=== Gman [~Glynn@amfea-proxy-1.sun.com] has joined #ubuntu [12:16] SleepBoB: dude, if you want a radeon 9000, i can lend it to you tonight [12:17] here's $5, buy something that's not nvidia [12:28] daniels: how do I go about getting a dvorak layout with xkb on a powerpc (which uses xkblayout "macintosh")? [12:28] on i386 "setxkbmap dvorak" works fine [12:29] but on powerpc I get a very unhelpful "Error loading new keyboard description" [12:29] in other words, #255007 [12:29] which I just noticed [12:30] which also contains a fix [12:32] and so, never mind :-) [12:33] glad to be of service ;) [12:33] do you want the next xfree86 revision to have that fix? [12:35] I just pulled it into warty bugzilla to ask about that [12:37] rad === daniels watches rsync whiz by. [12:37] pool/main/t ... === Md is now known as alice === alice is now known as Md === aes [~andrew@dsl-212-23-23-154.zen.co.uk] has joined #ubuntu === mark0 [marko@treason.nexuslabs.com] has joined #ubuntu [01:11] anyoen here installed warty amd64? [01:13] not I [01:14] are you using the x86 ver? [01:14] err i386/ia32 [01:15] no, I've only used powerpc [01:15] i guess i could try it on nova === hrdwrbob [~hrdwrbob@c210-49-180-240.brasd1.vic.optusnet.com.au] has joined #ubuntu === Riff [~davyd@cook.theducks.org] has joined #ubuntu === fabbione [fabbione@just.fugedabout.it] has joined #ubuntu === StoneTable [~stone@c-67-167-111-186.client.comcast.net] has joined #ubuntu [03:37] maybe you should try the mailing list === cef_work [~cef@fw-01.amc.com.au] has joined #ubuntu [04:35] yo, can you guys check the FAQ to see if we're missing anything sensible? [04:35] http://wiki.no-name-yet.com/FrequentlyAskedQuestions [04:35] i've just added a short entry about root [04:35] because everyone's asking about it :-) [04:35] if any of those answers need to be improved, let me know [04:35] hence, FAQ :) [04:35] what's the username and passwd? ;) [04:36] Gman: sounder:oink [04:36] sounders:oink, sorry [04:36] oh right, /topic [04:36] wondered what that meant === ..[topic/#ubuntu:Kamion] : SSDS | http://wiki.no-name-yet.com/ username: sounders, password: oink | Sounder CD 7 released [04:36] let's expand that a bit === ..[topic/#ubuntu:jdub] : SSDS | http://sounders:oink@wiki.no-name-yet.com/ | Sounder CD 7 released [04:37] much ebtter [04:37] bah, you got there before i did [04:37] oh [04:37] which is better? :) [04:37] yours'll do [04:37] second one, I was about to say words to that effect :) [04:38] 'sonly going to have a password for a little while longer ;) [04:38] cef_work: you're posting with a different email address to the one you subscribed under :) [04:39] Kamion: what does openssh-server use openssh-client for? [04:40] Kamion: proxy and so on, or...? [04:46] 'Please note that the real one would be less racy, but this is the sort of palette I imagine we will want.' [04:46] hahahahaha [04:48] jdub: I imagine it needs it for scp and sftp [05:08] grr, seb nuked my changes to file-roller and gnome-applets :| [05:09] you touchin' my applets? [05:09] yeah [05:10] right! let's take this outside! [05:10] unlike all the other applets, the wireless applet does not have any padding (mostly because the default image is padded already) [05:15] jdub: /etc/ssh/moduli, ssh-keysign, couple of other common things [05:15] Clint: -server doesn't need scp [05:15] don't see why it should need the sftp client either really [05:15] oh, scp, yes [05:15] jdub: bugger.. I'll fix that.. sorry [05:15] sorry, it's 0415 here [05:16] Kamion: was thinking last week - might be cool to have an ssh server with no ssh client [05:16] jdub: want me to repost? [05:16] jdub: I considered that, but decided against it. [05:16] cef_work: nah, i've moderated :) [05:16] I don't think it's a sufficiently valuable use case to justify the extra package [05:16] since installing openssh-client is not harmful [05:17] cool.. bah! seems a lot of my mail settings have been reset [05:17] hm, oops, I put sshd_config(5) in openssh-client by mistake === tvon_ [~tvon@dsl093-119-225.blt1.dsl.speakeasy.net] has joined #ubuntu [05:38] Nifty work so far folks. [05:39] While the brown might be a little much, I dig the ubuntu logo/wallpaper bits :) [05:40] heh, that will all change ;) [05:40] (see the FAQ) [05:40] welcome, btw [05:40] Yeah, was just skimming the faq [05:40] and thanks === tvon_ [~tvon@dsl093-119-225.blt1.dsl.speakeasy.net] has joined #ubuntu [05:41] wrong key [05:42] Live CD default background is nice === lamont tries this whole upgrade thing, just to get the latest stuff. [05:43] The 'installer' is basically the latest debian installer, yes? [05:44] tvon_: yeah, but way simplified [05:44] I upped from a bastardized testing/unstable system and things seemed to go well [05:44] tvon_: at its core [05:44] ah, nice [05:44] I'll have to check that out [05:46] bootsplash bits are based on..well, 'bootsplash'? [05:47] (as opposed to rhgb or something like that) === tvon_ is now known as tvon|lurking [05:54] tvon|lurking: we're not doing bootsplash for warty, but it's actually going to be a pure userspace thing some of our guys have done themselves [05:55] tvon|lurking: we tried to use bootsplash, but the requirement to build all the framebuffer modules into the kernel broke our installer === tvon [~tvon@dsl093-119-225.blt1.dsl.speakeasy.net] has joined #ubuntu === lamont reboots for giggles and new gnome === lamont [~lamont@mix.mmjgroup.com] has joined #ubuntu === lamont looks around for fabbione to beat. [06:03] I want my resolution back.. [06:04] lamont: -6ubuntu10? [06:04] sigh === lamont tries dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 instead [06:04] brb === lamont [~lamont@mix.mmjgroup.com] has joined #ubuntu === lamont [~lamont@mix.mmjgroup.com] has joined #ubuntu === lamont [~lamont@mix.mmjgroup.com] has joined #ubuntu [06:16] 1280x1024, 16-bit seems to work just fine... [06:36] morning guys [06:36] lamont: are you on ubuntu10? [06:37] 9 [06:37] fire call - back in a bit [06:37] ok [06:38] lamont: ubuntu9 was broken. please upgrade ubuntu10 [06:39] uhuhu we have the fix for XKB [06:39] ! === fabbione ponders uploading ubuntu11 [06:48] more x uploads! :) === lamont kicks X [06:58] takes forever and a day to download, you know... [06:59] mmm, broadband [06:59] lamont: it's faster if you just upgrade it, rather than syncing an entire mirror [06:59] lamont: i have been working 14 hours yesterday to fix all the -reconfigure /upgrade thingy [06:59] mdz: yeah, but not by much.. [07:00] then again, if I just upgrade it, then I don't go through the straw... [07:00] well, I can bypass the straw, that is. [07:00] tvon: I have broadband, but the billing is kinda wierd... [07:00] lamont: you need only xserver-xfree86 and xserver-common from ubuntu10 [07:00] end result is that I mirror warty at 20kbps [07:00] fabbione: but I have 9 and a working X config... [07:01] lamont: ah [07:01] fabbione: is -11 due anytime soon? [07:01] lamont: dpkg-reconfigure won't work and it will smash your config [07:01] lamont: probably today or tomorrow [07:01] fabbione: yeah - I noticed. But vi works.. [07:01] fabbione: cool [07:01] lamont: well it's enough you add a line at the end of the file [07:02] and the config won't be touched anymore [07:18] mdz: btw, I just sync main and about 5 packages from universe, not the whole archive === lamont heads for bed, forseeing a long day tomorrow. === diieman gets the feeling lamont might be better served by weekly cd dumps ;) [07:27] mdz: i agree that we should kill the -novtswitch [07:27] fabbione: ok [07:28] daniels will have time to do it properly [07:28] yeah, hes downloading about 2 cds a week [07:30] gah [07:30] what's the URL to the isos? [07:31] http://ftp.no-name-yet.com/cdimage/ [07:31] see the wiki :) [07:32] oh der [07:32] under 'archive' [08:16] uhm.... upgrading hal while accessing an USB disc seems not to be a great idea [08:16] hmmm... reboot required [08:18] hmmmmmmmmmmmmm..... hard boot required [08:18] hah [08:19] ide freezed too [08:23] that's bad [08:24] ik5pvx: please file a bug [08:24] I'm saving the logs right now [08:24] want to see it before I file a bug ? [08:24] also... it would be nice to see if it can be reproduced [08:24] just go ahead.. i will get the mail from the systemm === ik5pvx would like to reproduce it on someone else's filesystem [08:25] hey.. i gave you that laptop to play with warty :-))) [08:25] use it :P [08:25] will do in a while [08:29] ehm [08:34] mdz: hmm, seems the broadcom in the x300 works with the tg3 driver === ploum [~ploum@93-244.242.81.adsl.skynet.be] has joined #ubuntu === Riff [~davyd@cook.theducks.org] has joined #ubuntu [09:19] ik5pvx: i think the problem is related to USB only. all the otherstuff is a chain of things that goes banana [09:20] or these ones are the bits during the shutdown? [09:21] oh [09:21] the kernel with warty seems to hate usb [09:21] if i cat /proc/usb/devices with my media reader plugged in, it'll just dump in d [09:22] daniels: seems to work fine on my workstation. [09:24] probably just hates the kt400; i don't blame it [09:26] daniels: WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO THE KERNEL THIS TIME? :P === fabbione hides [09:26] daniels: btw ubuntu10 is up with all the fixes [09:26] i am going to upload ubuntu11 that has all the META key fixes [09:26] and ask sounders to do a good round of autodetection tests [09:28] fabbione: ok, cool [09:28] i had an ubuntu with novtswitch fixes, and i've been looking at macintosh stuff [09:28] as well as having fixed pppoe and a couple of others [09:28] mdz has handed me a couple of lovely bugs to hunt down [09:28] daniels: in ubuntu11 i already killed the novt stuff [09:28] fabbione: it was never there [09:28] afaict [09:28] daniels: there was the patch [09:28] we added it in ubuntu6 or something [09:31] i looked in ubuntu10 and there was no #914 === ploum [~ploum@93-244.242.81.adsl.skynet.be] has joined #ubuntu [09:32] impossible.. i deleted it only this morning [09:32] until.... [09:32] HMMMMM [09:32] AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH [09:32] because i used svn export [09:32] that's why [09:33] ok.. never mind than [09:33] my fault === fabbione learns about svn status [09:34] heh :) that's what you get for using svn :P [09:36] fabbione, yes I too think it's a chain reaction. It's strange that udev freezes too, and I couldn't complete the reboot. [09:37] ik5pvx: udev is full of race conditions afaict [09:37] ( yeah they replaced a buggy devfs with a buggy udev ) [09:41] ok.. ubuntu11 is up... === fabbione gets a little break === seb128 [~seb128@ABoulogne-110-1-2-13.w80-13.abo.wanadoo.fr] has joined #ubuntu [10:23] morning [10:24] jdub: here ? [10:24] morning seb [10:24] get my mail? :) [10:24] hey jdub :) [10:24] yes, but I've apt-get source from warty as usual [10:24] you've made your changes out of the debian dir ? [10:25] nup [10:25] I just keep the debian dir between the version ... [10:25] for gnome-applets I've this entry in the changelog [10:25] " * Tastier icons for the wireless applet." [10:26] see my .changes entries for file-roller and gnome-applets [10:26] these icons better end upstream [10:26] Riff: i just nicked the netapplet ones for now [10:26] Riff: but decided not to use those anyway [10:26] (they're mobile phone bars, which is inappropriate for wireless) [10:27] i'm going to have some new ones made which will be much nicer [10:27] jdub: where have you made your changes for the applets ? [10:27] seb128: under debian/ [10:27] a pair of breasts perhaps? [10:27] :) [10:27] I've apt-get source gnome-applets, grab the debian dir and put it in the new version [10:27] a bunch of .uu files, a change to debian/rules, and a patch in patches/ [10:27] hrm [10:27] i totally uploaded it [10:27] Gman; how do you represent wireless strength with a pair of breasts? [10:28] i can send you the changes :-) [10:28] jdub: I've your changelog entry .... I swear I've not changed the debian dir [10:28] out of the changelog and control.in for the depends [10:28] seb128: does it include the wireless padding patch? [10:29] " * Tastier icons for the wireless applet." is the previous entry [10:29] and/or comment in the changelog [10:29] hrm [10:29] i'm sure i uploaded them [10:29] 8) [10:29] I've apt-get source gnome-applets [10:29] i'll re-upload [10:29] there was the menu change for fileroller, too [10:29] gnome-applets (2.7.2-0ubuntu4) warty; urgency=low [10:29] . [10:29] * debian/patches/07_wireless_padding.patch: [10:29] - add 2 pixels of padding for hboxed applets [10:29] [10:29] grumpf [10:30] Riff, dunno, i'm sure there are ways [10:30] perhaps I've not apt-get update and the warty mirror had both versions [10:30] ahr [10:30] yeah, that's the one [10:30] jdub: do you still have the changes ? :) [10:30] Gman: the harder the nipple... [10:30] seb128: yeah [10:30] if yes, please mail them [10:30] jdub; I had wondered that [10:31] mental note: the warty mirror can provide old sources, always apt-get update before getting the source package for a new version [10:31] jdub: sorry for nucking your changes :p [10:32] don't worry [10:32] i love it when you nuck my changes [10:32] ah ah [10:32] ;) [10:33] seb128: "it won't matter anymore when we have hct" [10:33] BTW we don't have a lot of time before before the release and still a lot of desktop changes/fixes to do [10:33] yeah [10:33] would be nice to get your comments about the menu [10:34] yeah, sorry, been away for the weekend 8) [10:34] to take a decision about the trash applet (upstream probably in holidays, he doesn't reply) [10:34] what did we need to decide? [10:34] should I start fixing the problem ? Or we just trash the trash applet ? :p [10:34] s/problem/problems/ [10:35] it has some bugs, no animation and no translation [10:35] we need to put some efforts in it if we want to ship it [10:36] yeah [10:36] okay, trash it :-) [10:36] perhaps put it in supported [10:36] have you put it in debian yet? [10:36] no [10:37] if you get time, that might be nice :) [10:37] not really the good time to put new stuffs in debian, autobuilders are overloaded and we are trying to release sarge [10:37] yes ... [10:37] yeah [10:37] whenever's handy [10:37] BTW that's quick to upload it, I'll try to do it soon [10:38] we also need to make changes on the damn battery and wireless applets === rburton [~ross@82-44-126-41.cable.ubr03.croy.blueyonder.co.uk] has joined #ubuntu [10:38] if you don't have a laptop they keep displays messages [10:38] seb128; I fixed the battery applet for desktops I think [10:39] I never committed the patch though, because noone has tested it [10:39] including me [10:39] it works on my laptop though [10:40] seb128; does this help you: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=150899 [10:40] thanks [10:44] Riff: what does it do for machines that don't have batteries? [10:44] jdub; that's the point, it's meant to say they're on AC power [10:45] personally I think it's a kernel bug [10:45] right [10:45] if you load the battery module without a battery, it should have a state file saying battery: none [10:45] or something [10:45] we just want to get rid of it, and remove it from the panel config [10:46] seb128: another option is doing some laptop-detect foo and choosing a different default panel profile === jdub does a mass upgrade on his newly installed ubuntu/x86 box [10:48] I should get a screen and a videocard for my desktop [10:48] so I can start playing with it properly [10:54] well, it's not the geforce2mx that's causing the rebooting problems [11:41] rburton: ping [11:41] pong [11:42] rburton: sorry i don't understand your answer [11:42] it is gone, or it is gone adding the resolution? [11:42] adding the resolution lines made the mouse speed reasonable again === savs [~savs@jicbioinc1.ext.uea.ac.uk] has joined #ubuntu [11:42] ok === fabbione mumbles [11:43] adding a fix is not easy.... [11:43] i mean an automatic fix... [11:43] yeah, i can imagine [11:44] it's more the sequence in which things are done than anything else [11:44] and who will own the fix. [11:44] the modules are loaded by discover i think, or hotplug [11:44] but the resolution is set at a much later stage by X [11:45] Riff: so, now you've fixed forecasts for the UK, can we have weather maps too? :P [11:45] so theoretically i need to feed these info to hotplug ... [11:45] thom; you can put in a custom radar URL [11:45] fabbione: is it possible this is a kernel driver bug, where some mouses send a much higher resolution data than others and the driver doesn't know this? [11:45] also, it's Alan Cox who fixed it [11:46] oh well [11:46] rburton: yes. it can be everything. === jdub has a radar url :) [11:46] so much for that hope :-) [11:46] rburton: even a mouse that sends more info [11:46] thom: http://mirror.bom.gov.au/radar/IDR033.gif [11:46] rburton: i think it's called the repeater or something similar [11:46] :-) === fabbione fires up AC/DC [11:47] THUNDER.. AH AH AH AHHH === savs is away: biab === Gman [~Glynn@222-152-131-41.jetstream.xtra.co.nz] has joined #ubuntu === Gman [~Glynn@amfea-proxy-1.sun.com] has joined #ubuntu === seb128 [~seb128@ABoulogne-110-1-2-13.w80-13.abo.wanadoo.fr] has joined #ubuntu === savs is back (gone 00:59:09) [12:56] you know what? it's probably a good idea to disable the xscreensaver module that fakes crash screens from windows [12:56] heh, that might be a good plan [12:56] i can dual booting users getting a little panicked when that one comes up [12:57] you are probably right, but it's so fun to see those windows people giggle at you "your pc has crashed" and then impressing them with the password for xscreensaver [12:59] :-) [01:30] ik5pvx; if only that password dialog wasn't so damned ugly [01:31] Riff: well, what happened to gscreensaver? [01:32] it never happened? [01:32] thom; I has managed not to happen yet [01:32] I should get back on with that [01:33] i take it the plan would be to support the xscreensaver hacks but with a nice unlock interface and dbus magic [01:34] rburton; pretty much [01:34] the design plan, is to invent a magic auditable way to fit it into xscreensaver [01:35] so that jwz won't flame me any more [01:35] hahaha [01:37] oh... riff left... anyway, tehre are some configurable items in app-defaults for xscreensaver... at least the colors could be tuned, I think === netjoined: irc.freenode.net -> tolkien.freenode.net === Riff [~davyd@cook.theducks.org] has joined #ubuntu === jdub [~jdub@home.waugh.id.au] has joined #ubuntu [01:49] why did my battery applet suddenly go vertical ? [01:53] did your taskbar get bigger? [01:54] no. [01:55] I did an aptitude update yesterday, today the battery is vertical not horizontal... harder to read. === ploum [~ploum@93-244.242.81.adsl.skynet.be] has joined #ubuntu === SleepBoB [hrdwrbob@220-253-14-97.VIC.netspace.net.au] has joined #ubuntu === thom [~thom@amnesiac.heapspace.net] has joined #ubuntu === lifeless [~robertc@dsl-156.23.240.220.rns02-kent-syd.dsl.comindico.com.au] has joined #ubuntu === Mithrandir [~tfheen@vawad.raw.no] has joined #ubuntu [02:25] fabbione: how to debug apache2, if each newly created child process immediatly segfaults? [02:25] doko: summoning thom? ;) [02:26] i am trying to split a package right now to save a few (hundred) Mb for each X uploads [02:26] tho it will suck the first upload [02:26] but it will save us a lot of bw later on [02:30] fabbione: speaking of X, do you know what the status of the meta/hyper RC bug in Debian's X is? [02:30] Oskuro: debian is pending upload [02:30] for us the fix is in Ubuntu11 [02:31] that i uploaded this morning [02:31] scary eh? [02:31] RAD! ;) [02:33] at least they should be working [02:33] if they don't let me know [02:33] because Overfiend was overexcited for the fix [02:35] heh [02:35] so it was recently marked pending, I guess. [02:35] I just looked at the bug today and saw it was pending [02:36] have I said I *hate* OpenOffice's source, and above that BUILDING openoffice? [02:40] Oskuro: yesterday night [02:41] fabbione: k === bskahan [~bskahan@dsl093-119-225.blt1.dsl.speakeasy.net] has joined #ubuntu === fabbione mumbles [02:57] Oskuro: do you know how to apply a patch to openoffice package in a proper way ? :) [02:57] doko: which versions, what modules do you have loaded? === fabbione is close to split xfonts out of xfree86 === rburton restarts to try new xfree86 [03:00] seb128: I'm leaving this stupid place in 1 minute [03:00] hmm, actually, 20 seconds, but I can tel lyou tomorrow [03:00] seb128: or #debian-oo [03:01] thom: current ubuntu, libapache2-mod-python2.3 [03:01] Oskuro: ok === doko_ [~doko@dsl-082-083-244-078.arcor-ip.net] has joined #ubuntu [03:05] seb128: you going to do an evo update, or wait to sync with debian? [03:06] need to catch up with all the other stuffs and I'll see [03:06] probably ask for a sync for a part of the packages [03:06] why ? [03:07] seb128: just wondering when to do evolution-exchange :) [03:07] ok, I'll let you know, hopefully Kitame will update the debian packages soon :) === jdub doesn't see unstable status anymore, running garnome on desktop and ubuntu on ibook === rburton [~ross@82-44-126-41.cable.ubr03.croy.blueyonder.co.uk] has joined #ubuntu [03:14] can anyone remember the bug# for they xfree86 stickly windows key bug? [03:16] rburton: ??? [03:17] rburton: again ? [03:17] :) [03:17] wait [03:17] yeah, sorry [03:17] i'll write it down this time :) [03:17] ehehhe [03:17] i was hoping ubuntu11 contained the fix, but no such luck [03:18] fabbione: does xfree86 guess a keyboard layout from the locale? [03:18] rburton: yes [03:18] fab [03:19] rburton: #259740 this one ? [03:19] rburton: ubuntu11 has the fixes that will go into Debian for all the keys [03:19] rburton: if it doesn't work please follow up with me and Overfiend [03:19] because it's only in trunk and not part of Debian yet [03:19] i've still got a sticky windows/super key [03:20] as in 259740 [03:20] rburton: just a sec [03:20] how can i reset the keyboard layout, removing any xmodmap commands, whilst in x [03:21] why removing any xmodmap commands? [03:22] i've just ran some to fix the sticky super key [03:22] i'll just logout/in again :) [03:22] bbiab === rburton [~ross@82-44-126-41.cable.ubr03.croy.blueyonder.co.uk] has joined #ubuntu [03:25] rburton: please next time gimme a sec to check the commands :-)))) [03:25] right, fresh Xubuntu11, with a sticky super key which means the metacity window switcher won't go away until i release and press super [03:25] fabbione: :) === fabbione is not a live enciclopedia :P [03:26] i'd only just logged in so this wasn't a problem, and ensures a clean setup [03:26] rburton: is that the correct behaviour? [03:26] nope [03:26] ok, please follow up on the Debian bug. [03:26] i press super, arrows move around the workspaces, but when i let go of super, the popup doesn't go [03:26] ~ [03:26] ops === fabbione would love to understand what the "super" key is on hiw keyboard [03:27] ;3~ [03:27] ARGH [03:27] damn keyboard [03:28] is it ctrl+alt+? [03:28] its the windows key for me [03:28] rburton: right or left? [03:29] both [03:29] they do nothing for me [03:29] keyboard layout pc104 [03:30] same here [03:30] xfree86, dk layout [03:31] i think metacity uses meta by default as the hotkey [03:32] i am running a "standard" desktop installation [03:32] no local modification or anything [03:32] kinda to keep it as neutral as possible [03:33] here that's ctrl+alt too [03:33] ctrl+alt+ works for me [03:33] as soon as i release any of the buttons the popup goes away [03:34] me too [03:34] so that's correct.. i guess [03:35] the problem is with the windows key, not with alt [03:36] yeah i got that [03:36] With the left or right ctrl/alt keys? [03:36] rburton: please follow up on the Debian bug, exaplaning that you are using svn trunk version of X and that i told you to do so [03:36] Left keys work fine for me, right keys cause the popup to stay [03:36] fabbione: am doing so now [03:37] rburton: thanks a lot === tvon tips his hat === tvon [~tvon@dsl093-119-225.blt1.dsl.speakeasy.net] has left #ubuntu ["Leaving"] [03:37] tvon|lurking: right.. i can see that too [03:38] woo, finally finished the base-config merge, I think [03:39] that was inordinately painful [03:39] debian->ubuntu merge ? [03:39] yes === crevette_ [~crevette@ip-24.net-82-216-186.nice.rev.numericable.fr] has joined #ubuntu [03:40] Kamion: what's new and hot in base-config? [03:40] * Merge to warty, mainly for translation updates, debconf preseeding, and [03:40] GDM language setting. [03:40] oh ok [03:40] nice :) [03:40] the last was the impetus, but the second would be *really* nice if we can make it work in warty [03:41] hello [03:41] hey crevette === crevette_ is now known as crevetteZulu [03:42] the new xfree resolved res detection [03:43] crevetteZulu: so it works fine for you? [03:45] I'm just a the step two === npmccallum [~npmccallu@24-48-54-75.ironoh.adelphia.net] has joined #ubuntu [03:46] cool [03:47] but at this point the XF86config is feed with accurate frequency [03:47] and it's better [03:47] the process detection even my monitor and VGA card information [03:47] s/detection/detects/ [03:51] yup [03:52] it the last update is only for laptop user ? because i'm a wkstation user and It's even better :) [03:53] no it's for everybody [03:53] ok [03:53] laptop and workstations [03:53] I will try with the last and final step [03:53] see you [03:53] ok === crevetteZulu [~crevette@ip-24.net-82-216-186.nice.rev.numericable.fr] has joined #ubuntu [04:05] back again [04:05] step 3 didn't worked for me [04:05] only a blinking led on my monitor [04:08] my battery status applet has died :[ [04:08] anyone want a bug report? [04:08] lifeless: well, yes. bugzilla does [04:09] no idea how to reproduce... [04:09] lifeless; I think I've fixed it [04:09] crevetteZulu: ok. can you send us all the info, like video card, logs, configurations and so on? [04:09] what version of the applet are you running? [04:09] crevetteZulu: at least to have an idea of what is wrong and what needs to be fixed [04:10] 2.7.2-0ubuntu4 [04:12] you probably need to try 2.7.3 [04:12] ok, that is probably in my aptitude download now. [04:12] hang on, I'll get a stack trace to compare yours against [04:12] f*ck [04:12] let me attach gdb [04:13] I forgot to keep a log of the step 3 [04:13] hah. [04:13] No stack. [04:13] lifeless; that's ok then [04:14] ah. my bad [04:14] (gdb) bt [04:14] #0 0x4070401e in __read_nocancel () from /lib/tls/libpthread.so.0 [04:14] #1 0x408a62c1 in g_vasprintf () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 [04:14] #2 0x4087e231 in g_io_channel_get_encoding () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 [04:14] #3 0x4087ed34 in g_io_channel_read_line_string () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 [04:14] #4 0x4087eb4a in g_io_channel_read_line_string () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 [04:14] #5 0x08051764 in acpi_process_event () [04:14] #6 0x0804d6a4 in acpi_callback () [04:14] #7 0x408a622f in g_vasprintf () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 [04:14] compare to this: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=151412 [04:14] #8 0x408837ed in g_main_depth () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 [04:14] #9 0x40884818 in g_main_context_dispatch () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 [04:14] #10 0x40884b3a in g_main_context_dispatch () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 [04:14] #11 0x40885113 in g_main_loop_run () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 [04:14] #12 0x401fcbbf in bonobo_main () from /usr/lib/libbonobo-2.so.0 [04:14] #13 0x401faf12 in bonobo_generic_factory_main_timeout () from /usr/lib/libbonobo-2.so.0 [04:14] #14 0x401fae32 in bonobo_generic_factory_main () from /usr/lib/libbonobo-2.so.0 [04:14] crevetteZulu: i know it's a bit long procedure... but would you mind to do step 3 again? [04:14] #15 0x4002ffd9 in panel_applet_factory_main_closure () from /usr/lib/libpanel-applet-2.so.0 [04:14] #16 0x400300f2 in panel_applet_factory_main () from /usr/lib/libpanel-applet-2.so.0 [04:14] #17 0x08050f9b in main () [04:14] nope, not even close. === fabbione begs for no paste in the chan [04:15] fabbione, yes yes of course [04:15] I 'll do that right now [04:15] crevetteZulu: thanks a lot! [04:15] lifeless; can you file it then? === fabbione really appreciates help [04:15] bbq [04:16] bah, gnome-applets is missing from the component list [04:16] go to bugzilla.gnome.org [04:16] err. Surely I should be filing this against ubuntu bugzilla. === justdave_ [~dave@24.247.63.44.gha.mi.chartermi.net] has joined #ubuntu [04:17] and then seb has to move it upstream, so you might just as well :-) [04:17] lifeless; unless you can establish it's a bug in some ubuntu specific bug [04:18] I've always had the precedence the other way around... distro first, which triages, then upstream. [04:18] are ubuntu patching gnome-applets? [04:18] it's not that; if there's something release-critical that we need to fix then it needs to be in our bug tracking system for tracking [04:19] I don't know. And then there is Kamions point too. === lifeless decides to put it in nny, against gnome-control-centre for now. [04:19] lifeless; it looks vaguely like something in GNOME, which means I want to fix it for GNOME 2.8 anyway [04:19] we have a few patches, not large [04:19] are you fiddling with the battery ACPI code? [04:20] me? no. [04:20] there's a call to update_ac_info() added to battstat/acpi-linux.c [04:20] I mean ubuntu [04:20] hmm [04:20] bug #940 [04:21] at ACPI_EVENT_BATTERY_INFO [04:23] hmm, it could be an ubuntu bug then [04:23] this makes me less concerned [04:26] lifeless: generally, if the correct component doesn't exist, use UNKNOWN. [04:26] (and whine at mdz to create the component ...) === crevetteZulu [~crevette@ip-24.net-82-216-186.nice.rev.numericable.fr] has joined #ubuntu [04:30] fabbione, I put all my log and conf on bmm80.free.fr/ubuntu/xfree86 [04:31] diieman: the warty mirror would go faster if it wasn't competing with a sid partial-mirror as well.. :-) === lamont wants "focus follows thought" === StoneTable [~stone@65.169.94.254] has joined #ubuntu [04:33] lamont: sawfish is written in lithp, so i'm sure you could work something out === lamont adds "learn lisp" to the bottom of his todo list. [04:33] heh [04:34] lamont, what is "focus follow thought" ? [04:34] rofl [04:34] as opposed to following 'pointer', or 'click on window'. I just want the right window to have focus when I think about it. ;-) [04:34] crevetteZulu: can you tar them up and send them via email? [04:35] it's easier for me to keep track of stuff [04:35] oki [04:35] fabbione@fabbione.net is a good option :-) [04:35] thanks [04:35] oki [04:35] lamont, because I would propose to test devilspie but it not implement this :) [04:36] hehe [04:40] edd: hey, what dirs do you have in /proc/acpi/button ? same to anyone else with a acpi using laptop [04:40] jdub: around ? [04:40] thom: my tr1mp is updating windows xp, can't answer right now :) [04:40] gar, useless :-) [04:41] thom: but, my thinkpad a22m has lid, power, sleep [04:41] yeah, the ibms have sane names. [04:41] it's all the other crap i'm worried about :-) [04:41] well, i'm sorry for having an ibm to hand [04:41] i'll try and be crapper next time [04:41] I have lid, power [04:41] heheh === edd whips self with an XF86Config-4 file [04:42] on a Toshiba [04:42] but Toshiba have good ACPI support [04:42] Riff: cool, thanks [04:42] what do tosh call your batteries, out of interest? [04:42] BAT1 on my machine [04:43] *nod*. the HPs apparently call them stuff like C139 [04:43] wonderful [04:44] BAT0,BAT1 on the ibm === [Clint] [~c123p456@user-12hdtek.cable.mindspring.com] has joined #ubuntu [04:57] daniels: wake up kid === pitti [~martin@195.227.105.180] has joined #ubuntu [05:05] uff... message size limit [05:11] hrm.. metacity got confused... [05:11] rhythmbox died, but the window remains. [05:12] nm [05:12] hye lamont === lamont learns to speel [05:12] morning fabbione [05:13] ok... this is cool.. [05:14] i can build only X fonts out of a stripped Xfree86 tree === fabbione ponders to do a xfonts source package and remove fonts from X [05:14] meaning that there's hope for splitting them out for hoary? [05:14] that would simply stop you guys from having to upgrade fonts each time i upload X [05:15] lamont: actually i was thinking to do it in the next 2/3 days [05:15] it's a package split [05:15] bzzzzt [05:15] nothing incredible like doing x.org [05:15] that smells like a feature change [05:15] why? [05:15] adding a new source package [05:15] it's the same source of xfree86 [05:16] just stripped down [05:16] no changes to the sources [05:16] but if you can convince mdz/jdub that it's OK, more power to you [05:16] only to a couple of Imakefiles [05:16] it would be a "one time" upload [05:16] once it's there... no more [05:17] and i can disable building of fonts in x with one line change in debian/rules [05:17] pb is, it's not currently "broken" (just annoying) [05:17] (or almost) [05:17] i know [05:17] hence "unnecessary change" ==> "we're frozen, dude" [05:17] yeah [05:18] maybe simpler to just make sure -ubuntu11 is the perfect thing, so that it's what ships on warty, eh? [05:18] :-) [05:18] yarrr, /etc/environment and /etc/default/gdm handling is complicated [05:19] 18880 -rw-r--r-- 1 fabbione src 19307067 Aug 31 15:18 xfonts86-4.3.0.tar.gz [05:19] 58452 -rw-r--r-- 1 fabbione src 59789181 Apr 21 07:34 xfree86-4.3.0.tar.gz [05:19] lamont: see why? [05:19] lamont: there will be an ubuntu12 at least [05:19] lamont: but not that urgent [05:19] ubuntu11 has been a huge improvements over < ubuntu10 [05:31] seb128: are we going to merge gdm 2.6.0.4-1 from Debian? [05:31] seb128: I need some of the adjustments it made to LANG handling [05:31] seb128: (I'm happy to merge just that one change though, and can do that now) [05:31] Kamion: hum [05:33] we have some changes in the warty package [05:34] if the change is easy to merge, could you just to this for the moment, I'll try to have a look on the new debian package to merge the warty changes in it latter [05:35] it's just init and postinst [05:35] ok [05:38] AAAARGH! Since when the first installed Warty user has complete root capabilities through sudo? [05:38] pitti: last week [05:39] Kamion: but why shall we go back to Windows 95, security-wise? === Kamion is just following instructions here; mdz approved it ... [05:39] Kamion: up to now I told every Linux user that he should work as a normal user to avoid system damage... [05:39] don't shoot the messenger :) [05:40] seb128, Kamion: I don't want to shoot anybody :-), I just got very, very frightened... [05:40] I will talk to mdz about this. [05:40] I'm not enormously happy with it myself, but everyone seemed to think it was a good idea *shrug* [05:41] for my part I don't like to have a system without the root password after the installation [05:41] that's kind of weird [05:41] But actually the separation of system administartion and normal usage was one of the best features of Unix [05:41] I don't like it either, but I'm trying to sticking with it to see if I can get used to it [05:41] seb128: FULL ACK. Then we could as well have all people work as root [05:41] pitti: it has been said this will be an option for systems where it isn't a good idea [05:42] it's a great idea for home system, bad idea for office systems [05:42] rburton: IMNSHO it isn't a good idea on _every_ system. *shrug* [05:42] do you mean "on any system"? [05:43] Kamion: right, I do. Non-native english... [05:43] both are valid English but mean different things :-) [05:43] Kamion: I know the difference, just a typo. BTW, d-i now works just _great_! [05:43] Kamion: no more silly network questions [05:43] i think sudo is great. we're moving to giving our admins sudo root access to avoid typing in that nasty root password all the time [05:44] rburton: yes, but then we should install two users: an administrator and a day-to-day user, not just one administrator [05:44] why? i can't do root things unless i sudo [05:45] rburton: but what keeps a virus or other malicious program to use sudo as well? [05:45] s/keeps to/keeps from/ [05:46] rburton: entering a password is only required at the first time, then it is kept for a while [05:46] in the end, little difference. but the less the root password is shipped around, the better [05:46] pitti: we have tty_tickets turned on, by the way [05:46] pitti: so the virus would have to be running on the same tty as the user sudoing [05:47] thom: do you think that is uncommon? === tvon [~tvon@h-68-166-65-79.mclnva23.dynamic.covad.net] has joined #ubuntu [05:47] that would be the normal case, I'd have thought [05:47] thom: if I do some admin stuff under X, then go to Evolution and download a virus mail? [05:48] thom: will that work with tty_tickets? [05:48] wouldn't that be bound to some pty ? [05:48] pitti: sure, each x term gets a different tty - look at the output of w [05:49] sudo enabled apps like gnome-system-tools would require testing, tho. i have no idea how that works [05:50] thom: but normally users won't start programs in xterm (okay I do, but I'm not an average user) [05:50] thom: thanks for that info. I will look at it, at least it seems not to be as bad as I initially thought. [05:51] pitti: i suspect the correct thing for X applications (ie, things running on :0) is to not cache a ticket [05:51] what I've noticed so far, is that I open 4 xterms and fire "sudo bash" in one of them much like I use to run "su" in plain debian [05:52] thom: YES [05:52] (which is the behaviour OS X has, also) [05:53] it's crucial that people get warned when something is requesting root privilege [05:53] but we need to fix up gksu to use sudo anyway [05:53] Kamion: *nod* [05:53] I thought the consensus was that we needed to fix all the .desktop files [05:53] since gksu/gksudo looks at argv[0] to figure out how to act [05:54] i hadn't seen any consensus, but if that's the case, great [05:58] lamont: have any of the amd64 buildds tried to build debian-installer yet? All the build-deps should be there now. [06:03] Kamion: checking [06:04] pcmcia-storage-modules-2.6.7-5-amd64-generic-di dep-wait cleared. [06:04] mdz: I would still like it best to have a strict root/user separation, but maybe I'm just too conservative [06:05] lamont: aha [06:05] let me know if it breaks, I'll apply a hammer [06:05] ok [06:05] pitti: it is a usability problem for the user to remember two passwords, especially when one of them is almost never used [06:05] mdz: just because the people are misled by windows, we still should teach them about different roles about using a computer, don't? === lamont uploads a new-and-less-annoyed subversion. [06:06] mdz: agreed about the remembering of the root password. hmmm. [06:06] mdz: what about setting up the same password for root by default? [06:06] pitti: but then user changes password, root doesn't change, more confusion [06:06] (and at that point, you might just as well use sudo) [06:07] mdz: not for people used to Unix already [06:07] pitti: yeah, we discussed that and it was as thom says [06:07] pitti: people used to unix will immediately "sudo passwd root" [06:07] We can easily set timestamp_timeout=0 for just the initially created user [06:07] thom: I think there is a difference: scripts may use sudo, but cannot login as root [06:07] mdz: okay, if this was already discussed to death, I will shut up. [06:08] setting the timestamp seems reasonable [06:08] pitti: this is a pretty new thing, I think discussion is still perfectly reasonable ... [06:09] Kamion: I will try to do some bad things with the sudo approach. I know too little about it to really give competent statements, I think. [06:10] base-config (2.44ubuntu2) UNRELEASED; urgency=low [06:10] * lib/menu/passwd: Set timestamp_timeout=0 for the initial user's sudoers [06:10] entry. [06:10] mdz: BTW, many friends of mine don't know what 'sudo' is (sudo passwd root), but they are used to different computer usage roles. [06:11] pitti: the last screen of the installer should explain how to set the root password [06:11] Kamion: did that make it onto your todo list? [06:11] the last screen of base-config, that is [06:11] mdz: and how to disable universal user admin rights [06:11] the last screen, not the password setting screen? [06:12] timestamp_timeout=0 makes it much less usable for the command line [06:12] Kamion: what do you think? [06:12] Kamion, mdz: instead of printing three or four commands, can we have a small script for that? [06:12] mdz: nod. can we set it just for things running on :0 ? [06:12] I guess it's a final-message thing [06:12] thom: I think it's only global [06:12] Kamion: yeah, I was thinking it was, but then, the last message is worded such that people don't generally read it [06:12] "this says I'm done " [06:12] I'd be more comfortable with it not caching tickets by default [06:13] I think the change will be an easier sell that way [06:13] Kamion: agreed [06:13] mdz: true, but that applies to most of the installer [06:13] "this is some informational text, I don't need to read this " [06:14] Kamion: "Security advice, please read carefully:" ? [06:14] the default configuration should at least please the beginner *or* the power user as much as possible [06:14] Kamion: there will still be people who ignore it, but they won't care much about security anyway [06:14] if we try to please both, I think we end up pleasing neither [06:14] mdz: easy to put a comment in /etc/sudoers about it ... power users can remove it [06:14] If we have to pick, we should pick the beginner. [06:14] and it is much easier for the power user to customize the configuration [06:15] yes [06:15] pitti: right [06:15] I don't think having to enter your *own* password each time you want to do something rootly is a usability problem [06:15] although from a security POV it should be secure by default. Wham. Contradiction. [06:15] but I think you cannot have both, secure and user friendly contradict inherently. [06:16] that's a bit fatalistic :-) [06:16] Kamion: no, in fact I think it is one of the basic wisdoms of system construction [06:17] sudo fulfills the safety requirement quite well, I think [06:17] mdz: would you consider a package split a feature? [06:17] especially with no caching, the user will always be prompted before they begin a potentially dangerous action [06:17] mdz: but still this should be explained somewhere [06:17] fabbione: context? [06:17] mdz: splitting xfonts* out of xfree86*. one upload for the rest of the life and that's it [06:18] and in reality, it is actually quite close from a security perspective [06:18] anyone who is able to take over a uid of a user who uses su *or* sudo has root [06:18] mdz: fwiw, on MOSX apps, if you are in a "dangerous" application, you have the lock in the bottom right.. would something similar work? [06:18] Mithrandir: that'd be neat, something to look at for Hoary maybe [06:19] fabbione: splitting the source package you mean? [06:19] mdz, Kamion: right now, gksu asks for a root password, which I don't have. I assume this will get fixed? [06:19] mdz: yes. same binary packages. [06:19] mdz: context can be found in scrollback at ~0818 PDT [06:19] I don't think copying what windows or macos is doing just because they are doing it is any good, but looking at them and what they do well is, IMHO, very useful. [06:19] pitti: that's definitely considered a bug [06:19] fabbione: I would prefer to avoid it at this stage. this is something that has gone into XSF svn, I assume? [06:20] pitti: (that we use gksu rather than gksudo, that is) [06:20] mdz: basically each xfree86 upload will NOT force users to upgrade 100Mb of fonts for nothing [06:20] yes, I believe jdub is fixing that [06:20] mdz: no something i did in my spare time. [06:20] s/spare/hobby/ or whatever [06:20] it's not in svn yet and it won't be for sarge === tvon [~tvon@h-68-166-65-79.mclnva23.dynamic.covad.net] has left #ubuntu ["Leaving"] [06:21] mdz: good news! sid's and warty's hotplug packages already support per-package usb usermaps, so I can modify libgphoto to automatically allow camera access to users [06:21] pitti: cool... because i bought a digital camera today :-9 [06:22] fabbione: well, if it supports usb-storage you won't have a problem anyway [06:22] fabbione: does it? [06:22] pitti: i can't say yet.. battery has to charge for 12 hours the first time :((( [06:22] fabbione: it would be nice, but stability is more important that convenience now that we are in feature freeze [06:22] pitti: great! [06:22] mdz: it is a small change, no code modification necessary [06:23] mdz: sorry, I think that did not apply to gphoto, did it? [06:23] mdz: if i do it and it works.. would you accept it? [06:26] mdz: could we get bugzilla components for xscreensaver, gnome-applets and trashapplet ? [06:28] fabbione: ber [06:29] thom: my OmniBook called my batteries BAT0 and BAT1 [06:30] daniels: ? [06:30] fabbione: 'wake up kid' [06:30] thom: also, why did you give me 842, take it back, then give it to me, and seemingly take it back again? [06:31] daniels: didn't. i gave you something completely different, took it back, then gave you the correct bug [06:32] daniels: oh... hmmm... i can't remember... [06:32] thom: oh, right [06:32] daniels: i am getting old [06:32] yes [06:32] fabbione: yes ;P [06:32] daniels: oh yeah.. it was about the xfonts... [06:32] daniels: just read above [06:33] fabbione: sure, i have split source packages for xfonts ready to go [06:33] daniels: so do i [06:34] Extracting source xfonts86-4.3.0.tar.gz ... successful. [06:34] fabbione: yes, but yours suck :P === doko_ [~doko@dsl-082-083-139-070.arcor-ip.net] has joined #ubuntu [06:34] don't build them, it's a waste of time [06:34] daniels: it's a waste of bw each time we upload X [06:35] build them once as little-endian, let the others cop the tiny overhead of byte-swapping; core fonts are shit anyway [06:35] fabbione: yes, i know. that's why i advocate splitting the fonts. [06:35] but, you can just do it like my xfonts package, which only ever runs 'install' [06:35] no building, no invocation of imake, no gzip [06:35] daniels: we still build them once... just do it once and stop doing it.. that was the idea [06:35] you just ship some pre-gzipped little-endian fonts [06:35] fabbione: right. do you want the source package that does that, and nothing else? it's right here :) [06:36] daniels: have a package already [06:36] we still need mdz blessing for anything [06:36] ok [06:36] otherwise it's hoary feature [06:36] i'll put mine up tomorrow ehN i wake uip (it's 0236), if you could put yours up in the meantime that would be great [06:36] at that point fonts will be "irrelevant" from xfree86 [06:36] daniels: i will see if i finish with all the details [06:36] ok [06:36] i am cleaning up the debs now [06:37] tho i have spend only a hour or so on it [06:37] but yeah, I just did a neat little trick with a for loop and dpkg -L [06:37] or reading *.install, or whatever it was [06:37] but either way, end result was i just put the .pcf.gz's into a few separate directories, tared it up and called it a source package, and the build just uses install(1) === doko [doko@dsl-082-083-139-070.arcor-ip.net] has joined #ubuntu [06:38] (they didn't all convert cleanly to ttf, and i didn't have time) [06:38] daniels: no i actually stripped down to minimum the xfree86.orig.tar.gz and still build them. [06:38] it doesn't take long really [06:38] why? [06:38] it actually takes a bit, and it's totally unnecessary [06:38] because it's easy to keep in sync with xfree86 tree [06:39] it's all patched and nice and dandy :-) [06:39] which never changes :P [06:39] + you need to provide the source anyway [06:39] i dunno, i just figure that if you're going to do it, you might as well do it right [06:39] and a build method [06:39] dude, that's close enough to source. anyone who cares that much about that crap can go bitch about sounds without source. [06:40] i can see not shipping gzip'ed, and also that being a good idea [06:40] but i don't see the point of always building them [06:40] pitti: I was talking about the font stuff [06:40] daniels: always = one time [06:40] daniels: of course... if you do it right [06:40] fabbione: still don't see the point, to be honest [06:40] i just think it's overengineering, and a waste of time :) but hey, it's not my time being wasted, so 'sup to you [06:40] fabbione: I would really prefer not to change the packaging in that way when we are so close to release; the benefit to users of the Warty release is practically nil [06:41] in the meantime, I'm going to attempt to garner some sleep [06:41] mdz: it's a huge boon to me, let me tell you that now [06:41] seb128: yes, I'll add them [06:41] mdz: ok.. it will wait hoary and daniels packages :P [06:41] mdz: the appearance (e.g. binary) doesn't change [06:41] mdz: ok, thanks [06:41] ho hum [06:41] mdz: i will send you lamont complains on each X upload ... ;) === fabbione runs away [06:42] seb128: done [06:42] thanks [06:43] mdz: anyway.. i was kidding before.. it's fine by me. [06:43] it's there and it's ready [06:44] mdz: libgtop2 (which is a part of the GNOME desktop) has just made a soname change. Warty has only 2 reverse depends on it, there is no problem to update to the new version now (I've the 3 packages ready, just checking) ? [06:44] seb128: sounds fine [06:44] ok [06:57] pitti: did you see my mail to the list about pmount/gvm? how are we going to handle unmounting? [06:58] mdz: I'm at the phone, will return later === elmo [~james@83.216.141.215] has joined #ubuntu [07:20] mdz: I'm back, sorry, was a long talk. [07:20] mdz: I read it. [07:21] mdz: To me it seems that the most consistent and intuitive way of umounting the device is to close the nautilus window [07:21] mdz: but the problem is what to do if there is still a process using the device [07:22] pitti: fuser -k? :-) [07:22] mdz: isn't there a context menu entry of "ejecting" the device? [07:22] closing the nautilus window sounds quite nice; is that actually straightforward to implement? [07:22] I did not see one [07:22] mdz: the safest method is still to do the ejecting manually [07:22] mdz: I don't know anything about the gnome stuff, so I cannot say how easy it is [07:22] pitti: this is a USB flash reader; the hardware doesn't actually have an 'eject' concept [07:23] but I stil need to unmount it before i can disconnect the device or remove the card from the slot [07:23] mdz: I would still prefer either a context menu (umount, eject, release, whatever) or a small icon [07:23] mdz: nautilus could send "window closed" messages onto the dbus? ;) [07:23] mdz: Windows calls it "safe remove" IIRC [07:23] seb128: how is eject/remove supposed to work in nautilus? [07:24] mdz: right click on the device icon, eject/umount [07:24] seb128: ah, that's why I'm unable to umount the device on my iBook :-) [07:25] hmm [07:25] I didn't get a device icon [07:25] in the computer place ? [07:25] neither on the desktop, nor the Computer icon [07:25] is the device listed in fstab ? [07:25] no, this was a removable device mounted by pmount [07:25] via g-v-m [07:25] hum [07:25] nautilus uses fstab [07:26] nautilus should rather use mtab, shouldn't it? [07:26] hum, yes [07:26] but I think it manages only the devices listed in fstab [07:27] seb128: npmccallum already prepared a version which uses pmount [07:27] seb128: and doesn't need an fstab entry [07:27] ok, cool [07:28] seb128: is it possible to include an eject/umount/whatever option in the normal nautilus menu? I don't have a context menu [07:28] seb128: (because Ubuntu doesn't automatically install mouse button emulation) === ploum is now known as ploum_a_le_pseud === ploum_a_le_pseud is now known as ploum_tout_court [07:29] pitti: I don't think so, but I'm sure there is a keyboard shortcut to open the menu [07:30] seb128: do you also happen to know which? [07:30] I'm searching .... [07:31] I've not given it directly because I don't remember :) [07:32] seb128: don't bother, if you don't know I can google myself [07:33] seb128: Shift-F10 [07:33] oh yes [07:33] I've tried ctrl+F10 [07:33] but not shift :) [07:34] seb128: so do you see any obstacles for adding the same context menu entry for pmounted devices which don't have a fstab entry? [07:34] no [07:35] should not be a problem === tvon [~tvon@dsl093-119-225.blt1.dsl.speakeasy.net] has joined #ubuntu [07:37] seb128: this will require to use 'pumount /dev/foo' instead of 'umount /dev/foo', other changes should not be necessary [07:37] yeah [07:42] fabbione: congrats! I just installed the latest warty ppc daily build, and it installed X without a single question. Cool! [07:45] pitti: does it work? ;) [07:46] fabbione: like a charm :-) [07:46] fabbione: it even picked the correct resolution [07:46] fabbione: my last daily build cd set up 800x600 [07:46] nice :-) [07:47] fabbione: however, I did not look which driver it uses, have to do that tomorrow. I have to go now (Tae Kwon Do training) [07:47] fabbione: but even if it is the vesa driver, it is just a nice install experience [07:47] see you tomorrow, guys! [07:47] pitti: thanks :-))) [07:47] have fun [08:08] I'm testing Sounder 7 on an old Digital laptop [08:08] It's got a CMD646 IDE chipset. Whenever ubuntu tries to touch stuff on the IDE bus, I get DMA timeout errors. [08:08] Is there any way to disable DMA? === diieman is now known as dieman [08:09] ow [08:11] mjg59: ide=nodma? [08:13] mdz: so, am I doing the timestamp_timeout=0 thing or not? I'm about to upload base-config for another reason ... [08:13] dieman: Does giving that to the kernel work, or does it need to be a module paramater? [08:13] Kamion: it's OK with me if you and pitti agree [08:14] hm, he's left === ploum_ [~ploum@231-238.243.81.adsl.skynet.be] has joined #ubuntu [08:14] OK, we'll try it out and see what people make of the dailies [08:14] Kamion: it sounded like there was a consensus on #warthogs [08:14] apart from me, anyway; I'm undecided [08:15] well, it's easily reversible if need be [08:18] Oh, no, hang on [08:18] "PCI: Device 000:00:09.0 not available because of resource collisions" [08:20] mjg59: oh god, i dont know if you can just give that to the kernel [08:21] mjg59: is it trying to use acpi? [08:21] No, it's too ancient for that [08:21] hmm [08:21] It's a Pentium 233 [08:21] pci=biosirq? [08:21] Might be worth a go [08:21] I'm just going to skip loading the module for now === lamont__ [~lamont@mesaradio41.customer.frii.net] has joined #ubuntu [08:28] do we want ACPI (e.g. fan module) support in the installer? [08:28] if so, does it count as a feature? :-) I'm going to need to pull in various bits from unstable ... === npmccallum [~npmccallu@24-48-54-75.ironoh.adelphia.net] has joined #ubuntu [08:52] hm, I think I can convince main-menu to save the debconf priority when you back up and then restore it when you select a menu item [08:52] that would make d-i's backup behaviour much more intuitive [08:55] that would be excellent [08:55] Kamion: does Keybuk's laptop overheat itself during the install if we don't? [08:57] burning keybuks legs could be considered a bug or a feature, depending on perspective... :-) [08:57] dunno ... [08:57] mmm, crispy fried Keybuk [08:58] cranky crispy fried Keybuk [08:59] heh [09:09] hey, Keybuk is around; he just posted to the list [09:09] he's just hiding [09:10] Kamion: can you send him an email and ask him about the ACPI stuff? [09:18] thom: Found a laptop without ACPI or a dmi table === Keybuk [scott@descent.netsplit.com] has joined #ubuntu [09:46] Keybuk: do you think we need ACPI fan module support in d-i? [09:47] as in, will your laptop overheat if we don't? [09:47] it's a good point [09:47] I suspect the answer is yet [09:47] yes [09:48] if the kernel has ACPI support enabled on boot, then it'll tell modern laptops not to do any power management of their own -- so yeah, will need the thermal + fan modules loaded [09:49] Aug 31 19:49:21 (none) user.info main-menu[505] : INFO: Restoring default debconf priority 'critical' [09:49] so much better [10:33] Kamion: yo yo [10:33] Kamion: did we decide against hdparm in d-i? [10:34] seb128: around [10:35] is there some way to tell pbbuttonsd (or whatever would be responsible) to set the fan to a certain minimum speed? [10:35] the fan in this thing is constantly speeding up and slowing down, and it's very distracting [10:36] mdz: no, the fan stuff on new powerbooks seems to be hardcoded into the kernel, it's very distressing [10:36] (well, I'm assuming you're on a powerbook...) [10:36] this is a desktop, but it seems to support the same power management interface [10:36] /dev/pmu and all that [10:36] on ACPI PCs you can fiddle with /proc/acpi to change your fan trip points; dunno if there's a Macequivalent [10:37] that was my question :-) [10:37] mdz: if it's using therm_adt76x or whatever it is, same problem [10:37] if it's something else, there may be /proc hooks [10:37] seems to use therm_windtunnel [10:38] well great [10:38] in fact, loading that module seems to have helped a lot === Keybuk calls for the screencleaner [10:38] Temp: 34.5 C Hyst: 75.0 C OS: 80.0 C [10:38] Reducing overheating limit to 65.0 C (Hyst: 60.0 C) [10:38] CPU-temp: 34.7 C, Case: 32.3 C, Fan: 0 (tuned -11) [10:40] jdub: I think we decided for it, I just haven't done it yet ... [10:40] jdub: in fact, how about I file a bug so that I remember [10:40] ahr, ok :) [10:49] thom? [10:49] slacker. === Keybuk contemplates a new iMac [10:50] i like all the white plastic - you could use a board marker to take notes on it! [10:50] lol [10:51] they're really going for white-plastic at the moment, aren't they [10:54] Keybuk: thanks for testing [10:54] fabbione: other than baby-daniel's failure to upload a working version of discover1-data ... it looked great [10:54] good... === npmccallum [~npmccallu@24-48-54-75.ironoh.adelphia.net] has joined #ubuntu === pitti [~martin@195.227.105.180] has joined #ubuntu [10:59] mdz: we still need a new group for allowing local user access to removeable devices. I'd favor a single group for USB sticks, cameras and FireWire devices, do you think we should split that into several groups? [11:00] Keybuk: the best feature of the new imac is that the old imacs are going to be cheaper! [11:01] finger isn't in the default install? [11:01] no [11:01] it's in supported [11:02] sudo gives warnings if it's run on a system installed without networking [11:02] "unable to lookup foo via gethostbyname()" [11:03] I gave it a hostname, but the only entry in /etc/hosts is localhost [11:03] (Sounder 7) [11:07] edd: sup? [11:08] thom: I have an "interesting" laptop for you [11:08] mjg59: yeah, that looked kinda scary [11:08] mjg59: what is it? [11:08] thom: It's a Digital Hinote - circa 1997, at a guess [11:08] Pentium 233 [11:08] yow [11:08] RUN AWAY! [11:09] Only thing that springs to mind is to have a kernel with apm support (the kernel will fall back to it if acpi fails) and then check the apm bios for a battery [11:09] thom: acpi results for you [11:09] edd: ahah :-) [11:10] Kamion: still there? [11:10] mjg59: seems a reasonable move [11:10] pitti: not for much longer, but yeah [11:10] thom: on the sony tr1mp there are two directories, 'lid' and 'power', inside lid is another directory, LID0 with files 'info' and 'state'. inside power is PWRB, with one file 'info' [11:11] excellent [11:11] that's what i wanted to hear [11:11] Kamion: we still need another group to put the first user in, for accessing removeable devices like cameras, usb sticks, etc. [11:12] Kamion: we want to restrict mount/umount access to this group [11:12] Kamion: and also gphoto device node access === Gman [~Glynn@amfea-proxy-2.sun.com] has joined #ubuntu [11:12] Kamion: but this must be done already in base-config [11:13] Kamion: the name was slightly discussed in #810, but it did not come to a conclusion [11:14] IRT: Warty Bounties: GNOME GUI for bittorrent - I'd suggest gnome-btdownload [11:14] http://gnome-bt.sourceforge.net/ [11:15] cute [11:16] Great for stealing things! [11:16] So, do we get libdvdcss too? [11:16] no :) [11:17] Ah, so warty will let me steal movies but not play the ones I own :) [11:17] isn't the background image enough? [11:17] [sorry, couldn't resist] [11:17] tvon|lurking: you can add that as a comment to the wiki if you want :) [11:17] sure [11:17] pitti: unless it has to be a global static group (in which case it has to go into Debian's base-passwd, at least in svn), I don't really mind about the name [11:18] pitti: you're welcome to modify base-config yourself to add that group once the name and function are decided [11:18] Kamion: I think a static group is not required, a system group will suffice [11:18] Kamion: Okay, I will do. What do you think of 'plugdev'? [11:18] Kamion: 'devices [11:18] Kamion: 'devices' is too generic, I think [11:19] mdz: there was no response to the proposal of syncing the python2.3 package from unstable. what should we do now? [11:19] I agree devices is too generic; plugdev is OK, I guess, doesn't really grab me but none of the names so far have done :) [11:19] Kamion: same for me, don't have a better idea for a short and good name [11:19] Mithrandir: still awake? === ploum [~ploum@231-238.243.81.adsl.skynet.be] has joined #ubuntu [11:22] Just a question [11:22] where does "warty" name come from ? [11:23] ploum: it's the warty warthog release :-) [11:23] ploum: 'warty' sort of means 'patchy' or 'a bit buggy' [11:24] ploum: and we thought the first release might be a bit warty ;) [11:24] jdub, in french warty means "verol" and that's not pretty [11:24] but I don't understand "warthog' [11:24] (babelfish doesn't help me ;) ) [11:24] a warthog is an animal in africa [11:25] not a very pretty one ;) [11:25] hrm. Latest upgrade/dist-upgrade seems to hange on 'Preconfiguring packages...' [11:25] google images should help you out :) [11:25] jdub, yes, indeed [11:25] I see [11:25] "phacochre" in french :-) [11:25] http://www.seaworld.org/AnimalBytes/images/warthog.gif [11:25] and Ubuntu ? [11:26] Kamion: actually the new group does the same as 'cdrom', but this name is misleading for the new intention. [11:26] pitti: I think a single group is better [11:26] Kamion: the problem with a new group would be how to handle a seamless update from woody and older wartys [11:27] Kamion: if I just upload a new restricted mount, this would break upgrades, i. e. the users could not mount any more [11:27] ploum: ubuntu is defined on the wiki (in the FAQ) [11:27] jdub, sorry [11:27] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu [11:27] Oh, arse [11:28] Keybuk: ooh, can you add that to the wiki? [11:28] This laptop is insane - it's got an i82365 /and/ a yenta [11:28] 2.6 is massively unhappy with that [11:28] jdub: k. [11:29] mdz: are we going to have kernel pacakges to test from herbert soon? === jdub feels queasy [11:30] jdub: you getting two-weeks-to-release edginess? [11:31] very much so [11:31] i love it :) [11:31] ploum: actually, my first thought of 'Warthogs' was Harry Potter's 'Hogwarts' backwards :-) [11:31] haven't got this buzz with gnome for ages ;) [11:32] pitti, I don't read Harry Potter but I can imagine [11:32] jdub: When the buzz wears off Ubuntu releases, what are you going to do for your next fix? [11:32] terraforming [11:32] time-based terraforming [11:33] daniels: ping [11:34] hrm [11:34] along with my 'preconfigure packages' hang with apt-get upgrade, I have a bunch of "/bin/sh /tmp/xserver-xfee86.config....." processes running [11:34] perhaps because I tried the upgrade a number of times [11:34] jdub: http://descent.netsplit.com/~scott/kids.mp3 -- but for releases [11:35] mdz: any idea how to smoothly handle upgrades to the 'plugdev'-restricted mount/camera/whatever system? [11:35] pitti: specifically? [11:35] mdz: we should not just put every existing user with uid > 1000 into that group [11:36] jdub: I was supposed to have them today, but he had trouble connecting to the ssh service I set up for him [11:36] pitti: oh, I don't think we need to worry too much about that, just do it in base-config [11:36] mdz: ahr [11:36] pitti: we can send an email to the sounder list about it [11:36] mdz: agreed for the sounders, but what about upgrades from woody? [11:37] mdz: I thought woody upgrades should be supported? [11:37] Afternoon... [11:37] pitti: they are, but we do not expect to make such intrusive changes to their working configuration [11:37] pitti: this is not something which is required for a successful upgrade [11:37] mdz: agreed, but we have to explain that somewhere === hypatia has just acquired a machine to work^W... test Ubuntu on [11:38] "What ought to happen is desktop Linux proponents should wake up and switch to Mac OS instead." [11:38] http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1641114,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03129TX1K0000616 [11:38] mdz: I think somebody would kill me if I added a high-priority debconf note [11:38] hypatia: new laptop? [11:38] thom: Yep! [11:38] what'ya get? [11:38] Fujitsu Lifebook [11:38] I've just seen in the wiki that you are looking for : [11:38] GNOME GUI for bittorrent [11:39] ahr [11:39] spiv said "they're awesome, you realise the magic for the X config is insane?" [11:39] the crusoe ones? [11:39] well, it's maybe a good idea to start learning gnome-python [11:39] but he thinks I'm OK because it has a normal aspect ratio [11:39] thom: no, centrino, alas [11:39] i wonder if they get the code morphing right yet [11:39] oh, bugger [11:40] The nuttiness with finding a US vendor has caused me to lower my standards. [11:40] I will try this someday [11:40] hypatia: i was going to recommend the dell x300 to you [11:40] Arse. What I want to do appears to be impossible with 2.6. [11:40] jdub: dell? EWWWW! [11:40] "The best Linux desktops are still beyond the skills of average mortals and enjoy very limited application support." [11:40] heh [11:40] thom: that's what i thought, but the x300 is great. [11:40] jdub: thanks for the thought anyway. [11:41] SCOTT WINS A PRIZE [11:41] jdub: Next time I will be around for wider soundings :) [11:41] Your authorization is required for a mailing list subscription request [11:41] approval: [11:41] For: scott@canonical.com [11:41] List: sounder@lists.no-name-yet.com [11:41] [11:41] jdub: i'd not put money on a dell laptop making it past the first month these days [11:42] mdz: so I just do the mods and we put a stanza about this into the release notes? [11:42] pitti: sure [11:43] pitti: we can't provide exactly the same experience on upgrades, since we won't risk intrusive changes to the user's configuration [11:43] mdz: okay, will do. BTW, do you agree to my propsed todo list? [11:43] pitti: I need to review it [11:43] jdub: I played with an x300 about the time I bought my new laptop, it didn't feel solid at all [11:43] I got the impression it wouldn't last ten minutes in my rucksack [11:43] mdz: can you reply to the mail please? I'm going to bed now. [11:44] pitti: but in a nutshell, you need to finish the implementation of the removable device support as soon as possible so that you can focus on bugfixing for the release === Gman agrees with Keybuk and thom [11:44] never buy a dell laptop [11:44] Keybuk: which series is yours again? [11:44] Keybuk: nc8000? [11:44] mdz: yeah, I will work that out with npmccallum [11:45] pitti: I will respond to the mail when I have a chance [11:45] mdz: thanks! good night! [11:45] nc4010 [11:45] the 8000 is *huge* [11:45] nc4010 is the 12" notebook, nc6000 is the laptop, nc8000 is the hoverbook [11:45] ahr [11:46] there are still some nc4000s floating around in au I think. === tvon|lurking digs the X31 [11:46] I guess that's the previous model. [11:46] hypatia: they still sell the 4000 as well [11:46] hypatia: where was that place that james got his? [11:46] wtf is ttf-freefont-udeb for? [11:47] mdz: gtkfb frontent? [11:47] that's a good question [11:47] frontend [11:47] jdub: does that exist? [11:47] yeah [11:47] it's arse, but yeah [11:47] jdub: Red's Notebook World on wattle street. [11:47] jdub: They don't have an onli9ne catalogue. [11:47] oh [11:48] if you want a 12", the IBM X40 and HP nc4010 are the best two out there. the HP is a little more pricey, but a bit more powerful and has a touchpad; the X40 is slightly smaller and lighter, but is evil and out to take over the world [11:48] the HP is *more* expensive? [11:49] the X40 has working acpi, too ;-) [11:50] thom: but the nc4010 has working WiFi [11:50] as does the X40 [11:50] (ipw2100 by default ;-) ) [11:50] there was something else you were bitching about the other day; what was that? :p [11:51] probably the stupid names HP used on the 4010 ;P [11:51] I mean something that didn't work on the X40 [11:52] the escape key isn't ideally placed [11:53] Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a0009' [11:53] Subscript out of range: '[number: 0] ' [11:53] /Store/includes/nav_left_family.inc, line 8 [11:53] ^ hp's website [11:53] brilliant [11:53] the acpi names are odd, the 4000 has BAT0/BAT1 etc. is the 4010 that doesn't; but then they're just random strings anyway, so isn't hugely worryable [11:54] the dell has 3 years warranty [11:54] "worryable". you just made that up :-) [11:54] so if it fucks up, i can get it replaced [11:54] and it is nice, cheap, has all the features i want [11:54] "if" [11:54] when, dude. when [11:55] and i'm probably going to replace it in a year anyway [11:55] only 100mb ethernet? [11:57] optional bluetooth? [11:57] comes with bluetooth [11:57] Dell Wireless 300 internal Bluetooth module (optional at point of sale only) [11:57] yeah, free this month [11:58] think the nic is 100mbit, yeah -> like i'm going to have a gige switch given that i didn't even have a 100mb switch until i got the wrt54g [11:58] and it'll always be on wireless here anywya ;) [11:59] so wish i could buy it without windows though [11:59] and dude, it looks /so/ ugly [11:59] looked nice to me