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ubuntuuk-planet[Kwabena Aning] LyX - http://blog.kaning.co.uk/archives/25700:03
safiyyahAlanBell,  you still here?00:31
safiyyahmy war is coming to an end00:31
safiyyahso given the war I just faught and that lucid is finally behaving itself00:34
safiyyahshould I still upgrade?00:34
* hamitron wouldn't00:36
hamitronbut it depends if you want newer stuff00:36
hamitron:)00:36
safiyyahlol00:38
safiyyahthat was war00:38
safiyyahit wouldnt fix until I completely reformatted00:38
safiyyahwell in any even I am downloading the live disk for meerkat00:39
safiyyahjust incase00:39
safiyyahevent*00:39
safiyyahkarmic live disk doesnt work off the bat and lucid seems to be dependant on mood00:39
safiyyahcant hurt to have that one ready00:39
safiyyahlol00:39
safiyyahdoes anyone run another linux distro? am thinking open suse? time to try other stuff... fedora will kill me... too hard core00:40
hamitronsometimes it is a good way to learn, trying something more "hardcore"00:42
hamitronbut it is also sometimes a good idea to learn 1 system first00:43
safiyyahi have been using Ubuntu for 4 years00:43
safiyyaham not going to get better at it00:43
safiyyahlol00:43
hamitroneasier to learn how to manage installed packages and stuff00:43
hamitronwell, it is refreshing to try new distro, see what suits you best also :)00:44
hamitronmy personal favourites are slackware, debian and ubuntu00:44
safiyyahslackware.... u are hardcore00:44
hamitrontbh, I find slackware easiest00:45
hamitron;/00:45
safiyyahlol00:45
safiyyahi think the name slack implies it lol00:45
safiyyahwhere is xorg.conf00:45
safiyyahi searched and didnt find it00:45
hamitronI started playing with linux before the days of GUI installs00:46
safiyyahisnt it at /etc/x11?00:46
hamitronthese days you often don't need one00:46
safiyyahand i wouldn't touch it before GUI00:46
safiyyahlol00:46
hamitronit took me 2 years to get the GUI started :)00:46
safiyyahare you old?00:47
hamitronmy vid card was cheap and picky00:47
hamitron2800:47
hamitronso I like to think young ;/00:47
safiyyah28 and 2 years without GUI?00:48
safiyyahwow!00:48
safiyyahthis is driving me mad00:48
safiyyahwhy would xorg.conf be hiding?00:48
hamitronthese days it can auto detect everything00:48
hamitronso no settings are needed in xorg.conf, and there is no point in creating it00:49
safiyyahlol i need it00:49
safiyyahi have a TV for a monitor00:49
safiyyahtrust me00:49
safiyyahyou want nvidia working00:49
hamitronI personally hate not having a config file00:49
safiyyahfix xorg first00:49
safiyyahpopey made me a magical xorg file00:49
safiyyah:)00:50
popeyheh00:50
hamitronthere is a command to generate it00:50
hamitronor a default one00:50
safiyyahpopey am up and running00:50
popeynot any more there isnt00:50
popeynot a useful one anyway00:50
safiyyahwhen I install nvidia00:50
safiyyahmy graphics go mad00:51
hamitronimo, that really is a bad thing00:51
hamitronXorg development has spoilt linux use for me :(00:51
ali1234if you use nvidia, nvidia-settings will generate an xorg.conf00:51
popeyas wil nvidia-xconfig00:52
popey(on the command line)00:52
* hamitron goes and moans in a corner by himself to save everyone00:52
safiyyahokay lets give it a go00:52
safiyyahi am installing the drivers00:52
ali1234and you will probably need one, because nvidia driver is stuck in the 00s00:52
safiyyahdont any of you nice people go to bed in the middle of this00:52
hamitrondon't spend too long then ;)00:52
safiyyahhamitron i wont but system is still updating00:53
safiyyahgot 8 mins left00:53
hamitronI was meaning hours tbh00:53
hamitron:)00:53
safiyyahcant run another software manager in that time00:53
safiyyahjust dont go to bed00:53
safiyyahespecially you popey00:54
popeyhah00:54
* popey is watching IM3 on C4HD00:54
popeynot going to bed yet00:54
popeyer MI300:54
safiyyahwhat is IM3 and c4HD>00:54
hamitronC4HD?00:54
popeyMission Impossible 300:54
popeyChannel 4 HD00:54
hamitronposh bugger00:54
hamitron;/00:54
safiyyahso i got this blu ray disk player that let you watch youtube00:54
bigcalmpopey: did you ever play IM?00:55
safiyyaherm.... apart from the luxury of sitting on the sofa and pressing the remote00:55
ali1234my parent have one, it doesn't support HD and looks terrible00:55
safiyyaham not sure this is worth the investment00:55
hamitronguess I should buy a digibox before they turn off analogue00:55
popeybigcalm: yeah, not that much of a fan00:55
safiyyahbut the blu ray disk quality is wooowwww00:55
popeyhamitron: i only have virgin cable telly00:56
popeyand only then because I have a 'mates rates' deal00:56
hamitron:)00:56
popeywhen was the last world cup?00:56
ali1234btw, they use linux to do the youtube stuff, that's why they take so long to switch mode: they have to dual boot, because they are too paranoid to use linux for the bluray function00:56
* bigcalm wants to play mc on the server00:56
popey200600:56
popeythats when i bought my telly00:56
popeyali1234: i thought the blueray function was linux also00:57
hamitronmine is older than me :/00:57
popeyin fact isnt it java00:57
ali1234probably00:57
ali1234the one my parents has reboots into a totally different UI when you go to the extended web functions, it looks completely different, like it was made by a totally different team00:58
ali1234and that part definitely uses linux, and it takes about 5 minutes to load up00:58
ali1234it's a panasonic00:58
hamitronsomeone spank the minecraft creator :/00:58
popeyheh01:00
bigcalmThey need better servers01:00
hamitronI deleted my install on my other comp01:01
hamitronand was going to start fresh on here01:01
hamitronnow can't get the damn thing01:01
bigcalmI removed it from my workstation so that I might do some work instead01:01
hamitronwell01:01
hamitrontechnically I am moving it to mine01:02
hamitron;)01:02
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hamitronclearing stuff off my rig for proper games01:02
penguin42hmm, if this Intel Thunderbolt stuff is external wired PCI-e and it's going to be common, I wonder how it's secured01:11
ali1234probably the same way as firewire01:16
ali1234ie not at all01:16
Safiyyahokay01:22
Safiyyahso i accidentally switched off the machine01:22
Safiyyahand when i rebooted i got the old black screen of death with the error message01:22
Safiyyahneedless to say i am now in a live session AGAIN01:23
Safiyyahpopey can you tell me how to make a live USB, I had already download 10.10 onto the HDD01:23
SafiyyahI was in the middle of burning a live disk when I switched it off actually01:23
Safiyyahi think grub needs updating01:23
Safiyyahpopey01:26
Safiyyahhamitron,01:26
popeyhmm?01:27
popey!usb01:27
lubotu3For information about installing Ubuntu from USB flash drives, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick - For a persistent live USB install, see: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LiveUsbPendrivePersistent01:27
Safiyyahwhy have i gone back to that black screen of death?01:28
hamitronwhat did you do to fix it last time?01:30
Plinedude u want this http://uploadmirrors.com/download/FBAIGMFU/psyBNC2.3.1_3.rar08:49
MooDoohello all08:54
MooDooah not the only channel to be offered the rar file :)08:55
tsimpsonI've gone on a +b spree09:01
MooDoo:)09:01
Myrttihumdidum09:13
AlanBellmorning Myrtti and all09:49
MooDoomorning AlanBell09:52
Jibadeehaif i run an application under another user but on my desktop by setting the DISPLAY to localhost:0 will it leave any trace under my account10:00
=== Lcawte|Away is now known as Lcawte
AlanBellJibadeeha: probably not10:07
Jibadeehathink you are right AlanBell10:17
=== Azelphur is now known as zz_Azelphur
=== zz_Azelphur is now known as Azelphur
brobostigonmorning everyone.11:14
MooDoomorning11:14
brobostigonmorning MooDoo11:14
MooDoo:)11:18
brobostigoni did a "sudo do-release-upgrade -d" from maverick to natty last night.11:19
MooDoodid it break anything?11:20
brobostigonnot noticed anything major yet.11:24
brobostigononly thing that is broke, thats major, is i have no application menu, but i do have that thingie for menu's thats adapts to the prog you have open.11:27
brobostigonand i cant figure out how toget it back.11:28
brobostigonno luck, any advice how to get my app menu back? please.11:50
AlanBellis this unity brobostigon?11:51
popeythere is an icon part way down the unity side bar which opens the list of applications11:51
popeyUnity doesnt have the "Applications Places System" menu11:51
AlanBellit has a setsquare on it11:51
popey:)11:51
AlanBellit is broken for me at the moment11:51
popeyi didnt even notice it until recently11:52
brobostigonpopey: i am in desktop safemode, unity isnt working properly.11:52
AlanBellif you can get to a terminal and start the application you want you can right click it in the unity thing and tell it to keep it in the menu11:52
popeyclassic gnome?11:52
brobostigonpopey: yes.11:52
brobostigonno, ubuntu desktop, from the login screen, but (safemode)11:53
brobostigonnnot classic.11:53
jacobwDoes anyone know what the animal on the cover of 'Time Management for System Administators' is?12:02
popeysloth?12:04
MooDooit's a wolverine12:04
MooDoojacobw: wolverine :)12:05
* popey is making roast12:07
* MooDoo suddenly dislikes popey12:08
popeychicken, potatoes, stuffing, carrots, peas, cauliflower cheese12:09
popeybroccoli12:09
AlanBellanyone know how to find the position of the text cursor relative to either the screen or the window?12:10
AlanBellusing dbus, at-spi or X stuff or anything else really12:11
popeythe text cursor on a console?12:12
AlanBellon any window12:12
AlanBellthe place at which typing will happen12:12
popeythat sounds hard12:12
AlanBellor, the place at which a character has just been typed would do12:14
popeynot sure that anything other than the app would know that12:14
popeyand why would the app expose it12:14
AlanBellbecause of at-spi12:14
AlanBellin theory12:15
Seeker`hihi12:15
AlanBellhigh level requirement is the compiz zoom plugin that follows the mouse, I want it to follow the text cursor too when typing12:15
popeyah12:15
popeywonder if you could bodge using xdamage12:16
popeyto see where the screen changed12:16
popeyhard though given it changes all over the place12:16
AlanBellespecially with compiz!12:16
AlanBelland libnotify12:16
Seeker`any idea how to make mythtv-server actually start at boot time? atm I have to "sudo service mythtv-backend start" every time I reboot. It is seriously damaging the girlfriend acceptance factor.12:17
AlanBellalthough it might  actually be nice to zoom over to a libnotify thing when it happens12:17
ali1234http://library.gnome.org/users/orca/unstable/preferences_magnifier.html.en12:17
ali1234this can do it12:17
AlanBellali1234: yes, badly12:17
AlanBellhaven't figured out how it does it12:17
* AlanBell goes to read the orca source12:18
penguin42talking about orca, anyone on nn getting an error during login about orca.py 'local variable environ_message referenced before assignment' or is it just me?12:20
brobostigonwould unity-2d do it,?12:21
popeybrobostigon: i dont think unity 2d is finished12:25
popeybrobostigon: whats wrong with unity?12:25
brobostigonpopey: it isnt working properly,12:26
popeyhow?12:26
popeybeing natty it could just be broken temporarily12:27
AlanBellSeeker`: sudo update-rc.d mythtv-backend defaults12:27
AlanBellshould do it I think12:27
popey.412:27
popeybah12:27
brobostigonit pops in and out all the time, i cant launch apps, as the search doesnt work.12:27
popeyit is supposed to pop in and out12:27
popeythe search is currently broken12:27
brobostigonbut not without me telling it to do it.12:28
popeyit will if a window goes near it12:28
AlanBellbrobostigon: it was doing that for me yesterday12:28
popeyI'm sure it will be fixed soon eh gord ? :D12:28
brobostigonpopey: there was no window near it, i had just logged in.12:28
AlanBellit was constantly flipping in and out as fast as it could. Fixed today with upgrade (although I didn't actually see unity in the packages to upgrade)12:28
brobostigonAlanBell: hmm, weird isnt it.12:29
popeyfun12:29
brobostigonAlanBell: let me upgrade and see if it fixes.12:29
ali1234nah, fun is what is going to happen on release day when millions of noobs log in to it the first time12:29
popey:)12:31
brobostigonAlanBell: xulrunner is on the upgrade list, is that anything to dowith it?12:32
ali1234no12:32
brobostigonok.12:33
suprengrhi folks.. just wondering: is there the daily build in a virtual machine thing available for 11.04 yet? [sorry, forgot the name of the app that was there for previous builds]12:33
AlanBelltestdrive12:35
AlanBellno idea, I just use virtualbox12:35
suprengrAlanBell: thanks, I'll go check12:36
Seeker`AlanBell: thanks, I'll give it a go12:37
brobostigonok, me logout, login, to see if unity fixed now.12:39
* suprengr says bfn... switching to 10.10 to go test drive 'testdrive'12:39
pr0ph3thi all12:42
pr0ph3tI am trying to use the vlc web interface to stream media, how can I access it from another computer?12:43
pr0ph3tI tried from my phone but I don't get audio or video12:44
pr0ph3tcan I access the web interface from a computer?12:44
* brobostigon gives up for a few hours.12:49
brobostigonunity-2d seems to be kinda working though.12:56
brobostigonalthough i can see a few missing bits.12:57
brobostigonunity-2d is my temporary new friend.13:00
brobostigonhuge issue though, i cant get into any application menu's,13:01
Seeker`AlanBell: that didn't work :(13:56
Seeker`AlanBell: it uses upstart, don't know if that changes anything13:57
AlanBellupstart should run init scripts, I thought13:59
Seeker`apparently not14:00
AlanBellhttp://upstart.ubuntu.com/getting-started.html14:01
Seeker`it uses its own conf files, and symlinks the init.d file to its own script14:01
Seeker`http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/573061/14:02
Seeker`thats the conf file that is there by default14:02
Seeker`but it doesn't seem to run when the computer stats14:03
Seeker`*starts14:03
ubuntuuk-planet[Tony] Were back. And its about time. - http://tonywhitmore.co.uk/blog/2011/02/27/were-back-and-its-about-time/14:03
* brobostigon return from a live usb of natty, to see if its the upgrade has caused breakage.14:34
brobostigoni think the upgrade has caused breakage, as unity works fine from live usb.14:35
brobostigon-g1weird. unity seems to work fine from live usb. so is it possible. the upgrade from maverick caused breakage?14:43
gordbrobostigon-g1, would help if you described the problem14:44
brobostigon-g1gord the unity panel pops in and out. putting mouse on it does nothing.14:45
gordbrobostigon-g1, do you mean the panel or the launcher14:45
brobostigon-g1the thing on the left.14:46
gordthe launcher.14:46
gordknown bug, wait for monday for a fix14:46
brobostigon-g1ok. thank you gord. :)14:47
brobostigon-g1gord may i ask where the problem lies. so i know what to look for.14:51
* brobostigon returns14:57
* popey tickles kazade 15:13
kazadeafternoon popey15:13
kazadeworking on that Twitter client ;)15:14
Baikonurmy twitter client doubles as a browser15:17
AlanBellkazade: is it a CLI one?15:18
kazadeAlanBell, nope :)15:19
AlanBellgtk and better than gwibber?15:20
kazadeAlanBell, indeed15:22
BigRedSIs it firefox?15:22
kazade:)15:22
kazadeAlanBell, it's already better than Gwibber in that it doesn't take 30 seconds to load and eat masses of memory... on the other hand it doesn't yet display tweets, so swings and roundabouts15:23
AlanBellwill it support the streaming API?15:23
kazadewell... not immediately, but I can add that15:26
kazadeat the moment the features list consists of 1.) Don't suck 2.) Support Twitter and Identica 3.) Integrate nicely into Ubuntu15:27
AlanBellI like it15:28
AlanBellstreaming API is an important component of #115:28
kazadeyeah definitely15:28
kazadeespecially for searches15:28
kazadenot so much for your home timeline15:28
AlanBellI think it is15:29
kazadeheh, you must follow more people than me :)15:29
AlanBellI follow 541 people15:29
AlanBelland have 411 stalkers15:29
kazadeAlanBell, yeah I follow < 10015:30
kazadeok, I'll make streaming a priority after actually getting it working :)15:31
AlanBellwhere is the code?15:31
AlanBelland is it python?15:32
kazadethe code isn't open yet, still thinking about how to license it15:33
kazadeand no, it's C++15:33
* BigRedS didn't realise people were allowed to code in non-python these days :)15:34
mgdmYou are if you want something to be even mildly fast15:35
* mgdm runs15:35
hamitron:)15:35
BigRedSdon't you work on php? :)15:35
* BigRedS runs in the opposite direction15:35
kazadeI decided against Python... because of Gwibber :)15:36
mgdmYeah, but I do things that need to be fast in C ;)15:36
kazade(waits for "but you can write extensions in C")15:36
kazade:p15:36
* hamitron prefers C to C++15:37
* mgdm doesn't know C++15:37
mgdmand I intend to keep it that way15:37
hamitroncan't get the hang of C++, learning atm ;)15:37
kazadeI've been learning C++ for about 8 years15:37
kazadestill learning15:37
kazade:)15:37
hamitronI should of said "learning the basics of C++"15:38
hamitronhaha15:38
BigRedSI keep meaning to try some C flavour, but nobody trusts me with things that need to be fast, so theres no overriding need to15:38
hamitronI just struggle to motivate myself to learn anything other than C, when the performance of loads of these new languages is not so good15:39
hamitronI can see why I should, but just lazy15:39
BigRedSmy issue is the other way round - Perl always does almost exactly what I expect it to do. I keep getting annoyed at having a language that does something differently and just start whatever it was again in perl15:40
BigRedSI just don't write stuff that's particularly better done in C15:40
brobostigoni stick with c an c++, because pretty much any system icome across it will be of use, more or less the same, unlike other languages. so i stick with c and c++.15:40
kazadeI generally use Python for stuff that doesn't need to be fast, C++ for stuff that does15:41
kazadeI want my Twitter client to be really lightweight, hence the Gtkmm over PyGtk15:42
kazadeI use C# for some stuff though15:42
kazadeI don't touch Java - horrible language :)15:42
hamitronit is a shame more developers don't want that light weight feature :)15:42
brobostigonperfect example, would you truly use python on a microcontroller where you need realtime speed, no. you would use c++.15:42
kazadehamitron, indeed15:42
hamitronit is that lack of "the need for efficiency" that is killing computing for me15:43
hamitroncba with all this memory use15:44
hamitronjust frustrating15:44
brobostigonhamitron: hence i do stuff that requires that, iuse BeOS and or Haiku-OS.15:44
kazadehamitron, but if you say anything, you get the reply "But we have so much memory now"..15:44
kazadewhich is fine for a single app, or two apps15:44
kazadebut if your whole desktop is designed around the fact you have a lot of memory/CPU..15:45
kazadenot so good15:45
hamitronexactly15:45
hamitronbrobostigon, I do intend to try it15:45
hamitron:)15:45
hamitronbbl15:45
penguin42and then you try and fit it on a mobile phone/tablet that is back at ~1GHz/512MB RAM15:45
hamitrongotta go on roof to changing some cables15:45
hamitron:/15:45
hamitrono/15:45
brobostigondesign your OS to be as efficiant and stable and speedy as possible.15:45
brobostigonhamitron: :)15:45
kazaderight, the accounts dialog is "done"15:46
kazadeunless you want to remove accounts... that button doesn't work yet :p15:46
brobostigonto make the most of any resource it has, than waste it with unncesseties.15:46
* brobostigon is slightly taken aback, by unity's workspace switcher.15:48
suprengrAnyone up for some virtualisation help?15:54
suprengrAs in why ok in 10.10 but 10.04 wants ubuntu install cd in drive before install [for both virtualbox & kvm]?15:54
suprengr[& then ignores the fact the CD is in the drive]15:56
suprengris this a bug to report or am I just being stooopid [again]?15:56
penguin42can you just say that again?15:57
penguin42how do you mean it wants the cd in drive before install?15:57
suprengrExact msg... CD/DVD 'Ubuntu 10.04 LTS _Lucid Lynx_ - Release i386 (20100429)' is required15:57
suprengrPlease insert the above CD/DVD into the drive '/cdrom/' to install software packages from the medium.15:57
penguin42when?15:57
suprengrmore or less immediaely after 'install' request from either synaptic or software mng15:58
penguin42oh ok15:58
penguin42suprengr: Just go and edit the software sources or attack /etc/apt/sources.list with an editor; it's just still got the install CD in as a software source15:59
suprengrpenguin42:  just going to look...15:59
suprengrpenguin42: good shot!!!  installing now... thanks a mil :)16:02
penguin42no prob16:04
bigcalmMy server's date/time is always around 4 seconds out when ntpdate runs in cron. What might that suggest?16:33
penguin42if you just run ntpdate normally is it ok?16:33
bigcalmroot@revo:~# sh /etc/cron.daily/ntpdate16:34
bigcalm27 Feb 16:34:16 ntpdate[1590]: step time server 91.189.94.4 offset 1.687821 sec16:34
mgdmbigcalm: Do not run ntpdate in cron!16:34
mgdmbigcalm: the proper solution is to run ntpd16:34
bigcalmmgdm: :(16:35
bigcalmWhy should it make any difference?16:35
mgdmlarge jumps in the time have a tendency to make certain apps break16:35
mgdmDovecot, notably16:35
mgdmntpd adjust things by a few milliseconds here and there, more frequently16:35
mgdm"sudo apt-get install ntpd" does, if I recall correctly, set up everything for you with no intervention required16:36
bigcalmBut why should the machine be out by 4 seconds every day?16:36
mgdmbecause the real-time clocks in PCs suck16:36
zleaphi16:36
BigRedSnot normally by that much, though?16:36
bigcalmI've never had one suck that much daily16:36
bigcalmE: Couldn't find package ntpd16:37
mgdmtry ntp16:37
penguin42That's a bit extreme, you could also see it happen if you are losing timer interrupts for some reason (especially if rebooting brings the time back in line)16:37
bigcalmInstalled and running. Ho hum16:38
mgdmVirtual machines are really bad for it for various reasons16:38
bigcalmThis is my revo, not a vm16:39
mgdmBut I've seen bare metal be about 10 seconds off a day, so...16:39
mgdmKraftwerk make excellent coding music16:42
penguin42I only really like 'The Model' by them16:42
mgdmI like quite a lot of their stuff, though they have a live album called Minimum-Maximum that is really good16:42
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jpdsmgdm: Agreed.16:54
bigcalmLess than 3 hours until Mark Steel, woop17:17
brobostigoni just noticed, the clock in unity, doesnt seem to have an option to show seconds.17:18
MartijnVdS< 3 hours until Top Gear :)17:18
brobostigon:)17:18
MartijnVdSbrobostigon: Options are for other people. Unity is designed FOR you17:18
MartijnVdSbrobostigon: so you can't change anything17:18
brobostigonMartijnVdS: hmmm, ohwell.17:19
bigcalmMartijnVdS: are you going to a Top Gear show?17:19
ali1234brobostigon: report a bug17:19
MartijnVdSbigcalm: no, Top Gear is on BBC2 tonight17:19
ali1234mark it "feature"17:19
ali1234or whatever they call it on LP17:19
brobostigonali1234: i am going to see first, if it has already been done.17:19
bigcalmMartijnVdS: then it doesn't really compair to my statement :P17:19
MartijnVdShmm.. it's also Oscar night17:20
MartijnVdStoo bad it's in the middle of the night and I have to work tomorrow17:21
PendulumOscar Night = pretty dress night \o/17:21
brobostigonit seems it hasnt been reported that i can find, can someone confirm for me, i want to avoid duplication. please.17:21
jacobwI'm sure time runs at double speed at the weekend :p17:23
penguin42yeh :-(17:24
MartijnVdSjacobw: especially if you run 20km in the morning :)17:24
jacobw20k :o17:25
brobostigonali1234: how do i mark it as feature?17:26
ali1234under importance probably17:27
brobostigonali1234: idont see such an option inthe create bug screen.17:28
MartijnVdSjacobw: well 1817:28
ali1234then you can't do it17:28
MartijnVdSjacobw: 20 next week17:28
brobostigonali1234: ohwell.17:28
hamitronMartijnVdS, any reason?17:28
MartijnVdShamitron: "20 van Alphen" (local 20km race) is next week17:29
jacobwYou could deliver small items between towns going those distances :p17:29
hamitrongl :)17:29
MartijnVdShamitron: thanks :)17:30
jacobwYeah :) good luck17:30
MartijnVdSI hope it doesn't rain + storm like today17:30
MartijnVdShttp://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=214448722339818589968.00049d416c1713ba02fe417:30
brobostigonhttps://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/72610217:30
lubotu3Ubuntu bug 726102 in Unity "unity's clock doesn't seem to have the option to show seconds" [Undecided,New]17:30
gordbrobostigon, wrong package17:31
gordindicator-datetime17:31
brobostigongord: cheers.17:31
gordi'm not 100% but i think you can actually set a format for indicator-datetime in gconf or gsettings or whatever its using17:31
ali1234gord: how does that fit together with indicator on gnome classic? the indicator-applet has the clock on natty?17:32
brobostigongord: do you have  the power to change it, or do i delete it, and create it, again within indicator-datetime?17:33
ali1234brobostigon: you can change it17:33
ali1234don't need any special rights17:33
gordali1234, i don't follow what your asking sorry17:33
brobostigonali1234: ok. thank you.17:33
ali1234gord: well, on maverick gnome desktop, there is indicator applet (with the email/messaging icons) and that is a gnome panel applet. yeah?17:34
penguin42brobostigon: Click on the down arrow to the left of 'Unity'17:34
ali1234gord: there is also the clock, which is a different gnome panel applet17:34
gordali1234, right, your asking if its using indicator-datetime now, i have no idea, have never logged in to the classic desktop in natty17:34
ali1234gord: so under natty gnome classic desktop, does the indicator applet also have a clock in it?17:34
penguin42oh, it's in the project Unity - hmm17:34
ali1234oh wow, i got a bug window from launchpad17:36
brobostigonpenguin42: thank you.17:36
ali1234pink + red, never seen that before17:37
brobostigonhttps://bugs.launchpad.net/indicator-datetime/+bug/72610217:37
lubotu3Ubuntu bug 726102 in Indicator Date and Time "unity's clock doesn't seem to have the option to show seconds" [Undecided,New]17:37
ali1234oh, maybe it's cos you updated the bug before me17:37
brobostigonali1234: maybe.17:42
jacobwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKFTtYx2OHc17:54
jacobwroflcopter17:54
daubersEvening18:21
brobostigonevening daubers18:23
Myrttiho-hum18:39
* daubers offers Myrtti an imperial guard infantryman to paint18:40
* daubers turns up the extractor fan18:46
CourageTheCowardhello18:53
AlanBello/ CourageTheCoward  who was phineas/ferb/bolt etc18:53
CourageTheCowardok I admit it I am Phineas, Bolt etc18:54
brobostigonohdear,18:54
* Myrtti fetches popcorn18:54
CourageTheCowardDont worry I'll behave18:56
CourageTheCowardbesides I have returned from a long break18:57
CourageTheCowardarnt you glad about that18:59
KrimZonhow do I actually get xorg to use a particular driver?19:04
brobostigonKrimZon: i do believe you need to specifiy it in xorg.conf.19:05
KrimZonmy current xorg is pretty sparse, loading a module "glx" and a device with "fbdev"19:05
KrimZonI'm not entirely sure how to determine what names to use for anything else19:05
brobostigonme neither, popey helped me last time, when i hd problems on my thinkpad.19:06
ikoniathe less you put in xorg.conf the better, as it leaves it to autodetection19:09
ikoniaonly put things in you want to force19:10
KrimZonit was going OK until I tried using official radeon drivers19:12
penguin42KrimZon: I think the driver is normally 'Radeon'19:14
pr0ph3thi all19:15
KrimZonwith a capital R?19:16
KrimZonthe trouble is the signal is out of range currently19:16
KrimZonit probably just needs telling what refresh rate to use, but I've no idea what to put to do that19:16
pr0ph3tI noticed that when I startup ubuntu, the machine automatically runs fsck on two partitions, every boot. Is that really necessary? Can I not do fsck and speed up the boot time of several seconds?19:16
zleapi think it runs fsck after so many boots, if you leave it, it should complete than not ask again.  i would guess if it does complete and keeps doing it, there could be an issue somewhere19:18
pr0ph3tzleap, so it is not normal it does that, how do I check the last messages from boot? It doesn't show any fsck in dmesg19:20
brobostigonpr0ph3t: have a look at the last kernel log etc in /var(log19:20
zleapnot sure19:20
brobostigon/var/log19:21
pr0ph3tbrobostigon, syslog?19:21
zleapi think its /var/log/messages19:22
zleapor according to http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/RedHat/2007-10/msg00056.html it is19:22
brobostigonboot, dmesg, kern, syslog.19:22
pr0ph3tI did cat /var/log/log_files | grep fsck but nothing came up in any of those files you suggested brobostigon19:24
CourageTheCowardsorry about that IRC crasged19:25
CourageTheCowardcrashed19:25
brobostigonpr0ph3t: no idea then, i am trying to build another natty bug report here.19:25
CourageTheCowardwhats up with natty19:27
brobostigonCourageTheCoward: a possible xserver-xorg-video-intel bug.19:28
CourageTheCowardahh a bit like I used to have19:29
CourageTheCowardbut that might just be my crappy laptop19:30
brobostigonCourageTheCoward: its definatly in natty, as in maverick the issue doesnt exist,19:31
CourageTheCowardI installed ubuntu but all I get it a bouncing thing in status bar on boot, what went wrong19:32
CourageTheCowardanyone19:34
Azelphurpopey: what do you use to generate that minecraft map of yours?19:35
MyrttiAzelphur: none at the moment19:35
AlanBellCourageTheCoward: there is the #ubuntu+1 channel for discussing issues with Natty19:35
MyrttiAzelphur: update on the server broke the map generation because the file save format changed19:35
Azelphurwell, what did you use :P19:35
Azelphuroh, right19:35
MyrttiAzelphur: minecraft overviewer19:35
Azelphuralso for bonus points, anything I can use to get server status (ie player list) out to a web server? :D19:36
CourageTheCowardbut this pc is not Intel at all19:36
CourageTheCowardjust to let you know19:38
CourageTheCowardits on Nvidia graphics with an amd professor19:43
CourageTheCowarddoes that make any change19:44
jacobwAn AMD professor?19:44
AlanBellI believe nvidia is currently a bit broken on natty19:44
CourageTheCowardprocessor19:45
CourageTheCowardmy bad predictave text does it again19:45
daftykinsjust been using IRC from my Pentium 1 :)19:45
daftykinshttp://i54.tinypic.com/118lmch.jpg19:45
daftykinsso amusing going online with a win98 box, practically everything says "nope, not supported, go away!" :)19:46
penguin42daftykins: I've got a P90 running Debian - at 64MB RAM it's now minimum spec :-(19:46
daftykinsawww19:46
penguin4264MB and a P90 used to be luxury!19:47
daftykinsindeed, i remember it well19:47
CourageTheCowardI have a 8mhz cpu in one of my macs19:47
daftykinsit got dug out because my mum's trying to make my dad bin all the old computers19:47
daftykinshe's got the 486 apricots ready to be thrown :(19:47
penguin42daftykins: The P90 is still my firewall through which this is going19:47
daftykinsi'm tempted to build a little mATX system for router+firewall duty19:48
penguin42yeh19:48
CourageTheCowardapricots??19:48
penguin42daftykins: Well, yeh Apricots were a bit odd, although they did settle out by then19:49
penguin42CourageTheCoward: Apricot computers19:49
daftykinsone had removable magnetic tape 'hard disks'19:50
daftykinsabout 20MB cartridges i think19:50
daftykinsand one was floppy only19:50
penguin42daftykins: What was that? It sounds like a one-per-desk19:50
penguin42(or one-per-bin as I've heard them called) - oh or a QL19:50
CourageTheCowardthe oldest pc I have must be an ibm19:50
daftykinsQL?19:51
penguin42Sinclair QL19:51
daftykinsnah that's the apricots i'm describing there19:51
penguin42oh, didn't realise any of the apricots had tape carts19:51
daftykinsyeah19:52
daftykinsit did break eventually19:52
daftykinsi opened it up recently to see that it got replaced by a SCSI card and some ancient Maxtor SCSI HDD19:52
daftykinsbut now the CMOS battery has long since died, i couldn't get the settings right to make it boot again :D19:53
CourageTheCowardand all my old pcs work except for one19:53
daftykinsits' BIOS had all manual configuration of serial ports in it etc. :S19:53
DJonesdaftykins: I'm surprised that sort of info isn't available somewhere online19:54
daftykinsDJones: ah it was one of those 5 minute attempts19:55
daftykinsbut now we've got to fight to keep the poor little computers19:55
daftykinsi think there's an amiga being threatened too19:55
DJonesHeh19:55
daftykinsthough the amiga was a sad story19:56
DJonesI mis my old Vic 20 & Apple ]['s19:56
daftykinsoh, yes the Applie ][ is being threatened as well :(19:56
daftykinsoops Apple19:56
daftykinsout of any of them, the Apple should stay really19:56
CourageTheCowardI have an apple I19:57
CourageTheCowardstill19:58
suprengrtick tock - tick tock - it's nearly Top Gear o'clock19:58
CourageTheCowardrealy?19:59
daftykinswell i for one can handle missing seeing adults act like children :>19:59
suprengrnah!  that's the best part ;)20:00
brobostigonanother bug, https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/72617920:00
lubotu3Ubuntu bug 726179 in xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) "stuttery adobe flash chromium video playback" [Undecided,New]20:00
kevin_Hey guys, anyone help me sort my wireless keyboard if they have spare time ?:)20:16
DJoneskevin_: What sort of wireless keyboard is it, bluetooth or a usb dongle type20:18
kevin_DJones, usb dongle20:18
DJoneskevin_: What sort of problems do you get, I haven't come across problems with that type, I thought the pc just saw them as a usb keyboard20:19
kevin_It was working when I first installed 10.10, however when I updated the system only the mouse works and the keyboard doesnt :)20:20
kevin_It work in bios etc, just as soon as 'grub' fires up it's gone20:21
DJonesIs this your question on the forums from a couple of days ago? http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=169191320:22
kevin_yeah :o)20:22
kevin_I've googled! gave up so ran to irc ;)20:22
DJonesGive me a few minutes, I'll see if I can find anything out, but not having had problems, I think I'll struggle as well20:23
kevin_ok thanks for you time :)20:23
DJoneskevin_: It might be worth asking in #ubuntu as well, with it being a busier channel there's more chance of a response20:24
kevin_ok :)20:25
pr0ph3thi all20:29
DJonesFrom what I can see looking at some bugs from December, that keyboard had to have a specific config/amendment to the kernel in debian, I wonder whether the latest kernel update has had it missed out in error20:29
kevin_So il need to wait for the next update to the kernel ?:)20:30
DJonesI'm just looking to see if a bug has been filed in ubuntu about it20:31
DJonesI can't see anything, I'd suggest filing a bug to make people aware of it20:32
kevin_Ok thanks for your help :)20:33
DJonesSorry I can't help anymore20:33
BigRedSI'm looking to package what is basically a Perl script and associated db config. I can't find much in the way of tutorials to cover exactly that, are there any oddities to bear in mind that the binary-focused howtos are likely to skip20:53
BigRedS?20:54
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ali1234exobuzz, Azelphur, others with joggler: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtlBLXhg-YE&feature=related21:16
ali1234that's hildon desktop (N900 UI) running on meego on the joggler21:16
Azelphurthat looks very spiffy.21:16
daftykinsinteresting21:17
exobuzzali1234, yeh saw that the other day. looks nice and quick21:19
gordits fascinating how quickly i lost interest in my joggler once i realised i couldn't get gl on it21:20
ali1234you can now21:21
ali1234with the IEGD21:21
ali1234or so i'm told21:22
daftykinsheh21:24
daftykinsi was almost tempted to pick one up, but mains attachment put me off21:24
ali1234yeah21:25
ali1234well, there will be plenty of tablets this year21:25
ali1234get one of those instead21:25
daftykinsali1234: hehe, ah i don't see the point in tablets whatsoever. i'm keen to see the release of the samsung 9 series laptop though, looks very nice21:40
ali1234well the point of tablets pretty much is to be a web browser, video player, ebook reader all in one, without the additional bulk of keyboard21:41
daftykinsyeah i just fail to have any involvement with those usage models i suppose21:44
daftykinsplus most generally mean parting with money to do things the legal way :)21:45
ali1234i have one of these: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycZUKTZczWI21:46
ali1234and it made me realise why a tablet is better21:46
ali1234it's just too heavy to use it like a tablet21:46
ali1234even though you can21:46
ali1234but after about 10 minutes you get arm ache21:47
ali1234because with the keyboard and hard drive and all the rest, it's about 4 times heavier than a tablet21:47
daftykinsmmm21:48
ali1234i love how the cross-eyed guy completely messes up the demo in that video21:49
daftykinsi was going to say his eyes are really nuts21:49
ali1234(screen goes upside down when he switches to tablet mode, and the autorotation doesn't work)21:50
daftykinsstill can't think (personally) of a need for such a device21:50
daftykinsi suppose it's more to bring the computer to the lounge faring types21:50
daftykinsversus us computer desk geek types :>21:50
jacobwhow are you supposed to watch a video on a tablet?21:51
ali1234if you need to use a computing device while standing up, tablet is the best option21:51
ali1234jacobw: what do you mean? you just click on it and watch it? what's the problem?21:52
jacobwwouldn't the screen always be at the wrong angle21:52
ali1234um, no?21:52
jacobwwell you either have it flat on your lap, the screen would be at the wrong angle21:53
jacobwor you hold it up, which would be tiring on your arms21:53
popeyjacobw: i frequently watch video on a tablet21:54
popeyand it is at the right angle and not tiring :)21:55
ali1234it's not tiring, because tablets are really light21:55
jacobwhmm, i can't say i've actually seen a tablet21:55
ali1234and besides, screens on them are not like bad old LCDs21:55
popeymany have wallets which allow you to stand them up21:55
jacobwso, yeah, i'm probably wrong21:55
mgdmthe case on the iPad is fairly nifty like that21:56
ali1234with the lenovo however, because it's really a netbook, it *is* tiring to use it like a tablet, which sucks21:56
ali1234great dev platform though21:56
popeyhttp://store.apple.com/uk/product/MC361ZM/B?fnode=MTc0MjU2Mjc&mco=MTk1MTEyNzQ21:57
popeydunno if that link works..21:57
popeymiddle image shows it standing up21:57
ali1234also this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPqWzpU35TM21:57
safiyyahhamitron, popey are you guys in?22:03
popeyevening22:04
safiyyahbeen to hell and back with pc popey22:04
popeygolly22:04
safiyyahlast night i rebooted and i got the same black screen of death22:05
safiyyahanyway i actually put hardy back on, went back to extension 3 and havent had any problems22:05
safiyyahso now I have loaded meerkat but still on extension 322:05
safiyyahI also had to tell grub which partition root was in22:05
safiyyahI used.... let me find the link22:05
brobostigonnos da everyone, sleep well.22:08
safiyyahtook me a minute but here https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RecoveringUbuntuAfterInstallingWindows22:11
safiyyahand from what I have understood, the first thing is to update grub if I don't want a repeat22:12
safiyyahso popey still willing to help me with nvidia?22:12
safiyyaham just gonne update grub and come straight back22:13
popeysafiyyah: I'm not able to help right now, sorry22:13
safiyyahpopey: is there a time to come back?22:14
safiyyahGuys how do I change my machine name?22:16
AlanBellsafiyyah: weekdays are busier22:17
AlanBelland during the day or early evening22:17
zleapsafiyyah, i think its hostname22:17
zleapman hostname22:17
safiyyahthanx22:19
popeysafiyyah: in the meantime I would highly recommend posting the details of the issue to askubuntu.com22:19
popeythere are some great experts who monitor that site and post great responses22:19
safiyyahpopey. I will not be attempting nvidia without help lol22:20
popeyaskubuntu is great22:21
safiyyahAlanBell,  well i only just got my machine running, so cant help my timing, I will come back.22:21
jacobwtry in #ubuntu as wel22:22
safiyyahzleap, isnt it sudo hostname namewanted ? it didn't complain but my hostname remains22:24
zleappossibly,22:25
zleaphence i did man hostname as that brings up the manual22:26
daftykinssafiyyah: hey, long time no see, how goes?22:28
safiyyahdaftykins,  :) heeeyyyy22:31
safiyyaham having computer nightmares22:31
daftykinsaww22:32
safiyyahzleap, i read man... may i should reboot?22:32
safiyyahmaybe*22:32
zleapprobably22:32
safiyyahbrb22:32
zleapas it reads /etc/hostname when it boots22:32
zleapwb22:40
safiyyahright this is having a laugh at my expense lol22:42
zleapyou ok22:48
safiyyahit isnt working22:50
safiyyahbut its minor22:50
safiyyahirritating but minor22:50
safiyyahi will live with it for a few more days until i psyche myself up to fix it again22:50
zleapok22:52
zleapthere should be a gui tool to fix hostnames22:53
popeythere is22:57
daftykinssafiyyah loves CLI though22:58
zleapah,22:59
safiyyahme love CLI?22:59
safiyyahlol22:59
safiyyahrofl, if i were good at it it would justify the love22:59
safiyyahbut it a reminder of my incompetence22:59
safiyyahlol22:59
daftykinsaww23:02
daftykinsi love the coarseness of command line use, either you're wrong or you're right :)23:03
hamitronCLI?23:03
Cepheuscommand line interface23:03
hamitronk23:04
exobuzzgord, linux on joggler has gl/es, opengl (although not everything runs but much does) and vaapi for hardware video decoding23:26
AzelphurMyrtti: overviewer from git works23:54
AzelphurMyrtti: http://game.azelphur.com/custom/mcmap/ :D23:54
ali1234that's a small server23:54
Azelphurali1234: it's a new server?23:55
ali1234i guess you just started it up to test the map generator?23:55
Azelphurno, I started it up and got the map generator running23:55
Azelphurit's a new thing for my gaming community, got a lot of requests23:55
Azelphurpicked up minecraft a couple of days ago and got the basics, so now I'm setting up a public server23:55
ali1234cool23:56
Azelphursetting it up properly, it isn't publicly announced yet23:56
Azelphurbut I've got IRC relay, overviewer, and server status on the website all ready to go23:56
ali1234Azelphur: see #ubuntu-uk-minecraft23:59
Azelphur:)23:59
Azelphuryea I know about the uuk minecraft :p23:59

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