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popeymorning06:47
ali1234morning06:49
ali1234is everyone ready for the ubuntu-devel flamewar between red hat and ubuntu developers?06:49
popeyhmm?06:51
ali1234"[Ubuntu's] design decision makes it impossible for anyone signed with the Microsoft key to implement any kind of security beyond the bootloader."06:53
ali1234this is pure out and out FUD and if nobody else points it out before lunch time, I will06:53
popeyoh, from mjg59?06:57
ali1234yes06:57
ali1234it's FUD because if microsoft permits such permissive bootloaders in it's signing program, then whether or not ubuntu does it, somebody else will. but if microsoft does not allow it, then any design decision by ubuntu is irrelevant, because it can never be implemented06:58
ali1234of course the obvious conclusion is that microsoft will not allow it07:09
ali1234i guess that's what he's trying to say, without directly stating it, because he doesn't know or isn't allowed to07:09
diploMorning all07:11
ali1234actually there's a similar gaff in the original post in the thread07:16
ali1234the reasoning behind not using grub2 is totally flawed07:16
ali1234the claim is that an OEM could release a machine without the ability to enter setup mode and if that machine used a signed grub2 this would compell canonical to release the signing key07:18
ali1234this is completely ridiculous on every level07:18
ali1234firstly the GPL cannot compel anyone to do anything except come into compliance with the GPL07:18
ali1234which in this case could be done by... ceasing to distribute the locked machines07:18
ali1234or releasing a tool to unlock them using the platform key (the key itself would not need to be distributed, only the signed update)07:19
ali1234but that's not the only reason the logic is flawed07:19
popeyyou should perhaps reply on that list07:19
ali1234for example, i could construct a UEFI firmware which verifies the GPG signature on the grub2 deb before executing it07:20
ali1234so if the logic demonstrated in that post is true, you better stop distributing any signed debs for GPL3 applications07:20
ubuntuuk-planet[Jono Bacon] Ubuntu App Showdown: Gallery Of Progress - http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/06/26/ubuntu-app-showdown-gallery-of-progress/07:28
ali1234what is an "Ubuntu user picture"07:30
matttmorning all07:31
matttwearing some new shoes today, and they're already killing my feet :P07:32
diploRight fresh install of 12.04 on my personal laptop07:47
diploSee how unity works on there, and lets start my ubuntu app07:47
diploAnd see how badly I fail07:47
MooDoomorning all07:50
jacobwhey MooDoo07:50
bigcalmUg ug08:17
bigcalmUsing Markdown, can you make links use target="_blank"?08:19
ali1234what is markdown?08:19
ali1234http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/ <- this?08:19
diplobigcalm: Get gitlab working ?08:21
ali1234according to the documenation I don't see a way to do it08:22
ali1234bigcalm: you can do it by exploiting unsanitized variable bug in markdown:08:23
ali1234[hello](http://foo.com" target="_blank)08:23
ali1234result: <p><a href="http://foo.com" target="_blank">hello</a></p>08:23
ali1234presumably you can inject arbitrary html and javascript using this method08:24
shaunoyou can also include html verbatim in most implementations, so just writing the <a href.. you want to create should work08:24
ali1234i prefer my method :)08:24
ali1234it's cleverer08:25
ali1234of course it will break if hey ever fix the bug08:25
nperryI'd class it as more of a feature08:27
bigcalmdiplo: yep, I did :)08:28
bigcalmali1234: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown08:28
ali1234too slow man i already answered your question before you answered mine :)08:29
bigcalmali1234: nature called :)08:29
bigcalmSo the answer is yes, but it's a hack. Or just use HTML08:30
bigcalmdiplo: looks really good08:30
ali1234pretty much08:30
ali1234any language which is "simpler" than html but then gets turned into html is always going to have it's limitations08:31
ali1234otherwise it would be as complicated as html, just different. and therefore pointless.08:31
diplocool, will take a look then bigcalm thanks08:33
bigcalmali1234: quite08:33
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bigcalmIt amuses me when things for Unity upgrade. Have no use for them yet it would be pointless trying to remove them08:38
ali1234why would it be pointless?08:38
bigcalmOk, more effort than I'm willing to exert08:39
ali1234some of them you actually have to remove if you don't use Unity, otherwise your system breaks08:39
oimonits the "guess what DE oimon is using today game :D"08:39
ali1234for example if you have the global-menu plugin installed, even if you disable it with the environment variable, the wxWindows applications will have no menu bar08:39
ali1234also "sudo apt-get purge unity"08:40
oimonali1234, which DE are you on lately?08:44
ali1234gnome fallback08:44
oimonah, seemed to experience some issues with that08:44
ali1234actually gnome-fallback + compiz 0.808:44
oimoni think it was compiz related08:44
ali1234if you attempt to use it with compiz 0. on precise you will run into bugs08:45
ali1234compiz 0.908:45
ali1234(which really should be called compiz 2.0 because it is a completely different codebase)08:45
oimonlxde fixed some quirks in GF though, and cinnamon is fixing the lxde quirks, i wonder what will fix the cinnamon quirks08:47
ali1234what's GF?08:47
ali1234and what does cinnamon have to do with lxde?08:47
oimongnome fallback08:48
ali1234ok, how are these things related... at all?08:48
oimonthey are all DE's i have decided "this is the DE for me", in the last month08:49
ali1234oh08:49
oimonuntil a week in, and the quirks annoy you08:49
ali1234yeah08:49
ali1234just use gnome fallback with old compiz, it's great08:49
oimonso i'm in the cinnamon honeymoon period atm08:49
oimoni had issues with gnome-panel in fallback08:50
oimonnot all apps appearing08:50
ali1234such as?08:50
ali1234odd08:50
ali1234seriously tho try old cmpiz it fixes LOADS of stuff on precise08:50
oimonso pidgin would only show the autojoined irc channels, but i couldn't see the icon or open buddy list08:50
ali1234i see pidgin do that sometimes08:50
oimoncheckgmail didn't work either, which is important for me08:51
ali1234sometimes the windows disappear08:51
ali1234but that happened on unity too08:51
ali1234pidgin checks your gmail for you!08:51
ali1234why use two programs?08:51
oimonhave you used checkgmail?08:51
ali1234yes08:51
oimonit's perfect08:51
ali1234i have my gmail configured in a highly specific way08:51
oimoncan pidgin do what checkgmail does, via a plugin/extension?08:51
ali1234i only care about getting alerted if new mail hits inbox08:52
ali1234pidgin does that08:52
ali1234then i open firefox08:52
oimoni wanna hover and see what it is , who it's from08:52
ali1234i don't care about that08:52
oimonand even delete/mark as read08:52
diplooimon: I think unity mail does the same as CheckGmail08:52
ali1234if a mail hits my inbox it's from someone important or someone who never emailed me before08:52
oimonbut fails at million and one other things08:52
ali1234so i don't need to worry about checking the subject before loading up gmail08:53
ali1234of course i always have a gmail window open somewhere at all time anyway08:54
oimoni have thunderbird running full time too, but that's for work mail and i don't want to mix the two08:54
ali1234usually several and at least one on every desktop08:54
ali1234i don't use desktop email clients at all08:55
oimonold compiz had an annoying bug that would crash my X session08:56
ali1234yeah?08:56
oimonif the tooltip was too long08:56
ali1234wow08:57
oimonso if i receive a mail , and hover over checkgmail, and the tooltip/title was too long it would crash compiz08:57
oimon(not X)08:57
oimonbut i'd have zillion windows on all workspaces, so it would screw everything up08:57
oimoncould happen once a day08:57
oimonalso openoffice caused the same behaviour08:57
oimonit's in launchpad but never got any love08:58
oimonfixed in the 0.9 rewrite though08:58
ali1234how to reproduce it?08:58
oimonrecieve an email from a hotmail account usually09:00
oimonthen hover on checkgmail icon09:01
ali1234how to reproduce with open office?09:01
oimonBug #59972309:01
lubotu3`Launchpad bug 599723 in compiz (Ubuntu) "Compiz crashes on Intel GM945" [Undecided,Invalid] https://launchpad.net/bugs/59972309:01
oimoni've noticed it's specific to intel graphics card09:02
ali1234ok09:02
oimoni've added nvidia card in last couple months , so now moot anyway :D09:02
ali1234so basically you make a toolti wider than the card's max texture size and compiz crashes09:03
ali1234i bet it would still crash on nvidia if you got he tooltip big enough09:03
ali1234like 10000 pixels wide09:03
ali1234GMA945 has a really small texture limit though, 2048 pixels09:03
oimonyeah09:03
ali1234that's also the reason you can never get dual head to work properly with a 1920 monitor. you only have 128 pixels left for the other head if they side by side09:04
* AlanBell has a 2048px monitor09:04
ali1234so then you can only do dual head if you put the second monitor abve or below it, and it is less than 512 pixels high09:06
oimonsince moving to 2 monitor setup, i've noticed pretty poor performance09:06
ali1234ie you can't09:06
oimonbut it coincided with unity /compiz09:06
ali1234(with GMA945 that is)09:06
ali1234compiz 0.8 is much faster than 0.9 on nvidia hardware. my nvidia hardware anyway09:06
oimonany web developers in here looking for low paid job?09:07
ali1234how low paid?09:07
oimonhttp://webapps.qmul.ac.uk/hr/vacancies/jobs.php?id=310609:07
AlanBellselling it well oimon ;)09:07
bigcalmSomething is causing ' and " to be escaped when viewing a site via https. ' and " are not escaped when viewing via http. So it's an apache/php config setting, but I can't find which one. magic_quotes_* are all set to off, so it's not those09:07
oimonAlanBell, yeah, i should be on the apprentice on something with these skills :D09:08
ali1234not low paid enough for me09:08
directhexit's 2012. gma950 performance is... well, 945gm is a chipset from early 200609:08
diploSkills = Dreamweaver, that is not a skill :(09:08
directhexi guess atom extended the life of the 945 series chipsets :/09:11
ali1234directhex: that, and the next iteration of intelgfx being extremely buggy09:12
oimonmy machine was a core2duo09:12
oimonprob 4 yrs old now09:12
oimonanyone using synapse launcher?09:13
gordtime for my few monthly facebook login to reset the settings, woo09:13
oimonfacebook have recently started showing me large pictures of other people's likes09:14
gordapparently they changed everyones contact email to @facebook.com today09:14
oimone.g. i'm getting daily updates from asda and spiritual networks even though i didn't like them09:14
gordsure have done mine09:14
gordnot the email they use to send you password resets or anything, no that goes to your actual email address. just the contact address on your profile09:15
oimongord, thats so that everybody's mobile will import fb email as a contact (unless you don't sync contacts like me)09:15
gordalso, til, facebook has an email service?09:15
directhexi don't "get" facebook09:15
popeyyes, if you email that address they show as messages in your facebook09:15
directhexit's designed by chimpanzees, as far as i can tell09:15
popeyand cunningly its not immediately obvious that they changed it09:15
popeyif you go to your own profile you see your correct email addy09:15
popeybut if you look at your 'wall' you see the fb one that others see09:16
directhexactually, the average chimpanzee has far too much sense of order, logic, and aesthetic, to crap out facebook09:16
bigcalmFrom a T-Mobile page: "You are using another browser that is not Internet Explorer 6.0 or above. With the browser that you are using we cannot guarantee the full functionality of this website"09:16
ali1234yes and here is no way to change it09:17
diploReally bigcalm, someones not just pulling your leg?09:17
diploPeople are still doing that....09:17
diplo:(09:17
bigcalmdiplo: www.t-mobile.co.uk/pmcollect09:17
JamesTaitGood morning all! :)09:18
diploDear me :(09:18
diploMorning JamesTait09:19
diploI'd send a bug report bigcalm :P09:19
bigcalmApparently Hayley just sent me an MMS. Why my phone didn't just show it, I dunno.09:19
ali1234ah you can change the email, but it's really difficult09:19
bigcalmCan't see any pictures on that site. Will have to find a windows machine later09:19
diplodependant on a ActiveX component maybe bigcalm ?09:20
* bigcalm shrugs09:20
bigcalmFor some reason Hayley doesn't like turning on the data connection on her phone as it consumes too much battery09:21
bigcalmWish she'd just send the image as an email09:21
ali1234what do you mean "for some reason"09:21
ali1234that is a perfectly valid reason09:21
ali12343G does drain the battery very fast09:21
bigcalmNot an excuse in my book09:22
Dave2Well, that is some reason09:22
bigcalmI bought her a spare battery as well09:22
ali1234what you should actually do is disable 3G and only use GPRS data wich uses much less power per kb09:22
ali1234but not if you are on 3, because they'll kick you off if you do that09:22
ali1234because they have no GPRS network of their own, it costs them loads of money09:23
bigcalmLovely09:23
diploI enable mine all day, have 3g/wifi on all day every day09:23
directhexwhat uses power, oodles of power, is bad reception09:23
ali1234and i bet you have to charge your phone every day09:23
oimonand the display09:23
Dave2I have everything turned on on my phone, but I leave it plugged in most of the day09:23
directhexif you have excellent reception on 3g, you'll end up using less reception that 1 bar on gprs09:23
diploEvery day and half or so ( not a very powerful phone )09:24
directhexyes, and the display, oimon is absolutely right09:24
oimonyeah directhex when i worked in the gherkin it was above the transmitters, and therefore got a v bad reception09:24
diploI plug it in when I go to bed09:24
Dave2Working in a gherkin sounds unpleasant09:24
oimontransmitters seem to be calibrated downwards for obv reasons09:24
ali1234directhex: that's true too, and it probably is related to the phone prefering a weak 3G signal over a strong GPRS one, and GPRS having overall better coverage09:24
directhexthe backlight, and bad reception, are what eat batteries09:24
Dave2also battery-eating monsters09:24
Dave2don't forget them09:24
ali1234my phone doesn't have any stinking backlight09:24
oimoni dont make phone calls09:24
ali1234OLED09:25
Dave2actually, yes09:25
Dave2neither does mine, for the same reason09:25
directhexbattery size, surprisingly, isn't a huge factor09:26
directhexthe OS is a bigger one, e.g. webos can barely last a day on a battery that a similarly specced phone lasts 2 or 3 easy09:26
Dave2surely it's still a huge factor?09:26
ali1234and noting comes close to symbian in battery life09:27
Dave2ali1234: S40 does09:27
ali1234true09:28
ali1234let's put it this way: symbian is the only way to get battery life similar to a S40 phone on a smartphone09:30
oimonbut if the display is 80% of the problem, it's unrelated to the OS surely09:31
ali1234the display isn't 80% of the problem09:31
diploSince having CM7 my battery lasts a lot longer with it's power saving settings09:31
directhexDave2, most smartphones have about the same size battery09:31
brobostigongood morning everyone,09:31
directhexmotorola atrix is the last supersize battery phone i'm aware of09:32
oimonok, display is 50%09:32
oimonmobile standby 14%, wifi 13% phone idle 8%, facebook 8%09:32
ali1234the display is 20% of the problem, radios 20% of the problem, apps 60% of the problem09:32
Dave2directhex: Galaxy Note appears to have 570 more mAh than the Atrix09:33
oimonmy phone would beg to differ09:33
directhexDave2, galaxy note is the size of a house. forgot people considered it to be a phone09:34
diplo:D09:35
oimonwhat's considered the best terminal app?09:36
oimongnome-terminal, lxterminal, konsole, guake etc09:36
oimonfacebook is introducing a close friends and acquaintances option. think i'll have to do this to avoid getting spammed too much09:43
brobostigoni thought the android app, had that function already. i mean, i have seen it there already, months ago.09:45
oimonthey are forcing you to choose now though09:45
oimonbecause i am not seeing all updates from my wife etc09:45
brobostigonah.09:45
oimoneven if i choose "all updates" in the drop down for each person09:46
oimonits flipping annoying09:46
brobostigoni can imagine.09:46
oimonfb is already turning into a nightmare09:46
oimoni give it 5 years09:46
brobostigoni think google need to make google+ and the app, alittle more resource friendly, and i would be happier.09:47
oimonthe g+ app is hideous now09:47
diplooimon: Not sure about best but I use Terminator pretty much exclusively now09:47
dogmatic69yey \o/ http://www.speedtest.net/result/2029664501.png09:47
* diplo adds dogmatic69 to hate list :(09:48
brobostigonoimon: it works, but it is just slow, and uses too much resources.09:48
dogmatic69diplo: BT infinity ftw09:48
diploGuy on Facebook keeps doing those, mine top at 6mb09:48
diploYeah, certainly debating it09:48
oimonfortunately i saved the old version on my phone from g+09:48
oimonold one was cleaner09:48
oimonfor my tablet i've moved to flipboard instead of g+ app09:49
dogmatic69diplo: I think I am paying 25 / 30 pm for phone and internet (uncapped)09:49
brobostigonoimon: you are right, it should have a copy on the cd card. :)09:49
oimonnew g+ thinks everything needs a picture09:49
czajkowskihttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1004775  this is my new pet peve of a bug, I keep getting disconnected09:49
lubotu3`Ubuntu bug 1004775 in network-manager (Ubuntu) "NetworkManager restarts dnsmasq on every IPv6 route advertisement, thus very frequently" [Undecided,Confirmed]09:49
oimonacquaintances list in fb is q useful though, it is essentially a group of spammy people that i can elect to receive only status updates and not shares from09:50
davmor2Morning all09:51
czajkowskidavmor2: ello09:51
davmor2czajkowski: Aye y'up 'ow am ya09:53
czajkowskibroken09:54
czajkowski:)09:54
oimondiplo, did you say you had centos 3 & 4 boxes still?09:57
diploCentOS4 and u pyeah10:00
diplono 3's though that I have come across yet10:00
oimon4 is EOL too though :(10:00
diploBeen creating RPM's for them recently for SQLite :/10:00
oimonany webservers :P10:00
diploAll internal for our ancient app10:01
diploWhat are ytou after ?10:01
oimonnowt , just noticed we stillhave a SL4 box that needs upping to 610:02
diploI've suggested we update all our customers sites10:04
diploIt wasn't a definate no, I even offered to do it :)10:04
diploWTH did people name an app quickly, and the other i want to use fabric10:12
diploIt doesn't bode well with my google results, + my foo is sucking atm10:12
directhexdiplo, :)10:13
directhexdiplo, i should make this a selling point for mono - "fewer ungooglable names!"10:13
bigcalmAnybody here running Ubuntu 12.04 on a Bytemark VM?10:14
diplodirecthex: Mono is my next project after this one10:14
diploGiving myself some little projects to get my head around some things10:14
diploJust fancied a little challenge so thought I'd take a look at this App Showdown and see how badly I can embarass myself10:15
directhexcurrent;y i'm busy being cross at how long it's taking for monogame to clear the debian NEW queue10:15
bigcalmWhat the heck?10:17
diploCurrently during work hours directhex10:18
bigcalmMy Bytemark VM is running a kernel that doesn't appear in /boot10:18
diploYou don't do mono stuff day time do you from memory ?10:18
bigcalmWhere is it being loaded from?10:18
directhexdiplo, no, although i can put anything involving sparkleshare on the clock, as we use it internally for a project10:18
diploah10:19
diploStill enjoying the new job ?10:19
diploNot so new now I guess10:19
directhexdiplo, not 18 months in, no10:20
ormiretbigcalm: some VM setups keep the kernel outside the disk image10:20
bigcalmAh, as I rebooted the VM, I saw that it copied "the kernel into place"10:21
bigcalmSo I don't actually get to use the kernel I want to eh?10:21
ormiretI've never actually used a bytemark machine but I expect there is some way to set what kernel it uses. It might be a poke a support person until they fix it type problem though.10:22
bigcalmActually: http://www.bytemark.co.uk/support/technical_documents/kernelchange?tags=ConsoleShell10:23
ormiretThat looks simple enough. Should I take bets on whether or not it's going to work?10:24
bigcalm:D10:25
bigcalmFixed it :)10:32
BigRedSwhoop!10:35
bigcalmGitlab is really nice to use10:37
bigcalmJust a rather long set-up/install process to get there10:37
bigcalmI still haven't found out how to stop it from offering git clone URLS as git@localhost:foobar.git10:38
BigRedSgitlab?10:46
nperryIsn't the the open source'd self hosted version of github?10:47
bigcalmbigcalm: Open source clone of github10:47
BigRedSoooh,p pretty10:47
BigRedShaha!10:47
BigRedSeven you do it!10:47
bigcalmOh f.....10:47
bigcalmAhem10:47
bigcalmBigRedS: I'm sure you have now and then as well10:48
bigcalmI hope so anyway :P10:48
ali1234ruby dooby do :(10:48
BigRedSI don't think I've ever put mine in by mistake...10:48
BigRedSHm, it does tab-complete to mine, but I need to have put the 'R' in10:48
BigRedSAwww, ruby? Why do people keep writing things in ruby?10:53
BigRedSEspecially git things...10:54
nperryBigRedS, what is wrong with Ruby?10:55
davmor2gah just ran 2 speedtests first at 0.01 kbs, second 60.83 meg there is no rhyme or reason to this BB issue at all10:55
dwatkinswhich ISP, davmor2?11:00
davmor2dwatkins: VM at least my 20 meg connection stayed connected11:01
dwatkinsdavmor2: might be worth checking the output of 'mtr' to see if the problems at your end or theirs, if you havn't already.11:02
dwatkinse.g. run it against google's servers to see where the loss is happening11:02
davmor2dwatkins: already spent 8 hours on the phone there is a high utilisation issue in my area which leads to random speeds and outage, like virgin didn't know it had customers in wolverhampton11:03
dwatkinsdavmor2: oh bah :( I'd be considering switching to BeThere if I were in your shoes, and would be quite vocal about it to VM...11:04
* dwatkins recently left BT for BeThere and is extremely pleased with the result (central Edinburgh)11:04
davmor2dwatkins: for my job there are 2 things I need a good speed and a reliable service unfortunately all the flats in heathtown have been virginised for years so to get a bt line in will cost hundreds I think last quote was about £238 so it's cheaper to keep complaining and have virgin pay my broadband bill till they fix the issue11:08
dwatkinsdavmor2: hmmm, I have similar issues with needing a fast connection for VPNing. If the company will pay for the installation, it might be worth considering - alternatively, see if BT will do free installation if you sign up for 18 months (which is what I did, but then couldn't wait for the time to end so I could switch, after moving house)11:10
bigcalmMy connection appears to wolverhampton connected, I guess that says something about my connection trouble as well11:11
BigRedSnperry: it's really picky about being the right version of ruby and each individual gem11:13
BigRedSevery ruby app I've installed for someone has taken forever to get working, and then broken on every upgrade11:13
BigRedSthat's mostly redmine11:13
BigRedSperhaps RoR is worse than ruby for it, but whenever I see 'ruby' i think 'hell to manage'11:14
nperryBut redmine is the worst example of a RoR app. :D11:14
* AlanBell is using redmine11:19
* bigcalm is getting close to insanity11:20
bigcalmI just want to find where localhost is being set as the path for repos11:20
* bigcalm sods quietly11:20
ali1234oo-er11:20
bigcalmsobs11:20
bigcalmOh no11:20
bigcalmBad typo11:21
BigRedSnperry: ah, quite possibly. In fact, I'd hope so!11:21
directhexbigcalm, any specific repos?11:24
bigcalmdirecthex: all of them11:25
bigcalmWell, there's 1 currently, so that's all of them :)11:25
directhexdeb file://path/to/repo/root distname/11:26
bigcalmHuh?11:26
bigcalmWow, Something I changed finally made a difference11:32
brobostigondeb http://mirror.ox.ac.uk/debian/ sid main11:32
bigcalmYou can all stand down now11:32
brobostigonfor example.11:32
bigcalmOh, not software repos. Repos. can also mean code repositories used by SVN, git, etc11:33
bigcalmHumm the gimp doesn't know how to correctly work with workspaces11:36
bigcalmSwitch workspaces and the tools/layers windows are still visible11:37
davmor2bigcalm: if it is gimp 2.8 enable single window mode :D11:44
bigcalmdavmor2: not really the point :P11:44
dogmatic69new bt is fast, but seems like the connecting part is slow. Eg: open a site takes a few seconds doing nothing and then it loads pretty much instant.11:45
dogmatic69could this be something internal, can I debug it in any way?11:45
bigcalmdogmatic69: that's what I'm experiencing with VM at the moment11:45
davmor2dogmatic69: switch dns from bt to opendns see if that has any effect11:46
dogmatic69davmor2: I was looking to change the dns to my blade which forwards to google but it cant be done with the router I got11:46
directhexdogmatic69, probably slow dns - bt's dns isn't instant, although it's miles better than be/o211:46
bigcalmdogmatic69: same trouble with the VM superhub. Which is why it's good you can have it in modem only mode and then use a router you can change DNS settings on11:47
davmor2dogmatic69: you can switch your network setting to get ip address only and then add your own dns server address11:47
bigcalmYeah, annoying as it's not global across all machines on the network, but the only way to do it11:48
dogmatic69davmor2: ye, but I want to set in on the router so everything has the config.11:48
dogmatic69I run bind9 catching *.dev for web dev internally11:48
dogmatic69my pc has the config you described, but I want to access *.dev on my iphone and ipad for example11:49
dogmatic69changing the settings on everything is a pita11:49
dogmatic69the only options available related to dns is 'dynamic dns'11:51
dogmatic69just figured I can use chrome to check, and DNS lookups are taking 10sec11:52
dogmatic696 packets transmitted, 6 received, 0% packet loss, time 25219ms12:00
dwatkinsI setup dnsmasq so my machines get DNS info from my server internally, so I can customise that all I want.12:15
dwatkinsalternatively, just set each client machine's DNS config manually, of course12:15
ubuntuuk-planet[Iain Cuthbertson] Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on Bytemark VM - http://www.myrant.net/2012/06/26/ubuntu-12-04-lts-on-bytemark-vm/12:28
jacobwwhoop12:40
dogmatic69my network button thing has disappeared from the top bar (12.04)12:43
dogmatic69how can I access that now?12:43
directhexthat's nm-applet isn't it?12:44
MartijnVdSrestart nm-applet12:44
dogmatic69MartijnVdS: I restarted the pc and still nothing, dont seem to find nm-applet either12:58
nperryGrrrrrrrr12:59
nperryThat moment when you get a support ticket and you can't replicate it.12:59
nperryAnd you get about ten in a row.12:59
* nperry rage quits12:59
dogmatic69\o/ figured it out13:04
dogmatic69no more slow dns times13:04
MartijnVdSdogmatic69: what was the problem?13:09
MartijnVdSdogmatic69: finally enabled IPv6 properlY? ;P13:10
dogmatic69MartijnVdS: no, the network changed from 192.168.0.x to 192.168.1.x13:24
dogmatic69my pc had the dns as .0.2 and should have changed to .1.213:25
dogmatic69bind9 on .1.2 was also still using .0.x ip's13:25
dogmatic69I have ~20 tabs open in chrome all the time, and opening now all the tabs load pretty much instantly13:26
dogmatic69before it took a good 2 minutes for them to all load13:26
dogmatic69my network manager button is still an issue though. I have changed the dns in /etc/resolv.conf but that is cleared on reboot13:27
bigcalmdogmatic69: look at resolvconf rather than resolve.conf13:27
dogmatic69that is more permanent?13:27
dogmatic69something is putting 192.168.0.254 (router) in resolve.conf13:28
bigcalmIt is what updates resolv.conf13:28
bigcalmHave a look in /etc/resolvconf/13:28
diplodogmatic69: http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/precise/man8/resolvconf.8.html13:29
oimonnoticed that xscreensaver star wars allows rss feeds, and shows a different set of stories on each monitor :D13:30
dogmatic69diplo: so 'dns-nameservers foo bar' in /etc/network/interfaces will do the trick?13:30
MartijnVdSdogmatic69: I'd do it in /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf13:31
MartijnVdSdogmatic69: or /etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf13:31
MartijnVdSdogmatic69: supersede domain-name-servers 1.2.3.4;13:31
MartijnVdS(where 1.2.3.4 == your dns serevr)13:32
diploI always do mine in interface, but don't know if that is the preffered or what MartijnVdS is saying is preffered :)13:32
dogmatic69MartijnVdS: the dhcp/ one has stuff in, dhcp3/ is empty13:33
dogmatic69MartijnVdS: I have edited this file before :D13:33
MartijnVdSdogmatic69: yeah it's different between Ubuntu versions I think13:33
dogmatic69I had 'prepend domain-name-servers 192.168.0.2;'13:34
MartijnVdSprepend = put that one before any nameserver supplied by the DHCP server13:34
MartijnVdSsupersede = ignore DHCP server, use this one13:35
dogmatic69ah ok13:35
MartijnVdSbest way is to fix the dhcp server ;)13:35
dogmatic69well that is what I wanted to do, but the damn router does not allow changing13:35
MartijnVdSTime for a proper one :P13:35
dogmatic69there are some things on the net about using a second router connected to the bt router and using that13:35
dogmatic69I think so13:35
dogmatic69this BT infinity has 2 boxes13:37
dogmatic69surely I can take the CAT5 from the first box to something else?13:37
directhexinfinity comes as a modem and a router13:37
directhexthe router is their standard adsl2+ modem/router. it's deployed in PPPoE mode13:38
dogmatic69so you could not say, connect the modem to the switch direct?13:38
directhexdogmatic69, if you initialize the PPP manually, yes - but only one client could use it13:38
dogmatic69I see13:39
dogmatic69pretty much any router would work in place of the bt router?13:40
directhexdogmatic69, yeah, any high-end cable router13:40
directhexdogmatic69, something with enough oomph to route 80mbit traffic13:41
AlanBellit is standard stuff, you can even plug Ubuntu direct into it if you want to set up pppoe yourself13:41
dogmatic69are routers not classed like switches? 1Gb router?13:41
dogmatic69AlanBell: ye, there are about 10 / 15 devices though13:41
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bigcalmGoodness. I'll get to meet Pete Cannon at the lug tomorrow night13:42
bigcalmUnexpected13:42
diploDoes anyone know if there is a channel people are being put towards for help with their Application ideas/development ?13:43
christeli like mister cannon!13:43
christelin particular i like his hair!13:43
christel:x13:43
davmor2christel: you're a wrong, wrong lady ;)13:43
AlanBellwho is that then?13:43
bigcalmSomebody I've yet to meet13:45
davmor2AlanBell: The one man rant machine, makes me look like a rank amateur13:45
davmor2AlanBell: you'll of seen him at oggcamps I'm sure, he'll be the one buddying up to rathole crew13:46
christeldavmor2: <313:48
christelbigcalm: you haven't *met* him?! how can you not?13:48
bigcalmchristel: I possibly have done at previous oggcamps, but I didn't know of him until recently13:49
christelaah13:49
czajkowskidavmor2: you are a rant master14:03
czajkowskibut I still believe aquarius is rant king14:04
czajkowskiespecially in 140 characters :)14:04
davmor2czajkowski: no Pete Cannon makes us both look like rank amateurs14:04
czajkowskiquality not quantity14:09
czajkowskidiplo: #ubuntu-app-devel14:20
diplota, isn't for me.. will pass it on thanks.14:21
czajkowskinp14:27
nperryUrrrmm.. this is irony.. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/9356176/BBC-Rogue-Traders-Dan-Penteado-pleads-guilty-to-fraud-allegations.html#14:29
davmor2omg! czajkowski is reading people's minds that or my connection disappeared long enough to not see diplo 's question14:30
davmor2oh no it's way up there14:31
diplo:D14:32
bigcalmSqueeee pic of the day http://www.flickr.com/photos/-gb/7395860208/14:45
SuperMattbigcalm: this is my squee from last night: http://www.sprmtt.net/dinogid14:51
bigcalmSuperMatt: is it a spider?14:52
SuperMattnope14:52
bigcalmOk then :)14:52
bigcalmAww, that's sweet :)14:52
SuperMatt:D14:52
bigcalmSheesh, even saying/typing/reading the word spider makes me feel ill :(14:52
bigcalmI need help14:52
SuperMatt:(14:52
SuperMattsounds like you do indeed14:52
kane1309who can help me ?15:01
bigcalm!ask | kane130915:02
lubotu3`kane1309: Please don't ask to ask a question, simply ask the question (all on ONE line and in the channel, so that others can read and follow it easily). If anyone knows the answer they will most likely reply. :-) See also !patience15:02
kane1309who could help me build a good computer what can run now day games etc call of duty on medium or low settings and my budget is about 300 to 400 pounds as i no nothing much about computers15:03
nperrySo it seems like I've just been accepted for a YouView test unit..15:04
bigcalmnperry: what's that when it's at home?15:06
bigcalmYouTube box for your telly?15:06
nperryhttp://www.youview.com/15:06
nperryAn freeview recorder... with all the on-demand services combined in.15:07
nperrys/an/a15:07
diplokane1309: How about one of the Zoolander ones on ebuyer ?15:07
bigcalmnperry: I see :)15:07
nperryI believe Alan Sugar is behind the company.15:09
diploZoostorm&15:09
diploZoostorm*15:09
nperryAh yes, he is the non-exec Chairman.15:09
bigcalmdiplo: did you attend The Derek Zoolander School for Kids Who Can't Read Good and Want to Do Other Stuff Good Too?15:10
nperryAnd it is linux backed, I wonder if I can have a hack on it.15:10
diplo:D15:11
kane1309is AMD Radeon 6410HD 2Gb any good15:19
diploI think thats the APU gfx chip, built into the processor15:22
kane1309what15:23
nperrydiplo, forgot to ask the other day... Do you got the the wiltshire lug meetings at all?15:24
nperryOr use to go.15:25
diploheh, it's a graphics card on a cpu kane1309 I believe, way behind on hardware15:25
kane1309ok15:25
diploNope, I am nearly always in the IRC channel, but have forgotten since Irssi15:25
diploI don't think anyone goes now according to Wilts mailing list15:25
diploBBLug is still active, but haven't visited that yet15:26
diploQuite a way to go and their may be someone there.15:26
bigcalmComes to Wolves LUG, we're quite active :D15:26
nperrybigcalm, Are you going to pay for the petrol to come all the way upto Wolverhampton ?15:27
kane1309whats are some good cheap good gameing pc websites15:27
bigcalmnperry: no, but you should pay us for the privilege of attending ;)15:27
bigcalmkane1309: I think you might be asking that question in the wrong channel15:28
nperrybigcalm, will an empty can of coke be ok?15:28
diplokane1309: I'm out of the loop a bit, but first I guess you need to decide what you want to play and how to play it, I'd go for one of those cheap Zoostorm pc's and stick a half decent GFX card in it15:28
nperrydiplo, Never thought of the BBLug. I'll signup for the ML.15:30
diplooverclockers used to have a good forum kane130915:30
kane1309thanks diplo15:30
diploSay how much you have to spend on there and see what they recommend15:30
diploThey also build PC's to spec15:30
diploUsed to* ( not been there for a while ) my kids took my gaming days away for the last few years :)15:31
nperrykane1309, Overclockers or Ebuyer.. I suggest looking on the forums - there is normally a lot of people bragging about there rig on there.15:31
BigRedSDoes mod_rewrite use posix regexes? I'm looking for somewhere to test a regex agaisnt a few strings.15:38
dogmatic69BigRedS: Ive never used much more than (.*) type rules15:43
dogmatic69there was a new site up the other day for regex testing, sort of like the js one that is popular15:43
dogmatic69http://refiddle.com/15:44
ali1234and it's completely full of spam15:47
kane1309is this any good - Intel Core i3-2120 3.3GHz - 500GB HDD + 8GB RAM - DVD Writer - NVIDIA GeForce GT430 - Windows 7 Home Premium 615:51
BigRedSdogmatic69: that only does JS, Ruby and .NET15:51
BigRedSI can test it easily if I know what it is - POSIX I can do with egrep and perl ones with perl. Maybe I'll jsut concoct two and use both :)15:51
dogmatic69"based on PCRE regular-expression"15:52
dogmatic69mod_rewrite that is, http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_rewrite.html15:52
BigRedSAh! Yeah, I should've done that shouldn't I...15:52
BigRedScheers!15:52
kane1309????15:52
BigRedS'based on' worries me somewhat but we'll see how it goes15:53
BigRedSkane1309: it'll work. Usually people are interested in whether it's good for a particular price, or for particular tasks15:53
dogmatic69BigRedS: ye, the 'base on' could mean 'nothing like'15:54
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The_Fredhello17:00
dogmatic69sup The_Fred17:10
The_Freddogmatic69, hello17:11
The_FredIm working on getting a package into a PPA...17:11
The_FredCan anyone tell me if I need to get permission to use the round Ubuntu logo from Canonical?17:16
AlanBell!trademark | The_Fred17:16
dogmatic69http://www.ubuntu.com/aboutus/trademarkpolicy17:17
AlanBellerr, one sec17:17
AlanBellyeah, that17:17
dogmatic69:)17:17
AlanBell!logo17:17
lubotu3`Official Ubuntu artwork including the Ubuntu logo can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Official17:17
The_FredAlanBell, thats what I thought... I'll ask them directly and see what happens...17:18
The_FredThanks for the URL tho17:18
dogmatic69The_Fred: is it open source?17:18
AlanBellwhat do you want to use it for?17:18
The_Fredthats a good question...17:18
The_Fredthe Uuntu side IS, but the other half is not open17:18
The_Fred*Ubuntu17:19
dogmatic69"there is no commercial intent"17:19
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dogmatic69Restricted use: "Any commercial use"17:19
The_Fredyou see... i have created a system that uses a ubuntu desktop and an android app17:20
The_Fred... and i'd like to use the logo in the android app17:20
The_Fred.. which will be non-free because I have to put bread on my table...17:20
The_Fredhowever, the ubuntu side sofware will be open and free17:21
dogmatic69The_Fred: sounds like you would require a licence for that. best you email them / call17:21
The_Fred..so yes, its commercial..17:21
The_Fredindeedy17:21
AlanBellThe_Fred: I would send them a very carefully worded email17:21
The_Fredsound advice!17:22
AlanBellstate what you are intending to do and when you are intending to do it, do not ask for a reply17:22
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The_FredAlanBell, im curious, why not ask for a reply?17:22
AlanBellbecause you might not get one17:23
The_Fredah, i see17:23
AlanBelland if you go ahead anyway then you are in more trouble than if you never did it17:23
The_Fredso could no reply within, say 2 weeks, be seen as permission?17:23
AlanBellIANAL17:24
The_Fredok17:24
The_Fredhmm, where to direct my email?  sales, tech,or press?17:26
The_FredI'll try all and see what happens i guess17:26
AlanBellhttps://forms.canonical.com/trademark/17:27
AlanBellthat makes it easy17:27
jacobwtech is probably most likely to give you a lenient answer that you can quote at the other two17:30
bigcalmIANAL?17:31
AlanBellI am not a lawyer17:31
AlanBelland neither do I play one on TV17:31
The_Fredlol17:32
* jacobw wants to know the resembles now17:32
The_Fredwell, I used that link, and have contacted the tradmark dept via the online form17:33
The_Fredthanks AlanBell17:33
jacobwis this the text input from android device thing?17:34
The_Fredjacobw, yes!17:34
jacobwhow does it work now?17:34
The_Fredoh yes :D17:34
jacobwreread17:35
The_Fredreread?17:35
bigcalmYou need to reread his question :)17:35
The_Fredoh- yes, sorry17:35
The_Freddoh!17:35
jacobw:)17:36
bigcalmOr her's. Sorry jacobw, I should presume gender on here17:36
bigcalms/should/shouldn't/17:36
The_Fredandroid does the heavy lifting of voice rec. passes it via TCP to ubuntu, and desktop/server side code types it out via xdotool17:36
jacobwonline i'm often thought to be female, offline however i'm obivously male17:36
The_Fredjacobw, how on earth do people think that 'jacob..' is anything but male?17:37
jacobwi don't always use my real name17:38
The_Fredof course not... who does?.. ok i know *some* people do...17:38
* The_Fred goes off for pie and chips17:39
* jacobw still wants to know how this thing works now :(18:02
Azelphurwhat's a really nice wifi n stick that works ootb with Linux?18:03
jacobwedimax18:03
Azelphurjacobw:  http://www.ebay.com/itm/Edimax-Wireless-Nano-USB-Adapter-/320931957213?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4ab90909dd#ht_1983wt_1141 this? :P18:04
jacobwyes18:05
Azelphurcool18:05
jacobwi forgotten the chipset that edimax use, it's been in the mainline kernel since 2.6.2x18:06
jacobwralink18:07
Azelphurnice18:08
Azelphuryea I looked on their site they have open source drivers too18:08
jacobwyeah, that's good to find when you're unsure :)18:10
* jacobw remembers the bad days of ndiswrapper18:11
davmor2Azelphur: basically for ubuntu if it has broadcom, atheros or ralink it is likely to work, the big issue tends to be that none of the usb keys will actually say what chip they support18:13
Azelphurhaha18:13
davmor2Azelphur: broadcom will need the restricted drivers but actually tends to be better than most18:14
davmor2Azelphur: oh and intel ofcourse :D18:15
Azelphuro.O18:15
AzelphurI hate broadcom, it was crappy in my laptop18:15
Azelphuralways dropping18:15
davmor2Azelphur: did you use the broadcom restricted or the free version the free one sucked for me the restricted one was flawless for me but I guess it depended on the chipset too18:17
Azelphurrestricted I think18:18
bigcalmWorked an hour late on work (again). Now I'm done for the day, time to work on a project I want to!18:32
dogmatic69bigcalm: what is that?18:33
* bigcalm taps his nose and then some keys18:35
bigcalm:)18:36
davmor2bigcalm: your project is tapping your nose with some keys I wouldn't of thought it that hard a project to be honest :P18:44
bigcalmSome of my client projects feel like that18:58
The_Fredcan anyone tell me what size images are used for unity icons?19:11
The_Fredis it 32x32?19:11
gordThe_Fred, 42x42 for the dash iirc, i'm not sure what you mean by unity icons19:13
The_Fredgord, thats close enough, if it fits in the dash, it will fit in the launcher..19:14
The_Fredgord, thank you19:14
gordThe_Fred, if you are making icons, then you should be making lots of different sizes19:14
gord16x16, 32x32, 42x42, 64x64, 128x12819:15
gordespecially for alt-tab, it uses very large icons19:15
The_Fredgord, thats good to know - i was just hunting for that info:)19:15
The_Fredgord, thanks again19:18
gordno problem19:18
The_Fredhmm, im following a tutorial about packaging a program, but one of the steps is creating a launcher... how do i do that wit 12.04lts?19:32
* The_Fred right clicks on desktop.... nope.... there is no 'create launcher'19:32
BigRedSsurely the tutorial would cover that...19:36
The_Frednope,its for an 9.04, but i've sussed it out now19:37
ali1234you write a .desktop file by hand19:39
The_Fredali1234, yup,i just found this19:42
The_Fredhttp://askubuntu.com/questions/72535/creating-desktop-files-to-use-on-the-open-with-other-application-tab19:42
bigcalm!unicorn20:05
Nafalloofftopic etc, but what's the best way to send money in very short time to someone in the states?20:56
The_FredNafallo, paypal?21:12
The_Freddoes anyone know about the rules file for packaging?21:12
Nafallohrm...21:12
Nafallohow quickly can paypal pay out money though?21:13
The_Fredim not sure21:14
The_Fredwhy not transfer it?21:14
The_Fredfrom bank to bank..21:14
The_Fredalso, Im wondering if the rules file needs executable permission?21:16
Nafallobecause it takes longer than until 8am tomorrow...21:25
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=== Lcawte is now known as Lcawte|Away
ali1234oh cool some hackers figured out how to downgrade the C7 back to the old firmware23:07
ali1234i have to try that tomorrow23:07
gebbionewhen i right click a pdf i see adobe acrobat as an option to open pdf23:28
gebbionebut i cannot see it when i expand the list of available software to make it the default viewer23:29
gebbionehow can i fix this23:29

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