[14:45] <ikonia> Guest75516: you waited less than 3 minutes for a response in #puppylinux, that is the correct place to get support
[14:45] <bastidrazor> ikonia: how do you magically know these things?
[14:46] <qin> spider sense
[14:46] <jrib> ikonia is omniscient in irc-land
[14:46] <Guest75516> i think its a common process....definitely there would be a package to download
[14:47] <rapage> !firefox
[14:47] <Guest75516> just i need a clue about that
[14:47] <ikonia> Guest75516: STOP askin now - you are being helped in #puppylinux now, so stop
[14:49] <javier__> how to restart classic ubuntu gnome panels?
[14:49] <xangua> javier__: pkill gnome-panel
[14:49] <zykotick9> javier__, "killall gnome-panel" then "gnome-panel"
[14:49] <xangua> should then start again
[14:50] <javier__> thanks
[14:51] <zykotick9> xangua, you're right, gnome-panel does auto re-spawn
[14:52] <taavi_> hello, how can i get wireless working on hp 625? ive tried using additional drivers and installed the broadcom driver
[14:52] <taavi_> doesent work for me
[14:54] <zykotick9> taavi_, in IRC try "/MSG ubottu doesntwork" for IMO one of the funniest factoids on freenode.
[14:54] <taavi_> im not really in a mood for irc geek jokes
[14:55] <taavi_> Just interested on getting the wifi to work
[14:55] <somicuthbert> yyyyyy
[14:55] <zykotick9> taavi_, there is a message in that joke.  nevermind...
[14:56] <don-i> hey i got some problems with an 11.10 upgrade
[14:56] <zykotick9> don-i, #ubuntu+1
[14:57] <don-i> zykotick9: thanks
[15:01] <jwrigley> wow, no one said anything for a whole 3 minutes
[15:01] <jrib> jwrigley: great we were about to break the record and you ruined it
[15:03] <Tinybird> I break the record again
[15:03] <bastidrazor> i'm unsure of how your math works but i saw 5 minutes of silence.
[15:03] <Tinybird> Maybe it's network latency
[15:03] <xangua> !ot
[15:04] <rapage> I'm on the sypnaptic package manager on ubuntu
[15:04] <rapage> I'm tryinhg to upgrade firefox 3.6.22 to the latest but I can't see option upgrade from the contextg menu
[15:04] <rapage> what should I do
[15:05] <xangua> !fx6 | rapage
[15:06] <rapage> so there is no support for firefox 4 for ubu 10
[15:06] <macer1> why 4 not 6, rapage ?
[15:06] <rapage> I have 3.6
[15:07] <macer1> firefox 4 is unsupported by upstream
[15:07] <macer1> !fx6 | rapage
[15:07] <diki> is it me or ubuntu sucks..?
[15:07] <diki> i mean i install lamp, mysql workjed
[15:07] <diki> rebooted and it doesnt
[15:07] <xangua> diki: you
[15:08] <rapage> if I want to upgrade my ubuntu what should I do
[15:08] <rapage> can I install it over the one I have or I have to save home directory and install the new one in
[15:08] <xangua> !upgrade | rapage
[15:09] <amin`> Is it true that GDM starts Consolekit and Dbus by default and automatically??
[15:09] <jwrigley> rapage: if you have seperate /home and / partitions, you can install ubuntu from cd/usb clean, without a socalled upgrade
[15:09] <bintotem> How do i change my user name in ubuntu
[15:10] <jrib> bintotem: easier to just create a new user
[15:10] <bintotem> Hmm create a new user, itll have everything from this one correct?
[15:11] <xangua> if you copy your setting, yes
[15:11] <jrib> bintotem: no, but you can copy everything you want
[15:11] <macer1> amin`, yes, gdm starts full gnome session.
[15:11] <macer1> so I think yes
[15:11] <bintotem> ok, let me go mess with it
[15:11] <glebihan> amin`, for consolekit I'm not sure, but for dbus that's not exactly true
[15:12] <jwrigley> bintotem: just make sure you copy all the invisible folders in your homedir
[15:12] <glebihan> amin`, upstart starts dbus, and gdm doesn't start before dbus is ready
[15:12] <glebihan> amin`, but gdm doesn't start dbus itself
[15:12] <bintotem> what do you mean copy, like literally copy and paste them into the new one?
[15:12] <jrib> bintotem: yeah
[15:13] <bintotem> there isnt a simple way of just changing my name? or at least just for my terminal
[15:13] <zykotick9> bintotem, FYI if you want your new user to be able to use sudo they need to be added to the admin group
[15:13] <bintotem> because im using irssi now but osme irc nets wont let me connect because my user on ubuntu is one letter
[15:13] <zykotick9> bintotem, don't try to rename a user account!  create a new one!
[15:14] <zykotick9> bintotem, do irssi accounts have to match user account names?  i'd be surprised if that wasn't an option.
[15:14] <bintotem> well im not sure, im new to irssi >.<
[15:14] <zykotick9> bintotem, i don't use it some am not sure
[15:14] <jwrigley> irssi -n nick
[15:14] <bintotem> Really, awesome jwrigly
[15:15] <firas> hi guys
[15:15] <bintotem> Yes jwrigly that worked great, thanks!
[15:15] <jwrigley> bintotem: pleasure :)
[15:16] <bintotem> Saved me alot of time and trouble i think
[15:16] <firas> I just want to ask where to get the ubuntu source code or packages?
[15:16] <zykotick9> jwrigley, [xyproblem] People often falsely diagnose problems because they are looking too closely at a problem: they have got stuck at a particular point (Y) doing something (X) and so ask about step Y, not realising that there is an easier or better way to do X in the first place.  See http://mywiki.wooledge.org/XyProblem or http://homepages.tesco.net/J.deBoynePollard/FGA/put-down-the-chocolate-covered-banana.html
[15:17] <dashavoo> I might be mad, but I thought ubuntu could magically install itself alongside other operating systems, but right now I am only seeing options for replace windws 7, or do all the partitioning manually
[15:17] <dashavoo> Did I imagine the other thing, or is something wrong with this laptop?
[15:17] <xannen> Is Unity in general meaning refer to Unity3D?
[15:17] <diki> well again
[15:17] <diki> my mysql screwed up....great
[15:17] <firas>  I just want to ask where to get the ubuntu source code or packages?
[15:18] <xangua> !source |  firas
[15:18] <jrib> !source | firas
[15:18]  * jrib wipes dust off xangua
[15:18] <zykotick9> firas, ubuntu is made up of thousands of individual pieces, called packages - each has it's source code available (unless it's non-free)
[15:19] <xannen> Is Unity in general meaning refer to Unity3D?
[15:19] <SoulShadow> and then if you're a REAL linux user, you use free only!
[15:19] <SoulShadow> ./troll
[15:19] <zykotick9> xannen, usually, unless you're talking about unity2d ;)
[15:19] <firas> thanks guys you really helped (  I'm new to linux and linux development)
[15:19] <xangua> xannen: it needs hardware acceleration and compiz if that is what you mean
[15:19] <xannen> ty zykotick9  :D
[15:20] <rapage> I have my ubuntu installation in 3 dif partitions /swap /home and /
[15:20] <rapage> can I do a clean upgrade of ubuntu from that
[15:20] <rapage> my /home partition is ext3 and my / is ext4
[15:20] <organiks> morning all
[15:20] <xannen> Morning organiks
[15:21] <zykotick9> rapage, as clean as possible (there is still the possibility of home folder settings causing issues)
[15:21] <speedway> i got this message in my console: 2.4+ kernel w/o ELF notes? -- report this
[15:21] <speedway> what does that mean?
[15:21] <organiks> im trying to use hdparm but i keep getting /dev/hda: No such file or directory
[15:22] <zykotick9> rapage, upgrade or fresh install?  I'd lean towards fresh install, reformatting / and /swap and leaving /home intact
[15:22] <m6locks> ohai, is there a way to hard-reset keyboard using command line? my eeePC got some cola dried up in it and it gets this periods where ISO_Level3_Shift is turned on, and all I can type is greek/whatever characters
[15:23] <jwrigley> zykotick9: are you saying I my answer was wrong, or what do you mean by those links?
[15:24] <zykotick9> m6locks, good luck with that - sounds like a hardware issue to me.
[15:24] <Tinybird1> Hi, all
[15:24] <m6locks> zykotick9: yes, but I was wondering if there were any low-level commands for reset
[15:24] <m6locks> alt+sysrq+r doesn't work
[15:24] <m6locks> xmodmapping ISO_Level3_Shift does not work
[15:25] <Nickel> hello all.
[15:25] <zykotick9> jwrigley, no you where bang on.  to a different question at that point.  problem originally presented was X - how do you rename an ubuntu account, and you answered Y - how to rename an irc account ;)  Thus it was an example of the x-y problem ;)
[15:25] <rapage> zykotick9, :-(
[15:25] <Nickel> anyone care to help a linux noob out?
[15:25] <dashavoo> Nickel: I think the general IRC rule is "just ask"
[15:26] <zykotick9> rapage, you can upgrade if you want!
[15:26] <Nickel> dashavoo, i see, i see. i was wondering how to create a launcher for chromium that would make it open incognito by default
[15:26] <clawtros> i'm running oneiric and i keep getting this "system program problem detected" dialogue up, report problem doesn't seem to do anything and there doesn't seem to be a /var/log/crash created, is there a log that i can look at to see what's going on?
[15:26] <jrib> !oneiric | clawtros
[15:28] <dashavoo> clawtros: I do on all the computers I run it on, I think it is a general issue
[15:28] <xannen> I'm currently using Unity version 3.8.16 on Ubuntu 11.04, is Ubuntu 11.10 ship with better version of Unity?
[15:28] <macer1> xannen, yes
[15:28] <dashavoo> xannen: marginally ;)
[15:28] <Nickel> can someone assist me in creating a chromium launcher that will open incognito by default?
[15:29] <xannen> macer1, dashavoo, What version number of Unity will that be?
[15:29] <dashavoo> Nickel: I don't use Chromium, but I am having a look for you. Once you have asked, be patient.
[15:29] <clawtros> dashavoo, ah, good to know it's common, at least.  not some hard drive devouring process run amok
[15:29] <macer1> xannen, :~$ unity --version
[15:29] <macer1> unity 4.14.2
[15:30] <Nickel> dashavoo, gotcha, thank you. :D
[15:30] <jwrigley> zykotick9: cool ;) phenomenon has a name, and a good point too isolating and identifying it.
[15:30] <xannen> okay...
[15:30] <hagus> Unless I run gedit as sudo gedit, I cannot get access to areas that I want to reach regularly.  I do not want to have to use sudo to edit with gedit.  How do I achieve that?
[15:31] <xannen> I was having issues with Unity and have switched to Unity2D.  I was watching DVB-T on VLC in Unity, and after a while, the graphics got laggy.
[15:31] <dashavoo> Nickel: what desktop environment do you run?
[15:31] <dashavoo> Unity?
[15:31] <Nickel> ubuntu
[15:31] <hagus> Basically, I do not want to have to open terminal every time that I want to run gedit.
[15:31] <dashavoo> Nickel: which release?
[15:31] <IamTrying> How can i install the DeckLink? I have tried but it does not show up.
[15:31] <Nickel> 11.04
[15:31] <IamTrying> 11.04
[15:31] <dashavoo> ok, thanks
[15:32] <econdudeawesome> howdy all. I'm having a really weird error when I try to update using dpkg, and it's been going on for months. Here is a printout, including the warning: http://pastebin.com/BsjjSLuX
[15:32] <rapage> I think I can't upgrade directly to ubuntu 11
[15:32] <rapage> how do I know what version of ubuntu I have
[15:32] <jwrigley> hagus, open the app, Main Menu, add a new link, with the command gksudo /usr/bin/gedit
[15:32] <hagus> At the moment, in order to edit various file under /var/www, I need to use sudo gedit.  Is there a way of doing this without using terminal?
[15:32] <econdudeawesome> rapage: do you have the unity environment?
[15:33] <InFeDeL> im trying to use hdparm but i keep getting /dev/hda: No such file or directory, am i missing something?
[15:33] <hagus> thanks jwrigley :)
[15:33] <econdudeawesome> hagus: alt+f2, sudo gedit <filepath>
[15:33] <zHammeRz> InFeDeL, pastebin your df, or try and use the partition #
[15:33] <MonkeyDust> rapage: lsb_release -a
[15:33] <rapage> it says I'm using 10.04 lts
[15:33] <InFeDeL> how do i see partition number?
[15:33] <zHammeRz> type df
[15:34] <MonkeyDust> InFeDeL: df -h
[15:34] <econdudeawesome> Anyone else come across this error with dpkg updates? http://pastebin.com/BsjjSLuX
[15:34] <hagus> thanks econdudeawesome - I think that I shall try jwrigley's advice first though.
[15:34] <ethan86> vgcreate -s 8M storage /dev/sda1       is this correct way to create a volume group that'll prove extent size 8M for all the logical volume inside that group?
[15:34] <rapage> Why I am using an lts version
[15:34] <macer1> Nickel, http://paste.ubuntu.com/692352/
[15:35] <dashavoo> Nickel: sorry,  I can't for the life of me work out how to add a launcher in Unity, but you want a launcher that does "chromium --incognito", so see if anyone else can help
[15:35] <rapage> what's the dif between lts and not
[15:35] <dashavoo> macer1: you pre-empted that ;)
[15:35] <MonkeyDust> rapage: longer support
[15:35] <zHammeRz> right click on the icon in the launcher and select "keep in launcher"
[15:35] <econdudeawesome> rapage: wikipedia actually has a really good writeup for that. LTS: long term service, helpful especially for server admins
[15:36] <InFeDeL> zHammeRz: http://pastebin.com/mLFyPkc7
[15:36] <econdudeawesome> rapage: for completeness: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_(operating_system)#Releases
[15:36] <zHammeRz> InFeDeL, you need to use hddparm /dev/sda
[15:36] <Nickel> dashavoo, thanks for your time
[15:36] <InFeDeL> and any reason why i have 3 swap spaces
[15:36] <macer1> Nickel, save this as .desktop file
[15:36] <Nickel> macer1, i have no clue what i'm looking at... lol.
[15:37] <econdudeawesome> dashavoo: open the program, right click, select "Keep in Launcher"
[15:37] <econdudeawesome> dashavoo: open the program, rightclick on the icon in the unity bar, then select "Keep in Launcher"
[15:37] <dashavoo> econdudeawesome: the problem is that it needs a command line switch, but macer1 is on it ;)
[15:37] <econdudeawesome> ah
[15:37] <nati_> hola
[15:37] <nati_> :D
[15:37] <econdudeawesome> hola nati_
[15:38] <Nickel> macer1, might have found a way
[15:39] <InFeDeL> i also partitioned my seagate momentus xt to 105gig NTFS, 387gig EXT4, 2 - 2.1gigswap , 4.1gig swap so why do i have so many swap spaces?
[15:39] <InFeDeL> the 2-2.1gig swap came outta nowhere
[15:39] <econdudeawesome> Anyone else been having problems with dpkg? This is a pastebin of my issues: http://pastebin.com/BsjjSLuX
[15:39] <zHammeRz> InFeDeL, no idea, it's whatever you set it up as...it didn't auto create that many
[15:40] <InFeDeL> it has a 4gig ssd hybrid is that it?
[15:40] <jwrigley> econdudeawesome: that is the output of which command?
[15:41] <econdudeawesome> jwrigley: that is the output of both apt-get update and also running the standard software update with Ubuntu (the errors are the same, this pastebin is from the latter)
[15:41] <InFeDeL> zHammeRz: http://pastebin.com/A77R0nth
[15:42] <Nickel> macer1, what directory do programs install to by default
[15:42] <jwrigley> econdudeawesome: try sudo apt-get -f install
[15:42] <macer1> .desktop files are in /usr/share/applictaions, Nicke
[15:42] <macer1> *Nikel
[15:42] <Nickel> macer1, thank you
[15:43] <ethan86> hello
[15:43] <econdudeawesome> jwrigley: what does this do, so I understand the next time?
[15:43] <zHammeRz> InFeDeL, what are you trying to do anyways?
[15:44] <jwrigley> econdudeawesome: apt-get --help , look at the -f option
[15:44] <econdudeawesome> jwrigley: http://paste.ubuntu.com/692357/ is the outcome (failed again)
[15:45] <InFeDeL> speed up the drive up
[15:46] <IamTrying> Does Ubuntu 11.04 has thunderbird support? e.g: http://www.blackmagic-design.com/media/2165340/intensityextreme.jpg
[15:46] <dashavoo> Does the ubuntu installer get confused by a large number of existing partitions?
[15:46] <dusf> what package can i open Vuze_Installer.tar.bz2 with?
[15:46] <dashavoo> dusf: file-roller
[15:46] <theadmin> dusf: That's an archive, extract it somewhere
[15:47] <theadmin> dashavoo: You can't have more than 4 primary partitions, but other than that that's pretty much the only limitation
[15:47] <jwrigley> econdudeawesome: have you got aptitude installed?
[15:47] <zHammeRz> InFeDeL, do a hdparm -t /dev/sda
[15:47] <xangua> dusf: sudo apt-get install vuze
[15:47] <dusf> dashavoo: file-roller, will that do more than extract it?
[15:48] <InFeDeL> dev/sda:
[15:48] <InFeDeL>  Timing buffered disk reads: 322 MB in  3.01 seconds = 106.84 MB/sec
[15:48] <econdudeawesome> jwrigley: yes
[15:48] <oCean> !info vuze | dusf package vuze is in the repositories
[15:48] <dashavoo> theadmin: I understand that particular limitation, but my reason for asking is that the installer doesn't give me the option to install alongside windows (which I /think/ it used to), and I wondered whether it is because the pre-installed windows has lots of restore/backup/etc. partitions
[15:48] <dusf> theadmin: yeah i know, i just thought since it has installer in the name maybe i do something different
[15:48] <zHammeRz> that's already pretty fast
[15:48] <xangua> IamTrying: thunderbird is in ubuntu repositories, yes
[15:48] <dusf> xangua: the repo version is very outdated and it's what i'm currently using
[15:48] <hagus> OK, thanks to jwrigley, I can now call sudo gedit without terminal but I want to go further and enter my password automatically - or is that to be frowned upon?
[15:48] <theadmin> dashavoo: Ah, well, I doubt that
[15:48] <dusf> oCean: see my response to xangua
[15:48] <theadmin> !find vuze
[15:48] <dashavoo> dusf: the installer is contained within the archive, I assume
[15:49] <theadmin> !info vuze | dashavoo: It's better to install this package from the repositories
[15:49] <rabbi1> AcetoneISO says "NOTE: It is NOT possible to mount multi-sector images"
[15:49] <IamTrying> xangua, also the USB 3.0 should work if i try?
[15:49] <InFeDeL> i want to turn up aam and power options
[15:49] <zykotick9> econdudeawesome, from your pastebin it appears the issues surround linux-image-2.6.38-11-generic is that the default ubuntu kernel?
[15:49] <dusf> theadmin: it is better, but it's very outdated
[15:49] <zHammeRz> InFeDeL, http://paste.ubuntu.com/692360/ <--- this is mine
[15:49] <oCean> dusf: your choice, but remember the packages in the archives are the supported ones
[15:49] <theadmin> dusf: Oh, I see.
[15:49] <hagus> have also enjoyed using econdudeawesome's alt f2 tip.
[15:49] <dusf> oCean: as i have raised with the private tracker making me upgrade
[15:49] <econdudeawesome> zykotick9: i have not installed any other kernels (nor do I know how)
[15:49] <rabbi1> AcetoneISO says "NOTE: It is NOT possible to mount multi-sector images" what should i do with .iso file then ?
[15:50] <zHammeRz> InFeDeL, I don't know anything about those options you mentioned.
[15:50] <InFeDeL> what drive do u have
[15:50] <InFeDeL> and are u partitioned
[15:50] <theadmin> dusf: Not a fan of outdated software myself *points at their 3.0.1 kernel*
[15:50] <theadmin> dusf: Actually, 3.0.4
[15:51] <jwrigley> econdudeawesome: try running sudo aptitude, use colon, ":", to deselect updates with a bit of luck you can cancel the update, and start over
[15:51] <zHammeRz> InFeDeL, it's a ocz agility 2 60gb ssd...and I let ubuntu 11 auto-install...looks like it made a 54gb / partition and a 4gb /swap partition
[15:51] <dusf> theadmin: though i guess there are too many packages in the repos for ubuntu to keep up to date with apart from incrementally?
[15:52] <theadmin> dusf: I'm not sure -- my distro manages to keep all it's packages up-to-date despite having a ton of em :P
[15:52] <econdudeawesome> jwrigley: this has gone on for about 3 months now, but now is the first time I've had to address it... My biggest question is: are the updates occurring, or am I running old software?
[15:52] <dusf> theadmin: deb>]
[15:52] <dusf> ?
[15:52] <theadmin> dusf: .pkg.tar.xz xD I'm running Arch
[15:53] <dusf> #:)
[15:53] <zykotick9> econdudeawesome, have you tried running "sudo apt-get update" before running the "sudo apt-get upgrade"
[15:54] <dusf> ty all for the help
[15:54] <chris123> greets
[15:54] <econdudeawesome> zykotick9: yes, many times. :-). The issue appears to be, perhaps, a partially installed kernel
[15:54] <jwrigley> hagus: your kernel updates are failing, usually if any package is not properly installed, no other package can be installed
[15:55] <hagus> jwrigley: I guess that comment was meant for someone else?
[15:55] <econdudeawesome> jwrigley: ok. If I choose an older kernel at startup, can I update kernels from there?
[15:55] <waza-ari> Hey all, since yesterday i recognize two programs (/usr/bin/virtuoso-t and nepomukservicestab) which use completly slow down my pc. There doing somesthing on harddisk all the time and sometimes have 100% cpu usage on all 4 cores... Any idea what that is and where it comes from?
[15:55] <econdudeawesome> hagus: for me aI believe ;-)
[15:55] <gordoleon> Good morning, i'm a newbie and im having trouble trying to play some games, games start in a black window (with audio) but no image at all, is there anyone who can help me?
[15:55] <zykotick9> econdudeawesome, you could also try (if you have aptitude installed) "sudo aptitude safe-upgrade" and see if you get a different upgrade option
[15:55] <chris123> guys, some how the file association program got screwed up. When I open the file manager and click on a file it always wants to open the file with VLC player. Where do I reset the file extensions in 11.10 alpha
[15:56] <IamTrying> Dear Ubuntu Experts, is this correct? Q. Can I use Intensity Shuttle on my Linux PC? A. "No, currently there is no isochronous USB 3.0 driver support for Linux. We hope this will change soon."
[15:56] <oCean> chris123: Oneiric/11.10 is not yet released (still beta). Please join #ubuntu+1 for further support and discussion
[15:56] <jwrigley> econdudeawesome: what's the contents of your /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common
[15:56] <explodes> I want to mount /dev/sda4 as /media/Misc but it says: "fuse: failed to access mountpoint /media/Misc: No such file or directory"
[15:56] <theadmin> waza-ari: nepomuk is the KDE file search/index utility
[15:56] <chris123> tks/ch
[15:56] <theadmin> waza-ari: I'm not certain about virtuozo
[15:56] <jwrigley> hagus: sorry, right that was @ econdudeawesome
[15:57] <gordoleon> Good morning, i'm a newbie and im having trouble trying to play some games, games start in a black window (with audio) but no image at all, is there anyone who can help me?glxgears also gives me a black window
[15:57] <zykotick9> explodes, create a directory /media/Misc before trying to mount there
[15:57] <waza-ari> theadmin: any way to turn that off? the only kde application i currently use is kontact...
[15:57]  * hagus breathes easily
[15:57] <theadmin> waza-ari: Why yes, I don't remember how but it's done via the KDE control center thing, type "Nepomuk" in the search there and it'll find it
[15:58] <econdudeawesome> jwrigley: http://paste.ubuntu.com/692367/
[15:58] <jwrigley> hagus: you shouldn't desire to run any root command without password. A better way of solving this would be to change ownership of /var/www
[15:58] <chris123> No one is home there. I had the same issue prior to upgrading on line. So perhaps I may ask the question here as it does apply to the stable release.
[15:58] <hagus> Thanks jwrigley.  Sounds good to me.
[15:58] <jwrigley> hagus: if you make you the owner, you don't need root access. And you don't risk changing stuff that is best left unchanged
[15:59] <jwrigley> hagus: ;)
[15:59] <oCean> chris123: there are many. Just have some patience
[15:59] <chris123> OK thanks
[15:59] <waza-ari> theadmin: do you know thats the name of that kde control center thing? i guess i dont even have it installe
[16:00] <theadmin> waza-ari: If you have the new KDE menu, it should look something like "System Settings" under Computer in the menu
[16:00] <jakeriver> is there any hope to have gnome on next ubuntu releases?
[16:00] <xangua> jakeriver: unity runs on top of gnome
[16:01] <jakeriver> okey
[16:01] <waza-ari> theadmin: i should have said im using gnome (unity) as display manager... As said, just using kontact as only kde app at all
[16:01] <nameless`> i'd like to have a xorg.conf file which i will modify after, however dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg doesn't provide me that file, how can i do that ?
[16:01] <theadmin> !classic|jakeriver, Gnome will always be installed, and you can switch to it like this
[16:01] <theadmin> waza-ari: Ah, okay, well then, no idea, sorry
[16:01] <theadmin> waza-ari: Try to killall those apps
[16:01] <AlecTaylor> hi
[16:01] <waza-ari> theadmin, they will be up at next boot then... and there a lot of them...
[16:02] <jakeriver> okey, thank you really helped :)
[16:02] <theadmin> waza-ari: Check /etc/init and your desktop's startup apps, then
[16:02] <AlecTaylor> I've just booted into an old Ubuntu disc in order to fix up my boot. Windows 8 stuffed up my boot manager... how do I reinitiate Ubuntu's GRUB, and populate its lst automatically?
[16:02] <jwrigley> econdudeawesome: no error in the file.. :(
[16:02] <jwrigley> econdudeawesome: were you able to run aptitude?
[16:02] <theadmin> !restoregrub | AlecTaylor
[16:03] <theadmin> !grub2 | AlecTaylor
[16:03] <econdudeawesome> jwrigley: same issue (aptit. runs, but has same error)
[16:03] <AlecTaylor> Phew, lucky I found the 10.10 disc :]
[16:04] <AlecTaylor> boot-repair? - Woh, they finally released a GUI/automated tool for this!
[16:04] <AlecTaylor> YAY
[16:04] <MGParisi_Linux> how do I move the task bars from one monitor to another?
[16:04] <jwrigley> econdudeawesome: you can't deselect (":") the upgrade?
[16:04] <vbox> n
[16:04] <jwrigley> haha, that looks like a smiley (":")
[16:04] <shadam_> ???
[16:05] <nameless`> is it possible to get the latest xorg version ? (the 2.8 or 2.9)
[16:05] <econdudeawesome> jwrigley: no, ive run upgrades many many times. AFAIK the system thinks the upgrades have taken hold
[16:05] <theadmin> AlecTaylor: "yay"? What's so good about that? It allows Ubuntu users to have no deep system knowledge even more :/
[16:05] <AlecTaylor> haha
[16:05] <AlecTaylor> true
[16:05] <IamTrying> xangua, i mean this (third and second one) http://www.blackmagic-design.com/products/intensity/models/
[16:05] <econdudeawesome> jwrigley: and it does look like a smiley--small moustache
[16:05] <shadam_> Wuuu.IRC
[16:05] <jwrigley> econdudeawesome: just the kernel-upgrade, not the rest
[16:06] <jwrigley> * econdudeawesome: just disable the kernel-upgrades
[16:06] <econdudeawesome> jwrigley: im not sure how to do that? I run sudo aptitude, then shift+;?
[16:07] <dashavoo> I hate Unity... not from a technical or user point of view, although it does make it hard to do things that used to be easy, but from a "oh crumbs, how the hell will I ever explain this to my parents" point of view
[16:08] <theadmin> !classic | dashavoo
[16:08] <econdudeawesome> dashavoo: hence the reason you can select classic at login ;-)
[16:08] <jwrigley> econdudeawesome: press g once, that should take you to the list of packages changes. Then select each line and press shift+;
[16:08] <IamTrying> Does anyone ever used any HDMI/TV capture card in Ubuntu 11.04? Does it work in Ubuntu?
[16:08] <AlecTaylor> I can't run the Boot-Repair utility. (log: http://paste.ubuntu.com/692371/) What should I do?
[16:08] <dashavoo> theadmin, econdudeawesome: currently that is what I do on one of their computers, but sooner or later (i.e when the LTS runs out on 11.04) that will no longer be an option
[16:09] <lavanya> asdf
[16:09] <dashavoo> theadmin: no offence, but it is very annoying that you respond to everything with a command to the bot
[16:09] <IamTrying> How do you capture Playstation 3 games using HDMI in Ubuntu?
[16:09] <theadmin> dashavoo: True. Well, there's a fork of Gnome2 worked on, and it'll probably get to Ubuntu repos by the time that happens
[16:09] <theadmin> dashavoo: Also, I do that just cause it's faster than typing everything yourself
[16:10] <jwrigley> econdudeawesome: when you are done, press g, again. If nothing happens quit. then try aptitude -f install
[16:10] <econdudeawesome> jwrigley: it does not let me deselect, since they are partially installed
[16:10] <dashavoo> theadmin: I've been checking out the fork now and then. I am worried that it is going to die fairly quickly though.
[16:10] <dashavoo> theadmin: that is true
[16:10] <dusf> what command do i put in a launcher to open /opt/vuze/azureus? /opt/vuze/azureus and /opt/vuze/.azureus do not work
[16:10] <IamTrying> Playstation 3 HDMI cable connect to a capture card but Ubuntu has driver issues. Which one really works? Is it me only trying no body tried in 11.04?
[16:10] <theadmin> dashavoo: Try out Xfce, it's "almost" gnome2
[16:10] <glebihan> theadmin, I wouldn't bet on mate getting into the ubuntu repos...
[16:10] <econdudeawesome> jwrigley: the only packages that need installing, it says, are the kernel updates and nspluginwrapper (which I haven't used since I use 64-bit flash)
[16:11] <theadmin> glebihan: Well, at least someone might make a PPA :D
[16:11] <IamTrying> Ubuntu 11.04, HDMI capture card with driver which one works? I tried Blackmagic does not work, anything else.
[16:11] <dashavoo> hmmm, I had forgotten about Xfce... I haven't used it for years
[16:11] <AlecTaylor> How do I install the grub from sda5 into the MBR?
[16:12] <jwrigley> econdudeawesome: do you have multiple kernels installed?
[16:12] <econdudeawesome> jwrigley: I believe so
[16:12] <theadmin> dashavoo: It's my main desktop for quite a while now, I enjoy it :)
[16:12] <econdudeawesome> jwrigley: I started with 10.04 on this machine, haven't reinstalled since, just upgraded
[16:12] <IamTrying> Should i use Windows 7 or 8? Ubuntu 11.04 which capture card works?
[16:13] <jwrigley> econdudeawesome: you could do a ls /boot/ to check
[16:13] <LynxLite> hello
[16:13] <AlecTaylor> IamTrying: Windows 8 isn't too bad, but not worth switching to
[16:14] <IamTrying> AlecTaylor, MAC also works and Windows also works. Ubuntu no capture card works any reason of this?
[16:14] <econdudeawesome> jwrigley: yes, I have multiple installed
[16:14] <gordoleon> hello a little help here please, having trouble with graphics
[16:14] <Braiam> !details gordoleon
[16:14] <jwrigley> econdudeawesome: you might be able to do dpkg -r linux-image-2.6.38-10-generic
[16:15] <IamTrying> Ubuntu 11.04, what is wrong with Blackmagic HDMI capture cards? none works.
[16:15] <econdudeawesome> jwrigley: I'll give it a shot
[16:15] <theadmin> !details | gordoleon
[16:16] <econdudeawesome> jwrigley: it did something... what is the expected (good) outcome?
[16:16] <amin`> does any one know what downloadmanager aria2 or else can recognize links like http://w.mfl.pl/fi|le|so|ni|c.|com/file/1972905384/The.Closer.S07E10.HDTV.XviD-P0W4.by.inaki007.avi
[16:16] <IamTrying> AlecTaylor, can i take Ubuntu terminal and systemV with me to Windows 8?
[16:16] <econdudeawesome> jwrigley: http://paste.ubuntu.com/692378/
[16:17] <w30> I have a newbie question: I put grub on sda7. Where did it go? Does each partition have a mbr?
[16:17] <theadmin> IamTrying: This might be worth looking at for you: http://cygwin.com
[16:17] <theadmin> w30: You should put grub on /dev/sda
[16:17] <theadmin> w30: Putting it on a partition is usually not what you want
[16:17] <IamTrying> theadmin, i just want Ubuntu + Capture card support (HDMI/ DVI)
[16:18] <w30> theadmin, no, I have fedora grub on sda
[16:18] <w30> theadmin, chainloading
[16:18] <theadmin> w30: I see, well, that's up to you
[16:19] <w30> theadmin, is there a mbr section on every partition?
[16:20] <ThinkT510> w30: no, its 1 mbr per disk
[16:20] <w30> theadmin, I got it working I just want to know why
[16:20] <IamTrying> Windows, MAC operating system. HDMI/Playstation capture cards works like plug-n-play. Is there any plug-n-play Ubuntu compatible capture card for HDMI?
[16:20] <theadmin> w30: Nay, mbr is at the beginning on each drive
[16:21] <jwrigley> econdudeawesome: that sounds mostly good, do you have initrd.img.old and vmlinuz.old files in /
[16:21] <theadmin> IamTrying: Be patient. When someone knows, they will reply.
[16:21] <bencc> how can I find packages that depend on liblqr-1-0?
[16:21] <bencc> I want to see if there is a package that installs liquid-resize support for imagemgick
[16:21] <theadmin> bencc: apt-cache rdepends liblqr-1-0
[16:22] <IamTrying> theadmin, ok sorry, its very busy room. I am moving my eyes and all text disappear so i was asking to see myself alive.
[16:22] <econdudeawesome> jwrigley: no *.old files in "ls /"
[16:22] <theadmin> IamTrying: Post on the forums and/or askubuntu.com in the meantime
[16:23] <MGParisi_Linux> How do you move the taskbars to a new monitor?
[16:23] <bencc> theadmin: thanks. found several libmagick... packages. need to see which one is needed
[16:23] <IamTrying> theadmin, ok excellent idea, i think here i wont find my answer. I just need HDMI capture card which is 100% compatible with Ubuntu 11.04 to use in Gimp/Java/Video4 linux.
[16:24] <w30> theadmin, so I have a mbr section area on each partition whether there is a boot on it or not, right?
[16:24] <ThinkT510> w30: no
[16:24] <jwrigley> econdudeawesome: alright any vmlinuz and initrd.img ?
[16:24] <w30> theadmin, the first 512 mb
[16:24] <theadmin> w30: No, MBR is the beginning of the DRIVE, before the partition ara
[16:24] <theadmin> s/ara/area/;
[16:24] <ThinkT510> w30: its one mbr at the beginning of the drive
[16:25] <econdudeawesome> jwrigley: yes
[16:25] <AlecTaylor> IamTrying: Cygwin
[16:25] <gigenieks> Hi, guys! Quick question how can I check in (X)Ubuntu or in terminal how much free space I have?
[16:25] <bsmith093> when i add a thrid party repo, is it too much to ask to also automatically search for and install the proper public key?
[16:25] <jwrigley> good
[16:25] <zHammeRz> gigenieks, df -h
[16:25] <theadmin> gigenieks: df -h
[16:25] <jwrigley> if you do ls -l / where does vmlinuz point to?
[16:25] <IamTrying> AlecTaylor, thank you, i saw the source code of it, not so nice for me.
[16:25] <jwrigley> *econdudeawesome: if you do ls -l / where does vmlinuz point to?
[16:26] <w30> theadmin, so grub writes to the beginning of a partition that you choose or else to the mbr
[16:26] <theadmin> bsmith093: If you use add-apt-repository, it will try to do that for you
[16:26] <theadmin> w30: Yeah
[16:26] <AlecTaylor> ha
[16:26] <bsmith093> theadmin: oh, um wow thanks, i feel like an ass now.
[16:26] <Rainy-day> I have an nvidia card, in 'additional drivers', there are 2 cards listed, one is 173 and the other 'current', current says 'this driver is activated but not currently in use'. which one is in use?
[16:26] <AlecTaylor> How do I install the grub from sda5 into the MBR?
[16:27] <gordoleon> anybody can help me with a graphics problem?
[16:28] <w30> theadmin, and then if you chainload your bootloader looks at the first part of your named partition automatically
[16:28] <ThinkT510> AlecTaylor: boot into sda5 and then run: sudo grub-install /dev/sda
[16:28] <ThinkT510> AlecTaylor: or install-grub (i can never remember which way around it is)
[16:28] <renan> hi, is it possible to make xubuntu 11.04 bypass the sound volume limit like ubuntu11.04, i already tried to get help in #xubuntu but got no response
[16:29] <theadmin> bsmith093: lol no problem
[16:29] <theadmin> w30: Yes, I beleive that is correct
[16:29] <AlecTaylor> ThinkT510: Can't boot into it, that's why I'm running from a 10.10 bootcd
[16:29] <w30> theadmin, thanks
[16:29] <jwrigley> * econdudeawesome: if you do ls -l / where does vmlinuz point to?
[16:30] <nameless`> i fixed my problem following this solution : http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Intel_GMA#Backlight_off_at_boot_on_4500M what would be the equivalent persistent solution as there is no /etc/local.d on ubuntu ?
[16:30] <econdudeawesome> boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-11-generic
[16:30] <econdudeawesome> jwrigley: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-11-generic
[16:30] <ThinkT510> AlecTaylor: you could use supergrub rescue disk to boot into it
[16:31] <econdudeawesome> jwrigley: sorry, didn't see your message earlier (sytax highlighting in irssi  didnt't catch * <name> ;-))
[16:32] <jwrigley> econdudeawesome: I thought as much :)  now sudo update-grub
[16:32] <theadmin> econdudeawesome: Try /hilight blah to highlight "blah" whenever it's met inside a post.
[16:32] <theadmin> econdudeawesome: By default irssi only highlights your name if it's at the beginning, so
[16:32] <econdudeawesome> theadmin you rock, thanks
[16:33] <econdudeawesome> jwrigley: i ran sudo update-grub, ls -l / reports the same results
[16:34] <theadmin> econdudeawesome: np
[16:34] <jwrigley> econdudeawesome: fine, what does aptitude say?
[16:34] <nhr> Hi trying to find out if my rtc alarm is setup correctly. Can date command use the value from rtc and tell me in local time when is it set?
[16:36] <jeeves_moss> is there a way to convert in place a raidz-2 to a standard raidz in ZFS?
[16:36] <rabbi1> AcetoneISO says "NOTE: It is NOT possible to mount multi-sector images" what should i do with .iso file then ?
[16:36] <econdudeawesome> jwrigley: sudo aptitude, OR sudo aptitude -f install?
[16:36] <ikonia> jeeves_moss: Linux doesn't use zfs
[16:36] <ikonia> jeeves_moss: the license stopped it getting in the kernel,
[16:36] <jeeves_moss> ikonia, it does if you use it through fuse
[16:36] <nameless`> i fixed my problem following this solution : http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Intel_GMA#Backlight_off_at_boot_on_4500M what would be the equivalent persistent solution as there is no /etc/local.d on ubuntu ?
[16:36] <theadmin> rabbi1: You can use the following command: "sudo mount -o loop something.iso /somewhere"
[16:36] <jwrigley> econdudeawesome: either
[16:37] <ikonia> jeeves_moss: so how can fuse modify a file system to "convert" ?
[16:37] <ikonia> jeeves_moss: it's a pass through, nothing more.
[16:37] <ikonia> jeeves_moss: there are no zfs tools or anything like that
[16:38] <rabbi1> theadmin: tried that first, gave me its "wrong fs type, bad option"
[16:38] <theadmin> rabbi1: Sounds like a bad ISO to me
[16:38] <jeeves_moss> ikonia, I have a 4.56Tb ZFS partition setup, and for some reason the 2 500Gb drives I added wern't added to the pool correctly, so I can't remove them to readd them to the proper partition
[16:38] <ikonia> jeeves_moss: no, as there are no zfs tools
[16:39]  * jiltdil  ikonia zfs-fuse
[16:39] <econdudeawesome> jwrigley: same error
[16:39] <rabbi1> theadmin: but AcetoneISO says something else
[16:39] <jeeves_moss> ikonia, has it been mentioned in the new release yet that they're going to mainstream the code, or haven't they got past the GPL yet?
[16:39] <ikonia> jiltdil: they are not zfs tools....it is a pass through like ssh
[16:39] <ikonia> jeeves_moss: not there yet
[16:39] <ikonia> jiltdil: the same way you can't modify your ssh config using sshfs over fuse
[16:39] <Guest90616> I'm getting this error message from ubuntu server '  is not in the sudoers file.  This incident will be reported. '
[16:39] <theadmin> rabbi1: Works perfectly fine on a regular ISO here: https://pzt.me/5c9i
[16:39] <jwrigley> econdudeawesome: exactly? or a little shorter? it should be shorter...
[16:40] <ikonia> Guest90616: your user is is not an authorized sudoer, the user needs to be in the "admin" group
[16:40] <jiltdil> ikonia i know i just said it is not tool it is fuse
[16:40] <jeeves_moss> ikonia, ok, I'm in the process of "testing" on my local NAS before I deploy it on a 32Tb server in production
[16:40] <rabbi1> theadmin: thanks, will have a look
[16:40] <rabbi1> :)
[16:40] <kvarley> My whole ubuntu partition is set to read-only, how can I find that? :( Chown doesn't work
[16:40] <ikonia> jiltdil: so why did you correct me saying zfs fuse when I said there was no tools
[16:40] <Guest90616> ikoniahow would i make it as admin  ?
[16:40] <jeeves_moss> ikonia, if they could make it native, it'll fly.  But there is a LOT of "tuning" that needs to be done to make it a production powerhouse
[16:41] <ikonia> jeeves_moss: I use it every day on Solaris, so I fully appreciate it, but it's not in Linux so I live without
[16:41] <jiltdil> ikonia: just see above i write only zfs-fuse i didn't use the word "tool" yet
[16:41] <rumpe1> kvarley, the root-partition is usually remounted as read-only, when errors were noticed
[16:41] <econdudeawesome> jwrigley: http://paste.ubuntu.com/692394/
[16:41] <ikonia> Guest90616: is this your machine / do you administrate it
[16:41] <jeeves_moss> ikonia, well, never know, I just might deploy the freeSolaris on this production box, but I don't want to relearn yet another OS
[16:41] <ikonia> jiltdil: ok - why did you make the pointless comment "zfs-fuse" after I said there are no zfs tools
[16:41] <rabbi1> theadmin: what's in that? I already have 10 more pages suggesting how to get .iso contents :)
[16:41] <kvarley> rumpe1: So...What does that mean?
[16:42] <Guest90616> well I have the server right beside me and i accessing through my openssh
[16:42] <ikonia> Guest90616: that's not what I asked
[16:42] <jiltdil> ikonia oh man relax..ok i'm sorry that i write zfs-fuse no discusson please
[16:42] <rumpe1> kvarley, that means that it would probably be better to analyze, _why_ it is mounted readonly
[16:42] <rabbi1> what is this multi-sector images and how can i extract it if not with AcetoneISO
[16:42] <jeeves_moss> ikonia, just wondering why when I added the last 2 500Gb drives to the "pool", they added like this.  http://pastebin.com/h8YVVwh8
[16:42] <dominicdinada> why can i connect too one computers samba share on my windows 7 but on another server i cant connect it is trying to use my pc name as the domain ?
[16:42] <kvarley> rumpe1: Ah ok, thanks for your help, I shall investigate
[16:42] <ikonia> Guest90616: is this your server - do you admin it
[16:42] <ikonia> jiltdil: if you're going to help people, help them, don't make pointless comments
[16:42] <jeeves_moss> ikonia, and is it harming the way the pool is laied out?
[16:42] <Guest90616> ikonia yes i am
[16:43] <ikonia> Guest90616: what happened to the user you setup when the machine was installed
[16:43] <nameless`> hi, i solved my screen problem (http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Intel_GMA#Backlight_off_at_boot_on_4500M) but now i've got an empty desktop not even a panel or anything. The background works as i can create a folder but that's all
[16:43] <theadmin> rabbi1: Since it works, well, something's probably just wrong with your ISO
[16:43] <ikonia> jeeves_moss: it's not a problem, should be fine, if you jump into #solaris you'll get more / better help
[16:43] <jeeves_moss> ikonia, I set it up as a raidz-2 pool to test to see if one of the drives can tank before I pushed it to production
[16:43] <Guest90616> ikonia but i have never have this problem its a fresh installed server . I think i type into different user names
[16:43] <ikonia> jeeves_moss: as in the channel #solaris
[16:43] <Polah> Is there any program that can stream sound over ethernet to another device? I have uShare set up to stream to my Xbox since I have no speakers for my computer, but that only streams existing files, I'd like to be able to play something, say on Youtube, and stream the sound to my Xbox. Would that be possible?
[16:43] <jeeves_moss> ikonia, ok, thank.  I'm off.
[16:43] <FoxtrotZero> Is there by chance anyone online by the name of Terr or [deXter] ?
[16:43] <rabbi1> theadmin: hmm, may be, will check out then, thank you
[16:44] <ikonia> Guest90616: what happened to the user you setup when you installed the server
[16:44] <jeeves_moss> ikonia, do you know if adding a SSD drive as the cache drive is worth the time/investment, or should I just add a RAM PCI card, or allocate some RAM to the cache disk?
[16:45] <Guest90616> ikonia it ask me what user name you want it to be i type enter as X and then it ask me again I type in Y
[16:45] <amin`> dzen and trayer are the same kind application or complete each other (for Xmonad)?
[16:45] <Guest90616> ikonia would u recommened me to reboot the server and go into recovery mode and do a sudo adduser  x admin
[16:46] <ikonia> Guest90616: the user needs to be in the admin group, put it in how you feel confortable
[16:46] <Guest90616> ikonia, is there anyway i can find out how many user is created in the admin group in ubuntu server?
[16:46] <ikonia> Guest90616: it only creates 1
[16:47] <taavi_> anyone has an idea how can i get wifi on hp 625 notebook? ive actually done it before i just dont remember the commands. i have a broadcom chipset and ive installed under addiotional drivers the broadcom wireless sta driver. now when i run iwconfig it shows that eth1 is wireless driver
[16:47] <ikonia> Guest90616: hence why your user is not in it
[16:47] <taavi_> shouldnt it be wlan0?
[16:47] <theadmin> taavi_: Broadcom drivers create eth* interfaces
[16:47] <theadmin> taavi_: It's normal, nothing to worry about
[16:48] <Guest90616> ikonia i have no single clue,  i can't even do sudo shutdown -r on a ssh it said : shutdown: Need to be root
[16:48] <Guest90616> ikonia, oh wait .. does landscape affects the way
[16:48] <ikonia> Guest90616: correct, because you need to be in the admin group - put the user in the admin group
[16:48] <jwrigley> econdudeawesome: that looks quite different, I thought perhaps it was just 2 misinstalled kernels, but that looks more serious, you have glibc errors spurting out memory dumps.. do you remember when it started? were you doing anything in particular? meddling with anything, you might recall=
[16:48] <taavi_> theadmin : well under network connections it doesnt show up
[16:48] <econdudeawesome> hmm. Might have changed or added a symbolic link for glibc when I installed Matlab
[16:48] <Guest90616> ikonia i remember now i have it manage by landscape something, does that affect how i sudo/admin rights?
[16:48] <theadmin> taavi_: Just configure it yourself or use wicd, networkmanager sucks
[16:49] <FoxtrotZero> Right then. I'm trying to install Ubuntu, for which I would like to create a new partition; I must first shrink my NTFS 'C' partition, which has my Windows OS and my files on it. The problem is, that Partition has a Bad Sector in it, and GParted (which i'm running off of an ubuntu disk) refuses to work around it. I was referred last night by a [deXter] to do diagnostics on my Hard Drive,...
[16:49] <FoxtrotZero> ...which I did, but which didn't actually help anything.
[16:49] <econdudeawesome> jwrigley: hmmm, might have. I remember messing around with glibc symbolic links when I installed matlab, to fix an error. But I replicated the process on other machines and saw no errors
[16:49] <ikonia> Guest90616: you're not listening,
[16:49] <taavi_> theadmin : il try my way with wicd :P
[16:50] <ThinkT510> FoxtrotZero: you don't fix bad sectors, that is the drive dying, you may need to get a new one
[16:50] <amin`> dzen and trayer are the same kind application or complete each other (for Xmonad)?
[16:50] <ThinkT510> FoxtrotZero: back up what you need before it is too late
[16:51] <jwrigley> econdudeawesome: no, I don't think that would do it. If you only played with symbolic links it would either fail completely -- nearly every program uses glibc -- or not at all
[16:51] <econdudeawesome> jwrigley: at this point, considering how serious the issue is, I may just reinstall 11.04 on the partition (data is saved on a separate partition, so that doesn't concern me)
[16:51] <FoxtrotZero> ThinkT510: I know what a Bad Sector is, and I know you can't fix it, but it's been there for a long time, without trouble. Getting a new one is out of the question right now, and the data I particularly care about is safe. Nobody is willing to help me with my problem, and that's forcing gparted to work around the bad sector.
[16:51] <econdudeawesome> jwrigley: I appreciate the help though
[16:52] <edbian> FoxtrotZero: likely there is more than one bad sector.  Take a look at disk utility to see more info.  If there are two many bad sectors then gparted will refuse to partition.  I'm not sure there is a way to force it.
[16:52] <jwrigley> econdudeawesome: I would think that to be the best idea. However, when you format the partition, do a slow format. it might be bad sectors causing trouble
[16:53] <econdudeawesome> jwrigley: you think?
[16:53] <MonkeyDust> FoxtrotZero: in Terminal, there's the command badblocks
[16:53] <FoxtrotZero> edbian: According to the diagnostics I ran on the Hard Drive, there is only one bad sector. GParted says there is a way to force it to partition, but i'm currently in Windows, not ubuntu, so I can't quote it verbatim.
[16:53] <edbian> FoxtrotZero: I'm not sure then.
[16:54] <FoxtrotZero> MonkeyDust: I have to remind you, i'm in the process of installing ubuntu. You're going to have to be a little more descriptive, I don't know what Terminal is.
[16:54] <edbian> FoxtrotZero: If there was 1 bad sector the HDD would have simply used 1 from the pool of extra sectors.  Is the pool already used up and now there is a bad one?
[16:54] <econdudeawesome> FoxtrotZero: do you have a GUI (not command-line)
[16:54] <MonkeyDust> FoxtrotZero: Terminal is the command prompt
[16:54] <edbian> FoxtrotZero: typically a given harddrive will have dozens of bad sectors depending on how old it is (3 or 4 years in this example)
[16:54] <econdudeawesome> jwrigley: thanks man, take it easy
[16:55] <jwrigley> econdudeawesome: no worries, man. any time
[16:55] <nameless`> at gdm screen i have the choice between ubuntu/ubuntu classic. How can i set Ubuntu Classic as the default one ?
[16:55] <jwrigley> nameless`: use ubuntu classic once...
[16:55] <nameless`> jwrigley: ok :)
[16:56] <FoxtrotZero> edbian: I don't know, but the computer is around five years old. It's only reported one bad sector for as long as i've had it, which was secondhand from my father a few years ago. Edondudeawesome, yes, but i'm currently working in WinXP. And Monkeydust, unless you can tell me how to use Terminal to make Gparted resize the partition...
[16:56] <nameless`> jwrigley: i fixed my problem though !
[16:56] <jeeves_moss> the system that I've speced out is a 24 bay, 2U server.  drive wise, it would be a mirrored set of 160Gb drives (OS partition), 4 54Gb SSD drives (MySQL and fast encoding disks) on a 4 port battery backed up SATA RAID card (512Bm RAM), and 16 1Tb (or 2Tb if I can get the finding) as one large ZFS raidz-2 parition.  16 3Ghz cores, and 128Gb of PC5200 RAM.  can anyone see a bottleneck here?
[16:56] <jwrigley> nameless`: cool, what did the trick?
[16:56] <nameless`> jwrigley: http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Intel_GMA#Backlight_off_at_boot_on_4500M
[16:56] <nameless`> jwrigley: it seemed to be an unresolved bug
[16:57] <nameless`> jwrigley: i put the setpci command in rc.local and it did the trick
[16:57] <MonkeyDust> FoxtrotZero: try booting from a ubuntu live cd and use gparted from there
[16:58] <FoxtrotZero> MonkeyDust: That's exactly what i'm doing. Like I said, GParted refuses to resize the partition because of the bad sector, but it says there is some -bad-sectors command or something I can use to force ntfsresize to ignore the bad sector.
[16:59] <jwrigley> nameless`: cool.
[16:59] <macer1> Does Mark Shuttleworth have a public email, or only contact to him is Launchpad?
[16:59] <jwrigley> nameless`: Does that mean you were working in total darkness before? I thought you were just trying to set the resolution...
[17:00] <taavi_> theadmin : i have the wicd daemon running, but i cant see it anywhere to my system to configure
[17:00] <nameless`> jwrigley: no, i could boot with the nomodeset option in grub and with vesa driver. But i was stuck in a very bad resolution (1024x768 on a 16:9 screen)
[17:00] <theadmin> taavi_: Um, you should run wicd-gtk so it appears in your tray
[17:01] <nameless`> jwrigley: so i deleted the nomodeset and i type the command in the darkness :)
[17:02] <Guest90616> how i change my self to admin at the recovery mode? or make it have rights for sudo  and even root?
[17:02] <theadmin> Guest90616: sudo adduser username admin
[17:03] <Guest90616> theadmin it says admin doesn't exist?
[17:03] <theadmin> Guest90616: Huh?...
[17:03] <ikonia> Guest90616: you've been told
[17:03] <ikonia> Guest90616: you need to add the user you are using to the admin group
[17:04] <ikonia> Guest90616: you need to do this from a recovery shell OR the user you setup the system with when you first installed it
[17:04] <theadmin> Guest90616: You can also try "sudo usermod -aG admin username"
[17:04] <FoxtrotZero> MonkeyDust: Perhaps there is another program that's more willing to work around the bad sector? Do you know of any for Windows?
[17:04] <Guest90616> ikonia i'm already in reocvery shell
[17:04] <Guest90616> root too
[17:04] <muntiKubu> which package has the add-apt-repository? tia
[17:04] <MonkeyDust> FoxtrotZero: can't help with win, haven't used it for years
[17:05] <FoxtrotZero> MonkeyDust: Yeah, I assumed this would be the wrong place to ask about that. I'll do some research, see if I can find a good Windows partitioning program.
[17:05] <MonkeyDust> FoxtrotZero: try ##windows
[17:05] <muntiKubu> !add-apt-repository
[17:05] <FoxtrotZero> MonkeyDust: Thanks for the assistance anyway. I understand the Hard Drive's life might be coming to a close, but replacing it simply isn't an option.
[17:05] <FoxtrotZero> MonkeyDust: Is that a channel?
[17:06] <MonkeyDust> FoxtrotZero: yes, double hash
[17:06] <Guest90616> theadmin is gave me errror:' usermod: group 'admin' doesn't exist'
[17:06] <jwrigley> nameless`: brilliant! Add an Indiana Jones sound track and a great abyss (rm -rf /), and there's your movie. :)
[17:06] <theadmin> Guest90616: You seriously made some mess there
[17:07] <Guest90616> theadmin indeed i'm totally at lost i just installed a fresh and some how i messed it up
[17:07] <jrib> Guest90616: is this an ubuntu install?
[17:07] <Guest90616> jrib its a server.
[17:07] <jrib> Guest90616: how did you install ubuntu?
[17:07] <pipodeclown> groupadd admin
[17:08] <jrib> !away > Jasonn
[17:08] <ikonia> pipodeclown: that won't help
[17:08] <macer1> !away > macer1
[17:08] <theadmin> !msgthebot | macer1
[17:08] <Guest90616> pipodeclown did that hopes it works now .
[17:08] <Jasonn> jrib: Is it really that big of a problem?
[17:09] <macer1> ok, sorry ubottu :D
[17:09]  * theadmin haz dejavu
[17:09] <jrib> Jasonn: it's kind of like polluting... not that bad if one person does it but a big problem if a lot of people do it
[17:09] <Jasonn> jrib: I suppose :/
[17:10] <mom> what nvidia driver is for nVidia Corporation NV17GL [Quadro NVS] (rev a3)?
[17:10] <mom> mom, for 3d?
[17:10] <theadmin> mom: Just find it at nvidia.com
[17:11] <mom> theadmin, its legacy though
[17:11] <theadmin> mom: Oh... That could be a problem
[17:12] <ThinkT510> mom: whats wrong with the one from the additional drivers tool?
[17:12] <mom> theadmin, i think it is 96 . . .not sure . . .
[17:13] <mom> ThinkT510, i dont know which one it installed?
[17:13] <jwrigley> nameless`: sorry, my jokes sound sarcastic when I write them down, it wasn't meant to be.
[17:13] <delac> In Openoffice Calc, is there any way to attach a image to all sheets at once?
[17:13] <mom> ThinkT510, anyone it isnt working glxinfo
[17:13] <mom> anyone=anyway
[17:14] <ThinkT510> mom: type jockey-gtk
[17:14] <nameless`> jwrigley: i sorry i just read it, my blank wasn't supposed to sound upseted :)
[17:15] <RITSCHI1988> hi @ all :D
[17:15] <mom> ThinkT510, not found
[17:15] <theadmin> RITSCHI1988: This is not Twitter.
[17:15] <nameless`> jwrigley: and yeah, it was a hell of an adventure, but i finally get the graal and a functionnal system
[17:15] <ThinkT510> mom: what you running?
[17:15] <mom> ThinkT510, LTS
[17:15] <Khodam> & @ u RITSCHI1988
[17:15] <RITSCHI1988> sorry I'm new
[17:15] <jwrigley> nameless`: woohoo!
[17:16] <ThinkT510> mom: should be on 10.04, you sure you typed it right?
[17:16] <Khodam> u mean its ur firs time come here? RITSCHI1988?
[17:16] <knightvoid> hey all
[17:16] <Khodam> hey knightvoid
[17:17] <Khodam> whats?
[17:18] <RITSCHI1988> yes I'm German... my English is very bad :(
[17:19] <theadmin> RITSCHI1988: Sie konnen Deutsche support in #ubuntu-de finden.
[17:19] <theadmin> RITSCHI1988: Schreiben sie "/join #ubuntu-de" ein.
[17:20] <prashant_123456> hello all
[17:20] <RITSCHI1988> thank you :D
[17:22] <carael> hi
[17:22] <lexx_it> hi everyone) can you help, please? why alt+f[1-6] switches to tty from Xserver
[17:22] <theadmin> lexx_it: Because that's what it's supposed to do... Actually, Ctrl+Alt+F[1-6]
[17:23] <terr> has anyone seen goodnerd since last night?
[17:24] <theadmin> terr: Someone here was searching for you
[17:24] <theadmin> terr: FoxtrotZero I beleive
[17:24] <terr> theadmin: might have been him.  I was going to help him with some c code.
[17:24] <lexx_it> actualy, I expect that alt-f2 run xfrun4 or smthing else in other DE, but it switches to tty.
[17:24] <terr> theadmin: ya foxtrot and I had a nice chat.
[17:24] <FoxtrotZero> Terr: Ah, hello chap
[17:25] <FoxtrotZero> theadmin: Thanks for inadvertantly alerting me to his presence.
[17:25] <terr> FoxtrotZero: only here for about 5 mins... I have to be at the library in 1/2 an hour or then ding me.
[17:25] <theadmin> FoxtrotZero: lol, thank /lastlog
[17:25] <theadmin> FoxtrotZero: Otherwise I wouldn't remember who was searching :D
[17:26] <Frederick> folks I need a small help with my networking can you give me a hand? I got a lappy from my comany and they "customized" ubuntu and now dhcp seems boorked I get no liases from my modem what can I do?
[17:26] <theadmin> Frederick: Is this ethernet?
[17:26] <Corey> Frederick: Talk to your IT folks.  That's what they're paid for.
[17:27] <ikonia> Frederick: speak to your company - we shouldn't change their settings
[17:27] <terr> Corey: that is not a good answer IMHO
[17:27] <HelloWorld321> Should I be worried about a "reinst-required" message from dpkg?   http://pastebin.com/TvZgjjJr
[17:27] <Frederick> ikonia: im the it folk
[17:27] <theadmin> ikonia: Could be he just has no dhcpcd running for some reason
[17:27] <ikonia> terr: it's the best answer to give
[17:27] <ikonia> Frederick: then you should know how they customised it
[17:27] <lexx_it> theadmin, I mean why alt-f1 switches, not only ctrl-alt-f1 (from X session of course)
[17:27] <terr> I think we should have a utility which checks the configs and tells us what is borked
[17:27] <ikonia> theadmin: enabling it could be against company policy and get him into trouble, hence the guys in IT who customised it should help him
[17:27] <Frederick> Therstrium: yes ethernet and U di have dhcp running
[17:27] <Corey> terr: We don't know what they changed, or hwhat policies matter.
[17:27] <theadmin> lexx_it: Oh, that'd be weird to happen
[17:27] <Frederick> ikonia: company has 10.000 employes I'm on other sector for sakes
[17:28] <ikonia> Frederick: contact the IT group who modified it and ask them to help you resolve it, it's their build, not our standard ubuntu one
[17:28] <terr> I've been in the situation quite a number of times where a stupid config is borked and it takes me hours to track down the problem... and I've got consultants I can call!
[17:28] <ikonia> terr: why are you saying these things, it has no relevence
[17:28] <Frederick> ikonia: oki just dont talk to me ignore my messages thx
[17:29] <Frederick> folks dont feed the trolll
[17:29] <terr> ikonia: it has.  Lets write a utility which checks this stuff.
[17:29] <Tom11> I need help with ubuntu
[17:29] <ikonia> Frederick: no - please understand why don't support non-standard ubuntu builds
[17:29] <lexx_it> theadmin, nevertheless it is
[17:29] <jwrigley> terr: easy answer: Call up a swedish chef and have him translate...
[17:29] <ikonia> terr: "you" right a utility that checks it, I don't need one thanks
[17:29] <taavi_> theadmin : unfortunately i can´t connect to wifi even if i have the password 100% correct. I even tried removing encryption from the wifi but then wicd just freezes
[17:29] <amin`> how could I use this icon set with Dzen : http://dzen.geekmode.org/dwiki/lib/exe/detail.php?id=dzen%3Aicon-packs&media=dzen:sm4tik_icons.png
[17:30] <terr> ikonia: if you don't need it and Corey does then maybe Corey and I should ask you to tell us what files to check and in what order
[17:30] <blue112_> Hi everyone.
[17:30] <ikonia> terr: Corey doesn't
[17:31] <Guest90616> How do select wireless iinternet access point ?in ubuntu server? i' have wireless driver setup and it have wlan0 setup. now i want to select my own wireless internet and type in my password
[17:31] <blue112_> I have a TV card which I'd like to use to play Wii on my computer. The problem is, when I launch xawtv, my system completly freeze. Sysreq query doesn't works, etc. How can I fix that problem ?
[17:31] <Tom11> Can I download software from the oneiric repository if I am on Jaunty?
[17:31] <terr> ikonia: I can sure use all the help I can get.  Like when the OS panics because I didn't use mkinird adn I'm down for a week!
[17:31] <Frederick> folks I think I know the problem in /etc/networks I get a lot of mumbo jumbo can I delete the contents of it and replace for auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp?
[17:31] <theadmin> Guest90616: sudo ip link set wlan0 up ; wpa_passphrase "whatever" > /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf ; wpa_supplicant -Dwext
[17:31] <ikonia> Frederick: please stop asking - we won't support you
[17:31] <theadmin> Guest90616: That's the basic idea
[17:32] <terr> ikonia: at that time so was the university because we both relied on the same consultant and we were both screwed... adn  its becaise of crappy docs which never get fixed
[17:32] <glebihan> Tom11, you can but should really not
[17:32] <Guest90616> theadmin do i have to backup wpa_supplicant.conf before editing?
[17:32] <theadmin> Guest90616: I don't think so, unless you had anything there before
[17:32] <terr> I'm gone for about an hour.  Ciao
[17:32] <blue112_> It seems like I have a lot of "[  157.264029] cx88[0]: irq pci [0x1000] brdg_err*" errors in my dmesg before it crashes. (cx88 is my card)
[17:33] <Guest90616> theadmin i just want get habit saving the file before changing.
[17:33] <Tom11> Glebihan- I only want one package - Lazarus
[17:33] <theadmin> Guest90616: Well, then do backup, not like I have anything against it
[17:33] <HelloWorld321> Should I be worried about a "reinst-required" message from dpkg?   Should I remove and re-install?  http://pastebin.com/TvZgjjJr
[17:33] <Frederick> folks any ideas for me?
[17:33] <glebihan> Tom11, even so, you should not, it'll probably have dependencies
[17:33] <theadmin> Frederick: We do not support any kind of derivati... oh. Thank you, ikonia
[17:34] <Frederick> ikonia: man cant you grow up?
[17:34] <ikonia> Frederick: please respect the policy of the channel - and stop asking.
[17:34] <theadmin> Frederick: Must we repeat? We do not support derivatives.
[17:35] <Frederick> It says ubuntu it is 99,999% ubuntu
[17:35] <Guest90616> theadmin what is the command to backup the .conf?
[17:35] <Tom11> Glebihan - i can download the metapackage but I don't know how to execute it - if it goes wrong it doesn't matter.
[17:35] <Frederick> all configs are the same i'm missing some detail
[17:35] <theadmin> Guest90616: sudo cp /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf.bak
[17:35] <ikonia> Frederick: but it's not - so stop asking, ask your IT support guys who customised it and know the policy
[17:35] <Frederick> if I hadnt provided such info you would never know dont be elitists
[17:35] <jrib> Frederick: go grab a live cd and replicate the issue
[17:35] <Frederick> jrib: the issue is I could not get dhcpcd to work
[17:35] <trism> HelloWorld321: I don't think you have any issue with that package, it is listed as ii, the messages at the top just describe what the letters in front of the packages mean (desired = install status = installed)
[17:36] <glebihan> Tom11, a metapackage is even less likely to work correctly
[17:36] <jrib> Frederick: I'm not asking you what the issue is.  I'm telling you to replicate your issue on an unmodified ubuntu
[17:36] <delac> In Openoffice Calc, is there any way to attach a image to all sheets at once?
[17:37] <jrib> !ooo | delac
[17:37] <skcud> Is there any way to check with application is using the GPU?
[17:37] <HelloWorld321> trism: tx
[17:37] <glebihan> !pm > Tom11
[17:37] <taavi_> theadmin : unfortunately i can´t connect to wifi even if i have the password 100% correct. I even tried removing encryption from the wifi but then wicd just freezes. Any ideas what should i do next?
[17:37] <Frederick> jrib: you dont wven know what kind of customizations where made. Folks just changed the startong pakcages but against you are being elitists and childish
[17:37] <blue112_> Any help, or better channel to ask for my TV card ?
[17:37] <th0r> jrib: ikonia you know guys, the entertainment value would be a lot higher if we just borked Frederick's company's install <smile>
[17:37] <theadmin> Sorry, no ideas on that one, taavi_
[17:38] <delac> jrib: yes, althoug #openoffice.org is pretty dead. that's why I'm here
[17:38] <taavi_> back to windows i guess :/
[17:38] <jrib> delac: ok, no problem.  It's okay to ask here too but just wanted to give you another channel to try
[17:38] <Tom11> Glebihan- Sorry - first timer
[17:38] <jrib> delac: (because I saw your question earlier)
[17:38] <theadmin> taavi_: Sorry about that, Linux and wireless have always been enemise
[17:38] <theadmin> enemies*
[17:38] <glebihan> Tom11, no problem
[17:39] <glebihan> Tom11, as I said, a metapackage won't work, it will have dependencies that won't be met
[17:39] <taavi_> theadmin : the thig is that i actually had it working a year ago, i´m on the same network as before. Using ylmfos 3.0 ( updated to ubuntu 10.10 )
[17:39] <theadmin> taavi_: Oh, we don't support ylmf
[17:39] <Tom11> Glebihan - do I need to add the oneiric repository?
[17:39] <HelloWorld321> borked it?  as in made a scandal during the confirmation hearings?
[17:40] <glebihan> Tom11, that's what you *really* shouldn't do
[17:40] <djazz> I'm making a Ubuntu countdown :)
[17:40] <glebihan> Tom11, it's very likely to break you system
[17:40] <jiltdil> Is moonlight a trusted on to use ?
[17:40] <semitones> do Ubuntu and Kubuntu use different sound architectures?
[17:40] <djazz> anyone wanna see it?
[17:40] <theadmin> semitones: I'd think so, Ubuntu uses Pulse, Kubuntu uses ALSA
[17:41] <theadmin> semitones: Or it was so the last time I checked
[17:41] <Tom11> Glebihan - can't i use software from other repositories - because i need a newer version of Lazarus
[17:41] <ThinkT510> !ot | djazz
[17:41] <djazz> so..
[17:41] <djazz> its ubuntu related, so?
[17:41] <glebihan> Tom11, either you can find a newer version in a ppa, or you would have to install it manually (ie compile it)
[17:42] <ThinkT510> djazz: it is not a support issue
[17:42] <HelloWorld321> what I'm really trying to do is figure out what directory my ij is installed.  I've never used derby before, and I've submitted data to it via a Java EE6 tutorial, and I want to see it in the database.
[17:42] <Guest90616> theadmin the requirement for wpa_supplicant . is to sudo apt-get install wpasupplicant?
[17:42] <llutz> theadmin: pulseaudion sits on top of alsa (middleware), it doesn't replace it
[17:42] <Tom11> Glebihan - what is a ppa?
[17:42] <djazz> this should be #ubuntu-support then :P
[17:42] <ThinkT510> !ppa | Tom11
[17:42] <MonkeyDust> Tom11: personal package archive
[17:43] <Guest90616> theadmin the strange thing is their is no file call wpa_supplicant.conf unless i looking at the wrong folder
[17:44] <synackfin> is there a way to scroll up or view the errors upon booting ubuntu?  It's printing some important errors, then hundreds of "permission denied: read only file-system" during the initramfs
[17:44] <Tom11> Glebihan - can i download the .deb and use dpkg to install?
[17:44] <glebihan> Tom11, no that won't work
[17:45] <theadmin> llutz: I know, it's just that iirc Kubuntu doesn't use Pulse at all
[17:45] <glebihan> Tom11, also that jaunty has reached its end of life, you best option would be to upgrade to a  newer version
[17:45] <ThinkT510> synackfin: you could check the logs at /var/logs/
[17:45] <synackfin> ThinkT510: it's not getting that far
[17:45] <Osmond> Question, have they come up with a way to watch netflix on Linux yet? I would like to finally get rid of windows, but my only source of television is streaming netflix.
[17:46] <synackfin> ThinkT510: it's dying before doing the mounts
[17:46] <theadmin> Osmond: Well, netflix isn't open-source, it's up to their creators to make a proper Linux client
[17:46] <HelloWorld321> Just a thought here: WiNE for NetFlix?
[17:46] <Tom11> glebihan Is it too late to upgrade? I think  the repository is closed.
[17:47] <Osmond> I know, the whole Silverlight thing, but I had heard word of some hacked version of something that had been created that allowed netflix on Linux
[17:47] <ThinkT510> !eol | Tom11
[17:48] <glebihan> Tom11, it's still possible (see above links) though a fresh install would probably be a better idea
[17:48] <Osmond> It really does suck because Ubuntu runs SO much faster than Windows, it's way more stable, all around Ubuntu just owns Windows, netflix is that only factor keeping windows on my machine. :(
[17:49] <Tom11> glebihan Are LTS versions like Lucid better than the others?
[17:49] <ThinkT510> Tom11: define better
[17:49] <th0r> Osmond: so talk to netflix about linux support
[17:49] <glebihan> Tom11, not really better (if there's a way to define better)
[17:49] <Osmond> th0r I've sent them a few e-mails already. :D
[17:49] <glebihan> Tom11, they're only supported longer
[17:49] <HelloWorld321> Osmond: I know exactly what you mean.  I had the same situation until I gave up WoW.  :P
[17:50] <Osmond> HelloWorld321 The only games I play are MUDs, so I'm golden game wise.
[17:50] <Guest90616> anyone know if this works sudo ip link set wlan0 up ; wpa_passphrase "whatever" > /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf ; wpa_supplicant -Dwext ? automatic connection when i reboot?
[17:50] <HelloWorld321> !ot HelloWorld321
[17:51] <ujjain> How do I apply a patch file?
[17:51] <Tom11> Glebihan - thanks a lot - very helpful.
[17:51] <jrib> ujjain: with the patch command (man patch is *very* readable)
[17:51] <glebihan> Tom11, you're welcome
[17:51] <Guest90616> theadmin you told me to do this ' sudo ip link set wlan0 up ; wpa_passphrase "whatever" > /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf ; wpa_supplicant -Dwext  ' how would i make it automatic connect when i reboot the server?
[17:52] <Tom11> glebihan - one last question - is there a way of filtering the output on the pidgin screen?
[17:53] <glebihan> Tom11, I don't know, I don't use pidgin as irc client
[17:53] <ujjain> always stupid 401 error with checkgmail :(
[17:53] <th0r> Tom11: there is a plugin for blocking join/part messages, and you can /ignore individual nicks
[17:54] <MonkeyDust> th0r: just type /ignore blah
[17:54] <rdyco> I have 3 OS to boot from. Windows as main system. Ubuntu is second and Centos is third. But after installing CentOS, I can't boot into ubuntu anymore. It only offers me 2 choice to boot from, CentOS or Windows. So I boot into Ubuntu's liveCD and use these commands: sudo mount /dev/sda5 /mnt/; sudo grub-install --boot-directory=/mnt/ /dev/sda
[17:54] <th0r> MonkeyDust: right-click on the nick and choose ignore
[17:54] <rdyco> any idea how to fix this cuz now when i boot, i don't get any choices. it takes me directly to grub>
[17:55] <MonkeyDust> th0r: yes, if you use a gui to chat
[17:55] <th0r> MonkeyDust: the question was regarding pidgin
[17:55] <LynxLite> hi
[17:55] <qbert65536> how can I check if a package ( phpmyadmin ) is installed ?
[17:55] <KrashKing> got an upgrade question
[17:56] <theadmin> qbert65536: dpkg -L|grep phpmyadmin
[17:56] <qbert65536> theadmin, thx :)
[17:56] <theadmin> !grub2|rdyco see the recoveringgrub link
[17:56] <rousing> hi
[17:56] <qbert65536> its not installed
[17:57] <KrashKing> I have 10.10 and want to go to 11.04, if I download the ISO can I upgrade from it  without having to burn the image?
[17:57] <theadmin> qbert65536: Then, you have to install it, I suppose
[17:57] <rousing> i'm trying to use conky to display weather, http://paste.ubuntu.com/692433/ i have some troubles, if any can have a look please
[17:57] <theadmin> KrashKing: You can't upgrade using the ISO, use update-manager
[17:57] <qbert65536> theadmin, hehe yeah :)
[17:57] <Gentoo64> KrashKing, you can just use the update manager
[17:57] <KrashKing> afraid of that, sandboxed computer
[17:57] <theadmin> KrashKing: Or, download an AlternateCD
[17:57] <theadmin> KrashKing: Then, you can mount the ISO image and upgrade
[17:58] <ErKaN> hi
[17:58] <ErKaN> just installed ubuntu 11.04 but howevere the login screen is broken, even if i manage login, it goes nowhere.. any idea ?
[18:01] <aperture> Okay, time for a guru challenge question....
[18:02] <jpmh> I have a usb touch screen - lshal and lsusb both show that it is recognize and I see that I need to use the hidtouch driver for it - so installed that, created a /etc/udev/init.d/99-mydevices with the device in there but ls /dev/usb still shows only hiddev0..hiddev2 - what am I missing
[18:02] <Hans_Henrik> i need to automatically run a bunch of commands as root during each startup, but not before the ethernet connection is established to my router (fully manual config, dont use dhcp & co)... any ideas?
[18:02] <theadmin> aperture: Ask first, most of people who say that ask really noobish questions :P
[18:02] <theadmin> Hans_Henrik: /etc/crontab
[18:03] <jpmh> Hans_Henrik: ifup
[18:03] <aperture> on a computer was a windows xp install and a windows 7 install. The windows 7 install had a virus, and after some failures now the MBR is messed up. So, booting into 10.04 disc (checksummed and all) leads to it constantly crashing. Occasionally it gets into steps for installing. But once it hits step 3, it will crash. So. How can I wipe the harddrive and put ubuntu on there?
[18:03] <theadmin> Hans_Henrik: echo "@reboot /path/to/script/to/run.sh" >> /etc/crontab # And you're all set
[18:03] <jpmh> Hans_Henrik: crontab is not the way to go since it will happen at THE TIME specified rather than when you have a connection
[18:03] <ErKaN> just installed ubuntu 11.04 but howevere the login screen is broken, even if i manage login, it goes nowhere.. any idea ? tried reinstall again its the same.. also tried wubi no difference..
[18:04] <theadmin> aperture: sudo fdisk /dev/sda , after that type in "o", then "w" and finally reboot, and now try again
[18:04] <theadmin> aperture: Without any quotes
[18:04] <HelloWorld321> Will this set my $DERBY_HOME variable?    export DERBY_HOME=/opt/derby
[18:05] <aperture> theadmin: type that into where?
[18:05] <Hans_Henrik> theadmin: can i specify "only once during startup" in /etc/crontab ?
[18:05] <MonkeyDust> aperture: in the Terminal command prompt
[18:05] <theadmin> Hans_Henrik: @reboot is the way
[18:05] <theadmin> aperture: Um, a terminal?
[18:05] <nanicoar> Heyall. I'm having a strange monitor issue. I have two screen of different specs and one nv GPU. If I use TwinView I get screen tearing like an old TV broadcast out of synch, but in Separate X Screen mode the wrong screen gets set as the main one. Any help/guidance?
[18:06] <aperture> MonkeyDust: Yes, but how can I get to the terminal once I boot from disc? Any specific key I have to hit?
[18:06] <Enlighten_me> Hi My Ubuntu get Stuck while Shut Down at The Fourth Dot. I'm using ubuntu 10.10
[18:07] <theadmin> aperture: After booted, Ctrl+Alt+T should get you into one
[18:07] <Total_Oblivion> i want to do dual booting with w7. Should i choose install Ubuntu alongisde w7 or somthing else?
[18:08] <aperture> theadmin: I can't actually boot into the LiveCD environment though. Only get to the specific menu (with bootable options for ubuntu), and I hit "Install ubuntu" instead of "try without installing" in order to even get to the installer.
[18:09] <theadmin> aperture: Ah... That's odd
[18:09] <Enlighten_me> Hi My Ubuntu get Stuck while Shut Down at The Fourth Dot. I'm using ubuntu 10.10. Any Suggestions?
[18:09] <mattmurray28> hey guys, if i have a x86 based pc, what version of ubuntu should i download, x32 or x64?
[18:09] <ikonia> x32
[18:09] <theadmin> mattmurray28: x32, duh
[18:09] <mattmurray28> cool
[18:09] <mattmurray28> thanks
[18:09] <aperture> theadmin: Indeed. using a windows 7 installer disc generates blue screens, while in ubuntu it just freezes the system. Hard drive failure you think?
[18:09] <mattmurray28> im a bit of a noob :P
[18:09] <mattmurray28> cheers
[18:09] <mattmurray28> cya
[18:10] <FloodBot1> mattmurray28: Please don't flood; use http://paste.ubuntu.com to paste; don't use Enter as punctuation.
[18:10] <theadmin> aperture: Could be, indeed
[18:10] <aperture> theadmin: Also, I have had ubuntu on the system before, but that was years ago
[18:10] <ErKaN> just installed ubuntu 11.04 but howevere the login screen is broken, even if i manage login, it goes nowhere.. tried reinstall again its the same.. also tried wubi no difference.. any idea ?
[18:10] <Jordan_U> ErKaN: What if you select a failsafe GNOME session at the login screen?
[18:11] <ErKaN> recovery mode Jordan_U ?
[18:12] <Jordan_U> ErKaN: It's not the same as the recovery mode option at boot if that's what you're asking.
[18:12] <Morfeus^> hello :)
[18:12] <synackfin> does anyone else have trouble booting 11.10 server ?
[18:12] <MonkeyDust> synackfin: #ubuntu+1
[18:12] <ErKaN> Jordan_U: i can't choose anything in login screen, coz its seperated 2 window weirdly
[18:13] <Enlighten_me> Hi My Ubuntu get Stuck while Shut Down at The Fourth Dot. I'm using ubuntu 10.10. Any Suggestions?
[18:15] <FoxtrotZero> Okay, so the only guy in ##windows who was able to help with my problem is no longer helping. He had me run a diagnostic of my Hard Drive - I have it pastebinned if anyone wants to see it. I imagine i'm speaking to a new audience, so my problem is that in my pursuit of an ubuntu install, I need to shrink a partition and create a new one, which is hampered by a bad sector that I need to...
[18:15] <FoxtrotZero> ...somehow 'repair'.
[18:16] <xangua> or buy a ne HD ;)
[18:17] <FoxtrotZero> Xangua: You're not the first to suggest that. Can you imagine that I have not thought of that? I assure you, acquiring a new Hard Drive is entirely out of the question, particularly when this one wasn't giving me any trouble until I decided I wanted to screw with partitions...
[18:18] <Jordan_U> FoxtrotZero: Do you know which sector it is? If so, you can use dd to simply write to that sector which will usually cause the drive to remap it.
[18:20] <raven_> how to remove manually compiled packages? (jack 1.9.7)
[18:20] <FoxtrotZero> Jordan_U: No, I don't personally know what sector it is. Theoretically, I could go back into the Samsung HDD diagnostic program, run the disk scan until it stumbles on the bad block again, and then write down the number it uses to identify it...
[18:21] <anAngel> Hello. Is it possible to upgrade from 32bit to 64bit? How about a cross-distro 32 to 64bit upgrade for example 32bit debian to 64bit ubuntu?
[18:21] <xangua> anAngel: no
[18:21] <theadmin> anAngel: No, not possible
[18:22] <ThinkT510> anAngel: backup what you need and fresh install 64bit
[18:23] <raven_> how to remove manually compiled packages? (jack 1.9.7)
[18:23] <xangua> raven_: the same way you installed it, reading the instructions ;)
[18:23] <theadmin> raven_: The only option is to remove all files manually, normally.
[18:23] <theadmin> raven_: For the future, use "checkinstall" when compiling manually.
[18:26] <shadowcock> http://i.imgur.com/UksXB.png
[18:26] <theadmin> wtf.
[18:26] <xangua> !ops | shadowcock
[18:27] <LynxLite> Shadow cock
[18:27] <LynxLite> That picture was disturbing
[18:27] <Corey> LynxLite: It requires no comment.
[18:27] <Gentoo64> what have i missed
[18:27] <Flannel> Nothing.
[18:28] <LynxLite> Gentoo64 a man has put a "penis" picture
[18:28] <LynxLite> It was lewd
[18:28] <anAngel> Thanks for all the answers. But i will wait some time and ask again if someone else answers
[18:28] <oCean> LynxLite: move on please
[18:28] <Gentoo64> ah ok
[18:28] <Gentoo64> boring
[18:28] <Corey> LynxLite: Was I somehow unclear with "it requires no comment?"
[18:28] <LynxLite> ok ok
[18:28] <xangua> anAngel: the answer will not change if that is what you think
[18:28] <ErKaN> installed ubuntu 11.04 but however the login screen is seperated to two window, even if i manage login, it goes nowhere.. tried reinstall again its the same.. also tried wubi no difference.. any idea ?
[18:28] <LynxLite> I'll move on
[18:29] <ThinkT510> anAngel: you cannot upgrade from 32 to 64bit, period.
[18:30] <raven_> xangua, the native maverick packages are installed correctly (/usr/bin/qjackctl) but i cannot open it via "/usr/bin/qjackctl" - what is going on here!!!?
[18:30] <Corey> anAngel: Urm, you can wait forever if you'd like-- it doesn't change that no distribution that I'm aware of lets you.. oh.
[18:31] <ThinkT510> anAngel: you cannot upgrade from 32 to 64bit, period.
[18:31]  * MalawiEh : looking for vodka
[18:31] <Corey> anAngel: Urm, you can wait forever if you'd like-- it doesn't change that no distribution that I'm aware of lets you install 64 bit from a 32 bit environment.
[18:32] <anAngel> xangua: i just wandered if it is possible  since i happened to see this article: http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/hobbies/debian_arch_up/ .and thought it might be helpfull if it was really possible
[18:32] <bwallen> What driver do I have to load for my motherboard's onboard serial port?
[18:32] <ThinkT510> bwallen: i wouldn't have thought you'd have to
[18:33] <glebihan> anAngel, and did you read the first sentence ? "This procedure is, in every possible respect, a bad idea."
[18:33] <bwallen> ThinkT510: Is that because the driver is  already pre-compiled into the Ubuntu kernel?
[18:33] <ThinkT510> bwallen: i would have thought so
[18:34] <false> I'm having an issue with Empathy connecting to MSN, just says disconnected, no reason specified.
[18:35] <Jordan_U> FoxtrotZero: http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/badblockhowto.html
[18:36] <nameless`> where can i add a script to be launched after recovering from sleep ?
[18:38] <raven_> how to check links for installed packages - "jackd installed" - "jackd not isntalled yet"
[18:39] <Aszurom> so I'm trying to change my cursor in 11.04 running in "classic" not unity mode.  The main cursor arrow just refuses to change, although the status versions of it did
[18:39] <Jordan_U> raven_: What do you mean by "links"?
[18:40] <raven_> Jordan_U, what you type in to shell
[18:40] <Aszurom> why won't it respect my authori-tay!?
[18:40] <Jordan_U> raven_: Commands?
[18:40] <raven_> Jordan_U, yes
[18:40] <xangua> Aszurom: you mean in nautilus¿¿ nautilus -q
[18:41] <raven_> Jordan_U, /usr/bin/jackd: symbol lookup error: /usr/bin/jackd: undefined symbol: clock_source
[18:41] <Jordan_U> raven_: "apt-cache policy packagename" (please do *not* copy and paste the output of that command into the channel).
[18:41] <Solved> I have a .deb file which I'm trying to install, although when I click on it I get the error "error: dependency is not satisfiable: debhelper (>= 5.0)"
[18:41] <Aszurom> Xangua, yes. I'm running whatever the default window manager is when you're in non-unity mode
[18:41] <Aszurom> I think this is nautilus
[18:42] <BarkingFish> Solved, what version of Ubuntu are you running?
[18:42] <Solved> 10.04
[18:42] <glebihan> Solved, what are you trying to install ? On which version of ubuntu ?
[18:42] <Jordan_U> raven_: Have you been installing software without using apt-get / software center / other package manager front ends?
[18:42] <raven_> Jordan_U, "installed: 0"
[18:42] <Solved> glebihan: A driver which allows my wifi antannea to work
[18:42] <operator1> I'm using ubuntu(pyrobot) full install on an older machine. On poweroff/reboot, the audio defaults to a muted status and I have need to reset volume on bootup. Any advice or point to script to run after successful login. Not my computer, but a friend and knows nothing about alsamixer or any way to set sound in linux box. Please Help.
[18:42] <raven_> Jordan_U, yes i compiled it by hand and want to return to distri-native-packages
[18:43] <mattmurray28> hey guys, i just loaded ubuntu live cd into my computer, and it come up with a command prompt saying busybox v1.17.1 built in shell
[18:43] <mattmurray28> and expects me to type something
[18:43] <mattmurray28> what can i do to stop this please?
[18:43] <theadmin> mattmurray28: Sounds like it can't boot
[18:43] <Aszurom> oh weird, and it does have the correct cursor when I'm interacting with an adobe air application
[18:43] <xangua> Aszurom: nautilus -q
[18:43] <xangua> as i've told you
[18:44] <mattmurray28> so theadmin, what can i do about it?
[18:44] <Jordan_U> raven_: This is why compiling from source rather than using something properly packaged is to be avoided. If you still have the source directory then enter it and "sudo make uninstall".
[18:44] <Aszurom> xangua, run that at command line? Didn't seem to produce any output or effect
[18:44] <glebihan> Solved, what does "sudo apt-get install debhelper" say ?
[18:44] <raven_> Jordan_U, no i have not.....
[18:44] <theadmin> mattmurray28: Pretty much nothing, just hope for the developers to fix it in the future/add support for your hardware. Try other distributions in the meantime
[18:45] <false> Alright, I've google'd it. Empathy won't connect to MSN for me. Removing telepathy-butterfly like most have doesn't work for me. Actually makes it worse, gives me 'Network Error' instead of 'Disconnected -- No reason specified'
[18:45] <mattmurray28> i just tried again and it came up with the ubuntu logo and loading
[18:45] <mattmurray28> so see what appends after
[18:45] <Jordan_U> raven_: Can you get the exact same source directory again, and do you remember exactly what options you used?
[18:45] <Aszurom> xangua, if you just want to restart nautilus, I've even rebooted the whole system and this persisted
[18:45] <xangua> false: why would remove the msn plugin supposed to fix it :S
[18:45] <raven_> Jordan_U, not sure....
[18:46] <xangua> Aszurom: bad luck then, sorry
[18:46] <mattmurray28> :( same thing again
[18:46] <mattmurray28> can not mount /dev/loop0 theadmin
[18:46] <false> xangua, That's the 'fix' I was finding on every forum post.
[18:47] <theadmin> mattmurray28: Ah, sounds like the disk wasn't recorded properly
[18:47] <mattmurray28> cool
[18:47] <mattmurray28> so i shall re-burn the image?
[18:47] <Aszurom> false, are you referring to nautilus -q?
[18:48] <Solved> glebihan: the computer which I'm trying to do it on does not have an internet connection right now
[18:48] <RedViper> Hi
[18:48] <false> Aszurom, i'm just trying to get empathy to connect to MSN.
[18:48] <RedViper> bye
[18:48] <Aszurom> oh, different animal then
[18:48] <raven_> Jordan_U, ok it worked i found the right files. tnx for helping
[18:48] <theadmin> mattmurray28: That'd be your best bet. Also, make sure you burn at a very low speed, and in DAO/SAO mode.
[18:48] <glebihan> Solved, then that's why you're getting this error, you'll need an internet connection in order to be able to install this package
[18:49] <awanti>  plz. any one can tell me about remote linus os installation (from diffrent location). Please don't mind i am very new to linux
[18:49] <Solved> glebihan: The .deb is acx100, and without it I can't get internet on the computer
[18:49] <Jordan_U> raven_: You're welcome.
[18:49] <mattmurray28> cool
[18:49] <mattmurray28> ty
[18:49] <Aszurom> xangua, check this out http://www.ubunturoot.com/2010/05/how-to-change-mouse-cursor-in-ubuntu.html
[18:49] <Aszurom> I think that's my deal there
[18:49] <Aszurom> compiz bug
[18:49] <glebihan> Solved, then you'll have to find a way to connect it through a wired connection, or use another computer to download the required packages
[18:50] <Solved> glebihan: What packages do I need other than the deb?
[18:50] <mattmurray28> theadmin , it does not give me the option to choose the speed or mode in windows image burner?
[18:50] <glebihan> Solved, every package it depends on (so at least debhelper)
[18:51] <theadmin> mattmurray28: Wait, wut? You burned using the built-in image burner in Windows?
[18:51] <mattmurray28> yes
[18:51] <theadmin> mattmurray28: Don't do that. Use imgburn or infrarecorder
[18:51] <mattmurray28> ok
[18:51] <theadmin> mattmurray28: Or any real disc burning tool, anyway
[18:51] <Solved> glebihan: Do you have a link by any chance?
[18:52] <glebihan> Solved, for debhelper ?
[18:52] <ubuntu_> Ive stumbled across a missing package in the repos: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/s/sdl-image1.2/libsdl-image1.2-dev_1.2.10-1_i386.deb  404  Not Found
[18:52] <n0kS> hi guys, I've forgot all my passwords... could I... I tried to passwd but it asks me current password (which I don't remember)
[18:52] <theadmin> ubuntu_: Do a "sudo apt-get update" and try again
[18:52] <mattmurray28> downloading imgburn now :)
[18:52] <ubuntu_> theadmin, I have
[18:52] <Solved> glebihan: yes
[18:53] <theadmin> n0kS: Boot into recovery mode. Drop to root shell. Do "passwd your_username".
[18:53] <glebihan> Solved, which architecture ? amd64 or i386 ?
[18:53] <n0kS> thanks
[18:53] <Shirakawasuna> ubuntu_: I just downloaded it
[18:53] <Kirior> i need some help
[18:53] <xangua> ubuntu_: then change your mirror to the main
[18:53] <Shirakawasuna> ubuntu_: your link works for me
[18:53] <xangua> software center-edit-sorftware sources ubuntu_
[18:54] <Guest90616> can someone help me create a wireless wpa2-psk?
[18:54] <xangua> mmm looks like you are are already using main ;)
[18:54] <ubuntu_> theadmin, Shirakawasuna xangua, thats weird, just 2 minutes ago it was failing
[18:54] <Solved> glebihan: 32 bit
[18:54] <Kirior> i was trying to install arch linux, at the end of installation process it installed GRUB bootloader, now i can only login to archlinux without option to log in on Ubuntu, how i can override this settings? or how can i make it dualboot?
[18:54] <theadmin> ubuntu_: lol well, happens I guess
[18:54] <glebihan> Solved, http://launchpadlibrarian.net/39532209/debhelper_7.4.15ubuntu1_all.deb
[18:54] <mattmurray28> theadmin is 1x slow enough :P
[18:55] <mattmurray28> lol
[18:55] <xangua> Kirior: reinstalled grub¿
[18:55] <theadmin> mattmurray28: Sure is
[18:55] <JasonGriffee> what is a good bandwidth meter for ubuntu?
[18:55] <Kirior> xangua: how?
[18:55] <DER> need help
[18:55] <DER> using 9.04
[18:55] <DER> wanted to upgrade to 9.10
[18:56] <JasonGriffee> DER: just ask your question
[18:56] <xangua> !eol | DER
[18:56] <theadmin> DER: Sorry, 9.04 is EOL and no longer supported. You need to do a clean install, most likely.
[18:56] <Solved> glebihan: thanks, trying now
[18:56] <xangua> Kirior: or run upgrade grub ¿ mm i am not good with it :S
[18:56] <xangua> !grub
[18:57] <ErKaN> installed ubuntu 11.04 but however the login screen is seperated to two window, even if i manage login, it goes nowhere.. tried reinstall again its the same.. also tried wubi no difference.. any idea ?
[18:58] <Shirakawasuna> ErKaN: I don't know how to solve that issue in particular, but have you done an integrity check on your installation media?
[18:59] <Solved> glebihan: Same error as before when I try to install debhelper via gdebi
[19:00] <glebihan> Solved, cannot be the exact same error. Which does it say is missing ?
[19:00] <glebihan> which *package
[19:00] <glebihan> *
[19:00] <mattpat> Hey there, so I'm having some problems with shared libraries. I have shared libraries installed in /usr/local/lib, but whenever I try to use a program that dynamically links against them, I get: "libpicoLCD.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory" (though it is indeed clearly installed in /usr/local/lib, and included in /etc/ld.so.conf.d/libc.conf)
[19:01] <Guest90616> WPA i need help setting up
[19:01] <mattpat> Wait a sec'. Never mind. Running ldconfig seems to have fixed the problem?
[19:02] <Tetsuo55> hello
[19:02] <glebihan> !pm > Moonlite342
[19:02] <kacper> elo
[19:02] <Solved> glebihan: error: dependancy is not satisfiable: dpkg-dev (>= 1.14.19)
[19:02] <Tetsuo55> what does this error mean DBus error org.gtk.Private.RemoteVolumeMonitor.Failed: An operation is already pending
[19:02] <FoxtrotZero> Alright then, new problem. I need to find the exact location of a bad sector that I know exists, and then I need to force the drive to write to that sector, which i'm told will force the drive to 'fix' itself.
[19:02] <Total_Oblivion> i want to make a dual boot with w7 and ubuntu. but i want them installed on different HDD. What option do i choose in the installation screen? thanks
[19:02] <FoxtrotZero> Anyone know how I can do that, most likely from WinXP?
[19:02] <Solved> glebihan: with the acx file the only difference was that it was (>=  5.0)
[19:03] <glebihan> Solved, do you really have no way to connect that computer through a wired connection ?
[19:03] <glebihan> Solved, there may be quite a lot of dependencies...
[19:03] <Solved> glebihan: It would be really hard
[19:03] <Solved> glebihan: But if I do, it would take care of everything?
[19:03] <mattmurray28> theadmin, approx how long will it take in 1x :P
[19:03] <glebihan> Solved, yes, it should
[19:04] <Solved> glebihan: I don't even have to install debhelper
[19:04] <Solved> ?
[19:04] <theadmin> mattmurray28: 1x equals 150kb/sec
[19:04] <jarle> what is a good graphical tool to look at storage usage?
[19:04] <glebihan> Solved, yes you do, but if you are connected to the internet, all dependencies will be installed automatically
[19:04] <mattmurray28> cool
[19:05] <ThinkT510> FoxtrotZero: how is writing to a bad sector suddenly going to fix it?
[19:05] <Gentoo64> jarle, disk use analyzer i think comes built in
[19:05] <Solved> glebihan: with update manager?
[19:05] <glebihan> Solved, with gdebi
[19:05] <theadmin> mattmurray28: That makes about 79 minutes
[19:05] <Solved> glebihan: Oh, ok. Perfect. Thanks for all the help
[19:06] <jarle> Gentoo64: yeah, but not on KDE I think..
[19:06] <glebihan> Solved, you're welcome
[19:06] <Gentoo64> jarle, sorry i assumed you meant ubuntu
[19:06] <FoxtrotZero> ThinkT510: I'm not fully sure, i've been told that forcing "a write to the sector so it will remap it because it has no data it is just pending(read only error) to get the drive to remap it has to be written to".
[19:06] <Gentoo64> normal
[19:06] <alexxio> hey, hi! do you know a way to start an xserver on a remote machine? i disaled the autostart and now i need an xserver running on it...can you help?
[19:08] <malina> alexxio: it has to be enabled on the remote machine
[19:08] <malina> which you can alter (if it is not set through ssh for example)
[19:08] <ThinkT510> FoxtrotZero: the bad sector is on an ntfs partition isn't it?
[19:08] <FoxtrotZero> ThinkT510: Yes. Perhaps I should have mentioned that.
[19:09] <theadmin> FoxtrotZero: chkdsk
[19:09] <ThinkT510> FoxtrotZero: and you want to resize that to make room for another partition but gparted won't let you?
[19:09] <FoxtrotZero> theadmin: Won't chkdisk just add the sector to window's list of bad sectors? If it'll force a write to the sector, just tell me the command.
[19:10] <FoxtrotZero> ThinkT510: Yes, that is the case.
[19:10] <theadmin> FoxtrotZero: I think you can just do chkdsk /f Z:
[19:10] <ajb> alexxio, is there a display on the machine or you just want to start it up with out display?
[19:10] <theadmin> FoxtrotZero: Windows is supposed to fix problems on NTFS drives
[19:10] <FoxtrotZero> theadmin: i'll look up some documentation.
[19:10] <johwir> how du I get a plain text-mode console during boot. Remove plymouth* ?  (Ubuntu 10.04)
[19:10] <Tetsuo55> How do i reset the status of dvdrom drive??
[19:11] <Tetsuo55> it seems to be hung in a wierd statusd
[19:11] <Gentoo64> Tetsuo55, try rebooting
[19:11] <Tetsuo55> how can i make it work, so that i can easily and quickly switch between cd's?
[19:11] <Tetsuo55> ive got a 100 here that i need to check
[19:12] <Tetsuo55> and so far the drive failed after the 2nd disk
[19:12] <Gentoo64> Tetsuo55, you need to eject it, then put another cd in
[19:12] <Tetsuo55> so choose eject from the rightclick menu
[19:12] <Tetsuo55> >
[19:12] <Gentoo64> yes, or press the eject button
[19:12] <theadmin> Or just "eject" in the terminal.
[19:12] <Tetsuo55> using the eject button seems to confuse ubuntu
[19:13] <bastidrazor> johwir: in /etc/default/grub  add "text" to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash" then sudo update-grub
[19:13] <Tetsuo55> i really dont have to troubleshoot this today, ill get a windows client and do it there
[19:13] <Tetsuo55> thanks so far
[19:13] <FoxtrotZero> theadmin: Which flags do you want me to use? http://www.robvanderwoude.com/allhelpw2ksp4_en.php#CHKDSK
[19:13] <johwir> bastidrazor: Thanks. Will try that.
[19:14] <Jordan_U> FoxtrotZero: The guide I linked to tells you everything you should need to know.
[19:14] <theadmin> FoxtrotZero: Just /f for starters, if that fails, /r too
[19:14] <FoxtrotZero> Jordan_U: You're not the first one to link me to that guide. I'm sorry, I can't discern direction from it.
[19:16] <Jordan_U> FoxtrotZero: Run "sudo smartctl -l selftest /dev/sda" and pastebin the output (assuming that sda is the drive in question).
[19:16] <FoxtrotZero> Jordan_U: Is that a command for ubuntu terminal or windows command prompt, because i'm running Windows right now...
[19:17] <alexxio> ajb: there is a display
[19:17] <Jordan_U> FoxtrotZero: For Ubuntu. If you really want to continue working from Windows then we should move to ##windows.
[19:17] <theadmin> FoxtrotZero: sudo in windows? That's a dream :P
[19:17] <alexxio> i did export DISPLAY=:0.0 the startx from remote shell but doesnt seem to work
[19:18] <t3st0r> Ur@nyum
[19:18] <t3st0r> are u still there ?
[19:18] <FoxtrotZero> Jordan_U, I'm in both channels. I'm just getting help where I can now. I started here because this was originally my attempt to make a partition for installing ubuntu. Somewhere in the mess, that's still my goal.
[19:19] <widewake> http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/sad/2602614754.html
[19:19] <theadmin> In the meantime *fixes tie* this is where I get off.
[19:20] <Jordan_U> FoxtrotZero: I can give you exact directions which I have tested myself recently for the same problem using Ubuntu. I can't say the same for Windows (though others possibly can).
[19:20] <FoxtrotZero> Jordan_U: Well I only just started to run CHKDSK C: /F. and if that doesn't work, we'll go to whatever you have in mind.
[19:21] <FoxtrotZero> Ah, i'm going to have to restart the system. BRB.
[19:23] <Kirior> i have managed to format partition with different distro but now i cannot access grub at all, i am trying to do something from ubuntu liveCD but not much luck, any helpfull ideas??
[19:26] <Adom> question about start-stop-daemon: i have a server running nicely using a screen session, if i want to use a server command, i reattach to the screen session, use the command, then detach. if i were to write a nice init.d script using start-stop-daemon, is it still possible to send commands to the daemon? how so? having hard time finding answer via google.
[19:27] <urlin2u> Kirior, so can you be more detailed on the grub portion and your intentions overall?
[19:29] <Kirior> sorry, i blindly following instruction i have printed earlier installed archlinux on my ext3 partition, at the end of the installation it installed a GRUB bootloader, i thought it will be dualboot, but it wasnt. i was stuck at archlinux without any GUI and network connection, got the live cd with ubuntu 11.04 on board and trying my luck from there
[19:29] <Kirior> but as i am very lost i have no idea what and how to do it
[19:29] <urlin2u> Kirior, I read back now you can install the grub2 loader putting u untu as the controlling boot, on the live cd which is which one in comparison to the ubuntu install?
[19:29] <Kirior> i am currently dowloading grub and installing it so hopefully it will solve my issue here
[19:30] <urlin2u> Kirior, there is a grub wiki that is quite helpful, what is the cd your on and what is the ubuntu install?
[19:31] <Guest95886> Can someone help me I'm trying set up WPA . I tried on my own and its failing
[19:31] <Guest68246> hi
[19:31] <anli__> Hello!
[19:31] <anli__> Can I create a smb user without mapping to a unix user?
[19:31] <Jordan_U> Kirior: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2#ChRoot
[19:31] <JohnFlux> Hey all
[19:31] <Kirior> on my ext2 i have functioning and my beloved ubuntu 11.04 and i have same 11.04 USB live cd starter
[19:31] <JohnFlux> How do I downgrade the bluez package to version 4.69 please?
[19:32] <Guest68246> i have a crunch sound whenn i scroll with my mouse and in / out of my sound card are connect (linked)? and i cant use or selected with jackd ??  HELP*
[19:32] <Kirior> Jordan_U: thx will do and follow this for now, will report in a minute
[19:32] <Jordan_U> Kirior: You're welcome.
[19:33] <urlin2u> Kirior, follow the link Jordan_U has posted that is what I was refrencing.
[19:33] <FoxtrotZero> Jordan_U: Ran CHKDSK successfully, it didn't mention anything about bad sectors that I noticed. You had something you wanted to attempt?
[19:33] <Kirior> urlin2u: thx to you as well, will do, if any doubts will ask the two of you
[19:33] <Jordan_U> FoxtrotZero: Yes. Can you boot back into an Ubuntu LiveCD?
[19:34] <FoxtrotZero> Jordan_U: Ugh, that means going without music. Yeah, one moment.
[19:35] <urlin2u> Kirior, cool I think you will get it done. :D
[19:35] <antonio_> juliet bijster da cruz
[19:38] <Kirior> ok it is not looking good, at this point sudo mount /dev/sdXX /mnt it says that special device (my path) does not exist, and by the sizes allocated to it i can see that it does :/
[19:39] <Jordan_U> Kirior: Please pastebin the exact output of "sudo blkid", the exact command you are running, and the exact error message.
[19:39] <alex-> Why does banshee keeps crashing?
[19:39] <urlin2u> Kirior, we often use a bootscript for help it may help you as well, and you can pastebin the RESULTS.txt for us if needed. http://bootinfoscript.sourceforge.net/
[19:39] <macer1> !details | alex-
[19:39] <Kirior> that will be difficult as i am running on two different machines, this for help and main one to fix it
[19:40] <alex-> macer1: when I listen music with Banshee on Ubuntu sometimes it suddenly dissapears
[19:40] <urlin2u> Kirior, the blkid asked for is in there as well.
[19:40] <alexxio> i want to run x11vnc but i have not an xserver running on it (maybe?) so it gives errors. i can only connect via ssh (i'm logged in now) do you know how to do it?
[19:40] <macer1> alex-: ubuntu version?
[19:40] <Jordan_U> Kirior: Can you connect the other machine to the internet?
[19:41] <alex-> 11.04
[19:41] <Kirior> let me try
[19:41] <alex-> macer1: 11.04
[19:41] <rapage> can a virus hide on the mbr of a usb drive?
[19:41] <alex-> rapage: yes
[19:42] <urlin2u> Jordan_U, I'm going for coffee, carry on I wasn't watching the channel traffic well enough to see everything is covered. :D
[19:42] <macer1> alex-: hmm...can you run banshee from console, wait until it crash and paste somewhere console output?
[19:42] <rapage> not saying a specific file but it's boot or file system sector
[19:42] <boobbb> hi please help me to find a solution
[19:42] <rapage> alex-,  do you have an example
[19:43] <boobbb> i have probably a conflict sound card
[19:43] <Guest95886> Can someone help me I'm trying set up WPA . I tried on my own and its failing
[19:44] <tw> My ubuntu partition got nuked and I managed to mostly restore from a backup. But now I can't get ecryptfs to mount my home directory, it fails with "open: Permission denied" when I run ecryptfs-mount-private
[19:44] <tw> Is there anything I can do or is my data gone?
[19:45] <guntbert> tw: did you properly record the passphrase when you were told by the installer to do that?
[19:45] <diki> I have a question
[19:45] <diki> In ubuntu 11.04 in system monitor
[19:46] <diki> where the priority column is
[19:46] <diki> why does it say 'Nice'?
[19:46] <diki> the column should say Priority or just Prio
[19:46] <diki> yet it says 'Nice'
[19:46] <diki> i find that a bit trollish
[19:46] <guntbert> !enter | diki
[19:47] <diki> guntbert:that is how i am ;)
[19:47] <diki> plus i never use punctuation :)
[19:47] <tw> guntbert: I tried that random string of letters and numbers I got before but it didn't appear to work.
[19:47] <Guest95886> Can someone help me I'm trying set up WPA . I tried on my own and its failing  SOMe one please
[19:47] <FoxtrotZero_> Jordan_U?
[19:48] <Jordan_U> diki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nice_(Unix)
[19:48] <tw> right now I've resorted to reading /usr/bin/ecryptfs-mount-private to see what it actually does in the hopes that I can unbreak whatever is erroring out.
[19:48] <FoxtrotZero> Jordan_U I'm in Ubuntu now...
[19:48] <alex-> macer1: i will try
[19:48] <NWH> Can anyone help reinstall xubuntu?
[19:48] <NWH> System is not working properly...
[19:49] <NWH> OS is not working properl*
[19:49] <Kirior> Jordan_U: so i managed to get to update-grub command from the guide you have given me and i have this error /usr/sbin/grub-probe: cannot stat 'dev/sda2'.
[19:49] <macer1> !details | NWH
[19:49] <guntbert> tw: please have a look at http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2011/04/introducing-ecryptfs-recover-private.html
[19:49] <Jordan_U> diki: I like the term because it makes it easy to remember that higher values will mean that the command will defer time more often to other processes (it will be "nicer" to them).
[19:49] <tw> guntbert: thanks, I will try that.
[19:50] <Jordan_U> FoxtrotZero: Please run "sudo smartctl -l selftest /dev/sda" (assuming that sda is the drive in question) and pastebin the output.
[19:51] <Jordan_U> Kirior: Can you pastebin the output of "mount"?
[19:52] <operator1> where is ubuntu's startup scripts
[19:52] <operator1> ?
[19:52] <FoxtrotZero> Jordan_U: "sudo: smartctl: command not found
[19:53] <Jordan_U> FoxtrotZero: sudo apt-get install smartmontools
[19:54] <Jordan_U> !upstart | operator1
[19:54] <Guest95886> I need help setting up a WPA in /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
[19:54] <ipv6jesus> I'm running ubuntu and windows on dualboot. I've noticed I'm getting different IP adresses on the separate OSs, although it's always the same IP adress for each OS. I'm on a wired network with DHCP enabled. I want the same IP adress as I'm getting on ubuntu for windows, any ideas on how to do this?
[19:54] <Guest95886> I need help setting up a WPA in /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf its a WPA2 - PSK
[19:55] <FoxtrotZero> Jordan_U: "Please select the mail server configuration type that best meets your needs."
[19:55] <Jordan_U> FoxtrotZero: Select the default. This is temporary anyway.
[19:55] <tw> guntbert: That worked, thanks.
[19:56] <Kirior> Jordan_U: im back
[19:56] <AaronDCampbell> I'm having problems with printing to a network printer (Brother MFC-9440CN).  It detected it on the network and let me set it up but it won't print.
[19:57] <Jordan_U> Kirior: Can you pastebin the output of "mount"?
[19:57] <FoxtrotZero> Jordan_U: Firefox keeps crashing, does Ubuntu have an IRC client?
[19:57] <alex-> How can I make a 'Windows usb stick to install' with Ubuntu?
[19:57] <Layke> There is an entire wiki on the installer page
[19:57] <guntbert> tw: nice :)
[19:57] <auronandace> FoxtrotZero: xchat
[19:58] <ipv6jesus> join #internet
[19:58] <Jordan_U> FoxtrotZero: Yes, Pidgin comes by default but I would recommend either installing xchat "sudo apt-get install xchat" or try http://webchat.freenode.net rather than chatzilla.
[19:58] <alex-> Foxmaster: xchat
[19:58] <alex-> sorry rong person Foxmaster
[19:59] <alex-> wrong *
[19:59] <alex-> Layke: where?
[19:59] <Jordan_U> !pastebin | Kirior
[19:59] <FoxtrotZero> Jordan_U Am I connected?
[19:59] <Jordan_U> FoxtrotZero: Yes.
[20:00] <FoxtrotZero> Jordan_U There's no way for me to input to the question about mail servers...
[20:00] <Jordan_U> FoxtrotZero: What happens if you just hit Enter?
[20:00] <Kirior> Jordan_U: http://paste.ubuntu.com/692493/
[20:00] <FoxtrotZero> Jordan_U Nothing.
[20:01] <Layke> http://www.google.co.uk/search?gcx=w&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=install+ubunut+windows+usb+stick
[20:01] <KrashKing> having an issue with the 10.01 to 10.10 upgrade
[20:01] <Jordan_U> Kirior: Be carefull when following instructions that you type commands exactly or copy and paste them. You missed "/dev/ " in the command "for i in /dev /dev/pts /proc /sys; do sudo mount -B $i /mnt$i; done".
[20:01] <FoxtrotZero_> Jordan_U What was the command to get XChat again?
[20:02] <KrashKing> grub config window gets stuck behind the upgrade/terminal window, can't move either
[20:02] <guntbert> !who | Layke
[20:02] <Jordan_U> FoxtrotZero_: "sudo apt-get install xchat-gnome" (to other helpers, I'm suggesting xchat-gnome as it's in main which makes it simpler to install from the liveCD environment).
[20:03] <waz> Hi
[20:03] <Layke> Jordan_U, https://github.com/MrMEEE/bumblebee/issues/123 :)
[20:03] <Jordan_U> KrashKing: Can you provide a screenshot?
[20:04] <Jordan_U> !screenshot | KrashKing
[20:04] <KrashKing> don't know if it will work, gimme a sec
[20:04] <FoxtrotZero_> Jordan_U: E: Could not get lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable) **new line** E: Unable to lock directory /var/cache/apt/archives/
[20:05] <Jordan_U> FoxtrotZero_: Do you have Synaptic package manager, Software Center, or another package manager running?
[20:06] <Kirior> Jordan_U: i see, but now i have this http://paste.ubuntu.com/692502/
[20:06] <FoxtrotZero_> Jordan_U I don't know. I'm running it off the livedisk. I haven't opened anything but Firefox and Terminal.
[20:07] <Guest95886> I get Line 10: invalid key_mgmt 'WPA2-PSK'
[20:07] <AaronDCampbell> I'm having problems with printing to a network printer (Brother MFC-9440CN).  It detected it on the network and let me set it up but it won't print and it says "Stopped - Unable to locate printer".
[20:07] <Jordan_U> Kirior: You *NEED* to follow directions more carefully. So far your mistakes have had no negative consequences, but getting things wrong when messing with bootloaders can be bad. Please re-read the directions and see if you can figure out where you went wrong.
[20:07] <AaronDCampbell> Any idea what might be keeping it from pushing jobs to the printer?
[20:07] <KrashKing> Jordan_U: do I paste the prtscr to imagebin directly or to like gimp first'
[20:08] <soreau> Is there a way to easily create deb packages from source, for both 32 and 64 bit?
[20:09] <Kirior> Jordan_U: i see now, sorry i feel stupid :| i guess im just tired and skip stuff with my eyes, i will read twice or more from now on
[20:09] <Jordan_U> KrashKing: The printscreen window will allow you to save the screenshot to a file, which you can then upload to imagebin. GIMP is not needed unless you want to edit the screenshot for some reason first.
[20:09] <KrashKing> ok, next question, where is the file saved to?
[20:11] <Guest95886> How to set up WPA2 on your wireless network?'
[20:13] <Nova685> under wireless security on the router itself
[20:13] <DakatoTechnov> I am in need of an opinion.
[20:13] <Jordan_U> KrashKing: I think to the Desktop by default. It should tell you in the printscreen window.
[20:13] <xangua> !poll | DakatoTechnov
[20:14] <xangua> soreau: you mean checkinstall¿
[20:14] <sina2> how can i choose a password for a folder to enter in ubuntu ?
[20:14] <Kirior> Jordan_U: me again, for now it rebootet normally and now checks the drive for errors
[20:14] <Kirior> Jordan_U: thank you for your patience and help !!
[20:14] <Jordan_U> Kirior: You're welcome :)
[20:14] <soreau> xangua: not sure what that is
[20:15] <xangua> !checkinstall | soreau
[20:15] <DakatoTechnov> Well. I have an old Dell Latitude c600 laptop, P3 with 256 meg ram. I was wondering if there was a version of ubuntu that might actually work on it...
[20:15] <iceroot> DakatoTechnov: lubuntu
[20:15] <xangua> !lubuntu | DakatoTechnov
[20:15] <Kirior> Jordan_U: shall i now just in case format that other partition ?
[20:15] <DakatoTechnov> thank you!
[20:15] <SetiAmon> hey
[20:16] <benoliver999> Hey, I'm looking for a Windows Live Writer alternative. Any ideas?
[20:16] <benoliver999> Well, recommendations really...
[20:16] <iceroot> benoliver999: you mean a msn-client?
[20:16] <SetiAmon> I want to go back to ubuntu.i left when i upp'd to karmic from juanty and sound sounded like it was static/distorted
[20:17] <SetiAmon> is there a Way to fix the sound distortions/static with my X-FI card
[20:17] <sina2> how can i choose a password for a folder to enter in ubuntu ?
[20:17] <Alligad> hi
[20:17] <Alligad> how can i add a .ko file to modprobe?
[20:17] <Jordan_U> Kirior: What is the current state of the partition?
[20:18] <raven_> after upgrade from 10.04 to 10.10 - ubuntu does not come up graphical any more. any solution?
[20:18] <benoliver999> iceroot: No sorry, blog posting software.
[20:18] <benoliver999> iceroot: Frankly, it probably works on wine, but I like to go native.
[20:19] <benoliver999> raven_: You can't get 11.04?
[20:19] <raven_> benoliver999, i do not want yet
[20:19] <tony_> BLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaa
[20:19] <tony_> :|
[20:19] <tony_> bye bye
[20:19] <KrashKing> raven_: I'm having a similar issue
[20:21] <Kirior> Jordan_U: just booted, and partitions are ext2 with currently running 11.04 and ext3 which for a minute there was archlinux that messed all up, ext 3 is currently empty
[20:21] <Kirior> !pastebin
[20:21] <Alligad> can't insert '/lib/modules/test/quickcam.ko': invalid module format. <- what does that mean??
[20:22] <macer1> Alligad: show us dmesg | tail
[20:22] <terr> Alligad: prolly shouild be .so
[20:22] <raven_> after upgrade from 10.04 to 10.10 - ubuntu does not come up graphical any more. any solution?
[20:22] <SetiAmon> Anyway to resolve playback issues with x-fi
[20:22] <Jordan_U> Kirior: Ideally, what partitin layout would you like to end up with?
[20:22] <Alligad> quickcam: version magic '<IP_ADDRESS> mod_unload 486 ' should be '<IP_ADDRESS>-tinycore SMP mod_unload 486 '
[20:22] <kirior> !pastebin
[20:23] <Alligad> wrong kernel version?
[20:23] <Alligad> but i cant compile it myself because the driver always fails to compile
[20:23] <eoss> when u add a directory to ur PATH does it do recursion to find the program or is there a way to specify a folder and all folders contained within?
[20:24] <evelyette> hi
[20:24] <kirior> Jordan_U: http://imagebin.org/172987
[20:24] <evelyette> I did: apt-get dist-upgrade on ubuntu maverick ... but now the system won't boot
[20:24] <evelyette> what should I do ?
[20:24] <FoxtrotZero> Jordan_U: Okay, Firefox is being unreliable. What was the command you wanted me to run again? The first one?
[20:25] <Jordan_U> eoss: No recursive search is performed. If you want a directory and all its subdirectories added to $PATH you'll need to script that manually. What is your end goal?
[20:25] <evelyette> is there any command to reverse what I did ?
[20:25] <Alligad> hm
[20:25] <eoss> Jordan_U: well i have a folder in my home directory called src and i add anything i install manually to that folder
[20:25] <Alligad> is there a way to load modules compiled for a a little bit older kernel?
[20:25] <terr> evelyette: what happens?  tell us what the boot does
[20:25] <Guest95886> I need help setting up a WPA in /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf its a WPA2 - PSK
[20:26] <eoss> Jordan_U: my end goal is just to be able to access programs from anywhere in my shell
[20:26] <Alligad> how can i remove the version check for insmod?
[20:26] <evelyette> terr, it doesn't display anything, just doesn't boot ... the safe mode boot works though
[20:26] <terr> evelyette: then you have likely misconfigured x
[20:26] <FoxtrotZero> Jordan_U: The command you wanted me to run?
[20:27] <evelyette> no I mean that it doesn't print anything in console
[20:27] <Jordan_U> eoss: Only a few subdirectories of your src directory are going to contain executables. Just add those directories to $PATH.
[20:27] <terr> evelyette: check that initrd is correct
[20:27] <Alligad> insmod [-fhkLmnpqrsSvVxXyYN] [-e persist_name] [-o module_name] [-O blob_name] [-P prefix] module [ symbol=value ... ]
[20:27] <Alligad> but insmod -f plaplapla says:
[20:27] <eoss> Jordan_U: everything i install in src creates its own folder so id have to add a new folder to PATH everytime i install something there
[20:27] <mongy> I dont suppose anyone knows a way to move a window thats being shrunk by the shelf compiz plugin?
[20:27] <Alligad> "-f" not a file or directory
[20:27] <Alligad> ?????
[20:28] <eoss> thought maybe i could type -R or something
[20:28] <Jordan_U> FoxtrotZero: Not sure what you mean by first. To install xchat-gnome you would run "sudo apt-get install xchat-gnome".
[20:28] <raven_> after upgrade from 10.04 to 10.10 - ubuntu does not come up graphical any more. any solution?
[20:28] <earthshade> Just for
[20:28] <earthshade> Oops
[20:28] <Alligad> hm
[20:28] <FoxtrotZero> Jordan_U: No, the one that wasn't for Xchat.
[20:28] <Alligad> so man parameters are not trustable
[20:29] <earthshade> Just got my printer working with ubuntu 11
[20:29] <slugs123> join #programming
[20:29] <terr> raven_: try startx and look at the error codes in /etc/X11blah
[20:29] <earthshade> Soo pumped
[20:29] <Jordan_U> eoss: Normally you provide a --prefix argument to ./configure which will cause make install to install files that would normally go in /etc/ in $prefix/etc/ instead (and $prefix/bin/ , $prefix/usr/lib/ etc).
[20:30] <Jordan_U> FoxtrotZero: sudo smartctl -l selftest /dev/sda
[20:30] <raven_> terr, no screens found
[20:31] <terr> raven_: check the config file.
[20:31] <terr> raven_: could be the video isn't found... what does dmesg say?
[20:31] <FoxtrotZero> Jordan_U: Ah, right. "sudo: smartctl: command not found"
[20:31] <terr> raven check your old config verses the new
[20:32] <Jordan_U> FoxtrotZero: sudo apt-get install smartmontools
[20:32] <raven_> terr, tty7 hangs up at "starting timidity"
[20:32] <FoxtrotZero> Jordan_U, For the record, I have smartmontools installed on windows. If the commands are the same there, it might be easier...
[20:32] <terr> raven_: I don't knwo what that is.
[20:32] <strigoi66> anyone know how to setup wpa-supplicant with wpa2 on ubuntu server? Guest95886 need a little more info than what I can give.
[20:33] <terr> raven_: my system is very old.  Its just I run a custom X11 configuiration since I'm using multiple heads
[20:33] <Guest95886> thx
[20:33] <ErKaN> Jordan_U: i managed resizing the monitor, but im getting blank screen now.. ?
[20:33] <ErKaN> solution*
[20:35] <FoxtrotZero_> Jordan_U: That's done.
[20:35] <FoxtrotZero_> Jordan_U: Firefox crashed again, I need the first command again.
[20:35] <alex-> FoxtrotZero: install xchat
[20:36] <raven_> terr, ok deleting xorg.conf and dpkg reconfig seems to solve that problem
[20:36] <FoxtrotZero_> alex- I tried that, wouldn't work.
[20:36] <FoxtrotZero_> alex- something about it not being available
[20:36] <terr> raven_: you should have checked the old verses the new to see what changed
[20:36] <terr> raven_: but good that its working
[20:37] <alex-> huh
[20:37] <terr> raven I boot to a bash shell then run startx manually... but I reboot say once every couple years
[20:37] <alex-> FoxtrotZero_: open software center
[20:38] <terr> raven so I ahve to look up the stupid startx command!
[20:38] <FoxtrotZero_> alex- I'm running off of a CD. The less unnecessary things I have to do, the better.
[20:38] <alex-> Ah
[20:38] <FoxtrotZero_> Jordan_U: The first command again, please?
[20:38] <notverygoodatthi> hello, people, I'm trying to do some torrenting on ubuntu, and having the same problem on every client I use, can I get some help?
[20:38] <SetiAmon> is there a seperate help channel
[20:39] <SetiAmon> is there a way to fix the distortions/echoing/static with my X-FI on ubuntu?
[20:39] <BarkingFish> SetiAmon, what are you having problems with?
[20:40] <SetiAmon> Well out of the box I get sound but it is distorted like a off-station radiostation
[20:40] <jwrigley> !anybody | notverygoodatthi
[20:40] <SetiAmon> with little clicks and pops,echo thingy etc
[20:40] <SetiAmon> basically the sound is garbled with my x-fi
[20:40] <SetiAmon> with jaunty i used the opensource drivers and it always worked but after upgrading from it I can't use those drivers anymore.so i was wondering if this was fixable
[20:40] <Total_Oblivion> I'm having problem during installation. Specifically I can't sonfigure my partition on the eomthine else choice. thanks
[20:42] <notverygoodatthi> alright, well, I've gone through 3 clients (transmission, ktorrent, and deluge) and with all of them the trackers time out and/or my peers are listed as "choked" - ie not sending to me
[20:42] <paissad> guys, is there a solution to connect to freenode IRC chat when i only have authorization/access to port 80 ?
[20:42] <paissad> for example, if i'm  in a public network where only port 80 and eventually 443 are opened, i would like to use my IRC client and connect to freenode,
[20:42] <paissad> what is the solution ?
[20:42] <paissad> thanks in advance for helping
[20:42] <guntbert> paissad: use the webchat
[20:42] <terr> paissad: you can likely tunnel through 443
[20:42] <notverygoodatthi> I'm on a university network
[20:43] <Jordan_U> FoxtrotZero: sudo smartctl -l selftest /dev/sda
[20:43] <terr> paissad: your other option would be to set up a nat box at home and paroxy port 80
[20:43] <jwrigley> notverygoodatthi: you just answered your own question.
[20:43] <notverygoodatthi> but the thing is
[20:44] <anli__> resize2fs does not resize partitions, thats so strange
[20:44] <anli__> It just resizes file systems...
[20:44] <anli__> how can I possibly set the number of sectors right
[20:44] <terr> paissad: there might be a better solution of course but I don't know about it.
[20:44] <notverygoodatthi> when I was on windows the other day I was able to torrent something though
[20:45] <SlimG_> Does anyone know if Gobi 3000 UMTS (3G) modem works out-of-box with ubuntu?
[20:45] <notverygoodatthi> since then I crashed my windows laptop so I just have an ubuntu netbook for the moment
[20:45] <jwrigley> notverygoodatthi: able to send, or able to receive?
[20:46] <paissad> terr, you proposed my to set up a proxy in at home ?  with what rules ? knowing that freenode access port is 6667 IIRC
[20:46] <notverygoodatthi> I can't do either right now
[20:46] <o0splitpaw0o> !kvm
[20:46] <Guest95886> anyone know how to setup wpa-supplicant with wpa2 on ubuntu server?
[20:47] <terr> paissad: I run openBSD on the firewall and I'd put in a command to translate port 80 to port 6667 adn route it to freenode.
[20:47] <terr> paissad: paissad I've never done this in linux.  I know linux can do it.
[20:47] <jwrigley> notverygoodatthi: being able to send relies on your university network.. being able to receive relies on being able to send or the niceness of the "people" you wish to download from.
[20:47] <paissad> terr, i already have a web server running, ... it's not suitable i think
[20:48] <terr> paissad: yes actually it is because with openBSD at least you can nat from a specific subnet.  So you just firewall the whole stupid university from your webserver and hijack it for 6667
[20:48] <jwrigley> notverygoodatthi: so if it worked the other day most likely you were simply downloading from "nice" people
[20:48] <notverygoodatthi> yes but, most people are configured to automatically upload and download, and this is happening with three different torrents, all of which have plenty of seeders
[20:49] <terr> paissad: if you have an extra static IP you can hijack it.
[20:49] <javier__> how to format an external hard drive from ubuntu? I dont find the option in gparted
[20:50] <terr> paissad: look for a proxy server.  This is how they anonymise
[20:50] <notverygoodatthi> what do you mean by "nice"? how does that apply to a university network differently than at home?
[20:50] <Daghdha> Hi, i ran some updates earllier today and now my NAS just froze. I had to reset it. I am now in again, but am wondering what can i check to see for a possible cause? It happened while deleteing a file trough Samba share
[20:50] <paissad> terr, a proxy server which NAT from 80 to 6667 ?
[20:51] <Jordan_U> javier__: Select the device you want to partition in the menu at the top right.
[20:51] <paissad> good luck for me
[20:51] <terr> paissad: sure - its no harder than changing the IP.  They just rewrite the packet header
[20:51] <terr> paissad: a good firewall should be able to do this.
[20:52] <paissad> terr, i have basic skills about iptables ... but as i already said, i'm currently using the port 80 & 443 :/
[20:52] <terr> paissad: you need to rewrite both the IP and hte port number instead of jsut the IP
[20:53] <terr> paissad: yes... so what you do is set up a rule which rewrites only if the source address is your university
[20:53] <paissad> terr, yeah, why not, why not :)
[20:53] <terr> paissad: that shuts them down but who cares.  To block everything except prt 80 and 443 is pretty ignorant
[20:53] <jwrigley> notverygoodatthi: not sure exactly where it occurs, whether it is in the clients of the other users or at the tracker or a reaction to the general topology of the torrent-seed, but somewhere in the mix of that some peers will upload to you despite you not uploading.. it is generally a small percentage
[20:54] <terr> paissad: I have never looked at iptables.  But it should be able to do this.
[20:54] <paissad> terr, hmm, i'm going to take fun ... it's been lots of months since i did not played with iptables, .. but that's no trick
[20:54] <terr> paissad: now if you have a static IP for your webserver then you should have more than one available... I have like 8
[20:55] <notverygoodatthi> I'm almost certain I was uploading when I torrented on windows, I remember checking my ratio
[20:55] <terr> paissad: look into ssh tunnelling too
[20:55] <paissad> terr, how did you get 8 static IPs ? O_o ... my ISP delivered me only one which is i think completely normal
[20:56] <terr> paissad: I have a business account.. Costs me 480 per month tho!  Just a rip off!
[20:56] <terr> paissad: I have a business account.. Costs me $80 per month tho!  Just a rip off!
[20:56] <jwrigley> notverygoodatthi: are they the same torrents?
[20:56] <paissad> terr, indeed :)
[20:56] <terr> paissad: I run quite a nimber of websites tho and email for a few 100 ppl
[20:56] <otaylor> anyone know how to join the html and css page?
[20:57] <rapage> does anyone knows something
[20:57] <rapage> are all screens from laptops lcd
[20:57] <jwrigley> rapage: yes, plasma screens are to power hogging
[20:57] <notverygoodatthi> no, but they're all popular, well seeded torrents from the same site, and it seems unlikely that one would have so many people with that one setting on that it downloaded at a totally normal rate, while the ones I've downloaded to ubuntu have none-
[20:58] <terr> paissad: http://www.freeproxy.ca/
[20:58] <klafka_> so i'm having a hellacious time getting ubuntu to work on my macbook pro, it refused to install grub2 so i fiknished the install without it, can I try and install it again via rescue mode?
[20:58] <jwrigley> rapage: ... and CRTs are a bit heavy -- hardly portable
[20:58] <rapage> jwrigley, what about led screns