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daxHi! Any #ubuntu ops around for a PM?00:07
Myrttianything for you, dear00:12
daxthanks Myrtti :)00:13
EvilResistancecan one of you talk to Tech-1?06:48
EvilResistancehe's being somewhat...06:48
EvilResistanceum...06:48
EvilResistancei'm trying to not use obscenities ;P06:49
Tm_TEvilResistance: on it, thanks06:51
EvilResistanceyep pangolin decided to jump on it, ;P06:52
EvilResistancethanks06:52
ikoniahello faLUCE, I forwarded you to this channel as you kept ignoring what I was telling you and responding back with a rude attitude07:50
faLUCEikonia: you can do all what you want but your answer was and is nonsense.07:50
ikoniafaLUCE: no problem then, if you don't want to work within the support guidelines of the channel I see no point in explaining it any further.07:50
faLUCEmy question can be useful for a lot of people, since it helps to make backups and distros from ubuntu07:51
ikoniafaLUCE: or I can explain why we don't support your custom spins07:51
faLUCEikonia: there's no other way to create "easily" a custom distro ubuntu based, you are too blind to understand that. and to get that this can be useful for lot of people07:52
ikoniafaLUCE: ok, I'll explain, we don't support fixing peoples custom spins as there are many things that can effect the results of a custom spin moving away from known ubuntu working setups07:52
faLUCEanyway, do what you want, and be free to act as a stupid07:52
ikoniafaLUCE: if we support 1 users attempt at a custom spin, we have to support every users attempt at custom build, which as you can see in such a busy channel would double the workload and make it a very time consuming process07:53
Tm_Talso it would make centralised support rather pointless as we couldn't trust people having similar experience07:54
faLUCEikonia: stop explaining nonsense reasons. My question was really useful. then I could create a how to for solving such problems and make all the people do their distro ubuntu based07:54
ikoniafaLUCE: sorry, your question was outside the support topic for official ubuntu distros07:55
ikoniafaLUCE: I tried to explain this to you 3 times, each time you got more rude, so I ended up forwarding you here07:55
ikoniaif you are comfortable working within the support guidelines, I'm happy to remove the forward and allow you to rejoin07:55
faLUCEikonia: again, you can repeat this till the endo of time. I don't agree. And I won't repeat till the end of time MY reasons, since yoou are too MYOPE to understand07:56
ikoniaok, well, I'm afraid those are the guidelines for using the channel, if you can't agree to follow them, you can't use the channel07:56
ikonia(sorry to make it so black and white, but that's how you're pushing it towards)07:57
ikoniathere are other channels such as ##linux (which I can see you also asking in) that maybe better suited to more general issues such as yours07:57
faLUCEikonia: again, cure your MYOPIA07:57
ikoniaI'll leave this conversation there and ask you to leave the channel then please.07:58
Tm_TfaLUCE: I would kindly ask you to stop the rudeness07:58
faLUCETm_T: it was not my fault07:58
Tm_TfaLUCE: there's no excuse for bad behaviour07:58
faLUCEand I wan't stop it. I've been banned for nonsense07:58
elkyin that case, this conversation is over.07:58
Tm_TfaLUCE: the reason for your bans has been explained multiple times now07:59
faLUCETm_T: the ban has no good reasons. And it's dummy  to think that it has reasons only because it has made by an op08:00
elkyfaLUCE, you're probably more likely to get help for custom spins at askubuntu.com08:00
faLUCEanyway, I'll solve the problem by myself, and then keep the solution alone.08:01
faLUCEelky: it's not custom spins. it's a OPTIMUM way of BACKUP08:02
faLUCEand it's discussed in the ubuntu official guide08:02
faLUCEplease stop talking if you don't even know what's the point08:02
elkyfaLUCE, there's no need for you to be in here if you're not going to constructively discuss the issue.08:15
faLUCEelky: I tried to do that08:20
elkyno, you professed you refused to abide by the guidelines. That's quite the opposite of constructive08:21
ikonia@mark #ubuntu newb trolling asking for questions he didn't want the answer to so he could storm off to "try another distro"08:33
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faLUCEelky: no, I did not professed that. I professed that ikonia is MYOPE08:34
elkythat's not constructive either.08:41
faLUCEelky: that's not costructive. but the rest I said before, IS costructive ([09:02] <faLUCE> elky: it's not custom spins. it's a OPTIMUM way of BACKUP)08:45
faLUCE[09:02] <faLUCE> and it's discussed in the ubuntu official guide08:45
faLUCEreally, before banning people, think better08:46
elkyfaLUCE, i'm confused as to what exactly you did before making your own live distro with remastersys. could you brief me on the changes?08:55
faLUCEelky: this is the complete question:   Hi. I installed lubuntu 11.10 on a Intel BOXDG41AN mini-itx mobo (with Pentium dual core E5700). Then I installed few programs and created my own live distro, lubuntu 11.10 based, with Remastersys. Then I booted on another pc (Intel DH67CF LGA-1155 mini itx mobo, with cpu i5 2400) with this distro but the graphic card does not work. I can make it work only at low resolution with nomodeset. The rest is ok  How can I08:56
faLUCEsolve? Where can be the problem?08:56
faLUCEthe ubuntu official guide says that it's the only method for having a portable snapshot of ubuntu08:58
elkyi know the question, i would like you to answer mine, because if things changed, it can very well make it impossible for someone who doesn't know the full list of changes to help at all08:58
faLUCEbut it doesn't work. In addition, there's no "remastersys" channel08:58
faLUCEelky: no changes08:58
elky"Then I installed few programs and "08:59
faLUCEonly added two programs: vlc08:59
faLUCEand... maybe kde+konversation08:59
faLUCEbut really trivial user space things09:00
elkyso, "created my own live distro" is not actually true?09:00
faLUCEit's just a dummy distro with these added programs09:00
faLUCEthe problem is, I suppose, in the xorg config09:00
ikoniaxorg should be dynamic09:00
popeyfaLUCE: am I right in saying the goal here was to take a known working system from your mini-itx machine and try it on the LGA-1155 system?09:00
ikoniaunless you have hardcoded a change09:01
elkyfaLUCE, we don't know what configuration hacks you put into the xorg09:01
faLUCEelky: I did not put anything09:01
faLUCEI wonder if there's a way to backup xorg config, since there's no xorg.conf file09:02
ikoniaits dynamic09:02
faLUCEthen I can do little modifications of this file on the new machine, in order to make it working09:02
elkyfaLUCE, dpkg-reconfigure was the way the last time i had to do it iirc09:02
faLUCEit's dynamic but xorg.conf must be considered firstly09:02
elkythat may have been a while ago now09:03
faLUCEelky: already tried09:03
faLUCEas you can see, there's a lot of stuff that is interesting for everyone wants a quick and easy snapshot of ubuntu09:03
elkyok, so your question is, in fact, "i am trying to boot a system with a new video card, and it's not working". True?09:03
ikoniaxorg.conf is still valid, however if it's not there is should go to dynamic configuration09:03
faLUCEikonia: you don't get the point. something goes wrong in dynamiic conf, therefore I want to provide xorg.conf09:04
ikoniafaLUCE: I do see that09:04
ikoniahowever using a host system with a different setup to make that config / test the config is not a good idea09:05
faLUCEelky: yes, it's so09:05
faLUCEikonia: I don't find alternatives. and I don't find quicker and easier ways for making a portable snapshor of ubuntu09:06
ikoniaif hardware devices require hardcoded options it won't be portable09:06
ikoniaas the hardcoded options may conflict with machines with different hardware09:07
popeythat presumes he added hardcoded options09:07
ikoniaI'm not saying he did09:07
popeywhy not ask him if he did?09:07
faLUCEI did not add them09:07
popeythere we go09:07
ikoniare-read what I said09:07
ikoniahe's not added the options, that's the problem09:07
ikoniahe wants to make an xorg.conf with options for the second machine because detection isn't working09:07
popeyfaLUCE: do you have an xorg.conf at all?09:08
elkyfaLUCE, in your new machine, can you boot up a regular livecd?09:08
faLUCEright09:08
faLUCEpopey: I don't have it09:08
popeyright09:08
faLUCEelky: yes I can.09:08
popeyagain, asking, rather than presuming wins the day09:08
popeyjeez09:08
ikoniaI'm not presuming, it's exactly what he just said09:08
faLUCEanyway: how can I automatically create a xorg.conf backup file?09:09
popeyYou're going down an unnecessary path. Fact is he wants to test a copy of system A on system B. This is not an unreasonable thing to do09:09
elkyfaLUCE, if you boot it up, and the video works, that xorg.conf can be saved to a flash drive, for example, and then you can replace it on your new machine when you use your remastered livecd. i don't know how you'd make this permanent to the remastersys livecd thingie though09:09
elkyat least, this is what i would try09:09
faLUCEelky: this is a good idea, but as said before09:09
faLUCEhow can I automatically create a xorg.conf backup file?09:10
elkyi didn't see that part of the query09:10
popeyif you are using a live setup there wont be one (an xorg.conf)09:10
faLUCEbut all this stuff would be useful for ubuntu people09:10
faLUCEand you banned me09:10
faLUCE(I'm not polemic now)09:10
elkyfaLUCE, because you weren't clear and then you got into arguing. lets forget that now09:10
ikoniaI've removed the ban forward for you, with my apologies09:10
faLUCEelky: no, really not. I was very clear09:10
faLUCEikonia: never mind09:11
elkyfaLUCE, then why did i have to ask you questions then?09:11
popeyfaLUCE: the root of this problem is that your i5 based video card doesn't work with lubuntu 11.10 ?09:11
elkythe bottom line is that you argued and were insulting. please do not do this in the future, ok?09:11
faLUCEpopey: no, it works, since it works with live cd09:12
elkypopey, on a regular livecd it does, apparently09:12
elkyfaLUCE, since you're unbanned now, can we move this discussion back to the support channel?09:12
faLUCEelky: yes09:12
elkyfaLUCE, btw, where did you install remastersys from? I don't see it in the repositories.09:19
faLUCEelky: from remastersys website09:19
elkyfaLUCE, ok, as a fact, we can't be expected to support the behaviour of software that isn't installed from our repositories. Just for future reference, ok?09:20
elkyRegardless of what someone writes in a book.09:20
faLUCEelky: I did not ask for support for remastersys. Note two points:09:21
faLUCE1) I asked for xorg stuff (you can say that I should ask in xorg channel, and ok)09:21
elkyActually, you are. "<faLUCE> how can I automatically create a xorg.conf backup file?" is asking for help with remastersys behaviour. There is no but for that.09:21
faLUCEno, elky, I don't want support for remastersys. I only would like to know how can I solve xorg issues09:22
faLUCEelky: note that remastersys is no longer in development09:22
faLUCEtherefore, it would be nonsense to ask for that. I only would like to make some adjustments09:23
elkybut you're wanting to get the xorg automatically generated by a remastersys export?09:24
faLUCEelky: you said a correct thing:  faLUCE, if you boot it up, and the video works, that xorg.conf can be saved to a flash drive, for example, and then you can replace it on your new machine when you use your remastered livecd. i don't know how you'd make this permanent to the remastersys livecd thingie though09:24
elkynote "i don't know how you'd make this permanent to the remastersys livecd thingie though"09:24
faLUCEelky: no problem for that. I can "patch" the installed distro09:24
faLUCEI don't want to patch remastersys09:25
faLUCEI want only to patch the nonworking installed distro09:25
elkyyou would be doing precisely that, though. it's part of the usage of the remastersys.09:25
faLUCEelky: no, it's avulse from remastersys09:26
faLUCElet me explain:09:26
elkyavulse is not a word i know.09:26
faLUCEsorry: extraneous09:26
elkyah09:26
faLUCElet me explain09:26
faLUCEI would create xorg.conf from the OFFICIAL ubuntu live cd09:27
elkylubuntu*09:27
faLUCEthen use it in the broken installed distro09:27
faLUCEelky: ok, lubuntu, but it's not a matter of k,l or u09:27
ikoniafaLUCE: is it just for this one machine or portable as you said earlier ?09:27
ikoniafaLUCE: if it's for 1 machine then fine, if it's for other machines than creating a hard coded xorg.conf may cause you problems on the others09:28
faLUCEikonia: I can use this  way of proceeding for all the future machine09:28
faLUCEI mean: the xorg.conf is only for one machine09:28
ikoniafaLUCE: are all the future machines the same hardware (exactly the same from a video point)09:28
faLUCEthe way of proceeding is for all the future09:28
ikoniayes, but is the future all the same machine, or differnt types of machines09:28
faLUCEikonia: different hardware, but I can use this method09:28
ikoniayou can't09:29
faLUCEwhy not?09:29
ikoniahardcoded xorg.conf may cause problems for machines with different hardware09:29
faLUCEikonia: I'm not saying that09:29
elkyikonia, if he wants to fiddle around he can, so long as he doesn't expect us to fix it each time09:29
ikoniaI'll leave you to it then09:29
faLUCEelky: exactly09:29
elkyso we're of the understanding that you won't be asking specific remastersys questions in the future?09:30
faLUCEelky: in fact it's not remastersys specific09:30
elkyit would be if you expected us to make it easier for you09:30
elkylets just leave it at that. i really need to get back to the other things i was doing09:31
faLUCEelky: anyway the point is: how can I backup xorg from a live cd?09:31
elkyfaLUCE, with the cp command?09:31
faLUCEelky: cp of what?09:32
elkythe file? i really don't know.09:32
faLUCEelky: as said before there's not xorg.conf file!09:32
faLUCEin previous versions of ubuntu there was it.09:32
elkyhence "i really don't know"09:33
faLUCEelky: ok, but don't say that it's remastersys stuff...09:33
faLUCEsorry if I appear rude09:33
elkyright now you're appearing as though you're continuing a support query in a channel that isn't a support channel09:35
elkyfaLUCE, is there anything else you need regarding the irc channels? if not, could you part from here so we know we don't need to ask you in the future?09:41
ubottuIn #ubuntu, ernesto__ said: ubottu: i know it is an old release but won't there be any optional sources list for me to keep on installing certain packages?11:01
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ikoniaI'm talking to seriously in pm to help him understand he's in an ubuntu support channel, not an Microsoft one12:25
`-`seriously!12:25
ikoniawhat are you doing ?12:25
oCean`-`: just drop it12:25
`-`ah12:26
`-`i was checking on ocean12:26
`-`1s12:26
oCean?12:26
`-`yeah you both actually12:26
`-`bit quick on the trigger12:26
Myrttiwhen you joined the channel, you were asked to comply with the IRC guidelines and Ubuntu Code of Conduct which ask you to be helpful when helping. I repeated that request on the channel12:26
`-`Myrtti note i did not include you thar :)12:27
`-`and while there may be a little offtopic, the majority of it was in response to ocean and ikonia12:27
ikoniawhat ?12:27
ikoniaI've not spoken to you12:27
Myrttiwe *really* prefer there not being *any* offtopic12:27
Myrttiit is the biggest channel on this network12:28
`-`Myrtti preferring something and reality are usually two different things12:28
`-`and i agree it would be nice12:28
`-`but when the poor guy thinks i'm offending him and an op hits me for apologizing..12:28
`-`well i'm not sure how to be courtious12:28
`-`also12:28
`-`ikonia it looks like your correct.. i was assuming one of those comments were meant for me; my apologies.12:29
Myrtti`-`: we try to keep the goal and reality as close to each other as possible12:29
`-`finally.. i didnt come in here to talk12:29
`-`just to see if oCean is just a !@#% talker or an op with an attitude12:29
`-`:)12:29
oCeanyou had to come in here for that?12:29
`-`thx anyway sorry about that ikonia tata~~12:29
Myrttiyou seem to have an attitude I don't like, so I guess the feeling is mutual12:29
`-`oCean i chose to do so12:30
`-`Myrtti and i support your right to have such an opinion, and even express it12:30
Myrtti`-`: btw your nickname is really difficult too12:30
`-`lol12:30
`-`its the tick12:30
oCean`-`: it does not matter if it's an op or a regular user asking you to stop12:30
Myrttithe tick is a deadkey for me12:30
`-`yes ocean it does12:30
oCeanno12:30
`-`gotcha Myrtti12:30
oCeannot in our channels12:30
MyrttioCean++;12:30
`-`2s oCean12:31
`-`if your an op you represent: a. ubuntu, b. freenode. and c. most importantly canonical12:31
Myrtticanonical... ahhahahha12:31
`-`its about perception not truth12:31
`-`thats WHY ## exists here12:31
`-`## == official12:31
oCean?12:31
* `-` sighs12:31
pangolin`-`: wrong12:32
`-`nvm hf12:32
`-`yeah i bitflipped it :P12:32
`-`anyway try not to be tards in chan it makes the distro look worse than it is12:32
oCeanmeh12:32
`-`hahahahaha12:33
`-`good one12:33
`-`nice way to make my point12:34
Myrtti!staff12:37
ubottuhey Christel, Dave2, Gary, KB1JWQ, Levia, Martinp23, SportsChick, VorTechS, jayne, jenda, marienz, nalioth, niko, nhandler, rob, dax, stew, or tomaw, I could use a bit of your time :)12:37
Myrttithe aforementioned user has just joined pretty much all the Ubuntu IRC channels there are12:38
Myrttiexcess flooded themselves out, but I'm still holding my breath12:39
oCeanjoining channels again12:39
ubottuLjL called the ops in #kubuntu (`-`)12:41
Myrttiwell that was a relief12:46
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beunoooops, sorry, force of habbit16:23
pangolin:)16:24
pangolinwe appreciate your understanding16:24
Pici!ping16:35
popeybeuno: ask gord how he does it, his irc nick change on one network and not on another16:35
ubottuanother contentless ping... sigh...16:35
popeyPici pongs16:35
Picipopey: yes, thanks.16:35
gordpopey, i sometimes forget and change nick on freenode, the hell that brings, the wrath of people yelling at me telling me not to change my nick16:40
Myrttiwe love you anyway16:40
* genii-around makes more coffee16:40
czajkowskigord: I do feel bad for them tbh, given they are encouraged to change status to being away and many are in ubuntu channels and work channels16:41
beunopopey, yeah, i know how to do it, but I've been changing it in both for 5+ years, so finger-memory17:27
popeyheh17:27
mneptokbeuno: easy solution? never leave the keyboard. EVER.17:50
* beuno is very close to achieving that18:32
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