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ubuntuuk-planet[Phil Bull] Misattribution; Berlin; Fun Paper - http://philbull.livejournal.com/56139.html01:20
buzz_Azelphur, sorry late response lovely alarm clock interface. what is that ?02:12
Azelphurbuzz_: ty, it's conky02:14
Azelphurand a little bit of pyqt for the buttons02:14
buzz_i do intend to update my joggler images. im not happy with the distrubution method. clunky. i would prefer to have more stuff as debs, and perhaps an install system to choose usb size and filesystem etc, but of course the windows guys wouldnt be able to use that. also i dont like the alsa error messages, which i want to fix.. i also have nightmares about spending months in the alsa source02:14
buzz_heh02:14
buzz_thanks.. will check it out02:14
Azelphurhaha, it just clicked, your the guy who made the 10.10 joggler images?02:15
* Azelphur is using that :D02:15
buzz_yeh02:15
Azelphurnice work on that :)02:15
buzz_thanks. but still much to be done and so little time. but cheers02:15
buzz_and waiting on intel to do a new EMGD02:15
Azelphurhehe02:15
buzz_because basically your running x.org 1.8 on maverick which normally has 1.902:15
AzelphurI see02:16
buzz_my next revision (which will be a debian package as upgrade), will be a erm.. whats the name.. calibration thing02:16
buzz_there is a calibrator.. i need to package it02:16
buzz_so its a bit more user orientated for user points02:17
buzz_i have fat fingers..i get annoyed02:17
buzz_heh02:17
Azelphurhaha, the calibration drives me nuts for scrolling02:17
Azelphurso that'll be cool02:17
buzz_i hope you understand why i dont customise it much apart from the keyboard etc and the custom packages for light stuff.. i had plenty of complaints about this. i really wanted it so that its just maverick. or just linux mint. so people can do as hey like. my owry was. customising it more,, its no longer maverick and so any guides etc online would stop being relevant and i would have more work :)02:19
buzz_just felt like i had to explain this02:19
buzz_some users do want a very minimal optimised for joggler thing. i dont really have the time also. although it would be interesting to make of course02:20
buzz_Azelphur, are you on the ubuntu uk mailing list btw ?02:21
buzz_i just joined and am going to make a post.. hopefully within the ubuntu guidelines that at least one person is not going to like..02:23
buzz_needs to be said though..02:23
Azelphurbuzz_: yea, keeping it close to Ubuntu is cool :)02:27
AzelphurI'm subscribed but I don't really follow it02:27
buzz_its sort of a personal criticism, but one that affects others. well you will read it shortly. ill keep it polite.. ;-)02:28
Azelphur:D02:39
hamitronit is white outside :/02:39
hamitroncouncil are dumb, as they grit the road most nights and not been down the main road here yet02:40
buzz_mail sent. i hope my next email on the ubuntu uk list is a nicer one :)02:40
Azelphurbuzz_: hmm, what does the uk team have to do with the joggler wiki though?02:44
buzz_daniel case ran it. he is posting about his new site on the list02:44
buzz_i saw that a few days ago and wanted to reply02:44
buzz_meanwhile perhaps ubuntu users are signing up on his new "linux problems" site02:45
buzz_and he is waiting to sell. it who knows. i found it worrying.02:45
AzelphurI see, a little worrying indeed02:46
buzz_https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-uk/2010-November/027564.html02:46
buzz_hes either just .. well. confused.. or hes not to be trusted.. but either way.. i suggest caution..02:47
Azelphuryea I just read that02:47
Azelphurindeed02:47
buzz_did you see his advert for the jogglerwiki site ?02:47
buzz_it says it all really02:47
Azelphurnah havn't seen that02:48
buzz_http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1Pls7pWiWh0/TNFHB5upUAI/AAAAAAAAAU4/6Ya_racvg28/s1600/jogglerwiki.jpg02:49
buzz_its still online actually https://flippa.com/auctions/109456/Amazing-Niche-Wiki---5000-UNIQUES-PM--100k-page-views-PM---Quick-Sale02:50
buzz_i dont want to cause massive problems for this guy, or start some hate campaign, but i think its understandable if you shaft a bunch of guys and sell off stuff like this, that you must be accountable, and then to announce a new project, its only reasonble that people are warned. .. i hope daniel can see the error and avoid a similar thing in the future02:51
Azelphuryea, looks like he's in the business of making sites and selling em on02:51
buzz_it does.02:51
Azelphuroh while your here maybe you can shed light on a minor problem I've been having, I have 2 MicroSD Adapters with 4GB MicroSD cards in them, they worked previously with dysentry's Ubuntu fork, but they don't seem to work with yours :(02:53
AzelphurMy sandisk cruzer does work, however02:53
buzz_i give him credit for dumping the user table. although putting it publically wasnt a great idea. he also put the files online. he forgot the actual wiki data (in the database). lucklly someome else had an xml dump and it was reconstructed02:53
buzz_my earlier images might have been too big.. i made an schoolboy error assuming all 4gb ssd were the same02:53
buzz_the new images are exactly 4gb. the ld were larger02:54
buzz_old02:54
buzz_could be that02:54
Azelphurah maybe02:54
buzz_some users still have problems. they have 3996gb usb.. hard to know if i should make a 3900gb image then :D02:54
buzz_i mean MB02:54
buzz_:)02:54
Azelphurhaha02:54
Azelphuryea I have 1.2.1 atm so I'll download the latest image and give that a shot :)02:55
buzz_3996gb usb. shit.. now im dreaming.02:55
Azelphurhaha it's not that far off02:55
buzz_if you rsync the data off your usb, this http://joggler.exotica.org.uk/source/makeimage.sh will make an image of configurable size02:56
buzz_not user friendly. but you can hack it02:56
Azelphurcool :)02:57
buzz_needs 2 paramters. imagefilename to make and path to rootfs including bootfs in same place.. with trailing slash02:57
buzz_in that folder is the kernel etc and patches i use. i keep meaning to write something about this stuff02:57
buzz_in that script it has SIZE=4006608896 that was wrong.more than 4gb (disk measurements)02:58
AzelphurI see :)02:58
buzz_i now user 4000000000.. which any usb stick saying it is 4gb should have02:58
AzelphurI'm downloading the latest image now so I'll give that a shot tommorrow, ty :)02:59
Azelphurfor now I must crawl into bed, 3am :p02:59
Azelphurnn :)02:59
buzz_hope it works. btw.. i have maybe a couple of debs on my ppa soon02:59
Azelphurcool02:59
buzz_squeezeplay that uses pulseaudio.. and maybe a couple of other things03:00
buzz_not my squeezeplay patch. something i found. it needs some tweaks maybe03:00
buzz_hopefully some florence keyboard updates also. i fed some stuff upstream and the author liked at least one idea ;-)03:01
buzz_(and i love his keyboard)03:01
buzz_i shall end my channel spamming now. cheers. ;-)03:03
Jorahi05:37
czajkowskiAloha07:59
TheOpenSourcererwotcha czajkowski08:01
AlanBellmorning08:03
* AlanBell starts scraping the car08:03
* nigelb waves to czajkowski 08:05
AlanBellTheOpenSourcerer: see you in a sec08:06
TheOpenSourcererRighto AlanBell ty08:07
popeymorning08:21
diplomorning08:22
DJonesMorning all08:29
popey.o08:31
popeyhmm, o/08:31
MartijnVdS\o08:36
diplohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xrU5BxaPWo&feature=topvideos - quite good for a youtube music vid08:37
screen-xG.. g.. g.. good morning.. its rather chilly here.08:39
screen-xYay, its time for http://uksnow.benmarsh.co.uk/ again :)08:43
olyscreen-x, not seen that before thats quite a neat site08:57
daubersMorning09:09
* daubers makes teh coffee09:16
finelytunedGood morning09:16
andylockranhey guys09:18
andylockranany recommendations for a podcast manager.   Have been using rhythmbox but downloading is flakey09:18
MartijnVdSI use "Listen" + google reader on my Android09:19
MartijnVdS+phone09:19
gordandylockran, tried banshee maybe?09:19
MartijnVdSgord: has banshee stopped crashing yet ? :)09:20
gorddoesn't crash here09:20
gordapart from when pulse goes crazy because i used sdl, stoopid pulse09:20
MartijnVdSIt crashes randomly for me09:20
MartijnVdSbut rhythmbox has also developed an annoying issue (it stats all files in my collection every time it changes songs)09:21
andylockrangord - happy with rhythbox as the player - just want podcast manager.09:21
andylockranI have used banshee for most of my time on ubuntu.. reckon it's worth switching from rhythmbox09:21
gordandylockran, eh they are just music players, just saying that maybe banshee might work better for your use case09:22
popeyandylockran: itunes :)09:23
daubersbah, had to give my mac a kicking last night because of itunes09:25
andylockranlol09:25
andylockranbanshee just crashed on first run09:25
andylockranoops09:25
diploandylockran, I used to use Gpodder09:25
* diplo thinks thats what it was called09:25
popeyyes, gpodder is very good09:25
popeybest podcatcher on linux IMO09:25
popeyhttp://gpodder.net/09:26
popeywe're listed!09:26
andylockranta09:26
gordwould be nice if you could  get uupc via ubuntu one, like its music stuff, new uupc episodes get pushed into the service and auto-download to my storage or something09:26
popeythats an interesting idea09:27
daubersHelp take load off mirrors too09:27
gordi guess you could accomplish the same thing by having a shared folder with the episodes in, but i don't know if that gets taken up by the music player (thinking of the one on my android phone)09:27
popeyHmm, I could make a folder and share it out read only to anyone who asks, and call it "uupc-latest"09:28
andylockranNice thought.09:35
DJonespopey: Are you ok for a /msg?09:40
popeysure09:40
popeyany time09:40
Davieypopey: I have 50GB of U1 storage, so it might be easier for me to do that09:41
bigcalmGood morning awake peoples :)09:42
Davieyshould it be all episodes or the head 5, or something?09:42
Daviey(/me is currently only using a few mb of U1)09:43
bigcalmIt's a Daviey! Run away!09:43
Daviey!09:43
kazademorning all09:44
gordDaviey, if you use mp3 format i can check that it works on the u1 music app09:44
kazadeJust now I tried to ssh into my VPS with the wrong username, so I pressed CTRL+C at the password prompt, and now when I try to connect with the correct username it says "connection timed out", but it works from another IP address. Any ideas?09:45
kazadeDoes SSH block IPs?09:45
dauberskazade: Got something like denyhosts running?09:45
kazadepossibly..09:46
bigcalmYour VPS's firewall might09:46
kazadeit's running fail2ban..09:47
kazadeI wonder if that's it09:47
screen-xkazade: I think fail2ban uses iptables rules, so you can check if your ip is listed in any of those.09:48
kazadescreen-x, thanks09:50
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kazadepopey, I remember reading somewhere the commands you passed to ffmpeg to encode your ucasts from ogv. What were they?10:01
popeykazade: http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/535663/10:03
davmor2morning all10:03
popeykazade: http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/535666/ packages from medibuntu required for the mp4 encoding10:03
davmor2I have to say "narwhals, narwhals, swimming in the ocean, causing a commotion, cause they are so awesome!"10:04
* czajkowski gags davmor2 and puts him in the corner10:05
kazadethanks popey10:05
davmor2czajkowski: too late the song is in your head10:05
daubersThis is quite interesting: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/11/25/ubuntu_server_takes_off/10:08
kazadehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t980VOov_24 :D10:09
kazadeno sound yet..10:10
kazadeor score..10:10
kazadeor lives..10:10
kazadeor mothership10:10
screen-xpopey: do you use podcaster on your phone? I might have to break my embargo on buying apps, as not being able to subscribe in the iOS version of iTunes is really annoying.10:10
bigcalmWhat's a good regex for validating an email address? There is a lot to look at on google10:15
screen-xbigcalm: depends how correct you want to be, the set of valid emal addresses is much larger than the set of widely accepted email addresses.10:17
BigRedSbigcalm: depends how precise you want to be10:17
kazadebigcalm, just make sure there is an @ sign in it, and that the address receives emails10:17
bigcalmGrumble10:17
bigcalmkazade: I can't check that the address receives email. This is for a client's mass mailing system that sends out thousands of emails a day10:18
kazadebigcalm, no registration email? (e.g. click this link blah blah)10:19
bigcalmVery old system. Plues there is a 'forced free trial' system that spams people for 2 weeks unless they unsubscribe10:19
screen-xbigcalm: please include '+' in the character class before the @10:20
bigcalm:)10:21
bigcalmhttp://www.php.net/manual/en/function.preg-match.php#9691010:21
diplokazade, that looks good mate, smooth as well10:21
diplotaken long ?10:21
screen-xkazade: heh, I didn't click that youtube link in case it war narwhals...10:22
czajkowskiAloha folks, alejandraobregon here is looking for NON DEVELOPERS to help with some testing  that will take place in Canonical office next Thursday, if you're interested can you give her a pm please.10:23
kazadediplo, probably just over an hour or so, perhaps nearly two10:23
kazadeI've been adding a line here and there since yesterday (while doing "actual" work)10:24
bigcalmVideo needed to show a direct hit10:24
czajkowskiissyl0: popey ^^^^10:24
diploheh10:24
alejandraobregonThanks czajkowski! Would be great to have volunteers!10:24
kazadediplo the code is one big hack in one big cpp file10:24
kazade:)10:24
diploI'd have it to play as a lunch time waster10:24
czajkowskiso if you're in and around london or fancy a trip down give alejandraobregon a pm .10:24
alejandraobregonpotential dates would be: 2nd, 3rd, or 10th...10:24
kazadediplo, I should have it finished by Monday, I'll put it in a ppa10:25
diploCool, will defo give it a blast10:25
kazadescreen-x, no narwhals ... although I could add some ;)10:25
BigRedSczajkowski: how vital is a familiarity with ubuntu? I can think of a couple of people...10:25
alejandraobregonBigRedS: the purpose of the research is to ask for your feedback on some things from a community perspective...10:27
bigcalmMy regex skills wholely suck. Will this allow for + in an address?   /^[^@]+@[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+\.[a-zA-Z]+$/10:27
MartijnVdSDon't use regexes to match email addresses10:28
alejandraobregonBigRedS: So someone who is an active member of the community would be great... we are also looking for developers/system administrators/it managers that are community members....10:28
BigRedSalejandraobregon: ahhh, so community people, then10:28
alejandraobregonBigRedS: yes please!10:28
gordphew its cold outside today o_O who turned off the heating!10:31
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bigcalmChrome asked me if I wanted it to save my credit card details for ease of use. That's a little worrying10:45
DJonesbigcalm: Slightly worrying, but at least it asked & didn't automatically save them10:46
bigcalmThere is that10:46
diploany of you peeps web developers in here ?10:55
* diplo is still awaiting couriers for delivery of my new laptop10:59
diploI suppose I've waited 8 months now, a few more mins/hours isn't the end of the world11:00
DJonesdiplo: 8 months? That sounds like a serious case of lost in the post11:00
diploheh, well that's how long its taken to order the god damn thing, i've pestered the guy pretty much everyday over msn with laptop?11:02
diploThis sony is sooooooo bad11:02
diplo13" screen sucks11:03
diploand it's so noisey, runs @ 60'c with nowt running and open an IDE and it hits nearer 9011:03
BigRedSdiplo: what're you getting that's worth an 8 month wait?11:04
diplonothing special, it was getting the guy to remember to order it11:05
BigRedShaha11:05
BigRedSoooh11:05
* BigRedS has biscuits11:05
diploI found my laptop i wanted about 6 months ago, went to nottingham to order it11:05
diploour HQ11:05
diplohe ordered 2, one for another guy next day and mine on a normal delivery11:05
diplothe place only had 1!!!!!!!11:05
screen-xbigcalm: yes because + != @11:05
diploAnd refused to supply the second unless we paid £200 more11:05
diplo:(11:05
screen-xMartijnVdS: What would you use instead of a regex to match an email address?11:05
diploThink they priced it wrong11:06
BigRedSah, not helpful11:06
diploAnyone use Zend Studio ?11:10
MartijnVdSscreen-x: I'd send an email to it11:14
BigRedSor at least attempt to. see if you get sent away at the RCPT TO: stage11:15
screen-xMartijnVdS: but you need some form of validation before attempting to send an email..11:15
MartijnVdSscreen-x: no11:15
BigRedSmm, but that can be quite basic. \w+\@(\w+\.+)?\.\w*11:16
MartijnVdSBigRedS: \w isn't permissive enough11:16
BigRedSor something. I always forget ?,* and +11:16
BigRedSoh yeah11:16
BigRedSruddy decaff coffee11:17
MartijnVdSyou can do a syntax check on an address, but that regex is 3 pages long if you want it to be RFC-compliant11:17
screen-xHeh, I read that the other day, it said it wasn't complete because it didn't allow comments.11:18
BigRedShaha11:18
MartijnVdSexactly11:18
MartijnVdSthe problem is with the RFCs - they're way too broad in what they allow :)11:19
MartijnVdShttp://cpansearch.perl.org/src/RJBS/Email-Address-1.892/lib/Email/Address.pm11:19
MartijnVdSthis has a nice buildup of an email address regex11:19
MartijnVdSlook for $mailbox - it's constructed from bits above it11:19
MartijnVdSthe big problem is comment nesting (which can be infinite... :)11:20
screen-xah, so regex isn't a powerful enough language11:21
bigcalmcomments in email addresses?11:21
MartijnVdSBigRedS: it's possible :)11:22
bigcalmI think that a client in Switzerland is using google translate or such to send me emails11:26
screen-xbigcalm: any comedy quotes?11:26
bigcalmWe kindly ask you to receive a date for the final delivery (before it is better it is, because the timeline is a little pity now ..).11:27
nigelblol11:27
bigcalmI think that they are basicly saying "where's our work, bitch?"11:28
nigelbbigcalm: I remember helping somone to figure out google translate text from chineese to english11:28
nigelb(well, they sent english, but it was hard to decipher ;-) )11:28
MartijnVdSEnglishish11:28
DJonesSheesh, Facebook want to trademark the word "Face" for online messaging sites & services11:48
andylockran:p11:49
DJoneshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11837939?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter11:49
andylockranwww.visagebook.com :)11:49
* DJones notices that www.farcebook.com is registered11:50
andylockranlook at the source of that page :)11:51
DJones:)11:55
* kazade remembers there's a new Ubuntu-uk podcast12:04
X3Nmoooo12:04
* BigRedS remembers he must email daviey about mirroring that12:09
Daviey:o12:09
BigRedSI think it's you I need to email to get a domain name12:09
BigRedSwell, dns record12:10
MartijnVdS"I broke a running record" is considered good12:11
MartijnVdS"I broke a DNS record" is considered bad12:11
kazadeI've been omg!Ubuntu!d http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/11/ubuntu-invaders-first-the-wallpaper-now-the-game/12:42
MartijnVdSOMG!12:42
BigRedSUbuntu!12:42
kazadeI did tweet them, but I only expected a RT... not an article!12:42
kazaderemind me to kick Joey for linking in my twitter profile..12:43
diplo:P12:43
diploI added you from there to keep on top of dev :)12:43
kazade:)12:43
diplootherwise i'll forget about adding the ppa when your finished12:44
andylockranguys12:50
andylockranany programmers in here that would be able to give me advice on costing for 24 hour technical support.  I'm not sure how much to charge for 24/712:51
andylockranping Daviey popey UsualSuspects12:51
popeyno idea12:52
davmor2andylockran: Depends how good you are and how likely they are to call you out combined with how much you want to do it and how much they can afford :)12:52
daubersandylockran: And the response times you're quoting :)12:53
andylockranresponse time is <1hr12:53
Davieyandylockran: ENOTENOUGHBACKGROUND12:53
davmor2kazade: this is of course when you get sued by atari for ripping off space invaders ;)12:55
popeys/Atari/Midway/g12:59
davmor2meh close13:03
daubersWith Tron Legacy coming out soon, we so need a massive game of GLTron13:03
UndiFineDin four dimensions13:04
popeyArmagetron surely?13:05
dauberspopey: Thats the one!13:05
screen-x<ot> Any recommendations for glaziers? </ot>13:16
andylockranscreen-x: where?13:19
screen-xCardiff, but some are chains...13:19
andylockranscreen-x, most people here use chipboard; we don't use windows here13:19
screen-xour patio doors have been replaced with chipboard :(13:19
andylockran:( how so?13:19
screen-xinsurance botch, they measured up, came back, removed old doors and discovered that the new ones don't fit..13:20
screen-xapt-get install --reinstall patio doors13:20
andylockranERROR!: patio doors required 3m2, only 2.45m2 left on device.13:21
screen-xheh13:21
andylockranin all honesty, though, I am useless when it comes to Glaziers13:21
andylockrando you need new pvc too?13:22
andylockranor just windos?13:22
screen-xframes, hinges and all.13:22
screen-xProbably be the first company listed in google maps, who has a reasonable website.13:22
andylockranscreen-x: is it just some patio doors you need fitting?13:30
screen-xandylockran: yep13:30
X3Ndon't use pvc!13:30
screen-xX3N: ?13:31
X3Nyou can use wood frames nowadays, pvc is bad for environment and looks worse13:32
screen-xX3N: secure?13:32
kazadedavmor2, surely they can't sue for writing a clone of a game?13:32
* kazade gets worried13:32
X3Nscreen-x: don't see why they wouldn't be13:32
kazadeI might change the name though, wouldn't want trademark infringement :)13:32
screen-xkazade: are you planning to sell it? ;-)13:33
kazadeno13:33
kazademaybe a flattr button13:33
kazadeeven if I did, it's not copyright infringement, if the name is different it's not trademark infringement..13:33
screen-xX3N: interesting suggestion... All the other windows are PVC so may look a bit odd.13:33
kazadeand the original was made in 1978, too long for patents.13:34
czajkowskipeeka boo13:53
* davmor2 prods czajkowski 13:54
davmor2:P13:54
AlanBellhi czajkowski, coming to Farnham later?13:59
Pendulumhiya czajkowski13:59
davmor2czajkowski: how's your gob kiddo14:00
czajkowskiAlanBell: think so. mouth in bits here after meeting today and just had some lunch so not really able to move14:04
czajkowskidavmor2: sore14:04
* daubers hands czajkowski some string and points at the door14:05
daubersDIY Dentistry FTW!14:05
czajkowskidavmor2: sorely tempted14:07
czajkowskiAlanBell: just had a very productive morning :D14:08
davmor2you're blaming me for stuff I haven't even said now czajkowski14:08
amarcolinoHi anyone care to help me understand why my dyndns hostname is pointing to the wrong machine considering both were setup in the same way14:08
X3Nmaybe the way you're getting the host ip is wrong14:11
X3Nyou need to have a look at the log really14:11
DJonesamarcolino: Does your router forward forward the traffic on that port to the wrong machine? I have mine set up so that it forwards my dyndns hostname & port to a specific ip address within the home network, so http://address.go.dyndns.org is forwarded to http://192.168.0.x by the router/modem, maybe the wrong machine has picked up that ip address14:12
amarcolinoDJones: I have setup my router with the dynamic service for dyndns and added each ip address than setup ddclient with the hostnames and opened ports both on the router and firewall however it wont pick up for the second machine, i've looked at the conf files its correct and the router seems correct just can't understand14:16
andylockranI hate it when databases get to big14:16
andylockran2.2 million records and I have to add a column :)14:16
DJonesamarcolino: I've never had two machines using dyndns so I'm not sure about that14:18
amarcolinoDJones: no worries must be something either on the router on machine or machine just need to find out what it is14:19
DJonesIts not something as daft as the wrong port number in the router for the second machine?14:19
screen-xamarcolino: do you have multiple public IP addresses?14:24
* screen-x pokes his loadavg and tells it to go below 5. 14:28
amarcolinoscreen-x: nope or should I say I have but the rest aren't being used due to the current network configuration14:28
BigRedSscreen-x: /etc/init.d/* stop ?14:28
screen-xBigRedS: chrome, openoffice, X, and apt seem to be the culprits.14:29
screen-xamarcolino: if your only using 1 public ip, you should only need to run the dyndns client on one machine.14:30
screen-xs/your/you're/ (before dutchie pops up)14:31
amarcolinoscreen-x: you mean ddclient should only be on one machine ok, however I have turned the other machine off and restarted the second, checked setting again and tried the host name nada, it just wont pick it up14:31
dutchiescreen-x: oi14:35
czajkowskiTheOpenSourcerer: thanks14:37
TheOpenSourcererCatch you later czajkowski - have to go and collect several kiddies and the misses over the next couple of hours.14:39
BigRedSAnyone know of a way to have firefox insert a tab character on hitting tab, rather than switching to the next element?14:39
DJonesamarcolino: Do you have two dyndns accounts?14:41
screen-xamarcolino: can you set your router as the dynamic dns client, so that you don't have to run ddclient on either machine?14:43
amarcolinoDJones: nope just one with two hostnames for each machine14:43
amarcolinoscreen-x: I have I am also using the ddclient not sure I doubt that both are blocking each other since the first machine didn't have a problem connecting14:45
screen-xamarcolino: dynamic dns providers tend to get upset about duplicate updates14:50
amarcolinoscreen-x: what does that mean? It's part of the service they provide, what they allow one hostname per-account to only one machine when their are routers that can route the hostnames to other mahcines?14:56
amarcolinoscreen-x: would, doesn't make sense but than a lot of things that should make sense don't14:56
jgjones__Greetings...14:57
jgjones__a question...14:57
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jgjonesI've got a mate that's going on about a password-less Ubuntu - but not as root...14:59
jgjonesI'm probably suffering from a lack of sleep or something but in general, passwd etc doesn't allow for a blank password.15:00
jgjonesas well as the user account panel.15:00
jgjonesso, with all that - is it actually possible to run Ubuntu as a user with admin access but not as root and no password?15:01
jgjonesaka - no password prompting (mimicing the "disable UAC" on Windows)15:01
jgjonesbad bad idea security wise I know, I just wondered if it's possible for that to be done in Ubuntu and how easy?15:02
screen-xamarcolino: I'm not sure I understand what you're doing, maybe someone else can help?15:02
screen-xjgjones: you can have autologin.15:02
screen-xjgjones: system > administration > login screen > login as blah15:04
screen-xjgjones: for 10.04..15:04
jgjonesscreen-x that's what I thought he was doing.15:04
jgjonesbut he's not getting any password prompts so I suspect he is running as root without realising.15:04
jgjonesI don't have access to his PC to confirm15:05
screen-xjgjones: it depends what he's doing, if he's not doing any stuff that requires root (installing packages etc) then its possible to use the machine without being prompted for a password15:05
amarcolinoscreen-x: no worries I've stopped doing what I was doing going out for a bit than going to walk naked down the beach... wait I'm in the UK and its dam cold :D15:05
* screen-x dreams of fresh air15:06
jgjonesscreen-x, yup he is running as root. Time for a visit me thinks as he did a system update without requiring a password prompt15:13
ubuntuuk-planet[Ralph Janke] Rolling Releases Make no Sense for a Linux Distribution Like Ubuntu - http://drupal.txwikinger.me.uk/content/rolling-releases-make-no-sense-linux-distribution-ubuntu15:20
Daraeljgjones: Delayed response, but it would be possible to set up (I /think/) by modifying the sudoers file so that one still has to use sudo (or gksu, etc) but doesn't get prompted for a password when one does.15:23
BigRedSI used to find playing the "find the window resizing handle" game a bit of a challenge, but it's getting boring now15:23
bigcalmIn nano, how to do you write without exiting?15:24
Darael^O15:24
bigcalmTa :)15:24
DaraelNo probs.15:24
shaunoI know no-one's asking, but a predictable release schedule is what moved me from debian to ubuntu.  so boo to rolling releases15:24
bigcalmNext nano question: is it possible to show line numbers? :)15:25
DaraelNot AFAIK, but you can get it to show the current cursor position (including line number) with ^C, and you can toggle that always-on-or-off with alt-C or by starting it with -c15:27
bigcalmAye15:27
bigcalmOh, didn't know about that toggle15:28
bigcalmHandy15:28
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daubersDoes anyone else see something wrong with the higest and lowest temps on http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/hi/news/newsid_9223000/9223841.stm?15:35
popeylowest is -23, highest is 21?15:36
shaunodoesn't look too crazy, given they're only for november15:36
diployay laptop has finally turned up!15:36
* popey suspects daubers didn't see the '-'15:36
diploWat a calamity to install extra memory though15:36
dauberspopey: http://www.daubers.co.uk/~matt/what.png15:38
daubersI don't see no -!15:38
popeythere is15:38
popeyon the line above15:38
shaunoafter the colon15:38
popeyline wrapping issue15:39
daubersHmmm.... stupid chromium15:39
screen-x40 degrees is quite a range15:39
shaunoI would actually consider that a bug.  there's no space in the source there, so that shouldn't wrap mid-word15:39
czajkowskiissyl0: you going to digital surrey tonight ?15:39
davmor2czajkowski: mis-read that as digital slurrey that had a whole new connotation to it15:41
czajkowskidavmor2: take your mind out of the gutter please15:42
* bigcalm chuckles15:42
popeyczajkowski: where is it?15:43
czajkowskilooks liek I wont make the xmas party, difference on flights on the 21st and 22nd is about 180 quid15:43
davmor2czajkowski: it is I was thinking the electronic version of a bric-o-brac sale, digital crap :D15:43
czajkowskipopey: http://digitalsurrey.co.uk/events/IdentifyinginfluencersaspartofyoursocialmediastrategyDigitalSurreyevents.php15:43
popeyoh god that sounds tedious15:44
screen-x16GB SDHC Class 10 for ~£18 http://www.mymemory.co.uk/SDHC/Transcend/Transcend-16GB-SD-Card-(SDHC)---Class-1015:44
bigcalmxchat didn't like the ---15:45
bigcalmOh, no, it was the brackets15:45
bigcalmSilly xchat15:45
screen-xThat should [999] My new camera :)15:46
popeywell...15:46
bigcalmThat site looks quite like ebuyer15:46
czajkowskipopey: aye not one I'd have gone out of my way to go to, but never been and want to meet people15:46
popeyhttp://www.amazon.co.uk/-/dp/B002WE4HE215:46
popeyeven cheaper15:46
popeymuch cheaper15:46
screen-x\o/ cheaper15:46
bigcalmAre they a brand to trust?15:47
* popey hugs invisible hand chrome extsnsion for finding that deal :D15:47
popeylove it15:47
screen-xif they can do me an lp-e5 for £10 I'm all over it.15:47
screen-x(battery)15:47
screen-x£5 shipping15:47
popeyamazon is cheapest for that battery15:47
popeyfollowed by dabs15:47
bigcalmWhat does it hook into? Kelkoo, google?15:48
popeyno idea15:48
popeyhmm, wonder how much batteries for my digital video camera are15:48
popey7 quid!15:49
screen-xI'm a bit scared of lithium batteries for £4.32, I feel it might set fire to my house15:50
popeygood in the snow15:50
bigcalmpopey: that's a great extension. Ta for the info15:53
popeynp15:53
popeyhello LNX1101015:54
popeyhullo MooDoo15:54
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MooDoohello popey how are you today?15:56
popeynot bad, glad tomorrow is friday15:56
davmor2popey: lowpricememory.co.uk have a similar offer :)15:56
popeyheh15:56
MooDoopopey, tell me about it, i'm working lates this week so finishing at midnight15:56
czajkowskihalf day tomorrow :D15:56
* MooDoo prods czajkowski 15:57
czajkowskihttp://www.ustream.tv/channel/ubuntu-development-with-daniel-holbach worth watching now16:01
davmor2MooDoo: I'm glad I'm not you this week :D16:02
MooDoodavmor2, why is that?16:02
davmor2MooDoo: working till midnight, no thanks, however you'll be over the moon to not be me next week stripping artex from the walls of the new flat16:03
MooDoodavmor2, eeeeek16:04
bigcalmA serialized string contains both ' and ". What should I use to put it in a variable?16:06
Phineashelp for yesterdays issue please16:07
BigRedSPhineas: Anyone who remembers the issue well enough to know what you mean by "yesterday's issue" is likely to be of no more use today than they were yesterday. Anyone likely to be more useful than those of us on yesterday is likely to not know what you mean by "Yesterday's issue".16:08
DJonesPhineas: You'd be better restating the problem, people may not have been in the channel yesterday and won't know what you're talking about16:08
Phineasmy webcam wont work the drivers load in the kernal log but no device is in lsusb16:09
Phineasthat was the issue yesterday16:10
DJones!hcl | Phineas Have you checked the Ubuntu hardware database to see if there any issues with that specific webcam?16:10
lubotu3Phineas Have you checked the Ubuntu hardware database to see if there any issues with that specific webcam?: For lists of supported hardware on Ubuntu see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupport - To help debugging and improving hardware detection, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingHardwareDetection16:10
bigcalmDoes the USB device show up in /var/log/messages when you plug/unplug it?16:10
Phineasnope but kern.log 9or something like that) says the dirver was loaded16:11
Phineasstrangely16:12
popeybug 28065716:14
lubotu3Launchpad bug 280657 in linux (Ubuntu) "Intrepid kernel 2.6.27-6 no supported image sensor dected for SN9C105 (045e, 00f7)" [Undecided,In progress] https://launchpad.net/bugs/28065716:14
* popey points Phineas to that16:14
bigcalmIf you tail /var/log/message and plug/unplug a USB device, it should show some change16:14
popey17:21:36 < AlanBell> [ 4463.151017] sn9c102: V4L2 driver for SN9C1xx PC Camera Controllers v1:1.47pre4916:14
BigRedStail -f16:15
popeyfrom yesterday16:15
Phineaslike popey said that was in one of the logs16:15
MooDooPhineas, have you done the tail -f?16:15
popeyMooDoo: it is detected but no /dev/video* device is created16:16
MooDooah ok16:16
Phineaswhat do i do again?16:17
popeyis it plugged in?16:17
Phineaspopey,  yes it is16:17
popeyPhineas: in a terminal type this:-16:18
popeyls -l /dev/video*16:18
popeydo you see any output?16:18
Phineaspopey,  cannot acsess file:16:18
Phineasno such file or directory16:18
popeyls: cannot access /dev/video*: No such file or directory16:18
popeylike that?16:18
Phineaspopey,  just like that16:19
* kazade is wondering how he managed to travel back in time 24 hours...16:19
popeyPhineas: file a bug16:19
* Phineas tells kazade that he has a time matchine16:20
popeyin a terminal, type "ubuntu-bug linux"16:20
popeyit will open launchpad in a browser16:20
popeyand if you have an account, sign in, if you do not, register, then file the bug by giving a description such as16:20
popey"sn9c102 webcam not detected on Ubuntu 10.10"16:21
popeywith a description which is meaningful16:21
Phineaspopey,  but it used to work fine untill i  did a fresh install16:21
popeywhat version of ubuntu?16:21
popey(the old install and the new one)16:21
Phineaspopey,  old one was from some time last year new one is 10.4 LTS16:22
popeyyou're on 10.04?16:23
Phineaspopey,  i think so16:23
popeytype this in a terminal:-16:23
popeylsb_release -a16:23
popeyit will tell you for sure16:23
Phineaspopey,  10.04.1 LTS16:24
Phineaslucid16:24
popeyok16:24
popeybeing blunt. You have a cheap webcam which is made from shit components by a manufacturer who sucks16:25
popeyhttp://sonix.sourceforge.net/16:25
popeythere is a driver16:25
popeywhich may or may not work16:25
Phineaspopey,  thats quite true16:25
gingomg popey swore in #ubuntu-uk16:25
popeyoh great16:25
popeythat driver has moved somewhere16:26
popeyhttp://sn-webcam.sourceforge.net/ might be better16:26
gordoooh smp health in minecraft now16:27
popey:)16:27
Phineasthats not a Tevion driver tho16:27
screen-xyou need at least two processors to calculate your health?16:27
popeyits not a tevion camera16:27
popeythe guts are made by someone else16:27
Phineaspopey,  but it says tevion on it (now i'm confused)16:28
popeyi am about to go home so can't help you, maybe someone else can talk/walk you through getting this driver working....http://sn-webcam.sourceforge.net/#download16:28
bigcalmAnybody got a moment for some mysql agression? http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/536363/16:28
popeyPhineas: your pc might say dell on it, doesn't mean dell make it16:28
popeyPhineas: the internal guts are made by someone else16:28
popeydirecthex: please poke your co-worker to fix http://sonix.sourceforge.net/16:29
Phineaspopey,  possible,16:29
popeydirecthex: broken link to http://www.mnementh.co.uk/sonix/sn9c102.tar.bz216:29
popeyPhineas: many cheap webcams use the same chip inside16:29
Phineaspopey,  we're working to fix the site soon. oh i get what your saying now16:30
popeyhttp://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=399109 might help16:30
popeyhowever I am going home now16:30
directhexpopey: poked16:31
gingthat's how popey finds the time to playing mining games16:31
Phineasahh i can't figure out what driver16:32
bigcalmUpdated mysql paste: http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/536366/16:33
screen-xbigcalm: I was wondering what it was supposed to look like..16:33
screen-xbigcalm: does the on update trigger work, despite not displaying?16:34
Phineasmy sound has gone all low pitched or is it the headphones beeing broken16:36
screen-xbigcalm: when reading the mysql man page it is worth reading the right version, I was using an old version of mysql the other day that didn't have "create user", you had to use insert or grant.16:36
Phineasand no its not the headphones16:37
bigcalmHumm, it did update16:37
Phineasthis needs to be fixed quite soon or its gonna drive me up the wall16:37
bigcalmNow I have to look for what else might be causing this system to not work on live but work on dev :S16:38
Phineasanyone help me now16:38
Phineaswhat has happened to my sound16:38
Phineasits gone low pitched and disorientated at the same time16:40
bigcalmPhineas: try a reboot16:40
Phineasok guys i'm now rebooting seeya in a bit16:41
bigcalmThey could do with saying "please" and "thank you" a little more :S16:41
screen-xbigcalm: out of interest, why are you using mysql server from source?16:42
bigcalmscreen-x: I'm not, it's what's on the client's server16:42
bigcalmSorry, I'm not out of choice16:42
screen-xahh16:42
Phineasstill the same thing#16:43
* screen-x notes Phineas' username16:43
Phineaswhy wont the damn thing work now16:44
bigcalmscreen-x: DOH!16:44
bigcalmscreen-x: that will explain a lot16:44
* bigcalm ignores and goes back to work16:44
AlanBellhttp://beta.ubuntu-uk.org/2010/11/10/5-minute-chocolate-cake-in-a-mug/16:45
popeyhaha16:45
popeyoggcamp explosion16:45
Phineasbut i need help with this this is Sirius  situation16:45
bigcalmpopey: I suggested the oggcamp mug and you said it was too small. I guess AlanBell didn't get that memo ;)16:46
popeyAlanBell: considered putting the pic.. not inline in the recipe?16:46
MooDooPhineas, if people aren't helping it's because they don't know16:46
popeyPhineas: you could try #ubuntu16:46
DJonesbigcalm: We make a similar thing, but use a 1L mixing bowl :)16:46
Phineasonly certen things sound odd others (system sound firefox) are fine16:47
AlanBellyeah16:48
popeyhmm, i cant fix that page16:48
Phineashumm weird things happen it worked this moring16:48
AlanBell"Sling everything in a slightly bigger mug than I used, mix it up and zap it in the microwave on full tilt for 3 minutes."16:48
screen-xcake :)16:49
popey:)16:49
* bigcalm wants cake16:49
popeyi suspect I shall make that cake tonight too16:49
screen-xdidn't take you long to get home popey :)16:49
gingwhy has no one ever told me before you can make chocolate cake in a mug16:50
screen-xging: health reasons16:50
kazadeI have a massive chocolate fudge cake at home that I'm working through :)16:50
kazadeI made it on Sunday, now it's a race against time before it gets stale16:50
popeycake can be revived16:51
popeystale is just a state of mind16:51
kazadehehe16:51
popeyalso, remind me to talk to you later about a game idea I have kazade :D16:51
screen-xkazade: tupperware is your friend16:51
kazadeok :)16:51
gingcake talk has made me hungry, i am off to wander the streets in search of pizza16:52
MooDoosomeone say cake?16:52
davmor2cake16:52
screen-xMooDoo: no, you must have misheard16:52
Pendulumcake is a drug16:53
screen-xthe cake is a lie16:53
popeyh03m ty3m16:53
popeyo/16:53
daubersCAKE \o/16:54
bigcalmGrrrrrrrrr16:55
bigcalmscreen-x: my actual issue came down to the client's server being in the states16:55
Phineasi like cake16:56
bigcalmI've used UTC_TIMESTAMP() everywhere I can. But for this one query, I had to use CURRENT_TIMESTAMP()16:56
bigcalmMost irritating16:56
Phineasno help in #ubuntu just the please wait reminder16:58
bigcalmPhineas: if you wait long enough, somebody might be able to help you :)16:59
BigRedSPhineas: have you tried a forum or mailing list? those are more persistent so you'd get more eyes per asking of a question17:00
Phineasfixed it sound was all the way to the right not in the middle17:01
* Phineas just fell of his chair17:02
bigcalmPhineas: sounds like you need to go to sleep17:03
Phineasbigcalm,  mabe i do17:03
Phineasmabe i fell off cos' i wasn't sitting on the chair correctly17:04
andylockranI need a project :)17:04
bigcalmandylockran: I have several I don't want ;)17:05
screen-xbigcalm: ahh, glad you found it...17:05
screen-xandylockran: LDAP+Kerberos user management system for ubuntu server?17:06
andylockranscreen-x: I probably know enought LDAP to be useful... where do I sign up?17:06
andylockranscreen-x: can you mentor me17:07
screen-xandylockran: It needs creating, so launchpad!17:07
screen-xandylockran: hmm, I would need to be mentored!17:07
andylockranreally?17:08
andylockrando they have mentoring help with ubuntu projects?17:08
screen-xandylockran: I was thinking some kind of django app that allows you to create users and groups, set and change passwords. Which would then go off and make the necessary changes in slapd and the KDC.17:11
screen-xI just haven't had time to write it.17:11
andylockranscreen-x: if you want to do it in django - then I'd love to work with you on it.17:11
andylockranI have experience with django17:11
andylockranbut only my own projects17:11
andylockranso be good to see how a coder writes a django project.17:12
screen-xandylockran: I think you overestimate my skills, but I'd be up for having a go.17:12
andylockranscreen-x: awesome17:12
andylockranscreen-x: what's your background?17:12
screen-xandylockran: well, I did CS at uni, and now working as a sysadmin for a small NHS lab.17:13
screen-xandylockran: how about you?17:14
daubersandylockran: I'd love a gtk app that did that17:14
andylockranwell what's the proper way of dooing this?17:15
andylockranwriting a backend library, then writing a django and then a gtk frontend?17:15
screen-xSounds logical17:15
andylockrandaubers: you in?17:16
screen-xandylockran: We'd have to think carefully about how to do the slapd and kdc updates in a secure way.17:18
daubersandylockran: If I ahd some spare time I would be...17:18
screen-x!info python-kerberos17:20
ubuntuuk-planet[Stuart Langridge] CouchDB in Ubuntu 10.04 - http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2010/11/25/couchdb-in-ubuntu-10-0417:20
lubotu3python-kerberos (source: pykerberos): A GSSAPI interface module for Python. In component universe, is optional. Version 1.1+svn4895-1 (maverick), package size 19 kB, installed size 108 kB17:20
screen-x!info python-ldap17:20
lubotu3python-ldap (source: python-ldap): LDAP interface module for Python. In component main, is optional. Version 2.3.11-1ubuntu1 (maverick), package size 72 kB, installed size 344 kB17:20
andylockranyeah, that's a start :)17:20
andylockranI've used that a little17:21
screen-xAt least they exist :)17:21
screen-xI guess the way to start is diagrams, goals etc.17:21
andylockranHow shall we do this?17:21
andylockranIs there already an ubuntu server management framework. I know oly did alot of work on usm, but what do ubuntu-server expect to use?17:21
olywhat what :p17:23
olyi am still working on it17:23
MartijnVdSandylockran: landscape?17:23
olyvery slowly,17:23
screen-xoly: what are you working on?17:23
andylockranubuntu server manager17:23
olyweb server interface for ubuntu17:24
olywas for home server or small buisness that was my main goal17:24
olygot dhcp pxe dns daap themes profiles to name a few things :)17:24
screen-xoly: what's it written in?17:25
olypython17:25
screen-xubuntuservermanager.org?17:25
olyor python javascript html pretty much purely17:25
olyyeah17:25
olybut i dont really touch the site to be honest, to busy working on other stuff17:25
andylockranit's amazing how much more I understand usm now I come back to it.17:26
olyi was considering reworking the site to actually use the server interface in place of drupal17:26
olyso i could demo some of the stuff on the site17:26
screen-xConnecting to www.ubuntuservermanager.org|81.171.46.170|:80... connected.17:26
screen-xHTTP request sent, awaiting response...17:26
andylockranoly: could you migrate usm to django :p17:26
andylockranuse the business logic we've got there17:26
olyprobably not easily17:27
olyits kind of developing into its own framework as it is17:27
andylockranhow good are the docs17:29
screen-xoly: are you using twisted or something like that?17:29
olydocs :p17:30
olynope pure python no frameworks17:30
andylockranjust looking at your dns plugin.. everything is still shared with me on ubuntu one :)17:30
screen-xminiwebserver.py17:31
olyyeah probably17:31
olythats just standard python webserver with some hackery so it behaves with ssl certificates17:31
olyheading home in a sec but i will be back later if you want to ask me any question17:32
screen-xI guess the problem with using a standard web server, and a framework like django is that it makes it really hard to package.17:32
olyi can also do a commit as i have been a bit lapse with commiting stuff17:32
olyi did have a script that auto generated packages but probably broke as i have changed so much17:33
screen-xandylockran: Maybe the ldap+kerberos stuff should be done at the pam level, so that the standard tools for modifying users, have the desired effect on the ldap and kerberos stores.17:34
andylockranhow do you mean?17:35
screen-xThanks for answering questions oly :)17:35
andylockranpam-authconfig - setting that up with LDAP is pretty straightforrward17:35
olyby the way i made a start on an ldap module at one point17:36
andylockranyeah, I should probably just take a look at oly's stuff later tonight17:36
olyfor managing user, no idea how far i got with that, as it was quite a few years ago17:36
andylockranwell screen-x join the usm launchpad team and we'll jump in together17:36
andylockranoly - can you update the launchpad page with latest code links .etc?17:37
olywell i am going now be back in like an hour also be on #ubuntusm later to keep it of this channel17:37
screen-xandylockran: hmm, I've got authentication/authorisation working against pam and kerberos, but it was always read-only, I haven't been able to set it up so that using standard tools to modify/create/delete users works on the ldap and kerberos back ends.17:38
olyyeah i will sort some stuff out later,17:38
andylockranoly, ok gd gd17:38
andylockranscreen-x: good to go then :P17:39
screen-xandylockran: but my question is.. is doing it with a web/gtk interface attacking the problem at the wrong level?17:40
screen-xif we solve it at the pam level, then there are 1000s of existing tools for modifying users that will work. (eg System > Administation > Users and Groups)17:41
screen-xHowever that may not be possible, as I'm writing pam modules is not easy, as they are probably C?17:41
screen-xwhen I say not possible, I mean for me..17:41
screen-x!info python-pam17:42
lubotu3python-pam (source: python-pam): A Python interface to the PAM library. In component main, is optional. Version 0.4.2-12.1ubuntu1 (maverick), package size 13 kB, installed size 116 kB17:42
andylockranscreen-x: pam_ldap.so is written17:42
andylockran!pam-ldap17:42
andylockran!info pam-ldap17:42
lubotu3Package pam-ldap does not exist in maverick17:42
andylockran!info pam_ldap17:42
lubotu3Package pam_ldap does not exist in maverick17:42
screen-x!info libpam-ldap17:42
lubotu3libpam-ldap (source: libpam-ldap): Pluggable Authentication Module for LDAP. In component main, is extra. Version 184-8.4ubuntu1 (maverick), package size 51 kB, installed size 296 kB17:42
andylockranthat's it :)17:42
screen-xandylockran: It maybe that I just haven't understood how to use it bidirectionally.17:42
andylockranI guess what's needed is a ldap-backed to the users and groups gtk gui17:45
andylockrangnome-system-tools17:47
screen-xandylockran: It depends if it is hard wired to read /etc/password etc, or if it uses all the same mechanisms as pam.17:47
screen-xandylockran: http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-system-tools/tree/src/users/user-password.c mentions pam and backends..17:53
andylockranscreen-x: looking at gnome-system-tools from launchpad17:55
andylockranmay go upstream if it appears obvious to do so17:55
screen-xI'm just cloning that tree so I can have a better look, but I have to go in a few mins.17:56
andylockranscreen-x: join #ubuntu-usm anyhow - probably good place to talk about this17:56
screen-xok17:56
dutchieAlanBell: that homeopathy article has the most ridiculous SEO rubbish on it ever18:00
AlanBellit is the most ridiculous thing altogether18:04
screen-xandylockran: http://library.gnome.org/devel/liboobs/stable/OobsUser.html#oobs-user-set-password I'm off now.18:04
AlanBelldutchie: of course what they haven't realised is that if you dilute nuclear waste until there is none of it left then it becomes even stronger!18:05
* AlanBell suggests exporting homeopaths to rouge states in future18:05
dutchieAlanBell: like ones by the Red Sea?18:06
AlanBells/rouge/rogue/18:07
PendulumAlanBell: a family friend is into homeopathy. her homeopath gave her daughter something that's apparently made from cancer tissues. And yet she still hasn't figured out that this is bunk18:13
jacobwI can top that, I know a woman who is taking 'oxygen tablets' on the advice of her homeopath18:16
jacobwApparently the oxygen that we breath in isn't 'potent' enough18:16
andylockranok, screen-x gst is for workstations not servers :p18:16
AlanBellPendulum: and the really sad thing is the number of people who consider it harmless, or plausible. It totally isn't harmless when a placebo is selected over evidence based treatment for something like cancer18:33
dutchieAlanBell: hadn't thought of it like that18:34
dutchiebut isn't homeopathy generally used in addition to conventional medicine?18:34
jacobwdutchie, no, its usually used by people who shun conventional medicine18:40
jacobwdutchie, it is basically a conspiracy theory18:42
MattJThat's quite a generalisation of a large group of people :)18:43
jacobwhttp://pastebin.com/aHEZMbvv18:45
jacobw^ this is an email from I've received from a homeopath18:45
* jacobw is just on the way out the door though18:46
daubersEvening18:48
DaraelOne problem that doesn't often get considered is that - regardless of whether it works or not - the fact that many people believe it doesn't casts a shadow over other forms of medicine that are /known/ to work.18:50
MattJjacobw: having known people who have worked in the "Industry", I'm not at all surprised by those comments - it's not all roses :)18:51
MattJBut either way, people should be free to make their own decisions, and that's why we're in this channel, and we should probably resume Ubuntu discussions :)18:52
* MattJ gets annoyed easily by circular arguments where both sides lay the claim to science18:53
DaraelOh, you're not the only one there.18:53
shaunoI have little faith in real medicine either :/18:54
shauno(not that it doesn't work.  I just don't like teaching people that a little pill can fix everything.  I think it's bad from an education PoV.)18:59
ballI am typing this on my brother's netbook, running UNR 10.1019:26
ballIt's very shiny!19:26
diploevening all19:27
ballmornin' diplo19:27
diploStateside ball ?19:28
balldiplo: Yup.  It's afternoon here, but it's always mornin' somewhere.19:28
diploheh19:28
diploJust got my new laptop, god how are these firms allowed to install so much shit on these machines!!!!19:29
balldiplo: the software vendors pay the manufacturers to load them up with cruft.19:30
diplo:(19:31
ballJust wipe it and install Ubuntu! ;-)19:31
diploI do want to keep win7 so creating my own streamlined dvd of there disc19:31
diploDoing that now, have 10.10 on disc, was going to resize the partition but doesnt seem so easy in the installer anymore?19:32
MartijnVdShttp://www.pcdecrapifier.com/ :)19:32
MartijnVdSdiplo: ^19:32
diploSo going to reinstall win7 sans rubbish and make the partition smaller19:32
MartijnVdSdiplo: that can remove loads of rubbish from win719:32
diplolooks nice, having not used windows in over a year and old company my policy was always a clean install from a image i';ve not had to do this in 5-10 years19:33
diplo:D19:33
MartijnVdSthere's also ninite.com -- it goes the other way :)19:33
MartijnVdSit installs useful software you might want in one go19:34
diploah yeah remember seeing that on a blog a while ago, cheers19:34
diploI like that a lot actually :)19:35
diplojust downloaded half those apps about 20 mins ago19:35
diplo:D19:35
diploWats the betting i've broken my image by playing with it :D19:39
diploWhat do we reckon on partitioning, 250gb hdd, 80gb for windows and rest for ubuntu19:45
diploExpecting to spend majority of my time in ubuntu but want to leave some space19:46
MartijnVdSI tend to go for 50/5019:48
MartijnVdSI never use much space in Ubuntu anyway, unless I'm downloading big things19:48
diploI suppose I don't either really, it's what my server/usb drive is for.19:49
* diplo wishes he had installed imgburn to burn this dvd, it's taking forever with this proprietary app19:51
MartijnVdSwindows 7 can burn ISOs without help19:52
MartijnVdShttp://windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/windowsexperience/archive/2009/04/13/burn-iso-images-natively-in-windows-7.aspx19:53
ballI like that UNR still has virtual consoles, so I can run irssi full-screen19:55
ball...also handy for taking over the world.19:55
diplobeen stuck at 100% for about 4-5 mins now, and a cancel button has appeared19:56
diplo:D19:56
MartijnVdS*cue horror music*19:57
diploI think they have packaged the wrong disc!19:58
diplo32bit win7 installed, supplied dvd is win7 6419:58
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* MartijnVdS got both discs20:00
diploright going to reboot and see if my disc works, if not will boot from manaf one20:02
diplobbs20:02
andylockrangd luck20:02
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* screen-x just got a cheque from insurance company for £6 and 99p, better not spend it all at once..20:29
BigRedSscreen-x: what on earth did you have insured that it was worth a claim of £7 for?20:32
screen-xBigRedS: it was part of a larger claim, they, seem to be doing it in bits.20:33
screen-xcomma fail.20:33
BigRedSAhhh20:33
olyscreen-x, i commited the core files for usm, not done any of the plugins yet though20:34
olygona tidy up the ldap plugin so its using more recent changes to the core then will commit for you and andylockran to have a look at20:34
screen-xoly: cool, was it #ubuntu-usm you mentioned earlier?20:35
oly#ubuntusm20:35
screen-xthat'll explain why its only me there then..20:35
oly:)20:37
popeyooo oly you still working on usm?20:42
* BigRedS investigates this new acronym20:43
BigRedSer, initialism20:43
olyyeah ever so slowely :p20:47
olymost of the changes are probably all in the plugins and not commited cuz im lazy :p20:48
BigRedSubuntuservermanager.org is taking forever to load for me... Is it a webmin style server manager, or more a Puppet sort?20:48
olywebmin style20:50
olyyeah the website has issues :p20:50
BigRedShaha, it's almost ironic :)20:51
olyi dont maintain it really at the moment, its using drupal and runs out of memory and dies at least i think thats whats happening20:51
olynot looked into it a great deal20:51
shaunoI dream of the day ubuntu-server has a frontend like osx-server :/20:51
shauno(yes, I realise that shunts me into heretic status.  I'm used to it)20:51
BigRedSfrom what I gather, that's something of a fashion with ubuntu UIs ;)20:52
olybut simply put web interface for dhcp pxe dns daap torrents and anything else i write a plugin for aimed as a home server but can expand for other tasks20:53
BigRedSthat sounds genuinely quite handy.20:55
olywell you need a lot of knowledge to maintain everything from the command line, and i am ever so forgetful :p20:55
screen-xoly have you had much discussion with the ubuntu server people? have you done most of the usm development yourself?20:55
BigRedShaha, what kind of maturity's it at? sounds quite young :)20:56
olydone it all myself so far spent about 3 years on and off working on it, if nothing else i am learning a great deal :-D20:57
olybut one developer equals very slow progress with work and life in the general taking up most of my time20:58
screen-xyes, life does rather interfere with projects ;-)20:58
olyyeah to many ideas and not enough time :p21:03
olygot a printer program i want to do some more work on as well21:04
diploevening21:41
bigcalmMorning21:43
j0nrevening21:51
j0nram annoyed with Avidemux.... it used to have the perfect option.... Auto > FLV21:52
j0nrwhatever video I loaded into it, if I used this option, it would spit out a usable (on my online gallery) FLV21:52
j0nrnow the menus have changed and that option seems to have gone21:52
j0nr:(21:52
=== dipl0 is now known as diplo
diploanyone use xchat on windows ?21:56
diploand purchased a key ?21:56
bigcalmI use ychat and never paid for it21:59
diplowell always used xchat on *nix so thought id support developers when i use it on windows22:00
diplojust lost my key22:00
diplo:D22:00
bigcalmy-chat doesn't need a key22:01
diploThink i found an anser to my Q though, xchat.lic is what i wanted22:01
diploWell if i don't find my license i'll use that then :D22:01
bigcalmhttp://www.silverex.org/download/22:02
diplota22:03
diplosuppose i ought to reboot and then install ubuntu22:04
diplobbiab22:05
popeyj0nr: you want to convert video to flv?22:11
popeyj0nr: i have a nice script which makes working flv files22:12
popeyhttp://pastebin.ubuntu.com/535663/ j0nr22:13
ibboevening22:26
ibboI recently reinstalled, I still have my old home on another partition. I'm doing my first packaging and I want to sign it with my PGP key, so I need to import it from my old home to my new home, anyone know where it lives?22:28
bigcalmibbo: does the other partition show up on mount?22:29
ibboyes, I can access it from /media/longUUID22:30
bigcalmOk, so you weren't asking where the old partition was :)22:31
ibbono, more how to get my private key back22:31
ibboah, I think it might be easier than I thought, it looks like I created the key on my laptop, which I didn't reinstall, so I should be able to export it from there22:34
ibbo\o/22:37
KrimZonwhat's the command to add a daemon to the /etc/rcX.d/ folders?22:48
KrimZonnm, found it22:51
czajkowskialoha23:03
jacobwhi23:04
BigRedSI'm trying to get dovecot to auth with MySQL but it appears to be resolutlely holding on to the default settings. I've found a couple of people noticing this on the net, but no resolution. Anyone got any ideas?23:05
BigRedSthe big problem currently is it expecting field and table names that I don't have23:05
diplonearly finished installing everything \o/23:10
MattJBigRedS: wrong config file or you're not restarting/reloading the right process23:19
BigRedSMattJ: I've been going through the files for a bit, and can't find any mention of the tables it's looking for, tried grepping /etc/dovecot/* for the table name. And the only dovecot service I've got it /etc/init.d/dovecot, which claims to restart 'imap/pop3 server'23:22
BigRedSI was expecting a /etc/init.d/dovecot-imapd , but I'm guessing there isn't one now, or wherever I did come across that was a peculiar system23:22
MattJpgrep -fl dovecot23:22
BigRedS/usr/sbin/dovecot ; dovecot-auth and dovecot-auth -w23:23
AlanBellczajkowski: o/23:23
jelAnyone know of something that can unzip pkzip v6.3 files on linux?23:24
BigRedSjel: IIRC, 7zip can23:24
jelunzip complains that it can only handle v4.x.23:24
AlanBelljel: so "unzip foo.zip" isn't working for you?23:24
jelAlanBell, nope23:24
jel:(23:24
jelBigRedS, will give that a shot, thanks23:24
BigRedSjel:      not only does it handle 7z but also ZIP, Zip64, CAB, RAR, ARJ,23:25
BigRedS     GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, CPIO, RPM, ISO and DEB archives.23:25
BigRedSso perhaps not23:25
MattJBigRedS: stop dovecot, check that they're all gone23:25
jelBigRedS, working fine; excellent :)23:26
BigRedSMattJ: yeah, they do go23:26
BigRedSHm. Bedtime methinks. Mail can wait until I'm more awake23:38

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