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ali1234hang on a minute. i recognise that cat.00:57
ali1234stolen video is stolen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fouFPPFVQw00:58
Azelphurhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ_wXOFQV3M \o/01:10
=== Hornet- is now known as Hornet
ubuntuuk-planet[Jono Bacon] Help Needed: Packaging Ubuntu Accomplishments - http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/04/01/help-needed-packaging-ubuntu-accomplishments/05:31
dogmatic69I am running 12.04b2 and after a few hours running I get random white blocks around the screen. normally covering the entire screen06:57
dogmatic69anyone seen this / know what it is?06:57
dwatkinsSounds like your graphics card might be getting hot, dogmatic69.06:58
dogmatic69dwatkins: it hangs around 47'C06:59
dogmatic69I have 15+ fans in my PC, doubt it is a problem06:59
dogmatic69it has happened before within 10 minutes of starting07:00
dogmatic69its almost like a window that does nothing, no buttons etc07:00
dwatkinsDoes it happen if you switch off OpenGL / 3D?07:00
dwatkinsthat sounds like an OpenGL artifact, something that's drawn and never taken away.07:01
dogmatic69ye07:01
dogmatic69exactly07:01
dogmatic69what would turning that off do?07:01
dogmatic69what will stop working?07:01
dwatkinswhatever uses opengl, such as cairo07:02
dogmatic69I am running something like a 9800GT iirc07:04
dwatkinsI assume you have the latest driver07:04
dogmatic69I have what ever was offered when installing07:05
dogmatic69295.2007:05
dogmatic69x-server 1.11.307:05
dogmatic69its the closed source drivers, not std linux ones07:06
dwatkinstry updating them?07:06
czajkowskialoha08:38
meetis there any way to get the .deb files of packages installed through software center? i want to install them on an offline system.08:41
dauberscan someone confirm this for me please https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/97066608:44
lubotu3Launchpad bug 970666 in unity "libre office small icons look terrible" [Undecided,New]08:44
czajkowskidaubers: not sure what you mean ?08:50
czajkowskimine look the same08:50
czajkowskithey look normal08:50
czajkowskiis this along the dasher?08:50
daubersczajkowski: :(08:50
daubersit's on the sidebar thing08:50
daubersI've made the icons smaller and now they look rubbish08:50
czajkowskidaubers: http://twitpic.com/944kaj/full08:51
czajkowskiside by side08:51
daubersyeah, the writer image is all broken up on my one08:52
dauberslooks as if it's a resized bitmap08:52
daubersi.e. blocky and icky08:52
czajkowskithe green one just looks like an ugly image tbh08:54
czajkowskilarge or small08:54
MartijnVdShttp://p.twimg.com/ApYGHjFCMAAwb0l.jpg09:00
MyrttiI honestly almost wrote to my MEP on the outrage of Xubuntu rebasing to Debian09:00
MartijnVdSMyrtti: ...09:01
MartijnVdSMyrtti: because that's something MEPs are involved in09:01
MartijnVdShttp://techlaze.com/2012/03/richard-stallman-to-launch-his-own-fashion-line/09:01
MartijnVdSalso, https://bitbucket.org/spooning/09:02
Myrttiie. I was in bed reading Planet Ubuntu and saw knome write about the rebase, and I was getting up from the bed to write a comment of outrage on his blog09:02
Myrttiwhen it hit me that it's April 1st09:02
MartijnVdS:)09:02
AlanBellmorning all09:31
MartijnVdS\o AlanBell09:32
popeymng09:37
popeydaubers: looks related to the bug i filed last night09:38
popeybug 96870209:39
lubotu3Launchpad bug 968702 in unity "Launcher doesn't scale nicely, goes blurry" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/96870209:39
AlanBelltoo many things have bitmap icons still09:40
* czajkowski has a day of emailing lists ahead of her 09:42
czajkowskigod lord we have tons of lists!09:43
AlanBellbug #97071309:45
lubotu3Launchpad bug 970713 in unity "HUD looks daft when called on a screen without the launcher" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/97071309:45
meetwill ubuntu 10..10 work better than winxp on 512 mb ram09:47
AlanBellmeet: if you can stuff more ram in then you will enjoy it more. Ram is cheap.09:48
meetbut still. if i dont. than what do u predict?09:50
MartijnVdSit will work, but it will have to swap a lot09:50
MartijnVdSwhich will make it slowe09:50
MartijnVdSr09:50
MartijnVdSand, as AlanBell said: you might not enjoy it as much09:50
brobostigongood morning everyone.09:54
czajkowskihttps://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/192300  if someone wants to grow their karma, new person needs some help09:54
MartijnVdSNvidia? Not burning my hands on that.09:56
AlanBellyay, orca is now working well enough for me to file lots of bugs against Ubuntu10:18
brobostigon:)10:18
popeyfun http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/eyewear10:25
Davieypopey: I didn't know project Euphemia, HUD projection in glasses was public yet?10:47
spych102How do i get tab completion in PuTTy?10:51
dauberspopey: it does10:52
spych102Do I need to install bash?10:56
popeynever used putty on linux, only on windows10:57
spych102it's my first time, i'm using to control my humax10:58
Davieyspych102: Don't expect bash completion to work on embedded devices.10:58
spych102i'll give it a go though' the humax custom firmware so far seems to be the most amazing thing...10:59
popeyyeah, i have a friend who raves about those devices10:59
spych102it was already pretty good but the webif front end and remote scheduling is so useful.11:00
spych102to switch shell i tried "chsh", is there anything else i could try?11:28
spych102because that didn't work11:28
penguin42how do you mean it didn't work? and what were you trying to change to?11:29
spych102i was trying to change from sh to bash on a telnet connection to my humax11:30
penguin42spych102: You mean the shell running on the humax?11:30
mgdmspych102: just type 'bash', if it's there, it'll work11:31
spych102ok thanks11:31
spych102penguin42, yes the shell running on the humax11:31
spych102it works, i have tab completion on my humax! thanks mgdm11:33
penguin42spych102: chsh is for changing the login shell11:33
mgdmspych102: if you used chsh you'll get bash if you log out and in again, probably - if not, just type it :)11:33
spych102ahhh11:34
spych102it looks like it's not installed anyway11:35
spych102i can't think for a use for chsh for a pvr anyway...11:35
penguin42indeed11:36
spych102just worked out how to use it on my laptop though11:39
spych102thanks for the info11:39
spych102embedded devices are cool, now i want to Telnet into all my home appliances...12:00
mgdmhehe12:01
mgdmI have several routers I can do that with12:01
mgdmnothing especially more interesting than that - I know my TV runs Linux, but I'm not in a hurry to brick it12:01
spych102if only i could turn the kettle on so that it was boiled by the time i got to the kitchen12:01
mgdmthe only issue with that is filling it :)12:02
spych102:-D12:03
mgdmideally you'd want some kind of mains-fed, tea-making robot12:03
mgdmor maybe one with a big tank of water12:03
spych102robots are the future12:04
penguin42spych102: You can get taps which emit boiling water on demand within a few seconds12:07
spych102penguin42, i think my espresso machine does that... could be a more sensible solution12:09
penguin42spych102: Then when it detects your typing slowing down it gives you 2 shots of espresso via a pipe - what could go wrong?12:10
spych102hehe12:10
zleaphello12:14
mgdmafternoon12:16
zleaphow are you12:17
zleapnot long to go12:17
MartijnVdSand then?12:22
mgdmnot long to go until...?12:23
mgdmzleap, man, don't leave us in suspense!12:31
bigcalmAfternoon peeps12:42
zleapmgdm, i was referinjg to 12.04 release12:44
zleapsorry12:44
mgdmah :) I'd not been paying attention13:22
mgdmI might do a clean install13:22
mgdmthis was a Karmic box originally, if I remember right13:22
mgdmvarious bits have since stopped working (notably the printers)13:23
bigcalmI fell for xubuntu being based on debian for 12.1013:31
sagacitut tut13:34
bigcalmI know13:35
bigcalm5mins of sillyness13:35
Myrttibigcalm: so did I13:38
Myrttihalf a minute of outrage and higher blood pressure13:38
bigcalm:)13:42
bigcalmI was like "but they would have to stop using the 'ubuntu' name if they did that"13:42
bigcalmWhich is when it dawned on me :)13:43
bigcalmMyrtti: did you re-tweet it during or after being fooled?13:43
Myrttibigcalm: after13:44
bigcalmAha, then you fooled me :P13:44
OmNomDeBonBonPapsmear Cisse is on a hat-trick. You could've got 40/1 on it before the match started.13:55
DJonesOmNomDeBonBon: What were the odds on the goalkeeper being sent off14:15
OmNomDePlumeHahaha, I knew Reina would flip out as soon as I saw him get tripped.14:15
OmNomDePlumeHe's got a temper, that bald idiot.14:16
DJonesI'm sitting here with 2 happy & smiling NUFC fans14:16
OmNomDePlumeI'm texting my LFC fan, this is a good day.14:16
OmNomDePlumeCaroll dives and plays crap, Suarez misses tons of chances, Reina sent off.14:17
DJonesHaving driven up to newcastle from the liverpool area before, its a long drive for the LFC fans coming home14:18
OmNomDePlumeEven longer if you take into account the time it takes to hotwire a car these days.14:20
DJones:)14:20
OmNomDePlumeWhy aren't Newcastle peppering Luis Enrique in goal?14:22
OmNomDePlumeGoal difference is going to matter.14:22
bittinlol: http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=2012040214:24
ali1234lazy april fools article is lazy14:25
OmNomDePlumeOh, lol.14:25
OmNomDePlumeI was wondering how they could alienate existing users any more than they did in Gnome 3.14:25
OmNomDePlume"Pepe Reina has played 183 consecutive league games for Liverpool but he will miss their next three matches in all competitions through suspension. That includes their FA Cup semi-final against Everton." Muahahaha!14:30
matttOmNomDePlume: that was weak, i can't stand football for reasons like this14:55
OmNomDePlumemattt, Perch should've been sent off for trying to get someone sent off. Reina deserved a read for doing that stupid headbutt thing.14:56
OmNomDePlume*red14:56
OmNomDePlumeAnd, FWIW, Reina does that kind of thing all the time but usually gets away with it. He should've been red carded against Man Utd, for instance.14:57
matttOmNomDePlume: i don't watch football that often, but when i see stuff like that i just can't help shaking my head14:58
matttOmNomDePlume: it was stupid, but the song and dance the newcastle player did was kinda embarrassing14:59
OmNomDePlumeWell, to be fair, golden boy Steven Gerrard dives all the time.15:04
OmNomDePlumemattt, if FIFA introduced retrospective punishments for diving (and, say, doubling punishments where they got someone else carded or sent off) the Perch thing would stop overnight.15:05
OmNomDePlumeGreat goal by Van der Vaart. You watching on Sky Sports, mattt?15:22
matttyep :P15:24
matttOmNomDePlume: honestly, why not do what they do in rugby and go to video replay, i know it breaks up the flow of the game a bit, but it breaks it up less than an incorrectly awarded red card does15:24
OmNomDeBonBonmattt, all they need is video replays for natural breaks in play. Eg. a player goes down injured, the video assistant sees someone elbows him, the on-field ref gives a red card after viewing the evidence.15:26
OmNomDeBonBonAnd technology for decisions which should be instant, eg. offsides and goal line disputes.15:27
matttagreed15:27
OmNomDeBonBonNo time lost, no break of play. And much, much more reliable.15:28
OmNomDeBonBonlol one of the Swansea players is named Angel Rangel.15:29
mattt:P15:31
matttOmNomDeBonBon: where's he from ?15:31
OmNomDeBonBonHe sounds Colombian. Lemme check...15:33
OmNomDeBonBonHuh, Spanish.15:33
penguin42hmm, todays Geohash is a bit tricky to get to: http://carabiner.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html15:34
matttOmNomDeBonBon: my guess was mexican :)15:35
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zleapbrb just testing 12,04 beta16:50
penguin42oh I like: http://www.google.com/js/reallyadvanced.html17:59
zleaphow do i change my uibuntu work group name from18:27
zleapits currently workgroup need it to match other comptuers on the network18:28
zleaphttp://ubuntumanual.org/posts/143/how-to-change-computer-name-in-ubuntu18:31
zleapdoes not help with unity18:31
popeyi dont understand the question18:33
popeywork groups are a windows thing18:33
popeyand thus a samba thing18:33
zleapso how do i do that inubuntu18:33
zleapok change hostname18:33
zleapthe above page does not help as there is no system menu18:34
zleapits not knowing the equivelent terminiolgy18:34
zleapterminology18:34
popeyhttp://askubuntu.com/questions/87665/change-hostname-in-ubuntu-without-restart18:34
zleapok thanks18:35
popeyhttp://askubuntu.com/questions/45524/how-to-make-my-ubuntu-show-on-a-windows-workgroup18:35
popeythat was me going to askubuntu and searching for a) hostname, and then b) workgroup18:35
zleapok thanks18:36
zleapi went to the wrong site c18:36
zleaphmm,  should the hostname be the same on both computers (this is confusing me again)18:37
popeyI would generally always recommend askubuntu above any other site for ubuntu help18:37
zleapok18:37
popeywhat does your gut say?18:37
popeydo you think two machines should have the same hostname?18:37
zleapno as hostname is computer name18:37
zleapso its domain then18:38
zleapso if both comptuers are on say homenet,  then samba will work (i fixed it ages ago, since done a re-install) and its broken again18:38
popeyi have no idea what you're trying to do18:38
popeyI have multiple ubuntu computers on my lan, they are all in "WORKGROUP"18:38
popeyit all just works18:38
zleapso how do I change the WORKGROUP bit to something else18:39
popey19:35:26 < popey> http://askubuntu.com/questions/45524/how-to-make-my-ubuntu-show-on-a-windows-workgroup18:39
popeythe samba config almost certainly sets this18:40
zleapok18:40
zleapi will look at the samba settings18:40
zleapfor some reason ubuntu thinks I am out of ink so i can only print from windows,18:40
zleapor directly from the printer18:40
zleapniether of which says I am out of ink, i want to set up windows to share a printer, (which is also on the network)18:41
zleapso hub / switch thing is connected to 2 computers + 1 printer18:41
zleapi don't want to have to keep switch video cables around18:42
zleapok i think i am getting somewhere18:44
zleapyay18:45
zleapok i can now print from ubuntu - via samba / windows18:45
s0k1nhello18:55
s0k1ncan somebody help me change the boot priority between ubuntu 11.10 and windows 7?18:56
popeys0k1n: http://askubuntu.com/questions/100232/change-the-grub-boot-order-for-ubuntu-11-1018:58
s0k1ni will try it thanks :)18:59
zleappopey, thanks that would be useful to me too19:03
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ubuntuuk-planet[Jono Bacon] Important Speaking Requirements - http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/04/01/important-speaking-requirements/19:31
n1md4kirrus: Are you around?20:00
ali1234so adobe made their "final" flash release on linux, and it has a trivial bug where it sends U and V planes reversed when playing video with hardware acceleration20:46
AlanBellthe smurf bug20:47
ali1234exactly20:47
AlanBellwasn't it when playing without hw accelleration?20:48
ali1234no20:48
AlanBellsucky either way really, but I think that is suckier20:48
ali1234also it is impossible to disable hardware acceleration because of the bug where you can't click in the options at all20:48
czajkowskidear chrome stop crashing on launch :?20:49
czajkowski:/20:49
OmNomDeBonBonali1234, it's not final.20:52
OmNomDeBonBonPepper API, something, Chrome, blah blah.20:53
ali1234no, it is final20:53
OmNomDeBonBonFlash is dead, anyway.20:53
ali1234the bug report on adobe is marked "closed, withdrawn, feature removed"20:53
OmNomDeBonBonThe day they announced no more mobile Flash is the day they pretty much gave up on Flash. Everything to do with Flash right now is milking the tech as long as they can.20:54
ali1234and your point is?20:54
ali1234this is a regression introduced in the last ever release20:54
ali1234it's extremely obvious, and very easy to reverse20:55
OmNomDeBonBonMy point is that it isn't the final version of Flash for Linux.20:55
OmNomDeBonBon"Adobe will continue to make new versions of the Flash Player that use the new PEPPAPI (Pepper API). They will no longer make any new versions of the plugin that support the older NSAPI model. PEPPAPI was created by Mozilla and Google, but since PEPPAPI was introduced, Mozilla decided to not support it ("it is too hard")."20:55
OmNomDeBonBonali1234, that's the beauty of Linux - you can code your own alternative to Flash which doesn't have that regression.20:56
ali1234there are already several alternatives to flash20:57
OmNomDeBonBonI suggest you use one of the following names: Bang, Light, Photography, Gordon.20:57
popeybug 97108620:58
lubotu3Launchpad bug 971086 in unity "Flicker of launcher during drag and drop" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/97108620:58
OmNomDeBonBonThe reason Flash needs to die is because of all the constant security flaws discovered, not because HTML5 is "better" (it isn't, at least not for games or video).20:58
AlanBellI hadn't really noticed flash as a major security problem21:07
AlanBellit is just closed and low quality21:07
AlanBellali1234: maybe a compiz plugin could swap back U and V planes?21:08
ali1234no?21:08
ali1234but a preload wrapper could do it21:09
shaunothat kinda surprises me.  flash is famous for being the primary vector for browser-based attacks now that activex is pretty much dead21:12
AlanBellI guess I don't go to sites that want to attack me21:13
shaunotheir last update (3 days ago) fixes two remote-code-execution CVE's :/21:13
shaunowhat worries me most with flash, is that I don't have to. all it takes is a malicious user buying an ad spot21:14
directhexargh headache21:27
ali1234can a library detect which executable loaded it?21:27
directhexali1234: System.Assembly.GetCallingAssembly()21:36
ali1234http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz96fx9AfS1r97e7io1_500.jpg21:38
ali1234what about getenv("_");21:40
gordali1234, /proc/self/exe should be a symlink to whatever executable is looking at it21:44
Myrttihm, doesn't look like I can make a window sticky anymore21:53
Myrttithat's disappointing21:53
MyrttiI swear if this was one of Gnome3:s designed features, I'll go mad21:54
gordMyrtti, sticky?21:57
Myrttiright-click on the window top thingie, choose always on top and always on visible workspace21:57
gordstays on top and stays on my workspace here21:58
Myrttialways on top works but visible workspace doesn't21:58
Myrttisomewhat ruins my videochats :-|21:58
gorddoes here :(21:58
gordmaybe its just a certain application?21:59
Myrttiempathy :-|21:59
MyrttiI don't know, I don't care about other apps :-|21:59
AlanBellworks here22:00
Myrttiyeah, doesn't work on chromium either22:00
* popey files bug 97109722:01
lubotu3Launchpad bug 971097 in unity "ALT+Tab in keynav mode brings up HUD" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/97109722:01
* popey files bug 97112122:01
lubotu3Launchpad bug 971121 in unity "Tiny inconsistencies in HUD and Dash appearance" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/97112122:01
* popey gets back to finding more bugs22:02
* popey files bug 97113022:23
lubotu3Launchpad bug 971130 in unity "Dash waits before letting user press 'enter'" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/97113022:23
* penguin42 wonders if we'll make it to 1M bugs this cycle22:30
popeydoing my best ;)22:30
ali1234we should have a sweepstakes22:30
ali1234who can most closely guess the bug number when the final release goes up22:30
penguin42...and will lp survive22:31
popeyhttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/CanonicalProductStrategy/Coverity <- this might bump the bug numbers up dramatically ☺22:31
ali1234there's been onver 1000 bugs reported since yesterday so it should reach 1M easily before release22:32
penguin42popey: Oh interesting22:35
penguin42popey: static analysers can find some glorious silly bugs22:36
popeyyeah, hope so ☺22:37
popeyI think we're limited in what we're allowed to run it against by the license22:38
popeyonly our 'own' stuff, like unity22:38
popeyi dont think we're supposed to run it against linux or gnome22:38
popeybut I may be wrong22:38
penguin42oh, that's boring :-)  Actually, I think coverity run it against some of the open ones anyway22:39
popeyyeah, they got in the news for running it against linux iirc22:39
penguin42popey: http://scan.coverity.com/rung1.html22:39
popeyhttp://lwn.net/Articles/115530/22:39
ali1234http://linuxbugs.coverity.com/ does not work22:45
ali1234i'm guessing "Active members of the Linux kernel development community" told them to get stuffed?22:46
popeysaw your comment ali1234 , you're right, i thought enter was borked too22:48
popeyi have been typing gedit then clicking the result22:48
popeydidnt think to wait22:48
ali1234yeah me too, all day22:48
ali1234i tried waiting22:48
ali1234and waiting22:48
ali1234but it didn't work22:48
ali1234i didn't try waiting for like 5 minutes or however long the search takes22:48
penguin42ali1234: I think the reaction has been mixed; obviously some people are a bit taken that someone doing closed software is getting publicity from it, but frankly if they find real bugs then that's good22:48
ali1234it's no good if they find bugs, then say "we found a load of bugs, but you must pay or we wont tell you what they are"22:49
ali1234popey: at the end of the day, neither way is a good solution. that's the problem with these search based interfaces22:51
ali1234they are trying to guess what you want, rather than letting the user be explicit22:51
ali1234so you end up with ambiguities22:52
ali1234it is entirely possible that if the dash doesn't wait, you could launch the wrong program, because it changes in between you seeing the result you want, and pressing enter22:52
ali1234that is clearly bad22:52
popeywonder how much coverity would charge to show the bugs in linux22:52
ali1234but making the user wait 5 minutes is also bad22:52
popeyi never get a wrong hit on the mac with spotlight ⍨22:53
popeysuper+space, type mine... get minecraft ☺22:53
ali1234it's also theoretically possible to get a wrong hit with clicking, which you dont have to wait for22:53
popeynot a huge amount of mine related hits on the box though to be fair ☺22:53
popeyyeah, could move22:53
ali1234i hate UIs that move stuff around without warning22:53
ali1234seriously, they are the worst22:53
ali1234ever get that thing where you click on a link if firefox, and the page scrolls by about an inch, and then you click on something else?22:54
ali1234so irritating22:54
ali1234that bug is a few years old by now22:54
popeyno22:55
popeytime for bed I guess.22:58

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