| head_victim | Any rsync people here? I've noticed a few odd things with my rsync of the Ubuntu mirror (empty folders in weird places, etc). To correct this I was thinking of maybe adding a --delete flag to the options currently used. This would make the command rsync -vtlrh --progress --stats --delete source destination | 02:57 |
|---|---|---|
| head_victim | I just hate the concept of a --delete option in anything but I'm starting to think it's needed. | 02:58 |
| Octaron | should be safe to use rsync --delete have a look at this (scroll 2/5 of the way down) http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2010/09/rsync-command-examples/ | 03:11 |
| Octaron | that combined with gnome schedule gui for cron jobs makes a good partner :) | 03:14 |
| blahdeblah | head_victim: Adding --delete every now & then would be a good move, i think. | 03:39 |
| head_victim | blahdeblah & Oct<tab><tab>Ithinkehe'sgone cheers | 05:02 |
| blahdeblah | ?? | 05:03 |
| head_victim | For the confirmation of --delete | 05:03 |
| * blahdeblah finally works it out | 05:03 | |
| blahdeblah | I'm a bit slow today | 05:03 |
| head_victim | It's ok, I'm a bit slow most days. | 05:05 |
| head_victim | Ok --delete is actually deleting a bit, there must have been a mix up at some stage. | 05:06 |
| head_victim | I was wondering why it seemed a lot larger than before. | 05:06 |
| head_victim | Nice work, I'm seeing oneiric already coming up today | 05:18 |
| === ubuntu is now known as twenty | ||
| === twenty is now known as vigar | ||
| vigar | anyone around that can help a first time Ubuntu user? | 11:30 |
| head_victim | vigar: what sort of problem are you having | 11:31 |
| vigar | USB port on my laptop seemed to of failed, PC guy said this may be a windows issue and to try Linux | 11:31 |
| vigar | so im here running Ubuntu to see if i can connect to my external harddrive via the usb ports | 11:32 |
| head_victim | vigar: unlikely but worth a shot, the easiest way to do this would be to use a livecd and then plug something into the problematic porta nd see if it's recognised | 11:32 |
| vigar | it should automatically recognise the external harddrive when plugged in like windows would? | 11:33 |
| head_victim | Yes, most drives "just work" | 11:33 |
| head_victim | If you can bring up a terminal window (Ubuntu menu>Accessories>Terminal) then run the command "dmesg" without the " and paste the output into a pastebin and link us how that goes | 11:34 |
| head_victim | !pastebin | 11:34 |
| lubotu2 | For posting multi-line texts into the channel, please use http://paste.ubuntu.com | To post !screenshots use http://imagebin.org/?page=add | !pastebinit to paste directly from command line | Make sure you give us the URL for your paste - see also the channel topic. | 11:35 |
| vigar | well the auto run dikdn't work for either external hard drive or usb pen stic | 11:36 |
| vigar | give me a sec to work on what you just recomended | 11:36 |
| head_victim | Ah ok well the dmesg command should show if anything was plugged in at all | 11:36 |
| vigar | http://paste.ubuntu.com/602713/ | 11:46 |
| vigar | think i worked it out though it might not of got it all | 11:46 |
| head_victim | That looks like it all and it looks like nothing has been plugged in | 11:52 |
| head_victim | Could be a hardware failure | 11:52 |
| head_victim | (assumingn you didn't just plug in a wireless USB card?) | 11:52 |
| vigar | nope no wireless usb, well laptop goes back to toshiba then | 11:54 |
| vigar | thanks for your help head_victim, very much appreciated | 11:55 |
| head_victim | No worries, should use Ubuntu for a while and see if you prefer it :) | 11:55 |
| vigar | pretty keen on running it after this windows 7 providing to be a pain | 11:56 |
| head_victim | Well we're always here to help if you need it | 11:56 |
| vigar | how easy is it to wirelessly lan to my misses macbook? | 11:56 |
| head_victim | Also you might want to check out the wiki and mailing list | 11:56 |
| head_victim | vigar: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=2681631&postcount=3 seems to suggest it's pretty easy :) | 11:58 |
| vigar | gahh and to think i wasted 2 nights trying to get the mac to read windows 7 | 12:00 |
| head_victim | Hah I honestly haven't used windows7 long enough to have an opinion. | 12:00 |
| vigar | im still only gamblling if my fie backed up... | 12:01 |
| head_victim | Ah that doesn't sound good | 12:03 |
| head_victim | Are you using a livecd or have you installed Ubuntu? | 12:03 |
| head_victim | If you're using a livecd you can use that to transfer files off the installed windows 7 | 12:04 |
| vigar | livecd, but i have already done a window restore, so its gone anyways | 12:06 |
| head_victim | Ah fair enough, I've used the livecd heaps to save people's data so was just checking | 12:06 |
| head_victim | You should still be able to get documents and photos and stuff off it though | 12:06 |
| vigar | even after a factory restor? | 12:08 |
| head_victim | Ah so that wasn't a windows reset but a factory reset? I thought windows resets just rolled back to a specified date and kept all documents, etc | 12:10 |
| vigar | nah this was pretty much, wipe the whole thing and start again | 12:12 |
| head_victim | Cool, just making sure, no point loosing data if you don't have to. | 12:12 |
| vigar | will ubuntu be able to read the windows file i copied onto the misses mac when i copy them back | 12:13 |
| head_victim | Depends, what sort of file? | 12:13 |
| vigar | photos, music and a heap of other stuff | 12:13 |
| head_victim | Photos and music no problems, the other stuff as long as it's not proprietry formats you should be ok. I believe OpenOffice and LibreOffice can both read .docx files, etc ok now | 12:14 |
| vigar | sweet | 12:15 |
| head_victim | Test it out now with the livecd if you like | 12:16 |
| head_victim | If you copied it to the mac, follow the instructions I posted before and see if you can read them ok | 12:16 |
| vigar | good point | 12:17 |
| head_victim | I like to make sure of things before relying on them | 12:17 |
| vigar | looks like i would to chase down some plug ins for most of them | 12:24 |
| head_victim | What file extensions? | 12:25 |
| vigar | avi, m4a, mp3 | 12:25 |
| head_victim | mp3 is pretty easy, avi depends on what codec but should work, looking up m4a now | 12:25 |
| head_victim | !restricted | 12:26 |
| lubotu2 | For multimedia issues, this page has useful information: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats - See also https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/musicvideophotos/C/video.html - But please use free formats if you can: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FreeFormats | 12:26 |
| vigar | how does ipod connectivity go? | 12:30 |
| head_victim | I think it depends on what generation but a lot do work apparently | 12:30 |
| head_victim | https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PortableDevices/iPod has some info | 12:31 |
| vigar | cool, everything seems pretty simple | 12:33 |
| head_victim | There are heaps of places to get help to. I started with Ubuntu ages ago now but I learnt that help was only a quick google away. Then I found IRC and it got even easier. | 12:34 |
| head_victim | The team mailing list is another place for assistance as well as any number of different IRC channels, wiki pages, help pages and forums | 12:34 |
| vigar | cool, looks like ill have to look into how this filling sytem works though | 12:36 |
| head_victim | Yeah, it's been a while since I had to work on windows so I can't really remember how it was different | 12:39 |
| vigar | thanks for your time head_victim, but im off to bed | 12:42 |
| head_victim | No worries mate, have a good one | 12:42 |
| === iflema is now known as Guest37109 | ||
Generated by irclog2html.py 2.7 by Marius Gedminas - find it at mg.pov.lt!