[12:09] <jrib> drizztzrevenge: I still have no clue what you did
[12:09] <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
[12:10] <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
[12:11] <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
[12:12] <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
[12:13] <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
[12:14] <jrib> what is the output of this command: getent passwd rickjames
[12:15] <drizztzrevenge> rickjames:x:1000:1000:RickJames,,,:/home/rickjames:/bin/bash
[12:15] <drizztzrevenge> y?
[12:16] <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
[12:17] <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> :-/
[12:18] <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
[12:19] <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  ?
[12:20] <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
[12:21] <jrib> try:  sudo nano /etc/passwd
[12:21] <drizztzrevenge> yeah it opened up soemthing
[12:22] <jrib> alright, change the /home/root to /root
[12:22] <drizztzrevenge> kay. how do i save it?
[12:23] <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!
[12:25] <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?
[12:26] <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
[01:06] <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
[01:07] <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
[01:08] <Pirate_Hunter> kk don
[01:08] <Pirate_Hunter> done
[01:08] <jrib> ok, now:  sudo apt-get update
[01:09] <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?
[01:10] <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
[01:11] <Pirate_Hunter> i know you said to stick to windows for my work
[01:11] <jrib> me?
[01:12] <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
[01:13] <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
[01:14] <Pirate_Hunter> jrib np thanx for your help my latest update was screensaver hack, im wondering how does that keep my comp clean
[11:17] <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?
[11:18] <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%[[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
[11:19] <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
[11:20] <bolloxmcgee> where is my sources.list?
[11:21] <jrib> open them with this command: gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
[11:23] <bolloxmcgee> i think ive got it
[11:23] <bolloxmcgee> i'll pastebin what i get in a second
[11:24] <bolloxmcgee> i put the reposotries in the list, now im getting nspluginwrapper
[11:26] <bolloxmcgee> ive done it all but it still isnt working
[11:26] <bolloxmcgee> its up on pastebin
[11:31] <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/
[11:32] <jrib> yeah it installed fine
[11:33] <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//
[11:34] <bolloxmcgee> srry man what do you mean?
[11:34] <jrib> did you download the flash tar.gz?
[11:34] <bolloxmcgee> yup
[11:35] <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?
[11:36] <jrib> then you will get junk
[11:36] <bolloxmcgee> kk
[11:37] <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...
[11:38] <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
[11:39] <jrib> hmm
[11:41] <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/
[11:42] <bolloxmcgee>  No such file or directory
[11:42] <jrib> do this: mkdir ~/.mozilla/plugins
[11:42] <bolloxmcgee> done
[11:43] <jrib> try extracting again
[11:43] <bolloxmcgee> kk
[11:44] <bolloxmcgee> that should be in my home directory right?
[11:44] <jrib> yes, to ~/.mozilla/plugins/
[11:44] <bolloxmcgee> well its not
[11:45] <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
[11:46] <bolloxmcgee> righty-o
[11:46] <bolloxmcgee> there there
[11:46] <bolloxmcgee> still all corrupted....
[11:47] <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..?
[11:48] <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
[11:49] <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
[11:50] <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
[11:53] <bolloxmcgee> gnash is now gone
[11:55] <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
[11:56] <bolloxmcgee> lol, yea, ahh i should be studying for my junior certificate right now, but this is more fun....lol