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ChrisDruifAnd for the headphones you might be able to use this thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=165412500:00
ChrisDruifI hope you'll manage from here, I've no more time to spare I'm afraid yax51. Maybe someone else can help you if you've got further questions :)00:05
yax51ChrisDruif: thanks!!00:05
ChrisDruifYour welcome :)00:05
=== MrAlcine is now known as JackyAlcine
emerwhat does IRC stand for00:34
emercan some on help me00:36
emeror just say something00:36
emerim really confused00:36
ChrisDruifInternet Relay Channel I believe...00:36
ChrisDruifhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irc00:36
emerok thanks00:36
emersorry i just joined this and download XChat00:37
emerso im a little lost lol00:37
JackyAlcineChrisDruif: I thought it was Chat.00:37
ChrisDruifIt's alright :)00:37
JackyAlcineemer: Welcome. :D00:37
ChrisDruifAccording to Wikipedia I'm right :)00:37
JackyAlcineLol00:37
ChrisDruifOops....not :P00:37
* JackyAlcine SCORE! :D00:38
ChrisDruifAlright...Internet Relay Chat O:-)00:38
ChrisDruifAnyways...he could read all about it on wikipedia :D00:38
kaushalHi00:53
kaushalIs there a way to start services in specific order while booting ?For example00:54
kaushalI need the following services to be started in the below order00:54
kaushal1)openvpn --> This should start first00:54
kaushal2)networking --> This should start second00:54
kaushal3)shorewall --> This should start third00:54
kaushalPlease suugest/guide00:54
JackyAlcinekaushal: Booting? or logging on?00:54
kaushalsuggest*00:54
kaushalBooting00:54
JackyAlcinehm. I'm not too sure, sounds like a upstart job to me.00:55
kaushalok00:55
JackyAlcineYou could make a .sh file and add it to the scheduler.00:55
kaushalAny examples please ?00:55
yofelerm, you can just add dependencies?00:56
kaushalyofel: are you referring to me ?00:56
yofelmeaning for networking: 'start on started openvpn ...' where openvpn needs to be an upstart service too00:56
yofelkaushal: yes00:56
kaushalok00:57
kaushalstill not understood00:57
yofelkaushal: look at the startup files in /etc/init - everyone has a 'start on ' statement telling it when to start00:57
yofelkaushal: so you can tell the services to only start if the other one has already been started00:57
duhwIdk whats wrong with my computer I use ubuntu 10.10 and my screen just goes black and its unresponsive. what do i do?00:57
kaushalah ok00:57
kaushalyofel: so how do i make use of upstart ?00:58
kaushalnot sure i understand that00:58
yofelkaushal: why do you want to start openvpn before networking actually?00:59
kaushalsince openvpn is configured in bridge mode00:59
kaushaland i want the interface br0 to be up00:59
yofelhm.... meh, openvpn still uses sys-v-init01:00
yofelthis is a bit tricky then :S01:00
kaushalok01:01
kaushalAs JackyAlcine suggested ?01:01
kaushalmake use of scheduler ?01:01
yofelyou could try, but since networking is started by upstart I'm pretty sure it'll be started before openvpn01:02
kaushalor can i put that in /etc/rc.local ?01:02
yofelsure, but rc.local is run pretty late01:02
kaushaloh ok01:02
kaushalso how do i disable networking from upstart01:03
yofelmodify /etc/init/networking.conf and probably network-manager.conf too (commenting the start on stuff out should be fine)01:04
yofelI'm not sure if anything depends on networking being up though01:04
kaushalok01:04
kaushalwhat about putting it in .sh file and invoked by scheduler ?01:04
kaushalhow is that done01:05
yofelno idea01:05
kaushalJackyAlcine: please suggest01:05
kaushalyofel: Help me understand about upstart and sys-v-init01:05
kaushalso I have 10.0401:05
yofelwell, sys-v-init is what we used before karmic, with scripts in /etc/init.d/, upstart is what we use since then with config files in /etc/init01:06
kaushalok01:06
yofelin sys-v-init you could define an order how services had to be started, in upstart you say what a service needs before it can be started01:07
kaushalgreat01:07
yofelupstart is faster because it can start things in parallel, but a bit harder to manage01:07
kaushalso on 10.04 is it upstart or sys-v-init ?01:08
kaushalI believe its both01:08
yofelmix, there are still scripts with sys-v-init, but upstart config files and sys-v-init script can't really talk to each other01:09
yofelso upstart will start it's services and at the same time start sys-v-init runlevel 201:09
kaushalok01:10
kaushalso how would i handle this specific issue ?01:10
holsteini think most folk just open the port in the firewall for VPN or SSH01:11
holsteinand start everything at boot01:11
kaushalok01:12
kaushalso can i disable sys-v-init ?01:12
kaushalif i can do it using upstart ?01:12
kaushalyofel: Thanks01:15
kaushalwill try it out01:15
yofelwell..01:15
kaushalholstein: Thanks you too01:15
kaushalyofel: yeah please suggest01:16
yofelyou could disable the sys-v-init script and write an upstart config file and start openvpn there and then make networking depend on it, but I fear you'll have to look up how to do that yourself01:16
yax51ok, the headphone jack isn't working, I've scoured the forums, but havent found anything to help01:16
yofelI wonder though if you can't resolve this in some other way...01:17
yax51my mic doesn't want to work either.....01:17
yax51I don't know what else to do.....I've re-installed the drivers and everything, but nothing seems to have any effect01:17
yax51yay! go my headphone working again!now for the mic01:26
yax51WOOT WOOT!!!!01:33
yax51solved my audio issues...now, is there a way to add a command line to a program in such a way that I dont need to run it from the terminal everytime?01:34
holsteinyax51: what command?01:34
holsteinyou could make a new launcher with the whole command in it01:34
yax51holstein: LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so01:34
yax51to flip my cam01:35
holsteinyax51: congrats by the way :)01:35
yax51holstein: thanks! Ive been trying for months to get my mic fixed01:35
yax51holstein so how do I get the command line working with the launcher?01:37
holsteini would just put the whole thing in a new launcher01:37
holsteinwherever01:37
holsteinon the desktop or in the menu or both01:37
yax51so I create a new launcher, and just add the command line I want, and hit ok?01:38
holsteinin theory01:39
holsteintest it01:39
holsteinyou can add whatever command you want to a launcher01:39
holsteini used to have one called alsa_fix ;)01:39
yax51hmmm its says it failed to execute child process01:40
yax51ok lets pretend I'm a noob, and walk through this step by step ;)01:41
holsteinim not sure exactly what that command is or does01:41
holsteinbut its do-able01:41
holsteinneed some command line fu :)01:41
yax51it flips my cm so it'snot upside down01:41
holsteinright01:41
holsteini mean, what its 'doing'01:41
holsteinnot the result ;)01:41
holsteini dont know what LD_PRELOAD is01:42
holstein.so is some kind of plugin right?01:42
holsteincan you put that in some dir for the program?01:43
holsteinsome autoload dir?01:43
yax51I'm not sure either, but my guess is that its loading the v4l1compat.so01:43
yax51I could if I knew how01:43
holsteinwhat app is it?01:43
holsteinVLC ?01:44
yax51the app is skype01:44
holsteinhmmm01:44
holsteinso, you start skype, and then put that in the command line?01:44
yax51in the terminal I r:01:45
yax51run the command line as such01:45
yax51LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype01:45
holsteinright01:45
emerim trying to download ubuntu 10.10 netbook 1386 but my internet speed keeps slowing down dropping a .1 Kb everysecond01:45
holsteinafter you launch skype?01:45
nit-wityax51, can you use the browse to get to user bin, or sbin thats probably where the launcher is.01:45
holsteinnit-wit: i like that01:45
holsteinyax51: ^^01:45
emerbut everything else is at normal speed01:45
nit-witholstein, heh ;01:46
holsteingood call01:46
holsteinnit-wit: o/01:46
nit-wit0hols01:46
holsteinemer: i would stop it01:46
holsteinand try again01:46
emerok01:46
holsteinmaybe you'll get one another mirrot01:46
holsteinmirror*01:46
holsteinUNLESS01:46
nit-witholstein, trying to type and eat haggen daz is difficult,01:46
holsteinyou're almost done01:46
holsteinthen, just wait in out01:46
holsteinnit-wit: hehe01:46
emerholstein: works, thank you im a newbie01:47
holsteinemer: welcome :)01:47
yax51nit-wit: that doesn't seem to work either01:48
holsteinmaybe its because skype isnt running01:48
yax51but if I'm trying to add the command line to skype without having to open a terminal to do it, it shouldnt be running01:49
nit-wityax51, is there a menu icon?01:49
holsteinyax51: depends on when you run it in the terminal01:49
holsteinis it after you launch skype?01:49
holsteinor before?01:49
yax51before01:50
holsteinhmmm01:50
yax51nit-wit: no01:50
yax51ok, so I right click on the desktop, and create new launcher, right?01:50
holsteinthats where i would start01:50
holsteinand in 'command' you put that command01:51
yax51ok, now type: application, application in terminal or location?01:51
holsteinapplication in terminal01:51
holsteinthat should be the same as if you type that into a terminal and hit enter01:52
yax51ok, but I get the error that says "there was an error creating the child process for this terminal. Faled to execute child process "LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so" (no such file or directory)01:53
yax51but if I run the command from the terminal like this: LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype01:54
yax51it opens skype with the cam working properly as it should01:55
holsteinright01:56
holsteini get the same error..01:56
holsteinhmmm01:56
yax51but not when I create the launcher....01:56
yax51but the launcher is supposed to take that command and automatically run it as if it was in the terminal correct?01:57
holsteinthats the way its worked for me01:58
holsteinlet me try some things01:58
holsteinyax51: OK02:07
holsteinso, copy LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so02:07
holsteinto a file02:07
holsteinname it whatever.sh02:07
holsteinmake it executable02:07
holsteinyou can right-click and go to properties02:07
holsteinTHEN, in the laucher, you can navigate to that .sh file02:08
holsteini dont get errors running that02:09
holsteinnot sure what that command is doing to my system though ;)02:10
johnny77join #lubuntu02:10
yax51it's flipping your cam 18002:10
holsteingreat02:10
yax51sweet! it's working now!!02:12
yax51now computer is awesome again!!!02:13
holstein:)02:13
yax51thanks!!02:13
holsteinyup02:13
emer002:19
emerwhat does it mean if you have "voice" from ChanServ02:24
holsteinif you dont02:24
holsteini wont see you talk02:25
holsteinin the channel02:25
holsteinyou'd type and no one would hear you02:25
emeroh02:25
head_victimholstein: not true02:25
emer?02:25
holsteinyeah?02:25
holsteindo tell02:25
head_victimDepends on the channel, it's essentially a half step between a user and an operator of the channel, hang on I'll find a link to explain it better02:26
emerbecause egossett didnt get voice02:26
holsteinhalf-op ?02:26
holsteini thought that was half-ops02:26
holsteinemer: is egossett registered ?02:28
emerno02:28
emeryes u do get voice if you are a half-op02:29
emeri think02:29
holsteinits a good idea to register02:29
holsteinim not half-op02:29
head_victimHm there are lots on channel settings but no detail on voicing02:30
holsteinsome channel flags require registration to get voice02:31
holsteindidnt think this was one of those channels02:31
head_victimTo get voice in here you have to be a UBT member02:33
* holstein is not an ubt member02:33
emerUBT?02:33
head_victimUbuntu-Beginners-Team02:33
paultagUbuntu Beginners Team!!! What whaaaaaa!02:33
paultagrep-the-set!02:33
holsteinOK, regaurdless of the term02:33
holsteinhalf-ops or voice02:34
holsteinhow that emer 's friend type in here?02:34
holsteinhow can*02:34
holsteinegossett <02:34
head_victimEveryone should be able to type in here.02:34
holsteinyup, *should*02:34
emeri think having voice means that ur cool02:34
head_victimpaultag: any funky settings I don't know about (I'm only fairly new-ish here myself)02:35
emerhow do i boot my USB drive with ubuntu 10.10 netbook edition02:35
emeri already tried booting it from its boot menu02:36
holsteinemer: that will depend on your computer02:37
holsteinthe bios02:37
emeri have a toshiba NB 25502:37
holsteincool02:37
paultaghead_victim: humm?02:38
holsteinhey paultag02:38
paultaghead_victim: UBT members get voice02:38
paultagheyya holstein02:38
paultaghead_victim: that's about it02:38
holsteinegossett is not able to type in here02:38
paultag... really?02:38
holsteinyup02:38
holsteinso says emer02:38
paultagnhandler: prod02:38
nhandlerYes?02:39
paultagnhandler: can you use your freenode staffism to see why egossett can not talk? I can't see anything02:39
emerholstein:  i restarted my computer and when the first menu popped up i choose choose system boot then i chose my USB drive then i says "boot: "02:39
emerand i dont know what do do anfter that02:39
holsteinemer: how did you create the bootable USB ?02:39
emergo to ubuntu.com and download the version of ubuntu you want02:40
nhandleregossett: Can you PM me the message you get when you try to send messages to this channel?02:40
emercreate a startup disk02:40
emerand since i have a netbook02:40
holsteinright02:40
emeri need to create one with a USB02:41
head_victimpaultag: just thought I'd check, I couldn't think of a reason02:41
holsteinso you used?02:41
emergo to system then go to Startup Disk creator02:41
holsteinemer: you can go to02:41
holsteinYEEAH02:41
paultaghead_victim: I can't see any reason at all02:41
holsteinemer: you did that?02:41
head_victimGlad it's not just me :) Alright I'm off again, goign to check out the in-laws to see how flooded it is02:42
emerlet me find url02:42
holsteinemer: you dont have to02:42
holsteindid you use that program02:42
holsteinstartup disk creator to make the bootable USB ?02:42
emerhttp://www.ubuntu.com/netbook/get-ubuntu/download02:42
emerthe startup disk creator02:42
emeryes02:42
holsteinOK02:42
emerthe usb is fine02:43
emeri just cant boot it02:43
holsteinIF there is nothing else on the stick02:43
emeri did it before02:43
emerby just hitting enter02:43
holsteini sometimes format them02:43
holsteinjust to make sure02:43
emerbut this time it doesnt work02:43
emerok02:43
holsteinbefore making it02:43
holsteinAND then i try unetbootin02:43
holsteinif that creator doesnt do the trick02:43
emerbecause for some reason when i use update manager it wont let me ubgrade02:44
emerupgrade*02:44
holsteinemer: whats the error?02:45
emerlet me find it02:45
emeri forgot it02:45
emerim also getting an error on formatting the USB02:45
emerOne or more partitions are busy on /dev/sdc02:45
holsteinmaybe its still mounted?02:46
emermounted?02:46
emerhelp me here lol02:46
holsteinyou wouldnt want to format the drive while its mounted02:47
emerbut what is mounted02:47
holsteinwhen you put the stick in02:47
holsteinthe USB stick02:47
emeroh02:47
holsteinto read and/or write02:47
emerok02:47
holsteinyou mount it02:47
emergot u02:47
emerso how do i unmount it them02:47
holsteinnautilus auto-mounts02:47
holsteinemer: i use gparted02:48
holsteinyou can unmount from there02:48
holsteinits just the tool that i got used to02:48
emerumm02:48
holsteinumount /path/to/drive02:48
emeri dont know what your saying lol02:48
emerim new02:48
emerso02:48
holsteinOK02:48
holsteinwhen i want to format a USB stick02:48
holsteini use gparted02:48
emerhow do i use gparted02:49
holsteinits in the menu02:49
holsteinunder system administration02:49
emerwait i found what i needed02:49
holsteinOK02:49
emerunder disk utility? right02:49
holsteinnah02:49
emerno i found it02:50
emerit say unmount drive02:50
emerand it works!!02:50
emerholstein: back to what you were saying i cant find gparted02:52
emerand now my USB wont mount02:52
holsteinwell, now you are unable to mount the USB02:53
holsteinanyways, this is a theory really02:53
holsteinsometimes when i format the USB stick fresh02:53
holsteinthen use unetbootin02:53
holsteinit works02:53
holsteinthe ubuntu usb creator didnt work for me a couple times02:53
holsteinso i havent tried it in a while02:54
emerwhere is unetbootin02:54
holsteinunetbootin is in the repos though02:54
holsteinand so is gparted02:54
holsteinits up to you02:54
holsteinmaybe you can just remake the stick02:54
emeri dont mind which ever02:54
emeri just cant find what u are telling me02:54
holsteinif you're not comfortalbe mounting and formatting02:54
emeri dont have a gparted or a unetbooting02:54
holsteinOK02:55
holsteinthey are moth availalbe in the repositories02:55
holsteinso you can install unetbootin02:55
holsteinif you would like02:55
holsteinfrom where ever you install software02:55
holsteinsoftware center02:55
holsteinOR synaptic02:55
holsteinor commandline02:55
holsteinsudo apt-get install unetbootin02:56
emerokay02:57
emerwait i just remounted it by making a partion on it from disk utility02:57
holsteincool02:57
holsteinif that works for you, go for it02:57
holsteinmaybe remaking the stick now will do the trick02:58
emerbut then i get a file that in the USB that is lost+found and it cannot be deleted02:58
emerwait back up02:58
emerso when im adding a partion on it after i format drive02:58
emershould the type be Ext402:59
holsteindepends02:59
holsteinprobably not02:59
holsteinprobably fat02:59
emerok02:59
emerstill i have no idea what im doing so im just trying to mess around lol02:59
holsteinas long as you're careful03:00
emerok03:00
holsteinand you're sure you're messing with that USB stick03:00
holsteinand theres nothing important on the stick03:00
holsteingo for it03:00
emernothing at all03:00
emerok i used fat03:01
emerand now it works03:01
emerso im goin to use to startup disk creator now03:01
holsteini like it03:01
emerok so far so good03:01
emerand i select the /dev/sdc1, correct?03:02
johnny77Should Ubuntu have a right-click menu on the desktop?03:02
holsteinemer: i would open a terminal03:02
holsteinrun sudo fdisk -l03:03
holsteinto make sure03:03
holsteinjohnny77: yup03:03
emerok i did03:03
holsteincreate folder etc.... johnny7703:03
holsteinemer: that'll tell you what is what03:03
johnny77holstein: if I lost it, how can I get it back?03:04
emerokay03:04
emeryes its /dev/sdc103:04
holsteinjohnny77: i would determine if its the mouse button thats not working or tat particular menu03:05
johnny77holstein: mouse button works because I can get the panel right-click menu03:06
holsteini would log out and back in03:07
holsteinor restart03:07
holsteinand if that doesnt do it, we can look some more03:08
emerholstein: i made the drive i am going to try to boot it now thanks03:08
emerholstein: i just tried again, didnt work03:11
holsteinOK03:12
holsteinso, i would format, and try making the stick using unetbootin03:12
emerwhat if my computer wont boot it though?03:13
emerwhen i got into boot selection menu03:13
emeri choose USB03:13
holsteinemer: i thought you had already used a USB before?03:13
emerthen get boot:03:13
emeryes03:13
holsteinOK03:13
emerbut its not working this time03:13
emeri dont03:13
holsteinthen it has the capability03:13
emerknow y03:13
emermy friend made the other drive though03:14
emeri did not03:14
emerand my friend is not able to contact03:14
holsteinwell, let me know if unetbootin fails03:15
holsteinand we'll go from there03:15
emerok03:15
emerhmm doesnt have version 10.1003:17
holsteinemer: ??03:18
emerim in UNetbooting and i choose Ubuntu for distribution03:18
holsteinright03:18
emerand then i have to choose a version03:18
holsteinjust choes custom03:18
emeroh03:18
holsteinand point it to the iso you downloaded03:18
holsteinchoose*03:19
emeri choose custom, enter the iso, but it automatically chose diskimage03:20
holsteinemer: it'll work03:21
holsteini use it all the time03:21
emerok03:21
emerok03:21
holsteinand for the netbook .iso s03:21
emerdo i need to put anything in kernel, intrid, or options03:21
emer.iso s?03:22
emerwhats the last s for03:22
holsteinpluralization :)03:22
emerhaha03:22
holsteiniso's03:22
emeroh03:22
emerholstein: it says that i must select a kernel and/or a intrid file to load03:23
holsteinemer: close it03:24
holsteinall of it03:24
emerok03:24
holsteinopen unet back up03:24
holsteinput in your password if prompted03:24
emerok03:24
holsteintheres a little radio button03:24
holsteinbeside DiskImage03:25
emeryes03:25
holsteincheck that03:25
emerk03:25
holsteinshould already be set to iso03:25
emerit is03:25
holsteinthen there are little ...'s03:25
holsteinon a button03:25
emeryes03:25
holsteinthats where you point to the .iso you want to use03:25
emerlocate the iso03:25
holsteinthe one you DL'd03:25
holsteindown at the bottom you choose the drive03:26
emerok03:26
holsteinwhatever you determined in fdisk -l03:26
holsteinhit OK03:26
holsteinwait...03:26
emerthe only choice it gives me is /dev/sdb103:26
emeris that the right one?03:26
holsteinemer: double check03:26
holsteindont trust me03:26
emeroh it worked this time03:26
holsteinits you're hard drive03:26
emeroh03:27
emerso cancel?03:27
holsteinnah03:27
holsteinif you choose the right drive03:27
holsteinyou're good03:27
holsteinjust be sure before you hit OK03:27
emerit only gives me one drive03:27
emerim not sure if its the right one03:27
holsteinemer: i still check03:27
emerhow i check?03:27
holsteini dont trust me or unetbootin03:28
emerhow i check?03:28
holsteinsudo fdisk -l03:28
holsteinsudo fdisk -l03:28
emerok it was the right one03:28
holsteincool03:28
holsteinso hit OK03:28
emernow i recieved a prompt03:28
holsteinset back and wait...03:29
emerafter hitting ok03:29
emerThe file /media/USB/.disk/base_installable already exists. Press 'Yes to All' to overwrite it and not be prompted again, 'Yes' to overwrite files on an individual basis, and 'No' to retain your existing version. If in doubt, press 'Yes to All'.03:29
emerthat is it03:29
holsteinas long as you're sure that is the USB stick03:29
holsteinsay OK03:29
holsteinyou can try again if it doesnt work03:29
emerok03:30
emerthanks03:32
holstein:)03:32
holsteinjohnny77: right-click ?03:35
johnny77holstein: none.03:35
holstein:/03:35
holsteinhttps://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+question/5388503:36
holsteinjohnny77: ^^03:36
johnny77does anyone know how to restore the right-click desktop menu?04:02
holsteinjohnny77: have you changed anything in gconf?04:08
johnny77holstein: the show desktop setting was checked.04:08
holsteinwhat happened leading up to the menu going away?04:09
johnny77holstein: long story or short? Short. I was trying to get a program called Dropbox to autostart in Openbox. I was changing setting per a few websites that told me how to do it. None of them worked. But I just remembered a script one of them told me to write that may have caused the problem. I've deleted the script and now about to resart.04:11
bioterrorjohnny77, you have in your .config/autostart/ a file called dropbox.desktop?04:13
johnny77bioterror: no, I was adding a command to a file called autostart.sh in  ~/.config/openbox/04:14
bioterrorjohnny77, you're doing it wrong04:15
johnny77bioterror: Dropbox works fine in both Gnome and LXDE, but not openbox04:15
bioterrorso you're not really running lubuntu any more04:15
johnny77bioterror: I looked in directory ~.config/autostart/ and yes there is a file called dropbox.desktop04:15
bioterroryou're running just openbox?04:16
johnny77bioterror: I have Ubuntu and LXDE installed, but thought I'd try creating an Openbox session.04:16
bioterrorokay04:17
bioterroryou have xdg-autostart installed?04:18
johnny77bioterror: not sure.. let me check04:18
johnny77bioterror: I searched xdg-autostart in synaptic, but it is not finding anything.04:20
bioterrorpyxdg04:20
bioterroroh04:20
paultagbioterror: I wrote something for this04:20
paultagbioterror: it's called "fbautostart"04:20
paultagbioterror: it's in the repos, and it does XDG for Fluxbox. You can overrid onbehalf of. It's all documented04:20
paultagyou too, I guess johnny77 :)04:21
johnny77bioterror: a package called python-xdg is installed.04:21
bioterrorpaultag, well I stick with lubuntu. atleast I know how it works04:21
paultagbioterror: just FYI04:22
paultagjohnny77: if you want, you can use my code04:22
johnny77paultag: what does it do?04:22
bioterrorpaultag, how's your fluxbox system doing04:22
paultagjohnny77: https://launchpad.net/fbautostart04:22
paultagjohnny77: it's the xdg autostart daemon that we're migrating to for Fluxbox04:22
bioterrorhi egossett04:23
johnny77paultag: Thank you, but if I can't get openbox to work, I think I'll just stick with Lubuntu.04:24
paultagjohnny77: no, I think you don't understand -- this works for Openbox as well04:24
paultagthat's what I meant, sorry, I'm watching a movie :)04:24
paultagthat and I'm a nerd, I am forced to respond in kurt little phrases04:25
johnny77paultag: I have to install from the tar file?04:26
paultagjohnny77: if you want a deb, I can do that for you. I'd hate to see you put off from such a fine window manager as Openbox04:26
paultagjohnny77: just let me know what distro ( debian or ubuntu ) and what version04:27
johnny77paultag: I'm running Ubuntu 10.1004:28
paultaggreat04:28
paultagjohnny77: i386?04:28
johnny77paultag: huh? Is the a way to check?04:29
bioterroruname -a, johnny7704:29
paultagjohnny77: -m04:29
egossettcan someone help me with getting a pgp key04:29
paultagbioterror: -m is machine arch type ;)04:29
bioterrorpaultag, I like to see it all04:29
paultagbioterror: true04:29
bioterrorpaultag, but we have i686 ;)04:29
paultagbioterror: I do -a when I'm at home ;)04:29
paultagbioterror: johnny77 has a 686?04:30
bioterrorwe'll see04:30
johnny77what should I type? I'm assuming this is in terminal?04:30
paultagjohnny77: yes, sorry04:30
paultagjohnny77: type `uname -m`04:30
paultagjohnny77: and paste the output in here, please. It should be just one line ( and OK for pasting over IRC )04:31
johnny77i68604:31
paultaggreat!04:31
paultagjohnny77: you may install the debian file from the ubuntu 11.04 repos safely04:31
paultagjohnny77: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fbautostart/2.7182-2/+build/202987604:31
paultagjohnny77: it's signed by the Ubuntu key, and Debian key. It's trusted and clean to install04:31
holsteinegossett: is this for your LP account?04:31
egossettholstein yes04:32
paultagjohnny77: then you just place the fbautostart line in the startup file for OB04:32
johnny77I'm just a little confused... I created a file called autostart.sh in ~/.config/openbox/ It correctly loads both gnome-do and lxpanel, but for some reason it will not load dropbox.04:33
paultagOh.04:34
holsteinegossett: theres a little yellow circle there04:34
paultagI'm sorry johnny77. I misread your problem04:34
holsteinbeside the openPGP keys entry04:34
holsteinthats what i followed04:34
egossettholstein: at launchpad? yellow circle04:34
paultagjohnny77: are you forking everything into the background as you should?04:34
holsteinegossett: yup04:34
johnny77paultag: forking? what do you mean?04:35
paultagjohnny77: some apps will suck up the main thread. Ensure you have a single and sign after each command04:35
paultagjohnny77: http://openbox.org/wiki/Help:Autostart   might help a bit04:35
egossettok looking now04:36
egossettone minute04:36
johnny77paultag: that page is where i copied my autostart file from04:37
egossettdid not find the yellow circle04:37
egossettunder launchpad id04:37
egossettit shows my name04:37
holsteinegossett: where is your page?04:38
egossettholstein: my wiki  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/egossett04:39
holsteinegossett: are you logged in?04:40
egossettno04:40
holsteinegossett: OH04:40
holsteini see04:40
holsteingo to LP04:40
holsteinlike https://launchpad.net/~mikeh78904:40
egossettok04:40
johnny77paultag: http://paste.ubuntu.com/553480/04:41
holsteinwhen you log in there04:41
holsteinthats where i see the info04:41
egossetti see it now04:41
egossettsorry04:41
holsteinegossett: no worries04:41
holsteini had help :)04:41
holsteinwhen i was setting mine up04:41
egossettthank you04:41
egossettduh04:41
egossettyes i tried to do this numerous times. just not getting it04:42
holsteinegossett: where are you?04:43
egossettin launchpad04:43
egossettoverview screen04:43
holsteinare you using the passwords and encrpyction tools ?04:44
egossettyes04:44
egossetti have to long string of numbers there04:44
egossettin my personal keys04:44
holsteini dont think i did it that way04:45
holsteinBUT04:45
holsteinif you're on that page04:45
holsteintheres a popup04:45
egossettyes popup open04:45
holsteinLearn more about open PGP keys04:45
holsteinin blue04:45
holsteinthat *should* do it04:45
paultagjohnny77: because that's the wrong syntax :)04:45
paultagjohnny77: I'm guessing you want dropbox start   ?04:46
johnny77paultag: what is wrong?04:46
johnny77yes04:46
paultagjohnny77: you just have dropbox04:46
johnny77paultag: correct, that is the name of the program.04:47
paultagjohnny77: yes, but just running "dropbox" will fail with an error message you can't see04:47
paultagjohnny77: running "dropbox start" will start the dropbox daemon04:47
egossettdon't see learn more about open pgp keys in blue04:47
paultagjohnny77: it's the write app, wrong usage04:48
paultagright *04:48
paultagdamn, I'm tired04:48
egossettindicates that i have 2 fingerprints04:48
johnny77paultag: why does gnome-do and lxpanel work?04:48
paultagjohnny77: because "gnome-do" is a valid command. same with "lxpanel"04:48
paultagjohnny77: try running the command on the shell "dropbox"04:48
paultagjohnny77: it will say "Error! Here's how you use it!"04:48
paultagjohnny77: so, fix it, and it will work ;)04:49
johnny77paultag: you mean in terminal?04:49
paultagjohnny77: yes, because that's how it's running what's in your shell script there04:49
JoeMaverickSettegossett: this might probably help; https://help.launchpad.net/YourAccount/ImportingYourPGPKey04:49
paultagjohnny77: take it on faith dude, I've got this :)04:49
egossettjoemaverick: ok will go there04:49
egossetti have an .asc file exported to desktop04:50
johnny77 paultag I typed "dropbox" and "dropbox start" in the terminal and they both said command not found.04:50
bioterrorjohnny77, which dropbox04:50
paultagjohnny77: without quotes, right?04:50
egossettHolstein and joemaverick.04:50
johnny77paultag: yes04:50
egossetti will read on this link and see if i can get this right04:50
paultagjohnny77: and you have it installed?04:51
egossettthanks for assistance with this.04:51
JoeMaverickSettegossett: well, correct me if i'm wrong, so you got your pgp key imported to launchpad?04:51
bioterrorpaultag, if he used that tar.gz or what ever, it is .dropbox/dropbox or something and not in the path04:51
johnny77paultag: yes, dropbox works fine in both gnome and LXDE and if I run it from the menu in openbox, but I can not get it to autostart in openbox.04:51
egossetti exported something from passwords to desktop04:51
egossettand it is .asc file04:51
egossettis this what i need to put into launchpad yellow circle?04:52
paultagbioterror: it should be in the path04:52
paultagjohnny77: this is what my session looked like: http://pastebin.com/typdtMfC04:52
bioterrorin natty we have a dropbox in repos04:52
paultagbioterror: for partner, not main04:52
paultagbioterror: it's nonfree04:52
bioterroryeah04:52
bioterrorit's propietary04:53
paultagnonfree* :)04:53
bioterroroff to work04:53
bioterrorbye ;)04:53
paultaglater04:53
johnny77bioterror: later04:53
johnny77paultag: I may have figured it out.04:54
paultagjohnny77: great04:54
JoeMaverickSettegossett: could you please look at the link i gave you and see what steps you've taken?04:55
JoeMaverickSettegossett: how did you get the .asc file? could you explain about it?04:56
johnny77paultag: if it's installed properly adding start after dropbox in my autostart file will get it to run?04:56
egossetti got the .asc file from password and encryption key04:56
paultagjohnny77: providing you give it one space between dropbox and start, yes :)04:56
egossettexported it to the desktop04:56
egossettthe link u sent to me04:56
paultagor two, I guess04:56
paultagjust not zero04:56
egossetti think i need to go gpg -- fingerprint in the terminal04:57
JoeMaverickSettegossett: ah, try that.04:57
egossetti do not see any icon for sync in my password and encrypt key screen04:57
egossettyes04:57
egossettlet me do the terminal04:58
egossettthen copy and paste the fingerprint it says04:58
johnny77paultag: thanks for your help! I gotta go now...04:58
paultagjohnny77: godspeed!04:58
JoeMaverickSettegossett: yes, if you got to https://launchpad.net/~<yourusername>/+editpgpkeys you could paste the fingerprint.04:59
egossetti think that is it04:59
egossettlet me check the email now05:00
egossettyes i just pasted the fingerprint but now i have 3 fingerprints do i delete two05:00
JoeMaverickSettegossett: were those keys generated by one email account? did you create it today? if so, i suggest just leave it at that. please do remember the last key that you generated and use that.05:02
egossettall 3 created by same email account05:02
egossettwill use the last one then05:02
egossettbut i guess my email (gmail) did not de encrypt this message05:03
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egossettf you cannot05:04
egossettread the unencrypted instructions below, it may be because your mail reader05:04
egossettdoes not support automatic decryption of "ASCII armored" encrypted text.05:04
JoeMaverickSettegossett: do you have the pdf that i gave you in the #ubuntu-beginners-team?05:04
egossettwas it at top of irc05:04
JoeMaverickSettegossett: hold on, i'll give you.05:04
egossettkk05:05
JoeMaverickSettegossett: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9030439/Launchpad_GPG_Key_Basics.pdf download that, go to the last page.05:05
egossettkk05:06
egossettdoing this now05:06
JoeMaverickSettegossett: from that page it tells you how to decrypt the message. "copy the message from ---Begin PGP Message--- to ---End PGP Message---"05:07
egossettkk saved as txt on desktop05:08
egossettdoing terminal now05:08
JoeMaverickSettegossett: ok, nearly there. :)05:08
egossettkk05:08
JoeMaverickSettegossett: it will ask you for the password that you used to creat the PGP key.05:09
egossettterminal changed to desktop05:10
egossettbut nothing on second command05:10
JoeMaverickSettegossett: what was the file name that you used to save the copied message as?05:10
egossettpgp txt05:11
JoeMaverickSettegossett: pgp.txt?05:11
JoeMaverickSettif so gpg --decrypt pgp.txt05:11
JoeMaverickSettdoes it work?05:12
egossettok05:12
egossettlet let try that05:12
egossettmust restart terminal05:12
egossettit was frozen05:12
egossettusage: gpg [options] [filename]05:14
egossettevalyn@evalyn-E1705:~/Desktop$05:14
egossetti named the file pgp txt no period05:14
egossettin gedit05:14
egossetttext editor05:15
JoeMaverickSettegossett: still here? what was the last thing you said? *bad connection here* :|05:17
egossettyes05:18
egossetti got this terminal message05:18
egossettusage: gpg [options] [filename]05:18
egossettevalyn@evalyn-E1705:~/Desktop$05:18
JoeMaverickSettegossett: don't paste it if it's a long message. use paste.ubuntu.com05:18
egossetti named the file pgp txt no period in gedit05:18
egossettOMG05:19
egossetti have so many windows open on a 17 inch screen05:19
egossettone minute05:19
JoeMaverickSettegossett: ah, then could you try gpg --decrypt pgp txt ? if that doesn't work, please rename it to pgp.txt and issue the command with gpg --decrypt pgp.txt ?05:20
egossettdownloading txt05:21
egossettsaved to desktop as ubuntu05:21
egossett?05:21
JoeMaverickSettegossett: what do you mean downloading txt?05:21
JoeMaverickSettdo you mean copy pasting the pgp key message?05:21
egossettyes05:22
egossettnow on desktop as plain05:22
egossettfrom paste.ubuntu.com05:22
egossettgpg -- decrypt plain05:23
egossettgave me same message05:23
egossettusage: gpg [options] [filename]05:23
egossettevalyn@evalyn-E1705:~/Desktop$05:23
egossettdo we have to have this key05:23
egossettthis is NUTS!!!!!!!!!!!05:23
JoeMaverickSettegossett: ah, well, you just needed to copy the --Begin... End-- from your email inbox. open gedit, paste those messages, save as - pgp.txt05:23
JoeMaverickSettegossett: there shouldn't be any space betweem -- and decrypt05:24
egossetto05:24
egossettok05:24
egossettneed passphrase now05:25
JoeMaverickSettegossett: use the passphrase that you used to create the pgp key.05:25
egossettis that in passworrds and encrptio screen05:25
JoeMaverickSettegossett: use the passphrase that you used to create the pgp key, please.05:25
egossetthow do i know what that was05:25
egossetti have been trying this since 9 jan05:26
egossetthahahaha05:26
egossettsorry05:26
egossetti see change passphase05:26
egossettshould i change?05:26
JoeMaverickSettegossett: well, you could give it a try. you should have written it down somewhere though.05:27
egossettok05:28
egossettgeez05:28
egossettgot it05:29
egossettnow terminal will not allow me to type there05:29
egossettit did05:30
egossettconfirming05:31
egossettdone05:31
egossettthank you JoeMaverick05:31
egossettbut now i can help someone else i think05:31
JoeMaverickSettegossett: tip: type JoeMav then use <tab> key to highlight me. :)05:31
egossettok05:32
egossettlet me try that05:32
egossettJoeMaverickSett,05:32
egossetti see05:32
JoeMaverickSettegossett: perfect.05:32
JoeMaverickSett:)05:32
egossettsmile05:32
egossetti use to like dos05:32
egossettthen i hated dos05:32
egossettthen windows05:32
egossettso lazy now05:32
JoeMaverickSettegossett: use that if you've many people talking in the channel and want to specify someone that you're talking ot05:33
JoeMaverickSetts/ot/to05:33
bioterrordos and windows had 4dos05:33
bioterrorit was pure stupidity not to use it05:33
egossettyes i was wondering how to do name like you guys had it showing there05:33
egossettbioterror,05:33
egossettgot it05:33
egossettkewl05:33
egossettand got key05:33
JoeMaverickSettegossett: use the name infront of the message would be better.05:33
egossettso much to learn05:34
egossetti see05:34
egossetti understand05:34
JoeMaverickSettegossett: you'll get there eventually :)05:34
egossettJoeMaverickSett: thank you so much05:34
JoeMaverickSettegossett: no problem, glad to be of help. :)05:34
egossettJoeMaverickSett: i will read pdf and understnand better to help someone else.05:35
JoeMaverickSettegossett: ah, sure, hold on to it & help someone else. it was written by a mentor here. :)05:36
egossettJoeMaverickSett: kk05:36
JoeMaverickSettegossett: very informational, you should also bookmark https://help.launchpad.net/YourAccount/ImportingYourPGPKey and other help pages on launchpad to get yourself familiar with. :)05:36
JoeMaverickSettlaunchpad05:37
egossettyes - done05:37
egossetti have diigo bookmarks section for all of this05:37
egossettdiigo is like delicious05:38
matematikaaditI'm using Dell Vostro 3400 core i3. Some days ago my bluetooth works, but suddenly it doesn't work. I can't browse my phone storage via bluetooth. How do i fix it? What information do must I supply?05:38
JoeMaverickSettah, nice. :)05:38
egossettand i am trying to complete one thing daily, read forum and come to irc daily if possible with work05:39
egossettmust be involved to learn this05:39
JoeMaverickSettah, yes, irc and forums are very good to gather/learn things, just by looking and trying to help. :)05:39
egossettkk05:40
egossetti am here for long term, and it has taken me sevral years to get here05:40
egossettbut glad now05:40
JoeMaverickSett:)05:40
egossettJoeMaverickSett; thank you again. chat tomorrow then Ok05:40
JoeMaverickSettegossett: sure. :)05:41
egossettnite05:41
JackyAlcineHello?06:37
bioterrorhow can I help you JackyAlcine06:38
JackyAlcinebioterror: By keeping me company.06:39
JackyAlcineI went to sleep and hajour, phillw, ibuclaw, everything left me. >_<06:39
bioterrorwell, you know this is a support channel and mainly for support and #ubuntu-beginners-team is for general chatting06:39
* JackyAlcine goes off to #ubuntu-beginners-team06:39
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superbcccamhow can i uninstall Mandriva & install Ubuntu without disturbing win7 OS & Data....plz expalin me in steps thanks07:13
JackyAlcinesuperbcccam: Where's are your files stored that you want to preserve?07:20
superbcccamall in C drive no partition07:21
JackyAlcineWhere are your personal documents? Can you upload them to a cloud?07:25
JackyAlcineLike Dropbox?07:26
superbcccamcloud ? dude i am new in it :)07:29
JackyAlcineWell, what system are you currently running?07:29
JackyAlcineLike what system are you in IRC with?07:29
JackyAlcineYou should move your files up to a site like dropbox.com (max size 2GB)07:29
superbcccamoki07:30
superbcccamthen ?07:30
JackyAlcineWait, if your drive isn't partitioned, how do you have both Windows and Mandriva running?07:30
JackyAlcineYou'll just download them back.07:30
yax51does anyone know anything about evolution mail?07:53
JackyAlcineyax51: A bit, porquoi?07:53
* JackyAlcine must know he transitioned to Thunderbird because it works a lot better.07:53
* JackyAlcine **note07:54
yax51JackyAlcine: I can't get it to sync with my hotmail.....but if thunderbird is better I might try that07:54
bioterroryax, does hotmail support pop3 or imap07:54
JackyAlcineyax51: Do you have a subscription with your Live e-mail? Live stopped free POP support a while ago.07:54
JackyAlcineyax51: I'm not so sure about imap, but I know POP stopped a long time ago; hence my transition to Google.07:55
yax51maybe thats why its not working....07:55
bioterroryax, how about migrating to gmail or something07:55
bioterrorhotmail is so 90's ;)07:55
JackyAlcineyax51: bioterror's suggestion is pretty simple too. Gmail has easy interactions with most services.07:55
yax51yeah, but I'm old school like that....07:56
yax51if I could still run DOS I totally would....07:56
bioterrorgmail supports imap07:57
bioterrorseems like hotmail is more into a pop307:57
kristian-aalborghi all08:17
kristian-aalborgubuntu netbook editions runs gnome?08:17
JackyAlcineYup.08:17
kristian-aalborghi bioterror etc08:17
JackyAlcineWell no.08:17
JackyAlcineI lie.08:17
JackyAlcineIt runs Unity.08:17
JackyAlcineI was thinking GNOME Shell.08:18
kristian-aalborgis it faster?08:18
kristian-aalborgI have a very modest box to install something on... I'm thinking Netbook Remix or Lubuntu08:18
JackyAlcineLubuntu's your choice.08:19
JackyAlcineUnity needs nVidia.08:19
JackyAlcineLast time I checked.08:19
JackyAlcineOops. no, it'd prefer nVidia.08:20
kristian-aalborgthis is an Eee 2g surf... runs a chip called GMA 900, it seems08:22
kristian-aalborgbut UN is heavier than Lubuntu?08:22
jermzaMy NVidia settgins are not loading when Ubuntu starts.  I have to manually click on the application.08:36
jermzaHow can I make the settings loads by default>08:36
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jermzaANyone?08:40
ChrisDruifI haven't got nVidia, but doesn't it have some place where it save stuff to default?08:43
jermzaI'm not sure how that helps...08:43
ramahI think you can run a config file08:44
bioterrorwhat are nvidia settings08:44
ramahlike nvidia.config or something like that08:44
ramahnvidia-xconfig08:45
ramahyou type that into the terminal08:45
ramahI think you are supposed to be logged out of your gui when you do it08:45
yax51ok I got it to work in evolution!08:45
ramahcool maybe that will turn it on08:46
yax51https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsingHotmailWithEvolution08:52
yax51for anyone interestd08:52
JackyAlcinekristian-aalborg: Yes,08:56
JackyAlcineUbuntu comes with the typical setup for a modern desktop-computer.08:56
JackyAlcineLubuntu's designed to be efficient and light weight.08:56
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head_victimnhandler: ping - see -team10:37
head_victimSorry, don't know any other staffers :/10:37
head_victimOh, it's over for now10:37
JackyAlcineWhy is he doing that? >_<10:37
JackyAlcineI doubt it. >_<10:37
head_victimNo idea, you get random people who have nothing better to do apparently.10:38
yax51does anyone know of a core temp monitor?11:28
JackyAlcineyax51: Comes with Ubuntu as a panel applet.11:28
JackyAlcineyax51: You can also try and see if the Rings screenlet has that.11:29
JackyAlcineyax51: and I know that Conky has that as well.11:29
yax51JackyAlcine: I'm not seeing it....11:31
JackyAlcineyax51: System Monitor in the Add Panel dialog.11:32
yax51JackyAlcine: I have the system monitor, but it doesn't appear to have a cpu temp....11:33
yax51hmmm yeah it's not in the panel applet menu....11:46
JackyAlcinehmm.11:47
JackyAlcineThat's a bit odd.11:47
JackyAlcineYou have Screenlets?11:47
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yax51I don't think so11:51
JackyAlcinesudo apt-get install screenlets screenlets-pack-basic11:52
yax51I've also noted that I don't have a system tools in the applications menu11:52
yax51hold on.....11:54
yax51ok I have scrfeen lets now11:56
yax51screenlets*11:56
JackyAlcinealright, now the RingSensors screenlet should have what you're looking for.11:59
JackyAlcineyax51: ^^11:59
yax51sweeet!!! although I was hoping for a panel applet...but this is rad!!12:00
JackyAlcine:D12:03
JackyAlcineNo problem.12:03
JackyAlcineThe Screenlets project is one of my favorite of Ubuntu.12:04
yax51all of these appear to be CPU load monitors, but nothing for CPU temp....12:07
JackyAlcineyax51: I was sure it had it.12:07
JackyAlcineyax51: =/12:07
yax51unless I'm blind in one eye and can't see out the other....12:08
yax51I had one on my lucid build, but I can't remember for the life of me what it was called12:08
yax51oh well I'm going to bed......good night all!!12:13
bioterrorconky with lua beats screenlets?12:13
jermzaI installed Ubuntu Tweak and then uninstalled it after a few days.  But all the tweaks have remained even after the program was removed.14:06
jermzaAny idea on how to revert the tweaks?14:07
Timo_too bad jermza only stayed here for 7 minutes, or I would've told him what the fix was.14:19
bioterrorsuch is life14:19
Timo_life isn't too bad :D14:19
bioterroryeah, but it's full of impatient people14:19
Timo_that's true.14:19
Timo_I think the problem is, that a lot of people don't know how IRC works :)14:19
bioterroryeah14:20
bioterrorthey think we are here 24/7 only watching that they join to channel14:20
Timo_we rae!14:20
Timo_:P14:20
bioterror:D14:20
Timo_okay maybe not14:20
bioterroryeah14:20
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ShootEmUpHello Everyone!15:13
serfushey ShootEmUp15:14
ShootEmUpwhats up?15:15
serfusi'm great, and you?15:15
ShootEmUpdoing good15:17
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Aladdin--Hi. My notification area doesn't work anymore: no icons appear and some apps (transmission, pidgin, etc.) aren't available once minimized. Using Ubuntu Hardy Heron (originally 8.04), up-to-date. Can anyone assist?16:25
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Aladdin--Notification area not working anymore (Hardy Heron). Please advise.16:54
johnny77When I login to Ubuntu, it loads an theme that i never set. When I open appearances, it loads the correct theme. What could be calling this other theme?17:38
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Red-Ravenhey.19:19
nit-witRed-Raven, hey to you19:21
Red-Ravenhey nit-wit. sup?19:40
nit-witRed-Raven, not much as usual19:41
Red-Ravenah. i've been working a learning terminal. used it to create a bunch of empty directories on my desktop to try it with (im starting with simple directory commands, so i figured why not learn some while creating a test bed for it?)19:43
bodhizazenRed-Raven: command line for the win19:44
bodhizazenWhen you get bored with bash, you can always try zsh19:44
bodhizazenthe "problem" with zsh is you need a .zshrc as the defaults are not so good, IMO19:45
bodhizazenhttp://friedcpu.wordpress.com/2007/07/24/zsh-the-last-shell-youll-ever-need/19:45
bioterrorautoload -U compinit && compinit19:45
bodhizazenhttp://bodhizazen.net/Tutorials/zshrc19:45
bodhizazenlol bioterror19:46
bioterrorwhat?-)19:46
bioterrorI could steal stuff from your rc to mine ;D19:48
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Red-Ravenbodhizazen: so its basically a customizable terminal?19:49
bodhizazenWell, bash and zsh are shells, and they are both customizable19:50
bodhizazenhttp://bodhizazen.net/Tutorials/bashrc19:50
bioterrorterminal is just terminal, it's nothing without shell19:50
bodhizazenTeh "terminal" is a graphical interface, and again there are several to choose form there as well, and the graphical interface is also customizable19:51
bioterrorand a good shell is a base for comfortable shell working19:51
Red-Ravenso zsh just has more features like better tap completion?19:52
bioterroryes and no19:52
bodhizazenRed-Raven: http://bodhizazen.net/img/Terminal2.png19:52
bioterrorbash can have them too as well19:52
bodhizazenzsh has , IMO, easier to user options for tab completion, you get a list you can move through with arrow keys19:53
Red-RavenI'm afraid i still don't get the difference. im pretty new still. almost 3 weeks with ubuntu :)19:53
bodhizazenand zsh will spell check commands, helpful for those with fat ingers and ast tyuping19:54
bioterror:D19:54
bioterrorthis is like tomato and tomeito19:54
bodhizazenRed-Raven: There is not *that* much difference, especially to a novice19:54
bodhizazenmany of the commands are the same19:54
bioterroractually they are the same19:55
bioterror;D19:55
bioterroras he's going to do mkdir foo rm -r foo19:55
bodhizazenThe syntax is sometimes subtly different though bioterror19:55
bioterrorbut I would say that with 3 weeks usage you should just stick with the bash and learn the basics19:56
Red-Ravenyah i am.19:56
bioterrorafter getting familiar with it, you can try zsh and think if it's any better or if you can see the difference19:56
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Red-Raveni probably wont notice, but i might give it a try anyways.19:57
bodhizazenYou will notice a difference with tab compltion19:57
bodhizazenbut if you try to use my .bashrc or .zshrc you need to install at least most19:57
bodhizazenmost displays man pages in color19:58
Red-Ravencool.19:58
bioterrortomorrow bodhi gives you some guide how to use VIM ;)19:59
bodhizazenVIM FTW !!!!19:59
bodhizazenAlthough you need a vimrc =)19:59
hobgoblinand hope19:59
bioterrorwhere he could get one... :D19:59
Red-Raventheres just so much to take in, its crazy. i didn't realize that when i got into linux, i would be learning about kernals, virtual machines, GRUB, distros, and all this other stuff. its awesome though.20:00
bioterrorkernels20:00
Red-Ravenyah sry.20:00
hobgoblinRed-Raven: one thing at a time20:00
Red-Ravennever had good spelling.20:00
bioterrorand you can run virtual machines on windows too20:00
Red-Ravenik. thats where i have Vbox set up. figured i find myself needing Linux more while in windows than visa versa.20:01
bodhizazenbioterror: mine is very basic20:02
bodhizazenhttp://bodhizazen.net/Tutorials/vimrc20:02
bodhizazenand it would help if you had zenburn20:02
Red-Ravenoh i just figued out what you were posting. its the source code you made to make your own version of the program right?20:09
Red-Ravenis there any way you guys know of brute force wiping a USB from terminal? i have an old one that got a virus i think, and now its been write protected by it. ive plugged it into my laptop with ubuntu before and its all good, so i know its a windows virus (so my system is safe)20:38
aveilleuxRed-Raven: Write protection doesn't carry from Windows to Linux.20:38
aveilleuxRed-Raven: Is there perhaps a hardware switch on the drive? Some older USB drives have them.20:39
Red-Ravenwell some how it did. ive tried Gparted. and no theres no switch.20:39
aveilleuxBut that's not how filesystems work...20:40
Red-Ravenwhat do you mean?20:40
aveilleuxRed-Raven: You can't lock an entire filesystem, unless it improperly mounts as ro (read-only), but Linux doesn't recognize Windows filesystem usage flags.20:41
Red-Ravenok.i'll pug it in then and seee what it says20:42
Red-Ravenive tried formating it to ext 4 and deleting it. ill try another format and it that doesn't work ill post the error.20:47
nit-witbodhizazen, does grub2 chainload lilo20:47
aveilleuxnit-wit: GRUB2 can chainload any bootloader20:47
aveilleuxnit-wit: just about20:47
Red-Ravenok it has flag lba. does that mean anything?20:47
nit-witaveilleux, thats what I thought, basically20:48
aveilleuxRed-Raven: Not in this context20:48
Red-Ravenok then. i have no clue. ill post the error.20:49
Red-Ravenhttp://imagebin.org/13250220:53
aveilleuxRed-Raven: Is the drive mounted?20:54
aveilleuxRed-Raven: It shouldn't be20:54
Red-Ravenits not.20:55
Geo|AndroidHey guys. Just built a new box. Making the partitions. I have 1tb. How much should I format for swap?20:55
JackyAlcineGeo|Android: Swap's pretty slow, so I say 10GB.20:55
Geo|AndroidI have 4 gigs of ddr3 ram and 512mb ddr2 ram on my gpu20:55
Red-Ravenisn't 1.5XRAM a good rule?20:56
JackyAlcineGeo|Android: yeah, 10GB's the way to go.20:56
aveilleuxRed-Raven: try running sudo badblocks -v /dev/sdb20:56
aveilleuxGeo|Android: I have 2GB swap20:56
aveilleuxGeo|Android: You don't generally need more swap than you do RAM (not including GRAM)20:56
Red-Ravenits running.20:57
Geo|AndroidOh ok.21:00
Red-Ravenaveilleux: 0 bad blocks found.21:05
Red-Ravenis this a possible way to to wipe it? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badblocks its towards the bottom  but it says there's another way to scan for bad blocks that will wipe it in the process.21:06
aveilleuxRed-Raven: Try recreating the filesystem. Should be under "Device", choose "Create new partition table". Select DOS.21:07
aveilleuxer, msdos21:08
bodhizazenRed-Raven: you can not fix bad blocks on the hard drive21:08
Red-Ravenjust said error while partitioning.21:08
Red-Ravenits a USB.21:09
bodhizazenYou can try wiping the device with dev/zero and re-partitioning21:09
Red-Ravenjust type in "sudo dev/zero"?21:10
aveilleuxRed-Raven: sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb21:10
Red-Ravenok.21:10
bodhizazenRed-Raven: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dd_%28Unix%2921:12
Red-Ravenum, so dd copies?21:13
Red-Raventhe USB light is blinking, but the terminal did nothing.21:14
aveilleuxRed-Raven: Yes, it does a bit-by-bit copy (basically a perfect copy)21:14
bodhizazenyep, but at a "low level" so to speak21:14
aveilleuxRed-Raven: dd has no status output21:14
Red-Ravenwhy would i want to copy this virus-infected thing onto my laptop?21:15
bodhizazenIn Linux, no output from a command is often a successful command21:15
aveilleuxRed-Raven: You're not21:15
aveilleuxRed-Raven: You're doing the opposite21:15
bodhizazenCommand lines should be driven, but not heard =)21:15
aveilleuxRed-Raven: You're writing all zeros (in binary) to the drive... that's what /dev/zero is21:15
aveilleuxRed-Raven: You're blanking everything off the drive and starting with a clean slate21:15
Red-Raven....wow. finally. something that just blanks it without asking first.21:16
aveilleuxRed-Raven: That's the danger of dd, it just happens without confirmation21:16
Red-Raveni'm keeping this command in mind.21:16
Red-Ravenyah, but hopefully you only use it if you know you don't need what's on the drive.21:17
Geo|AndroidShould the type for swap be primary or logical?21:17
aveilleuxGeo|Android: Doesn't really matter21:17
bodhizazenGeo|Android: you may not even need swap21:17
Geo|AndroidAnd for my /home? Logical?21:18
aveilleuxGeo|Android: Again, doesn't really matter, all of my partitions are primary21:19
Geo|AndroidOk.21:19
Red-Raveni had to mix and match. on primary i beleive holds all my ubuntu partitions.21:20
Geo|AndroidIs /boot going to be where the OS is?21:20
aveilleuxGeo|Android: No, it's where the boot information for GRUB is stored.21:20
Geo|AndroidHow much space should I partition for the os?21:20
aveilleuxGeo|Android: You don't need all of these to be separate partitions21:21
Geo|AndroidOk21:21
aveilleuxGeo|Android: You can just make a /, /home and swap21:21
Geo|AndroidI just want swap / and home21:21
Geo|Android:)21:21
aveilleuxGeo|Android: / can be something like 40 GB, swap is 4GB, and /home is the rest21:21
Red-Ravenyay for simple partitions!21:21
Geo|AndroidExt4 journaling for /?21:22
Red-Raveni have the same setup ^ (just with less in each)21:22
aveilleuxGeo|Android: ext4 for / and /home21:22
Red-Raveni can post my Gparted if you want.21:22
bodhizazen4 Gb swap is huge, how much of that do you use ?21:23
bodhizazenJust wondering21:23
bodhizazenWith anything more then 2-3 Gb RAM I never use swap21:23
bodhizazenOn a desktop21:23
aveilleuxbodhizazen: My general rule is make just as much swap as RAM, just in case21:23
bodhizazen:facepalm:21:24
Red-Ravenhow do you tell besides guessing if your using it?21:24
bodhizazenfree -m21:24
Geo|AndroidYay. Thanks for all the help guys. :)21:24
Red-Ravenhave you installed linux before?21:24
bodhizazenaveilleux: swap was more important from the days when 64 Mb was a lot of RAM, in those days you extended ram w/ swap21:25
bodhizazenThese days, with large RAM by default, the average desktop user never uses it21:25
bodhizazenyou can almost certainly use swap of 512 mB - 1 Gb if you want to be 'safe"21:26
Red-Ravenyou can't really find a rig with less than 1GB i think. except for netbooks.21:26
Geo|AndroidI have 4gb ddr3 ram. I probably won't use it. But I also won't use 1tb for my /home folder.21:26
bodhizazenRed-Raven: many times I have installed Linux21:26
Geo|AndroidSo if the need arises, it's there.21:26
Red-Ravenoh sorry that was @ Geo|Android.21:26
bodhizazenGeo|Android: I can use 1tb =)21:26
bodhizazenAV files / DVD and virtual machines will take up lots of HD space21:27
bodhizazenbut 1 tb is a lot of space for text files21:27
Red-Ravenand leave plenty of room for more OSs!21:27
bodhizazenRed-Raven: I use 10 - 15 Gb for / on most installs =)21:28
Red-RavenGeo|Android, have you installed ubuntu bofre?21:28
Red-Ravenbefore*21:28
bodhizazenBUT, I keep a large data partition21:28
Red-Raveni gave my /home 50 Gb i think. the HDD is 250 GBso i can spare it. i still have a lot thats not used to.21:29
Geo|AndroidOnce before Red-Raven21:29
Geo|AndroidWell. A long time ago too. Like 8.04.21:30
Red-RavenGeo|Android,  same. one laptop (Compaq presario) and one desktop (Dell dimension 3000)21:30
Geo|AndroidSecond time installing 10.04 I just built a new box :)21:30
Geo|AndroidTime to go to work and let this install.21:30
Geo|AndroidLater guys21:31
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Red-Ravenyes. accept it stupid virus. you are dead. you will never infect any of my circuits again. go cry to mommy. (thanks for helping me out aveilleux! dd worked. now i can put all kinds of cool stuff like portably ubuntu on it!)21:42
Red-Ravenportable*21:42
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