[12:44] <Cyclonit> Hi
[12:44] <nothingspecial> Hi Cyclonit
[12:46] <Cyclonit> I'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] <Cyclonit> Any suggestions?
[12:47] <nothingspecial> Maybe using test within an if statement
[12:47] <nothingspecial> http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashGuide/TestsAndConditionals
[12:49] <Cyclonit> Thank you very much ^^
[12:51] <geirha> Basicly, look for a file or directory that would be there if it was mounted
[12:52] <nothingspecial> if [[ -d /my/mounted/directory ]]; then rsync --blah --blag; else something-else --or --nothing; fi
[12:52] <Cyclonit> Yes got that ^^ I guess I thought a little to complicated.
[12:52] <nothingspecial> something like that
[12:55] <Cyclonit> If 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).
[12:56] <nothingspecial> not sure (I know nothing of samba/windows) sorry
[12:57] <geirha> Inotify will not notice changes done remotely
[12:59] <Cyclonit> Didn'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.
[13:01] <geirha> Not that I know of. If anything I'd just run it daily or hourly.
[13:02] <geirha> There's UbuntuOne and dropbox ...
[13:02] <geirha> i.e. using that instead of samba to share files
[13:02] <Cyclonit> The 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.
[13:03] <Cyclonit> Hm... I don't quite like relying on software like dropbox ^^'
[13:04] <geirha> I don't quite follow. Why do you need rsync for that?
[13:05] <Cyclonit> When 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.
[13:07] <geirha> Sure, it's good for backups, but you can just run those hourly or daily.
[13:08] <geirha> The upside of using ubuntuone or dropbox is that you get backup as part of the bargain.
[13:09] <geirha> But the file changes will take a little longer to reach the other systems.
[17:39] <borudev> Hello, 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. Seems
[17:39] <borudev> that 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? Thanks
[17:44] <ashickur-noor> Hi
[18:18] <holstein> borudev: i would consider the server editions a really good place to run LTS versions
[18:49] <mang0> I'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] <mang0> I was reffered here from #ubuntu-offtopic
[18:52] <MrChrisDruif> Yes, that was me ^_^
[18:53] <MrChrisDruif> I don't mind supporting, but prefer the support channels for that
[18:53] <mang0> Sure, np
[18:54] <mang0> I'm going through the beginners conky topic now :)
[18:54] <MrChrisDruif> You should do that...it's pretty explanatory
[20:28] <JoseeAntonioR> Does anyone here knows how to set the functions in some touch keys in the upper parts of my keyboard?
[20:53] <MrChrisDruif> JoseeAntonioR; what do you mean with touch keys?
[20:54] <JoseeAntonioR> MrChrisDruif These keys are touch.
[20:54]  * MrChrisDruif doesn't get it. I have to touch all my keys to use them <_<"
[20:56] <phillw> MrChrisDruif: 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.
[20:59] <JoseeAntonioR> MrChrisDruif you don't have to press them, just touching them is enough for them to work
[23:43] <jimmie> Possibly a bit of an odd question but does anyone here play Minecraft? Im having trouble with something on 11.10
[23:44] <benonsoftware> Maybe try #minecraft ?
[23:47] <jimmie> Well it was more to do with Minecraft and the UBuntu problems that come with it