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chrisccoulsonhey stgraber - about bug 409621 - can you add a jaunty task on that?01:12
ubottuLaunchpad bug 409621 in libxklavier "The program 'gnome-settings-daemon' received an X Window System error. During on a FreeNX server suring a session." [Low,Triaged] https://launchpad.net/bugs/40962101:12
stgraberchrisccoulson: sure01:31
chrisccoulsonthanks:)01:31
stgraberchrisccoulson: looks like you actually added one but it needed approval01:32
chrisccoulsonstgraber - yeah, i can't add them without approval outside of universe ;)01:33
spstarris there no reason Ubuntu/Kubuntu don't just return to Ubuntu with a ballot box in installer to choose KDE or GNOME? (much like the opensuse folks have)?04:20
spstarrwhy create more overhead for two separate distributions unless it comes down to the LiveCD size04:20
Psi-Jack__spstarr: That's pretty much what it boils down to.04:32
wgrantspstarr: CD size is a deal-breaker, and asking new users which desktop to use is crazy.04:34
wgrantspstarr: I believe even openSUSE recently decided to not ask.04:34
Psi-Jack__wgrant: No, no, they haven't. They're sticking to it and keeping it that way. ;)04:34
wgrantAnd there's not too much overhead having separate Kubuntu CDs.04:34
wgrantPsi-Jack__: Ah, you're right. I misread the article.04:35
Psi-Jack__Yeah, I know. heh.. I've been an avid opensuse user since 11.0, quite nice, but has KDE 4.2 issues still.04:36
spstarrPsi-Jack__: but but.. CDs are dead ;)05:06
TheMusoThere are still parts of the world where DVDs are very expensive or hard to source...05:11
wgrantAnd some computers still don't have DVD drives.05:12
wgrantComputers on which Ubuntu runs fine.05:12
spstarrwell, if the Ubuntu installer had an option: Advanced Users [radio button]  Beginning Users [radio button]05:12
spstarrit could be implied that KDE is the advanced option and GNOME is beginner05:12
wgrantWhich is perhaps the incorrect implication.05:13
spstarrwell, sure you can use GNOME for advanced stuff05:13
wgrantAnd that option still fails to take into account that CD space is very hard to come by.05:13
spstarrim assuming the LiveCD is stripped symbols/debug?05:13
wgrantYes.05:13
spstarrok05:13
spstarrso you really maxed space :)05:14
wgrantThe time before releases is often spent trimming a hundred kilobytes off a few packages.05:14
spstarrunless you reduced some gnome apps on the LiveCD f05:14
wgrantJust to make things fit.05:14
spstarri guess hmm05:14
wgrantKDE is never going to fit on the same CD.05:15
wgrantAnd there's little need.05:15
spstarryou could bandon LiveCD --> LiveDVD (not 4.3GB one)05:15
slangasekwe have DVD live ISOs.  We manage to fill those too, separately for ubuntu and kubuntu, by adding in all the things that had to be cut for a DVD05:16
slangasekfor a CD, I mean05:17
slangasektranslations, for instance05:17
spstarrthat does add a lot of MB :)05:17
wgrantI also don't imagine that DX would like that extra option added to the installer.05:18
spstarrso is there a assumption that ubuntu/kubuntu work together though?05:18
wgrantspstarr: What do you mean?05:18
spstarrcoordinating features etc05:18
spstarrwhere possible05:19
wgrantTo an extent. Remember that they live together in the same repository, so non-GNOME-specific Ubuntu changes will be in Kubuntu too.05:20
RAOFTo a certain extent; I am aware that kubuntu guys have been unhappy when some infrastructure gets upgraded before the KDE parts have been updated to work with it.05:21
spstarryes, but i meant Canonical having enough KDE developers for kubuntu to complement what Ubuntu gives for GNOME05:21
spstarrRAOF: that's where im going...05:21
macoRAOF: like network manager? ;)05:21
spstarrwe have NM applet in KDE coming along05:21
* spstarr is part of the Plasma team05:21
wgrantAnd recently Kubuntu developers have rejected the DX team's changes to Ubuntu.05:21
maconm's backend was upgraded without waiting for the plasma network manager to be ready05:22
wgranteg. notify-osd, indicator-applet05:22
macothere is an indicator applet in kubuntu05:22
spstarrwell, KDE 4.4 solves notification/indication (or is suppose to)05:22
macokonversation was patched to use it05:22
spstarrwe're working with the gnome folks on that05:22
wgrantmaco: Ah, I didn't realise they ended up giving in.05:22
macowgrant: its only for the gnome apps to talk to while in kde though :P05:22
spstarrsee the following thread on that:05:23
macowgrant: a konversation patch does exist that they were using for testing though05:23
wgrantmaco: That's what I thought, but then you mentioned Konversation...05:23
wgrantAh.05:23
macowgrant: pending upstream's acceptance of the konversation patch, itll be in the released version05:23
spstarrlists.freedesktop.org/archives/xdg basically05:24
spstarrmaco: there's no need for any of that, KDE/GNOME both are working on the updated notification spec05:24
macoone of the kubuntu devs asked what the indicator applet is, and i told them its basically teh DX team trying to copy the little "i" in the kde systray05:24
spstarralso systray spec05:25
spstarrso afaik, why would konversation need this patch?05:26
macobecause the new spec's not done yet?05:26
spstarrim not sure, I have not heard any updates on it05:26
TheMusoI see a lot of these sort of changes that are being done in Ubuntu as things that are needed now, but upstream aren't ready to formalize yet, although things are getting close.05:26
spstarryes05:27
spstarrWith FDO now reorganizing finally, we should see more colaboration05:27
macognome has no way to do the "i" thing thats in kde, so the indicator applet exists.  gnome apps cant talk to the little "i" thing (doh!) so one has to exist on kde even though its already got that feature native05:27
spstarrcollaboration05:28
macohopefully05:28
macocuz its really annoying having things that appear desktop-wide be inconsistent just because 1 app is from gnome05:28
spstarryes05:28
spstarrHopefully, GCDS spawns more collaborated conferences too05:29
spstarreven though GNOME/KDE will never be unified, our backends can get closer05:29
spstarrcommon things like Kwallet/gnome keychain etc05:29
macoakonadi05:30
macothough it ate my address book last month :(05:30
spstarrI hope akonadi adds a sqlite backend so i dont need mysql ;p05:30
spstarrmaco: is gnome using akonadi or considering it?05:30
macothere's talk of making evolution able to05:31
macowould be nice for future desktop-switchers05:31
macoas it is, much of my data is locked up in evolution and wont import correctly into kontact05:31
spstarrmaco: i dont see it as switchers but as in GNOME/KDE getting Exchange support etc05:32
* spstarr bites into the last grape and savours it05:32
spstarrFLOSS is about choice, but giving each of our communities more shared functionality is a win for everyone05:34
spstarr:)05:34
spstarri was just more curious on some other things :)05:40
* spstarr is seriously considering moving back to Buntu but im stuck until the radeon changes in Fedora filter to upstream fully i have Kubuntu/Ubuntu Karmic in a VirtualBox05:42
spstarrI'm assuming 'ubuntu-desktop' meta package is enough to get me full GNOME within Kubuntu?05:44
spstarryep :)05:44
spstarr469 :)05:44
spstarralmost 1GB will be needed05:44
spstarri need to keep track of GNOME as a KDE developer ;)05:45
* spstarr looks a GNOME loading from Kubuntu06:10
spstarrMight I ask how will GNOME 3.0 impact Ubuntu's mission of allowing developed nations access to Open Source when they are going to require (3D)/Composite?06:11
Psi-Jack__Interesting question I might add. ;)06:13
spstarrindeed06:13
spstarrthis conflicts with Ubuntu's goals06:13
spstarrnow i dont know how old computers are being used in developed nations06:13
spstarrso I wouldn't know if this would impact enough or not06:13
Psi-Jack__Well, I can tell you, I have a lot of old systems being used at home here as a server farm. ;)06:14
spstarrwith X used?06:16
* spstarr clicks the examination mark icon and boggles.. what actually crashed to cause a problem(?!)06:22
spstarrhmm06:28
spstarrSorry, the program "Xorg" closed unexpectedly06:28
spstarrORLY? im still in X :)06:28
* spstarr boggles06:29
Psi-Jack__spstarr: Oh no. Not with X. I use X only on..... 1 system I think presently? My workstation, and I use KDE on it. ;)06:30
spstarr:)06:30
spstarri wonder if Buntu/Debian will pick up the idea if deltarpms -> deltadebs06:31
spstarri dont know if there's talk but this would serious help save bandwidth06:31
spstarrif its possible with deb06:31
TheMusospstarr: There is work going into something similar, don't know where its up to though.06:32
spstarroh very nice06:33
spstarrvery nice bug reporting system06:35
spstarri triggered bug #40566706:35
ubottuLaunchpad bug 405667 in gnome-keyring "gnome-keyring-daemon crashed with signal 5 in g_thread_join()" [Medium,Triaged] https://launchpad.net/bugs/40566706:35
spstarri like how it matches summary with the error summary in launchpad eliminating some duplication06:36
spstarroh06:40
spstarr2005 was my Ubuntu06:40
spstarrBragging rights Member since: 2005-09-2906:40
spstarr:)06:40
spstarrso i came into the game a year or so late :P06:43
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melwynhi08:05
andresmujicahow can i test a symptom based apport, the ui part i mean ?08:53
debfxcould someone please unsubscribe ubuntu-main-sponsors from bug #310769 (package has been moved to universe)11:46
ubottuLaunchpad bug 310769 in pidgin-otr "Cannot copy keys from authenticate window" [Wishlist,Triaged] https://launchpad.net/bugs/31076911:46
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Yoeogra: why do you guys start nbd-client without -persist, only to switch to -persist later? (re: your comment in LP#417506)12:22
Yoeogra: isn't it better to just start with -persist to begin with?12:23
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mok0Is it possible to pin a certain version of a package, so it's NOT sync'ed from unstable?14:19
tgpraveen1hyperair: ping14:24
tgpraveen1is there a reason why there is not up to date banshee ppa for jaunty? even banshee unstable ppa is 2.5 months out of date14:24
StevenKmok0: At this point, syncing is manual anyway?14:27
hyperairtgpraveen1: is that so?14:30
hyperairwhat's the latest version of banshee?14:30
tgpraveen1hyperair: well i dont think they released a new version14:30
hyperairtgpraveen1: well then, do you have your answer?14:31
tgpraveen1i think they are going to diretly release 1.6 on aug 3114:31
tgpraveen1or something14:31
hyperairyes14:31
tgpraveen1but if it's the unstable ppa14:31
tgpraveen1then shouldnt it be updated to14:31
hyperairit's the *unstable* ppa, but not hte *daily* ppa14:31
mok0StevenK: yes, I would like to pin the version for karmic+114:31
tgpraveen1so that it includes the new bug fixes etc14:31
hyperairunfortunately not. =\14:31
tgpraveen1hyperair: ok.i am on jaunty is there any ppa to get the latest or nearly latest14:32
hyperairthat is the latest14:32
tgpraveen1ver ie a weekly or monthly or daily14:32
hyperairthere's a daily14:32
hyperairlaunchpad.net/~banshee-team/+archive/banshee-daily14:32
tgpraveen1hyperair: its for karmic only iirc14:32
hyperairyes14:32
hyperairi haven't gotten round to bringing jaunty support, sorry14:32
tgpraveen1so u know of any other ppa for that?14:33
tgpraveen1or do u plan to bring jaunty support for daily if it aint to difficult14:33
tgpraveen1?14:33
hyperairyes, i plan to bring jaunty support14:33
hyperairwhen i have time14:34
tgpraveen1k. thx14:34
tgpraveen1any approx time frame 1 week? 1 month? to give rough idea14:34
hyperairtgpraveen1: i can't say. i've got a very nice and long todo list which will take some time to trim down =(14:36
hyperairtgpraveen1: at least, not this week, and not next week either.14:37
tgpraveen1ok. thx for ur help hyperair14:37
hyperairnp14:37
thedancingdeerbryce: i want to run svgalib programs(c programs with vga libraries) without root permissions! how do i do that!14:42
hyperairsince when does svgalib require root permissions?14:43
thedancingdeerhyperair: yes they do! umm, donno since when but it gives an error :"svgalib: Cannot get I/O permissions."14:46
hyperairtry strace the program and see what it's trying to access =\14:47
thedancingdeerhyperair: didn't get you! tracing what try program is tryin 2 access?14:48
hyperairhmm wait14:49
hyperairit seems that svga requires root access after all, eh14:49
thedancingdeerhyperair: well, its the tty, the terminal, when i do sudo ./a.out goes to the tty!14:49
hyperairhttp://www.svgalib.org/svgalib.user.faq.html14:49
thedancingdeerhyperair: yeah! exactly! so i dont want this!14:49
hyperairthen don't use svgalib apps14:50
thedancingdeerwell, i dont have this option! the thing is, i'm using this as a replacement for graphics.h to run simple c programs for students! so i dont want them to have have root permissions and mess with the system!14:51
thedancingdeerhyperair: i thought there could be some way to give the user permissions to access svgalib or whatever!14:52
hyperairlooks like not14:52
mandrewhello anyone here on the dev team of ubuntu 9.10?14:58
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mandrewim looking for anyone thats on the dev team of 9.1015:03
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penguin42Does anyone know of docs that describe the hibernate process and how everything is supposed to interact with it?17:31
* penguin42 has a bug where screenlock doesn't kick in on hibernate but also I'm curious if there is a way to hook other things (e.g. unmount and lock a luks disc) on hibernate17:32
fbondHi.  What document describes the official policy for what belongs in hardy, hardy-updates, hardy-security?  If I don't enable hardy-updates or hardy-security, do I get exactly what was originally released in 8.04?17:40
Amaranthfbond: yes, without hardy-updates, hardy-security, hardy-backports, etc you end up with exactly what was in the original 8.04 release17:58
geserfbond: see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates for what goes in -updates and https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/UpdateProcedures for what does in -security17:59
keesfbond: and you absolutely do not want to do that -- Hardy (as released) contains a critical bug in the openssl library.18:00
keesfbond: you want -security at the very least18:01
fbondkees: Thanks, just trying to understand the policy.  I'm building a product on top of Ubuntu and need to have a release policy that sits on top of Ubuntu's and makes sense.18:02
fbondIs there any way to construct a sources.list that will give me a system that contains exactly 8.04.1 or 8.04.2, etc.?18:03
fbondHow can I deteremine which package versions are designated for a given point release?18:04
keesfbond: dunno about that.  products on top of Ubuntu should be release + -security + -updates :)18:05
fbondkees: Right, but I need some kind of package version control so I can say two different release builds are "the same" i.e. contain the same package versions.18:06
fbondPulling from the live archives doesn't give me that, so I guess I need to create frozen archive mirrors that represent a particular release.18:07
fbondkees: Do you agree that freezing the archive is the only way to say a particular install is precisely 8.04.2 (e.g.)?18:09
fbond(In other words, there are only two things I can get from the archives directly using just sources.list: precisely 8.04 and 8.04+latest.)18:12
fbond(Ignoring the difference between -security and -updates.)18:12
fbondhttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/PointReleaseProcess indicates that an archive snapshot is made for point releases.  Is this snapshot publicly accessible somewhere?18:27
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keesfbond: slangasek may be able to answer that, though he may not be responsive until tomorrow.18:27
fbondkees: Okay, thanks.  I'll ping him.18:28
fbondslangasek: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PointReleaseProcess indicates that an archive snapshot is made for point releases.  Is this snapshot publicly accessible somewhere?18:29
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andresmujicahow can i put some predefined text in the Further Information box  with apport?21:23
Primefalconquick question also for anyone out there, I do some basic C++ along with other langauges and am wondering what would be a good way to start participating in helping Ubuntu what avenue par say?22:27
Mezhmm... ok, this is weird.22:27
MezSomeone's hijacked a package before it's even gotten through new22:27
LaneyIs one of them the ITPer?22:57
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