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czajkowskimorning05:57
MartijnVdS\o06:06
* MartijnVdS prepares for a 10 mile run today (http://damloop.nl/)06:07
czajkowskiwatching england play for rwc06:11
AlanBellmorning all07:27
czajkowskimorning07:28
AlanBellwatching them play with odd shaped balls again?07:29
czajkowskiyes07:29
czajkowskiand you're winning in case you wondered07:29
czajkowskiI'm sure the lord is very happy this morning07:30
geekMePleaseI am upgrading to 11.10 beta. It has been about 30min in "cups: stopping...starting..." and not going forward08:19
geekMePlease* I have another TTY open with google-chrome there.08:19
geekMePlease* it should not take that much, since it is only a printing server08:21
geekMePlease* I do not know what comes after cups. Can I stop the installation process there, seems to be rather at the end.08:21
AlanBellgeekMePlease: I would leave it a few hours rather than interrupt it08:31
AlanBellor nuke it and reinstall08:32
czajkowskiand at this time of the morning help can be a bit slow08:32
czajkowskibe patien08:32
czajkowski*patient08:32
geekMePleaseAlanBell: I will do it.08:34
geekMePleaseHow can you monitor what the Ubuntu 11.10 installation -process does?09:03
geekMePlease* need to monitor it from different tty, since cannot stop the current process09:03
nperrytry tailing the log; tail /var/log/apt/term.log09:07
geekMePleasenperry: The log is ended 17/9/2011 18:30:01 so it has not make log entries for long time.09:19
nperryyou are using apt-get right?09:19
scoundrel50ahi, I got a lenovo G550-6 laptop with Ubuntu 11.04 and 11.10 partitioned.....I am in the 11.10 partition trying to set it up how I like it as it installing a few things that I want like Google Chrome, but I am having a problem installing it.....I have the right .deb package, but I keep getting this error once Ubuntu Software opens to begin the installation, the there is an internal error, the file "/home/me/Downloads/google-chrome-stable_c09:22
scoundrel50aurrent.deb" could not be opened....anybody know why that is happening?09:22
popeyscoundrel50a: did you close your browser?09:23
popeyoh, hang on, ignore that09:23
scoundrel50ayes once the .deb package was downloaded09:23
scoundrel50abaring in mind this is 11.1009:23
scoundrel50aIt had no problems installing into 11.0409:24
popeyi installed it on 11.10 last night09:25
popeybut I didnt use software centre09:25
scoundrel50awell, I went to the GC page to download, then once it downloadedthe installer, when you click on the it oopenes the software centre to install it09:26
scoundrel50aso how did you do it without it opening the software centre09:26
popeyopen a terminal09:26
scoundrel50aah09:26
scoundrel50aok, what command09:26
popeycd ~/Downloads09:26
popeysudo dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current.deb09:27
popeysudo apt-get -f install09:27
popeyjob done.09:27
scoundrel50aah, ok, will give that a go, thank you09:27
nperryI like the alt+tab in unity!09:33
scoundrel50aok, iot says I have a dependancy problem, and it wont install09:33
nperryRun the sudo apt-get -f install09:33
popeyscoundrel50a: run the second command I gave you09:33
scoundrel50aah09:34
scoundrel50aits running now09:34
scoundrel50ayay, it worked, would you suggest installing all .deb packages via the terminal like that09:36
popeyno09:36
popeyit's just the way I did it, and I know it worked09:36
scoundrel50aok, thank you brilliant09:37
nperrypopey: re your last tweet last night. Have you tried for example steam under wine using nouveau. Last time I tried it was awful!09:38
popeyno ☺09:38
popeyi am on nouveau atm09:38
popeynvidia just wont work09:38
geekMePleasenperry: I am using sudo do-realease-upgrade -d, so probably apt-get if the given app uses it09:47
AlanBellgeekMePlease: you might be at the reboot and hope stage now10:04
popeyi wouldnt reboot10:05
popeyI'd kill it and do sudo dpkg --configure -a10:05
brobostigongood morning everyone.10:05
geekMePleasepopey: I get the following error in running sudo dpkg --configure -a: dpkg: error: dpkg status database is locked by another process11:47
geekMePleaseok, I need to remove only a lock -file11:48
geekMePleasepopey: I get erros in configuring: mountal, inittramfs-tools and ucf, for instance12:14
geekMePleasepopey: Dependency problems12:15
geekMePlease* initscripts, plymouth, sysv-rc, libcairo2, upstart, libpaper1, libgail-common, libgs9, ghostscript-x, libfontconfig1, ifupdown, libgail18, gtk2-engines-pixbuf, libpam0g, plymouth-label, initscripts and module-init-tools12:17
geekMePleasepopey: Up.12:18
geekMePleaseIt left the given packages unconfiguresd. Should I do force configuration. May break the whole system.12:18
popeygeekMePlease: interesting12:35
popeygeekMePlease: does sudo apt-get -f install12:35
popeydoes that work?12:35
pr0ph3thi all12:44
pr0ph3tlong time no speak12:44
popeyhello12:44
popeyhows your sunday?12:44
pr0ph3they popey12:45
pr0ph3tjust chillin12:45
pr0ph3thow's yours12:45
popeywise12:45
popeysame :D12:45
pr0ph3tactually fiddling with gnome-shell12:46
pr0ph3ton 11.1012:46
popeyworking out okay?12:46
pr0ph3tit looks interesting12:47
pr0ph3tquite fast12:47
bigcalm_lappy486Is it possible to keep gnome 2 when moving to 11.10?12:47
gordnope, unless you mean gnome-panel, then yeah you could set that up12:48
geekMePleasepopey: I have the same problem as in the bug #26031912:48
lubotu3Launchpad bug 260319 in grub (Ubuntu) "libpam-runtime fails to install (debconf DbDriver error)" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/26031912:48
pr0ph3twhy would you want to keep gnome2 bigcalm_lappy486?12:49
geekMePleasepopey: or #3494612:49
pr0ph3tto run it on that laptop? :P12:49
geekMePleasepopey: s/#34946/#349469/12:50
bigcalm_lappy486pr0ph3t: because I don't want unity or gnome312:51
geekMePleasepopey: Managed to fix the problem by running first sudo rm -rf /var/cache/debconf/*12:52
pr0ph3tI wasn't impressed by unity, but I find gnome-shell kinda captivating for me12:53
pr0ph3thas anyone else been using it?12:54
popeybigcalm_lappy486: there is a fallback mode for gnome 3 in 11.1012:54
popeywhich is like gnome 2 2-panel12:54
pr0ph3talthough I used to like the gnome panel on top and cairo dock at the bottom, all personalised12:55
bigcalm_lappy486popey: ah, ok12:55
Laneywhere did the option to turn off the login sound go?12:55
popeyremove ubuntu-sounds package? :D12:57
bigcalm_lappy486Change it to be the sound of silence?12:58
popeybug 34946912:58
lubotu3Launchpad bug 349469 in debconf (Ubuntu) "debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable" [Medium,Triaged] https://launchpad.net/bugs/34946912:58
* popey tickles Laney with bug 85309813:01
lubotu3Launchpad bug 853098 in tomboy (Ubuntu) "Oneiric Tomboy sync auth doesn't complete" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/85309813:01
Laneyyeah people are looking at that13:01
popeyalso13:02
popeywhy do we have an Ubuntu One option for sync which doesnt work13:02
popeyit says 'already registered' but sync fails13:02
AlanBellwill the P cycle be more stable from the start?13:02
Laneythe U1 patches aren't my fault :(13:02
popey13:02
* Laney runs off crying like a girl13:03
* popey cuddles Laney 13:03
* popey wonders if P will be based on debian testing again13:03
Laneybut yeh, people are supposedly fixing those particular broken things13:03
* Laney hopes we always base on testing13:04
AlanBellit would be nice to have the thing remotely testable before freezes start happening13:04
Laneysuch is the life with a 6-month cycle :(13:07
Laneymaybe I'll land this libproxy and break things some more (H)13:07
theAnimal-ZAhello all13:14
pr0ph3tI dont understand this gnome shell13:16
pr0ph3twhat do you call the menu under the title bar, with File Edit etc?13:19
pr0ph3tthe one that in Unity is transferred to the top panel13:20
pr0ph3tre all13:39
pr0ph3tflash player keeps using the standard output instead of the hdmi output like the rest of the system does13:40
pr0ph3ti'm talking about sound, any of you had the same problem with 11.10?13:41
penguin42pa seems a little touchy on 11.10 for me13:44
geekMePleaseHow can you make USB-stick with has booting Ubuntu in Terminal?15:21
geekMePlease* I have X60, no CD drive and my current Ubuntu works only in Recovery mode15:21
MartijnVdSit should be possible15:31
=== Pendulum_ is now known as Pendulum
LcawteNeed more release partys :P16:02
* MartijnVdS is a bit tired after that 10 mile run16:02
=== OmNomDeBonBon is now known as RaycisCharles
kvarleyMy whole ubuntu partition is set to read-only, how can I find that? :( Chown doesn't work16:39
=== Nafallo_ is now known as Nafallo
brobostigonlive-build.debian.net, what does that use, to build debian images?17:49
scoundrel50aok, I have a lenovoG550-6 laptop with Ubuntu 11.04 and 11.10 preinstalled on a partition. So far things are ok with the 11.04 partition, it seems stable enough, but 11.10 is not stable at all, with things forcibly stopping all the time. One of the big things is, I have no reboot option on the drop down menu, there is no option to reboot anywhere.....is that a 11.10 thing, or is it a bug?17:55
penguin42scoundrel50a: If you choose the 'shutdown' option it gives you the choice to shutdown or restart17:56
penguin42(IMHO not very obvious)17:57
scoundrel50anope no option to restart17:57
penguin42scoundrel50a: So you have at the top right an on/off symbol with a gear, click the shutdown option and you get a dialog box? What does it say?17:58
scoundrel50ait says lock screen, log out, suspend, hybernate and shut down17:59
scoundrel50aand if I choose the log out and try to reboot that way, it still has no reboot option17:59
penguin42scoundrel50a: No, choose the shutdown option17:59
scoundrel50ayes, and it onoy gives option to shut down17:59
daubersscoundrel50a: Far left of the dialog that brings up18:00
penguin42scoundrel50a: Oh, for me if I choose the Shutdown option I get a dialog that says 'Are you sure you want to close all programs and shut down the computer?' and the buttons are restart, cancel, shutdown18:00
scoundrel50aok, will take a look one sec,18:00
scoundrel50aah18:01
scoundrel50aI see18:01
scoundrel50adint see that18:01
scoundrel50abit roundabout18:01
scoundrel50athank you18:01
penguin42no problem18:01
penguin42scoundrel50a: Now, if you can find where my shutdown button went on KDE .....18:01
scoundrel50aah, I am just getting ued to this, if I try to install KDE I'll be completely lost, I have to say, i do like 11.10 better than 11.0418:02
dauberspenguin42: It's in the terminal under "sudo halt" :)18:02
penguin42scoundrel50a: can you say why?18:03
penguin42daubers: oh, not the big button on the front?18:03
dauberspenguin42: Or that18:03
scoundrel50ait doesnt say why, it just says something has forcibley closed.....18:03
penguin42actually, that might work - not tried it...18:03
scoundrel50abrb, need to log off, and reboot into 11.04 a sec18:04
* popey tickles marxjohnson 18:07
marxjohnsonyo yo sup18:07
marxjohnsonor something18:08
popeyIndeed.18:08
* daubers takes a crash course in web design18:08
daubers1) Animated gifs are good18:08
daubers2) <marquee> is teh best tag eva18:08
daubers3) See 2)18:09
* marxjohnson explodes18:09
daubers\o/18:09
daubersThat was a significant part of my GNVQ in ICT if I recall correctly18:09
* daubers goes to watch Doctor Who 18:10
marxjohnsonAh, ICT. What a subject18:10
scoundrel50aback...ok, in Ubuntu 11.04 you have the option in the bar at the side to open applications and files and folders, but in 11.10 those options are not there, is that just in mine or is that 11.1018:11
AlanBellI think you want the files lens18:12
scoundrel50ais that what they are called?18:12
scoundrel50aa lense?18:13
scoundrel50aif possible I would like them both back, makes things easier, and if so how do I get them back?18:13
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scoundrel50aalso, is there only 4 desktops allowed or can you get more, and is there a instuction manual for 11.04 anywhere?18:15
scoundrel50adoes anybody have any ideas?18:22
Azelphurscoundrel50a: I believe you can have up to 32*32 desktops18:22
Azelphurbut if your using desktop cube it gets knocked down to 32 :)18:23
Azelphurscoundrel50a: you should install ccsm from the software centre, it has all the gui tweaky buttons you could ever want18:23
scoundrel50aoh ok, will have a look18:27
scoundrel50ahow do you add the desktops though, I cant find anywhere to do it18:27
scoundrel50aplus will that program give me my Applications and Files & Folders things back in the left panel in 11.1018:28
Azelphurno, that's a unity thing but I don't use unity so don't really know about it18:28
scoundrel50ais there a manual for Natty and 11.10?18:29
AzelphurI doubt there's much of anything for 11.10, it hasn't even hit alpha yet18:29
Azelphur!ubuntu+1 | scoundrel50a18:29
lubotu3scoundrel50a: Oneiric Ocelot is the codename for Ubuntu 11.10 - Support only in #ubuntu+118:29
scoundrel50aoh, I thought it was in beta?18:29
Azelphurmaybe I'm a bit behind :p18:30
Azelphurah, Beta 1 today18:30
popeyuh, no18:31
popeybeta 1 was over 2 weeks ago18:32
popeyscoundrel50a: as Azelphur says, compizconfig-settings-manager is quite good for tweaking GUI options18:32
Azelphurand that was me reading the release schedule table wrong :D18:32
popeyhehe18:32
Azelphurweek 18, not 18th september \o/18:32
popeyi went for the date stamps on the files in releases.ubuntu.com :D18:32
popeyplanned vs actual18:32
Azelphur:)18:33
scoundrel50aum, just installed it, but cant find it, where do I find ccsm18:33
Azelphurscoundrel50a: you can just hit the button in the top left and type ccsm18:33
popeyI hit the windows button and then type "com", it shows up in the list18:34
scoundrel50aah, clever18:34
scoundrel50athank you18:35
* Azelphur has a fun UI which involves no window decorations, mouse gestures, cairo-dock and gnome-do18:35
scoundrel50ahow do I add desktops?18:38
Azelphurscoundrel50a: in ccsm, in the general tab, check out the desktop size tab18:38
Azelphurscoundrel50a: are you using desktop cube or wall?18:38
scoundrel50awall18:39
Azelphurscoundrel50a: so yea, increase horizontal/vertical accordingly :)18:39
popeyi see no such option18:40
scoundrel50aDesktop size, yeh?18:40
Azelphurccsm > general options > desktop size > horizontal/vertical size18:41
Azelphur:D18:41
popeyoh,18:41
scoundrel50abrilliant18:41
scoundrel50athank you18:41
popeysorry, looking in the wrong place18:41
scoundrel50ahow do you take a picture of your desktop, I got the vid option, but cant work out just the picture18:45
penguin42hit print-screen18:48
scoundrel50aah, just found the button, I thought there was a button to add for print screen18:49
scoundrel50athat was on 10.1018:50
scoundrel50ajust added some more desktops, that looks odd now, like a fly with loads of eyes18:50
HazRPGI don't get why this isn't working :( http://pastebin.com/RmiRFGja (its a chrome extension I'm trying to do)18:55
gordtwo factor gmail stuff is weird... sometimes i have to do it, sometimes i don't19:05
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daubershttp://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/16/uk_school_it_curriculum_trials_teaching_students_to_code/ <- Finally20:22
mgdm\o/20:23
daubersI did 6th form at Park House20:40
MyrttiI'd be happy if the kids here would get even rudimentary skills in spreadsheets20:41
daubersAnyone have a spider oak code? If I'm signing up might as well give someone some more space20:51
mgdmNever heard of it, myself20:52
daubers's like dropbox or U120:52
* daubers clicks the button20:53
MyrttiI have one20:56
Myrttidoh20:57
daubersheh :) Never mind20:57
Myrtti:-<20:57
Myrttioh well20:57
Azelphurhttp://thedailywtf.com/Articles/Open-Sesame.aspx :D20:57
john__JDmaX23:23
=== john__ is now known as JDmaX

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