[00:00] hey guys [00:01] anyone on that typically attends the Akron Ubuntu Hour? Have a co-worker that is interested in coming, but wants to make sure his drive is worth it [00:01] I go to the mansfield one :) [00:02] we're just trying to get a feel for what goes on at the meeting [00:03] We're discussing going to the one next week, we're both going to the NEOISF meeting in Independence tomorrow night [00:03] brb [00:18] back for a few [00:19] Cheri, what do you folks do at the Mansfield Hour? [00:24] we just hang out and chat, various stuff, sometimes ubuntu, sometimes computers in general, if someone has a question or issue we'll help out. we're a SMALL group right now [00:54] Greetings programs! [00:57] Hey TheErk! [01:03] Hello Unit193 . How are you functioning? [01:03] TheErk: how's things? [01:04] TheErk: Not bad, playing a game... [01:07] hey TheErk Unit193 Cheri703 [01:07] I did some digging on the ubuntu forums about the issue we were chatting about last night [01:08] yeah? [01:08] two common fixes I've seen have been to use Ionice and WICD [01:09] thoughts? [01:10] no clue [01:10] I was going to give it a go tonight when I get home from work, but have no idea what either of those do exactly (haven't had time to research it deeply) [01:14] How did the LiveCD go? [01:17] Haven't had a chance to do that either [01:17] crummy work schedule is crummy [01:17] going to give that a go tonight as a matter of fact [01:18] something else I remembered after I logged off last night was: When performing a large file operation (like copying say, 10GB of data from an external HDD) the entire system slows to a crawl, is that normal? [01:18] that has happened on numerous fresh installs since 9.04 [01:29] I'll touch base with you folks in an hour or so, leaving work now. [01:46] I'm going to be messing with partitions on my computer tonight...should be interesting... [01:46] remove them [01:46] you don't need em [01:46] rm -vf * [01:46] Fixes any issue [01:47] ha, no [01:48] going to dual boot with 10.10 [01:49] 10.10 and what? [01:51] 10.04 [01:52] I use 10.04 generally, but need to familiarize myself with 10.10, as I'm going to be training some people, want to dual-boot because previously, when using 10.10, I had issues, so am being cautious [01:53] Dang finch! [03:01] Hello [03:04] ah, 10.10 [03:07] * canthus13 just got a 500GB hd for his lappy today... may install 10.10 to see how badly it breaks... [03:09] yeah, I made a separate partition for it, so we'll see how it goes [03:14] I'm trying to reserve the library room and it will not let me because I'm using firefox.. Dang it!!! [03:17] Fail [03:17] Reminds me, T-Mobile's site doesn't support "Safari"...it's chrome, not safari. :P [03:17] Yay for lame devs [03:18] Doesn't support webkit. [03:18] silly. [03:19] Yes, very. [03:20] I fired up konqueror, disabled the browserid and it worked fine :P [03:20] Well not only is the site giving me fits, I also forgot my library pin # [03:21] BiosElement: it all works until you go to register the room, then it fails [03:21] Fun fun [03:22] Hmm.. mebbe I'll install Debian with my new drive instead... [03:22] have fun with that [03:22] dmcglone: From what I've been reading, 10.04 and up have issues with the broadcom STA drivers. I really don't want to deal with that. [03:23] I don't blame you [03:44] Ok I'm out. Catch you all tomorrow hopefully === Cheri703_ is now known as Cheri703 === Cheri703_ is now known as Cheri703 [19:16] afternoon folks [19:17] anyone have a sec to field a question? [19:18] Just ask it, it'll be quicker. ^_^ [19:18] lol right on [19:18] picked up a Linksys E3000 router (my netgear bit it last night after I got home) [19:18] and here's my question: My board k9n2gm-fd supports Gig ethernet, the e3000 supports gig ethernet, but I can't figure out how to enable it in Ubuntu 10.10 [19:20] I'm clueless however, did find this. Not sure how helpful it is. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=143982 [19:20] my google-fu has been iffy today, lol [19:22] so it appears that all that is really needed is to change the MTU for the NIC to accept "jumbo frames" [19:23] Seems so. Again I claim ignorence heh [19:23] me too, that's why I came here to ask [19:23] perhaps I should hop into the Ubuntu support IRC to be safe, lol [19:24] They might be more helpful [19:25] Most of the intelligent folks around here are off at work :P [19:25] yeah, I have the day off, lol [19:25] aight, well, thanks Bios [19:25] wanna get this stuff up and running real soon so I can play some WoW before I head off to the NEOISF meeting [19:25] thanks for the hel [19:25] help* [19:26] Yep. ^_^ [21:49] Finally! I installed the block domains extension in chrome...now I can prevent experts-exchange from showing up in search results! [21:51] heh [21:54] LOL thafreak [21:54] That's the FIRST site I added [21:55] Next was scribd [22:02] seriously, why bother showing it to me in results if I can only see the info if I pay $ [22:02] mega dumb [22:02] Because some people will pay [22:02] canthus13: hey, I got my pogoplug...I think I know why it hasn't been reported to have heat issues... [22:03] it's relatively large [22:03] but, the built in software/service is actually pretty neat... [22:07] You don't *have* to pay for experts-exchange... just set your UA to google bot and go to the end of the page... [22:09] thafreak: Nice. :) [22:09] Anyone know how to get wicd to show up in the notification area? [22:16] bah. I got it up for the moment... dunno if it'll keep working after a reboot, though. [22:22] Not liking the crap speeds I get from this new wireless card. :( [22:27] hooray for GIANT shipping boxes for just a keyboard! [22:29] Heh. [22:36] seriously, like 2'x3'x1', a bunch of brown paper, and A KEYBOARD in a retail box...not even a keyboard/mouse combo -_- [22:59] Trying to decide between using the HP recovery partition (that puts a TON of crap/bloatware/whatever on) or just doing a clean generic install of xp home for a client's computer... [23:50] I take it you can't use Pro? (use the CD) [23:51] well...could...I'm contemplating that as well... [23:53] I guess if it has a home sticker... [23:55] eh, we'll see