see USB disconnect.  do u k now what's causing that?
[09:23] <melle> Hi all, could anyone point me to some docs on how to create a bootable USB (from iso) in ubuntu? I keep getting PendriveLinux tutorials from google...
[09:24] <llutz_> melle: from 11.10 you can just use cat/dd to write the iso to usb-drive
[09:24] <usr13> PDSmedia: Well, we can see where you unplugged and plugged in the mouse adapter.  Not much info on it though, nothing telling us why it quit working. Or, at least I don't see it. Sorry.
[09:24] <melle> llutz_: I'm still on 10.10... time for an update :)
[09:25] <PDSmedia> I will reboot and see how long it takes the mouse to freeze
[09:25] <iceroot> PDSmedia: usb mouse and usb printer?
[09:26] <PDSmedia> wireless usb mouse and usb prrinter
[09:26] <iceroot> PDSmedia: some month ago i had a similar issue, the problem was that the usb-printer was taking to much power from the usb-system and all usb devices were disabled
[09:26] <llutz_> melle: why? 10.10 works fine and still gets updates
[09:26] <iceroot> melle: never touch a running system
[09:26] <melle> llutz_: About to get a new HD from dell... this one is failing...
[09:26] <melle> iceroot: that's the problem.. SMART status sais "hard drive failure is imminent"
[09:27] <melle> iceroot: backed up everything... just need a live usb
[09:27] <iceroot> melle: ah ok
[09:27] <usr13> PDSmedia: What does syslog say?  sudo tail -n20 /var/log/syslog
[09:27] <stephanmg> hello all.
[09:27] <iceroot> !usb | melle
[09:27] <rogerU> ?
[09:27] <melle> iceroot: thx!
[09:27] <PDSmedia> hold on...
[09:27] <stephanmg> what is that kworker thing in the new 3.0.0-13 generi
[09:28] <usr13> PDSmedia: Never mind.  As iceroot states, it is more-than-likely just a hardware issue.
[09:29] <rogerU> quit
[09:29] <usr13> PDSmedia: But you might try a different USB port
[09:29] <deej1976> rogerU: try backslash wc
[09:31] <sharpK> is it mandatory to share printer drivers through samba/cups with windows computers on a network or can a printer be added with the drivers only on the linux side?
[09:31] <PDSmedia> last entries in the log say that 'evolution-alarn-desktop-notify.desktop' could not execute
[09:32] <PDSmedia> I though I uninstalled evolution. do I need to install it now?
[09:33] <JLuc> ya zepto.js aussi
[09:34] <JLuc> ... qui ne supporte pas IE
[09:34] <PDSmedia> failed to execute child process "usr/lib/gnome-user-share/gnome-user-share  no such file or directory
[09:34] <JLuc> oups sorry
[09:35] <PDSmedia> usr13: what does that mean?
[09:38] <weiyang> on linux system could i set the max tcp window size ?
[09:38] <weiyang> i see the wmem and rmem
[09:38] <weiyang> but not find the window size parameter
[09:39] <iceroot> PDSmedia: dpkg -l gnome-user-share
[09:40] <iceroot> PDSmedia: its starting with ii?
[09:40] <mutante> got disconnected during dist-upgrade via ssh, dpkg process still running and waiting for user input. how can i get it into the foreground again
[09:41] <usr13> PDSmedia: Means that you have a problem with evolution, but other than that, I dono.  Try what iceroot suggests.
[09:41] <iceroot> mutante: you used "screen"?
[09:41] <mutante> iceroot: i should have, but no
[09:41] <iceroot> mutante: then you can only kill the process
[09:41] <mutante> iceroot: ok, was about to do that, but was worth a try before.thx
[09:41] <iceroot> mutante: after that use "sudo apt-get install -f" to fix it
[09:41] <mutante> alright
[09:42] <iceroot> mutante: yes, its always a good idea to use screen for that
[09:42] <_Neytiri_> where is the kernal located for 11.10
[09:43] <llutz_> _Neytiri_: /boot
[09:43] <_Neytiri_> which one is actually the kernal
[09:44] <iceroot> !info linux-image
[09:44] <llutz_> _Neytiri_: /boot/vmlinuz*
[09:44] <_Neytiri_> rt
[09:44] <_Neytiri_> ty
[09:46] <usr13> PDSmedia: Has the system been fully updated?
[09:46] <Pumpkin-> weiyang: sysctl for net.core.rmem_max and net.core.wmem_max look like what you want
[09:46] <usr13> PDSmedia: sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt-get upgrade
[09:47] <weiyang> Pumpkin-, i search google, some says this is the window size, some says this is them socket memory
[09:48] <dssdsd> ssdds
[09:50] <MattC> Hi,  I'm having a problem logging into my linux OS.  It starts up fine until the log-in screen, then when I enter my password the screen flashes black and the log-in screen reappears.  Definitely using correct password.  I've tried Ctrl Alt F1 and logging in there, but when I return to the GUI it says it's logged in but still wants a password to unlock the screen, resulting in the same issue
[09:50] <PDSmedia> sorry usr13.  thought I lost you
[09:50] <MattC> Any help or direction to a more appropriate IRC channel (if there is one) would be much appreciated
[09:51] <sattu94> MattC: what Graphic environment are you using?
[09:51] <Pumpkin-> weiyang: kernel sources show it is window size (check net/ipv4/tcp_output.c). I'm 99% sure it is what you want.
[09:51] <Mooloo> assuming i want to move to ubuntu, what do i need to back up if my /home is a different partition?
[09:51] <MattC> gnome?
[09:52] <usr13> MattC: You either have wrong user or password.
[09:52] <MattC> definitely neither
[09:52] <MattC> as I logged in fien in the terminal
[09:52] <MattC> *fine
[09:52] <weiyang> wow, Pumpkin-  you are so nice
[09:52] <weiyang> :)
[09:53] <MattC> also, get a wrong password error if i use the wrong password/username
[09:53] <evgeniy_> Привет чувакам из Англии
[09:53] <usr13> MattC: Above you said that you are "having a problem logging into my linux OS" ?
[09:53] <MattC> yup?
[09:53] <MattC> ok, fine
[09:53] <tapo> Mooloo: every configuration options you need :) you should backup /etc
[09:53] <sattu94> MattC:are you sure it's Ubuntu?
[09:53] <MattC> well, it's mint
[09:54] <Mooloo> ok, i got /etc and /root. anything i'm forgetting?
[09:54] <sattu94> MattC: have you messed around with your Xsession files?
[09:54] <MattC> not to my knowlege
[09:54] <PDSmedia> iceroot's command. don't know what it means.  type off a separate machine so can't cut and paste
[09:54] <tapo> Mooloo: diod you install something in /opt? other partitions?`only you know
[09:54] <afidegnum> hello once again, hw do I enable crontab on ubuntu?
[09:55] <usr13> MattC: What you are describing is exactly what happens when wrong username or password is used, so that's about all I can make of it.
[09:55] <usr13> MattC: But you say you can log into a terminal session?
[09:55] <MattC> yes
[09:55] <Mooloo> ah yes, /opt has some stuff
[09:55] <usr13> MattC: Is that correct? You can log into a terminal session?
[09:56] <MattC> I can log in, but when i return to the screen with the GUI, it says it's logged in but wants my password to unlock the screen
[09:56] <Mooloo> only i know, except this installation is very old :) where else should i look?
[09:56] <MattC> which results in the same behaviour as before
[09:56] <usr13> MattC: Must be different user.  ls /home
[09:56] <MattC> there's only my user account on there
[09:56] <madm1ke_> MattC: that is normal, because you have an open terminal session now. did you check if the keyboard layout is correct?
[09:57] <MattC> no, but I'm now in windows
[09:57] <MattC> which won't make this any easier
[09:57] <usr13> MattC: Sure won't.  Pretty hard to fix a machine when you are working on another.
[09:57] <Badman> !xchat
[09:58] <Badman> How do i make xchat to display me time of post?
[09:58] <MattC> same machine, but yeah, ig et your point
[09:58] <MattC> I don't knwo hwo to get onto the IRC through the terminal
[09:58] <madm1ke_> MattC: try to login and then in terminal session have a look at /var/log/auth.log - that might give you some clues. or check in ~/.xsession-errors - maybe your x session crashed right after login
[09:59] <usr13> MattC: irssi
[09:59] <madm1ke_> MattC: sudo aptitude install irssi
[09:59] <dr_willis> irssi or weechat MattC
[09:59] <Mooloo> anyone else think of any directories that often contain user data and should be backed up besides /etc /root and /opt?
[09:59] <usr13> MattC: And then:  /server irc.freenode.net
[10:00] <usr13> MattC: or just follow on-screen instructions to get connected to a server.
[10:00] <madm1ke_> Mooloo: /home might contain some user data, too :)
[10:00] <MattC> thanks
[10:00] <Mooloo> yes, right sorry. but seperate partition
[10:00] <MattC> see you in a few if it works
[10:00] <usr13> Mooloo: /etc /root and /opt  do not contain user data
[10:00] <llutz_> Mooloo: parts of /var
[10:00] <Mooloo> what parts?
[10:01] <madm1ke_> user data in var?
[10:01] <mrec> since I upgraded to ubuntu 11.10 copy/paste doesn't work anymore with the 3 finger touchpad gesture, any idea how to restore that?
[10:01] <llutz_> Mooloo: depends, /var/www, /var/lib/mysql /var/mail
[10:01] <madm1ke_> Mooloo: define "user data"
[10:01] <dr_willis> clarify what you mean by  user data
[10:01] <dr_willis> :-)
[10:01] <Mooloo> anything i will lose if i wipe and reinstall
[10:01] <usr13> Mooloo: I think you have miss-stated your goal.  Try again.
[10:01] <usr13> Mooloo: /home
[10:02] <usr13> Mooloo: /home/Mooloo
[10:02] <dr_willis> you loose everything notbacked up. but onky the home dir should have your useres files in it
[10:02] <Badman> How do i make xchat to display time of a reply?
[10:03] <usr13> Mooloo: Copy to a thumb drive Documents/  Pictures/  Music/  etc.  or just the whole /home/Mooloo/  dir
[10:03] <johnm> Hello all. I wonder if anyone can answer what I presume to be a quick question. I have an upstart job with named instances, and I wanted to specify which named isntances to automatically start during init. Is this possible?
[10:03] <dr_willis> other stuff you edited  in the system dirs is not 'users data'
[10:03] <usr13> Mooloo: Is /home   on a separate partition?
[10:03] <Mooloo> yes
[10:04] <usr13> Mooloo: THen when you re-install, just do not format that partition, use it as /home and it will still be there.
[10:04] <usr13> Mooloo: Re-install using same user-name
[10:05] <dr_willis> Mooloo: back up any system files you have customized
[10:05] <Mooloo> i will, i just don't want to redo all etc changes, like fstab and such.
[10:05] <dr_willis> those are not 'user data'
[10:06] <Mooloo> what are they?
[10:06] <madm1ke_> system configuration files
[10:06] <dr_willis> ststem files
[10:06] <usr13> Mooloo: Not gonna happen.  You can save config files and ... well, I think we should ask you why are you re-installing in the first place?
[10:06] <usr13> Mooloo: So... Why are  you wanting to re-install?
[10:06] <Mooloo> because it's a debian install i did in 2005
[10:06] <Mooloo> which is a bit cruddy
[10:07] <Badman> How do i make xchat to display time of a reply?
[10:07] <usr13> cruddy and old.  So what is so special about the fstab and etc changes then?
[10:07] <Mooloo> i would have to redo them, and i dunno what else
[10:07] <madm1ke_> if you haven't installed any system daemons like mail/http/sql server and such it's probably easier to reinstall and reconfigure those couple of etc files again
[10:08] <Mooloo> yes maybe. but it will be too late after if not :)
[10:08] <usr13> Mooloo: What special mounting instructions did you have in /etc/fstab ?
[10:08] <Mooloo> anyway, /var tip was good
[10:08] <Mooloo> windows mounts and such
[10:08] <dr_willis> so you have been using debian since 2005....
[10:08] <madm1ke_> windows mounts?
[10:08] <Mooloo> yes, approximately
[10:08] <usr13> Mooloo: That stuff is pretty easy to replicate
[10:08] <ppxmjc> Hi, I was here as MattC a few minutes ago
[10:09] <ppxmjc> seem to have got irssi working
[10:09] <Mooloo> it serves as an example.
[10:09] <madm1ke_> ppxmjc: :)
[10:09] <usr13> ppxmjc: Well, hello again.
[10:09] <usr13> ppxmjc: So what is happening?
[10:09] <dr_willis> so... backup the cinfigs. dont expect to just relace the new fstab and such with the old files
[10:09] <madm1ke_> Mooloo: just backup everything except /dev/ , /sys/ and /proc and merge afterwards
[10:09] <deej1976> Mooloo: Why not tar up /etc and a backpu
[10:09] <ppxmjc> so having logged in on a terminal screen, teh screen with the GUI says I'm currently logged in, but wants to be unlocked
[10:10] <deej1976> Mooloo: as a backup*
[10:10] <ppxmjc> on doing do, the screen flashes black then returns to the password screen
[10:10] <Mooloo> it's 20 gigs. i was trying to get out of backing it all up, and i'm reasonably confident now i have :)
[10:10] <madm1ke_> ppxmjc: no it just says that there is an open session for your user
[10:10] <usr13> ppxmjc: The user name should unlock it.
[10:10] <deej1976> Mooloo: /etc is 20Gb ?
[10:10] <usr13> ppxmjc: The user's password is what I meant
[10:10] <Mooloo> no, / is
[10:10] <Mooloo> etc i have already
[10:10] <ppxmjc> should but doesn't
[10:10] <usr13> ppxmjc: So what does this screen look like?
[10:10] <ppxmjc> this is why i'm confused
[10:11] <madm1ke_> Mooloo: try sudo apt-get clean and see if that cleans something up
[10:11] <ppxmjc> normal mint log in screen
[10:11] <Mooloo> i do that after every update
[10:11] <usr13> ppxmjc: ls /home
[10:11] <ppxmjc> yep
[10:11] <madm1ke_> the use ncdu or baobab to see what takes up so much space
[10:11] <ppxmjc> contains ppxmjc, my home folder
[10:11] <usr13> ppxmjc: What is the user name?
[10:11] <Mooloo> i have /etc /root /opt /var/lib/mysql some stuff from /usr/bin and /home. i think i'm good. thanks guys :)
[10:11] <ppxmjc> ppxmjc
[10:12] <usr13> ppxmjc: That is all?
[10:12] <ppxmjc> yep
[10:12] <madm1ke_> Mooloo: oh i forgot, do NOT backup */bin/*
[10:12] <Mooloo> yes, some selected stuff only
[10:12] <madm1ke_> if you know what to do, okay
[10:13] <usr13> ppxmjc: So it boots to the normal gdm login screen?  Right?  Or is it not gdm?  Is it kdm?
[10:13] <usr13> ppxmjc: What window manager is it?
[10:13] <madm1ke_> ppxmjc: can you check the keyboard layout? for example when entering your username?
[10:13] <Mooloo> i'm checking ncdu
[10:13] <ppxmjc> keyboard layout is fine
[10:13] <ppxmjc> if i do the wrong password i get 'authentication failure'
[10:14] <ppxmjc> if gnome is my window manager that is what it is
[10:14] <madm1ke_> ppxmjc: look at "less .xsession-errors"
[10:14] <usr13> ppxmjc:  ps a |grep gdm
[10:14] <ppxmjc> (as in it's runnign on gnome i believe, and i think taht's what you're asking!)
[10:14] <fornix> hey guys in gnome, i remember we could change all styles like window style, button styles, In this unity enabled ubuntu 11.10, i can only change background and 2-3 pre defined themes.
[10:15] <ppxmjc> syntax error unterminated quoted string?
[10:15] <dr_willis> fornix:  its not as tweakable.. yet.  see the  gnome-tweak tool in the repos
[10:16] <usr13> ppxmjc: Is that from .xsession-errors ?
[10:16] <usr13> tail .xsession-errors
[10:16] <ppxmjc> and ps a |grep gdm returns some stuff, what am i looking for?
[10:16] <usr13> ppxmjc: Just that gdm is running and it is your window manager
[10:17] <ppxmjc> tail returns teh same
[10:17] <ppxmjc> is gdm gnome desktop manager? just out of interest
[10:17] <Mooloo> baobab is pretty cool
[10:17] <auronandace> usr13: gdm is gnome display manager, it is a login manager (not a window manager)
[10:18] <Badman>  How do i make xchat to display time of a reply?
[10:18] <madm1ke_> ppxmjc: yes it is
[10:18] <Mooloo> anyway, i'm trying to do the usb stick install mode, and it only has a section for ubuntu linux. is there a general way?
[10:18] <sharpK> anyone have experience sharing a printer from Ubuntu (through Samba) with windows clients?
[10:19] <usr13> ppxmjc: Do you see the normal stuff in the home directory?  ls ~/
[10:19] <ppxmjc> usr13: yes, all present and correct as far as i can see
[10:19] <usr13> auronandace: Oh yea. login manager  not window manager
[10:20] <usr13> ppxmjc: df
[10:20] <madm1ke_> Mooloo: try unetbootin
[10:20] <usr13> df |pastebinit
[10:20] <Mooloo> in xchat go to settings preferences, then Text box, enable timestamps, and put this text: "[%H:%M:%S]"
[10:20] <ppxmjc> shows filesystem /dev/sda5 and a load of stats about it
[10:21] <Mooloo> ah, thx
[10:21] <ppxmjc> and a few under 'none'
[10:21] <usr13> ppxmjc: df -i
[10:21] <usr13> ppxmjc: What percentage of being full?
[10:21] <usr13> or free
[10:21] <ppxmjc> got to install pastebinit
[10:21] <ppxmjc> one sec
[10:21] <ppxmjc> 5% use it says
[10:21] <usr13> ppxmjc: use%
[10:22] <usr13> ppxmjc: Which one?
[10:22] <ppxmjc> the /dev/sda5
[10:22] <usr13> ppxmjc: Any of the partitions full?  What about   df -i
[10:22] <ppxmjc> the rest have 1% each
[10:23] <Korlanthius> Well I remember fixing this issue before, but the forum page isn't loading now -
[10:23] <madm1ke_> pasteinit is awesome. it just realized :)
[10:23] <Korlanthius> I don't have sound
[10:23] <Korlanthius> annnndd
[10:23] <usr13> df |pastebinit
[10:23] <ppxmjc> iuse 2%
[10:23] <madm1ke_> ppxmjc: pastebinit < .xsession-errors
[10:23] <ppxmjc> f3SUfwAd
[10:23] <ppxmjc> for df
[10:24] <Korlanthius> I don't have sound with - ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 AC'97 Audio Controller
[10:24] <ppxmjc> hytWCWZ6
[10:24] <ppxmjc> for xsessions-errors
[10:24] <usr13> ppxmjc: what is the first part of the URL?
[10:25] <Korlanthius> I remember having to do modprobe.d blacklisting.. in 10.04, but I'm on 11.10 and I don't remember what I had to blacklist
[10:25] <ppxmjc> http://passtebin.com/
[10:25] <ppxmjc> *http://pastebin.com/
[10:25] <madm1ke_> ppxmjc: line 29 in your .profile is broken
[10:26] <Mooloo> what are the drawbacks of doing netinst instead of grabbing the whole iso?
[10:26] <ppxmjc> I see
[10:26] <theadmin> Mooloo: None really, except you might end up having no network drivers when you boot the net install
[10:26] <ppxmjc> now what on earth did i do there
[10:26] <madm1ke_> Mooloo: you will need internet access when installing :)
[10:26] <ppxmjc> unless
[10:26] <ppxmjc> hm
[10:26] <Mooloo> ok
[10:27] <deej1976> Mooloo: Depending on connection slower
[10:27] <ppxmjc> last thing i did in a .file was trying to add something to the path, i don't know why i'd have been in /profile but you never know
[10:27] <ppxmjc> usually .bashrc
[10:27] <ppxmjc> how do i go about opening/editing this in the terminal?
[10:28] <madm1ke_> nano .profile
[10:28] <ppxmjc> ta
[10:28] <madm1ke_> then ctrl-<letter> to save/quit/whatever
[10:29] <ppxmjc> excellent
[10:29] <ppxmjc> thanks for the help guys
[10:29] <madm1ke_> have fun
[10:29] <diogo_> join #webdetails
[10:30] <theadmin> Mooloo: Do you mind if I pm you? I'd like to ask something but it's rather offtopic
[10:30] <usr13> madm1ke_: I guess we should have asked him when / why it all started.
[10:31] <Korlanthius> ... Nevermind my problem I figured it out it was snd-atiixp-modem
[10:31] <ppxmjc> while i'm here...how do I exit the IRC client in teh terminal, just ctrl C ?
[10:31] <Yanch0> how can i check if i have nvidia or opensource drivers active for my card?
[10:31] <usr13> ppxmjc: /exit
[10:31] <ppxmjc> thanks
[10:32] <auronandace> Yanch0: lsmod
[10:32] <auronandace> Yanch0: check the list
[10:33] <Yanch0> nvidia               7098131  24 .. so i guess its invidia then :)
[10:33] <auronandace> Yanch0: yup
[10:33] <akusharil> kl
[10:34] <usr13> Yanch0: ls /etc/X11/xorg.conf
[10:34] <usr13> Yanch0: grep nvidia /etc/X11/xorg.conf
[10:34] <Yanch0> usr13, nothing came out
[10:35] <Chosi> nvidia-xconfig
[10:35] <usr13> Yanch0: So you have the nvidia driver installed, but it is not being used.
[10:35] <usr13> Yanch0: Yes... as Chosi says...
[10:35] <Yanch0> can it be done on ssh or i have to do it on console?
[10:35] <madm1ke_> Yanch0: grep "Creating default Display" /var/log/Xorg.0.log
[10:35] <usr13> Yanch0: I dono, try and see
[10:35] <madm1ke_> Yanch0: maybe this will print something useful
[10:35] <Chosi> ssh is fine. since it's writing a new xorg.conf
[10:36] <Yanch0> [    44.640] (II) NVIDIA(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section
[10:36] <madm1ke_> nvidia binary driver it is
[10:37] <Yanch0> http://pastebin.com/DfzQWAN1 Chosi
[10:37] <usr13> Yanch0: So try it and see.
[10:38] <usr13> Yanch0: restart gdm
[10:38] <usr13> or start gdm
[10:38] <Yanch0> its xubuntu so i guess xdm?
[10:38] <usr13> I guess....
[10:39] <theadmin> Yanch0: No, xubuntu uses gdm
[10:39] <auronandace> Yanch0: depends, if 10.04 or under its gdm, if 11.10 its lightdm
[10:39] <usr13> yea just gdm
[10:39] <madm1ke_> what is wrong with the shipped binary drivers , Yanch0 ?
[10:39] <auronandace> *11.04 and under
[10:39] <usr13> madm1ke_: Good question...
[10:40] <Yanch0> no tv-out
[10:40] <rgb247> I have a problem with dual-boot with ubuntu-windows
[10:40] <madm1ke_> i see
[10:40] <Yanch0> sudo service lightdm restart - i did that .. but now the monitor is off
[10:40] <usr13> rgb247: Can  you be more specific?
[10:40] <Mooloo> thanks guys, bye
[10:40] <rgb247> first, I've installed ubuntu, after windows
[10:40] <rgb247> when I installed windows, Grub bootloader was gone
[10:40] <usr13> Yanch0: nvidia is broken or miss-configured
[10:41] <rgb247> I've reinstalled Grub bootloader with a ubuntu live cd, but now, windows boot loader was gone
[10:41] <usr13> Yanch0: Ctrl-Alt-F7
[10:41] <auronandace> !grub | rgb247
[10:41] <usr13> Yanch0: or  Ctrl-Alt-F8
[10:41] <rgb247> after, with a windows cd I've fixed windows loader, but now, Grub has gone again..
[10:41] <keepguessing> Hi I have installed a new ubuntu 11.10 and From a windows machine I connected to the [NoMachine client] ubuntu desktop. But damn I cannot see and or do anything I only see a black screen any suggestions?
[10:42] <madm1ke_> Yanch0: check /var/log/Xorg.0.log for errors
[10:42] <usr13> Yanch0: Nothing...?   rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf  and you'll be back on nv
[10:42] <rgb247> is there any way to insert windows loader in Grub? or even can start ubuntu with a boot cd or something like..
[10:42] <usr13> ... the OS driver
[10:42] <rgb247> usr13: I know how to restore grub2
[10:42] <rgb247> but when I restore it, I can't start windows anymore
[10:43] <usr13> rgb247: grub-setup
[10:43] <madm1ke_> rgb247: it's called chainloading. grub is able to start another bootloader (your windows loader) just fine
[10:43] <Yanch0> madm1ke_, shall i paste the whol Xorg.0.log ?
[10:43] <madm1ke_> Yanch0: go ahead
[10:43] <madm1ke_> not here!
[10:43] <usr13> Yanch0: tail -n20 /etc/X11/xorg.conf |pastebinit
[10:44] <usr13> Yanch0: tail -n20 /var/log/Xorg.0.log |pastebinit
[10:44] <Yanch0> hahah @ pastebinit! seems cool tool
[10:44] <usr13> Sorry first was typo
[10:45] <Yanch0> http://paste.ubuntu.com/753514/
[10:45] <keepguessing> No help anyone ?
[10:46] <usr13> Yanch0: pastebinit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
[10:46] <Yanch0> http://paste.ubuntu.com/753515/
[10:47] <Yanch0> the gpu is fx 5600 - with a vga and dvi and an s-video
[10:47] <rgb247> I'm sorry I was disconected
[10:47] <rgb247> I didn't receivered latest messages
[10:47] <usr13> Yanch0: don't see fatal errors or anything.  What do you have on tty7 or tty8 ?
[10:47] <madm1ke_> Yanch0: please paste the whole Xorg.0.log
[10:48] <rgb247> so, usr13, I need to reinstall Grub2 again and after I need to run grub-setup in terminal ?
 rgb247: it's called chainloading. grub is able to start another bootloader (your windows loader) just fine
[10:48] <usr13> madm1ke_: Yanch0 Yea, maybe we are not seeing the errors
[10:48] <usr13> Yanch0: pastebinit /var/log/Xorg.0.log
[10:48] <rgb247> auronadance: and why my grub didn't start windows bootloader?
[10:48] <Yanch0> im doing that from ssh
[10:48] <rgb247> aurodance: I need to run grub-setup ?
[10:49] <Yanch0> http://paste.ubuntu.com/753517/
[10:49] <auronandace> !tab | rgb247
[10:49] <madm1ke_> rgb247: usually "update-grub" detects windows partitions and adds an entry
[10:49] <usr13> Yanch0: How do you know you don't have a GUI screen if you are doing all this from ssh?
[10:49] <Yanch0> the other monitor is next to me
[10:50] <auronandace> rgb247: update-grub has always detected my windows install just fine
[10:50] <rgb247> madm1ke_: thanks you, I will do that now, thanks for help
[10:50] <rgb247> thanks
[10:50] <madm1ke_> Yanch0: the log looks fine. did you try turning it off and on again? :)
[10:50] <dijonyummy> smartctl seems to show lots of pre-failures on my HDs but ubuntu Disk Utility doesn't much any problem. so what should i do?
[10:50] <Yanch0> off and on again as in reboot ?
[10:50] <usr13> Yanch0: lspci |grep -i vga
[10:50] <madm1ke_> reboot, off/on the monitor, check for another monitor source..
[10:51] <Anomie211> I'm trying to install build-essential on a computer that has no internet connection. Someone yesterday told me the Ubuntu DVD might have it on it? I have that downloaded and burned now. How do I check if it's on the disk? I've tried just using the 'search' button to find it, but no joy?
[10:51] <usr13> Yanch0: What is the display adapter?
[10:51] <Yanch0> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV31 [GeForce FX 5600] (rev a1)
[10:51] <usr13> Yanch0: Ok, reboot and see what happens
[10:51] <Yanch0> fingers crossed :D
[10:52] <Yanch0> bios .. garbled lines .. then monitor off
[10:53] <madm1ke_> Yanch0: wait a minute. you said tv-out right?
[10:53] <Yanch0> but till now im testing over vga
[10:53] <madm1ke_> okay
[10:53] <madm1ke_> because tvout will need more tweaks in xorg.conf i think
[10:53] <usr13> Yanch0: Could it be a hardware issue?
[10:53] <deej1976> Anomie211: build-essential is a meta-package for a group off packages to compile applications like gcc,make,autoconf
[10:54] <deej1976> !info build-essential
[10:54] <bluenemo> how can i set nautlius to --no-desktop permanently? i tried aliasing it, using gconftool but it doesnt work.. every time i start up nautilus it begins to manage the desktop again.. is there some config file for it which i can edit?
[10:54] <madm1ke_> dijonyummy: the pre-failure is just a category name
[10:54] <Yanch0> with opensrouce drivers it was all ok
[10:54] <usr13> Yanch0: Does the FX 5600 card have a fan on it?
[10:54] <Yanch0> yes
[10:54] <madm1ke_> dijonyummy: unless the value of those parameters (inside the pre-fail category) indicate a problem you are just fine
[10:54] <usr13> Yanch0: So what was wrong with the opensource drivers?
[10:54] <Yanch0> http://paste.ubuntu.com/753521/ Xorg.0.log
[10:55] <Yanch0> usr13, tv-out
[10:55] <madm1ke_> crt monitor?
[10:55] <usr13> Yanch0: Looks same as last time.
[10:56] <Anomie211> deej1976: Yeah I'm aware, I'm trying to download the full packages so I can load them to my PC without an internet connection
[10:56] <Yanch0> yes madm1ke_ i have this old crt monitor which im building this linuxtv upon, then once its fine, i replace vga with tvout
[10:56] <Anomie211> deej1976: But all I can find are the meta-packages
[10:56] <usr13> Yanch0: tv-out ?    What kind of monitor is it?
[10:56] <madm1ke_> Yanch0: well maybe there is a problem with the refresh rates. you can configure this i xorg.conf but i don't know how exactly
[10:57] <usr13> Yanch0: Using a VGA cable?  Plugged into correct port?
[10:57] <dijonyummy> so is pre-failure normal? i mean is there a more positive category such as 'normal'?
[10:57] <Yanch0> no no im currently building the system using a crt monitor plugged in to the VGA port. then once all is fine, i move the computer to connect it to a TV using S-Video connection
[10:57] <usr13> Yanch0: Does the  motherboard have onboard vga?
[10:57] <Yanch0> yes usr13
[10:58] <Yanch0> but its disabled at bios i guess
[10:58] <usr13> Anything coming from the onboard port?
[10:59] <madm1ke_> dijonyummy: your hard drive reports the values of some parameters. those values can be good or bad (actually a number between 0 and 255) - if some parameter has a bad value (below a certain threshold) THEN you can look at the category of this value and see if it indicates a) old age or b) pre-failure
[10:59] <usr13> Yanch0: Are you, by chance, building mythtv?
[10:59] <Yanch0> usr13, nothing is coming from onboard / yes
[10:59] <madm1ke_> dijonyummy: for example, power-on-hours may have a bad value (below a threshold) because it has been running for 10 years without a stop. still that is an indication of old-age and not pre-fail - therefore it is categorized as old-age
[11:00] <dijonyummy> i see, so pre-fail is not normal? for its category or is it?
[11:01] <usr13> Yanch0: Try nvidia-settings
[11:01] <madm1ke_> dijonyummy: it is just a category. if a value in this category is bad (raw value below threshold) then it is not normal
[11:01] <Yanch0> should i leave the monitor connected to onboard vga? or back to the fx5600?
[11:01] <dijonyummy> i see now thanks!
[11:02] <usr13> Yanch0: Yea, leave the monitor connected
[11:02] <usr13> Yanch0: connect to the FX 5600
[11:02] <Yanch0> but to which port? the onboard's vga or the fx?
[11:02] <Yanch0> k
[11:03] <Yanch0> any parameters to put ?
[11:04] <usr13> Yanch0: http://www.nvidia.com/docs/IO/40049/NVQFX3800-4800-5800SDI_UG_v20.pdf
[11:05] <Yanch0> its not quadro fx - but geeforce fx
[11:06] <madm1ke_> Yanch0: does your monitor report refresh rates via the osd ?
[11:06] <Yanch0> lemme see .. its one of those old crt junk monitors
[11:07] <madm1ke_> do you have tft lying around? the would reduce the problem space :)
[11:07] <usr13> Yanch0: ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-8762/README/chapter-05.html
[11:08] <usr13> Yanch0: Try a different (maybe newer) monitor.
[11:08] <madm1ke_> *laying around i guess..
[11:08] <Wiz_KeeD> is there a command to unzip a .zip file and to overwrite without asking?
[11:08] <usr13> Yanch0: Or tv-out
[11:08] <madm1ke_> Wiz_KeeD: unzip -h
[11:08] <madm1ke_> Wiz_KeeD: it will tell you:   -o  overwrite files WITHOUT prompting
[11:09] <Yanch0> lemme try with my own tft
[11:09] <Wiz_KeeD> so it's -h or -o?
[11:09] <theadmin> Wiz_KeeD: unzip -o archvie.zip
[11:09] <madm1ke_> Wiz_KeeD: -h is for "help"
[11:09] <theadmin> Wiz_KeeD: -h or --help is for help, also see "man unzip"
[11:09] <madm1ke_> Wiz_KeeD: most programs implement this switch so you can get a brief usage description
[11:09] <Wiz_KeeD> yes yes
[11:09] <Wiz_KeeD> thank you madm1ke_ and theadmin, much apreachiated!
[11:10] <theadmin> Wiz_KeeD: No problem.
[11:10] <Wiz_KeeD> <3
[11:10] <Fossilet> i am configuring the scale plugin of compiz
[11:10] <theadmin> Fossilet: Good luck xD
[11:10] <Fossilet> can i not specify a button for window corner ?
[11:10] <Yancho_> sry but i unplugged the  network cable :o)
[11:11] <Fossilet> i never noticed you have to use a mouse button for that before....
[11:11] <Yancho_> ok now i have a tft on it .. no luck yet .. still off
[11:11] <madm1ke_> weird
[11:11] <Fossilet> before i just just move the mouse cursor
[11:11] <madm1ke_> Yanch0: restarted X ?
[11:12] <Yancho_> bah! idiot me
[11:12] <Yancho_> yes now i got the screen fine
[11:13] <madm1ke_> okay, so the driver is working but you will need to tweak xorg.conf to match your crt monitor
[11:13] <Fossilet> ??
[11:13] <Yancho_> thats good news :)
[11:13] <madm1ke_> Yanch0: basically you can start configuring the tvout now
[11:14] <rgb247> I'm back, I've restored my Grub2, I've ran update-grub, but grub didn't find the windows boot load, what I need to do now?
[11:15] <theadmin> rgb247: You can add it manually.
[11:15] <rgb247> theadmin: can you exlpain me how? I've read something but I can't find /boot/grub/menu.lst to add it manually
[11:16] <Yancho_> was it out of resolution? or bad refresh rate?
[11:16] <theadmin> rgb247: That's for grub2
[11:16] <theadmin> rgb247: Err, grub1
[11:16] <rgb247> theadmin: and for grub2?
[11:16] <madm1ke_> Yancho_: something like that i guess
[11:16] <theadmin> rgb247: With grub2 the entries are in /etc/grub.d/
[11:17] <madm1ke_> Yancho_: maybe auto-detecting the refresh rates didn't work because the crt is too old
[11:17] <Yancho_> ow ic - that makes proper sense
[11:18] <Yancho_> is that xorg config domain then?
[11:18] <madm1ke_> rgb247: is "sudo os-prober" finding anything?
[11:18] <madm1ke_> Yancho_: yes. Monitor-Section horizontal and vertical refresh rates - but that's still just a guess
[11:18] <rgb247> madm1ke_: acannot access /mnt/boot - no such file or directory
[11:19] <madm1ke_> no more?
[11:19] <VictorCL> if I am on the terminal , how can I navigate back to a path I was ?
[11:19] <iceroot> VictorCL: cd -
[11:19] <iceroot> VictorCL: to do to the last path you used
[11:19] <VictorCL> cool
[11:19] <VictorCL> thanks
[11:19] <theadmin> VictorCL: cd .. to go one level up
[11:20] <iceroot> VictorCL: there are also functions for zsh (and bash also) where you can have something like "cd - TAB" to see the last 10 used dirs
[11:20] <VictorCL> ls
[11:20] <madm1ke_> VictorCL: you can use a directory stack with "pushd" and "popd"
[11:20] <UnrealPancake> Hello, I came here about 2 days ago asking if It was possible to boot into Kubuntu with My already dual booted Win7 and Ubuntu. Kubuntu is not working. Help?
[11:21] <Yancho_> is it normal in the Nvidia X server settings , on x server display configuration tab you get : unable to load x server display configuration page - Failed to query NoScanout for screen 0 ?
[11:21] <madm1ke_> rgb247: what the hell is in /mnt/boot ?
[11:21] <madm1ke_> Yancho_: *shrug*
[11:21] <rgb247> madm1ke_: I think it's a mounted drive, how can I unmount something from /mnt
[11:22] <madm1ke_> rgb247: sudo umount /mnt/boot
[11:22] <madm1ke_> rgb247: or sudo umount /mnt/ - check "mount" for this
[11:22] <UnrealPancake> ?
[11:22] <madm1ke_> UnrealPancake: if you already have ubuntu you can just add the kde-desktop
[11:22] <UnrealPancake> yeah I tried
[11:22] <UnrealPancake> it doesnt wrok
[11:22] <rgb247> madm1ke_: unmount doesnt work: no command 'unmount' found,
[11:23] <UnrealPancake> work
[11:23] <tonyyarusso> madm1ke_: I suspect that rgb247 either still is in a Live CD session, or passed a strange argument when he was.  He mentioned having to "recover" grub, which would have involved mounting the local system like that within a live environment.
[11:23] <UnrealPancake> and I dont get a choice to choose which to boot into
[11:23] <madm1ke_> rgb247: skip the letter "n" - it's umount
[11:23] <UnrealPancake> It loads looking like Kubuntu but just loads Ubuntu
[11:23] <sattu94> UnrealPancake: So you installed kubuntu-desktop.
[11:23] <DemonWitch> hey should i run virtualbox with sudo?
[11:23] <UnrealPancake> sattu94: yeah
[11:24] <sattu94> UnrealPancake: and how are you starting kubuntu now?
[11:24] <madm1ke_> UnrealPancake: and upgraded the splash screen to look kunbutu-ish
[11:24] <UnrealPancake> sattu94: it doesnt
[11:24] <sattu94> UnrealPancake: How do you know it isnt?
[11:24] <rgb247> madm1ke_: I've made a mystake with tipying umount
[11:25] <UnrealPancake> sattu94: it goes to the bootloader, I choose Ubuntu. It looks like Kubuntu, says Kubuntu, but when I login, the screen goes black and loads Ubuntu and logs me into Ubuntu
[11:25] <sattu94> UnrealPancake: Right.
[11:25] <KrisDouglas> UnrealPancake, this is because the session default is Ubuntu
[11:25] <rgb247> tonyyarusso: I'm not at live cd :)
[11:25] <sattu94> UnrealPancake: select kubuntu as your session
[11:25] <sattu94> UnrealPancake: Before entering your password.
[11:25] <UnrealPancake> sattu94: I have no option to choose
[11:25] <madm1ke_> rgb247: did you umount /mnt/boot now? run "sudo os-prober" again
[11:25] <KrisDouglas> UnrealPancake, logout from top right
[11:26] <sattu94> UnrealPancake: at the login screen.
[11:26] <rgb247> madm1ke_: cannot access /var/lib/os-prober/mount/boot
[11:26] <sattu94> UnrealPancake: log out to get to the login screen.
[11:26] <KrisDouglas> UnrealPancake, then click the cog icon next to your username, and select KDE/Kubuntu
[11:26] <Yancho_> madm1ke_, so i guess no ?
[11:26] <UnrealPancake> KrisDouglas: im loaded as Win7 because in the Ubuntu load, my internet is extremely slow
[11:26] <theadmin> UnrealPancake: Did you try disabling ipv6?
[11:27] <KrisDouglas> UnrealPancake, have you installed your graphics driver?
[11:27] <UnrealPancake> no idea
[11:27] <UnrealPancake> to both of you
[11:27] <KrisDouglas> Okiedokes.
[11:27] <madm1ke_> Yancho_: don't know. hit google with this
[11:27] <KrisDouglas> UnrealPancake, do you know what computer you have? (i.e model?)
[11:28] <UnrealPancake> Asus U46E
[11:28] <Gentoo64> DemonWitch: no, add your user to vboxusers group
[11:28] <UnrealPancake> 8 GB RAM 750 GB HDD 2.3 GHz
[11:29] <UnrealPancake> should be able to run it with no problem
[11:29] <rgb247> madm1ke_: can you help me please?
[11:29] <DemonWitch> Gentoo64: how can i check if my user is already in there?
[11:29] <Gentoo64> DemonWitch: as user, type group in terminal
[11:29] <theadmin> Gentoo64: You mean "groups"
[11:29] <Gentoo64> yeah
[11:30] <Gentoo64> :)
[11:30] <madm1ke_> rgb247: have a look at this post: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=9922017&postcount=5
[11:30] <DemonWitch> Gentoo64: i am not in that group
[11:30] <madm1ke_> rgb247: it may help
[11:30] <DemonWitch> how do i add myself?
[11:30] <Gentoo64> DemonWitch: cat /etc/group and see if the vboxusers group exists
[11:30] <madm1ke_> sudo usermod -a -G groupname username
[11:31] <Unrea1pancake> Im on my phone as well
[11:31] <Gentoo64> theadmin: not seen you on in a while
[11:31] <theadmin> Gentoo64: Could be
[11:31] <UnrealPancake> if you need me to turn off my comp
[11:31] <DemonWitch> Gentoo64: it exists
[11:31] <DETERMINOLOGY> Does anyone know a fix for display to get 1080p working properly..Im useing intel HD graphics 3000 that comes with the intel i5 2500k processor
[11:31] <DemonWitch> i am just not in
[11:31] <KrisDouglas> funny, UnrealPancake, your graphics are Intel, so you shouldn't have a problem with the graphics
[11:31] <Gentoo64> DemonWitch: do what madm1ke_ said
[11:31] <Yanch0> madm1ke_, now i changed the vga plugs and its goodon the old stuffed monitor
[11:31] <UnrealPancake> KrisDouglas: I dont think its a problem with the graphics.
[11:31] <KrisDouglas> DETERMINOLOGY, I doubt that pretty poor intel hardware will be able to cope.
[11:31] <Gentoo64> DemonWitch: youll have to log in / out for tyhe changes to take effect
[11:32] <madm1ke_> UnrealPancake: do you see a list of sessions to chose from when you are at your login screen ?
[11:32] <UnrealPancake> I think its the actual OS itself
[11:32] <UnrealPancake> ummm
[11:32] <UnrealPancake> idk give me a sec to boot into linux
[11:32] <KrisDouglas> UnrealPancake, very peculiar. It should be blazing.
[11:32] <Unrea1pancake> Im on my phone
[11:32] <scarleo> Hi, I need to boot FreeDOS with Grub2, Im on 11.10. Does anyone know any good guides for how to do it or maybe can help me get the grub entry right??
[11:32] <rgb247> madm1ke_: Thanks you very much, it worked!
[11:32] <madm1ke_> rgb247: nice :)
[11:33] <Yanch0> next problem is installing : SAA7134  chip.. lets see
[11:33] <Unrea1pancake> Loading Ubuntu ...
[11:33] <madm1ke_> Yanch0: tv is overrated..
[11:33] <DemonWitch> Gentoo64: i run that command and now i run groups. i cant find vboxusers
[11:34] <DETERMINOLOGY> Oh, Ok ima still keep it on here as a dual boot option untill i get another gpu for the pc then i guess..
[11:34] <madm1ke_> DemonWitch: you might have to logout/login
[11:34] <Unrea1pancake> madm1ke_ nope
[11:34] <DemonWitch> kk
[11:34] <DemonWitch> brb
[11:34] <madm1ke_> Unrea1pancake: not even Ubuntu Classic? Ubuntu 2d? gnome failsafe or something like this?
[11:35] <Unrea1pancake> I can try to take a screen shot and upload it
[11:35] <madm1ke_> Unrea1pancake: have a look at /usr/share/xsessions/
[11:35] <Unrea1pancake> I can try to take a screen shot and upload it
[11:35] <madm1ke_> upload the content of this directory
[11:35] <madm1ke_> ls /usr/share/xsessions | pastebinit
[11:36] <VictorCL> what does this means = (CRON) info (No MTA installed, discarding output)
[11:36] <crizzy> MTA = mail transfer agent
[11:37] <VictorCL> ok
[11:37] <crizzy> so, it's basically saying it can't mail something
[11:37] <Gentoo64> ignore it
[11:37] <madm1ke_> usually it ends up in a file in /var/mail or /var/spool/mail
[11:37] <Gentoo64> yeah it runs on a lot if distros by default
[11:38] <Unrea1pancake> Is There a way you can remotely view my computer
[11:39] <Gentoo64> Unrea1pancake: do you want someone to? or are you paranoid someone can?
[11:39] <Unrea1pancake> I want someone to
[11:40] <Gentoo64> Unrea1pancake: what problem are you having? i havent been following
[11:40] <madm1ke_> kubuntu-session may not be available on login screen
[11:40] <Unrea1pancake> Kubuntu wont load. It shows a kubuntu login but loads Ubuntu
[11:41] <Gentoo64> ah weird
[11:41] <madm1ke_> Unrea1pancake: have you checked the content of the directory /usr/share/xsessions/ ?
[11:41] <Unrea1pancake> Yeah :/
[11:41] <Gentoo64> tried uninstalling / reinstalling the kubuntu package?
[11:41] <Unrea1pancake> No
[11:42] <Unrea1pancake> Idk how. That's why I was asking about somebody remotely viewing my computer
[11:42] <Unrea1pancake> No
[11:42] <Unrea1pancake> Idk how
[11:44] <alfredios> :D Found a site about Tux http://anontux.org
[11:45] <alfredios> tux is really everywhere :P
[11:45] <madm1ke_> Unrea1pancake: you should play around with your ubuntu a little. otherwise it's hard to help
[11:45] <Unrea1pancake> Thats the thing
[11:45] <madm1ke_> Unrea1pancake: for instance, find the file manager and look around your file system
[11:45] <unrealpancake> Is there a way that somebody could possibly remotely view my computer to try and figure out this isssue? I am willing to download Teamviewer as well
[11:45] <unrealpancake> unless Ubuntu has its own way...
[11:45] <unrealpancake> madm1ke_: my friend uses ubuntu
[11:46] <unrealpancake> he reccomended I use Kubuntu
[11:46] <theadmin> unrealpancake: We do, but it's not as comfortable, TeamViewer is one of the best ways around
[11:46] <unrealpancake> im new to all this stuff
[11:46] <unrealpancake> theadmin: i agree with you
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[11:47] <unrealpancake> ummm wow?
[11:48] <madm1ke_> moron spammer
[11:49] <Gentoo64> i had to click the link
[11:49] <Gentoo64> lol
[11:49] <alecjw> hi, when i try to kill gnome-power-manager in lucid, my gnome session locks up. how can i avoid this?
[11:49] <JadedJacob> I'm using GRUB 1.99 rc1-13 ubuntu3, wanting to setup Vista (*cringe*) as my default OS
[11:50] <Fever> 7quit
[11:50] <auronandace> JadedJacob: the file you want to edit is /etc/default/grub
[11:51] <oCean> alfredios: don't do that again
[11:51] <madm1ke_> alecjw: obvious way: don't kill gnome-power-manager :)
[11:52] <JadedJacob> auronandace: thanks, so I make the changes and then run 'sudo update-grub' ?
[11:53] <auronandace> JadedJacob: yes
[11:54] <alecjw> madm1ke_: it standbys my computer whenever i plug in or remove the AC power. upower is a mess
[11:56] <JadedJacob> So I just change the "grub_default" value, from 0 to what ever index number Vista is ?
[11:56] <auronandace> JadedJacob: you got it
[11:56] <JadedJacob> sweet/
[11:56] <JadedJacob> Also, have you got any ideas why my laptop isn't waking from suspend?
[11:56] <madm1ke_> alecjw: this sounds like broken acpi  - do you get sleep/suspend events with "sudo acpi_listen" when you plug the cable?
[11:56] <JadedJacob> GFX drivers right?
[11:56] <JadedJacob> (ubuntu I'm talking about)
[11:57] <madm1ke_> alecjw: then you might be able to override/remove the suspend handlers that are firing
[11:57] <VictorCL> ok I have a cronjob that ejecutes a .sh  ,  on the sh is   wget  url -0  log.txt
[11:57] <dr_willis> JadedJacob:  or you can renumber the files in /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober to be 09_os-prober so windows is always at the front.
[11:57] <auronandace> JadedJacob: i've never used suspend or hibernate so i wouldn't know
[11:58] <VictorCL> but is not creating the log.txt    ,   with the cron I get   (CRON) info (No MTA installed, discarding output)
[11:58] <VictorCL> is becaus there is not MTA .. it will not create any output ,, even inside the .sh file?
[11:58] <madm1ke_> VictorCL: -O not -0
[11:58] <VictorCL> yeah -0
[11:58] <madm1ke_> you need -O (big letter o for output)
[11:59] <VictorCL> yesh I have uppercase o
[11:59] <VictorCL> O
[11:59] <alecjw> madm1ke_: nope, nothing. i think its upower wrongly reporting remaining battery life: it goes to about 2 minutes when i unplug/plug in the power
[11:59] <VictorCL> cause if I execute the .sh from the terminal , it will create  log.txt
[11:59] <alecjw> this happens on every laptop ive ever used which is why i tend to avoid gnome
[11:59] <alecjw> it seems to be inseparable from upower
[11:59] <VictorCL> if I call the .sh directly it creates ouput .. from the crontab it wont
[12:00] <VictorCL> I think is because there is not MTA installed
[12:00] <unrealpancake> sattu94: madm1ke_ Gentoo64 KrisDouglas: I am installing Teamviewer. would any of you like to try and see what the problem is?
[12:00] <Gentoo64> unrealpancake: well i dont have it..
[12:00] <madm1ke_> alecjw: in gconf-editor you can set the gnome action "nothing" for critical battery events
[12:00] <madm1ke_> alecjw: the gui won't let you set this
[12:01] <madm1ke_> VictorCL: the mta will just report what was send to stdout from the cronjob
[12:01] <Koketso_Mabuse> Pls help ooo refuses to install it complains of dependancies this is after I removed it to try out Libreoffice
[12:01] <JadedJacob> auronandace: Just restarted and the new grub menu changes worked :)
[12:01] <oCean> VictorCL: since you have that entry about MTA in the logfile, it is at least trying to write output. So add this   > /tmp/mylogfile.txt 2>&1  at the end of your cronjob, and see what is in /tmp/mylogfile.txt after the job runs
[12:02] <JadedJacob> Just gotta set the timeout now from 10 seconds to 4
[12:02] <dr_willis> Koketso_Mabuse:  i think you may be better off sticking to libreoffice
[12:02] <auronandace> JadedJacob: good stuff :)
[12:02] <oCean> VictorCL: by default, if there's nothing specified to write STDOUT (and/or STDERR) to, cron will try to send it to the user's mailbox
[12:05] <Koketso_Mabuse> dr-willis, issue is that I am trying out OpenERP with Aeroo Reports and when I Use LibreOffice it import distort data
[12:05] <dr_willis> no idea what OpenERP or aeroo is...   Koketso_Mabuse
[12:06] <JadedJacob> how do i print in terminal what graphics driver I'm using?
[12:06] <madm1ke_> Koketso_Mabuse: did you add any ppa or third party repositories to install libreoffice?
[12:06] <Koketso_Mabuse> Ok Ta! google them might like them for business
[12:06] <alecjw> madm1ke_: didn't help. i tried setting it to a percentage based policy too to no effect
[12:06] <Koketso_Mabuse> madm1ke: yes i did
[12:06] <jussi> Koketso_Mabuse: Ive used the kde frontend to open erp and the imports to libreoffice worked fine fromthere.
[12:06] <alecjw> i suppose ill just put up with it, im only gonna have to use ubuntu for another week or so
[12:07] <Koketso_Mabuse> hmmm???? Guide please
[12:07] <Koketso_Mabuse> Jussi
[12:07] <auronandace> JadedJacob: you could check the modules loaded: lsmod
[12:07] <madm1ke_> Koketso_Mabuse: then remove thos repositories, refresh the package list and install openoffice again
[12:08] <madm1ke_> Koketso_Mabuse: and remove libreoffice too, first
[12:08] <Koketso_Mabuse> Ok will try and
[12:08] <auronandace> unrealpancake: got anyone to connect to you?
[12:08] <unrealpancake> no not yet
[12:08] <Koketso_Mabuse> Ta...Madm1ke and jussi
[12:08] <jussi> Koketso_Mabuse:  https://launchpad.net/openobject-client-kde/+download is what Ive used with openerp in the paasty
[12:08] <auronandace> unrealpancake: would you like me to try?
[12:09] <jussi> past even
[12:09] <unrealpancake> sure
[12:09] <JadedJacob> cheers man
[12:09] <VictorCL> can I do       sendreminders.sh >/var/log/cronlog.txt 2>&1     ??
[12:09] <unrealpancake> its almost done installing
[12:09] <unrealpancake> Ill query you the info when its installed
[12:09] <auronandace> unrealpancake: ok
[12:09] <madm1ke_> VictorCL: cronlog is an ugly place or name for your reminder-log . and be sure to append to the file (with >> /var/log/cronlog.txt)
[12:10] <Milossh> hello. I have installed gnome-shell in oneiric, and I'm using Gnome session right now. One thing though: I still can't right click on bars, and my date/time, that should be in top right are in the middle of the top bar right now. Is there a fix?
[12:10] <madm1ke_> my fix was named XFCE
[12:10] <crizzy> the clock is hardcoded in the middle
[12:11] <Milossh> madm1ke_, not sure about that :)
[12:11] <crizzy> in classic you can hold alt and then 2nd click on applets, dunno about gnome-shell though
[12:11] <crizzy> probably it's forced there in 'real' gnome shell
[12:11] <imanc> hey folks - I'm getting this on ubuntu 9.10 when trying to install something with apt-get. Nothing has changed in the settings, so why has this suddenly just appeared?
[12:11] <imanc> 9.10 E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?
[12:12] <Milossh> crizzy, how do I restart panels? btw, thanks for the alt thingie, it works
[12:12] <crizzy> no idea, i run unity
[12:12] <crizzy> :)
[12:12] <pppurple> query: i just DLed 11.10 and put it onto a USB. looking in the file i see a Wubi application. is this the full working wubi aplication?
[12:12] <crizzy> imanc: ubuntu 9.10 is EOL and repositories have been removed
[12:12] <crizzy> imanc: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases
[12:13] <pdq> Milossh, can edit the code or install a gnome-shell extension to move the clock placement
[12:13] <auronandace> !wubi | pppurple
[12:14] <auronandace> pppurple: i wouldn't recomend it though
[12:14] <Milossh> pdq, so, what you're saying is that, by default, gnome 3 has date in the middle of the top bar/
[12:14] <Milossh> ?
[12:14] <pppurple> Auronandace: why is that?
[12:15] <crizzy> Milossh: yes it has
[12:15] <pdq> yep thats the new default placement
[12:15] <auronandace> pppurple: linux was never meant to be installed through windows
[12:15] <crizzy> hold ald + 2nd click with mouse to move it
[12:15] <dr_willis> seen gnome shell extensions to tweak that clock.
[12:15] <crizzy> dr_willis: just hold alt + 2nd click =P no need for extensions
[12:15] <Milossh> crizzy, srsly? Hmm, I can't resist thinking that FLOSS community just wants us to stop using FLOSS sw :/
[12:15] <dr_willis> crizzy:  add date/month/seconds and other features
[12:16] <crizzy> dr_willis: those are all on alt-2ndclick-preferences
[12:16] <crizzy> works in gnome3 classic mode too
[12:16] <crizzy> preferences are there,
[12:16] <crizzy> just well hidden
[12:16] <VictorCL> ok here is my problem ; I have this cronjob      */1 * * * * /var/www/site/cron/sendreminder.sh >/dev/null 2>&1    now inside sendreminder I have     wget http://localhost/vtiger_solventis/SendReminder.php -O intimatelog.txt    ,  but when cron calls senderminders.sh it wont write to intimatelog.txt ,, if I call senderminders.sh from the terminal , it will  ? , what's wrong?
[12:16] <dr_willis> on a headless server :) so i dont even use gnome. just ssh
[12:16] <pppurple> query: am about to install ubuntu 11.10, will i need to do anything to be able to access the internet once installed?
[12:17] <crizzy> Milossh: "floss community" != gnome developers != community != floss. there's no single entity that runs things or "thinks" something. just sayin'
[12:17] <dr_willis> VictorCL:  your users shell has differnt settings, cron is using a more limited set. would be my guess.
[12:18] <auronandace> pppurple: if you use wireless then you'll need to enter your wireless key after selecting your wifi network
[12:18] <dr_willis> VictorCL:  give the full path for the -O foo.txt  may be a good idea. and make sure its in a world writeable place.
[12:18] <pppurple> wired i should be fine?
[12:18] <pppurple> im getting nervous to run this thing
[12:18] <crizzy> Milossh: also if you wanna configure everything and a kitchen sink, there's always http://www.kde.org/ :P
[12:18] <auronandace> pppurple: sure, wired works great
[12:19] <oCean> VictorCL: you send the output to /dev/null, as I suggested, you should replace /dev/null by something like /tmp/mylog.txt to see what the actual output (STDERR/STDOUT) is
[12:19] <fellipe> hi everyone, I followed the step-by-step in  http://lartc.org/howto/lartc.rpdb.multiple-links.html, and the load balancing seems to working fine. But when I disconnect one of the gateway cable, the route does not change to the other wich is up. But when I do it with the other link, instead the first,  the problem does not happen. any idea?
[12:19] <dr_willis> pppurple:  get virtualbox and try it out in there... thats the 'safest' way to experiment
[12:19] <VictorCL> I will try
[12:19] <pppurple> virtualbox similiar to VM?
[12:19] <dr_willis> !virtualbox
[12:20] <dr_willis> vbox is so handy to experiment with differnt disrtos  with. :)
[12:20] <pppurple> disrtos= ?
[12:20] <crizzy> *distros
[12:21] <theadmin> ...Someone should fix that factoid
[12:23] <pppurple> does a ! denote a link? im not exactly sure how to use all the links in IRC
[12:23] <pppurple> or all the features of IRC to be honest
[12:23] <oCean> theadmin: you can suggest edits yourself http://ubottu.com/devel/wiki/Plugins#Editing_factoids
[12:23] <theadmin> !virtualbox is <reply> Virtualbox is a virtualizer for x86 and amd64 architectures. It's available in the package "virtualbox" in the !repositories, and you can download the Virtualbox Extension Pack for additional, non-Free functionality at http://virtualbox.org . Additional details can be found at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VirtualBox
[12:24] <theadmin> oCean: Thanks, I'm aware
[12:24] <oCean> theadmin: I see :)
[12:24] <auronandace> pppurple: ! means a command for ubottu
[12:24] <auronandace> !bot | pppurple
[12:25] <varun06> Have got a weird issue, I am playing video and it is always running in fast forward mode, no sound also
[12:26] <varun06> please help
[12:26] <dr_willis> what video, what player, whats your system specs. :)
[12:26] <varun06> any video, be it on youtube or my local machine..I have Ubuntu 11.10
[12:26] <madm1ke_> varun06: it's probably running in fast forward because there is no sound
[12:26] <varun06> on Dell Inspiron 15
[12:26] <varun06> r
[12:27] <dr_willis> varun06:  how about your normal clock in the panel is it seeming to run fast also?
[12:27] <varun06> my clock is fine
[12:27] <madm1ke_> dr_willis: have you actually seen something like this? :)
[12:27] <varun06> no boot sound, no normal sound
[12:27] <dr_willis> test a local video with 'vlc' also.
[12:28] <varun06> vlc is also playing video in fast forward mode
[12:28] <dr_willis> madm1ke_:  i had a laptop once. where even the system clock ran like 10x normal speed.. games in wine also ran at 10x normal speeds..
[12:28] <pppurple> oooh thank you! new to IRC, figuring its the best place for hands on advice for ubuntu
[12:30] <dr_willis> madm1ke_:  i had to use some kernel option to fix it.. but then a bios update fixed it  so i dident need the kernel option. this was 3+ yrs ago.
 madm1ke_: - got it fixed
[12:32] <sattu94> varun06: how?
[12:33] <varun06> Sound Settings>Output Then select "Internal Audio Analog Stereo Stereo"
[12:34] <varun06> Manhattan HDMI audio was selected earlier
[12:34] <sattu94> varun06: Okay.
[12:36] <VictorCL> oCean,  is there a wy to make the >/tmp/this.log 2>&1   append to a file instead of overwriting everything?
[12:36] <dr_willis> so... the videos were not running in fast forwared mode at all?
[12:36] <damian> hola alguien?
[12:36] <oCean> VictorCL: sure  >>/tmp/this.log 2>&1 will append
[12:36] <oCean> (the double >>)
[12:36] <dr_willis>  > overwrites >> appends
[12:36] <damian> alguien en español?
[12:37] <oCean> !es | damian
[12:37] <VictorCL> !ru | me
[12:37] <VictorCL> xD
[12:37] <VictorCL> cool , >> does it
[12:39] <auronandace> !rootirc | abraoximenes
[12:45] <risro> can anyone tell me if it's possible to use one serial port with multiple programs at the same time?
[12:46] <risro> there seems to be few programs for windows that can split serial port into virtual serial ports, but I haven't been able to find one that works with linux
[12:48] <weiyang> Pumpkin-, I search the code in sysctl_net_core.c, but don't find indication of wmem_max is the window size, would you mind point me the exact place?
[12:48] <perpetualrabbit> risro, well, if there is no exclusive lock, I suppose it is possible, but it will be like an open radio where all programs speak and listen at the same time. I suppose virtual serial ports use some kind of layer to multiplex, implemented with maybe headers, or timeslots or something else entirely.
[12:50] <airdem> i have problem setting up wireless
[12:51] <airdem> using broadcom b43 driver
[12:51] <airdem> i can enable wlan via ifconfid wlan0 up
[12:51] <airdem> and iwlist wlan0 scan gives results
[12:51] <teddie> have you installed b43-fwcutter?
[12:51] <airdem> but nm-applet  always says "wireless diabled"
[12:51] <airdem> and rightclicking on the nm-applet -> enable wireless
[12:52] <airdem> results in disabling wlan0
[12:52] <airdem> teddie, yes
[12:52] <auronandace> !enter | airdem
[12:52] <airdem> auronandace, forgive me :)
[12:53]  * teddie doesn't know what else to suggest, disappears back into the shadows
[12:53] <pppurple> when using ubuntu, are many programs that run in windows compatable with linux or do they have to be specifically downloaded for linux OS?
[12:54] <auronandace> pppurple: it is best to use native linux programs
[12:54] <risro> perpetualrabbit, The program I'm trying to test has timeslotting for the devices that are connected via the serial cable. the problem I'm having is that the physical devices aren't made yet, so I made a simulator program that talks with the server and it works, but I can't test if mulple "devices" work simultaniously because I can't open the same serial port with more than one simulator.
[12:54] <aethelrick> pppurple,  some windows applications can be run using wine, but linux has many applications and you should use one of these native apps if you can
[12:54] <auronandace> pppurple: you can try windows programs in wine but it is not 100%
[12:55] <pppurple> ok thanks
[12:55] <teddie> And the ones you would want to run (complex suites etc) often don't run due to either using .net or licensing services
[12:55] <aethelrick> pppurple, what kind of windows applications you want to run?
[12:55] <auronandace> !software | pppurple
[12:55] <eXeC001er> Hi. How to configure APT (via https) to ignore checking of self-signed certs ?
[12:56] <risro> perpetualrabbit, so that's why I need to split the serial port into multiple virtual serial ports.
[12:56] <pppurple> how do i use the virtual box from windows, does there website explain it?
[12:56] <iceroot> pppurple: #vbox ##windows
[12:57] <auronandace> virtualbox is very straightforward, you should be able to figure it out when you use it, if not then check their user guide
[12:57] <dr_willis> pppurple:  the website has a manual yes...
[12:57] <teddie> I think all you have to do is select the distro and point to the an iso, and it gives defaults for all other things (ram/virtual disk etc)
[12:57] <dr_willis> pppurple:  get the ubuntu iso, install virtualbox, run it.. follow its wizard dialogs I belive is  the core of it.
[12:58] <dr_willis> you need to insert the 'iso' into the virtual optical drive. :) thats the tricky part.. but its trivial once you do it once.
[12:59] <Nathariel> Hey guys. On Ubuntu 10.04 and 11.04 I am trying to enable logging on iptables but I get: "iptables v1.4.4: Couldn't load target `log':/lib/xtables/libipt_log.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory". The libipt_LOG module is loaded. Any thoughts?
[13:00] <froes_>  hi guys. how can i detect what king of partitions i have on a hard drive via command line ?
[13:00] <froes_> i seem to have more partitions on the drive, but dont know which kind of partition it is... etx4, ntfs, fat, etc
[13:00] <auronandace> froes_: sudo fdisk -l
[13:01] <geirha> froes_: sudo blkid
[13:02] <CasW> What's that program called with which you edit the shortcut keys in Ubuntu?
[13:02] <teddie> gconf-editor
[13:02] <CasW> No, that other one ;) The "normal" one
[13:03] <teddie> "gnome-control-center keyboard"
[13:03] <CasW> Ah, thank you!
[13:04] <van7hu> !12.04
[13:05] <AxonetBE> How can I point all my domain to the same website? I have for example test-domain.be / test-domain.com / test-domain.nl and domain.be / domain.com / domain.nl
[13:05] <dr_willis> they should have named it 'polished pangolin'
[13:05] <dr_willis> :) since polishing up the interface and other rough spots is supposed to be a key area of focus.
[13:06] <teddie> lol
[13:06]  * dr_willis sees visions of a Pangolin building a tiny model ship in a bootle for 'precise' :) vs a clean shiny neat and tidy animal one for 'polished'
[13:07] <jin> ,
[13:07] <jin> l;
[13:07] <jin> iioio
[13:07] <dr_willis> jin, you fell asleep and your head is laying on the keyboard....
[13:07] <oCean> !cn | jin
[13:08] <jin> join<#ubuntu>
[13:09] <User728[web]> hi guys
[13:09] <dr_willis> jin:  you are in #ubuntu now.
[13:09] <User728[web]> can someone help whith this shit "unable to enumerate usb device on port 6 ubuntu" ????
[13:09] <teddie> wow, i'd heard chinese was based on tonality and not types of sound.. but i did not know it was so limited to l's, i's and o's
[13:10] <jin> ???
[13:10] <hw`> teddie: can speak this more clearly
[13:10] <pangolin> Please keep the off topic comments to #ubuntu-offtopic.
[13:12] <jin> 什么东西
[13:14] <Emmy> hello
[13:14] <jin> hello
[13:14] <Emmy> hello Jin
[13:14] <Emmy> could you help me sort out my computer please? :)
[13:14] <jin> hi
[13:15] <dr_willis> And the problem is what Emmy ?
[13:17] <Emmy> hi dr_willis
[13:17] <Emmy> thanks :)
[13:17] <Emmy> I'm running ubuntu in dual boot on an eeePC, and it's completely buggered. Boots straight into a command line interface and I can't do anything.
[13:18] <dr_willis> so you can login to the console and get a normal bash prompt?
[13:18] <Emmy> I get a black screen with 'minimal bash like line editing is supported'
[13:18] <Emmy> only thing I know how to do from there is reboot
[13:18] <dr_willis> minimal? thats the grub menu/shell i belive...
[13:18] <Emmy> think so, yeah
[13:18] <dr_willis> brand new install? or has it worked befor?
[13:18] <Emmy> basically, I installed it from a while ago and it's never been competely stable
[13:19] <theadmin> Emmy: Did you use wubi? Or did you do a normal install?
[13:19] <Emmy> but recently its started just switching off/restarting randomly
[13:19] <Emmy> think I used wubi
[13:19] <Emmy> did it from windows on the netbook
[13:19] <Emmy> didn't really know what I was doing at the time, followed instructions from someone on here,
[13:19] <dr_willis> all i know about wubi is 'to avoid it'
[13:19] <jin> dvd
[13:20] <Emmy> hm
[13:20] <theadmin> Emmy: Wubi breaks all the time, please try and do a normal install.
[13:20] <Emmy> I did try off a usb, couldn't get it to recognise it
[13:20] <dr_willis> You can recover your files from the wubi install if theres anything in your users home on the wubi you want to keep
[13:20] <Emmy> ok, dr_willis, how do I do that?
[13:20] <Emmy> (thanks)
[13:20] <theadmin> Emmy: How did you create the USB?
[13:21] <dr_willis> the wubi stuff is stored in a single file i recall. you can mont that file via the loopback option of mount, from a live cd, or a normal linux install
[13:21] <Emmy> on my old laptop, followed instructions from the ubuntu site
[13:21] <jin> 什么东西？
[13:21] <Emmy> dr_willis, sorry I'm really a noob at this, can you tell me in small words?
[13:21] <dr_willis> !cn | jin
[13:21] <dr_willis> Emmy:  not really. :)
[13:22] <Emmy> hm ok
[13:22] <dr_willis> if you dont know the bascs of linux, it will be a bit of a learning curve.
[13:22] <theadmin> Emmy: I could probably help
[13:22] <jin> 英语
[13:22] <Emmy> do you think it will be possible for me to do given my situatoin?
[13:22] <theadmin> Emmy: Should be
[13:22] <dr_willis> Emmy:  so you can boot to windows on that machine?
[13:22] <Emmy> I'm ready to learn, just need things said in babytalk so I get the hang of it.
[13:22] <Emmy> yes, that's where I am now
[13:22] <theadmin> Emmy: Mind going into a private message session with me so we don't distract people from more major problems? :D
[13:23] <Emmy> sure
[13:23] <theadmin> Emmy: Because they say I'm a good teacher lol
[13:23] <dr_willis> I gotta go get ready for the snow thats heading this way... bbl.
[13:23] <Emmy> bye! thanks dr_willis
[13:23] <theadmin> Emmy: I'm not sure what client you are using, but normally if you type "/query theadmin", such a window should open (without quotes)
[13:24] <Reikoku> Anyone know of a cheap presentation remote that works with ubuntu and Impress?
[13:24] <teddie> Reikoku, a wireless mouse :b
[13:24] <iceroot> Reikoku: every should work because its just acting as a mouse
[13:24] <Reikoku> teddie: Might have to go that route :P
[13:24] <jin> 都是外国人？
[13:25] <jin> 你懂中文？
[13:25] <DJones> !cn | jin
[13:26] <theadmin> what the...
[13:26] <theadmin> I'm making a note here: Ctrl-U doesn't *always* erase the current line xD
[13:28] <_jason> theadmin: when doesn't it?
[13:28] <theadmin> _jason: In my current client >.<
[13:28] <theadmin> _jason: It just produces some weird character here
[13:29] <_jason> theadmin: your client also ignores ctcp version :)
[13:29] <theadmin> _jason: Set it to do so
[13:29] <theadmin> _jason: It's KVIrc 4.0.4 "Insomnia"
[13:30] <yemu> hi there! I have a problem with audio settings (can't set digital output). where should I report that? (I use alc892 chipset)
[13:30] <jin> i don't know
[13:31] <beebs> i have attached a 1 terrrabyte disk to an ubuntu server. Im having trouble mounting it since I dont know the file format. Is there an easy way to find out>?
[13:32] <pepper> help cant i get any substitute for xulrunner
[13:32] <yemu> every time I choose audio output other than analog stereo it switches back to analog stereo :(
[13:33] <beebs> I can see the drive as /dev/sdb but cant tell if it is ntfs or fat32 or extX
[13:34] <petriborg> beebs you should be able to do that w/ gparted
[13:35] <beebs> pteriborg: Im remote, I have used df which states the type. Its mounted now cheers
[13:36] <beebs> petriborg: sorry spelt your name wrong there.
[13:38] <petriborg> np beebs
[13:40] <bromichaelhenry> hello, I have an xps 1530 with a broke screen. Using an ubuntu live cd, I can use the external monitor but when I installed it to the hard drive, as soon as it gets to lightdm login screen, it refuses to let me transfer to the external monitor. I am currently using the live cd to post this. Please help.
[13:40] <petriborg> has anyone tried changing the default font in gnome? After I did so all my java programs started cutting off the text in jbuttons
[13:41] <bromichaelhenry> anyone here?
[13:42] <drunderworld> maybe
[13:42] <petriborg> yes but i don't know how to solve your problem :)
[13:42] <bromichaelhenry> sok. I know it's an xorg issue but other than that....
[13:42] <petriborg> what sort of graphics card are you using bromichaelhenry
[13:43] <bromichaelhenry> nvidia dunno the specific lemme google it
[13:43] <petriborg> on laptops w/ external monitors i have pretty good luck w/ nvidia's settings panel
[13:44] <petriborg> if you can get the nvidia graphics package installed you can maybe use the nvidia-settings program to get the display working. once you do that you can have it write the xorg.conf - i've done that in the past to deal w/ display issues
[13:44] <bromichaelhenry> yeah it was working before i reinstalled
[13:45] <bromichaelhenry> the nvidia settings panel disabled my built in monitor
[13:45] <bromichaelhenry> and my external was my default
[13:45] <petriborg> lol sad
[13:45] <bromichaelhenry> yeah
[13:46] <bromichaelhenry> so now I can't see to run the nvidia-settings program to custom write an xorg file
[13:46] <petriborg> did you have an xorg before?
[13:46] <petriborg> xorg.conf i mean
[13:46] <petriborg> maybe you can modify it by hand
[13:46] <bromichaelhenry> very generic
[13:46] <bromichaelhenry> I can if i knew the settings
[13:47] <bromichaelhenry> nvidia handled them automaticlly
[13:47] <bromichaelhenry> so I never learned them
[13:47] <jin> i want study c programme
[13:47] <bromichaelhenry> @ jin so do I
[13:48] <jin> it's so hard
[13:48] <dr_willis> get a book on C and start reading. :) but if you hjave no programing esperience at all.. well you may want to start with Python
[13:49] <theadmin> Ruby > Python as a noob language imo ^_^
[13:49] <theadmin> Google > books, in general, too.
[13:49] <dr_willis> heres my xorg.conf bromichaelhenry  http://paste.ubuntu.com/753680/
[13:50] <dr_willis> I know more REXX and PERL then i do anything else.
[13:50] <theadmin> dr_willis: I apologize for my ignorance, but, what in the bloody galaxy is REXX?
[13:51] <jelly> hello.  I wish to detect whether my package is running on Ubuntu or Debian to choose a help message in case a locale setting is missing.  What is the optimal way of determining this?
[13:51] <dr_willis> theadmin:  a scripting language. used by os/2 and the AMIGA. also in the repos.
[13:51] <dr_willis> great for text manipulation and as a 'glue/scripting' language in apps
[13:51] <jin> are you all student?
[13:51] <jelly> jin: no.
[13:52] <dr_willis> theres 1591 people here. :) we are not all students
[13:52]  * dr_willis took computer classes on a C64 in High School.
[13:53] <me-1> hi how to install wine..?
[13:53] <jin> baidu
[13:53] <dr_willis> !info regina-rexx
[13:53] <dr_willis> me-1:  sudo apt-get install wine
[13:53] <dr_willis> !wine | me-1
[13:54] <me-1> dr_willis,  no mention of version..?
[13:54] <dr_willis> me-1:  does it matter?
[13:54] <dr_willis> !info wine
[13:54] <me-1> dr_willis,  no . i just wanted to confirm
[13:55] <dr_willis> apt-cache search wine    and see what packages are there. (or use the package manager guis)
[13:55] <dr_willis> confirm what? :)
[13:55] <jin> qq
[13:55] <jin> tencent
[13:55] <jin> i don't know too
[13:56] <me-1> can I be affected by  windows viruses if I install wine..?
[13:57] <jin> dr_wills:which country are you from?
[13:57] <theadmin> me-1: No, not really.
[13:57] <dr_willis> usa.
[13:57] <dr_willis> me-1:  if you ran 'wine theviruseladenapp.exe' you could get your wine stuff goofed up.
[13:57] <dr_willis> ive purposuly ran malware in wine. to see what files it extracted/installed where. :)
[13:58] <rk1router> configure: error: XML::Parser perl module is required for intltool, any idea
[13:58] <Pici> jin: This channel is for Ubuntu support only.  If you want to just talk to others, please use #ubuntu-offtopic
[13:58] <dr_willis> worse case - it would mess up your users home files.
[13:58] <me-1> dr_willis,  then what happend
[13:58] <dr_willis> me-1:  not a lot. :)
[13:58] <jin> ...
[13:58] <jin> now is 21:58
[13:58] <me-1> storm i a cup..?
[13:58] <dr_willis> i saw what it put where.. in my .wine dir. so i then went to the problem windows box.. and removed the files that it put on it (for a friends problem machine)
[13:59] <rk1router> configure: error: XML::Parser perl module is required for intltool, Any idea how to install and confirm XML Parser
[13:59] <me-1> one more question the apps i will install using wine how can i remove them
[13:59] <dr_willis> rk1router:  you checked the package manager tool for a xmlparser perl package?
[14:00] <Pici> rk1router: Do you have the libxml-parser-perl package installed?
[14:00] <dr_willis> me-1:  there should be uninstall icons in the menus. same as for a windows app. or delete your .wine directory
[14:00] <LiNuX`sup> does anyone know how to include network locations in cases like say you are uploading an image through a website, you click upload and you get the file browser... network locations do not appear, not even bookmarked ones... how to fix this?
[14:00] <ahhughez> how can I see if I have package xyz installed?
[14:00] <me-1> I dont need wine btw just looking to play with it
[14:00] <dr_willis> me-1:  go try it out. worse case. you delete .wine, and start over.
[14:01] <dr_willis> LiNuX`sup:  look in your .gvfs directory?
[14:01] <LiNuX`sup> where is that?
[14:01] <llutz> ahhughez: apt-cache policy xaz
[14:01] <dr_willis> in your home dir with all the other .Whatever dirs
[14:01] <LiNuX`sup> k lemme look
[14:04] <dr_willis> samba/windows shares you access via the file manager normally get automounted there. after you access them the first time of course..
[14:04] <LiNuX`sup> dr_willis: the .gvfs directory shows nothing, changes the backround of the dialog to pink
[14:04] <dr_willis> whats the address the gnome file manager says for the  location? use ctrl-l to show its address bar.
[14:05] <kanhiya> how to change bass settings in ubuntu
[14:05] <kanhiya> i mean equalizer in ubuntu
[14:05] <elb0w> How do you change tty in ubuntu 10.10
[14:05] <elb0w> ?
[14:05] <Jax> hello!
[14:05] <kanhiya> like realtek audio manager in ubuntu
[14:05] <Jax> what's the best way to get a bootable ubuntu with persistent storage on 24 usb sticks?
[14:05] <LiNuX`sup> dr_willis: /home/cprint
[14:05] <NerdsMcGee> I with ubuntu wasn't so bitchy about the hardware in my MacBook Pro. :(
[14:06] <dr_willis> kanhiya:  ive seen   equalizer apps mentioned on the webupd8 and omgubuntu blog sites.. but never noticed one installed by default. some media/music players have their own.
[14:06] <iceroot> Jax: prepare one stick and then clone the sticks with dd or clonezilla
[14:06] <iceroot> !usb | Jax
[14:06] <dr_willis> LiNuX`sup:  the location of the file you are trying to access..
[14:06] <LiNuX`sup> it's a network location
[14:06] <dr_willis> LiNuX`sup: /home/cprint is just your 'home' directory.
[14:06] <Jax> thx
[14:06] <dr_willis> LiNuX`sup: . yes.. so browse to the location of the file. and look at the address..
[14:06] <kanhiya> i am having rhythmbox but disn't find anywhere
[14:06] <kanhiya> didn't
[14:06] <dr_willis> in the normal file manager..
[14:07] <LiNuX`sup> dr_willis: smb://cpserv01/server/Website%20Files
[14:08] <jin> today i install linux mint 12
[14:09] <tiox> Hey all, came to ask if there is any way I can modify Unity's window snapping behavior.
[14:10] <LiNuX`sup> tiox: there are some tweaks, but it's the current behavior from what I've read
[14:10] <Sazpaimon><PHONE_NUMBER>96 bytes (228 GB) copied, 59538.9 s, 3.8 MB/s
[14:10] <Sazpaimon> you're killing me dd
[14:10] <LiNuX`sup> tiox: there are some tweaks you can do in ccsm but be careful
[14:10] <jin> so fast
[14:10] <tiox> yeah, I know
[14:11] <Sazpaimon> i leave dd to run overnight copying a 640GB hard drive to a new drive, come back and see this
[14:11] <tiox> But is Unity's snapping part of Unity or some other Compiz plugin?
[14:11] <llutz> Sazpaimon: dd without bs=4k or more?
[14:11] <tiox> And if it is solely a Unity thing, could I disable it in favor for Compiz's snapping windows?
[14:11] <LiNuX`sup> tiox: it appears it's unity, but people have found some tweaks that make it better in compiz
[14:12] <tiox> I would love to know what source you're referencing so i can check it out.
[14:12] <LiNuX`sup> tiox: I think the only way to completely rid yoursel of it is to go with gnome panel
[14:12] <Sazpaimon> llutz, bs=1k
[14:12] <tiox> Ewww, no.
[14:12] <LiNuX`sup> just google it tiox
[14:12]  * tiox shrugs
[14:12] <llutz> Sazpaimon: then you'll have to wait ...
[14:12] <LiNuX`sup> ubuntu 11.10 choppy window
[14:12] <Sazpaimon> the drive I'm copying from is faulty
[14:12] <Sazpaimon> so I'm running with noerror
[14:12] <tiox> !google
[14:13] <Sazpaimon> I didn't want to use too high of a block size and get giant 512k blocks of null bytes
[14:13] <JadedJacob> i know this is off topic, but has anyone ever run into problems on laptops using two different manufacturers for RAM ?
[14:13] <tiox> !google | LiNuX`sup
[14:13] <Sazpaimon> llutz, I think I'm past the bad sectors now, though
[14:13] <xangua> JadedJacob: no
[14:13] <Sazpaimon> any way I can stop the process and start from where I left off on both the new drive and the old drive?
[14:13] <Sazpaimon> I know I can use skip on the if, but what about of
[14:14] <llutz> Sazpaimon: yes, note the written bytes and skip/offset new dd
[14:14] <LiNuX`sup> tiox: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=ubuntu+11.10+choppy+window
[14:14] <LiNuX`sup> :)
[14:14] <llutz> Sazpaimon: of=2nd.img             later copy them together
[14:14] <Pici> LiNuX`sup: Thats not helpful in this channel.
[14:14] <sharpK> anyone have experience sharing a printer from Ubuntu (through Samba) with windows clients?
[14:14] <Sazpaimon> llutz, don't have anywhere to store an img file
[14:15] <Sazpaimon> especially a 400GB one
[14:15] <Sazpaimon> can't I offset the of=/dev/sda device?
[14:15] <Sazpaimon> or can I only skip the input file?
[14:15] <tiox> Not what I was looking for.
[14:16] <dr_willis> LiNuX`sup:  when i access a smb:// place here its showing up in .gvfs for me
[14:16] <bromichaelhenry> hello
[14:16] <dr_willis> LiNuX`sup:  just uploaded a image via firefox using .gvfs
[14:16] <bromichaelhenry> to the guy that was helping me
[14:16] <bromichaelhenry> I figured it out
[14:16] <Alinn> Hi:)
[14:16] <LiNuX`sup> dr_willis: that's unfortunate. I really hate having to copy entire directories to upload things to my webdev
[14:17] <LiNuX`sup> dr_willis: I tried to even make link and it returned an error saying it can't
[14:17] <dr_willis> LiNuX`sup:  mount the share by hand to some static location of your choice.
[14:17] <bromichaelhenry> I booted up into recovery mode and ran the command nvidia-xconfig -twinview
[14:17] <llutz> Sazpaimon: seek=BLOCKS - skip BLOCKS obs-sized blocks at start of output          should append?
[14:17] <dr_willis> the smb:// typa address will ONLY work with gnome apps I belive LiNuX`sup .
[14:17] <tiox> I want to modify the window snap behavior. By default, left and right take half the screen and top maximizes, when i want it to be left and right takes half the screen, top and bottom takes half the screen, and corners take 1/4th, like I had before in Compiz before the Ubuntu dev team and Gnome dev team decided it was too good a thing for others to use.
[14:17] <office3> I have a networked printer that keeps printing gibberish, and I can't track down the source
[14:17] <bromichaelhenry> works like a champ now so to the guy that was helping me, thanks
[14:17] <Sazpaimon> llutz, should?
[14:17] <llutz> Sazpaimon: i never used it
[14:17] <saju_m> i want to copy all files which are end with name "Manager",  i am using find command
[14:18] <LiNuX`sup> dr_willis: thanks for your help I will try out a few things
[14:18] <saju_m> here is the command  $ find -name *Manager -exec cp ~/Desktop/yy/ '{}' \;
[14:18] <Sazpaimon> I'll double check with my friends in #gentoo to be sure
[14:18] <saju_m> but it not working,  showing message,   cp: omitting directory `/home/saju/Desktop/yy/'
[14:19] <aethelrick> saju_m, cp -r
[14:19] <geirha> saju_m: find . -name "*Manager" -exec cp {} ~/Desktop/yy/ \;
[14:19] <llutz> saju_m: find path/ -type f -name "*Manager" -exec cp  '{}' ~/Desktop/yy \;
[14:19] <Jax> iceroot: is usb-creator on the live cd? or do i need to have a ubuntu installation to be able to use usb-creator?
[14:20] <saju_m> ok thanks
[14:20] <Alinn> my graphic card is onboard and it is Radeon HD 4200. in this page: what is it? "Desktop Graphics" or "integrated Motherboard Graphics" or "Embedded Graphics" ?
[14:20] <Alinn> http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx
[14:20] <dr_willis> Jax:  i think its on the  cd.  or i belive you can download it from the ubuntu web site. pendrivelinux has alternaive tools also.
[14:21] <Sazpaimon> llutz, http://pastebin.com/wJ6AZSaz what do I need to set skip/seek to to pick up where I left off
[14:21] <dr_willis> Alinn:  you have tried the fglrx drivers from the ubuntu repos first? assuming you are trying to get them going. :)
[14:23] <Sazpaimon> http://pastebin.com/rhL7Zd1e here this is what I need
[14:23] <rudak> a +
[14:23] <LiNuX`sup> dr_willis: aparantly I just needed to install SAMBA
[14:23] <LiNuX`sup> dr_willis: it's all fully working now
[14:24] <dr_willis> you were able to access the shares befor install ing samba? odd...
[14:24] <dr_willis> after installing samba they now show up in gvfs?
[14:24] <LiNuX`sup> yes through the regular file browser
[14:24] <LiNuX`sup> yes
[14:24] <dr_willis> cant say ive ever noticed that befor. could be the file manager has 2 modes of accessing the shares.
[14:24] <LiNuX`sup> I set a connect for the server and stored information when I installed
[14:24] <dr_willis> but i always install samba. :)
[14:25] <dr_willis> like in the top 10 things i do on a new install.
[14:25] <LiNuX`sup> haha I'll do that from now on
[14:25] <dr_willis> !info smbfs
[14:25] <Alinn> dr_willis: When i activated it in "additional Driver" some letters and icons in my desktop vanish.
[14:25] <Alinn> dr_willis: i have mint 12
[14:26] <VictorCL> if I open a log file  with less or vim , if the files is being updated , will it be updated on my screen aswell?
[14:26] <dr_willis> Alinn:  just some letters? like the letter 'e' ? ie:::   letters becomes 'l tt rs' ?
[14:26] <dr_willis> Alinn:  you should be asking for help in the mint channels then.
[14:26] <geirha> VictorCL: No, but you can hit Shift+G to go to the end, including any new lines it may have gotten.
[14:26] <geirha> VictorCL: You can also hit Ctrl+F to follow file changes, Ctrl+C to get back to normal.
[14:26] <llutz> Sazpaimon: skip=225080793  seek=225080793  i'd say
[14:27] <geirha> VictorCL: That is in less that is.
[14:27] <Sazpaimon> llutz, records = blocks here?
[14:27] <Alinn> dr_willis: exactly..
[14:27] <llutz> Sazpaimon: afaik yes,     add "oflag=append"
[14:27] <dr_willis> bbl. gotta do some more snow storm-a-comming-prep. :)
[14:28] <danilo__> hello
[14:28] <Sazpaimon> okay so sudo dd if=/dev/sdc skip=225080793 of=/dev/sda seek=225080793 oflag=append bs=256K conv=noerror,sync
[14:28] <Sazpaimon> look good?
[14:28] <llutz> Sazpaimon: better to ask your compiling-friends to be sure, but i'd say it's ok
[14:28] <Vir> Hi, I'm wondering why/when my ~/.wine installation broke. It is telling me now that wineserver is 32-bit (which 'file /usr/bin/wineserver' confirms). But this wasn't always the case and I was happily using a 64-bit wine. Now all those programs don't work anymore. Google and I are out of ideas (other than a custom wine installation).
[14:29] <danilo__> can I ask a question about a strange problem in ssh?
[14:29] <Alinn> dr_willis: Thanks:)
[14:29] <skilz> How can I just update a particular package and not my whole system?
[14:29] <JadedJacob> how do i disable my SD CARD in ubuntu?
[14:29] <djosefsson> Hi, I'm sitting and trying out the launcher and creating my own Desktop entries, but a thing that I can't get a grip on is search paths for icons.  How do I enable Icon=applicationname? I have copied my icon to /usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/applicationname.png. Is it neccesary to have a icon in each YYxZZ folder? It works well when I hard code the icon address into the desktop entry.
[14:29] <llutz> skilz: apt-get install package
[14:30] <FloodBot1> !netsplit
[14:30] <knxville> Hello, how do I remove a program I installed through ./ ?? I tried sudo apt-get remove ovftool and I also tried to find it using dpkg --list | grep ovf
[14:30] <quixotedon> hi all! firefox on 11.10 is running slower than on 11.04, is it the same problem you are having?
[14:30] <Resistance> knxville, if you installed from a .run or a .bin, apt-get and dpkg both wont show it
[14:31] <_jason> knxville: by "installed through ./" do you mean "installed by executing a random script"?
[14:31] <Resistance> knxville, since dpkg only deals with packages
[14:31] <knxville> Yeah.. It was VMWare OVFTools..
[14:31] <_jason> !who | knxville
[14:31] <knxville> _jason: Yea.. It was VMWare OVFTools..
[14:32] <_jason> knxville: your best bet is to read the software's documentation on how to uninstall then
[14:32] <Xelmep> i need help about OpenVPN
[14:32] <Alinn> dr_willis: Which item is my graphic card? "Desktop Graphics" or "integrated Motherboard Graphics" or "Embedded Graphics" ?
[14:33] <Xelmep> i can`t connect to vpn server
[14:34] <_jason> knxville: if the documentation is lacking, you might try #vmware, and as a last resort you'll have to just delete the files yourself manually
[14:34] <knxville> _jason: Im sitting with the --help command, nothing about uninstallation and im sitting with the OVF Tool Manual/Guide.. Nothing about installation either :(
[14:34] <knxville> _jason: Yeah okay, thanks! :)
[14:35] <_jason> knxville: you tried passing --help to the install script you ran?
[14:35] <esteeven> Hello. I did an upgrade on LTS but on reboot I get an error message on GDM saying that GNOME Power Manager has not been installed properly. I have no keyboard or mouse (it's an Acer Aspire One.) I can't get to a VTT. What can I do?
[14:35] <Xelmep> I need HELP about configuring OpenVPN Server please !
[14:35] <knxville> _jason: Hmm, no i have not.. how would I do that? ./script_name --help?
[14:35] <Sazpaimon> llutz, dd: you probably want conv=notrunc with oflag=append ; dd: `/dev/sdc': cannot skip: Invalid argument
[14:35] <_jason> knxville: you can try
[14:35] <celthunder> Xelmep: what about it
[14:35] <_jason> knxville: also if it's a shell script, you might try reading it
[14:36] <Xelmep> celthunder: i configured by online tutorial, but i cant connect
[14:36] <celthunder> Xelmep: what's in the logs?
[14:36] <Sazpaimon> llutz, any idea?
[14:36] <llutz> Sazpaimon: no sry
[14:36] <Xelmep> celthunder: how to see logs ?
[14:36] <Sazpaimon> well there goes 16 hours of drive cloning down the drain
[14:37] <dr_willis> Alinn:  those terms all basically mean the same to me... try #2 and see what it says,, i guess..
[14:37] <conntrack> o_O
[14:38] <Xelmep> celthunder: how to see logs ?
[14:38] <diatomaceous> Ugh.. one of the drives in my Raid5 array has failed and now my computer won't boot... even with a live USB stick.  Can anyone with mdadm experience help out?
[14:38] <celthunder> esteeven: google gnome power management boot error i don't have copy paste atm but first result was a major problem a while ago
[14:38] <bluenemo_> if it wont boot from live stick it may be the damaged hdd preventing a clean post
[14:38] <bluenemo_> diatomaceous,
[14:38] <celthunder> Xelmep: uhm you set the log location in your configs
[14:38] <bluenemo_> it should boot from a live stick..
[14:39] <VictorCL> if I open a log file  with less or vim , if the files is being updated , will it be updated on my screen aswell?
[14:39] <sharpK> anyone have experience sharing a printer from Ubuntu (through Samba) with windows clients?
[14:39] <diatomaceous> bluenemo_: I know it should.. but I get a lot of 'bad sector' errors and it says it failed to load the linux image.
[14:39] <Alinn> dr_willis: #2? integrated Motherboard Graphics?
[14:40] <dr_willis> Alinn:  sure why not.. flip a coin.. try it allready...
[14:40] <dr_willis> Alinn:  linux drivers are based on the chipset.. not where its attatched
[14:40] <bluenemo_> diatomaceous, when you boot the live stick? try getting a new live system then, i use debian-live (.org)
[14:40] <Xelmep> celthunder: when i try to start OpenVPN from webmin i have this error Command Execution Error /etc/init.d/openvpn start server
[14:40] <diatomaceous> bluenemo_: the live stick works fine in other computers
[14:41] <diatomaceous> bluenemo_: I think it's trying to assemble the array upon boot
[14:41] <Alinn> dr_willis: Thanks a lot:)
[14:41] <dr_willis> Xelmep:  try starting the service by hand. not via webmin (which is not really reccomenede for ubuntu )
[14:41] <esteeven> celthunder, okay. will look -----
[14:41] <bluenemo_> when booting from a live stick it shouldnt. did you unplug the broken hdd?
[14:42] <diatomaceous> bluenemo_: I'm not sure which hard drive is broken
[14:42] <diatomaceous> bluenemo_:  (which physical one)
[14:42] <diatomaceous> bluenemo_: I know it's "/dev/sdc1"
[14:42] <Xelmep> dr_willis:  *   Starting VPN 'server'                                               [fail]
[14:43] <Xelmep> i have this error by SSH
[14:43] <diatomaceous> bluenemo_: would it do any hard to unplug the wrong one?
[14:43] <dr_willis> Xelmep:  check the vpn server logs I  think would be the next step. see why it failed.
[14:43] <celthunder> Xelmep: anything in dmesg?
[14:43] <JadedJacob> how can i troubleshoot whu my laptop isn't waking from suspend ?
[14:43] <diatomaceous> err, harm, not hard
[14:43] <Xelmep> dr_willis: how to check logs i can`t find it
[14:44] <bluenemo_> diatomaceous, try to unplug all first and see if it boots then
[14:44] <llutz> Xelmep: /var/log/syslog, /var/log/daemon.log
[14:44] <dr_willis> Xelmep:  no idea. check the openvpn docs to see where it logs are and how to enable verbose logging.
[14:44] <bluenemo_> btw raid =! backup
[14:44] <dr_willis> tail -f /var/log/*   :)  that would be overkill?
[14:44] <kanhiya> how to fix bluetooth issue in ubuntu 11.10
[14:45] <diatomaceous> bluenemo_: Ok, I'll try that when I get home again.  Thanks.    In theory, with only one drive removed from a raid5 array, all my data should be intact, right?
[14:45] <dr_willis> kanhiya:  would depend on the exact issue.
[14:45] <bluenemo_> as far as i know yes
[14:45] <llutz> dr_willis: grep -ri vpn  /var/log/*          maybe
[14:45] <kanhiya> i am not able to send or receive files in Ubuntu 11.10 , permission denied (13)
[14:45] <dr_willis> i think ive used multitail  befor. ;)
[14:46] <celthunder> kanhiya: is your user given permissions?
[14:46] <kanhiya> I have tried the same on many laptops but same probems
[14:46] <kanhiya> celthunder: I am the only one user, Administrator
[14:46] <dr_willis> kanhiya:  try pairing from the phone to the pc.. then if that fails.. try the otehr way. I had a problem box tht i had to pair from the phone to the pc.. the reverse way never worked..
[14:47] <dr_willis> ive not needed to use bluetooth in ages. :)  gotta love wi-fi phones.
[14:47] <kanhiya> let me try that
[14:48] <dr_willis> bluetooth is one of those great ideas.. that really should of took off.. but just seemed too problematic. :(
[14:48] <celthunder> kanhiya: you shouldn't use root all the time anyway and if root gets permission denied then its something wrong in whatever you're using to transfer/the pairing
[14:49] <dr_willis> i think he ment administator as his first and only created user.
[14:49] <dr_willis> i hope...
[14:49] <celthunder> just because you make one accnt first doesn't make it an admin :)
[14:50] <dr_willis> if its the user he made during install it would...  and its the only one...
[14:50] <dr_willis> or else hes going to have bigger issues then no bluetooth :)
[14:50]  * dr_willis recalls the installer bug that let people name their first user 'root' ages back.. that was weird.. :)
[14:51]  * Pici recalls dr_willis saying the same thing yesterday
[14:51] <dr_willis> r00t :)
[14:51] <esteeven> celthunder, hmmmm. yes there was an issue but all of the solutions require access to the CLI. I can't get to a VTT because my keyboard is dead at the GDM screen
[14:51] <dr_willis> the good old days.  of 'you did what ? why would you even do that....'
[14:51] <HaPK_PerCar> I have an annoying graphics problem... I recently installed the privative graphics controllers for my graphics card, and now my desktop moves kinda slow. I used to fix this by using the compiz-fusion icon, and activate indirect rendering, but now there is no compiz-fusion icon and no way to easily activate indirect rendering.
[14:52] <dr_willis> esteeven:  does it work at the GRUB menus?
[14:52] <kanhiya> dr_willis: Setup device successfully , now there is no icon on my panel
[14:52] <dr_willis> kanhiya:  no idea on that. Ive not used bluetooth in ages.
[14:52] <kanhiya> dr_willis: NOT able to send or receive files
[14:52] <HaPK_PerCar> I tried running compiz --replace --indirect-rendering but it broke my desktop
[14:52] <dr_willis> kanhiya:  the forums or askubuntu.com may have some more up to date help.
[14:52] <celthunder> dr_willis: boot to init 1 or whatever ubuntu calls it now and if your keyboard doesn't work at grub then you're more or less f'd unless you have a ps2 keyboard laying around
[14:52] <kanhiya> i was not having any problem in earlier versions
[14:53] <kanhiya> dr_willis: Thanks
[14:53] <esteeven> dr_willis, it does
[14:53] <dr_willis> !text | esteeven
[14:53] <celthunder> dr_willis: i really should reinstall ubuntu and see whats new now last i checked users were users and admins were root/part of wheel etc
[14:53] <dr_willis> esteeven:  use the text option to go stragiht to a console.
[14:53] <lolmaus> Got errors with "linux-image-blah" when running "aptitude safe-upgrade": https://gist.github.com/1405062 Please help me resolve this.
[14:53] <me-1> hi...how to download videos from websites like youtube etc
[14:54] <dr_willis> cellardoor:  first made user has sudo rights.. others dont. :) its that straight forward.
[14:54] <dr_willis> me-1:  use a browser plugin is how i do it.
[14:54] <celthunder> dr_willis: visudo
[14:54] <celthunder> me-1: clive youtube-dl clipgrab
[14:54] <dr_willis> celthunder:  yes.. theres other tools also to manage them.. im stating how it is by default.
[14:54] <me-1> dr_willis,  how to install and use it
[14:55] <esteeven> dr_willis, ubottu : trying now
[14:55] <dr_willis> me-1:  go to the plugin site for whatever browser you are using.. look for a plyugin to do the job you want......
[14:55] <me-1> celthunder,  how to install it
[14:55] <celthunder> me-1: apt-cache search apt-get install
[14:55] <me-1> dr_willis,  I am using firefox
[14:55] <dr_willis> a lot of the stand alone youtube downloaders have issues when youtube or other sites change stuff.
[14:56] <dr_willis> me-1:  so..... go to the plugin site for firefox.. look for a plyugin to do the job you want......
[14:56] <lacrymology> whenever I try to search in synaptic it crashes
[14:56] <llutz> Sazpaimon: sudo dd if=/dev/sdc of=/dev/sda seek=230482732032 skip=230482732032 bs=256K conv=noerror,sync,notrunc oflag=append
[14:57] <HaPK_PerCar> so, can't anyone help me with my graphics problem?
[14:57] <quixotedon> me-1: use ant downloader in firefox as add-on
[14:57] <apwbdjp> !ask | HaPK_PerCar
[14:58] <HaPK_PerCar> I have an annoying graphics problem... I recently installed the privative graphics controllers for my graphics card, and now my desktop moves kinda slow. I used to fix this by using the compiz-fusion icon, and activate indirect rendering, but now there is no compiz-fusion icon and no way to easily activate indirect rendering.
[14:58] <HaPK_PerCar> so, can't anyone help me with my graphics problem?
[14:58] <esteeven> dr_willis, ubottu : boot freezes @ "Begin: Running /scripts/init-botton... Done" Ctrl + Alt + Del restarts
[14:58] <pppurple> what channel would i use to discuss partitioning in windows? or if some one would like to msg me
[14:58] <celthunder> HaPK_PerCar: what graphics card intel amd nvidia?
[14:58] <quixotedon> metellius: now that the problem with my firefox is, it keeps on freezing
[14:58] <celthunder> pppurple: #windows?
[14:58] <Sazpaimon> llutz, dd: `/dev/sdc': cannot skip: Invalid argument
[14:58] <HaPK_PerCar> celthunder, ati... but I guess that's amd now
[14:59] <Sazpaimon> llutz, just going to use ddrescue with --reverse
[14:59] <HaPK_PerCar> celthunder, but that's irrelevant, I onyl want to start compiz with indirect rendering on
[14:59] <Sazpaimon> then stop once it reaches the end point of my first run
[14:59] <llutz> Sazpaimon: sudo fdisk -l                does it still list /dev/sdc at all?
[14:59] <Sazpaimon> llutz, the partition table on the old drive is missing,
[14:59] <CrazyThinker> I'm trying to remove skype icon from notification area of 11.10. I removed it from systray-whitelist using dconf-editor, but its still there
[14:59] <Sazpaimon> so no, it wont
[14:59] <Sazpaimon> once this is done, I'm going to run testdisk to repair the partition table
[15:00] <llutz> Sazpaimon: dd won't care about partitiontables and filesystems
[15:00] <Sazpaimon> llutz, you were talking about fdisk
[15:00] <llutz> Sazpaimon: which should detect at least a broken sdc
[15:00] <Sazpaimon> oh i see what you meant, yeah sdc still exists
[15:00] <llutz> Sazpaimon: ok, no idea then. good luck with ddrescue
[15:00] <Sazpaimon> sudo ddrescue --force --reverse -b 262144 -n /dev/sdc /dev/sda is working
[15:01] <drunderworld> I want to use FreeBSD but I don't know how to set up wireless with it
[15:01] <llutz> drunderworld: #freebsd
[15:01] <JadedJacob> If I'm created a liveCD out of flashdrive, can i use that to upgrade ubuntu?
[15:02] <llutz> drunderworld: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/
[15:04] <drunderworld> I'll look into it
[15:05] <ubuntu> Bhupinder
[15:06] <MJ23> Hello, someone who knows gparted/resizing partitions well? I want to take away some space from my ubuntu home partition and put it into my pinguy os partition. I can resize the ubuntu partition and get new allocated space but i cant use that to enlarge my pinguy os partition. Im running pinguy OS now. Thanks
[15:07] <esteeven> okay. time to chroot :)
[15:07] <HaPK_PerCar> MJ23, you can't rezise a partition that has already been mounted
[15:07] <ozzloy> how do i set up an encrypted folder that i can unlock, work in it, then lock it back up?
[15:07] <BluesKaj> Hi all
[15:07] <dr_willis> MJ23:  you can have issues also moveing stuff to/from primary to extended/logical partitions
[15:08] <HaPK_PerCar> MJ23, so you have to this by using a system that's not running from any of those 2 partitions
[15:08] <MJ23> Hapk_percar hmm... so what should i do? I cant unmount my home folders?
[15:08] <dr_willis> MJ23:  best to do this sort of task from a live cd.
[15:08] <ozzloy> rather than having an encrypted archive that i can work on, then encrypt the result and rm -rf the unencrypted version?
[15:08] <HaPK_PerCar> MJ23, I suggest you use a live cd to do this
[15:08] <dr_willis> !encrypt
[15:09] <MJ23> live cd= cd installed with what?
[15:09] <HaPK_PerCar> MJ23, use an Ubuntu CD, it works as a live cd :)
[15:09] <dr_willis> or a gparted live cd... or a partion magic live cd....
[15:10] <ozzloy> dr_willis, ty
[15:10] <dr_willis> or a flash drive with a live os set on it.
[15:10] <MJ23> hapk_percar and use the custom installation, but instead of install the os in the end i just quit?
[15:10] <HaPK_PerCar> MJ23, yes
[15:11] <HaPK_PerCar> MJ23, well, no
[15:11] <HaPK_PerCar> MJ23, ubuntu has gparted in it's live cd
[15:11] <HaPK_PerCar> MJ23, so you can use just that
[15:11] <MJ23> does the adjustment get
[15:11] <MJ23> ups
[15:12] <lucky__> hello everyone ~
[15:12] <MJ23> ill try find that gparted in my ubuntu cd
[15:12] <MJ23> ty
[15:14] <pppurple> when creating a partition of 300gigs, how much would be recommended for a first time linux user to dedicate to ubuntu?
[15:15] <HaPK_PerCar> pppurple, it depends on what you want to install
[15:16] <JadedJacob> never mind.
[15:16] <HaPK_PerCar> pppurple, I have 40Gb on my / partition and is more than enough
[15:16] <JadedJacob> just updating the new packages, rather than the full upgrade to 11.10
[15:16] <pppurple> do you also run a windows OS?
[15:17] <HaPK_PerCar> pppurple, yes
[15:18] <jbuchanan> #somerville
[15:19] <pppurple> does 11.10 come with a browser?
[15:20] <|Slacker|> 0.o
[15:20] <auronandace> pppurple: yes
[15:20] <|Slacker|> pppurple, it ships FF
[15:21] <Jax> hm, won't a livecd work on a macbook?
[15:22] <Jax> also, tried the dd if=ubuntu-11.10.img of=/dev/rdisk1 (usb) but it doesn't show up when i start my macbook pro
[15:22] <sancris> Jax, a macbook doesn't have a BIOS, I'm afraid the booting process is quite different
[15:23] <sunson> I'm from India. Does anyone know what this "TR-69" software (.EXE) made mandatory by Airtel ISP in India exactly do? They seem to be running some kind of a transparent HTTP proxy which 'works' only after installing this specific TR69.EXE
[15:24] <sunson> though I'm able to ssh et al
[15:24] <sunson> (heh)
[15:24] <MonkeyDust> sunson: looks exe is windows
[15:24] <Resistance> sunson, google is your friend.  we dont usually know about .exe files since those are usually windows stuffs
[15:24] <jin> en
[15:24] <MonkeyDust> !google| Resistance
[15:25] <jin> or baidu it
[15:25] <HaPK_PerCar> I have an annoying graphics problem... I recently installed the privative graphics controllers for my graphics card, and now my desktop moves kinda slow. I used to fix this by using the compiz-fusion icon, and activate indirect rendering, but now there is no compiz-fusion icon and no way to easily activate indirect rendering.
[15:25] <jazzguitar> anybody here??
[15:25] <jazzguitar> =_=
[15:25] <HaPK_PerCar> so, can't anyone help me with my graphics problem?
[15:25] <Resistance> MonkeyDust, tell me that after you get WinXP running on Ubuntu :P
[15:25] <luvshines> Am running 10.10 for quite some time now. I have noticed that moving/copying data from any external USB media (pen drive, HDD) consumes all of my CPU [both the cores :( ]. System becomes sluggish and other apps respond too slow
[15:25] <histo> sunson: does it maybe provide dns servers
[15:26] <MonkeyDust> Resistance: i have win xp in virtual box, works fine
[15:26] <luvshines> have 4GB RAM on my Thinkpad
[15:26] <HaPK_PerCar> I tried running compiz --replace --indirect-rendering but it broke my desktop
[15:26] <histo> sunson: for instance if you connect without their software can you ping ips
[15:26] <Resistance> MonkeyDust, i dont mean in vbox ;P
[15:26] <jin> 虚拟机
[15:27] <Resistance> MonkeyDust, in any case, my original statement stands because its a windows executable, not a linux binary, therefore we dont typically know about windows executables
[15:27] <histo> luvshines: have you tried copying to the drive from another machine?
[15:27] <Resistance> MonkeyDust, especially non-mainstream ones
[15:27] <sunson> histo: I'm connected via ssh to my server from where I'm IRC'ing
[15:27] <histo> sunson: are you using ssh via a url oor ip?
[15:28] <Resistance> !chinese | jin
[15:28] <Resistance> i think...
[15:28] <luvshines> yeah. I think I tried running from windows. that was fine
[15:28] <Guiri> I seem to remember a way to specify which packages apt-get may automatically update.  Does anybody know how to do this?
[15:28] <histo> luvshines: hrm.. that's odd. I'd be lookign at dmesg and syslog for errors etc..
[15:28] <histo> !pin | Guiri
[15:28] <luvshines> it not just happens with any particular HDD, but any HDD or pen drive that I connect to my machine
[15:29] <histo> luvshines: I don't experience this. So maybe something weird with the kernel you are running and your chipset
[15:29] <histo> luvshines: Have you tried searching the forums or launchpad?
[15:29] <leafpile> Should I expect update-manager to require my password to install packages?
[15:30] <ikonia> leafpile: yes
[15:30] <luvshines> not yet posted on the forums. will do that with some logs (if relevant) from dmesg
[15:30] <histo> luvshines: well I was saying to search i'm sure if its bug someone else has expereienced it
[15:30] <leafpile> update-manager has not asked for my password for awhile now, yet is able to install updates
[15:30] <leafpile> a couple of weeks at least
[15:31] <Utopiah> hi #ubuntu
[15:31] <Utopiah> must have an APCI problem my 11.10 does not halt the computer, it cleanly stops but I still have to physically press the power button, any suggestion?
[15:32] <Utopiah> (PS: it's an IBM, seems a friend with another one has that issue too)
[15:32] <genii-around> Utopiah: Append acpi=force to kernel load line.
[15:32] <histo> leafpile: it won't if you used admin password for something in the last 15 minutes
[15:33] <Jax> so how am i supposed to create a live usb stick on mac?
[15:33] <histo> !install | Jax
[15:33] <Jax> i made the cd, but it wont boot on mac of course
[15:33] <histo> !md5sum | Jax
[15:33] <Jax> i made the cd because i wanted to use the usb-creator tool to create a bootable usb stick with persistance
[15:33] <histo> !mac > Jax
[15:34] <histo> Jax: you didn't have to do all that
[15:34] <osmosis_paul> Hi guys let's see if someone can help me
[15:34] <luvshines> histo: yeah got that. I am looking in the forums now. Have found some similar references, will see if I can get anything worthwhile
[15:34] <Jax> well for some reason, there are lots of windows tools to create a ubuntu usb stick with persistance
[15:34] <Jax> but none for mac
[15:34] <office3> sunson: I think it may be a scam, I googled it, nothing came up. Have you tried calling the people who want you to install it?
[15:34] <osmosis_paul> I'm trying to copy one tar from a remote machine to my local machine. from my local machine I execute rsync -avP -e ssh -i .ssh/booster_aws.pem /home/ubuntu/test.tar.gz ubuntu@************:/home/ubuntu/
[15:35] <osmosis_paul> but still ask me by my password
[15:35] <histo> Jax: I was going to say if you don't need persistance you could just dd the iso
[15:35] <osmosis_paul> any idea?
[15:35] <osmosis_paul> I'm making the ssh call from local A to remote B and I want to transfer the file from B to A
[15:35] <osmosis_paul> it is correct what I'm trying to do?
[15:36] <Ulti> how can I detect hardlinks to directories?
[15:37] <llutz> osmosis_paul: scp -i .ssh/booster_aws.pem /home/ubuntu/test.tar.gz ubuntu@************:/home/ubuntu    and i guess you need to convert your pem-key into ssh-format
[15:38] <osmosis_paul> llutz, still ask me for password
[15:38] <zafrola> hello, I have a toshiba nb205 netbook. I have installed ubuntu 11.11 and it runs incredibly slow unless I keep shift pressed or keep playing with the trackpad
[15:38] <llutz> osmosis_paul: have you read the 2nd part of my line?
[15:39] <Morrigand> Whoch channel is for server edition suppor? I dont have channel list with this client
[15:39] <zafrola> any idea hor to solve this?
[15:39] <zafrola> *how
[15:39] <oCean> Morrigand: #ubuntu-server
[15:39] <osmosis_paul> llutz, is because the format of the key? normally I use that key to connect by ssh and dont ask me password
[15:39] <Utopiah> thanks genii-around , will try
[15:40] <Morrigand> Ty
[15:41] <Si2100> Guys, i can get ubunut to boot =/ on my Dual install on Win7 n Ubuntu 11.10
[15:41] <kubanc> anyone familiar with bad_area_nosemaphore error?
[15:43] <osmosis_paul> llutz, I already change the format of my key with this command ssh-keygen -y -f booster_aws.pem > booster_aws.pub
[15:43] <osmosis_paul>  but still ask me for the password
[15:43] <llutz> osmosis_paul: but "ssh -i .ssh/booster_aws.pem user@host "                  works?
[15:44] <Anomie21> I need to get my PC at home online in order to download build-essentials to compile my wifi drivers. My laptop has an internet connection thru, Is it relatively simple to connect them via a standard ethernet cable?
[15:44] <Tebyghenya> I am a bit lost with aptoncd. I make a .iso. Put it on a USB. Mount the .iso. And now what? install them manually?
[15:44] <osmosis_paul> llutz, yes
[15:44] <leafpile> Any idea why update-manager does not require me to enter my password to update packages?
[15:45] <Utopiah> genii-around: actually lsmod | grep acpi returns thinkpad_acpi
[15:45] <Tebyghenya> osmosis_paul: oh, in a 11.10 without internet I can't. they give me errors or put the INSTALL button on grey
[15:45] <BluesKaj> I have  corrupted /0-.pulse file in my trash , but it won't delete because it's still linked to ~/.pulse . The file has been replaced in /home/user/hiddenfiles after I reinstalled pulse.
[15:46] <genii-around> Utopiah: In cases where the bios is odd, or dates from before 2000, putting acpi=force solves the issue of it not being able to automatically shut down.
[15:46] <osmosis_paul> Tebyghenya, what button? I'm in console and I have 11.10 as well
[15:46] <ozzloy> what if i want to do ecryptfs on an external hard drive instead of ~/Private ?
[15:47] <Tebyghenya> osmosis_paul: I doubleclic them. the doubleclic open the software center
[15:47] <Utopiah> genii-around: ok, any idea why it worked with 11.04 but not with this release?
[15:48] <llutz> osmosis_paul: btw you need the private-key to auth, not the .pub (which has to be added to authorized_keys on remote-site). ssh -i .ssh/booster_aws ...
[15:48] <Tebyghenya> osmosis_paul: how to do it in console?
[15:49] <genii-around> Utopiah: Not particularly.
[15:50] <Anomie21> Do I need a cross-over cable to share internet from a laptop on Win7 to a fresh install on Ubuntu 11.10?
[15:50] <BluesKaj> BBL, stuff to do
[15:50] <llutz> Anomie21: most likely