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CyclonitHi12:44
nothingspecialHi Cyclonit12:44
CyclonitI'm new to Linux in general and am currently searching for a way to ensure rsync does not try accessing mounted drives if they are not available (in my case if the pc which owns the drive is shutdown).12:46
CyclonitAny suggestions?12:46
nothingspecialMaybe using test within an if statement12:47
nothingspecialhttp://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashGuide/TestsAndConditionals12:47
CyclonitThank you very much ^^12:49
geirhaBasicly, look for a file or directory that would be there if it was mounted12:51
nothingspecialif [[ -d /my/mounted/directory ]]; then rsync --blah --blag; else something-else --or --nothing; fi12:52
CyclonitYes got that ^^ I guess I thought a little to complicated.12:52
nothingspecialsomething like that12:52
CyclonitIf I mount a drive using Samba. What happens if the pc owning the drive shuts down? I'd like to use inotify to live sync two directories (one on the linux system the other on a windows).12:55
nothingspecialnot sure (I know nothing of samba/windows) sorry12:56
geirhaInotify will not notice changes done remotely12:57
CyclonitDidn't think about that one ^^' Is there another way to monitor files changing at another machine? The "ugly" way I'd think of would be a rsync script running every minute.12:59
geirhaNot that I know of. If anything I'd just run it daily or hourly.13:01
geirhaThere's UbuntuOne and dropbox ...13:02
geirhai.e. using that instead of samba to share files13:02
CyclonitThe actual setup would be a NAS synchronising with both a pc and a laptop (both running windows) and if I change something on one of those three machines it should instantly synchronise.13:02
CyclonitHm... I don't quite like relying on software like dropbox ^^'13:03
geirhaI don't quite follow. Why do you need rsync for that?13:04
CyclonitWhen I searched for a good way of synchronising using linux rsync was mentioned quite often and like how simple it is. It's quite nice for incremental backups too.13:05
geirhaSure, it's good for backups, but you can just run those hourly or daily.13:07
geirhaThe upside of using ubuntuone or dropbox is that you get backup as part of the bargain.13:08
geirhaBut the file changes will take a little longer to reach the other systems.13:09
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borudevHello, how is everyone? I had a quick question troubleshooting my ubuntu 11.10 server installation. I installed the same OS on 2 different servers and I'm experiencing the same problem. What happens is I turn on the server, it's ok for few hours, and then when I try to SSH to it, it get a time out, when I plug in the keyboard, and type something then I can connect to it again. Seems17:39
borudevthat it's going to some kind of sleep mode. Note, no desktop was installed just pure server OS. Anyone had this issue before? what could cause it? Thanks17:39
ashickur-noorHi17:44
holsteinborudev: i would consider the server editions a really good place to run LTS versions18:18
mang0I've found this conky skin that I like: http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=&section=&global=1&q=Conky#/d2400sr but how on earth do I set it up? I've not done it before :/18:49
mang0I was reffered here from #ubuntu-offtopic18:49
MrChrisDruifYes, that was me ^_^18:52
MrChrisDruifI don't mind supporting, but prefer the support channels for that18:53
mang0Sure, np18:53
mang0I'm going through the beginners conky topic now :)18:54
MrChrisDruifYou should do that...it's pretty explanatory18:54
JoseeAntonioRDoes anyone here knows how to set the functions in some touch keys in the upper parts of my keyboard?20:28
MrChrisDruifJoseeAntonioR; what do you mean with touch keys?20:53
JoseeAntonioRMrChrisDruif These keys are touch.20:54
* MrChrisDruif doesn't get it. I have to touch all my keys to use them <_<"20:54
phillwMrChrisDruif: Ì'm guessing he means same as I have. I can mute my speaker by touching a key on the facia area above my Fn keys. Mine are mapped to my usual functions, and the WiFi one disables my WiFi correctly.20:56
JoseeAntonioRMrChrisDruif you don't have to press them, just touching them is enough for them to work20:59
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jimmiePossibly a bit of an odd question but does anyone here play Minecraft? Im having trouble with something on 11.1023:43
benonsoftwareMaybe try #minecraft ?23:44
jimmieWell it was more to do with Minecraft and the UBuntu problems that come with it23:47

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