[00:00] so i .. .think ill use Pidgin ... ill try empathy though ... i seemed to have found a way to add it .. from a user ... but ill check that website u gave me Phillw [00:01] Out-Of-Hand: that community page, like all of the ones drs305 writes is excellent. [00:01] its 1:01 am here ,... im so tired ... [00:02] who here came to South Africa for the World cup ? [00:02] Out-Of-Hand: got to bed, then !!! it's only 00:01 here, the night is young :p [00:03] haha ... Phillw... been busy all day and struggling with installations ... so im chilled now .. :) if the night still Young ... why u not out ? huh [00:03] * phillw that's kinda of scary, I know 4 of the people listed in names on the 1st screen shot on https://help.ubuntu.com/community/XChatHowto :-) [00:04] Out-Of-Hand: I'm struggling with a poorly XP machine getting the data over to ubuntu, now the 3G dongle has decided it no longer wants to play with ubuntu area :-\ [00:05] So, I've given up on it until tomorrow, and having a chill out. [00:26] why u struggling [00:33] Out-Of-Hand: the 3G dongle from "3" in the uk and ubuntu do not play well together, the kernel version I have is not supported on the other laptop. c'est la vie :-\ === steemed is now known as st33med [02:27] hi? [02:27] anyone here? [02:27] hey homeero [02:28] hi.. i have a question... [02:28] would you answer it? [02:28] Just post a question. The persons who knows the answer will respond ya :) [02:28] ok.. [02:28] see the topic [02:28] so i installed ubuntu 10.04 using wubi.. [02:29] carryon [02:29] and i want to keep that "instalation" i mean the programs, games and configurations [02:30] i tried lvmp or smthing like that [02:30] but i ended up creating a 60gb file and i just want to install ubuntu and dual-boot it with windows while keeping the configurations and apps installed [02:31] so.. what should i do? [02:31] you dont wanna remove applications from your WinX right? [02:31] no [02:32] hmmmm you want to install Ubuntu inside windows right! [02:33] no.. actually i dont really care if it is inside or in a dif partition.. i just want to have more than the 30gb limit wubi offers [02:35] you do it with a differet partition and that will do things. [02:36] there is a problem with that... i had around 120 gb free space but with the 30 gb wubi instalation and the 60 gb file lvmp created i have just 30 gigs free [02:36] the file it created is new.disk [02:37] i selected "resize".. and gave it the value for 60gb but after 8 hours nothing happend.. untill i booted ibnto windows and noticed it created the 60 gb virtual disk but i dont know if it is safe to delete that file [02:39] homeero: which version of windows are you using? [02:39] windows 7 [02:39] phillw: He has to enter into Ubuntu? [02:39] homeero: after XP, it's always best to get the disk utilities in windows to do the resizing of areas [02:41] so.. i go into disk utilities in wondows 7 and shrink the windows 7 partition... but do i erasse the new.disk file? [02:41] heres a topic i created in the forums theres a screenshot of the files http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1542588 [02:41] windows can 'see' the rescue areas, where as linux will treat them as 'available', this can really upset windows. It is not linux's fault that Microsoft have bent the rules, in fact it's not really their fault, it is the manufacturers who use hidden primary partitions to hold rescue areas on instead of giving people a cd/dvd [02:45] homeero: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDualBoot has everything you need to know, it covers the resizing, installation etc. It is wriiten by people who have gotten it all working, so they know the possible pit falls you may encounter :-) [02:45] i have a better idea.. how can i backup all the pregrams and configurations from ubuntu.. so i can removine wubi and instrall ubuntu the right way? [02:48] homeero: I'm not familar with wubi, but I know it can be done, please give me a few minutes to hunt it down for you. [02:49] ok.. thank you very much [02:49] homeero: bad news, it does not seem to work for 10.04 :-( [02:50] !wubi [02:50] Wubi is an Ubuntu installer for Windows users that allows you to install and uninstall Ubuntu like a Windows application, in a simple and safe way. http://wubi-installer.org/support.php and https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WubiGuide for troubleshooting. Please file bugs at http://launchpad.net/wubi/+filebug. [02:50] so i guess ill have to uninstall wubi and then make a fresh install of ubuntu [02:50] ok... ill get started... [02:51] homeero: yes, do a separate install and not inside winX [02:51] thank you phillw [02:51] and iamnothatguy [02:51] cya later guys [02:51] homeero: (: good luck [02:51] tenach: [02:51] awww [02:53] errr this would not have worked for him https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WubiGuide#How do I migrate to a real partition, and/or get rid of Windows entirely? [02:54] section 8.8 [02:54] IdleOne: late :P and you are online at 7.20? [02:55] 7.20? [02:55] it is 21:55 here and why wouldn't I be online? [02:56] IdleOne: -in [02:56] yeah? [02:56] oh, hehe I am not in India [02:57] I live in Canada. [02:57] oh okay (: [03:00] IdleOne: win7 and wubi .... where do we start... http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1037874 and http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=438591&page=41 onwards would be a good place. [03:00] I have no knowledge of Win7, my last Win was Vista. i just know from the forum that they do not seem to get on well together. [03:06] honestly not sure my last Windows install was XP. I think it has something to do with the Windows 7 boot loader really not playing nice [03:12] btw, hi tenach I did answer your question on the phillw.net forum, all and any input is welcome. [03:12] Alright. [03:33] hey, my last installed windows was win vista, but only because it came with my laptop. I was last "intimately" familiar with xp, I am no "intimately" familiar with win 7 or vista. [03:33] s/no/not [03:36] hey mohi1 [03:36] heya seidos === mohi1 is now known as IAmNotThatGuy [03:37] hows life seidos? [03:38] what it is, IAmNotThatGuy. you take the good, you take the bad, you take them all and there you have the facts of life...or something like that. [03:38] IAmNotThatGuy, how about with you? [03:38] * IAmNotThatGuy is confused now [03:39] IAmNotThatGuy, have you heard of the show "The Facts of Life"? It was popular back in the dinosaur age, er, the 80's I mean. [03:40] No I didn't [03:41] our house was pretty strict. None of the kids could watch it at first, because the adults thought it was too risqué. [03:41] IAmNotThatGuy, here is a video of the intro: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_GxXRbSFDg [03:42] hey seidos. (unfortunately) i've been making extensive use of your .plx :( [03:42] seidos: okies [03:42] nUboon2Age, it's not really *mine*. But, hey, at least you have something to keep your battery from breaking. My battery is toast :( [03:43] seidos: meaning that this problem is extremely pervasive. is there some way short of totally reinstalling that i could reinstall packages that would likely fix this prob? [03:44] nUboon2Age, I doubt it. My guess is the problem is with gpm, and how it determines low battery status. It works on some systems, and not on others from what I know. [03:45] seidos: maybe i could reinstall the gpm(?) [03:46] I tried looking at the source code for gpm, but it is *way* beyond my programming skill. I couldn't even figure out how it determined the low battery state. People have said it gets the info from /proc/acpi/battery/BAT*/state but I'm not so sure [03:46] nUboon2Age, honestly, I think trying that would be a waste of time. But you can, if you want. do sudo apt-get remove gpm [03:46] oh! something that might work, downloading the newest gpm from source and compiling it. [03:48] seidos: well at this point i'd maybe be ready to try that, though i haven't compiled from source yet and don't really know how. [03:48] * nUboon2Age ashamed to admit [03:48] nUboon2Age, do sudo apt-get source gnome-power-manager [03:48] then type ./configure [03:48] then make [03:48] then sudo make install [03:49] well, in the folder with the source code, after you downloaded it with sudo apt-get source [03:49] oh, if you want to try with the newest source, you'll have to download the tar file from the web [03:50] i guess to start i should probably just try the basic synaptic remove/reinstall. Then if that doesn't work i'll try the compile from source using your inst. which i'll save. seidos [03:51] yeah, good luck. [03:51] let me know how it goes. [03:51] seidos: here i go... [03:53] seidos: okay, don't think i should remove it because it says it will remove ubuntu-desktop also. :( [03:54] whuhhhh? [03:54] * seidos tries it [03:54] seidos: so i'm trying just reinstall [03:56] nUboon2Age, yeah, good idea. I didn't even imagine it would try removing ubuntu-desktop. Maybe it's for security. I thought I removed it once before though, which is how I learned it controlled the screensaver, suspend, or hibernate screen lock. [03:56] s/or/and [03:58] seidos: this thing has been so bad, any little jostling of the machine can send it into this discharge mode. Sometimes it does recover. I kinda think it might be your .plx program which is somehow nudging it to recover sometimes. Its not consitent at lease in any way i can identify. [03:59] grrr [04:00] paultag: grrr? [04:00] nUboon2Age: My client is being lame, and it's way to late for me to learn this junk. Poke nhandler duanedesign [04:00] nUboon2Age: ask them, I need sleep :( [04:00] nUboon2Age: night! [04:00] seidos: okay its reinstalled. i probably need to reboot now to check it, huh? [04:01] paultag: will do. [04:01] thanks :) [04:02] nUboon2Age, if you want. I think what your doing is an exercise in futility. I mean, ask yourself this, did it *ever* work? [04:05] seidos: the problem began or at least was uncovered at a particular point. before that point i was having a somewhat different power problem which i attributed to old battery and messed up power adapter. When i replaced them i got this problem. [04:06] Hi everyone. Linux nubie here with some really basic questions. Anyone game to answer them? [04:06] seidos: its possible it was a different version of the same problem. I hope not. [04:06] TeacherTomL, sure, shoot [04:07] Long time Windows user. New to Linux. Played with Ubuntu about a year now. [04:07] TeacherTomL: Please do not wait to ask questions, simply ask! If anyone knows the answer, they will most likely reply. [04:07] btw, hi pedro3005 [04:07] hi phillw [04:07] After some study in Linux distros, seems to me that all these distributions are just different modles of the same chassie. [04:08] TeacherTomL: that is correct. [04:08] Same kernal with different stuff attached. Is that correct? [04:08] or, more correctly, the same engine. you can have your own chassis [04:08] So, why do people get so stuck on a single distribution? [04:09] Why do they say that Fedora is better than SUSI, etc? [04:09] People like to take pride in what they have and dispute who disagrees [04:09] TeacherTomL: it is called choice. also known as Horses for Courses [04:09] TeacherTomL, but different distros _can_ make a lot of difference [04:09] TeacherTomL: think of all those GM's and Fords that have the same engine but different bodies and how fond some folks are of one over another. [04:09] TeacherTomL: within the ubuntu family there are different flavours [04:09] So it is just a matter of what accesories you like best or what software and desktop you like in a single distribution. [04:10] Yes, I am aware of Kubuntu, etc. [04:10] There's also the question of the philosophy [04:10] Philosophy? [04:10] For instance, Gentoo in believing that you should configure everything or whatever :P [04:10] TeacherTomL, many distros have their way of looking at Linux and how it should be used [04:11] a sort of "philosophy", as it's called [04:11] Ah... yes. But I like that Ubuntu includes most of the stuff an experienced Windows user would recognize. [04:11] TeacherTomL: Well, within the ubuntu family, there are specific versions for specific jobs; http://forum.phillw.net/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=61 has a quick run down on them (and I'm sure I've missed at least one of them out). [04:11] Fedora has almost nothing installed. [04:11] Yeah. But some people believe Linux should be pretty different from Windows and should not alter itself to cater their users [04:12] Reading phillw. Thanks for the link. [04:12] Yes, and as phillw mentioned, some distros serve specific tasks [04:12] Like backtrack, which is focused on security [04:12] Alter itself? Seems to me there are so many different distributions that there ceases to be a "standard" Linux. [04:12] yes [04:13] Linux in itself is just the kernel [04:13] TeacherTomL: Gnu/Linux as Richard Stallman would interject. :) [04:13] You have cleared up a lot of issues for me. Linux is like a puzzle piece with lots of different pieces you can add. [04:14] Yes, I have read that too. Gnu/Linux. [04:14] TeacherTomL: just as ubuntu has a 'family' so does all of linux, and we all share the same heritage, no matter what; we all share the same kernel (engine) [04:14] I've tried many distros and they're nice, easy, but I've never seen some big difference that makes me want to switch from ubuntu. And switching is just so much work :) [04:14] * pedro3005 is lazy [04:14] So why are there so many different ways to package a program. YUM, DEB etc. [04:15] So far I agree, pedro3005. [04:15] Different people want different things, I suppose [04:15] TeacherTomL: different ways to do the same thing. None is 'better' than the other, just a different way of getting a programme onto a system. [04:16] TeacherTomL, some will prefer yum, some will prefer deb, or neither. The beauty in linux is its modularity, or how everything can be tinkered with and there are a million alternatives to anything you use [04:16] Different bows on the same box? [04:16] Back to reading for a while, but I will keep listening in if you don't mind. [04:16] we are all human, some of us are white, black, brown, yellow; we speak different languages, have different cultures - we are all human, That is the world of Linux. [04:18] nUboon2Age: ill take care of the ban [04:18] Reading just brings more questions.... Is there a Linux version of the word "Applett". [04:19] duanedesign: thanks! its on nuboon2age_ i think [04:19] it is [04:19] nUboon2Age: i took care of it in #ubuntu-beginners-team earlier today [04:19] nUboon2Age: stop doing malicious activity and you dont have to worry about being banned! [04:20] sorry I did not take care of it in here as well nUboon2Age :) [04:20] TeacherTomL, maybe small app? plugin maybe? [04:20] Plunin? I will try in. "Addon" got me nothing. [04:20] stlsaint: :) That a joke, right? it was just that my client kept resetting while i was away and they set a temporary ban to stop the problem. [04:21] Paultag temporarily banned you because you kept pinging out. [04:21] nUboon2Age: ;) [04:21] nUboon2Age: should be good to go nUboon2Age [04:21] stlsaint: ;) [04:21] duanedesign: thanks much! [04:21] "Plugin" got me some results. Thanks seidos. [04:22] duanedesign: conky colors W00T!! [04:23] :) [04:23] TeacherTomL, out of curiosity what are you looking for? [04:23] TeacherTomL: gnome has screenlets. Of course there are still the java applets. what kind of 'applets' did you have in mind? [04:24] stlsaint: have you seen this. Have not tried it yet. http://sourceforge.net/projects/conkygui/ [04:24] TeacherTomL: various things have 'widgets' like i think the gnome panel does and i know kde does. [04:24] Everything. I am a teacher (really) and have been given a class teaching web server using Fedora. I know nothing about web servers, nothing about Linux, but I have 2 months to study. Learn as much as I can to teach my students as well as possible. Funny, isn't it? [04:25] hrm, before i look at link you wouldnt happen to be referring to conkywizard? [04:25] You would think my dean would give me a class that I know something about. [04:25] man, I still haven't figured out an easy way to put the contents of an entire vim file into the paste-buffer [04:25] Maybe he is just testing me? [04:25] * nUboon2Age loves guis duanedesign. [04:26] I will check "widgets" goo. Thanks nUboon2Age. [04:26] TeacherTomL: i've been hearing increasingly good things about the user-friendliness of Fedora 13 [04:26] duanedesign: there is suppose to be something way better since its cli based and options alot of options and plugins [04:27] TeacherTomL: i haven't tried it yet so can't say for myself. [04:27] TeacherTomL: http://www.nongnu.org/lpi-manuals/ this is a great resource for learning about linux [04:27] Fedora is not bad, but seems very "stripped down" to me. Perhaps that is why my dean has selected Fedora. [04:27] TeacherTomL: Each manual is suitable to prepare candidates for the Linux Professional Institute certification program [04:28] Linux certification? I need to learn about that. [04:28] TeacherTomL: LPI! [04:28] i will soon be there myself [04:28] Is that an IRC chat room on this server? [04:28] TeacherTomL: then im gonna take a pic of it and rub it in duanes eyes as he views my screenshot of it! :D [04:29] stlsaint: lol [04:29] nUboon2Age: fedora is advanced some [04:29] nUboon2Age: takes ALOT of post-install configuring for alot of things and it drove me crazy, when i get more personal time on it i will mess with it [04:29] TeacherTomL: keep in mind each flavor of linux may have some differences. Such as Ubuntu now uses 'Upstart' as an alteration of the method described in those pages (what is it? /etc/init/rc.d/?) to start up the system and load all the startup programs. [04:30] I have lots to learn. Many very tiny pieces along with the larger ones to put together a distribution. [04:31] TeacherTomL: the LPI manuals are fairly distro agnostic. They will give you a strong foundation. [04:31] TeacherTomL: me too. i'm just a beginner. [04:31] Are these documents open source? [04:33] TeacherTomL: yes they are under the GNU free Document License http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html [04:35] TeacherTomL: you can also get the files in OpenOffice.org Text Document format .sxw [04:35] if you wanted to make handoouts [04:36] stlsaint: you going for LPI certification? [04:36] Thanks Duanedesign. I will be reading for a while. [04:36] TeacherTomL: duanedesign: or maybe give URLs so students can get them and save the paper. :) [04:36] duanedesign: filesystem check yea!!! [04:37] stlsaint: i would love to. [04:37] My school is anti-paper as I am. Links and an overhead will have to do. [04:37] duanedesign: why not? [04:37] Budget, you know. [04:38] stlsaint: maybe we can start a study group? Part of the new dev FG academy [04:38] duanedesign: all you do is linux!! [04:38] duanedesign: heck you should be the teacher [04:38] duanedesign: WAIT...thats implemented already??!?! [04:38] TeacherTomL: what device do you use to project onto overhead from computer? [04:38] duanedesign: what's the 'new dev FG academy'? [04:38] The school has an overhead projecter in most classrooms that hook up to the instructors computer. [04:39] nUboon2Age: stlsaint https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BeginnersTeam/FocusGroups/Development/Academy [04:39] there is one class so far [04:39] duanedesign: oh i didnt know it was already in motion [04:39] but a couple more in the works [04:39] TeacherTomL: if you know what the device is, it may be supported in Linux. [04:39] heck im still waiting to make a screencast [04:39] need an idea for one though [04:39] Of course, I NEVER sit at the instructors computer. A student sits there. How can I expect my students to understand what I am saying if I can't direct the student at the instructors workstation. [04:40] TeacherTomL: terriblly logical :) [04:41] Works for me, and I can be sure that I am giving good directions to my students. [04:41] TeacherTomL: i hope it would be supported because it'd be tough and kinda ridiculous if it couldn't but these kinds of incompatibility things do happen. :/ [04:41] maybe terribly is the wrong adjective. 'smartly logical' [04:41] making up words now :) [04:41] I have been teaching computers for 25 years. In the old days there were compatability problems with overheads. But these days the overheads are much less fussy. [04:42] TeacherTomL: yeah the one at our local library, that the LUG uses, works fine [04:43] * stlsaint wishes he had a place/team to cal lug :( [04:44] s/cal/call [04:44] O.K. I will bite. What is a "LUG"? [04:44] TeacherTomL: LUG == Linux User Group [04:45] its like a loco...but its not [04:45] :D [04:45] Thanks. I was thinking "Local User Group." [04:46] TeacherTomL: yes, but you'll need to make sure you have the device driver / support on Fedora. Can't assume. [04:47] night night folks [04:47] Device driver for the overhead? I don't think I need one, but I will be sure to check. I have used an Ubuntu live CD to show you students Ubuntu with no problem. [04:48] duanedesign: i just added myself for studen in Python (although no instructor is listed yet). nite stlsaint! [04:49] TeacherTomL: so in otherwords Ubuntu apparently had the right device drivers? That's a good sign. Still can't assume though. [04:50] Now I am going to appear very inexperienced. I see many of you including a user name with dos-puntos after their name. Like this "TeacherTomL:". I bet you don't type it. How do you make it appear? [04:50] tab autocompletion. [04:51] nUboon2Age, I don't think a projector needs a driver. I think the video driver handles outputting video to the external video output [04:51] TeacherTomL: you type a letter or two of the name and hit tab. [04:51] TeacherTomL, [04:51] But I get a comma? [04:51] nUboon2Age, [04:51] TeacherTomL: maybe your client puts in a comma instead of : [04:51] nUboon2Age, Maybe if I add text? [04:52] Got it. My client. [04:52] btw, if you didn't know it TeacherTomL, the (bash?) shell and many programs also support tab autocompletion. [04:52] 25 years at a computer keyboard and I feel like a nubie. [04:53] shell autocompletion is wonderful TeacherTomL! [04:53] TeacherTomL: it makes those long paths so much easier. [04:53] I have read the term "Bash". Even looked it on Wikipedia. Still not sure what a "Bash" is. [04:53] Borne Again Shell [04:53] Bourne [04:53] Yes, I know that, but still..... [04:54] there are many shells [04:54] bash is only one [04:54] Is a shell also a bash? [04:54] bash is a particular shell program [04:55] So, what is a shell? I have been using sshd to get remote access. [04:55] there are a number of them. Bourne, Korn, C, etc. [04:55] its a command line interface to work with the system [04:55] Like a DOS prompt? [04:56] the equiv in DOS has a name (can't remember) but the result is a DOS prompt yeah [04:56] Is "Terminal" the Linux equivalent? [04:56] Terminal is another name for a shell [04:57] or can be anyway, depending on how the word is used. [04:57] So is Bourne, Korn, C, etc other means of doing command line commands? [04:57] bash is probably the most common default shell in Linux now. [04:58] yes, you could say that. a shell is the program that allows you to input (and get output) from the system on a 'command line' [04:58] nUboon2Age, A good explination that I can understand. Thanks. [04:59] the different shells have slightly different styles of commands they use. [04:59] some are considered better for direct user interaction, some better for shell scripts. Its very much user preference. [05:00] But there are a list of standard Linux commands much like a list of DOS commands, right? They don't differ from distribution to distribution, do they? [05:00] Like "ls" for "dir". [05:01] yes, however the shell commands you'd use to invoke Linux commands or set variables, etc. are slightly different among different shells [05:01] Hum.... Because the commands are imbeded in the shell? [05:01] there are whole classes given just on one shell or another. [05:01] i wouldn't say embedded. Just invoked by the shell. [05:02] system calls [05:02] I should be aware of others, but stick with Bash? [05:02] maybe system calls miht not be the right way to put it, but its close. [05:03] I have been told I will like Bash better than DOS. Is there a reason for that? [05:03] i would stick with Bash for now, yes but as you say a little awareness/knowledge of the others would be good for someone teaching. [05:03] nUb [05:03] nUboon2Age, Thanks for the advice. [05:04] i kinda liked DOS myself, but bash has more capability. [05:04] Can you give me an example? [05:05] TeacherTomL: a couple of links for you, http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User_Guide abd http://www.fedoraguide.info/index.php?title=Main_Page [05:05] /s/abd/and [05:05] well probably not to the level of specificity that would help you, but in its scripting capability there are many more options you can use w/ bash than DOS gave. Many more other programs it can call on too because of Linux tools. [05:06] phillw, Thanks. Bookmarked for future reference. [05:06] like grep, sed and awk, etc. === kermiac is now known as kermiac_ [05:07] like more and less and many other programs that can pipe their inputs and outputs amongst themselves and the shells can take advantage of it. [05:07] TeacherTomL: there is also an IRC channel (like this one) over at #fedora [05:07] Thanks to all for your input. Much friendlier than the Fedora groups I have been hanging out with. No good deed goes unpunished. I will be back. Sleep well. [05:08] TeacherTomL: :) [05:08] Fedora groups are stuck on themselves. You guys are much friendlier and open to questions. [05:08] TeacherTomL: it may be due to the focus of Ubuntu on mass market appeal. [05:08] * phillw I do reckon we are friendlier than other distro channels, that is also the comments from other people. [05:09] TeacherTomL: ubuntu folks are less into the geek macho thing. new user oriented and user-friendly. [05:09] I am wondering why my dean does not let me use Ubuntu instead of Fedora. I think I will ask him and point out the differences in attitude between the Ubuntu groups and the Fedora groups. I would prefer to have my students come HERE for assistance. [05:10] Good night! [05:10] ubuntu server is doing very well now in business, though redhat/fedora/CentOS is still ahead. [05:10] night TeacherTomL [05:10] TeacherTomL: night ;) [05:11] seidos: interesting, i just had a sort of a reocurrence of the problem but it at least partially recovered on its own. hmmm... [05:12] * phillw can we get back to bitching at eachother now the promotional video has finished :p [05:13] seidos: first it flashed really dramatically about three or four times then it stopped (yeah!!!). Now it allows me to click on the battery and get the extended info, though it still says its discharing. Before i couldn't access the pull down menu. [05:17] seidos: jostled again and flashing started again and not stopping. Still can access Power Statistics though, unlike before. [05:18] seidos: so it DID seem to make SOME difference. The part that still seems to be broken is the sensing of AC power. [05:18] nUboon2Age, I have no idea what is causing it. Do you think it's a problem with the kernel? Or your hardware? [05:19] nUboon2Age, what brand is your laptop again? [05:19] Anyone know how to get Ubuntu desktop working correctly under VMWare Fusion? Seems to not want to enable additional graphics effects etc. [05:19] seidos: well i think my hardware is triggering it, but i think the kernel or something should handle it properly and isn't. === dioms_ is now known as dioms [05:19] seidos: Dell Inspiron 2200. about 5 years old [05:20] nUboon2Age, I don't know. What kernel are you on? [05:20] seidos: the flashing is *terrible*. Makes it really just about unusable. I can kinda ignore it for awhile, but it doesn't help me sell Ubuntu to anyone else. embarassing and frustrating! [05:21] nUboon2Age, yeah, ubuntu needs a happy marriage of hardware and software. Maybe you should just not sell that particular Dell model. Is it on the hcl? [05:21] 2.6.32-22-generic seidos [05:22] seidos: i can't remember. do you have the url again? [05:23] seidos: i always remember that since i can 'fix' it by rebooting there has to be some amount of software bug involved. [05:23] nUboon2Age, http://www.ubuntuhcl.org/ [05:23] nUboon2Age, oh, yeah. that's probably true. I was thinking your problem was just like mine. hey, try booting with an earlier kernel. You should have a couple installed to try. [05:25] seidos: oh, i did try that the other day after you rec'd it. but the results were the same. i could try it again. [05:26] the hcl gave it a 5.0 on 8.04. seidos [05:26] nUboon2Age, no don't try it again. it sounds like a problem with the marriage between the kernel and hardware, so I'm just trying to see if an older kernel might not have the problem. I'm using 2.6.30 and it works good for me. The newer kernels won't work at all on my laptop. [05:26] nUboon2Age, do you have a flash drive? or a blank cd? [05:27] stopped flashing, but still discharging. === bgs100 is now known as bgs000 [05:27] nUboon2Age, that's in 8.04? [05:28] seidos: oh, it started charging. again i had your .plx program running. [05:28] seidos: no i was saying that's what's happening right now on my machine. [05:28] nUboon2Age, all the .plx program will do is warn you when your battery is low. [05:28] seidos: i do have a flash drive. [05:29] nUboon2Age, ah. well you can put 8.04 on your flash drive. Boot from it, try it out. [05:29] seidos: yes i do realize that it just warns you, but i don't think i've seen it recover like that apart from using your program. [05:30] seidos: it seems like maybe the poking it does may get something working again. [05:30] nUboon2Age, you might be making the error of thinking correlation is the same as causation. [05:30] seidos: :) possible. [05:31] seidos: i haven't checked it thoroughly either, so it may recover on its own too. but i haven't seen it yet and its not like i haven't watched it awhile. [05:32] nUboon2Age, the only reason I recommended the perl script was to make sure you didn't bust your battery by draining it all the way too many times. [05:33] seidos: yup, and i'm greatful for it. like i say it may be doing even more than you created if for. ;) [05:34] nUboon2Age, I doubt it. [05:34] nUboon2Age, read the code. open the .plx file in a text editor. [05:34] seidos: problem is i've been having this other problem with USB where it doesn't mount properly. i just tried my usb pendrive and its having that problem. [05:35] seidos: oh, i did. i already altered it a little. :) [05:35] nUboon2Age, I've had that problem before. Usually rebooting fixes it. [05:35] nUboon2Age, cool. paste the code, I'd be interested to read your changes. [05:37] seidos: they're extremely minor. i just put a 'heading' first before the numbers start streaming and alternated the numbers w/ the 'Charging'/Discharging. [05:37] seidos: at least i had to figure out where your loop was and how that was working. :) [05:37] nUboon2Age, oh right, I forgot about changing the numbers. [05:40] seidos: http://ubuntu.pastebin.com/W2RZuCzN [05:41] okay, rebooting now... [05:41] nUboon2Age, I like this line: print "Please reboot now"; #added line [05:41] :) [05:41] but shouldn't it be "please charge now" or something? [05:41] probably [05:42] but in my case that's the way i get it to start charging again. [05:43] i'm going to try booting off my usb pen and see what happens (i don't have 8.04 on there yet but it'll be a test). going down now... [05:43] seidos: ^^^ [05:52] ok [05:52] i don't have the sound icon in my taskbar [05:52] but i still have the mail, and mail and sound icon are supposed to come together when you add them [06:16] seidos: well that was somewhat enlightening. I tried LiveUSB Lucid, LiveUSB Lucid UNE and LiveUSB Kubuntu. They all had the problem more or less. Kubuntu was actually a little better, but still not right. Hmm... since KDE doesn't use gpm that might point to the Kernel, eh? [06:18] nUboon2Age, I suppose. I haven't used KDE very much. I prefer gnome. To double check you can type pkill -stop gnome-power-manager in a terminal. But yeah, I think it's clear the problem isn't with gnome-power-manager. But wait! What if there is some kind of conflict between gpm and the kernel? Possible? [06:19] then there would also be some kind of conflict w/ whatever kde uses, yes? [06:20] I don't know, there probably is no conflict. I'm just blabbing. I just don't like saying there's a problem with the kernel without being a kernel hacker. [06:21] i'm downloading 8.04 now... [06:21] good luck. [06:24] seidos: wow that was way fast! [06:24] seidos: almost done... [06:30] seidos: rebooting ti try 8.04.4 now... [07:26] seidos: 8.04.4 was kinda like kubuntu. a little better, but not right. I'm downloading (a non-Ubuntu based) PCLinuxOS Enlightenment now to try that. [07:26] nUboon2Age, did it still have the bug? [07:31] seidos: well sorta like Kubuntu it was constantly switching between AC on AC off. Plus the flashing/pulsing bright/dim problem. [07:31] seidos: another thing i might try is a different OS entirely. [07:32] nUboon2Age, bleh. [07:32] seidos: just to boot up and check. [07:32] off the liveUSB that is. [07:33] nUboon2Age, if I were you, I would just try different kernels. [07:33] seidos: i've got ReactOS LiveCD. [07:33] nUboon2Age, what kernel does it come with? [07:34] seidos: it's own. its an NT clone. I've got Snow Leopard, but its not a liveCD so i doubt that would work. might try it though. [07:35]