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reaperofpovertyhi00:30
reaperofpovertycan anyone help me install ubuntu? i'm having issues with it00:30
reaperofpovertyi'm installing ubuntu 10.10 my windows xp sp2 computer (would like to make ubuntu the only os)00:31
reaperofpovertyi have less than half a mb of ram, don't know if that's relevant00:31
reaperofpovertyI tried to USB boot but none of the options in my boot config menu worked, so i tried the cd00:32
reaperofpovertythat stuck at the screen with five dots for an hour before i shut it off - tried it again and same thing00:32
reaperofpovertynow i'm trying the alternate CD and it's not able to autoconfigure my dhcp. i have no idea what that means00:32
mbergamophillw: I got it to work! FINALLY!00:34
Cheri703reaperofpoverty: what exactly is the message saying?00:36
Cheri703also, it sounds like it's an older computer, yes?00:36
reaperofpovertyyes, that's correct00:36
reaperofpovertypentium 4 from 200200:36
reaperofpovertyone moment, duplicating the error00:36
Cheri703ok, when you use the normal cd, did you see the screen where at the bottom it shows a keyboard and a circle with a guy in it?00:37
reaperofpovertyyes, i did00:37
reaperofpovertyafter that it went to the screen with the five patterning dots00:37
reaperofpovertythat's where it hung00:37
reaperofpovertyi'm on the alternate cd now, and i have the error00:37
Cheri703ok, are you wanting a live session at all or just to go ahead and install?00:37
Cheri703ok what is the error?00:37
reaperofpovertyNetwork autoconfiguration failed. Your network is probably not using the DHCP protocol. Alternatively, the DHCP server may be slow or some network hardware is not working properly00:38
reaperofpovertyi would rather just go ahead and install00:38
Cheri703ok, what options do you have on the dhcp error?00:38
reaperofpovertyoptions it gives me: retry network autoconfiguration, retray network autoconfiguration with a DHCP hostname, configure network manually, or do not configure the network at this time00:38
Cheri703if you choose either of the last two you should be ok, do you know what your network info is?00:39
reaperofpovertyno00:39
Cheri703OR you could try something with the normal cd real quick00:39
Cheri703ok00:39
reaperofpovertysure00:39
reaperofpovertywant me to pop in the normal cd again?00:39
Cheri703yeah00:39
reaperofpovertyk, one sec00:39
Cheri703and when you get to the screen with that keyboard, hit enter or something on the keyboard00:39
reaperofpovertyokay00:40
Cheri703and let me know what happens00:40
reaperofpovertyokay00:41
reaperofpovertypopped up a screen asking me to select my language00:41
reaperofpovertyand function keys mapped to help, language, keymap, modes, accessibility, other options00:41
Cheri703ok, do that, then you should have a "try / install / other stuff"00:41
reaperofpovertyyeah00:41
Cheri703choose install00:41
Cheri703and see what happens00:41
reaperofpovertytry without installing, install, check for defects, test memory, boot from first hard disk00:42
reaperofpovertyk00:42
reaperofpovertynow at a black screen with a flashing cursor in the top left00:42
reaperofpovertyi can hear the disk spinning in the drive00:42
Cheri703if it tries to go straight to live session (which I think some of these have been doing lately), your ram might not be sufficient, so it might bog down00:42
Cheri703ok, give it a few minutes, we'll see00:42
Cheri703also: get more RAM! :)00:43
reaperofpovertyyeah, i know. ={00:43
Cheri703newegg.com has good prices if you're in the US00:44
reaperofpovertyoh hey00:44
Cheri703?00:44
reaperofpovertypopped up to the purple screen with a cursor00:44
reaperofpovertythe normal ubuntu background, i mean00:44
Cheri703ok00:44
Cheri703is this further than you had gotten previously?00:44
aluexhelp needed00:44
reaperofpovertycursor moves, the top bar (status bar? whatever that is) is loading00:44
reaperofpovertyyes00:44
Cheri703ok, awesome00:44
aluexGLib-WARNING **: g_set_prgname() called multiple times00:44
reaperofpovertypreviously it hung at the dots00:44
reaperofpovertythis is my second time installing 10.10 and my third installing ubuntu00:45
reaperofpovertyi will probably be able to take it from here00:45
reaperofpovertyi'll tell you if i have any other problems00:45
Cheri703ok, great!00:45
Cheri703have fun :)00:45
reaperofpovertythank you so much!00:45
reaperofpovertym'wah00:45
Cheri703sure, I ran into that with mine before00:45
aluexwhen i try to start firefox and got this00:45
aluexanyone,please00:46
aveilleuxwhat, aleux?00:47
aluexwhen i try to start firefox i got this:00:47
aluexGLib-WARNING **: g_set_prgname() called multiple times00:48
aveilleuxOh,00:48
aluexand then nothing appear00:48
aveilleuxaleux: In Terminal run rm -r ~/.mozilla00:48
aluexoh00:48
aluexnot solved00:51
aveilleuxHm00:51
pedro3005aluex, https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glib2.0/+bug/501670/comments/1400:51
ubot2Launchpad bug 501670 in glib2.0 (Debian) (and 1 other project) "g_set_prgname() called multiple times (affects: 27) (dups: 2) (heat: 116)" [Unknown,Unknown]00:51
trhisdonewhat is a good backup program01:03
aluexthx,it's solved01:06
aveilleuxtrhisdone: rsync01:06
Cheri703aveilleux: someone in my LoCo room was just talking about rsync :)01:06
aluexbut fx still doesn't appear either01:08
reaperofpovertyhey01:09
reaperofpovertyCheri703: you still here?01:09
Cheri703yep01:09
reaperofpovertyspoke too soon, i guess01:09
aluexthis time it appears nothing and quit quickly01:09
reaperofpovertyit went through a few more dialog boxes of options, and after the one about partitioning (where I instructed it to make it all one partition), it's been at the desktop screen with the cursor and no dialog box01:10
aluexwhitout output01:10
reaperofpovertythat's been for twenty minutes or so01:10
Cheri703hmm...ok, did you get a confirmation about the partitioning? like to go ahead and do it?01:10
Cheri703also were there multiple partitions before? and how big is the hdd?01:11
reaperofpovertyi didn't receive any confirmation that it was doing it, but I did tell it to do it - not sure what you're asking. it had the c:/ drive and a 4-5 gb backup drive, i think those were separate partitions. The HDD is 60gb, i think01:12
reaperofpovertyhmm01:12
reaperofpovertymouse no longer moves cursor01:12
Cheri703well, there is a page where it has multiple options, then after that a page to confirm that you want to dedicate the whole hdd, did you get the confirmation page?01:13
reaperofpovertyhmmm01:13
reaperofpovertynot sure01:13
Cheri703*at least I do, but I sometimes do wonky partitioning, so maybe not for yours01:13
reaperofpovertyi don't remember it, but i may have01:13
reaperofpovertyso yeah, it appears to have totally locked up01:13
Cheri703:( sorry01:13
reaperofpovertyctrl+alt+f1 does nothing01:13
reaperofpovertycursor doesn't move01:13
reaperofpovertyshould i restart with normal disk or alterntate?01:14
Cheri703it's the ram again I'd bet...just having trouble handling it01:14
Cheri703uhm, try alternate? and I can help you get through the dhcp error01:14
Cheri703just was thinking it'd be easier to do normal if possible01:14
reaperofpovertyi have some extra ram, it should be fine, but the motherboard isn't configured to accept it. we're not sure if the stick of ram works, but yeah. i can add more ram, but not until i get this installed. =\01:15
reaperofpovertybooting from alt now01:15
aluexhelp..my fx is broken01:15
Cheri703:( ok01:15
Cheri703aluex: unfortunately that is outside of my range of knowledge01:16
aluexsorry..01:16
aluexthis time it quit quickly without output01:17
reaperofpovertyalright, i'm at a screen similar to last time: install ubuntu, check disk for defects, test memory, boot from first hard disk, rescue a broken system. mapped to the function keys are help, language, keymap, modes, accessibility, other options01:17
Cheri703ok, install01:17
reaperofpovertywent through language/keymap config, it's now scanning cd-rom01:18
reaperofpovertynow loading additional components01:18
UndiFineDaluex, can you start firefox in safe-mode ?01:18
Cheri703ok01:18
aluexmaybe arm platform has sth to do with the problem01:18
reaperofpovertynow detecting network hardware. now configuring the network01:18
UndiFineDfirefox %u -- safe-mode01:19
UndiFineDfirefox %u --safe-mode01:19
reaperofpovertyokay. it's' configuring the network, it's asking for the hostname. that's whatever I want, right?01:19
Cheri703yeah01:19
aluexUndiFineD, nothing appear01:20
reaperofpovertyhuh. it appears to be working this time. skipped right through. idk what the problem was las ttime01:20
aluexwithout output01:20
aluexi m on arm platform01:20
* UndiFineD goes searching for GLib-WARNING **: g_set_prgname()01:20
Cheri703ok, awesome :)01:20
Cheri703UndiFineD:01:21
UndiFineDknown issue: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=134919201:21
Cheri703[19:51] <pedro3005> aluex, https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glib2.0/+bug/501670/comments/1401:21
Cheri703[19:51] <ubot2> Launchpad bug 501670 in glib2.0 (Debian) (and 1 other project) "g_set_prgname() called multiple times (affects: 27) (dups: 2) (heat: 116)" [Unknown,Unknown]01:21
ubot2Launchpad bug 501670 in glib2.0 (Debian) (and 1 other project) "g_set_prgname() called multiple times (affects: 27) (dups: 2) (heat: 116)" [Unknown,Unknown] https://launchpad.net/bugs/50167001:21
ubot2Launchpad bug 501670 in glib2.0 (Debian) (and 1 other project) "g_set_prgname() called multiple times (affects: 27) (dups: 2) (heat: 116)" [Unknown,Unknown]01:21
reaperofpovertychecked additional components, started up the partitioner (scanned disks)01:21
reaperofpovertyokay, now i'm at some options for partitioning method01:21
Cheri703ok01:21
aluexCheri703, that is solved01:21
Cheri703k, sorry01:22
aluexi forced the version as the comment said01:22
aluex: )01:22
reaperofpovertyoptions: guided - resize SCSI1 (0,0,0), partition #5 (sda) and use freed space OR guided - use entire partition, SCSI1 (0,0,0) partition #5 (sda) OR guided - use entire disk OR guided - use entire disk and set up LVM OR guided - use entire disk and set up encrypted LVM OR manual01:22
reaperofpovertydo i want guided - use entire disk?01:22
aluexbut fx is still not willing to appear01:23
Cheri703do guided use entire disk01:23
UndiFineDaluex, I suggest you do as said in the forum and rename your .mozilla directory to something else, like mozilla.bak01:23
reaperofpovertyalright, it's at a 'select disk to partition', selecting the only option01:23
Cheri703k01:24
aluexi ve tried that.. remving the whole folder01:24
* aluex feels sorry looking at fx icon01:24
pedro3005aluex, reinstall firefox01:24
reaperofpovertynow it's at a confirmation screen - it says the partition tables of SCSI1 (0,0,0) (sda) will be changed, and partition #1 of it will be formatted as ext4 and partition #5 of it will be formatted as swap01:24
reaperofpovertyit wants to know if i want to write the changes to disks01:25
Cheri703go for it :)01:25
aluexpedro3005, meet u again. ;)01:25
reaperofpovertyalllllriiiight! it's installing the base system01:26
* reaperofpoverty fingers crossed01:26
UndiFineDapt-get --purge firefox && apt-get update && apt-get install firefox01:26
Cheri703woo!01:26
aluexsorry01:30
aluexnothing improved01:30
aluex:(01:30
UndiFineDhttp://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=8838107&postcount=2101:32
UndiFineDdo you have prism installed ?01:32
aluexaha,gdb says fx returns with code0101:34
UndiFineDthere are loads of tips in that forum01:34
UndiFineDone of them is prism, other says greasemonkey etc, by elimination the .mozilla dir you remove some custom plugins01:35
UndiFineDothers are installed in /usr/sharefirefox01:35
UndiFineDeh, well you get what i mean01:35
UndiFineDthese plugins seem to break it01:36
reaperofpovertyjust set up my user, pass, etc. appears to be working so far01:36
Cheri703awesome reaperofpoverty! I'm glad it's working now01:37
aluexbut safe-mode doesnt work either01:37
reaperofpovertynot completely sure it will work - after all, have to make sure the DE is working01:37
reaperofpovertybut the cli side of it is working so far01:37
UndiFineDno aluex you should start up synaptic and remove firefox, and associated plugins01:38
aluexoh01:38
UndiFineDthen you can check /usr/share/firefox01:39
UndiFineDto see if there are any leftovers01:39
duanedesignaluex: you can also start firefox from the Terminal with the command: firefox -P  and create a new profile01:39
UndiFineDduanedesign, clearly from the forum this is a plugins issue01:40
aluexi agree01:40
yofelstill, -safe-mode should disable all plugins01:40
duanedesignUndiFineD: if you create a new profile it should not load the plugins installed on the other profile01:41
aluexconfusing01:41
aluexfirefox -p outputs nothing01:41
duanedesigncapital p01:41
duanedesignso i guess it is actually Ctrl + Shift + p :)01:43
duanedesigni mean firefox + Shift + P01:43
aluexduanedesign, no output either :(01:43
duanedesignhmm :/01:43
aluexduanedesign, i didnt catch ur words01:43
duanedesignaluex:  not important :)01:44
duanedesignaluex: does it just return again to another prompt?01:44
UndiFineDplugins are in /usr/share/mozilla/extentions01:44
yofeler, they're in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/01:45
aluexduanedesign, what is prompt?01:45
UndiFineDyofel, I dont have that01:46
yofelwell, depends if you have anything installed that gets put there01:46
duanedesignaluex:  duanedesign@duanedesign-laptop:  <--my prompt01:46
aluexehm01:47
aluexyep01:47
UndiFineDkeimpe@head:~$01:47
UndiFineDmy prompt01:47
aluexduanedesign, as u said01:50
yofelaluex: what does 'firefox -g' do?01:51
yofelshould start gdb01:51
aluexehm, gdb starts01:52
yofelaluex: ok, then run 'start' and when it stops 'continue'01:53
yofelin gdb01:53
aluexFunction "main" not defined.01:54
aluexMake breakpoint pending on future shared library load? (y or [n])01:54
yofelthat's not what I expected... (why wouldn't main be defined??)01:56
aluexi dont know01:58
aluexmaybe that's the reason?01:58
aluexexcutive file is broken?01:58
aluexbut ive just reinstallled it01:59
aluex;(02:00
duanedesignaluex: can you try this command to see if you have this installed: apt-cache search kde-config-gtk02:00
aveilleuxexecutable02:00
aluexaveilleux, i m sorry02:01
yofelfirefox isn't easy to debug, since you pass 3 shell scripts before the actual binary is run :/02:01
aluex;(02:02
duanedesignaluex: looking at some crash reports when it asks - Make breakpoint pending on future shared library load? (y or [n]) - you say n02:03
aluexduanedesign, no crash report. it exited with code 0102:04
duanedesignthe only other think i can think of is trying to reinstall xulrunner02:08
yofelI think the recent firefox packages ship their own xulrunner lib02:09
aluexxulrunner iz not installed yet, duanedesign02:11
yofelright, since firefox has it's own, hm...02:11
aluexnow i can only use midori02:12
aluexchromium crashes , too02:13
* aluex feels sorry looking at firefox icon02:13
UndiFineDI have firefox, chromium, chrome, opera, minefield, midori, links2,02:13
yofelaluex: just to make sure it's the binary that fails: can you edit '/usr/lib/firefox-VERSION/run-mozilla.sh' (replace VERSION with your version) and add an -x to the first line? '#!/bin/sh -x' and then pastebin the output?02:14
yofel(output of trying to run firefox from the command line)02:14
aluexi'lll hava try02:14
Cheri703reaperofpoverty: everything finish up smoothly?02:15
aluexyofel, output about what02:18
aluexthe script?02:19
yofelaluex: if you added -x to run_mozilla.sh and tried running 'firefox' do you get any output?02:19
yofel(you did save run-mozilla.sh after editing it?)02:19
aluexyes02:19
aluexand no output..02:20
yofel. . .02:20
yofelaluex: okaaay... can you do the same with /usr/bin/firefox and /usr/lib/firefox-VERSION/firefox ?02:20
aluexoh,wait for a moment..02:21
aluexodd...02:24
aluexvery odd02:24
aluexyofel, /usr/lib/f../firefox seems not a plain text file02:25
yofelhuh? it is here, /usr/lib/firefox-3.6.13pre/firefox-bin is the binary here02:26
aluexehm ,but the file fx itself seems not proper02:27
yofelaluex: ok, can you leave that aside and only edit /usr/bin/firefox?02:27
aluexok02:27
aluexdone02:27
yofelok, running 'firefox' should give you something like this: http://paste.ubuntu.com/531497/02:28
aluexenm, i see it02:29
aluexseemz right02:29
yofelcan you pastebin that output please?02:29
aluexok02:29
aluexyofel, http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/531500/02:37
bobo123good evening. anyone knows how to set up projects in Code:Blocks?02:38
aluexi think /usr/lib/../firefox was the reason02:39
bobo123it gives me lots of errors like "/usr/include/c++/4.4/cwchar:67: error: ‘::mbstate_t’ has not been declared" so I guess there is some build options that I must set or? (the program is normally compiled with jam from commandline, but I had hoped I could use code:blocks instead)02:39
yofelaluex: why are you running firefox 3.5.3? I can find that in karmic, but even karmic-updates has 3.6.1202:39
aluexi m using arm platform02:39
yofel(and it's entirely possible that 3.5.3 has firefox as binary)02:40
yofelah...02:40
aluexand ubuntu.srt.cn is the current source02:40
yofelright, the updated only show as amd64,i38602:40
aluexehm02:40
yofelaluex: ok, can you try to install a xulrunner package after all? maybe that's missing02:41
aluexok.. i m running out of power..02:41
aluexthx all da same02:41
yofelsure, sorry I couldn't help more02:42
aluex:) see u all02:42
_spacer_ok soo, ive installed ubuntu 10.10 from a cd on my laptop, as a dual boot and i've do not get the option to load windows05:39
_spacer_any thoughts?05:40
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JoeMaverickSett_spacer_: have you done "sudo update-grub" from you ubuntu?06:16
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ttrubuntuhi all07:41
ttrubuntuthis is my first message on this channel and i am new to linux and also to ubuntu07:42
ttrubuntui am facing one problem: unable to logout or restart using the power button. any help?07:43
Cheri703Well, first of all, welcome :)07:45
Cheri703are you referring to the physical power button or the one on-screen up at the top?07:46
ttrubuntuthanks. yes on the screen.. using GUI07:46
Cheri703ok, when you click it it doesn't do anything, or?07:47
ttrubuntui am uisng ubuntu 10.04 and moderately configures desktop using dual boot07:47
Cheri703ok07:48
ttrubuntuyes. nothing happes when i click with mouse07:48
Cheri703ok, if you press and release your power button, does a menu come up on the screen (the physical button)07:49
ttrubuntui haven't checked. every time  i am uisng $sudo halt command(after doing a quick search)07:51
Cheri703ok, if I lightly press my power button I get a "shutdown, restart, suspend, hibernate" menu07:52
ttrubuntui will test next time since it may end my current session and07:52
ttrubuntushall i do that07:52
ttrubuntutoo?07:52
Cheri703it shouldn't end your session, you can cancel from there...don't press and hold it07:53
ttrubuntuyes cheri70307:53
ttrubuntui did get the menu and i think that solves the problem07:53
ttrubuntuthanks. and  my second problem!07:54
Cheri703ok, great!07:54
Cheri703I'm not sure why the gui button isn't working, but at least you can access it!07:54
ttrubuntuok07:54
Cheri703pressing ctrl-alt-del *should* also bring up that menu07:54
ttrubuntuok. i see. here it is: i have habit of opening og 8-10 tabs in firefox and my ubuntu unable to handle it07:55
Cheri703ah, ok07:56
ttrubuntusystem hangs and i have to reboot07:56
Cheri703one more thought on the button topic07:56
ttrubuntuyes please07:56
Cheri703right click on it, is "remove from panel" available?07:56
ttrubuntuCAD is also cool.07:56
ttrubunturemoved from the panel the way u said07:57
Cheri703ok, now right click in an empty place, and choose "add to panel"07:57
ttrubuntuit got removed07:57
Cheri703you should be able to choose power button (or something similar) from the list07:58
ttrubuntuyes i did.07:59
Cheri703ok, now does the button work?08:00
ttrubuntubut sorry to say: lock scrrn, logout, change user options are missing from this one08:00
nit-witttrubuntu,  runn killall gnome-panel08:00
Cheri703thanks nit-wit08:00
nit-witCheri703,  no problem I just koined so I can't tell whats up08:01
nit-witChe08:01
Cheri703power button didn't do anything when clicked08:01
Cheri703I had them remove it and (attempt) to replace it...08:01
ttrubuntunit-wit : how to kill all panel>08:01
nit-witCheri703,   "joined08:01
nit-witttrubuntu,  it just kills it then it comes back08:02
ttrubuntuis it in console>08:02
ttrubuntu?08:02
nit-witttru yeah in a termonal08:02
nit-witI have my screen go squirly in Maverick a lot and also run nautilus -q for that08:04
ttrubuntui did but power button doesn't have  lock screen, logout, change user options08:04
nit-witttru08:06
nit-witttrubuntu,  use add to panel logout icon08:06
Cheri703ahhh, that's the one08:06
Cheri703sorry ttrubuntu, remove the power button and add that one08:07
JoeMaverickSettindicator applet session? :D08:07
ttrubuntuthanks. it's ok now08:08
Cheri703so it's fully functioning?08:08
nit-wityipeeeee08:08
ttrubuntunot tested. but it should. i will test at the end of this session08:09
ttrubuntuanother problem. usially i open 6-10 tabs in firefox and close one by one when i finish reading. but ubuntu hags several times. i open only max of 4 tabs now. please help08:10
Cheri703that may be about your hardware ttrubuntu08:10
ttrubuntuok. but in the same machine win XP handles08:11
nit-witttru08:11
ttrubuntusuch situation though it fails in many palces08:11
nit-witttrubuntu,  whats your setup how much memory, and do you clear FF08:12
nit-witttrubuntu,  XP is just less of a drain ob the hardware08:13
ttrubuntuAMD Athlon 1700XP(1.1GHz), 1.2GB RAM, 80 GB HDD08:13
ttrubuntui know it is 8 years old08:13
ttrubuntu!!08:13
nit-witttrubuntu, I don't open a lot of tabs, but if you have pages with lots of scripts running and addblock off it may be difficult for it to run. Do you use noscript?08:15
ttrubuntunit-wit: i have no idea about script. i haven't added any scripts myself. i have 3-5 add-ons added to original installation. i have all the updates installed to my machine.08:16
nit-witttrubuntu,  try the addon  noscript it blocks flash and stuff, you can also add toolbar buttons and have a easy persession okay and reverse08:17
ttrubuntunot-wit: tabs may be avoided. but i am into lot of RSS reading. all the links i open in tabs and and read tabs after some time08:17
Cheri703ttrubuntu: try google reader08:18
ttrubuntuok. thanks. i will do08:18
ttrubuntudo u use forefox or different?08:18
ttrubuntui mean firefox?08:19
nit-witttrubuntu,  FF mainly it is about the safest browser when set up correctly08:19
ttrubuntucurrently i am using in-built akregator08:19
ttrubuntuok08:19
ttrubuntumy last question with the little knowledge i have gained in ubuntu:08:20
nit-witttrubuntu, , I use ghostery, beef taco, noscipt, better privacy, add block for main protection andI have FF set to remeber nothing, after getting the passwords I want in it, with firefox sync08:20
ttrubuntucan we kill some memory intensive processes to ease memory in ubuntu? back in windows i used to do lot of CAD and " end process"08:22
ttrubuntuok08:22
JoeMaverickSettttrubuntu: you might want to try this out; http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=119356708:23
JoeMaverickSettoptimizing firefox.08:23
nit-witJoeMaverickSett,  that is the one good job08:24
ttrubuntuthanks 08:24
ttrubuntuJoeMaverickSett  ... i will see08:24
JoeMaverickSettwokie! ;)08:24
nit-witJoeMaverickSett, I didn't have that page saved08:24
JoeMaverickSettnit-wit: ah, what do you mean? you could still see it here.08:25
nit-witJoeMaverickSett, the OP is a regular08:26
JoeMaverickSettnit-wit: sorry, i don't get what you are saying.08:27
nit-witJoeMaverickSett, i'll save it for just this sort of occasion. I'm not a real IRC user so I don't know all the tricks yet08:27
* JoeMaverickSett is confused!08:33
Cheri703JoeMaverickSett: I think he meant that he didn't have it bookmarked for quick reference08:33
JoeMaverickSettCheri703: but he could reopen and do it? no?08:34
JoeMaverickSettCheri703: btw, hello! :)08:34
Cheri703yeah, he was saying that he didn't have it as a quick reference previously. I think he's bookmarked it now08:34
Cheri703and hi :)08:34
JoeMaverickSettCheri703: ah, okie. now i get it. :D08:34
JoeMaverickSettCheri703: how do you do?08:34
Cheri703I'm doing ok, you?08:35
JoeMaverickSettCheri703: good as always.08:35
JoeMaverickSett:D08:35
blackshellhow do i connect to web server using ssh?09:21
blackshellanyone?09:22
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janhlnHi all, I'm more a IRC beginner than an ubuntu beginner, but here goes: apt-get python-nevow gives the error:12:59
janhlnCompiling /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/nevow/test/test_newflat.py ...12:59
janhlnSorry: UnicodeError: ("\\N escapes not supported (can't load unicodedata module)",)12:59
janhlncan't find a working solution for this by google or ubuntuforums...13:00
pedro3005hi janhln13:01
janhlnhi13:01
pedro3005It looks as though it's trying to use python 2.413:01
janhlnaha, remove python2.4?13:01
pedro3005can you run this for me and tell what it says:13:01
pedro3005python --version13:01
janhlnPython 2.6.513:02
pedro3005janhln, on a terminal, type "python" please13:03
pedro3005then try to run this python code13:03
pedro3005import unicodedata13:03
janhlnsucceeds without any message13:03
pedro3005ok13:03
pedro3005type this:13:03
pedro3005exit()13:03
pedro3005please paste the output of13:04
pedro3005ls /usr/bin | grep python13:04
janhlnthis nevow thing (I need it for python-coherence) sees python 2.4 first...?13:04
janhlndh_python13:04
janhlnpython13:04
janhlnpython213:05
janhlnpython2.413:05
janhlnpython2.613:05
janhlnpython3.113:05
pedro3005it's using python 2.4 for some reason13:05
pedro3005okay13:05
pedro3005next time please13:05
pedro3005!paste | janhln13:05
ubot2janhln: 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.13:05
pedro3005But it's okay13:05
janhlnsorry, IRC newby13:05
pedro3005what we could try to do is symlink python 2.4 to python13:06
pedro3005I'm not sure that would work but it's worth a shot13:06
pedro3005first, let's back up python2.413:06
pedro3005sudo cp /usr/bin/python2.4 /usr/bin/python2.4.bak13:06
pedro3005if anything goes wrong we can just restore our back up13:06
janhlndone13:07
pedro3005ok13:08
pedro3005now13:08
pedro3005sudo ln -s /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/python2.413:08
janhlnln: creating symbolic link `/usr/bin/python2.4': File exists13:10
pedro3005oh13:10
pedro3005sudo rm /usr/bin/python2.413:10
pedro3005(don't worry, we have the back up)13:10
pedro3005and then run the command again13:11
janhlnshould I try the apt-get again :-)13:13
pedro3005janhln, did you run the ln command again?13:13
janhlnyes, sorry13:14
pedro3005ok13:14
pedro3005now do this13:14
pedro3005python2.413:14
pedro3005it'll open, hopefully, a python shell13:14
pedro3005tell me which version it says it is13:14
janhln2.6.513:14
pedro3005ok13:14
pedro3005exit()13:14
pedro3005and try the apt-get command again13:14
janhlnapt-get nevow also works13:14
pedro3005:)13:15
janhln:-D13:15
janhlngreat, I'm going to remember this channel :-) googled for about 2 hours for this, couldn't find any similar user story :-(, thx alot pedro300513:16
pedro3005no problem janhln13:16
SPooNhow do you run an exe in maverick?13:22
pedro3005SPooN, well13:24
pedro3005exe files are made for Windows13:24
pedro3005they don't run natively on linux13:24
SPooNwhat about a .i836?13:25
pedro3005you can take a look at wine though13:25
pedro3005huh, never heard of that13:25
SPooNI downloaded a linux/mac version of a game, just having issues figuring out how to install/run it13:26
pedro3005when you downloaded it, what format did it come as?13:26
SPooNit was a .zip13:27
SPooNI downloaded through Transmission13:28
pedro3005and inside the .zip13:28
SPooNpedro2005: a lot of files...13:28
SPooNpedro3005*13:28
pedro3005SPooN, do this:13:28
pedro3005ls /wherever/the/folder/is13:29
SPooNPedro3005; I get a no such file or dir error13:30
SPooNeven when trying to just ls /desktop13:30
pedro3005SPooN, ~/Desktop13:30
SPooNbash: /home/alexandre/Desktop: is a directory13:31
pedro3005well, yes13:31
pedro3005ls ~/Desktop/folder/you/want13:31
SPooNeven if it isn't save to desktop?13:31
pedro3005well, no13:32
pedro3005SPooN, where is it?13:32
SPooNI just moved it to desktop.13:32
SPooNreturn of ls command:13:32
SPooNGamersHell.url  GH3D.txt  UrbanTerror  UrbanTerror_41_FULL.zip13:32
pedro3005ok13:32
pedro3005do this13:33
pedro3005wait13:33
pedro3005you're trying to run UrbanTerror?13:33
SPooNyea.13:33
pedro3005ok13:33
pedro3005do this13:33
pedro3005ls ~/Desktop/UrbanTerror13:33
SPooNok... I get the smae thing as I copy pastedd earlier13:35
SPooNsame13:35
pedro3005well, you have a file .i38613:36
pedro3005right?13:36
SPooNyes.13:36
pedro3005where is that file?13:36
SPooNDesktop/UrbanTerror/UrbanTerror/ioUrTded.i38613:36
pedro3005alright13:36
pedro3005chmod +x ~/Desktop/UrbanTerror/UrbanTerror/ioUrTded.i38613:36
pedro3005then just double click the file13:37
SPooNnot doing anything...13:38
pedro3005isn't there a file named ioUrbanTerror.i386 ?13:39
SPooNyes13:39
pedro3005double click that13:39
SPooNCould not display "/home/alexandre/Desktop/Urba...rbanTerror/ioUrbanTerror.i386".13:39
SPooNThere is no application installed for executable files13:39
pedro3005huh13:40
pedro3005ok13:40
pedro3005do this13:40
pedro3005cd ~/Desktop/UrbanTerror/UrbanTerror13:40
pedro3005and then13:40
pedro3005./ioUrbanTerror.i38613:40
SPooN?13:41
pedro3005run these things on a terminal13:41
SPooN./ioUrbanTerror.i38613:41
SPooNwhoops13:41
SPooNbash: ./ioUrbanTerror.i386: Permission denied13:42
pedro3005chmod +x ioUrbanTerror.i38613:42
pedro3005then try it again13:42
SPooNhttp://pastebin.com/4WTzL65b13:43
SPooNpedro3005: long error13:44
pedro3005SPooN, what is your graphics card?13:45
SPooNuhm how do I find that using Maverick?13:46
pedro3005SPooN, sudo lspci13:46
pedro3005paste the whole thing please13:46
SPooNshould I stay in cd ~/Desktop/UrbanTerror/UrbanTerror?13:47
SPooNor cd out13:47
pedro3005doesn't matter13:47
bioterrorhmmm13:47
bioterrorno sound icon on notification area13:47
bioterrormystic ubuntu :D13:48
pedro3005bioterror, that's why I won't use GNOME13:48
SPooNpedro3005: http://pastebin.com/RZXdP9Se13:48
pedro300500:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 18)13:49
pedro3005I'm not sure if that supports the game you want13:50
SPooNok13:50
pedro3005SPooN, you could try going to System -> Administration -> Hardware Drivers13:51
pedro3005see if it indicates any available drivers there13:51
SPooNpedro3005: additional drivers?13:51
pedro3005yeah13:52
SPooNall there is is the broadcom-STA that i'm using13:52
pedro3005hm13:52
pedro3005are you sure your computer supports 3D games?13:52
SPooNnot entirely13:53
SPooNVID: NVidia or ATI card with 128MB RAM13:54
SPooNthats what it wants13:54
pedro3005yup13:54
SPooNohh well13:58
SPooNits too bad there aren't many games for linux14:01
pedro3005yeah14:01
pedro3005I liked one called sauerbraten14:01
pedro3005but I don't play games anymore14:02
bioterroryou can play with consoles like ps3 or wii or even xbox360 and NDS ;)14:02
* JoeMaverickSett is addicted to Chromium B.S.U :D14:02
JoeMaverickSett+1 bioterror ;D14:03
nUboon2AgeJoeMaverickSett: what does the 'B.S.U. stand for?"14:03
pedro3005JoeMaverickSett, I don't use Chromium because I couldn't get middle click scrolling to work14:03
JoeMaverickSettnUboon2Age: no idea.14:04
JoeMaverickSettpedro3005: it's a game. :)14:04
bioterrorit's old game14:04
bioterrorI remember it from the 90äs14:04
nUboon2AgeJoeMaverickSett: so are you just talking about the web browser?14:04
bioterror's14:04
bioterrorno14:04
bioterror:D14:04
pedro3005JoeMaverickSett, ohh14:04
* pedro3005 fails14:04
JoeMaverickSettnUboon2Age: it's a game.14:04
bioterrorchromium - fast paced, arcade-style, scrolling space shooter14:04
nUboon2Ageoh ty JoeMaverickSett14:05
JoeMaverickSettbtw, you can install it from the software center.14:05
JoeMaverickSettbioterror: +1 again. :P14:05
bioterrorthat software center is horrible14:05
bioterrorinstalling something from it :D14:05
pedro3005clyde ftw14:05
bioterrorI just see fetching 32"14:05
pedro3005:D14:05
bioterror32%14:05
JoeMaverickSettbioterror == fail! :P14:06
bioterrorha14:06
bioterrorI only fail at life14:06
JoeMaverickSetthttp://twitpic.com/36thug/full <<-- what i was talking about. ;)14:06
pedro3005:14:06
pedro3005:( *14:06
bioterrorjust remembered that back in the 90's there was like only XBill to play :D14:23
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SPooNis there a way to delete locked files?15:01
hobgoblinSPooN: as root - either in a terminal with rm or you could use filemanager as root15:02
hobgoblinin ubuntu = gksudo nautilus15:03
SPooNwhere is filemanager?15:04
hobgoblinyou would need to run it is root - so do Alt+F2 then the command I gave above - it will want password15:06
aveilleuxSPooN: You access root permissions by using the command "gksudo nautilus". "File Manager" is a generic name for any program that enables the graphical organization of files,; the file manager in Ubuntu is Nautilus.15:06
SPooNok15:07
hobgoblinthe assumption is that you are using ubuntu15:08
SPooNmaverick ubuntu15:08
hobgoblinif though you are not the first user or have root rights then you won't be removing the file15:08
hobgoblinhi nothingspecial15:22
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Mohan_chmlwb hobgoblin =]15:39
hobgoblinhi Mohan_chml15:40
Mohan_chmlbrb hobgoblin. Dinner :)15:41
segwaypirateWho knows how to disable the startup sound in Ubuntu 10.04.115:48
segwaypirate?15:48
aveilleuxsegwaypirate: Look in Accessories > Startup Programs, there's a program in there that controls it. Disable that.15:49
segwaypiratethank you15:49
geirhaFor the login screen, System -> Administration -> Login screen15:49
geirhaFor the sound when you log in, System -> Preferences -> Sound15:49
kosaidpoguys anyone using skpye here16:54
geekosopher!anyone | kosaidpo17:01
ubot2kosaidpo: A large amount of the first questions asked in this channel start with "Does anyone/anybody..."  Why not ask your next question (the real one) and find out?17:01
kosaidpogeekosopher: hello17:01
geekosopherkosaidpo: hi17:02
kosaidpois there any wordaround to fix the voice issue using gprs connection17:02
kosaidpoimean workaroud*17:02
geekosopherkosaidpo: does your problem resemble any of those listed here: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+questions?field.search_text=skype+voice&field.sort=RELEVANCY&field.sort-empty-marker=1&field.actions.search=Search&field.language=en&field.language=gu&field.language=hi&field.language-empty-marker=1&field.status=SOLVED&field.status-empty-marker=117:16
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sampialehello18:57
suprengrsampiale: boo!19:01
Forerhey, I have folder and inside is a .conf file I want to edit, what are the ways of doing that again?20:41
Forerpop open a terminal and go to the folder and change permissions is one I can think of offhand20:42
bioterrorwhat folder which file and where20:42
hobgoblinForer: if it is not in /home then edit as root20:42
Forerwell I'm trying to get kismet up, after installing it I'm running through kismet.conf and it's set to root accessible only it seems20:42
Forer"could not save file /etc/kismet/kismet.conf"20:43
bioterrorsudo nano /etc/kismet/kismet.conf20:43
Forerthat'll work thanks20:44
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salvoanyone have experience setting up RAID1?21:16
salvoI currently have 2 2TB WDEARS drives. One has about 600Gb of data on it (NTFS) and I am currently copying that data to a the other 2TB properly 4k aligned ext4 drive.21:20
salvoafter it is done copying I am going to align and format the NTFS to ext421:20
salvothen I would like to setup a RAID121:21
salvowithout losing any data21:21
bioterrorhttps://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/RAID1%2BLVM21:24
salvolol I just found that before you posted21:25
salvoalthough, I don't want LVM21:26
salvoso I just run the RAID commands listed?21:26
salvoor LVM is what I should use21:28
bioterrorI think you should go with the LVM21:30
salvook, so since I already have files on one of the drives, it seems if I follow the steps in the guide I'll have to reformat which I don't want to do. Once I have the drives formated to ext4 with one drive full of data and the other blank, it is still possible to setup RAID1 without losing any data correct?21:33
bioterrorI've only build raids with solaris and FreeBSD21:34
bioterrornever with linux21:34
bioterrorand I've owned hw raid 5 systems21:35
deejoebioterror: you talking software raid for solaris and FreeBSD?21:36
salvoI do have an option in my BIOS to setup RAID, should I use that?21:36
bioterroryes21:36
bioterrorsalvo, I would suggest to use software raid21:37
salvook21:37
bioterrorbecouse if your computer gets messed up, you might lose the data21:37
bioterrorwith software raid you're bounded to bIOS21:38
salvothe help page says it is specific to Ubuntu versions 7.04, 8.04, 9.04....21:41
salvoI am running 10.1021:41
salvodoes it matter?21:41
bioterrorI think nothing have not changed since 9.0421:43
bioterrorbut I'm off to bed, laters21:43
salvok21:44
karthick87!quit Bye.....!22:07
ubot2Factoid 'quit Bye.....!' not found22:07

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