| halpbatman | can someone confirm this for me? | 00:20 |
|---|---|---|
| halpbatman | to change your wireless mode to "monitor" mode | 00:20 |
| halpbatman | you type iwconfig [card] mode monitor | 00:20 |
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| halpbatman | does anyone here use guake? | 02:00 |
| halpbatman | when i open terminal | 02:03 |
| gunndawg | madsailor: hey there | 02:03 |
| halpbatman | the transparency effect doesn't work | 02:03 |
| halpbatman | anyone knows how to fix that? | 02:03 |
| halpbatman | terminal's transparent background doesn't work anymore anyone knows how to fix that? | 02:07 |
| paultag | halpbatman: try `compiz --replace' | 02:07 |
| paultag | halpbatman: using alt + f2 | 02:07 |
| seidos | !transparent | 02:08 |
| ubot2 | Factoid 'transparent' not found | 02:08 |
| paultag | !compiz | 02:08 |
| ubot2 | Compiz (compositing window manager), for a howto see http://help.ubuntu.com/community/CompositeManager and more help #compiz | 02:08 |
| paultag | seidos: dude, I've got a nasty sickness / back issue. Mind helping halpbatman? | 02:08 |
| paultag | seidos: I'll owe you one! | 02:08 |
| halpbatman | paultag: thx it worked! | 02:08 |
| paultag | Oh, well shit | 02:08 |
| seidos | paultag: i'll try | 02:08 |
| paultag | all good then | 02:08 |
| madsailor | hey gunndawg. How's the site going? | 02:08 |
| paultag | halpbatman: rock on, thanks for using ubuntu :) | 02:08 |
| gunndawg | madsailor: good I'll show ya a screenshot | 02:09 |
| halpbatman | paultag: :DDD | 02:09 |
| halpbatman | one more lol | 02:09 |
| halpbatman | guake won't work | 02:09 |
| halpbatman | has it happened to anyone? | 02:09 |
| gunndawg | madsailor: http://min.us/mveQzlc | 02:09 |
| gunndawg | madsailor: I wanted to keep it clean, simple and basic | 02:09 |
| paultag | halpbatman: try starting it again. my guess is it needed compiz to be running | 02:10 |
| gunndawg | madsailor: I might change it up some, not sure | 02:10 |
| halpbatman | paultag: i did after i rand compiz --replace | 02:10 |
| paultag | ah, interesting | 02:10 |
| halpbatman | paultag: but no dice | 02:10 |
| paultag | halpbatman: I'm not sure. Might want to ask in #ubuntu, I've never used guake | 02:10 |
| paultag | just tilde :) | 02:11 |
| paultag | !info guake | 02:11 |
| * paultag pokes ubot2 | 02:11 | |
| halpbatman | !info | 02:11 |
| paultag | damn bot takes his damn time | 02:11 |
| * paultag pokes ubot2 | 02:11 | |
| paultag | lazy bum | 02:11 |
| madsailor | gunndawg, I like the font you used. and I wonder if 'blog' is a package...would be funny if it is | 02:11 |
| paultag | !info guake natty | 02:12 |
| paultag | frig'n | 02:12 |
| gunndawg | madsailor: lol I thought it was clever to use sudo apt-get then the name of whatever section they are viewing on the page show up | 02:12 |
| paultag | Hey paultag! Last version is 0.4.2-4ubuntu1, released nine weeks ago | 02:13 |
| paultag | Thanks, paultag! You sure are useful! | 02:13 |
| * paultag kicks ubot2 | 02:13 | |
| paultag | halpbatman: not sure, man. Might ask in #ubuntu | 02:13 |
| JackyAlcine | *yawn* | 02:13 |
| JackyAlcine | Never sleep directly coming home after school. | 02:13 |
| paultag | JackyAlcine: bullshit, best naps ever | 02:13 |
| paultag | JackyAlcine: I did that today -- twice | 02:13 |
| JackyAlcine | Lol but the scrollbacks are sooo long! | 02:14 |
| JackyAlcine | I don't even wanna read them! | 02:14 |
| paultag | JackyAlcine: just store pings :) | 02:14 |
| halpbatman | paultag: k thx | 02:14 |
| paultag | JackyAlcine: or grep for JackyAlcine in your logs, there's no reason to look through it all | 02:14 |
| paultag | halpbatman: np, cheerio! | 02:14 |
| JackyAlcine | Hm, what about context? | 02:14 |
| madsailor | gunndawg, yeah, I like the Idea. | 02:15 |
| paultag | JackyAlcine: you can pull line numbers with grep, you can look at lines around your pngs | 02:15 |
| paultag | JackyAlcine: there's a lot of static | 02:15 |
| JackyAlcine | Grep's God's golden token! | 02:15 |
| paultag | I'd have to look it up but I think G/re/p is a bum syntax | 02:16 |
| gunndawg | madsailor: thx | 02:16 |
| paultag | ah, no | 02:16 |
| paultag | it's from ed | 02:16 |
| * paultag mans ed | 02:16 | |
| paultag | oh damn my leg | 02:17 |
| paultag | BRB | 02:17 |
| SpaceDuck_ | grep just allows you to return data matching a regex pattern... right? | 02:18 |
| ubuntuser | How to solve "BOOTMGR missing" problem using Live CD? | 02:21 |
| seidos | ubuntuser: do you get a prompt? | 02:23 |
| * seidos puts a splint on paultag's leg | 02:23 | |
| seidos | paultag = batman | 02:23 |
| ubuntuser | seidos: no. jsut that and "press clt+alt+del" to restart | 02:24 |
| halpbatman_ | paultag: so hey.. i restarted the comp. and the same thing happened so i had to restard compliz again | 02:24 |
| seidos | ubuntuser: hmmm | 02:24 |
| seidos | halpbatman_: compiz? | 02:24 |
| halpbatman_ | seidos: yeah | 02:24 |
| ubuntuser | seidos: so, how to fix it using livecd? | 02:25 |
| halpbatman_ | why do i have to keep restarting compiz? | 02:25 |
| seidos | halpbatman_: we need to figure out how to make compiz --replace execute automatically on start up | 02:25 |
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| halpbatman | seidos: but it was working fine before | 02:26 |
| seidos | ubuntuser: ah, you are trying to use a livecd to repair an installation. try a web search "repair BOOTMGR missing ubuntu" on yahoo.com | 02:26 |
| seidos | halpbatman: what changed? | 02:26 |
| halpbatman | seidos: trying to figure out what happened so that I can reverse it | 02:26 |
| halpbatman | seidos: lol | 02:26 |
| halpbatman | seidos: i was playing around with network configuration | 02:27 |
| halpbatman | seidos: when it stopped working | 02:27 |
| seidos | halpbatman: network configuration shouldn't affect compiz. you could try purging the compiz package, and reinstalling it. | 02:27 |
| ubuntuser | seidos: currently i am booting from live cd.. i had ubuntu 10.10 on sda5 and vista on sda1. after installing 7 on sda1 my ubuntu was corrupted and showing unallocated. so using testdisk i recovered ubuntu partition. now none is booting and the error. | 02:27 |
| halpbatman | seidos: so the cmd would be "sudo apt-get purge compiz" and then "sudo apt-get install compiz"? | 02:28 |
| seidos | halpbatman: how'd you know? :) | 02:28 |
| JoeMaverickSett | ubuntuser: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RecoveringUbuntuAfterInstallingWindows | 02:29 |
| halpbatman | seidos: grasshopper lrnz | 02:29 |
| seidos | halpbatman: ^ 5 | 02:29 |
| halpbatman | seidos: is there any other pkg that is an alternative to compiz? | 02:30 |
| seidos | ubuntuser: you may want win 7 installed before installing ubuntu. i think that is preferred | 02:30 |
| gunndawg | seidos: how dare you recommend having windows installed! | 02:31 |
| seidos | halpbatman: not sure. why would you want another package? | 02:31 |
| ubuntuser | seidos: yeah.. i figured that out after 7 did the mess.. with vista the grub recovery was simple.. | 02:31 |
| seidos | gunndawg: it's far from a recommendation ;) | 02:31 |
| halpbatman | seidos: dunno it keeps needing restart so i was wondering if i use a different pkg it might fix it | 02:31 |
| ubuntuser | seidos: anyway, i can do it... i am ready to install 7 again ..no issue.. i want to save my ubuntu partition as it is.. | 02:31 |
| gunndawg | ubuntuser: try uninstalling windows and leaving it uninstalled, see if ur computer runs better | 02:32 |
| gunndawg | ;) | 02:32 |
| seidos | halpbatman: i wouldn't do that. just file a bug against the compiz package if we don't get it working | 02:32 |
| halpbatman | seidos: k gonna restart brb | 02:33 |
| ubuntuser | gunndawg: supposed to be funny? | 02:33 |
| gunndawg | ubuntuser: yes | 02:33 |
| seidos | ubuntuser: what do you need windows for? | 02:33 |
| gunndawg | ubuntuser: it is funny | 02:33 |
| ubuntuser | seidos: i need for work and besides i am not well versed with linux. i am a new bie..trying to switch after my friends introduced me to linux. | 02:34 |
| seidos | ubuntuser: ah. for work. | 02:34 |
| ubuntuser | gunndawg: it wasn't for me seeing the data and files and work trapped there..anyway leave it.. | 02:34 |
| seidos | ubuntuser: no worries. hope you get your dual boot working | 02:34 |
| seidos | ubuntuser: it's actually a good way to test for hardware problems. | 02:35 |
| halpbatman | seidos: reinstalling didn't fix the problem | 02:35 |
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| halpbatman | when I start up terminal | 02:35 |
| seidos | halpbatman: and compiz --replace fixes it? | 02:35 |
| halpbatman | the transparency effect doesn't work | 02:35 |
| halpbatman | yeah | 02:35 |
| madsailor | ubuntuser, windows is like a bull in a china shop....it will overwrite everything when you re-install it. | 02:36 |
| ubuntuser | seidos: hmm..yes.. i can try booting with 7 dvd and doing the fixmbr thing but wouldn't it do the same it did with the ubuntu partition? making it unallocated/corrupted? | 02:36 |
| seidos | halpbatman: what about preferences > appearance > desktop effects? | 02:36 |
| ubuntuser | madsailor: maybe..but when i tried with vista, it didn't happeb | 02:36 |
| halpbatman | seidos: it's set at normal | 02:36 |
| seidos | ubuntuser: yeah, it probably would remove the formatted partitions. | 02:37 |
| madsailor | ubuntu, so what do you have on your drive now, and what is the ultimate goal? | 02:37 |
| madsailor | *sorry,* ubuntuser | 02:37 |
| seidos | ubuntuser: just install win 7, then reinstall ubuntu, we recommend 10.04, the LTS | 02:37 |
| gunndawg | I recommend 10.10 | 02:38 |
| seidos | gunndawg: why? | 02:38 |
| gunndawg | seidos: why not ? | 02:38 |
| gunndawg | seidos: it works perfectly fine | 02:38 |
| ubuntuser | seidos: and the current ubuntu partition? isn't there anyway i can save it? otherwise i would have done that by now and will do if there's no way. | 02:38 |
| seidos | gunndawg: are you a beginner? | 02:38 |
| gunndawg | seidos: depends on what you consider a beginner, I am quite happy with 10.10, and recommend it to anyone wanting to switch to ubuntu | 02:39 |
| gunndawg | seidos: are you a beginner ? | 02:39 |
| seidos | gunndawg: it depends what you consider a beginner | 02:39 |
| seidos | gunndawg: yes | 02:39 |
| madsailor | ubuntuser, to save the Ubuntu you already installed you would have to get windows booting (through win RE), then reinstall grub2 . it is probably faster and easier to start from scratch | 02:40 |
| seidos | ubuntuser: there may be a way, but if there is, i'm not sure how to find out. what data are you trying to save? | 02:40 |
| ubuntuser | seidos: photos, projects(mid way)..etc.. | 02:41 |
| seidos | !grub2 | 02:41 |
| ubot2 | GRUB2 is the default Ubuntu boot manager since 9.10 (Karmic). Lost GRUB after installing Windows? See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestoreGrub - For more information and troubleshooting for GRUB2 please refer to https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2 | 02:41 |
| madsailor | ubuntuser, if you just want to save data from your ubuntu install you can use the live cd and DD it to another drive / cd/ whatever media you want | 02:42 |
| seidos | ubuntuser: you can try the "RestoreGrub" link | 02:42 |
| ubuntuser | seidos: ok, i tried "partimage" but it threw an error | 02:42 |
| seidos | ubuntuser: if you followed all the instructions on RestoreGrub, there isn't much else i can recommend, aside from reinstall. | 02:44 |
| seidos | windows 1st, then ubuntu | 02:44 |
| ubuntuser | seidos: OK. | 02:44 |
| seidos | ubuntuser: not sure why windows does that, but not much can be done about it, since it's closed source | 02:45 |
| ubuntuser | seidos: thanks. let me see. | 02:45 |
| ubuntuser | seidos: yes. | 02:45 |
| seidos | assuming one has the development skill | 02:45 |
| halpbatman | seidos: oh yeah a question on grub | 02:45 |
| halpbatman | seidos: I have two images of linux | 02:45 |
| halpbatman | seidos: one is from before update | 02:45 |
| halpbatman | seidos: for some reason it persists on the grub menu | 02:46 |
| seidos | halpbatman: what version of ubuntu? | 02:46 |
| halpbatman | seidos: i have 10.10 | 02:46 |
| seidos | halpbatman: have you checked out https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2 | 02:46 |
| seidos | halpbatman: i'm actually trying to *add* kernels now, not remove them, as one of my projects | 02:47 |
| seidos | halpbatman: but i'm sure it shouldn't be that difficult to do with grub2 | 02:47 |
| halpbatman | seidos: k ty | 02:47 |
| seidos | halpbatman: i just had an idea. you might be able to uninstall the linux-images from synaptic that you don't want anymore | 02:50 |
| halpbatman | seidos: synaptic? | 02:51 |
| seidos | halpbatman: do a search for linux-image in synaptic, just don't remove the wrong one. | 02:51 |
| halpbatman | seidos: wehre's synaptic? | 02:51 |
| seidos | halpbatman: synaptic package manager. but, i wouldn't worry about that. it really shouldn't matter. do you reboot a lot? | 02:51 |
| halpbatman | seidos: found it | 02:52 |
| seidos | halpbatman: system -> administration > synaptic pckg mgr | 02:52 |
| halpbatman | seidos: i switch back and forth b/w windows and linux | 02:52 |
| halpbatman | seidos: certain windows prgs i need for school work | 02:52 |
| seidos | halpbatman: there may be an open alternative to what you use...and wine *may* be an option | 02:53 |
| seidos | halpbatman: also virtualization maybe an option for you | 02:53 |
| seidos | *may be | 02:53 |
| halpbatman | seidos: i'm on netbook so virtualization would be too slow i think | 02:54 |
| seidos | halpbatman: ah, dang it. wine might be fast enough. | 02:55 |
| halpbatman | seidos: brb reboot hopefully this problem is fixed | 02:55 |
| * seidos hands halpbatman a batarang | 02:56 | |
| === halpbatman_ is now known as halpbatman | ||
| === satamusic___ is now known as satamusic | ||
| ysg | test | 03:59 |
| ysg | hi all | 04:00 |
| ysg | http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1684962 | 04:00 |
| ysg | thats where i posted my question | 04:00 |
| ysg | kinda confused on how to get all pcs to work together... all help is appreciated! | 04:00 |
| ysg | ok, gotta hit the sack, if anyone has a suggestion please send it to yoursurrogategod in ubuntu forums | 04:03 |
| tool88 | is there any labsimulations for net+ for linux? | 04:05 |
| tool88 | any one? | 04:08 |
| holstein | maybe an online option? | 04:10 |
| tool88 | oh ok | 04:12 |
| tool88 | i have one for the pc but cant get it to run on wine | 04:12 |
| holstein | you looked at wineHQ ? | 04:14 |
| tool88 | no i didnt | 04:15 |
| tool88 | whats the differance | 04:16 |
| holstein | http://appdb.winehq.org/ | 04:16 |
| holstein | whats the software called? | 04:16 |
| tool88 | oh i see thanks | 04:17 |
| * seidos clicks the forums link | 04:17 | |
| holstein | seidos: from ysg? | 04:17 |
| holstein | im not sure what thats about | 04:17 |
| tool88 | comptia labsim | 04:18 |
| seidos | holstein: yeah | 04:19 |
| holstein | tool88: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1559498 | 04:19 |
| holstein | :/ | 04:20 |
| holstein | seidos: vnc right? | 04:20 |
| holstein | i really like remmina | 04:20 |
| tool88 | dude awsome | 04:21 |
| tool88 | sucks i cant install it | 04:21 |
| holstein | tool88: you got a windows disc? | 04:22 |
| seidos | holstein: that's a good guess. but i wouldn't have inferred that. | 04:22 |
| holstein | thats one of those things you might just have to run Vbox for tool88 | 04:22 |
| tool88 | yeah looks like im gonna have to | 04:22 |
| holstein | the seamless mode is... well, seamless | 04:22 |
| holstein | kinda nice | 04:22 |
| holstein | seidos: unless the cat is going to buy a KVM | 04:23 |
| seidos | holstein: isn't kvm also an option? the software? | 04:40 |
| holstein | something like that | 04:41 |
| holstein | VNC is arguably easier i think | 04:41 |
| holstein | i guess it depends on the useage | 04:41 |
| holstein | im not sure we have the entire story on what is needed there | 04:41 |
| === jesus is now known as Guest75860 | ||
| hootar | heya, is there any way to execute the free the fish gnome thing on a remote computer via ssh? | 06:04 |
| hootar | i tried export DISPLAY=:0; "free the fish" but the lack of reaction from across the rooms seems to indicate failure | 06:05 |
| hootar | nevermind got it, thanks though | 06:25 |
| Pr0jectRec0n | Hey all - have a generic linux question (not sstrictly restricted to ubuntu) | 06:29 |
| Pr0jectRec0n | Lets say I'm connected to a remote server (at a particular port). Is there a command to know the ip-address of the server i'm connected to (and perharps the port num too??) | 06:30 |
| geirha | Pr0jectRec0n: netstat -np --inet perhaps | 08:23 |
| Pr0jectRec0n | geirha, omg - you do realize I asked that question 3 hrs back, right? | 08:23 |
| geirha | Yes | 08:24 |
| JackyAlcine | Pr0jectRec0n: Sorry about our times. =/ | 08:25 |
| terry | how do i get the battery status to show in the indicator applet | 08:40 |
| zkriesse | Ah add it to panel i think | 08:41 |
| zkriesse | One sec | 08:41 |
| terry | i didnt see in there, and i thought it was built in in the indicator applet | 08:42 |
| JackyAlcine | terry: Open System -> Power Management -> General | 08:42 |
| JackyAlcine | terry: and then fill 'Always display an icon'. | 08:42 |
| terry | aaah thanks | 08:42 |
| JackyAlcine | terry: np. | 08:43 |
| terry | cool well im off to bed now....thanks | 08:43 |
| zkriesse | JackyAlcine: Dangit you stole my helping status! | 08:43 |
| zkriesse | :D | 08:43 |
| zkriesse | Nice one man good on ya | 08:44 |
| JackyAlcine | :P | 08:44 |
| JackyAlcine | thanks | 08:44 |
| s-fox | Hello. | 10:15 |
| bioterror | hi | 10:16 |
| JoeMaverickSett | Hello. | 10:17 |
| s-fox | Hello JoeMaverickSett and bioterror | 10:17 |
| s-fox | How are you both? | 10:17 |
| JoeMaverickSett | s-fox: i'm very much fine. thank you for asking. how about yourself? :) | 10:20 |
| bioterror | I know he's fine as always ;) | 10:20 |
| JoeMaverickSett | :D | 10:21 |
| s-fox | I am fine thank you JoeMaverickSett . | 10:30 |
| JoeMaverickSett | s-fox: great to hear. :) | 10:30 |
| bioterror | JoeMaverickSett, you see! I could be the future man! ;) | 10:31 |
| JoeMaverickSett | bioterror: haha, you're a psychic :D | 10:31 |
| === MrChrisDruif1 is now known as MrChrisDruif | ||
| === yofel_ is now known as yofel | ||
| richardcurran | Hello my first question here is can I ask about how to go about upgrading packages on my jaunty webserver here? | 15:26 |
| richardcurran | or should I find a different channel? I'm a n00b :) | 15:27 |
| JackyAlcine | No, you're in the right place. | 15:27 |
| richardcurran | Thanks Jacky | 15:27 |
| JackyAlcine | richardcurran: And upgrading in the sense of upgrade to a new release? | 15:27 |
| richardcurran | Well I'm going to try and upgrade my ProFTPD | 15:28 |
| richardcurran | to 1.3.3d | 15:28 |
| richardcurran | from 1.3.1 | 15:28 |
| JackyAlcine | Isn't that a downgrade? | 15:28 |
| richardcurran | haha don't start! | 15:29 |
| richardcurran | I 1.3.1 is older than 1.3.3d | 15:29 |
| richardcurran | the reason I need to do this is to become compliant for PCI DSS | 15:29 |
| richardcurran | Normally I'd have asked my web developer to do this sort of thing, but I've run out of money and now I'm my own webdeveloper | 15:30 |
| richardcurran | :( | 15:30 |
| JackyAlcine | Well, usually projects like these have source code that you can compile and utilize. | 15:30 |
| richardcurran | I thought that before I do anything I'd find where I can go for help if (/when) it all goes wrong | 15:30 |
| JackyAlcine | If you installed 1.3.3d from your repos, then you should uninstall from there first. | 15:31 |
| JackyAlcine | Otherwise, you could find the 1.3.3d's source and run a sudo make uninstall to remove it. | 15:31 |
| JackyAlcine | Then you can download 1.3.1 and compile it back into your system. | 15:31 |
| JackyAlcine | Just requires a bit of terminal knowledge. | 15:32 |
| richardcurran | Hi thanks sorry I think I mistyped earlier on, I am actually upgrading from 1.3.1 TO 1.3.3d | 15:32 |
| JackyAlcine | Lol, ah! | 15:32 |
| richardcurran | and from the documentation it appears that I need to go ahead and compile a new version, rather than "update" | 15:32 |
| JackyAlcine | Then just do the reverse. | 15:32 |
| richardcurran | ^ yes I thought i might have to | 15:33 |
| JackyAlcine | No, | 15:33 |
| JackyAlcine | wait, if the documentation said to do otherwise, then do so, it might not only preserve your settings, but that means less configuration for you. | 15:33 |
| richardcurran | this is when you use a file on your local machine, the make file, to install the package? is that right? | 15:35 |
| richardcurran | likewise for uninstalling? | 15:35 |
| richardcurran | unfortunately I don't have the original set of files on my local machine | 15:35 |
| richardcurran | Anyone have experience of upgrading PROftpd here? | 15:49 |
| duanedesign | richardcurran: it is in the repository | 15:53 |
| duanedesign | i guess the package is proftpd-basic | 15:55 |
| duanedesign | the command - apt-cache search proftpd - can show you the available packages | 15:56 |
| duanedesign | if you are interested in installing an application not in the repos (compiling) there is a nice doc on the wiki https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CompilingEasyHowTo | 15:58 |
| duanedesign | oh and if you compile a package be sure to read the ReadMe.txt | 16:02 |
| seidos | PROftpd, does it use encryption? | 16:04 |
| bioterror | haha | 16:14 |
| bioterror | ftp doesnt encrypt | 16:14 |
| bioterror | sftp does | 16:15 |
| bioterror | lftp for client and sshd for server | 16:15 |
| seidos | 0 | 16:16 |
| JackyAlcine | From the looks of the site, it uses SSL, I guess, seidos. | 16:16 |
| seidos | JackyAlcine: merci | 16:17 |
| JackyAlcine | no problem, l:D | 16:17 |
| seidos | i just asked because RedSingularity and i were talking about it yesterday | 16:17 |
| seidos | i don't really use ftp anymore | 16:17 |
| JackyAlcine | SSH? | 16:17 |
| seidos | torrents, ssh, apache2, mysql | 16:18 |
| JackyAlcine | AH! MySQL! lol. | 16:18 |
| seidos | it's a love hate relationship | 16:18 |
| bioterror | postresql is teh future! | 16:18 |
| * seidos kicks bioterror in the shin weeeee | 16:19 | |
| bioterror | I remember when I worked with sun and the guys were like wtf, why we did purchase that | 16:19 |
| JackyAlcine | Lol! | 16:20 |
| Elise001 | Why does it take so much work to keep my copy of Ubuntu up to date on my cheap used notebook? I love the concept of Ubuntu. But Windows XP seems much more reliable. I'm sorry to say this. | 16:48 |
| Elise001 | I wish I coul find an easier way to keep Ubuntu up to date. | 16:48 |
| bioterror | what? | 16:48 |
| bioterror | whats so hard in it? | 16:49 |
| bioterror | notifies you in the same way as windows, that theres new updates | 16:49 |
| JackyAlcine | Elise001: sudo apt-get dist-upgrade. | 16:49 |
| JackyAlcine | Done. | 16:49 |
| Elise001 | My old notebook seems to disconnect from my home DSL during the night when I leave my notebook running to complete downloading and installing updates. Takes so long. | 16:49 |
| bioterror | few clicks and youre updating your system | 16:49 |
| bioterror | i upgraded from maverick to natty under 20mins today | 16:50 |
| Elise001 | But it seems to die in middle all too often. It's like a sports car. Sigh. | 16:50 |
| bioterror | didnt take that long | 16:50 |
| bioterror | elise, problem is that you get disconnected? | 16:51 |
| Elise001 | Yes. | 16:51 |
| bioterror | and why you do it during night? | 16:51 |
| Elise001 | It takes hours. | 16:52 |
| bioterror | seems like problem is the NIC | 16:52 |
| bioterror | possible drivers has something | 16:52 |
| stlsaint | hey folks | 16:53 |
| bioterror | elise, would you like to tell us the download speed of your upgradings | 16:53 |
| Elise001 | I'm not sure what the speed is. I use AT&T 2wire. I,m using that right now for dsl for this netbook running windows xp and getting good response time. I will be away from computer for a few minutes. sorry. | 16:58 |
| bioterror | so much for the helping then | 17:00 |
| JackyAlcine | Elise001: There's reports from HeliOS that AT&T does have a fit with Linux systems. | 17:01 |
| bioterror | is that somekind of usb modems or what | 17:01 |
| JackyAlcine | No, it's an organization that refurbishes and gives back computers using Linux, and I remember reading that AT&T's known for giving Linux users problem with connection related to drivers or something alongst that line. | 17:02 |
| bioterror | what kind of problems could be with adsl then | 17:03 |
| bioterror | plug-in the twistedpair cabled with rj45 and connect to intahnet! | 17:04 |
| Elise001 | Not sure. Got to shower. Tonight I'll come back on this netbook, and try to upgrade ubuntu on my old notebook. Then I can give you more accurate info. Say hi to Seidos for me. Bye for now and thanks. | 17:04 |
| Elise001 | I'll just leave this up 4 a few minutes. | 17:04 |
| bioterror | i bet seidos will gladly help you P) | 17:04 |
| bioterror | ;) | 17:04 |
| zkriesse | What happened? | 17:05 |
| === udienz is now known as afghanux | ||
| === afghanux is now known as udienz | ||
| Fanshawe | Hello. How do I remove 'Open With' entries from the Nautilus context menu? | 18:18 |
| ddecator | Fanshawe: right-click, properties, then there should be a tab like "associated applications" or something like that. go there and you can remove them | 18:20 |
| ddecator | you can also change which application is used by default by doing that | 18:21 |
| Fanshawe | Right click on any folder? | 18:22 |
| JackyAlcine | Fanshawe: On the file that you want to change the default application for. | 18:22 |
| ddecator | right | 18:22 |
| ddecator | whatever filetype | 18:23 |
| ddecator | so if you want to remove openoffice as the default and/or one of the "open with" applications of .doc files, you can right-click any .doc file and change it | 18:23 |
| Fanshawe | There is no tab for the properties of folders. | 18:24 |
| ddecator | you're trying to change the "open with" for folders? | 18:25 |
| aveilleux | Fanshawe: You can't change what folders are opened with... | 18:25 |
| Fanshawe | Yes, for Nautilus, or whatever Ubuntus file browser is called. | 18:25 |
| aveilleux | Fanshawe: Files are "opened". "folders" (properly called "directories") are browsed. | 18:25 |
| ddecator | right, folders will always open within nautilus | 18:26 |
| JackyAlcine | or dolphin. | 18:26 |
| ddecator | JackyAlcine: if you use kubuntu :) | 18:26 |
| aveilleux | or PCManFM | 18:26 |
| Fanshawe | Yes. But at one time I used an 'open with' function on a folder, I think I was opening an album in a media player. | 18:26 |
| Fanshawe | I'm trying to remove that option from the context menu now. | 18:27 |
| aveilleux | Fanshawe: That's a function of the menu itself, not the "open with" submenu. | 18:27 |
| aveilleux | Fanshawe: This should help you out http://techthrob.com/2009/03/02/howto-add-items-to-the-right-click-menu-in-nautilus/ | 18:28 |
| aveilleux | Fanshawe: I know it says "add" but I assume the same utility can be used to remove items as well. | 18:28 |
| s-fox | Goodbye. | 18:29 |
| Fanshawe | A screen shot does show a 'delete' function. I'll try it out. | 18:29 |
| ddecator | ...was that silverfox? | 18:29 |
| Fanshawe | Or, someone else has recommended I navigate to '~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list'. | 18:30 |
| Fanshawe | I've got it. Thank you all. | 18:34 |
| === szczur_ is now known as szczur | ||
| tool88 | can i dual boot ubuntu with ubuntu? | 21:18 |
| JackyAlcine | tool88: yes. | 21:18 |
| head_victim | tool88: surely can, just make sure you adjust the grub entries so you don't get them confused :D | 21:18 |
| tool88 | will ubuntu do the partion like windows | 21:18 |
| tool88 | not sure how to do that | 21:19 |
| head_victim | tool88: depends on what you mean by "like windows" | 21:19 |
| tool88 | iso it runs side by side i mean | 21:19 |
| bioterror | ofcourse | 21:20 |
| tool88 | so how would i adjust the grub then? | 21:20 |
| bioterror | it should ajust itself automatically ;) | 21:20 |
| tool88 | ok thats what i was hoping | 21:21 |
| bioterror | mmm | 21:21 |
| bioterror | not it wont, I think :D | 21:21 |
| head_victim | Yeah, I was just saying if you have the same kernels and the same everything else you might want to adjust them manually so you can tell them apart easily | 21:21 |
| tool88 | well the one i was going to mess with the nvidia driver | 21:22 |
| tool88 | after i install the driver i lose my gui | 21:22 |
| tool88 | so i wanted to mess with the one till i got it right | 21:22 |
| bioterror | you dont need another installation for that | 21:23 |
| bioterror | you can always remove xorg.conf and remove certain packages and start from the beginning | 21:23 |
| tool88 | after i lose my gui i cant get to the recovery screen | 21:23 |
| tool88 | it dosnt show | 21:23 |
| tool88 | problem is i have a lap top with a broken screen and for some reason when i install the driver the crt i use is just black | 21:24 |
| tool88 | like it only default the video to the laptop moniter | 21:25 |
| bioterror | you can get to TTY? | 21:27 |
| bioterror | ctrl+alt+f1? | 21:27 |
| tool88 | yeah i do that but i cant get the failsafe-x to work | 21:28 |
| tool88 | and hitting esc is eigther hit or miss | 21:29 |
| asterismo | hi people | 21:38 |
| asterismo | i have a problem | 21:39 |
| asterismo | is there any way to recover deleted and empty trashed files from an EXT4 external 500GB hard drive? | 21:39 |
| holstein | check out http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec asterismo | 21:40 |
| holstein | i use it from http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ | 21:40 |
| holstein | might be an easier way though | 21:40 |
| asterismo | i already tried scalpel, but it extracted several 47 MB avi files... i want to recover a bunch of avi files from 700 MB to 2 GB in size | 21:41 |
| asterismo | but the drive is ok | 21:42 |
| * holstein never used scalpel | 21:42 | |
| holstein | photorec shouldnt care what size or filetype | 21:43 |
| asterismo | is just that i deleted some large files and empty trash, and then realized that i had no backuo | 21:43 |
| asterismo | backup, so i should try to recover, like undelete | 21:43 |
| asterismo | but scalpel did not worked at all | 21:43 |
| holstein | sure | 21:43 |
| holstein | or try using photorec | 21:43 |
| holstein | literally cant hurt | 21:44 |
| asterismo | but does PhotoRec support AVI files? | 21:44 |
| holstein | photorec just grabs | 21:44 |
| holstein | it dont care what its grabbing | 21:44 |
| holstein | it doesnt 'support' anything really | 21:44 |
| holstein | or not support anything that is* | 21:44 |
| holstein | i bet it works great on drives that are still working properly | 21:45 |
| holstein | im usually using it on failing hardware | 21:45 |
| holstein | with surprising results | 21:45 |
| asterismo | i see that it is somehow related to testdisk | 21:47 |
| asterismo | i tried testdisk but did not figure out how it works | 21:47 |
| holstein | thats why i use it from http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ | 21:47 |
| holstein | its in the menu | 21:47 |
| holstein | in partedmagic or whatever | 21:48 |
| holstein | do what you want, but i think its safe to say | 21:48 |
| holstein | if photorec dont get em | 21:48 |
| holstein | you can give up | 21:48 |
| bioterror | holstein, trinity rescue kit is also good tool | 21:53 |
| SpaceDuck_ | Is there any issue with leaving directories mounted (Windows shares and FTPs)? Are they alway connected or do the timeout after awhile like a normal FTP client? | 22:43 |
| head_victim | I've never had one time out | 22:44 |
| SpaceDuck_ | I meant more disconnect wen idle | 22:44 |
| head_victim | I've had samba shares mounted for weeks on end without a hitch. I'd say it's something you could set up to time out though | 22:44 |
| head_victim | Ah well the folder sits on my desktop for weeks on end even when not in use, might not have a connection open permanently though if that's what you mean. | 22:45 |
| SpaceDuck_ | I'm more concerned about the FTP.... I leave the computer on 24/7 and don't want to be connected to the ftp that long. | 22:46 |
| SpaceDuck_ | so if it's mounted... it's connected? | 22:46 |
| SpaceDuck_ | I was hoping I didn't need to mount and unmount... I guess I was hoping ubunut would automount on demand or something | 22:47 |
| head_victim | It's able to be used, it might not actually have data travelling over the network 24/7. I'm sure you could set the server up to drop connections after they have been idle for x amount of time. | 22:48 |
| SpaceDuck_ | heh, I think I've been connected to my ftp for a week | 22:48 |
| SpaceDuck_ | or at least it's been mounted for a week | 22:49 |
| head_victim | Yeah sorry I'm not technical enough to differentiate between "connected" and "mounted" sorry :/ I would have to go do some googling to be sure | 22:49 |
| === markus is now known as newlad | ||
| newlad | good evenbing | 23:52 |
| newlad | anyone here | 23:52 |
| newlad | ? | 23:52 |
| aveilleux | hello newlad | 23:54 |
| newlad | hye...i have a weird problem! | 23:54 |
| newlad | facebook wont work on my laptop | 23:54 |
| newlad | netbook actually | 23:54 |
| newlad | its working from the other guys system but its no coming up on mine...other pages work find, just FB doesnt | 23:55 |
| newlad | i also cant send emails | 23:55 |
| newlad | does that make any sense? | 23:55 |
| newlad | i tried dooble and frirefox... | 23:57 |
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