=== Bizurke is now known as Bi[ZzZzz]urke === Bi[ZzZzz]urke is now known as Bizurke === AndrewMC is now known as SpockVulcan === SpockVulcan is now known as AndrewMC [08:05] Hi [08:05] hi [08:20] Does anyone know where I can find this driver: DPO_RT3070_LinuxSTA_V2.3.0.4_20100604 [08:20] or an equivalent? [08:30] NEver mind I found it! [09:34] Hello. [09:45] hi [09:59] Hello AbhiJit , how are you? [09:59] Silver_Fox_, just finished war with postgres! [09:59] now its working! :) [09:59] Haha, well done AbhiJit :) [10:00] Thankyou! [10:01] Do you have any plans for the day ? [10:04] no [10:04] just sleeping ! and completing assignments! [10:05] Silver_Fox_, what about you? [10:05] Not a great deal, just doing my rounds on the Ubuntu Forums =) [10:05] ohh [10:06] Might try and get some sleep ;) [10:06] yah [10:06] now m going to sleep!!! [10:06] brb [10:08] Goodbye AbhiJit =) [12:14] morning all [12:16] Hello. [12:20] I need help.... [12:21] Please tell us what you require help with mR0 [12:25] Thanks Silver_Fox. but it just solved [12:25] That is good mR0 . [13:39] hi [14:09] ineed a little help here. Im using ubuntu 9.04 on my comp. and I use vlc for movie player. but it can't still play any VCD although it can play DVD. any suggest? [14:16] !dvd [14:16] For multimedia issues, this page has useful information: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats - See also https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/musicvideophotos/C/video.html - But please use free formats if you can: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FreeFormats [14:16] mR0: ^ [14:16] yes shadeslayer [14:17] thanks ubot2 [14:17] I'll try === AbhiJit_ is now known as AbhiJit === AbhiJit_ is now known as AbhiJit === IAmNotThatGuy is now known as Mohan_chml [18:39] bye [20:42] Hello. [21:06] !hi | Silver_Fox_ [21:06] Silver_Fox_: 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! [21:06] Hello AndrewMC [21:15] !ops [21:15] Help! Channel emergency! (ONLY use this trigger in emergencies) - elky, Madpilot, tritium, Nalioth, tonyyarusso, PriceChild, Amaranth, jrib, Myrtti, mneptok, Pici, jpds, gnomefreak, bazhang, jussi, Flannel, ikonia, maco, h00k, IdleOne, or nhandler! [21:15] Interesting.... [21:15] hrm? [21:15] Silver_Fox_: please dont abuse the !ops call [21:16] I was just reviewing the last irc team meeting logs. It was supposed to be changed for a specific message for this channel. [21:16] Silver_Fox_: please use /msg ubot2 ops then ;) [21:17] or /msg ubot2 ops-#ubuntu-beginners [21:18] As it turns out the message has not been changed, quite odd. [21:18] Silver_Fox_: but regardless only play with the bot in PM [21:23] * phillw is now scared to try that in #lubuntu in case I get told off :-( [21:25] Haha, phillw :) [21:27] Silver_Fox_: I'm still learning this IRC stuff, whilst I am an OP in #lubuntu, the team is so small that there may be times when none of us are about and we have a 'problem'. [21:28] phillw: need ops in lubuntu? [21:29] and hey Silver_Fox_ [21:34] 'lo all [21:36] o/ bodhi [21:37] its bodhi_zazen !!!! [21:37] yo dude! [21:42] I'm having trouble getting my ubuntu box to talk to any other computers on my network. I have 3 other machines hooked up - all MS - and they all share files just fine. [21:43] any net-savvy folks on? [21:45] kinda [21:46] zkriesse [21:46] I have crunched through hundreds of topics - literally - on the net regarding this issue, and probably jacked the system up pretty good. [21:46] you many need to add your windows boxen to /etc/hosts or install a dns server [21:47] will that work on a DHCP system? [21:47] bodhi_zazen: how ya been? [21:49] keithtoo: yes, dhcp is not the same as dns [21:50] Although if your router does dns, you should configure the router (rather then install a dns server) [21:50] bodhi: I know - but the ip address is required to add an entry to hosts. [21:51] Set static IP on servers [21:51] no way to do this using the DHCP I'm using now? [21:51] or try dnsmasq [21:52] it's an ad hoc net - there is no "server" per se [21:52] dnsmasq [21:52] dnsmasq is easy to configure and will do both dns and dhcp [21:53] http://wiki.debian.org/HowTo/dnsmasq [21:53] kk - that was installed some time... how to run it? [21:53] you then disable dhcp on your router [21:54] http://www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/nethub/article.php/3377351/In-a-DNS-bind-Get-Out-With-dnsmasq.htm [21:56] not sure if I can do that. There's a network printer in the mix as well - it's DHCP configured, and nothing I can do will change that [21:56] It should take 5 min to set up [21:56] dnsmasq should do dhcp [21:57] your printer should not know the difference [21:58] dnsmasq would run on the linux box though. The printer - a lexmark all in one that isn't supported - only speaks to the windows boxes [21:59] not if it uses dhcp to get an IP from your router [22:00] unless your router is running windows =) [22:01] Is there some hardware incomaptibility that your all-in-one printer will not work with Ubuntu ? [22:02] yes - the Lexmark x4530 is totally unsupported [22:03] The goal here is simply to be able to share files between the machines... it looks like dnsmasq is overkill, no? [22:04] you can [22:04] 1. Use the command line [22:05] sudo mount -t cifs //windows_ip_address/directory /mount/point -o options [22:05] 2. Use nautilus - to do this you need to either manyally edit /etc/hosts to include your windows box by ip [22:06] you can either set static IP or install a dns server [22:06] up to you to decide which is easier [22:07] There are other protocols, you can us ssh [22:07] install a ssh server on Ubuntu, and connect from windows with winscp [22:07] Or you could install a ftp server [22:07] as long as you are behind a LAN, both ftp and ssh are viable [22:08] ssh is better over the internet [22:08] IMHO [22:09] the only sharing is while we're all on the same router... [22:11] Which box(s) is the server ? [22:11] I assume windows ? [22:11] none [22:11] just using simple share [22:11] Well, you have to have a server, otherwise us a flash drive [22:12] what is "simple share " [22:12] is that a windows thing ? [22:12] it's an option that allows you to hook up computers on your own router [22:12] If so , you are trying to use Ubuntu as a clinet to connect to a windows file server [22:12] You have to have a network protocol [22:13] you set up shares, and enable simple sharing. This allows computers to be able to see the published shares without authenticating [22:13] Where did you set up shares ? [22:13] yep [22:13] On the router or on a windows box ? [22:13] all the windows boxes can see each other and can transfer data without a problem [22:14] supposedly, Ubuntu has the same functionality [22:14] I think you are using what is called samba [22:14] What happens when you [22:15] sudo mount -t cifs //windows_ip_address/name_of_shared_directory /mnt [22:15] ls /mnt [22:15] I'll try it [22:17] mount error(110): Connection timed out [22:18] does samba come installed by default? [22:19] sudo apt-get install smbfs [22:19] yeah [22:19] then try mounting again [22:19] if it didn't, I have surely installed it by now [22:19] there is a samba gui also. iirc [22:19] And if the connection timed out, firewall ? [22:20] yep - I have the samba gui up [22:21] can you connect , by ip address, with the samba gui ? [22:21] can you ping the windows box from ubutnu ? [22:22] yes - I can ping all the win boxes from the ubuntu box [22:22] samba server gui only allows me to add shares from MY side [22:22] firewall ? [22:22] maybe nmap it [22:23] not sure of firewall... might have been something I ran into a week ago... [22:24] Disable your windows firewall for a minute then [22:24] And on Ubuntu if you enabled it [22:26] And please post the exact mount command you used [22:28] kk - firewall on the Win7 box is down. [22:28] $ sudo mount -t cifs //VAIO-Laptop/Public /mnt [22:28] mount error(110): Connection timed out [22:29] VAIO-Laptip is not an ip address [22:29] sudo mount -t cifs //192.168.1.xx/Public /mnt [22:29] you need to use the ip address of the laptop [22:30] In windows open a terminal and enter [22:30] ipconfig [22:31] $ sudo mount -t cifs //192.168.0.16/Public /mnt [22:31] that command did NOT timeout... [22:31] ls /mnt [22:31] you will see your shares [22:31] now [22:32] gksu gedit /etc/hosts [22:32] add at the bottom [22:32] 192.168.0.16 VAIO-Laptop [22:32] sudo umount /mnt [22:32] sudo mount -t cifs //VAIO-Laptop/Public /mnt [22:33] and your graphical tools, nautilus in particular should now work [22:33] You can probably re-enable your windows firewall [22:35] FYI : Your VIAO laptop is acting as a (file) server and Ubuntu is a (samba) client [22:35] hmmm.... after adding the IP to the hosts file (which was done earlier), mount times out again [22:36] pastebin your /etc/hosts file [22:36] ping VAIO-Laptop [22:36] !pastebin [22:36] 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. [22:37] my bad... spun the IP numbers as I typed them... [22:38] LOL [22:38] List your laptop only once [22:38] in /etc/hosts [22:40] You should be able to unmount ths share , and then mount it graphically, with nautilus [22:40] sudo umount /mnt [22:40] then browse to your network and you should see your share [22:40] kk - I can now see the system from the mount [22:40] not from nautilus though [22:41] unmount it first, then try mounting it from nautilus [22:42] sudo umount /mnt [22:43] Unable to mount - failed to retrieve share list from server [22:44] nautilus is such a pain =) [22:44] sometimes... [22:44] This is a somewhat longstanding bug in nautilus [22:44] sudo mkdir /media/VIAO-Public [22:45] sudo mount -t cifs //VIAO-Laptop/Public /media/VIAO-Public -o uid-1000,gid=1000 [22:45] public? or laptop? [22:45] Whatever you like to call it [22:45] You can add an entry in fstab if you like [22:47] and you can use file amd dir modes [22:47] sudo mount -t cifs //VIAO-Laptop/Public /media/VIAO-Public -o uid-1000,gid=1000,dir_mode=0777,file_mode=0666,iocharset=utf8,codepage=unicode,unicode [22:47] You can add all that to /etc/fstab [22:47] and manually mount [22:48] or use autofs [22:48] sudo mount -t cifs //VAIO-Laptop/ Public /media/VIAO-Public -o uid-1000,gid=1000 - gives me a usage error? [22:48] autofs takes a few minutes to wrap your head around, but it is slick [22:48] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Autofs [22:49] You have a space in your command [22:49] cutting off my thumbs now... geez [22:49] uid=100=, sorry about the - [22:49] sudo mount -t cifs //VIAO-Laptop/Public /media/VIAO-Public -o uid=1000,gid=1000,dir_mode=0777,file_mode=0666,iocharset=utf8,codepage=unicode,unicode [22:51] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gvfs/+bug/316862 [22:51] Ubuntu bug 316862 in gvfs (Ubuntu) (and 1 other project) "Nautilus fails to browse windows shares (affects: 2) (heat: 26)" [Low,Incomplete] [22:53] figures... [22:54] did that mount command I gave you work ? [22:54] Do you know how to convert that to an entry in autofs or fstab ? [22:55] it did... I can see the directory from the command line [22:55] can't get it from nautilus [22:55] and... don't know how to work autofs or fstab yet [22:55] Open nautilus and browse to /media/VIAO-Public, or wherever you mounted it (in /media I hope) [22:56] http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?&t=283131 [22:56] sweet! there it is... [22:58] ok - now, once the DHCP lease expires, I'll have to do that all again right? [22:58] either that or set a static IP [22:58] seems to me that I have to nail the IP addresses of all the home net down [22:58] should be easy to do from your router, most allow you to set a static IP [22:58] Or set a static IP in Windows [22:59] Yep - just have to set all the boxes to go with a static IP too [22:59] Or install dnsmasq, and allow Ubuntu to do teh dhcp and dns [22:59] Or use a central server for all your shares [23:00] I've been thinking along those lines.... I have an older box collecting dust in a corner here... [23:00] Old box + Ubuntu server FTW [23:00] Think it has feisty or edgy on it [23:00] That is what I do [23:01] Old box + Debian + kerberos [23:01] + NFS mounted autofs [23:01] kerberos is a bit beyond you at the moment, but we can change that ... [23:02] I've been around... ;) [23:02] just have to switch my mindset from WIndows "I'll do it for you" to Linux's "What do you REALLY want to do" [23:03] I use kerberos for the encryption (wireless LAN) and nfs + autofs is easy enough for my command-line-impaired family to use [23:03] Well, actually, you just ran into 2 issues : [23:03] no dns server to resolve your host name [23:03] and a (nasty) bug in nautilus [23:04] IMO this bug should recieve higher attention , but it is an "upstream" bug for sure [23:05] well - it looks like we only fixed half the problem though... although I can see the linux box from the laptop, accessing it is a different matter [23:05] Did you install samba server on the ubuntu box ? [23:05] yes [23:06] Open nautilus [23:06] share a file in your home [23:06] then on windows mount that directory [23:06] do not share home [23:06] and when you access it from windows, use you Ubuntu user name and password [23:08] doesn't ask for authentication... Windows says the network path was not found [23:09] hey anyone know why ubuntu would just start removing half the apps installed on my system? [23:09] i ran aptitude safe-upgrade and half my apps were removed [23:11] keithtoo: add an entry in you windows hosts file for the ubuntu boxen [23:12] bodhi_zazen: sup [23:12] Same issue only the other way.... figures... I'll give that a try in a bit. [23:12] Thanks for your help on this - I've got something to chew on for a bit now [23:12] =) [23:12] stlsaint: how is iptables going for you ? [23:12] bodhi_zazen: would you happen to know why the command aptitude safe-upgrade...would go deleting apps on my system? [23:13] nope [23:13] sounds borked though [23:14] I stopped using aptitude [23:14] apt-get FTW [23:17] well the system still works fine, just alot of apps went *poof*, apps that i dont use really [23:18] is this a bad thing ? [23:19] Try installing one of the apps, and we can look at teh dependencies or conflicts [23:20] bodhi_zazen: meh, i will look into myself, maybe i can learn something :D [23:20] everything updates fine still though [23:21] did you upgrade to 10.10 ? [23:22] nope