[02:50] <coalwater> any body knows how i can create socks proxy without ssh, like dedicate a port on the server for that ?
[10:37] <Lafiir> I would like to disable a built-in webcam. Tried blacklisting the driver, but that did not work. Any other ideas?
[10:39] <Lafiir> Also I would like my bluetooth to be off on default. I managed to disable it by turning it off again in rc.local. Can I prevent it from turning on in the first place (with the option to turn it on any time during runtime)?
[12:10] <kunal> Hi guys , i have an unusual problem . I am using a usb modem. sometimes i can get connected to internet via wvdial script, sometimes it fails. Can someone tell me what to do ?
[12:35] <holstein> Lafiir: i usually try in the bios, is that an option?
[12:36] <Lafiir> unfortunately no
[13:52] <E3D3> I can see my external drive but not read it. How can I read a HPFS/NTFS file-system ?
[14:15] <E3D3> How do I mount a HPFS/NTFS file-system with the terminal ?
[14:34] <E3D3> Is this channel still alive or ...?
[14:37] <geirha> Yes. sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /media/mountpoint
[14:37] <geirha> Where you change /dev/sdb1 with the correct device node for the partition and /media/mountpoint with an exisiting directory where you want the filesystem mounted.
[14:39] <geirha> E3D3: ^  sudo fdisk -l  and/or   sudo blkid   should list all partitions and help you identify the right device node.
[14:44] <E3D3> I tried that but it don't work. I tried: sudo mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdb1 /media/500GB and got output with: The device '/dev/sdb1' doesn't seem to have a valid NTFS.
[14:45] <E3D3> This is output from fdisk:   /dev/sdb1      1       60801   488384001    7  HPFS/NTFS
[14:45] <geirha> E3D3: Hm. What does  sudo blkid /dev/sdb1  say?
[14:45] <E3D3> I also just tried on Linux & they guided me through this but it ended with above output.
[14:46] <geirha> It sounds like the filesystem is corrupt. I'd try connecting it to a windows machine and do a scandisk/chkdisk on it.
[14:46] <E3D3> Nothing, is this right : sudo blkid /dev/sdb1
[14:48] <E3D3> I understand. Some solutions suggested that it was wrong detached from Windows & correct connecting & deconnecting in Windows would solve it. Not for most & not for me.
[14:48] <geirha> Yeah, so it can't detect a valid filesystem on that partition.
[14:49] <E3D3> My disk-tool & fdisk recognise/see it. Is that enough ?
[14:50] <geirha> That means the disk has a valid partition table, it doesn't necessarily mean the partitions contain valid data.
[14:51] <E3D3> It does, at least in Windows.
[14:54] <geirha> Well, do try a filesystem check from windows, just to be sure
[14:54] <E3D3> Never mind geirha. I think that manually copy parts of a 500 GB disk with 16GB USB-sticks will be faster than trying to long to connect this. Thank you very much for your kind help.
[14:57] <E3D3> btw, what filesystem do you suggest after I cleaned this harddrive ? I use often FAT because I never have compatibility-problems with window-computers.
[14:58] <geirha> For a 500GB drive that should be usable with both windows and ubuntu? I'd say NTFS
[14:58] <geirha> FAT32 can't have files larger than 4 GiB
[15:01] <E3D3> I must confess that struggling for 2 years with this harddrive didn't promote NTFS but I guess that it's the HPFS-part in HPFS/NTFS that is nasty.
[15:03] <E3D3> so now I have a 2TB hd with FAT that can't store big movies or OS's. but its beter than to unscrew my laptop to change harddrives with a different OS.
[15:03] <geirha> There's exFAT, which is the next generation FAT filesystem, that fixes the limitation of 4 GiB. I don't know how well Ubuntu supports that yet though. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exfat
[15:07] <E3D3> Thanks again geirha, I will look forward to it but for now I try to play safe with proven conventions.
[15:12] <E3D3> Have a good day/night/etc & good luck 2. Bye
[16:46] <starcraftman> Raweed: hello again
[16:46] <Raweed> Hey is this the correct chat now?
[16:46] <starcraftman> Raweed: yup
[16:46] <Raweed> woop
[16:46] <Raweed> yeah
[16:46] <Raweed> so anyways,
[16:46] <starcraftman> Raweed: ask away
[16:47] <Raweed> im currently booting from a memory stick but would like to install the full version, but not on my laptop, ive got an external hardrive, is it possible to install on there and then boot from there instead?
[16:47] <Raweed> if that makes sense
[16:47] <Raweed> :$
[16:48] <Abhijit> yes
[16:48] <Raweed> and how would i do that
[16:48] <Abhijit> Raweed, its possible. just make sure to select external drive carefully otherwise you will end up erasing os in internal hd
[16:48] <Abhijit> nothing special just select external hdd for '/' i.e. root
[16:48] <Abhijit> and /home
[16:49] <starcraftman> Raweed: As Abhijit said, should be fine. I'd put the boot loader on your regular drive to make switching easy.
[16:49] <Raweed> plus theres just one more added complication, its a 1TB and i dont exactly want to use all of it for ubuntu so do i have to partition it first?
[16:50] <Raweed> im kind of a newbie at all of this
[16:50] <Raweed> sorry for the obvious questions
[16:50] <Abhijit> nope
[16:50] <starcraftman> Raweed: that's ok, never done partitioning before?
[16:50] <Abhijit> you can partition while doing the installation. you 'can' partition befoer starting the ubuntu installation but its not compulsory
[16:51] <Raweed> i messed with some partiotion on the home computer when i was 8 but ended up ruining the whole thing so not exactly confident, how much space should i partion for ubuntu?
[16:53] <Abhijit> Raweed, 20-40 gb should be fine dor desktop uses
[16:54] <Abhijit> and space for /home depends on your data
[16:54] <Raweed> whats */home*
[16:55] <Raweed> and desktop uses doent inc my music files etc?
[16:55] <Raweed> doesnt*
[16:56] <Abhijit> amm
[16:57] <Raweed> amm? sorry i dont understand :s
[16:57] <Abhijit> forget about /home. its separate home directory to store user data like music, video, film, documents. i suggest you just make a plain installatin. only make a large partition of about 200gb for / only
[16:58] <Raweed> ok so i'll do the installation and partition 200gb
[16:58] <Abhijit> yeah
[16:58] <Raweed> is there anything else i should know before going in?
[16:58] <Abhijit> read the docs
[16:59] <Raweed> on the ubuntu documentation site?
[16:59] <Raweed> or are there any other ones
[16:59] <Abhijit> yeah
[17:00] <Raweed> ok thanks Abhijit and Starcraftman!
[17:00] <Abhijit> welcome
[17:01] <Raweed> i'll be back if i have more q's 8-)
[17:01] <Abhijit> sure.
[17:01] <Raweed> :P
[17:08] <Raweed> 32 bit or 64 bit, im currently on 64 on the usb
[17:23] <Raweed> hey im having difficulties with partitioning
[17:35] <E3D3> Is it easy to use the same swap-partion for more than one OS and should that be in de middle of the physical drive ?
[21:32] <mandi628> I am installing 10.04 on an old dell lattitude and there seem to be some issues with the screen resolution; i cannot see the whole screen and i can't login through the GUI; i started the virtual console command line and was able to log in there, but i don't know what to do next to adjust the screen resolution; any suggestions?