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BambooVaseis this the right place to ask questions?00:13
urlin2uBambooVase, for ubuntu stuff yea00:20
BambooVaseok. I installed ubuntu then I changed to open box, when I changed my openbox gtk-theme, my gnome apps theme doesnt change.00:22
pabhello some body can help me with a installation_01:48
pab?01:48
ibuclawpab, what's going wrong?01:49
pabibuclaw the installator dosnt recognice my partitions01:51
pabat the moment of installation dosn't work01:52
pabdidnt see windows 701:52
pabor my other partition01:53
pabsays that all the space is unlocated01:53
ibuclawpab, does the same come up in partition manager?01:57
ibuclawI've seen this sort of thing happen if the disk is formatted for EFI boot.02:01
pabyes, gparted dosnt recognise my partitiones02:07
pabpartitions02:07
pabsorry for the delay i was googling02:08
ibuclawno problem.02:10
ibuclawthe last few comments from here may assist: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=10889681#post1088968102:10
ibuclawI can't really tell you to do anything though.02:11
pabthnx i will try it02:12
ibuclawpab - read it carefully.  I've never done it myself, and playing with partition table may cause irreversible loss of data.02:15
pabyes i know im working on that02:15
StephenHello?08:03
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Guest37778does anybody have some (probably easy) advice for a n00b to get my internet working on ubuntu-netbook?08:04
Goodguy69Im having troubles with the Ubuntu Software Center, it says all downloads are from a "Untrusted Source" and stops the downloads. I also have trouble with the Update Manager coming up with errors?08:45
Goodguy69I have just completed a fresh install and the problem was still there?08:47
* benonsoftware is thinking something with GPG keys but isn't 100% sure08:48
Goodguy69I am a noob and know nothing about GPG keys?08:49
benonsoftwareWell I'm not 100% about them too but they encrypt infomation and I don't think your install knows about the keys so that is why it is from a "Untursted Soruce" but I may be wrong08:50
benonsoftwareUnit193: Do you know anything about it?08:50
philipballewthe terminal lets you install from untrusted source. maybe sc does08:50
Unit193I'm working on something now... If you don't know, don't answer08:51
Goodguy69No sorry?08:51
Goodguy69What do I need to do to change GPG settings?08:58
Snicksiehm, 'sudo apt-get update' has worked for me when I got such errors. try it ;)09:00
Snicksie(in terminal)09:00
Unit193!gpgerr09:01
ubot2`Getting GPG errors after adding custom repositories? Find the GPG keyword for the repository (it's 437D05B5 for the standard ones) and run « sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com <key> »09:01
Unit193And what she said09:01
Goodguy69W: GPG error: http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com lucid Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 40976EAF437D05B5 Ubuntu Archive Automatic Signing Key <ftpmaster@ubuntu.com> W: GPG error: http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 40976EAF437D05B5 Ubuntu Archive Automatic Signing Key <ftpmaster@ubuntu.com> W: A error occurred during the signature verification. 09:03
geirhaI suspect the nz mirror is just having a bad day.09:05
Goodguy69geirha: Its been over 5 days now?09:05
geirhaGoodguy69: Go to System -> Administration -> Software Sources and change "Download from" to the main server09:07
geirhaa bad week then ^^09:09
Goodguy69Yes :-(09:09
Goodguy69geirha: Changed the source and things are looking good. Thank you.09:13
geirhaThe main server is probably slower than the local server, but you can try changing it back in a few days. Seems the maintainers of that mirror is just slow at fixing it.09:15
Goodguy69Thanks again Updates and Downloads are working fine, I will stay on the Main server download from now on thanks again.09:16
nothingspecialhello haqking12:14
haqkinghey nothingspecial12:17
haqkingim here but doing twenty other things ;-)12:17
nothingspecialme too12:18
haqkinghow are you today ? good i hope12:18
nothingspecialyes thanks, and you?12:18
haqkingnot bad, just got a nice tax rebate from my time in the US last year so yeah pretty good ;-)12:19
nothingspecial\o/12:19
haqkingnice start to the day12:19
nothingspecialnice when the tax man gives you money :)12:20
haqkingbetter than when i give it to him thats for sure12:20
nothingspeciallol12:20
haqkingto be honest im surprised tax rebates are not taxed...lol12:20
nothingspecialoh but they are ;)12:21
haqkingeverything is somehow, death, change and taxes are the only constants12:21
nothingspecialtrue :)12:22
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mamacassHello18:59
mamacassI have a question.18:59
mamacasswhich version of Ubuntu should I choose?19:01
holsteinmamacass: no reason *not* to use the current one... 11.0419:01
mamacasscurrently I am updating from 10.04 to 10.1119:01
holsteini run the LTS version usually 10.0419:01
mamacassor 10.1019:02
mamacassrather19:02
holsteinmamacass: i would *not* do that19:02
mamacassI used 10.0419:02
holsteini would wait and upgrade to 12.0419:02
mamacassoh really?19:02
mamacassfuck19:02
mamacassI will just do a fresh install of 10.0419:02
holsteinmamacass: watch the language.. its a family show :)19:02
mamacasssorry19:02
Unit193holstein: 1104?19:02
mamacassokay19:02
holsteinmamacass: just do what you are doing19:02
holsteinthen install a fresh 12.0419:02
mamacassokay19:02
mamacassjust to review19:02
mamacassI would get the iso19:03
mamacassand use unetbootin19:03
holsteinmamacass: you are already upgrading from 10.04 to 10.10... correct?... so just do that19:03
mamacassand I will be fine?19:03
mamacassyeah19:03
mamacassI will do that19:03
mamacassplay with it19:03
mamacassa bit19:03
mamacassthen go to www.ubuntu.com19:03
holsteinthe issue is, 10.04 and 12.04 are LTS... long term support... you can upgrade from 10.04 to 12.0419:03
mamacassoh19:03
mamacassthe upgrade site said it was not supported19:04
holsteinyou *cant* go from 10.10 to 12.04.. you have to go 10.10, to 11.04, to 11.10, to 12.0419:04
mamacassI was going to just upgrade all the way up19:04
holsteinupgrading is quite over rated19:04
mamacassI will fresh install19:04
mamacassit does not take me that long to set up and install everything19:04
holsteini just backup my data, and install.. it takes (best case) about 6 hours to upgraded... an install is like 15 minutes now19:04
mamacassmy work load does not require much more than the normal packages19:04
mamacassyeah19:05
mamacassI literally have no data on there19:05
mamacassI am on my server box now19:05
mamacassor what will be shortly19:05
holsteinright, so just fresh install i say... no reason to stress about whatever versions.. 10.10 is nearly end of life though19:06
mamacassI started with 8.0419:06
mamacassthen there was a hangup on the updating this summer19:07
mamacassand it took down this box19:07
mamacassgot a laptop19:07
mamacassran win7 and dev preview19:07
mamacasswent back to ubuntu at 10.0419:07
mamacassand now 12.0419:07
mamacassthis thing evolves fast19:07
holsteinevery 6 months19:08
mamacassLooks like a mac now but whatever19:08
mamacassas long as I have a cmd line19:08
mamacassI am happy19:08
mamacassI am dos lady.19:08
mamacass<< old19:08
holsteinmamacass: cool.. thats not going anywhere... welcome to the channel !19:08
mamacassthanks19:08
* holstein gotta run.. enjoy :)19:08
mamacassokay19:08
mamacassoh only 11.10 is available19:13
mamacasswhen does 12.04 come out?19:13
Snicksieapril 2012 :)19:14
mamacassokay so stay with 10.04 on this box and play with 11 on the other machine?19:14
mamacasswhat do you guys recommend? I trust the community.19:15
Snicksiedepends on whether you prefer the long term support version (its more stable and will be supported for 3 to 5 years) or just the 'regular' version, which can be less stable, though I have never had any problems with that19:17
SnicksieI use 11.10 now, its the most recent release available, but some people prefer the LTS (long term support) which is more stable19:18
mamacassso I am going to put 11.04 on my laptop for work, I like to show off infront of the applegeeks19:18
mamacassI will keep the LTS on this box and play with 11.10 I guess until 12.04 comes out19:19
Snicksiethen use 11.10, it is just as stable as 11.04 (for me) and has some improvements ;)19:19
mamacassthen I will probably stay with that until the next LTS19:19
Snicksieokay, good luck ;)19:19
mamacass11.10 has the hud?19:19
mamacassand what not?19:19
Snicksiewell, except for the fact its newer, it has not much extras19:20
Snicksiewell, this is more information then I could give you myself19:20
Snicksiehttp://www.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/whats-new19:20
mamacassmy laptop is very new and 10.04 does not run some of the hardware very well19:21
mamacassthx for the link19:21
mamacassif I enter random text it is my son. typing.19:35
mamacassIt used to be that every odd verison was unstable and evens were stable19:49
mamacassright?19:49
phillwmamacass: I missed the question....19:52
mamacassphillw, I am upgrading today19:53
mamacassI was asking about preferred versions19:53
phillwfrom which version?19:53
mamacassI normally stick to LTS19:53
mamacassso 10.0419:53
mamacassgoing to play around a bit so I am not lost when 12.0419:54
mamacasscomes out this april19:54
phillwyou can only upgrade from 10.04 to 10.1019:54
mamacassi know19:54
mamacasscurrently upgrading to 10.1019:54
mamacassgoing to try it out19:54
phillwyou'd have to wait for 12.04 to 'jump' from 10.04 to 12.0419:54
mamacassyeah19:54
mamacasswe covered that19:55
mamacassas does the forums19:55
mamacassI am playing with versions between LTS versions19:55
mamacasswhat is your preferred?19:55
phillwif you want to jump to, say, 11.10 your best option would be to partition of your home directory onto it's own partition and then install 11.10, telling the installer to use the /home partition but NOT to format it (Easy one to miss, the little format this partition!)19:56
mamacassyeah19:57
mamacasswhich are you using currently?19:57
phillwI'm on lubuntu 11.10 after finally updating from ubuntu 9.10 (the intermediate releases stubbornly refused to accept my 3G device).19:59
phillwAbout March, they will be asking people to do the 10.04 --> 12.04 update, it's not long to wait...20:00
mamacassyeah20:03
mamacassI will stick with 10.04 on the network box and update the other devices to 12.0420:04
phillwmamacass: they do really test the 10.04 --> 12.04, but volunteers are always gratefully received.20:05
mamacassI had this box on 8.04 and set to only update to Long term support versions20:15
mamacassit broke the box by messing with the init config file20:15
mamacassthis old hardware from like 200320:15
mamacassI am not sure if it will handle 12.0420:15
mamacassI am going to plug in a ssd and use it as a media table20:16
mamacassfor my ps3, laptops and tablets20:16
mamacassI was telling the guys earlier, I am an old dos chick that went linux to get my cmd line back20:17
mamacassI like text20:17
holsteini like to download the ISO's and check it running live before installing or upgrading.. i typically plan on doing a fresh install, and download, check live.. but i do an upgrade to make sure upgrades are working20:25
holsteinthen, i wipe that out and fresh install ;)20:25
mamacassI am upgrading to 10.10 just to see how the process works20:29
mamacassplaying with it20:29
mamacassdownloading 11.1020:29
mamacassplaying with it until the LTS drops in April20:29
Serythmamacass: You like text?20:29
Serythmamacass: Press CTRL + ALT + F1 to get in to TTY. You can get back to the X server using CTRL + ALT + F7.20:30
mamacassthat is cool20:35
mamacassthx20:35
mamacassdoes that automatically grant root level priviledge?20:35
mamacassSeryth20:43
mamacass??20:43
Serythuh20:44
Serythif you login as root yeah20:44
mamacassokay, I see now.20:49
mamacassstill I love short cuts20:50
mamacasswhich is another reason I am updating for the HUD20:50
mamacassI found an empty channel21:00
mamacasshow do I set +o  ?21:00
holsteinmamacass: you should check #freenode for that kind of thing... but http://blog.freenode.net/2008/04/registering-a-channel-on-freenode/ will help21:01
mamacassoh so the channel is registered21:01
mamacassthere is like only one person it in21:01
mamacassand they are not a bot21:01
mamacasslol21:01
Unit193http://freenode.net/policy.shtml#channelnaming  and if you have a group claim http://blog.freenode.net/2011/09/new-grf-freenode-process/21:02
mamacassah21:05
mamacassokay so 10.1021:05
mamacasslooks exactly like 10.0421:05
holsteinmamacass: if you want a different look, you'll want 11.10.. thats using unity as the desktop, not gnome21:06
mamacasshmm... and if I don't like it, then I can drop into Gnome 3?21:21
mamacassdownloading 11.10 now21:21
mamacass10.10 does run my hardware better21:22
mamacassno mic issues now21:22
mamacasspretty happy about that21:22
mamacassbrb coffee and food21:22
mamacassI gotta back stuff up.21:23
mamacassit wont upgrade from 10.10 to 11.10 ?21:24
phillwmamacass: no, you can only upgrade one release at a time, with the exception of LTS --> LTS21:25
mamacassah21:25
mamacassI should have waited21:25
mamacassoh well21:26
phillwmamacass: that is why I suggested you use https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Partitioning/Home/Moving21:26
mamacassNow I get what you were saying earlier phillw21:26
mamacassits all good21:26
mamacassI have a external ssd21:26
mamacassdevice21:26
phillwhaving a seperate /home partition is a really good idea. As to why ubuntu installer asks if you want to encrypt your /home (which causes problems when they forget the password) and not ask to put /home onto a seperate partition is one of those things that makes me ::facepalm::21:28
sadfpoi3hello?21:36
benonsoftwareHello sadfpoi321:37
sadfpoi3i was trying what u said... but i actually cant run terminal ... should i go to tty 6?21:37
mamacassokay, so what you are saying is put a 10.04 or any LTS on one partition and then another disto on the other?21:46
mamacassand give them some swap space?21:46
mamacasscould you point me toward a link21:47
mamacassor forum post that explains the partition configurations required, phillw?21:47
phillwmamacass: no, you just move your /home directory onto a new partition21:48
mamacassOkay so when I do a fresh install with 11.1021:49
mamacassI will be set for the next update21:49
mamacassthe other partition could be used to run...21:49
mamacassidk21:49
mamacassLinux Mint for my son.21:50
mamacass??21:50
phillwinitally you will have / and /swap, when you partition up /home directory, you will have /, /swap and /home. This means you can (re)install a system without losing any data in your /home area. There several cavaets, such as old fire-fox extensions may need updating or may not work with  a new version, but you are pretty safe as your /home area is seperate.21:51
phillwif you wish to run multiple installs, you'll be looking to have an extended partion - you will have one for /swap. It will need to be expanded and for that, you really should have a good back-up as resizing can delete data (It's never happened to me, but that is because I always have a backup :D )21:53
phillwmamacass: and if You're looking at linux mint, you may care to take a look at lubuntu, the devs of lubuntu look after lxde and do share stuff quite happily :)21:54
mamacassI will back up info21:54
mamacassk21:54
mamacassgood to know21:55
mamacassso An extended partition with a swap a home and two /21:55
mamacass??21:55
witchytahello phillw :)21:58
phillwan extended partition can hold a lot of extra partitions I cannot recall, but certainly more than 10 (24 rings a bell).21:59
mamacassI should only need two /22:01
phillwubuntu family can boot from extended partition, it is the slicing of the disk in the 1st instance that is fairly critical as the area allocated to the extended partition cannot be altered (AFAIK) without destroying the partitions on there.22:01
mamacassyeah22:01
mamacassI am in the forums22:01
mamacassreading22:01
mamacasshttps://help.ubuntu.com/community/DualBoot/Partitions22:01
phillwfor you, it would be (out of the 4 allowed) two primary partitions (small, for the operating systems) and an extended partition to hold your /home / swap etc on. A lot depends on what size hard disk you have, I have a 500GB one, so space is not really an issue as I don't have videos loaded :)22:04
phillwjust like choosing which linux to run, you decide what partioning is best for you. One primary to hold pretty much just grub on and a 2nd  as extended to do everything else may suit you. The options are all there, take a little while to decide.22:08
mamacassI have 400gb22:17
mamacassso22:17
mamacassand I am not going back to windows22:18
phillwmamacass: you just need to take a good backup & slice the disk as how it best suits you.22:18
mamacassthe back up is almost done22:18
mamacassI might just load 11.10 in a virtual machine22:18
mamacassany thoughts on that gents?22:19
phillwI run my tests on VM, provided you have remembered to put guest-additions on as soon as you install the Oracle VM, life is a lot less complicated :)22:20
mamacassokay22:21
phillwmamacass: but.. the advice given to me, was to actually install the latest version, not the one from the repos from ubuntu.22:22
mamacassyeah either way the pkg is usually good22:24
mamacassapt-get install guest-additions ?22:25
phillwindeed, it was a deb, dead easy to install.22:25
mamacassbut you are saying go to the site22:25
mamacassand get it from there?22:25
mamacassI may have done that22:25
phillwbut it must be 64 bit, else you wander into nightmare rea22:25
mamacassyeah22:25

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