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popeyAzelphur: dont set a passphrase00:01
Azelphurhow do I unset the passphrase?00:02
popeyi dont think yiou can00:02
popeyyou can create a new key00:02
popeywith no passphrase00:02
Azelphureven if I have the passphrase?00:02
AzelphurI just don't want to enter it all the time00:02
popeyyes00:02
popeyi know00:02
Azelphurcan I still keep all my ssh keys if I do that?00:02
popey00:02:12 < popey> you can create a new key00:03
popeynew != existing]00:03
Azelphur:( that kinda isn't very good00:03
czajkowskinn folks00:04
Azelphurso I basically have the choices of wiping all my keys or entering a password forever?00:04
popeyits security00:04
Azelphurit's silly security if it won't let me do what I want when I have all the valid credentials :P00:04
popeyyou could put the password in a file00:04
popey_that_ would be silly security00:04
Azelphurlol00:04
MattJAzelphur: run `ssh-add`00:09
AzelphurMattJ: Could not open a connection to your authentication agent.00:10
MattJYay00:10
AzelphurI'm doing this as root btw, as I need root to be able to ssh to another host automagically00:10
MattJOh, automagically?00:10
MattJCreate a new key :/00:10
Azelphurindeed00:10
Azelphur\o/00:11
MattJYou can choose which key to use with ssh -i /path/to/key00:11
Azelphurexcept that I can't really set that arg because it's for rsnapshot :(00:11
AzelphurI'll probably just wipe the keys for root and suffer a bit xD00:12
MattJBedtime, nn :)00:13
Azelphurnn :)00:14
directhexAzelphur, you can set per-host keys in ~/.ssh/config00:21
directhexHost bhajiR00:21
directhex    HostName bhaji.XXXXXXXXX00:21
directhex    User directhexR00:21
directhex    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa-admin00:21
Azelphurfun00:22
Safiyyahpopey!00:31
directhexhmph, having trouble breathing this evening00:38
directhexthat normally only happens if i breathe in chinchilla dust, or eat a whole pint of ben & jerrys in one go00:38
Safiyyahchinchilla the cat?00:49
directhexSafiyyah: chinchilla the chinchilla.00:57
* Safiyyah goes to check for chinchilla on wikiepedia00:58
luckymalletIs it true the people behind the royal wedding used taxpayer money to pay for their outlandish ceremony?01:03
directhexfaster than a speeding bullet, it's luckymallet01:15
Myrttipopey ♥01:21
dimas_what dependencies amsn need to be able to play animated smilyes?05:29
AlanBellmorning all08:03
TheOpenSourcerermorning08:06
TheOpenSourcererI'd have thought czajkowski would have been perfect for this job? http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2011/0701/1224299837792.html08:07
hoovermorning all08:28
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MooDoomorning all09:01
DJonesMorning09:02
MooDoowow quiet !09:07
bigcalmGood morning peeps :)09:12
MooDoomorning bigcalm09:14
danfishahoy hoy!09:17
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MooDooarrrgghhhhh danfish09:17
danfishmorning ye scurvy dogs!09:18
danfishit's too nice to be inside09:19
danfishI give the whole channel the day off :)09:20
MooDootell me about it, glad it's my last day before me hols :)09:20
danfishgoing away anywhere?09:20
MooDoodanfish, whitby09:20
danfishnice. Watch out for vampires ;)09:21
MooDoodanfish, been there before, i know where they all are......i'm a bit weary of locals who ask me in for a bite ;)09:22
danfishthey just want you to have a fangtastic time09:23
MooDoopopey,  i remember you using a wii remote for one of your mumbuntu presentations.....did you do that using WiiCan?09:24
bigcalmMorning MooDoo & danfish09:25
MooDoo:)09:25
stgraberpopey: we ship gnome nanny that's supposed to do part of that09:31
brobostigongood morning everyone,10:14
MooDoogood morning10:14
brobostigonmorning MooDoo10:15
wintellecto/10:15
brobostigonmorning wintellect10:16
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MooDoowoohoo roll on 5:3010:23
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MooDooanyone got anything else to add to our re-approval document? - http://pad.ubuntu-uk.org/reapproval10:24
MooDooyay looks like we got the vanity url for the facebook page :)10:27
AlanBellwe did :)10:27
MooDooforgot gary kearley did a facebook group for ubuntu uk as well :S lol10:28
AlanBellnumbers are creeping up10:28
brobostigonnothing to indicate end of lines,10:28
MooDooAlanBell, not a lot happening on the re-approval pad i see, i just keep adding stuff :)10:28
AlanBellyeah10:29
brobostigoni will add things i find aswell.10:29
AlanBellI put in some stuff, I am doing some stats on the launchpad group10:29
MooDoosweet :)10:29
AlanBellgeneral activity levels10:29
brobostigonglobal jam, inst mentioned, with mumble, and the live vnc's install testing.10:30
AlanBellwe don't really do much as a team, but individuals in ubuntu-uk do a lot of stuff on launchpad10:30
MooDooalot of the stuff i'm finiding is quite old, would be nice to find some blog post and photos from recent events.10:31
AlanBellyes, I noticed that I have done blog posts in advance of events, but very little in terms of writing them up afterwards10:32
AlanBellhttp://ubuntu-uk.org/2011/07/01/books-and-butties/10:40
AlanBellshould go to the facebook page automatically10:41
MooDoo:)10:46
AlanBellgoogle plus appears to include video conferencing with a .deb for ubuntu10:54
MooDooit does10:54
MooDooworks quite well, it's the same one they released yonks ago10:54
AlanBellI missed the memo on that one10:55
brobostigoni havent tried that yet.10:56
AlanBellI thought they did some voice thing that only works in the US10:56
Laneydoesn't work behind a proxy10:56
Laney:(10:56
MooDooAlanBell, the google voice this is different10:56
MooDoothe deb is for when they released video chat in gmail iirc10:57
brobostigonyes10:57
MooDoowell it works in any case :D10:58
brobostigonit is aninteresting idea.10:58
* AlanBell starts a hangout10:59
DJonesDoes anybody have invites for google+ going spare?11:01
MooDoodjones email?  i'll try it,11:01
DJonesMooDoo: Sent you a pm with the address11:02
* brobostigon doesnt have AlanBell on google+11:02
bigcalm_DJones: give us a punt then :)11:02
MooDoome neiother11:02
bigcalm_Ah, you're looking, not offering11:03
* bigcalm_ goes back to his corner11:03
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* AlanBell wonders how to find people that it hasn't already found by magic11:04
brobostigonAlanBell: good question.11:04
brobostigonAlanBell: the find people hingie, top middle, on the stream page.11:12
DJonesIf anybody wants to add me on google +, pm me for my email address11:13
dauberslo11:27
brobostigonmorning daubers11:27
MooDoomorning daubers11:28
* daubers managed to sleep all night last night without needing to get up to throw up \o/11:31
brobostigon:)11:31
MartijnVdSdaubers: improvement!12:02
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cbx33hey12:14
cbx33anyone here?12:14
brobostigonafternoonings cbx3312:14
cbx33i just followed instructions to recompile me kernel :)12:14
cbx33and create the "package"12:14
cbx33what i want to know is - will it overwrite my current kernel12:14
popeywhy?12:14
cbx33and do entires get added to grub?12:14
MartijnVdScbx33: depends on which version package you made12:15
cbx33popey, https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/76508212:15
lubotu3Ubuntu bug 765082 in linux (Ubuntu Natty) "[ips-monitor] is in state 'D'" [Medium,In progress]12:15
MartijnVdScbx33: actually, on the package name12:15
MartijnVdScbx33: if the package name is identical to the current kernel, it will overwrit12:15
MartijnVdSe12:15
MartijnVdSotherwise, it'll install a new one12:15
cbx33ahh no it['s now12:15
cbx33not12:15
cbx33linux-headers-2.6.38.2-tweak_2.6.38.2-tweak-10.00.Custom_i386.deb12:15
cbx33linux-image-2.6.38.2-tweak_2.6.38.2-tweak-10.00.Custom_i386.deb12:15
cbx33are my package names12:16
cbx33do grub entries get added automatically12:16
popeyyou'll get a new entry in grub12:16
MartijnVdScbx33: yes that's automagic12:16
cbx33ok sweeet12:17
cbx33does it install new "modules" direcctory too?12:20
cbx33and what happens when a "new" kernel version is released on the ubuntu repos?12:20
MartijnVdSit should12:20
MartijnVdSthen you get a new one -- as long as the metapackage is still installed I think12:21
MartijnVdSbut I don't know if it goes to the top of grub automatically12:21
cbx33ahh ok12:24
cbx33that's no problem i can change that12:24
JGJonesHmm...I was just wondering...I can't remember any news where Google have sued other companies over patents?12:52
JGJonesI know Google get sued a lot - ie by Oracle being the most recent, but what about Google suing others?12:53
Laneygoogle is an OIN licensee12:55
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* brobostigon likes AlanBell's humour, in the email hejust sent to the mailing list.13:27
* MooDoo will look at said email13:39
* MooDoo likes said email....13:42
LaneyMooDoo: if you get some CDs to Notts then I can put them around CS13:42
MooDooLaney, yeah i'm asking AlanBell to get me some13:44
Laneythat's what I was referring to :-)13:44
MooDoo:) Laney i'll keep you informed13:44
Laneyaye aye13:44
JGJonesLaney, as I understand - OIN is specifically for Linux only? Or have I got that wrong?13:54
brobostigonyou are right, it is linux only.13:55
MooDooLaney, where are you anyway?13:55
MooDooLaney, fancy arranging an ubuntu hour?13:55
JGJonesI was wondering this as just saw the news that the Nortel patents been bought out by a group of companies including MS, Apple etc.13:55
Laneyit is indeed13:55
LaneyMooDoo: beeston/university13:55
MooDoodamn didn't get an interview with canonical :(13:55
MooDooLaney, awesome.....13:55
Laneyand I don't fancy arranging much, but maybe I'd attend ...13:55
Laneywhat is one of those?13:56
MooDooLaney, that's kinda what i meant :)13:56
MooDooubuntu hour, an hour in a coffee bar or something discussing and or using/installing ubuntu with like minded individuals13:56
brobostigon:)13:58
kvarleyI can't get audio with my Dazzle DVC-100. I can get video but no audio14:18
jimmieDon't suppose anyone knows how to change the width of the unity launcher do they?14:38
MooDoojimmie, maybe this will help? -http://ubuntu4beginners.blogspot.com/2011/04/tweak-unity-to-better-suit-your-needs.html14:40
jimmieThanks alot MooDoo14:41
Psychobudgiedon't suppose anyone in here has an idea what could be causing x to flick to a black screen every few seconds when running some opengl apps/games14:41
Psychobudgiethere is nothing in the logs to indicate anything going pear shaped14:42
MooDoobug #15758014:43
lubotu3Launchpad bug 157580 in Ubuntu "Screen flickers when OpenGL app is launched" [Undecided,Expired] https://launchpad.net/bugs/15758014:43
MooDoothat it Psychobudgie ?14:43
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Psychobudgieyup, that's it14:44
Psychobudgieexample14:44
MooDoook that's an old one lol14:44
MooDoodidn't look at the date lol14:44
brobostigonundecided status, somore information,the better, to confirm, and solve.14:44
brobostigonexpired. hmm.14:44
Psychobudgieum no14:44
Psychobudgiethats not it14:45
Psychobudgieif I run minecraft, the game starts and runs fine but every 5 or 6 seconds the entire display will go black and then return14:45
Psychobudgiethe applications all continue running14:46
Psychobudgiethe display doesn't go onto standby so it's not a synch issue14:46
AlanBell"The Ubuntu Keyboard will be with you Monday - enjoy - and tell everyone. We will offer them out at the same price as the standard ones." - nice :)14:46
Psychobudgiealso happens with other opengl games but doesn't occur while using compiz14:47
Psychobudgieand there is nothing in the logs to suggest anything is going wrong anywhere14:47
Psychobudgieoh and it only started occurring a few days ago, been absolutely fine up until then14:48
MooDoono idea then sorry :(14:48
MooDoonot running a dual head system are you?14:48
Psychobudgiemy money is on the driver but I cannot recall any changes or recent updates to the nvidia drivers14:49
Psychobudgieno14:49
MooDoohttp://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=161014614:49
MooDooreqad that see if it's related?14:49
Psychobudgiegot a 8600gt14:49
MooDoohmm that doesn't help either, it started working after awhile14:50
Psychobudgieto be perfectly honest, in 2 years I had no major issues at all with my system, since installing natty I've had easily 2 years worth in the space of a few weeks.14:51
Psychobudgienot happy, actually considered going back to windows yesterday, then after punching myself repeatedly changed my mind14:52
MooDooPsychobudgie, - https://bugs.launchpad.net/nvidia-drivers-ubuntu/+bug/660596   read this14:52
lubotu3Ubuntu bug 660596 in nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu) "Black screen after installing Nvidia drivers on 10.10" [Undecided,Confirmed]14:52
kvarleyPsychobudgie: Windows isn't the solution to any problem.14:52
MooDoothere are lots of pages, bug if you search google, i just can't see anything actually specific to your problem14:53
Psychobudgiethat's a different issue14:53
Psychobudgieit's almost as if the screensaver is kicking in briefly14:53
brobostigonPsychobudgie: i would search yourself, on launchpad, as MooDoo said, there probeblkyloads of results.14:53
PsychobudgieI have14:53
Psychobudgiethat's why I'm asking here14:54
brobostigonanything useful ?14:54
Psychobudgienope14:54
brobostigonPsychobudgie: report a new bug, if doesnt exist. :)14:54
Psychobudgieit's the lack of errors in the logs that's got me kerfuffled14:54
brobostigonPsychobudgie: and prod the ubuntu-x chaps and gals, at it.14:55
brobostigoni prodded the ubuntu-x chaps and gals, about my gpu lockup innatty for ages, and itgot fixed, after some testing.14:58
brobostigon:)14:58
PsychobudgieI'm just wondering if it's perhaps the card15:00
Psychobudgierather than x15:00
Psychobudgieit's getting on a bit, and I replaced the fan on it a couple of months ago15:01
Psychobudgiemight open it up and have a look15:01
brobostigonhw failiure, shhould show up somewhere, either dmesg, syslog, ot otherwise.15:01
brobostigonor*15:01
Psychobudgieyeah, that's why I am suspecting the driver but you never know15:01
brobostigonany bugs filed directly for the nvidia driver you are using?15:02
Psychobudgienopr15:02
brobostigonnot just generally xorg.15:02
Psychobudgienope, well not related15:03
brobostigonPsychobudgie: i wouldfile a new bug, in that case, if it new, and notreportedyet, with as much informtion, and you cancram into it.15:03
Psychobudgieother than what I've typed here, there isn't much else I can provide as there is a distinct lack of errors15:05
brobostigonin as much detail, as you can.15:05
Psychobudgiewhich normally results in it being closed15:05
brobostigonPsychobudgie: hw informartion, so lshw, and you xorg logs, and you gpu model, etc, aswell.15:05
Psychobudgiethink I'll try reseating the gpu fan just to be safe and then take it from there15:05
Psychobudgiecheers15:05
Psychobudgiebbiab15:06
brobostigonok.15:06
ali1234you shouldn't remove gpu fan15:08
ali1234the heat pads are one-time use15:08
ali1234probably goes for modern heatsinks too15:09
ali1234cpu i mean15:09
diploI've changed them before, couple of years ago albeit15:12
MooDooyay they've been filming batman in nottingham lol15:21
DJonesMooDoo: The Del Boy & Rodney version?15:22
MooDooDJones, lol no the new batman movie15:22
MooDoochristian bale15:22
diploMooDoo, will be in Notts on Tuesday. Please make sure lots of women out in the evening!15:22
diplo:)15:22
MooDoodiplo, you've no problem there matey :)15:23
diploWas dead last time we were up, where as the time before it was some sort of toga party thing going on15:23
diploBut at that time I was still married!15:23
MooDooah you'll have to wait and see then :D15:24
Psychobudgieyay15:26
Psychobudgieit was the gpu15:26
Psychobudgiebrobostigon,  well, memory to be precise15:26
Psychobudgiebrobostigon,  wacked some thermal paste on to the chips and stuck a small heatsink onto them and voila15:27
brobostigonok, :)15:27
Psychobudgiemakes me wonder as to why it doesn't happen in windows though15:28
brobostigonnot a clue.15:28
Psychobudgiemakes me ponder as to whether the nvidia driver is running the gpu and memory at the right speed on the video card15:28
brobostigoni havent used a modern window, in over a decade. so no idea.15:28
brobostigonwindows*15:29
Psychobudgiemicrosoft haven't written a 'modern windows' in over a decade so no probs15:29
brobostigonok.15:30
brobostigonlast version i used, for some reasonable amount of time, was windows 200.15:31
brobostigonwindows 2000*15:31
Psychobudgieit was uncannily the last 'good' version of windows so you haven't missed anything15:31
brobostigonok,15:31
Psychobudgiewe kept all our windows dev boxes on 2000 until windows 7 appeared15:32
brobostigonah,15:32
Psychobudgiewe only moved then due to dependancies15:32
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bigcalm_So it's only this machine that is dropping ever hour? Most strange16:01
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ubuntuuk-planet[Jonathan Riddell] Launchpadding, bzr --verify-signatures, Desktop Summit - http://blogs.kde.org/node/444916:07
MooDooyippeee 1 more hour then i'm on my holidays :D16:29
brobostigon:)16:29
* brobostigon gets a beer ready for MooDoo 16:29
MooDoowhy thank you brobostigon16:30
brobostigon:)16:33
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* brobostigon changed google calendar back to classic look. the new one, filled more than a singleframe sohad to scroll, unlike with the old version.16:50
shaunoit's fun when you google for an error message, and the only result returned is the source code :(17:03
AlanBellshauno: even more fun when you realise it was *you* that wrote it17:09
shaunough.  I need to reboot because upstart's a complete botch17:18
popeysam x mum17:29
popey^^ sam typed that17:29
nigelbheh17:29
AlanBello/ sam17:30
nigelb\o sam17:30
nigelbintroducing sam to IRC at an early age, good idea :D17:30
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nigelbheh17:32
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AlanBellpopey is making an unusual amount of sense today17:32
AlanBell;)17:32
laclassepopey fell asleep on the kboard17:32
Azelphurit's true :P17:33
nigelbAlanBell: hehe17:33
popeynnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnmsaaaaaaaam17:33
popeybgffddaxxzzz\zxcxxxxxxxxxzzzzzzxxxxxxxxxxxxxxz17:34
popeyAhem17:34
nigelb^ he stopped the fun17:35
safiyyahhi guys am trying to set up nvidia on natty, i am stuck on something17:43
safiyyahis anyone free to help?17:44
AlanBell!ask17:44
lubotu3Please don't ask to ask a question, simply ask the question (all on ONE line and in the channel, so that others can read and follow it easily). If anyone knows the answer they will most likely reply. :-)17:44
AlanBellI haven't got an nvidia machine so I won't be much help17:45
safiyyahokay so I already have nvidia driver 173 installed on restricted drivers but it says that it is currently not active.17:49
safiyyahI changed the xorg. conf file to the one popey made me , I rebooted and nothing happened17:49
safiyyahI have over large pixels now, so have no idea if that is what is affecting my view of the menu or if the admin menu did actually disappear17:51
safiyyahali1234, Azelphur , AlanBell , directhex , MartijnVdS17:54
* Azelphur has been highlighted :o17:55
Azelphurcan you not click activate?17:55
safiyyahthere was no activate button, just remove17:55
safiyyahnvidia config is installed17:55
Azelphuryou have an nvidia card?17:56
safiyyahnvidia X server settings* is installed and running17:56
safiyyahyes I do17:56
Azelphursafiyyah: maybe remove and install again in jockey17:57
safiyyahokay17:57
safiyyahI dont get anything when I search for restricted extras on the menu17:58
safiyyahcan I remove it from the terminal?17:58
safiyyahremember I have a restricted menu because of my graphics17:58
Azelphurthat statement made no sense o.O17:58
Azelphurrestricted extras is nothing to do with nvidia drivers, what menu?17:58
safiyyahwell you go to restricted extras, highlight the installed driver, click remove17:59
safiyyahor what did you mean then?17:59
Azelphursafiyyah: that's hardware drivers, restricted extras is a package18:00
safiyyahfound it.... they changed it to additional drivers18:00
safiyyahokay I am removing it18:00
Azelphuryea :P18:00
safiyyahwill reboot?18:00
safiyyahbrb18:00
Azelphuryea, when it asks18:00
safiyyahAzelphur... all done, it just didnt seem to like the default installation which said it wasn't active, so removing it and starting over was the solution18:18
safiyyahmany thanx18:18
safiyyahis anyone else on natty18:18
safiyyah?18:18
safiyyahthis menu.... needs getting used to LOL18:18
Azelphursafiyyah: good that it's fixed :D18:25
Azelphursafiyyah: yea, I run natty on all my machines18:25
safiyyahAzelphur, it like a large upgrade from lucid. Many changes, it like a brand new toy18:41
safiyyahare you using unity OR gnome 318:41
* MartijnVdS uses unity18:48
safiyyahMartijnVdS,   I have to get used to it! LOL18:57
StevenRMartijnVdS: is there a "system tray" place? Like for pidgin to live in?18:57
MartijnVdSStevenR: there can be, but don't use pidgin18:59
MartijnVdSI use empathy18:59
StevenRMartijnVdS: hmmm. how do I add it?19:03
MartijnVdSStevenR: just click the envelope (top right)19:03
MartijnVdSStevenR: it should show pidgin (if you set it to use the messaging/indicator menu)19:03
MartijnVdSStevenR: or empathy19:03
safiyyahI think I am in love with gnome 319:35
MartijnVdSI haven't really tried it yet19:35
MartijnVdSI heard it has even fewer configurable settings than unity has19:36
MartijnVdSand I think that would annoy me19:36
safiyyahMartijnVdS,  fewer!!!!!19:36
MartijnVdSsafiyyah: yes19:36
safiyyahoh no, the lack of flexibility on the unity bar is doing my head in19:36
MartijnVdSsafiyyah: it's as flexible as the Gnome 3 menu bar19:36
safiyyahbut the look and feel, hmmm love at first sight!19:37
safiyyahlol so i just need to wait a year for it all to be ironed out19:37
MartijnVdSprobably19:37
MartijnVdS12.04 will be fine :)19:37
safiyyahI do feel like laughing at MS though, just when they nearly came close to catching up we sped ahead19:38
MartijnVdSwell  the Unity bar feels a lot like the Windows 7 task bar19:38
safiyyahhave the release cycles gone to 12 months and not 6 months anymore?19:38
MartijnVdSsafiyyah: no they're still on 6 months, but 12.04 is the next LTS release19:38
MartijnVdSsafiyyah: which is in a year19:39
safiyyahwindows 7 task bar...  nothing will make me like windows, even though I run it on Virtual box19:39
safiyyahI do like their office package though19:39
ali123412.04 will be the first version where normal users have actually been able to contribute to the development version19:39
MartijnVdSali1234: what? how?19:39
ali1234let's say you are a normal user19:40
MartijnVdSali1234: normal users fixing bugs?19:40
ali1234you don't want to run ubuntu +119:40
ali1234it's not possible to contribute to unity in a normal way without doing this19:40
MartijnVdS"this"?19:40
AlanBellwhy is 11.10 not that release then?19:41
ali1234this = "running ubuntu +1"19:41
MartijnVdSyou mean "controversial" releases before LTS19:41
MartijnVdS?19:41
ali1234because the version of natty needs gtk3 which isn't available in 11.0419:41
ali1234so you can't run unity from 11.10 on 11.0419:41
ali1234so when 11.10 comes out you will finally be able to run the development version on a distro that doesn't fall over every two days19:41
ali1234so then normal people will be able to contribute19:42
AlanBellah, gotcha19:42
MartijnVdSYeah oneiric is falling over every few days19:42
MartijnVdS:(19:42
ali1234so when 12.04 comes out we'll start to see enhancements from "normal" people filtering through19:42
safiyyahdo you guys run development distros on VBox?19:42
ali1234and it might be slightly less of a complete mess19:43
ali1234safiyyah: hell no, vbox 3d acceleration still sucks which makes it hard to run unity19:43
ali1234i mean it works19:43
ali1234but you never know if it's a bug in vbox or unity19:43
ali1234so it's just not worth the hassle19:43
MartijnVdSthere's unity-2d19:43
ali1234oh and in case you are wondering why not just contribute the the version of unity in the stable release... well there's no point because only major crash bugs will be fixed19:44
MartijnVdSthere's no point in contributing to unity anyway19:44
MartijnVdS1) copyright assignment19:44
ali1234well i tend to agree19:45
MartijnVdS2) "The design says it's not a bug"19:45
ali1234but what else you going to do? go to gnome 3? loooooooooooool19:45
MartijnVdS+team19:45
MartijnVdSali1234: XFCE is still an option19:45
ali1234no19:45
MartijnVdSali1234: they went insane as well?19:46
ali1234xfce is awful19:46
ali1234xfce never got there act together in the first place19:46
ali1234it's like using a gui from 10 years ago19:46
ali1234if unity is a bad copy of os x then xfce is a bad copy of windows 9519:47
ali1234or possible a bad copy of gnome 219:47
ali1234with some bits of kde thrown in for no reason19:47
MartijnVdSali1234: KDE is even worse though19:47
ali1234true19:47
MartijnVdSthey still haven't recovered from the KDE4 fiasco19:47
ali1234kde4 "fiasco" is overblown19:47
ali1234kde4 has all the same problems kde3 had19:47
ali1234they haven't fixed any of them19:48
ali1234people who moaned about kde4 being "different" would have been better off complaining about al the things that were the same19:48
ali1234like the font rendering bugs19:48
MartijnVdSali1234: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheyChangedItNowItSucks19:48
ali1234kde can't even centre text properly19:48
ali1234since about 200219:49
ali1234the thing about kde is it only looks "good" if you use the default theme19:49
ali1234if you try to configure it at all everything just explodes and it looks like a mess19:49
ali1234due to afforementioned font rendering bugs, and others19:50
ali1234but the configurability of kde is supposed to be it's selling point19:50
MartijnVdSali1234: also.. every bit of free space in dialog boxes must be filled with configuration/tweaking options19:50
ali1234but i don't see how anyone could use anything but the defaults without going nuts19:50
MartijnVdSas if it's a law19:50
ali1234yeah the overuse of toolbars and dividable windows is annoying19:50
ali1234but you can turn off most of that19:50
ali1234turning off the icons on buttons helps a lot19:51
MartijnVdSali1234: don't forget the Amarok 1 vs 2 fanboi-war19:51
ali1234lol both versions of amarok suuuuuuck19:51
ali1234the main thing that makes kde look bad is the lack of a colour scheme19:51
ali1234even the default "everything is blue" still has icons with every single colour ever19:52
ali1234it makes everything look childish imo19:52
ali1234they need to get a nice mono icon set and make it the default19:52
ali1234and make it so you can configure things without hitting bugs19:53
ali1234and then i would switch to kde19:53
safiyyahali1234,  i was pondering my dilema with continously dead hard drives19:53
safiyyahand I noticed when I was formating my new SSD that I normally do swap, /root partition and a /home partition. The thing is I have alwats set both as primary.19:54
safiyyahToday I set home as logical19:54
safiyyahI think this might have been a contributor to the panicked kernels etc?19:54
safiyyahMartinjnVds looks like am stuck on Unity. I miss having a customizable panel!!!!!19:55
ali1234safiyyah: no, that's not it19:56
safiyyahyou can't change anything really apart from the wallpaper, it's like windows XP19:57
safiyyahno.... windows 719:57
MartijnVdSsafiyyah: you can change the colours20:03
MartijnVdSsafiyyah: and the screen saver20:03
mattiAlanBell: How is it that I am getting G+ mails from you? ;]20:04
mattiAlanBell: How did you managed to do it? :)20:04
mattiAlanBell: I have not G+ account ;p20:04
* MartijnVdS does20:04
mattiShow off ;p20:04
MartijnVdSbut it's not my "real" google account20:04
MartijnVdSbecause that's apps and apps doesn't have profiles so no g+ for apps20:05
AlanBellmatti: not entirely sure tbh20:05
AlanBellit does google magic with your contacts20:05
MartijnVdSAlanBell: could be buzz leaking through to g+ :)20:05
mattiAlanBell: Hmm :)20:05
mattiAlanBell: Have you got some spare invites?20:05
MartijnVdSmatti: what's your gmail address?20:05
mattiMartijnVdS: kswilczynski20:06
MartijnVdSmatti: you should have emails20:07
mattiMartijnVdS: Oh :) Thank you kind Sir ;]20:07
MartijnVdSmatti: did it works?20:09
mattiHold on.20:12
s-foxHello,20:12
mattiMartijnVdS: No e-mails.20:12
MartijnVdSmatti: hmmm... le strange20:13
matti:)20:13
MartijnVdS"Sending email invitations will be enabled soon!" :(20:14
MartijnVdSsorry20:14
mattiNo worries ;]20:15
mattiThanks ;)20:16
* MartijnVdS starts hoping for good weather at the end of the month20:28
MartijnVdS(geeknic/scifi exhibition thingy)20:28
MartijnVdSmatti: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-uk/1032/detail/20:31
mattiMartijnVdS: ;]20:39
suprengrhiya's all - back home from working away & logging on I noticed a whoopsee in the topic...  Meeting 28th June 20:00 UK time - whoop-seeee  ;)20:41
AlanBellsuprengr: yeah20:41
suprengrhi AlanBell  - good to be back20:42
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AlanBellbetter?20:44
suprengrAlanBell, that'll do nicely - ta!   :D20:53
safiyyahMartijnVdS,  how do you add items into the "notification area?"20:56
MartijnVdSsafiyyah: some apps are whitelisted, others can be added.. there's a howto on the wiki I think20:56
safiyyahthanx20:57
safiyyahMartijnVdS,  am I missing some kind of keyword, my searches return nada20:58
MartijnVdSsafiyyah: "whitelist" and "unity"?20:59
MartijnVdSsafiyyah: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=170951720:59
safiyyahMartijnVdS I did everything but the app is still not showing on the Unity System Tray21:13
safiyyahwhat did I miss :(21:13
MartijnVdSsafiyyah: which app?21:14
MartijnVdSsafiyyah: maybe it's in the messaging menu?21:14
MartijnVdSalso, maybe you need to configure the app to actually show a notification icon?21:15
MartijnVdSor restart it?21:15
safiyyahI did...21:16
MartijnVdSso which app is it? :)21:17
safiyyahI take it now I can't have apps like the desktop alarm clock etc?21:17
safiyyahminbar21:17
MartijnVdSsafiyyah: does that have a notification icon option?21:17
safiyyahyep21:17
MartijnVdSsafiyyah: you can disable the blacklist completely, maybe that will help?21:17
safiyyahhow does one do that?21:18
MartijnVdSsafiyyah: isn't that in the howto?21:18
safiyyahno the how to is about creating a whitelist21:18
safiyyahand this one is DEF on the white list21:18
MartijnVdShttp://www.webupd8.org/2011/04/how-to-re-enable-notification-area.html\21:18
MartijnVdSwithout the \21:18
safiyyahMartijnVdS,  okay I got it!!! yeiiii21:31
safiyyahlol, now everything goes on the system tray!21:31
safiyyahlol21:31
safiyyahi don't mind though21:32
StevenRwow. Firefox 5. Still not getting on with unity :S23:40
StevenR(those two aren't related)23:40

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