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| n8ofsp8ds | hey guys i need your help with hdmin for ubuntu | 02:12 |
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| n8ofsp8ds | the resolution wont adjust right | 02:12 |
| n8ofsp8ds | and no sound | 02:13 |
| n8ofsp8ds | anybody | 02:15 |
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| pseudosmart | does anyone know how to install a patch in 10.04? I keep getting hunks failed? | 02:31 |
| aveilleux | pseudosmart: Can you give some context? | 02:32 |
| pseudosmart | I'm trying to install a patch to make my internal microphone work. But I keep getting 44 of 44 hunks failes | 02:32 |
| pseudosmart | failed | 02:32 |
| aveilleux | pseudosmart: By "context" I meant what program is returning that error | 02:33 |
| pseudosmart | the terminal. Is that what you mean? | 02:34 |
| aveilleux | pseudosmart: No. What program are you running to initiate the patch that returns the "hunks failed" error | 02:34 |
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| small | hello | 03:42 |
| small | i need some help on networking a shared file | 03:42 |
| stlsaint | small: i can try and help | 03:43 |
| stlsaint | you running samba? | 03:44 |
| small | i have ashared file and the program i am using needs the path to the shared file | 03:44 |
| small | i think so when i shared the file it says the shared file is smb:\ubuntulinux | 03:44 |
| small | ubuntulinux is the name of my computer | 03:45 |
| small | the name of the shared file is pos2 and is located on the ubuntu desktop | 03:46 |
| small | this program needs the path to the shared file | 03:47 |
| head_victim | small: should be //ip.address.of.host/sharename | 03:49 |
| stlsaint | small: what is the user name of the desktop where the file is | 03:49 |
| head_victim | Off the top of my head. If you have the dns set up right you could just use //hostname/sharename | 03:49 |
| small | the file is at /home/bradley/Desktop/pos2 | 03:50 |
| small | when i go to network is says smb://ubuntulinux | 03:52 |
| stlsaint | small: well that is the entire path that you want to tell that program | 03:52 |
| small | when i put that path in it says path does not exist | 03:52 |
| stlsaint | append on the rest of that path to smb://ubuntulinux | 03:52 |
| small | maybe not work like that this is dos software running on dosemu | 03:57 |
| small | would it have to be networked through dosemu | 03:58 |
| Caelte | when I double click on a script it opens edit instead off giving me the option to run as a script. can anyone help me get that back? | 04:00 |
| Caelte | that should be opens gedit | 04:01 |
| head_victim | Caelte: a single script or all scripts? | 04:02 |
| Caelte | everything goes to gedit | 04:03 |
| head_victim | Caelte: ah odd, I was thinking you might have accidentally made one of them non executable which is what I've done in the past causing that exact symptom | 04:08 |
| Caelte | and how did you fix that? | 04:10 |
| head_victim | Right click the file, go to properties, then go to the permissions tab and tick the "allow executing file as a program" | 04:10 |
| stlsaint | Caelte: you need to chmod that file | 04:10 |
| head_victim | Or you can use cli to chmod it | 04:11 |
| stlsaint | Caelte: in terminal: sudo chmod u+x /name/of/file | 04:11 |
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| Caelte | thank you - under properties it was not executable, now it is and now it runs | 04:12 |
| Caelte | thanks again guys, have a great night | 04:17 |
| stlsaint | l8er | 04:17 |
| Sqorck | Hello? | 06:34 |
| AndrewMC | Hello Sqorck | 06:36 |
| AndrewMC | !hi | 06:36 |
| ubot2 | Hi! Welcome to #ubuntu-beginners! Feel free to ask questions and help people out. The channel guidelines are at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/Guidelines . Enjoy your stay! | 06:36 |
| Sqorck | I need some help, I just installed Ubuntu on a partition on my vista laptops HDD and for some reason grub wont boot in to windows vista | 06:38 |
| Sqorck | I think what happend in the install I set my windows partition to be the bootloader and now everytime I try to pick the vista option in grub it just restarts grub | 06:39 |
| Sqorck | here is the data from fdisk -l | 06:40 |
| Sqorck | Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes | 06:40 |
| Sqorck | 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders | 06:40 |
| Sqorck | Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes | 06:40 |
| Sqorck | Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes | 06:40 |
| Sqorck | I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes | 06:40 |
| Sqorck | Disk identifier: 0x98b977c6 | 06:40 |
| Sqorck | Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System | 06:41 |
| Sqorck | /dev/sda1 * 1 16579 133169676 7 HPFS/NTFS | 06:41 |
| Sqorck | /dev/sda2 16579 19458 23119873 5 Extended | 06:41 |
| Sqorck | /dev/sda5 16579 17066 3905536 82 Linux swap / Solaris | 06:41 |
| Sqorck | /dev/sda6 17066 18889 14647296 83 Linux | 06:41 |
| Sqorck | /dev/sda7 18889 19458 4564992 83 Linux | 06:41 |
| Sqorck | Anyone know what I can do? AndrewMC? | 06:43 |
| AndrewMC | Sorry idk much about grub | 06:44 |
| AndrewMC | !grub | 06:44 |
| ubot2 | grub is the default boot manager for Ubuntu releases before Karmic (9.10). Lost GRUB after installing Windows? See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestoreGrub - GRUB how-tos: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GrubHowto - See !grub2 for Karmic onwards. | 06:44 |
| gmail | hello | 06:44 |
| AndrewMC | Try that out | 06:44 |
| AndrewMC | !hi | gmail | 06:44 |
| ubot2 | gmail: Hi! Welcome to #ubuntu-beginners! Feel free to ask questions and help people out. The channel guidelines are at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/Guidelines . Enjoy your stay! | 06:44 |
| gmail | can some help me, the flashplayer can't reads tips in youtube !!? | 06:45 |
| AndrewMC | Do the videos play | 06:45 |
| gmail | AndrewMC: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPGWktguAtM | 06:45 |
| gmail | see the tips on video | 06:46 |
| gmail | I can't read it character | 06:46 |
| AndrewMC | Huh | 06:46 |
| gmail | also, wait any video fisinh and got the list of videos also I can't read it :/ | 06:47 |
| gmail | just english I can , other english can't | 06:47 |
| AndrewMC | Is your zoom messed up | 06:47 |
| AndrewMC | !grub2 | Sqorck | 06:49 |
| ubot2 | Sqorck: GRUB2 is the default Ubuntu boot manager since Ubuntu 9.10. For more information and troubleshooting for GRUB2 please refer to https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2 | 06:49 |
| hobgoblin | morning | 06:51 |
| AndrewMC | !hi | hobgoblin | 06:52 |
| ubot2 | hobgoblin: Hi! Welcome to #ubuntu-beginners! Feel free to ask questions and help people out. The channel guidelines are at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/Guidelines . Enjoy your stay! | 06:52 |
| [sleepy] | its 10:52 here wtf | 06:52 |
| [sleepy] | lol | 06:52 |
| hobgoblin | AndrewMC: up till a few months ago I was voiced in here and a member of BT - I know the drill :) | 06:52 |
| AndrewMC | Oh sorry | 06:53 |
| [sleepy] | lol | 06:53 |
| hobgoblin | and it's probably best not to just whack a factoid at people ;) | 06:53 |
| gmail | AndrewMC: what's the meaning for massedup ? | 06:54 |
| AndrewMC | I know but iPhone you know much easier to go !hi then to type it all out | 06:54 |
| hobgoblin | pfft - phones are for talking on - and now I've given away my age :D | 06:54 |
| AndrewMC | gmail: Meant messed up sorry | 06:54 |
| AndrewMC | hobgoblin: Lol | 06:54 |
| hobgoblin | is there someone here with grub issues? | 06:55 |
| AndrewMC | hobgoblin: Yes | 06:55 |
| hobgoblin | did they get sorted? | 06:55 |
| AndrewMC | Sqorck is have issues and it's not my area of expertise so I hoped the factoid could help him but he is still here | 06:56 |
| gmail | AndrewMC: no | 06:56 |
| hobgoblin | Sqorck: ping | 06:56 |
| gmail | zoom default | 06:56 |
| Sqorck | umm | 06:56 |
| Sqorck | yeah I still need some help | 06:57 |
| hobgoblin | hi Sqorck - what's your problem then? | 06:57 |
| Sqorck | I have vista installed on my laptops HDD and I freed up some space to add Ubuntus partitions. I went through the install and at the last part where you set the bootloader to a partition it got set to my vista partition, so it put grub on my vista partition and now when I boot grub comes up and I can boot in to Ubuntu but when I try to boot in to windows it just restarts grub. | 06:57 |
| hobgoblin | Sqorck: ok - you know how to use paste.ubuntu.com? | 06:58 |
| Sqorck | no, im really new to linux and all this | 06:58 |
| hobgoblin | !paste | Sqorck | 06:58 |
| ubot2 | Sqorck: For posting multi-line texts into the channel, please use http://paste.ubuntu.com | To post !screenshots use http://tinyurl.com/imagebin | !pastebinit to paste directly from command line | Make sure you give us the URL for your paste - see also the channel topic. | 06:58 |
| Sqorck | Ah ok | 06:59 |
| hobgoblin | Sqorck: I'm going to give you a command to run in the terminal - that is in apps - accessories, run that and then paste ALL of it to paste.ubuntu.com - put a name in the name box - hit paste and give us the new url | 06:59 |
| gmail | can I change the character for flashplayer !?! | 07:00 |
| Sqorck | ok | 07:00 |
| hobgoblin | Sqorck: sudo fdisk -l && cat /boot/grub/grub.cfg | 07:01 |
| Sqorck | Yeah I already have that in a text file hold on.. | 07:02 |
| hobgoblin | Sqorck: then I want you to do this - sudo update-grub && cat /boot/grub/grub.dfg | 07:02 |
| Sqorck | Ok here is the first http://paste.ubuntu.com/488159/ | 07:03 |
| Sqorck | here is what I got from putting in the other line http://paste.ubuntu.com/488161/ | 07:05 |
| hobgoblin | typo on my part there - it is early ... should be grub.cfg | 07:06 |
| hobgoblin | Sqorck: but don't worry for the moment - run this one and it's only one line returns so just paste the result here please | 07:07 |
| hobgoblin | sudo blkid |grep /dev/sda1 | 07:08 |
| Sqorck | /dev/sda1: UUID="78BE6059BE601244" TYPE="ntfs" | 07:08 |
| hobgoblin | k - thanks Sqorck - give me a little while to look | 07:09 |
| Sqorck | okay | 07:09 |
| hobgoblin | Sqorck: ok - want to add a custom entry to try that - so open the file for editing gksudo gedit /etc/grub.d/40_custom | 07:14 |
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| Sqorck | alright open. | 07:14 |
| hobgoblin | http://ubft.pastebin.com/NnS9EFdn | 07:15 |
| hobgoblin | paste that in to the file - I assume it is empty at the moment | 07:16 |
| Sqorck | yeah, it has instructions but thats it | 07:16 |
| hobgoblin | Sqorck: then save and close and run sudo update-grub | 07:16 |
| Sqorck | Okay saved it | 07:17 |
| Sqorck | ok its "done" | 07:18 |
| hobgoblin | whne you run update-grub it will not look any different as the custom entries don't echo afaik - do the cat /boot/grub/grub.cfg again - look right at the bottom and makes sure it is there | 07:18 |
| hobgoblin | when you've checked - reboot and see if it works | 07:18 |
| hobgoblin | I'll be about - ping me - though I might be making tea :) | 07:18 |
| Sqorck | hold on | 07:19 |
| Sqorck | that last part though me for a loop | 07:19 |
| Sqorck | I have no clue what echo afaik is | 07:19 |
| hobgoblin | :) afaik - as far as I know and by echo I mean that though update-grub will see it. it will not show on the screen | 07:21 |
| hobgoblin | and what do you mean by loop - you rebooted and it didn't work? | 07:21 |
| Sqorck | like when I picked the vista option it would just go black for a sec then load grub up again | 07:22 |
| Sqorck | ok now it looks like the windows vista (loader) (on /dev/sda1) is there | 07:24 |
| hobgoblin | the new option does the same as the old one? | 07:24 |
| Sqorck | im going to reboot | 07:24 |
| hobgoblin | ok | 07:24 |
| hobgoblin | the last option will be at the bottom | 07:24 |
| Sqorck | Okay yeah they both do the same | 07:29 |
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| Sqorck | | hobgoblin | 07:30 |
| hobgoblin | mmm | 07:31 |
| hobgoblin | Sqorck: when you installed did you resize the vista partition with the vista disk manager or in the ubuntu livecd? | 07:33 |
| Sqorck | vista disk manager then set up all the ubuntu partitions manually. | 07:34 |
| hobgoblin | k | 07:35 |
| Sqorck | I was trying to do my best not to mess up anything on the vista side of things. | 07:37 |
| hobgoblin | Sqorck: can you go here and download the file - http://sourceforge.net/projects/bootinfoscript/ | 07:37 |
| hobgoblin | Sqorck: yea - I understand that :) | 07:37 |
| Sqorck | Done | 07:37 |
| hobgoblin | assuming that the file downloads to the desktop, in a terminal chmod +x boot<tab> | 07:38 |
| hobgoblin | using the tab key willautocomplete the name | 07:38 |
| hobgoblin | then once that has done - sudo ./boot<tab> | 07:38 |
| hobgoblin | there will be a text doc on the desktop - copy all of that to paste.ubuntu.com | 07:39 |
| Sqorck | hmm tab didnt do anything | 07:40 |
| hobgoblin | Sqorck: where did the file download to? | 07:41 |
| hobgoblin | oh foo - my fault, if it is on the desktop then cd Desktop first | 07:41 |
| Sqorck | tmp but I save as it to the dt | 07:41 |
| Sqorck | http://paste.ubuntu.com/488170/ | 07:44 |
| Sqorck | hobgoblin: so, I probably should have put your name in the post with the link huh. I'm not used to irc chats :-[ | 07:51 |
| hobgoblin | sorry - I was reading it :) but it is best to put people's name | 07:52 |
| Sqorck | Oh | 07:52 |
| Sqorck | Yeah I'll try to remember that for all the important stuff. | 07:53 |
| hobgoblin | Sqorck: well I can't see anything in any of the files that should stop it working | 08:01 |
| hobgoblin | Sqorck: this could go round in circles - do you have the vista dvd? | 08:03 |
| Sqorck | no I never got one with my laptop | 08:04 |
| hobgoblin | Sqorck: ok - I am going to suggest that you reinstall the vista bootloader, check that vista works and then reinstall the ubuntu bootloader | 08:04 |
| hobgoblin | though it is feasible to add ubuntu to the vista bootloader I think | 08:05 |
| Sqorck | hobgoblin: how do I reinstall the vista bootloader? | 08:05 |
| hobgoblin | Sqorck: http://neosmart.net/blog/2008/windows-vista-recovery-disc-download/ | 08:05 |
| Sqorck | hobgoblin: oh boy I did all that, ended in aggravation. | 08:06 |
| hobgoblin | it's the only way I know of to reinstall the bootloader without the install disc | 08:07 |
| Sqorck | I couldnt get the image file to burn to a dvd so I used a cd and then I got nothing but errors trying to load it. | 08:07 |
| hobgoblin | oic - that sort of aggro - try with supergrub - http://www.supergrubdisk.org/2010/08/20/sg2d-downloads-20100820/ | 08:09 |
| hobgoblin | did you try downloading the neosmart thing again? | 08:09 |
| Sqorck | 3 times | 08:10 |
| hobgoblin | lol | 08:10 |
| Sqorck | I have been trying to fix this for the past 2 days | 08:10 |
| hobgoblin | try supergrub - if that doesn't burn - then I would wonder at hardware issues - where are you burning the iso? in ubuntu | 08:11 |
| hobgoblin | Sqorck: did you post a thread on the forum at all? | 08:12 |
| Sqorck | No I have a hard time explaining stuff. over forums it just takes forever for me to get what I am trying to say across. | 08:14 |
| hobgoblin | might have been worth it - you'd have had answers by now - and the forum is new people friendly | 08:15 |
| hobgoblin | anyway - try supergrub | 08:15 |
| Sqorck | Yeah I am | 08:15 |
| Sqorck | Rage I guess Ubuntu just doesn't like my dvds. | 08:16 |
| Sqorck | trying cds | 08:16 |
| hobgoblin | brasero? | 08:16 |
| Sqorck | yeah | 08:16 |
| hobgoblin | I'll not say it works fine for me ... | 08:17 |
| Sqorck | Yeah but little things like that I can fix later, or find workrounds. | 08:18 |
| hobgoblin | :) | 08:18 |
| Sqorck | Alright time to see if this CD works brb | 08:19 |
| Sqorck | hobgoblin: well I picked detect any OS and it list ubuntu, ubuntu safemode, and vista. I picked vista and it loaded grub 2 with all the old options. | 08:24 |
| hobgoblin | Sqorck: I think there should be an option to resintall the vista bootloader | 08:24 |
| Sqorck | hobgoblin: with supper grub? | 08:25 |
| hobgoblin | yea | 08:25 |
| Sqorck | Ok ill look for it and anything else that could be useful | 08:25 |
| hobgoblin | hang on | 08:26 |
| Sqorck | ok | 08:26 |
| hobgoblin | in supergrub - look for a windows section - then look in there | 08:28 |
| Sqorck | okay, anything else? | 08:29 |
| hobgoblin | after you've done that you can either reinstall grub or add the neosmart boot thingy to add ubuntu to the vista boot menu | 08:29 |
| hobgoblin | at the moment let's just try and get vista booting again | 08:30 |
| Sqorck | ok so just add the neosmart bootloader | 08:30 |
| Sqorck | ? | 08:31 |
| hobgoblin | have a go now - if you have no irc client in vista - http://webchat.freenode.net/ | 08:31 |
| Sqorck | I have one. | 08:31 |
| Sqorck | brb | 08:31 |
| hobgoblin | I think so - http://neosmart.net/wiki/display/EBCD/EasyBCD+Documentation+Home | 08:31 |
| hobgoblin | I really hate grub2 when it goes wrong :( | 08:33 |
| seidos | i haven't really had grub2 go wrong, other stuff has, but not grub2 | 08:35 |
| hobgoblin | seidos: me neither - bit others have and grub legacy was easier to work with :) did you look at any of the pastes at all? | 08:42 |
| hobgoblin | Sqorck: well? | 08:42 |
| seidos | pastes? no, i'm reading literature | 08:43 |
| hobgoblin | I wish I was :) | 08:43 |
| Sqorck | hobgoblin: well that was unproductive, I tried all the options there non did anything and didnt say anything about windows or neosmart | 08:43 |
| seidos | i'm just peaking in here from time to time, to see if there is anything i can do to help | 08:43 |
| hobgoblin | Sqorck: ok - well I have only 2 things left to try then I will have to give up | 08:44 |
| Sqorck | okay | 08:44 |
| hobgoblin | gksudo gedit /etc/grub.d/40_custom | 08:44 |
| Sqorck | sry this is so problematic. | 08:44 |
| hobgoblin | find the line search --no-floppy --fs-uuid and delete it - then save and run sudo update-grub again | 08:45 |
| hobgoblin | Sqorck: not your fault :) | 08:45 |
| hobgoblin | then try a reboot | 08:45 |
| Sqorck | the full line? | 08:46 |
| Sqorck | --set 78be6059be601244 is there too | 08:46 |
| hobgoblin | yep - whole line | 08:46 |
| Sqorck | ok | 08:46 |
| seidos | hobgoblin, should he make a backup of the file before making the change? | 08:47 |
| hobgoblin | seidos: it's the same as the -30 file with another line added | 08:47 |
| seidos | i should probably poke around in /etc/grub.d before opening my mouth | 08:47 |
| Sqorck | ok restarting | 08:48 |
| hobgoblin | seidos: and it's only the custom file anyway - and neither work lol | 08:48 |
| seidos | hobgoblin, i'm still used to menu.lst. grub2 is yet another mystery to unravel | 08:48 |
| hobgoblin | yea - I loved grub - so easy to work with :) | 08:49 |
| hobgoblin | drs305 is on holiday - I'm sure he'd know what it is :D | 08:49 |
| seidos | maybe it's true what they say, the sequel is never as good as the original | 08:49 |
| hobgoblin | ha ha ha | 08:50 |
| hobgoblin | Sqorck: a no I assume | 08:50 |
| seidos | hmmm, looks like a bunch of bash in grub.d | 08:50 |
| Sqorck | :-( | 08:50 |
| hobgoblin | seidos: it is all like that :( | 08:50 |
| Sqorck | Is seidos trying to help or just laughing at how hard my computer fails? | 08:52 |
| seidos | Sqorck, i am trying to learn it, so that maybe i can help another person | 08:52 |
| hobgoblin | Sqorck: the only other thing I would suggest is booting the livecd and then reinstalling grub - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2#Reinstalling%20GRUB%202 use method3 | 08:52 |
| seidos | Sqorck, trust me, i am not laughing at computer problems. i like when they work :) | 08:52 |
| hobgoblin | Sqorck: grub2 is fairly new and it is not as easy to work with as grub was :( | 08:53 |
| duanedesign | hobgoblin: I keep waiting to use one of the 'advanced features' in grub2 in order to feel better about justifying its increased complexity | 08:53 |
| hobgoblin | duanedesign: I have managed to get an iso on the menu and it boots - partedmagic - that was useful | 08:54 |
| hobgoblin | you can in fact add the buntu iso = boot's quicker than with a cd | 08:54 |
| duanedesign | huh | 08:55 |
| duanedesign | net | 08:55 |
| duanedesign | err, neat | 08:55 |
| Sqorck | Okay Im going to go try | 08:57 |
| hobgoblin | I am more or less positive that there is nothing wrong with the grub files | 08:58 |
| duanedesign | their is starting to be a few more resources out their, but drs305's guide on grub2 was a godsend for awhile | 08:59 |
| hobgoblin | yea - absolutely | 09:03 |
| seidos | maybe i should read it | 09:03 |
| hobgoblin | seidos: probably worth it :) | 09:05 |
| hobgoblin | I find in this channel that people turn off as soon as grub is mentioned :D | 09:05 |
| seidos | well, i don't know. i spent quite a bit of time studying python, and today i had an idea for a very simple program, and i couldn't remember any syntax | 09:05 |
| seidos | so i'll probably read it and forget it | 09:05 |
| seidos | heh | 09:05 |
| hobgoblin | it's all voodoo to me anyway - all of it - and bash is something I do with a hammer | 09:06 |
| duanedesign | https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2 i think this is the one that has been kept up with. Their is also one on wiki.ubuntu.com as well as the Forums | 09:06 |
| seidos | hobgoblin, yeah, no kidding. a sledgehammer. | 09:07 |
| duanedesign | hobgoblin: lol | 09:07 |
| seidos | duanedesign, yeah, that's the one i found in the forums. thanks | 09:07 |
| seidos | huh, i have ver 1.97beta4 i guess i don't have grub 2 X_x | 09:08 |
| hobgoblin | could always get squork to revert to legacy- but I don't really think that will deal with the issue - just paper over the cracks | 09:08 |
| seidos | i scrolled up quite a bit, am i right that the problem is he can't boot into windows? | 09:09 |
| hobgoblin | seidos: yep - I think that grub2 will be beta for as long as grub was | 09:09 |
| hobgoblin | yep | 09:09 |
| seidos | hmmm, booting up windows from the cd should fix that. but he has no cd, huh? | 09:10 |
| seidos | isn't the command fixmbr supposed to fix that? that's what all the windows tests i've taken said. heh | 09:10 |
| hobgoblin | indeed - and trying to burn the vista recovery disc was a problem it seems | 09:10 |
| hobgoblin | and supergrub didn't do the job either | 09:10 |
| seidos | i haven't heard of neosmart before | 09:11 |
| seidos | looks like they have a tool too | 09:11 |
| hobgoblin | I really have no idea why people do not burn the recovery disc when they first get it | 09:11 |
| seidos | they're cheap | 09:11 |
| hobgoblin | seidos: he tried that - that was the burn issue he had | 09:11 |
| seidos | for awhile i didn't have my own ubuntu live cd burned | 09:12 |
| seidos | i only had moon os | 09:12 |
| seidos | though, it was a learning experience trying to mess around with moon os and make it look like ubuntu | 09:12 |
| hobgoblin | seidos: I have so many iso's kicking about that it is ridiculous :) | 09:12 |
| seidos | hobgoblin, i need to get my usb flash drive back. i'll just keep an iso of choice on there. probably karmic. i've had bad luck with lucid | 09:13 |
| seidos | maybe it's my karma :) | 09:13 |
| hobgoblin | heh | 09:13 |
| hobgoblin | I have lucid on 3 boxes here, not a problem with any of them | 09:13 |
| seidos | well this is a cool feature "boot livecd iso images directly from hard drive" X_x | 09:13 |
| seidos | any laptops? | 09:14 |
| hobgoblin | it works too | 09:14 |
| seidos | what brand? | 09:14 |
| hobgoblin | no - all desktop's | 09:14 |
| seidos | oh | 09:14 |
| hobgoblin | I make my own from stuff I get given or rescue - I am tight :) | 09:14 |
| seidos | the lucid live cd i burned wouldn't even boot | 09:14 |
| seidos | i am much thriftier now than i used to be. i should still be using my old desktop, actually. but, i don't know...maybe the choices i've made haven't been all bad | 09:15 |
| Sqorck | That was fun... | 09:26 |
| Sqorck | hobgoblin: So that was the last thing you knew to try? | 09:27 |
| hobgoblin | yep | 09:27 |
| hobgoblin | I guess you got nowhere then | 09:27 |
| Sqorck | Not really | 09:28 |
| hobgoblin | I'm not going to be anymore help here - I think you should try a forum post. | 09:29 |
| Sqorck | Is there anyway to fully uninstall grub from my windows partition? | 09:30 |
| Sqorck | other than the windows disk | 09:30 |
| hobgoblin | the neosmart recovery disc is the only other way I know of - I was sure that supergrub had the option, but obviously it doesn't any longer | 09:31 |
| Sqorck | I guess I'll try more stuff. | 09:33 |
| hobgoblin | when you tried the neosmart recovery disc and you got loads of text - what sort of thing was it saying? | 09:33 |
| Sqorck | it just gave me errors | 09:33 |
| hobgoblin | maybe boot with it if you have a camera, take a pic and post it | 09:33 |
| Sqorck | ok I'll try that | 09:34 |
| hobgoblin | very hard to diagnose an issue with something you;ve never seen with no concrete info :) | 09:34 |
| hobgoblin | I hate not helping :( | 09:34 |
| seidos | hobgoblin, i know the feeling, but i also hate not sleeping. good luck in your efforts. | 09:40 |
| hobgoblin | good night seidos :) | 09:40 |
| Sqorck | hobgoblin see if you can see this http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs303.ash2/58335_423510543340_699513340_4994654_3017103_n.jpg | 09:48 |
| Sqorck | if not ill upload em some where else | 09:48 |
| hobgoblin | no - I can see that - so is that the neosmart vista recovery thing? | 09:49 |
| Sqorck | no this is grub ah' la super | 09:49 |
| Sqorck | but I do have images of the neodumb | 09:50 |
| hobgoblin | oh - why don't ou paste all the image links to a paste.ubuntu and I will have a look | 09:50 |
| Sqorck | there arnt too many | 09:51 |
| Sqorck | this is what I first get http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs412.snc4/47485_423516338340_699513340_4994821_3484689_n.jpg | 09:51 |
| hobgoblin | with the neosmart disc? | 09:52 |
| Sqorck | yes | 09:52 |
| Sqorck | then I hit enter and get this http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs311.ash2/59137_423516463340_699513340_4994822_1082024_n.jpg | 09:52 |
| hobgoblin | k - post stuff and I will look | 09:53 |
| Sqorck | if I hit enter after that it restarts | 09:53 |
| Sqorck | if I hit tab and enter it gives me an error, I'll post an image when it uploads | 09:54 |
| Sqorck | Oh never mind it just gives me the same error/puts me back to the start. | 09:56 |
| hobgoblin | ok - when you've done that I'd be interested to see what is going on with supergrub | 09:56 |
| hobgoblin | hi ikt | 09:57 |
| ikt | heya hobgoblin :D | 09:58 |
| ikt | how are you? | 09:58 |
| hobgoblin | fed up with grub2 ;) | 09:58 |
| Sqorck | I would bet not happy with my pos pc | 09:59 |
| hobgoblin | other than that all is well | 09:59 |
| hobgoblin | Sqorck: ha ha ha | 09:59 |
| Sqorck | Would "Reverting to GRUB Legacy" do any good? | 10:02 |
| hobgoblin | Sqorck: do you have anymore supergrub images | 10:02 |
| hobgoblin | Sqorck: it might | 10:02 |
| Sqorck | No, anytime I selected anything it just brought me back the the supergrub menu or gave an error quick like or took me to grub 2 | 10:04 |
| hobgoblin | fresh out of ideas then | 10:04 |
| hobgoblin | sorry Sqorck - but unless anyone else has any ideas I would suggest a post on the forum | 10:06 |
| Sqorck | ima' try reverting to grub legacy | 10:06 |
| hobgoblin | k | 10:07 |
| Sqorck | Man thats so strange | 10:14 |
| Sqorck | I start it up and grub 1 is there with one option "Vista" so I pick it and it loads grub 2 up... I just deleted grub 2. | 10:16 |
| hobgoblin | Sqorck: then I would think that grub did not install completely | 10:59 |
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| hobgoblin | hi there meindian523 | 12:21 |
| meindian523 | hi hobgoblin | 12:25 |
| meindian523 | wassup? | 12:25 |
| hobgoblin | not too much - saturday lunch time - resting just in case I get busy later :) | 12:27 |
| meindian523 | nice | 12:27 |
| * meindian523 is pretty paranoid right now | 12:27 | |
| hobgoblin | how are you - not seen you about much | 12:28 |
| hobgoblin | oh dear | 12:28 |
| meindian523 | hobgoblin, yeah, been in and out, but not too much on IRC nowadays | 12:28 |
| meindian523 | hi mistrynitesh | 12:28 |
| * meindian523 checked Google's dashboard about information Google has about him | 12:29 | |
| hobgoblin | meindian523: it's not the same around these parts any longer | 12:29 |
| mistrynitesh_ | meindian523: hi | 12:29 |
| meindian523 | found quite a bit, and wondering how to delete the stuff | 12:29 |
| meindian523 | hobgoblin, hmm, how so? | 12:29 |
| hobgoblin | don't worry about what google know - it's what the gov'ts know that counts | 12:29 |
| meindian523 | mistrynitesh, no publick key on your website man | 12:29 |
| meindian523 | hobgoblin, well, don't want a patriot something to get what Google know into government's hands yeah? | 12:30 |
| mistrynitesh_ | meindian523: public key? | 12:30 |
| meindian523 | mistrynitesh, yep, your public key | 12:30 |
| mistrynitesh_ | you mean gpg public key in contact info? | 12:31 |
| meindian523 | evolution keeps complaining that a key was found but can't verify because the public key isn't available | 12:31 |
| meindian523 | mistrynitesh, yeah | 12:31 |
| mistrynitesh_ | meindian523: will put it today | 12:31 |
| meindian523 | hobgoblin, I think you know I'm in the US now? | 12:31 |
| meindian523 | mistrynitesh, :) | 12:31 |
| hobgoblin | meindian523: no I didn't know that | 12:31 |
| meindian523 | hobgoblin, am, for graduate school | 12:32 |
| mistrynitesh_ | meindian523: thanks for reminding! :) | 12:32 |
| meindian523 | in UK English, I should say postgraduate maybe | 12:32 |
| meindian523 | mistrynitesh, no problem | 12:32 |
| meindian523 | Masters level programs are called postgraduate everywhere except the US, correct? | 12:33 |
| vu1kan | <<sudo ntfsundelete /dev/sdb1 -umf *.avi -d /dev/sda1/DrWho/>> is there anything wrong with my syntax? | 12:35 |
| meindian523 | vu1kan, nothing obvious, as far as I can see | 12:39 |
| vu1kan | meindian523: thanx much | 12:40 |
| rocka | Hi, can anyone tell me how to run a command at a set time every day for 7 days? | 12:43 |
| meindian523 | rocka, cron | 12:43 |
| rocka | for example, streamripper [url, etc] | 12:43 |
| rocka | thanks meindian, going to go google cron now... :) | 12:44 |
| DOM__ | Hello World? | 12:49 |
| DOM__ | i'm new | 12:49 |
| DOM__ | how do I copy files in the terminal? | 12:50 |
| vu1kan | cp [OPTION]... SOURCE... DIRECTORY | 12:51 |
| DOM__ | what is the [option]? | 12:52 |
| vu1kan | it's indicating where you'd specify any options you want to pass to the command | 12:52 |
| DOM__ | ok, kinda makes sense | 12:53 |
| vu1kan | open a terminal and type <info cp> for more details. press <q> to exit that | 12:53 |
| DOM__ | is there a page where i can have a table with meanings for commands vs command names that is beginner friendly? | 12:54 |
| vu1kan | http://ubuntu-manual.org/ < this might be a good place to start | 12:56 |
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| zeroseven0183 | DOM__ If a Terminal is already open on your desktop, you can type "man cp" | 12:57 |
| zeroseven0183 | That will show brief description for each | 12:57 |
| zeroseven0183 | arguments in the command line for cp | 12:58 |
| zeroseven0183 | *each argument | 12:58 |
| DOM__ | seems like it does show me info about the copy command | 12:58 |
| zeroseven0183 | Still, the best place to start is the Ubuntu Manual | 12:58 |
| DOM__ | but not all commands | 12:58 |
| zeroseven0183 | the "man cp" is only a manual page for the Copy command | 12:59 |
| DOM__ | how do i get to the ubuntu manual? | 13:00 |
| zeroseven0183 | Meaning, to get the descriptions for other commands, for example, "ifconfig" (the Unix equivalent command of ipconfig in Windows") -- you type man ifconfig | 13:00 |
| zeroseven0183 | Go to the link vu1kan posted, you can download a copy for free | 13:00 |
| DOM__ | oh, i overlooked, sorry | 13:01 |
| zeroseven0183 | ;-) | 13:03 |
| DOM__ | Thank you guys! | 13:03 |
| DOM__ | =] | 13:03 |
| zeroseven0183 | Sure. Enjoy! | 13:03 |
| DOM__ | on a other note: how good is wine instead of native windows for games | 13:04 |
| zeroseven0183 | Hmmm... I really don't do much gaming Ubuntu (and Windows). But the new version of Wine is pretty stable | 13:05 |
| pabstsmear | I have an intel GMA 4500 graphics card and I have been reading they are kind of troublesome. Mine keeps glitching out. shooting some weird static across the screen. Would anybody recommend something like this: http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-install-latest-intel-driver-2.12-on-ubuntu-10.04-lucid-lynx ... I really don't want to have to migrate back to a windows based operating system. | 13:05 |
| meindian523 | DOM__, really depends n which games you want | 13:06 |
| DOM__ | i have a lot of steam games | 13:07 |
| pabstsmear | also its interesting to note that I can do some modelling in blender without too much trouble, though nothing super high-poly. | 13:07 |
| meindian523 | hmm | 13:07 |
| DOM__ | modern warfare 2 would be an example | 13:07 |
| geirha | DOM__: http://appdb.winehq.org/ Search for your games there | 13:07 |
| * meindian523 googles Wine's compatibility database | 13:07 | |
| meindian523 | ah,thanks geirha | 13:08 |
| geirha | If they get gold or platinum rating, it means they work well with wine | 13:08 |
| DOM__ | thank you, that website is exactly what i wanted. | 13:09 |
| zeroseven0183 | Modern Warfare 2 is here http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=18348 | 13:10 |
| zeroseven0183 | And it's Gold in rating :-) | 13:10 |
| DOM__ | good | 13:11 |
| DOM__ | what would be a good video converter that supports multi-core/-thread and has a GUI? | 13:12 |
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| zeroseven0183 | DOM__ you can try WinFF | 13:15 |
| zeroseven0183 | It's in the Ubuntu Software Center | 13:15 |
| geirha | DOM__: Applications -> Ubuntu software center -> Search for «video converter». I haven't tried any of them, but you can just install them, try, then uninstall if they don't do the job. | 13:16 |
| DOM__ | that's one thing i REALLY apprechiate: | 13:16 |
| DOM__ | uninstalling is easy, and you don't have to bother with"your trial has expired" | 13:17 |
| zeroseven0183 | Right | 13:17 |
| duanedesign | 'lo all | 13:31 |
| zeroseven0183 | Good evening, duanedesign | 13:32 |
| hobgoblin | hello again duanedesign | 13:33 |
| DOM__ | I just tested Winff and it does not use multiple cores (wich is what i want). any suggestions? | 13:37 |
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| sebsebseb | Hi | 15:56 |
| duanedesign | hey there sebsebseb | 16:10 |
| sebsebseb | duanedesign: hey | 16:11 |
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| harrisonk | Hello | 19:04 |
| harrisonk | What should I do when it looks as though the X server is crashing the system? | 19:05 |
| bobo123 | does it crash directly when you start ubuntu, or when you are using a certain program? | 19:13 |
| iceflatline | Any twitter client recommendations? I've had it with Gwibber. | 19:47 |
| harrisonk | bobo123 still there? | 19:51 |
| harrisonk | It happens when using programs not when loging in. | 19:52 |
| bobo123 | harrisonk: oups... well still at the computer, but my mind is elsewhere :-) | 20:07 |
| bobo123 | have you asked at the normal #ubuntu channel allso, or country specific one, btw? | 20:08 |
| bobo123 | wich program makes X crash for you, or any of them?? | 20:09 |
| harrisonk | bobo123: its a friend of mind that has the problem, I tried spining the cube and it crashed, I tried adjusting the WM preferences and it crashed (I was visting her house that is why I said "I did") | 20:34 |
| harrisonk | off somewhere I will be back. | 20:34 |
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| IdleOne | alkisg: Welcome! feel free to idle and help out when you can :) | 21:36 |
| alkisg | Thanks for the tip :) | 21:36 |
| IdleOne | sure thing | 21:36 |
| zkriesse | IdleOne: ah hi? | 21:39 |
| zkriesse | alkisg: Hello... | 21:40 |
| IdleOne | hello zkriesse | 21:40 |
| alkisg | Hi | 21:40 |
| IdleOne | zkriesse: alkisg was looking for a channel #edubuntu can refer new users to irc and ubuntu. I suggested this channel | 21:41 |
| zkriesse | IdleOne: Ah..... | 21:41 |
| zkriesse | alkisg: Well welcome! | 21:41 |
| zkriesse | IdleOne: Thanks dude..good recommendation | 21:41 |
| alkisg | Thanks, good to find you | 21:41 |
| zkriesse | alkisg: ha.... | 21:41 |
| IdleOne | zkriesse: figured this channel is a good place to get people used to irc and also ask for some help with ubuntu :) | 21:42 |
| alkisg | I've been hearing lots of people having problems getting used to all the traffic in ubuntu, this seems much less overwhelming for a new user :) | 21:42 |
| zkriesse | alkisg: it is indeed | 21:42 |
| zkriesse | alkisg: #ubuntu is quite the overwhelming channel...ESPECIALLY if you're just starting out with ubuntu and IRC | 21:43 |
| zkriesse | alkisg: Just so ya know this is the Beginners Team help channel. If you wanna just chat/get to know the team /join #ubuntu-beginners-team | 21:44 |
| zkriesse | That's where all the "fun" is :) | 21:44 |
| alkisg | Heh | 21:45 |
| alkisg | Nice, thank you | 21:45 |
| zkriesse | alkisg: Yup | 21:45 |
| zkriesse | alkisg: So do you run any teams or such? | 21:45 |
| alkisg | I'm in a government team trying to put (ed)ubuntu in greek schools... | 21:45 |
| zkriesse | Ah | 21:46 |
| zkriesse | Very nice | 21:46 |
| alkisg | We're doing fine so far, I hope we can do a lot more in a few years | 21:46 |
| zkriesse | Is there a channel for it on freenode? | 21:46 |
| alkisg | #linux.sch.gr | 21:46 |
| alkisg | Unofficial | 21:46 |
| zkriesse | alkisg: Ah if it's an unofficial channel then you need to use ## not # | 21:46 |
| zkriesse | otherwise freenode will require you to file a GRF (Group Registration Form) | 21:47 |
| alkisg | Another person applied for the channel, I don't know the details, I'll tell him to take care of that. | 21:47 |
| zkriesse | alkisg: Ok just thought I'd let ya know | 21:47 |
| alkisg | I was wondering why sed is ##sed... thank you for mentioning it :) | 21:48 |
| zkriesse | :) | 21:48 |
| nUboon2Age | stlsaint: i heard seidos mention that you'd recommended a separate /boot partition and i wanted to ask what the reasons for doing that are. | 22:09 |
| * meindian523 recommends it too but forgot the document which persuaded him to go for separate /boot s | 22:11 | |
| stlsaint | nUboon2Age: sup | 22:20 |
| stlsaint | nUboon2Age: its more for a better setup for reinstallation | 22:20 |
| stlsaint | nUboon2Age: if you have boot problems you can easily reinstall your boot files without touching your personal data partition | 22:21 |
| stlsaint | nUboon2Age: then if you need to fresh install you just reinstall the /boot and / and you never touch data | 22:21 |
| stlsaint | nUboon2Age: primarily is to keep your /home partition away from all the reinstall/troubleshooting procedures...at least it is for me | 22:22 |
| stlsaint | nUboon2Age: was it you that i was talking to about with usign the multiboot thing over vbox? | 22:23 |
| stlsaint | pleia2: poke | 23:22 |
| pleia2 | stlsaint: hey | 23:22 |
| stlsaint | Joeb454: poke | 23:22 |
| stlsaint | fail | 23:22 |
| stlsaint | pleia2: hey is there some type of spam attack going on with freenode? | 23:23 |
| pleia2 | I haven't heard of anything, but I'm travelling so I haven't paid much attention | 23:23 |
| stlsaint | pleia2: someone by the nick of Brandie has joined the whube channel and another channel i am in and posted a message | 23:24 |
| stlsaint | pleia2: 22:15 -!- Brandie [~Brandie@69.73.232.58] has joined #whube | 23:24 |
| stlsaint | 22:15 < Brandie> Spamming is fun! Brought to you by FreeNode. /join #freenode | 23:24 |
| pleia2 | :\ | 23:24 |
| pleia2 | maybe report it in #freenode? | 23:24 |
| stlsaint | pleia2: i ask because this nick...Brandie is one of many that is being used in the latest bot that is attacking ssh servers across the net | 23:25 |
| stlsaint | the nick brandie that is | 23:25 |
| stlsaint | also another nick sebbie did the exact same thing | 23:26 |
| pleia2 | probably unrelated, ssh attacks and spammers use similar dictionary name lists but they tend to be very different attacks | 23:26 |
| stlsaint | pleia2: im scared to join freenode :P scared ill be a target next or something | 23:26 |
| pleia2 | ah, fair enough | 23:26 |
| stlsaint | pleia2: yea thats why i ask maybe you ubuntu leads have heard something | 23:27 |
| pleia2 | nope, 'fraid not | 23:27 |
| pleia2 | I think I've recovered from my redeye flight though! | 23:28 |
| pleia2 | couldn't sleep on the plane last night, but we were able to check into the hotel early and snag a few hours of sleep :) | 23:28 |
| stlsaint | pleia2: you are a professional traveler!! Every month your traveling somewhere :P | 23:29 |
| pleia2 | lol | 23:29 |
| pleia2 | I didn't go anywhere in august! | 23:29 |
| stlsaint | pfft...sure you didnt | 23:29 |
| Joeb454 | stlsaint: you poked? | 23:30 |
| meindian523 | Brandie is also spamming in #defocus | 23:30 |
| stlsaint | Joeb454: hrm, i was wondering if you had came across and spam attack news today with freenod | 23:31 |
| meindian523 | apparently related to some software called idoru which may or may not be in OSS | 23:31 |
| meindian523 | *may or may not be OSS | 23:31 |
| Joeb454 | stlsaint: not heard of it | 23:32 |
| Joeb454 | I couldn't get onto freenode earlier though | 23:32 |
| stlsaint | yea im too much a wimp to try and join freenode right now | 23:34 |
| zkriesse | stlsaint: I'm in freenode | 23:42 |
| stlsaint | zkriesse: anything there? | 23:42 |
| zkriesse | eh some people refusing to go to ##comment-on-spam | 23:42 |
| zkriesse | People complaining about trolls | 23:43 |
| zkriesse | Not much just the usual bull | 23:43 |
| stlsaint | hrm, kk thanks zkriesse | 23:43 |
| zkriesse | sure.. | 23:43 |
| zkriesse | thanks for? | 23:43 |
| stlsaint | the update | 23:43 |
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