[00:00] cap: xdg-open opens a file in the user's preferred application. What exactly are you looking for? I'm a little confused. [00:04] I just installed the app "CheckGmail". When you click on it though it opens up a new browser, but it lets you modify what command gets executed. I want to click on it and then have it switch to the program I have running gmail already [00:06] cap: The problem is, you don't always know what that is. As far as I know, only gnome-open can handle URLs. [00:07] cap: Er, can properly handle URLs that are already open, and not even consistently. [00:07] cap: I personally use Thunderbird, rather than a mail checking utility. [00:07] well i'm running Google Mail, which is a prism for gmail. And I want to switch to that. [00:09] does that make sense? [00:10] cap: What? "Gmail" is a contraction of "Google Mail". I don't understand what you mean. [00:10] I have the problem where firefox won't accept keyboard input after the screensaver/sleep mode is active, googled it...lots of problems, no solutions...can anyone point me in the right direction [00:10] pointydrip: I've seen similar problems. Does closing then re-opening Firefox fix the problem? [00:11] haha I know that, but there's an application which runs GMail inside it's own browser window. I guess they call it a prism. [00:11] yes, but alas it is incredibly frustration especially with multi screens [00:13] cap: Unfortunately your problem stems from the inability of one program to access another program's status, unless it's broadcast. gnome-open can't tell what URLs are open in your browser, so you can't reliably switch to the application. Is there a particular reason you can't use an email client like Thunderbird? [00:14] oh I wasn't aware of that. I was using thunderbird but I have a lot of things in gmail itself that I really like. [00:15] bodhizazen: yo [00:18] paultag: see pm [01:07] hey all [01:07] Hello thewrath [01:10] wats new [01:11] Possibly having a job soon! [01:11] Other than that, nothing too much. [01:19] How are you thewrath? [01:19] busy [01:21] when is the next meeting? [01:22] What is a PPA? [01:24] personal package account, I think [01:24] area, something like that [01:24] * deejoe waves his hands [01:24] basically, a personal package repository [01:25] you can add it to the list of network addresses from which your system draws packages, MrAnthrope [01:25] personal package ...repository. [01:25] lol alright. :) thanks [01:26] archive [01:26] ah, thank you, pleia2 [01:26] :) [01:28] aha! :) [01:28] Just installing a game and it said install from our PPA. [01:28] It seems to be working thus far. [01:29] How does one support Open Source games? [01:29] Without contributing to code lol. Bug reporting? [01:30] that's one way, yes [01:30] bug reporting, support (mailing list? irc channel?) [01:30] money :) [01:30] donations make my life nice [01:31] hmm? [01:31] oh [01:31] nm [01:31] How do you receive donations, paul? [01:31] MrAnthrope: via PayPal, but my site long had that button taken down. I've not checked it in a long while [01:31] when I want to give back I tend to hop on their mailing list and when things come up I can help with I help out (calls for patch review, documentation writing and updates, new version testing...) [01:31] that and they're not nice to people [01:32] Aww. [01:33] Open source gaming is just weird. [01:33] s/weird/a foreign concept. [01:35] Is there a gaming-specific Ubuntu channel or Linux channel? #Ubuntu-gaming has like 4 people in it. [01:36] #Linux-gaming [01:36] oops. [02:05] Is there a way to check the MHz of my CPU? I'm having a brain fart trying to remember. [02:09] cat /proc/cpuinfo [02:14] gratuitous use of cat! [02:14] ;-) [02:15] What is cat? That's how I run my xmacro files. [02:17] it is short for "concatenate" [02:18] it takes N files as arguments, and strings them all together and spits them out on STDOuT [02:18] to link together as a series or chain. [02:18] er, STDOUT [02:18] lol std. [02:18] "standard" [02:18] o. far less funny [02:18] though it has only now occurred to me that the Unix progenitors intended that as a double entendre [02:18] HA [02:19] I mean, they called it "Unix" after all. [02:19] Well that makes sense I'd use that for playing xmacros. :) [02:19] lol I never thought of that one ;) [02:19] typical use case is something like [02:20] cat Jul.txt Aug.txt Sep.txt > Q3.txt [02:20] ahh. [02:20] The CLI is very powerful. [02:20] So I'm still afraid of it. [02:21] be not afraid, for it brings you weird and wonderful ways of doing unspeakable things to text files [02:21] for practice, and to save yourself typing, grep some stuff out of /usr/share/dict/words [02:21] grep? [02:22] "global regular express parse" allegedly, in short, a way to search for patterns [02:22] grep dot /usr/share/dict/words | more [02:22] shows you all the words in that list that include "dot" somewhere in them [02:23] patterns. hrm. [02:24] that's the 'regular expressions' bit [02:24] gah. These games listed on LGDB are either 8bit or way too advanced for my computer. [02:24] There's no middleground. [02:24] MrAnthrope: have you tried SuperTuxKart ? :D [02:25] Wouldn't I want to search for irregular expressions? [02:25] * deejoe looks at LGDB [02:25] http://www.lgdb.org/ [02:25] what sort of stuff do you like, MrAnthrope? [02:25] lol no haven't seen that one. [02:25] (not that I know, but someone might) [02:26] MrAnthrope: http://goo.gl/mudu4 <<-- SuperTuxKart #awesome [02:26] Oh all sorts of stuff. I'm pretty easily amused. [02:26] $ apt-cache search game | wc -l [02:26] 1142 [02:26] Anything easily installed as I'm still really new. [02:26] ought to be something amongst those >1000 packages you might find fun [02:26] mind you, those aren't all games per se [02:26] i installed a game on there 0AD and it looks really cool, like Age of Empires stuff. But my computer won't run it. [02:27] 0 AD doesn't work on my PC. :-/ [02:27] only white display!!! nothing else. [02:27] $ apt-cache search game | more [02:27] ^^ that will allow you to browse them a bit [02:27] So anything easily installed and something that would work in a very old Nvidia geforce 5700LE, 1 gig of ram, and a 2.6GHz processor (from before dual core was a thing) [02:27] doom? [02:28] It works on my PC. I just can't do anything because my mouse flips around the screen like crazy from the lag. [02:28] SuperTuxKart :D [02:28] 0AD runs about 7 frames a second so that's not too bad. I run Guild Wars at about 9. It must be a RAM issue. [02:28] Though one of the developers said it's not a super ram intensive game. [02:28] I think the req is only 512. But it's still unplayable. Just barely. [02:29] pioneers? === yofel_ is now known as yofel [02:29] oh, I know [02:29] ROBOTFINDSKITTEN [02:30] aptitude install bsdgames [02:31] you haven't lived until you've played console tetris, MrAnthrope [02:31] lol [02:33] boo tetris. [02:34] My roommate used to play this stupid doctor mario tetris thing on N64. God I hated that game. [02:34] #ubuntu-beginners-team for off-topic banter/chat MrAnthrope [02:34] Sorry. is there a gaming specific room? [02:35] I'm trying to find a game my computer will run. [02:35] zkriesse [02:35] You mean a computer the game will run on? [02:36] MrAnthrope: Well not for the BT but if ya wanna chat just head on over to #ubuntu-beginners-team for all the fun [02:36] lol no. I asked earlier if there was a linux/ubuntu gaming channel and no one answered me. [02:36] ah [02:37] Hmm not that Im aware of [02:37] hi people [02:37] Whatcha need help with? [02:37] asterismo: HI!!!!!!! [02:37] here i am again [02:37] hi [02:37] i have a problem with terminal [02:37] tab autocompletion is not working [02:37] in maverick [02:38] I didn't know you could tab complete in terminal? [02:38] hahahaha [02:38] zkriesse: dude of course you can [02:39] asterismo: there's a package you need. Did you uninstall anything lately> [02:39] seriously? [02:39] zkriesse: dude, are you serious? [02:39] I never knew that [02:39] zkriesse: how can you hack without it? :) [02:39] check this out [02:39] paultag: I never played HUGE with terminal [02:39] santiago@hyperion:~$ sudo apt-get remove --purgrep-status: /var/lib/dpkg/status:32952: expected a colon [02:39] . [02:39] zkriesse: :) [02:39] after --purge i pressed tab [02:39] i wrote --purg so i expected complete to --purge [02:39] asterismo: I'm off my desktop and remote. Hey zkriesse, can you check your .bashrc for the app? [02:40] zkriesse: it'd be at the bottom [02:40] my what? [02:40] package cache something or other [02:40] zkriesse: your bashrc [02:40] I'm on WINDOWS [02:40] Remember? [02:40] zkriesse: dude, what? [02:40] zkriesse: gah [02:40] IS ANYONE HERE RUNNING UBUNTU? [02:40] Yes...see? I told you that [02:40] L O L [02:41] yes [02:41] is it this you need? # enable programmable completion features (you don't need to enable [02:41] # this, if it's already enabled in /etc/bash.bashrc and /etc/profile [02:41] asterismo: you're the one with the damn problem :) [02:41] # sources /etc/bash.bashrc). [02:41] if [ -f /etc/bash_completion ] && ! shopt -oq posix; then . /etc/bash_completion [02:41] * JoeMaverickSett is sorry for the paste though. :-/ [02:41] gotta go [02:41] * zkriesse must study [02:41] * paultag hugs JoeMaverickSett [02:41] JoeMaverickSett: thanks, yup! [02:41] Oh wait [02:41] * JoeMaverickSett hugs paultag too! :D [02:41] zkriesse: good luck [02:41] JoeMaverickSett: that'll do! Thanks :) [02:42] paultag: btw, your mythbusting posts are awesome! :D [02:42] no problem. [02:42] JoeMaverickSett: thanks! [02:42] JoeMaverickSett: any feedback on them? [02:42] do i have something broke? [02:42] JoeMaverickSett: I love critisism :) [02:42] asterismo: well autocomplete is not working, right? [02:42] yes [02:42] sometimes [02:43] asterismo: wait, what do you mean sometimes [02:43] paultag: oh, and where in the vast Ubuntiverse can these morsels of awesomeness be found? Your blag? [02:43] asterismo: type "ec" then hit tab twice [02:43] paultag: up to know i agree with your verdicts. :) [02:43] deejoe: yup :) -- blog.pault.ag [02:43] JoeMaverickSett: good to hear :) [02:44] when installing something, like sudo apt-get install gwibber (that i have just uninstalled) it works, i write gwib(tab) and it completes [02:44] but when trying to remove something, say inkscape, i write this [02:44] sudo apt-get remove inkgrep-status: /var/lib/dpkg/status:32952: expected a colon [02:44] . [02:45] sudo apt-get remove ink(tab) and say that grep-status thing [02:45] any ideas? [02:45] paultag: particularly liked the one about "Myth Busted#2: You need to program to contribute to Ubuntu" [02:46] JoeMaverickSett: thanks! I spent a few hours making sure I had all the right links :) [02:46] JoeMaverickSett: any ideas for the next one? [02:47] asterismo: hummm [02:47] paultag: eh, no! :D [02:47] asterismo: it must have to do with the bash_completions.d stuff [02:47] asterismo: I honestly have no idea? [02:47] JoeMaverickSett: :) [02:47] can this be reseted somehow? [02:48] asterismo: reinstall or something, perhaps? [02:49] i distupgraded from lucid to maverick [02:49] cant really reinstall all again [02:54] paultag: just the man I want to nag :D === AndrewMC is now known as SpockVulcan [02:56] phillw: yo dude [02:56] asterismo: sorry, hang around and as again [02:56] asterismo: I'm quad tasking :/ [02:58] BRB [02:58] phillw: PM me, I'll get back to you [03:15] another question [03:15] why does gwibber do not show icon in window picker applet? [03:18] hmm I've not used gwibber. [03:32] umm went to download some software got an "Items cannot be installed or removed until the package catalog is repaired" [03:34] I believe you need to open a terminal and type "sudo apt-get autofix"... I think [03:35] Can anyone educate me on Ubuntu or Linux in general? [03:37] i've tried. It's not working, is there a way to remove a program all together? [03:38] sudo apt uninstall? or sudo apt remove? I can't remember... [03:40] sudo apt-get uninstall NAME [03:41] where NAME is what you want to uninstall. [03:41] Sorry I'm still new. [03:41] it says invalid operation uninstall [03:42] sudo apt-get remove [03:42] Maybe that's only if the package comes with an uninstall opetion. [03:42] option* [03:42] cap, try a sudo apt-get update [03:43] hurray! sudo apt-get remove [03:43] thanks guys! [03:43] kgunpowder, you better read the ubuntu community docs. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/community [03:43] furthermore, if you want to clear out the packages that aren't required anymore, you could, sudo apt-get autoremove :) [03:44] that just goes through and finds whats not needed? [03:44] it removes the packages that are not required by any other packages [03:45] is it safe? sounds like it could not be [03:45] sebikul: +1 :) [03:45] it's safe to do an autoremove from time to time [03:45] * JoeMaverickSett does it all the time. :P === SpockVulcan is now known as AndrewMC [03:48] * aveilleux uses Aptitude, so autoremove is done every time :P [03:48] i envy you, aveilleux :P [07:12] everybody please help me............my amnarok won't play.... [07:13] everybody please help me............my amnarok won't play.... [07:14] ragnarock [07:14] adya893, is it a fresh installation or what [07:14] everybody please help me............my amnarok won't play.... [07:14] yeah, i installed it from ubuntu software center [07:15] okay [07:15] and it does not play mp3? [07:16] adya893, http://amarok.kde.org/wiki/MP3:Kubuntu [07:16] the sample mp3 coming from amarok its paly well, but my mp3 doesnt... [07:16] ubuntu does not come with mp3 support by default as mp3 is propietary [07:17] so, what is solution for me? [07:17] VLC? [07:17] Tue09:16 <+bioterror> adya893, http://amarok.kde.org/wiki/MP3:Kubuntu [07:18] thank you,,,, i will try [07:30] hello everybody, is there are any option to view .mde file.......................... [11:23] Hi all...new to ubuntu (trialling 10.04). I have previously connected laptop to sdtv (crt) using vista and powerstrip. I now want to use ubuntu (and xbmc) but cant add a 576i resolution using xrandr. Is anyone willing to run through a few ideas? === IAmNotThatGuy is now known as Mohan_chml [12:03] Hi [12:04] what should I do with the email of encrypted key confirmation to make my OpenPGP ? [12:05] ? [12:09] To confirm the key is yours, decrypt the message and follow the link inside [12:09] how ? [12:09] the message came how to decrypt it ? [16:11] hello [16:11] I have a problem with Ubuntu 10.10 [16:11] it doesn't shutdown [16:11] even using terminal [16:12] it just hangs [16:12] with "System will now halt" [16:13] My PC is a Core Duo, 4GB Ram, Nvidia 9300 [16:13] any hints? [16:13] think a few here are eating BlueSpecial [16:14] BlueSpecial, do you require some sort of special acpi ? [16:15] :) UndiFineD [16:15] I have seen some of this, but I do not full understand it at all [16:15] I know it is acpi related, and that is about it [16:15] I use acpi=off noapic nolapic in order to OS boots [16:16] hmmm [16:16] and without the kernel line acpi=off the system will not boot ? [16:18] Before, with just "quiet splash" all it appeared was a black screen and that was it... after adding acpi=off noapic nolapic is booting perfectly [16:18] but I was told it was a Nvidia issue [16:18] should I try nomodeset instead? [16:20] I dont know, ... any kernel specialists in here ?!!? [16:21] I was reading this: http://ubuntuguide.net/ubuntu-10-10-fix-the-screen-messed-up-at-start-up-and-shutdown [16:21] and maybe that's an alternative to my problem... but I didn't test it yet (work = Windows :() [16:21] I have to wait till I get home [16:27] ok, gl tonight then [16:32] thanks I will try it [16:33] as a percaution you might want to turn of compiz first [16:33] if the nv driver does not load you might be lacking GL [16:33] and drop to cli [16:37] O.K. [20:43] 'lo everyone =) [20:44] it's bodhizazen ! [20:44] the one and only! ;) [20:44] hi [20:47] LOL [20:47] afk for a bit [20:56] i just got off the phone with the chief cyber commander [20:56] we are to be on cyber pumpkin color alert. remain vigilant netizens [20:59] tronyx, how is the ole cyber commander [21:04] he's doing well lol [21:15] I have a problem and the forums are moving way too slow [21:17] I installed ubuntu via the wubi windows installer and then rebooted. I tried to boot ubuntu and rather than booting, it gave me a menu that led to a cmd line with every choice. one option was find /boot/disk, and that led to a "disk not found" messsage. any ideas? [21:20] I've got no experience with wubi, I cannot help [21:20] sorry [22:01] hello Chii [22:01] Hello. I am installing Ubuntu on a CD less box using a USB stick [22:02] that's the spirit! [22:02] Ubuntu does not recognise the Realtek network card. I have obtained the bzip2 driver file from Realtek directly. [22:03] really? [22:03] I've unzipped it directly to a variety of place on the usb stuck so that when the installer complains, it can search the usb stick for the drivers [22:03] the motherboard is an Intel D510MO [22:04] I've been googling for over an hour with no joy on how to slipstream the drivers inside the installer. Copying the drivers onto another usb stick and getting it to detect that doesn't work either [22:04] http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/d510mo/sb/CS-031439.htm [22:04] that says it's native [22:05] Apparently it is native in 9 [22:05] but not 10.10 [22:05] which is what I'm trying to install [22:05] I think you should try 10.04 and submit a bug report then [22:06] if i install 10.04 can i smoothly apt upgrade to 10.10 at a later date? [22:06] yes [22:06] i am looking to replace the native driver anyway - reports of poor performance [22:06] sudo do-release-upgrade -d [22:06] thats the puppy [22:06] I'll grab the iso now [22:06] cheers [22:06] well [22:06] let's see [22:14] thank goodness for adsl2 [22:14] 95% [22:22] booting [22:23] dhcp up and running [22:23] didn't go nuts about no cd rom either [22:23] thanks [22:24] bit further but bedtime now. [22:24] appreciate the assitance [22:32] Hi there, I'm new here and I have a problem looking for someone with an answer === zkriesse_ is now known as zkriesse [22:34] I'm looking for anyone that has successfully installed a Bamboo Fun Pen and Touch tablet in Ubuntu 10.04. I've been on all the forums, tried most of the solutions posted and still don't have a working tablet. Anyone out there that understands what to do and can explain it in a simple step by step process is very welcome and much needed [22:37] Woops, I have to run, I'll check in again later. [22:47] Hi [22:48] I am trying to sign ubuntu code of conduct [22:49] I did my PGP key and now pasted it when press continue it give me an error ? [22:49] (7, 8, u'Bad signature') this is the error [22:51] help [22:51] any help? [22:53] hai fatharrahman [22:53] hi [22:53] hajour [22:53] i have asking for help for you [22:53] what should I do please [22:54] they are also busy with others. they will come [22:54] fatharrahman, http://screencasts.ubuntu.com/ [22:54] ok could you help me please? [22:54] duanedesign, made this screencast to aid in this [22:55] ping duanedesign [22:55] hello [22:55] hmm, Bad signature :\ [22:55] pGp key problem [22:56] UniFined and hajor I did everything approximately now how to solve this error [22:56] fatharrahman, needs help with the key [22:56] fatharrahman: have you uploaded your key to a public keyserver? [22:57] yes [22:57] duanedesign, is the expert about this and UndiFineD nows how to [22:57] received encrypted email [22:57] and decrypted the email [22:58] and made PGP [22:58] everything is well with PGP key but why this error? [23:01] fatharrahman: i am looking [23:03] ok [23:04] sorry [23:04] how to solve it? [23:04] (7, 8, u'Bad signature') [23:05] Patience fatharrahman duanedesign is working hard to solve this [23:06] :) [23:06] thank you hajour [23:07] he is really [23:09] duanedesign, is a very nice person who will do his best. [23:10] I am sure too [23:10] thank you very much [23:11] no problem your welcome [23:13] strange error [23:14] I found this bug, but it is not the exact same scenario https://bugs.launchpad.net/launchpad-foundations/+bug/612754 [23:15] Launchpad bug 612754 in launchpad-foundations "Submit Request Failure: Signature couldn't be verified: (7, 8, u'Bad signature') - with email signed and sent from sup-mail (affects: 7) (dups: 3) (heat: 36)" [High,Fix released] [23:17] do you mean to email the bug Mr. ubot2 ? [23:17] or to past this in summary and press next? [23:20] fatharrahman, you can click the link above and mark in launchpad as affects me too and subscribe to it [23:21] I clicked [23:22] what to write in summary box? [23:22] what you did that made the error appear, which version you are using of gpg [23:23] gpg --version i think [23:24] ok [23:32] fatharrahman: you got this error when uploading the signed Code of Conduct right? [23:34] or actually, when Copy & paste the complete text from an editor into the 'Signed Code' text field in launchpad [23:37] fatharrahman: might ask in #launchpad since i think this might be a launchpad error [23:37] i am off for about 30 minutes [23:38] I reported a bug and attached the site [23:39]