[02:27] <tomswartz07> hey guys. i have a bit of an emergency, and I would like some advice
[02:27] <tomswartz07> my (just upgraded) 12.04 machine ran out of space on the / partition, and now I cant even use aptitude to free up space.
[02:28] <tomswartz07> any ideas on how to clear up a bit of room to get my machine working again?
[02:28] <tomswartz07> im afraid to even reboot, as it may lock out X from starting
[02:47] <godbyk> tomswartz07: You can delete everything in /var/cache/apt/archives.  It contains the deb files that apt-get downloads.
[03:03] <tomswartz07> godbyk: i sorted it. its a LightDM logfile that took over my partition. 160G of logfiles. piece of junk
[03:03] <godbyk> tomswartz07: Wow!
[03:03] <godbyk> Where does it keep the logs?  /var/log?
[03:04] <tomswartz07> ill say!
[03:04] <tomswartz07> yep, /var/log/upstart/lightdm.log and /var/log/lightdm/lightdm.log
[03:04] <tomswartz07> both were pushing 80G each
[03:04] <godbyk> Strange. What was in the logs?
[03:05] <tomswartz07> LightDM "failed to get connection from VNC socket: Error accepting connection: too many open files"?
[03:05] <tomswartz07> about 10 billion times
[03:07] <tomswartz07> anywho. i sorted it, now im back down to a mild 45% / usage
[03:07] <godbyk> tomswartz07: Strange.  I thought syslog automatically ellided duplicate messages when they were being printed frequently (to prevent the logs from growing so large).
[03:07] <godbyk> That's good to hear.
[03:07] <godbyk> Glad you got everything running again.
[03:08] <tomswartz07> phew, i was worried there for a bit!
[03:08] <tomswartz07> anyway, to manual business; whats the author deadline?
[03:11] <godbyk> Here's the schedule I proposed:
[03:11] <godbyk> May 31 – First draft completed: authors have updated and written new content; screenshots are in place.
[03:11] <godbyk> June 15 – Editors have edited and proofread content.
[03:11] <godbyk> June 22 – Release a draft for public comment and proofreading for one week.  Incorporate changes as they are suggested.
[03:11] <godbyk> June 27 – Final draft is complete and all last-minute changes have been made.
[03:11] <godbyk> June 30 – The final PDF is released on our website and printed copies can be purchased via lulu.com.
[03:12] <godbyk> I haven't heard anyone protest that timeline, so I'll add the milestones to Launchpad.
[03:14] <tomswartz07> very nice! okay.
[03:15] <tomswartz07> i was very briefly re-reading my sections and it appears I dont have much to update
[03:15] <tomswartz07> some title and wording, but not much work at all! Is that the case with others?
[03:16] <godbyk> I think it's fairly hit and miss. Most sections require only a little work.
[03:16] <godbyk> Some other sections require more work.
[03:17] <godbyk> But I don't think there's much work to do overall (compared to some previous versions).
[03:17] <tomswartz07> right.
[03:18] <tomswartz07> are we still allowing latex edits via bzr?
[03:18] <tomswartz07> i missed the last meeting where it was likely discussed. regrets.
[03:18] <godbyk> Yep!
[03:19] <godbyk> No worries.
[03:19] <godbyk> Yeah, LaTeX editing via bzr is still the primary method.
[03:19] <godbyk> For those who aren't interested in learning LaTeX, etc., we'll accept them to send plain text to the editors so they can handle the markup.
[03:20] <tomswartz07> excellent. I very much prefer doing it right in LaTeX- much quicker that way.
[03:20] <tomswartz07> what version of LaTeX are we using? the standard TeX2011 from before? or a new default package?
[03:20] <godbyk> tomswartz07: I'd stick with the upstream TeX Live still.
[03:21] <godbyk> I think Debian is repackaging everything, but I don't think they've finished yet.
[03:21] <godbyk> You can update all your TeX Live packages by running 'sudo tlmgr update --all' if you like.
[03:21] <godbyk> (They update the packages rather frequently.)
[03:22] <godbyk> Okay, milestones are on Launchpad now. https://launchpad.net/ubuntu-manual/precise
[03:22] <tomswartz07> hm. okay. any notion to the version? i have arch on my main work bok. if not, i can use my ubuntu server
[03:22] <godbyk> tomswartz07: Well, it's TeX Live 2011 still (from tug.org). They'll release 2012 in a few months.
[03:23] <godbyk> tomswartz07: But the 2011 Debian packages that are in the Ubuntu repositories are still broken as far as I know.
[03:23] <tomswartz07> heh. they always have to change things, dont they? :P
[03:24] <tomswartz07> ok. Ill use our installer to get up and running again. Im excited to get back into things!
[03:25] <godbyk> Yeah, I'm hoping that Debian gets the new TeX packages sorted out. I'll be nice when we can start using stuff from the repository again.
[03:25] <godbyk> (Though I'll likely keep using the upstream versions because I like to have the latest LaTeX packages.)
[03:27] <tomswartz07> alrighty- im off to bed! hey, it was good chatting with you!
[03:27] <tomswartz07> thanks for the hard work on the milestones!
[03:28] <godbyk> No problem. Have a good night!
[15:44] <hannie> hello herat
[15:45] <herat> hannie: hi
[15:45] <hannie> herat, started writing already?
[15:45] <herat> hannie: yes
[15:45] <hannie> good
[15:46] <hannie> sagaci, hi, are you an author too?
[15:46] <herat> hannie: Thanks for all the guidelines. They were quite useful.
[15:46] <hannie> herat, yes it was a combined effort, John, Kevin and me
[15:46] <sagaci> hannie, I've started working on the listening to music chapter
[15:47] <hannie> sagaci, ok, if you have any questions, ping me