/srv/irclogs.ubuntu.com/2011/09/30/#ubuntu-uk.txt

ali1234what's the deal with this guy driving his 4x4 up snowdon?00:09
ali1234i mean why leave it up there00:11
ali1234why not just drive it back down before anyone even notices00:11
ubuntuuk-planet[Jono Bacon] Get Your App In Ubuntu - http://www.jonobacon.org/2011/09/29/get-your-app-in-ubuntu/00:15
ballHe left a quad up there?00:18
ball...or a landrover?00:18
* ball isn't sure what a 4x4 is00:19
ali1234a landrover yes00:20
ali1234but not a landrover, a different one00:20
Adriannomlo02:05
Adriannomjust upgraded to natty.  problems.  apt-get-install nfs-common returns "Errors were encountered while processing:nfs-common".02:11
Adriannom*reinstalled with natty02:12
Adriannombizarrely, just before the error it takes me to ctrl-alt-f1 where there's a screen of errors02:12
Adriannomnot had that happen before, is that new? :s02:12
Adriannomi thought it was a kernel panic at first02:13
Adriannomah yeah, probably the wrong time to ask questions in a uk channel :|02:13
Adriannomi'm beginning to think that natty isn't so much of an upgrade, more a test of endurance02:54
AlanBellmorning all06:59
MartijnVdSmorning AlanBell07:00
AlanBellPendulum: happy birthday07:04
* AlanBell looks forward to an evening of curry07:04
* AlanBell wants an SSD in this laptop07:11
diploMorning07:14
daubersMorning07:16
popeyMorning all!07:31
dauberso/07:31
MartijnVdS\o07:31
daubersLast day of work for 2 weeks today \o/07:31
TheOpenSourcererMorning all - A lovely Friday morning only shattered by Mrs TheOpenSourcerer screaming at the kids for 20mins ;-)07:38
* daubers converts all of his OU guides pdf's to mp3's using espeak08:10
oimondeveloper.ubuntu.com "Ubuntu is the third most popular operating system in the world." - really?08:16
popeythey dont reveal who they asked :D08:17
popeyask me, go on.08:17
oimondoes android count08:17
popey"most popular" is very wooly08:17
oimonmaybe most popular desktop OS08:17
oimon3rd08:17
popeyi think you're thinking numbers of installs?08:18
oimonyep08:18
popeyit doesnt say that ☺08:18
oimonit doesn't say anything :)08:18
popeywell indeed08:18
oimon:-\08:18
Laneythat site also barely mentions free software08:32
bigcalmGood morning peeoples :)08:35
popeywheeeeee08:40
bigcalmpopey: fun, isn't it?08:40
=== oli is now known as Guest32743
=== redbaron is now known as maxivano
danfishI never know when there's a netsplit - turned off a load of stuff in irssi and can't remember how to selectively re-enable08:49
popeyyou have stuff on ignore?08:51
popeytype /ignore to see what you're ignoring08:51
popeythen /unignore N (where N is the number next to the thing you're ignoring)08:52
oimondanfish: i enabled a load of pidgin extras that turn off joins too08:52
bigcalmAww, the mono font hasn't come though update manager yet08:54
gorddanfish, irssi has a setting to hide netsplits, hide_netsplit_quits08:55
popeyhandy08:56
gordi used to use it back in the irssi days08:57
gordgood stuff08:57
Daviey"back in the day"08:59
danfishgord: tx08:59
Davieywhen i were a lad, these here ircd's were all forest.08:59
selinuxiumMorning Daviey  o/09:00
czajkowskialoha09:00
selinuxiumHi all o/09:00
selinuxiumhi czajkowski :) #09:00
czajkowskihows everyone?09:00
Davieyhey selinuxium09:03
selinuxiumDaviey, You still got the thumb drive of mine? lol  (seriously, no issues fella)09:05
DavieyHmm.09:08
DavieyIt did go into an envelope.09:09
Davieyerk.09:09
bigcalmOut of context is amusing09:09
Davieybigcalm: 1), that will teach you to reboot.  2) I'm not sure the context was family friendly.09:10
bigcalmDaviey: you're just making it worse now :P09:10
Daviey:)09:12
DavieyWouldn't it be really good if Oneiric wasn't released for another month.09:12
bigcalmWell, I doubt I'll upgrade for at least a month. Hopefully with similar results09:13
bigcalmOr did you just want an 11.11.11 release date?09:14
czajkowskiohhh 11.11.1109:14
czajkowskiand  12.12.1209:14
czajkowskiseeing as we got 10.10.1009:14
czajkowskishould have changed all the releses to that09:14
bigcalmMight make for better pr09:15
czajkowskihindsight is a great thing09:15
bigcalmIf it were to release on 11.11.11, don't do it at 11am :(09:15
Davieyczajkowski: nah, it messes with the cycle length too much09:15
popeyi dont think 11.11.11 is wise09:16
popeyisnt that armistice day?09:16
bigcalmYes09:16
bigcalmHence 11am09:16
Davieyofc' PR is more importiant than having enough time to get stuff done.09:16
popeyyou worry too much09:16
bigcalmHehe09:16
Daviey329 upgraded, 36 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.09:16
DavieyNeed to get 379 MB of archives.09:16
popeyyeah, its been quite intense this cycle09:16
popeylove it09:16
DavieyGlad to see we are stablisng.09:16
czajkowskiarmistice day09:18
czajkowski*googles*09:18
bigcalmReally?09:18
bigcalmMy goodness09:18
Davieyczajkowski: You are kidding, right?09:18
bigcalmA min silence at 11am on 11th November each year09:19
brobostigongood morning everyone.09:19
bigcalmHi brobostigon09:19
gordunity has 84 bugs fix released yesterday :)09:19
brobostigonmorning bigcalm09:19
czajkowskiDaviey: nope sure how would I know that09:19
Davieygord: I know, i tried to review the mess of a diff. I gave up.09:19
* Daviey wonders what they teach kids at school these days.09:20
bigcalmEire were not involved in the great war, so no need to mark the end of it I guess09:20
DavieyOh rly.09:21
bigcalmThey weren't in ww2. I need to check on ww109:21
brobostigonwow, it is 19c already, :(09:21
Davieybigcalm: only 200K were involved, not that many i guess.09:21
czajkowskiDaviey: you know what april 24th means to the irish eh ?09:22
Daviey:/09:22
Davieyczajkowski: yes09:22
gordbrobostigon, last bit of warm of the year i think, enjoy it whilst it lasts :)09:22
gordczajkowski, ireland celebrates the sixth day after gords birthday? weird holiday09:22
brobostigongord: i hope so. i dont enjoy it, because the heat messes with my eczema.09:22
bigcalmDaviey: http://europeanhistory.about.com/od/worldwar1/a/ww1countriesalp.htm09:23
czajkowskiDaviey: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proclamation_of_the_Irish_Republic09:24
brobostigon!info libgweather-common09:24
lubotu3libgweather-common (source: libgweather): GWeather common files. In component main, is extra. Version 2.30.3-1ubuntu1 (natty), package size 625 kB, installed size 3756 kB09:24
Davieybigcalm: and a bunch of those countries no longer exist, does that mean the residents of the area were not involved?09:25
* bigcalm shrugs09:26
bigcalmDaviey: I was just being specific about Eire09:26
Davieyah, ok :)09:28
bigcalmEire was also not in ww2 but NI was. There were [Eire] markers along the coast line to stop air invasion. But there were also numbers in each marker that the Allies knew about so they knew were they were along the coast.09:30
bigcalmThe things you learn from Coast :)09:31
bigcalmczajkowski: Hayley is really getting into planning for her 40th b'day in Ireland. Would you recommend air or sea travel? Sea would be Holly Head to Dublin09:32
* AlanBell recommends going at some time czajkowski isn't travelling09:32
bigcalmHehe09:33
AlanBellbigcalm: the fast ferry from hollyhead is quite fun, it is a giant jetboat09:33
JGJonesaye it is :)09:33
AlanBellotherwise the overnight one from swansea is good09:34
JGJonesbut depends on where you want to go in Ireland? If just in Dublin, I'll take the ferry.09:34
AlanBellon the Julia09:34
czajkowskiI wouldnt recommend going to dublin for a holiday09:34
AlanBellswansea-cork ferry, or fly to shannon09:35
czajkowskibigcalm: head to shannon or cork09:35
czajkowskiand go Cork or galway09:35
czajkowskiprettier and down to kerry09:35
bigcalmWe will be travelling around, mostly in NI this time but starting in Eire09:35
bigcalmLooking at a driving holiday. Haven't decided if to take my car or hire one there09:36
czajkowskihmm always find it odd seeing NI and eire - it;s ireland dude :)09:41
AlanBell4 green fields09:41
jpdsIt's all part of the EU, dude.09:41
bigcalmTell that to my wallet :(09:41
czajkowskiyeah same way I find it kinda offensive I guess if people ask me am I from the south09:48
czajkowskiI'm from ireland09:48
czajkowskionly people in NI will ever say they are from NI09:48
directhexon second thoughts, let us not go to northern ireland. it is a silly place.09:49
czajkowskiI went once and never again was rather scared and didn't feel safe at all09:50
AlanBellI have been there quite a few times09:51
AlanBellsome bits were odd, where they painted the kerbs red white and blue09:51
czajkowskiyes but yo've an english accent09:51
czajkowskiI ended up in areas for me with an irish accent was not safe or smart09:52
czajkowskididn't like it will never go up there again till we're joined as one .09:52
dwatkinsI really hope things calm down there soon.09:54
directhexnever happen.09:54
directhextoo many people are invested in it remaining how it is09:54
bigcalmIt's nice to dream09:55
dwatkinsit saddens me to think of the people who have been victims of a centuries-old battle09:55
directhexdwatkins, http://images.wikia.com/babylon5/images/c/c2/DraziPurpleGreen01.jpg09:56
* popey is filling the pool09:56
popeygoing to be a wet weekend at popey towers09:56
popeyis flash broken (aside from usual) in 11.10?09:57
popeyin chrome09:57
czajkowskipopey:  nice for the kids09:57
czajkowskihope it stays as nice09:57
bigcalmpopey: I thought you'd ditched flash?09:58
Mezpopnot for me as of yesterday's upgrade...09:58
Mezbut then I'm on canary.09:58
popeyI'll put the heater on so it's nice and warmy inside09:58
dwatkinsdirecthex: indeed, Babylon 5 had many parallels to 20th century Earth09:58
* popey redownloads09:58
czajkowskidirecthex: dwatkins I hope one day the island can be reunited as one. it should be. but wiht that comes the extra burden of health care taxes, education, and we do things very differently in ireland.09:58
Mezpopey: it should have installed an apt-get source for you ... are you using chrome-stabele?09:59
Mez(and it may have broken since yesterday - lemme do an upgrade)09:59
popey14.0.83509:59
popeybut its not chrome thats broken09:59
popeyits flash09:59
Laneychromium in general is broken for me, sadly10:00
MezpopI thought chrome had it's own flash thing built in?10:00
dwatkinsbroken how, popey?10:00
popeybrowser claims it has no flash10:00
Laneyhttps://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=9196210:00
czajkowskiI've to keep killing chrome on 11.1010:00
czajkowskiit keeps hanging10:00
popeyfixed by reinstalling flashplugin-installer10:00
dwatkinsoh bah10:00
davmor2morning all10:01
* davmor2 prods czajkowski 10:01
* davmor2 ^5's MooDoo 10:01
czajkowskikeeps dying as I use tweet deck so it just hangs10:01
davmor2czajkowski: run top in terminal I'd imagine that something is use all your memory or all your cpu10:02
czajkowskidavmor2: nope10:02
czajkowskidavmor2: onlyu thing is gwibber running at 18 even though I've not opened it as it just is not fast enough for real time tweeting of stuff as 5 min delay is just too slow10:03
davmor2czajkowski: kill it the service still runs in the background even if you have it switched off,  check the startup apps and see if anything is listed in there for gwibber or gwibber service10:04
Mezczajkowski: yeah, gwibber noms memories.10:05
czajkowskidavmor2: aye10:05
czajkowskiMez: I knows10:05
Mezczajkowski: though, apparently, in oneiric, compiz n oms the most.10:05
czajkowskiI get nautilis crashing10:06
czajkowskia lot10:06
davmor2Mez: 3.7 isn't that much10:07
davmor2Mez: admittedly I have 3Gb in this box10:07
bigcalmI re-install flash just to listen to some music on last.fm and it still breaks :(10:13
davmor2Mez: approximately 111Meg10:13
BigRedSbigcalm: why not just install lastfm?10:13
davmor2bigcalm: is it a paid account?10:13
bigcalmdavmor2: no10:14
bigcalmIt works in windows just fine10:14
bigcalmBigRedS: don't want to pay for another music service10:14
davmor2bigcalm: install Rhythmbox and use the last.fm plugin :)10:14
bigcalmDoes it really work?10:14
* bigcalm plays10:14
BigRedSbigcalm: you don't need to10:15
BigRedSjust apt-get install lastfm, then run lastfm and ask it for some music10:15
BigRedSI've never paid lastfm10:15
bigcalmAha!10:15
bigcalmI tried to listen to absolute80s10:16
bigcalmAnd it did just the same thing10:16
bigcalmPlayed for a while and then died10:16
bigcalmI can blame flash and be sure of it!10:16
davmor2bigcalm: lastfm and absolute radio both in Rhythmbox by default10:17
davmor2hmmmmmmmmm rhythbox,  I remember the good old days when music just used to play10:18
bigcalmOoo, that seems to work now. Wonderful10:18
bigcalmThank you davmor210:18
* bigcalm uninstalls flash again :D10:19
davmor2hahaha10:19
davmor2bigcalm: you can go to the other extreme and treat yourself to a dab radio and get most of the radio channels you can think of, like what I did :)10:20
bigcalmdavmor2: I have a DAB radio in the kitchen10:20
bigcalmI tend to leave it on 6 music10:21
davmor2bigcalm: I leave it on absolute 80's :)10:21
bigcalmI have a fairly good sound setup in my office. Don't want to have to have another poor speaker system to add on10:21
bigcalmI tend to listen to absolute80s in my car via TuneIn Radio on my Nexus One10:22
bigcalmGreat station10:22
davmor2bigcalm: there is an absolute 80's app hmmmmmm you know it makes sense :)10:22
bigcalmWhy would I need another app when TuneIn works10:23
bigcalm?10:23
bigcalmCoffee time!10:23
bigcalm2 hours since my last mug. I'm slipping10:24
bigcalmczajkowski: you've been promoting a lot of apps recently on twitter. Are you being sponsored to do so? ;)10:28
czajkowskibigcalm: nope10:28
* Mez bungs czajkowski a fiver10:28
czajkowskiI tweets stuff either A) I use or b) interesting10:29
PendulumAlanBell: thank you!10:29
czajkowskiI tweet redhat and ubuntu stuff, depends on what I like10:29
davmor2bigcalm: I went straight for the official app so never had tunein10:29
AlanBellPendulum: is there cake with candles?10:29
bigcalmAh10:29
bigcalmTuneIn gives you all of the DAB stations and then some I think10:29
bigcalmI'm not too sure as I've not used it for anything other than 6 music and Absolute80s ;)10:30
shaunoI use tunein to listen to the world service.  that's my dirty little secret.10:32
PendulumAlanBell: there will be! and a fancy dinner out10:34
bigcalmYikes 12pm10:59
oimonwhat's that program to install lots of applications on windows at once? sounds like nitin ?11:09
gordanything advertised as free, will come with eight different spywares and toolbars ;)11:10
* czajkowski waves a packet of jammy dodgers in front of gord :p11:12
bigcalmoimon: http://ninite.com/11:13
oimon\o/ thanks bigcalm11:13
* davmor2 nicks off with czajkowski dodger of jam11:13
bigcalmOr you could download the Open Disc :)11:13
oimoninstalling a win xp box/ubuntu dual boot for my bro11:13
oimonjust want a quick way to install some stuff11:14
gordczajkowski, have a packet of digestives sitting on my desk :P11:14
zleapnice11:15
czajkowskigord: got a cuppa tea to dunk em in11:15
gordczajkowski, yup11:16
gordalthough out of tea now.. will need to go shopping11:16
davmor2czajkowski, gord: I trump your biscuits with the best bottle of dandelion and burdock in the world oh and liquorice allsorts11:17
oimoneven cheapo d&b is still nice11:19
oimonbut i do like that fentimans stuff11:19
davmor2czajkowski: man is no channel I'm on out there safe from you?11:19
oimonwow that ninite thing just saved me 1/2 hour11:21
oimonalthough not nearly as good as apt-get11:22
davmor2oimon: Tis Fentimans that I have11:22
oimonjust noticed this: http://www.ulule.com/debian-handbook/?utm_campaign=project_1973&utm_source=ohso&utm_medium=widget111:24
czajkowskidavmor2: I left the last channel11:24
davmor2czajkowski: linaro now though ;)11:25
davmor2czajkowski: I don't suppose it helps that I'm on most channels the same as you :P11:25
czajkowskidavmor2: been there for a long time11:25
directhexczajkowski, you're welcome to 'em. nobody outside NI cares about NI being part of the union. the people from NI might object to my analysis though11:30
shaunoheh, I'm not touching that one ;)11:36
* daubers does the happy dance11:44
dogmatic69if files are chown'ed www-data:www-data, how can i make the user 'ubuntu' able to edit/delete them11:46
dogmatic69without using sudo11:47
daubersdogmatic69: Add the user ubuntu to the "www-data" group11:47
dogmatic69im trying to do that11:47
dogmatic69useradd -G www-data ubuntu11:47
dogmatic69right?11:48
daubersYou'll also need to check that the files are group read/write11:48
daubersdogmatic69: You'll need to restart any terminal sessions for that change to take effect11:48
dogmatic69its www-data:www-data in ls -al11:48
dogmatic69ah11:48
daubersdogmatic69: The rwx part is more important for the second bit11:48
dogmatic69its all drwxr-xr-x11:49
daubersYeah, so group members don't have write permissions11:49
AlanBellchmod g+w11:49
dogmatic69nice, thanks11:49
dogmatic69now drwxrwxr-x 10 www-data www-data11:50
dogmatic69still cant :/11:50
dogmatic69ubuntu user is not in www-data11:51
daubersdogmatic69: Have you restarted the terminal session since adding yourself to the group?11:51
dogmatic69groups11:51
dogmatic69ubuntu adm dialout cdrom floppy audio dip video plugdev admin11:51
dogmatic69yep11:51
dogmatic69i exit'ed and ssh'ed back in11:51
monster__I just pwned a linux/unix session11:51
monster__awesome11:51
dogmatic69this is what im getting11:52
dogmatic69useradd -G www-data ubuntu11:52
dogmatic69useradd: user 'ubuntu' already exists11:52
MartijnVdSadduser ubuntu www-data11:52
daubersdogmatic69: Can you pastebin the contents of /etc/groups please?11:52
dogmatic69daubers: no such file11:53
daubers/etc/group even11:53
dauberssorry11:53
dogmatic69MartijnVdS: i think that was the one :)11:53
=== frz is now known as Guest33252
dogmatic69yep, thanks MartijnVdS (again) :D11:54
daubersdogmatic69: If yuo do "grep www-admin /etc/group" you can see who's in the group11:54
shauno(www-data)11:55
MartijnVdSRemember: you have to log out and back in for group changes to take effect11:55
daubersshauno: Yeah... that :)11:55
=== Guest33252 is now known as fr-z
Hippychickwahoo, put popey into my google+ now i have somthing interesting to read in there :)12:34
shaunoI added a few hundred photographers, and it's now my constantly streaming distraction from work :)12:36
* daubers has cleaned out all his SD cards ready for holidaying!12:36
shaunothat's right, you're a free man for a couple of weeks ain't ya?  where you got planned?12:37
LaneyPHWOAR EET EEZ WELL 'OT13:07
=== seeker_ is now known as seeker
czajkowskihttp://www.bcs.org/content/ConWebDoc/41634  pass it onto any women you may know who might be interested in attending13:13
aptanetdoes anyone know why ufw doesn't work properly from cron?13:14
popeyiphone mounting broken again in 11.10 with ios5 beta ☹13:19
dauberspopey: Using a beta with a beta and it's broken?13:24
MartijnVdSAnd that's why you use Android phones13:24
daubersshauno: Off to egypt on sunday \o/13:24
MartijnVdSdaubers: you're HazRPG?! :)13:25
daubersMartijnVdS: Hmmmm?13:25
MartijnVdSdaubers: he's from there13:25
daubersAh, ok.13:26
aptanetaha, I need something other than just the path to ufw itself, time to narrow things down13:29
=== Guest32743 is now known as Oli
gord neat -_-13:45
gordaww doesn't look so good in xchat13:46
bigcalmDoesn't look at all in xchat13:46
gordyou need to be on an up to date 11.10 :P13:46
bigcalmOr irssi :S13:46
bigcalmWhy would I want to do that? :P13:46
bigcalmMight upgrade in November or December13:47
davmor2gord: oh mono font13:47
bigcalm_might_ upgrade my laptop in October13:47
bigcalmOh, yeah. I downloaded the mono font on my laptop. Doesn't seem to have made it to 10.10 or 11.04 though13:47
gordits a great font to code in13:48
gordgoing back to non ubuntu fonts to code in just feels wrong13:48
AlanBellI have been using it for ages, I like it13:48
bigcalmI've change the system font on the laptop to be it. It is indeed great13:48
davmor2gord: hahaha13:48
davmor2AlanBell: I was till it disappeared out of the ppa when it got added to the font family package13:49
gordyeah been using it for at least a year, feels like forever ago, surprised it took this long13:49
Laneyx→y ☺unneat13:50
Laney:P13:50
davmor2gord: indeed but lets be fair it had to be right, all the devs will be using it most of the day13:50
gordi can't tell the difference between now and when i first got it :P13:50
davmor2gord: lots of really minor subtle tweaks and usage to make sure it was right before release13:52
bigcalmThere we go. Monospace installed for use in Eclipse13:53
bigcalmUbuntu monospace is a lot smaller than monospace13:53
bigcalmHow odd13:53
gordyeah fonts are weird, whack it up a bit13:54
czajkowskihmm13:54
czajkowskihow many women in the Ubuntu UK team actually in the UK ?13:55
czajkowskiAlanBell: ^^13:55
AlanBelltotally depends on how you count who is in the team13:55
czajkowskihmmm13:56
czajkowskitrue13:56
czajkowskiyou could say the same for people who joined the team, yet no longer live in the UK.13:57
AlanBellthere are about a thousand people in the mailing list and launchpad, no idea where most of them are or their genders13:57
AlanBelloggcamp attendees are probably a fairly representative selection13:58
bigcalmWow13:59
Myrttiand on the definition of living in uk13:59
AlanBellyes indeed Myrtti :)13:59
bigcalmMyrtti: join us!13:59
oimonthere were lots of women at oggcamp13:59
bigcalmMy Hayley wanted to come along, I didn't even have to ask her. But she doesn't have any interest in Ubuntu. Swings and roundabouts :)14:00
Myrttibigcalm: eventually... I do consider being more active in the uk loco than fi one14:00
czajkowskiyeah I guess just hard to judge is all14:00
czajkowskiMyrtti: you are too14:00
czajkowskijust be nice to get a rough idea of women in UK loco14:01
czajkowskisome of the women at oggcamp aren't in Ubuntu either14:01
Myrttiindeed14:01
czajkowskiso while it was a great turn out14:01
bigcalmI have to say that the lower case i looks a little odd in monospace14:01
czajkowskidoesn't actually give us an idea14:01
AlanBellczajkowski: some of the men too had not much to do with ubuntu14:02
Myrtticensus14:02
AlanBellczajkowski: so how would you count marianna?14:02
MyrttiI suggested one for Meego in the spring14:02
czajkowskiAlanBell: aye as it was oggcamp some were LO14:03
czajkowskiAlanBell: marianna, I consider her Ubuntu but I don't think she's in the UK team14:03
Myrttijust to get a ballpark idea of the users14:04
czajkowskinot sure how many of millbank are on the team or the list tbh. I know some area14:04
czajkowskiMyrtti: exactly14:04
bigcalmpopey: how do LO and UUPC listening figures compare?14:04
czajkowskirather than feeling like the only one always turning up :/ be kinda nice to know there are more over here14:04
AlanBellturning up is a whole other issue14:04
czajkowskihttp://pix.ie/czajkowski/1319568/size/720 4 aint so bad14:05
oimonanyone tried the ubuntuone for windows?14:18
gordworked okay last time i tried, but that was before the latest cool stuff14:20
davmor2gord: why won't the app launcher appear over a fullscreen Firefox?14:25
ali1234because it is incredibly buggy14:27
gorddavmor2, not sure :) but i would expect its because its got the fullscreen hint, would be rather annoying if your in a game for example and every time you try and click something on the left, the launcher came out14:28
ali1234that actually happens14:30
ali1234except you can't see it14:30
ali1234but it still steals clicks from the game14:30
=== Lcawte|Away is now known as Lcawte
oimonif i'm setting up ubuntu for a family of 5, what's the recommended way to setup 5 accounts but keep the non-default settings i've set up on the first account? do a cp -r /home/user1 /home/user2 etc?15:10
oimontalking bout gnome settings on lucid15:11
Hippychickpopey, i envy you having a pool!!!15:12
ali1234oimon: there was a question about that on ask ubuntu15:12
AzelphurHippychick: I have a huge pool :D15:12
oimonali1234: good idea :)15:12
davmor2Hippychick: You should put a space in between l's and ! that looked so inappropriate for a minute :)15:12
* Azelphur lives a couple blocks away from the sea15:12
Hippychickoops15:13
oimonalthough people who just say /etc/skel aren't answering the question fully15:13
Hippychicki dont have a pool :(15:13
Hippychickthough im hoping oly will let me go to the beach tomorrow15:14
ali1234http://askubuntu.com/questions/62927/how-do-i-set-the-default-icon-set-and-wallpaper-for-new-users15:14
=== frz is now known as Guest66639
=== Guest66639 is now known as fr-z
oimonali1234: i'm gonna try just copying .gconf for the new users15:18
Myrtticzajkowski: d'oh, of course I'll be flying to UK on Saturday :-<15:20
Myrtti(re: email)15:20
=== webpigeon_web is now known as webpigeon
oimon:( installing windows and ubuntu side by side caused the lucid installer to resize the windows data partition without asking15:50
hamitronyou didn't do manual?15:50
oimoni did the option that suggested side-by-side15:51
hamitron:/15:51
oimonobviously the wrong option :(15:51
oimoni had left a 20gb partition for the ubunt15:51
hamitronI've always done manual, so interesting to hear what happens15:52
hamitron:)15:52
hamitronI'm kind of picky how things are done15:52
oimonyeah,15:52
Myrttiaww, the good old Facebook Like-jacking...15:52
oimonsince it was a new install, i fogured this was the best time to best it15:53
oimon/best/test15:53
hamitronyou gonna move the install to the partition you want now?15:54
hamitronmanually :D15:54
oimonit's a nightmare15:54
oimoni don't have time for this crap15:54
oimonxp install already wasted most of the time15:54
zleaphi16:06
joniHi there16:06
=== s1aden is now known as sladen
bigcalmThis isn't good16:25
popey?16:26
bigcalmIn the Ubuntu monospace font, space is tiny and not the same as a character16:26
BigRedSthat's not very monospace16:26
bigcalmHumm16:26
bigcalmI have a feeling my system isn't correct16:26
bigcalmThings aren't feeling very mono at all16:27
bigcalmConsole is ok, it's Eclipse16:27
bigcalmDoh16:27
sladenbigcalm: has the 'm' got a shorter (raised) stem in the middle?16:27
BigRedSOh. Well you should be using vi then :)16:27
bigcalmsladen: no :(16:28
* bigcalm kicks something16:28
MartijnVdSoi, that's my PC!16:28
bigcalmSoz :D16:29
kirrusbigcalm: don't you mean vim?16:29
bigcalmYou tell Eclipse to use the system font. Instead it uses Ubuntu16:29
bigcalmThat's better16:30
bigcalm*shakes fist at Eclipse*16:30
czajkowskibigcalm: whinge at Daviey everyone else does16:38
bigcalmczajkowski: that's his use, yes?16:51
=== brian is now known as Guest92305
gordaww berlios.de is shutting down, sadface http://www.berlios.de/17:08
bigcalmGoodness17:15
zleaphi17:43
popeyHULLO!17:44
zleaphow are you /17:47
zleap?>17:47
zleapjust got a new printer and trying to get it to work with ubuntu17:47
ali1234according to google my gmail is 2.7GB18:03
ali1234so why is thunderbird using 9GB of disk space for the mail db?18:04
KrimZondoes thunderbird store the same email with different tags as separate emails in separate folders?18:05
bigcalmAttachments as blobs?18:05
jacobwKrimZon: i really hope not18:06
ali1234also i installed gnome-shell on oneiric and now lightdm segfaults18:07
zleap think i messed cups up again as it insists i install a lpr driver before i try and install cups18:09
zleapthen theprinter install program says it can't fid a driver18:09
zleapPrinter 'Brother-MFC-J615W' requires the 'brlpdwrappermfcj615w' program but it is not currently installed.  Please install it before using this printer18:13
zleapbut I installed it18:13
brobostigonali1234: the issue might be, that here, gnome-shell/gnome3 required gdm3. i should try lightdm, and see. but that maybe why.18:15
ali1234also unity no longer works18:16
ali1234apparently i no longer have opengl support18:16
zleaphow do i view stored passwords in firefox ?18:16
brobostigonali1234: that would explain why gnome-shell wouldnt start.18:16
ali1234gnome shell seems to work18:16
jacobwwhy does gnome-shell require gdm3?18:17
ali1234only unity and lightdm are now broken18:17
brobostigonjacobw: here in debian sid/unstable, it installed both togather.18:17
ali1234hmm this is exactly as retarded as i thought it would be18:18
bigcalmzleap: Edit -> Preferences -> Security -> Saved Passwords...18:21
zleapthanks18:21
bigcalmYou're welcome18:22
brobostigonali1234: elaborate please.18:22
zleapok i need to get the printer working now18:23
ali1234brobostigon: gnome-shell combines the usability nightmare that is unity with the slapdash visual design of kde18:23
zleapwhy is it saying i need to install the lpr driver for cups18:23
bigcalm!lpr18:24
bigcalmlpr is the system command used to push printing jobs to the queue18:25
bigcalmCUPS makes use of it18:25
ali1234it has the exact same nothing is ever in the same place twice" problem that unity expose has18:25
brobostigonali1234: unity has some interesting hid ideas, but not functionally fitty for my mind, kde just plain doesnt work, at all, in any way. gnome-shell is simply, logical. like gnome2, but evolved.18:25
ali1234there is nothing logical about this18:25
ali1234if it were logical, there would be a consistent way to switch to a specific window that was always the same18:26
zleapso i have installed the lpr part of the driver from the brother site and installed the cups wrapper and now its saying there is a problem and suggess thats usually caused by missing dependancies,  i can't even run synaptic18:26
brobostigonali1234: the new alt-tab is miles better, sorting by workspacem then by app, then their windows. makes miles more sense.18:26
ali1234alt-tab is a terrible design metaphore and it needs to die18:26
ali1234"oh yeah just find your window in this list of every window on the system"18:26
zleapsuper tab is good too18:26
brobostigonali1234: i like it,18:26
ali1234the list is never in the same order so you can't go to the approximate place where your window is18:27
ali1234you just have to go through every window, one at a time18:27
ali1234this is a horrible way to manage windows18:27
brobostigonali1234: as i said, it is always sorted in a specific way, by workspace first.18:27
ali1234expose is exactly the same, except instead of going through them one at a time, it just puts them all on the screen at the same time18:28
ali1234once again, in a different arrangement every single time18:28
brobostigonali1234: like now for example. i have gnome-terminal open in workspace 1, and chromium open in the second. so gnome-terminal come first, and the  chromium.18:28
ali1234i need a button for "give me the terminal window on the current workspace, or if there isn't one on the current workspace, make one"18:29
ali1234opening 1 window on each workspace is pointless18:29
ali1234all you've done is reimplement windows as workspaces18:29
ali1234you might as well only have 1 workspace18:30
ali1234the reason to use workspaces is so you can have a set of windows all on the screen at once18:30
ali1234neither unity nor gnome shell understands this18:30
ali1234kde does, but of course they take it too far the other way, with kde sessions and activities18:30
brobostigonali1234: i could have both open in the same workspace, and it would do the same thing, it would order thewm, as i open them.18:30
ali1234but what it wouldn't do is offer you a convenient way to switch between windows on the current workspace18:31
brobostigonalt-tab or superkey.18:31
ali1234no18:31
brobostigonyes.18:32
ali1234neither of those is convenient18:32
ali1234one gives you a list of every single window18:32
ali1234the other takes you to this crazy dashboard where you can move windows between workspaces18:32
brobostigonand yhe other a visual view of those windows. yes.18:32
ali1234unfortunately the visual view is just a 1" square version of the workspace18:32
ali1234the same thing you'd see if you were just on the workspace normally18:33
ali1234and in the middle you have the same old list of "every window every"18:33
brobostigonhere. that takes up most of my screen. and i have gnome 3.2.0 here.18:33
ali1234almost everything is too small here18:34
zleapok should i unstall both the lpr and cups driver and start over18:35
brobostigoni am on my eeepc, and certain apps have some scaling issues, like evolution, othehrwise, it works wells.18:35
ali1234even if you have two fullscreen windows the thumbnails are tiny18:35
ali1234there is absolutely no way you will be able to distiguish between two terminal windows using this system18:36
ali1234at least with unity the thumbnails are bigger if you only have a couple18:36
brobostigonali1234: they will automatiaclly scale, to fit the space.18:36
zleapor copy the ppd file somewhere and then start over and point the printer install program at that18:36
ali1234no, they won't18:36
brobostigonali1234: they do here.18:36
ali1234they will automatically scale to fit a grid18:36
brobostigonali1234: well, with the over a year, i have used gnome-shell now, they have always scaled, depending on the windows you have open, within the activities menu.18:37
ali1234it;s very simple18:39
ali1234all i want is the ability to have two windows on a workspace18:40
ali1234and have a simple way to go to "the other one" that is always the same, and always works18:40
brobostigoni see those conditions as solved.18:41
ali1234me too18:41
brobostigongnome-shell does it.18:41
ali1234it was solved in '9518:41
zleapwhy is csh lacking stuff like tab complete and history18:41
ali1234then apple came along and invented the dock, making it impossible18:41
ali1234brobostigon: which button do i press to switch between the two windows on the screen?18:42
ali1234it should be possible to do this without looking at the screen to make sure you did it right18:42
brobostigonali1234: alt + tab.18:42
ali1234no, that does not work18:42
brobostigonit dpoes.18:43
ali1234if you press alt+tab and then do nothing else, nothing happens at all18:43
ali1234the alt-tab control briefly appears and then disappears18:43
brobostigonyou only have two windows, so hitting it once, will send you to the other window, it has no other option.18:43
ali1234current window does not change18:43
ali1234no, it doesn't do that18:43
ali1234if you press alt tab when you have two windows open, it just shows one icon. then when you release alt, nothing happens18:43
brobostigonali1234: i have two windows now on the same worspace. and i hit alt-tab, and it goes to chromium, i hit it again, and it goes back to gnome-terminal, so what i am experiencing here, disagress,18:44
ali1234great18:44
ali1234open two gnome-terminal windows and try it again18:44
brobostigonali1234: it shows both icons here, for gnome-terminal and chromium, within alt-tab.18:45
ali1234or two chromium18:45
ali1234or two anything18:45
brobostigonali1234: done it, two windows, within the same app,s show as seperate windows, undernath the app choice in alt-tab.18:45
brobostigonanyways, i need food, so bbl.18:46
ali1234in order to actually do this switch in gnome-shell 3.2 you have to do this:18:47
ali1234press alt+tab18:47
ali1234hold down alt while peering at the tiny thumbnails18:47
ali1234try to figure out which one is the one you want18:47
ali1234move to select that one with the arrow keys18:47
ali1234release alt18:47
ali1234if you just press and release alt-tab, nothing happens and you stay on the current app18:48
zleapwhy can't printer drivers be easy to install18:53
ali1234in fact if you have two terminal windows open, it is impossible to switch between them with alt-tab alone18:53
popeyit is in unity isnt it?18:56
popeyusing the new alt-tab thing which zooms in18:56
ali1234i dunno, i never use alt-tab for reasons given above^18:57
popeyheh18:57
ali1234is this new thing in oneiric?18:57
popeyyes18:57
ali1234ok hang on, i will try it18:57
ali1234it should be noted that i hate the window management of both of them anyway18:57
popeyyou alt-tab and if you have multiple terminals open you hold alt-tab down and it zooms in18:57
popeythen you can alt-tab between them18:57
ali1234and it wouldn't surprise me at all if unity has also got worse18:57
ali1234see that is exactly what is wrong18:58
popeyyeah, i do find it odd18:58
ali1234when i want to switch to another window i should be able to complete the entire operation in 1 step without thinking18:58
popeyyup18:58
ali1234i should not have to stop and look at the screen and think about what to do next18:58
ali1234switching between two windows should not be a maze oftwisty passages waiting to trip me up18:58
gordso i just opened two terminals, i pressed alt tab, it went to the next terminal18:59
ali1234good18:59
ali1234that's what it *should* do18:59
gordthats what it did do18:59
popeyopen more18:59
gordi actually had three open18:59
ali1234if you have only two windows open, alt-tab should always take you to the other window, or never18:59
popeyno, more stuff18:59
popeynot terminals18:59
popeyhave two terminals and two chrome windows18:59
ali1234not "it takes you to the other window as along as the other window is a different app" which is what gnome-shell 3.2 does18:59
popeyeasy to flip bwteen two windows, but when you want to get to the third its hard18:59
popeyxp had it right imo19:00
gordso if you just press alt-tab, it uses the last focus order to take you to the previously focused window19:00
zleapwhere do i copy deb files to so synaptic can find them ?19:00
gordif you want to get further then you have to hold it down and go to the window you want in the alt-tab list19:00
popeyzleap: you dont, you double click them and software center opens19:00
zleapok19:00
popeygord: that presumes you only use alt-tab19:00
zleapi get starting without admin priveliedges19:01
popeyit all goes to pot when you start manipulating windows with the mouse19:01
gordeh, works fine for me19:01
popeyits painful for me19:01
popeymight have to video it19:01
gordprolly best, hard to understand19:01
ali1234if i hadn't just rebooted i'd post a screenshot of what i normally seen if i click on the terminal icon twice in unity19:02
gordi'm not a heavy alt-tab user mind19:02
ali1234it's basically 20 or so identical black rectangles19:02
ali1234with some tiny white smudges on them19:02
zleappopey, should it start and allow me to do stuff19:03
popeyyes19:04
ali1234i did notice that in oneiric, the white triangles are unfilled if the window is on another desktop19:04
zleapwell it starts synaptic19:04
ali1234of course that doesn't help if you have windows of that app on this desktop and also on another desktop19:04
zleapwith E: The package mfcj615wlpr needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it.19:04
zleapE: Internal error opening cache (1). Please report.19:04
ali1234but it indicates that unity does know about workspaces19:04
ali1234which means i should be able to patch it to only consider windows on the current one19:04
zleapthis happened before,  as it insists on trying to install the lpr package which I don't want then it just screws everything up19:04
popeyzleap: why dont you want lpr?19:05
zleapI have no idea i just want to get a printer working19:05
zleapi need the cups wapper package for the ppd file19:05
popeywhere did the deb come from?19:05
zleapbrother website19:05
popeywhich printer is it?19:05
popeyah19:05
popeyand what happens when you "sudo dpkg -i file.deb" ?19:05
popey(with the downloaded deb)19:06
zleappopey, http://pastebin.com/ivA0RzaF19:07
zleapi get loads of errors19:07
ujjainAnybody seen Mock the Week? :p19:08
popeyyes, frequently19:08
zleapas i said i had this issue before with my old brother printer, which i got help fixing now i have the same issue with the new printer, (once installed it works fine) but just getting stuff working is difficult19:08
popeyzleap: remove the package and reinstall it19:08
ujjainpopey: Last episode? I have a question about a joke.19:08
zleappopey, it won't let me19:08
zleapit says to re-install before i remove19:08
popeysudo dpkg -r mfcj615wlpr19:08
popeywhat does that do?19:08
popeylooks like a crappy package from brother19:08
popeyujjain: whats the question?19:09
ujjainpopey: "How many (Economy?) seven(s?) saving you money as long as your using it in 1986?" *hahaha* ... but I don't get it.19:09
popeyujjain: economy 7 is cheap overnight electricty19:09
popeyit was popular about 30 years ago19:09
popeymaybe 20 years ago19:09
zleappopey, http://pastebin.com/Hkbpe07B19:09
popeyujjain: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_719:10
ujjainpopey: hmm, do you find it funny? it's 7 hours a night cheap electricity, but I don't get the fun-factor,19:10
popeyujjain: because nobody now promotes / uses it19:10
popeyujjain: it's probbaly seen by some as the kinda thing an old granny might do19:11
zleappopey if it helps, this is what i got help with last time, i have pasted the history relating to some of the stuff i had to type http://pastebin.com/v9nFafdq19:11
ujjainah ok, it's a bit a diss :p19:11
ujjainah, I get it.19:11
popeyyeah19:11
zleapi also had to edit some files lprng or something to remove lines to make things work19:11
popeyzleap: nicely broken19:13
popeyits fixable there's guides to un-screwing-up packages in that state19:13
jacobwas mentioned on mock the week by andy parsons ;)19:15
popeyyeah, i did see that episode19:17
popeyits funny ujjain because i went on holiday to a house in the middle of nowhere and it had economy 7 heating!19:17
popeyhttp://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Ashcombe+Country+Cottages,+Dawlish&hl=en&ll=50.601712,-3.531198&spn=0.000729,0.001662&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=22.330721,54.448242&vpsrc=6&hq=Ashcombe+Country+Cottages,&hnear=Dawlish,+United+Kingdom&t=h&z=2019:18
popeythat house :D19:18
popeymiddle of _nowhere_19:18
zleappopey, yeah19:28
zleapall i did was install2 files and this happens19:29
zleapbrb watching something on tv19:29
ali1234i remember the advert for economy 719:31
ali1234with the guy with those two little money bags19:31
ali1234"this is how much money you'd save with economy 7"19:31
ali1234and then the guy is like feeling the weight of both bags19:31
ali1234cd /opt19:34
ali1234oops19:34
ujjainpopey: ahhh :P19:40
majdekalelhi i need help plzzzzzzz20:24
majdekalelwhat the hell is this mesge " Expired Request20:24
majdekalel    Your password request has expired. Please submit your request again. "20:24
ballhello windmill!21:07
czajkowskihmmm21:31
czajkowskigah there really is always 1 who misses the point of women meet ups in it21:40
czajkowskimost flipping annoying21:40
czajkowskiin fact it's infuriating!21:40
mgdmsomeone who turned up? Or just someone flaming?21:41
czajkowskiuk ml21:42
mgdmI wonder if I'm even still subscribed to tha21:42
shaunoI gotta admit, I kinda agree with his sentiment, even if he did misunderstand this particular event21:45
mgdmczajkowski: is it in fact a women-only event? Nothing in either of your posts really states that21:46
czajkowskiit also doesnt state men not allowed21:48
mgdmthat's what i mean21:49
czajkowskisame way girl geek dinners includes men21:49
mgdmI didn't realise that21:49
czajkowskiso for him to jump to that conclusion is words that I cannot describe21:49
czajkowskiand is it any worder then you wont have more women at events21:49
czajkowskiwhen you have mails like that sent around!!!!!21:49
mgdmczajkowski: so does that mean that the ada lovelace day is coming around again? I meant to write a blog post last year and never did :)21:50
czajkowskiyes they've moved it back from march to october21:51
czajkowski3rd year a row to celebrate the event21:51
czajkowskiwhich is good to see happening21:51
mgdmTry and remind me and I might write that post, then :)21:52
czajkowskimgdm: thanks21:53
davmor2Moo21:54
davmor2czajkowski: you muppet hello21:59
czajkowskiand then he fecks off22:01
mgdmmuppet22:01
mgdm:)22:01
shaunoI wonder if there's anything nerdy I can get up to with an rs485 port.  figure it's got to be useful for *something*22:38
shaunothis is difficult.  introducing my amiga to the LAN, means it finally needs a name.  19-20 years old and she's never had a name23:04
mgdmhehe23:06
shaunomost my machines are just named for their role, but calling a host 'childhood' seems wrong23:08
mgdmHmmmm :)23:09
hamitronAnette23:11
hamitron;/23:11
shaunofirewall's starting to look incredibly messy with 3 internal interfaces now :/  funny feeling I'll have to rewrite that just to keep it sane23:22
hamitronsounds like mine atm23:23
hamitron:/23:23
hamitronI'm tempted to simplify mine23:24
hamitronshauno, why do we overcomplicate things? :/23:25
shaunobecause there's nothing on TV at this time of night :)23:25
shaunoI'm slowly but surely turning this machine into the computer I wanted when I was 12 :/23:26
mgdmhehe23:26
hamitron:D23:26
shaunoslattach: tty_open: /dev/ttyS0 (fd=3) slattach: tty_set_speed: 1920023:30
shaunoexcept for that bit :(23:30
hamitroncertainly not the 10mbit you dreamed of23:31
hamitron;/23:31
ali1234ok i'm on oneiric for real23:41
ali1234anyone know how i make the user switching widget not show my full name all the time?23:43
ali1234already reported one regression in dual head :(23:44
hamitron:/23:46
directhexali1234: what if you forget your name? Without that there, you'd be stuffed23:55

Generated by irclog2html.py 2.7 by Marius Gedminas - find it at mg.pov.lt!