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newboon2ageTheSkeward: stop the networkmanager daemon process.00:00
TheSkewardso00:00
newboon2ageTheSkeward: I wish they didn't use the terminology 'kill'00:00
TheSkewardit's the equivalent of 'end process tree' in windows?00:00
newboon2ageTheSkeward: yes.00:00
TheSkewardit says no process found00:01
newboon2ageTheSkeward: also for your expanded info about Linux you can run the System Monitor, which is like the thingy you have in Windoze.00:01
zkriesseholstein: i'm back00:02
newboon2ageTheSkeward: If i recall correctly its System->Administration->System Monitor00:02
TheSkewardnothing named networkmanager or anything close is running00:03
newboon2ageTheSkeward: and in there under processes you can usually (not always) manage to 'kill' processes.00:03
newboon2ageTheSkeward: and that was without you running 'sudo killall NetworkManager' ?00:03
TheSkewardcorrect.00:03
newboon2ageTheSkeward: is wicd running?00:04
TheSkewardno00:04
TheSkewardwhat is wicd?00:04
newboon2ageTheSkeward: it is an alternative to NetworkManager00:04
zkriesseholstein: ping00:04
newboon2ageTheSkeward: they both basically do the same thing.00:05
TheSkewardneither is open00:05
TheSkewardrunning*00:05
newboon2ageTheSkeward: but NetworkManager is the default program on Ubuntu.00:05
newboon2ageThe fact neither is running is probably why there is no wireless happening00:05
newboon2ageTheSkeward: i think you may be able to restart the NetworkManager by trying...00:06
newboon2ageTheSkeward: from a terminal 'sudo NetworkManager'  -- tell me what it says when you try that.00:07
TheSkewardcommand not found00:07
zkriessephillw: hey dude you there?00:07
TheSkewardoh, i take it back00:07
TheSkewardit's case-sensitive00:07
TheSkewardthis is odd00:07
KnitGalanyone have ideas about my question?00:07
TheSkewardit says networkmanager:8509):: warning, it's already running (pid 635)00:08
newboon2ageTheSkeward: yeah, that is an odd one.  one of the few commands i've come across that actually have mixed cases.  But just so you know, Linux commands are case sensitive.00:08
newboon2ageTheSkeward: do you have the little applet thingy for NetworkManager running on the top panel middle-right?00:09
TheSkewardyes00:10
newboon2ageTheSkeward: and when you right click on it what does it say?00:11
TheSkewardenable networking and enable notifications are both checked00:11
TheSkewardconnection information is greyed out00:11
TheSkewardand it also has edit connections and about00:12
newboon2ageTheSkeward: okay that's what I figured.  Does it help if you edit a connection for the wifi that you already know is there?00:12
TheSkewardhttp://www.auburn.edu/oit/connectivity/wireless/ht_auwifi_linux.php00:13
TheSkewardi have the settings shown here00:13
newboon2ageKnitGal: zkriesse can probably help you with your install question.00:14
KnitGalthanks00:14
zkriesseKnitGal: whats up00:14
newboon2ageTheSkeward: okay then its worth trying the killall command.  I believe what will happen is that it will be automatically restarted.00:15
KnitGali may have a partial solution . . . apparently i need to shrink the windows partition and give Ubuntu enough installation space  . . . i have someone else helping me so i'll come back later if i still have problems00:16
zkriesseKnitGal: ok cool00:16
TheSkewarddone00:16
newboon2ageTheSkeward: okay for information purposes, try starting NetworkManager again and see if it says its running already.00:17
TheSkewardyes00:17
TheSkewardsays it's already running00:17
newboon2ageTheSkeward: despite the warning it doesn't hurt anything to try to start it if its already running.00:17
TheSkewardpid 8540 this time00:18
newboon2ageTheSkeward: yes, so as you can guess, it restarted automatically.00:18
TheSkewardmhm00:18
newboon2ageTheSkeward: okay so now you might try fiddling with the applet thingy again.  I don't have an Ubuntu machine in front of me at the moment so i can't remember if there is a way to tell it to scan for wifi connections.00:19
TheSkewardif there is i don't see one00:19
newboon2ageTheSkeward: actually i think if its working right when you mouse over it it pops up with any connections it can scan.00:20
newboon2ageTheSkeward: hmmm...00:20
TheSkewardwhen i mouse over it says no network connections00:21
TheSkewardfor reference, i am connected wirelessly on my roommate's laptop00:21
TheSkewardso there are network connections, it just doesn't see them00:21
newboon2ageTheSkeward: gotcha.  well it seems that the next thing i can think of to try is that reinstalling of modemmanager that i mentioned earlier.00:22
newboon2agezkriesse: duanedesign: do you know if there a way to direct apt-get to a usb stick?00:23
zkriessenewboon2age: not that I know of why?00:24
newboon2agezkriesse: TheSkeward has a situation where they can't connect to a network but it would be handy to load a package from a USB stick.00:25
newboon2ageTheSkeward: do you have an Ubuntu install CD?00:25
TheSkewardnewboon2age: yes00:25
zkriessehmm00:25
newboon2ageTheSkeward: okay that could come in handy.00:25
newboon2ageTheSkeward: since the point where you installed ndiswrapper, have you rebooted the machine at all?00:26
TheSkewardnewboon2age: no00:27
newboon2ageTheSkeward: okay i can think of several things to try.  I guess the first is to reboot the machine and see if it 'just works'00:28
newboon2ageTheSkeward: (are you trying that?)00:29
TheSkewardyeah00:30
TheSkewardsorry00:30
newboon2ageTheSkeward: sorry meaning it didn't work, or ???00:30
TheSkewardsorry meaning sorry i didn't mention i was trying it00:31
TheSkewardit's in the process of restarting now00:31
newboon2ageTheSkeward: gotcha...00:31
TheSkewardno luck.00:32
TheSkewardstill no network connections00:32
newboon2ageokay second idea... TheSkeward00:32
newboon2ageTheSkeward: could you please put the Ubuntu Install Disk in the CD drive and open Synaptic00:33
TheSkewardkay.00:34
TheSkewardalright, it's open00:34
TheSkewardand the disc is in00:34
newboon2ageTheSkeward: okay you'll need to add the CD to your 'Software Sources'.  Unfortunately I don't have00:35
newboon2ageSynaptic in front of me to direct you how to do that.  zkriesse could you help me?00:35
TheSkewardalright, figured it out00:36
TheSkewardit's in settings/repositories00:36
newboon2ageTheSkeward: cool.  you check the square for 'CD blah blah Lucid' blah blah00:37
TheSkewardyes00:37
newboon2ageTheSkeward:  and then when you close that window it will say something about things having changed i think00:37
TheSkewardyeah00:37
TheSkewardtold me i needed to reload00:37
TheSkewardso i did00:37
newboon2ageTheSkeward: oh good.  Now it will give you some error messages because its not connected to the internet right now00:38
TheSkewardright00:38
newboon2ageand can't see most of the repositories, but it should add the CD properly.  Right here i should tell you00:39
newboon2ageTheSkeward: that in the future (as long as you have the CD checked for Software Sources) it will give you error messages for when the CD is not in the drive.  Just so you know.  Its not a big deal.00:40
TheSkewardgotcha00:40
newboon2ageTheSkeward: so now you can 'search' for modemmanager and let's see if its there...00:40
newboon2ageTheSkeward: this part of what i'm showing you is handy to know anytime you're stuck without a network connection.  If its a package that's on the install disk you can still get it this way.00:41
TheSkewardyeah00:41
TheSkewardit's there00:41
newboon2ageTheSkeward: okay for my info does it say00:42
newboon2ageTheSkeward: its already installed?00:42
TheSkewardyes00:42
newboon2ageTheSkeward: hmm... okay well let's try reinstalling it.00:42
newboon2ageTheSkeward: do you see how that's done?00:42
TheSkewardno, i fon'y00:44
newboon2ageTheSkeward: Its good to know how to use Synaptic because its a basic and clean way to get packages installed or removed from your system.  Sometimes using apt-get can get things discombobulated, whereas its harder to with Synaptic.00:44
TheSkewarddon't*00:44
newboon2ageTheSkeward: so check the box (maybe its a right click) and chose the 'reinstall' option.00:44
newboon2ageTheSkeward: i should say the little box next to modemmanager00:45
TheSkewardit doesn't allow reinstall00:45
TheSkewardit allows mark for removal and mark for complete removal00:45
newboon2ageTheSkeward: okay i think that means its not on the CD... hmmm...00:46
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TheSkewardokay00:47
TheSkewardi think i was wrong00:47
TheSkewardand it is a driver problem00:47
TheSkewardbecause I've just noticed the light on the adapter is not on00:48
newboon2ageTheSkeward: tell me more...00:48
TheSkewarddespite it being plugged in00:48
TheSkewardand previously, when I ran windows, it was on00:48
newboon2ageTheSkeward: is this one of those computers that has a button for turning it on or off?00:48
TheSkewarduh00:49
TheSkewardif you're asking me whether my computer has a power button, then yes00:49
newboon2ageTheSkeward: turning the wireless on or off?00:49
TheSkewardnot that i know of00:50
TheSkewardbut at any rate even if it does, it would be on, because it was working earlier with xp00:50
newboon2ageTheSkeward: actually i don't know if Ubuntu would pick up on a button signal or not.  I think there might be a software key combo on some computers, but again i don't know if ubuntu would pick up on that. Haven't experimented with that... anyway...00:51
newboon2ageTheSkeward: okay, tell me about how you installed ndiswrapper.00:52
TheSkewardi downloaded it as a tarball from sourceforge00:54
TheSkewardand followed the readme's install instructions00:55
newboon2ageTheSkewardu : oh and then did you unarchive it and then double click on it to run dpkg ?00:55
TheSkewardwhich were basically sudo make uninstall, sudo make, sudo install00:55
TheSkewardno.  it was manual.00:55
newboon2ageTheSkeward: hmmm.... okay00:55
TheSkewardsudo make uninstall, sudo make, sudo make install*00:55
newboon2ageTheSkeward: is this Ubuntu 10.04 by the way?00:56
TheSkewardyeah00:56
newboon2agewhile you're in synaptic, could you search for networkmanager?00:56
newboon2ageand tell me if it allows reinstall? (not sure if we want to do that, but i want to know which version is installed and whether the one on the CD is the same version or not)00:57
newboon2agealso it would be interesting to see what synaptic says when you search for ndiswrapper, and ndiswrapper-gtk00:58
TheSkewardalright01:00
TheSkewardnetwork-manager is present but not available for reinstall.  ditto network-manager-gnome, ndiswrapper-common, and ndiswrapper-utils01:01
TheSkewardthere's also ndisgtk, which can be reinstalled01:01
newboon2ageTheSkeward: ok, that's cool that ndisgtk is there.01:01
TheSkewardyeah01:02
TheSkewardi installed that manually also01:02
TheSkewardgot it as a .deb file from ubuntu.com01:02
newboon2ageTheSkeward: great.  i'm glad.  Did you use it to install the driver?01:02
TheSkewardyes01:02
newboon2ageTheSkeward: that's good because it avoids some pitfalls i believe.01:03
newboon2ageTheSkeward: okay, somewhere along the line did you run 'Hardware Drivers'?01:03
TheSkewarduh, no, i don't know what you mean01:04
newboon2ageTheSkeward: I'm not sure it will help but let's check it out anyway...  so go to01:04
newboon2ageTheSkeward: System->Admin->Hardware Drivers01:04
TheSkewardsays it's searching for available drivers01:05
TheSkewardnow it says no proprietary drivers are in use on this system01:05
newboon2ageTheSkeward: does it say anything about your ndiswrapper driver?01:06
newboon2ageTheSkeward: or anything about wireless drivers?01:07
TheSkewardno01:07
TheSkewardnothing01:07
newboon2ageTheSkeward: grrr.. okay, then that's not going to help us.01:08
newboon2ageTheSkeward: so how about running System Check?01:08
TheSkewardwhat's it under?01:09
newboon2ageTheSkeward: same as hardware driver01:09
TheSkewardsystem testing?01:09
TheSkewardor system monitor01:09
newboon2agetesting01:10
newboon2ageI'm going to move over to an ubuntu machine so I can do this better...01:11
nUboon2AgeTheSkeward: okay now i'm on an ubuntu machine...01:12
nUboon2AgeTheSkeward: you there?01:13
TheSkewardyeah01:14
nUboon2AgeTheSkeward: I just started System Testing and when it allowed me to I unchecked all the tests except networking.01:14
nUboon2Ageand then clicked next...01:14
TheSkewardalright01:15
TheSkewardi'll do that.01:15
TheSkewardalright01:15
TheSkewardit found the ethernet controller01:15
TheSkewardit noticed that i have no internet connection01:15
nUboon2AgeTheSkeward: does it find the wireless controller also?01:16
TheSkewardno01:16
nUboon2AgeTheSkeward: what is the brand/model of the controllers?01:16
TheSkewardthe ethernet?01:17
nUboon2AgeTheSkeward: does it see both?01:17
TheSkewardno01:17
TheSkewardi'm not even sure what a wireless controller is, or whether i have one01:17
nUboon2AgeTheSkeward:  on mine it lists them separately.01:17
TheSkeward unless it's just the adapter01:18
nUboon2AgeTheSkeward: yes, just the adapter01:18
TheSkeward it does not list the adapter01:18
nUboon2Agehmmm...01:18
TheSkewardthe ethernet controller is a broadcom corp netxtreme bcm5782 gigabit ethernet (rev 03)01:18
nUboon2AgeTheSkeward: if you tell it no that's not correct and to do the test again does it show the wireless?01:21
TheSkewardno, it doesn't01:21
TheSkewardalthough it generates a report01:21
nUboon2AgeTheSkeward: well the report will save us a lot of time w/ manually running various commands, so that' sgood...01:22
TheSkewardit's quite long01:23
nUboon2AgeTheSkeward: okay look under lspci01:23
TheSkewardwhat am i looking for?01:24
nUboon2AgeTheSkeward: and see if it lists your Belkin adapter (or anything else re: wireless)01:24
nUboon2AgeTheSkeward: is this a built-in adapter or a usb one?01:24
TheSkewardno it does not01:24
TheSkewardit's a usb adapter01:24
nUboon2AgeTheSkeward: aha!!! okay that makes a big difference...01:25
TheSkewardoh... sorry, if i'd known i would have told you earlier. =\01:25
nUboon2AgeTheSkeward: okay i need to think about this a bit...01:25
TheSkewardin the terminal01:26
TheSkewardwhen i do lsusb01:26
TheSkewardbus 001 device 005: id 1799:805101:26
TheSkewardthat's the adapter01:26
nUboon2AgeTheSkeward: It seems to me the problem could be that the system is not fully 'seeing' or maybe mounting the usb adaptor.01:27
TheSkewardlikewwise, when i do ndiswrapper -l, it returns01:27
TheSkewardnetmw245 : driver installed01:27
TheSkewarddevice (1799:8051) present01:27
TheSkewardso it knows it's there, at least to some extent01:28
nUboon2AgeTheSkeward: but you say that lsusb sees it and ndiswrapper sees it.  hmm....01:28
TheSkewardand it thinks the driver is installed01:28
TheSkewardmaybe i have the wrong driver?01:28
TheSkewardi used the one off the belkin website01:28
TheSkewardthe one for xp01:28
TheSkewardalthough there were also vista drivers for it01:28
nUboon2AgeTheSkeward: well that's possible.  but if you used the driver for that model for xp it seems to me that should be right...01:29
asterismohi pedro300501:30
pedro3005hey01:30
asterismothisis the thing01:30
nUboon2AgeTheSkeward: one thing i don't know is if there should be any kind of icon that pops up under places for a usb modem01:30
asterismoi have to change ttyS0 permissions from this01:30
asterismocrw-rw-rw- 1 root dialout 4, 64 2010-07-05 20:46 /dev/ttyS001:31
asterismoto this01:31
asterismocrw-rw-rw- 1 root uucp 4, 64 2008-09-12 19:04 /dev/ttyS001:31
nUboon2AgeTheSkeward: if it did that would tell us that the higher levels of Ubuntu were seeing the modem.01:31
asterismodialout ---> uucp01:32
asterismodont know01:32
nUboon2AgeTheSkeward: there are some ways to 'goose' or poke a USB device that might wake it up and make sure the system is working w/ it properly... let me see if I can find them...01:33
pedro3005asterismo, why do you need to do this?01:33
nUboon2AgeTheSkeward: are you still w/ us?01:33
asterismoto be able to control a telescope01:33
TheSkewardyes i am01:33
nUboon2AgeTheSkeward: okay, checking...01:33
asterismothe telescope interfase is through serialport01:33
nUboon2AgeTheSkeward: did you just do an lsusb?01:34
TheSkewardyeah01:34
asterismouucp is also a package01:34
pedro3005asterismo, this could help http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/suse-linux-help/67179-dev-ttys0-permissions-issue.html#post39470301:34
asterismochecking01:34
nUboon2AgeTheSkeward: just for kicks can you do the mouseover thing...01:35
TheSkeward"No network connection"01:35
nUboon2AgeTheSkeward: how about ifconfig?01:36
TheSkewardokay, i ran it01:37
TheSkewardwhat am i looking for?01:37
nUboon2AgeTheSkeward: what does it say?01:38
nUboon2AgeTheSkeward: (i'm trying to figure out if there's switch for ifconfig we need to use or what have you)01:39
asterismobut i cant find this filer01:39
asterismofile01:39
asterismo/etc/udev/rules.d/50-udev-default.rules01:39
nUboon2AgeTheSkeward: okay i just ran ifconfig on my system01:39
nUboon2AgeTheSkeward: and what i get is a listing for wlan001:39
nUboon2AgeTheSkeward: do you get that?01:39
asterismoi will just create that file withthat line anyway01:40
asterismobut there is no line tochange because file does not exist01:40
TheSkewardum01:40
TheSkewardno01:40
TheSkewardnothing abut wlan001:41
TheSkewardi get a listing for 'eth0' and 'lo'01:41
TheSkewardwhich are link encaps for Ethernat and for Local loopback01:41
nUboon2AgeTheSkeward: okay... researching...01:41
nUboon2AgeTheSkeward: you said  Belkin N1 wireless adapter, model F5D8051, ver 200001:42
TheSkewardthat's correct01:42
nUboon2AgeTheSkeward: i'm looking over at https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/2271501:43
nUboon2AgeTheSkeward: on the last answer by Vijal there are some steps that might be useful01:45
TheSkewardi've done the first six steps01:46
TheSkewardi'll start with -m and go from there01:46
nUboon2AgeTheSkeward: on #5, did you invoke it w/ the xxxx:xxxx number or just ndiswrapper?01:47
nUboon2AgeTheSkeward: yes, the problem could be that it hasn't been modprobed yet. although i think ndisgtk should take care of that for you.01:48
nUboon2AgeTheSkeward: its also possible that the correct driver has been marked 'blacklisted' in the configuration files.01:49
TheSkewardjust ndiswrapper01:50
TheSkewardi tried iwconfig, and it said neither of the connections have wireless extensions, btw01:51
nUboon2AgeTheSkeward: okay so if you could do it w/ the xxxx:xxxx like what Vijal says i'd like to see what it says.01:51
TheSkewardi'm not sure what i need to put for <nameofdriverhere> in that tutorial01:54
nUboon2Age(If your unsure of the name, do a ndiswrapper -l and not it down)01:54
TheSkewardoh01:57
TheSkewardcan't believe i missed that, sorry01:57
TheSkewardalright, when i do that01:58
nUboon2AgeTheSkeward: i didn't see it right off either01:58
TheSkewardthe -e01:58
TheSkewardit shows me the available options, and -e doesn't exist01:58
nUboon2AgeTheSkeward: hmmm... it must be an option from an earlier version of ndiswrapper...  how about -l ?02:00
TheSkeward-l returns a list of installed drivers02:01
TheSkewardoh, nvm02:01
TheSkewardi see that -e is an earlier argument that removes it02:01
TheSkewardit's been replaced by -r now02:01
TheSkewardi'll just do that02:01
nUboon2AgeTheSkeward: on mine it gives the driver but not that lovely 'hardware working' message Vijal talks about...02:01
TheSkewardon mine it says device present, figured that's what she meant02:02
nUboon2AgeTheSkeward: i don't think you want to run the -r do you?02:02
nUboon2AgeTheSkeward: doesn't that remove the driver?02:02
nUboon2AgeTheSkeward: well it can always be reinstalled if so...02:03
TheSkewardyeah02:04
nUboon2AgeTheSkeward: so whereyat?02:04
nUboon2AgeTheSkeward: did you remove the driver?02:04
TheSkewardyes i did02:04
TheSkewardi still have it on my desktop02:05
nUboon2Ageokay, no prob02:05
TheSkewardso like you say, i can reinstall it02:05
nUboon2AgeTheSkeward: maybe that's a good thing...02:05
nUboon2AgeTheSkeward: to reinstall it...02:05
nUboon2AgeI'd still use ndisgtk though02:05
nUboon2AgeTheSkeward: is that what you're doing now?  I go to02:07
TheSkewardokay02:07
nUboon2AgeTheSkeward: System->Admin->Windows Wireless Drivers02:07
TheSkewardi followed the next few steps of vijal's advice02:08
nUboon2AgeTheSkeward: oh, okay and...???02:08
TheSkewardwhen i infconfig wlan0 up02:08
TheSkewardit said error - no such device02:08
nUboon2AgeTheSkeward: well at least that's some feedback.02:09
nUboon2AgeTheSkeward: Try it with System->Admin->Windows Wireless Drivers02:09
TheSkeward AHA02:09
TheSkewardHAHAHAHAHA02:09
TheSkewardPROGRESS02:09
TheSkewardAWESOME02:09
nUboon2AgeTheSkeward: yes?02:09
TheSkewardi just reinstalled it in windows wireless drivers and the light on the router started blinking02:09
TheSkewardYES IT JUST CONNECTED TO THE WIFI02:10
TheSkewardMUAHAHAHA02:10
nUboon2AgeTheSkeward: YES!!!02:10
TheSkewardthank you so much for your help, nUboon2Age02:10
TheSkewardafter the first hour or so i became more and more convinced it wasn't going to work02:10
nUboon2AgeTheSkeward: certainly... the first challenge i ever ran into02:10
nUboon2AgeTheSkeward: w/ Linux was one of these blasted wireless configuration things.02:10
TheSkewardthis is my second try at running linux02:11
TheSkewardthe first time wireless configuration scared me away02:11
nUboon2AgeTheSkeward: so I have a special place in my Ubuntu-loving heart for helping folks w/ their wirless probs.02:11
TheSkewardi'm abouto connect on my machine02:11
nUboon2AgeTheSkeward: yeah, check it out and make sure its working...02:12
TheSkewbuntuardawesome02:12
TheSkewbuntuardexcellent.02:12
TheSkewbuntuardthank you so much nUboon2Age.02:12
nUboon2AgeTheSkewbuntuard: so it must have been Windows Wireless Drivers02:13
TheSkewbuntuardyeah02:13
TheSkewbuntuardwell02:13
nUboon2AgeTheSkewbuntuard: that did the trick02:13
TheSkewbuntuardi'm actually thinking the modprobe was the necessary bit02:13
nUboon2AgeTheSkewbuntuard: that is ndisgtk02:13
TheSkewbuntuardi could be wrong02:13
TheSkewbuntuardbut yeah02:13
TheSkewbuntuardit's done, that's the important part02:13
nUboon2AgeTheSkewbuntuard: yeah that would make sense.02:13
nUboon2AgeTheSkewbuntuard: now i thin02:13
nUboon2AgeTheSkewbuntuard: think that it will have02:13
nUboon2AgeTheSkewbuntuard: added the modprobe command to the02:14
nUboon2Ageproper file so that it will automatically02:14
TheSkewbuntuardright.  that's what -m does02:14
TheSkewbuntuardas i understand it, anyway02:14
nUboon2AgeTheSkewbuntuard: come up next time you boot.02:14
nUboon2Agerockin' TheSkewbuntuard.  Excellante.  Its so much better02:14
TheSkewbuntuardwhy the fragmented posting btw?02:15
nUboon2AgeTheSkewbuntuard: when we can get it done on one try.02:15
nUboon2AgeTheSkewbuntuard: wasn't sure if you were in a hurry to boogie...02:15
TheSkewbuntuardoh, I see02:15
TheSkewbuntuardwell, kinda02:15
nUboon2AgeTheSkewbuntuard: no prob02:15
nUboon2AgeTheSkewbuntuard: maybe you can02:16
nUboon2AgeTheSkewbuntuard: come back here in the future02:16
nUboon2AgeTheSkewbuntuard: and provide help to others02:16
TheSkewbuntuardI am on the uberman sleep schedule and I am late for my 8PM nap.  So I will just lurk here and i'll be back in 20-30 minutes and i'll probably chill here for the rest of the night02:16
nUboon2AgeTheSkewbuntuard: one other thing02:16
TheSkewbuntuardi'm not sure i'm at a stage where I'm of much use to anyone yet, but I'll definitely help people to the best of my abilities02:16
nUboon2AgeTheSkewbuntuard: its great to post questions and what worked to forums.ubuntu.org02:16
nUboon2AgeTheSkewbuntuard: so others can benefit from it too...02:17
TheSkewbuntuardalright, i'll do that02:17
nUboon2AgeTheSkewbuntuard: cool, well hope things are great at Auburn (is it?)  My gf is from Alabama...02:17
TheSkewbuntuardback soon02:17
TheSkewbuntuardyeah02:18
TheSkewbuntuardauburn uni02:18
TheSkewbuntuardi'm not from here02:18
nUboon2AgeTheSkewbuntuard: have a good un02:18
TheSkewbuntuardand I dislike alabama02:18
TheSkewbuntuardbut the college isn't bad02:18
TheSkewbuntuardsee you in 2002:18
nUboon2AgeTheSkewbuntuard: sorry for that.  haven't been myself..02:18
nUboon2AgeTheSkewbuntuard: see ya02:18
nUboon2AgeTheSkewbuntuard: sorry that should have been ubuntuforums.org or forums.ubuntu.com02:24
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nUboon2AgeTheSkewbuntuard: just to clarify, ndisgtk/Windows Wireless Drivers handled the ndiswrapper and modprobe configuration and presumably also added the necessary modprobe command to the right configuration file ( /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper.conf i think) so it will auto start on next boot up.02:50
nUboon2Agesome modules get listed in the /etc/modules file, but apparently this isn't necessary for ndiswrapper since it looks all the .conf files in the /etc/modprobe.d/ get processed upon boot up.02:53
nUboon2Ageinstead of 'it looks all' i should say 'Ubuntu looks at all'02:55
nUboon2AgeAlso I just realized that the simple way to get a package onto this machine that was not connected to web would have been to get the .deb file on another computer, transfer it using a USB pen drive, and then use doubleclick on the .deb file to auromatically run the gui package manager.03:02
nUboon2AgeNote to self: According to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KarmicKoala/ReleaseNotes , the version of 'upstart' in Karmic no longer uses the /etc/event.d/ configuration on start up,instead the /etc/init/ files are used.03:08
nUboon2Age(slight correction) Note to self: According to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KarmicKoala/ReleaseNotes , the version of 'upstart' in Karmic no longer uses the /etc/event.d/ configuration files on start up,instead the /etc/init/ files are used.03:09
st33medI think he left...03:18
newboon2agest33med: yup, those notes are for me and others as much as for him.  if i put them in they'll be in the log for me and others to find later...04:29
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zkriessehello DJFrog08:14
DJFrogHello...I am brand new and exploring right now. this is really cool.08:15
zkriessenice08:15
* zkriesse is brand new too08:15
zkriessewell not new08:16
zkriessei'm not new at all...08:16
zkriesseso how you liking ubuntu? i assume that's what you're usign?08:16
DJFrogyes and very much08:17
zkriessesweet08:17
DJFrogI do have a question...could you direct me to the best place to find out about hardware compatibility? namely Unbuntu on a Black Shuttle X50V2 All-in-One PC System08:18
zkriesse10.04?08:18
zkriessehmm08:18
zkriesselemme see08:18
zkriessedray come 'er for a sec08:18
ddecatorthere's a wiki page, but idk how up-to-date it really is :/08:18
zkriesse!hardware08:18
ubot2For lists of supported hardware on Ubuntu see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupport - To help debugging and improving hardware detection, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingHardwareDetection08:18
ddecatorzkriesse: is that what you wanted me for? haha08:19
zkriesselol08:19
kermiachaha08:19
zkriessedray i guess so08:19
zkriessekermit!08:19
ddecatorfair enough08:19
kermiacwhere's the frong?08:19
zkriessekermiac: i'm gonna call you kermit from now on08:19
kermiacfrog, even hehe08:19
kermiaczkriesse: only if i can call you miss piggy08:20
kermiac:P08:20
ddecatoreven better: kermiac is green on irssi right now :)08:20
zkriessekermiac: fuck that08:20
kermiac!language08:20
ubot2Please watch your language and topic to help keep this channel family friendly.08:20
ddecatorheh08:20
zkriessekermiac: you forgot the > zkriesse08:20
zkriesse!language | zkriesse08:20
ubot2zkriesse, please see my private message08:20
* kermiac goes back to hiding in the team channel08:20
* zkriesse drags kermiac back08:20
kermiacnooooo!08:20
zkriesseDJFrog: as i'm sure you can tell we're a crazy fun lot here08:21
DJFrogYup...thanks for your help08:22
ddecatorbut we do help people with issues when they come to us with them :)08:22
kermiacyeah, it's not *all* craziness hehe08:22
zkriesseheh08:22
zkriessedon't believe them DJFrog! They are unbelievers!!!08:22
zkriesselol08:22
DJFrogYa all are kinda wacky! Thanks again...see ya!08:24
zkriesselol08:24
zkriessecome again DJFrog..we won't bite....yet08:24
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zkriessehello philinux11:05
philinuxo/ morning11:08
zkriessenight time for me11:08
zkriessewell it's five am but i've not been to bed yet11:08
philinuxAh mornineveninaft11:08
philinuxfave am is mornin lol11:09
philinuxHow come you still up11:09
zkriessemeetings11:09
zkriesseand i'm weird11:09
philinuxblimey11:09
bobo123good morning11:37
duanedesignmorning all11:39
bobo123how do I turn off the darkgrey-ing of non responsive windows? ok it is irritating that the applications is so bad written that they go sleeping now and then (quite often with Firefox and Transmission I say), but the graying of the windows is more irritating11:40
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duanedesignhello phillw14:13
phillwhi duanedesign14:34
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duanedesignhey phillw. you pinged me the other day. Just making sure you still didnt need something15:18
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phillwhi, cannot recall what it was for, so I guess it must have got sorted !!15:46
duanedesignphillw: :)16:05
philinuxHi duane16:09
duanedesignhello phillw16:09
duanedesignerr philinux16:09
duanedesign:P16:09
philinuxhaha16:09
phillwhi philinux16:09
philinuxo/16:10
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dn!sha516:37
ubot2Factoid 'sha5' not found16:37
dn!password-generation16:37
ubot2dn: Error: I am only a bot, please don't think I'm intelligent :)16:37
dntrust me ubot2 no risk of that16:38
insiderNeed assistance, Konqueror file manager 3.5.1 does not save my view mode for each folder individually, i changed /home/user/.kde/share/config/konquerorrc Main View Mode but it didn't help17:41
xsaiddxhello guysdoes anyone kno the fix of this bug17:53
xsaiddxhttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/53102717:54
ubot2Launchpad bug 531027 in ubuntu "spurious warning at boot time that is unrelated to your actual problem (dup-of: 532984)" [Undecided,New]17:54
ubot2Launchpad bug 532984 in plymouth (Ubuntu) "Ubuntu 10.04 Alpha 3 won't boot on HP Compaq Pentium 4; displays an irrelevant Glib warning on the console (affects: 104) (dups: 3) (heat: 256)" [Undecided,Invalid]17:54
xsaiddxubot2: you tlk to me ?17:54
ubot2Factoid 'you tlk to me ?' not found17:54
phillwxsaiddx:  the ubot is bot for the channel, it will go grab information when you type in  a bug, so we get to see the title of the bug17:55
philinux58594017:56
xsaiddxphillw: LOOOL@me17:56
xsaiddxi tho its guy17:56
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philinuxubot2: 58594017:57
ubot2Factoid '585940' not found17:57
philinuxHow u get it to reteive the bug title17:57
philinuxstill green on irc17:58
holsteinhmmm17:59
kosaidpoholstein: can u help me with this https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/53102718:00
ubot2Launchpad bug 531027 in ubuntu "spurious warning at boot time that is unrelated to your actual problem (dup-of: 532984)" [Undecided,New]18:00
ubot2Launchpad bug 532984 in plymouth (Ubuntu) "Ubuntu 10.04 Alpha 3 won't boot on HP Compaq Pentium 4; displays an irrelevant Glib warning on the console (affects: 104) (dups: 3) (heat: 256)" [Undecided,Invalid]18:00
holsteinhttps://bugs.lauchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/58594018:00
kosaidpo: )18:00
philinuxAh18:00
kosaidpophilinux: what ?18:01
holsteinhttps://bugs.lauchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/58594018:01
holsteinubot2: https://bugs.lauchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/58594018:01
ubot2holstein: Error: I am only a bot, please don't think I'm intelligent :)18:01
holsteinlol18:01
holsteinphilinux: ;)18:01
philinuxThats how it gets bug title18:01
holsteinnot sure18:02
philinuxLOL18:02
philinuxThat bug report page is timing out18:02
holsteinphilinux: did you just file it?18:02
philinuxWhich one?18:03
holstein58594018:03
holsteinhey kosaidpo :)18:03
* holstein looking18:03
philinuxAh no but I've been on the website IRC channel to get some info18:03
kosaidpoholstein: hello : )18:03
kosaidpoholstein: you saw that bug ?18:03
kosaidpoi cant find the fix on the net18:03
philinuxProblem loading page18:04
holsteinkosaidpo: i got nothing18:05
holsteinbut it looks like a lot of folks are looking at it18:06
holsteinphilinux: maybe theres not a bug 58594018:06
ubot2Launchpad bug 585940 in ubuntu-website "Text reads "not recommended" for 64-bit (affects: 41) (heat: 214)" [Wishlist,Triaged] https://launchpad.net/bugs/58594018:06
philinuxThe connection has timed out The server at bugs.lauchpad.net is taking too long to respond.18:06
holsteinthere it goes :)18:06
philinuxah so bug 58594018:06
philinuxbot does what18:07
philinuxI wish they's sort the bandwidth out at launchpad18:07
kosaidpoholstein: okies thnaks : )18:08
hobgoblinphilinux: +1 to that18:09
philinuxhobgoblin: Maybe I should raise a bug ;)18:09
hobgoblinphilinux: go for it - if you can open the page ...18:10
philinuxLOL18:10
philinuxubuntu-bug launchpad > Package launchpad does not exist18:11
holsteinhttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-website/+bug/58594018:11
ubot2Launchpad bug 585940 in ubuntu-website "Text reads "not recommended" for 64-bit (affects: 41) (heat: 214)" [Wishlist,Triaged]18:11
philinuxThe bot got it in the end18:12
kosaidpobtw guys why i have no Xorg.conf ??18:12
kosaidpoim on lubuntu by the way18:12
hobgoblingone a long time - install a driver like nvidia or ati and you will end up with one18:13
philinuxYou dont need xorg.conf18:14
kosaidpohobgoblin: i guess i have that messa one18:14
kosaidpoand idont kno why18:14
kosaidpowhen i try to install the non-fee nethin work18:14
hobgoblinmessa?18:14
kosaidpowell im not sure of the name but the free driver for ati18:15
kosaidpoits mesa or messa not sure18:15
philinuxhttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/60236018:15
ubot2Launchpad bug 602360 in ubuntu "Launchpad: The server at bugs.lauchpad.net is taking too long to respond. (affects: 1) (heat: 6)" [Undecided,New]18:15
hobgoblinoh - ati18:15
philinuxAntone like to pop along and change the status to confirmed18:15
hobgoblinI will18:16
philinuxCheers18:16
* philinux cheers hobgoblin o/18:16
hobgoblinI shall subscribe to read the bug invalid comment18:17
philinuxThat was quick18:19
philinuxYep it might get an invalid18:19
hobgoblinit will - if they sorted the bandwidth - they'd get more bugs - and they don't bother with most of them as it is :D18:20
philinuxhobgoblin: this irc is wicked, I've been pestering the mozilla-team and the ubuntu website team today18:21
hobgoblinwhy?18:21
philinuxThe website thing about 64 bit not being recommend for desktop18:22
philinuxAnd mozilla re new bookmarks for livecd Firefox18:22
philinuxThey were very helpful18:23
hobgoblinoh right - yea that is an odd thing for the site to say18:23
hobgoblinwhat's up with the bookmarks?18:23
phillwhobgoblin: I know that they're recruiting for triagers - I'll put your name forward :p18:23
hobgoblinyea - go ahead18:23
philinuxBug was languishing and got no rewply from emails I sent18:23
philinuxhobgoblin: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=152200618:24
hobgoblinhave no interest in bugs or programming, hence never really complian about the state of things18:24
hobgoblinand tbh I am losing interest in ubuntu completely atm18:24
philinuxBookmarks on livecd not good need updating. There isn't even a link the ubuntuforums18:25
philinuxWhy losing interest18:25
hobgoblinlong story - not for this channel18:25
philinuxAh ok18:25
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zkriessehello merge and ikonia19:13
mergehi19:14
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philinuxo/20:23
philinuxNobody got prpblems that's good20:30
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itexusHi, im trying to install ubuntu server mounted on a USB memstick. But it keeps insisting that its something wrong with the "CD" and cant copy files :/22:25
itexusI dont even have a optical drive installed in that computer.22:25
itexusI have installed ubuntu server on the memorystick using the USB installer for pendrive linux22:26
itexusfrom*22:26
zkriessehey vantrax22:27
itexusplease help ^^22:28
zkriesseitexus: have you joined #ubuntu-server?22:28
zkriessei mean #ubuntuserver22:28
itexusoh ok. will do that then thanks22:28
zkriessewait22:28
zkriessewrong channel22:28
zkriessei can't remember it!22:28
zkriesseargh22:29
itexus^^22:29
itexusI looked at the chanlist before i connected and it didnt say it had one. got help in #ubuntu though.22:30
zkriesseok22:30
ddecator#ubuntu-servers i think22:30
ddecatoror #ubuntu-server22:30
ddecatorone of the two22:30
ddecatori know there is one22:30
zkriessesame here ddecator22:30
ddecatorit's #ubuntu-server: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/ChannelList22:31
phillwitexus: have you tried putting on the minimal installation onto the usb stick, then using tasksel to install the LAMP part?22:32

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