[01:48] <Jibe> hey guys, I'm having a problem installing Ubuntu onto my netbook, I'm trying to install it from a usb drive, but it seems like it doesn't recognize the hard drive in the netbook, anyone else have this problem? Or a potential solution?
[01:51] <zkriesse> Specs?
[01:54] <Jibe> its an HP mini 1000 Intel Atom N270 processor, 512MB RAM, Inetl Graphics Media accelerator 950
[01:55] <Jibe> I'm trying to put Ubuntu 10.04 Netbook edition on it
[01:55] <paultag> sec Jibe
[01:56] <paultag> Jibe: I'm on the HP Mini 110 N270 right now
[01:56] <paultag> Jibe: are you sure it's a mini 1000 ?
[01:56] <paultag> Humm, but I have a gig of RAM
[01:56] <Jibe> yeah, I might have pulled up the wrong specs, I just got it from a friend
[01:56] <paultag> Jibe: are you on the USB stick now?
[01:57] <Jibe> no, I'm on a different computer
[01:57] <paultag> Jibe: can you boot it up next to you?
[01:57] <Jibe> but it will boot perfectly from the stick
[01:57] <paultag> Jibe: Just so we can start poking around
[01:57] <paultag> Jibe: that's good :)
[01:57] <paultag> Jibe: that means we can see if the drive is there or not according to the linux kernel
[01:57] <Jibe> yeah, its a start lol
[01:58] <Jibe> how would I go about doing that?
[01:58] <paultag> Jibe: sudo hdparm -i /dev/sda
[01:59] <paultag> Jibe: that will let us start looking at the hdd
[02:00] <Jibe> ok I did that
[02:00] <Jibe> got a whole bunch of options
[02:00] <paultag> what does it say
[02:01] <paultag> Are you sure they are options?
[02:01] <paultag> Jibe: try sudo hdparm -i /dev/sda | grep Model
[02:01] <paultag> Jibe: give me the first string
[02:02] <Jibe> i.e. -a get/set fs readahead
[02:02] <paultag> wtf
[02:02] <paultag> are you sure you typed that accuratly Jibe ?
[02:03] <Jibe> first line of that second command: hdparm - get/set hard disk parameters - version v9.15
[02:05] <Jibe> yeah, it's accurate
[02:05] <paultag> you did -i /dev/sda ?
[02:05] <Jibe> yeah
[02:06] <Jibe> sudo hdparm -i/dev/sda
[02:06] <Jibe> right?
[02:06] <paultag> Jibe: no
[02:06] <paultag> Jibe: space
[02:06] <paultag> Jibe: -i /dev/sda
[02:06] <paultag> Jibe: copy commands verbatim :)
[02:06] <Jibe> well frak
[02:08] <paultag> yahum
[02:08] <Jibe> ok now first line is: HDIO_DRIVE_CMD(identify) failed: Invalid exchange
[02:08] <paultag> Huzzah
[02:08] <paultag> OK, let's dig deeper
[02:09] <paultag> that might be your usb disk
[02:09] <paultag> Jibe: ls /dev/sd*
[02:10] <paultag> Jibe: is there an sdb ?
[02:10] <Jibe> it gives me /dev/sda and /dev/sda1
[02:10] <paultag> Well that's not fun
[02:11] <paultag> Jibe: sudo lshw
[02:12] <paultag> Jibe: there's going to be a lot there
[02:12] <paultag> Jibe: find "storage", and tell me what the name of the drives are
[02:12] <paultag> look for "-disk"
[02:14] <Jibe> ok I found -disk
[02:14] <paultag> What's it's name
[02:15] <Jibe> logical name: /dev/sda
[02:15] <paultag> ( description: )
[02:15] <paultag> ( product: )
[02:15] <paultag> ( vendor: )
[02:15] <paultag> those are the 3 I'd like right now :)
[02:16] <Jibe> description: SCSI Disk
[02:16] <Jibe> but I don't see a product or vendor
[02:16] <paultag> >:(
[02:17] <paultag> that means it's a USB drive, I think
[02:17] <Jibe> there's a vendor under -volume which is in -disk, which is MSDOS5.0
[02:17] <paultag> Jibe: You might be SOL. I'd look into replacing the HDD inside the computer. If it's a mini 110, it's easy to change
[02:17] <Jibe> yeah, its size is only 7638Mb
[02:18] <Jibe> yeahhh, the thing is this is supposed to be the new hard drive >.>
[02:18] <paultag> Jibe: I'd say an upgrade is in order -- a $50 netbook ain't too bad.
[02:18] <paultag> Doh :/
[02:18] <Jibe> but thanks for all the help!
[02:18] <paultag> Jibe: sure. Sorry I could not help more :)
[06:50] <zkriesse> Hey DarkNemesis
[06:50] <DarkNemesis> hi
[06:51] <zkriesse> How goes it?
[06:51] <zkriesse> Or should I say, switchgirl
[07:03] <darknemesis> it goes well
[07:04] <zkriesse> very nice
[07:04] <zkriesse> What happened to "switchgirl"
[07:04] <zkriesse> I liked it better
[07:32] <zkriesse> hey hobgoblin
[07:32] <zkriesse> How goes the war against Middle Earth?
[07:33] <hobgoblin> slow
[07:34] <zkriesse> lol
[07:41] <hobgoblin> how are you zkriesse - all well I trust
[07:41] <zkriesse> doing fine
[07:41] <zkriesse> Excited actually
[07:41] <hobgoblin> cool
[07:42] <zkriesse> Gonna be dog sitting my grandparents dog for five days at their house while they go on a short trip
[07:42] <hobgoblin> got some holiday have you?
[07:43] <zkriesse> Yeah it's gonna rock
[07:44] <unclemacsback> Any ideas? HP deskjet 3930 printer- head moves like its prininting, just no ink- works OK on xp
[07:44] <zkriesse> Work out with the weights and the treadmill, computer stuff, run the block with Ozzie (the dog) and stuff
[07:46] <hobgoblin> unclemacsback: generally hp will work - have you tried reinstalling it
[07:49] <unclemacsback> hobgoblin- it's usb and I just plugged it in - do you mean reinstall the drivers?
[07:54] <hobgoblin> if you just tried plugging it in, try going to sys- admin - printing and add it there
[07:59] <unclemacsback> I've got 10.04 netbook - in system there is "printing" but no "admin" - I rightclick the printer icon but there dosn't seem to be any category for drivers. Under thecategory "hardware drivers" it states something like "there are no drivers installed for this computer"
[08:02] <hobgoblin> unclemacsback: then add printer - I shoudl think there is some way to do so in printing
[08:03] <unclemacsback> Yeah - that makes sense. I'll try it/thanks-mac
[08:15] <unclemac> Hobgoblin - you there?
[08:16] <hobgoblin> just about - first thing in the morning - sorting the day
[08:16] <unclemac> Where are ya?
[08:18] <unclemac> Look, I just wanted to tell you it worked. I reinstalled and alls well- I've been workin at this a while. You've got a friend in San Diego/mac
[08:23] <hobgoblin> nice to get a reply and thanks
[08:31] <hobgoblin> morning tenach
[08:31] <tenach> Hello hobgoblin
[08:49] <tenach> How goes it hobgoblin ?
[08:49] <tenach> Hello swoody
[08:49] <zkriesse> SWWOOOODDDDYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!
[08:49] <zkriesse> argh
[08:49] <zkriesse> not enough O's in that
[08:49] <hobgoblin> pretty good ty tenach - have a week at home :)
[08:49] <hobgoblin> morning swoody
[08:50] <tenach> hobgoblin, That's pretty sweet
[08:50] <swoody> heya hobgoblin :)
[08:50] <swoody> hobgoblin: how's things going??
[08:50] <hobgoblin> yep - not had much time off since xmas
[08:50] <swoody> heya zkriesse :)
[08:50] <hobgoblin> good swoody
[08:50] <swoody> very good to hear :)
[08:51] <zkriesse> swoody: you're up late
[08:51] <zkriesse> swoody: It's three am
[08:51] <swoody> zkriesse: just got home from work :)
[08:52] <zkriesse> swoody: ah night shift?
[08:52] <zkriesse> swoody: got a router too eh?
[08:53] <swoody> unwinding with a Guinness and reading the Free Software Supporter newsletter
[08:53] <swoody> yeah, I have had one for a bit now, but when I seed torrents they like to lag and d/c my irssi :(
[08:53] <swoody> zkriesse: 2nd shift, not 3rd. 5pm-1am
[08:54] <zkriesse> ah ok
[08:54] <zkriesse> where at?
[08:54] <swoody> although if we go to the 12hr schedule I'll more than likely be working 8pm-8am
[08:54] <swoody> zkriesse: www.singlehop.com
[08:54] <zkriesse> ah
[08:54] <swoody> very cool server hosting company
[08:54] <zkriesse> Ok gotta go do wiki
[09:08] <tenach> Bah.
[10:59] <zkriesse> !pastebin | zkriesse
[10:59] <ubot2> zkriesse, please see my private message
[11:00] <Puck`> hi zack
[11:00] <Puck`> you forgot to roundup where we are today (:
[11:00] <zkriesse> wha?
[11:07] <Puck`> you said yesterday, you'll go to bed, and when you come back you'll let me know about where this project is today, if we did advance in the past month or not
[11:08] <zkriesse> Puck`: AH
[11:08] <zkriesse> Puck`: pm me and we'll discuss it
[11:08] <Puck`> oh wrong channel i see, darn
[11:08] <Puck`> ((:
[11:08] <zkriesse> lol
[11:08] <Puck`> i thought we were on UY
[13:04] <darknemesis> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DansGuardian i think i messed iptables up - can only get to google
[13:04] <duanedesign> hello darknemesis
[13:05] <darknemesis> also any idea about how to ban files except bbc iplayer and youtube?
[13:05] <darknemesis> duanedesign,  hoi
[13:06] <darknemesis> duanedesign, ? no ideas
[13:08] <hobgoblin> darknemesis: do you not have backups of the files you edited?
[13:08] <darknemesis> npes
[13:12] <duanedesign> darknemesis: looking at the guide. If you take out the script that you created script in /etc/rc2.d,  S60iptables. Then restart you should get a clean iptable. Or if you want to leave it, make it unexecutable
[13:13] <darknemesis> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=671604 i was following this
[13:15] <hobgoblin> darknemesis: can you not just work backwards then?
[13:15] <hobgoblin> not actually able to help with dansguardian ...
[13:16] <hobgoblin> just to make you feel worse I have nano set to always backup
[13:17]  * darknemesis hates sudo nano
[13:17] <darknemesis> makes me shudder
[13:18] <duanedesign> darknemesis: so adding sites to your whitelist is not allowing you to access them ?
[13:19] <darknemesis> i want to ban google
[13:19] <darknemesis> or rather http://google.com and want to make it go to https://
[13:19] <duanedesign> ok
[13:20] <darknemesis> i want a https connection that bans as many risks of infection as i can
[13:21] <paultag> darknemesis: haha bodhizazen ( they guy that wrote that ) is a member here
[13:21] <darknemesis> hi
[13:21] <darknemesis> anyone seen bodhi?
[13:22] <darknemesis> bodhi.zazen
[13:22] <darknemesis> ie they used t be here i think
[13:22] <darknemesis> remember i asked yesto-day
[13:24] <hobgoblin> darknemesis: he comes and goes still
[13:24] <darknemesis> :)
[13:24] <darknemesis> on the forums ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=671604 <<i asked and showed you this yest-oday
[13:24] <darknemesis> *yestoday
[13:25] <darknemesis> grr i forget to-day and yestoday
[13:25] <darknemesis> not today
[13:25] <hobgoblin> darknemesis: so what do use to edit files? gedit used to auto backup unless you told it not too
[13:25] <darknemesis> gedit
[13:26] <darknemesis> im on 9.04
[13:26] <hobgoblin> did you check for nameofile~
[13:26] <hobgoblin> they are backups
[13:28] <hobgoblin> might be hidden though
[13:28] <hobgoblin> but that is all beside the point you came here for
[13:29] <darknemesis> there are none
[13:32] <darknemesis> can xmpp do yahoo het?
[13:32] <darknemesis> yet*?
[14:00] <bihari> hi
[16:15] <darknemesis> ok would it be stupid to encrypt my ~ to aes?
[16:15] <darknemesis> and how to encyrpt my home drive to aes via trucrype?
[16:16] <darknemesis> truecrypt*
[16:44] <Jibe> OK, so I used this computer to install ubuntu onto another hard drive via usb (this hard drive was to go in another computer so it could boot Ubuntu), I figured I could just unplug the external hard drive then choose my Windows 7 main hard drive from the boot loader, but apparently thats not the case because not my computer is constantly looking for Ubuntu's boot loader on startup. Is there a way I can switch it back to the windows boot loader?
[16:47] <SARC> Does Ubuntu have debconf-set-selections capability
[16:59] <SARC> Does Ubuntu have debconf-set-selections capability
[17:07] <Jibe> how would I go about chainloading grub to point and boot my windows installation?
[18:07] <ankush> when i was installing ubunu 10.04 LTS, suddenly the power went off and my ups was not working properly, so after sometime i tried again and resulted in 3 versions of ubuntu partially installed on my pc,now please tell me how to uninstall them...
[18:18] <ankush> someone please help
[23:32] <[V13]Axel> Can anyone tell me why 'dpkg --set-selections /host/package.selections' isn't working? the file 'package.selections' is my output file for 'get-selections.' I'm trying to upgrade without program or setting loss.
[23:33] <[V13]Axel> I get the error, "--set-selections takes no arguments". If that's so, how do I restore from a file?
[23:50] <duanedesign> hello [V13]Axel
[23:51] <duanedesign> [V13]Axel:   dpkg –get-selections > ~/installed.packages
[23:51] <duanedesign> [V13]Axel:    cat /etc/apt/sources.list > ~/savedsources.list
[23:52] <duanedesign> [V13]Axel: Then to reinstall
[23:52] <duanedesign> [V13]Axel: sudo cp ~/savedsources.list /etc/apt/sources.list
[23:52] <duanedesign> cat ~/installed.packages > dpkg –set-selections
[23:52] <duanedesign> sudo apt-get dselect-upgrade
[23:54] <duanedesign> [V13]Axel: and on newer installs there is a folder where some repository entries are made. You might want to save that.  /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
[23:55] <duanedesign> [V13]Axel: http://okiebuntu.homelinux.com/blog/?p=96
[23:58] <[V13]Axel> duanedesign: Do I type that entire line with the "cat" command exactly as you put it?