[03:20] <thewrath> hey all i need some help with a bash script I am writing
[03:20] <thewrath> http://pastebin.com/4sDFF9mZ
[03:20] <thewrath> it is not getting into the if statement
[03:20] <thewrath> am i missing something
[03:21] <urlin2u> thewrath, you running fedora?
[03:23] <thewrath> this script will be
[03:23] <thewrath> i have a similar one i will be running in ubuntu
[03:24] <urlin2u> thewrath, you might try ##linux or #fedora if you don't get an answer. :D
[03:39] <deper29> quick question, how do I upgrade my version of grub?
[03:39] <urlin2u> deper29, you running grub-legacy
[03:40] <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?
[03:41] <urlin2u> of ubuntu
[03:41] <deper29> 10.04
[03:41] <urlin2u> deper29, why do you want to upgrade
[03:42] <urlin2u> that's grub 2 the upgrade would still be grub 2 if there is a way of doing it.
[03:43] <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
[03:44] <urlin2u> deper29, you don't upgrade grub to upgrade a OS
[03:45] <urlin2u> you would get the upgrade grub with 11.10 as well 1.99
[03:46] <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
[03:47] <urlin2u> deper29, you have an nividia card
[03:48] <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?
[03:49] <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
[03:50] <deper29> kk, I'll do that now :)
[03:50] <urlin2u> bootable disc pretty straight forward text stuff
[03:51] <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
[03:52] <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
[03:53] <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?
[03:54] <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
[03:55] <urlin2u> I'm lazy I use gparted to check the data amount
[04:00] <deper29> just give me a sec
[04:00] <urlin2u> cool
[04:00] <deper29> just run sudo gparted?
[04:02] <urlin2u> deper29,  you have it installed?
[04:02] <deper29> yeah
[04:03] <urlin2u> gksudo it is in the menu as well
[04:03] <urlin2u> gksudo for graphic stuff
[04:04] <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
[04:05] <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.
[04:06] <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.
[04:07] <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
[04:08] <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
[04:09] <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
[05:57] <E3D3> How to read shell output one page at the time ?
[05:58] <Unit193> Pipe it into more (As in  lspci |more )
[05:59] <E3D3> Unit193: Thanks.
[06:01] <E3D3> I missed this essential command for so long that I'll remember.
[06:02] <Unit193> Less is another good one
[06:06] <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 ?
[06:07] <Unit193> About the same, but you can pageup, pagedown, scroll up and down
[06:07] <Unit193> q to exit
[06:09] <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.
[06:11] <Unit193> Also this https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsingTheTerminal and I'd suppose you already know apt-get and apt-cache?
[06:18] <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.
[06:19] <Unit193> manpage helps
[06:21] <E3D3> The format in terminal exhaust me within seconds. Info-pages in a reader are the first UNIX help I can read complete.
[06:32] <E3D3> I see link above links to a 'good practice' tut. Thats what I continue with. Thanks & Good luck.
[10:50] <Seryth> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=11636256#post11636256 xfce themes, conky configuration. Please help me!
[11:27] <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?
[17:01] <E3D3> Does a shared home partition work with all distro's ?
[23:03] <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
[23:19] <deper29> hey, I'm back
[23:52] <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