[13:13] <Scuzzball> Okay, I'm running Xubuntu on a dell inspiron 2200. There some wieless driver issues with that, but I'm using an ethernet cable. I'm trying to ping google.com. It is an unknown host. If I ping the IP of google, it works fine. I've manually set the DNS server to 8.8.8.8, which is a DNS server hosted by google.
[13:13] <Scuzzball> What am I missing hrere?
[13:31] <Sidewinder1> Scuzzball, Any reason to not use your ISP's DNS?
[13:32] <Scuzzball> Cause it wasn't working on the first try.
[13:32] <Scuzzball> And it turns out that /etc/resolve.conf is completely broken.
[13:32] <Sidewinder1> Is this a new/fresh install?
[13:32] <Scuzzball> Yeah.
[13:33] <Scuzzball> I'm just going to reinstall it.
[13:33] <Sidewinder1> Did you md5sum the ISO, prior to burning?
[13:33] <Scuzzball> No, I guess I should do that.
[13:33] <Scuzzball> And I'm bootig from a USB, so no burning.
[13:34] <Sidewinder1> !hashes | Scuzzball
[13:34] <ubot2`> Scuzzball: See http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu-iso/CDs/9.10/MD5SUMS for the md5sums of the latest Ubuntu release
[13:34] <Scuzzball> That link is broken for some reason.
[13:34] <Sidewinder1> unetbootin?
[13:34] <Scuzzball> But I can find them.
[13:34] <Scuzzball> http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu-iso/CDs/9.10/MD5SUMS
[13:34] <Scuzzball> That's the link I got.
[13:35] <Sidewinder1> 9.10 is EOL, you were/are aware of that, correct?
[13:36] <Scuzzball> I have no idea what that means.
[13:36] <Scuzzball> But I'm assuming you mean that 9.10 is an outdated version?
[13:36] <Sidewinder1> If you prefer Gnome2 over unity, why not install 10.04 (that's what I'm using), it's supported 'til 04-2013
[13:37] <Scuzzball> I'm actually using Xubuntu 11.10.
[13:37] <Sidewinder1> Yes, 9.10 is End Of Life.
[13:37] <Scuzzball> Ah.
[13:37] <Sidewinder1> OIC, xbuntu, 11.10, sorry..
[13:38] <Scuzzball> OIC?
[13:38] <Sidewinder1> Please keep in mind that every ver., will have a totally different hash.
[13:38] <Scuzzball> Oh yes.
[13:38] <Scuzzball> I know.
[13:38] <Sidewinder1> Oh I SEE = OIC
[13:39] <Scuzzball> Okay.
[13:39] <Sidewinder1> :D
[13:39] <Scuzzball> My main worry is finding a program that will chech hashes that isn't a virus for windows.
[13:40] <Sidewinder1> I know there is/was one as I used it in Win to check Gutsy ISO, back in 2007.
[13:40] <Sidewinder1> !md5sum
[13:40] <ubot2`> To verify your Ubuntu ISO image (or other files for which an MD5 checksum is provided), see http://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToMD5SUM or http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/answers/LQ_ISO/Checking_the_md5sum_in_Windows
[13:40] <Sidewinder1> There's a safe link for you. :-)
[13:41] <Scuzzball> I actually picked a random one that puts stuff in the properties tab.
[13:41] <Scuzzball> And am just going on that the website looks legit.
[13:41] <Scuzzball> And hoping.
[13:41] <Scuzzball> Lots of hope.
[13:41] <Scuzzball> Also, virus scanner.
[13:42] <Sidewinder1> Good Luck! If you have further issues, just come back here or the ubuntu forums.
[13:42] <Scuzzball> Will do.
[13:42] <Scuzzball> Thank you for the help.
[14:03] <Sidewinder1> My pleasure. :D
[15:39] <shahan> I am having problem regarding my NTFS drives on ubuntu 11.10, The drives are not shown on COMPUTER
[15:39] <shahan> I just recovered my GRUB 2 after installing windows XP, The drives were availble on COMPUTER in the previous session of my GRUB 2
[15:40] <nothingspecial> Are they mounted at all?
[15:41] <shahan> nothingspecial: not sure, my pendrive is not showing also
[15:42] <nothingspecial> if you click file system then media, are they in there?
[15:43] <nothingspecial> and do they show up at the bottom of the side bar?
[15:43] <shahan> nothingspecial: no
[15:44] <nothingspecial> If you open a terminal and type
[15:44] <nothingspecial> sudo fdisk -l
[15:44] <nothingspecial> does it list them?
[15:44] <shahan> nothingspecial: http://paste.ubuntu.com/788911/
[15:44] <shahan> nothingspecial: ya
[15:45] <nothingspecial> The only fix I can think of is to mount them manually
[15:45] <nothingspecial> Someone else might know why they are not automounting though
[15:46] <nothingspecial> hang on one sec, kids are fighting .......
[15:47] <shahan> nothingspecial: ok
[15:49] <nothingspecial> I mount my ntfs drive in fstab by adding a line like this
[15:49] <nothingspecial> LABEL=stuff /media/stuff ntfs-3g defaults,en_GB.utf8 0 0
[15:49] <nothingspecial> But you shouldn't need to do that shahan
[15:49] <shahan> nothingspecial: oh! I dont want to to anything manually.
[15:50] <shahan> nothingspecial: oh tnx. Please tell me the easiest one you know
[15:53] <nothingspecial> Well there is an application called mountmanger that writes to fstab for you with a gui but I have never used it
[15:53] <nothingspecial> shahan
[15:54] <hobgoblin> or pysdm
[15:54] <hobgoblin> but they are both old now
[15:57] <nothingspecial> There is also ntfs-config shahan
[15:58] <shahan> nothingspecial: oh... ya ... I used it before
[15:58] <nothingspecial> There is a how-to at the bottom of this page   http://www.webupd8.org/2011/11/how-to-mount-partitions-automatically.html
[15:59] <shahan> nothingspecial: but before It mounted automatically. I need not to use these before
[15:59] <nothingspecial> I have to say that I do not know what has gone wrong there.
[16:00] <shahan> nothingspecial: ok.. tnx for your help
[16:00] <nothingspecial> no problem :)
[16:50] <manueljmnab> hi need help
[16:50] <manueljmnab> im new
[16:52] <holstein> manueljmnab: welcome... if you're new, take a look at the topic, and ask your question
[16:52] <manueljmnab> ok
[16:54] <manueljmnab> there are commands i dont know what they do
[16:54] <manueljmnab> for exmaple ,/configure
[16:54] <manueljmnab> ./configure
[16:55] <holstein> manueljmnab: i usually just drop those into google... sometimes i say "ubuntu wiki configure"
[16:55] <holstein> manueljmnab: depending on how new you are, and new to what, you wont need to configure
[16:56] <holstein> you want to keep with the packages that are in the repos, so the package managers can manage all your installed applications
[16:56] <manueljmnab> ok
[16:56] <holstein> if its an application that is *not* in the repos that you need to build, there should be a READ.ME included
[16:56] <manueljmnab> thanks
[16:57] <manueljmnab> ill google firts
[16:57] <manueljmnab> first
[16:58] <holstein> manueljmnab: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CompilingEasyHowTo
[17:04] <manueljmnab> tanks
[17:04] <manueljmnab> by the way, im using ubuntu to learn linux
[17:04] <manueljmnab> its a good chocie?
[17:06] <holstein> manueljmnab: its one of many choices, and its a good one
[17:06] <holstein> i say the best reason to choose ubuntu is the community
[17:07] <manueljmnab> ok thanlks
[19:01] <Timo_> I wish everyone a happy year, let's hope 2012 will be a great year for linux&ubuntu :)