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benonsoftwarerebuhjc: Yes?00:00
rebuhjcmy usb HD is not working... solution?00:00
JoseeAntonioRrebuhjc: is it encrypted?00:01
rebuhjcnope00:01
JoseeAntonioRrebuhjc: does it say Windows/Mac only in the box?00:01
rebuhjcim on 8.04.... software problem?00:01
rebuhjcsays it supports linux too00:02
JoseeAntonioRrebuhjc: yes, there are lots of.00:02
JoseeAntonioRrebuhjc: it has reached end of life, and you need to upgrade, as it's not a supported version anymore.00:02
rebuhjcok will updating to 12.04 fix?00:02
benonsoftwarerebuhjc: I would upgrade Ubuntu as 8..04 is end of life00:02
benonsoftwarerebuhjc: it might help fix the problem00:03
JoseeAntonioRrebuhjc: yes, but I would backup and do a clean install.00:03
rebuhjcok is there a way to get past the software update to 10.04 and go straight to 1200:03
Unit193Not in a good way, no.00:03
benonsoftwarerebuhjc: I would backup your data and do a clean install of 12.0400:04
rebuhjcok... would it be better to go get the stable version? i already have beta 2 downloaded00:05
Unit193Yes, yes it would.  You can use rsync or zsync to just download the changed bits though.00:05
rebuhjccool!! thanks you guys!00:06
rebuhjcwait00:06
rebuhjchow do you do a backup... lol NOOB00:06
Unit193!backup00:06
ubot2`There are many ways to back your system up. Here's a few: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BackupYourSystem , https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DuplicityBackupHowto , https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HomeUserBackup , https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MondoMindi - See also !sbackup and !cloning00:06
Unit193\o/00:06
rebuhjcthanks00:07
SpookyHi, anyone here?04:34
philipballew_Spooky, yes04:41
Spookyhey. I'm new to ubuntu. trying to learn how to use irc a little bit.04:42
philipballew_welcome abord! Hows it going with Ubuntu04:42
peterp24hi every one04:43
Spookydo you know a place that tells the different commands? like i've learned theres command /msg and /query04:43
SpookyUbuntu is great! much better than windows. Has some negatives but nothing is perfect.04:43
Unit193Spooky: /msg alis help list    to find alist of channels.04:43
Unit193https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InternetRelayChat  and   http://freenode.net/faq.shtml#channellist  also04:43
Spookycan I send one of you guys a PM to see how it works? what is the difference between /msg and /query?04:44
benonsoftwareSpooky: Sure04:45
Unit193Spooky: /query will just open the window, /msg works like  /msg benonsoftware Hello!   (While /query benonsoftware    is how that works)04:47
Spookyunit193: so /query doesn't actually send any messages?04:48
Unit193It'll open the window so you can send it, /msg opens the window and sends it.04:48
Spookyoh. I get it. thax!04:49
Unit193May be better for when you are identifing to nickserv.04:49
Spookyhehe. accidentally closed the client and i thought I was just closing an extra window :* :)04:52
Unit193Heh, I figured. :P04:53
Spookyhow you guys liking the new unity in 12.0404:55
Unit193I'm actually using either Xfce, or LXDE, so philipballew_ should answer.04:55
* philipballew_ is back!04:56
philipballew_well Spooky I ike it alot. What do you think?04:56
philipballew_s/alot/ a lot04:56
Spookywhit irc client u use unit193? im on xchat like you guessed. but Im interested in discovering which client right for me04:56
Unit193I use irssi, and quite like it.04:57
Spookyto be honest, I like it. It saves a lot of space. and I really like how I can maximize window and the titlebar goes into the panel.04:57
Spookyis it in repos for download?04:57
Spookyirssi04:57
Unit193!info irssi04:57
philipballew_apt-get install irsse04:57
philipballew_*irssi04:57
Unit193ubot2`: info irssi04:57
ubot2`Unit193: irssi (source: irssi): terminal based IRC client. In component main, is optional. Version 0.8.15-1ubuntu1 (maverick), package size 1067 kB, installed size 2876 kB04:57
Spookyphilip: u use irssi too?04:58
* benonsoftware uses WeeChat04:58
* philipballew_ uses xchat04:58
Spookyoh terminal based. wow. is it hard? Ive been studying gpg though in terminal. I use gpg in terminal exclusive.04:58
benonsoftware!info weechat04:58
benonsoftware!info weechat-curses04:59
Spooky!info xchat04:59
Unit193It's using what's called "ncurses", and is a text gui.04:59
philipballew_nothing is hard after lots of use for the most part. I would say irssi has a bigger learning curve.04:59
Unit193benonsoftware: call it by it's nick. ubot2`: info weechat-curses   just like that.04:59
benonsoftwareubot2`: info weechat-curses05:00
ubot2`benonsoftware: weechat-curses (source: weechat): Fast, light and extensible chat client - console client. In component universe, is optional. Version 0.3.2-1 (maverick), package size 208 kB, installed size 552 kB05:00
benonsoftwareohhh05:00
Spookyare there keyboard shortcuts for switching between the irc tabs? so i don't have to use mouse?05:01
Unit193For irssi? Yep.05:01
philipballew_the default is Epiphany that replaced Pidgin right?05:01
Unit193Nither are irc clients.05:01
Spookyim on xchat now. anyone know shortcuts for that?05:02
philipballew_I can help there05:02
philipballew_what kinda shortcuts?05:02
philipballew_oh, switching between tabs05:02
Spookyto move bettwen tabs. like I have this chat and a private chat with unit. can i move bettween the tabs with shortcut no mouse05:03
philipballew_crtl t adds a new one. and switching is...05:03
SpookyCtrl+Tab i think05:04
philipballew_http://xchatdata.net/Using/KeyboardShortcuts05:04
Spookyalt+# like firefox in ubuntu05:04
Spookykewl05:04
philipballew_there is a complete list I believe05:05
philipballew_how long have you been using ubuntu?05:05
Spookydo you know wher eI can find more /commands for xchat?05:05
Spookyis there liek a page that tells the different commands?05:05
Unit193http://quadpoint.org/articles/irssi http://niklas.laxstrom.name/page/eng/irssi those will help loads.05:06
Spookyhi bodhi, im reading your irc page right now :P05:06
Spookyunit: kewl thanks05:07
Unit193http://toxin.jottit.com/ that will help as well, easy way to complete a persons name is to hit tab ben<tab>05:07
Spookywhy do u prefer commandline for irc? any specific reasons05:08
Unit193It's far better. ;)05:09
Unit193It's just how I am.05:09
Spookyill have to try it. after using BASH, its just pitiful seeing that windows cmd thing. It's too bad windows is so dominant.05:10
Spookyif Linux had more commercial support, driver support would be better.05:10
aeorilSnicksie, o/05:11
Unit193Spooky: You can buy it from Canonical and RedHat,  RedHat is in many server locations, and more servers run Linux than Windows.05:19
SpookyUnit193, what can i buy?05:20
Spookyubot2`: xchat05:21
ubot2`A list of official Ubuntu IRC channels, as well as IRC clients for Ubuntu, can be found at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InternetRelayChat - For a general list of !freenode channels, see http://freenode.net/faq.shtml#channellist - See also !Guidelines05:21
Spookyubot2`: !info xchat05:21
Unit193Commercial support, related to your last comment.05:21
Spookythe drivers? say I have a "glitch" I can't solve. hwo much would it cost. I saw some prices and it was well over a $10005:22
SpookyIs this accurate? I'll start saving.05:22
Unit193Easier to check friendly.ubuntu.com and call it over.05:22
SpookyI got a problem I havent been able to solve since release05:22
SpookyUnit193: did not know of friendly site. thx!05:24
Unit193That, google, and asking a few people I know is the easy way to see if it's compatible.05:24
Unit193System76 sells computers with Ubuntu preinstalled.05:25
Spookyyes, im interested in system7605:29
Spookybut they dont have some things. like I asked them05:29
Spookyno matte screen. no port disabling in BIOS.05:29
SpookyI wish I was millionair/billionaire. I would start a ubuntu hardware company and make laptops and desktops with hardware I want05:30
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al___hi11:04
raubvogelAm I the only one having problems with security.ubuntu.com? http://pastie.org/private/ysh1ynndo4h9wnuuswcea13:13
c11hi #ubuntu-beginners15:02
c11i recently installed ubuntu 12.04-lts on my macbook1,1... now "apport" keeps reminding me of an error or bug because of some "crash" it detected... apparently it seems to be the i915gm graphics adaptor and some DRM issue15:06
holsteinc11: i ended up just running virtualized ubuntu on my macbook or that era15:06
holsteintoo many deal breakers...15:07
c113D accelleration works allright: "xdriinfo prints out: i915"15:07
holsteini ran it vitualized, and just got rid of that machine first chance i had15:07
c11holstein i dont want to run MacOSX at all, and i dont want to get rid of this box. its working too good to just throw it away.15:10
holsteinc11: i didnt throw mine away.. nor am i suggesting you do what i did.. im just letting you know what i did with that same hardware15:13
Unit193There should be an option to ignore errors "like these", if that's what you're looking for.15:14
holsteinyeah... i would just run it if its working OK otherwise15:14
holsteinisnt there a different iso now? for apple machines?15:17
holsteinc11: are you using that?15:17
c11unit193, where is that? apport only leaves me two options: "abort" "continue"15:19
c11holstein no i used the desktop 32bit iso.15:19
Unit193Odd, it keeps "reminding" me of one too, and I have the option.15:19
c11i know that to do! im going do uninstall apport15:22
c11unit193 i downloaded the 12.04 iso last week, maybe there were changes in the meantime, or the updatemanager didnt update this piece of software?15:25
c11but i think uninstalling apport will do the trick.15:25
holsteinc11: just check for and apply updates15:25
holsteinc11: the mac images i was thinking of are for 64bit machines...15:29
c11holstein i'll have a look at the available images.15:31
c11holstein quoting "http://releases.ubuntu.com/12.04": PC (Intel x86) desktop CD15:34
c11For almost all PCs. This includes most machines with Intel/AMD/etc type processors and almost all computers that run Microsoft Windows, as well as newer Apple Macintosh systems based on Intel processors. Choose this if you are at all unsure.15:34
holsteinc11: the images i thought of were not for your machine15:35
c11holstein link15:35
holstein64-bit Mac (AMD64) desktop CD15:36
holsteinChoose this to take full advantage of computers based on the AMD64 or EM64T architecture (e.g., Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon). If you have a non-64-bit processor made by AMD, or if you need full support for 32-bit code, use the Intel x86 images instead. This image is adjusted to work properly on Mac systems.15:36
holsteinhttp://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/15:36
c11holstein thanks man.15:36
holsteinc11: this is also the 12.10 daily build15:36
c11perfect, this is what i was searching for.15:36
holsteinc11: its 64bit.. and quite in the "testing" phase... i would just try it live15:36
holsteinfrom what i remember, that machine is 32bit only15:37
c11holstein naw man... its a dualcore CPU15:37
holsteinc11: yup.. a dual core 32bit proc from what i remember15:38
holsteinwont hurt to burn a 64bit live iso and try it though15:38
c11http://ark.intel.com/products/35100/Intel-Celeron-Processor-E1500-(512K-Cache-2_20-GHz-800-MHz-FSB)15:39
holsteinc11: let me know how it goes.. i seem to remember reading it was 64, and finding it was 32... but its been a few years since i had that hardware in front of me.. and like i said, it wont hurt to try a 64bit iso15:42
holsteinmaybe i just decided 64bit wasnt worth the hassle15:42
c11holstein yes thats not easy to figure, since there only are a few apps really taking advantage of the additionale address-space15:43
holsteinc11: if the 64bit iso boots.. its 64bit15:43
c11no torrent alternative, so i only get about 10mbit.... this will take a while.15:47
c1oned'oh i switched from wireless to wired and forgot about the ip change15:51
c1onecant ghost c11 because i havent registered it, anyhow download is now 2.5mbyte/s15:51
c1one4,315:51
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c11holstein i tried   Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64+mac, and i got "boot error" on this mac machine, then i inserted the stick into a desktop PC and it booted up the greeting screen, i clicked on "verify DVD" and after a few seconds i got a MD5 error16:08
c11x3216:19
c11holstein, you are right the MacBook1,1 does NOT support 64bit16:52
c11holstein, macbook1,1 has got a intel T2500 http://ark.intel.com/products/27236/Intel-Core-Duo-Processor-T2500-(2M-Cache-2_00-GHz-667-MHz-FSB)17:40
c1132bit processor.17:40
c11so its no wonder it doesnot work with 64bit.17:40
peterp24hi19:01
dniMretsaMhi peterp2419:02
peterp24do you know a detailed guide about how to back up your data inside the /home partition - I have a very messy /home/pts partition19:02
peterp24hi dniMretsaM19:02
peterp24how are you19:03
dniMretsaMpeterp24: you could just clone the partition using Clonezilla or something19:03
peterp24yeah but I would copy including the settings files for a bunch of softwares19:03
peterp24it is not that I am lazy to do a backup using whatever tool19:04
dniMretsaMso you don't want to keep those files?19:04
peterp24for instance, I created a launchpad ago - and I suspect I have some important files (gpg keys??) somewere or so19:04
peterp24a lot was done on this machine over the last year - including some pranks - that I don't want to carry over the new installation19:05
dniMretsaMok, so you basically just want to back up only certain files19:06
peterp24yeah - I was wondering if I could find a detailed guide somewhere - so I could follow it19:06
yeehiHello everybody! I have a question: I want to clearsign a txt file using a key that I specify. What is the command I should enter in the terminal?19:06
peterp24I don't want to let something important or to walk around with a clonezilla image19:07
dniMretsaMpeterp24: well, the simplest thing to do would probably just be to go through and manually copy the files you need over. there might be a faster way, but I don't know what that would be.19:07
peterp24yeah - probably - and I could ask for help for a specific issue19:08
dniMretsaMyeehi: did you try the command I gave you earlier: gpg --default-key <name> --clearsign /path/to/file.txt19:09
peterp24this is a too generic topic - I know - it is something like: please warn me about some hidden files I might loose and that may be useful later on :(19:09
dniMretsaMpeterp24: the problem with only copying certain files is that there isn't really an easy way to automatically detect what is good and what isn't.19:10
hobgoblinpeterp24: I tend to copy over the few things that I'd not want to lose - bookmarks/email/xchat/etc19:10
dniMretsaMfor example, if, say, you wanted to copy all .ogg files from a directory, you could use GAWK19:10
yeehii tried doing that dniMretsaM, but it didn't work: no such file or directory. Maybe I should enter something different instead of <name>19:10
dniMretsaMyeehi: "<name>" is meant to be replaced with the name of your key19:11
peterp24me also - but I got involved in some stuff I don't fully understand - and as a result I may have some useful but totally hidden files on my /home dir. So - I guessed that somebody have had this problem before and compiled a guide19:12
dniMretsaMpeterp24: but if you want to copy your .mozilla folder and 20 pictures form this folder and your entire documents folder, that would be very difficult (if not impossible) to automate19:12
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peterp24I know19:13
yeehiI have tried using the name yeehi and also the key ID number. Am i meant to write it like this: <yeehi> or like this yeehi?19:13
peterp24I am not asking for bash script or an automated solution19:13
hobgoblinyeehi: <text> is used as a placeholder so you'd use name19:14
hobgoblingenerally19:14
yeehiOK, I got a bit of progress!19:15
dniMretsaMyeehi: you need to use the name of the key. You can get the name of the keys in your keyring with this: gpg --list-keys19:15
dniMretsaMand you don't use the angle brackets.19:16
yeehiI used yeehi instead of <yeehi> and that worked - but it says I have to use a passphrase to unlock the secret key, but there is no opportunity for me to enter a passphrase19:16
yeehii think i need to embed the passphrase into the command line somehow...19:16
dniMretsaMpeterp24: are you looking info on what files are important?19:16
yeehino, i just need to clearsign a txt file19:17
dniMretsaMyeehi: what is the message it's giving you (pastebin it, please)19:17
dniMretsaMyeehi: yes, I know that. I was talking to someone else19:17
bobweaveryeehi,  I am glad to see that you are here On Irc with the rest of use :) And I am also glad that you made that awesome thread :)19:19
yeehiYou need a pasphrase to unlock the secret key for user "yeehi <yeeehi@gmail.com" 2048-bit RSA key ID 66C0B58519:19
yeehioh, thank you very much, bobweaver!19:20
yeehiI am glad you liked the thread - i was curious about IRC19:20
bobweaverI see that I am very glade that you hade it19:20
bobweaveryou are trying to get cloak ??19:21
peterp24dniMretsaM - yeah - but first I need to gather myself and put down a list of software I used in the last year19:21
peterp24I guess the critical files I don't know where they reside are the gnome keyring related file, some ssh stuff I created but never used and the lanchpaud stuff19:22
dniMretsaMyeehi: you it prompts you for your password. at least it does when I do it.19:22
bobweaverpeterp24,  what are you tring to do with LP ?19:22
peterp24oh nothing - I created the account an year ago because I wanted to develop something - but eventually I setled for a github account19:23
hobgoblinpeterp24: it is likely that all the personal stuff you need will be hidden files/folders19:24
bobweaverpeterp24, most  ssh stuff  cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub   <for public19:24
bobweaverthat is what you register to LP  pgp/gpg you can get with command19:25
dniMretsaMyeehi: can you pastebin the output (blank out anything you feel is sensitive, if you wish)19:25
bobweavergpg- --list-keys   I think19:25
yeehiI got it to work - thank you all!19:25
hobgoblinwoot19:25
yeehiMust log off - being disconnected from internet!19:26
yeehiBig thanks all!19:26
dniMretsaMbye yeehi. glad you got it working19:26
bobweaversweet yeehi19:26
peterp24bobweaver - thanks for the tips - found something in /home/pts/.gnupg/pubring.gpg also19:27
bobweaver:)19:27
bobweaverpeterp24,  what was program that you where making ?19:27
bobweaverj/w19:27
peterp24a crappy cad like app19:27
peterp242D stuff only - nothing fancy19:28
bobweaverthat is cool19:28
bobweaverpython ?19:28
peterp24yup19:28
peterp24just wanted to test some things19:28
bobweavercool19:29
bobweaverI have to take down some "test" things that I have done on LP also19:29
bobweaveror get back to work on the19:29
bobweaverthem *19:29
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