| thewrath | hey all i need some help with a bash script I am writing | 03:20 |
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| thewrath | http://pastebin.com/4sDFF9mZ | 03:20 |
| thewrath | it is not getting into the if statement | 03:20 |
| thewrath | am i missing something | 03:20 |
| urlin2u | thewrath, you running fedora? | 03:21 |
| thewrath | this script will be | 03:23 |
| thewrath | i have a similar one i will be running in ubuntu | 03:23 |
| urlin2u | thewrath, you might try ##linux or #fedora if you don't get an answer. :D | 03:24 |
| deper29 | quick question, how do I upgrade my version of grub? | 03:39 |
| urlin2u | deper29, you running grub-legacy | 03:39 |
| deper29 | I don't know? | 03:40 |
| deper29 | grub-install -v gives grub-install (GNU GRUB 1.98-1ubuntu12) | 03:40 |
| urlin2u | deper29, what release? | 03:40 |
| urlin2u | of ubuntu | 03:41 |
| deper29 | 10.04 | 03:41 |
| urlin2u | deper29, why do you want to upgrade | 03:41 |
| urlin2u | that's grub 2 the upgrade would still be grub 2 if there is a way of doing it. | 03:42 |
| deper29 | so I can upgrade ubuntu to 11.10 so I will have some of the latest video/audio support for my system. However, with as much trouble as I've had, seems 11.10 doesn't like UEFI | 03:43 |
| deper29 | I was reading this https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFIBooting | 03:43 |
| urlin2u | deper29, you don't upgrade grub to upgrade a OS | 03:44 |
| urlin2u | you would get the upgrade grub with 11.10 as well 1.99 | 03:45 |
| deper29 | if I just try to upgrade to 11.10 I end up with a black screen :/ | 03:46 |
| urlin2u | deper29, I think there was a lucid to natty upgrade am I right? | 03:46 |
| deper29 | yeah | 03:46 |
| urlin2u | deper29, you have an nividia card | 03:47 |
| deper29 | how did you know? :P | 03:48 |
| urlin2u | you have to reinstall the driver if you upgrade, could that be the problem? | 03:48 |
| urlin2u | black screen. :D | 03:48 |
| deper29 | hmmm, it could be. | 03:48 |
| deper29 | you going to be on for a while? | 03:48 |
| urlin2u | yeah, but graphic cards are not really a skill here, I just see this sort of stuff. | 03:49 |
| urlin2u | clone the lucid for a backup if you upgrade | 03:49 |
| deper29 | I'll try this upgrade and see what happens. If I get a black screen again I'll boot into windows. how do I clone lucid? | 03:49 |
| urlin2u | clonezilla.org | 03:49 |
| deper29 | kk, I'll do that now :) | 03:50 |
| urlin2u | bootable disc pretty straight forward text stuff | 03:50 |
| deper29 | I can just mount the iso and go from there, no? | 03:51 |
| urlin2u | deper29, you would boot it. | 03:51 |
| deper29 | oh, I see | 03:51 |
| deper29 | I see now haha | 03:52 |
| urlin2u | how big is the partition and gig amount? | 03:52 |
| deper29 | 500GB | 03:52 |
| urlin2u | how about data | 03:52 |
| deper29 | you meant for what lucid is on, right? | 03:52 |
| urlin2u | yeah | 03:52 |
| deper29 | yeah, I have the OS and data on that 500GB drive | 03:53 |
| deper29 | I have an external. can I clone to an external? | 03:53 |
| urlin2u | deper how much data though, gparted will tell you? yeah the external is best it will shrink it some but you need about the same date amount space | 03:54 |
| urlin2u | data | 03:54 |
| urlin2u | I'm lazy I use gparted to check the data amount | 03:55 |
| deper29 | just give me a sec | 04:00 |
| urlin2u | cool | 04:00 |
| deper29 | just run sudo gparted? | 04:00 |
| urlin2u | deper29, you have it installed? | 04:02 |
| deper29 | yeah | 04:02 |
| urlin2u | gksudo it is in the menu as well | 04:03 |
| urlin2u | gksudo for graphic stuff | 04:03 |
| deper29 | yes, I forgot about that :p | 04:04 |
| urlin2u | I do the same :D | 04:04 |
| deper29 | so I see unallocated, ext4, extended and linux-swap | 04:04 |
| urlin2u | hats the ext4 say as far as how full | 04:04 |
| urlin2u | whats | 04:04 |
| deper29 | 228GB used | 04:04 |
| urlin2u | okay you will need that amount on the external to clone it, t will take awhile as well I would guess about 3 hours at least. | 04:05 |
| deper29 | yikes | 04:06 |
| deper29 | so all I do is reboot with that bootable disc then? | 04:06 |
| urlin2u | just wanted toi make sure you knew whats up, I store all my data on externals for faster clones. | 04:06 |
| urlin2u | yeah, it has instructions | 04:07 |
| deper29 | kk, I guess I'm rebooting | 04:07 |
| deper29 | thanks for the help thus far :) | 04:07 |
| urlin2u | no problem | 04:07 |
| deper29 | if this doesn't work, I'll be sad at myself | 04:07 |
| urlin2u | deper29, you wont bvreak it with a clone | 04:07 |
| deper29 | I know | 04:07 |
| urlin2u | break | 04:07 |
| deper29 | I meant the upgrade after haha | 04:08 |
| urlin2u | deper29, you could shrink the lucid and install natty and the transfer stuff as well | 04:08 |
| urlin2u | then | 04:08 |
| deper29 | I'll do a full clone | 04:08 |
| urlin2u | my concern is always a back up of a working setup | 04:09 |
| deper29 | back in a long while. thanks again :D | 04:09 |
| urlin2u | np | 04:09 |
| deper29 | likewise | 04:09 |
| E3D3 | How to read shell output one page at the time ? | 05:57 |
| Unit193 | Pipe it into more (As in lspci |more ) | 05:58 |
| E3D3 | Unit193: Thanks. | 05:59 |
| E3D3 | I missed this essential command for so long that I'll remember. | 06:01 |
| Unit193 | Less is another good one | 06:02 |
| E3D3 | opposite of more ? allows backward movement in the file as well as forward movement ? | 06:06 |
| E3D3 | Sorry, have sometimes troubles to understand English. When do you use less ? | 06:06 |
| Unit193 | About the same, but you can pageup, pagedown, scroll up and down | 06:07 |
| Unit193 | q to exit | 06:07 |
| E3D3 | Cool, I just tried to see the difference but didn't try that. | 06:09 |
| E3D3 | Just learned to read 'info' because of Emacs's nice reader. It stimulates me to use more commands instead of GUI. | 06:09 |
| E3D3 | Thanks to learn me some. | 06:09 |
| Unit193 | Also this https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsingTheTerminal and I'd suppose you already know apt-get and apt-cache? | 06:11 |
| E3D3 | I know most from that page but often needed my notes for details. apt-get is familiar but not apt-cache. Its all hard to remember so I need helpers like info-reader, autocomplete etc. | 06:18 |
| Unit193 | manpage helps | 06:19 |
| E3D3 | The format in terminal exhaust me within seconds. Info-pages in a reader are the first UNIX help I can read complete. | 06:21 |
| E3D3 | I see link above links to a 'good practice' tut. Thats what I continue with. Thanks & Good luck. | 06:32 |
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| Seryth | http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=11636256#post11636256 xfce themes, conky configuration. Please help me! | 10:50 |
| Cyclonit | Hi, does anybody know how I can monitor windows drives I mounted using Samba and start scripts as soon as such a drive comes on- or offline? | 11:27 |
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| E3D3 | Does a shared home partition work with all distro's ? | 17:01 |
| deper29 | hey, I'm hoping someone can help me. I tried upgrading my ubuntu from 10.10 to 11.04 and now all I get is a black screen after the one where I choose my kernel | 23:03 |
| deper29 | hey, I'm back | 23:19 |
| holstein | deper29: i would try upgrading if you can get in... see if there are package updates | 23:52 |
| holstein | if not, i would guess its graphics card related | 23:52 |
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