[00:11] <jahsun> hey guys having problems getting unity working. installed new vid card w/512mb and 3d w/ shading, activated the drivers but no unity...any ideas?
[00:12] <jamalta> jahsun: are you logging in with a normal Ubuntu session (instead of Ubuntu Classic)?
[00:12] <jamalta> jahsun: if you are, try running unity --reset in a terminal
[00:13] <jamalta> Unity seems to disable itself if it fails to start on your first login
[00:13] <jahsun> yes, ubuntu norm sesh
[00:13] <jahsun> yes it did
[00:13] <jahsun> ill try reset
[00:15] <jamalta> jahsun: hope it works :)
[00:15] <jahsun> sweet jamalta! i did already do --reset but did not work so i changed the driver and rebooted but did not do reset again... but this time it did!
[00:15] <jahsun> thank you!
[00:16] <jahsun> needed recommended driver and reset
[00:16] <jamalta> jahsun: cool! glad it works now :)
[00:16] <jamalta> unity ftw!!
[00:16] <jahsun> lol!
[00:24] <jahsun> hey jamalta, so it worked but had gnome over it, so i logged out and back in and it did not start, any other ideas?
[00:25] <jahsun> i can start it w/running unity from bash
[00:25] <jahsun> gnome still running tho
[00:32] <jahsun> oh, this is munz. gotta leave here but open to suggestions. will look deeper this evening
[00:34] <jamalta> munz?
[01:42] <munz> :)
[01:43] <munz> :)
[01:58] <munz_> :P
[02:42] <jamalta> oh, you're munz_ !
[02:43] <jamalta> i didn't realize munz was a nick, sorry!
[03:04] <munz_> no worries :)
[12:01] <RoAkSoAx> itnet7_uds: ping
[19:08] <pak33m> shhh, be quiet in here
[19:31] <zus> does anyone specialize in HDD recovery? i was in the gparted and i think i may have ruined my 1TB usb drive.
[19:32] <DammitJim> zus, what do you have?
[19:32] <DammitJim> I have ran into problems with HDDs lately, so maybe I know
[19:33] <zus> its one of them western digital from wal mart jobs
[19:33] <DammitJim> so, what is it doing? not doing?
[19:33] <zus> i was messing in gparted  and i thought i changed the pulll down option for the drive
[19:34] <DammitJim> what pull down option?
[19:35] <zus> there was the old system recovery that vista had and my drive and of course my linux.  i went to delete the  old vista sys recovery and grabbed my  ntfs one 
[19:37] <zus> it wont even mount in dolphin,  but i read the data might still be there
[19:37] <DammitJim> so, this drive is connected via USB, right?
[19:37] <DammitJim> what does dmesg say?
[19:38] <zus> it is usb,  i didnt do dmesg, one sec
[19:41] <zus> thats a lot!
[19:42] <zus> but it shows up, "My Passport" 
[19:44] <DammitJim> does it show an sdb or sdd?
[19:44] <zus> sdb
[19:47] <zus> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DataRecovery on here i read i need a device with as much or more space,... so i pretty much screwed, i think there was  140 something gigs left on it
[19:49] <zus> supposed i cant mount a partition on it to recover,...or mayhaps even an os? i think i had 140gigs left on it...'it was nearly full with music and movies, and my own music...
[19:55] <DammitJim> zus, so, it doesn't show an sdb1 or sdb2?
[19:55] <zus> DammitJim,  just sdb
[19:57] <DammitJim> can you pastebin your dmesg?
[19:57] <zus> yea, one sec
[19:59] <zus> DammitJim,  is there anything in there  i should "*" out?
[19:59] <DammitJim> I probably just need to see the bottom part where it detected the usb connection
[20:00] <DammitJim> brb
[20:15] <DammitJim> sorry about that
[20:16] <zus> DammitJim,  no problem,  my favorite part in fast times at ridgemont high was on lol http://pastebin.com/AQQZJVCh
[20:18] <DammitJim> weird... it's like you have no partition information
[20:18] <DammitJim> so, the device cannot be mounted
[20:18] <zus> meh, how does the feds recover files from hard drives lol.
[20:18] <DammitJim> I have a drive like that... all it says is sdb:
[20:18] <DammitJim> where normally you would see sdb: sdb1, sdb2
[20:19] <DammitJim> oh, you can send it to a place where they open them up... last time I did that, it cost $700
[20:19] <DammitJim> does gparted detect it?
[20:19] <zus> yep
[20:19] <DammitJim> can you see the different partitions in gpart4ed?
[20:19] <zus> well im on kubuntu but still it is  detected.
[20:20] <DammitJim> that's ok
[20:21] <zus> i can afford  700, sure the  data on it is  priceless  but really ill rerecord my music, the drive cost 109 $ at walmart
[20:21] <zus> after 2 yrs of not working i get a job and 3 months the contracts ran out i got layed off
[20:28] <DammitJim> sorry.. have to run to a meeting
[21:03] <munz> zus: try testdisk http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk
[21:04] <zus> munz,  im trying to look for something i can recover with on the drive, needing an other  device of the same  size for me is  kinda impossible  atm
[21:05] <munz> oh. ityit's not spinning up?
[21:05] <munz> *it's
[21:05] <atm-bezvat> hi
[21:05] <munz> hi atm-bezvat :)
[21:05] <munz> welcome
[21:06] <zus> it is it just isnt  mounting so i think it has no partition table
[21:06] <munz> read the documentation on test disk
[21:07] <munz> if it's partition related
[21:07] <munz> testdisk is the stuff!!!
[21:07] <munz> i've recovered soooooo much w/it
[21:07] <zus> i think that whoat it is
[21:08] <munz> you can give it a try
[21:08] <munz> if it is partition issue new hardware will not help
[21:08] <zus> i wish i was closer to orlando area  would be nice to meet up with some one who can help
[21:09] <munz> where r u?
[21:09] <zus> im south of fort pierce
[21:10] <zus> oh actually since i found about linux i ran into 2 other users but one was a paramedic and another was a shrewed older  mean man i had to install cable for  haha
[21:13] <munz> lol, i'm in daytona but you could start a meetup group in you area
[21:13] <zus> lol the paramedic and that evil old man
[21:14] <zus> god that guy was one swear away from  me  packing up and not installing cable, he was lucky i was on  per job  not hourly rate
[21:14] <munz> lol
[21:15] <zus> i got   a brother in  daytona
[21:16] <zus> next time  im up that way, not sure when, since his mum and me old man arent tlakin much these days, hahahaha but ill lket ya know
[21:18] <munz> lol, cool
[21:19] <zus> for now  i will retreat to reading  these docs on rcovery, im about 5 sites from calling it a loss and redownloading everything
[21:20] <zus> http://ubuntu-rescue-remix.org/ is what i just  downloaded, by the way
[21:20] <munz> testdisk is sweet, hope it can help. 
[21:20] <munz> oh cool
[21:22] <zus> im reading on it now,
[21:28] <zus> munz,  do i have to compile this? i dont know how to do that
[21:34] <munz> sorry zus got on a call
[21:34] <munz> no, dl, unzip, open a terminal and run it
[21:35] <munz> ./testdisk(and the rest of the file name)
[21:35] <zus> im not good  one the  terminal 
[21:35] <munz> you may have to r-click and allow ex as a program
[21:40] <zus> munz,  right now im trying to get my 11.04 up to date  with the kxstudio ppa