/srv/irclogs.ubuntu.com/2012/06/05/#ubuntu-beginners.txt

c11if xev says "keycode 104 is "KP_Enter" then what is the correct "symbol" that xmodmap will accept?00:05
c11damn i removed all of my alt-keys00:14
c11thats confusing00:23
c11ok i give up for now maybe i'll go on later.00:33
WilsonBradleyAfter a recent update , I am getting Segfault with many things.. apt-update , synaptics, Update Manager, etc      I have same problem when loggin in with different account, so I figured my past backups of my whole Home directory restore wouldn't help..  was right.01:03
stlsaintWilsonBradley: do you know what it was you updated?01:09
WilsonBradleyI always do a "Software Up to date"01:10
WilsonBradleynot sure01:10
stlsainthistory should show what was updated. if its overall a huge mess a re-install might be in order. but thats a big IF01:11
WilsonBradleyit doesn01:20
WilsonBradleyUpdate manager it doesn't stay open long enough to show history01:21
holsteinWilsonBradley: i would just try booting the last kernel01:28
WilsonBradleyhow do I do that?01:35
stlsaintWilsonBradley: if you havent purged them they should be present at grub boot01:35
holsteinWilsonBradley: i just select it temporarily in GRUB as a troubleshooting step01:35
holsteinits one of the first and easiest things to test01:36
stlsaintthough some inconsistent results may take place01:36
holsteinyup.. ive had some funkiness on one occasion01:36
WilsonBradleyWhat switches do I use?01:38
holsteinWilsonBradley: i literally just try booting the last kernel if i upgrade and experience breakage... no "switches"01:42
WilsonBradleyI didn't see that in the grub options.01:43
WilsonBradleywill reboot and try01:43
WilsonBradleythanks01:43
holsteinWilsonBradley: grub is hidden by default.. you might need to hit shift when booting to show the older kernels01:43
WilsonBradleyok, thank you.01:44
WilsonBradley I will try that now01:44
WilsonBradleyI did earlier kernel.. didnt help01:52
stlsaintWilsonBradley: have you viewed dmesg?01:53
WilsonBradley update-manager[3152]: segfault at 101:54
WilsonBradleysegfault at 1 ip b6ba4c12 sp bfd401d0 error 4 in libapt-pkg.so.4.12.001:55
stlsaintouch01:55
holsteini would try to get to TTY and run some upgrade commands01:56
stlsaintWilsonBradley: does it show you have any broken packages in synpatic?01:56
WilsonBradleysynpatic doesn't stay open01:56
holsteinyeah, that would be easier, if you can get it to open01:57
stlsaintWilsonBradley: what error appears when it closes?01:57
WilsonBradleyin dmesg?01:57
WilsonBradleylet me check01:57
WilsonBradleysynaptic[4169]: segfault at 1 ip b76bec12 sp bfee3690 error 4 in libapt-pkg.so.4.12.0[b7662000+123000]01:59
WilsonBradleylooks like error with libapt-pkg.so.4.12.0 is common01:59
WilsonBradleysynaptic[4169]: segfault at 1 ip b76bec12 sp bfee3690 error 4 in libapt-pkg.so.4.12.002:05
stlsaintkernel panic. i would suggest a backup and re-install02:06
WilsonBradleyThat's the only backup I have02:07
WilsonBradleySo download live quantal 12.10 iso and reinstall with that?02:12
WilsonBradleyHow bad off will I be after installing 12.10 and restoring Home/user directory?02:13
WilsonBradleywhat should I be backing up to avoid this?02:14
WilsonBradleyI thought/ was told that backing up Home/ directory was enough02:14
WilsonBradleyWhat would happen if I downloaded Quantel 12.10 live iso , and reinstalled it?02:21
stlsaintWilsonBradley: you are running quantal??02:40
WilsonBradleyNo, 12.0402:40
stlsaintwell why install quantal? Quantal isn't even stable02:40
stlsaintWilsonBradley: if you want to be more cautious make a separate /home partition at install.02:41
stlsaintI usually make a /, /boot, /home02:41
WilsonBradleyhummm, keeping the /home files on a seperate partition? I have my /Home backed up on a external drive02:43
WilsonBradleyoften02:43
WilsonBradleyI restored , didn't fix the Segmentation fault (core dumped)02:43
stlsaintany privoxy users here?05:52
Unit193I know a doc on it, but I use polipo.05:58
stlsaintUnit193: trying to use privoxy to block content but its not working06:01
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bobweaverHi biggalant  [15:39
biggalanthey guys, anybody can help15:39
biggalanthi15:39
biggalantyou were in #ubuntuforums as well?15:40
bobweaverso what are you trying to do with ssh ?15:40
biggalantok15:40
bobweaveryes biggalant  I am on alot of channels15:40
biggalantopen an ssh to change my password in the university server15:40
biggalantbut, I get an error15:40
biggalanti'll copy it in a moment15:40
bobweaver!pastebin | biggalant15:40
ubot2`biggalant: For posting multi-line texts into the channel, please use http://paste.ubuntu.com | To post !screenshots use http://imagebin.org/?page=add | !pastebinit to paste directly from command line | Make sure you give us the URL for your paste - see also the channel topic.15:40
bobweaverbut if it is just one or two lines you can paste  here15:41
biggalantI was told that ubuntu is complicated, but even with a copy paste thing??15:41
biggalantok anyway15:41
biggalantI write ssh15:42
biggalantand then it gives me the options15:42
bobweaverahh15:42
biggalantlike [-l login] ....15:42
bobweaverso where are you trying to ssh into ?15:42
bobweaveryou do15:42
biggalantto be honest, I don't know how this works15:42
biggalantbut, I have a website15:42
bobweaverssh -p <port number> <username>@<server name >15:42
biggalanthow should I proceed?15:42
biggalantand if I don't have a port number15:43
bobweaverso if I wanted to ssh into Ubuntu.com15:43
bobweaverI would do15:43
bobweaverssh bobweaver@ubuntu.com15:43
biggalantah ok15:43
biggalantthx15:43
bobweaverthen it asks for password I enter in password and I am connected15:43
biggalantI will try that15:43
bobweaverthe standerd port is 2215:44
bobweavermost the time15:44
bobweaverBut15:44
biggalantbut?15:44
bobweaveryou can check what ports are open also if you are local with a simple nmap scan15:44
biggalantif I don't mention the port, is it a problemt15:44
biggalant?15:44
bobweaverLike if I was at my university and did not know what port ssh was running on15:45
biggalantbecause, i wrote ssh username@website , but it seems like it is loading or something15:45
biggalantand then told me connection timed out15:45
bobweaverahh15:45
bobweavertry this15:46
biggalantbut, it mentioned port 2215:46
bobweavernmap -T4 -A -v -PN <name of site >15:46
bobweavernmap must be installed15:46
bobweaversudo apt-get install -y nmap15:46
bobweaverwoopx15:46
biggalantok15:46
bobweaversudo apt-get -y install  nmap15:46
biggalantthere is the error again15:47
biggalanteven with the sudo15:47
biggalantUnable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?15:47
bobweaverthis will tell you all open ports and will not ping host at the same time so that the sys admin can not see what you are doing ;)15:47
bobweaverare you installing something else ?15:47
bobweaveror have synaptic open ?15:47
biggalantbut bob, the error I get all the time is this dpkg is being used15:48
biggalanthow can I check that?15:48
bobweaverps aux | grep [d]pkg15:48
bobweaveror system montor15:48
bobweaverer spelling15:48
bobweaverbiggalant,  If you are super new to Ubuntu and gnu/linux   There is a cool program for 105 usd a year called Ubuntu Advantage   it is great support with canonical them-selfs  just thought that you might like that or not :)15:52
biggalant_bob still there?15:54
bobweaverwb biggalant_  :)15:54
biggalant_10x15:55
bobweavernot sure what 10x means sorry15:55
biggalant_it feels good to have help in this domain ;)15:55
biggalant_thanks15:55
bobweaver:) there are lots of options for help out there with Ubuntu15:55
biggalant_well, the interactive one seems the best15:56
bobweaverthere is a list of all irc channels here https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/ChannelList15:56
biggalant_last I wrote in the terminal ps aux | grep [d]pkg15:56
bobweaverahh did you get anything back ?15:56
biggalant_actually not15:56
bobweaverok15:57
biggalant_trying to ssh -p 22 user@web again15:58
bobweaverbiggalant_,  try this to get apt working15:58
bobweaver1. Go to System => System Monitor15:58
bobweaver2. On the system Monitor go to the Processes15:58
bobweaver3. Go to view and then choose all processes15:58
bobweaver4. This will then display the the apt-get process15:58
bobweaver5. Just end the process and then voila you are good to go.15:58
biggalant_where is System?15:59
bobweaverin the unity dash just type in System Monitor15:59
bobweaverbiggalant_,  like this     http://imagebin.org/21522316:01
biggalant_ok, I am there but I don't have any view option16:02
biggalant_I mean, I entered the system monitor, and processes16:03
bobweavercool16:04
bobweaverclick on the bar that says16:04
bobweaverprocess name16:04
bobweaverbrb phone16:05
bobweaverback16:05
biggalant_ok16:05
bobweaverdo you see anything running apt ?16:06
biggalant_I am there, but couldn't find any apt16:06
biggalant_nope16:06
bobweaverok16:06
bobweaveron the top of you screen in the "pannel"   there is a menu for view16:07
bobweaverdo you see it ?16:07
biggalant_yup16:07
bobweavercheck active process16:07
bobweaverwhat do you see ?16:07
biggalant_just a sec16:08
biggalant_i think i see the browser's view16:08
bobweaveryou can take a screen shot  with the "print screen "  button16:08
biggalant_I have only the system monitor16:08
bobweaverthen upload it to  http://imagebin.org16:08
biggalant_ok16:09
biggalant_but, what do you need to see?16:09
bobweaverneed to find out what is using apt16:10
bobweaverthen ou can install nmap16:10
biggalant_i don't think anything is16:10
biggalant_but, even if I use some other process in the terminal16:10
bobweaversudo apt-get -y install nmap16:10
biggalant_i get this message16:10
biggalant_E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable) E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?16:11
bobweaverOo16:11
biggalant_googling this is impossible, that is why this is my first time here16:12
biggalant_:)16:12
bobweaverOk16:12
bobweaverin terminal16:12
bobweaversudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock16:12
biggalant_you sure?16:12
biggalant_it will be fine?16:13
bobweavermake sure you spell right16:13
biggalant_done16:13
c11biggalant_, i was about to suggest to remove the lock file too.16:13
bobweaveryes you will be fine but you must speel and follow my directions16:13
bobweavernow16:13
bobweaversudo dpkg --configure -a16:13
biggalant_ok16:13
biggalant_done16:14
bobweaversudo apt-get -y install nmap16:14
bobweaverIs it installing or are you still getting lock error16:14
biggalant_in process ;)16:14
biggalant_done16:14
bobweavernmap -T4 -A -v -PN <name of site >16:15
bobweaverwith out the  "<" " >"16:15
bobweaverexample16:15
bobweavernmap -T4 -A -v -PN http://ubuntu.com16:15
biggalant_yup16:15
biggalant_done16:15
bobweaverwhat port is open for ssh ?16:16
biggalant_I have seen two ports open, one of them was 2216:16
bobweaver22 is ssh port16:16
bobweaverother one I am guessing is 443  and 21 and 8016:16
bobweaver22 is the standard port16:16
bobweaverwhat is the ipaddress >16:17
bobweaver?16:17
bobweaveryou can also use that with ssh16:17
biggalant_ok, it shows an ssh hostkey16:17
bobweaverssh bobweaver@781.83.543.2116:17
biggalant_you mean the hostkey16:18
biggalant_because, it is a lot bigger than that16:18
bobweaverbiggalant_,  pastebin the nmap scan16:18
biggalant_just a sec16:19
biggalant_i thin k it works16:19
biggalant_it works16:19
biggalant_now i think I am in the university server16:19
biggalant_so, i will try to change my pass there16:19
biggalant_should I write passwd?16:20
biggalant_or open an ssh first16:20
bobweaverwell that all depends16:20
biggalant_let;s say I want to open an ssh16:20
biggalant_I think that is what the pc guy told me16:20
bobweaverwhat kinda server it is the permissions that you have ect16:20
bobweaverIf you can upload you key then that would be best IMHO16:21
bobweaverHere I made some youtube videos16:21
bobweaverhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRLzCHkfW8A&feature=g-upl16:22
bobweaverthere is also this16:22
bobweaver!ssh16:22
ubot2`SSH is the Secure SHell protocol, see: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SSH for client usage. PuTTY is an SSH client for Windows; see: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ for it's homepage. See also !scp (Secure CoPy) and !sshd (Secure SHell Daemon)16:22
biggalant_it is working16:22
bobweaverI am glad to hear that Great Job :)16:22
biggalant_10x very much man16:23
biggalant_man I belive ?16:23
biggalant_sure bob16:23
biggalant_I'll check the websites you mentioned for more knowledge16:23
biggalant_but, still i have one question16:23
bobweaveryes ?.16:24
biggalant_I am installing a program16:24
biggalant_it is for data reduction16:25
biggalant_the instructions says that I sould at some point write:16:25
biggalant_source ...16:25
biggalant_and a file16:25
biggalant_but, when I do that, to many errors occur and I can't deal with some16:25
biggalant_if you have time, can you help me with this?16:26
bobweaversure16:26
biggalant_I think one very stupid error is that the Program cannot find GTK+16:26
biggalant_and I actually downloaded every GTK+ package that I could find from the Synaptic Package manager16:26
bobweaverI can only help thou and can not give anwsers as this is for school and that is against the Ubuntu Code of Conduct16:26
biggalant_but, most importantly, it says X11 Headers not found16:27
biggalant_sorry, X11 binary file not found16:27
biggalant_any ideas?16:27
bobweaverGTK is a widget liary that is used to render things to screen (I think )  what is the package name that you are working on ?16:27
biggalant_name every package you know, and I am sure it is installed already16:28
biggalant_but, which one I am working on, that I don't know16:28
bobweaverA.K.A the program that is trowing errors16:28
biggalant_ok, it is called gildas16:28
biggalant_it could be downloaded from this iram website16:29
bobweaver!info gildas16:29
biggalant_http://www.iram.fr/IRAMFR/GILDAS/16:29
biggalant_in terminal?16:29
bobweaverno that was for boit16:30
bobweaverbot *16:30
bobweaverbut it did not pick it up16:30
biggalant_bot?16:30
biggalant_for somebody else or?16:30
bobweaver!bot16:30
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biggalant_ok16:31
biggalant_now I am surprised why I can see only what you are writing16:31
biggalant_although there are a lot online16:31
biggalant_am I writing to everybody?16:31
bobweaverYes16:31
biggalant_lol16:31
biggalant_how should I stop?16:31
biggalant_or, maybe that is how it works?16:32
biggalant_usually?16:32
bobweaverthere are "rooms" on IRC that are full of people when you enter a room/channel   then you are talking to everyone in that room16:33
bobweaverall chats are loged16:33
bobweaverlogged *16:33
bobweaverhttp://irclogs.ubuntu.com/16:33
biggalant_interesting16:34
bobweaveras far as GTK rendering and fortan and c and C++ that is a whole new ballgame16:34
bobweaverthere is a channel for each of them things :)16:34
biggalant_ok, if you want, you can try to download the file16:35
biggalant_it is small, and you will have an idea how it works16:36
bobweaverOnly GTK stuff that I do is NUX and Glade stuff I am not a expert on that sorry. But I bet that the channels for thouse subjects are full of smart people16:36
biggalant_ok, so can you recommend a channel for this please?16:37
biggalant_I mean, how do I enter a channel?16:37
biggalant_is it like ubuntu-beginners?16:37
bobweaveryes16:38
biggalant_ok, so /join ...16:38
biggalant_right?16:38
bobweaverit is the same thing like  /join #<name of channel >16:38
biggalant_yup16:38
bobweaverlike /join #C++16:38
bobweaverlike /join #fortan16:38
bobweaverect16:38
bobweavernot sure where there is a list of all the places16:39
bobweaveryou can check      channel     #freenode16:39
biggalantyou already sent me the channel list16:40
biggalantI will try to log in to something near GTK right?16:40
bobweaversure I have to go but have a good one :)  and have fun with Ubuntu :)16:41
biggalantthanks you to16:41
biggalantand thanks for the help16:41
biggalant:D16:41
c11hi there, i followed https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MactelSupportTeam/AppleiSight and my internal usb camera is up and running, but unfortunately the mousepad does not work anymore (as soon as i start the iSight) any idea?16:48
bobweaverc11, looking16:51
c11also when running "cheese" ans using the camera,  and i plug an external usb-mouse cheese closes.16:52
bobweaverc11,  so as soon as you turn on cheese mousepad goes out16:52
c11and16:52
c11bob i think so bbl rebooting to find out.16:53
bobweaverkah16:53
c11bobweaver, yes16:55
c11bobweaver, well... my problem is gone somehow.16:55
bobweaverc11,  what does apport say ?16:55
c11i uninstalled apport16:55
c11because apport did bother me with some DRI/DRM intel-gpu "crash" i couldn't even see or notice16:56
bobweaverwoopsie16:56
bobweavermaybe ?16:57
bobweaverI am not sure what is going on I say file a bug under cheese16:57
bobweaverafk 10 min16:58
c11bobweaver, im not sure either, the tutorial stated that it was mandatory to switch the machine off in order to get the hardware config(state) reset, after a default reboot (without switching off completely) the camera works without named bug.16:59
c11afk 10min.16:59
biggalanthow to log out?17:43
biggalantplease?17:43
biggalantCan someone tell me how to logout please?17:44
bioterror!error | biggalant17:46
ubot2`biggalant: Please elaborate, your question or issue may not seem clear or detailed enough for people to help you. Please give more detailed information, errors, steps, and possibly configuration files (use the !pastebin to avoid flooding the channel)17:46
biggalantDear freenode users17:46
biggalantIt is my first login, and I would lke to logout before closing the browser17:47
biggalantcan anybody help?17:47
bioterrorclose the tab?17:47
biggalantso no logout option?17:47
biggalantlike msn or so17:47
biggalant?17:47
bioterrorsure you can type /disconnect17:48
bioterrorif you want17:48
biggalantthx17:48
biggalantand then?17:48
bioterrorbut if your irc client does not respond to ping with pong for 2mins, you will be ping timeouted17:48
biggalantit says disconnect command unknown17:49
bioterroroh well17:49
bioterrorclose the ta17:49
bioterrortab17:49
bioterrorsee you later17:49
biggalantok17:49
bioterrorthere he goes17:49
not_foundinstalled bastion via the software centre, everytime I move my mouse the game crashes :/ any ideas what I could try?17:51
c11not_found, try setting your mouse so "SWCursor" in xorg.conf http://www.x.org/archive/X11R6.8.0/doc/SiS2.html: Option "SWCursor", "HWCursor" These options select whether the software (SW) or hardware (HW) cursor should be used. The default is using the hardware cursor.17:54
not_foundI don't think I have an xorg.conf17:54
c11not_found, have a look at /var/log/Xorg.0.log and search for the configfile location, if you dont have any you can generate one.17:59
not_foundis this a typical issue as I can't find any similar issues online? but thanks...  I will keep it in mind and most probably try it :p18:00
c11not_found, i never had issues with HW/SWmouse but you said the game crashes were related to mousemovement thats why i thought about HW/SWmouse.18:04
c11not_found, try to set/unset fullscreen and then move the mouse and see if the game still crashes.18:05
not_foundc11, when I launch the game it goes default full screen... don't get a chance to set any parameters (and don't know of any CLI commands / options)... haven't found any :/ (hell, I am such a noob I can't even find the executable for this game) :(18:08
c11not_found, they charge 20 $$$ for that game? then write them an email (or just use the windows port) support@supergiantgames.com18:16
not_foundc11, thanks for the assistance18:17
yeehiI have a question I hope somebody can help! I have 2 files that I want incorporated into seahorse18:20
yeehiyeehi_id_rsa.pub and yeehi_id_rsa18:20
yeehihow do i get them into seahorse so that I can use them for public key encryption?18:21
gfarmerhello18:35
gfarmerI am trying to find a file on my iphone, but I'm not sure how it is mounted18:36
gfarmerhow can I check?18:36
gfarmer\join #ubuntu18:38
gfarmerexit18:38
biggalantHi, Does anyone have an idea how to merge eps pictures on UBUNTU19:46
biggalantI have more than 3 folders containing aroudn 400 each19:46
biggalantCan I convert several eps Pictures into one pdf file?19:49
biggalantplease, can you tell me an easy way to check eps files one by one in a big folder containing many without opening each one alone?19:55

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