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MartijnVdScool - the Google Doodle for today is a working turing machine08:08
MartijnVdSnot as cool as it could have been (i.e. fully programmable) but they turned it into a nice game :)08:08
ali1234they solved the halting problem as well08:09
MartijnVdSali1234: that's google for ya ;)08:09
MartijnVdSali1234: They use Linux, which does infinite loops in under 5 seconds08:09
MartijnVdSali1234: the halting problem can't be much harder08:09
jacobwmorning08:20
nperrymorning o/08:21
jacobwwhat do to with the weekend?08:22
MartijnVdSjacobw: watch david bowie on iplayer/08:26
jacobwi am a bowie fan08:36
MartijnVdSjacobw: there was 4.5 hours of him on TV last night08:37
MartijnVdS\o/ BBC Four :)08:37
* jacobw works out the vpn details08:40
MartijnVdSyou're not in UK-land?08:40
jacobwi moved to bavaria about a month ago08:41
MartijnVdSah yes you said08:41
jacobwich kann nicht sprache deutsche jetze08:42
jacobwaber.. ich learnen08:43
MartijnVdSDEUTSCH *bleep*, SPRECHST DU ES?08:43
MartijnVdSI wonder if they really did dub Pulp Fiction like that08:43
jacobwhehe08:43
jacobwi'm supporting germany in the soccer08:44
MartijnVdSAre they still in? I don't follow it really08:44
jacobwyeah, they've just knocked greece out of the euro ;)08:44
jacobwi'm not optimistic oabout england vs italy08:47
jacobwi don't think they'll be an england vs germany match08:47
MartijnVdSthey kicked "our" behind08:48
MartijnVdSbut Oranje sucked anyway08:48
jacobw(which would be the case if england beat italy)08:48
jacobwi watched netherlands vs denmark a few weeks ago08:49
jacobwsomewhat suprising08:49
MartijnVdSthey missed _every_ shot08:49
jacobwi wasn't expecting england to beat sweden08:53
jacobwit's inconistent with the ukraine performance :|08:54
* jacobw thinks that rooney breaks the dynamic08:54
MartijnVdSI have no idea08:55
jacobwi'm not usually interested in football08:56
jacobwpeople here keep talking to me about it, so i've formed some opinions :|08:57
MartijnVdSjacobw: ear plugs ;)08:57
jacobwand i have a colleague here with a 60" TV08:58
jacobwwhich is bloody huge :p08:58
MartijnVdSI have a 48" one which is huge already08:59
MartijnVdSso 60" ... wut08:59
jacobwit's crazy, SD looks so bad on 60"09:01
jacobwyou have to have HD at 60"09:01
MartijnVdSyay satellite ;)09:02
MartijnVdSalso yay bluray09:02
jacobwhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/2005-05-15-raisting_900x460.jpg/800px-2005-05-15-raisting_900x460.jpg09:03
jacobwthis is the place where i live in bavaria09:03
MartijnVdSjacobw: you should get good reception on those :)09:04
jacobw:D09:05
jacobwsatellite has alot of mind share here09:05
MartijnVdSyeah, they just switched off analog TV and got a bunch of new HD channels09:06
MartijnVdSand they're free-to-air (like the BBC/Freesat)09:06
MartijnVdSso _I_ get new HD channels as well09:06
brobostigongood morning everyone.09:09
jacobwmorning09:09
brobostigonmorning jacobw09:10
jacobweuro gp this afternoon :)09:12
* jacobw is looking forward to watching paul di resta09:12
AlanBelloh look, here is my Terry Pratchett book :)09:27
bigcalmGood morning peeps :)09:38
brobostigonmorning bigcalm :)09:39
bigcalmAha, there is life :)09:44
bigcalmAnd a brief popey09:44
nperryAt least he visited.09:55
bigcalmThere he is again. Do you think he's real?09:59
popeymorning10:00
nperrybigcalm, poke him and find out!10:00
* bigcalm tickles popey10:00
* popey giggles10:00
bigcalmSpooky10:01
popeyhows everyone doing? :)10:03
bigcalmI have a new toy :)10:04
bigcalmHow's you popey?10:04
popeygreat :D10:04
popeyoh?10:04
nperryOhhh, http://www.ebuyer.com/222310-seagate-500gb-momentus-xt-2-5-hybrid-ssd-st95005620as10:05
nperryLooks like I'm going to get a new toy10:05
popeyahh, nperry got the ebuyer spam too10:05
nperrypopey, nope I just checked hotdealsuk10:05
nperry£0.12 per/GB is fine for me.10:07
popeybigcalm, what did you get?10:08
popeyAlanBell, did you get compiz built ?10:08
AlanBellpopey: no10:10
popeycan I help?10:11
AlanBellhope so :)10:12
AlanBellso I have a compiz tree based on lp:compiz with some new bits in it10:12
AlanBellit does build using the instructions in the INSTALL file10:12
AlanBellby creating a subdirectory called build and doing cmake -i ..; make10:13
popeyi wouldn't do that10:13
AlanBellsure, but that confirms that it does compile10:13
popeyok10:13
AlanBellso I pull a fresh copy of that and the packaging branch from didrocks into a directory next to each other10:14
AlanBellI have bzr-builddeb installed10:14
AlanBellmy directory is called compiz, the didrocks thing is called ubuntu10:14
popeysame here10:14
AlanBellI want to compile the compiz directory using the packaging of the other one10:15
popeycd ubuntu10:15
AlanBellI can go into the ubuntu directory and do bzr merge ../compiz and it pulls in the stuff I would expect10:15
popeybzr bd10:15
AlanBellbut then it won't build10:15
AlanBellbzr bd does something, but which one is it building?10:16
AlanBellisn't it building the ubuntu tree without my stuff?10:16
bigcalmpopey: https://twitter.com/bigcalm/status/21647374173406412910:16
popeylet me test here10:17
nperrybigcalm, it is sexy - isn't it?10:17
bigcalmnperry: veryily :)10:19
popeyguy at work has one of those, i had a play with it10:19
popeynot impressed, android still sucks10:19
bigcalm:)10:20
AlanBellyeah, I want my Ubuntu phone based on python10:21
AlanBellor a boot to gecko image on my S210:21
popeyi see the raspberry jam in london happened last week at the moz place10:23
AlanBellyeah10:23
popeyso is your patched compiz in the compiz dir AlanBell ?10:26
popeyand do dch -i in there to update the changelog10:26
AlanBellyeah10:26
popeyand debuild -S -sa10:26
AlanBellwhut10:28
AlanBellhow is there a debian directory in there now?10:28
popeyoh duh10:28
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AlanBellls]10:31
* AlanBell is confused10:32
bigcalmThis isn't the terminal you are looking for10:32
Davieyif it's a bzr tree, bzr bd -S .. is what i would do.10:33
MartijnVdSbzr: ERROR: unknown command "bd"10:37
Laneyapt-get install bzr-builddeb10:38
popeyalan@deep-thought:/tmp/test/build-area$ ls -l *.deb | wc -l10:39
popey1710:39
popey\o/10:39
AlanBellsure, but which tree did it build?10:46
AlanBellI can build didrocks tree10:46
* MartijnVdS has set up cowbuilder + cowpoke at work10:46
MartijnVdS\o/ 32 core buildboxes with tons of RAM10:46
AlanBellI don't want to build that, I want to build my tree that doesn't have packaging in it10:46
MartijnVdS(and clean chroots)10:46
AlanBelldo I copy the /debian directory from didrocks compiz tree into my compiz tree? if I do that it complains that it isn't committed but I don't want to add it and commit it or I won't be able to submit a merge proposal10:48
AlanBellor do I do some kind of bzr merge ../ubuntu to get the packaging across?10:48
AlanBellor is there some other magic command to build one tree based on the packaging in another?10:48
MartijnVdSjust commit locally and don't push/send a merge request10:49
MartijnVdS?10:49
MartijnVdSthen after the build, undo the commit?10:49
MartijnVdS</guessing>10:49
AlanBellmaybe, I have tried going down that route but got in a bit of a mess10:50
MartijnVdSis building manually (not using bzr-builddeb) an option?10:50
AlanBellwell that works, but then I don't know how to install and uninstall it and work out whether packaged compiz is running or my new compiz is running10:52
AlanBelland also 11:14 < popey> i wouldn't do that10:53
MartijnVdSI'd just change the version, add "~alanbell1" or something to the end and rebuild10:54
MartijnVdS(in debian/changelog)10:54
MartijnVdSit might not be beautiful, but at least you'll know what's running :)10:54
popeyso you have the source you modified in compiz10:54
popeyand the packaging branch in ubuntu10:54
popeyside by side, yes?10:54
AlanBellyes10:54
AlanBellbzr branch lp:~alanbell/compiz/texttracking compiz10:55
AlanBellbzr branch lp:~didrocks/compiz/ubuntu/10:56
popeyhttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Bzr10:56
popeysee the "updating a package" and the bit above " building a source package"10:57
AlanBellalways good to see "Don't cry" on a wiki page11:00
AlanBellI don't really follow what it is trying to do :(11:03
AlanBellis this the first update?11:04
AlanBellI am guessing not, other people have updated it, just because it is the first time I have done it that isn't the initial commit11:04
AlanBellEnsure that debian/watch is looking at unstable version if available. Otherwise, update it. (uscan --verbose --report to see what is the latest version corresponding to debian/watch regexp)11:05
AlanBellthat probably means something11:05
AlanBellso this goes on to tell you how to make a patch with quilt, which are the things you attach to bugs and nobody looks at them because you should have done a merge proposal instead :(11:06
AlanBellI don't want to do that, I just want to compile my code into a package (or source package I can put in a PPA to build)11:07
AlanBellthe step after that is # do the traditional hack (One change!)11:08
ali1234you should give up on bzr and use compiz upstream instead11:08
ali1234it's much much easier to contribute that way11:08
AlanBellbzr is compiz upstream11:08
AlanBellgit is abandonned11:08
ali1234well, that depends who you ask11:09
AlanBelltrue11:09
ali1234it's more accurate to say that bzr is a fork that has the same name11:09
ali1234since nobody has officially announced that compiz is now officially hosted on launchpad11:09
AlanBellbut I feel I have a better chance of getting a deb file if I use the infrastructure that everyone uses to make deb files11:09
ali1234that may be true, but what is so good about a deb file?11:10
AlanBellso If I just build this thing and install it, I don't know the relationship between what I have just done, and the packaged compiz I also have installed11:10
AlanBelldo I apt-get remove compiz first?11:10
ali1234so remove the packaged compiz11:10
ali1234no, you apt-get purge compiz first11:10
AlanBelloh, ok11:11
ali1234actually compiz-core11:11
ali1234of course unity will then refuse to install because of dependencies11:11
ali1234but that's ok, unity doesn't work with compiz upstream anyway11:11
AlanBellyeah, do I have to rebuild all of unity whatever I do?11:11
ali1234no, it won't work even if you do that11:11
AlanBellI am thinking at this point of just throwing in the merge proposal without testing it (other than confirming it builds)11:12
ali1234that's what most people do lol11:12
AlanBellexplains a lot11:12
popeythats not true11:12
popeyAlanBell, speak to sil2100 in -unity on monday11:13
AlanBellok11:13
popeyhe will be happy to help you11:13
popeyand we can test your change11:13
popeywhat is it?11:13
AlanBelltext cursor tracking for enhanced zoom11:13
AlanBellzoom in, type stuff, it follows you about11:14
AlanBellhttps://github.com/gloob/gloob-Ezoom-fork11:15
AlanBellhttps://github.com/gloob/compiz-accessibility-plugin11:15
AlanBellthose work as an externally built compiz plugin, I want to get it into Ubuntu11:15
ali1234there's no need to put it in compiz core to do that11:15
ali1234just package it11:15
popeyif you put in a merge proposal we can look at it11:16
popeywe're about to ship a new compiz release11:17
AlanBellthen it would conflict with the ezoom plugin that is in the base package11:17
ali1234why didn't they rename it if it's a fork?11:17
AlanBellbecause it was intended to be merged back in11:18
AlanBellwhich is what I am trying to make happen11:18
ali1234renaming it wouldn't preclude merging back the changes11:20
AlanBellwell, they didn't, and it has been sat on github for ages not getting into anywhere people can actually use it11:21
AlanBellhttps://code.launchpad.net/~alanbell/compiz/texttracking/+merge/11171011:21
popeyAlanBell, is there a bug filed to request this inclusion?11:22
AlanBellbug #72729011:22
lubotu3Launchpad bug 727290 in Compiz "Allow enhanced zoom to follow text." [Undecided,In progress] https://launchpad.net/bugs/72729011:22
popeyI've added it to our list to track11:24
popeybut ping sil2100 on monday and let him know you'd like to see it in 12.1011:24
ali1234i might attempt to backport that to 0.8 just for laughs11:25
AlanBellthanks popey11:25
popeywe'll be a bit busy on monday with SRUs for 12.04, but be good to get it on the radar11:28
popeyi didnt think anyone was still working on compiz 0.8x11:34
ali1234popey: http://gitweb.compiz.org/?p=compiz/plugins/ezoom;a=log;h=refs/heads/compiz-0.811:41
AlanBellwhat happened to11:50
AlanBellQuinn Storm11:50
popeylol, so "no"11:57
popeyAlanBell, quinn is still around it seems11:59
popeyhttp://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=7915811:59
kane1309hello how do i fine out everything about my pc ramp cpu graphics card etc ?12:37
popeykane1309, you using ubuntu 12.04?12:37
ali1234hmmmmmmmmmm12:39
popeykane1309, in a terminal you can do "lshw --html > ~/hardware.html" and then you'll get an html formatted report you can open in a browser12:40
ali1234argh this is some grade A microsoft stupidity12:41
MartijnVdSCool, the GPG key for Spotify's apt repo expired.12:41
ali1234so you can make a chain of trust within your exe by adding additional certificates12:42
ali1234but you can't do it with spc, pfx, or cer files12:42
ali1234you have to import all the certificates into MS certificate store12:42
MartijnVdS\o/12:42
MartijnVdSlock-in is your friend, ali123412:42
ali1234then use a pfx file with the private key and certificate used to sign, and then also specify another command line option for the *root* certificate you want to use. but not the name of it in the certificate store. you have to have it has a .cer file as well12:43
ali1234then it will pull all the intermediate certificates from the cert manager and include them12:43
ali1234so it is possible, it is just extremely long winded12:43
ali1234and this does work in OVMF too12:44
ali1234but now, the command to pick a root certificate for chaining... you can only supply it once to sign tool, even though the specification clearly states there can be MULTIPLE chains in the signature12:44
MartijnVdSali1234: Is it better or worse than openssl?12:52
ali1234i dunno, can openssl do authenticode signing?12:53
MartijnVdSwell there's http://sourceforge.net/projects/osslsigncode/12:53
MartijnVdShttp://wiki.cacert.org/Authenticode ?12:54
MartijnVdShttps://developer.mozilla.org/en/Signing_an_executable_with_Authenticode ?12:54
MartijnVdSoh wait12:54
MartijnVdSthe last one uses the MS thing12:54
MartijnVdSoh it uses mono12:55
MartijnVdSat least you won't have to boot Win8 :)12:55
ali1234MartijnVdS: the mono code signing tools are too old to sign for EFI13:12
ali1234hmm wait a minute...13:20
ali1234ok someone on stack exchange is really confused13:20
ali1234making a pfx from a spc file does result in all certificates going into the binary13:21
ali1234so... no need t mess with the certificate store13:21
ali1234and no need to use /ac like this guy is saying13:21
matttmm13:21
ali1234and no limitation on the number of chains (in theory, i need to test that)13:21
matttjust back from the west berkshire brewery tour, good fun if you can book for the next tour13:21
ali1234hmm that's not it either13:35
ali1234basically spc files work but it will only process certificates that can be traced back to a certificate in your certificate store13:36
ali1234ah, no!13:42
ali1234it will only add certificates if it can see the certificate of the issuer13:42
ali1234so however much of the chain you put into the SPC file, it always cuts off the first one13:43
ali1234that makes absolutely no sense at all13:43
ali1234but - whatever13:43
ali1234and confirmed with a real test13:49
danawar2Hey ubuntu UK i have a live disk that has files on it i want to copy to how do i read these files?14:12
danawar2I have a filesystem.squashfs file14:13
nperrymount filesystem.squashfs dir_you_want_to_mount_to14:15
nperryThat should work, irc.14:15
nperryOh, You may need to install squashfs-tools danawar2.14:18
danawar2indeed i have just isntall them14:18
danawar2trying your mount method first ^^14:18
kane1309how would i use a . bat ?14:19
danawar2woops14:19
danawar2i just mounted it to /media14:19
danawar2and unmounted all my other drives14:19
kane1309???????????'14:22
danawar2Batch files are not for linux14:22
danawar2As far as i am aware14:22
kane1309i no is there a way to convert them14:22
danawar2hrmm not relly because a .bat is a load of windows commands14:23
nperrykane1309, You can port the commands to linux commands..14:23
danawar2nperry14:23
danawar2It now says i have no permission to make a copy of the mounted file :/14:23
danawar2as root14:23
danawar2how to i force ownership of an item14:24
kane1309what do u mean ?14:24
danawar2kane1309:  you would need to rewrite the file as a bash script like change commands dir to ls14:25
danawar2that was just an example14:25
kane1309in the bat file it has14:27
kane1309@echo off title Client java -jar -Xmx512m "play.jar" pause14:27
kane1309now what do i do14:27
nperrydanawar2, give this a go.. Not sure if it will work though. mount -t squashfs-o uid=1000  filesystem.squashfs dir_you_want_to_mount_to - I've got to pop out for 20mins.14:27
danawar2ive lost the original now ;/14:27
danawar2because it unmounted my other drives haha14:27
nperrykane1309,  java -jar -Xmx512m play.jar14:28
kane1309thank you14:28
nperryAs long as play.jar exists and you have java installed.14:28
nperry!java | kane130914:28
lubotu3kane1309: To just use java you need a "Java Runtime Environment" (JRE) and/or a browser plugin. If that is not sufficient you will need a "Java Development Kit" (JDK) aka "Software  Development Kit" (SDK).  Please see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Java about how to install one of three current implementations.14:28
danawar2What is the damn harddrive manager called un unity xD14:29
danawar2unity ruined my life > . >14:29
ali1234me too14:29
ali1234when you say hard drive manager, do you mean file manager, or partition manager?14:29
danawar2partition14:29
danawar2sorta14:29
AlanBellhit super, type disk14:29
danawar2i just wana mount my harddrives lol14:29
AlanBellor drive or partition14:30
danawar2disk utility14:30
AlanBellyou might want to install gparted14:30
danawar2na it ok disk utility was what i wanted :)14:30
danawar2ty14:30
danawar2gona just reset machine14:30
danawar2i think it is easier xD14:30
danawar2than finding out why it wont mount14:30
kvarleyCan my CPU really be running at 10 degrees Celsius? Or is that a problem with the lm-sensors package?14:37
ali1234no it can't14:39
kvarleyHmm14:40
kvarleyTemperature sensor monitoring in Linux is weaker than in Windows14:41
dogmatic69kvarley: You most likely have a strange setup, I would think lm-senors works with more hardware than windows14:45
* bigcalm returns14:49
dogmatic69o/ bigcalm14:49
bigcalmo/14:49
bigcalmpopey: free?14:57
AlanBellpopey: well just slinging in a merge proposal on untested code seems to have worked rather well15:05
AlanBellhttps://code.launchpad.net/~alanbell/compiz/texttracking/+merge/11171015:05
AlanBelllots of great feedback15:06
AlanBelljust wish I knew C++ a little bit :(15:06
ali1234oh god the tab formatting15:10
ali1234why? why?15:10
ali1234seriously i had no idea anybody could be insane enough to mix tab and space indentation in the same file15:12
ali1234but i guess it makes sense that if anyone were it would be X11 devs15:12
bigcalmIt happens when you have more than one dev working on the same files15:12
ali1234not like this15:12
bigcalmWhy vim has the default tab depth set to 8 chars, I have no idea15:13
ali1234the indentation levels are: 4 spaces, tab, tab + 4 spaces, 2 tabs, 2 tabs + 4 spaces - and tab stop is 8 characters15:13
bigcalmTasty15:13
AlanBellali1234: yeah, that is an entertaining convention. On the plus side I have the skills to comply with that bit15:15
ali1234it;s the worst possible way to do it15:15
ali1234all tabs or all spaces will always be indented correctly regardless of tab stop15:15
ali1234and considering that it's a scratch rewrite... i can't possibly imagine why you'd pick that convention on purpose for a scratch rewrite15:16
bigcalmI don't think that it's intentional15:17
ali1234it has to be15:18
penguin42ali1234: That actually kind of makes sense15:19
penguin42ali1234: It means it's aligning to 4 character boundaries under the assumption that tabs are 8 character alignment and using tabs when it can15:19
ali1234yes i know15:19
penguin42ali1234: I mean I don't like it, I just can see the reasoning15:19
penguin42the only sane alignment is of course 2 sparces15:20
ali1234it's still incredibly stupid because it enforces a tab size15:20
AlanBellit is kind of the worst of all worlds15:20
ali1234the only thing it has going for it is you save 3 byte per indentation level per line15:20
ali1234well, actually 1.515:21
penguin42don't you just hate losing half a byte15:21
ali1234not in the source code15:22
ali1234you could same more by notUsingObnoxiouslyLongCamelCaseNamesForEverything15:22
penguin42wellAtLeastCamelCaseUsesLessSpace_Than_obnoxiously_long_underbar_separated_names15:23
nperrylong camel case method names are fun..15:23
ali1234yeah but it is much harder to read15:23
penguin42nnnnahhhh15:23
ali1234but it's the obnoxiously long part i am against15:23
penguin42nod15:24
penguin42(although have you ever had to work on an entire project with 1 char variable/function names - it's not fun)15:24
ali1234does decompiled machine code count?15:25
penguin42no15:25
nperrySurely after a while they run out of numbers and letters,15:26
penguin42nperry: I ended up printing out a table of all usable letters and characters allowed for eachof the different variable types15:27
nperrya = 1; b = 2; function c () { d = a + b; }15:27
ali1234what i don't like is when functions have names that describe what they do and also what the arguments are15:27
penguin42nperry: oh come on; get rid of the excess spaces15:27
nperrypenguin42, It makes for easier reading.15:27
penguin42It was a BBC Basic project (for schools) on Beeb Micros, so about ~12kB usable RAM15:27
ali1234so instead of add(int a, int b); you get addIntegerToIntegerAndReturnTheValue(int the_first_value, int the_second_value);15:29
MartijnVdShow java15:33
bigcalmDamn you WordPress for using serialised arrays to hold multiple options in your database. Making replacing strings (like URLs) tricky.15:36
ali1234MartijnVdS: there's a whole class of C programmers who write code like that too15:37
directhexbigcalm: it's easier than XML!15:38
webpigeo1If they're storing serialised arrays their database isn't normalised15:38
bigcalmdirecthex: but a serialised array has the char count at the beginning of each value. Eg: ;s:8:"filename";15:39
bigcalmI've been trying my best to use replace() within mysql to move a database from one domain name to another. But sometimes it's just not enough. Will have to write a PHP script to handle the arrays, which I didn't want to do15:40
MartijnVdSali1234: Those people deserve pain15:46
MartijnVdSali1234: or at least a stern talking-to15:49
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ali1234they should be forced to work only on projects where people write functions called add which have exactly two integer arguments and that do something other than add them together and return the result15:52
ali1234that way we can get all the terrible coders into the same project and just not use that software15:53
ali1234if we're really lucky the two types of awfulness might cancel each other out in a huge flash of pure energy15:54
penguin42ali1234: No, that's what operator overloading is for, so you can redefine + to do something arbitrary15:54
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MartijnVdSpenguin42: You'll love the ACME:: namespace of Perl modules :)15:57
MartijnVdSpenguin42: https://metacpan.org/search?q=acme%3A%3A15:57
penguin42oh - haven't seen that?15:58
MartijnVdShttps://metacpan.org/module/Acme::Nooo15:58
penguin42MartijnVdS: Wow, that's some of the clearest, most useful, most readable Perl code I've ever seen15:59
MartijnVdSpenguin42: https://metacpan.org/module/Acme::Bleach15:59
boutrying to install ubuntu on a windows machine. two options, install from an installer, while using windows, or a longer process involving a usb installer. windows installer seems easier, what advantages in using the longer process?15:59
nperrypopey, cute kitten!15:59
bounot sure if my post was complete so i'm going to start again ...16:00
boutrying to install ubuntu on a windows machine.16:00
boutwo options, install from an installer, while using windows, or a longer process involving a usb installer16:00
bouwindows installer seems easier, what advantages in using the longer process?16:00
bigcalmGah, time to descale the kettle16:10
jacobwthat's a chore16:10
bigcalmNot really, just unexpected scale in my tea16:11
jacobwit ruins the tea experience16:12
penguin42we don't have that problem up here16:15
bigcalmScotland?16:16
penguin42Manchester16:18
nperrywater filters ftw.16:19
directhexbut soft water tastes yucky16:20
bigcalmIt's whatever you're used to16:20
bigcalmWe have Yorkshire tea for hard water, makes a big difference16:20
bigcalmOdd, my phone appears in airdroid and my car's bluetooth as a Samsung GT-1930016:22
penguin42what is it really?16:22
bigcalmSamsung Galaxy S III16:22
nperryHmmm...16:23
penguin42is that just the part number for one variaton of the S 3 ?16:25
penguin42bigcalm: Yeh, http://phonecomputerreviews.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-gt-19300.html#.T-Xt8hUlg3g16:25
bigcalmDon't think I'll ever find a more useful app than AirDroid16:28
nperryThe model number for the S III is the i9300...16:29
bigcalmIt's an i not a 1, did wonder16:30
directhexso where does USC log to?16:34
directhexurgh. has anyone successfully installed psychonauts via USC? it gets to 2.1G downloaded then stops progresses, for me16:46
directhexextra stupid: aptd doesn't cache partial downloads16:46
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AlanBell2.1G !!!16:47
directhexhuh, apparently USC just isn't updating the progress bar at all. stopping at 2.1G smells like 32-bit failure16:48
directhexbloody python16:48
directhexi got aptitude to do the install instead16:48
directhex80% [1 psychonauts 3,540 MB/4,426 MB 80%]                                                                                                                                            1,777 kB/s 8min 18s16:48
directhexoh jesus, the download's fubar16:52
directhex100% [1 psychonauts 4,843 MB/4,843 MB 100%]16:53
directhexer, no16:53
directhexredo from start :(16:53
directhexfinally worked.17:06
directhexthankfully it seems psychonauts package was split, so patches to the executable don't mean another 4.4G17:08
DaraelI'm using Precise, and I can't switch keyboard layouts.  The indicator shows up when more than one layout is set up, and the icon will change if I select another layout from its menu, but the item with the dot in the menu doesn't change and nor does my effective keyboard layout.  I can't change even if I remove the one I'm in from the list, and the extra options don't work.  (mentioned this a few weeks ago, but no harm ...17:24
Darael... trying again, right?)17:24
jacobwDarael: that's odd, i'm using Precise and can switch keyboard layouts17:30
Daraeljacobw: I've had the same problem on several machines.  It seems to be user-account specific, and is happening only on accounts whose default layout before the upgrade was Programmer Dvorak (but the other accounts all had normal UK, so I haven't tested many things).17:33
ali1234directhex: do you happen to know if mono will ever include the new signing tool work-alikes from .NET 4.5?17:44
directhexwhat's new in 4.5?17:57
hamitrona new signing tool is one feature17:58
hamitron;)17:58
* hamitron is guessing17:58
ali1234directhex: ability to sign HelloWorld.efi. don't ask me why but the signtool.exe from 4.0 won't do it18:00
directhexi don't know the difference between the existing signing tools in .NET and in Mono18:00
ali1234but really i want to know if mono is ever gonna reimplement signtool.exe the way they reimplemented signcode and chktrust18:00
ali1234er... the difference is microsoft deprecated signcode and chktrust and signtool is the replace ment and it is slightly incompatible (for one thing it does sha256 signing while signcode only does sha1 and md5)18:01
directhexali1234, i honestly don't know - a tool to sign EFI binaries isn't really mono's remit as-is, but i'm sure sn.exe could be adjusted18:01
ali1234EFI binaries are PE/COFF18:01
ali1234signcode from mono can already sign them18:02
ali1234it just doesn't sign them "properly"18:02
ali1234where "properly" = however microsoft chooses to interpret it's own spec this week18:02
directhexfile a bug? seems like a great prospect for something to re-use for this job18:02
ali1234i have no idea where18:03
ali1234i actually tried googling this18:03
directhexbugzilla.xamarin.com18:03
ali1234and i found a ML post from 2008 that linked to ... ^ that website and when i clicked it it just timed out18:03
ali1234so then i gave up18:03
directhexxamarin didn't exist in 2008...18:04
directhexximian?18:04
ali1234ah could have been yes18:04
directhexali1234, https://github.com/vathpela/pesign is what RH are using for testing18:15
ali1234yes, i know18:16
ali1234i haven't tried it yet, i'm still figuring out all the idiosyncracies of signtool18:16
ali1234specifically i'm trying to figure out why people keep citing "you can only sign a binary with one key" as a reason for doing what they are doing18:17
ali1234since while it's technically true, it can always be worked around if you have two keys - you just make a certificate for one of them with the other one18:18
ali1234then put both certs in the signature18:19
directhexi think the bigger issue is whether EFI instances will parse two sigs correctly18:25
ali1234well that's what i'm about to find out18:26
directhexand the killer for all this stuff isn't the boot loader or kernel anyway - it's firmware. your GPU needs a signed firmware...18:26
ali1234well, actually no - there is only ever one signature - that's the point18:26
ali1234but the signature can contain multiple certificates and EFI certainly handles the case where the key that signed the binary needs more than one cert to chain back to a trusted key18:28
ali1234and according to the spec is should handle redundant certs and multiple chains back to different root keys18:28
ali1234i assume anyone who uses the MS service will get their own signing key and certificate18:33
ali1234otherwise they couldn't revoke a single company's key if it was stolen or something18:33
directhexali1234, which efi binary are you signing?18:33
ali1234directhex: HelloWorld.efi from tianocore18:33
ali1234er... edk218:33
directhexali1234, compiled with what?18:34
ali1234compiled with gcc4.618:34
ali1234for 64 bit18:34
ali1234in fact all the instructions you need are at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UEFI-howto18:34
directhexso gnu-efi. apparently the problem is that it puts gaps between PE-COFF sections, which most signing tools bork on18:35
ali1234signtool doesn't18:35
ali1234works fine :)18:35
directhexindeed. but signcode does18:36
ali1234i'm sure there are alternatives that do work, or workarounds18:36
ali1234but at this point i'm still trying to determine if there are problems with the standard reference implementations18:36
ali1234though i don't really believe there are18:36
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ali1234ok, signtool actually refuses to sign if you provide it with multiple trust roots19:14
ali1234that's pretty lame since it's allowed by the spec19:14
ali1234well, i must be doing something wrong, because i just don't believe this can't be done19:27
nperryThats my deed done for the evening... I've passed the corsix-th onto laura cowen... rather than using Virtualbox :D20:29
bubbaBubba8320:47
brobostigongood night everyone, sleep well.21:35
dogmatic69is there any use for gconf on ubuntu server?21:52
nperrydogmatic69, I wouldn't think they'd be much call for it.21:55
dogmatic69ye same here21:55
dogmatic69I installed inkscape and figured it was from that21:56
dogmatic69removed it now, need to use it for .ai -> .svg conversions21:56
AzelphurAnyone know where a good place to get distilled or deionised water would be?22:28
AzelphurNobody seems to sell it D:22:28
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dwatkinsAzelphur: I vaguely remember seeing it in a supermarket22:30
Azelphurwhich one? tesco doesn't seem to sell it22:30
dwatkins...for everything else, there's amazon22:30
Azelphuryea22:30
Azelphurshipping water tends to be expensive though22:30
mgdmAzelphur: chemist?22:30
dwatkinshow about a health food shop?22:30
Azelphurmgdm: maybe, will check some :D22:30
* penguin42 would agree - a chemist should have it; they sometimes use it for making up stuff from powder22:31
Azelphurhmm yahoo answers says boiled water = deionised water, sounds scammy :p22:31
hamitronAzelphur, garage?22:32
Azelphurtried the local garage today, nope :(22:32
penguin42yes, well a garage doesn't need something that clean22:32
* penguin42 guesses Azelphur is putting together a water cooling rid22:32
penguin42g22:32
Azelphurpenguin42: flushing my existing one22:33
penguin42ah22:33
Azelphurprefer finding a decent supply somewhere cheap22:33
Azelphurrather than having to keep shipping it xD22:33
shaunoif you're looking for it to pure pure / nonconductive, boiling isn't what you're after.  unless you move up to distilling, boiling just kills bio22:33
Azelphuryea22:33
AzelphurI'm not /too/ worried about leaking, I've reassembled this loop twice now and never had a leak22:34
hamitronand if you are doing that, should be using that equipment for something more "useful" ;)22:34
Azelphurhaha22:34
AlanBellAzelphur: a model shop might have some for steam locos22:34
Azelphurdon't think we have any around here :(22:34
Azelphurthere's like 3 chemists though so I'm sure one of them will have one22:35
hamitronI'm supposed to use deionised water in my steam models?22:35
hamitron:/22:35
AlanBellyup http://www.hornby.com/shop/live-steam/r8207-live-steam-distilled-water/22:35
* hamitron facedesks22:36
directhexif you don't, you trains will EXPLODE22:36
shaunoit helps if boiling doesn't leave residue accumulations.  I can imagine a miniature engine looking like the inside of my kettle would be less productive22:36
hamitronyeh, I got something to flush it22:36
Azelphurgotta clean it all out as my loop has been growing things, http://www.overclock.net/t/1273331/my-water-cooling-loop-seems-to-be-growing-things T:22:37
AzelphurD:*22:37
mgdmalgae of some sort?22:37
Azelphurnot unless it's super immune to biocide algae22:37
AzelphurI sprayed biocide at it, nothing happened22:38
nperryAzelphur, have you been to you're local motor factor?22:38
Azelphurwhat's a motor factor? o.O22:38
nperrylike unipart22:39
shaunothat doesn't look like bio to me.  sharp corners look like no infection I've ever had (that's not what it sounds like).  bio prefers round clusters22:39
nperryor partco22:39
Azelphurnperry: never heard of anything like that *shrug*22:40
nperryor if all else fails halfords.22:40
Azelphur:D22:41
nperryThey don't sell deionised waters anymore in supermarkets22:41
nperryAs irons don't really need it anymore.22:41
Azelphurhehe22:41
shaunoI found out boots don't sell homebrew equipment either.  and you really can't buy most chemicals at a chemists anymore.  what is the world coming to22:41
nperry£3.99 for 5l of water.22:41
Azelphurthere's more picture of the life forms I'm growing further onto the thread btw22:41
penguin42Azelphur: I agree, that doesn't look biological22:43
penguin42mind, you I guess nice does curding cheese, but still22:44
shaunothe structure looks more like flakes than growths.  if it is bio, you've got something much bigger growing inside22:44
penguin42you mean those are only the babies and you don't want to see it's dad?22:45
shaunowell flakes tend to flake off something ;)22:45
Azelphurhaha22:45
penguin42Azelphur: Is it possible a rubber seal or the like has failed and that's what those bits are?22:45
Azelphurpenguin42: I think it could be, MacG32 on that forum is relatively convinced that it's leeched plasticizer from my tubing, and has photos from my exact tubing to back it up22:46
penguin42oh, hadn't thought of plasticizer22:47
Azelphurseems like a bad batch of pipe perhaps22:48
penguin42or maybe normal behaviour for cheap piping?22:51
Azelphurpenguin42: could be22:54
Azelphurpenguin42: I'll buy some decent XPSC piping this time round22:54
* penguin42 wonders if the stuff they use for medical liquid pumps works22:56
penguin42probably not designed to work in as warm an environment as a computer22:56
shaunoI dunno. most the machines we built basically were computers22:57
dogmatic69AAHH!!!22:57
dogmatic69I have been having endless issues with my box, web server keeps dropping off the radar22:58
dogmatic69I think it is related to 'wpa_supplicant[553]: last message repeated 61 times'22:58
StevenRdogmatic69: well, what was the actual message?22:58
dogmatic69that seems to show in the logs right around the time server goes down22:58
dogmatic69StevenR: that is it, 'wpa_supplicant[553]: last message repeated 61 times'22:58
dogmatic69hold...  blade wpa_supplicant[553]: Failed to initiate AP scan.22:58
dogmatic69its late :P22:59
StevenRdogmatic69: can you pastebin a bit more of your logs please?22:59
dogmatic69StevenR: k, give it a minute to log some more22:59
dogmatic69StevenR: http://bin.cakephp.org/view/69664395023:01
dogmatic69tail -f /var/log/* ^23:02
dogmatic69it has not dropped now for 5 minutes... longest in about a week :/23:03
StevenRdogmatic69: need to see /var/log/syslog in much more detail please.23:04
dogmatic69StevenR: http://paste.ubuntu.com/1056699/23:08
shaunoprobably unrelated, but I'm curious why the wpa lines don't include a hostname? I thought syslogd added those23:09
dogmatic69shauno: i previously hacked the wifi in, most likely did not do it properly23:09
dogmatic69now using cat523:09
dogmatic69would be good to turn it off but not bothered / dont know how23:10
StevenRdogmatic69: if you no longer need wifi, then you could do sudo /etc/init.d/wpa_supplicant stop and then use update-rc.d to remove it from the startup process23:18
StevenRdogmatic69: or if you're using network manager to manage your network config, just disable it in that.23:18
dogmatic69sudo: /etc/init.d/wpa_supplicant: command not found23:19
dogmatic69no network manager, its ubuntu server23:19
StevenRdogmatic69: can you disable the wireless interface in /etc/network/interfaces then?23:21
dogmatic69I have commented everything in there out23:24
dogmatic69well, everything to do with wifi23:24
dogmatic69it is now http://bin.cakephp.org/view/162400438223:25
dogmatic69the rest of the config was ssid etc, but commented out now23:25
dogmatic69is there somethign to reset?23:25
StevenRdogmatic69: you'll need to restart networkin (or reboot) to apply it23:26
dogmatic69$ sudo service networking restart23:27
dogmatic69restart: Unknown instance:23:27
StevenRdogmatic69: try sudo  /etc/init.d/networking restart ?23:34
dogmatic69hmm23:35
dogmatic69* Running /etc/init.d/networking restart is deprecated because it may not enable again some interfaces23:35
dogmatic69it killed it, now cant access the box23:35
* dogmatic69 goes to kill the power23:36
StevenRdogmatic69: it'll come back in a moment.23:38
dogmatic69its already rebooted23:39

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