[05:18] <ziroday> Hi, what is the recommended way to reconfigure x now?
[06:15] <wgrant> ziroday: That is a very general question...
[06:16] <ziroday> wgrant: its alright I think I found most of what I needed in the topic
[06:16] <ziroday> my main question is, can I still use dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
[06:16] <wgrant> Yes.
[06:16] <ziroday> wgrant: great!, thanks a load!
[14:47] <Q-FUNK> wgrant: howdy! did any of the logs help?
[21:17]  * wgrant curses people who don't keep an IRC presence.
[21:46] <MFen> anybody here good with python-apt
[21:46] <MFen> i'm writing a script for system recovery - it pulls your installed package list, then groups it by Canonical, Third-Party or manual deb
[21:46] <MFen> then formats it and prints it out suitable for dpkg --set-selections and manual installation
[21:47] <MFen> this is the script: http://pastebin.com/m11e49548
[21:48] <MFen> i've got some packages that i know for a fact were installed from a third-party apt, yet i can't find any information in their records to indicate that was the case
[21:48] <MFen> thus, they are currently being listed in the output as 'manual deb' when i know they were installed with apt
[21:48] <MFen> line 80 for reference.
[21:49] <MFen> anyone?
[22:38] <MFen> ﻿from a given package name, is there any way to tell what apt archive it came from? any API or command-line tool available?
[22:39] <superm1> apt-cache policy PACKAGE
[22:40] <MFen> superm1: thanks. i have one that i think is wrong, any idea how that could happen?
[22:41] <superm1> if you had a third party repo turned on for a bit 
[22:41] <MFen> the package is isight-firmware-tools and i installed it from a mactel ppa
[22:41] <MFen> well, the repo is still turned on
[22:42] <MFen> the only version it shows is /var/lib/dpkg/status
[22:42] <superm1> then run an apt-get update to update your repo lists
[22:43] <MFen> yeah, i just did, still says that :-/
[22:43] <MFen> maybe the repo recently changed and i didn't notice
[22:46] <superm1> not really discussion for #ubuntu-x however
[22:46] <superm1> you're better off in #ubuntu or a similar channel
[22:47] <MFen> what's the difference?
[22:47] <jcristau> the difference is it's off-topic here
[22:47] <superm1> this channel is for discussion of the X server and related drivers, that's a more general topic 
[22:48] <MFen> oh, x server. k, thanks