[00:11] 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] jahsun: are you logging in with a normal Ubuntu session (instead of Ubuntu Classic)? [00:12] jahsun: if you are, try running unity --reset in a terminal [00:13] Unity seems to disable itself if it fails to start on your first login [00:13] yes, ubuntu norm sesh [00:13] yes it did [00:13] ill try reset [00:15] jahsun: hope it works :) [00:15] 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] thank you! [00:16] needed recommended driver and reset [00:16] jahsun: cool! glad it works now :) [00:16] unity ftw!! [00:16] lol! [00:24] 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] i can start it w/running unity from bash [00:25] gnome still running tho [00:32] oh, this is munz. gotta leave here but open to suggestions. will look deeper this evening [00:34] munz? [01:42] :) [01:43] :) [01:58] :P [02:42] oh, you're munz_ ! [02:43] i didn't realize munz was a nick, sorry! [03:04] no worries :) [12:01] itnet7_uds: ping [19:08] shhh, be quiet in here [19:31] does anyone specialize in HDD recovery? i was in the gparted and i think i may have ruined my 1TB usb drive. [19:32] zus, what do you have? [19:32] I have ran into problems with HDDs lately, so maybe I know [19:33] its one of them western digital from wal mart jobs [19:33] so, what is it doing? not doing? [19:33] i was messing in gparted and i thought i changed the pulll down option for the drive [19:34] what pull down option? [19:35] 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] it wont even mount in dolphin, but i read the data might still be there [19:37] so, this drive is connected via USB, right? [19:37] what does dmesg say? [19:38] it is usb, i didnt do dmesg, one sec [19:41] thats a lot! [19:42] but it shows up, "My Passport" [19:44] does it show an sdb or sdd? [19:44] sdb [19:47] 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] 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] zus, so, it doesn't show an sdb1 or sdb2? [19:55] DammitJim, just sdb [19:57] can you pastebin your dmesg? [19:57] yea, one sec [19:59] DammitJim, is there anything in there i should "*" out? [19:59] I probably just need to see the bottom part where it detected the usb connection [20:00] brb [20:15] sorry about that [20:16] DammitJim, no problem, my favorite part in fast times at ridgemont high was on lol http://pastebin.com/AQQZJVCh [20:18] weird... it's like you have no partition information [20:18] so, the device cannot be mounted [20:18] meh, how does the feds recover files from hard drives lol. [20:18] I have a drive like that... all it says is sdb: [20:18] where normally you would see sdb: sdb1, sdb2 [20:19] oh, you can send it to a place where they open them up... last time I did that, it cost $700 [20:19] does gparted detect it? [20:19] yep [20:19] can you see the different partitions in gpart4ed? [20:19] well im on kubuntu but still it is detected. [20:20] that's ok [20:21] 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] after 2 yrs of not working i get a job and 3 months the contracts ran out i got layed off [20:28] sorry.. have to run to a meeting [21:03] zus: try testdisk http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk [21:04] 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] oh. ityit's not spinning up? [21:05] *it's [21:05] hi [21:05] hi atm-bezvat :) [21:05] welcome [21:06] it is it just isnt mounting so i think it has no partition table [21:06] read the documentation on test disk [21:07] if it's partition related [21:07] testdisk is the stuff!!! [21:07] i've recovered soooooo much w/it [21:07] i think that whoat it is [21:08] you can give it a try [21:08] if it is partition issue new hardware will not help [21:08] i wish i was closer to orlando area would be nice to meet up with some one who can help [21:09] where r u? [21:09] im south of fort pierce [21:10] 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] lol, i'm in daytona but you could start a meetup group in you area [21:13] lol the paramedic and that evil old man [21:14] 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] lol [21:15] i got a brother in daytona [21:16] 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] lol, cool [21:19] 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] http://ubuntu-rescue-remix.org/ is what i just downloaded, by the way [21:20] testdisk is sweet, hope it can help. [21:20] oh cool [21:22] im reading on it now, [21:28] munz, do i have to compile this? i dont know how to do that [21:34] sorry zus got on a call [21:34] no, dl, unzip, open a terminal and run it [21:35] ./testdisk(and the rest of the file name) [21:35] im not good one the terminal [21:35] you may have to r-click and allow ex as a program [21:40] munz, right now im trying to get my 11.04 up to date with the kxstudio ppa