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aveilleuxRed__: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Moving_from_Windows_to_Linux00:00
Elise001Wifi detected. Using Google Maps on FireFox. Thank you Aveilleux!00:02
_schism_can anyone tell me of a easy email server to set up that can be used with a webmail frontend like squirrellmail?00:02
Elise001And thanks to my other helper too.00:02
Red__thanks.00:02
aveilleuxyou're welcome Elise00100:02
nit-witRed__, there  a FF sync in FF you might just install FF in windows and install the sync, and your boomarks in either OS on FF will be the same00:03
Red__is my name a reference to something? (the full name is Red Raven)00:03
Red__kk thx. im running bete 4 on windows though. but it shouldn't matter.00:04
nit-witRed__, the sync is the same for the beta and the Ubntu install you may just have to get it from the addons in Ubuntu00:05
Red__ok will do.00:05
stlsaint_schism_: check out citadel00:06
stlsaintaveilleux: W00T00:06
Red__the iphone app?00:06
_schism_stlsaint,   I'll take a look thank you very much is it the server or everything in one?00:07
_schism_just looking for something to goof around with00:07
stlsaint_schism_: it has a "all-in-one" abilities but you can setup whatever you want00:07
_schism_stlsaint,  thank you so much I am going to go look at it now00:08
stlsaint_schism_: no prob00:09
Red__is the linux sync version "FF bkmrk syncing with desktop couchdb" in the software center?00:11
nit-witRed__, the ff snyc should only sync ff, not sure what desktop couchdb is00:12
Red__oh ok. so then just get this one? https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/10868/00:14
nit-witRed__, thats the one, also be careful with the software center it looks pretty but there is stuff there not maintained and may need additional repositories and dependencies. Personally I don't install anything from there, But  know what I need.00:17
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nit-wit*I00:17
Red__then where you you get stuff for Linux?00:19
aveilleuxRed__: Repositories, but we install them using resources other than the Software Center. Synaptic, apt-get, aptitude, etc.00:20
Red__ok what exactly are repositories?00:21
nit-witRed__, in the terminal run cat /etc/apt/sources.list  the list is the repositories where the software is coming from00:22
nit-witRed__, protected software repositiries00:22
nit-witclose on the spelling00:23
Red__permision denied?00:23
nit-witRed__, try sudo apt-get update00:24
Red__what the freak just happened?00:26
nit-witRed__, if you have the software center open you will get a denial, with linux since there are multiple ways to get packages you can only use one at a time.00:26
nit-witRed__, what did you see00:26
Red__i dont have it open00:26
nit-witRed__, was it scrolling text00:26
Red__a bunch of URLs involving packages poped up.00:26
Red__yes.00:26
nit-witRed__, so that is one of the ways you see if your updated never stop it let it finish. the next command is sudo apt-get upgrade00:27
nit-witRed__, those urls were the repositories being checked00:28
Red__its done00:28
nit-witRed__, so run sudo apt-get upgrade, or you can open the download manager and see if anything is ready to update/install00:29
Red__ran the scrpit. so why am i putting sudo in front?00:29
nit-witRed__, you always have to use sudo if your doing super user=admin in windows type work00:30
Red__oh so if it needs an admin you put sudo. so shoul i be working in a non-admin profile for security then?00:31
nit-witRed__, basically yes that is one of the reasons amongst others that Linux and Ubuntu if not in a root install is safer00:32
Red__so it is safe to be on as admin then?00:33
nit-witRed__, you are in a non admin profile with a regular install. It is like running a admin process from a limited in windows where you would right click to owner then a poassword00:33
nit-witRed__, the pass word and sudo prompt give you a short time in a similiar to admin in windows00:34
Red__oh ok. that awesome. so its like there is no admin except when it needs it temporaraly!00:35
nit-witRed__,  yeah that is basically it, it just takes awhile to sort out what is where and when hyou need a sudo. If you run sudo apt-get upgrade though you may see some updates00:36
Red__yah its installing a bunch right now.00:37
nit-witRed__, I suspected you hadn't run these two commands yet. On a fresh install you want to update with the update manager in the menu, or in the terminal with these two commands.00:39
Red__ok gald i did it then. so whats it downloading, just general updates and stuff?00:40
nit-witRed__, yeah probably you installed maverick 10.10 correct00:41
Red__yah i think so.00:41
nit-witRed__, here is another matter you want to be aware of partial upgrades, this is from the development part of the forum but is relevant on any runny Linux OS.http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=164140000:42
nit-wit*runny=running00:43
nit-witbrb00:43
Red__ok so basically dont do them, only do full upgrades?00:49
nit-witRed__, yeah if it is a partial there usally a dependecy not available yet but will be shorly, hard to say how long. So when your all upgarded do you want to do a install of a package from the terminal so you get the feel for that00:51
Red__um, sure. and packages are just smaller bits of code that make up a program?00:52
nit-witRed__, so you usede the gparted partitioner on the live cd it isn't in the install but a handy tool how about that00:52
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Red__definatly. i liked it and wondered where it went.00:54
nit-witRed__, package could be defined in sveral ways but basically the code for a progrm or programs00:54
nit-witRed__, so in the terminal run sudo apt-get install gparted00:54
Red__ok. the update is still going00:54
nit-witRed__, just wait till the update/upgrade is done you can only run one of these processes at a time00:55
Red__IK. dik how long it has to go though.00:55
Red__oh ETA 5 Min.00:56
nit-witRed__, also the gparted partitioner can only be used on a unmounted partition, so you can't do anything with Ubuntu but you can format a thumb drive other HD's, even mess with the windows partition if you had to00:56
Red__ok cool.00:57
nit-witRed__, to adjust the Ubuntu install with gparted you would just use the live cd, and you have to turn off the swap to unlock everything in the install to mess with it.00:58
Red__ok. i have a while before i ever have to mess with that though. btw, this is a long way off for me, but is triple boooting with OSx even going to be possible with my partitions?00:59
nit-witRed__, gparted can also be downloaded to a bootable cd along with other partitioners as well it sometimes, for other needs00:59
Red__ok. random question: how old are you?01:00
nit-witRed__, not sure really about the OSX, you have the max amount of partitions allowed, but the extended allows as many logical type partitions you can fit in it. If the OSX will boot from a extended then you could slip it in there with some partition resizing01:01
nit-witRed__, 4801:01
nit-witRed__, I rember your age01:02
nit-wit*remember01:02
Red__oh sorry did i ask you last night?01:02
stlsaintold folks ;)01:03
Red__btw its unpackaging everything.01:03
nit-witRed__, yeah no problem it doesn't matter. ther is a thread at the Ubuntu Forums about a 9 year old girl whoes mother is  Linux IT who wasted them in a store01:03
nit-witRed__, the first update/upgrade can take awhile.01:04
Red__IK! wish i knew that much. that would be rly embarasing.01:04
nit-witRed__, I thought it was funny, you never know who has special skills that you would never have thought of01:05
Red__this might be noobish, but do IRC clients allow you to access IRC channels from your desktop?01:05
nit-witRed__, what are you using now which program01:06
stlsaintany you fine folks use kvm?01:06
Red__im using the freenode network in my browser.01:07
nit-witstlsaint, I use Vbox01:07
Red__ive only ever used in-browser IRCs01:07
nit-witRed__, I use xchat we can install that along with gparted and you could just have the icon on the desktop or in the panel no browser needed01:07
Red__yay. so will that give me more customization options?01:08
nit-witRed__, peobably I just use it as is01:08
nit-wit*probably01:08
Red__oh ok then.01:09
nit-witRed__, I know ther is customizing of like colors of names and others I just haven't bothered with those parts01:09
Red__kk cool. just wondering.01:10
Red__DL is done.01:10
nit-witRed__, okay lets install xcat and gparted at the same time in the terminal run    sudo apt-get install gparted xchat01:12
Red__hey sorry im back. just let me run it,01:14
stlsaintRed__: you new to ubuntu?01:14
Red__installed it yesterday.01:15
stlsaintRed__: new to linux?01:15
Red__yes.01:15
Red__E: unable to locate Xchat package.01:16
Red__oh lol spaelled it wrong01:16
nit-witstlsaint, installed on a HP that had 4 primaries to begin with to much fun.:)01:16
nit-witRed__, no capitals either in this command set01:17
stlsaintlol, gotta love partitions01:17
Red__installing now.01:17
nit-witstlsaint, HP seems to love that setup01:17
Red__yes it was loads of fun. but i learned a lot.01:17
stlsaintnever understood why01:17
Red__lol i was just about to ask why is it limited to 4 partitions.01:18
nit-witRed__, yipee, also if you type history in the terminal it will give the history01:18
Red__ok.01:18
nit-witRed__, history is good for forgot command01:18
nit-wit*forgotten01:19
Red__just used it. i like it. its short and to the point01:19
Red__DL is done.01:19
nit-witRed__, I think you will have this figured out pretty fast, it took me about 6 months to get the swing of the setup, but  was new to computers anyway. So gparted should be in the menu admin and xchat is in internet01:20
Red__yup found them.01:21
nit-witRed__, cool I'm going to go get some dinner I think01:21
Red__ok cya later then.01:21
nit-witRed__, see yah on xchat01:22
Red__starting it now.01:22
nit-witRed__, let us know are you black again in a nick01:22
stlsaintblack?01:24
red-ravenhey.01:24
red-ravenI'm in Xchat (no rly?)01:25
nit-witred-raven, hey your real nick cooooooool.:)01:25
red-raventhx!  that doesn't mean anything does it?01:25
nit-witstlsaint, black was the nick when we were switching computers during the Ubuntu install.01:25
stlsaintoh ok01:25
red-raveni used an irc client app on my ipod touch.01:26
nit-witstlsaint, nothing more, i;m actuall a black studies major at my university01:26
nit-witcan't spell worth a darn though on this net book though01:27
red-ravenred raven isnt the name of anything else is it?01:27
nit-witred-raven, can't think of anything, see you all later01:29
red-ravengood. found out after i mane my XBL Gtag that it was the name of a dragon ball z character. i dont even watch it.01:35
stlsaintdragon ball z is awesome01:38
red-ravennot when you accedentally type in ninja goko becasue your younger, obsessed with geckos, want to get online fast, and run out of "gecko" alternative spellings.01:43
red-ravenyou got a good article for directory commands? i cant find the one to move forward in a directory/01:47
red-raven.*01:47
red-ravenBRB going to put sync on window FF.01:55
red-ravenhey. wheres the thing download so that linux can read windows files?02:20
red-ravenyou download*02:20
stlsaintred-raven: what files?02:21
red-ravenmight be a package, im not sure.02:21
red-ravenoh ignore that hold on02:21
red-ravenum, any files, just anything on the windows partitions.02:22
stlsaintred-raven: just view it02:23
red-ravenyah.02:23
stlsaintselect the partition, enter what directorys and view files02:23
stlsaintim not sure what else you are looking for02:23
red-raveni thought you had to DL something to read windows partitions on linux?02:23
stlsaintred-raven: nope02:23
stlsaintGo to your Places menu option, select the partition to mount it on the desktop, open it like any other folder and view files02:24
red-raveni cant find my windows documents folder from there.02:26
stlsaintred-raven: you must enter your "users" folder and enter the user profile02:26
dropbearcan anyone here help me with some internet problems02:26
red-ravenok will it be in the system partition?02:27
stlsaintdropbear: what problems02:27
stlsaintred-raven: nope, where your user data is02:27
red-ravenok then. ill keep looking02:27
red-raveni MIGHT be able to help. it depends.02:28
dropbearI have an internet connection. and everything connected to my wireless router is running fine except one computer that is struggling to open google and not managing anything else02:28
dropbearI have a netbook, playstation, and Iphone that are all running fine at about 500KB/sec02:28
red-ravenum, low signal strength?02:28
dropbearbut my other computer is struggling at 502:28
dropbearhave tried wired connection to the router and straight into the modem but no love02:29
red-ravendrivers?02:29
dropbearIt also happened pretty suddenly last night. it was running fine and then slowed down02:29
stlsaintdropbear: what is your computer running?02:30
dropbearif it was a driver problem would it come out of nowhere like that?02:30
dropbear10.1002:30
dropbearfor about a month02:30
stlsaintdropbear: have you ran anythign else on this computer?02:30
dropbearwhat do you mean?02:30
dropbearno other OS?02:31
stlsaintyes any other OS?02:31
dropbearit was formerly a vista machine about 6 months ago. installed 10.04 and then about a month ago upgraded to 10.1002:31
stlsaintdropbear: did 10.04 run fine?02:31
stlsaintdropbear: or did you have same issues?02:32
dropbearno, this is the first time this has happened02:32
stlsaintdropbear: what drivers are you using?02:32
dropbearhow do I find that out?02:33
stlsaintdropbear: open a terminal02:34
dropbearyeah02:34
stlsaintdropbear: enter command: lspci | grep Wireless02:34
stlsaintdropbear: copy paste the output02:34
red-ravensorry i wasn't much help. i can fix basic stuff.02:35
stlsaintred-raven: you find your files?02:35
red-ravenyah.02:35
stlsaintcool02:36
stlsaintglad i could help ;)02:36
stlsaint(if i even did)02:36
red-ravenbu i must not have uploaded my EI bookmarks to FF in windows yet cause FF sync didnt tranfer them.02:36
dropbearI am not on the machine that I am having trouble on. I will go on that one and come on this channell02:37
DropBear1I was in here a minute ago getting help from someone about finding out my drivers02:40
DropBear1could you repeat the command you wanted me to write02:40
stlsaintlspci02:41
stlsaintopps02:41
stlsaintlspci | grep Wireless02:41
DropBear1when I put in lspci | grep Wireless it doesn't do anything. If I put in just lspci I get a bit list, Is that what you want?02:44
stlsaintlol heck no02:44
stlsaintso lspci | grep Wireless yields no results??02:44
stlsaintwhat about:02:44
stlsaintlspci | grep Ethernet02:44
DropBear10e:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 03)02:45
stlsaintDropBear1: are you able to connect to any wireless networks on this laptop with the issues? (it seems that you should not be able to)02:47
DropBear1yes I can I am connected now. just really slowly02:48
stlsaintwell its definately driver issues, question is what drivers are you using...02:49
stlsainthrm....02:49
DropBear1I tried connecting to different web pages, some work, some don't, and I was trying to download a torrent which given it's popularity should have been going alot faster than it was at less than 1kb/s02:49
* stlsaint thinks02:49
stlsaintintermitten connection issues points to faulty hardware02:49
stlsaint(or drivers)02:49
red-raveni hate wireless driver issues. ive had so many in the past.02:49
DropBear1why would it come out of nowhere like that though? it has been working perfectly up until about 12 hours ago?02:50
stlsaintDropBear1: what is the model of this laptop?02:50
DropBear1toshiba sattelite a50002:51
stlsaintone sec02:51
harrisonkhello02:51
red-ravenheard toshibas dont play nice with linux.02:51
red-ravenehllo.02:51
harrisonkanyone here good with git?02:51
red-ravengit?02:51
red-raven(im new)02:52
harrisonkone moment02:52
harrisonkhttp://git-scm.com/02:52
harrisonkit's like svn02:52
harrisonkor bazaar02:53
red-ravenrepositories DL stuff?02:53
stlsaintred-raven: its a version control app02:53
harrisonkhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git_%28software%2902:53
harrisonkthat is something else to look at02:53
stlsaintdropbear: connection dropped?02:54
harrisonkstlsaint: are you good with git?02:54
stlsaintharrisonk: depends on what defines good...02:54
dropbearyeah. my connection on the other machine dropped. I am back on the one that works02:54
harrisonkcan push stuff to gitorious.org02:55
dropbearI typed in "/exit" on another window thinking it would just close that window  but it dropped them all and then I couldn't reconnect02:55
stlsaintdropbear: yea i think your having a in progress bug with your system02:55
dropbearwhat does that mean?02:55
dropbearwill it help if I go back to 10.04?02:56
red-ravenso git is where packages and linux programs are stored and catalouged?02:56
stlsaintdropbear: i think your wireless card is not being properly detected by ubuntu02:56
stlsaintred-raven: its not linux specific, it can be used by anyone for any type of code or projects02:57
dropbearit has in the past though. I do have a usb card that I can try? will that help02:57
red-ravenoh ok i get it now.02:57
dropbearwill it also help If i go back to 10.04 or reinstall 10.10. will I lose all the apps and software that I have installed?02:59
stlsaintdropbear: the new release may be causing the issue02:59
stlsaintdropbear: if this is meant to be your main system i suggest going back to the working release to prevent continued issues02:59
dropbearis there a way of winding it back or will I have to reinstall the whole thing again and lose all the things that I have installed?03:00
dropbear?03:01
stlsaintdropbear: there is no roll back feature available, you will need to reinstall it all03:02
stlsaintyou can make a copy of the apps installed03:02
dropbearok. thanks very much for all of your time and help03:02
dropbearhow do I do that?03:02
kristian-aalborghi ppl03:02
dropbearhello kristian03:03
* dropbear says hello03:03
red-ravenHello.03:03
kristian-aalborg\o03:03
kristian-aalborgtrying to let my normal user shut down the box03:04
stlsaintdropbear: System>Administration>Synaptic Package Manager, then select File>Save Markings As...[b] and save your Markings" from Synaptic to someplace safe, such as a Thumb Drive or some other Storage that will be easily acessable after the re-install. This saves all your "Installed Programs" selections to a file that can be read by Synaptic, and used to re-install all the "stuff" that you have installed now.03:04
dropbearexcellent, thanks heaps.03:05
kristian-aalborghttps://help.ubuntu.com/community/Sudoers03:05
dropbearhow do I reinstall it all afterwards03:05
kristian-aalborgfollowing this.. no luck03:05
red-raveni can't imagine reinstalling like that. it was hard enoguh installing it noramlly for me.03:05
stlsaintdropbear: use the Read Markings option in synaptic03:06
red-ravenill read it. give me a sec. (im new, so dont count on anything)03:07
dropbearawesome. I will go away and do all of that now. I will let you konow how I go whenI am done.03:07
stlsaintdropbear: one sec03:07
stlsaintdropbear: let me get you a better link03:07
dropbearok03:08
dropbearwhat do you mean03:08
stlsaintdropbear: i prefer this method shown here: http://okiebuntu.homelinux.com/blog/?p=9603:09
red-ravenwait, you cant just hit the shut down button in the upper right corner?03:09
kristian-aalborgred-raven: not when I don't have X, no ;)03:10
stlsaintkristian-aalborg: what issue are you having?03:10
kristian-aalborgfrom the command line, I can't shutdown the box as a normal user03:10
red-ravenX?03:11
stlsaintkristian-aalborg: are you a member of the sudoers file?03:11
stlsaint!X03:11
ubot2The X Window System is the part of your system that's responsible for graphical output. To restart your X, type « sudo /etc/init.d/?dm restart » in a console - To fix screen resolution or other X problems: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config/Resolution03:11
kristian-aalborgI have to "sudo poweroff" etc... it's not the end of the world, but mildly annoying... so I'm looking into visudo and stuff03:11
stlsaint!X | red-raven03:11
ubot2red-raven: please see above03:11
red-ravenwhy thank you ubot2! still dont know if i get it....03:11
red-ravenjeez....pushy little bot.....03:12
kristian-aalborgred-raven: X is what provides you with gnome03:12
stlsaintred-raven: the xorg server is what gives you colors and stuffs ;)03:12
harrisonkotherwise it would be all text03:12
red-ravenoh ok. why dont you have it then?03:13
stlsaintkristian-aalborg: well for security reasons you must be sudo to shutdown a system03:13
kristian-aalborghttp://pastebin.com/AeE1f4Ca03:13
kristian-aalborgred-raven: I'm using a laptop from 1997 :)03:14
kristian-aalborgand, let me point out that I have all kinds of colors and stuff going on03:14
red-ravenoh i get it now. for fun?03:14
kristian-aalborgyes, for fun and learning03:14
red-ravenah. that would be cool.03:15
kristian-aalborgif you are new to linux I can really recommend getting some old computer that it won't matter if you mess up... you're more prone to experimenting then ;)03:15
stlsaintkristian-aalborg: looks like somebody has been editing the sudoers file ;)03:16
kristian-aalborgtrue :)03:16
kristian-aalborgonly using visudo though03:16
red-ravenhm. well i need to learn commands and languages first. i know basic html, minimal C++, and thats it. im learning the terminal's commands now.03:17
stlsaintred-raven: may i propose you use clicompanion ;)03:17
kristian-aalborgred-raven: http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/05/28/fbterm-birth-of-the-cool-for-the-console/ - this blog is rather interesting03:17
stlsaintred-raven:  CLI Companion is a Terminal with an attached Command List. It comes with a handful of commands to help new users get acquainted with the Terminal. It also allows you to save commands to the Command List for later use.03:18
stlsaintred-raven: managed by our very own duanedesign03:18
stlsaintred-raven: http://okiebuntu.homelinux.com/blog/?p=23803:18
kristian-aalborgthat sounds like a good idea03:19
red-ravenmy mind asploded at the sight of the first screen shot. but now that you told me im not freaking out. anyways, can i still run the standard terminal?03:19
kristian-aalborgstlsaint: what should I do with the sudoers file?03:19
stlsaintkristian-aalborg: well i thought somethign different when i said use sudoers, so you want to shutdown the system without doing: sudo shutdown ?03:20
kristian-aalborgyes03:20
stlsaintkristian-aalborg: do you just not want to put in a password or is the command too long?03:21
kristian-aalborgI want to be able to reboot and shutdown as a normal user... nothing more03:21
kristian-aalborglike I said, it's just a mild annoyance03:21
kristian-aalborgred-raven: from the fbterm screenshot or the CLI-Companion one?03:22
stlsaintkristian-aalborg: you could just use a alias and then all you have to do is enter password03:22
stlsaintred-raven: yes,03:22
kristian-aalborgis there no "proper" way to do it?03:23
red-ravenfbterm i guess. didnt see CLI. in the article, only in the comments.03:23
stlsaintkristian-aalborg: other options include elevating user permissions and or handling system as root ALL the time which defeats the endstate so...permissions it is !03:23
kristian-aalborgI read about chmodding /sbin/reboot and such, but that seems silly03:24
kristian-aalborgI'll deal for now, then... not the end of the world03:24
stlsaintred-raven: that is something to do on a test machine first03:24
stlsaintred-raven: maybe try on a virtual machine first before testing on production machine03:24
red-ravenCLI or FBterm?03:24
stlsaintLOL oh crap sorry03:25
stlsainti meant those last two comments to kristian-aalborg03:25
red-ravenok ok lol.03:25
kristian-aalborgI don't think I'll tamper with that... but I'll keep my eyes out for a proper solution03:26
red-ravenso where do i get CLI?03:27
stlsaintred-raven: in that link i sent you gives full instructions03:27
red-ravenooooo sry. looking @wrong link.03:28
stlsaintred-raven: http://okiebuntu.homelinux.com/blog/?p=23803:29
red-raventhx.03:30
stlsaintyep yep03:30
stlsaintgotta love giving support ;)03:30
red-ravencan't wait till im good enough to do the same. course thats a while off. in the mean time ill stick to helping all the morons in my buiz and finance class when they do something stupid on their laptop.03:33
red-ravenso i just use sudo add-apt-repository ppa:clicompanion-devs/clicompanion-nightlies  and then sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install clicompanion ?03:34
red-ravenshould i be pinging whenever i say something?03:35
JoeMaverickSettred-raven: yes, that is the correct command.03:36
red-ravenum, ok.03:36
JoeMaverickSettand yes, you should put the name of the person you're speaking (writing) to.03:36
red-raventhx. not used to doing that.03:37
JoeMaverickSettthat way there is no confusiong. :)03:37
JoeMaverickSett*confusion03:37
red-ravenand doesn't it alert the person with a beep?03:37
JoeMaverickSettred-raven: yes, it does if you put the person's name. :)03:37
red-ravenstlsaint thx, unpacking now.03:39
stlsaintJoeMaverickSett: not quite03:40
red-ravenstlsaint, how come it doesn't have the basic directory commands?03:41
stlsaintJoeMaverickSett: i dont get any beeps and alot of other clients dont automatically beep unless instructed to03:41
JoeMaverickSettstlsaint: ah! :|03:41
stlsaintred-raven: put yes putting a nick infront of the message makes the message stand out to the person either with sound or default is a change in color of the message03:42
stlsaintred-raven: clicompanion is written in python and is very easy to customize to your needs want, ie: shell selection03:43
red-ravenwhat the fudge. cd desktop isnt working.03:46
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red-ravenno directory command works for me right now! they just were.03:48
stlsaintred-raven: thats because there is no such thing as a desktop ;)03:49
red-raventhere is a desktop file.....03:49
stlsaintred-raven: you sure about that?03:49
red-raven....yes?03:49
red-ravenit works in terminal now. i think i typed something wrong.03:50
stlsainti think you did too :D03:50
red-ravenbut there is a desktop file.03:50
red-raven/home/red-raven/Desktop03:50
stlsaintdesktop is different than Desktop03:51
wolffuIs the beginners team for new users to Ubuntu or people looking to contribute to Ubuntu?03:51
stlsaintred-raven: and its not a file, its a directory ;)03:51
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stlsaintwolffu: both03:51
pleia2wolffu: both03:51
red-raven.......curse you windows. you have tainted my knowlage forever.....03:51
stlsaintpleia2: oooohhhhhhhh beat ya :D03:52
wolffustlsaint: pleia2: Thanks.03:52
pleia2happy new year stlsaint :)03:52
stlsaintpleia2: hehe, same to you03:52
stlsaintred-raven: hehe03:55
kristian-aalborgwould anyone know of a script to upload images?03:57
nit-witkristian-aalborg, are the images all in one url03:58
stlsaintkristian-aalborg: upload them where?03:58
kristian-aalborgimageshack or something like that03:58
stlsaintthere are some apps that automatically upload into programs like flickr03:59
red-ravenhey can you get anything from the software center in the terminal?03:59
stlsaintred-raven: yep03:59
nit-witred-raven, yes03:59
red-ravenwhy not use that image borde thing you showed me yesterday to post screen shots?03:59
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red-ravenso just sudo get-apt install <program name>?04:00
stlsaintred-raven: yep04:00
red-ravenstlsaint: ok thnx! im getting this: http://www.flightgear.org/04:01
kristian-aalborgI prefer apt-get to be honest ;)04:02
red-ravenoh.  im guessing thats sarcasm and get-apt is not a real command?04:02
red-raven*checks terminal history* yup. wow im not new am i.04:03
stlsaintlol04:04
stlsaintim sorry i couldnt help it :D04:04
stlsaintred-raven: this will be very nice for you: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/ch-pkgtools.en.html04:04
stlsaintred-raven: i reference that link often :D04:04
nit-witstlsaint, I don't think red-raven and I ever went over the other repositories in software source universe and backports would you like to cover that if you all have not yet04:06
kristian-aalborgred-raven: it was just a funny typo to make, I was not being sarcastic04:06
kristian-aalborgyou seem rather good to pick up stuff, how long have you been using linux?04:07
red-raveni know what repositories are, dont know why there must be more than one, and dont know all that other stuff you mentions.04:07
red-ravenme? yesterday.04:07
kristian-aalborgreally?!04:07
nit-witred-raven, there a bunch04:07
red-ravenum, yah.04:07
red-ravenwhy not just put all the programs into one big one?04:07
kristian-aalborgthat's quite impressive... it took me about a year to venture into the terminal, I think04:08
red-ravenoh and on the typo, you were right. i did have it wrong.04:08
kristian-aalborgred-raven: there are various reasons for that04:08
red-ravenand i think the minimal html and even less C++ helped.04:08
nit-witred-raven, open source is alot of small groups contributing at different times rather then a monolithic company04:08
red-raveni understand that. it was the backports and stuff that lost me.04:09
kristian-aalborgfor instance, if a user wants the very newest (and unstable) version of a program, s/he can often add the repos for that program04:09
stlsaintnit-wit: hm?04:09
stlsaintrepos and backports?04:09
red-ravenyes.04:09
kristian-aalborgtbh, I find it confusing too... and you can break a system if you're unlucky04:10
stlsaintaye, repos are (in lamen terms) a collection of programs hence the term repository04:10
nit-witred raven in admin is a program called software sources, there are a couple of repositories that provide 3rd party apps, like media codecs and and other things not included in a regular install04:10
red-ravenkristian-aalborg: oh ok i get it. why would you want something that can break the system when you have a good version with a few less features?04:11
stlsaintbackports is way more complicated04:11
red-ravenoh ok repo=repository abreviation.04:12
stlsaintred-raven: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBackports04:12
kristian-aalborgred-raven: I did it for better 3d, if memory serves ;)04:12
stlsaintred-raven: repos is my shortcut of repository, most other's use the entire term04:12
kristian-aalborgI use "repos" because it reminds me of Repo Man, I think ;)04:13
red-ravenah. like how i use DL (i know others use it to though.).04:13
dropbearquick question. would it be possible to create a partition with free space on your computers HDD (which is currently 10.10) then use the new partition to install 10.04 then when in 10.04 grab all your old files from the old 10.10 partition then get rid of the old partion and have 10.04 with all of your old files... does that make sense or am I crazy?04:15
red-ravenstlsaint how is backports more complicated? it made sense enough.04:15
stlsaintred-raven: whenever you give it a try with alot of apps come back and let me know how it goes ;)04:16
red-ravenno i meant the concept makes sense.04:16
stlsaintred-raven: oh right04:17
dropbearcan anyone help me out with that one?04:17
red-ravendont look at me dropbear. my A.D.D pill wore off a few hours ago, so even if i DID know how, i would probably be having you drill holes through your computer.04:18
stlsaintdropbear: so you want to install partition 1, then from partition 1, create partition 2, then pull files from partition 1 onto 2?04:18
kristian-aalborgokay... bedtime for me... see y'all later04:18
red-ravencya.04:18
stlsaintdropbear: is that right?04:20
stlsaintridin: you live in texas?04:20
ridino-O?04:20
dropbearbasically. part1 is 10.01 which I want to get rid of but have lots of media which is giving me a headache moving. so if I create a new part (part2) with 10.04 can I then boot into that and grab the media from part1... then get rid of it04:20
ridincalifornia04:20
stlsaintridin: oh, you with timewarner?04:21
ridinyeah04:21
stlsaintdropbear: yes you can04:21
stlsaintridin: kk04:21
dropbearis it as straightforward as it seems?04:22
stlsaintyes very much so04:22
dropbearthat sounds good then04:22
stlsaintdropbear: what you are describing is called dual booting04:22
red-ravenhe wants to dual boot 10.10 and 10.04?04:22
dropbearyep... got that. was just checking if it was easy to get files from one partition to another with seperate releases04:22
stlsaintdropbear: yes, very easy, :D04:23
dropbearphew04:23
stlsaintdropbear: once you get the second install done you will see the other partitions in your Places menu tab04:23
dropbearwas running out of thumb sticks! :)04:23
nlsthznTo all... Best for 2011!04:25
dropbearis it 2011 in the US yet?04:25
red-raventhis says i need synaptic to get flightgear. do i have that? http://www.flightgear.org/Downloads/binary.shtml04:25
red-ravenno not yet.04:25
dropbearoh04:25
nit-witdropbear, Do you know how many partitions you have now? and how they are configured?04:25
dropbearyeah just the one04:26
dropbearwait04:26
dropbearchange that04:26
dropbearhold on04:26
nit-witdropbear, do you have gparted installed04:26
stlsaintdropbear: nope04:26
red-ravenyah! something i understand!!04:26
dropbearyep wait04:27
stlsaintred-raven: flightgear is in syntapci04:27
stlsaintsynaptic even lol04:27
wolffuI am trying to create my wiki page, and there is not HomepageBTTemplate(2). Is there a different template I am supposed to use?04:28
red-ravenso was it preinstalled or do i need to DL synaptic?04:28
nlsthzndropbear: big world out there ;)04:28
nit-witred-raven, look in admin it is there04:28
stlsaintred-raven: run in terminal04:29
stlsaintred-raven: apt-cache show flightgear04:29
dropbearhave both that and KDE partition manager and for some reason I can't open either of them.04:29
red-ravenfound syn.04:29
stlsaintwolffu: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/stlsaint04:30
red-ravenoh crap. they have vulvuzalas across the street.04:30
nit-witdropbear, try in a terminal gksudo libparted04:30
nit-witred-raven, lol cover your ears04:30
red-ravenok i ran the script. now what?04:31
stlsaintscript??04:31
stlsaintred-raven: what script did you run???04:31
dropbearit didn't do anything, it just went to the next line04:31
red-ravenoh sry. wrong vocab...04:31
red-ravenapt-cache show flightgear.04:32
stlsaintnit-wit: why are you trying to use a virtual package?04:32
nit-witdropbear, can you run a update in the terminal to see if you have a broken or locked setup04:32
stlsaintdropbear: why gksudo libparted??04:32
stlsaintwhat are you guys trying to do?04:33
nit-witstlsaint, that is the terminal command for gparted04:33
dropbearI don't know why... because some one said to write it in? and how do I run an update?04:33
nit-witdropbear, which desktop are you in04:33
dropbear104:34
stlsaintactually it is:04:34
stlsaintgksudo gparted04:34
dropbearI feel in necessary to reiterate at this point that I am a computer spastic04:34
akshatjstlsaint, http://www.mail-archive.com/arch@archlinux.org/msg04963.html04:34
nit-witstlsaint, I guess your right it works in another OS  hve I think04:35
dropbearwhen I write that it comes up with a shole heap of stuff about system lock04:35
stlsaintdropbear: thats because you are either runnign updates or you have the Synaptic package manager application already open04:35
nit-witdropbear, hold on I will give you two commands to run04:35
dropbearI don't have synaptic running04:36
nit-witdropbear, run these two commands with everything but the terminal closed. sudo dpkg --configure -a04:36
nit-witsudo apt-get install -f04:36
stlsaintakshatj: aye, thanks04:36
nit-witsudo dpkg --configure -a04:37
nit-witsudo apt-get install -f04:37
dropbearit's going it's thing at the moment04:37
nit-witdropbear, here they are easier to read the commands04:37
dropbearldconfig deferred processing now taking place04:38
dropbearthat's what it said after sudo apt-get install -f04:38
dropbeardo you want me to put in the second one now04:38
nit-witdropbear, run both04:38
stlsaintyou must configure first then force install04:38
stlsaintred-raven: welcome back04:39
red-raven_hey sorry about that. parents just shut off my pc for fun. what the crap.....04:39
stlsaintlol that sucks04:39
red-raven_some times i wonder how they were not declared insane04:40
dropbearI ran the second script and it thought for a few seconds then brought up another line04:40
stlsaintdropbear: a command is not a script!!04:40
red-raven_anyways, flightgear. so should i use terminal or synaptic, or does it matter?04:40
dropbearok04:40
red-raven_thx for clearing that up.04:40
stlsaintred-raven_: the synaptic package manager is just a frontend to the apt-get04:41
red-raven_like a short-cut?04:41
akshatjred-raven_, no04:41
stlsaintred-raven_: oh no04:41
dropbearnow what?04:42
akshatjred-raven_, apt-get is command line, synaptic just wraps the it into a GUI04:42
stlsaintred-raven_: Front end and back end are generalized terms that refer to the initial and the end stages of a process. The front end is responsible for collecting input in various forms from the user and processing it to conform to a specification the back end can use. The front end is an interface between the user and the back end.04:42
stlsaintred-raven_: for instance04:43
red-raven_ok then. so synaptic is just easier then?04:43
akshatjred-raven_, yes04:43
stlsaintMySQL=Backend, PHPmyadmin=Frontend04:43
red-raven_ok got it.04:44
stlsaintred-raven_: easier is relative to the user ;)04:44
red-raven_says: the choosen action will effect other packages. the following changes are required in order to proceed. then it lists a bunch of other packages.04:46
red-raven_so does that mean it could skrew up my system?04:47
stlsaintred-raven_: its just letting you know what is going to take place if you proceed with the operation04:47
red-raven_ok so then it should be safe to install it?04:48
stlsaintred-raven_: packages have dependencies and what not so that message is letting you know all of what is going on04:48
stlsaintred-raven_: do you see anything that you dont want installed?04:48
red-raven_i dont knwo what these packages are, so idk....04:48
stlsaintred-raven_: are you install from the repos?04:48
red-raven_im just getting flightgear from synaptic.04:48
stlsaintred-raven_: well then you are safe to install04:49
red-raven_ok thx.04:49
stlsaintred-raven_: anything from the ubuntu repos are safe. Its when you go adding untrusted ppa's that you must be weary about ;)04:49
red-raven_stlsaint : so what is the purpose of the ubot2 on this chat?04:53
akshatjred-raven_, ubot2 is a bot04:54
stlsaintred-raven_: just a bot with various functions04:54
red-raven_ok. what can he do?04:54
akshatj!ubottu | red-raven_04:55
ubot2red-raven_: Hi! I'm #ubuntu-beginners's favorite infobot, you can search my brain yourself at http://ubottu.com/factoids.cgi | Usage info: http://ubottu.com/devel/wiki/Plugins | Bot channels and general info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/Bots04:55
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stlsaintone hour till new years05:02
red-raven_its 2011 here.05:04
stlsaintred-raven_: where are you?05:04
red-raven_Florida.05:04
red-raven_USA05:04
akshatj@now Florida05:04
stlsaintoh yea thats right05:04
red-raven_the bot is cool, but can hardly be called intellegent.05:04
akshatj>.<05:04
red-raven_where are you from>05:04
red-raven_?*05:04
stlsaintTEXAS05:04
stlsainthad to capitalize cause everything is bigger in texas05:05
* stlsaint goes to study apt05:10
stlsaintred-raven_: there are a few niffty flight programs in the repos05:12
stlsaintred-raven_: run in terminal: apt-cache search flight05:12
red-raven_there's a lot.05:14
red-raven_but FlightGear only has 9 minutes left. dont know how i will keep my computer on after my parents make me go to bed....05:14
nit-witgoogle earth has a flight simulator, probably not as nice as the programs designed just for that05:17
stlsaintanyone use vnc here?05:21
stlsaintexit05:27
stlsaintopps05:27
stlsaintmeant that for terminal05:27
blackHey. I'll be on as red in a min.05:29
nit-witblack, tunneled out of the parental units control eh.:)05:30
red-ravenHey im back. is anyone else still here?05:33
nit-witwe have been waiting your return05:33
red-ravenlol. so whats up?05:34
nit-witred-raven, you got the parental units tied up now or just escaped their grasp05:35
red-ravenbetter. shut my laptop and out it under the bed.05:35
red-ravenpuy*05:35
red-ravenput*05:35
nit-witred-raven, I remember when  was a little younger then you  had a walkie talkie, and did the same, long before computers05:36
red-ravenlol. oh how it all changed. when i was born, we barely had windows.... now we have ipod touches and laptops.05:37
red-ravenflight gear is done in the oven. time to take it for a spin.05:38
nit-witred-raven, do you have a game controller05:38
red-ravenno.... i can do with a keyboard.05:39
nit-witcool05:39
red-ravenyup. i loved the old tech-ed flight sim. before they cut tech ed...05:40
red-ravenok flight gear is impossibly hard to use.06:00
stlsaintW00T W00!!!! HAPPY NEW YEARS FOR ME NOW!!!06:02
stlsaintred-raven: lol06:02
stlsaintred-raven: all that time to download06:02
red-ravenyahhhhhhhhhhh.........06:04
stlsaintred-raven: are you new to linux?06:05
red-raven... haven't we gone over this?06:05
stlsaintred-raven: lol06:05
stlsainti thought that as soon as i entered it06:05
stlsaintbut i thought i was talking to someone else earlier06:05
red-ravenoh ok. so you know any good games i should try?06:06
stlsaintalien arena tends is a hot game within this team06:06
stlsaintopps, minus the "tends" word in there06:06
pizza_the_huthappy new year!06:07
red-ravenoh ok cool. ill take a look.06:08
red-ravenfist, how do i get rid of flight gear?06:08
MrAnthropeAre you talking about native games?06:10
red-ravenyou mean built in ones?06:10
MrAnthropenative means it was meant to run for Linux.06:10
MrAnthropeI play Dungeons and Dragons Online through a program called wine which emulates windows. DDO wasn't meant to run on Linux, but it works.06:11
red-ravenidk if flightgear was. it was in synaptic.06:11
MrAnthropeYeah that's native.06:11
red-ravenyou use wine?06:11
MrAnthropesynaptic is for linux programs :)06:12
MrAnthropeI also play Guild Wars through wine.06:12
red-ravenok cool. so how do i trash it?06:12
MrAnthropesynaptic? You don't wanna do that. o.o06:12
red-ravenno flightgear. the game.06:13
MrAnthropeOh you want to uninstall the game? Same thing you did to install it.06:13
head_victimred-raven: to remove a program via synaptic right click on it and select the option "mark for removal" or "mark for complete removal"06:13
stlsaintred-raven: go to synaptic package manager and search for: flightgear06:13
red-ravenok cool thx!06:13
head_victimTHe complete option also removes any configuration files you have for the program.06:13
MrAnthropeWhat they said. :)06:13
stlsaintred-raven:  yea what head_victim  said06:13
MrAnthropelol06:13
red-ravenwhat about all the different individual packages?06:14
holsteinhunt them down and remove them if you want06:15
holsteinreclaim that 250k ;)06:15
stlsaintlol06:16
red-ravenmust i?06:16
holsteinwont hurt to leave 'em06:16
stlsaintred-raven: no06:16
red-ravencan they do anything?06:16
MrAnthropeYou can run a system cleanup that will remove files that you don't need like that.06:16
MrAnthropeBut you don't need to do it now.06:16
Roydaman2can anyone help me delete a file that needs root permissions through terminal??06:16
MrAnthropeDo it after you've gone through 50 games lol06:16
stlsaintred-raven: ubuntu will get remove them if they are un-needed, or it will tell you to run the command: sudo apt-get autoremove #this command *cleans* unused packages from your system that are left behind06:16
MrAnthropeRoydaman2 what are you deleting?06:17
stlsaintRoydaman2: what you need deleted? (if it needs root it doesnt need to be deleted!!!)06:17
MrAnthropeExactly.06:17
Roydaman2i have 2 installations of zorin one is 23 the other is 2406:17
Roydaman2i want to delete the 2306:17
red-ravenso it will take care of it?06:17
MrAnthropeOh ok. You need to use the word sudo before the command to delete it in the terminal and then it will require you to put in your password.06:18
stlsaintRoydaman2: well you dont need to delete a file. You need to remove a program?06:18
stlsaintred-raven: yes06:18
red-raventhank you ubuntu! windows wouldn't have done that.06:18
Roydaman2stlsaint: no i found where the file is but it says i need to be logged in as root to do it06:18
stlsaintred-raven: no, no it would not have :D06:19
Roydaman2i guess i really just need to know the command to delete in term.06:19
stlsaintRoydaman2: hrm, now due to my better judgement of helping someone delete a file that needs root when the person doesnt know what root is i will help you06:19
MrAnthropelol06:20
Roydaman2cuz in pretty sure it would be sudo command filename06:20
Roydaman2i know  what root is06:20
stlsaintRoydaman2: you need to use the sudo command before the remove command and the file name...06:20
stlsaintRoydaman2: sure sure ;)06:20
Roydaman2i do its like the top dog user acct06:20
stlsaintRoydaman2: example: sudo rm -rf /path/to/file06:20
MrAnthropeSomething highly dangerous, but slightly easier is to do sudo nautilus and it will open a window as root and you can just navigate to the folder and hit the delete key.06:20
stlsaintMrAnthrope: no no no06:21
MrAnthropelol :)06:21
* stlsaint shakes head06:21
MrAnthropeBut it's not recommended.06:21
stlsaintMrAnthrope: lol, little to dangerous in this situation06:21
MrAnthropeYup!06:21
Roydaman2MrAnthrope: that is perfect ill try that06:21
MrAnthropelmfao06:21
Roydaman2hahaha im sure itll be ok06:21
* stlsaint palmtoface06:21
Roydaman2i think06:21
MrAnthropeJust be very very careful!06:21
stlsaintRoydaman2: doing that in that manner can cause system crashing outcome06:22
Roydaman2vmlinuz-2.6.35-23-generic06:22
Roydaman2thats the file06:22
MrAnthropeIf he deletes the wrong folder. But I think he understands which folder he's after.06:22
Roydaman2but i also have 24 generic06:22
* stlsaint O_O06:22
stlsaintRoydaman2: are you aware of what that is?06:23
* MrAnthrope isn't.06:23
MrAnthropevirtual machine?06:23
Roydaman2i only want to delete it from the boot folder so grub doesnt see it06:23
Roydaman2initrd.img-2.6.35-23-generic < and this one06:24
holsteinsay what you want about http://ubuntu-tweak.com/06:24
holsteinbut there is an easy way to remove kernels in there06:24
Roydaman2and the config-2.6.35-23-generic06:24
holsteinand a PPA purge that i use06:24
stlsaintholstein: i like tweak06:25
MrAnthrope!PPA06:25
ubot2A Personal Package Archive (PPA) can provide alternate software not normally available in the offical Ubuntu repositories - Looking for a PPA? See https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+ppas - WARNING: PPAs are unsupported third-party packages, and should be used at your own risk.06:25
MrAnthropeI use Ubuntu-tweak.06:25
holsteinstlsaint: seems to get talked down06:25
holsteini think its handy06:25
holsteinhasnt borked anything for me yet06:25
stlsaintRoydaman2: lets get some knowledge so we make educated decisions: http://www.linfo.org/vmlinuz.html06:26
stlsaintholstein: it never borked for me ;)06:26
holstein:)06:26
Roydaman2so if i had a question about MAC OS X could you maybe help with that?? i dont think its really technical but might be anyway it will not recognize my mouse/keyboard06:26
MrAnthropeDual booting?06:27
Roydaman2yea well triple06:27
MrAnthropeheh06:27
Roydaman2XP Zorin and OS X06:27
MrAnthropewhat is xp zorin?06:27
Roydaman2new to linux tho but i like what i have seen so far06:27
red-ravenhe means winows xp and zorin06:28
Roydaman2windows XP, Zorin and MAC OS X06:28
MrAnthropecommas. :P06:28
Roydaman2forgot the ,06:28
MrAnthropeNever heard of Zorin.06:28
Roydaman2its an ubuntu dist.06:28
MrAnthropeah.06:28
red-ravenits a linux disro right?06:28
red-ravenoh nvm.06:28
red-ravenwhats its speciality?06:29
Roydaman2red-raven: from what i read its good for beginners that are coming from windows06:29
Roydaman2or at least thats what distro-watch says06:30
red-ravenubuntu seems like windows enough for beginners....06:30
Roydaman2yea other than learning the commands for term. its pretty easy also06:30
Roydaman2i was going to use pclinuxos but its not compatible with my video card06:31
MrAnthropehttp://www.zorin-os.webs.com/ says it's to help windows users migrate from Windows to Linux. It even has an option to make everything look and act like windows.06:31
Roydaman2or chipset06:31
MrAnthropeor mac osx if you prefer.06:32
MrAnthropeWhich you can do to Ubuntu with a little tweaking.06:32
MrAnthropeI prefer gnome, myself.06:32
stlsaintzorin is based on ubuntu06:32
stlsaintthats about all i know06:32
Roydaman2right mines actually a mix of both which is sweet06:32
MrAnthropeI couldn't live without Compiz, I think.06:32
Roydaman2while on the subject what r the differences between gnome KDE and the other one06:33
MrAnthropeFrom what I can tell gnome works and the other two don't :)06:33
Roydaman2hahaha i see06:33
stlsaintlol06:33
Roydaman2well from what i read i gathered there just different desktops??06:34
stlsaintRoydaman2: you just have to give each a try to see which one you like best06:34
MrAnthropeNot desktop wallpapers. Different as in how Windows XP and Windows 7 are different desktops.06:34
stlsaintRoydaman2: each desktop environment will come with a set of applications that are different06:34
Roydaman2right i couldve been a little more specific06:35
Roydaman2so like windows XP home or office or media??06:35
MrAnthropeeh. kinda, yeah.06:35
MrAnthropeThey behave slightly differently.06:36
stlsainteach environment will command different resource usage, applications, desktop layout, etc etc06:36
Roydaman2ok i see well from what i read i think it was zorin that can use all 3 so maybe ill DL the others and burn some live DVD's06:36
MrAnthropeI think KDE is slightly more resource heavy, right?06:36
MrAnthropeProbably one of the reasons it doesn't work on this computer.06:37
stlsaintRoydaman2: you cant burn a desktop environment to a cd06:37
Roydaman2really??06:37
stlsaintRoydaman2: if you dont mind installing some meta-packages you can just install the desktop environments right onto your system06:37
stlsaintRoydaman2: then at your login page you can choose which environment you want to use06:38
stlsaintgnome,lxde,kde,etc06:38
MrAnthropeYeah it's like no work at all installing extra desktops.06:39
Roydaman2ok i see06:39
MrAnthropeCouldn't you make an iso of ubuntu with the KDE desktop on it and burn that to a cd and run it as a live cd?06:40
Roydaman2 i was wrong it was pclinuxos06:40
MrAnthropeThat would be hella work, but you could do it right?06:40
Roydaman2http://www.pclinuxos.com/?page_id=1006:40
stlsaintMrAnthrope: yes, but you will have gnome AND kde06:40
Roydaman2just curious y do they offer it in the different ways like that??06:40
MrAnthropelol :)06:40
MrAnthropeOffer what in what different ways?06:41
Roydaman2o in the link06:41
* MrAnthrope clicks.06:41
stlsaintRoydaman2: because that what makes linux distros06:41
stlsaintRoydaman2: linux is the kernel, ubuntu is the linux kernel with the gnome desktop, kubuntu is the linux kernel with the kde desktop, etc etc06:41
stlsaintof course certain applications added along with each individual distro06:42
Roydaman2ok ok i get it now06:42
MrAnthropeYeah, like how Red Hat Linux is a different version of Linux than Ubuntu. they're called distributions or "distros".06:42
Roydaman2so they did that so they could basically save their consumer time and hassle06:42
MrAnthropeThey all run on Linux, at their core.06:43
MrAnthropeBut they behave differently.06:43
MrAnthropeYeah it's like pre-set up a certain way.06:43
MrAnthropeThey really don't go into detail on that link, it just says "depending on your needs".06:43
MrAnthropeLXDE is the 'lite' version for older PCs, I know.06:43
MrAnthropeGnome is default <306:44
Roydaman2i get it, i was told that a person could download a distro, make a few changes like add some packages and wallpapers et. then remaster the splash and redist. as their own version??06:44
MrAnthropeThat's what free software means, yes.06:44
MrAnthropefreedom.06:44
MrAnthropenot $free$$$06:44
MrAnthropeThough usually $$$ free as well as freedom :)06:45
MrAnthropewhich is good.06:45
Roydaman2right hmm so i could make Roydaman-ux06:45
Roydaman2haha06:45
MrAnthropeWell you might need a little bit more knowledge of Linux :)06:45
MrAnthropeBut no one is stopping you!06:46
Roydaman2right i see that with all the ??'s i ask but thats why i do so i can learn06:46
Roydaman2and it is alot but i will say aveilleux has been a great help06:46
stlsaintRoydaman2: yep you can make your own *nix06:46
stlsaintas a matter of fact...06:47
Roydaman2and u guys also06:47
stlsaintRoydaman2: have at it, and learn a crap load about linux too: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/06:47
Roydaman2bookmarking that for later06:48
Roydaman2got another off topic question for you stlsaint, did they really shut down the arch??06:49
dropbearstlsaint: I have put 10.04 on a new partition now and seems to be working well. I saved the Markings in synaptic on 10.10 how do I get it to run on 10.04 now to get all the old packages?06:49
MrAnthropelol roy06:50
stlsaintRoydaman2: you mean the STL Arch?06:50
Roydaman2yessir06:50
stlsaintdropbear: did you use the link i gave you?06:50
* MrAnthrope lives in St.L.06:50
stlsaintRoydaman2: i heard some rumour about that but i live in texas now06:50
Roydaman2i freakin love that thing im in MI but my sister lives in admiral i think so when i visit her we go there06:51
dropbearI did the first one you said using synaptic to save the markings I tried the other link but it wouldn't work06:51
Roydaman2o i c well ill have to find out from my sister then06:51
stlsaintdropbear: in synaptic there is the option to "Read markings" which is where you did the save markings at06:52
dropbearyep if i go on there open the markings I  saved... what do I do then06:52
dropbearhit apply?06:52
stlsaintsure :D06:53
dropbear"an error occurred W:failed to fetch http://...."06:54
dropbeargot a couple of those06:54
red-ravenso, if something is on synaptic, why not jsut get it fromt eh doftware center?06:55
MrAnthropeNot the same thing.06:55
MrAnthropeSoftware Center is software pre-configured in .deb packages.06:55
red-ravenok.06:55
MrAnthropeSynaptic has EVERYTHING.06:55
MrAnthrope.deb packages are super easy to install, but sorta hard to make.06:55
stlsaintdropbear: you went from the new release to the old release? That will cause issue06:56
MrAnthropeSynaptic stuff is not in .deb format, it's just a bunch of linux software files.06:56
dropbearoh06:56
dropbearwill I have to start from scratch again?06:56
stlsaintdropbear: the new release is using sources that say "new release" and your trying to use them in the "old release"06:56
Roydaman2ok how would i place #ubuntu-beginners as a "shortcut" pn my desktop??06:57
dropbearoh.. is there a workaround?06:57
Roydaman2*on06:57
red-ravenwell then why dont i gue the software center version if its easier?06:57
MrAnthropeIs it in the software center?06:57
red-ravenuse*06:57
stlsaintdropbear: how man programs did you install that you cant install on the old release06:57
red-ravenyes. alien arena is in both.06:57
MrAnthropeI would use the Software Center, then.06:58
dropbearIt hasn't put any on there yet06:58
red-ravenok.06:58
dropbearit had that error and then didn't do anything06:58
stlsaintdropbear: id say one line the apps you want installed:06:58
stlsaintdropbear: sudo apt-get install app app app app app application appagain etc etc06:59
dropbearoh okay do you just list the apps one after the other without commas or anything06:59
stlsaintdropbear: yep07:00
MrAnthropeyup07:00
MrAnthropeSo I'm using a program in wine which I think is attempting to use internet explorer and is failing...07:00
MrAnthropeI'm attempting to activate a game from Sony's Station Games Launcher and it opens a new window of the launcher and displays an IE-looking page error.07:01
dropbearwhen I saved the markings in 10.10 it made a file that has nearly 2000 lines in it. will I have to run sudo apt get on all of them?07:01
MrAnthropeWine comes with IE doesn't it?07:01
Roydaman2MrAnthrope: mine only has notepad07:03
red-ravenim wraping ti up for the night. parent would kill me if they knew i was still up. night. and happy new year.07:03
MrAnthropeWhy did I think it comes with IE...07:03
red-ravenit*07:03
MrAnthropeNight red-raven!07:03
dropbeargood night07:03
Roydaman2actually i went to play on linux and it has IE there?07:04
MrAnthropeI was hoping not to have to install PoL.07:07
Roydaman2o07:08
MrAnthropeoh ok. I see.07:10
MrAnthropeI have to install something else with winetricks.07:10
blackTurning off my iPod for the night too.07:10
stlsaintnight folks07:12
MrAnthropeOh. Alright I'm an idiot. Couldn't figure out how to navigate the WineHQ page. Evidently this does not run on Ubuntu 10.04. sad face.07:16
MrAnthropeIt doesn't say why it doesn't run.07:16
dropbearquestion: how do I resize the my primary partition that my OS is on?07:22
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MrAnthropeCan someone help me with a WineHQ problem? #WineHQ is not being helpful to a newb like me currently.08:23
MrAnthropehttp://pastebin.com/eFkEdmRF08:23
MrAnthropeI need a translation. I have no idea what all of that means :(08:25
nit-witdropbear, what is the OS08:29
MrAnthropeNevermind. I forgot to do winetricks vcrun2005 when I updated wine to 1.308:32
nit-witMrAnthrope,08:37
MrAnthropeYes?08:37
nit-witMrAnthrope, sorry I couldn't tell what that meant either08:38
MrAnthropeOh I figured it out. I'm not getting an error anymore but it's not loading web pages.08:38
nit-witMrAnthrope, you don't have a dualbott with windows08:39
nit-wit*boot08:39
MrAnthropeno08:39
MrAnthropeDoes Wine 1.3 come with IE?08:43
MrAnthropeIt looks different now.08:45
MrAnthropefixme:shdocvw:WebBrowser_QueryInterface (0x7db5a70)->({b722bcc5-4e68-101b-a2bc-00aa00404770} 0x689b48) interface not supported08:49
MrAnthropeThat's bad, right?08:49
nit-witMrAnthrope, have you checked out the wine part of the Ubuntu forum08:51
MrAnthropeNo. But I did look on the WineHQ website and there is no support there that isn't less than a year old.08:52
MrAnthropelemme do some more googling...08:52
MrAnthrope2008 :(08:53
Cheri703what are you trying to run?08:59
MrAnthropeSony Station Launcher with wine.08:59
Cheri703hmm...ok09:00
MrAnthropeIt's required to play all Sony games like Everquest, Everquest 2, et c.09:00
Cheri703MrAnthrope: I googled "sony station launcher ubuntu" and changed the date to "within the past year" several results...no idea if any are helpful09:00
Cheri703as I have NO idea what you need to do with it, but...perhaps a starting point?09:01
MrAnthropeah good idea09:01
MrAnthropethanks :)09:01
Cheri703sure09:01
* Cheri703 LOVES the date sort09:01
MrAnthrope1.3.2 ... I jsut downloaded wine and it's 1.3.1. grrrrr09:02
Cheri703http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=2051109:02
MrAnthropelol "Another way around the patch issue is to mount your Linux drive under a Windows machine and run the patcher from there. I did this over a network with samba."09:07
MrAnthropeYeah Cheri unfortunately the GAME works great. The patcher is listed as 'garbage'. Without the patcher there is no game.09:08
MrAnthropeThe patcher has its own WineHQ appdb page but there is no support on it.09:08
MrAnthropeIt just says 'garbage'.09:08
MrAnthropehm. Well something different is happening now. maybe i fixed it...09:18
Cheri703any luck?09:24
Cheri703would a vm work for you?09:24
MrAnthropeNo my computer is so old there's no way I can run Windows virtually.09:35
MrAnthropemuch less actually play a game after that.09:36
MrAnthropeI've installed PlayOnLinux and it seems to know what it's doing. we'll see if it works.09:36
Cheri703:(09:36
MrAnthropeIt's using wine 1.3.509:36
MrAnthropeI was attempting with wine 1.2.1 which I thought was the most recent until I went to the web page and downloaded 1.3.109:38
MrAnthrope....or something.09:38
MrAnthrope...and PlayOnLinux freezes after it installs EQ. Retried it 3 times now. every time.09:53
MrAnthropeWow I crashed Linux good.10:16
MrAnthropeVial420010:22
MrAnthropeweird, I can make GW crash linux and it logs me out.10:31
MrAnthropeand FML that's my GW account password lol10:32
MrAnthropeI hope no one figures out my GW account e-mail...10:32
MrAnthropeFML :( srsly. "Please note, public logs of this channel are available on irclogs.ubuntu.com"10:32
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stlsaintyo yo yo16:39
thewrathhey all16:40
thewrathHappy New Year!16:40
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rapturedHi I am running Ubuntu 10.10 from the alternate install cd and I did a system updated. After the system update the transition to the screen saver is not smooth. The screen blinks/flickers into the screen saver. Does anyone have any idea why this transition is not smooth anymore? I did disable Compiz but it made no difference16:54
rapturedsystem update rather16:55
Timo_Hello, is there anyone here that knows stuff about mplayer dumpstream?17:20
Roydaman2ok how would i change /dev/sdc1 into hd2,msdos1??18:53
Roydaman2i need to edit the grub file to include MAC OS X18:54
Roydaman2and i already tried sudo grub-mkconfig18:54
jchvelascosir nitwit18:54
nit-witjchvelasco, okay so your not the wubi installed correct18:55
nit-wit*getting18:55
jchvelascoyup18:55
holsteinRoydaman2: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=120024318:55
nit-witjchvelasco, are you just letting it try to install to C following its gui18:55
holstein^^ might be helpful18:56
jchvelascois it in wubi?18:56
nit-witjchvelasco, when you click to install it there is a straight gui hold on18:56
jchvelascono i can't see any gui18:57
jchvelascoi can't get pass through this error 'unable to find a medium containing live file system18:57
nit-witjchvelasco, oes this look familiar https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WubiGuide BRB as well18:58
nit-wit*does18:58
jchvelascosir18:59
jchvelascois it orayt to install from wubi19:00
Roydaman2ok its on (hd2,2) but now how do i edit the grub file??19:00
jchvelascodr willis said avoid wubi19:00
Roydaman2ok nm sudo nautilus worked BRB19:02
nit-witjchvelasco, I would avoid wubi there are some intrinsic problems it is not for long time use19:02
nit-wit*time-term19:02
jchvelascoi see.. ahm then can you help me with my problem from not installing in wubi?19:03
jchvelasco'unable to find a medium containing live file system' this is what i get when installing from usb or cd19:03
nit-witjchvelasco, I will try but it is hard to tell where your at you have a ubuntu cd or thumb correct19:03
jchvelascoi checked the md5 hash its the same19:04
jchvelascothe thumb drive is already in active19:04
nit-witjchvelasco, lets see your whole setup boot the thumb into the try Ubuntu and run this script and pastebin the generated file.http://bootinfoscript.sourceforge.net/19:06
nit-witjchvelasco, this script will tell me whats been done19:06
jchvelascoi also can't get pass the Try Ubuntu19:07
nit-witjchvelasco, I mean boot the thumb is that what you mean19:07
nit-witjchvelasco, boot it on it's own no windows19:08
jchvelascowhere am i going to paste the bootinfoscript19:08
nit-witjchvelasco, hold on19:08
jchvelascoi checked the site19:08
nit-witjchvelasco, http://paste.ubuntu.com/19:08
jchvelascohow can i run this19:08
jchvelasco(Applications>Accessories>Terminal19:08
nit-witjchvelasco, down load the script put it on tyhe desk top and run that command copy and paste it looks like this.sudo bash ~/Desktop/boot_info_script*.sh19:10
nit-wit*the19:10
jchvelascois it alright even in windows?19:10
nit-witjchvelasco, no you have to boot the thumb by itself19:10
jchvelascoyeah i think thats the problem coz booting the thumb gets me that error19:11
nit-witjchvelasco, waht is that error19:11
nit-wit*what19:11
jchvelasco'unable to find a medium containing live file system'19:11
nit-witjchvelasco, okay how did you load the thumb19:12
nit-witholstein, whats up19:12
holsteinhappy new year nit-wit :)19:13
holsteinnot much here19:13
holsteinwatching TV19:13
holsteinand you?19:13
jchvelascook so the usb is already prepared and formatted19:13
nit-witholstein, did you have a new years gig, yeah happy new year19:13
holsteinyup19:13
holsteinshort one19:13
jchvelascothen i changed the boot priority19:13
nit-witjchvelasco, how did you do that19:13
holsteini was home by 10 minutes til :)19:13
holsteinonly played an hour and 15 minutes or so19:14
nit-witholstein, new years gigs and casuals are the best money19:14
holsteinyup19:14
holsteindecent bread for sure this year19:14
holsteinand now im off til thursday19:14
nit-witholstein, good I like it when the people who deserve to make money actually do.:)19:14
holsteinmaybe get the studio straightened up19:14
nit-witjchvelasco, how did you format the thumb and put the buntu on it?19:15
jchvelascowait i'll look for the software19:15
nit-wit*Ubuntu19:15
nit-witjchvelasco, was it unetbootin19:16
jchvelascoUniversal USB Installer19:16
jchvelascono19:16
jchvelascoits Universal USB Installer19:16
jchvelascofrom the site19:16
nit-witjchvelasco, try this one I have never had luck with that one. http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/19:17
nit-witjchvelasco, do you have a cd19:18
jchvelascoyeah already tried with cd19:18
nit-witjchvelasco, same no live error19:18
jchvelascoyeah same error19:18
nit-witjchvelasco, did you just right click on the SO and burn the image to the cd?19:19
nit-wit*ISO19:19
nit-witjchvelasco, which Ubuntu is it 10.1019:19
jchvelascoi used imgburn19:19
jchvelascoits 10.1019:19
nit-witjchvelasco, I would try the other unetbootin for the thumb, or just use the right click on the ISO and burn to cd. I have seen people with imageburn problems here not sure why though19:21
jchvelascoaryt imma try unetbootin.. i have to sleep for now19:21
jchvelascothanks sir nit wit19:21
nit-witjchvelasco, no problem19:21
jchvelascohappy new year19:21
nit-witjchvelasco, same for you19:22
jchvelascoi'll prolly be back in this channel hope i can see you again19:22
jchvelascothanks again19:22
* suprengr agrees with nit-wit ... do not use Uni USB Installer... download fresh image ... open Sond & Video-> Brasero Disk Burner.. choose burn image & point it at your ISO image19:22
nit-witjchvelasco, I spend some time on here you probably will19:22
nit-witsuprengr, needs a dual boot really the wubi is problematic right now you need a geek to fix it19:23
suprengrnit-wit:  someone called for a geek?  sorry; me just intelligent human who moved away from geeksville years ago - brain still works thogh ;D19:26
nit-witsuprengr, I'm just a armchair enthusiast, but open source is a big help started with it19:31
suprengrnit-wit: be proud of the armchair & be proud of being enthusiastic... and be proud of your ability & willingness to help :)19:35
nit-witsuprengr, don' get me started my EGO is inflated already.:)19:36
nit-wit*don't19:37
* suprengr goes to get days work dirt off hands (& brain)19:37
ShootEmUphello everyone20:38
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geirhaHello, ShootEmUp21:01
ShootEmUpHi, geirha. who are you?21:02
geirhaI am geirha. I just hang around here.21:06
ShootEmUpgeirha, or were you just saying hi cause I said test21:06
geirhaYes, I assumed you were wondering if anyone could read your messages.21:07
ShootEmUpIt was just a test of the WALLCHAN command21:08
ShootEmUpperfect for saying hello on every channel21:09
geirhaAh, I see.21:09
ShootEmUpjust so everyone knows that I'm here21:10
ShootEmUpHAPPY NEW YEAR!21:12
bobo123Can anyone describe how it works with the versions of ubuntu.... different versions of ubuntu have different packages?22:13
holsteinbobo123: hey22:13
holsteinill say a little something on that22:13
holsteini hang in #ubuntustudio22:13
holsteinand that comes up often in there22:14
holsteinbasically, all the packages come from the same repos22:14
bobo123what makes them have to have their own version..... can I use a package made for ubuntu10.10 even in ubuntu10.04?22:14
bobo123ok....22:14
holsteinubuntustudio when installed has more things than the normal verion22:14
holsteinand less too22:14
holsteinsome things left out22:14
holsteinbobo123: OH22:14
holsteinyou're talking about release22:15
holsteinyou can try22:15
bobo123ok22:15
holsteinsometimes it can be problematic to use a package made for 10.04 in 10.1022:15
holsteinusually, you will get a .deb made for another verion22:15
holsteinand you can try installing it22:15
holsteinand you will see the 'complaints' if there are any22:15
bobo123ok. then I try.22:16
holsteinim using a kernel intended for 11.04 in 10.1022:16
holsteinand thats working22:16
holsteinand ive used older dropbox verions22:16
holsteinmaybe skype packages too22:16
holsteinbobo123: if you want22:16
holsteinlink the package here22:16
bobo123I guess I shouldnät add ubuntu10.10's repository though, only download the package I want separately and try add it, and see if it says any complains.22:16
holsteinand see if anyone has tried it22:16
holsteinbobo123: sometimes there are backports22:17
yofelbobo123: usually we have the backports repository for using newer software versions in older releases, what do you need?22:17
yofelanyone can request new backports by the way, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBackports#How%20to%20request%20new%20packages22:17
holsteinbobo123: i wouldnt add an entire repo for a different verion22:18
holsteinthat would surely be a bad day ;)22:18
bobo123The package a game I want to compile seems to be "needing" is libcurl of version at least 7.21 and ubuntu10.04's latest version is 7.19.722:18
yofelactually if you add the whole 10.10 repository and try to update by mistake you'll end up getting 10.10 on your system22:18
bobo123ouch :-)22:19
holsteinhehe22:19
bobo123I try download if from http://packages.ubuntu.com/maverick/i386/libcurl4-gnutls-dev/download and see whats happening. I hope I don't break anything at least22:22
bobo123yofel: yes I guess I could fill in the forms there at https://launchpad.net/lucid-backports/+filebug/+login to ask for it in 10.04 backport22:26
bobo123there is this other version-numbering too that I don't understand. there is a liburl3 also... so it is like libcurl version 3 version 7.19.7.1.1 that I have installed. and a version 4 version 7.19.7.1.1 that I have installed.22:39
holsteinbobo123: seems like there are some buntu #'s that go on22:43
holsteini think its safe to assume that those are the same verions22:43
holsteinor at least, whatever software you are tying to install would see them as the same verions22:44
holsteinif its needing that as a dependancy22:44
holsteinim not sure if there is any actual difference or not22:44
bobo123ok22:45
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