/srv/irclogs.ubuntu.com/2009/09/01/#ubuntu+1.txt

TheSteve0having problems with my nvidia drivers - if I enable Xinerama I get my dual screens to work but then Compviz does not. If I do not Xinerama then compviz kinda works but there the two screens are all screwed up00:00
TheSteve0is this a known issue00:00
NarethAh I think I figured out the problem, well isolated it. Pidgin seems to be causing it00:01
NarethAnyways, any insight on why/how pidgin would cause it to freeze?00:01
crdlbTheSteve0: use TwinView if you can00:02
TheSteve0crdlb but that just sets up a mirror display00:07
TheSteve0I want my desktop to extend over both screens00:07
crdlbnope00:07
TheSteve0it did when I checked it. I would love to hear how to do it otherwise00:07
crdlbI don't have nvidia here, but it shouldn't be too difficult00:08
crdlbmake sure your xorg.conf doesn't have two screens in it though00:08
crdlbwell, nvidia-settings should handle that too, but you never know ...00:08
TheSteve0I am using nvidia-settings - trying to test as what the typical user is doing. I could go in and edit but most people don't want to do that00:09
buckySystem=>Preferences=>Display has a set up for twin monitors00:09
crdlbI don't think that works for nvidia00:09
buckyyes it does nvidia has their own set up dialog for it00:10
crdlbsince that relies on XRandR 1.2, which nvidia didn't support last I checked00:10
buckyat least in ver 180 and greater00:10
crdlbwhen you go to system->preferences->display, an nvidia dialog shows up?00:10
TheSteve0doesn't work on my machine00:10
TheSteve0tells me RandR is not present00:11
buckyit will ask you if you want to use the nvidia set up software00:11
TheSteve0brb I need to reboot X00:11
TheSteve0bucky: not in the build I am using - you need to use NVidia00:11
crdlbbucky: well, that's just nvidia-settings, right?00:11
buckyIt appears that your graphics driver does not support the necessary extensions to use this tool.  Do you want to use your graphics driver vendor's tool instead00:12
crdlbfancy00:12
buckyit is kinda nice00:12
crdlbXRandR 1.2 support in the nvidia driver would be better, though :)00:13
thesteve0it works00:13
thesteve0thanks crdlb00:13
thesteve0and now compviz is working too00:14
eurythmia_I found the answer to my problem, but I think that it is only a temporary solution.00:18
Dr_Willishwllo all.00:19
Dr_WillisANyone noticed that if you dont have a 'Downloads' directory, thers some tool that keeps asking if you want to rename your 'Desktop' Directory to be 'Downloads'  "Convert directory names to your locale language" (was teh dialog text i recall)00:20
buckycrdlb, http://omploader.org/vMjliaQ00:21
buckyi haven't noticed but there was a bunch of gnome-ish upgrades today00:23
Dr_WillisI just installed ubuntu-desktop over kubuntu last night.. lets try some upgrades and see whats new. :)00:23
buckyDr_Willis, you still have gadmin-tools installed?00:24
RichardWolfVINareth: That issue is confirmed as a Kernel issue00:24
RichardWolfVIthe only workaround ATM is downgrading mesa to 7.500:24
RichardWolfVIor disabling compiz00:24
Dr_Willisbucky:  actually i just removed proftpd and squid that removed  some of the gadmin tools00:24
NarethRichardWolfVI: thanks00:24
RichardWolfVIhttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/41926400:24
ubottuLaunchpad bug 419264 in linux "Uses 100% CPU with latest mesa/libdrm update" [High,In progress]00:25
buckysorry.. i thought you would look at the description before installing all that00:25
buckymy bad00:25
Dr_WillisNoticeing this 'smart monitor' warning also on my external usb hard drive.. cant seem to find a good way to turn that off.. 'yes i know that drive has reported bad sectors.. the  Segate tools  verified/fixed/flagged them.. Mr smart tool.. now leave me alone...' :)00:25
buckyi've heard of that a lot.. it's a common complaint00:27
Dr_Willisyea it has a yellow 'ball' and says passed.. then a flag 'disk has bad sectors'00:27
Dr_WillisNeat tool, neat idea.. but its not really telling me any 'usefull' information00:27
Dr_WillisAssement 'passed'  - :) so.. was it like a D- passing?00:28
Dr_Willis'does not play well with others'  I guess...00:28
Dr_WillisIm not convinced the 'smart monitering' stuff really does give any good info. but i guess they have to start soemwhere to  monitor these drives.00:29
xcdfgkjhgcvIs it just me or is Transmission not recording statistics?00:29
xcdfgkjhgcvIt's a real pain for me because I'm trying not to go over our bandwidth caps.00:30
Dr_Willishmm.. is the pcspkr module blacklisted by default now? Im not gettitng annoying beeps where i used to. :) Now THATS progress!00:30
aboSamoorHi, how am I supposed to switch between the internal and the external mic ?00:31
buckyalsamixer ?00:31
Dr_Willisbrb00:32
buckySystem=>Preferences=>Sound00:32
aboSamoorbucky: sound dialog does not have switch or capture flag   ?00:33
buckyInput.. with a drop down menu to select which microphone ?00:33
aboSamoorbucky: nice, this means that internal mic is not recognized. easy indicator00:36
nhasianis 2.6.31-8 out yet?00:36
nhasiani finally borked my karmic install with an apt-get dist-upgrade today but was back up and running in 10 mins thanks to Clonezilla00:40
bucky2.6.31.8.19 is out00:41
buckyaboSamoor, what's your hardware?00:41
buckya lappy? what kind?00:41
aboSamoorbucky: thinkpad r6100:42
buckyaboSamoor, you got your mic boost on and vol up?00:43
buckyhttp://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GMF5dyzKQUw/SeVFwFBo44I/AAAAAAAABQI/KPXkyjsQWw0/s1600-h/t60_sound.png00:43
buckyhttp://ossnotebook.blogspot.com/2009/04/ubuntu-jaunty-904-skype-sounds-problems.html00:44
buckyaboSamoor, you may need to install oss-compat and alsa-oss00:50
aboSamoorbucky: installed alsa mixer gui and now checking ...00:50
buckyaboSamoor, you may need to install oss-compat and alsa-oss00:51
buckyi always install those anyway00:52
aboSamoorbucky: installed. should I restart  ?00:53
buckylsmod and see if you have snd_pcm_oss or similar00:54
buckyls -l /dev/dsp00:54
Dr_WillisHmm.. Cups isent seeing my laserjet6l - bummer... dmesg shows it.. but cups web interface and the gnome printer config are not seeing it.00:54
eurythmia_I have an ext4 filesystem that I want to mount as a shared data directory with the mountpoint /data  ... I've tried using acl and relatime flags (exclusively) in my fstab to try and acheive the desired results, but it doesn't quite seem to work. How would I go about this?00:55
alteregoaconvert from ext3 to ext4 takes years00:56
nhasianeurythmia, i have an entire hard drive mounted as /data with ext400:57
nhasianin my /etc/fstab it is just listed as:00:57
nhasian# /data was on /dev/sdb1 during installation00:57
nhasianUUID=35dc8f8c-8f88-4e2e-8b4a-22138aea0e88 /data           ext4    relatime00:57
buckyeurythmia_,  did you specify ext4 for type in fstab?00:57
alteregoa tune2fs -O extents,uninit_bg,dir_index /dev/sdb100:58
alteregoathen do a fsck00:58
alteregoafsck -pf /dev/sdb100:58
alteregoaif ext4 is your boot device edit grub00:59
alteregoa_/boot/grub.conf and change rootfstype=ext401:00
alteregoathen sudo update-grub01:01
akgranerBUGabundo, dude... what's up01:01
BUGabundohello dear lady friend01:02
eurythmia_bucky: yes, I did.01:02
BUGabundoleaving for the confort of bed akgraner01:02
buckyeurythmia_, listen to alteregoa  grub2 is picky about ext4 ^^01:02
akgranerBUGabundo, I was just sayin' howdy... get some rest!01:02
* BUGabundo $ kick.user(BUGabundo)->bed();01:03
eurythmia_oh ... this isn't a boot device ... it's a totally separate partition.01:03
alteregoaah ok01:03
buckyeurythmia_, so you can mount it ok with just the mount command?01:03
BUGabundoakgraner: ****01:03
alteregoathen you don't have to care about grub01:03
eurythmia_yeah.01:03
eurythmia_it's just that I can't mount it and access it rw as a user01:03
buckyeurythmia_, can you read it as a usre?01:04
alteregoadid you mount it with sudo?01:04
alteregoamount /dev/sdb1 /media/yourharddiskname01:04
eurythmia_I've got it mounted using my fstab01:04
alteregoastrange it should be accessable somewhere on /media01:04
eurythmia_no .. I *want* it to mount at /data ... I set it up that way ... that was it is easily accessible.01:05
eurythmia_it is mounted at /data, like I want, and I can run "sudo touch file.ext" and it'll make the file, but even doing "cd /data" as a regular user gives me a permission denied.01:06
buckyeurythmia_ ls -ld /media/data01:07
alteregoa_/dev/sdb1 /data  ext4 2 201:07
eurythmia_bucky: it's not there.01:08
eurythmia_alteregoa: sorry, what's that ?01:08
alteregoafstab01:08
eurythmia_alteregoa: is the underscore the prefix to my name, or a typo, or what?01:08
alteregoaah01:09
buckyoh it's on /01:09
alteregoaeurythmia do following01:09
buckyeurythmia_ you're logged in twice and it screws with auto complete01:10
alteregoasudo chown -R yourusername:yourusername /data01:10
eurythmia_bucky: ah. sorry about that ... that's my work machine.01:10
odinsbaneanybody had luck with the new ATI catalyst 9.801:11
eurythmia_alteregoa: still getting permission denied.01:11
alteregoaeurythmia umount /dev/sdb101:13
eurythmia_does it make a difference that this drive is an LVM volume? ... also, it's not sdb* ... the partition is /dev/mapper/trotsky-datadir01:13
alteregoayeah thats a difference01:14
alteregoaim not familiar with lvm volumes i have to study that now01:14
eurythmia_sorry, I should have mentioned that earlier.01:14
eurythmia_I don't think there's much of a difference with the way mount handles them, just the way they are managed. So, effectively, it *should* only come down to mount options.01:15
commander_is this the beta upgrade i get01:15
alteregoaok i studied it01:15
alteregoatype vgscan01:15
eurythmia_... unless there's a limitation with ext4 that doesn't allow a user read/write access to the root of a device ... then all bets are off.01:15
eurythmia_alteregoa: done.01:16
eurythmia_Found volume group "trotsky" using metadata type lvm201:16
alteregoafascinating01:16
bjsniderhow's hte karmic artwork/theme coming along?01:16
eurythmia_alteregoa: how so?01:17
alteregoayeah im still reading the docs01:17
alteregoathis stuff is complex, you need a mapfile01:24
eurythmia_alteregoa: a mapfile eh?01:25
alteregoayeah01:26
eurythmia_alteregoa: would you mind linking me to the docs you're reading ... the girlfriend is calling me to bed :P01:26
alteregoaok call your girlfriend to your computer01:26
eurythmia_lol.01:26
alteregoahttp://docs.huihoo.com/redhat/rhel-5-manual/Cluster_Logical_Volume_Manager/01:26
eurythmia_thanks01:26
commander_beta is out right?01:33
minimeccommander_: http://www.ubuntu.com/testing01:35
buckycommander_, yes install the updater01:36
commander_whew!! ok .01:37
buckyupdate-manager -c -d01:38
buckyor better yet kill X and drop down to a console01:39
buckysudo apt-get install update-manager-core01:39
buckysudo vi /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades01:39
buckyPrompt=normal01:39
buckysudo do-release-upgrade01:40
alteregoaPrompt=$p$g01:40
Brianhey ineed to do a fresh install and kinda wanna try karmic is it stable enough to give it a go01:41
buckybetter yet01:41
buckyBrian, same problems as jaunty... sound, X wireless all that.. grub2 can suck other than that peachy01:44
Brianwhat are the notable changes from 9.0401:45
RichardWolfVIBrian: Intel graphis are usable01:46
sebsebsebBrian: Karmic is  good01:47
Brianis alfa 4 the newest one01:48
sebsebsebBrian: ,but there are a few issues here and there of course,  or  a bit more then here and there, but in that case,  I haven't noticed those01:48
sebsebsebBrian: yes, but alpha 5 will be released this Thursday01:48
Brianout of all the alfas what one is most stable01:49
Brian4?01:49
sebsebsebwell  yeah01:49
Brianor 3 cause its been worked on01:49
sebsebsebthe later  stuff will be more stable than the older01:49
alteregoamr. meowagi01:49
Brianok01:49
sebsebseb,but that's not reall how it works for alpha01:49
Brianlol01:49
sebsebsebalpha is alpha  whichever one your running, expect bugs01:49
sebsebseband  things can go wrong in the later alphas as well,   and  sort of serious issues01:50
sebsebsebhence why you should only be running alpha, if  you can  deal with problems that effect you, or at least work around them01:50
alteregoaalpha is pre alpha, beta is alpha and final is beta, SP1 is final and sp2 is sp101:50
sebsebsebalpha is alpha, beta is beta,   then the release candidate, and then the final01:50
sebsebsebalteregoa  Brian  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KarmicReleaseSchedule01:52
buckyBrian, you using jaunty?01:52
alteregoamy pc uses 1.12 jiggawatts01:53
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buckyalteregoa, is it in a DeLorian ?01:54
billybigriggeralteregoa: not 1.21?01:54
billybigrigger:P01:54
alteregoamy name is biff01:54
billybigriggerhello!!! mcfly!!!01:54
billybigriggerhaha i just watched the trilogy the other week01:54
alteregoayeah the dad got kicked in bttf2+301:55
alteregoadid you see the bloopers?01:55
sebsebsebBrian: if  you want to do Karmic soon,  and  can deal with any issues you might end up getting,   then it makes sense to download the  ISO for alpha 5  (which is released this Thursday as I already put)  md5sum the ISO and burn the contents to CD and install01:55
alteregoathey put real whisky into it on the car scene with his mother01:55
buckyBrian, you using jaunty? use update manager ^^ scroll up01:55
sebsebsebbucky: sometimes upgrades go wrong01:56
sebsebsebBrian: you can attemtp upgrading from 9.04,  it may go wrong though01:56
sebsebsebbucky: anyway  unless he done  Ext4 in  9.04,   and  wants full  Ext4 in Karmic,  he has to clean install right?01:57
buckyi've just had good luck i guess01:57
buckyoh01:57
buckyyeah.. have fun01:57
sebsebsebbucky: hmm?01:57
buckyi guess ext4 has it's advantages.. like in this pgBench02:00
buckyhttp://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_karmic_leopard&num=802:00
Brianim just downloadin alfa 402:02
sebsebsebBrian: not much point now02:02
sebsebsebalpha 5 just round the corner02:02
sebsebseband if you install that,   I guess you get less updates,  then if you put alpha 4 on now, and  then  upgrade02:03
Brianwell is there going to be a huge diff between 4  and 502:03
sebsebsebBrian: it will keep on improving yeah02:04
sebsebsebBrian: there will be differences here and there I think02:04
sebsebsebthat are noticable, or maybe not02:04
sebsebsebBrian: ,but either way  makes more sense to put alpha 5 on,  and then hopefuly you can just upgrade that one untill the final, without  any issues02:05
sebsebsebBrian: ,but sometimes in the alpha's,  updates will even brake things02:05
alteregoaalpha5?!02:05
sebsebsebalteregoa: yep this Thursday https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KarmicReleaseSchedule02:06
alteregoayeah i have to update my notebook from alpha3 to 502:06
alteregoabut who cares02:11
sebsebsebalteregoa: update  when alpha 5 is out, and  things will probably go well02:23
sebsebsebalteregoa: or if you like apply the updates that are available now02:24
codevarunokay my problem is very common.. I am using the HCL leaptop and the speaker don't mute when I insert headphone02:41
codevarunhelp me02:41
codevarun:D02:41
codevarunI need help02:51
codevarunokay my problem is very common.. I am using the HCL leaptop and the speaker don't mute when I insert headphone02:51
xxploitquestion: is there a current problem with gdm in karmic? when i install the gdm package gdm refuses to set itself as the display manager02:59
bjsniderset it in /etc/X11/default-display-manager03:00
xxploitkk gonna see how that works out brb03:01
codevarun_okay my problem is very common.. I am using the HCL leaptop and the speaker don't mute when I insert headphone\03:03
bjsniderno repeat messages03:03
codevarun_I didn't get ans03:04
codevarun_so I thought that new guys will read it03:04
codevarun_sorry03:04
codevarun_will you tell me how can I registe here?03:04
bjsniderwait until dtchen getshere. he can deal with your issue03:05
codevarun_what is dtchen?03:06
codevarun_is it a guy?03:06
bjsniderhe's our sound expert03:06
bjsniderand whatnot03:06
codevarun_ok03:09
codevarun_what about the registering in irc?03:09
codevarun_I am not able to register here03:09
codevarun_:(03:09
bjsnideron freenode?03:10
bjsniderlook at their documentation03:10
codevarun_ya03:10
codevarun_where?03:10
bjsnidergoogle it03:10
codevarun_whein I user it it says invalid email03:10
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IdleOneFeLonG: #freenode for help with registration03:14
xxploitafter changing the default display manager line from slim to gdm still wouldnt work, installing gdm freshly complains of not being able to reload gdm from the init.d file, and so after looking at the init script the one of the top lines says about changing HEED"blah blah" to false and after doing so gdm will start up for me. But its so slow03:14
FeLonGnow I am registered03:16
DKcrosshello dear friends03:17
codevaruni have registered here03:31
codevarunbut how to login?03:31
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FeLonGhow can I login here any one can tell me?03:33
BluesKajyou are logged in03:33
FeLonGno03:33
FeLonGwhen I am trying to verify it says login first03:34
FeLonGPlease log in before attempting to verify your registration.03:34
FeLonGI am getting this03:34
BluesKajuse the server textbox and type  /msg nickserv help03:35
RichardWolfVIWrite /nickserv identify yourpasswordhere03:36
FeLonGok03:36
FeLonGthanks it worked03:37
FeLonGnow anyone here to solve my sound related problem?03:37
RichardWolfVIFeLonG: What issue do you have?03:39
FeLonGwell sir when I insert the headphone it doesn't mute the speaker03:39
FeLonGRichardWolfVI can you resolve it? or I should go to make a tea :?03:41
FeLonG:D03:41
BluesKajwhere are you plugging in the headphones ?03:42
FeLonGin the headphone jack03:51
FeLonGI can hear the sound from both03:51
FeLonGspeaker as well as headphone03:51
FeLonGcan any one help me in resolving my sound issue?03:57
RichardWolfVII'm afraid I have no headphones to test04:00
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BluesKajRichardWolfVI, he left , typical , asks for help but doesn't give us enuff info to help him04:08
MindVirus1BluesKaj: patience is key.04:08
codevarunshall i proceed to my problem again?04:08
BluesKajsacktime for me04:10
MindVirus1codevarun: I doubt I can help, but I can try. What is the issue?04:10
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FeLonGwell when I put the headphone it doesn't mut the speaker04:12
FeLonGi am hearing the voice from bothside04:12
FeLonGspeaker as well as headphone04:12
MindVirus1FeLonG: is there a control on your soundcard to mute just the speakers?04:12
FeLonGno04:13
FeLonGit mute both04:13
FeLonGi have installed alsa and pulseaduio04:13
FeLonGbut no luck04:14
FeLonG:(04:14
MindVirus1FeLonG: has it ever behaved as intended?04:14
FeLonGwhat is intended?04:14
FeLonGi am new at english too04:14
FeLonG:D04:15
FeLonGin windows it was working fine04:15
FeLonGwhen i inserted the headphone it mute the speaker in windows04:15
FeLonGbut not in ubuntu04:16
MindVirus1FeLonG: "intended" means "expected".04:16
MindVirus1Basically.04:16
FeLonGno04:16
FeLonGnever04:16
MindVirus1OK. The sound card driver in Linux may not have all of the capabilities then.04:17
MindVirus1Try #alsa04:17
FeLonGok04:17
FeLonGshall i type it in terminal?04:17
FeLonGnothing happen in terminal04:18
FeLonG:(04:18
MindVirus1FeLonG: the channel.04:19
MindVirus1#alsa.04:19
FeLonGmeans?04:19
FeLonGI am new at ubuntu04:19
MindVirus1 /join #alsa04:19
FeLonGwill you explaing me04:19
MindVirus1Type that into your IRC client.04:19
FeLonGshall i type this?04:19
FeLonGok04:19
MindVirus1FeLonG: you shouldn't use Karmic if you are new to Ubuntu.04:19
FeLonGkarmic means?04:19
FeLonGwhat is this?04:19
MindVirus1FeLonG: the new, alpha version of Ubuntu.04:20
FeLonGI am having 9.0404:20
MindVirus1This channel, #ubuntu+1, is for Ubuntu Karmic.04:20
MindVirus1OK. This channel is not for you.04:20
MindVirus1Try #ubuntu.04:20
FeLonGok04:20
FeLonGhow?04:20
MindVirus1In the same place where you typed "how?", type in "/join #ubuntu".04:20
FeLonGok04:21
FeLonGthanks04:21
MindVirus1FeLonG: You are using Jaunty, not Karmic.04:21
MindVirus1They will be able to help you better. :)04:21
FeLonGI am there04:21
FeLonGok04:21
FeLonGthanks04:21
FeLonGjaunty what is this and how its diff from karmic?04:22
MindVirus1FeLonG: Jaunty is 9.04.04:22
MindVirus1FeLonG: Karmic is 9.10.04:23
MindVirus1FeLonG: Jaunty is the current version; Karmic comes out in October.04:23
FeLonGok04:23
FeLonGthanks04:23
virtualdsomething happened, i can't switch windows with alt-tab or clicking anywhere outside the active window doesn't do anything04:33
virtualdwhat could cause this?04:33
MindVirus1virtuald: With metacity.04:33
MindVirus1*?04:33
bjsnidersounds like a lockup04:34
bjsnidermight have to restart gnome04:34
bjsnideror x04:34
alteregoahow can i restart iproute?04:34
alteregoai installed wondershaper but the maintainer is such an idiot, he shapes everything including the LAN traffic, what a arkward04:34
alteregoaa wonderangry shaper, now i have to restart the machine to get rid of this crap04:35
virtualdyes metacity. and metacity --replace doesn't help04:35
alteregoasuch crap packets should be fixed or deleted, no excuse04:35
bjsnidervirtuald, kill nautilus04:36
virtualdok04:37
virtualdthat worked04:39
bjsnideri rool04:39
virtualdno it didn't really :p04:39
virtualdcan't move the window04:39
virtualdi guess it locked up again04:39
virtualdanyway i'll close down for today04:40
virtualdum04:43
virtualdsdb2: unable to read superblock :/04:43
virtualdthat's for the ext driver04:44
virtualdalso got FAT: bogus number of reserved sectors04:44
bjsnideryou've got critical filesystem errors04:45
virtualdi've heared the drive clicking04:45
virtuald:/04:45
bjsniderclicking?04:45
bjsniderthat ain't good04:45
bjsniderthat indicates a hardware failure04:45
bjsnideran abnormal sound?04:46
virtualdyeah like 5-10 times with about a second in between04:46
bjsniderwell, you can do what you want, but i'd be grabbing a new drive while i can still get stuff off the current one04:46
bjsnideri've never heard of abnormal clicking sounds turning o ut well04:47
virtualdyeah i'll do that i have a few unused04:47
virtualdbut now sleep :>04:47
alteregoaso i made now a copy of eth104:47
virtualdafk04:47
alteregoaeth1:1 and let wondershaper run on eth1:1 with another static IP, and the other LAN stuff on eth104:48
alteregoaor i install a second nic whatever04:49
jiohdiwhat does it mean on ubuntu channel that karmic WILL BREAK?04:54
billybigriggerit means what it says04:54
billybigriggeryou WILL have breakage04:54
jiohdibreak as in fail?04:54
billybigriggeryes04:54
jiohdiwhy?04:54
billybigriggerbecause it's an alpha04:55
billybigriggerthings will go wrong04:55
jiohdithey go wrong on all versions, no?04:55
billybigriggeryes, but more so now04:55
cwilluyes, but the alpha and betas release break in new and wonderful ways that we have no interest in supporting04:55
jiohdican't make an omlette without breaking a few eggs I suppose04:56
cwilluso if you need to be handheld through restoring from a backup, or fixing things from an initramfs, or so forth, you really shouldn't be running karmic04:56
jiohdinot me :)04:56
jiohdijust morbiddly curious04:57
jiohdijaunty jackalope is a full version, not an alpha or beta right?04:58
MindVirus1Anyone experienced with podsleuth?04:58
MindVirus1jiohdi: Yes.04:58
DanaGhmm, I still am confused by the presence of both cron and anacron.04:58
cwilluDanaG, anacron isn't a daemon04:59
abbHi, I'm setting up a new Dell Latitude E6500 (Intel Core Duo, 4GB ram) and I'm looking to play with Karmic a bit.  On my other system, I run Jaunty (x32) because it's not x64, has 1 GB ram, etc.  Long story short -- on the new (x64 Intel) Latitude, is there any compelling reason why I should install x32 (and NOT x64)?04:59
MindVirus1abb: x64 is slower.04:59
cwilluMindVirus1, uh?04:59
MindVirus1cwillu: yes.04:59
abbI ask because when I first installed Intrepid (and then Jaunty) on the other machine -- bwhwaa? slower?04:59
MindVirus1x64 needs more space to address; cache isn't as fast.05:00
DanaGwait, it's actually slower?05:00
MindVirus1It is faster with some intensive floating-point operations.05:00
DanaGI've never noticed this in practice.05:00
MindVirus1And large integers.05:00
MindVirus1DanaG: up to 10-15%.05:00
abbI was going to guess that the whole "various stuff still isn't quite available in 64-bit code yet, so you'll run into compatibility problems (eg Adobe Flash, etc)" answer... lol05:00
DanaGSubjectively, it's about the same to me.05:00
DanaGI have 4 gigs of RAM, though.05:00
MindVirus1By all means use x64; all the bugs from a few years ago are sorted out.05:00
MindVirus1There is no reason not to use it anymore. It's just inherently slower.05:02
MindVirus1Flash works, finally. :)05:02
abbMindvirus:  this is interesting to hear. (er, "read")  Several forums I've skimmed *seemed* to suggest that using 64-bit procs to run x32-bit OSes in fact *lowers* performance, vs x64 running x64 which (ostensibly) doesn't.  ... ?05:02
cwilluI'm just gonna leave it at "citation needed"05:02
MindVirus1abb: absolutely; 32-bit is emulation mode for 64-bit processors.05:02
MindVirus1Basically.05:02
MindVirus1Nowadays both architectures are implemented without emulation.05:02
abbMindVirus: "inherently slower" as in "still not optimized"-slow, or as in "64-bit will always be slower than 32-bit, due to architecture stuff"-slow?05:03
MindVirus1abb: the latter.05:03
MindVirus1Just like 32-bit is slower than 16-bit.05:03
cwilluit's cute when people who haven't done benchmarking start talking about stuff they obviously don't know much about05:03
MindVirus1You need a longer address.05:03
cwilluit's _way_ more complicated than that05:03
cwilluhttp://www.osnews.com/story/5768/Are_64-bit_Binaries_Really_Slower_than_32-bit_Binaries_/page3/ is probably a good starting point05:03
MindVirus1cwillu: you don't need to take my inexperienced, untrained word for it.05:03
cwilluMindVirus1, I know I don't, I've actually done my own benchmarking05:04
abbcwillu -- to whom are you responding? if it's me, I admit: zero knowledge with regard to x64, ergo my inquiry! :)05:04
abbthanks for the url, i will go begin the long process of confusing myself further !  :)05:04
MindVirus1cwillu: I am not trying to convince you. I've read this; you've read that.05:05
cwilluI've performed testing, you've performed... thought experiments?05:05
abbMindvirus, do you have any um...alternative links that would explain your POV?  I'd like to know what I'm getting into...05:05
MindVirus1cwillu: you can be a dick if you'd like.05:05
MindVirus1I think it's kinda low but whatever.05:05
MindVirus1abb: I'll get you some links.05:05
abbMindVirus: much obliged05:05
abbcwillu: hey don't say bad things about thought experiments (says the PHL major, at least back in Undergrad) they were like 99% of that degree track...lol05:06
MindVirus1http://www.osnews.com/story/5768/Are_64-bit_Binaries_Really_Slower_than_32-bit_Binaries_/page2/05:06
MindVirus1Funny.05:07
MindVirus1Just one page before. :)05:07
billybigriggeri don't know if i'll ever reboot into ubuntu :P05:07
MindVirus1That page shows you more benchmarks with a more noticeable difference.05:07
abblol, haven't read the urls yet to compare -- but I was surprised by your source (and how similar the titles are...heh  okay, off to the reading-farm I go.  Thanks much, all!05:07
cwillu... differences that go _both_ _ways_05:07
MindVirus1http://gmplib.org/32vs64.html05:08
billybigriggerlinux from scratch is the best system i've ever ran haha05:08
MindVirus1If you'll look at that, it proves your point in the exact way that I said.05:08
abbwait, I'd hate to leave if the conversation is getting into -- oh wait, you mean "both ways" as in... er, nevermind05:08
MindVirus1They're using bignum libraries.05:08
MindVirus1http://www.google.com/search?q=64-bit+slower+than+32-bit05:09
cwilluit's asinine to translate that into "64bit is slower, full-stop."05:09
MindVirus1cwillu: You were too much of a dick to read what I wrote.05:09
abbbut your point, if I understand it, MV, is that in "everyday use" I would see a slowdown (using my core duo machine) running x64, vs running x32 ... right?05:09
MindVirus1(12:00:29 AM) MindVirus1: It is faster with some intensive floating-point operations.05:09
MindVirus1(12:00:33 AM) MindVirus1: And large integers.05:09
* abb thought we were BEYOND thunderdome... *sigh*05:10
MindVirus1abb: you wouldn't see a slowdown; the difference is difficult to percieve.05:10
MindVirus1You would see a large speedup with intensive operations.05:10
MindVirus1Not large, but substantial.05:10
abband in other operations it would be... something I wouldn't perceive?05:10
MindVirus1Pardon?05:11
abbthat seems like a perfectly fine tradeoff,  oh -- what i mean is05:11
MindVirus1abb: Absolutely. x64 is great.05:11
abbI was interpreting what you said -- "i wouldn't see a slowdown, the difference is difficult to perceive" --05:11
abboh, now you're just screwing with me, MV.  lol05:11
MindVirus1No.05:11
MindVirus1I  told you from the get-go to get x64.05:11
MindVirus1It IS slower for some tasks though.05:11
MindVirus1Though it's difficult to perceive.05:12
abbPar example?05:12
MindVirus1abb: I showed you benchmarks.05:12
MindVirus1abb: I have no examples on this 32-bit machine.05:12
MindVirus1More and more we'll be switching to 64-bit.05:12
MindVirus1So you should stay ahead of the curve.05:12
MindVirus1People will drop dev for 32-bit in a few years' time.05:12
MindVirus1Same thing happened with 8- and 16-bit.05:13
abb(my bad, I made that age-old error of confusing the "academic" arguments between you and cwillu -- with actual "reasons I should/shouldn't use 64/32bit")05:13
MindVirus1abb: Not at all; use x64 bit.05:13
abbacademic arguments are great; I'm just (apparently) sleepy :)05:13
abbthanks much.05:13
abbbut i'll read the pages, naturally!05:13
MindVirus1The best thing you can do is not listen to either of us and make your opinion based on reliable benchmarks.05:13
MindVirus1You will see that they agree with us both.05:14
MindVirus1:)05:14
abbI figured x64 was the way to go, unless there was a strong reason not to do so -- if only because I'm reclaiming the portion of my RAM that is otherwise inaccessible, and theoretically I can use KVM to boot x32 kernels and such05:14
MindVirus1There is no longer a strong reason to stay away from 64-bit.05:14
MindVirus1Flash works well and there are almost no incompatibilities.05:14
MindVirus1Flash used to be a BITCH.05:14
abb"But don't take my word for it, read the book(s) yourself and then have no idea what to do!"  (with apologies to lavar burton05:14
MindVirus1abb: It is better to be neutral and have no idea what to do than to side with either side for a bad reason.05:15
abbyeah, when I was looking at intrepid (my first Ubuntu, ah those were the days...my ill-spent youth) I recall lots of bitching about the bitch that was Flash x6405:15
MindVirus1Adobe recently put out a 64-bit Flash.05:16
MindVirus1Recently as in a few months ago.05:16
billybigriggerit's still alpha isn't it?05:16
abbMindVirus1: so that would exclude my default position, which is "Intel made 64-bit processors for my system, ergo Intel things 64 > 32, ergo I do what Intel says" :)05:16
abbthings thinks*05:16
MindVirus1There was a lot of marketing for 64-bit machines.05:16
MindVirus1They made it sound like there would be a 2x speedup because there are more bits.05:17
abbbut bits are useful!05:17
MindVirus1Absolutely.05:17
* abb bumps/sets the ball, waits for spike05:17
DanaGAnd AMD had been there for quite a while already.05:17
MindVirus1I hope I'm making sense. If not, I'll go back into my cave.05:17
jiohdibottle necks can still exist if the rest of the electronics supporting the processor do not have enough cache etc05:18
MindVirus1jiohdi: AFAIK that is rare?05:18
abbYeah.  To the point that (AFAICT) the common "platforms" seem to be referred to as x86/i32 and Amd64 (which supposedly covers both AMD and Intel 64-bit procs)?  That's what my karmic-desktop-alpha4-amd64.iso seemed to imply. :)05:18
MindVirus1abb: they should be called x86 and x86_64.05:19
MindVirus1Those are their proper names.05:19
MindVirus1x86_64 is brand-agnostic; x64 is a Windowsism.05:19
abbjodhi: dumb question, but wouldn't a manufacturer tend to provide an appropriate cache amount for their machines  (lest they risk being labeled as "crappy/slow/insert-negative-thing-here")?05:19
jiohdiabb, you would hope... but I have read of it still happening05:20
MindVirus1I've never heard "i32".05:20
abback.  x64 = windows?  That's good enough reason for me to jump ship and change my wording (see MV's note, above, regarding "appropriate reasons for selecting sides in a debate") heh05:20
MindVirus1It came from the Microsoft camp.05:20
abbShame, though -- x32 / x64 sure is shorter than *SIGH* x86_64 and x86_3205:21
MindVirus1x86 refers to 32-bit exclusively.05:21
abbso x86_64 != AMD64?05:21
xxploitquestion, usually after doing a minimal install ill grab the xdg-users-dir package and then issue the update command for it and then it will populate the home dir with the usual folders (Video/Pictures/Projects/etc) well after installing Karmic with its minimal image I cant seen to get the folders to populate anyone know whats up?05:21
MindVirus1It is the same thing, in essense.05:21
MindVirus1*essence05:21
MindVirus1Back in the day, they called it AMD64 because AMD started it.05:22
abbkinda figured. :)05:22
SwedeMikeit's still called amd64 by a lot.05:22
MindVirus1Right, but it's not AMD-specific anymore.05:22
MindVirus1So it's misleading at best.05:22
abb(yeah, the ubuntu cdimage/ISO repos label them either x86 or amd64)05:22
abbAnd appropriately, I was misled.  At least I knew where to find the Truth!05:23
MindVirus1x86 refers to the architecture; x64 makes it sound like there was a 364/464/564/664 instead of a 386/486/586/686..05:23
SwedeMikebut I do agree that amd64 or x86_64 are the two correct terms to be used.05:23
abbyeah, but the 686 numbering scheme died off and made that all the more confusing...05:24
abbPentium IV's weren't called 886's (etc)05:24
MindVirus1SwedeMike: hopefully "amd64" will be used less.05:24
abband who knows WTF the latest Intel scheme ("E6000" and the like) is supposed to mean.05:24
MindVirus1abb: marketing. They wanted something new for the consumer so they came up with Pentium which was really just 686.05:24
SwedeMikehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86-64 seems to provde some background etc.05:25
MindVirus1586? I don't remember the difference between Pentium and Pentium Pro.05:25
SwedeMikeI bet that's in wikipedia as well :P05:25
MindVirus1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86-64#Industry_naming_conventions05:25
MindVirus1This is where you want to go.05:25
abbReminds me of when Cyrix/AMD would name their chips something like "The Cyrix 150+" (which IIRC was a 133 processor that was *claimed* to run "as good as" a 150MHz proc...ugh)05:25
crdlbMindVirus1: pent == 505:25
MindVirus1Ahh, crdlb, that's a great mneumonic!05:26
MindVirus1*mnemonic05:26
abbYeah, it's a sad thing to have dual(ing?) degrees in CS and Marketing.  I mean, it helps me with the whole "running a business" thing, but *so* much cognitive dissonance! :)05:26
crdlbthat's where the name comes from05:26
MindVirus1crdlb: Never realized it. :)05:26
DanaG"x64" is also used in naming UEFI platforms.05:26
MindVirus1abb: the lesson you should take away is that people change shit around to fuck with you.05:26
MindVirus1:P05:27
abbMindVirus1: except you, I should trust YOU, right?!05:27
abbheh05:27
MindVirus1Nice to see discussion in #ubuntu+1 instead of a flood of joins/parts.05:27
abbBut now all my basic assumptions (Jesus exists and thinks I'm cool, Santa and the Easter Bunny are friendly yet invisible, etc) are called into question, as well!05:27
billybigrigger!ot05:27
ubottu#ubuntu+1 handles support for the development version of Ubuntu.  Please join #ubuntu for all other Ubuntu support.  Chat in #ubuntu-offtopic.05:27
billybigriggerhahaha05:27
jiohdiabb.  www.jesusneverexisted.com :)05:28
MindVirus1Well then.05:28
billybigriggeranyone have any suggestions for a tabbed terminal besides konsole or gnome-terminal?05:28
billybigriggerrxvt or the like don't support tabs do they?05:28
abblol, I've always wanted to try out some of those !blah-blah commands but was afraid to do so in the #ubuntu channel, for fear of incurring the wrath of...well...I don't know.  Tux, I guess.05:28
billybigriggerwatch that ubottu, he's a sneaky one05:29
abbbillybob: I think Terminator can run in tabbed mode, but note the *think in the prior statement.05:29
billybigriggerisn't terminator a WM?05:29
abbjiohdi: www.DontNeedAWebsiteToTellMeThat_ButThanks.edu05:29
abbhmm05:30
abb!terminator05:30
ubottuSorry, I don't know anything about terminator05:30
abbdoh!05:30
abbthat was my chance, and I BLEW it!05:30
jiohditry skynet :)05:30
abb!skynet05:30
ubottuSorry, I don't know anything about skynet05:30
abbLIAR05:30
billybigriggerbahahaha05:30
abbahem, sorry05:30
jiohdiliar? I never said it would do anything :)05:30
billybigriggermuahaha05:30
abbNo, I was calling the lying machine a liar05:31
abbIt knows...05:31
billybigriggershhhh!!!!!05:31
abbThey ALL know.05:31
jiohdiits a conspiracy I tell you!05:31
abb*beep* (/PART disconected by xchat for "talking crazy things that are crazy and shut up")05:31
abb!things-I-really-ought-to-know-about05:32
ubottuError: I am only a bot, please don't think I'm intelligent :)05:32
abbdoh05:32
crdlbbillybigrigger: try mrxvt05:32
abbthere goes my attempt at feeble humor05:32
* crdlb sees nothing wrong with gnome-terminal though05:32
jiohdiSorry Dave.... I can't do that05:32
MindVirus1crdlb: it is preferred for me.05:32
jiohdi!hal05:32
ubottuHal is in the process of being depreciated.  See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Halsectomy and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware_abstraction_layer for more info.05:32
MindVirus1Depreciated?!05:33
MindVirus1Someone needs to change that to "deprecated".05:33
crdlbheh05:33
crdlbI used to think those were the same word05:33
MindVirus1Me too. :X05:33
abbhmm, so I tried to boot my Dell on the x86_various_other_numbers_here_64 version of Karmic (Daily, 30-Aug) and it was unbootable.  Decided to be a bit less adventurous and went with Alpha-4 (x64), booted fine ... hard freeze at desktop.  Methinks Jaunty is calling my name . :)05:33
MindVirus1Karmic shouldn't be that unstable.05:34
jiohdiwill karmic become anything but alpha or do they change the name again?05:34
MindVirus1It is Karmic forever.05:34
jiohdiso how long until karmic is stable?05:35
abbyeah, I agree. I think I was trying to do something crazy (like install a proprietary network driver) -- shouldn't judge the alpha-4 on that  alone.  (That kind of stuff crashes other versions, sometimes, too!)05:35
MindVirus1October 29th is the official release date, jiohdi.05:35
jiohdiso by october all the testing should be done?05:35
MindVirus1Yes.05:35
* abb will give the Koala another chance. But then he gets it. (motions threateningly towards innocent marsupial)05:35
jiohdiin therory :)05:35
MindVirus1October 1 is beta day IIRC.05:35
abbyeah, and I wanted to be ready!05:36
abbI had my Beta Blouse all ironed and ready to wear... and my Beta Bonnet05:36
MindVirus1Wow.05:36
abbeh05:36
abbthey can't *all* be funny.05:36
MindVirus1Haha.05:37
abbEXPORT MindVirus1_Expectations="-5"05:37
MindVirus1abb: :D05:37
jiohdiwill the massive beta lead to a satisfying release?05:37
abbhey, I think you have double-meaning in them there words of yours!05:37
MindVirus1jiohdi: I already see Karmic to be a satisfying release with a few corner cases left over to fix.05:37
jiohdi:)05:37
jiohdiis karmic still lean enough for older machines?05:38
abbOne of the reasons I was considering setting up this (new) machine with Karmic, rather than Jaunty (and then upgrading later) is GRUB 2.  I read that machines running grub 1.5 won't be auto-upgraded to the new bootloader, and (insert other, non-GRUB examples of similar stuff) it seemed like this was a better way to get *close* to a "clean install of Karmic" when it's out of beta...05:39
* abb is certain that last sentence makes no sense, but is hesitant/lazy to diagram it and figure out why. He blames 64-bit processing.05:39
abbkarmic-mobile should be lean!05:40
MindVirus1jiohdi: Should be; remove all the recommended programs that you don't need though.05:40
abbI have jaunty-minimal on my Android/G1 phone -- but that's only because I'm a ginormous nerd, not because it "proves" anything.05:40
MindVirus1I don't like f-spot for example.05:40
abb!f-spot (does it dislike me, too?)05:41
ubottuError: I am only a bot, please don't think I'm intelligent :)05:41
jiohdihaving programs without using them will slow the system?05:41
abbdoh05:41
MindVirus1jiohdi: no; what do you mean by lean?05:42
abbjiohdi: not necessarily, but it wastes HDD space and you can *easily* make stuff WAY too confusing if you hit the repo and install everything that looks "cool."  I speak not from personal experience, but I have this *friend*, see...05:42
jiohdiif you remove lots of stuff... will that take other stuff needed by left over programs/05:43
jiohdilikes windows does?05:43
abbjiohdi: as long as you use one of the package managers (apt-get, aptitude, synaptec) it will not remove files that (other) programs still depend on.05:43
abbso:  # rm /application-directory    (NO!)05:44
abband # apt-get remove application  (yes!)05:44
abbor apt-get delete... something05:44
abb!apt-get05:44
ubottuAPT is the Advanced Package Tool, which together with dpkg forms the basic Ubuntu package management toolkit. Short apt-get manual: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AptGetHowto - Also see !Synaptic (Gnome), !Adept (KDE) or !KPackageKit (KDE)05:44
abbhooray!05:44
abbfirst time it worked for me today.05:44
jiohdiwhen you use the program labelled add/remove, which one is that/05:44
MindVirus1apt is a very smart system, jiohdi.05:45
MindVirus1It makes sure that your dependencies are in order.05:45
MindVirus1Just make SURE that when you remove something you're not also removing ubuntu-desktop.05:45
abbI think MindVirus1 will agree: the main thing you want in a package manager is Super Cow Powers.05:45
MindVirus1abb: most important thing.05:45
abbMV: yeah, it tends to want to do that...a LOT05:45
MindVirus1abb: apt-get moo05:45
abbyup05:45
abbThere was a wikipedia article on it, I think.  or it might have been everything2.  I loved how there were like, 6 different cow messages you could drill-down through...05:46
DanaGaptitude moo?05:46
abbjiohdi: the add/remove program is kind of a limited version of apt/synaptec, but you'll find that it often says something akin to "um, this is too hard for me to remove, I'm stupid, try the other package managers instead"05:47
abb(when removing, not adding, apps)05:47
abbhit System-Menu/Administration/Synaptic Package Manager05:47
jiohdisynaptic should work better than, right05:47
abbIt will allow you to remove packages without saying "no, I don't know how to do that" yes05:48
MindVirus1jiohdi: Yes.05:48
abbfeatures ++ FTW05:48
jiohdisynaptic does not list things apt-get installed, does it? because I could not find things I installed there05:48
abbIt lacks the fun "stars that show what is popular with other people" stuff in the simple Add/Remove dialog, which is disappointing if (like me) you live and die based on the popularity of your chosen apps...05:49
MindVirus1jiohdi: it does.05:49
abbjiohdi yep05:49
MindVirus1jiohdi: same structure.05:49
abboops, go ahead MV05:49
MindVirus1Does anyone have experience with podsleuth?05:49
MindVirus1abb: eh?05:49
abbjiohdi: oh the RHS, click "Status" and then select "Already Installed" to show only installed programs.05:49
abbMV: I thought we were both about to (in tandem) try to explain something, so I was telling u to go ahead.  Nevermind.  Best to ignore me, as you'll learn is generally a good idea altogether. ;)05:50
MindVirus1abb: please type the first few letters of my name and press Tab.05:51
abb!podsleuth05:51
ubottuSorry, I don't know anything about podsleuth05:51
jiohdiwhat is auto-removable?05:51
MindVirus1jiohdi: packages that were dependencies and are now not.05:51
abbMindVirus1, ooh... you teach me another trick, sir!  thank you.05:51
MindVirus1abb: this way I get highlighted and see a popup notification about you.05:51
MindVirus1And I respond quicker to you.05:51
jiohdiif they are auto-removable, why didnt something already remove them?05:51
MindVirus1jiohdi: packages shouldn't be removed unless explicitly told to do so.05:52
abbMindVirus1, most people would not want a pop-up notification "about me" -- hopefully it's very vague and without any naughty pictures... :)05:52
MindVirus1Haha. It's just your name and what you typed to me.05:52
abbjiohdi: ah, the 1000000000.00 USD question!05:52
abbMindVirus1, how does that differ from when I preface a comment with YOUR_NAME: or @YOUR_NAME?05:53
MindVirus1abb: as long as MindVirus1 is in there somewhere.05:53
MindVirus1abb: if you'll notice in your IRC client the lines in which I type your name are bold or a different color.05:54
abbjiohdi: when uninstalling an app, you can Right Mouse Click on the package in Synaptec and select "purge" -- this will attempt to delete the app and all of the dependencies it installed; it will give you a pop-up warning if something else uses one of those dependencies, though.  So no worries.05:54
MindVirus1abb: no.05:54
MindVirus1Purge does not mean that.05:55
abbMindVirus1, yeah, and because I was lazy (using MV) this didn't happen for you.05:55
MindVirus1Purge removes the app as well as configuration files.05:55
abbMindVirus1, let's not argue in front of the kids, honey.05:55
MindVirus1Dependencies remain.05:55
MindVirus1abb: Right. I had to check back to see if you typed to me.05:55
MindVirus1If you want to remove unneeded dependencies, do sudo apt-get autoremove.05:55
jiohdidependencies refers to things like dll libraries/05:55
jiohdi?05:56
MindVirus1jiohdi: there are no DLLs in Ubuntu.05:56
abbMindVirus1, but there *is* a command for doing that, right?  I think I'm saying "purge" when I mean.....(your answer here)05:56
MindVirus1jiohdi: dependencies refer to packages.05:56
MindVirus1abb: autoremove. I don't know anything else.05:56
abbMindVirus1, there are dlls in WINE, which is in Ubuntu.  EXPLAIN THYSELF!05:56
MindVirus1AFAIK the only way to remove some unneeded dependencies without manually removing each is by removing all of them with sudo apt-get autoremove.05:56
MindVirus1abb: Ubuntu does not depend on DLLs. DLLs are a Windows-only thing.05:57
MindVirus1jiohdi: Dependencies are packages that were installed and no longer needed. For example, "pidgin" is a dependency of "pidgin-otr".05:57
abbMindVirus1, I know, I was just arguing for the sake of arguing -- since that other guy left, someone needed to be your foil, yes?05:57
MindVirus1pidgin-otr is a plugin for Pidgin that encrypts. It cannot run without Pidgin, but Pidgin can run without it.05:58
DanaGTechnically, libraries in Linux are often "shared object" (I think) files: ".so" files.05:58
MindVirus1Right, DanaG.05:58
MindVirus1Kernel libs are .ko.05:58
abbjiohdi, one possible place to look would be in Synaptic, under "Status" --> Installed (local or obsolete)05:58
jiohdiis there a linux program for docx formats?05:59
MindVirus1jiohdi: OpenOffice I think.05:59
abbMindVirus1, similarly, "wings" are a shared dependency of "Pidgin" and "Bluebird" (and several other Avian packages).  Pidgin needs "wings" to fly, but so does Bluebird, and the point of all this is....not important...er05:59
MindVirus1I don't know if it supports that.05:59
jiohdiI dont think oo does that yet06:00
abbjiohdi, OpenOffice definitely supports docx, but I think you need to install one of the "not-so-free" plugins from the Mediabuntu repo, IIRC.   I know *my* OO reads docx.06:00
* billybigrigger shivers looking at the word OO.o06:01
* abb shivers at the thought of someone claiming CHAR+CHAR+dot+CHAR == "word"06:01
* abb is reminded (and not in a good way) of the movie se7en06:02
jiohdimy clock is looking like a tie fighter 1:01 so its time for bed :)06:02
abbjiohdi, night!  take it easy06:02
jiohdithanks for the tips06:02
abbjiohdi, don't remove any wooden nickel...packages...um06:03
* abb provides MindVirus1 with extra kudos and a "huzzah" for this whole "tab-completion within Xchat" thing. What a gloriously obvious feature that might have gone forever un-noticed!06:04
abb!tab06:04
ubottuYou can use your <tab> key for autocompletion of nicknames in IRC, as well as for completion of filenames and programs on the command line.06:04
MindVirus1:)06:04
abbyeah, you think you know everything ubottu, but lemme tell ya (shakes fist)06:04
abb!ubottu06:05
ubottuHi! I'm #ubuntu+1's favorite infobot, you can search my brain yourself at http://ubottu.com/factoids.cgi - Usage info: http://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuBots06:05
abbyuck -- "search my brain"?06:05
billybigriggerabb: don't worry, i didn't know gnome-terminal had tabs for the longest time06:05
billybigriggeri used to open a million gnome-terms :P06:05
billybigriggerkind of like your tab completion awareness :P06:05
abbbillybigrigger, lol.  yeah, but I knew there was tab-completion in a million other programs...amazes me I never even *once* tried hitting tab while in xchat.... *facepalm*06:06
abbbillybigrigger, wait...gnome-terminal supports tabs?06:06
* abb prepares for facepalm #206:06
billybigriggerbahaha06:06
billybigriggerfile>new tab06:06
billybigriggerhahaha06:06
abbFile --> new tab DOH  *facepalm*06:06
billybigriggeryeah, its pretty obvious06:06
billybigriggeri facepalmed a week after i found that one out06:07
billybigriggerthat's a little more obvious that xchat tab completion :P haha06:07
mkoehlerhey....I've got a quick question for ya'll.  I was running a few standard upgrades from the repos and it turns out that it broke gdebi & the update manager06:07
* abb appreciates the info, but thinks billybigrigger is rubbing it in a bit. (begin_plotting_death: billybigrigger [ok])06:07
* billybigrigger watches his back06:07
abbmkoehler, The answer to your question is "ok."06:07
billybigriggeri'm not rubbing it in! haha i'm admitting that it happens06:07
abboops, sorry.  go on. :)06:07
mkoehlerhaha06:08
billybigriggermkoehler: $ sudo aptitude safe-upgrade06:08
* abb guesses his question is something like "So how do I un-fucking-do this??!!"06:08
mkoehlerhaha not far off there06:08
mkoehlerI'll give that a shot06:08
abbbillybigrigger, sudo aptitude install-some-balls-and-upgrade-like-a-man06:08
abbmkoehler, I think he was referring to *future* upgrades, rather than fixing your current dilemma06:09
kerncoDid anyone else have problems with upgrading libavutil-extra?06:09
* abb wonders aloud: "Isn't there a way (with aptitude) to like "roll back" the last set of apt-get updates/upgrades? Or am I loony?"06:10
billybigriggerabb: haha safe-upgrade is your friend :P06:10
* billybigrigger thinks loony06:10
abbbillybigrigger, maybe, but sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade && sudo apt-get install WHATEVER is my preferred friend06:10
mkoehlerheh, yeah, I can understand the 'yes' answer to the question06:10
abbbillybigrigger, you're asking me to add a whole extra 5 characters to that !06:10
brassmasterabb:your mom is my friend.06:10
billybigriggerabb: not really06:11
billybigriggeri'm serious safe-upgrade will save your ass06:11
abbbrassmaster, I wouldn't be surprised.  Wear a rubber, son.06:11
* billybigrigger waits for mkoehler to say thank you......06:11
brassmasterbillybigrigger:I have a feeling your advice comes a bit too late...06:11
mkoehlerhaha billy, I will......I'm waiting to see some magic =)06:11
abbbillybigrigger, what does safe-upgrade do that (unsafe)upgrade doesn't?  I mean, why not "safe upgrade" always rather than "stupid-ass upgrade" or whatever the default is?06:12
billybigriggerbrassmaster: we can only hope it isn't06:12
billybigriggersafe-upgrade won't get into broken packages or removed deps06:12
abbbillybigrigger, yeah, he was asking what to do now that he's *already* clobbered the update manager, etc.  So I don't think safe-upgrade will help him (right now) fix that problem.06:12
billybigriggeras an apt-get update can sometimes remove packages if the deps are built fully06:13
* billybigrigger sips his beer and reads the question again....06:13
abbbillybigrigger, I thought "update" merely refreshed the repo information ...06:13
billybigriggerya no, he might be ok06:13
billybigriggermkoehler: what's happening? what's your 20?06:13
mkoehlerjust finished all of the downloads, starting the installation06:14
abbbillybigrigger, no, too late.  he went off to implement your "fix my computer with safe-upgrade" method.06:14
abboops06:14
mkoehlerhaha06:14
billybigriggerbahahaha06:14
billybigrigger<abb> billybigrigger, I thought "update" merely refreshed the repo information ...06:14
abbso much for my big guilt trip lol06:14
billybigriggerit sure does06:14
billybigriggerthat's good thinking abb  :P06:14
abbbillybigrigger, <billybigrigger> as an apt-get update can sometimes remove packages if the deps are built fully06:15
billybigriggers/update/upgrade06:15
billybigrigger:)06:15
* billybigrigger gulps his beer06:15
abbbillybigrigger, that's what I thought you dick && s/dick/TRUSTED-FRIEND06:15
mkoehlerhaha sips -> gulps06:15
billybigriggermkoehler: :)06:16
mkoehlerthat's not a good sign for me06:16
billybigriggerit sure is :)06:16
mkoehlerbut I have a feeling I should do the same06:16
* abb takes handful of random prescription meds, due to peer pressure06:16
billybigriggerit's my friday06:16
mkoehlerhaha...it's always friday06:16
mkoehler@ beer-thirty06:16
abbmkoehler wait, let's focus on your problem lol06:16
billybigriggertrue true06:16
* billybigrigger waits for the thank you....06:16
abbmkoehler, you're still having update manager woes, yes?06:16
mkoehlerI'm still waiting to see the magic06:16
* abb thanks everyone06:16
billybigriggerwtf man, are you on dial-up?06:17
mkoehlerit's running through the installations right now06:17
billybigriggergeez06:17
mkoehlernah man06:17
billybigriggerhaha ok06:17
abbmkoehler, have you tried re-installing the update manager yet?06:17
mkoehlerI would guess that I have the quickest internet connection here heh06:17
billybigriggermkoehler: ooooooh, whatcha got?06:17
mkoehlerit's not really mine06:17
billybigriggerwork?06:17
mkoehlerI'm on a campus06:17
billybigriggernice06:17
* abb 's internet connection could whip your dad's ass06:17
mkoehlerhaha, sounds good06:17
billybigriggermkoehler: so you got a blazing ass pipe, but running an old P3?06:18
billybigriggerwtf man06:18
mkoehlernah, core duo06:18
mkoehlernot the best06:18
billybigrigger:)06:18
billybigriggerhaha06:18
billybigriggerits all good06:18
mkoehlerbut it also doesn't help that I haven't updated in months06:18
billybigriggerhow many MB in updates?06:18
mkoehlerwell earlier, when I broke my connection, it was 639MB06:19
mkoehlerthis time I didn't bother to look06:19
abbback when I was on campus, as part of my assistantship I was in charge of one of the dorms -- had a nice engineering key that allowed me to do fun stuff like remove cable tv filters, plug my room's net connection directly into the (1000Mb) router instead of the wimpy 10MB switch, etc.  *sigh*06:19
billybigriggeryou know if you commit to running an alpha you should update daily, if not 2-3 times a day, a bug report :)06:19
billybigriggers/a/and06:19
mkoehleryeah yeah, I always say I'll get right on that06:19
mkoehlerthen I try to fix them, then I just get caught up in other things06:19
kerncocore 2 duo?  Or core duo?06:19
mkoehlerjust core duo06:19
mkoehlershe's over 3 years old now06:20
billybigriggerabb: haha nice06:20
mkoehlerthat's really the way to go06:20
kerncoah, I didn't know they made those06:20
billybigriggeri had ubuntu running on an old p1 166mhz earlier this summer :)06:20
billybigrigger3 years aint shit haha06:20
* abb looks at the sticker on his new machine: Um, apparently my system has a "Dual Windows Vista" processor. Is that a new AMD product?06:20
mkoehlerhaha, and let me guess, it runs better than vista on a quad-core comp06:20
jussi01billybigrigger: mind the language please06:20
billybigriggermy bad06:21
kerncoDo you get keep getting popups that say "Your CPU wants to perform a floating point operation.  Allow it to continue?"06:21
abbubuntu-minimal runs on my G1/Android phone better than Vista does on most machines...06:21
billybigriggerit slipped, i've been hanging in some not-so-family-orientated chans lately06:21
abb(but i *Might* be a bit biased)06:21
mkoehlerI believe it06:21
billybigriggeri know better, my bad jussi0106:21
abbkernco, lol06:21
jussi01And this is startign to really wander from karmic support, so please try to keep on topic06:22
abbkernco, and the occasional ad that says "Buy a NEW MATH-COPROCESSOR!  Never do math again!"06:22
MindVirus1Does anyone know anything about podsleuth?06:22
billybigriggerjussi01: are you on night shift language patrol? haven't seen you say a peep all night and you just pop out of nowhere :) must have the bad words on auto-notify or something :)06:22
abbjussi01, oops. my bad.  I too wandered, and was lost.   Back to topic for me!06:22
* billybigrigger waits for mkoehler's updates....06:22
mkoehleryeah, you and me both06:23
jussi01billybigrigger: its 8.20 am here ;)06:23
billybigriggerping me with a thank you, i need to get back to drinkin'06:23
mkoehler1:23 am here06:23
MindVirus1Podsleuth anyone?06:23
billybigrigger11:23pm06:23
* abb adds "****" to list of "terrible four-letter-words"06:23
abbMindVirus1, sorry dude, still nothing here but us chickens.06:23
mkoehleryeah, sorry, I've got nothing for your problem06:23
billybigriggerpodsleuth!?!!??!?!?!06:23
MindVirus1Aye.06:23
billybigrigger.....06:23
billybigriggernever heard of it....06:23
billybigrigger:)06:23
MindVirus1It's a program that automatically detects your iPod if you plug it in.06:24
MindVirus1I'm getting a weird exception in it.06:24
abbbillybigrigger, what is your obsession with being thanked?  I mean, yeah...politeness is good...but... Are you going for some kind of record?  hehe06:24
billybigriggergtkpod?06:24
billybigriggerabb: no, just proving you wrong with your negativity haha, no, i'm not obsessed with being thanked06:24
abbMindVirus1, oh...I generally just use Yamipod (on the ipod) with the 'pod set as a removable media device.  I know this info doesn't help, but I like to contribute...!06:24
jmldid someone say podsleuth06:24
billybigriggerjust kidding around...making conversation...06:24
MindVirus1No, no.06:24
jmlMindVirus1, what exception are you getting?06:25
abbbillybigrigger, thanks for telling me that.  :)06:25
jussi01!ot06:25
ubottu#ubuntu+1 handles support for the development version of Ubuntu.  Please join #ubuntu for all other Ubuntu support.  Chat in #ubuntu-offtopic.06:25
abbwait, so offtopic stuff goes in #ubuntu?06:25
* abb instantly apologizes06:25
MindVirus1jml: yes, we have the sam eproblem.06:25
billybigrigger#ubuntu-offtopic06:25
jmlMindVirus1, http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58650806:25
ubottuGnome bug 586508 in Device - iPod "podsleuth appears to fail to find mount point for iPod on F11" [Major,Unconfirmed]06:25
jmlMindVirus1, look at that bug report, are you getting the same errors as the reporter?06:25
MindVirus1jml: remember, I helped you out. :)06:25
jmlMindVirus1, yeah, I remember. But I'm not getting errors from podsleuth, I'm just getting "No iPod"06:26
MindVirus1Ahh.06:26
mkoehleralright, all of the updates have been installed....time to restart - if I'm not back soon, X probably broke....or worse.....06:26
MindVirus1Podsleuth is a mess.06:26
MindVirus1I'm getting exceptions everywhere.06:26
billybigriggerbah, i was gonna tell him if he installed 30-7 don't bother trying to boot it :P06:27
billybigriggeroh well06:27
MindVirus1jml:06:27
brassmaster30-7?06:27
MindVirus1http://pastebin.com/f5699716c06:27
billybigrigger2.6.31-706:27
billybigriggerbrassmaster: i've had a few ok?!? :P give a guy a break06:27
jmlMindVirus1, is this from the podsleuth in karmic?06:28
MindVirus1Aye.06:28
jmlMindVirus1, or from a more recent version?06:28
jmlMindVirus1, hmmm.06:28
MindVirus1From karmic.06:28
jmlMindVirus1, were you getting this yesterday as well?06:29
MindVirus1I do believe this is the case, yes.06:29
jmlMindVirus1, if so, it looks like we actually have different problems :)06:29
MindVirus1jml: same symptom though.06:29
MindVirus1And the cause is podsleuth.06:29
MindVirus1What a piece of crap.06:29
jmlMindVirus1, I don't get those errors.06:29
MindVirus1You get other errors, also caused by podsleuth, no?06:29
jmlMindVirus1, well, podsleuth fails to find my ipod at all06:30
jmlMindVirus1, and thus, Banshee doesn't find it.06:30
MindVirus1jml: this verifies my hypothesis that podsleuth is a craphole.06:30
jmlMindVirus1, it's actually quite common for software to have two or more defects :)06:31
MindVirus1jml: you'd think, eh?06:31
MindVirus1Generally though defects aren't obvious and critical.06:31
mkoehlermore than just podsleuth is a craphole...including my computer lol06:31
mkoehlerdidn't quite work out06:31
MindVirus1It's like buying a new car missing a tire.06:31
jmlMindVirus1, does rhythmbox detect your ipod?06:32
MindVirus1It does! :)06:32
MindVirus1For this I am grateful.06:32
mkoehlerno go on the safe-update06:33
billybigriggermkoehler: what's your errors now?06:33
mkoehlersame thing06:33
billybigriggerupdate-manager still broken?06:33
billybigrigger:(06:33
* billybigrigger hides06:33
mkoehlerI'm just getting crashes on quite a few things06:33
billybigriggerhaha welcome to alpha406:33
mkoehlerlike gdebi, update-manager, the mixer applet (i think) just crashed on me06:33
mkoehlerah it's all good06:33
mkoehlerbut I'd like to update to alpha 5 one day06:34
mvoa new update-manager got uploaded last night that should fix it06:34
mkoehleryes, but how do I get an update-manager without an update-manager06:34
brassmasterapt-get?...06:34
mkoehlerand without the ability to install deb files06:34
billybigriggeri guess purge the old one06:34
brassmasterhmmm,06:34
MindVirus1brassmaster brings up a good point06:34
brassmasternow that is a problem...06:34
mkoehlerbut I can't get that06:34
mkoehlerand if I get the source06:35
mkoehlerI probably don't have the dev dependencies06:35
MindVirus1mkoehler: what's wrong?06:35
brassmasterno gdebi.06:35
mkoehlerbasically I was running a few upgrades and I broke some stuff06:35
mkoehlergdebi, update-manager, etc06:35
brassmasteryou should be able to use apt-get just fine.06:36
MindVirus1Oh man.06:36
MindVirus1mkoehler: does dpkg work?06:36
mkoehlerI'm working on that06:36
mkoehlergive me a couple06:36
MindVirus1mkoehler: take your time. I will try to help you as best as I can because you are in quite a pickle.06:37
mkoehlerhaha yeah, thanks06:37
MindVirus1Ain't no thang.06:37
MindVirus1Does anyone get python-launchpadlib held back?06:41
MTecknologyThis sucks....06:49
mkoehlerwhat's that?06:49
MTecknologyI have no audio outpu06:49
MTecknologyoh - and tryng to interact with flash and videos (like youtube) isn't working :(06:49
MTecknologyinteresting because lspci detects the sound device just fine06:50
mvogdebi should work again now too (with the latest update)06:51
MTecknologyoh - alsa was removed during an upgrade.. might be the issue..06:51
mkoehlergdebi still isn't, but that's the least of my concerns ;-)06:51
MTecknologyMy right alt key still isn't working either....06:52
MTecknologyeveryone - stop what you're doing and fix everything that's not working on this system06:52
MTecknologyall in all though - karmic has been pretty stable06:53
MTecknology*for the most part06:54
MTecknologykvm otoh..06:54
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MTecknologyok - audio works07:01
MTecknologymy university is killing the bandwidth available for watching videos though :(07:01
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arvind_khadrihi, is flash working properly?as in when i hit the replay button or try to move backward using the timeline bar, i cant do it.This is about youtube... anyone else facing it?10:41
richardcavellarvind_khadri: lots of people have had that10:48
richardcavellare you on 64-bit?10:48
arvind_khadririchardcavell, yes10:48
richardcavellyeah, me too10:48
richardcavellseveral people have had that issue10:48
richardcavellit's the Adobe Flash plugin10:49
richardcavellthe 64-bit linux version is still officially an alpha10:49
tawmasHello! Xorg can no longer found the nvidia driver (the nvidia kernel module is installed an loaded). I tried reinstalling xserver-xorg-video-all but to no avail, and I can't seem to find a package for the nvidia driver. Can you please point me in the right direction?11:24
dutchie$ firefox12:03
dutchieSegmentation fault (core dumped)12:03
dutchiereinstalled (with purge) and FF is still segfaulting on startup12:09
piquadratHi! Any Kubuntu Karmic users here? Does akregator crash on start for you to, or is it only me?12:22
=== richardcavell_ is now known as richardcavell
BluesKajG'Day folks13:18
Dr_WillisHmm. anyone notice when you 'should' be getting a console beep.. the speakers sort of make a noise. Like when you first plug a spealker into a port.. but not a actual beep?13:24
nemoyou're supposed to get a beep when you plug in a speaker?13:25
nemoI thought you just would get the burst of static13:25
Dr_Willisthis isent eevn static.. its more of just a 'little thud' :)13:27
nemoDr_Willis: yeah, that's what it sounds like :)13:27
Dr_Willislike when you plug in a speaker for the furst time.. almost like the sound card initilizing or somthing13:27
nemonaw13:27
nemojust a bit of stray current13:27
Dr_Willisi thoght my ears were popping...13:27
Dr_Willis:)13:27
nemohappens even without a sound card13:27
* Dr_Willis wonders how ya get sound without a sound card...13:28
Dr_Willis:P13:28
Dr_Willisbut it dont seem todo it all the time either heh. which is what i find weird.13:28
* Dr_Willis modprobes pcspkr13:29
Dr_Willis:)13:29
Dr_Willisit still does it.. but i hear the beep from the  case at the same time.  so i dont notice it.13:30
Dr_WillisI actually did think it was my ears popping.. I got a cold from the grandkids.13:30
nemoheh13:30
nemograndkids?13:30
nemowell. you're ahead of me on that score13:31
BluesKajok, now the libavcodec-unstripped-52 required for some media to run without restriction has been orphaned on my box. It appears to be replaced by libavcodec-extra-52 , I'm wondering if it is also fully loaded or is it stripped like the othe medibuntu medialibs13:31
BluesKajmy version of ffmpeg requires the unstripped codecs for some special encoding on streaming media to our TiVo13:34
Dr_WillisIm not even sure whats loaded/stripped means in this case..  somthing about debugging  'stuff' ?13:34
Dr_WillisHmm. I wonder why it would require unstripped.13:35
nemoah13:35
nemoBluesKaj: yeah.13:35
BluesKajsome encode-decode capabililties are stripped out13:35
nemothat apple codec13:35
Dr_WillisGuess thats show i was wrong in my thinking stripped was for 'debugging' code.13:36
nemowell, I needed it in Jaunty13:36
Dr_Willis'extra features need to be stipped out' ?13:36
nemowhere the medibuntu support was replaced by some other package13:36
nemonow it sounds like I'll need yet another approach in karmic13:36
nemowheee13:36
* Dr_Willis is confused even more. but it may be the Cold Meds..13:36
BluesKajto appease the MPPA and RIAA  and those other evil money grasping corp lobby assocs13:36
Dr_Willissomthing seems  backards in this logic.. but im not sure quite what...13:37
BluesKajnemo, i dumped the medibuntu repos and had to go with the svn versionof ffmpeg to get my media setup up and running again13:38
nemoBluesKaj: that wasn't necessary in Jaunty13:38
nemooh well. I don't need it quite yet13:38
Dr_Willisfor ffmpeg to  'play' some apple formats.. its need 'stripped' libs?13:38
nemoI'll worry about it when I get to it13:38
nemoDr_Willis: unstripped :)13:38
BluesKajnyeah, jaunty was fine , ageed13:38
BluesKajagreed13:38
* Dr_Willis thinks there would be a better term then 'stripped'13:39
nemoactually, I care more about karmic pulseaudio failing hard w/ SDL. again :(13:39
nemoand my sound card13:39
nemofree/non-free is typical13:39
nemobut maybe they were worried that would be confusing13:39
nemogiven it is a bundle13:39
BluesKajwell unstripped is the word used for the full version , there is ni stripped as such13:39
Dr_Willisso..err.. whats the term for things that have special debugging info in them?13:40
BluesKajDr_Willis, usually it will say dbg or some such13:43
Dr_Willisthats it.. dbg...13:43
Dr_Willisim all confusified today it seems13:43
BluesKajlike libdbg13:43
Dr_WillisI noticed somthing else ... odd today.. i got ubuntu-desktop and kubuntu-desktop both installed..13:45
Dr_Willisit used to be i could switch from kdm to gdm and visa versa with13:46
Dr_Willis'sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm'13:46
Dr_Willisbut that fails to work.. and i cant seem to figur eout how to get gdm to be the default login manager now13:46
Dr_Willissudo service gdm start , and sudo service kdm start. BOTH say they wont start because they are not the default display manager.13:47
Dr_Willisaha   - fixed that.. (sort of) :) oh well time to sleep off the Nyquill13:52
shadeslayerDr_Willis: um sudo dpkg --configure kdm ?13:54
Dr_Willisactually i cheated and edited /etc/X11/default-login-manager13:54
shadeslayerhehe13:54
Dr_WillisThats what got me.. it did NOT select gdm by default like it used to.13:55
Dr_Willisnormally if you install ubuntu-desktop it defaults to gdm. (or it asks which touse)13:55
shadeslayerDr_Willis: yep13:55
shadeslayerbtw xsplash uses GDM right now..... right?13:56
Dr_WillisHmm dident notice.13:56
Dr_Willisi did a 'nosplash' in my grub tweaks13:56
shadeslayerDr_Willis: i have kdm and xsplash.... never works13:56
Dr_Willis!info xsplash13:57
shadeslayerDr_Willis: how do you edit grub 213:57
ubottuxsplash (source: xsplash): X based bootsplash. In component main, is optional. Version 0.6-0ubuntu1 (karmic), package size 33 kB, installed size 172 kB13:57
Dr_Willisi followed the grub2 'getting started with grub2' forum thread.13:57
shadeslayerDr_Willis: ah..13:57
Dr_Willis edit the various /etc/grub.d/ config fules and rerun update-grub13:57
Dr_Willis and /etc/default/grub (i think)13:57
Dr_Willistheres one grub config file you DONT edit by hand. :) it gets generated by the other config files you do edit13:58
Dr_WillisI was able to get my grub menu at a 'higher res' with the following 2 lines in /etc/default/grub13:58
Dr_WillisGFXPAYLOAD=true13:59
Dr_WillisGRUB_GFXMODE=1024x76813:59
shadeslayerooh13:59
Dr_Willisbut its still mono-grey them not figured how to set a background. or some color yet.13:59
shadeslayerDr_Willis: can i edit /etc/default/grub by hand?14:00
Dr_WillisThat one you can shadeslayer14:00
Dr_Willismore /etc/grub.d/README to figure out the proper things to edit. :)14:01
shadeslayeri just need to add a vga option to the end of GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"14:01
Dr_Willisthe vga option may or may NOT be  proper now...14:01
Dr_WillisYou are tryingto enable the framebuffer?14:02
shadeslayerDr_Willis: yeah14:02
shadeslayeri changed the line to : GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash vga=0x0365"14:02
Dr_Willisi was thinking i saw in a modules blacklist file.. that most of the framebuffer modules were blacklisted.. ive not tried any yet.14:03
Dr_Willisfamebuffer is a neat idea.. that causes SO much problems...14:03
shadeslayer:D14:03
Dr_WillisIt would be neat to get a little higher res for my console..  but i rarely use the console these days14:03
Dr_Williswould be really cool to get both monitors working in the console. :) but im not sure how doable that is14:04
shadeslayerDr_Willis: i just run grub-update right?14:05
nemoDr_Willis: heh. yeah. I used to have fun w/ console, but, well, TBH, have better things to do these days14:05
Dr_Willisshadeslayer:  yes.14:05
Dr_Willisi dont have the urlof that 'grub 2 basics' it was a forum thread on the ubuntu forums.. worth checking out14:05
nemonot like I really *need* images in w3m, and it is more convenient to run it in screen anyway.14:06
Dr_Willismainuse i have for the console. is in geexbox. it uses framebuffer enabled  mplayer for videos.14:06
Dr_Willisbut even now the newer geexbox uses a mini-X server.14:06
Dr_Williswell night all....14:07
c_kornis it just me or is the gnome-panel currently always reloading in karmic ?14:16
nemoc_korn: yeah, mine seems kinda crashy14:17
nemoor rather seemed14:17
nemoc_korn: most of my problems went away when I wiped ~/.gconf14:17
nemosince gconf was running wild14:17
nemounfortunately since I had to set everything up again, I'm not sure whether the gnome panel issue was related :-/14:17
c_kornnemo: ok, I will try that14:21
nemoc_korn: really? :)14:22
nemoc_korn: well. you might want to shut down gconf and log out first14:22
c_kornit's a vm14:22
nemojust as a precaution14:22
nemoI did wipe from a terminal14:22
c_kornI can save the current state and just return to it14:22
nemoanything in check ~/.xsession-errors  ?14:23
nemos/check//14:23
shadeslayeryayyy.... KDE 4.3.1 in the repos14:25
vasuvidist-upgrade wants to remove k3b though for some reason14:26
shadeslayervasuvi: um no14:27
vasuvi(kubuntu-desktop too, oh my)14:27
c_kornnemo: http://www.ubuntu-pics.de/bild/23454/screenshot_001_rDWNWJ.png14:27
shadeslayervasuvi: http://pastebin.ca/155024414:27
nemoc_korn: you couldn't pastebin that from the vm? :-p14:28
c_kornnemo: was faster this way :)14:28
nemobut much much less useful14:28
nemoanyway. dunno.14:29
vasuvishadeslayer: http://pastebin.ca/155024614:29
vasuviI'll try updating again to see if that helps...14:29
vasuvinope, same thing14:29
shadeslayervasuvi: you have lesser updates too...14:30
c_kornhere, it is pastebin'ed http://pastebin.com/f54f2e81314:31
vasuvishadeslayer: so you think it's a different update that's causing the problem then?14:31
shadeslayervasuvi: do you have the pre release repo? it is also possible that some new dev files are being downloaded since i have kde-devel as we14:32
shadeslayer*well14:32
vasuviyeah, I guess you're right; I do a plain apt-get upgrade (instead of dist-upgrade), and I still get 4.3.1 ( http://pastebin.ca/1550250 )14:33
vasuviso the problem has to be one of the packages that have been kept back...kdebase-workspace-data (likely) or the new kernel (unlikely)14:34
shadeslayervasuvi: i think youre either missing a repo or you have a different server than mine14:34
vasuvishadeslayer: I'm using exclusively the normal Karmic Koala repos, and my server is se.archive.ubuntu.com (blazing fast speeds!)14:35
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shadeslayervasuvi: ah you see i have the main server,maybe thats why14:35
shadeslayerthe servers are probably syncing14:35
vasuvishadeslayer: yeah, possible that some of the updates haven't hit Sweden yet ;)14:36
c_kornnemo: purging gconf did not make difference14:37
nemoreinstall that clock thingy? :)14:38
nemoc_korn: oh. sometimes my panel crashes seem related to pulseaudio sucking...14:39
nemoc_korn: also, I suppose you could try running the panel in gdb - just speculation14:39
nemoack15:09
nemowhy do I have:15:09
nemolibswt-gtk-3.4-java15:09
nemoand15:09
nemolibswt3.4-gtk-java15:09
edgyHi, Today I am getting ALSA lib conf.c:3979:(snd_config_expand) Expand error (walk): File exists15:09
edgywhen i try to play any file, what's wrong please?15:09
edgybillybigrigger: I see you are saying [20:05:38] <billybigrigger> ripps_: alsa 1.0.21 could cause more bugs than it's worth, why please?15:10
nemoedgy: strace might tell you what file it is trying to make15:12
nemoln: creating symbolic link `/dev/sndstat' to `/proc/asound/oss/sndstat': File exists15:12
nemorandom googling turns up that alsa related error15:12
nemosome alsa/oss conflict?15:13
nemomight not be the actual error15:13
nemosince presumably if the symlink fails, no big deal15:13
edgynemo: you mean when I play a file a symlink is created?! strace shows write(2, "ALSA lib conf.c:3979:(snd_config"..., 41ALSA lib conf.c:3979:(snd_config_expand) ) = 4115:17
edgywrite(2, "Expand error (walk): File exists", 32Expand error (walk): File exists) = 3215:17
nemothat's not the part of the strace that would be helpful :-p15:18
nemoedgy: the helpful part would be before that, where the actual file I/O happens15:19
nemopastebin the entire thing if you want15:19
edgynemo: please look at: http://pastebin.ca/155031115:23
macois there no partner repo for karmic yet?15:24
arvind_khadrii guess partner repo comes when the release is final15:25
edgymaco: what does this partner repo contains useful?15:26
arvind_khadriedgy, nothing :P15:26
edgyarvind_khadri: so why is needed? :015:26
Gnome64bad jokes15:26
arvind_khadriedgy, it contains some third party applications.. artworks kind of afaik15:27
edgyarvind_khadri: artworks with patents or what?15:28
edgynemo: did you spot any thing useful?15:28
arvind_khadriedgy, no idea, i never used them...15:29
macoedgy: adobe flash15:29
edgymaco: but flash is already on multiverse15:30
sageNsandwhats the latest on update manager. will i get a automatic update or what?15:30
nemoedgy: work emergencies. will be busy for a while15:32
edgynemo: np, I will be waiting for a while15:32
edgysageNsand: I don't understand your question15:33
macoedgy: oh that package still exists?15:33
arvind_khadrisageNsand, see the changes that have been committed to it, or wait till it happens :)15:34
sageNsandmy update manager fails, its broken and i get a error, so how do i do the manual update on Karmic15:34
sageNsandWhere do I see the changes15:34
macoedgy: ok so i shouldve said "the flash plugin ackage that doesnt break when adobe updates theirs on their website"15:35
edgymaco: yes sure15:35
edgysageNsand: you can do sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude dist-upgrade till your problem is resolved15:36
sageNsandthanks edgy15:36
edgymaco: why should it break? flashplugin-installer installs from adobe website and it's in multiverse15:39
macoedgy: because it does an md5sum on tar it downloads and when adobe updates with a new version, the md5sum fails and it doesnt get installed15:40
macoedgy: the partner repo contains adobe's own up-to-date packages that'll get you the newest flash in your regular updates and when adobe releases a new version, you get it15:40
macoso if you try to install flashplugin-installer or flashplugin-nonfree during the week or so after adobe releases a new version, it wont install15:41
edgymaco: I think I got  you now but the strange thing is the one in partner is older (10.0.22) compared with 10.0.32 in multiverse, isn't this strange?15:42
macoyes15:43
macounless its to do with adobe's ban on non-final releases in partner15:43
macolike, betas cant go in there15:43
edgymaco: thanks for the clarification15:44
edgymaco: but 10.0.32 is not beta. it's the official version15:47
macothen i dunno15:47
macowait 10's released?15:48
maco10 the one that has a 64bit version? is that out too now?15:48
edgymaco: yes http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/15:54
edgymaco: I don't know whether that supports 64 bit or not but at least it's for 32 bit15:55
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Michalxohello16:20
eurythmiahow do I disable dontzap? It's an annoying feature.16:23
macoeurythmia: in your keyboard settings16:24
eurythmia... er, I should specify "without using the gui" ... I don't have gnome or kde installed.16:24
macooh16:24
macoeurythmia: put terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp in your xsetkbd stuff16:25
macooh uh16:25
macosetxkbmap -option terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp16:25
eurythmiamaco, thanks, I'll give that a shot16:25
macogrr this is annoying. quassel's the only app thatll make sounds16:26
eurythmiamaco, beautiful. Works like a charm.16:26
eurythmiamaco, pulseaudio issues?16:26
macodoubt it. thats the sort of thing pulseaudio fixes16:27
macomore like quassel is bound to the audio device and so pulseaudio cant access it16:28
macoi still dont understand how phonon affects this though. i only have practice debugging gnome16:28
macooh. its knotify416:29
Michalxoguys? anyone haveing this problem in ALT+F2?16:30
MichalxoUnable to load file '/usr/share/gnome-panel/glade/panel-run-dialog.glade'16:30
Michalxothere is no such dir in my system :-/16:30
arvind_khadriMichalxo, maybe a bug in gnome-panel16:32
Michalxoanyone?16:32
Michalxosure :) alt+f2 is not working.. so I am asking if there;s only problem for me.. or some global too :)16:32
Gnome64only you16:33
Gnome64:)16:33
Michalxodamn16:33
Michalxowhere should I search for a fix? :-/16:33
Gnome64Michalxo: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu or www.ubuntuforums.org16:35
MichalxoGnome64, THANK you :)16:36
Michalxohmm... there is only 1 result :-/16:38
macoMichalxo: aptitude reinstall gnome-panel?16:39
Michalxonot worked :-/16:40
MichalxoI miss that directory usr/share/gnome-panel/glade16:41
dholbachUbuntu Developer Week starting in 19 minutes in #ubuntu-classroom16:42
laseHi, I have a problem installing karmic with virt-install. After running this command: sudo virt-install --connect qemu:///system -n karmic -r 512 -f karmic.qcow2 -s 4 -c Desktop/karmic-desktop-i386.iso --vnc --noautoconsole --os-type linux --os-variant ubuntuKarmic --accelerate --network=network:default16:43
lasewhen i connect with vnc i get this error: MP-BIOS bug: 8254 timer not connected to IO-APIC16:43
lasei would guess it would work if apic is disables? but how to do that?16:44
Michalxohow to file a bug using "apport"?16:49
Michalxoubuntu-bug gnome-panel ?16:49
natewiebe13with notify-osd_0.9.20-0ubuntu1, they added a gconf key, does it require a restart to appear in the gconf-editor, or is there a way to refresh the keys?16:59
Michalxonatewiebe13 I have only 9.19... in repos :-/17:01
Michalxooh, just came into sk. repos too :)17:03
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DanaGaplay: device_list:223: no soundcards found...18:10
billybigriggerhow is everyone today?18:30
Machtinmy throat hurts. :(18:30
Machtinyou?18:30
billybigriggerhungover18:31
itswhatev!ot18:31
ubottu#ubuntu+1 handles support for the development version of Ubuntu.  Please join #ubuntu for all other Ubuntu support.  Chat in #ubuntu-offtopic.18:31
billybigrigger:P18:31
JEEBso I guess alpha5 tomorrow?18:32
Gnome64JEEB: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KarmicReleaseSchedule?action=show&redirect=ReleaseSchedule18:33
JEEBargh, misread today's date18:33
JEEBsorry18:33
JEEB3rd it was, yeah18:33
Spike1506i was wondering what the reason is why empathy replaced pidgin in 9.1018:42
sgallaghIs the inability to use ctrl-c on Ubuntu Karmic when connected via SSH a known issue?18:43
Gnome64Spike1506: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EmpathyVsPidginUsability18:45
albert23sgallagh: could be bug 40742818:45
ubottuLaunchpad bug 407428 in openssh "sshd zombie processes and strange behavior after karmic upgrade" [High,Confirmed] https://launchpad.net/bugs/40742818:45
sgallaghalbert23: Yup, that sounds exactly like it18:45
BluesKajsgallagh, when copying or pasting anything in karmic , leave the source open until the apps or test are pasted in th deatination file ..I have the same prob , it's irksome.18:46
BluesKajtest=text18:47
BluesKajdeatination file=destination file18:47
sgallaghBluesKaj: ctrl-c is SIGINT, I'm not talking about the desktop session18:47
* DanaG is wheeled. er, tired. (oof, bad pun!)18:48
BluesKajoh sorry , didn't notice the ssh18:48
sgallagh BluesKaj: No worries. Just clarifying.18:48
BluesKajanyway errands to do18:48
BluesKajBBL18:48
Spike1506Gnome64, if i read that pidgin looks much better then empathy :/18:49
BluesKajsgallagh, it's apita that one has keep stuff open after copying content then not being able paste it if the source is closed18:49
sgallaghBluesKaj: Not a problem I face. I never use the GUI in Ubuntu.18:50
alteregoawhat exaclty saves a screensaver?18:51
Gnome64Spike1506: I'd say the counterpart, but I might be biased. Nonetheless you must try them both to see the pro's and con's of each one.18:51
alteregoai got kde 4.1 and a problem18:52
sgallaghalteregoa: I think you mean two problems :-)18:52
alteregoahow do you know my wife?18:52
sgallaghhahahaha18:52
Spike1506it would be neat to give users the option when installing ubuntu like microsoft does with browser in their upcoming release. :)18:52
sgallaghSpike1506: Option? As in "Use our browser or don't install our OS?"18:53
Gnome64Spike1506: wrong comparison buddy!18:53
alteregoais someone able to build a nautifox?18:53
mkoehlerhey guys - are the little libnotify notification config options hardcoded, or is there a configuration file somewhere18:54
mkoehlerI removed then added a second monitor, and they aren't in the right spot - not sure if it's something I should look into18:54
mkoehlerinstead of being at the top right hand corner of the screen, they're along the right edge in the middle18:55
DanaGunable to load /usr/share/gnome-panel/glade/panel-run-dialog.glade18:55
DanaGls: cannot access /usr/share/gnome-panel/glade/panel-run-dialog.glade: No such file or directory18:56
DanaGodd.  file doesn't exist in any package.  so why is it looking for it?18:56
nemohm. I decided to switch my PPA build of Eclipse 3.4 to the one actually in karmic18:56
nemoaaaand it causes Sun Java 6 to crashi n SWT18:56
nemoin SWT18:56
nemoI wonder why18:56
dutchieHaving problems with FF 3.519:00
mkoehlerwhat problems?19:01
dutchieit's segfaulting on open19:01
dutchie$ strace firefox 2>&1 | pastebinit19:01
dutchiehttp://pastebin.com/f7758139819:01
alteregoaaaaaaaand?19:02
Gnome64DanaG: someone reported same bug a few minutes ago.19:02
DanaGhmm, it seems the file went away.  I had to kill gnome-panel, and now the thingy works again.19:02
alteregoai got  a problem with kshinkansen, if i start it, it disappears very fast, where can i catch it?19:05
commander_9.10 looks very promising19:07
billybigriggeralteregoa: run it in a terminal19:07
dutchiecommander_: apart from the gdm screen19:07
mkoehlerbilly, time for a beer yet? =)19:07
dutchiemassive regression imo19:07
commander_let's hope it can beat Mac Snow Leopard19:08
commander_gdm screen?19:08
dutchielogin screen19:08
mkoehlerI actually liked my old one better19:08
commander_login screen can use some touching up19:08
mkoehlerthat's something that I'd consider to be a regression - most other things I consider to be upgrades19:09
commander_but wait til they have a snow leopard theme for it19:09
alteregoa200 mechabytes, and i still cannot find yoshi19:09
billybigriggermkoehler: nope i ran out last night haha19:10
billybigriggermkoehler: did you figure out your apt problem??19:10
mkoehlerhaha19:10
billybigriggererr update-manager19:10
mkoehleryeah, I finally got through it around 3am19:10
billybigriggerewwww19:10
billybigriggersafe-upgrade my friend :)19:11
mkoehlerhey, it's all good, it's solved19:11
mkoehleri'll keep that one in mind19:11
mkoehlerevery time I upgrade I prepare myself for the worst19:11
billybigrigger$ sudo apt-get update && sudo aptitude safe-upgrade19:11
mkoehlerI always wait until I'm not too busy to upgrade heh19:11
mkoehleryeah19:11
billybigriggershould be doing it a few times a day :P19:11
alteregoaparanoid android19:12
mkoehlerI'll just write some script to automate it =P19:12
alteregoawhat is an denkbold?19:13
mac_v!schedule19:27
ubottuA schedule of Karmic Koala (9.10) release milestones can be found here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KarmicReleaseSchedule19:27
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dutchiehttp://pastebin.com/f7758139819:40
dutchieany suggestions? should I file a bug?19:40
Guest12914hey guys something funny is happening with my kernel updates, I upgraded to karmic, but only jaunty kernels are showing up in my grub menu19:43
chrisccoulsondutchie - you should have apport report a crash report rather than reporting it manually19:43
dutchieok, will do19:43
chrisccoulsonstrace is often not useful for debugging crashes like that - it doesn't show what makes it crash there19:43
bjsniderdutchie, do you have _any_ files or directories on that system?19:43
dutchiebjsnider: er, yes19:44
dutchiechrisccoulson: what should I do then?19:44
chrisccoulsonyou should have a crash report in /var/crash to submit19:45
dutchie_usr_lib_firefox-3.5.2_firefox.1000.crash19:45
alteregoai got a problem with jack19:45
alteregoait doesnt off19:46
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_iTrollupgraded to karmic from jaunty, grub only shows the old jaunty kernels, still on grub legacy apparently.  Any ideas?19:53
BluesKaj_iTroll, in the terminal :sudo update-grub19:55
_iTrollBluesKaj: I tried that actually, but menu.lst did not update, even though it told me it had found the new kernel19:56
BluesKaj_iTroll, sudo update-legacy-grub19:56
BluesKajor grub-legacy , not quite sure19:57
_iTrollBluesKaj: only update-grub on my system19:57
BluesKajthe kernels and updates expect to see grub219:57
_iTrollhmm, is there any reason that it would not have been installed?19:58
BluesKaj_iTroll, are trying to remove old kernels ?19:58
BluesKaj!grub219:58
ubottuGRUB2 is the default Ubuntu boot manager in Karmic. For more information on GRUB2 please refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Grub219:58
_iTrollnope i am trying to get it to boot the updated kernel19:59
_iTrollso should i install grub2?20:00
BluesKajmaybe you already have , try apt-cache policy grub220:01
_iTrollhttp://pastebin.com/m2358021820:03
_iTrollok i see that grub2 will not be installed by default no upgrades from jaunty!20:10
_iTrolli didnt realise that20:10
TylerRichardhey guys gnome-wm isn't running after resume anyone having this problem??20:16
TylerRichardhey guys gnome-wm isn't running after resume anyone having this problem?? bump20:21
guntbert!patience20:21
ubottuDon't feel ignored and repeat your question quickly; if nobody knows your answer, nobody will answer you. You can search  https://help.ubuntu.com or http://ubuntuforums.org while you wait.20:21
BluesKaj!bump20:23
ubottuSorry, I don't know anything about bump20:23
BluesKajalways wondered what ppl meant by that20:23
BluesKaj<--- a bit old and out of touch sometimes20:24
guntbertBluesKaj: in the forums it is used to give your question more weight after a few days when no one answers (like a knock on the table or so...)20:25
BluesKajguntbert, ok , as if that would have much weight :)20:28
mac_vnot more weight , just bring it back to the "new" posts ;p , bumping it to the top20:29
Logias per the /topic, my systemis now broken. X dies a horrible death after I log in.20:29
LogiHas this been seen? on kubuntu, btw, but installing ubuntu-desktop now but it takes a while20:29
mac_v!topic20:29
ubottuPlease read the channel topic whenever you enter, as it contains important information. To view it at any time after joining, simply type /topic20:29
mac_vah!20:29
* loevborg has trouble with sound: amarok is silent. mplayer -ao oss works; mplayer -ao alsa hangs (!)20:32
loevborganyone else have this?20:33
loevborg(karmic w/ current updates)20:33
mac_vloevborg: Bug #411962 ?20:33
ubottuLaunchpad bug 411962 in pulseaudio "Pulse audio queues audio and gets locked to the app PID" [Undecided,Confirmed] https://launchpad.net/bugs/41196220:33
Logihmm... now X runs (through startx) without me having changed anything. I'm just going to cross my fingers...20:34
loevborgmac_v, that might be it...20:36
loevborgmac_v, it seems my pulseaudio daemon was hanging; killall seems to fix it20:37
mac_vloevborg: check my workaround, it worked for me , if it does save the folders and them to the bug report20:38
mac_vin the comments20:38
mac_vadd them*20:38
loevborgmac_v, well.. I did rename .pulse, though I'm not sure if this was required20:39
loevborgmac_v, I'll upload the folder anyway, just in case20:40
mac_vloevborg: just move the some where , $pulseaudio -k , then relogin20:40
mac_vthem*20:40
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mint_#ubuntu-fi-devel20:43
loevborgmac_v, I added my .pulse to your bug report. thanks for the pointer20:44
mac_vloevborg: did it fix the problem?20:45
loevborgmac_v, well removing .pulse and restarting pulseaudio did fix the problem, yes20:45
loevborgnot sure if it's the same bug though20:45
mac_vgreat :)20:45
loevborgbye20:49
shadeslayerupgrading to KDE 4.3.1..... at 1.30 AM in the morning...lol20:54
commander_9.10 looks like a sleeper21:05
commander_i'll wait til it comes in Beta21:05
SKBaff nautilus has somewhere a mem leak :|21:06
SKBany ideas how to catch it?21:06
SKBdoes nautilus crash for you when right clicking on a video thumbnail ?21:09
SKBwhen menu rolls upward21:10
TheOriginalRippenot realy a problem just curios as to whether anybody else is getting reports of SSD disk in disk utilities when actualy HDD in use?21:16
StateShello, I'm having trouble booting into ubuntu, I installed it just a couple a minutes ago and it gives me a grub 15 error (9.10, i386, Kubuntu)21:23
StateSI am using ext4 as the filesystem21:24
MichalxoStateS, try this21:24
MichalxoHOWTO Restore GRUB: http://grub.enbug.org/Grub2LiveCdInstallGuide21:24
Michalxoor on #grub ;)21:24
Michalxogn!21:24
ActionParsniphey all21:41
ActionParsnipis this a known issue: http://pastebin.com/d45f992a221:42
ActionParsnip!bug21:44
ubottuIf you find a bug in Ubuntu or any of its derivatives, please file a bug using the command « ubuntu-bug <package> » If that fails, you can report bugs manually at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug - Bugs in/wishes for the bots can be filed at http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-bots21:44
buckyActionParsnip, is this in karmic because my path is /usr/share/pyshared/AptUrl/gtk/21:48
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hggdhActionParsnip, I do not know if this was already reported. Just found it myself21:48
ActionParsnipyep its karmic21:48
hggdhand the path is clearly wrong...21:48
ActionParsniphggdh: was just logging a bug myself21:48
hggdhActionParsnip, cool, thanks, will not open on then ;-)21:48
komputesbucky: https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apturl/+bug/42282521:49
ubottuLaunchpad bug 422825 in apturl "Upgrading of apturl to 0.4.0ubuntu2 fails" [Undecided,Confirmed]21:49
BUGabundopara o caso de n terem notado, o gmail está em baixo :D21:49
buckyActionParsnip, it's almost as if you're installing from a repo from a wrong release21:49
BUGabundohey guys21:49
hggdhyo BUGabundo21:49
komputesthere is an apt-url upgrade bug affecting all karmic users^21:49
buckyActionParsnip, listen to komputes21:49
hggdhkomputes, yes21:49
hggdhjust reported21:49
BUGabundoany one reported probs with applying a proxy system wide on gnome,21:49
BUGabundobeing asked twice for pass??21:49
hggdhnot me21:50
buckyBUGabundo, is it asking for the key ring passwd?21:50
BUGabundoor that the unlock of the keychaine has seen it password change to match the login one ?21:50
BUGabundobucky: no. User pass21:51
ActionParsnipkomputes: just added my 2p worth21:52
ActionParsnipkomputes: just gonna uninstall it for now21:52
komputesActionParsnip: 2p, hehe must be brittish ;)21:52
ActionParsnipkomputes: indeed21:53
komputesActionParsnip: 2c is how we roll21:53
ActionParsnipkomputes: thats only 1p here, so i contributed more :D21:53
Twigaathymaybe it was 2 euro cent >_>21:53
ActionParsnipj/k21:54
TwigaathyI think an upgrade just broke complaining about Python..21:54
* Twigaathy notes upchannel... I'll be quiet :D21:54
buckywajig apturl hold21:54
ActionParsniphttps://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apturl/+bug/42282521:56
ubottuLaunchpad bug 422825 in apturl "Upgrading of apturl to 0.4.0ubuntu2 fails" [Undecided,Confirmed]21:56
ActionParsnipif you just uninstall it then you can upgrade as normal21:57
ActionParsniphaha if you --purge uninstall it, then reinstall it. its fine21:58
ActionParsnipyou need to --purge remove apturl-common too21:58
ActionParsnipcan anyone confirm this please?22:01
buckyi'm chicken22:01
buckyi'll wait till after the freeze to install it22:01
ActionParsnipsudo apt-get --purge remove apturl-common apturl; sudo apt-get --purge autoremove; sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install apt-url22:01
BluesKajconfirm what ActionParsnip , i just rejoined22:01
ActionParsnipBluesKaj: apturl has a bug with upgrades22:02
BluesKajok22:02
ActionParsnipBluesKaj: but if you uninstall it and reinstall it then its ok22:02
BluesKajnever used that command apturl22:03
ActionParsnipfair point22:06
BUGabundoActionParsnip: shiiiiii22:06
ActionParsnipBUGabundo: ?22:09
BUGabundoActionParsnip: all that line to purge :D22:11
BUGabundouse aptitude. takes less parameters22:11
ActionParsnipBUGabundo: i have most of that scripted so mines shorter still22:11
ActionParsnipso can anyone confirm my fix, albeit very ungraceful?22:19
alteregoaburp22:19
=== BUGabundo1 is now known as BUGabundo
alteregoais there a tool to export the program settings from ubuntu to another machine?22:23
ActionParsnipalteregoa: most are stored in ~22:25
ActionParsnipalteregoa: if you copy the hidden folder for that app then the settings will transfer22:26
buckyalteregoa, like a server?22:28
buckytar up /etc22:28
alteregoaaction, ok its time to write a tool for that stuff22:29
alteregoalike windows 7 i just have to click a few buttons and it works22:29
ActionParsnipalteregoa: if you run: cd ~; ls -a22:30
ActionParsnipalteregoa: you will see the folders22:30
alteregoayeah i hate command line crap22:30
alteregoacommand line is 80's tech, i am a GUIan huamn22:30
ActionParsnipalteregoa: its where real power is harnessed in linux, gui is too clunky and hides useful output22:30
alteregoaa gui is to easy22:31
ActionParsnipalteregoa: no, it just takes too long to do multiple tasks that the command line can do in a single command and you can walk away while it works its magic22:31
alteregoathats why linux is not widely used on desktops22:31
buckyalteregoa, are you upgrading?22:31
ActionParsnipalteregoa: you'll find it is22:31
alteregoano i just ask for such a feature, maybe to export my program settings from the desktop to the laptop22:32
buckylinux is widely used on my desktop and has been for ten years22:32
alteregoayes on your desktop, but 98 percent uses windows22:32
ActionParsnipalteregoa: theres just no concrete figures, unlike microsoft who sell licenses wo have an absolute figure22:32
buckyand lie about it anyway22:32
keithCompiz was working fine, then I disabled it to run a program in wine. Now it won't enable. Does anyone have an idea why?22:33
ActionParsnipalteregoa: maybe 98% maybe not. Does a dual boot count as half a user?22:33
alteregoai don't care about microsoft or drdos or apple22:33
cwillukeith, how did you disable it?22:33
alteregoai care about the users22:33
keithcwillu, Through the Appearance dialog22:33
cwillukeith, incidently, this would fall under the class of things that you should be able to work through if you're going to run an unreleased operating system :p22:33
ActionParsnipkeith: what window manager do you use if its not compiz? metacity?22:33
alteregoaa average user is not able to work with the command line, its the usability of it22:33
DanaGwatch out: it'll trample on settings if you don't choose "custom".22:33
cwillukeith, try compiz --replace from a console22:34
keithActionParsnip, That is what I am using at the moment, yes22:34
ActionParsnipalteregoa: me too, thats why i advise ubuntu. The user model is much better22:34
DanaGAnd "custom" only appears with simple-ccsm... even if you intend to use compizconfig-settings-manager.22:34
alteregoabut most geeks cannot see the world of the average, they are far above the ground, to far, and thats very sad22:34
buckyi took dos at community college22:34
ActionParsnipkeith: ok in terminal run: compiz --replace22:34
Oli``ARGL! gnome-panel is crashing and reloading twice a second22:34
ActionParsnipalteregoa: they can as they make the internet work so have to cater for all users22:34
keithActionParsnip, cwillu: oddly ,that worked. :)22:34
ActionParsnipkeith: great :)22:35
cwillukeith, file a bug22:35
alteregoashuttleworth want to make money with ubuntu, do you think he is the great donator?22:35
ActionParsnipkeith: press ctrl+c in terminal to end it, then press alt+f2 and type the same command22:35
guntbert!ot | alteregoa22:35
ubottualteregoa: #ubuntu+1 handles support for the development version of Ubuntu.  Please join #ubuntu for all other Ubuntu support.  Chat in #ubuntu-offtopic.22:35
ActionParsnipalteregoa: i wouldnt know. I dont get into all that. I just see an OS and users, maybe I'm seeing the OS as the average user eh22:36
ActionParsnipkeith: better?22:36
alteregoathis is very ontopic i think22:36
ActionParsnipalteregoa: nope, this is support ONLY22:36
ActionParsnipalteregoa: thats why #ubuntu-offtopic exists22:37
BUGabundoActionParsnip: don't incentivate hime22:37
alteregoaif you still believe a command line is the way to go believe that, but don't think many users switch to linux22:37
ActionParsnipalteregoa: fine, think that as much as you wish22:37
ActionParsnipBUGabundo: I eat trolls for breakfast22:38
keithActionParsnip, cw22:38
ActionParsnipkeith: better :D22:38
DanaGhttp://www.wincustomize.com/zoom.aspx?skinid=6941&libid=1   -- interesting.  Brown as in coffee and wood.22:39
Oli``Anyone know how I might find out why gnome-panel is crashing?22:39
keithActionParsnip, cwillu: actually, it didn't seem to like that... it caused everything to freeze-ish22:39
DanaGI actually have my own desktop set to a rather bright orange theme.22:39
cwillukeith, which, hitting control-c?22:39
ActionParsnipkeith: read: dmesg | tail22:39
cwillukeith, that's because you killed the window manager without running something else to replace it22:39
keithcwillu, compiz --replace22:39
ActionParsnipcwillu: it will default to metacity if it does22:39
keithcwillu, i hadn't hit ctrl+c22:40
ActionParsnipOli``: you could read some log files, see whats going on22:40
keithActionParsnip, I don't see anything useful in dmesg22:40
ActionParsnipkeith: hmm22:40
Oli``ActionParsnip: just applying some updates and just as some gtk ones went through, the crashing stopped =)22:40
Oli``magic22:41
ActionParsnipOli``: good to hear22:41
keithActionParsnip, cwillu: compiz isn't dependant on gnome-panel in any way, is it?22:41
ActionParsnipkeith: no, compiz can be ran on kubuntu which has no gnome stuff at all22:41
cwilluwell...22:42
keithActionParsnip, I am aware of that, but I know there are gnome-specific compiz packages22:42
cwilluthere are interactions with gnome-session if it was launched via gnome-session (or metacity), and gnome-panel is related to that22:42
ActionParsnip!info compiz-gnome22:42
ubottucompiz-gnome (source: compiz): OpenGL window and compositing manager - GNOME window decorator. In component main, is optional. Version 1:0.8.2-0ubuntu16 (karmic), package size 346 kB, installed size 2324 kB22:42
ActionParsnipmaybe?22:42
cwilluif gnome-panel is dying for some reason, it could actually be a gnome-session issue, which could cause other issues22:42
keithActionParsnip, cwillu: the reason I asked is because I disable gnome-panel22:42
cwilludefine disable :p22:43
ActionParsnipkeith: thats fine, some do yo use AWN22:43
keithActionParsnip, gnome-do22:43
ActionParsnips/yo/to22:43
cwilluI'd expect in that case it should just work, but you're not in extremely well tested ground anymore :p22:43
keithcwillu, removed it from desktop/gnome/session/required_components22:43
cwilluwouldn't expect that to break it then22:44
keithcwillu, ActionParsnip: I'm going to try the replace command on the command line again... i'll be back if I have to restart X.22:44
keithis this important? "Checking for Xgl: not present."22:46
cwillunot at all22:46
cwilluxgl is largely abandoned22:46
keithcwillu, ActionParsnip: ok... seems ok now...22:46
ActionParsnipkeith: sweet22:47
keithActionParsnip, cwillu: that command isn't making a permanent change though, right?22:47
cwillunope22:47
ActionParsnipkeith: if your sesion is remembered it may, you can easily add an entry to startup items to make it run22:48
keithActionParsnip, cwillu: would changing it in /desktop/gnome/session/required_components work?22:49
ActionParsnip!startup22:49
ubottuTo add programs to start up when you log into your Gnome session go to System>Preferences>Sessions and use the Startup Programs tab. For more information, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AddingProgramToSessionStartup - See !boot for starting non-interactive programs at boot22:49
BUGabundohey fellow cwillu22:49
BUGabundomiss you dude22:49
BUGabundopvt me22:49
cwillupoke poke :)22:49
cwilluI'm utterly exhausted, to the point that I can't sleep :)22:49
keithActionParsnip, lol. I could do that too I suppose.22:50
keithActionParsnip, ActionParsnip, cwillu: I'm not actually running the latest updates. I suppose I should update before I file a bug.22:50
cwillukeith, generally, although you want to be sure you can reproduce it _now_ before you apply updates22:50
cwillui.e., you can't say "it's gone now" if you haven't established that you can _tell_ if its gone22:50
keithcwillu, good point.22:51
cwillueveryone together:  reproducibility!  reproducibility!  reproducibility!22:51
keithSay that 5 times fast22:52
keithsad... my core dumped me22:53
keithwhen I hit ctrl+c on compiz --replace, I got a crash. Is that acceptable behavior?22:53
BUGabundoI need a friendly tester to test the Network Proxy thingy22:53
BUGabundoI set mine, rebooted, unset22:54
BUGabundobut it still was stuck on Cli variable22:54
ActionParsnipBUGabundo: i'll pitch in22:54
ActionParsnipBUGabundo: sup22:54
cwilluI only have one machine in front of me right now, I'm not good for testing22:55
BUGabundocwillu: eheh22:55
BUGabundoActionParsnip: open the proxy settings22:55
BUGabundoset a valid proxy22:55
BUGabundoapply system wide22:55
BUGabundotest a cli to see if it is there (ie, $ export)22:56
BUGabundothen remove it again and test again22:56
cwillunoting that any existing terminals will still have the old export, which is mostly unavoidable22:57
keithActionParsnip, cwillu: So... behavior is not going to be reproducible. After running running compiz --replace and changing settings in appearance, I hit ctrl c and enabled in appearance and now it works as e22:57
keithexpected22:57
ActionParsnipBUGabundo: let me find a proxy address, or if you can shoot me one22:57
BUGabundono22:58
BUGabundoI only have portuguese ones22:58
BUGabundo:(22:58
BUGabundowon't help you much22:58
keithActionParsnip, You can always install squid. lol22:58
ActionParsnipBUGabundo: i found one22:59
ActionParsnipsec22:59
BUGabundogreat22:59
ActionParsnipBUGabundo: like this: http://pastebin.com/d7483ba8a23:00
cwilluBUGabundo, did you note my comment about existing terminals?  that isn't the problem you're seeing is it?23:02
BUGabundocwillu: I didnt see it,fellow23:03
BUGabundoActionParsnip: no. don't set it manually23:04
BUGabundoI'm trying to see if there's a bug on gnome proxy settings23:04
ActionParsnipBUGabundo: thats the only way i know how23:04
BUGabundonot reseting cli23:04
cwilluBUGabundo, sorry, I still haven't gotten an answer from you ;p23:04
BUGabundoSystem->pref->network proxy23:04
cwilluBUGabundo, Do you specifically mean new cli's opened after changing the setting?23:04
BUGabundocwillu: I'm sorry, I don't know what you are tlakign about23:05
BUGabundocwillu: yes, that!23:05
cwilluBUGabundo, okay, then I have nothing to add :p23:05
cwilluBUGabundo, I just wanted to make sure you knew that already-opened-cli's wouldn't show the change, and that's an expected deficiency that is fundamentally hard to address23:06
cwillubut you're not talking about that, so yes :)23:06
BUGabundoI know23:06
ActionParsnipBUGabundo: ok echo $http_proxy doesnt output anything once i apply it system wide in the dialogue you named23:06
BUGabundobut I opened new ones too23:06
BUGabundoActionParsnip: :(23:06
cwilluBUGabundo, hmm23:06
cwilluBUGabundo, does it magically work if you do sudo -k -u bugabundo?23:06
ActionParsnipBUGabundo: sounds like a bug23:06
cwillucrap23:07
cwillunot -k23:07
cwillusudo -i bugabundu23:07
cwilludoes that make it work?23:07
BUGabundoActionParsnip: I know. that's why I needed a tester23:07
cwillunew terminals might be inheriting the environment of existing terminals rather than getting a fresh new environment23:07
ActionParsnipBUGabundo: never used that I always use terminal, well...tilda23:08
BUGabundocwillu: let me chefck23:08
BUGabundoI've manually removed it from cli envirement23:08
BUGabundodeclare -x http_proxy="http://proxy.sonae.pt:8080/"23:08
BUGabundocwillu: its set on root :(23:08
BUGabundodeclare -x ftp_proxy="ftp://proxy.sonae.pt:8080/"23:08
BUGabundodeclare -x http_proxy="http://proxy.sonae.pt:8080/"23:08
BUGabundodeclare -x https_proxy="https://proxy.sonae.pt:8080/"23:08
BUGabundoand all of them on my account23:09
BUGabundovery very strange23:09
ActionParsnipor you can use:  export hhtp_proxy=23:09
ActionParsnipetc23:09
binarymutantis it kosher to use an older kernel on karmic? or is there something in karmic that ties into 2.6.31?23:11
BUGabundoyeah that's what I did on another cli ActionParsnip23:11
guntbertBUGabundo: why do you use declare -x instead of export?23:13
ActionParsnipbinarymutant: i'd shoot for yes it needs it, no harm in trying i guess23:13
binarymutantActionParsnip, I'll give it a shot, ty :D23:14
cwillubinarymutant, should work, although kms will be broken in some ways23:14
binarymutantcwillu, what's kms?23:14
ActionParsnip!kms23:14
ubottuSorry, I don't know anything about kms23:14
binarymutant:D23:14
cwillubinarymutant, although if its a fresh install with new and wonderful filesystems used, you may need to find a kernel with that backported23:14
binarymutantit was a dist-upgrade23:15
cwillukernel mode switching.  makes suspend and vterm switching very fast and unflickery23:15
binarymutantah ty23:15
BUGabundoback23:18
cwillunot sure if its enabled with -ati yet, -nv has it though I believe, and -intel is the best case.  Doesn't work with -nvidia or -fglrx at all23:18
Polterge|stok I finally made the decision today to upgrade to Karmic Koala23:22
Polterge|stI know it may break my system but is still going to be better than what I had23:22
Polterge|stconsidering that my system was already broken23:22
Polterge|stI tried to install the 190 nvidia driver... didn't go too well23:22
Polterge|stinstalled but packages were broken and held23:22
Polterge|stan upgrade will at least resolve some of that and make it so that I can download the updates as they are released though23:23
Polterge|stand eventually my system will end up stable again hopefully23:23
Polterge|stseems like the best option and only choice in my circumstance23:23
Polterge|stcan anyone tell me any improvements in 9.10 ?23:23
ActionParsnipPolterge|st: http://webupd8.blogspot.com/2009/08/ubuntu-910-karmic-koala-alpha-4.html23:24
billybigriggerhttp://www.ubuntu.com/testing/karmic/alpha423:24
buckyPolterge|st, what kind of video card do you have?23:25
alteregoafehler beim anlegen des verseichnisses /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apturl/gtk no such file or directory23:38
alteregoathis happened after update23:39
alteregoasub process dpkg blah returned an error code 123:40
keithHow can I give an autostart application a delay when I sign in?23:43
Polterge|stbucky I have an nvidia 8400 GS23:43
buckyalteregoa, i guess you missed out on that discussion a while ago ^^23:43
bucky<ActionParsnip> sudo apt-get --purge remove apturl-common apturl; sudo apt-get --purge autoremove; sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install apt-url23:43
alteregoathanks23:43
buckyPolterge|st, that's an old card, i backed down to the legacy driver and mine was happier23:45
buckynvidia-glx-17323:45
bucky!paste23:46
ubottupastebin is a service to post multiple-lined texts so you don't flood the channel. Ubuntu pastebin is at  http://paste.ubuntu.com | To post !screenshots use http://tinyurl.com/imagebin | !pastebinit to paste directly from  command line | Make sure you give us the URL for your paste - see also the channel topic23:46
alteregoacouldn'^t find packet apt-url23:47
buckyPolterge|st, i lost nvidia-xconfig so i just threw this into /etc/X11/xorg.conf http://paste.ubuntu.com/263445/23:47
alteregoamaybe the repo is not synched?23:47
buckyalteregoa, that's because it's called apturl23:47
Polterge|stwell, I actually added the repositories to install the 190 series driver23:48
Polterge|stand little did I know it needed the newer kernel I guess23:48
Polterge|st185 was working but I wanted to get it as up to date as possible for the possibility of bugfixes23:48
alteregoafantspastic it works23:49
buckyyep and all these legacy nvidia cards don't seem to work with the newer drivers very well anyway23:49
Polterge|stsince compiz was crashing and I thought it might be possible that it was a bug between X and compiz23:49
Polterge|stI updated it and it said it installed correctly and then it would not give me a display23:49
Polterge|stthen I booted into recovery mode and used xfix23:49
Polterge|stand I booted in normally without accelerated graphics23:50
Polterge|stat that point I tried to re-download the drivers and fix the problem but was getting an error message stating that packages were broken and being held23:50
Polterge|stand I tried to get more updates but to no avail23:50
komputesHow do i set the timeout value in GRUB2?23:50
Polterge|stand then it asked me to do a partial upgrade23:50
buckynvidia-glx-180 and nvidia-glx-185 gave me a lot of artifacts on my 6800 GS23:50
Polterge|stI did that and then it did not have anymore updates for me and it was all broken pretty much23:51
Polterge|stthat is when I was like "oh well... when in doubt" and issed the "update-manager -d" in the run box and decided to dive in23:51
buckykomputes, might be in /boot/grub/grub.cfg now *shrug*23:52
Polterge|stif nothing else, this should fix the packages that are broken and should install newer more up to date software23:52
komputesbucky: I know it is23:52
komputesbucky: what is the syntax23:52
Polterge|steven if it is somewhat buggy it will work better than it was working I think23:52
alteregoaload "$",8,1 or something23:52
DanaG# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE23:52
buckyhaha.. i don't know i still have grub123:52
DanaG# It is automatically generated by /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig using templates23:52
DanaG# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub23:52
Polterge|stare you wanting to install grub2 ?23:53
buckynot me23:53
Polterge|stah ok23:53
DanaGIt rather appalls me how often people completely ignore, or miss, those lines in grub.cfg23:53
Polterge|stwell just so anyone knows ... "sudo apt-get install grub2"23:53
Polterge|stand use the chainloader option23:53
alteregoais grub related to the gorges?23:53
Polterge|stjust to make sure it will work23:53
Polterge|stand if it works ... "sudo upgrade-from-grub-legacy"23:54
Polterge|stand that should remove the old grub and leave grub223:54
buckyDanaG, then you answer his question <komputes> How do i set the timeout value in GRUB2?23:55
DanaGEdit /etc/default/grub23:55
buckykomputes, listen to DanaG23:55
komputes /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig got it23:55
DanaGCome to think of it, the "is generated using templates" is a red herring.23:56
BUGabundoanyone here with Firefox 3.6 or 3.7 ?23:56
BUGabundoand uses Greader?23:56
BUGabundoits not loading for me23:56
DanaGA better header would be for it to say "edit /etc/default/grub instead!"23:56
BUGabundoeven with safemode23:56
Polterge|stalso something else worth mentioning ... I think installing dev plugins from GIT made my old compiz unstable so installing the new Ubuntu upgrade may fix this if it removes that and installs a standard compiz with it23:58
Polterge|stthe only problem is that if it does not then I may have to purge compiz23:58
Polterge|stand reinstall the latest stable branch and all of the plugins from repositories23:58
Polterge|stalthough I do like the stackswitcher, freewins plugin and the tab switcher plugin23:59

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