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HansLandaanyone here know program macchanger?06:31
Unit193Yeah, it's called macchanger :P06:34
HansLandathanks Unit19306:35
philipballewHansLanda, need help with it?06:35
HansLandaphilipballew, yes...when i try to change it with macchanger i get the message:  ERROR: Can't change MAC: interface up or not permission: Too many open files in system06:36
bioterrorthen ifconfig $interface down06:37
philipballewyes. you need to have the interface down when you change it.06:38
philipballewthen bring it up06:38
HansLandaalready done this06:39
* philipballew wonders if nm needs to be disabled06:40
HansLandahans@omerta:~$ sudo ifconfig eth1 down06:40
HansLandahans@omerta:~$ sudo macchanger --mac 00:11:22:33:44:55 eth106:40
HansLandasame thing06:40
HansLandaERROR: Can't change MAC: interface up or not permission: Too many open files in system06:41
philipballewtry restarting or restarting the network06:41
HansLandaphilipballew, how?06:42
Unit193I've used it once06:42
HansLandai have this problem since i installed ubuntu...it never worked06:43
philipballewhum.06:43
philipballewlets think06:43
HansLandai need to show something06:44
HansLandacat /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules06:44
Unit193Shouldn't sudo ifconfig $INTERFACE hw ether $MACADDRESS  work?06:44
HansLandalet me try06:44
HansLandahans@omerta:~$ sudo ifconfig $eth1 hw ether $00:11:22:33:44:5506:45
HansLandaether: Unknown host06:45
HansLandaifconfig: `--help' gives usage information.06:45
HansLandahey guys...look at this...i pasted that command06:47
HansLandahttp://pastebin.com/cxzWuh8Q06:47
HansLandacat /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules06:47
HansLandathere something wrong on that06:48
HansLandaUnit193, philipballew  are you still there? nobody helps me here on freenode... you are the last hope06:50
Unit193sudo ifconfig eth1 hw ether 00:11:22:33:44:5506:51
Unit193Don't put in the sign06:52
HansLandaUnit193, SIOCSIFHWADDR: Too many open files in system06:52
philipballewsorry06:52
philipballewim here06:52
* philipballew googles06:53
HansLandai dont have many open files in system ...lol ...wtf06:53
philipballewits all good. lets look into this06:54
HansLandahttp://www.backtrack-linux.org/forums/old-newbie-area/24697-mac-spoofing-error.html06:56
philipballewhttp://forums-web2.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-814494-start-0.html06:59
HansLandaroot@omerta:/home/hans# ip link set eth1 address 00:11:22:33:44:5507:02
HansLandaRTNETLINK answers: Too many open files in system07:02
philipballewtry to do it with your wifi07:03
HansLandahow can i do that...im very beginner ...lol07:05
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coalwaterfor some reason system wide proxy isn't working with me12:27
duanedesignhello coalwater12:39
coalwaterhey duanedesign13:11
hobgoblinhello Neil14:05
NeilHello hobgoblin14:06
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ubun1why i cant install sensors-applet in ubuntu 11.10?20:33
stlsaintubun1: from the panel or is that a app?20:33
stlsaintubun1: have you tried: apt-get install sensors-applet20:34
ubun1yes20:34
holsteinhttp://askubuntu.com/questions/66624/how-do-i-get-sensors-applet-working20:34
holsteinubun1: ^^ will that work for you? indicator-sensors20:35
ubun1Unable to locate the package sensors-applet20:36
holsteinubun1: right, its gone it seems20:37
holsteinubun1: if you get a chance, check out this link20:37
holsteinjust click on it, and open it in your browser20:37
holsteinhttp://askubuntu.com/questions/66624/how-do-i-get-sensors-applet-working20:37
stlsaintholstein: pst...you reposted same link twice20:38
holsteinubun1: at that link, i am reading that sensors-applet is gone, and indicator-sensors is a suggested replacement20:38
ubun1ok thanks20:39
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Guest63056Hello! :)21:03
bodhi_zazens-fox: support is fine21:06
s-foxOkay bodhi_zazen.21:06
Guest63056So, here is my question: I'm running 11.10 on a virtual machine using VMware (Win 7 host) and I'm having trouble with the network connection. The host machine is connected wirelessly, and that's working fine. Within the virtual ubuntu machine, some internet things are working - for example, I can browse using Firefox, no problem. However, I can't get the software centre to download any programs. Specifically, I'm trying to install Wine, but21:06
Guest63056I can't get the software centre to download any apps. Does anyone have any idea what might be happening?21:06
bodhi_zazenthanks s-fox21:07
s-foxGuest63056,  Can you open a terminal?21:07
s-foxGuest63056,  enter: software-center21:07
s-foxGuest63056,  Please post any errors21:07
Guest63056How do I open a terminal? I know I've done that before.21:08
s-foxAlt+F221:08
s-foxThen enter: gnome-terminal21:08
Guest63056OK, so typing software-center just makes the software center run.21:10
Guest63056And that's fine, but I get the same problem.21:11
s-foxWhat errors are coming up when you try to download (look back in the terminal output)21:11
Guest63056softwarecenter.backend - ERROR - error in _on_trans_finished 'Error: None21:12
Guest63056The pop-up says "Failed to download package files - check your internet connection".21:13
s-foxPerhaps it is your source that is down.  Anyone else got any ideas? @ room in general21:14
Guest63056What does that mean? I figure it's gotta be a configuration problem with the virtual machine into the host internet connection, but the browser works from within Ubuntu, so I'm not sure.21:15
Guest63056Also, when I start software center, there's a line that says: softwarecenter.backend.reviews - WARNING - Could not get usefulness frmo server, no username in config file.21:16
Guest63056Failing the software center, is there some other way to download apps and install them into Ubuntu, perhaps using the browser and a direct download, then install?21:17
nlsthznGuest63056: it depends on the software...21:18
Guest63056Wine.21:18
s-foxnlsthzn,  Here are the logs for before you joined the discussion - http://paste.ubuntu.com/721096/21:20
Guest63056nlsthzn: Here's the original problem. I'm running 11.10 on a virtual machine using VMware (Win 7 host) and I'm having trouble with the network connection. The host machine is connected wirelessly, and that's working fine. Within the virtual ubuntu machine, some internet things are working - for example, I can browse using Firefox, no problem. However, I can't get the software centre to download any programs. Specifically, I'm trying to insta21:20
Guest63056ll Wine, but I can't get the software center to download any apps.21:20
Guest63056Haha, we had the same thought. :)21:21
nlsthznGuest63056: thanks21:21
nlsthzns-fox: thanks also :)21:21
nlsthznto install wine you could try in terminal "sudo apt-get install wine" however there is an underlying issue with your software center that also needs fixing21:22
Guest63056That terminal command worked.21:24
Guest63056it would be good if the software center also worked, though, you're right.21:24
nlsthznGuest63056: do me a favour and in terminal do "sudo apt-get update"21:24
nlsthznand see what it does/says21:24
Guest63056it's installing wine.21:24
Guest63056I'll do it straight after.21:24
nlsthznah ok... when that is done then :)21:25
Guest63056Much scrolling, and then W: GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net oneiric Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 5a9a06aef9cb8db021:27
nlsthznGuest63056: well all of your software sources except one is now updated... what we could do is to update your system then try the software center (this is the easy no-troubleshooting involved hope it fixes my problem way)...21:31
nlsthznhas worked for me before :)21:31
Guest63056Update to what?21:31
nlsthznGuest63056: if there has been any bugfixes or security updates you can use "sudo apt-get upgrade" to install them...21:32
s-foxSo it was the sources after all ;-) Not a bad guess.21:32
Guest63056So I'm doing that.21:33
nlsthznGuest63056: after that try the software center again and lets see if we get the same error...21:34
Guest63056It appears to work!21:39
nlsthznGuest63056: \o/ awesome21:39
Guest63056Excellent, thanks! :)21:39
* nlsthzn bows down to s-fox 's wisdom21:39
s-foxI am glad it is now working Guest6305621:40
Guest63056Thanks a bunch! Now to figure out the other stuff. :)21:40
nlsthznGuest63056: well, figure away and once you got it come back again and share some of your wisdom ;)21:42
Guest63056The other stuff is mostly virtual-machine stuff, not ubuntu stuff.21:43
bodhi_zazeneyadof: tell me, how big is your ram and swap ?22:23
bodhi_zazenwhat video card ?22:23
eyadofخن22:23
eyadofok22:23
bodhi_zazenwhat version of Ubuntu >22:23
eyadofubuntu 11.1022:24
eyadof4 GB ram22:24
eyadof4 GB swap too22:24
eyadofATI radeom22:24
bodhi_zazenTry a swap partition of say 4.1 - 4.5 Gb22:25
bodhi_zazenjust a bit larger22:25
eyadofok22:25
bodhi_zazenwhat hapens when you sleep / suspend ?22:25
eyadofthe screen stop working22:25
eyadofand i have to restart my laptop22:25
bodhi_zazenCan you try ssh in and/or switching to a console ?22:26
eyadofno22:26
bodhi_zazenAny errors in the log ?22:26
eyadofyes22:26
eyadofthere is some thing strange appear last to days22:26
bodhi_zazenwhat error ?22:26
bodhi_zazencan you paste bin them ?22:26
eyadofyes22:26
eyadof/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/95led suspend suspend: not applicable.22:27
eyadofthis word not applicable22:27
eyadofappear after some process22:27
bodhi_zazenNot sure if that is a problem or not, but ...22:29
bodhi_zazenmv /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/99video /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/disabled/99video22:29
bodhi_zazenIf that does not fix it, move it back22:29
cprofittlooking... I think there is a special ATI issue with some laptops...22:30
cprofittis it a laptop or desktop?22:30
eyadoflaptop22:30
eyadofit was working good22:30
eyadofbut today22:30
eyadofthis appear22:31
eyadofbodhi_zazen i will try this and i will back soon22:32
cprofittbodhi_zazen: did we get a model of video card?22:33
bodhi_zazenyou can look here as well : http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=4840222:33
bodhi_zazenno cprofitt , just that it is ati22:33
cprofittk22:33
bodhi_zazencan try suspend without the ati driver , see if that may be the culprit22:34
cprofittI am curious if he has proprietary or open ATI driver too22:34
bodhi_zazenFeel free to take it from here if there is something you know about ati22:34
eyadof1ok22:37
eyadof1it dosen't work :(22:38
cprofittbodhi_zazen: I saw something, but can not find it right now22:38
cprofittit was a report about getting ATI to work though22:38
cprofittbut I can't find it22:40
cprofitteyadof1: do you know what model of ATI?22:40
eyadof1yes : ATI mobility random HD 5470 512 MB22:40
eyadof1is that ok22:41
cprofittyes,... let me look some more22:42
cprofittdid you load proprietary drivers or are you still on the open source drivers?22:42
eyadof1yes and there is a post release updates which i can't install it22:43
cprofittwhat blocks you from installing them?22:43
eyadof1one min i will past the error22:43
cprofittk22:43
eyadof12011-10-28 00:46:39,996 ERROR: xorg:fglrx_updates: get_alternative_by_name(fglrx-updates) returned nothing22:47
cprofittthere is a bug for that one22:48
cprofitthttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jockey/+bug/87056022:48
ubot2Launchpad bug 870560 in jockey "installing fglrx (post-release updates) fails (dup-of: 873058)" [Undecided,Confirmed]22:48
ubot2Launchpad bug 873058 in nvidia-common "Jockey fail to install binary ati driver (post release) version" [Medium,Confirmed]22:48
cprofittyou can go there and click that it affects you too22:48
eyadof1ok i will22:48
eyadof1but when i ask about it22:48
eyadof1i want to take an idea about the problem22:49
eyadof1because it's annoying many users22:49
eyadof1and why there is no solution ?22:49
cprofittwell... solutions are not always easy to find22:50
cprofittdo you know if suspend worked w/o those drivers?22:51
eyadof1no22:51
eyadof1i don't know22:51
cprofittare you willing to try removing them?22:52
eyadof1i will try ever thing :D22:52
cprofittremove the drivers, reboot and then try suspend22:53
cprofittif it still doesn't work we can continue trying to resolve it22:54
cprofittif it does work we can focus on the video card22:54
eyadof1ok i will be back22:54
eyadofok23:03
eyadofit doesn't work too :(23:04
eyadofbut what will make me mad why it work first time23:04
eyadofand every thing is ok23:04
eyadofand when i suspend second time that happend23:04
eyadofbut i thing ATI card is not the problem  this time ,because suspend was work with the same drivers23:09
eyadof*think23:09
bobweaveranyone use fedora that can help me please kinda urgent23:13
bobweaverwhat does this mean no. grub-install /dev/whateveryourfedorapartitionis; then Use the method for debian/ubuntu to re-install it's grub2 to /dev/sda; then change it's config to chainload fedora grub123:13
bobweaverhttp://pastebin.com/BctBnchq  <--fdisk -l23:13
bobweaverI can not lose other data would kill me about 6 months of work. I need to read more before installing I just thought that fedora would have grub 2 as almost all distros do23:13
cprofittyep, so reload the drivers23:13
cprofittthat is not the issue23:13
bodhi_zazenLOL bobweaver23:13
cprofittbodhi_zazen: it is not AIT23:13
bobweavercprofitt:  thanks gosh you are here23:13
cprofittdo you want to take over on the other things?23:13
bodhi_zazenbobweaver: don't panic, let me look23:14
* bobweaver bows to bodhi_zazen & cprofitt 23:14
bodhi_zazenwhat version of Fedora ?23:14
bobweaver1523:14
cprofitthey bobweaver using some Fedora, heh?23:14
bodhi_zazenWhich partition is Ubuntu ?23:15
bobweaverwanted to try it23:15
bobweaversda 1023:15
bodhi_zazensu - to become root23:15
bodhi_zazenyou use nano or vim ?23:15
bodhi_zazenopen /boot/grub/ment.lst23:15
bobweavernano23:15
bobweaverhaha nano is not install ofb in fedora lol23:16
bobweaverok I am there23:16
bodhi_zazensec ...23:17
bodhi_zazenAdd23:17
bodhi_zazenTitle "Ubuntu"23:18
bodhi_zazenroot (hd0,9)23:18
bodhi_zazenkernel /boot/grub/core.img23:18
bodhi_zazenboot23:18
bodhi_zazensave your changes and reboot, select Ubuntu from the list23:18
* bobweaver brb thank you so much 23:19
bodhi_zazenbobweaver: should have waited for f16, rc will be out in a few day ....23:20
eyadofok  bodhi_zazen , cprofitt thanks very much for try to help it's too late now and i have to go see you later to fix it (i won't stop until fix this :D)23:25
bodhi_zazenOK, sorry we did not find a fix, thought it might be a bit of a process23:26
eyadofno problem23:26
bobweavernothing23:28
bobweaverbut hey I installed xchat23:28
bodhi_zazenAt , too bad ;P23:28
bodhi_zazenmount the ubuntu partition23:28
bodhi_zazensudo mount /dev/sda10 /mnt23:28
bobweaverdone23:29
bodhi_zazensudo mount --bind /dev/ /mnt/dev23:30
bodhi_zazensudo chroot /mnt23:30
asterismohi23:30
bodhi_zazenmount -t proc none /proc23:30
bodhi_zazenmount -t sysfs none /sys23:30
bodhi_zazenmount -t devpts none /dev/pts23:30
asterismoi need help with broadcom STA driver23:30
asterismoi installed ubuntu 11.10 and Broadcom STA driver is not listed in Additional Drivers section23:31
bodhi_zazengrub-install /dev/sda23:31
asterismodo not know what to do23:31
bodhi_zazenupdate grub23:31
bodhi_zazenexit23:31
bodhi_zazenand then reboot bobweaver23:31
bobweaverchroot: failed to run command `/bin/bash': Exec format error23:32
bobweaveron23:32
bobweaver[root@b08w3av3r mnt]# sudo chroot /mnt/23:32
bodhi_zazenyou mixing a 32 bit install and 64 bit OS ?23:32
bobweaverI might be23:32
bobweaverbodhi_zazen,  I am going to install ubuntu over it23:33
bobweaverwil that work23:33
bodhi_zazenboot a live ubuntu CD, same version (32 bit / 64 bit) as your ubuntu install23:33
bodhi_zazennaw, no need to re-install anything23:33
bobweaverok cool23:33
cprofittlooking now asterismo23:33
bobweaverlet me go get live dvd23:33
bodhi_zazenbobweaver: boot your ubuntu CD and we can fix it faster then you can reinstall23:34
bobweaverasterismo,  lspci -nn | grep 14e423:34
cprofittasterismo: do you know how to use the terminal?23:34
asterismoshould i try this? http://askubuntu.com/questions/38327/broadcom-bcm4311-wireless-not-working23:34
asterismoyeah23:34
asterismothat outputs nothing23:34
bobweaverasterismo, pleaase open terminal and type in lspci -nn | grep 14e423:34
cprofittasterismo: we need to find out which card you have23:34
bobweaverwhat is # in red23:34
cprofittsudo lshw -C network23:35
asterismolspci -nn | grep 14e4 > nothing23:35
asterismojust the prompt again23:35
asterismoshould it say something?23:35
bobweaverlspci -nn | grep Broadcom23:35
cprofittasterismo: try sudo lshw -C network23:35
asterismolspci -nn | grep Broadcom23:35
asterismook23:35
bodhi_zazen!pastebinit23:36
ubot2pastebinit is the command-line equivalent of !pastebin - Command output, or other text can be redirected to pastebinit, which then reports an URL containing the output - To use pastebinit, install the « pastebinit » package from a package manager - Simple usage: command | pastebinit -b http://paste.ubuntu.com23:36
bodhi_zazen!pastebinit | asterismo23:37
ubot2asterismo: pastebinit is the command-line equivalent of !pastebin - Command output, or other text can be redirected to pastebinit, which then reports an URL containing the output - To use pastebinit, install the « pastebinit » package from a package manager - Simple usage: command | pastebinit -b http://paste.ubuntu.com23:37
cprofittnice bodhi_zazen23:37
cprofittyou just taught me a bit there23:37
asterismogot it23:37
asterismohttp://paste.ubuntu.com/721168/23:37
asterismoit's like the system is not detecting my broadcom wifi card23:37
bodhi_zazencprofitt: it is just easier that way23:38
asterismothis is a fresh install23:38
cprofitttrue.23:38
asterismoand it was working in maverick before install23:38
cprofitttrue.23:38
cprofittdid you get anything back from the command I gave you?23:38
cprofittI can give you one that shortens it to what we need if you got results23:39
cprofittsudo lshw -C network | grep product23:39
asterismofrom the 3 commands the last one gave output23:39
cprofittthat should give you two results23:39
cprofittyou can paste both in here23:39
bodhi_zazencprofitt: he pastebined the command you gave23:39
bodhi_zazenhttp://paste.ubuntu.com/721168/23:40
cprofittgot it23:40
cprofittsorry23:40
cprofittdid not see that...23:40
asterismook23:40
asterismonevermind23:40
bodhi_zazenpastebin is fast cprofitt23:40
cprofittso your wireless card is not even being detected23:40
bodhi_zazenWe need a reverse pastebinit23:40
bodhi_zazenthat way we can simply enter commands on IRC, run in asterismo , and pastbin the output for us23:41
cprofittlol23:41
cprofittasterismo: from what that is showing your wireless card does not exist23:41
bodhi_zazenI can probably configure my ssh server to do the, users would ssh -R into my server23:41
asterismoi pastebinit the old fashion, haha23:41
bodhi_zazenIt would be awwesomesauce23:42
cprofittasterismo: do an lsmod dump to pastebin for me23:42
bodhi_zazenssh -R help.me.ob123:42
asterismo1 sec23:43
cprofittasterismo: try rfkill list23:44
asterismohttp://paste.ubuntu.com/721174/23:45
asterismosorry apt-get went slow as hell23:45
asterismonow installed pastebinit23:46
cprofittnp23:46
asterismohttp://paste.ubuntu.com/721174/ here is the lsmod output23:46
bodhi_zazenpastebinit should be isntalled by default ( IMHO )23:46
cprofitttry rfkill list23:47
asterismomay i tell you something23:47
asterismowhen installing the system23:47
cprofittsure you can tell us23:48
asterismois gave me the option of connecting to a wireless during the installation...23:48
asterismobut this is the thing23:48
asterismothe dialog said something like (1) not connect to anything and (2) connect to a wireless network... bla bla23:49
asterismoand in the list of available networks, there was no networks... there was only 1 item and under the name "Broadcom BCM 4312... not sure"...23:50
cprofitthmm...23:50
cprofittlets try the rfkill list23:50
asterismobut there were not wireless networks... here in my place are like 3 or 4 networks23:50
asterismothat was odd23:51
asterismoinstead the name of the network (my own house is like 95% signal)... it was displayed as the wireless chip name23:51
asterismoand maybe this is not working since the beginning of the installation23:53
cprofittI do not think so based on what you said23:53
cprofittlets try the rfkill list23:53
asterismoyesterday y tried 11.10 with a 32bit version and installed STA driver from the live CD and everything was ok23:53
asterismonow installing amd64 this happens23:53
bodhi_zazenbobweaver: you on the ubuntu live CD ?23:54
bobweaversorry about the hold up some crazy dude that has a crush on my down stairs neighbor was get vololent at the door23:54
bobweaverbodhi_zazen:  yup23:54
asterismothat is the command "rfkill"23:54
asterismo?23:54
bodhi_zazenbobweaver: sudo mount /dev/sda10 /mnt23:54
bodhi_zazensudo grub-install --root -directory=/mnt/ /dev/sda23:55
bodhi_zazensudo grub-install --root-directory=/mnt/ /dev/sda23:55
cprofittthe command is23:55
cprofittrfkill list23:55
bodhi_zazensorry, no space in "--root -directory"23:55
asterismoyeah23:55
asterismorfkill list > http://paste.ubuntu.com/721181/23:56
bodhi_zazenbobweaver: then sudo update-grub23:56
bodhi_zazenand reboot23:56
bodhi_zazenbobweaver: it that does not work, we can update grub from a chroot23:56
bobweaverok I am chrooted23:58
bodhi_zazenyou do not need to chroot bob23:58
bobweaveroh23:58
bodhi_zazenexit the chroot and23:58
bodhi_zazensudo grub-install --root-directory=/mnt/ /dev/sda23:58
asterismocprofitt > any clue?23:59
bobweaversudo grub-install --root -directory=/mnt/ /dev/sda    or sudo grub-install --root -directory=/mnt/ /dev/sda10   ??23:59
bodhi_zazenthen sudo update-grub23:59
bodhi_zazenthe first bobweaver23:59
bodhi_zazen'sudo grub-install --root-directory=/mnt/ /dev/sda'23:59
cprofittasterismo: that means we are not blocking any thing w/ hardware or software blocks23:59
cprofittso that is good23:59

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