[01:36] <Culiforge> I could be talking complete nonsense... but does 10.04 not have acpi support and is that why when I dist upgrade I have to add acpi=off to my grub to get new install to load?
[01:40] <philipballew> Culiforge, it should.
[01:41] <Culiforge> phit
[01:41] <Culiforge> phillipballew:
[01:41] <Culiforge> now i'm confused then
[01:41] <Culiforge> when I initially installed 10.
[01:41] <Culiforge> 04
[01:42] <Culiforge> things went just fine.. upgraded to 11.04 and I need acpi=off to boot normally...
[01:42] <Culiforge> sorry, fat fingers tonight apparently
[03:24] <Thelas> I'm unable to connect to a wireless (WPA) network under Ubuntu 11.10.  When clicking Enable Wireless from the menu it's disabled again very shortly thereafter. The same occurs from the Network menu in System Settings - I disabled Airplane Mode (which was enabled after the install), but it seems to reenable itself every time I reopen settings.  I tried the commands at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=882357 but after 
[03:24] <Thelas> the command "sudo dhclient wlan0" appears to hang, as it does not return even af ter several minutes. I ^Ced, looked at the man page, and tried it with "-1", whi ch had the same problem. Any help would be appreciated, as I'm not sure how to p roceed.
[03:25] <Thelas> [sorry for the odd spacing, the message went over the max length of my irc client's textbox, so I composed part of it in vim, and the newlines from wordwrap apparently became spaces when I copied it.
[03:38] <M0hi> Thelas, dhclient wlan0 hung and never responded with a value?
[03:38] <Thelas> Yeah, as far as I can tell. Didn't get a prompt back at least.
[03:39] <M0hi> can you run lspci and pastebint he result?
[03:40] <Thelas> sure. Any particular part you want, though? (I'll be copying it out by hand, as the computer with Ubuntu, well, won't connect.)
[03:51] <Thelas> Either way, just finished copying the full output out: http://pastebin.com/76y9sknE
[03:58] <Thelas> M0hi, if you're still there, pastebinned it above as requested.
[03:59] <M0hi> Sorry. I din't see it coming. give me a min Thelas =]
[04:04] <M0hi> Thelas, yours is a 64 bit OS or 32 bit?
[04:05] <Thelas> I downloaded the 64bit ubuntu installer off the site, assuming that's what you mean.
[04:07] <M0hi> The post http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1900253 says that you have to disable N :[
[04:07] <M0hi> Lemme dig more on it Thelas
[04:08] <Thelas> M0hi: Should I do that, then? Or are you still looking for something else?
[04:13] <M0hi> Thelas, Just create a backup file and please do the changes mentioned in that. Lets give it a try =]
[04:13] <Thelas> The file doesn't exist, so no need to back it up.
[04:13] <M0hi> Ahha! okies
[04:14] <Thelas> I'm getting a permission denied when I try to cat >> it though, even with sudo.
[04:14] <Thelas> (and vim and emacs aren't installed by default apparently.)
[04:14] <M0hi> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1844396 another post
[04:14] <M0hi> lol
[04:15] <M0hi> did you create the file and try it
[04:15]  * M0hi prefers nautilus ;D
[04:15] <Thelas> how should I edit it?
[04:16] <Thelas> since I'm getting "Permission denied"
[04:19] <M0hi> Thelas, 1) sudo nautilus 2) goto the particular location, create the file 3) right click and open with gedit
[04:19] <Thelas> yeah, I just figured that out
[04:19] <Thelas> not sure why sudo nautilus worked but not sudo cat
[04:19] <Thelas> but oh well
[04:19] <M0hi> or else change the file permission first. sudo chmod 777 <file-path>
[04:20] <M0hi> hehe cat do not need a sudo unless the file is locked though ;P
[04:20] <Thelas> I meant "sudo cat >> /etc/[...]"
[04:20] <Thelas> but either way, change made. Do I reboot now, or..?
[04:21] <M0hi> Yep. Try rebooting. I will be here. just ping my name wheny oua re back =]
[04:23] <Thelas> This is on a separate computer, I have no internet at all on the ubuntu box.
[04:24] <M0hi> awwe :[
[04:24] <Thelas> but I'll ping you when it's up
[04:25] <M0hi> sure
[04:25] <Thelas> M0hi: Well, that was the fastest reboot since ever
[04:25] <Thelas> I have opened the Network settings and there is no longer a Wireless tab at all.
[04:26] <M0hi> owh! that's great. check whether the issue got resolved =]
[04:26] <Thelas> Also, Airplane mode turned itself back on. Again
[04:26] <M0hi> :o
[04:27] <M0hi> Forgot to ask you a question. What is your laptop model?
[04:27] <Thelas> Lenovo V570.
[04:32] <M0hi> http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=266687
[04:35] <M0hi> Thelas, are you looking at that thread?
[04:35] <Thelas> yes, I did
[04:37] <Thelas> trying the commands, acer_wml does not exist for rmmod
[04:37] <Thelas> and more importantly it isn't found by modprobe
[04:38] <M0hi> so sudo rmmod -f acer_wmi returns nothing?
[04:39] <Thelas> with -f it returns nothing, yes
[04:41] <M0hi> dmesg | grep iwl returns nothing?
[04:43] <Thelas> [    9.041459] iwlagn: Unkown parameter `11n_disable50'
[04:44] <M0hi> :/ its the entry we made and it is not present already :/
[04:44] <Thelas> yeah, that's what that looks like to be
[04:44] <Thelas> what now?
[04:48] <Thelas> should I delete that, reboot, and try the same thing again?
[04:49] <M0hi> Thelas, saw something in http://askubuntu.com/questions/77719/wireless-doesnt-work-on-a-lenovo-v570
[04:51] <Thelas> should I delete the file you had me make earlier first, or keep it/
[04:51] <Thelas> *?
[04:52] <M0hi> yeah. Delete it and give a try for the response in askubuntu
[04:57] <Thelas> Well, I just got a popup saying "connection established"
[04:57] <Thelas> so I think I am now entitled to be happy.
[04:58] <M0hi> Me too :)
[04:59] <M0hi> So you tried the second point right? Just planning to keep a note to help in future ;D
[04:59] <Thelas> The answer that was +2ed is the one that helped.
[05:00] <M0hi> cool
[05:01] <M0hi> Thelas, Internet is connected now?
[05:01] <Thelas> Yep!
[05:01] <M0hi> Yay!! great =]
[05:02] <Thelas> of course not everything's working smoothly...
[05:02] <Thelas> "sudo apt-get install vim" yells at me
[05:02] <M0hi> awwe
[05:02] <Thelas> by which it mean it says "Package 'vim' has no installation candidate."
[05:05] <Thelas> I'll figure that out, though.  Thank you for the help with the internet.
[05:05] <M0hi> http://ihaveapc.com/2011/05/how-to-fix-problem-with-mergelist-varlibaptlists-error-in-ubuntu-11-04/
[05:05] <M0hi> Thelas, ^
[05:05] <M0hi> wait...! 11.10 right?
[05:06] <Thelas> Yeah, 11.10 for me.
[05:07] <M0hi> Thelas, sudo apt-get install texlive-full vim
[05:07] <Thelas> ah. It's yelling at me about locks now... I'll wait for after the updates, maybe it'll work then.
[05:08] <M0hi> Aye! :)
[05:08] <Thelas> For now, the person who lent me this other computer to use while I was getting this working would like it back, so I'll probably come back next time I can't figure something out (once I have an IRC client on the Ubuntu machine.)
[05:08] <Thelas> Thank you!
[07:42] <nlsthzn> Any gosu's here when it comes to playing with screen resolutions?!
[07:56] <justgreg> does anyone here know how to use gmount
[07:56] <justgreg> i am getting this error message and i don't know how to resolve the issue
[16:31] <tag__> hi all
[16:31] <tag__> i used to connect to my usb modem by right clicking on the network icon on the task bar.
[16:31] <M0hi> Hello tag__
[16:32] <tag__> hi M0hi :)
[16:32] <tag__> now, the network icon is invisible from the task bar.
[16:32] <M0hi> now are you not able to see the network icon ?
[16:32] <tag__> yes
[16:32] <tag__> any workaround ?
[16:32] <tag__> I'm on Mint
[16:32] <M0hi> What version of Ubuntu are you using? 11.10 ? and what service provider?
[16:33] <M0hi> :o you need help in Mint? :]
[16:33] <tag__> i checked mint, irc.  it doesn't exist i believe.
[16:33] <tag__> hope it is ubunt in the core :)
[16:34] <tag__> can that right click window be invoked via some command ?
[16:35] <geirha> !mint
[16:35] <ubot2`> Linux Mint is not a supported derivative of Ubuntu. Please seek support in #linuxmint-help on irc.spotchat.org
[16:35] <tag__> thank you.
[16:36] <tag__> that was cool. thank you geirha
[16:37] <M0hi> Internet is slow again :[
[16:37] <tag__> welcome back.
[16:37] <tag__> :)
[16:39] <tag__> geirha: it redirects to a .de site
[16:39] <tag__> hope that is fine?
[16:39] <M0hi> http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=55&t=60588 has two solution. 1) gconftool --recursive-unset /apps/panel  2) killall gnome-panel AND SOME OTHER OLUTIONS
[16:39] <M0hi> err caps :[
[16:39] <tag__> me?
[16:40] <M0hi> Ohai geirha =]
[16:41] <tag__> is it really impossible to invoke that window?
[16:43] <geirha> tag__: redirects to a .de site? I don't follow
[16:43] <geirha> M0hi: Hi :)
[16:44] <tag__> the link to mint irc redirects to .de site
[16:44] <tag__> !mint
[16:44] <ubot2`> Linux Mint is not a supported derivative of Ubuntu. Please seek support in #linuxmint-help on irc.spotchat.org
[16:45] <M0hi> tag__, did you read the link I've shared?
[16:45] <tag__> sorry M0hi i didn't see. i think I missed it with all the status updates. Could you please re share it?
[16:46] <geirha> tag__: Ah, yeah it's common that when you connect to a generic address for a network, it redirects you to a specific server on that network; one with less load
[16:46] <geirha> s/network/irc network/
[16:47] <M0hi> oh!!! irc://irc.spotchat.org
[16:47] <tag__> okay.
[16:47] <M0hi> right click that and click connect
[16:47] <tag__> i'm on webchat. :(
 http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=55&t=60588 has two solution. 1) gconftool --recursive-unset /apps/panel  2) killall gnome-panel and some other steps*
[16:48] <tag__> thank you M0hi
[16:48] <tag__> let me check them.
[16:48] <geirha> Ah, ubottu's !panel factoid used to advice that
[16:48] <geirha> !panel
[16:48] <ubot2`> Factoid 'panel' not found
[16:49] <M0hi> :[
[16:49] <M0hi> I think its cleaned
[16:49] <geirha> !panels
[16:49] <ubot2`> To reset the GNOME panel to defaults, type this in a !terminal: « gconftool --recursive-unset /apps/panel && killall gnome-panel »
[16:49] <geirha> Nope, just forgot the s :)
[16:50] <M0hi> xP
[16:51] <tag__> it's on my friends computer. let me call him.. brb
[16:51] <tag__> thank you geirha and M0hi
[16:52] <M0hi> =]
[16:53]  * geirha is upgrading to Breezy Badger
[16:53] <stlsaint> geirha: ??
[16:53] <M0hi> :o
[16:53] <geirha> I installed 4.10 in a vm, and now I'm upgrading version by version... for fun ^^
[16:54] <stlsaint> geirha: wow
[16:54] <geirha> 4.10 had firefox 0.9.2. Crashes on google
[16:54] <M0hi> .-.
[16:54] <stlsaint> lol
[16:54] <M0hi> awww lol
[16:55] <stlsaint> geirha: that bug might be fixed in 11.10 ;)
[16:55] <geirha> stlsaint: I'll let you know when I get there. Have a few releases to go yet
[16:56] <stlsaint> ha cool
[16:56] <stlsaint> geirha: at least we know your not hurting on net resources
[16:56] <M0hi> lol
[16:57] <geirha> It's just a few hundred megs to download per release
[17:01] <geirha> And I've set up an apt-cacher-ng in case I have to redo some steps
[17:01] <stlsaint> geirha: ah good step
[17:07] <tag__> looks like he slept.
[17:07] <tag__> I'll confirm it in coming days.
[17:08] <tag__> thank you again M0hi and geirha
[17:09] <M0hi> ok
[17:10] <tag__> sometimes my log-out button becomes invisible from the taskbar (Ubuntu lucid)
[17:10] <tag__> i go for the command gnome-session-save --logout
[17:10] <tag__> :)
[17:11] <geirha> That's because Ubuntu doesn't want you to leave
[17:11] <tag__> :)
[17:11] <tag__> no i see :)
[17:11] <tag__> *now
[17:12] <geirha> Must be that one applet that crashes for whatever reason
[17:12] <tag__> network-icon applet is on a different system (on Mint)
[17:12] <tag__> logout button applet issues on my computer (on Lucid)
[17:13] <tag__> But i configured both.
[17:13] <tag__> something related to me? :D
[17:13] <geirha> When it happens, try right-clicking on the panel -> add to panel -> indicator-session
[17:13] <tag__> i'll try it next time
[17:14] <tag__> else, I'll go for the one that was given above
[17:14] <tag__> !panels
[17:14] <ubot2`> To reset the GNOME panel to defaults, type this in a !terminal: « gconftool --recursive-unset /apps/panel && killall gnome-panel »
[17:15] <tag__> sometimes you just get stuck after opening Google, wondering what to type.
[17:25] <tag__> hungry. be back.
[17:26] <geirha> They should bring back the splash screen from Breezy.
[17:27] <geirha> Nice brown progress bar, with text scrolling by, indicating the success of each service it starts
[17:32] <geirha> Ah, from 5.10, I can upgrade using update-manager
[17:45] <geirha> Breezy has a gui program for formatting a floppy ^^
[17:49] <tag__> back
[17:49] <tag__> but do you have a floppy? ^-^
[17:50] <geirha> I have a stash of them somewhere ... but no computer with a floppy drive
[17:51] <geirha> :/
[17:55] <tag__> :}
[18:04] <tag__> in the long run, i believe fruits will win over fast-food
[18:05] <tag__> Fruits are ready to eat.. fast food, you have order it :D
[18:05] <tag__> i just did that .
[18:05] <tag__> :)
[18:10] <jalcine> paul?
[18:16] <tag__> bye all
[21:59] <sluckxz> when i mount a smb share with mount -t cifs -o username=......  only root can write to the directory.  how can i give a user write access.
[22:13] <sluckxz> adding uid=1000,gid=1000 worked for me.
[23:35] <StepNjump> Is windows live (msn) safe against hackers?
[23:36] <escott> sluckxz, use users instead of setting a uid
[23:37] <escott> sluckxz, hard coding a uid will break for other people, but users will allow you to mount it and take ownership of the files