[06:19] <kaushal> hi
[06:19] <nisshh> kaushal, whats up?
[06:21] <kaushal> is there a irc channel for debugging wireless issues on Ubuntu ?
[06:22] <kaushal> I am faced with http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/533367/
[06:25] <kaushal> nisshh: hi
[06:25] <nisshh> hmmm
[06:26] <nisshh> kaushal, where is that output from? a logfile?
[06:28] <kaushal> nisshh: Its from a daemon log
[06:29] <nisshh> kaushal, so is your wireless choppy? has dropouts? doesnt work at all? or what?
[06:30] <kaushal> wireless choppy ?
[06:33] <nisshh> kaushal, like is it slow sometimes
[06:33] <kaushal> yes
[06:34] <nisshh> ah ok
[06:34] <nisshh> kaushal, how often does that message appear in your logs?
[06:34] <kaushal> also is there a way to find lspci -vvv | grep "Network" 
[06:34] <kaushal> I mean full output for the wireless card
[06:34] <kaushal> when i run that command i see only a line
[06:35] <nisshh> which is?
[06:35] <kaushal> 0c:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
[06:35] <kaushal> and not details
[06:35] <blahdeblah> kaushal: I don't know about the avahi stuff, but that WPA supplicant stuff is just harmless noise, in my experience.
[06:35] <nisshh> well, thats because your being too specific with grep
[06:35] <kaushal> oh ok
[06:35] <nisshh> blahdeblah, +1
[06:35] <kaushal> nisshh: so what would be the option for grep ?
[06:35] <kaushal> to print the rest of the lines
[06:35] <kaushal> is it -C 5 ?
[06:35] <nisshh> kaushal, try | grep wireless
[06:36] <blahdeblah> kaushal: Do you have a Windows laptop around?
[06:36] <kaushal> ok
[06:36] <nisshh> with no double quotes
[06:36]  * blahdeblah hangs his head in shame for having to ask the question
[06:36] <kaushal> nisshh: nope
[06:36] <nisshh> blahdeblah, bad bad boy! :)
[06:36] <kaushal> it doesnot result anything
[06:36] <nisshh> kaushal, what info are you trying to find anyway? your IP address or something?
[06:37] <kaushal> nope
[06:37]  * blahdeblah slaps himself on the wrist, but consoles himself with his excellent taste in music presently playing.
[06:38] <kaushal> nisshh: http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/533369/
[06:38] <kaushal> so i am interested to get that output using lscpi 
[06:38] <blahdeblah> kaushal: In my experience, most problems with poor wifi performance are caused by interference.
[06:38] <kaushal> I know i can use lscpi -vvv | less
[06:38] <blahdeblah> If you're able to, download a copy of this http://xirrus.com/library/downloads/XirrusWiFiInspectorSetup.1.2.0.exe onto a Windows box, and do a quick survey of the area.
[06:38] <kaushal> but i need to go through each and every hardware
[06:39] <nisshh> kaushal, why?
[06:39] <nisshh> oh wait, i see
[06:39] <kaushal> blahdeblah: sure
[06:39] <kaushal> blahdeblah: what does it do ?
[06:39] <nisshh> kaushal, also, you are using the ath5k driver, which has known issues, so there is an ath9k driver too
[06:39] <blahdeblah> It tells you what wireless networks are in range, and how strong they are, etc.
[06:39] <kaushal> oh ok
[06:39] <kaushal> nisshh: sure
[06:40] <blahdeblah> When i did a survey around my place, i found that there was so much interference on the 2.4 GHz that it basically was not viable to use it at all.  I ended up buying a 5 GHz-capable access point.
[06:40] <kaushal> nisshh: i was interested in that command
[06:40] <nisshh> blahdeblah, thats what the network indicator does on Ubuntu :)
[06:40] <nisshh> kaushal, ah ok
[06:40] <blahdeblah> nisshh: If you haven't used it, don't knock it - it's heaps better than anything i've found on Linux
[06:40] <nisshh> blahdeblah, fair enough i guess :)
[06:40] <kaushal> nisshh: basically how do i get that output
[06:41] <blahdeblah> kaushal: There were even some idiots in my area using channel 3 & 9, thereby trashing two channels at once!
[06:41] <kaushal> without going through each and every hardware
[06:41] <kaushal> nisshh: is it lspci -vvv | grep -C 10 "Network" 
[06:42] <nisshh> kaushal, try grep Wireless or grep Network
[06:43] <nisshh> kaushal, also when using | less, you can use page up/down to scroll as well i think
[06:43] <blahdeblah> That's the way i would do it: lspci -vvv|less, then search for Network
[06:45] <nisshh> yeah
[06:45] <nisshh> blahdeblah, i bet darkrose would know how to do it more specifically :)
[06:45] <blahdeblah> so would man lspci, no doubt
[06:46] <darkrose> o.o
[06:46] <nisshh> haha
[06:46] <nisshh> the beast awakens :)
[06:46] <darkrose> what are you wanting to do?
[06:47] <nisshh> darkrose, kaushal wants to know how to use grep on the end of lspci to find the detailed info about his wireless hardware
[06:47] <nisshh> but he isnt getting the juicy details, just his card manufacturer
[06:54] <blahdeblah> nisshh: There is a way to limit lspci output to just certain types of device - check man page
[06:56] <darkrose> lspci -vvvv | awk '/net/ {f=1}f' | tac | awk '/^$/ {f=1}f' | awk '/^[0-9]/ {f=1}f' | tac
[06:57]  * darkrose gives blahdeblah a preemptive panadol
[06:59] <nisshh> blahdeblah, yeah i know, i cant remember how though :)
[06:59] <nisshh> darkrose, you want kaushal to use awk? damn!
[07:01] <blahdeblah> darkrose: bwahahaha - not only old-school, but ugly as well!
[07:01] <darkrose> :D
[07:02] <nisshh> blahdeblah, it may be old school but awk is very powerful :)
[07:02] <head_victim> blahdeblah: bought an external drive today, should be setting it up tonight to copy across the repository. Should be able to set it up on that laptop to be a portable repository for your meeting ideas.
[07:03] <blahdeblah> nisshh: You have no idea how ironic that sounds - i've been using awk since you were in nappies.
[07:03] <blahdeblah> nisshh, kaushal: http://ubuntu-au.pastebin.com/V9u9x2Y2
[07:03] <blahdeblah> nisshh, kaushal: Pastebin from my laptop - just find the id, then use -s to select only that
[07:03] <nisshh> blahdeblah, meh, when i was in nappies i was hacking on the linux kernel :)
[07:03] <blahdeblah> nisshh: I don't believe you.  :-)
[07:04] <nisshh> blahdeblah, bah! :)
[07:04] <darkrose> s/hack/poop/
[07:04]  * blahdeblah goes back to his firewall rule editing session
[07:05] <blahdeblah> head_victim: cool - sounds good.
[07:08] <head_victim> blahdeblah: just gotta work out how to set it up so I can share it across a lan and just have people put in the right lines to their sources.list and have it work.
[07:14]  * darkrose goes back to coding skynet
[07:19]  * blahdeblah makes a note to kill darkrose as soon as he gets over the flu
[07:20] <blahdeblah> head_victim: HTTP is best - just install apache and put in a directory section in the config and you're done.
[07:24] <head_victim> blahdeblah: sounds easy enough for even me to do.
[07:27] <head_victim> What switches do you use to rsync the mirror? I was using -vtlr, is that sufficient to get what is needed done?
[08:27] <blahdeblah> head_victim: That looks good to me - once it's running reliably, i would probably drop the -v
[11:46] <head_victim> blahdeblah: cool, will be my first foray into apache so at least I'll be learning stuff as well
[15:38] <chloe> hi,all
[15:39] <chloe> quit