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orngjce223I'm stuffing a fairly small portion of my personal music library through the intertubes, if anyone wants to listen the (mp3) stream is here: http://radio.skaia.net:8000/skaianet.m3u01:48
* holstein tuning in orngjce223 :)02:07
holsteinorngjce223: nice music02:14
holsteinyou have much with real instruments?02:14
orngjce223Eh, I'm mostly videogame and videogame-inspired stuff02:16
orngjce223There's not much actual instrumentation here.02:16
holsteini can appreciate the work there02:17
holsteinnice tunes02:17
orngjce223Where was I? Oh yeah. http://radio.skaia.net:8000/skaianet.m3u02:30
mikehj316I need help!03:24
holsteinmikehj316: o/03:25
mikehj316 i think I just deleted all of my windows files! I hate Ubuntu! Its not good for new peopl!03:25
holsteinyeah?03:25
mikehj316I tried to repartition my hard drive to run windows and ubuntu at the same time, and I couldnt do it right I guess03:25
mikehj316so now, I cant even recover windows because of the currupted partitions03:26
holsteinmikehj316: well, i always say03:26
holsteinread03:26
holsteinread03:26
holsteinread03:26
holsteinthen ask03:26
holsteinthen read some more03:26
holsteinthen ask again03:26
holsteinbut03:26
holsteinwe can try and sort it out03:26
holsteinif you'd like03:26
mikehj316Please. I just want my windows files back...03:26
holsteinyou dont need to be in the ubuntustudio channel though03:26
orngjce223Hmm. Although it's more likely you'll get good help in #ubuntu03:26
mikehj316no its ubuntu studio03:26
holsteinmaybe the normal ubuntu channel03:26
orngjce223Yeah03:26
holsteinor even #windows03:26
holstein##windows03:27
orngjce223But the people out here are more experienced in serious audio/video work03:27
holsteinmikehj316: i know its ubuntustudio03:27
holsteinBUT03:27
holsteinyou are dealing with dual install issues03:27
holsteinand that is not studio specific03:27
mikehj316oh. I see03:27
holsteinmikehj316: im not sending you away03:27
orngjce223It isn't called "Ubuntu Studio" just because we wanted to rip off their name, we're using the same base03:27
holsteinim just saying you can cast a wider net if you want03:27
holsteinfor support03:27
orngjce223But yeah. I really don't have the expertise03:27
holsteinmikehj316: SO03:28
holsteinyou had windows?03:28
holsteinXP?03:28
holsteinon one disc?03:28
mikehj316no, 703:28
holsteinOK03:28
holsteinand you have your data backed up right?03:28
mikehj316lol03:28
orngjce223...I don't think anyone will like this answer.03:28
holsteinNEVER partition or mess with resizing without backing up03:28
orngjce223Yeah.03:28
holsteinregardless of OS03:28
mikehj316i got impatient...03:28
mikehj316and I learned my lesson03:28
holsteinmikehj316: well, i think the best thing for you is to learn the lesson03:29
mikehj316Tell you what, let me try and reinstall Ubuntu studio so that way I at least have a working OS.03:29
holsteinmikehj316: SO, you had win703:29
orngjce223What did you do with it?03:29
holsteinmikehj316: the ubuntu installer03:29
mikehj316I kept it03:30
holsteinBOTH ubuntu installers03:30
holsteinthe live one and the alternate03:30
holsteinwill offer to resize your windows partition03:30
holsteinmikehj316: is that how you did it?03:30
holsteinyou tried to resize the ntfs partition?03:30
holsteinand what?03:30
mikehj316well... i didnt install both files03:30
mikehj316I mean both install disks03:31
holsteinmikehj316: ?03:31
holsteinhow did you break windows?03:31
holsteingparted?03:31
holsteinif i were you03:31
holsteini would get gparted03:32
holsteinprobably from a partedmagic disc03:32
holsteinand look at the drive03:32
holsteinsee whats going on03:32
holsteintry and get rid of all but the win7 partition03:32
mikehj316I cant even get my computer to run anything. I just get the HP splash screen and then it dies03:32
holsteinmikehj316: well, you can get it to boot a parted magic disc03:33
mikehj316the whole thing is messed up.03:33
orngjce223What are you getting to us with? A phone?03:33
holsteinand run gparted03:33
orngjce223Out of curiosity.03:33
holsteinsee if you can see the ntfs partition03:33
mikehj316no I am using another computer03:33
holsteinget rid of all hte ext stuff03:33
holsteinthe*03:33
holsteinspread the ntfs part back out if you want03:33
holstein*if its still there03:33
mikehj316where can i get one of those discs?03:33
holsteinand recover the bootloader from the win7 disc03:33
orngjce223Now I've got to restart, brb03:33
mikehj316no I didnt recieve the wondows seven discs from HP03:34
holsteinmikehj316: i use http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/03:34
holsteinyou can drop into google03:34
holsteinand google03:34
mikehj316all of my recovery files were on the partition that i....reorganized03:34
holstein"download parted magic" though if you prefer03:34
holsteinmikehj316: you can call HP03:34
holsteinand ask03:34
holsteinif its new-ish03:34
holsteinthey usually will send the discs for free03:35
holsteinyou might have to raise hell though03:35
mikehj316well...being the stupid honest person I am03:36
mikehj316I told them what I did03:36
holsteinso03:36
holsteinthey still need to send you a recovery disc03:36
holsteinyou paid for win703:36
holsteinits your device03:36
mikehj316I see.03:36
holsteinyour not asking for support03:36
holsteinjust the thing that recovers the other thing you paid for03:36
holsteinanyways, thats for you to work out with HP03:37
holsteinif i were you03:37
holsteinid wipe win7 starter03:37
holsteinand put ubuntu on03:37
holstein*and back up my data in the future03:37
mikehj316no. I am done with open source OS from now on03:37
holsteinlol03:37
holsteinthats unfortunate03:38
holsteinyour entire issue is user error03:38
holsteinhas nothing to do with ubuntu/linux03:38
holsteinthat could have been an osx disc03:38
holsteinor another win7 cd03:38
mikehj316I am such an idiot. I could have used one of my older computers for this. And I know that, I just am not good enough at this to use any of it03:38
holsteinand you could have broken the recovery partition by accident03:38
holsteini have an EEE03:39
holsteini got on craigslist03:39
holsteini read about how to save the win7 install03:39
holsteinand the recovery partition03:39
holsteini did a win7 recovery03:39
holsteinthen, got rid of one unecessary ntfs partitions03:39
holsteinshrank another03:40
holsteinand installed ubuntu 10.04 on the rest03:40
holsteinBUT, i read about that for a long time03:40
holsteinit was not trivial03:40
holsteini have only booted win7 twice though03:40
holsteinso, i wont save it next time03:40
holsteinbut, i just wanted to make sure i could do it03:40
holsteinmikehj316: you have lots of options03:41
holsteinincluding going and purchasing windows703:41
holsteinOR buying recovery discs from HP if they wont provide them for you03:41
holsteinyou can also download just the plain old ubuntu live CD03:41
holsteinand install that03:41
holsteinover whatever you have left on your drive03:42
ailo_Yeah, sometimes they won't include a rescue disc, but give you instructions on how to make one. Most often the windows installation files are on the hard disk03:42
holsteinthen, you can do any of the obove mentioned non-free-of-charge options at that point03:42
holsteinailo_: mine had like 4 partitions03:42
holsteinreally odd03:42
holsteinone for the OS03:42
holsteinanother just for data03:43
holsteinTHEN the recovery03:43
ailo_holstein, But were there many mediums?03:43
holsteinand a boot booster partition03:43
holsteinailo_: ?03:43
holsteinmediums?03:43
ailo_boot booster? Never heard of that before03:43
holsteinyeah, its an asus thing03:43
holsteinHP has an equivalent i think03:43
ailo_On my netbook I have a flash drive and a flash card03:44
holsteinyeah03:44
holsteinmy old EEE was like that03:44
holsteinEEE90003:44
holstein*is like that03:44
holsteinim using that as an appliance pretty much03:44
holsteinrunning pianoteq :)03:44
holsteinas a rhodes sound basically03:44
ailo_Mine doesn't have a working keyboard, so I will only use it for reading manuals, or recording samples outdoors03:45
holsteinhehe03:45
holsteini had a laptop that was beat down03:45
holsteinno screen03:45
holsteinkeys missing03:45
mikehj316well, I reinstalled ubuntu on it.03:45
holsteini used it like a headless server for years :)03:45
holsteinmikehj316: congrats :)03:45
ailo_holstein, Cool03:46
mikehj316LOL03:54
mikehj316lol*03:54
mikehj316its not the first time a teen has made a mistake... :P03:54
holsteinmikehj316: this is just my personal opinion03:55
holsteinbut i dont consider wiping windows a mistake ;)03:55
orngjce223Hahahaha!03:55
mikehj316thanks for all your help. I will contact HP later on to get a new disk. I am going to use Ubuntu to see if I can try and figure out what is missing and what is not03:55
mikehj316lol holstein03:55
* orngjce223 slaps holstein on the back03:55
mikehj316so how do i enable WLAN03:59
holstein*thats why i suggested the normal ubuntu live CD03:59
holsteinanyways04:00
holsteinmikehj316: this is?04:00
holstein10.10?04:00
holsteinmikehj316: can you hardwire up to internet?04:00
holsteintemporarily?04:00
mikehj3169.1004:00
mikehj316yes04:00
holstein9.10?04:00
holsteinmikehj316: before you do anything much in there04:00
holsteindownload at least ubuntu 10.0404:01
holstein9.10 is not supported any more04:01
holstein10.04 is a long term support04:01
holsteinhttp://releases.ubuntu.com/lucid/04:02
mikehj316I have another Ubuntu OS installed (thru WUBI) Let me see something04:02
holsteinmikehj316: wubi?04:02
holsteinso you have win7 booting?04:02
holsteinwell, im not sure what you have04:02
holsteinjust dont freshly install ubuntu 9.1004:03
holsteinits dead04:03
holsteindo at least 10.0404:03
holsteinits a challenging thing to get used to with ubuntu04:04
holsteinand other linux's04:04
holsteincoming from windows04:04
holsteinor osx04:04
holsteinwhere the releases are so far apart04:05
holsteinubuntu releases new operating systems every 6 months04:05
holsteinand for linux, a lot can happen in 6 months04:05
holsteinand a year for desktop linux is quite out of date04:05
mikehj316hold on just a second04:05
holsteinfolks tend to run stable verions of servers for longer04:05
holsteinand now, we are only a few weeks from 11.04 release04:07
mikehj316isnt there a device or driver manager04:07
mikehj316really? already?04:07
holsteinmikehj316: the kernel has the drivers in it04:07
holsteinusually those are all you ned04:07
holsteinneed*04:07
holsteinif you need a proprietary driver04:07
mikehj316what is a kernel?04:07
holsteinmikehj316: you want me to google that for you?04:08
mikehj316...no04:08
holsteingood :)04:08
holsteinthe kernel contains the drivers04:08
holsteinbasically04:08
holsteinSO you dont really go around and install drivers04:08
holsteinyou can add drivers if they are not included04:09
holsteinmikehj316: but04:09
holsteinyou should get a newer OS04:09
holsteini think04:09
holsteinhttp://releases.ubuntu.com/natty/04:09
holsteinthats the very latest*04:09
mikehj316which one?04:09
orngjce223It's in beta but should be coming out later this month04:10
holsteinyou mean which link?04:10
holsteinmikehj316: if you have a 64bit box04:10
holsteinyou can get that one04:10
holsteinbut the x86 one is good for all04:10
holsteinwell, nearly all now-a-days04:10
orngjce223Yeah unless you have one of those really old macs.04:12
holsteinorngjce223: or 2 of them :p04:12
holsteini got a pair of old G3's04:12
orngjce223Hahahahaha04:14
orngjce223"If you need anything, my name is Betty. If you don't need anything, my name is still Betty."04:14
holsteinlol04:14
mikehj316lol04:14
mikehj316hey guys thanks for all your help...04:14
holsteinmikehj316: anytime :)04:14
mikehj316I will attempt to work with this later.04:14
holsteincheck out #ubuntu-beginners too04:14
orngjce223Oh yeah and another old joke while we're on the subject:04:20
orngjce223Two drums and a cymbal roll down a hill. *rimshot*04:20
holsteinbucket-o-fish04:21
orngjce223Hey so I want to use a tts to pipe speech into a certain unnamed proprietary voicechat program, via espeak06:36
orngjce223Of course this is with jack's ever-adoring patchbay as the intermediary, but I can't get espeak to change audio devices away from ALSA.06:36
orngjce223Is there like a magic voodoo compatibility layer I'm supposed to be using for this?06:37
orngjce223...Oh I get an answer.06:50
orngjce223Espeak is /stupid/ and I'm supposed to compile from source, with a patch, to fix that.06:50
orngjce223Fantastic.06:50
orngjce223Okay, so through judicious use of pipes I have .wav files as output, I think I also need to try padsp.07:28
vadim_Heyy someone can help me to install it11:07
vadim_??11:07
vadim_#ubuntu11:08
holsteinvlada: ?14:43
holsteinif you are having trouble installing14:44
holsteinuse just the normal live CD14:44
holsteinand add whatever ubuntustudio packages14:44
vladaholstein, ?17:08
vladaholstein, hi17:08
vladaI didn't ask anything :)17:09
holsteinvlada: OH17:09
holsteini see :)17:09
holsteinsorry17:09
holstein06:03 < vadim_> Heyy someone can help me to install it17:09
holsteini just tried auto-complete17:09
vladaholstein, close, but no cigar :)17:10
holsteinand went for it ;)17:10
orngjce223Oh hey I just got an error19:07
orngjce223ia32libs isn't upgrading because19:07
orngjce223E: /var/cache/apt/archives/ia32-libs_2.7ubuntu26.1_amd64.deb: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib32/libjack.so.0', which is also in package lib32jack0 619:07
orngjce223So does that mean I have to take out lib32jack0 and upgrade or something?19:07
orngjce223Wait a moment that kinda wipes out every JACK package ever, so I guess I'll go figure out what the hell is up with ia32-libs19:08
* orngjce223 idly searches19:09
orngjce223https://bugs.launchpad.net/kxstudio/+bug/76721419:09
ubottuUbuntu bug 767214 in KXStudio "Package conflict: "ia32-libs 2.7ubuntu26.1" with "lib32jack0 6:1.9.7~dfsg-1+kxstudio1~lucid1"" [Undecided,In progress]19:09
orngjce223Okay that works then I guess19:09
Guildensternis there a easy way to have a dual boot ubuntu/ubuntustudio ?19:58
Guildensternjust ubuntu & ubuntustudio - no windows#19:58
holsteinGuildenstern: sure20:00
holsteinbut, one way i do that is with kernels20:00
holsteinlike on laptops20:00
holsteini just have the -generic kernel and -realtime20:00
holsteinand select at boot20:00
holsteinubuntustudio = ubuntu20:00
holsteinnot really much need to dual boot20:00
Guildensternindeed20:00
holsteinjust install normal ubuntu and add what pacakges you need20:00
holsteinGuildenstern: that being said20:01
holsteinyou just need to be aware of GRUB20:01
Guildensternbut some apps have different configuration20:01
holstein!grub220:01
ubottuGRUB2 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 - See !grub1 for releases before Karmic (9.10)20:01
holsteinfor example20:01
holsteini have lucid, maverick and natty on a laptop20:01
holsteinlucid is 'controlling' grub20:01
holsteinSO20:01
holsteinwhen i installed the others20:01
holsteini didnt install grub at all20:02
GuildensternI'd like to have different audio settings... well I can try that with different desktop sessions20:02
holsteini booted into lucid and ran sudo update-grub20:02
holsteinand it picked the other up20:02
holsteinif i remove them20:02
holsteini can do the same again20:02
holsteinGuildenstern: theres no reason to dual boot ubuntu and ubuntustudio though20:02
holsteinfor studio, JACK is the tool20:03
holsteinand when you start JACK, JACK is running20:03
holsteinpulse is what most use for the desktop20:03
holsteinno reason to have different audio configurations20:03
holsteinbut again, thats how^20:03
holsteinjust be cautious of grub, and you can boot as many buntus as you like20:04
GuildensternI made some "strange" experience with JACK and non-RT-kernel20:04
Guildensterntherefore I came up with the dual boot idea20:04
holsteinright20:04
holsteinthats why i use several kernels20:04
holsteinon the laptops*20:04
holsteinGuildenstern: the -generic kernel is getting more appropriate all the time20:05
orngjce223Yeah, you just don't start JACK if you're not going to use it, and if you don't need to start JACK you don't need an RT kernel so you can boot into the regular one20:05
holsteinand we have several options that abogani has provided for us20:05
holstein-realtime and another option that is in between them, -lowlatency20:05
GuildensternI agree20:05
holsteinGuildenstern: installing ubuntutsudio wont get you that kernel either20:06
holsteinyou have to add an RT kernel one way or the other20:06
Guildensternoh, I hoped everything will be pre-configured20:06
holsteinhopefully, by 12.04, we wont need a different kernel :)20:06
holsteinGuildenstern: it is20:06
holsteinas pre-configured as it needs to be20:06
holstein*as it can be20:06
holsteinmost folks dont need low latency20:07
holsteinGuildenstern: are you doing realtime effects processing with rakarrack or guitarix?20:07
holsteinor planning on using the computer as a live MIDI intrument?20:07
holsteinif not, you dont need low latency20:07
Guildensternactually I don't need the RT either20:07
holsteinardour compensates20:07
GuildensternI want it as MIDI20:07
holsteinright, MIDI is nothing20:08
holsteinsuper light20:08
holsteinas long as you dont need to play it in live20:08
holsteinlike an actual instrument20:08
holsteinin that case, i think 8ms or so is acceptable20:08
Guildensterneven then... I think the RT needs are pretty soft20:08
holsteinGuildenstern: softer than recording 8 tracks in and 24/9620:09
holsteinat*20:09
holsteinGuildenstern: do what you want, but theres no reason to dual boot20:10
Guildensternhm...20:11
GuildensternI think you are right... all I need to do is getting my system setup proper... i.e. Rosegarden, Timidity, Tartini20:12
holsteinGuildenstern: if you want, check out #opensourcemusicians20:12
holsteinlots of more MIDI minded folk over there20:13
holsteinseveral buntu guys20:13
Guildensternopensourcemusicans - that sound more like people from imslp.org20:14
holsteinhehe, nah.. different folks20:15
Guildensterni prefer listening to .sid over .mid20:18
holsteinc64?20:20
holsteini dont do a lot of electronic stuff20:20
holsteini enjoy it though20:20
GuildensternI'm passive listener only, too :)20:21
holsteini do a lot of acoustic music20:22
orngjce223I do electronic and like/listen to acoustic, so it's the other way around on my end.20:23
holsteinim glad you reminded me of imslp.org :)20:23
GuildensternI just started recorder lessons. But I use that knowledge also for Tabor Pipe and I also try to learn Shawm20:28
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