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DarkElf109Two questions: Is it possible to use GDM instead of LDM for the LTSP clients, and if so, how? Further, what's the best way to get local media mounted?01:49
DarkElf109Oh, heya =)01:49
DanielCDarkElf109: Upgrade to Dapper.01:49
DarkElf109Installed from the Dapper CD01:49
DanielCHedgeMage: I notice that there are no presentation templates for Edubuntu (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Presentations). Can I make one and upload it?01:50
DanielCDarkElf109: :(01:50
HedgeMageDanielC: go for it! :D01:50
DanielC:-)01:50
HedgeMagecan someone recommend a good calendar app?01:51
DanielCHedgeMage: How do you upload files? is there anything I should keep in mind before uploading?01:51
DanielCre calendar: No, sorry.01:51
DarkElf109HedgeMage: iCal's the best I've found...makes me sad I don't have a Mac =P01:51
DarkElf109HedgeMage: Though, I will say, Yahoo Calendar is very nice01:52
DanielCI use KAlarm, but that's not a calendar. It's just a reminder program.01:52
HedgeMageDanielC: I haven't done it, but I think there's a way to attach to a wiki page, ask someone more wiki-literate01:52
DarkElf109DanielC: For whatever wiki page you want to attach a page to, just add "?action=AttachFile" to the end of the URL01:53
DanielCHedgeMage: I'm sure I'll find someone who knows. It'll take me a while to do anyways...01:53
DarkElf109Or, on the drop-down box, select "attachments"01:53
DanielCDarkElf109: thanks :)01:53
DarkElf109=)01:53
DanielCdoh!01:53
DanielCI didn't notice the drop down box.01:53
DarkElf109Hehe01:54
DanielCHedgeMage: I'll ask EmxBA to help with the artwork. He seems eager, and it's good to give eager people something to do and a little praise.01:54
DarkElf109So...no ideas on mounting local media? I know there are ways to do it with the standard LTSP install, but I can't find any that specifically claim to work with Edubuntu01:55
DanielCDarkElf109: Never tried really.01:56
DarkElf109Hrm...is the HOTPLUG option in lts.conf recognized yet?01:59
=== DanielC can't find the page with that information
DarkElf109I forget where the wiki page is, and I know for a fact that it's outfdated =P02:03
DarkElf109Well, I've gotta go eat, and I found some stuff on the LTSP wiki to try out...I'll let y'all know how it works out =)02:08
DarkElf109Later02:08
DanielCl8r02:08
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HedgeMageDanielC_zzz: cool... btw, do you have contact info for RobinShepard?  the email addy he/she gave me must have been typoed because I got my email back02:15
crimsunRobin Shepheard robin.shepheard at swisp.co.uk   <-- ?02:18
HedgeMagethat's the one I have02:45
HedgeMage:/02:45
HedgeMageit bounced02:45
crimsunah, sorry, I don't know, then. I pulled that from the edubuntu-devel archive for this month.02:47
HedgeMageyeah... I wonder if their ISP has my hosting provider blacklisted or something... we were temporarily blacklisted by a couple due to a mistake AOL made02:49
HedgeMage(why anyone would rely on AOL's blacklist is beyond me)02:49
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YagisanHedgeMage: you here ?02:55
HedgeMageYagisan: for some value thereof :)02:55
HedgeMageYagisan: what's up?02:58
YagisanHedgeMage: I have a freenode issue I need some help with. As I still don't have ops on #doomsday, I need a troublemaker kicked02:58
YagisanHedgeMage: can you do that sort of thing ?02:59
HedgeMageyep, but I have to catch 'em in the act first02:59
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HedgeMagehi Amaranth 03:15
Amaranthhi03:15
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Amaranth*grumble*04:43
Amaranthfun broken code04:43
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pc22how do i restore grub? all i have is dapper installer and livecd of hoary?06:17
mhzpc22: what exactly do you wnat grub to do?06:35
pc22reinstall grub06:37
pc22reinstall grub to mbr06:37
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mhzpc22: hmmm06:46
mhzIIRC, you do that by booting from dapper install.iso and start the process of installing (do not partition anything!) and pressing ESC in order to get you to a list of tasks to perform. Browse that list and get to Install GRUB06:48
=== mhz has not done it.. but he imagines that's the way
mhzAlso, there should be lot of info in google and/or wiki.ubuntu.org06:49
pc22i did06:58
pc22all wont wont06:58
pc22ill try your suggestion06:58
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pygijoy, ubuntu people can now try bonfire :)10:37
DanielC_zzzkumbaya....10:38
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DanielC:)10:38
pygiDanielC, hehe :)10:38
pygiNow I can force everyone to try it :P10:38
pygiDanielC, try it :P10:47
DanielCtry what?10:47
DanielCOh, there is an application called bonfire?10:47
pygihttp://www.gnomefiles.org/app.php?soft_id=115810:47
DanielC*click*10:47
DanielCWhat's DVD mastering?10:48
pygijust burning :P10:49
DanielC:P10:49
DanielCThat sounds boring. If you've seen one CD-burning program you've seen them all.10:49
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pygiDanielC, lies :P10:50
juliuxmorning10:55
pygimornin' juliux :P10:57
AmaranthI give up, my bayesian library can try to do log on negative numbers until morning.11:07
Amaranthi'll make that my project to work on while i'm en route to omaha11:10
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EmxBAhi12:05
EmxBAhi DanielC12:05
EmxBAi got your mail12:05
EmxBAcan i private you?12:05
DanielCHedgeMage: ping?12:09
DanielCHedgeMage: EmxBA and I were wondering what's the usual copyright license for the Ubuntu wiki.12:09
EmxBAGNU something, right?12:10
DanielCWe'll find out soon enough, no rush.12:11
EmxBAok12:11
EmxBAnp12:11
juliuxDanielC, there was an email about the copyright licens for the ubuntu wiki12:11
DanielCjuliux: I didn't see it. What's the resolution?12:12
juliuxDanielC, i wil see if i have it on my computer12:12
DanielCI think Ubuntu uses Creative Commons Attribution.12:12
juliuxDanielC, hm i cannt find the e-mail,12:14
DanielCOk. It's just good to use the same thing everyone else is using.12:14
DanielCTo avoid incompatibilities that nobody really means to have there.12:14
EmxBADanielC: please look at my artwork on http://85.92.241.24512:14
EmxBAthat's my current IP12:14
EmxBAplease understand that i use dialup :)12:15
DanielCI've seen it. They're the same that you have on the wiki page.12:15
EmxBAnot the same12:15
EmxBAsimilar but not the same :)12:16
DanielCI can't see the difference :)12:16
juliuxEmxBA, i have an open ftp server for ubuntu stuff12:16
EmxBAcan i get some space on it, juliux12:16
juliuxEmxBA, so if you want you can upload your stuff there12:16
EmxBAtnx12:16
EmxBAcan i private you12:16
EmxBA?12:16
juliuxEmxBA, query?12:16
EmxBAyes12:17
EmxBAprivate=query 12:17
EmxBAfolks?12:26
EmxBAgo to http://ubuntu.juliux.de/stuff/emx/12:26
EmxBAmy images are there 12:26
DanielC:)12:27
EmxBAthey are bigger than the old ones12:27
DanielCThanks juliux.12:27
EmxBAi like this blue one12:27
juliuxyou are welcome12:27
EmxBAthanks julixu really12:27
EmxBAtill today i always had to run apache on my dialup connection :)12:27
EmxBA*thanks juliux12:27
juliuxhehe12:28
EmxBAdo you like the pictures?12:28
juliuxthe green one si nice12:28
EmxBAyes12:28
EmxBAand blue12:28
EmxBAthere is also glass and cubism12:29
EmxBAping all12:30
EmxBAis there any edubuntu logo 12:30
EmxBAmaybe 1024x76812:30
EmxBAi need very large logo12:30
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Amaranthi believe the logo itself is SVG12:35
Amaranthso you could try to scale it up12:35
EmxBAok12:35
EmxBAbut i am wondering where can i get only the logo, not the text12:36
EmxBAjust the orange circle12:36
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cbx33hi all07:51
cbx33anyone else experiencing slow downloads fro the ubutnu servers07:51
mhzcbx33: nope07:59
mhzwell,07:59
mhznot tried07:59
lucasvocbx33: use bittorrent08:00
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georgGreetings from Austria! I'm just about to deploy edubuntu to a network in school (12 Clients), but i'm worring about running teachingsoftware (nativ-windows). Any experiences?08:16
lucasvogeorg: which software are you talking about? for example 3d software most likely won't run on linux08:25
georgmostly software provided with schoolbooks08:46
DanielCgeorg: Did you promise to anyone that that would work?08:47
georgnot yet :)08:47
DanielC(running Windows software under Linux)08:47
DanielC:)08:47
DanielCBetter not to promise anything. Running Windows software under Linux is really hit or miss.08:47
DanielCEdubuntu can be very useful without running Windows software.08:48
georgHas anyone experince in "school-business"?08:48
DanielCNot really. :(08:48
georgteachers want the software provided with their books08:48
DanielCHonestly I haven't tried to run Windows software with Edubuntu.08:48
DanielCI see...08:48
DanielCWell, that definitely makes sense, but might be tricky.08:49
georgi thought of terminal sessions08:49
DanielCI'm more worried about whether wine can run that software.08:49
DanielCI expect it just comes down to what wine can do.08:50
georgyup08:50
georgthe problem is that nobody can tell (but they want to know)08:51
DanielCDo you have a copy of that software? Can you just try it?08:51
DanielCAs a teacher to lend you a book?08:52
DanielCask08:52
georgi could test the software for this year, but everything could change next year08:52
georg:(08:52
DanielCThat's a problem. Would the software at least be similar?08:53
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DanielCI wouldn't count on wine working.08:53
DanielCIt works well with some programs and is useless for others, and I couldn't predict for which programs it will work.08:53
georgthis IS the problem08:54
georgany alternative to wine08:54
DanielCCan you afford a copy of vmware or win4lin?08:55
georgi thought of citrix,... running on M$08:55
georgsoftware installation should be very easy (for teachers!)08:56
georgthe best solution would be to buy only school-software running on linux (in my dreams :)08:59
DanielC:)08:59
DanielCCan you afford vmware or win4lin though?09:00
DanielCAre those viable options?09:00
georgcould be, if the price is resonable09:01
georgbut the usage of this classroom is about 4-8 hours per week09:02
georgusers age :6-1009:03
DanielCOk.09:03
georgit should be rather cheap09:03
georgi think i give wine a try09:04
DanielCI haven't looked at Win4Lin in years, but last I checked it was affordable.09:04
DanielCAnd Vmware expensive.09:04
DanielCSo, you can try wine as an ideal solution and keep win4lin as a fallback if wine doesn't work.09:05
georgwish me luck :)09:05
DanielC:)09:05
georgthanks for talking, bye09:05
DanielCbye09:05
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pc22im having a badtime restoring my grub, pls help09:14
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EmxBAhi everyone!09:24
pc22yo09:31
EmxBA:)09:32
DanielCpc22: What's the problem with grub?09:34
pc22i reinstalled xp now grub wont appear09:37
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DanielCTrying to remember how to fix this...09:38
EmxBApc22: juts reinstall grub again with live cd or something similar09:38
EmxBAxp installs ntldr into mbr09:38
DanielCEmxBA: Yes, but how.09:38
EmxBA?09:38
DanielCWith lilo you just run the 'lilo' command.09:38
DanielCWith grub what do you do?09:38
EmxBAjust boot knoppix and edit menu.lst09:39
EmxBAthen grub-install09:39
DanielCWell, menu.lst should be untouched, so it's just "grub-install" then.09:39
DanielCOf course, you'd have to chroot first.09:39
pc22yeah09:40
pc22i dont know how to mount etc09:40
DanielCOr you could copy the menu.lst from your partition onto the virtual operating system and run grub-install there.09:40
pc22i need a step by step heheheh09:40
EmxBAyes09:40
DanielCpc22: sure, no problem.09:40
DanielCpc22: Do you have the computer in front of you?09:40
DanielCpc22: Step 1 is to boot from a Live CD.09:40
pc22yea i have it here in my side09:41
DanielCNow open a terminal.09:41
pc22ok im using knoppix\09:41
DanielCBecome root.09:41
pc22ok09:42
DanielCMake a directory (mkdir ubuntu)09:42
pc22then09:43
DanielCNow, do you remember on which partition you installed Ubuntu? (e.g. /dev/hda1)09:43
pc22hdc109:44
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DanielCOk:  mount /dev/hdc1 ubuntu09:44
DanielCIf you type "ls ubuntu" you should see your regular Ubuntu file system.09:44
DanielCOk, I'll assume that worked.09:47
DanielCThen run: chroot ubuntu09:47
DanielCAt this point you are root in your Ubuntu system.09:47
DanielCRun "grub-install".09:48
DanielCNow you're done.09:48
pc22it says hdc1 does not exist09:48
pc22could it be hd009:49
DanielCRun "fdisk /dev/hdc"09:49
DanielCpress p to see a list of partitions on that disk.09:49
DanielChd0 can't be right, they are all of the form hd<letter><number>09:49
pc22unable to open /dev/hdc09:50
DanielCTry hda or hdb09:50
DanielChdc would be an unusual place for your operating system, hda is much more common.09:51
pc22all unable09:51
DanielCThis is odd...09:51
DanielCAre you *positive* you are root?09:51
DanielCMy guess is that you aren't.09:52
DanielCDoes the prompt have a # symbol or a $ sign?09:52
DanielC# means root and $ means regular user.09:52
DanielCType "su" to become root.09:52
pc22yeah im root with knoppix09:52
pc22#09:52
DanielCI don't know what to suggest.09:53
pc22i guess i just have to reinstall 09:53
pc22anyway thanks a lot09:53
DanielCSorry I couldn't help.09:54
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pc22i just jotted down the details09:56
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highvoltagerodarvus: howdy!10:07
rodarvushooray :)10:07
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cbx33evenin all10:20
cbx33hi LaserJock 10:20
HedgeMagehi cbx33 10:20
cbx33hey HedgeMage 10:21
jsgotangcogood evening10:24
cbx33hi jsgotangco 10:25
jsgotangcohey cbx3310:25
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YagisanG'day HedgeMage10:58
Yagisanthanks for babysitting the channel earlier10:58
LaserJockhi cbx33 10:59
HedgeMagehi Yagisan 11:01
HedgeMagenp11:01
HedgeMageYagisan: may I /msg you?11:01
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cbx33tried the recent gisomount?11:12
HedgeMagehi pygi 11:12
cbx33HedgeMage, was it something you said?11:13
HedgeMageapparently :P11:13
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EmxBAhi again :)11:15
HedgeMagehi EmxBA get my email?11:17
EmxBAjust a sec11:17
EmxBAyes, I've seen it now11:19
EmxBAi am curretly very busy with possible debconf7 in bosnia11:19
EmxBAbut i can arrange something11:19
EmxBAanyway,  i can help11:19
HedgeMagecool :)11:25
HedgeMagejust wanted to make sure you got it, had a problem with one of the other addresses it went to11:25
EmxBAok11:27
EmxBAemx@linux.org.ba is right11:27
HedgeMage:)11:29
EmxBA:)11:29
EmxBAnp11:29
lucasvoanybody can offer a summer job in San Francisco, CA?11:29
EmxBAi cannot11:30
EmxBAi live in europe :)11:30
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EmxBAi think this image is old11:33
EmxBAhttps://wiki.edubuntu.org/HowToCookEdubuntu/Chapters/Installation?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=cdboot.png11:33
EmxBAwhen i boot edubuntu cd i just get options "boot live cd" , "safe graphics..." and so..11:34
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EmxBAhehe12:04
EmxBAyou are idle, aren't you12:04
EmxBAgotta go12:04
EmxBAsee ya12:04
EmxBA!12:04
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ubotuEmxBA: Wish I knew. Try searching at http://ubuntu.cc.com.au/12:04

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