=== squidy is now known as grnEggs [01:57] hi all [02:08] Happy Holidays All! I recently installed Brasero on my Kubuntu machine and now I can't open any folders. I uninstalled Brasero, because the only reply I got to my thread, was to tell me I am supposed to use the Kubuntu program. Anyway, does anyone know what I have to do to get my folder opening capaabilities back? Thanx [02:09] what do you mean by saying "you can not open any folders"? [02:11] If I try to open a file, brasero tries to open it instead of Dolphin, after uninstalling brasero, I get a window saying brasero can't be found [02:13] http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=8555522#post8555522 is my UF thread where there is a screenshot of the brasero window that was popping up. [02:19] Am I going to hve to reinstall Kubuntu to fix the settings? === Guest80935 is now known as shaamanime [03:01] anyone know how to extract .z01, .z02 etc? [03:07] What's the file type? [03:10] hi can anyone help me debug the issue im having with my hauppauge 1250 card? [03:10] its being autodetected correctly but spews out tveeprom 0-0050: Encountered bad packet header [ff]. Corrupt or not a Hauppauge eeprom. message [03:12] hello [03:12] I'm having problems with knetworkmanager [03:13] sometimes on startup it shows me the available wifi connection but it doesn't try to connect when i click on it [03:13] only thing that fixes it is a restart of knetworkmanager [03:22] THat's hauppage audio ? [03:22] Wolfcastle: is there anything interesting about the network ? [03:23] daskreech: not really, protected with wpa2 [03:24] * daskreech slowly backs off :) [03:26] no its a tv card [03:29] archnub: ah right. I'd say hit up #mythtv they would have great knowledge of TV cards [03:29] i agree and i have googled every website about it for the last 2 days no luck [03:30] even recompiled the latest and greatest v4l-dvb drivers 4 times now, tried messing with insmod options, etc [03:31] noob question - "user is not in sudoers file" how can I add a user to have sudo rights from within kuser management tool? [03:36] Roasted: How much power would you like them to have? [03:37] daskreech - I just needed them to have sudo power. But I figured it out. In kuser you have to addt hem to the "admin" group. [03:37] I got confused becuase you see, I created a user named "administrator", so I had an administrator group there. So I added my new user to administrator thinking that was it, not realizing administrator was a "user group" [03:37] Roasted: I was going to say if you wanted them to have the same power as the first user just add them to the admin group [03:37] once I added him to "admin" I was good to go [03:38] Roasted: Ah right [03:38] gosh I hate last minute set ups. trying to get these done so I can put these darn computers under the tree! :P [03:39] Roasted: if you give up then say the gift is 10 months of cost free support :) [03:39] lol - thats the only downside with immediate family. The support is kind of pre-built in :P [03:40] but hey, two new dual booting rigs for my HS/freshmanincollege brothers, theyll be happy [03:40] if not I'll just do the brotherly thing - resort to violence [03:41] hey if I add a new user as "admin" within kuser, would I be okay then to delete the first user I created on the system? [03:42] Roasted: http://tinyurl.com/ydgtmj6 [03:43] Roasted: Why would you want to delete them? [03:43] I gotta start doing that. Heck, just tonight I ended up troubleshooting a family members laptop with a virus at a family gathering :P [03:43] daskreech - well by force of habit when I set up new systems, I add the user "administrator" just becuase its the common practice at work. [03:44] daskreech - these systems are going to my brothers, curt and tyler, so I created a user account on each one to correspond with that username. But administrator is still there, and kind of useless now. [03:44] I just wanted to see if I could nuke that account, leaving curt the only acct on his pc and tyler the only acct on his pc. [03:44] but I didnt want to upset anything, permissions wise, if I do that. I wasnt sure if the first user MUST exist for all eternity on *nix boxes or what. [03:46] Roasted: give administrator a bastard of a password and use the same password on all the computers. If they royally screw everything up you will have a backup user. Write down the details and keep it somewhere safe of course === vbits is now known as Vbitz [03:47] yeah, I can do that. BUT - COULD I delete adminstrator if I really wanted? [03:47] yeah [03:47] You'd regret it later :) [03:47] how so [03:49] cause at somepoint someone will change the password then sometime later they will screw everthng up then they will call you [03:50] gotta love recovery console, man :P [03:50] I had someone get annoyed that they had to keep typing sudo so they chowned / to themselves [03:50] sudo useradd, reboot, log in as newly created user, even if the only user prior on the system was completely FUBAR'd [03:50] lol [03:50] thats awesome [03:51] Yeah one of the things I need o putin my Linux class [03:54] to put in [03:54] yeah [03:54] I hear that one [03:56] why do that when you can use sudo -i to give you a root session [03:56] What do you have left to do? [03:56] daskreech - what do you mean? on these systems Im doing? [03:56] kubian: You'd be amazed at what the mind comes up with once they grasp the flexibilty of Linux without any background or history [03:56] Roasted: Yes [03:57] just gotta pull the data off my linux server [03:57] daskreech - you see, my brothers run XP, so all of their stuff is there. I use 3rd party windows software to sync their documents to my samba server every night at 3 am. [03:57] daskreech - so that way when their rig crashes, which has happened 3 times for poor curt (and oddly 0 times for tyler) I have a backup of their stuff. [03:58] daskreech - Im just pulling last nights backup off (30 gig per) so their systems are AS ready to go as possible when they open them up tomorrow. [03:58] cool [04:17] merry chrismas [04:18] hello I just updraded to karmic koala and its able to set the display resolution [04:18] when i restarted it said ur booting low graphic mode and then was not able set my screen resolution [04:19] it was working perfectly in kubuntu draper [04:21] My system is Hp proliant ML110 [04:22] and Display is Sansung SyncMaster 940 BW -> 19 inch with 1400 X900 display [04:22] is any body there ? [04:23] helloooooooooooooo [04:23] calling houston [04:31] wtf === gp is now known as gp__ [04:31] hello [04:39] why is kubuntu so retarded with screen resolution [04:41] gp__: hi [04:41] gp__: What video card do you have? [04:41] hi [04:41] daskreech: intel [04:42] Roasted: I find that if KDM doesn't register properly then screen resolution gets kinda borked [04:42] gp__: Can You be more specific ? [04:42] how to findout [04:42] sudo lshw -C Video [04:43] daskreech - well I was just messing around with the resolution on this system. I forced it to 1024x768 just because. I rebooted. It comes up as 1680x1050. Okay fine. But when I hit "display" in system settings its like, OHW AIT, NOW I REMEMBER and instantly reverts back to 1024x768. It's like, come on, it's a fricken resolution. Stay with what I say. [04:44] lspci -v | grep vga [04:44] *-display UNCLAIMED [04:44] description: VGA compatible controller [04:44] product: MGA G200e [Pilot] ServerEngines (SEP1) [04:44] vendor: Matrox Graphics, Inc. [04:44] gp__: Please don't flood, use http://paste.ubuntu.com to paste, don't use Enter as punctuation. [04:44] physical id: 0 [04:46] JontheEchidna: ping [04:46] daskreech: pong [04:47] daskreech: its Matrox Graphics ...but it was working in previous version before upgrade [04:47] JontheEchidna: Any explanation as to why I can't see kipiplugins from the beta ppa ? [04:47] can't see it? [04:48] apt-cache policy kipi-plugins [04:48] Candidate: 0.7.0-1ubuntu2 [04:48] daskreech: what to do now [04:48] 500 http://jm.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages [04:48] 500 http://jm.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages[A[A [04:49] gp__: It's unclaimed. Hmm [04:49] JontheEchidna: ^^^ [04:49] * JontheEchidna shrugs [04:52] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportMachinesServersHp [04:52] its listed here [04:56] gp__: Ok cool [04:57] gp__: umm last updated two years ago [04:57] yeah :-( [04:57] there is a possibilty that the drivers for that have been dropped [04:57] Let me see if I can find out. What kernel do you have? [04:57] uname -r [04:58] 2.6.31-16-generic [05:02] gp__: Seems to have a driver [05:02] do i have to enable it or something ? [05:03] gp__: can you see if lsmod | grep mga shows anything ? [05:05] nopes :-( [05:08] try sudo modprobe mga [05:41] daskreech: sudo modprobe mga returns nothing [05:41] daskreech: sorry abt late reply [05:43] gp__: ok rerun the lsmod grep [05:47] daskreech: you mean lsmod | grep vga [05:47] ? [05:49] mga 60156 0 [05:50] lsmod | grep mga mga 60156 0 drm 159584 1 mga [05:52] daskreech: what I have do do next ...restart x server ? [05:52] gp__: yes [05:53] gp__: No I think you can just change your res now though you may want to check if X is using the mga driver [05:53] crl + alt + backspace not working === [newbie] is now known as GiNeeRinG [06:07] gp__: don't zap [06:13] i have question (kubuntu - kde), how to set kmplayer (or how to set in kde) one instance opening kmaplyer's.. i don't want have 10 runned players but only one. like winamp :) === root is now known as Guest945 === GiNeeRinG is now known as RussellAlan [06:17] daskreech: restarted x still same issue :-( [06:18] my screen resolution should be 1400 X 900 but its at 1360 X 768 === gp is now known as gp__ [06:20] http://paste.ubuntu.com/346290/ ->> my X.conf file [06:27] gp__: oK [06:27] daskreech: here the complete information ->>> http://paste.ubuntu.com/346292/ [06:32] problems here - while trying to open / mount ntfs drive.. "the enclosing drive for your volumeis locked" [06:33] what now? === gp__ is now known as IrcSystemError [06:34] IrcSystemError: try and put in the driver in the xorg.conf [06:34] TL: The enclosing drive? [06:34] daskreech: how ? [06:35] never mind it magically disappeared :) [06:36] probably synaptic update [06:36] ok [06:40] IrcSystemError: in the Device Section add in Driver mga [06:41] daskreech: where to put driver name X.conf ? [06:41] oks thanks [06:45] daskreech: I have update X.conf as u told ->> pl check it here ->> http://paste.ubuntu.com/346302/ [06:47] restarting x [06:51] i have question (kubuntu - kde), how to set kmplayer (or how to set in kde) one instance opening kmaplyer's.. i don't want have 10 runned players but only one. like winamp :) [06:53] daskreech: restarted x after adding driver in x.conf ...no effect [06:53] daskreech: pl help me [06:54] i cant change the resolution [06:54] slawcio: I think it's how you call it try %t instad of %u for the file type [06:55] ok, how to set file type? [06:55] gp: try sudo xrandr 0 [06:55] slawcio: In system settings or Konqueror settings file type [06:56] i use dolphin :) [06:56] slawcio: system settings then [06:59] daskreech: did you mean xrandr -q ? [07:00] http://pastebin.com/m4c3c5f1e [07:01] gp: xrandr -s 0 [07:02] gives blank response [07:03] gp: seems to think that 1360 x 768 is the highest you can go [07:04] cant i force it to 1400 X 900 res [07:04] my eyes are paining at this res [07:04] gp: ha yes you can [07:05] daskreech: [07:05] Put the modelines in the xorg.conf [07:05] defaut is: kmplayer -caption "%c" %i %U [07:05] what I must add? [07:05] slawcio: urk! I'm not that great at the file type code passing [07:05] I think you change %U to something else [07:06] slawcio: #kde might know better >_> [07:07] you started helping me and you must finish it! === hyper__ch is now known as hyper_ch [07:10] daskreech: where to modline in monitor or screen section [07:12] slawcio: :-) [07:18] gp: monitor === sinclair86_ is now known as sinclair86 [07:32] привет всем === Mamarok changed the topic of #kubuntu to: Official Kubuntu support | Kubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala released! | Download Kubuntu 9.10: http://www.kubuntu.org/getkubuntu | KDE SC 4.3.4 for Karmic in the Kubuntu PPA: http://www.kubuntu.org/news/kde-4.3.4 | KDE SC 4.4 Beta2 in the Kubuntu Beta PPA: http://www.kubuntu.org/news/kde-sc-4.4-beta-2 | FAQ: https://wiki.kubuntu.org/FAQ | Pastes: http://paste.ubuntu.com | Chat in #kubuntu-offtopic | Guidelines: https://wiki.kubuntu.org/IrcGuidelines [07:33] !ru | vlad [07:33] vlad: Пожалуйста посетите #ubuntu-ru для получения помощи на русском языке / Pozhalujsta posetite #ubuntu-ru dlya polucheniya pomoshi na russkom yazyke [07:33] sssory [07:51] daskreech: i using script "pkill -9 mplayer; kmplayer[...]" ;p [07:51] now work [08:00] slawcio: Umm ok === ubuntu is now known as jeb [08:03] Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! [08:16] so m wishes from switzerland..... merry christmas.. and all the best for 2010 [08:16] can someone, if you will :), look at this? http://paste.ubuntu.com/346338/ [08:17] have medibuntu and vdpau apt sources installed.. [08:17] Happy Christmas! === dani is now known as Guest74797 === dani is now known as protocow [09:27] Computer had to be euthanised because of malignant kernel threads, now a bunch of icon graphics are missing, and god-knows-what-else. Is there a way to have dpkg repair this? [09:28] I have been having problems with Kubuntu Karmic while surfing the web. Sometimes the website that loads - or at least tries to load - isn't the website that I'm trying to go to. [09:29] As one recent example, I tried to go to http://www.google.com, and wound up on the Bing search homepage. === lulz is now known as Guest54377 [09:30] This has happened with both wireless and wired connections, both using DHCP [09:34] Can anyone provide any suggestions on how to fix this problem, and keep it from happening in the future? [09:39] Kelvari: wasn't there some typo in the address? [09:40] No, the address had been entered correctly. [09:41] Even doing a ping to the URL returned a response from the incorrect site and IP address. [09:42] Sometimes going to http://www.google.com would put me through to the Bing website, sometimes it would put me through to Mozilla's website. [09:49] hello, is there a way for okular to search arabic words in a pdf document? i've tried and it finds nothing [09:51] I'd suspect that that would depend on how the PDF was set up in the first place. If it's set as an image, I doubt you'd be able to find any phrases that you'd search for. If it's set up more like a text file, then you'd have better luck. [09:51] !nvidia [09:51] For Ati/NVidia/Matrox video cards, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto [09:51] how to schedule events in kubuntu [09:51] how to schedule tasks in kubuntu [09:55] now install air blue theme final last desktop 9.10 [09:55] help me [09:56] Does anyone know how to fix DNS problems in Kubuntu Karmic? [09:57] you running a dns server or /etc/resolv.conf stuff? [09:57] This is after initial install with kubuntu-restricted-extras package installed. DNS is supposed to be handled by my router. [09:58] you know your the second person today that had issues aftert hat [09:58] cat /etc/resolv.conf [09:58] whats in there? [09:58] and [09:58] cat /etc/network/interfaces [09:58] give me 1 second and I'll tell you. [10:00] resolv.conf = # Generated by NetworkManager [10:00] thats it? no nameserver? [10:00] interfaces = auto lo (line 1) iface lo inet loopback (line 2) [10:00] no nameserver [10:00] if i want run ktorrent at 2:00 am automatically , how could i do it in kubuntu? [10:01] now install air blue theme final last desktop 9.10 [10:01] ? [10:02] kelvari echo nameserver 192.168.1.1 >> /etc/resolv.conf assuming your network is 192.168.1.1/24 [10:02] as for the interfaces file was that all that was in there? [10:03] whas the output of iwconfig [10:03] Went in to add that line, and there's actually more to the resolv.conf than what it was showing me [10:03] domain and search and nameserver? [10:04] # Generated by NetworkManager (Line1) domain domain_not_set.invalid (line 2) search domain_not_set.invalid (Line 3) nameserver 192.168.1.1 (Line 4) nameserver 206.124.65.253 (Line 5) [10:04] kk tahts fine [10:04] is the interface actually up? [10:05] output of ifconfig? [10:05] wlan0 has inet addr:192.168.1.64 [10:06] The interface is up, and I can get online [10:06] then whats the issue? [10:06] I will try to go to a website, such as Google.com, and end up getting redirected to another website, such as bing.com or mozilla.com [10:07] someone hacked ur router? [10:07] not as far as I am able to tell. [10:08] wireless is WPA encrypted [10:08] and remote administrtation is disabled. [10:08] what version of ubuntu you on? [10:08] Kubuntu 9.10 x86 [10:08] Kelvari: does it happen on other computers? [10:08] lol stupid me go figure ur in this chat [10:08] Only on computers that are running a Karmic release [10:09] how many do you have? [10:09] I have 2 that are running Karmic - my laptop (Kubuntu), and my mother's computer (Ubuntu). [10:09] and are you kde 4.3? [10:09] Correct. All updates have been installed. [10:09] does it happen in multiple browsers? [10:09] Yes. It happens in both Konqueror and Firefox. [10:10] Kelvari: and during a simple ping too, you said [10:10] Yes [10:10] In the past, it has acutally interfered with my ability to get updates, as well. [10:11] so you type in "google.com" and get redirected to a new site? or does it show "google.com" but display another web page? [10:11] *show in the address bar [10:11] The URL will show http://www.google.com but I will be looking at either the Bing homepage or the Mozilla homepage, or some other site. [10:11] Kelvari: are you connected using wifi or ethernet? [10:11] This has happened both with wi-fi and ethernet connections. [10:11] then it's something to do with your DNS server(s) [10:12] or the DNS servers your router is using [10:12] I have a machine running Windows 7 that does not have these problems, despite being connected to the same router. [10:12] yea and 206.124.65.253 is verizon dns.... you have fios? [10:12] I wish... I'm actually still sub-megabit [10:13] but your provider is verizon correct? [10:13] Yes. [10:13] Kelvari: have you tried cleaning your interfaces file and connecting without network manager? [10:13] I have done a full format and reinstall of the OS, and have even had this problem from a LiveCD [10:13] he doesnt have anything in those files [10:14] Kelvari: but have you tried connecting without networkmanager? [10:14] first 2 i asked to see was resolv and /network/interfaces [10:14] if you type in "host www.google.com 192.168.1.1" into a shell, is it different from "host www.google.com 206.124.65.253"? [10:14] I haven't tried that, tsimpson. [10:15] if so, it's your router acting strangely, and windows may be favouring the public DNS rather than the private [10:15] tsimpson: There is a discrepency between the IP adddresses [10:16] using 192.168.1.1, I get 209.85.225.x [10:16] using 206.124.65.253 I get 64.233.169.x [10:16] block ur 192.168.1.1 [10:16] in resolv [10:17] 209 != google [10:17] both are apparently google blocks [10:17] 209.85.128.0 - 209.85.255.255 is owed by Google Inc [10:17] *owned [10:17] >_< [10:17] as is 64.233.160.0 - 64.233.191.255 [10:19] I'm willing to listen to any other suggestions. [10:21] how to do port forwarding in kubuntu [10:21] Okay... I'm having the issue right now on my laptop. www.whois.net brought me to the Google.com homepage. [10:22] lordganesh: you port forward with your router [10:22] 192.168.1.1 reports IP 74.125.95.100; 206.14.65.253 reports 199.238.166.245 [10:23] the latter seems correct [10:23] tsimpson: i m asking how to do that [10:24] lordganesh: you use your routers admin interface [10:28] tsimpson: It looks like Sinclaire was right - my router is giving me bad DNS information. [10:29] wewt wewt [10:29] 74.125.95.100 is Google's, and 199.238.166.245 is Whois.net's [10:30] I guess Win7 was just relying on the external information, and Kubuntu the internal infrmation. I'll see what I can do to fix that, and hopefully have a good day of error-free browsing. [10:30] Kelvari: you should be able to override the DNS servers by adding the line "supersede domain-name-server 206.124.65.253" to /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf [10:32] I'm thinking of setting the Router to refer to either OpenDNS or Google DNS [10:32] Kelvari: you try that first, if all else fails then try editing /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf [10:32] Will do. Thank you for your time and help. === dbach is now known as asiano [10:33] tsimpson editting resolv.conf could do it as well too? [10:34] sinclair86: resolv.conf is regenerated every time you connect to the network [10:34] ... damn guess ive been doing it wrong this whole time lol [10:52] !root [10:52] Do not try to guess the root password, that is impossible. Instead, realise the truth... there is no root password. Then you will see that it is 'sudo' that grants you access and not the root password. Look at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo [10:52] lol [10:52] !rootlogin [10:53] !loginroot [10:53] !login [10:53] use @login [10:53] what are you looking for? [10:53] !help [10:53] Please don't ask to ask a question, simply ask the question (all on ONE line and in the channel, so that others can read and follow it easily). If anyone knows the answer they will most likely reply. :-) [10:54] monkill: what are you looking for? [10:54] monkill: any problems? [10:54] now sesson login root ? [10:55] monkill: "sudo -i" [10:55] monkill: eh? there is no root password,use sudo before a command [10:55] "sudo -i" will start a shell as the root user [10:55] (sudo -s too :) ) [10:56] -s just runs the shell, -i runs the login shell [10:56] hilfe [10:56] monkill, lol, hence ubottu's first reply to you was accurate [10:57] wer kann mir helfen [10:57] !de | besitzer [10:57] besitzer: In den meisten ubuntu-Kanälen wird nur Englisch gesprochen. Für deutschsprachige Hilfe besuchen Sie bitte #ubuntu-de, #kubuntu-de, #edubuntu-de oder #ubuntu-at. Geben Sie einfach /join #ubuntu-de ein! Danke für Ihr Verständnis. [10:58] is doch kacke [10:59] Air final update (plasma theme) [10:59] [10:59] Plasma Theme now install kubuntu karmic ? [11:01] monkill: the default plasma theme is Air.. [11:02] black a now run blue air ? [11:03] monkill: youre not a native english speaker? [11:03] sorry :( [11:03] monkill: oh no problem we have loco channels as well [11:04] monkill: which language do you speak? [11:04] :) === Andrea is now known as Guest75039 [11:21] is it possible that on part of harddrive is damaged and other parts not? [11:22] wesley: yeah [11:23] wesley: one of my HD's 'tore' apart at one place and the rest of the platters were fine [11:23] because I have 500 gb of 931 in use, because on other 500 there is a part damaged [11:23] wesley: you can try and fsck it and see if something comes up,i would suggest you get it replaced [11:24] I have it replaced, but when I did it still wasnt broken [11:24] so I wanted use it as external [11:24] Now I have 500 gb at back in use, leaving 300 gb away [11:25] wesley: so youre point is? [11:26] that I can still use it, but I would like to know exact where the damage is [11:26] wesley: ah.. thats more problematic... there was a app,i cant remember the name.. [11:27] can I see where it goes wrong? or just go create filesystems each 20gb and then see where I fail? [11:28] wesley: im trying to find something :) [11:29] shadeslayer: fdisk [11:30] Mamarok: nope its testdisk [11:30] wesley: try testdisk [11:30] wesley: testdisk - Partition scanner and disk recovery tool [11:30] shadeslayer: well, he needs to repair these anyway [11:30] wesley: also running SMART on it is a good idea, just to be sure it is not dying [11:31] Mamarok: he wants to know the exact areas of damage [11:31] yes so I can use what is not damaged, its 1tb hd [11:31] that doesn't really matter, you need to mark those sectors as damaged anway to avoid stuff is written to it [11:31] I will not partition it [11:31] so it's pretty irrelevant where the damage is [11:31] wesley: anyways itll eventually spread to other parts,so the whole disk will eventually die.. [11:32] really? if I just use one part? [11:32] shadeslayer: that's why I say running smart to make sure the integrity is not ruined [11:32] yeah thats a good option [11:32] wesley: is the disk integrity is rotten, then it will spread and kill the disk ultimately [11:33] which can happen quite fast, so running smart, then fix with fdisk if the disk is healthy is the best you can do [11:33] wesley: also suppose the platter heads start colliding nasty stuff could happen [11:33] if smart tells you the disk has problems, get yourself a new one fast [11:33] i.e if the disk platters are physically damaged [11:34] I lready have a new one, I upgraded to ecodrive of 1,5 tb [11:34] wesley: well, then check tat faulty disk with smart [11:34] !smartz [11:34] !smart [11:35] !info smart-notifier [11:35] smart-notifier (source: smart-notifier): graphical hard disk health status notifier. In component universe, is optional. Version 0.28-1.1ubuntu2 (karmic), package size 11 kB, installed size 184 kB [11:35] !info moo [11:35] Package moo does not exist in karmic [11:36] Cuddletauren: behave [11:36] wesley: the package name is actually smartmontools [11:36] I found it alreadu [11:36] shadeslayer: smart-notifier should not be used, since it runs a daemon [11:37] shadeslayer: which can, onver time, dammage the disk [11:37] over* time [11:37] Mamarok: oh i didnt know that... thats the only app i could find in the repos [11:38] shadeslayer, wesley: it is smartmontools, then run smartctl on the disk you want to test (unmounted, of course) [11:38] it is unparted [11:39] unpartitioned you mean? [11:39] wesley: the disk should probably be like : /dev/sda [11:39] yes [11:39] wesley: well, it should at least have a partition to test [11:39] can make it ntfs [11:39] else there is no format on it [11:39] wesley: why? use ext3 or ext4 [11:40] unless you really *have* to use it with Windows, there is no reason to use ntfs [11:40] ext4 is where it failed to make a ext4 [11:40] then use ext3 [11:41]