/srv/irclogs.ubuntu.com/2011/09/20/#ubuntu-ops.txt

Frederickhello folks is anyhone around?00:26
CoreyA few of us.  Most are not.00:26
rwwFrederick: howdy00:26
rwwFrederick: something we can help you with?00:28
Frederickrww: Ive been banned from the main chan00:29
FrederickI wonder if I can be re-admited00:29
rwwFrederick: why were you banned?00:29
Frederickrww: I asked from help to get a ubuntu lappy connected to the ethernet but as it was a bit customized (and I was naive to comment it) a operator said it was unsuported and I should leave I tried to talk to other people and got banned. But it should be appended to my account you should be able to see the reason.00:30
rwwFrederick: I can, I was asking to get your point of view on it :)00:31
Frederickrww: I'm sad about it I really have a problem with that box and that is serious bussiness00:32
CoreyFrederick: If the box is unsupported, it's unsupported.00:32
CoreyAsk the question elsewhere?00:32
FrederickCorey: I could ask at #linux people ther would be friendlier thou my box is ubuntu with some custom packages00:32
rwwFrederick: here's the issue as I see it, looking at the channel logs from the incident. #ubuntu is very strictly for technical support with Ubuntu (as in the operating system we distribute ourselves) and certain recognized derivatives. Other derivatives, like the one it sounds like you're using, we can't support because we don't know what changes they make.00:33
rwwIf I were using such a derivatives, I'd pop in an Ubuntu liveCD and try to reproduce the problem, then ask in #ubuntu if I can00:34
Frederickrww: they change the initial package set00:34
Frederickrww: but my issue was 99% something trivial00:34
rwwFrederick: so it consists entirely of Ubuntu packages and the only difference is which are installed (from Ubuntu's repositories) by default?00:34
rwwno configuration changes or anything like that?00:35
rwwand yeah, it may seem trivial, but we have to draw the line somewhere, and "we don't ship it, so we don't support it" is that line00:35
Frederickrww: man I work for a very big company and I use ssl to get access to a very confidential system and I coukdl not manage that to work im using a vmware box now but I was really confident I could use ubuntu as my safe lappy00:37
Frederickrww: no config changes afaik00:37
rwwFrederick: and there's the issue. You don't know what changes were made, and we don't know what changes were made, and neither of us have any idea if that's relevant to your problem. Hence what jrib said, put in a LiveCD and try to replicate the issue.00:37
rwwand if an Ubuntu LiveCD has the same issue, then feel free to ask in #ubuntu (once we get this ban sorted out), but otherwise it's not really fair to ask us to support something that neither of us understand the details of00:38
Frederickrww: trying to do it right now on vmware00:38
rwwAlrighty. If I unban you from #ubuntu, do you promise to follow that procedure (loading up an actual upstream Ubuntu instance and troubleshooting on there) when asking for help?00:39
Fredericksure00:39
rwwOkay. I've removed your ban. Please try /join #ubuntu to make sure it was removed properly.00:40
Frederickthank you00:41
rwwWelcome. Thanks for understanding :). (Once you're all sorted, please /part #ubuntu-ops so that we can keep track of whether people still need op assistance.)00:42
Coreyrww: Nice job.00:46
phillwtext book... I may copy that and use it as teaching notes.00:46
rww@mark #ubuntu-ops Frederick removed ban, user promised to check with Ubuntu LiveCD before asking for help in #ubuntu as a condition of unbanning00:47
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phillwbtw, what is the command to look at the ban list on a channel?00:49
rwwphillw: /mode #channelname b00:49
phillw(01:49:42) End of ban list ... didn't think we had any active bans in place.00:50
phillwsort of half looking forward to becomming official and our 1st trolls land. all I can say is may the Lord have mercy upon the 1st troll... the rotweilers have dressed up nicely in puppy clothes :P00:52
h00k!away > mrono02:54
bioterrorhttp://termite.apcdn.com/full/45571.gif03:20
h00kbioterror: can we help you?03:20
h00kUnit193: can we help you?03:21
Unit193h00k: I've been told to join as I'm an Lubuntu op03:21
IdleOnebioterror: are you serious?03:21
h00kUnit193: cool. Hi.03:21
Unit193Hello!03:21
h00kbioterror: if you don't have anything in here, please /part as we have a no-idle policy.03:21
Unit193He's also an op03:22
bioterroroh, sorry. wrong window it was03:22
IdleOneWho told you to join?03:22
h00kbioterror: be sure to check where you're posting things, especially as an op.03:23
IdleOneafaik #lubuntu is not yet a core channel. core channel ops are invited here by the IRCC.03:23
FlannelIdleOne: I imagine there was confusion about that given today's email thread03:24
IdleOneam I missing a subscription?03:25
rwwIdleOne: ubuntu-irc was discussing the IRCC meeting agenda today03:25
rwwbut yes, #lubuntu is not yet a core channel and unless someone on IRCC has stated otherwise without telling the IRC Team, #lubuntu ops should not be in here03:25
phillwrww, then I will send out YET another email telling them all to leave :(03:26
rwwor rather, "#lubuntu ops in here are valid targets for the idle policy, which rww only enforces on random days and leaves to discretion of other ops otherwise", but it probably ends up meaning the same thing03:26
phillwbioterror: please /part... I will be following03:26
Unit193Will do!03:27
ubottuxangua called the ops in #ubuntu (Karis)04:11
MyrttiM0hi: hi04:52
M0hihey Myrtti04:52
Myrttihow can we help?04:52
rwwthe email you received was in error, please don't idle in #ubuntu-ops unless and until #lubuntu is made a core channel, thanks04:53
M0hirww: thanks04:54
M0hibye all04:54
tsimpsonPici: ubottu won't reply to people it doesn't share channels with mostly because it (Encyclopedia) doesn't send any messages to people it doesn't share channels with. mostly to stop people abusing the bot to send messages to random people etc05:01
Myrttimeh05:33
ikoniahello head_victim09:47
elkyhead_victim, hey, if you're here because of phill's mail earlier, he's jumped the gun a little bit. the lubuntu stuff is still in discussion phase, nothing's been decided yet.09:49
LjLikonia: do you know for sure it's illegal to use a proxy that bypasses the "security" whatever backwards country he lives in enforces?09:52
LjLif not, i don't think you should stop him from asking09:52
head_victimelky: ahh ok, and gday ikonia09:52
ikoniaLjL: not at all, but he's telling me that country is blocking his use of TOR, therefore bypassing that isn't something we should support09:52
ikoniaLjL: wasn't suggesting it was illegal, just not something we should be doing09:52
LjLwhy?09:52
ikoniasame way I wouldn't help somone get around their work firewall09:52
ikoniaLjL: because the official ubuntu channel shouldn't be helping users bypass restrictions by their ISP/Company/whatever09:53
LjLwell you don't have to help, but i disagree it shouldn't be supported09:53
LjLthe official ubuntu channels frowns upon illegal things09:53
ikoniaI don't think it's something an official channel should be doing, and something that's always been non-challanged09:53
LjLif it's not illegal, why should it be forbidden09:53
LjLit's been challenged by me a number of times09:53
ikoniaLjL: if you are blocked from doing something, is circumventing it in line with the intention of the project /09:54
ikoniaLjL: apologies, I've never seen it challanged before09:54
LjL!dvde09:54
LjL!dvd09:54
ubottuUbuntu's default installation and repositories do not include packages needed to play commercial DVDs for legal reasons. For information on adding them, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/PlayingDVDs | For information on the legalities involved, see the "DVD" section of https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FreeFormats09:54
LjLfeel free to remove that factoid?09:54
ikoniaLjL: if you feel it goes against it, please do09:54
LjLi feel it goes against what you think shouldn't be allowed in #ubuntu, the only difference is that i don't think it shouldn't be allowed09:55
ikoniaLjL: if you feel strongly about it, lets sort it out with the team09:55
LjLand honestly i don't see that many people other than you insisting so much on things that may remotely be illegal but probably not09:55
ikoniaI'm not interested if it's legal or not09:56
ikoniaif your ISP puts a block on that, we should not be helping bypass it09:56
ikoniayou have a choice of accepting that, getting help from somewhere else or changing ISP09:56
LjLjust show me the rule that says that09:57
ikoniathere isn't one, there aren't specifc rules09:57
LjLif there is not a rule, then you're free to use your common sense to decide whether or not to help people with that09:57
LjLbut you shouldn't say that nobody is allowed09:57
ikoniasorry, no09:58
ikoniabypassing restrictions09:58
ikoniathat's not something I believe we should be allowing in the official channel, I'd be happy to discuss it with the group to get clarification.09:58
ikoniaif you want to help him, feel free to pm him09:58
ikoniasorry, that wasn't meant to sound condencending09:59
LjLi'll do something else09:59
ikoniaLjL: that's uncalled for09:59
elkyhi AtomicSpark. Now, I want to make something quite clear to you11:38
AtomicSparkYes?11:38
elkyYou will not make comments such as your one earlier regarding whether or not someone's manner of speech or typing reflects the colour of their skin.11:38
elkyDoing so is racist. We do not tolerate racism.11:39
elkyIs that clear, AtomicSpark?11:41
AtomicSparkYes.11:41
elkyOk, then you may leave here.11:44
elky@mark AtomicSpark Regarding "<AtomicSpark> Naw, he sounds pretty white. The fact that even if he used words correctly, he'd still be wrong, makes me think he's just dumb." has agreed that it is clear to him that veiled racism isn't permitted11:51
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ubottuIn #ubuntu-bots, nyuszika7h said:  !ops-##Mkaysi is <reply> HELP! Channel emergency! (ONLY use this trigger in emergencies) - Mkaysi, Mkaysi, or Mkaysi!13:46
nyuszika7hSorry for my previous edit request, it was by accident..13:47
nyuszika7hI forgot that ' !command' is also parsed by ubottu.13:48
ubottuIn #ubuntu-bots, macer1 said:  !macer1 is <reply> macer1 is a user of ubutnu13:48
macer1I just wanted to cancel edit request about !macer1: I was just testing.13:50
ikoniano problem13:57
macer1Can I have a factoid about me that will be saying about my launchpad profile and wiki page?13:59
knomeno14:02
macer1why?14:02
PiciWe don't do personal factoids.14:02
Pici'vanity' factoids.14:03
macer1"ubuntu members" can't have it too?14:04
ikoniamacer1: sorry, no-one does14:17
macer1ok, I understand14:17
ikoniathanks14:17
macer1Maybe some new feauture like...!launchpad user?14:17
ikoniano14:18
macer1:(14:20
macer1ok14:20
ikoniathanks.14:20
macer1btw, what are requirements to become op of #ubuntu channels?14:22
Pici!canibeanop14:22
ubottuIf you are interested in joining the Ops team, take a look at both http://www.siltala.net/2010/03/24/ops-teams-applications-announcement/ and https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/IrcTeam/OperatorRequirements for info on the process and requirements.  You can also learn about what the job entails from people in #ubuntu-irc.14:22
macer1thanks for links, I will look at it :)14:23
macer1oh14:25
macer1first link is dead14:25
Picitopyli: your website is dead.14:25
macer1thank you google for google cache ;D14:25
ikoniajrib: that makes total sense that "compname" would = username, rather than computer name?????15:25
ubottubin_ called the ops in #ubuntu ()15:31
ikoniafalse15:31
jribnice...15:32
Myrttimacer1: hiya15:34
macer1Myrtti, hi15:34
Myrttimacer1: was there anything else we could help with, or is there anything unfinished?15:36
macer1I think everything is finished ;)15:37
Myrttiok, have a nice evening then :-)15:38
macer1Myrtti, thanks :)15:38
ikoniamacer1: there is a no-idle policy in this channel, which means if you don't need anything else, we ask that you leave the channel so that others needing assistance are free to recieve it15:47
macer1ikonia, ok15:47
ikoniathanks15:47
macer1I was hoping to watch what is going on here...15:48
ikoniasorry, that's not something we allow at this time15:48
Myrtti!logs15:48
ubottuOfficial channel logs can be found at http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/ . LoCo channels are now logged there too; for older LoCo channel logs, see http://logs.ubuntu-eu.org/freenode/15:48
macer1ok15:50
macer1so I am leaving...15:50
macer1bye15:50
ubottum4v called the ops in #ubuntu (g30)16:26
ikoniaMonotoko: hello, how can we help you today ?16:33
Monotokohey guys! I did something stupid about a week ago while playing with scripts in mIRC (pasted a bash.org quote in a lot of channels) and I got banned from #ubuntu16:33
MonotokoI accepted the ban, but I'm just wondering when I can go back in...?16:33
ikoniaMonotoko: can you give me a minute please.16:33
Monotokosure16:33
ikoniaMonotoko: it will just take a few moment to grab the info I need16:34
Monotokosure I can wait :)16:35
ikoniaI don't believe that was a bash quote16:36
ikoniaI believe that was you just trying to get people to close their terminal windows16:36
ikoniaI don't believe it was a script either16:37
Monotokonot a bash quote, a quote from bash.org16:37
ikoniaI don't believe a quote from bash.org16:37
Monotokoit's a site with a lot of funny IRC quotes16:37
ikoniaand even if it was, I don't believe it was a script, as you joined and it was the first thing you said16:37
ikoniathat's my personal opinion.16:37
MonotokoI connect through a BNC, I just started it up but okay...then how long is the ban for?16:38
ikoniathe fact that you used your nickname to "help" the quote be funny suggests you knew exactly what you where doing16:38
ikoniathe quote was "have just encounted a fatal error...press alt+f4 to fix immediatly"16:38
ikoniayou set your nickname to "you"16:38
ikoniaso you could do "/me have just encounted a fatal error...press alt+f4"16:39
ikoniawhich would give you16:39
ikoniayou have just encounted a fatal error...press alt+f416:39
Monotokoyes, it was supposed to go into another channel that's the thing...I'm not denying that it came from me16:39
ikoniahave just encounted a fatal error...press alt+f416:39
ikoniawhich would look like a system error on screen16:39
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Monotokoit just went into every channel I was in at the time (across about 15 networks...)16:40
ikoniait was supposed to go into one channel, but you managed to hit a whole lot from what I'm seeing16:40
Monotokoyeah...a script gone wrong, and I'm sorry about it16:40
ikoniaok, so if I remove the ban now, which I'm happy to do16:40
ikoniayou can assure me you will not run any scripts on the client that is connected to the ubuntu channel ?16:41
Monotokothat would be amazing, and I won't do anything like that again16:41
ikoniaok.16:41
Monotokothank you :)16:41
ikoniaok, I've removed the ban, but please grow up and don't try to trick people into closing terminals.16:42
Monotokowill do, thank you again for removing the ban16:42
ikoniano problem.16:42
ikoniayou're welcome to leave this channel and join #ubuntu16:42
Monotokostill unable to join...16:42
ikoniatry again16:43
MonotokoI'm in :)16:43
Monotokoty16:43
ikoniaok, great16:43
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ubottupeehs called the ops in #ubuntu ()17:39
Myrttithis is getting old17:46
ikoniaPici: did I put a ban forward on that guy or did I mess it up17:47
Piciikonia: different ip.17:47
ikoniaso I see17:48
ikonia *!*@173.231.43.11817:48
ikoniatook me a while to find it17:48
IdleOneLots of young people wanting to become ops/members for "vanity" reasons lately19:48
IdleOneI fear Ubuntu is going the way of Hollywood19:48
oCeanWait, there's an Ubuntu The Movie coming?19:49
IdleOnein 3D19:49
oCeanStarring: All Your Fav Ops!19:50
ubottuFloodBotK1 called the ops in #kubuntu-ops-monitor (sdhasu appears to be flooding, but emergency mode is on)20:29
ubottuFloodBotK1 called the ops in #kubuntu-ops-monitor (sdhasu appears to be flooding, but emergency mode is on)20:37
ubottuFloodBotK2 called the ops in #kubuntu-ops-monitor (sdhasu appears to be flooding, but emergency mode is on)20:37
h00kexcept this guy. I'll do sound and lighting.20:51

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