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pips1I tried a dist-upgrade and I had a problem and got stuck completely12:16
pips1but that was a week ago with build 22-sep12:16
mhzhmm12:16
mhzyeah12:16
mhzwell, I am about to upgrade just now12:16
mhz(last time was 1 week ago)12:17
mhzoops, will have to close X...else, memory will complain12:17
pips1during the upgrade process, I was asked to decide about the configuration of file `/etc/login.defs'. I chose 'default' rather than 'install the package maintainer's version' and after that, my sudo password wasn't recognised anymore :(12:18
=== pips1 marvels at the bugs with 'critical' and 'high' in the bug tracker
pips1.12:26
nixternalwhats up with Firefox still displaying 6.06?  has a fix been released yet?12:27
Burgundavianixternal: that is part of ubuntu-doc12:29
nixternalwhoever did the current background, good job as well...i like it12:29
nixternalBurgundavia: ubuntu-doc was updated yesterday with the fix12:30
Burgundaviaah, then it will be in the new build12:30
nixternalwell, apt-get upgrade should grab them, i would think12:31
nixternali forgot to look at my Ubuntu setup before I jsut wiped it ;)12:31
ogranixternal, we'll fix it after beta ... its wasnt in my focus 12:32
ogra(but i'm aware of it and we discussed it in the edubuntu meeting today)12:32
nixternalcool12:32
=== nixternal looks over the meeting backlog
nixternalactually..i will do that after class ;)12:32
ograwould be cool to have a complete new page ... but worst case i'll just quickly update the verson there12:33
pips1ogra: what is the 'primary' network interface for a LTSP setup? is the 'primary interface' intended as the internet interface or the thin clients interface?12:33
RichEdnight all ...12:34
pips1good night RichEd12:34
RichEd:)12:34
pips1ogra: ^^^^ ?12:35
=== pips1 can't wait to continue the installation :-)
ograpips1, there is no "primary" ... 12:36
ograyou get a list from netcfg if it detects more than one12:36
pips1well, upon installation, I get asked to choose one as a "primary network interface"12:37
pips1eth0 bla12:37
pips1eth1 blabla12:37
ograright12:38
ograthe one you chooes is used for outbound connections (internet)12:38
ograthe second will be used automaticaly for ltsp12:38
pips1I got an onboard gigabit nic, which i want to choose for the thin clients network, naturally, and I got an oldish 10/100 pci-nic which I want to use for the internet connection12:39
pips1ah, ok, thanks12:39
ograthe netcfg screen should show you the names ...12:39
pips1I does12:39
ogra(the blabla you see)12:39
pips1*it12:39
ograright12:39
ograthe ltsp chooser doesnt, thats the bug i mentioned in the meeting ... 12:40
pips1I noticed12:40
ograif you onyl have two NICs you wont see the selector at all thugh12:40
pips1:)12:40
pips1well, I thought I only had two? but I am shown the selector?! (/me checks the mainboard manual to see if there is a second nic on the board already)12:41
ograyou are at the ltsp selector already ? 12:42
ograthats shown after "building ltsp chroot"12:42
pips1oh?12:43
pips1I got there pretty quickly after choosing the country and after it checked the cd dirs...12:44
ograi'm talking about the second selector that doesnt show the names of the network cards, only ethX12:44
pips1right12:44
ograthat belongs to ltsp12:44
pips1no, I'm at the first selector12:44
ograand is shown after the ltsp part12:44
ograright12:44
ograthats netcfg12:44
pips1so what does that do?12:45
ograltsp will just picjk the other if you have only two and not show the selector12:45
pips1ah12:45
ograor it will show a warning that you have to configure ltsp manually if you only have one NIC at all12:45
pips1so netcfg always asks if there is more than one...12:45
ograright12:45
ograand ltsp always if there is >2 or =112:46
ograor if your NIC has the ltsp IP range (192.168.0.X)12:46
ograor was it 10.X12:47
ograi cant think anymore12:47
pips1makes sense to me (since regular ubuntu users aren't likely to have several nics, they wont be hassled by this question)12:47
ograright12:47
pips1ogra: take care of yourself 12:47
pips1I mean it12:47
ograwell, i had a whisky or two already :) i'll go to bed soon and just notify toillef that i need new isos in the morning ...12:48
pips1it's all good and well to to provide people with floss software, but look after your health, please :)12:48
ograjust cross your fingers that my bandwith is better by then12:48
pips1fingers crossed12:48
ogradont worry about m yhealth, its fine ;)12:49
ograi'm just tired ...12:49
pips1well well, ok12:49
ograthese release days are mostly filled with waiting for your isos 12:49
pips1right 12:49
ograso i'm pretty tired once i have them and then start testing ...12:49
pips1it's a shame that the internet connection can't really be "timed" reliably...12:50
pips1and watching progress bars is strangely addictive :) but completely mind-numbing12:51
pips1progress bar addiction, heh12:52
ograheh12:55
pips1ogra: build ltsp chroot fails on amd6401:05
ograright01:06
pips1at 50%01:06
ograon cosole 4 you will see it complaining about mknbi01:06
ogra(alt-f4)01:07
pips1strange, can't get console 4, i'm stuck in the install process menu01:07
ograor did it fail with a different error ? 01:07
ograoh01:08
pips1well, I *did* press enter when i got the "build ltsp chroot failed" message, and that took me to the install process menu01:08
pips1and it isn't frozen or anything01:09
pips1but pressing alt-f4 doesn't give me the console...01:09
ograwell, alt-f4 or ctrl-atl-f4 sould get you to the console01:09
pips1I tried both01:09
pips1really bizarre01:10
ograyeah01:10
pips1I mean, the keyboard seems to be working normally, i.e. I can navigate up and down in the menu01:11
pips1hm01:11
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=== pips1 wishes he had one of his old ibm keyboards handy (it's in a box at another location)
pips1hm, this is a usb keyboard, but it worked fine with dapper01:13
pips1ogra: I have now connected my apple keyboard and I can now access console 4 (so there seems to be a bug regarding my other usb keyboard)01:17
pips1however, the console is full of keyboard related messages, so I can see the original error message anymore... I must be able to find it in logs somewhere though, no?01:18
pips1*can't01:18
ograyes, its in /var/log/syslog01:19
pips1but I don't have a shell available...01:19
ograalt-f201:20
pips1blank screen01:20
ogranot a message that tels yu to hit enter ? 01:20
pips1grmbl01:20
ograshould be there on one of the consoles01:20
pips1nope, no message01:20
pips1but after I hit enter, I did indeed get a prompt :)01:21
ograah, might be caused by the former keyboard prob01:21
pips1 /var/log/syslog: no such file or directory 01:22
pips1ah, sorry, hold on01:22
pips1I tried to use 'cat' rather than 'more'01:23
=== pips1 sees his former keyboard regognised in the syslog
pips1strange, anyway01:24
pips1what the h...?!01:26
pips1after quitting more, I don't see my keyboard input appear at the prompt01:27
pips1?!?01:27
pips1is there anything more intelligent than 'more' i can use to find whether it failed at mknbi ?01:34
pips1there isn't 'less' or 'grep' available :(01:34
pips1ogra: the last messages in the syslog aren't about mknbi, but apt-install: ltsp-server .... in-target: I: Retrieving Release... in-target E: Invalid Release file, no entry for main/binary-6/Packages ... in-target: error: LTSP client installation ended abnormally ... Menu item 'ltsp-client-builder failed with error code 1 ... 01:48
pips1hmmm01:48
pips1so maybe I have a buggered cd where the ltsp-server package is missing?!01:49
pips1got to get some sleep now, cu tomorrow01:50
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Burgundaviaogra: you up still?06:16
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pips1morning07:41
LaserJocklittle early for you cbx33, isn't it?07:41
cbx33LaserJock, nay07:41
pips1hey LaserJock, I was thinking the same thing :)07:42
cbx33little late for you though07:42
cbx33get to bed LaserJock 07:42
pips1LaserJock: are you testing?07:43
cbx33right I have to go wash up and make breakfast and lunch07:44
cbx33I'll see you guys later on07:44
pips1cu07:44
LaserJockcya cbx33 07:44
LaserJockpips1: no, I don't test :/07:44
=== pips1 crosses his fingers that the latest build will install
pips1but you use dapper in daily life?07:45
LaserJockI have 2 dapper machines and 1 edgy07:47
LaserJockalthough I mostly work from an iMac and OS X (work)07:47
pips1ic07:48
pips1for me, it's about 70% dapper / 30% winXP (for photoshop, msie web testing) time-wise. I haven't got around to install wine and/or wmware on my dapper installation yet07:52
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pips1ogra: amd64 from daily 28-sep build failed to build ltsp chroot, error message on console 4 is the same "invalid Release file, no entry for main/binary-6/Packages"08:09
TeePOGgood morning everyone08:09
pips1hi TeePOG08:09
TeePOGmorning pips1, how goes?08:09
pips1personally, very well, thanks. edubuntu-cd-testing-wise: could be better :)08:11
TeePOGso i hear... i'd contribute, but i'm aware of where my strengths lie, and my coding-fu isn't strong yet ^.^08:17
pips1i386 live cd works08:33
TeePOGbut...08:35
TeePOGi hear a "But..." in that sentence08:35
pips1nope08:36
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TeePOGah08:37
=== TeePOG looks at his coffee... this stuff ain't working
pips1I like the popularity indication in add/remove applications08:47
pips1well, since not many people have enabled the popularity contest, at the moment, all apps installed by default get five stars and almost all others get one star08:49
LaserJockhmm08:49
LaserJockthat will be an issue08:49
pips1hopefully users will start to enable popcon08:50
pips1LaserJock: yeah08:50
pips1devs and maintainers might complain, but more importantly, general users will ask why the popularity ratings are so skewed08:51
LaserJockmhm08:52
LaserJockpopcon kind of relys on having a level playing field to start with08:52
=== pips1 notices *lots* of unfamiliar new apps in the education section
LaserJockwhich is certianly not the case for Main vs Universe apps08:52
pips1hmm08:53
pips1yeah08:53
pips1I wonder how the "scale" of the popularity is determined...08:54
pips1all education apps that are installed in edubuntu have one single star, obviously, none of the edubuntu users have enabled popcon08:55
LaserJockwell, the number of edubuntu users probably isn't that much compared to Ubuntu08:56
pips1yep08:56
=== pips1 now wonders about the apps that have two stars
TeePOGdoes popcon work in dapper?08:57
LaserJocksure08:57
LaserJockit's just not turned on by default08:57
TeePOGapt-get install popcon?08:57
TeePOGor how do i enable?08:57
LaserJockit should already be installed08:58
LaserJockI think you need to dpkg-reconfigure it08:58
TeePOGit's not installed... brbr08:59
TeePOGbrb*08:59
TeePOGoh08:59
TeePOGcalled popularity-contest08:59
TeePOGnot popcon08:59
TeePOGright08:59
RichEdmornin'08:59
LaserJockTeePOG: sudo dpkg-reconfigure popularity-contest09:00
LaserJockhi RichEd 09:00
TeePOGdone LaserJock, thanks09:00
pips1e.g. thunderbird, java, adobe reader, xine, vlc, various kde apps, things like emacs, terminal in super user mode, ... hmm09:00
pips1^^^^ they all have a two star rating09:01
LaserJockwhen we start getting decent popcon data we'd like to start prioritizing work with it09:01
pips1popularity contest is pretty skewed at the moment09:01
LaserJockin MOTU09:01
TeePOGbut hang on, will apt then get the popularity rating from the repos as well?09:02
LaserJockTeePOG: what do you mean?09:02
pips1at the moment, it seems to pan out like this more or less: 5 stars : default ubuntu apps, 2 stars: default kubuntu apps, plus apps that are popular with popcon-savvy users (i.e. the developers and geeks)09:02
TeePOGwill an apt frontend like Synaptic also display popularity ratings? or is it just on the Web?09:03
pips1TeePOG: It is in the "add/remove applications" in the applications menu09:04
pips1the stars are displayed next to the applications listed in there...09:04
LaserJockif we get a way of having decent data then it'll probably be in synaptic and adept too I would think09:04
TeePOGsee, this is why i have coming in halfway through a conversation09:05
TeePOG*hate09:05
LaserJockhehe09:05
TeePOGanyway, mine doesn't show that... should I reboot first?09:05
LaserJockshow what?09:05
LaserJockthe stars?09:05
LaserJockare you on edgy?09:06
TeePOGyah09:06
TeePOGno, dapper... that's what i was asking earlier09:06
LaserJockwell, the stars are in edgy09:06
TeePOGaww ok, nm then...09:06
pips1LaserJock: yes, the stars are in the edgy version only09:06
TeePOGi'm not upgrading, this is a production machine09:06
TeePOGbut i'm glad to help with popcon data09:07
pips1:)09:07
TeePOGanyway, i'm very impressed with Autopackage recently... have you thought of including support for it?09:08
TeePOGnot that it's hard to install or anything... it'll just simplify some installations09:08
TeePOGnow that XaraXtreme is GPL, it's nice for our designers to have on the LTSP09:09
TeePOGsince there's no free Doze or OS X version09:09
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LaserJockI don't think any of the developers like autopackage so I'm thinking it probably won't be supported any time soon09:10
TeePOGcoffee makes one more talkative and all that09:10
TeePOGyah, it was only a thought...09:11
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pips1amd64 live cd works09:12
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LaserJockRichEd: so are you talking with the webmasters about the Education space?09:14
LaserJockor does there need to be more of a plan09:14
RichEdLaserJock: there is a plan, and we are doveltailing ... here's the bigger picture:09:15
RichEdMatt Nuzum is the new webmaster for Canonical - All Ubuntu Web Resources : he is reviewing the entire fleet09:15
RichEdHe has jurisdiction over us (education), but is happy for our independence, and we have as our internally appointed leader: drumroll .... Philipp Schroder09:16
HedgeMageRichEd: Have time for a quick pm?09:16
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pips1;-)09:17
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RichEdHedgeMage: open up pm and fire away ... I'll get there after this thread09:17
LaserJockok so pips1 is going to hand Education (or Edubuntu?) website stuff09:17
LaserJock*handle09:18
RichEdYep. Let me get the thread done ... continues:09:18
RichEdMatt has been looking at the whole issue of "specialist or niche areas" and is proposing solution spaces ...09:18
RichEdWe are not 100% happy with the term, but the concept is good as follows:09:18
RichEdwww.ubuntu.com/education -> redirects to: www.ubuntu.com/solutions/education09:19
RichEdwww.ubuntu.com/medical -> redirects to: www.ubuntu.com/solutions/medical09:19
RichEdwww.ubuntu.com/icafe -> redirects to: www.ubuntu.com/solutions/icafe09:19
RichEdetc.09:19
LaserJockhow many solition spaces are we talking about?09:20
RichEdSo this will be "our official home page on ubuntu" = ubuntu for education.09:20
RichEdWe, the internal community, will look after www.edubuntu.org and the relevent pages on wiki.edubuntu.org (which may merge more with wiki.ubuntu.org - under detabte abiut dual front end for same data)09:21
RichEddebate about09:21
RichEdsame goes for help etc.09:21
RichEdWhat you and I were taling about last night is one step removed:09:21
RichEd( ( ( core = official ubuntu ) internal community = edubuntu ) -> user community space <-)09:22
RichEdwe are still debatind whether it should have an official edubuntu or ubuntu name or have some pre or suffix to indicate that it is not company official09:23
RichEdwhich is not just to "protect the official message" but also to allow us leeway & self control09:23
LaserJockright09:23
RichEdSo if someone approaches ubuntu from the outside, in a formal way, they will land on:09:24
RichEdwww.ubuntu.com09:24
RichEdFind an easy & quick link to :09:24
RichEdwww.ubuntu.com/education09:24
RichEdand on there find an easy and quick link to:09:24
RichEd*our new community space*09:24
pips1RichEd: you mean, if someone comes through the official ubuntu "front door", i.e. enters www.ubuntu.com, rather than using google and landing a some subsection ...09:25
pips1right09:25
RichEdWe however, will as a comunity, pump *our new community space* as the preferred direct landing zone from our point of view09:26
pips1s/pump/pimp ? ;-)09:27
LaserJockare you seeing this "community space" as an Edubuntu thing or Education thing? product vs. solution09:27
pips1good question09:28
RichEdUbuntu and Education : and the front page needs to demystify and clarify and explain how the whole and parts fit together.09:28
RichEdIt also needs to be open enough and broad enough that we can have other people who are interested in open source and education, but not yet using our software to feel the need to join some of our maikling lists, or pop back for a regulr revisit.09:30
LaserJockright09:30
RichEdSo, k12ltsp people need to feel welcome ... their input into what is good for a high school menu option, or which FOSS accounting package is good and easy to maintain is still relevant.09:31
LaserJockyeah09:31
RichEdIm my opinoin, there are lots of:09:32
RichEdOpen Source & Education web sites ... but often formal and geared to adults and suits an decision makers09:32
RichEd+ Teaching Content Web Sites web sites ... but not geared around Open Source09:33
RichEd+ Kids Community Web Sites ... but not geared around Open Source09:33
RichEdIf we can link the above into one space, with user/stakeholder category areas, we'll be more of a one stop site.09:33
RichEdAnd get the most frequent revisits.09:34
LaserJockyes09:34
LaserJockI'd really love to see that for Science09:34
LaserJockit's sorely lacking09:34
RichEd"so what's this open source stuff all about and what does it mean to me"09:35
RichEd"oh so I guess it does apply to me, are there any of my kind of people here"09:35
LaserJockI've thought about creating a similar "space" for open source scientific development09:35
RichEd"oh yes there they are and gee let me add my opinion to that comment"09:35
RichEdetc.09:35
LaserJockthat would combine forums, ml, etc. with a sourceforge type thing to hold development09:36
RichEdLaserJock: if we get this right ... we'll be a model you can follow ;)09:36
LaserJockyeah, what I find right now for OSS science09:37
RichEdI am very glad to have pips1 assisting ... he is bouncing well between practical on the ground requirements and high level conceptual & theoretical focus ...f09:37
LaserJockis somebody creates a list of OSS software09:37
RichEdIt is a good fit, and I think our angle is different to what is out there.09:37
LaserJockbut not much of anything gets done toward actively pushing a community together09:37
LaserJockaround a common goal09:37
LaserJockexcellent, good work pips1 09:38
LaserJock:-)09:38
RichEdI made this comment to pips1 the other day : Amazon don't write books. Amazon don't review books. But look at the buzz they have created by their community.09:38
RichEdGive a man a passion and a soap box ... and he will shout an opinion.09:39
RichEdProvided he feels comfortable in front of the audience.09:39
LaserJockmhm and feels like he's actually heard09:39
RichEdOur users are not comfortable in front of Hard Core Linux People.09:40
LaserJockat some level09:40
RichEdEven I am not, once or twice a week !09:40
LaserJockawww, we don't bite ;-)09:40
LaserJockI know what you're talking about09:40
LaserJockcoming in as a chemist09:40
RichEdLaserJock: You're Mild Core Linux People09:40
RichEd;)09:40
LaserJockexactly09:40
HedgeMageLaserJock: I beg to differ, I bite (but only when called for and only among consenting adults ;)09:41
LaserJocktoo much information09:41
HedgeMageLOL09:41
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LaserJockreminds me of a blog post of a certain JaneW09:41
RichEd??09:41
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HedgeMageRichEd: a certain computer game she mentioned :)09:42
LaserJockbliss09:42
HedgeMageRichEd: I found the entry extremely sweet, TBH09:42
LaserJockI believe09:42
RichEdoh ... me remembers now ...09:42
LaserJockanyway09:42
LaserJockback to scare Linux geeks09:42
RichEdRight enuff thoery & pontification (and biting) off to serious work !09:43
LaserJockthe thing that always is a problem for me is the inbetween09:43
LaserJockwe have ubuntuforums.org09:43
LaserJockand we have ubuntu-devel09:43
LaserJockbut that inbetween space, interface between developer and user09:44
LaserJockit can be rough09:44
RichEdyep ... and ubuntuforums is still not far enough out there into the target space ...09:44
RichEdWe have "I use Ubuntu and I work to Educate"09:44
LaserJockso I wonder how this new community space is going to fair09:44
RichEdI want "I work to Educate and I use Ubuntu"09:45
LaserJockyep09:45
RichEdSubtle shift, but to me that's the difference between the 20:80 split09:45
RichEdWe're doing well in the 20 space, but cbx33 and others like him are quite unique ... we need to jump into the cookie cutter 80 space09:46
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RichEdThe unifiorm masses.09:46
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LaserJockbut do you have a plan for the interface? is that something you want to address, or do you want to keep it somewhat segregated?09:47
RichEdAnd the *good* news is that the time is NOW ... all forces in the universe conspire to make this the ideal moment.09:47
LaserJockspeak of the devil ;-)09:47
RichEdLaserJock: cbx33 like that ;)09:47
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HedgeMagehey, cbx33 09:47
cbx33what did I do now09:48
LaserJockscp is totally broken09:48
cbx33LaserJock: why aren't you in bed yet09:48
cbx33LaserJock: I know09:48
LaserJockand the sound were thrown out09:48
cbx33well...not totally09:48
cbx33pessulus integration is broken for now09:48
RichEdIf I was a japanese general, I would be very happy with the portent and omens ... 2007 is the year of Open Source Mainstream. We need to get ready to give it a good smack.09:48
ograpips1, can you get me the syslog of that failed amd64 install somehow ? thats very odd since there are no other CD builds planned i think09:48
LaserJocksabdfl decided to revert the edgy sounds ;-)09:48
cbx33LaserJock: really?09:49
cbx33oh well09:49
LaserJockcbx33: sorry had to give you a good morning wake up scare09:49
ograi dont care much abut ppc, but having no amd64 CD is quite fatal09:49
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cbx33LaserJock: are you kidding or serious09:49
pips1ogra: I only have a screenshot of the syslog (i.e. 1 screen worth of the last error msgs)09:49
RichEdawwww schucksss ... we're messing with your head dude ...09:49
ograhmm09:49
cbx33it's too early here for me to know what's going on09:49
cbx33good i got worried09:49
cbx33as an anonymous onctributor bought me a new soundcard last night09:50
LaserJockcbx33: dude totally kidding, another 16 hr day is making me a little weird09:50
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cbx33phew09:50
HedgeMageRichEd: Everyone's been saying "this is the year" since about 1996.  I tend to think it'll keep eeking in small spurts like it always has... hopefully edging toward less-infrequent medium-sized spurts over time.09:50
cbx33I couldn't believe it.....somone funded my new soundcard......didn;'t tell me which one...then I found out it was a 189 M-Audio Delta 101009:50
cbx33I was so gobsmacked I almost fainted09:51
RichEdLaserJock: expand on this ... not quite sure exactly waht you mean: but do you have a plan for the interface? is that something you want to address, or do you want to keep it somewhat segregated?09:51
cbx33anyway, why am I the devil?09:51
HedgeMagecbx33: yay! congrats.09:51
cbx33HedgeMage: yeh....I'm still shocked09:52
cbx33but very very grateful09:52
HedgeMagecbx33: you deserve it, babe.  You rock.09:52
LaserJockRichEd: I can easily imagine this community space becoming like the forums (users getting mad at devs, devs irritated with stupid posts)09:52
cbx33thanks HedgeMage 09:52
cbx33lisa has been working on the front cover09:52
pips1RichEd: I think LaserJock was talking about improving the direct interaction of developers and end users (i.e. the current "gap" between ubuntuforums and ubuntu-devel ml)09:52
cbx33wnt me to send a mockup to you later?09:52
LaserJockso that your educators get to grumble or whatever, but it doesn't reach a place where anything can be done09:53
LaserJockfor instance, you mention maybe somebody has a good suggestion for dynamic menus, how am I going to get that info09:53
HedgeMagecbx33: that would be very awesome09:53
cbx33HedgeMage: when is our final deadline?09:53
cbx33pygi mentioned he is going WOI for a while soon?09:54
HedgeMagecbx33: If things continue as-is, we probably won't see a print version until sometime mid-October09:54
cbx33ok09:54
pips1ogra: would that amd64 error msg screenshot be of any use? should I send it to you?09:55
HedgeMage(That's being a little optimistic considering pygi's going away and my real-life schedule chaos, but I don't think it's unrealistic... I hope.)09:55
TeePOGi had a minor name confusion a couple days ago... got an email about Sabayon Linux, and immediately thought about Sabayon the ltsp menu manager09:55
LaserJockmhm09:55
LaserJockI went to the sabayon linux IRC channel at least twice09:56
ograpips1, no09:56
ograi'll do a test install myself09:56
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cbx33yup it's pretty cool09:57
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pips1ogra: ppc is currently totally oversized... right?09:58
cbx33ogra: vuntz seemed happy with my update to pessulus, conceptually10:00
pips1-rw-rw-r-- 1 philipp philipp 783163392 2006-09-28 01:57 edgy-live-powerpc.iso10:00
RichEdhello ... adsl reset :(10:00
RichEdwhere did I drop out ?10:01
HedgeMagewelcome back :)10:01
pips1RichEd: you didn't miss anything here10:01
RichEdHedgeMage: I'll repeat my speech to you in msg window :)10:01
cbx33HedgeMage: the cover is kinda in the vein of the new gnome splash screen10:01
cbx33I'll get a copy to you tonight10:01
HedgeMageRichEd: hehe cool10:01
HedgeMagecbx33: you two rock10:01
ograpips1, yes, see my comments on -devel10:04
ogra(only live though)10:04
pips1ah10:04
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LaserJockheh10:08
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pips1... with 'Disk Usage Analyser', 'Floppy Formatter' and 'System Log'10:12
pips1huh?10:12
LaserJockI'm not sure what you installed exactly10:12
pips1it's default edubuntu live cd (i386)10:13
pips1edgy, daily build 28-sep10:13
LaserJockyou installed from the livecd or you are in the livecd?10:14
pips1not installed, just live10:14
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pips1and the menu's are the same, on the amd64 live cd, too, so I think this is what we will get with edgy...10:15
LaserJockok, yeah the livecd has more stuff liek gparted10:16
pips1ah, ic10:17
pips1LaserJock: you said you weren't comfortable with the default wallpaper, to show to your science colleagues?10:18
cbx33HedgeMage: I'm going to try to write some docs for Student Control Panel for you for the handbook soon10:18
HedgeMagecbx33: That would be *AWESOME*10:19
LaserJockpips1: well, the current edgy one isn't bad10:20
LaserJockalthough I then think it might not be as "fun" for kids10:20
pips1ogra: ok, got to do some day job stuff now, let me know how your amd64 turns out :)10:21
pips1*amd64 test10:21
pips1young kids or teenagers?10:21
LaserJockyoung kids10:22
pips1but they have the homies :)10:22
RichEdLaserJock ->10:22
LaserJockpips1: by default?10:23
cbx33no10:23
LaserJockthat's my poing10:23
LaserJockpint10:23
LaserJockpoint10:23
LaserJockthere10:23
cbx33you made a lot of p's there10:24
pips1right10:24
ograpips1, i doubt we'll have an opportunity to fix anything ... and i just got my isos ...10:24
ograso beta might be i386 only for us :(10:24
pips1:/10:24
pips1that's bad news...10:25
pips1amd64 needs wide testing too...10:25
ogralet me see ...10:25
cbx33what's up with it?10:25
ograi have never seen such an error ...10:25
cbx33i can probably test it in a while on my work machine.....if i can find a spare HDD10:25
ograand i need to finish the running ppc test first so i can be on IRC with it if smething goes weird10:25
pips1are they discussing the beta release time in -devel, or smth?10:27
pips1ogra: see the discussion in -devel !10:27
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Laser_awaygood night people10:28
cbx33nn Laser_away 10:29
cbx33can believe I believed you10:29
cbx33can't10:29
pips1hehe10:29
pips1cu Laser_away10:29
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TeePOGping RichEd10:35
RichEdhey TeePOG ... I'm here now ... hit me in the message window10:35
pips1btw, ogra, I just atttended a national 'Education and ICT' decision makers conference... lots of valuable inputs on the current thinking about ICT in Education...10:49
ogranice10:55
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pips1ah, shoot, I wanted to attend the http://www.learning-communities.at/ conference, but I'm booked for another conference on 9./10.Nov already :-/11:12
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pygimorning11:29
HedgeMagehi pygi 11:30
pygihey HedgeMage, how are you?11:30
TeePOGmorning pygi11:32
pygihey TeePOG :)11:32
TeePOGhow goes it with pygi?>11:32
pygiTeePOG: hm, bad? :)11:32
HedgeMagepygi: about to get to bed11:32
pygiHedgeMage: oh, oki, good night then, sleep well11:32
TeePOGwhat's wrong pygi?11:33
pygiTeePOG: nothing serious, don't worry11:33
TeePOGshout if I can help pygi11:34
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pygiTeePOG: not really, but thanks :)11:34
TeePOGnp11:34
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pygihey Yagisan, ogra 11:45
TeePOGhi there ogra11:52
HedgeMageMust... sleep...11:55
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HedgeMagelater, guys :)11:55
pygilaters HedgeMage 11:56
HedgeMagenight night11:56
YagisanG'day pygi 12:12
pygihey again Yagisan :)12:12
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pyginice, I'm not :)12:13
Yagisanpaid work, and the customers are so happy with my work - they are telling their friends :D12:13
Yagisaner what's up pygi ?12:13
pygiYagisan: hehe, nice :)12:14
pygiYagisan: I'm useless:)12:14
pyginothing else :)12:14
Yagisanpygi, really ?12:15
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Yagisanhmm. It sucks that I can't do a BIOS upgrade from within Ubuntu12:16
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TeePOGnow pygi has a use ^.^12:16
pygiTeePOG: !!!12:16
YagisanI need to get my hands on a spare disk and FreeDOS12:16
TeePOGYagisan: how about running freedos in qemu?12:17
Yagisanevil evil broken acpi.12:17
TeePOGi ask in ignorance12:17
YagisanTeePOG, nope - I need to flash the BIOS12:17
TeePOGahh Yagisan, i didn't read properly12:18
YagisanTeePOG, the ACPI is so broken that the motherboard resources and network card conflict - and the driver bombs out12:18
TeePOGanyway, i prefer Hirens boot disk mostly, but never used it wiff a broken ACPI12:18
Yagisaner - I don't have a single floppy disk in the house (I do however have a 3.5" and 5.25" drive that have not been used in years)12:21
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TeePOGi know Nero has an option to take a floppy img and burn a bootable CD from it12:25
TeePOGno clue how in linux though12:26
pygiTeePOG: libburn & libisofs!!!12:26
pyginot yet tho :)12:26
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cbx33RichEd: pygi  sorry got d/c'd after slashing my wrist12:28
cbx33seriously12:28
cbx33could you resend pms?12:28
RichEdare you okay ?12:28
cbx33yes12:28
cbx33i was putting filing cabinet drawers in to a cabinet12:28
cbx33they were being buggers12:28
cbx33didn't realise the rungs on the side had sliced my wrists12:29
pygi:-/12:29
cbx33fingers can still move12:29
TeePOGdamn @_@12:29
cbx33so I guess nothing serious was cut12:29
TeePOGdid you sever any tendons?12:29
cbx33doesn't seem like it12:30
pygicbx33: resent12:31
cbx33argh i wasn't identified hold on RichEd and pygi 12:32
YagisanO_o12:33
cbx33out first aid lady was like...I can use an antiseptic wipe...but it will sting12:34
cbx33hehehe12:34
cbx33I said go on then.....12:34
cbx33didn't sting12:34
cbx33mild tickling....:p12:34
pygiheh :p12:34
cbx33am I still here?12:45
ogranope12:45
ograyoure hallucinating12:46
cbx33phew12:46
cbx33I thought my connection had dropped12:46
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cbx33can someone dig me an ip for mail.google.com01:06
cbx33seems our DNS servers are down01:06
RichEdcbx33: 72.14.205.8301:16
gnomefreak64.233.185.1901:28
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bddebianHowdy folks02:24
pygihey ho bddebian 02:25
bddebianHi pygi :-)02:26
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RichEdpygi: we're sposed to be chatting ! 03:06
pygiRichEd: 1 hour ago!03:07
RichEdgot my times mixed up .. do you have time now ?03:07
pygiRichEd: not really (packaging stuff) but lets do it03:07
ograpips1: even though i have fixed the amd64 buig, the amd64 CD is still broken ... apparetnly the kernel package was renamed on amd64 but there is no transitional (empty) package with teh old name on the cd, but your install tests were very very helpful, thanks a lot03:08
pygiogra: we can't get another rebuild I guess?03:09
ograno, i dont think that fits in teh timeframe03:09
ograbut hey, its only amd64 ...03:09
pygiindeed, ...03:10
ograand tomorrows daily will be fine03:10
ograi know whats broken (actually i fixed it on the install thats running here, so it installs fine now)03:10
pyginice03:10
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pips1ogra: ok03:13
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bidouillehello03:51
bidouillequelqu'un parle t il franais ?03:52
bidouilleno french language people ?03:52
bidouilleok03:52
pygiComment pouvons-nous vous aider ?03:52
bidouillemerci pygi mon anglais is so bad03:53
pygiMon Franais est mauvais :P03:53
bidouilleje cherche  connaitre la config mini pour un edubuntu client alone03:53
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pygiQuel genre de config ? Edubuntu devrait faire l'installation de base pour vous03:54
bidouilleconfig matriel minimum03:54
pygibidouille: conditions minimales de matriel?03:55
pygioh03:55
pygi:P03:55
bidouillej'ai un vieux pc fujitsu sunlight avec  MO ram est ce suffisant ?03:55
bidouilleyes conditions minimales de matriel03:55
bidouille32 Mo03:56
pygibddebian: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToCookEdubuntu/Chapters/HardwareRequirements03:56
bidouillethanks03:56
pygibidouille: excusez-moi pour ma mauvaise langue :P03:56
bidouillec'e'st bon quand mme merci encore03:57
bidouillebye03:57
pygibye03:57
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pygio joy :P03:58
bddebianpygi: Looks good :-)03:59
pygibddebian: not really :03:59
pygi:P03:59
pygibddebian: my French is very bad, and based on things I learned from listening other people talk :P04:01
bddebianpygi: Oh, well I was reading it in English :)04:03
pygibddebian: oh :P04:04
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jingl3ogra: Hi - yesterday you suggested I look for a line containing usplash in /opt/ltsp/i386/usr/sbin/ldm04:11
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ograjingl3: yep04:12
jingl3but no lines in ldm contain "usplash". I'm running Dapper. Did I understand you correctly?04:12
ograand change stop to start there04:12
ograyes, but i was wrong ... sorry, i was very tired last night ...04:12
ograwrong file :)04:13
ogra/opt/ltsp/i386/etc/init.d/ltsp-client is teh right one04:13
ograit starts ldm ...04:13
jingl3Ok, thanks. The system is online now so I can get back to you. Hope you've gotten some sleep!04:14
ograsome (4) hours, yes04:14
ograbut now that the beta release is out, can relax a bit 04:15
ogras/out/done/ (its not officially released yet)04:15
lguerraRichEd: Pign04:16
pygihopefully infinity can kick libburn now that it's fixed04:16
lguerra*ping04:16
RichEdlguerra: pong04:19
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jingl3ogra: That little critter booted up fine now! Many thanks. I'm looking forward to giving the beta a test drive.04:26
ograyou will be surprised ;) edgy is far beyond dapper feature wise :)04:27
pygiogra: and edgy+1 should be far beyond edgy feature wise :)04:28
ograin edgy+1 we will have ltsp5 ;)04:28
ograwhich will be based on our code from edgy04:28
pygiogra: and burning over ltsp if all goes well ;)04:28
ograyeah04:28
ograand mic support 04:29
ograand volume control :)04:29
pygiright =)04:29
pygibasicly, we'll rock even more then we do now04:29
ograand the base for local app support04:29
pygiin case I don't get to visit UDS, we'll have to spec burning support over irc or something04:29
jingl3Great stuff! Many thanks for all your hard work. Nice being with you, I'm off now.04:31
pygijingl3: bye :)04:32
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pygihey a lot of people :P05:06
cbx33hi pygi 05:06
cbx33hey Yagisan 05:06
Yagisanevening all05:07
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cbx33Yagisan: my new PC is much happier now :)05:07
Yagisanoh ? It retired ?05:07
cbx33yup05:08
cbx33I have a new machine now, as a birthday present05:08
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ograyo sbalneav05:08
Yagisancbx33, what specs ?05:08
Yagisancbx33, and does it run doom :P05:08
sbalneavogra, guess what I'm booted on?05:09
ograyay05:09
pygihey sbalneav 05:09
ogradid everything work out of the box as expected ? 05:09
sbalneavThe only thing I had to do was add myself to the fuse group05:10
ograright05:10
sbalneavOther than that, sound + localdevs == perfect.05:10
ograif you add a normal desktop user with the gui tool, he will be in the fuse group05:10
ograits just the admin accoiunt thats not added there05:11
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cbx33sorry forgot to disable apt05:12
cbx33and it started syncing 05:12
cbx33Yagisan: yes I have a 4200 X2 now :D05:12
Yagisancbx33, video ?05:13
cbx337300GT OC05:13
cbx33it's niiice !05:14
sbalneavYep, everything seems to be working nicely ootb05:18
sbalneav(out of the box)05:18
Yagisancbx33, could I get a copy of the output from glxinfo -l from that card05:22
ograsbalneav: sexy :)05:24
sbalneavogra: Want me to ask jammcq if you can call it an ltsp5 prerelease?05:25
ograthat would be cool 05:25
ograi wouldnt dare to do so :)05:25
sbalneavk, gimme a sec05:25
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sbalneavltsp5 for the win05:29
ograyay :)05:30
willvdlogra, have you ever heard of/looked at openlab?05:31
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pygibon appetit RichEd 05:58
RichEdmerci06:01
willvdlping og,06:01
willvdlogra rather :)06:01
ograpong06:01
willvdlhave you ever looked at openlab?06:02
ogra"Modular imaging software for cell biologists " ?06:03
ograor CERN openlab for datagrid operations ? 06:03
willvdlgetopenlab :)06:03
ograoh ,and there seems to be an openlab for magicians as well :)06:03
willvdldude :)06:04
ograheh06:04
willvdlopenlab is a slackware based educ company06:04
ograah06:04
ograpoor them ... why did they choose slackware ? 06:04
willvdlmajor claim to fame is only really successfull opensource schools implementation on a large scale in africa06:04
willvdlI asked that too06:04
ograthats painful06:05
ografor them as well as for the users06:05
willvdlanyhoo, they are considering an ubuntu base06:05
ograyay06:05
willvdlthey've also got some good developers apparently06:05
willvdlthey've had localdev support for over a year06:05
ogragive them the edgy edubuntu beta to have a look 06:05
ograthey need two NICs on the server 06:05
willvdland scp style customisation from ground up06:06
ograand we're surely lacking developers, so everybody is welcome to join in06:06
willvdlif they come to the light there could be some serious perks for edubuntu06:07
willvdlin terms of experienced in-school (3rd world) players06:07
ograsounds really great !06:07
willvdlI've got their dvd's. Will filter some useful links for if you have time06:08
ogramake them come in here :)06:08
willvdlworking on it ...06:08
ogranice :)06:09
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sbalneavI am officially declaring Edubuntu edgy eft edition ready for end user work.06:26
ogra:D06:26
=== pygi congrats to everyone :)
sbalneavI won the first game of freecell on it I played, with no do-overs06:26
ograhaha06:26
sbalneavIf FREECELL works, everything else MUST be ok.06:27
pygisbalneav: haha :)06:27
sbalneavIt's my little superstition06:27
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sbalneavSay, where's the menu editor?06:28
pygialacarte?06:29
sbalneavyeah06:29
AmaranthSystem->Preferences->Menu Layout06:29
ograright click the menu06:29
Amaranthdamn usability-list@l.g.o :P06:29
sbalneavah06:29
sbalneavNot to be insensitive, but I keep going for a terminal, and keep trying to turn on the accessibility options. :)06:30
LaserJockwahoo06:33
LaserJocklots of archive processing06:34
pips1?06:37
LaserJocksorry06:44
LaserJockwe've been waiting for the archive team to process new packages and sync06:44
LaserJockUniverse Freeze is today06:44
sbalneavogra: one of the things we'll need to spec out for similar functionality is an auto-login feature for ldm.  Should be easy to do with keys, but you'd be absolutely shocked at the number of people wanting kiosk type things, where you just turn on the box and autologin as someone.  We'll just need to turn the crank on the code.06:49
pips1sbalneav: interesting. I imagined that kiosk mode is really something that lots of people want..06:51
sbalneavYep, it's probably the second biggest request after localdevs.06:52
pips1ic06:52
pips1it's useful in lots of places... not only iCafes, but also in the school library, etc06:53
pygisbalneav: ergh, no, it's not, libburn is :)06:53
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sbalneavheh, well, libburn's important too :)06:53
pygiImagine thin client kiosks which can burn Edubuntu cd's for you :)06:54
LaserJockfreedom toaster06:54
LaserJocksbalneav: what about local apps?06:54
sbalneavLocal apps is big, but numbers wise, not as many, because fewer people have "really powerful" thin clients to run a local app on.06:55
sbalneavFor every place that has 15 Pentium 4's with 512 megs that they want to run firefox locally on, there's 3 libraries in Brazil looking for autologon.06:56
sbalneavLocal apps NEEDS to get specced out for this release, but autologon's easy, it's just a case of setting up some appropriate keys.06:57
sbalneavand having some way to map a key/loginid pair to a specific mac address/ip address.06:57
LaserJocksbalneav: what exactly would local apps take?06:58
sbalneavThat's pretty much just an exercise in shell scripting :)06:58
LaserJockyou put the packages in the client chroot06:58
sbalneavLocal apps is harder.06:58
LaserJockand then you have to get X from the client to the server?06:58
sbalneavFirst, if I'm going to run Firefox locally, I need my home dir mounted on the thin client.06:58
LaserJockah06:58
sbalneavPlus, my thin client needs to know who "*I*" am, which means some kind of network authentication, i.e. ldap.06:59
sbalneavTHEN, you need to have some kind of plumbing thing going on, where when I click on the firefox app on my desktop, it REMOTELY starts firefox on the terminal.06:59
LaserJockI'd be happy if you could just load up an app in a temp space on the client07:00
LaserJockwithout ~/07:00
sbalneavNone of it's impossible, but it's a lot of messy plumbing that needs to get put in place.  The hard part's making it easy.07:00
LaserJockand have some way of maybe getting files scp'ed back07:00
sbalneavYeah, but name me an app that doesn't need to save data somewhere.07:00
LaserJockI'm talking 1 shot apps07:00
LaserJockall of the apps I want are pretty much like that07:01
LaserJockyou're teaching a lab07:01
sbalneavWell, we basically know how to do it, the only blocker at this point is the ldap.07:01
sbalneavSo, one of the specs we'll need to work on is the ldap authentication.07:01
LaserJockyeah, I know that needs to be done anyway07:01
LaserJockI just want my local apps, darn it! ;-)07:02
sbalneavedgy+107:02
sbalneavAt least INSTALLING the local app is now easy.07:02
sbalneavchroot /opt/ltsp/i386 ; apt-get install whateverappyouwant07:02
LaserJocknow don't you need an ssh server on the client in addition to the app?07:03
LaserJockso that you can X forward back to the server?07:03
sbalneavNo, you simply display the output locally on the client.07:04
sbalneavRemember: that's where the X server REALLY is :)07:04
LaserJockoh hmm07:04
sbalneavBUT you may need ssh or something to START the app.07:05
LaserJockI don't know how you guys keep track of this stuff ;-)07:05
sbalneavUnless I get up off my *ss and try to write the dbus-over-x-atoms thing.07:05
crimsunthat sounds evil07:05
sbalneavnah,07:05
sbalneavIt's actually quite elegant, because if you're tunnelling X over ssh, then your dbus messages will be encrypted as well.07:06
sbalneavI can program X atoms, what I NEED is a good introduction to dbus!07:06
LaserJockhmm, ok. In reality I could install an app into my client chroot, fire up the client, ssh into the client and start up the app, right?07:07
sbalneavyep07:07
sbalneavbut then the apps running as root.07:08
LaserJockoh wait, but that's where I would need to also install the ssh server on to the client07:08
LaserJockhmm, root within the client?07:08
LaserJocknot on the server though07:08
sbalneavYeah, thats what the X server runs as on the client: remember, the client doesn't know ANYTHING about who you're logged in as: that's all just X packets.07:09
LaserJockright, and I don't really care who is logged into use the particular apps I'm talking about07:09
LaserJockthey don't login or save data right now anyway07:10
sbalneavYou could basically do something half-assed now, with a little fiddling.07:10
LaserJockinteresting thought anyway07:10
sbalneavAnyway, LUNCH TIME, be back in an hour.07:11
ograsbalneav, i'm totally not shocked and its n my todo list snce dapper to have an autologin ;)07:38
LaserJockogra: so did Edubuntu get a beta?07:39
ograLaserJock, powerpc and i386 install beta and amd64 i386 live beta07:39
LaserJockheh07:40
LaserJockwell I'm covered then07:40
LaserJock;-)07:40
ograamd64 will be fixed with the next build (there is a bug with the kernel package), and poerpc was obviously broken due to an LP bug that made it grow by 70M07:40
LaserJockwhat happened there?07:41
LaserJockseed problem?07:41
ograwell, nobody thought about including the transitional package for linux image after it was renamed from amd64-generic to amd6407:44
ograerr, to -generic, sorry07:44
ograwhich breaks ltsp ....07:44
ograi'll depend on -generic with the next upoad ... bt the missing transitional package will bite upgrading users 07:45
LaserJockhmm07:46
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cbx33evenin08:08
sbalneavogra: so, what's with the bug picture of Germany?  Something on the lens of the satellite?  I wouldn't think that possible!08:11
ograthese pics arent taken by sattelite :)08:12
ograthey take them by plane ...08:12
ogra(i once worked for a mapping company, the quality of sattelite pics you can release for non military stuff isnt that great)08:13
sbalneavAh, ok, makes sense then.08:13
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cbx33what is this?08:14
cbx33you guys got me interested now08:14
sbalneavI'm guessing at least 35m08:14
sbalneavhttp://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&t=k&q=Germany&ie=UTF8&z=18&ll=48.857699,10.205451&spn=0.002404,0.006738&om=108:15
ograheh08:15
sbalneavProlly closer to 4008:15
sbalneavLOOK OUT!  IT'LL CHEW YER HEAD CLEAN OFF!  RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!08:16
pygi!!!08:16
cbx33heheheh08:16
cbx33ping LaserJock 08:21
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pygihey HedgeMage ;08:24
HedgeMagehi pygi :)08:24
cbx33pygi, HedgeMage w00t08:24
HedgeMagehehe 08:25
LaserJockhi cbx33 08:25
rodarvusogra, what kind of software do they use to do the composition of the images?08:25
ograrodarvus, erdas and arcview for glueing together the tiles ...08:26
rodarvussbalneav, you can note the (huge) difference of the satellite images to airplane images - just zoom out a little and after the fifth or sixth zoom out the image quality drops immensely08:26
LaserJockcbx33: pong08:27
ograrodarvus, the company i worked for made 3D surface models for telcos ... they took the pics from two angles and had a software that computed a 3D model from it ... one copy of this SW costed 500000 and you could only buy it from the pentagon directly08:28
cbx33LaserJock, hiowz it going08:28
ogramost funny was that the license was bound to the MAC address of the NIC and it costed 10000 to change the license ... so every time a NIC went south it was a very expensive NIC ;)08:29
rodarvushaha08:30
cbx33http://www.progbox.co.uk/handbook.jpg08:30
rodarvuswell, you can forge the mac address of a nic, but I wouldn't know if this software has protections against mac address forging08:30
ograit only ran under NT4 and had a dongle that checked the HW08:31
cbx33NT408:31
cbx33didn;t you spew08:31
ograwell, in the evenings we had great UT matches on this machines ;)08:31
cbx33heheh08:32
cbx33ogra, did you ever play counterstrike source?08:32
ograanyway, dinner time ...08:32
ogracbx33, nope08:32
cbx33one day I'll have to givey ou a game ;)08:32
cbx33HedgeMage, pygi seen the link?08:33
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HedgeMageOoohhh, I like.08:34
=== pygi won't comment ;)
HedgeMageYou two always remind me how graphically impaired I am :P08:34
HedgeMage;)08:34
cbx33pygi, you don;t like it?08:35
pygicbx33: haven't said that ;)08:35
cbx33won;t comment - sound like biting ones tongue08:36
HedgeMageI thought he was not commenting on my grapical-impairedness.08:36
cbx33I got pygi's message first08:36
pygicbx33: it's nice, don't worry :)08:36
HedgeMageI got them in the other order.08:36
cbx33HedgeMage, :p08:36
HedgeMageIt's way better than what I came up with!08:36
LaserJockI have a comment08:37
LaserJock:-)08:37
HedgeMageThat's not a comment, that's a facial expression :P08:37
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LaserJockI think you should use one of the other fonts for the main "Handbook"08:37
LaserJockit's a little to childish for me08:38
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LaserJockI'd like it on the side better08:38
LaserJockand perhaps even have more "young" looking fonts too on teh side08:38
cbx33like comic sans08:38
cbx33(becare ful how you reply)08:38
LaserJockheh08:39
LaserJockI want all the MS fonts08:39
LaserJockbut I really like it08:39
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LaserJockI just think that you should swap out the main "Handbook" with one of the other ones08:40
LaserJockbut since I also have no graphic ability whatsoever08:40
cbx33notes passed to lisa08:40
LaserJockI'll just leave it as a comment ;-)08:40
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cbx33HedgeMage, what do yo uthink?08:40
cbx33pygi, ?08:40
pygicbx33: nice for me08:41
HedgeMagecbx33: LaserJock's suggestions sound good.08:41
cbx33ok08:41
HedgeMagecbx33: I'll know if I like it after I see it, I'm not best at picturing things beforehand08:41
cbx33lisa said cool she'll try that08:41
HedgeMageOf course, that's why I make things work, not pretty ;)08:41
LaserJockcbx33: what size is that, btw?08:44
cbx3380008:44
cbx33x something08:44
LaserJockthe size of the cover might affect it somewhat08:44
LaserJockbut that can get hashed out later I suppose08:45
cbx33yeh08:45
cbx33we can shift things around08:45
sbalneavHedgeMage!!!08:51
sbalneavSeen all the work I've been doing? :)08:51
cbx33sbalneav, you rock dude08:52
sbalneavIf you've seen any pictures of me, you'd see my shape is more conducive to rolling :)08:53
cbx33sbalneav, come on then where' s a pic08:54
sbalneavhmm08:54
sbalneavGimme a few minutes, I'll see if I can post something.08:55
sbalneavheh, look at my hackergotchi on launchpad08:57
sbalneavThat'll give you a rough idear.08:58
HedgeMagesbalneav: Haven't yet, but I'm just catching up a bit08:58
LaserJockogra's got some09:00
LaserJockfrom Paris09:00
LaserJockI was looking at today09:00
HedgeMageOooh! LTSP goodness!09:00
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HedgeMageThank you!09:01
sbalneavLots more work to do.  Not finished by ANY strech of the imagination.09:01
cbx33sbalneav, you still rock ;)09:01
sbalneavI'm putting in about 2hrs/day on it for the next 2 weeks.09:01
sbalneavAdded a couple of sections, cleaned up some stuff, etc etc etc etc.09:01
LaserJockI guess we'll just have to rename it09:02
LaserJockEdubuntu Handbook -> The Definitive Guide to LTSP ;-)09:02
sbalneavJim McQuillan, my buddy from LTSP said we were welcome to use as much of his doco as was applicable, I just need to figure out the best way to attribute him for his contribs, probably in the intro.09:03
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LaserJockdarn09:06
LaserJockI keep getting tickled :/09:07
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LaserJockshesh, I get no respect09:08
HedgeMageFunny, men don't usually complain when randomly assaulted by fun, geeky women :P09:09
LaserJockheh09:09
LaserJocktoo tired and too married ;-)09:10
HedgeMageLOL09:10
cbx33HedgeMage, are you calling me a woman09:10
LaserJockhahaha09:10
HedgeMagerofl09:10
cbx33and a fun geeky one at that09:11
HedgeMagenah, I typed it before you assaulted him, after I did09:11
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cbx33HedgeMage, are you getting lag?09:11
cbx33hehehe09:11
LaserJockoh man09:11
cbx33awww thankyou HedgeMage 09:11
LaserJocksomebody throw some water on HedgeMage, she's getting all touchy ;-)09:11
HedgeMage:)09:11
HedgeMageroflmao09:11
LaserJockthere goes the proffesional image of Edubuntu ;-)09:12
LaserJockit's all cuddly and tickly09:12
sbalneavOooh, are we getting all cuddly and tickly?  You'll all remember I come from Canada where we LEGALIZED that sort of thing :)09:18
LaserJockWAHOOO09:18
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LaserJockedubuntu-menus hit archive.ubuntu.com09:18
LaserJock|o?09:18
LaserJock\o/ even09:18
LaserJocksbalneav: nooooooo09:19
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LaserJocknow I can upload new menus09:20
sbalneavCool!  Congrats LaserJock!09:21
sbalneavYour first spec!  Fully implemented and uploaded!09:21
LaserJockit's bad when you are waiting for your package too get out of NEW so you can upload new versions09:21
LaserJocksbalneav: and I even rewrote the spec to refelect reality09:21
LaserJockwahoo09:21
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HedgeMage:D09:22
sbalneavLaserJock: That's a classic sciences trick isn't it?  Plot the graph, then throw out the data points that don't fit? :)09:23
LaserJockheh09:23
LaserJockwhat we mostly do is this:09:23
sbalneavAt least, that's how I got through first year chemistry :)09:24
LaserJocktake data for a few years09:24
LaserJockthen find the best data run you got09:24
LaserJockthen publish that as "typical data"09:24
LaserJock;-)09:24
sbalneavPerfect!09:24
sbalneavLies, damned lies, and statistics :)09:24
LaserJockbut seriously, I'm gonna need some testers09:25
sbalneavI could test tonight, if you'd like.09:25
LaserJockas I haven't tried this in any real world setting09:25
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LaserJockI just through up so rough menus09:25
LaserJockI think the basic menu is actually too long09:26
LaserJockanyway, we've got the edubuntu-* group namespace09:26
LaserJockso we can have any groups we want09:26
sbalneavAny methodology you'd like me to follow, or testing-to-destruction?09:26
LaserJockmostly just trying different combinations and permutations ;-)09:27
LaserJockon my machine I set up 3 test users09:27
LaserJockand had 1 that only had edubuntu-basic09:27
LaserJock1 that had 2-3 groups09:27
LaserJockand the last one had 2-3 groups with at least one in common with the other ones09:27
LaserJockso I think the actual mechanism is probably ok09:28
LaserJockbut I'm not sure how realistic my menus are09:28
LaserJockand as there is no editing yet, I'd like to have pretty good defaults ;-)09:28
sbalneavbrb, workping09:28
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pygisbalneav is back, quick, everyone hide :)10:21
sbalneav:)10:22
sbalneavWierd10:22
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LaserJocknaughty terminal10:22
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mhzmoin all10:45
LaserJockhi mhz 10:46
cbx33moin mhz 10:46
mhzLaserJock: cbx33 hey you 210:48
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cbx33pygi, what am I looking at?11:23
cbx33:p11:23
pygicbx33: telepathy client UI11:27
pygicbx33: so opinion? :)11:31
mhzGood news!11:35
cbx33i like it11:35
mhzFluxbuntu team starts working on Fluxbuntu Education Edition tonite11:35
cbx33what's telepathy?11:35
pygicbx33: http://telepathy.freedesktop.org/11:37
pygimhz: that's nice11:37
mhzindeed11:37
mhzcurrent build is 'only' 309 MB11:37
mhzheheh11:37
mhzonce edu apps get added, ... eeek, no idea11:37
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pygimhz: will that be in official archive for edgy+1?11:38
mhzdon't know yet11:39
mhzi hope it gets some support from canonical, thou11:39
pygiwhat kind of support do you expect?11:41
mhzhopefully, 11:43
mhzship it help for LoCo's in LAm countries11:44
mhznot 100% but a %11:44
mhzserver too11:44
pygiwell, we won't have shipit for edgy except payed for LUGS11:45
pygiso...11:45
pygidunno about later...11:46
LaserJockyeah11:47
LaserJockshipit is quite expensive11:48
pygiindeed11:48
mhztrue11:55

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