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| jrib | drizztzrevenge: I still have no clue what you did | 12:09 |
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| drizztzrevenge | heh okay | 12:09 |
| drizztzrevenge | so i tried to change the root user directory to home/root using the users and groups gui component | 12:09 |
| drizztzrevenge | and it looked like it worked | 12:09 |
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| drizztzrevenge | but it didn't actually at the system level, my ubuntu login just thinks it did i think | 12:10 |
| drizztzrevenge | but i dont have synaptic installed | 12:10 |
| drizztzrevenge | so i dont know how to fix this | 12:10 |
| drizztzrevenge | er wait excuse | 12:10 |
| jrib | what user are you logging in as? | 12:10 |
| drizztzrevenge | it will install | 12:10 |
| drizztzrevenge | but it won't let me run any of its programs because it cant use /root to create its config place | 12:11 |
| drizztzrevenge | my account | 12:11 |
| jrib | what's the name? | 12:11 |
| jrib | for simplicity's sake | 12:11 |
| drizztzrevenge | rickjames | 12:11 |
| jrib | alright, so you changed the home directory for rickjames to /root? | 12:12 |
| drizztzrevenge | nope | 12:12 |
| drizztzrevenge | i changed the directory for /root to /home/root -.- | 12:12 |
| jrib | that doesn't make sense | 12:12 |
| drizztzrevenge | i know | 12:12 |
| drizztzrevenge | now i do anyway | 12:12 |
| drizztzrevenge | but everytime i try to run synaptic it tells me it cant create a file in /home/root | 12:12 |
| drizztzrevenge | which is its config file i assume | 12:13 |
| jrib | ok, are you able to get a shell? | 12:13 |
| drizztzrevenge | yeah, i use console | 12:13 |
| drizztzrevenge | konsole | 12:13 |
| drizztzrevenge | excuse me | 12:13 |
| jrib | what is the output of this command: getent passwd rickjames | 12:14 |
| drizztzrevenge | rickjames:x:1000:1000:RickJames,,,:/home/rickjames:/bin/bash | 12:15 |
| drizztzrevenge | y? | 12:15 |
| jrib | how about: getent passwd root | 12:16 |
| drizztzrevenge | root:x:0:0:root:/home/root:/bin/bash | 12:16 |
| jrib | ok, I see | 12:16 |
| drizztzrevenge | yah | 12:16 |
| jrib | it used to be /root | 12:16 |
| jrib | why did you do this by the way? | 12:17 |
| drizztzrevenge | uhm....because i am nub and was experimenting | 12:17 |
| drizztzrevenge | i then read an article that basically said its impossible | 12:17 |
| drizztzrevenge | :-/ | 12:17 |
| drizztzrevenge | i haven't really done anything to make my computer freak out in a couple days, i'm learning how to maintain this crazy system pretty well | 12:18 |
| jrib | ah ok, well you should play in a virtual machine | 12:19 |
| drizztzrevenge | yeah...i noticed... | 12:19 |
| jrib | can you do gksudo gedit /etc/passwd ? | 12:19 |
| drizztzrevenge | nope | 12:20 |
| drizztzrevenge | (gedit:9232): libgnomevfs-WARNING **: Unable to create ~/.gnome2 directory: No such file or directory | 12:20 |
| drizztzrevenge | Could not create per-user gnome configuration directory `/home/root/.gnome2/': No such file or directory | 12:20 |
| jrib | ok | 12:20 |
| drizztzrevenge | i'm sure you see the problem here then? lol | 12:20 |
| jrib | try: sudo nano /etc/passwd | 12:21 |
| drizztzrevenge | yeah it opened up soemthing | 12:21 |
| jrib | alright, change the /home/root to /root | 12:22 |
| drizztzrevenge | kay. how do i save it? | 12:22 |
| drizztzrevenge | or do i just exit? | 12:23 |
| jrib | ctrl-o to save | 12:23 |
| jrib | ctrl-x to exit | 12:23 |
| jrib | check for mistakes! | 12:23 |
| drizztzrevenge | so it should say "root:x:0:0:root:0/root:/bin/bash" ? | 12:25 |
| drizztzrevenge | er wait | 12:25 |
| drizztzrevenge | so it should say "root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash" ? | 12:25 |
| jrib | yes | 12:25 |
| drizztzrevenge | kay | 12:25 |
| drizztzrevenge | now i should restart? | 12:25 |
| jrib | I don't think you need to | 12:26 |
| drizztzrevenge | cool thanks alot man | 12:26 |
| jrib | might be a good idea to restart anyway though in case some stuff failed | 12:26 |
| drizztzrevenge | yeah for sure, i' gonna | 12:26 |
| drizztzrevenge | bye! | 12:26 |
| jrib | bye | 12:26 |
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| Pirate_Hunter | here i am | 01:06 |
| jrib | hi | 01:06 |
| jrib | less traffic here | 01:06 |
| Pirate_Hunter | hi | 01:06 |
| Pirate_Hunter | i know much better | 01:06 |
| Pirate_Hunter | so i need to comment everything after line 20 will do so, but cna u tell me why | 01:06 |
| jrib | because you are getting a lot of errors, so we will start by making sure that the important stuff works, then work on the extra stuff | 01:07 |
| Pirate_Hunter | kk np | 01:07 |
| Pirate_Hunter | im doing it right now | 01:07 |
| Pirate_Hunter | kk don | 01:08 |
| Pirate_Hunter | done | 01:08 |
| jrib | ok, now: sudo apt-get update | 01:08 |
| Pirate_Hunter | no errors this time | 01:09 |
| jrib | good | 01:09 |
| Pirate_Hunter | k | 01:09 |
| jrib | now add the extra ones you want -- do you really need all those? | 01:09 |
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| Pirate_Hunter | I dont know what they do? i just ticked them all | 01:10 |
| jrib | ok, then you don't need them :) | 01:10 |
| Pirate_Hunter | lol | 01:10 |
| Pirate_Hunter | but you cna tell me something | 01:10 |
| jrib | if I know | 01:10 |
| Pirate_Hunter | i know you said to stick to windows for my work | 01:11 |
| jrib | me? | 01:11 |
| Pirate_Hunter | but I want to integrate everything to ubuntu so i would liek if i could steal some of your time and tell me how to create a simple vpn connection | 01:12 |
| Pirate_Hunter | you still here or are you gone? no way to find out | 01:13 |
| jrib | ah well i've never done that so I can't really help, try: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/?action=fullsearch&context=180&value=vpn&titlesearch=Titles or ask in #ubuntu | 01:13 |
| Pirate_Hunter | jrib np thanx for your help my latest update was screensaver hack, im wondering how does that keep my comp clean | 01:14 |
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| bolloxmcgee | jrib:yo | 11:17 |
| jrib | hi | 11:17 |
| jrib | what output do you get when you try the command you said did not work? | 11:17 |
| bolloxmcgee | wget http://janvitus.interfree.it/ubuntu/2C4C84CC.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add - | 11:18 |
| bolloxmcgee | after i put in that i get | 11:18 |
| bolloxmcgee | Resolving janvitus.interfree.it... 213.158.72.68 | 11:18 |
| bolloxmcgee | Connecting to janvitus.interfree.it|213.158.72.68|:80... | 11:18 |
| bolloxmcgee | connected. | 11:18 |
| bolloxmcgee | HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK | 11:18 |
| bolloxmcgee | Length: 4,460 (4.4K) [application/octet-stream] | 11:18 |
| bolloxmcgee | 100%[====================================>] 4,460 --.--K/s | 11:18 |
| bolloxmcgee | 22:11:33 (43.51 KB/s) - `-' saved [4460/4460] | 11:18 |
| bolloxmcgee | OK | 11:18 |
| jrib | yes, that means it worked | 11:18 |
| jrib | use http://paste.ubuntu-nl.org in the future please | 11:18 |
| jrib | proceed to the next step | 11:18 |
| bolloxmcgee | then i put in sudo apt-get install nspluginwrapper | 11:18 |
| jrib | that's not the next step | 11:18 |
| bolloxmcgee | kk | 11:19 |
| bolloxmcgee | whats the next step? | 11:19 |
| jrib | you still have to finish adding the repository | 11:19 |
| jrib | the instructions are in english if you scroll down | 11:19 |
| bolloxmcgee | where is my sources.list? | 11:20 |
| jrib | open them with this command: gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list | 11:21 |
| bolloxmcgee | i think ive got it | 11:23 |
| bolloxmcgee | i'll pastebin what i get in a second | 11:23 |
| bolloxmcgee | i put the reposotries in the list, now im getting nspluginwrapper | 11:24 |
| bolloxmcgee | ive done it all but it still isnt working | 11:26 |
| bolloxmcgee | its up on pastebin | 11:26 |
| jrib | bolloxmcgee: url? | 11:31 |
| bolloxmcgee | jrib: i still dont have write permissions to the /usr/lib/firefox/plugins directory | 11:31 |
| jrib | you don't need it | 11:31 |
| bolloxmcgee | what url? | 11:31 |
| jrib | to the pastebin | 11:31 |
| bolloxmcgee | http://paste.ubuntu-nl.org/25446/ | 11:31 |
| jrib | yeah it installed fine | 11:32 |
| jrib | use ~/.mozilla/plugins/ | 11:33 |
| bolloxmcgee | but the flash player still isnt working....its corrupt | 11:33 |
| jrib | put extract the flash stuff there | 11:33 |
| jrib | s/put// | 11:33 |
| bolloxmcgee | srry man what do you mean? | 11:34 |
| jrib | did you download the flash tar.gz? | 11:34 |
| bolloxmcgee | yup | 11:34 |
| bolloxmcgee | should i just extract it all straight into /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins? | 11:35 |
| jrib | then extract flashplayer.xpt and libflashplayer.so to ~/.mozilla/plugins/ | 11:35 |
| bolloxmcgee | could i not just extract all the files to there? | 11:35 |
| jrib | then you will get junk | 11:36 |
| bolloxmcgee | kk | 11:36 |
| bolloxmcgee | i tried extracting just flashplayer.xpt to the /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins direcotry, but im told again i dont have permission | 11:37 |
| bolloxmcgee | im using the GUI btw... | 11:37 |
| jrib | extract to ~/.mozilla/plugins/ | 11:38 |
| jrib | does that make sense? | 11:38 |
| bolloxmcgee | ~/.mozilla/plugins/ <-- that exactly? | 11:38 |
| jrib | yeah, ~ means /home/YOUR_USERNAME | 11:38 |
| jrib | hmm | 11:39 |
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| bolloxmcgee | jrib: that still isnt working, i still dont have the write privilages..... | 11:41 |
| jrib | what is the result of this command: | 11:41 |
| jrib | ls -ld ~/.mozilla/plugins/ | 11:41 |
| bolloxmcgee | No such file or directory | 11:42 |
| jrib | do this: mkdir ~/.mozilla/plugins | 11:42 |
| bolloxmcgee | done | 11:42 |
| jrib | try extracting again | 11:43 |
| bolloxmcgee | kk | 11:43 |
| bolloxmcgee | that should be in my home directory right? | 11:44 |
| jrib | yes, to ~/.mozilla/plugins/ | 11:44 |
| bolloxmcgee | well its not | 11:44 |
| bolloxmcgee | all thats in my home directory is | 11:45 |
| jrib | go to view -> show hidden files | 11:45 |
| jrib | anything that starts with a '.' is hidden | 11:45 |
| bolloxmcgee | righty-o | 11:46 |
| bolloxmcgee | there there | 11:46 |
| bolloxmcgee | still all corrupted.... | 11:46 |
| jrib | what does "all corrupted" mean? | 11:47 |
| bolloxmcgee | like, it shows the flash box, but the buttons are all over the place and dont work | 11:47 |
| bolloxmcgee | and there is absoloutely no playback.... | 11:47 |
| jrib | you used nspluginwrapper to convert flash already? | 11:47 |
| bolloxmcgee | how..? | 11:47 |
| bolloxmcgee | ohh yea | 11:48 |
| jrib | what is the output of: ls ~/.mozilla/plugins/ | 11:48 |
| bolloxmcgee | i installed Gnash SWF viewer | 11:48 |
| bolloxmcgee | flashplayer.xpt libflashplayer.so | 11:48 |
| bolloxmcgee | thats the output | 11:48 |
| jrib | you haven't run nspluginwrapper yet | 11:48 |
| bolloxmcgee | ok | 11:49 |
| jrib | the command is on the janvitus page | 11:49 |
| bolloxmcgee | nspluginwrapper -v -a -i | 11:49 |
| bolloxmcgee | that? | 11:49 |
| jrib | yes | 11:49 |
| bolloxmcgee | done | 11:50 |
| jrib | what is the output of: ls ~/.mozilla/plugins/ | 11:50 |
| bolloxmcgee | lashplayer.xpt libflashplayer.so npwrapper.libflashplayer.so | 11:50 |
| jrib | good | 11:50 |
| bolloxmcgee | should it now work? | 11:50 |
| jrib | you probably want to remove gnash and restart your browser now | 11:50 |
| bolloxmcgee | ok kool | 11:50 |
| bolloxmcgee | gnash is now gone | 11:53 |
| bolloxmcgee | jrib: it works!!!!! | 11:55 |
| bolloxmcgee | thanks so much man!!! | 11:55 |
| jrib | np | 11:55 |
| bolloxmcgee | i know i am a complete n00bie | 11:55 |
| bolloxmcgee | lol | 11:55 |
| jrib | you'll get the hang of it | 11:55 |
| jrib | with time | 11:55 |
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| bolloxmcgee | lol, yea, ahh i should be studying for my junior certificate right now, but this is more fun....lol | 11:56 |
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