[01:28] <atomiku> oh right
[01:28] <atomiku> this is where you get schooled
[01:28] <atomiku> k
[01:28] <jrib> ryan_: what are you trying to do?
[01:28] <ryan_> ok, im trying to install drivers for my wireless card because it wont recognize ine
[01:28] <ryan_> mine*
[01:28] <jrib> have you checked the ubuntu wiki for ubuntu-friendly instructions?  or is that what you are using?
[01:29] <ryan_> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/RalinkRT61?action=show&redirect=Rt61WirelessCardsHowTo
[01:29] <jrib> ok then :)
[01:29] <ryan_> yes, im using that doc above
[01:29] <jrib> ryan_: notice that it may be easier for you to use gedit
[01:30] <ryan_> can i open this dat file with gedit and make the changes that i need
[01:30] <jrib> ryan_: that is what the document you linked to says (it gives you the proper switch for gedit right below the vi command)
[01:31] <ryan_> i put in this command: gksudo gedit --encoding=ISO-8859-15 /etc/Wireless/RT61STA/rt61sta.dat
[01:32] <jrib> yep, that seems right
[01:32] <ryan_> then i went into the readme where it told me to use the vi command, and now im stuck
[01:33] <jrib> ryan_: what readme?
[01:33] <jrib> you need to give me context :)
[01:33] <ryan_> sorry
[01:33] <ryan_> it came with the linux drivers i downloaded from ralink
[01:33] <jrib> ok so the readme has a vi command that is not in the ubuntu wiki?
[01:33] <ryan_> yes
[01:34] <jrib> what command?
[01:34] <ryan_> Use "vi -b rt61sta.dat" to modify settings according to your need.
[01:34] <jrib> ryan_: ah but that is the same command as in the wiki, so you should be able to use that gedit command
[01:35] <jrib> Just heed the warning in the ubuntu wiki to only use ASCII characters
[01:35] <ryan_> ok well i typed in the gedit command, and i dont see where to modify the settings
[01:36] <ryan_> gksudo: unrecognized option `--encoding=ISO-8859-15'
[01:36] <ryan_> i think i have a problem
[01:36] <jrib> erm ok
[01:36] <jrib> we'll use vi then
[01:36] <jrib> close all vi instances you have open
[01:36] <jrib> ESCAPE :q!
[01:36] <mau> hey guys
[01:36] <jrib> should quit vi
[01:37] <jrib> mau: hi
[01:37] <ryan_> i type "ESCAPE :q!"?
[01:37] <mau> i'm not sure what the protocal is in irc... noob.  may I ask a question?
[01:37] <jrib> ryan_: well instead of ESCAPE, you hit the escape button, then you type  :q!
[01:37] <ryan_> lol, ok
[01:38] <jrib> mau: sure, but you are usually better off starting in #ubuntu since there are more eyes there
[01:38] <mau> good call, thanks
[01:38] <ryan_> bash: :q!: command not found
[01:38] <jrib> ryan_: I mean in vi
[01:39] <ryan_> ahh, im so lost
[01:39] <ryan_> im sorry
[01:39] <jrib> ryan_: this is just to close any vi windows you have open so we can start over.  Are there any open?
[01:39] <ryan_> i dont even know what a vi window is
[01:40] <jrib> well your terminal will have a text editor
[01:40] <ryan_> ok
[01:41] <jrib> ryan_: if you don't see any then just type this command (in your terminal) and tell me the output:  ps -ef | grep vi
[01:41] <ryan_> ryan     10226  9958  0 17:41 pts/1    00:00:00 grep vi
[01:41] <jrib> great, ok now what does the command 'pwd' return?
[01:42] <ryan_> /home/ryan
[01:42] <jrib> ok, and this one:  ls /etc/Wireless/RT61STA/rt61sta.dat*
[01:43] <ryan_> no such file or directory
[01:44] <ryan_> oops typo on my part
[01:44] <ryan_> /etc/Wireless/RT61STA/rt61sta.dat
[01:44] <ryan_> in green
[01:46] <jrib> my fault, it should be: ls /etc/Wireless/RT61STA/.rt61sta.dat*
[01:47] <jrib> (it's ok if it gives you an error or nothing)
[01:48] <ryan_> that time it said no such file or directory
[01:48] <jrib> ok so there should be no .swp file.  What happens when you use vi now?  sudo vi -b /etc/Wireless/RT61STA/rt61sta.dat
[01:49] <ryan_> cool i think that worked
[01:49] <jrib> ryan_: do you know how to do basic editing in vi?
[01:49] <ryan_> nope, lol
[01:50] <jrib> ryan_: if you want a good intro, run 'vimtutor' in another shell
[01:50] <ryan_> ok thanks
[01:50] <jrib> ryan_: but basically, if you want to insert text, press  i
[01:51] <ryan_> i think it said only to use ascii text, is an under-score okay?
[01:51] <jrib> ryan_: the warning is only if you use gedit
[01:51] <jrib> _ should be ok
[01:51] <ryan_> ok
[01:52] <ryan_> SSID is the name of a network right?
[01:53] <jrib> no idea
[01:53] <ryan_> oh
[01:53] <jrib> SSID=<SSID of your Access Point>   from the wiki
[01:53] <ryan_> yes, i guess they mean the name of my lan?
[01:54] <jrib> ryan_: give it a try
[01:56] <ryan_> how would i delete blank spaces from the vi
[01:56] <ryan_> blank lines*
[01:58] <jrib> ryan_: ESCAPE :g/^\s*$/d
[01:58] <jrib> that deletes lines with only space on them too...
[02:00] <ryan_> where do i type that
[02:01] <jrib> in vi
[02:02] <jrib> you press the escape button then type in that stuff after
[02:02] <ryan_> when i do that i dont see anything come up
[02:02] <ryan_> i have to press i
[02:02] <jrib> well when you press : you should see a : at the bottom left and then what you type goes there
[02:07] <jrib> another happy vi user
[02:40] <jrib> bigli: what does this command return: apt-cache policy libgl1-mesa-dev
[02:42] <bigli> paste bin or normal paste?
[02:42] <jrib> here is fine
[02:42] <bigli> root@amir-laptop:/usr/share/emc/tcl# apt-cache policy libgl1-mesa-dev
[02:42] <bigli> libgl1-mesa-dev:
[02:42] <bigli>   Installed: (none)
[02:42] <bigli>   Candidate: 6.5.1~20060817-0ubuntu3
[02:42] <bigli>   Version table:
[02:42] <bigli>      6.5.1~20060817-0ubuntu3 0
[02:42] <bigli>         500 http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy/main Packages
[02:43] <jrib> ooops, wrong package.  I meant: apty-cache policy mesa-common-dev
[02:44] <bigli> root@amir-laptop:/usr/share/emc/tcl# apt-cache policy mesa-common-dev
[02:44] <bigli> mesa-common-dev:
[02:44] <bigli>   Installed: 6.5.1-0.5
[02:44] <bigli>   Candidate: 6.5.1-0.5
[02:44] <bigli>   Version table:
[02:44] <bigli>  *** 6.5.1-0.5 0
[02:44] <bigli>         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
[02:44] <bigli>      6.5.1~20060817-0ubuntu3 0
[02:44] <bigli>         500 http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy/main Packages
[02:45] <jrib> bigli: ok, the issue is, how did that package get installed?  Did you ever have any non-ubuntu repos in your sources.list?
[02:45] <bigli> probably i had
[02:46] <bigli> i am removing it
[02:48] <jrib> k, but the packages from that repo will still be installed, and there are probably more than just that package
[02:48] <bigli> apt-get install  libgl1-mesa-dev
[02:49] <bigli> i will check to find and remove
[02:49] <jrib> bigli: at this point, you can try to downgrade mesa-common-dev, but be sure you have backups in case you end up with an unusable system
[02:50] <bigli> my system is not very stable ;)
[02:53] <bigli> i want to :apt-get remove libgl1-mesa-glx
[02:53] <jrib> try this:
[02:53] <bigli> but it want to remove 130MB of my packages
[02:53] <jrib> sudo apt-get install mesa-common-dev=6.5.1~20060817-0ubuntu3
[02:57] <bigli> seems to work downloading next packet
[02:58] <bigli> where are you from
[02:58] <jrib> US
[02:59] <bigli> me from IRAN
[03:00] <bigli> what u thinks? your country will attack to iran or not?
[03:01] <jrib> I hope not
[03:02] <bigli> the government is f**king us , and i want to plan to migrate to another country
[03:03] <jrib> bigli: where would you like to go?
[03:04] <bigli> australia/ canada / usa
[04:38] <amir_> jrib are u there?
[04:38] <jrib> amir_: yes
[04:40] <amir_> i am the bigli
[04:40] <amir_> http://www.pastebin.ca/364987 line 22 i got an error
[04:43] <jrib> amir_: I don't know what emc or minigl are, you'll probably need to compile both
[06:03] <Logicbox> sup jrib
[06:03] <jrib> Logicbox: so I take it you got no output?
[06:03] <Logicbox> ?
[06:03] <jrib> from  dpkg -L comix | grep comicthumb
[06:03] <Logicbox> i didnt even see that
[06:03] <jrib> oh wrong person
[06:03] <jrib> heh
[06:03] <Logicbox> do i need to type that hehe
[06:03] <Logicbox> lol
[06:03] <jrib> :)
[06:04] <jrib> first thing, don't use sudo if you are root
[06:04] <Logicbox> ok
[06:05] <jrib> Logicbox: apt-get clean && apt-get udpate
[06:06] <jrib> Logicbox: apt-get clean && apt-get update
[06:06] <Logicbox> :( i dont think that worekd either
[06:06] <Logicbox> bunch of faild
[06:07] <jrib> Logicbox: has it ever worked?
[06:08] <Logicbox> uhhh ya no
[06:08] <Logicbox> i dont think so
[06:09] <Logicbox> i just have no idea what the dillio is
[06:09] <Logicbox> i mean if i go to http://archive.ubuntu.com in firefox i can hit it
[06:09] <jrib> well apt-get hits too, bzip just sees that the file is messed up
[06:10] <jrib> Logicbox: wget http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/edgy-security/restricted/source/Sources.bz2
[06:10] <jrib> file Sources.bz2
[06:12] <Logicbox> ok
[06:12] <jrib> what was the output
[06:13] <Logicbox> 900k?
[06:13] <Logicbox> is that right
[06:13] <Logicbox> Sources.bz2: bzip2 compressed data, block size = 900k
[06:13] <jrib> yeah
[06:14] <jrib> Logicbox: lets comment everything that's not "edgy".  That means comment edgy-updates, security, edgy-proposed, medibuntu...
[06:15] <Logicbox> ok how ?
[06:15] <jrib> gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
[06:15] <jrib> add a # in front of a line in order to comment it
[06:17] <Logicbox> ok my sources.list looks like http://paste.ubuntu-nl.org/6719
[06:22] <jrib> Logicbox: unfortunately I have to go, try #ubuntu again, I actually didn't mean to pull you in here if I wasn't sure I could help, just mixed up the names.  Sorry about that.  I would try commenting out most of the repos and adding one by one to slowly troubleshoot the issue
[06:22] <jrib> Logicbox: make sure you include the url for the pastebin with your errors
[06:28] <Logicbox> well thanks again jrib