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