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acoauaplhi03:34
ali1234YES06:43
ali1234i finally killed the most annoying bug ever06:44
sagacibug #102938?06:49
lubotu3Launchpad bug 102938 in beagle (Ubuntu) "[apport] BeagleDaemon.exe crashed with SIGSEGV in mono_jit_info_table_find()" [Undecided,Invalid] https://launchpad.net/bugs/10293806:49
ali1234no, it was much more annoying than that06:49
AlanBellgosh, my hosepipe ban was lifted yesterday07:00
AlanBellmorning everyone, how are you this damp and miserable day?07:01
DJonesMorning all07:04
diploMorning all07:07
diploWere you taking notice of said Hose pipe ban AlanBell ?07:08
AlanBellI have been wanting to get out and use the hose to water things for ages, but it wouldn't stop raining long enough for me to do so07:11
diplolol07:17
diploReading in another channel that someone was using their water butt to clean their car07:17
diploAs it was so full of rain07:17
matttmorning all08:06
TwinkletoesMorning :)08:07
gordnothing like failing raid arrays to kick start your morning!08:12
diplo:(08:13
matttgord: failing or failed?08:18
JamesTaitGood morning all! :-D08:28
bigcalmGreetings, Earthlings :)08:31
* popey hands gord a btrfs volume08:32
* diplo is deciding he hates javascript more and more08:38
diplo:)08:38
bigcalmAwww08:40
bigcalmdiplo: say it ain't so08:40
bigcalmWith the right framework, js can be fun08:41
diploOh but this isn't a framework08:41
diploThis is pure js, written 7 years ago08:41
diploWithin a php4 app08:41
diploI'm down to last few bugs now, and the last few are taking longer than the majority08:42
bigcalmI've slowly replaced the old non-framework js in a project with lovely jquery08:47
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diploThis project hasn't been touched in maybe 4-5 years08:48
diploThey've just been upgraded to centos 608:48
diploAnd on Friday I got asked to find out why it wasn't working basically08:48
bigcalmHave things stopped working?08:48
diploAnd I don't think they want to spend any more fixing it08:48
diploOh yes :D08:48
bigcalmMore likely to be the PHP than the JS08:48
diploA lot of stuff dependant on register_globals08:49
diploThe machine is soooo much faster than the old one for the js08:49
diplophp08:49
diplothat stuff is going quicker and stuff is erroring out08:49
bigcalmIt was relying upon race conditions?08:50
diploNo08:52
JohnRoberthello09:06
JohnRobertcan anyone recommend a good gnome/xfce distro for use on an old eeepc?09:06
jussiJohnRobert: Xubuntu09:07
JohnRobertit's a 1.6ghz atom with 1gb ram monster09:09
dwatkinsI have lubuntu on my Eee.09:11
AlanBellJohnRobert: personally I would put standard Ubuntu Precise or Quantal on it09:15
directhexwindows 2000!09:15
* directhex flees09:15
AlanBellWindows ME!09:15
MartijnVdSWindows CE?09:16
oimoni have lubuntu on my eee 70109:16
bigcalmWindows NT?09:16
AlanBellJohnRobert: I think you will find it works quite well with Unity 3D because the GPU bit can take some of the load off the CPU09:16
bigcalmWindows CE ME NT09:16
JohnRobertinteresting alan_g09:16
JohnRobertAlanBell I mean09:17
JohnRoberthttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00729d909:17
JohnRobertthese are excellent09:17
popeyi have ubuntu 12.04 on my eee 1.6ghz09:17
popeyand on my eee 900Mhz09:17
JohnRobertthe verdict popey?09:17
popeyit works fine09:18
AlanBellthose Atom processors have intel graphics which work *fine*09:18
JohnRobertmost interesting09:18
popeymy kids have an eee 900 each09:19
popeyboth have ubuntu 12.04 with unity 2d on09:19
JohnRobertcool, yeah this will be for my gf's 6yr old09:22
JohnRoberthmm09:24
JohnRobertcan you boot from sdcard on the eeepc?09:24
JohnRobertapparently yes09:25
oimonyes09:25
JohnRobertthat's quite neato09:25
brobostigongood morning everyone.09:33
bigcalmHi brobostigon09:37
gordhey guys, i figured out how to get my raid to work again, you just have to add and remove drives from the machine almost at random and then it works somehow09:38
brobostigonhi bigcalm09:38
bigcalmHeh09:40
bigcalmgord: fixed your keyboard?09:40
gordyup09:43
oimondiplo, still on cinnamon :D09:43
oimongood performance and no annoyances yet09:44
diploI've moved back to Unity, but using Gnome Do as well09:45
diploCinnamon was crashing a lot for me09:45
oimonhasbn't crashed once here09:46
oimonthat i remember09:46
oimoncinnamon+synapse+plank09:46
diploWill try tomorrow and see if any of the updates have fixed any of my issues09:47
bigcalmgord: so you'll be joining us on Thursday? :)09:48
oimondoes rubbing fruit with your finger count as cleaning it?09:51
bigcalmHow clean is your finger?09:54
JohnRobertxubuntu 12.04 booting from usb on a eeepc redefines slowness09:55
oimonwell it looks clean...09:55
oimononce i saw a colleague stab a milkshake carton to pierce the lid, with a screwdriver. he pushed the screwdriver all the way down (a long screwdriver), then sucked the screwdriver09:56
oimoni happened to know that the screwdriver had been used in the most dusty and dirty crevices in the office09:57
oimonincluding possibly poking a dead mouse09:57
JohnRoberthmm09:58
diploDirts good :)10:01
diploEveryones to clean now, making people more ill10:01
diploThere are limits to my decision's on dirt though :P10:01
bigcalmHello mrevell, will you be joining us on Thursday?10:04
directhexJohnRobert, is that a statement on the os, or the usb, though?10:11
JohnRobertprobably both10:14
JohnRobertand the hardware10:14
JohnRobertalthough now it's booted it seems ok10:14
JohnRobertI guess usb live things are never quick10:14
directhexdepends on the usb stick10:14
dogmatic69\o/ just got some HDD's for the NAS10:16
AlanBellJohnRobert: live USB is slow for several reasons (compressed filesystem and slow transfer speed)10:18
AlanBelland decompression on the CPU that you are also trying to use for stuff10:19
AlanBelldoes xubuntu use compiz for drawing and moving the windows?10:20
directhexi assume it uses xfwm4?10:20
JohnRobertit looks as though it's doing some compositing10:20
AlanBelldirecthex: that is a reasonable assumption, didn't think of that ;)10:21
AlanBellso I think it would be smoother with unity3d or gnome-session-fallback using compiz10:22
gordbigcalm: maybe, think its depending on the weather10:22
selinuxiumHi all, long time no see...  :)10:29
JohnRobertheh out of memory10:35
JohnRoberteeepc :/10:35
PendulumAlanBell: what's the link to your AAC project again?10:37
AlanBellhi Pendulum10:37
AlanBellhttps://github.com/AlanBell/wespeak10:37
directhexJohnRobert, running from usb? that can happen, i guess10:37
JohnRobertI take it there's no swap when you boot from usb?10:37
AlanBellPendulum: the running demo is a bit different to the github code now10:38
Pendulumah, okay10:38
AlanBellPendulum: doing something interesting with it?10:41
JohnRobertcloud9 seems fairly unreliable10:42
PendulumAlanBell: linking mgdm to it because I knew he'd probably be interested10:44
oimonwho's runnign chromium on ubuntu?11:17
dogmatic69o/11:17
oimonwhat version?11:17
dogmatic6918.0.1025.16811:18
oimonhttp://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/28/google_chrome_update/11:18
oimonwonder how many security bugs are in 18?11:18
oimonand if it's not being updated, is it dangerous (probably)11:18
popeythe article says in the first line.. "none of which are deemed critical"11:25
popeyMicah Gersten is probably the guy to ask11:27
DavieyHmm.. not really.. traditionally he has been driving it, but i think that is not accurate now.11:28
Davieychromium isn't in main, so the ubuntu security team and/or Canonical don't commit to keeping it secure.11:29
bigcalmIs it subway or chippy for lunch today?11:36
bigcalmGood point, subway it is then11:36
Davieybigcalm: gettusone11:42
dogmatic69great new site from xkcd http://what-if.xkcd.com/1/11:58
JohnRobertI like the SAT test one12:01
The_Fredhello12:27
oimonpopey, does that mean critical updates would be applied? i think not. i think a lot of ubuntu users are runnign chromium without realising the level of unsupport12:31
popeybrobostigon, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsVydyC8ZGQ saw that, thought of you12:31
popeyoimon, this is why i run firefox and chrome, and not chromium12:32
oimonv19 has critical fixes12:32
popeyso someone should probably patch that12:33
JohnRobertbeos12:34
JohnRobertsounds like it was really good12:34
JohnRobertanyone here ever used ionice?12:52
kirrusyup12:53
kirruswhy?12:53
JohnRobertdoes it affect the ui responsiveness much?12:53
JohnRobertI'm wondering if there's a way to make linux feel much more snappy12:53
JohnRoberteg more like beos sort of snappy12:53
kirrusIt affects diskprocessing priority12:53
kirrusif that's the bottleneck, maybe12:53
JohnRoberthmm12:54
kirrusbut be aware, a lot linux does is nessasary, and ioniceing stuff just for the sake of it could cause trouble12:54
JohnRobertare there any X servers that are better than xf.org?12:54
JohnRobertyeah like delayed writes12:54
kirrusJohnRobert: not as far as I'm aware. Mostly I'd have expected the UI to only be sluggish if your system is trying to do too much with too few resources. Tried using openbox or similar?13:01
The_FredJohnRobert, check this : http://ubuntuguide.net/how-to-speed-up-ubuntu-laptopold-machine-with-low-ram13:01
The_FredJohnRobert, and this: http://modifyubuntu.com/13:02
AlanBellJohnRobert: did you try unity3d?13:02
The_Fredhello AlanBell !13:03
AlanBellhi The_Fred13:03
directhexmmm, there's a real issue with UI latency on linux13:03
directhexif you have a beos background especially13:03
directhexit's not related to the system spec really, more the kernel governor13:03
JohnRobertyeah, but I'm not sure it changes much if you chagne the governor13:05
JohnRobertiirc I tried it once on a custom kernel13:05
* bigcalm waddles back in13:06
bigcalmI was weak, the chippy called to me13:06
bigcalmJust want to sleep now13:10
diplotake it wifey is out tonight then ?13:10
bigcalmdiplo: me?13:20
diployah, having chips for lunch not cause arguement at tea time ?13:21
bigcalmHeh13:21
bigcalmdiplo: maybe once we're married ;) That's not until next year13:21
bigcalmdiplo: tea isn't going to be until gone 8pm tonight, so I thought it was safe to be naughty13:22
bigcalmHow do you tell git to use a particular ssh key?13:22
bigcalmhttp://stackoverflow.com/questions/2419566/best-way-to-use-multiple-ssh-private-keys-on-one-client13:27
bigcalmPossibly13:27
diploAh everyones married in my books once they live together, as the blokes are under the thumb straight away13:27
diplo:P13:27
bigcalmHaha13:28
diploI use .ssh/config, mines quite large now13:28
diplohttps://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/580894_307621156000482_1320972821_n.jpg13:28
diploMy little dude last few days of Nursery, so they dressed him up13:29
diplo:P13:29
bigcalmI think Hayley and I surprise people for 2 reasons: 1) the 7 year age gap (her being older) and 2) how equal we share life. Neither is under the thumb of the other13:29
bigcalmdiplo: heh, cool13:29
diplo2) believe it for now :D13:29
bigcalmBah :P13:29
diplo17 years for me, so think I'm ok to think that.13:30
bigcalmWe enjoy 3 years in every 10 of being in the same decade13:30
diploheh, I like the way you two approach things though13:31
diploMy mates with a woman about 10years his senior13:31
diploVery happy13:31
DJonesmy wife is with a bloke 15 years her senior13:35
diploYou defo see it more the other way round13:36
bigcalmIndeed, but are they as happy? ;)13:36
DJonesdiplo: Agreed13:36
diploGuess so, parents neighbours are the same as DJones and that's about 30 years or more now13:37
DJonesSo many people said it wouldn't last because of the age difference, proved them all wrong, just had our 8th wedding anniversary earlier this year13:37
DJonesThe only wierd thing is that when we used to go to family get togethers with her parents, other people thought I was her dads son beause they thought I looked like him13:38
directhexokay, this is huge, imho: Kinect now does calorie tracking across all games. i.e. play *any* Kinect game & get charts on calories burned, not just fitness games13:40
diplocool13:41
diploAnd not sure if that's a good thing or bad thing DJones :D13:41
DJonesdiplo: I'd have been more worried for my father in law, he only had one daughter, no boys, where di the other people think a 30+ year old son suddenly appeared from13:43
diplolol13:43
diplothat is more worrying13:43
DJonesSpecially as he was choirmaster and musician at church13:44
DJonesWith his wife & daughter in the choir13:44
diplo:)13:47
bigcalmTut tut ;)13:47
dwatkinscould someone please advise me how/whether to install the kernel source (as opposed to headers, whcih are in the repos) for natty in order to install and compile the qc-usb driver for a Quickcam, please?13:52
gorddwatkins: apt-get install linux-source13:55
dwatkinsgord: I tried that, perhaps I have a misconfiguration of my sources.list as it failed13:56
dwatkinsPackage kernel-source is not available, but is referred to by another package.13:56
gordsounds like you have some out of date repos or something13:56
dwatkinsah yes, good call. I could apt-get update and upgrade alright, but perhaps something else is wrong.13:57
dogmatic69If I have two folders mounted from Server A on Server B, what would (not on the server) mv folderA/foo folderB/ do? does it copy the files from the server over the net and back to the server?14:08
dwatkinsI don't think you can move a mountpoint whilst it's in use, dogmatic69 - I'd move subdirectories within them explicitly.14:09
dwatkinsif you mean moving a subdirectory, it would probably use the network connection of the client to move the file, at least that's what my laptop does.14:10
dogmatic69dwatkins: I want to move files from one mount point to another14:10
dogmatic69but 60gigs +-, and mv foo bar is pretty quick on the same drive etc. Its almost like I need to rather send the command 'mv foo bar' as opposed to actually running it.14:12
dwatkinsI don't believe there's a mechanism to simply inform the server to perform the move internally, it uses the network connection of the client. You'd be best performing the action on the server via an ssh login.14:12
dogmatic69its a basic nas box, not sure there is ssh14:13
dwatkinsit may depend on the mechanism you're sharing with, samba, NFS etc.14:13
dogmatic69nfs14:13
dwatkinsmost basic NAS boxen run linux from what I understand.14:13
dogmatic69ye, its linux. that does not mean it has ssh enabled. Its embeded14:13
dogmatic69just checked the guide, not one mention of ssh14:14
dwatkinsdepending on the device it may be possible to install/enable ssh14:14
dogmatic69it has ftp though. I guess I could ftp in and do MOV foo bar14:14
dwatkinshttp://nfsv4bat.org/Documents/ConnectAThon/2010/ss-copy-spec.pdf14:15
diplodogmatic69: no rsync ?14:16
diploFriends embedded box has rsync14:16
diplooh just noticed, maybe no ssh either14:16
diplo:/14:17
dogmatic69well if it had no ssh..14:17
dogmatic69its http://uk.level1.com/product_d.php?id=28314:17
bigcalmSexy14:18
dogmatic69bigcalm: the nas?14:19
bigcalmYus14:19
dogmatic69want to guess the price?14:19
bigcalmMore than the price of my internal organs14:19
dwatkinsone billion dollars... *puts little finger in mouth*14:19
dogmatic6985 quid, delivered. NIB14:19
bigcalmo.O14:19
dwatkinshow much storage, dogmatic69?14:19
oimonbigcalm, my missis is nearly 9 yrs younger. got lots of pats on the back for dating a 19yr old when i was 27/2814:20
dogmatic69dwatkins: it has a max of 4 500gig, with RAID5 its 1.5TB14:20
dwatkinsdogmatic69: ah, delivered diskless?14:20
dogmatic69yes14:20
dwatkinsmy NAS is a netbook ;)14:20
dogmatic69got 4 hdd's for 14014:21
dwatkinsI was considering a Synology or a Drobo.14:21
dogmatic69synology is nice, but they are so pricey.14:21
oimondrobo has a bad name, unless you have 2 of them14:22
dogmatic69400+ for just the unit14:22
diploI thought about those, but went for microserver in the end14:22
oimonprorieaary raid14:22
oimonproprietary14:22
Laneytell me good / bad things about giffgaff, please14:22
Laney:-)14:22
diploRun on o2 network which is good coverage for me14:22
diploData tariff is unlimited14:22
dwatkinsoimon: yeah, I decided to stick with the netbook and a couple USB-attached disks.14:23
diploNo issues for me apart from the big outtage they had a few months ago14:23
Laneyis the tethering ban enforced?14:23
diploWell, I'm not really sure, I've tetherred a few times14:23
dogmatic69this levelone NAS has a web ui like synology. It just looks like it was written in 1997.14:23
diploand nowts been said, but I've also not done much either14:23
JohnRobertheh14:23
directhexo2 has wide coverage but diabolically bad data rates, afaik14:23
dogmatic69"minimum requirements, ie5.5"14:23
JohnRobertyou know what really sucks14:23
DJonesLaney: http://www.reghardware.com/2012/05/21/review_uk_carriers_network_vs_network/14:23
JohnRobertwhen your nas gets mashed up by lightening14:24
JohnRobert:(14:24
JohnRobertmy 3tb hdd is ok14:24
JohnRobertbut the nas bit got destroyed14:24
JohnRobertand now I'm on a mission to get the data off, but WD like to set up their hard disks funny14:24
popeyyou back in the uk now JohnRobert ?14:24
dogmatic69JohnRobert: no lightning protection?14:24
JohnRobert3tb with GUID partition and raid is a pita to recover..14:24
JohnRobertno dogmatic69.14:24
dogmatic69:/14:24
JohnRobertyes popey, got back in feb.14:24
popeyoh14:24
JohnRobertit rains all the time here14:25
JohnRobert:()14:25
popeyhah14:25
JohnRobertstill, I got aus citizenship just before I left14:25
JohnRobertjust in case14:25
JohnRobert:p14:25
directhexJohnRobert, you can't do 3tb without GPT14:25
JohnRobertgpt14:25
JohnRobertthat's what I meant14:25
Laneyhmmmmm14:25
JohnRobert:p14:25
JohnRobertyeah, I discovered it wasn't going to work with my usb2 enclosure so I've ordered some sata cables..14:25
DJonesLaney: That review/comparison has made me think that giffgaff wouldn't be too good for me because of the speed issue14:25
JohnRobertiirc the kernel was getting the c/h/s all wrong14:26
LaneyDJones: yeah, i do like me 3g14:26
JohnRobertI mean I have some semi important data on there (all my photos)14:26
Laneyi just gave them a tenner though, so let's have a go14:26
diploIts funny that giffgaff / o2 differ14:26
diploas they run on their network14:26
DJonesLaney: Its worth trying anyway, will be interested to see how you get on with it14:27
AlanBelldiplo: they don't differ beyond a margin of error in that graph14:27
diploNo but shouldn't it be exactly the same :)14:27
diploand DJones I get fairly good speeds14:28
AlanBellno two runs of the test are exactly the same14:28
AlanBellnot a very clueful review really (in terms of the speed part)14:30
oimonLaney, i just signed up with GG last month14:36
Laneyoimon: happy?14:36
oimonefficient porting process and management of purchasing goodybags14:37
Laneyten squid is a fiver cheaper than i'm paying now14:37
Laneyas long as they don't really enforce the tethering thing14:37
oimoni i moved from tmob to GG14:37
oimon£15-£1014:37
dwatkinsI'm paying 13 quid a month for unlimited data (no tethering restriction) for a SIM-only deal with Three.14:41
oimoni might go to the £5 pm thing14:41
oimoninternet only,14:41
oimonthen get the missis to switch to GG and use sipdroid for everything else14:42
oimont-mobile tried to suck me in by offering me £7.50pm deal after i'd requested PAC code14:43
oimonbut their coverage sucks and tbh they should offer me such deals earlier14:43
bigcalmT-Mobile coverage also includes Orange coverage14:44
gordy'know what suddenly stopped sucking like a year or two ago? 3 coverage, that made me happy14:45
diploT-Mobile/Orange around these here parts sucks most tremendously!14:45
bigcalmGuess I'm just lucky where I go :)14:45
dwatkinsI'm in Edinburgh, where Three is pretty good all over. Probably is the case for most cities.14:46
diploSister just finished a 2 year contract, not been able to use her phone at her house/my house or my mums :D14:46
SuperMattok, so quick question15:02
SuperMattwhere in ubuntu does it run lightdm at startup?15:03
hamitronheh, I just got an automated phone call from BT15:08
hamitronit said "I am afraid we are unable to speak with you right now"15:08
hamitron:/15:08
directhexhamitron, urgh! speculative robodialing is the worst15:14
hamitronkinda getting insane15:14
hamitronour business line is getting about 20 calls per day now15:15
hamitronsome people here are starting to swear at them because it breaks them off from work15:15
hamitronhaha15:15
DJoneshamitron: 99 times out fo 100, you can never find out who's calling either, so you can't complain, pressing "5" to confirm you're not interested doesn't work, pressing "1" to speak to somebody about your claim doesn't work because they just hang up when you say you want to be removed from their database15:42
popeythere was a thing about this on watchdog the other day15:42
popeythey secret filmed a company just ripping pages out of the phone book and going through them15:43
popeythey flat out don't care15:43
bigcalmIf Thunderbird is reaching EOL, what's the desktop email client of choice?15:43
dwatkinsI thought it was just being handed over to the community15:43
bigcalmOh?15:43
bigcalmOk15:44
dwatkinsback later, that's what I thought I'd read though :)15:44
bigcalmIs there a better client than Thunderbird that handles multiple IMAP accounts sensibly?15:44
gordwish i could just use gmail15:44
bigcalmI guess TB will be supported for the next 5 years anyway15:44
bigcalmgord: I used to, but got fed up with all of the tabs15:45
popeygord, you can can't you?15:45
popeyspeak of the devil15:45
gordfor canonimail?15:45
* popey points bigcalm at chalcedony 15:45
popeyyes gord15:45
bigcalmo.O15:45
popey<bigcalm> I guess TB will be supported for the next 5 years anyway15:45
popey^^ chrisccoulson15:45
bigcalmHeh15:45
brobostigonthank you popey.15:45
bigcalmWell, TB is in 12.04 LTS15:45
popeyi can see their point15:46
popeywhat development does an email client _need_ ?15:46
bigcalmIt does what I need it to do, just want it to keep on doing it :)15:46
gordpopey: nope, no gmail :(15:46
brobostigonpopey: tht video shows perfectly, how a system should be, and how haiku has developed far beyond that, it impresses me, that that was possible like that. and still is.16:09
popeyyeah, tis interesting to see how well it worked under that set of tasks16:10
brobostigonno system, i have came across since, can behave that way.16:11
brobostigonon equal hw.16:11
brobostigonthis is why, i will always keep my BeBOX, as the hw this was designed for. and is tota;;y orignal.16:13
brobostigonthis is my reason, i will support the haiku effort. that video being perfect reasoning.16:14
brobostigondebian simply cant do this on that equal hw, for example.16:16
=== Lcawte|Away is now known as Lcawte
popeybrobostigon, you actually have a bebox/16:23
popey?16:23
brobostigonpopey: i do, yes.16:23
brobostigonit is my pride and joy,16:24
brobostigoni am very protective of it.16:25
popeyheh16:27
popeydoes it work?16:27
brobostigonyes.16:27
brobostigoni havent actually fired it up, in three years.16:28
popeyanyone here near preston?16:33
* popey pokes schwuk 16:33
popeyyou're about the nearest aren't you?16:33
schwukpopey: I suppose16:34
popeyhow far is it from you? :)16:34
schwukpopey: 90-odd miles16:36
popeyoh blimey, thats still quite a way16:36
popeyhmmm16:36
* popey suspects gmb might be closer16:36
* popey tickles gmb16:36
gmbWUT?16:37
gmbYes16:37
gmbI am.16:37
gmbNear Preston.16:37
popeyhow far you to preston man?16:37
popey+english16:37
gmb25 miles or so.16:37
popeyoooh16:37
gmbWherefore, squire?16:37
popeyI may have a MASSIVE favour I need to ask you for :)16:37
gmbShoot16:37
popeyI am watching an ebay action for something about the size of a microwave oven, but not a microwave oven16:38
popeydunno if I'll win it16:38
popeybut it's collection only16:38
gmb"about the size of a microwave oven, but not a microwave oven" Mmmkay.16:38
popey:D16:38
popeyand not drugs16:38
gmbpopey, IC. So, when does the auction end.16:38
popeydefo not drugs16:38
gmb?16:38
popeysunday16:38
popeybut dunno how long they'll keep hold, will ask16:38
popeyneed to then figure out if you're willing, how I'd get it from you :)16:39
bigcalmThat makes me think it's a microwave full of drugs16:39
popey(no urgency, but it's delicate so posting is a bit of a no-no)16:39
popeyit is _NOT_ a microwave full of drugs16:39
brobostigonthe mistakes you make, as a 19 year old studant, with a NDA with Be.16:39
bigcalmHehe16:39
popeyit is the same size and weight as a microwave full of drugs though16:39
gmbpopey, If you win it, I'll happily collect it... I haven't got any plans to come down your way for a while, though.16:40
popeynp16:40
popeyta16:40
bigcalmIt's a bobcat in a microwaveish box16:42
brobostigonthe interesting question is, does said NDA still apply. with whoever owns Be's intellectual property?16:46
brobostigonin theory ACCESS CO., LTD.16:50
brobostigonin theory ACCESS CO., LTD. own the intellecual property rights,16:50
brobostigonbut they arent doing anything,16:50
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ali1234argh after i fixed that bug another old one came back18:03
SuperEngineerBBC News - Crowd-sourced funding site Kickstarter to launch in UK http://bbc.in/Ot7mDD18:10
SuperEngineer- I wonder if Barclays is there?  ;)18:11
ali1234hmmmmmmmmmm maybe i should refactor this code to use fixed point18:19
SuperEngineerI had a very nasty dream [nightmare] last night - Microsoft had bought Canonical19:32
MartijnVdSthey haven't?19:33
SuperEngineer..then I woke up & pondered about "difference" between "being bought by" & "selling out to"19:33
MartijnVdSSuperEngineer: i.e. are you sure it was a dream?19:33
SuperEngineerhelp me!19:33
MartijnVdSSuperEngineer: hm?19:33
The_Fredfor the love of god make that be fake19:33
SuperEngineerI'm am unwilling visionary19:34
MartijnVdSmost prophets are19:34
SuperEngineerMartijnVdS: ;)19:36
daubersEvening all19:39
daubersAlanBell: Unfortunatley can't make the BBQ thing. Other doodahs have got in the way :)19:41
AlanBelloh well, I will save you a sausage for next time we meet19:41
Laney;)19:41
daubersCool! If you do come down to RHS at any point in an evening, let me know and I'll meet you there19:41
MartijnVdS<no comment>19:42
daubersHave to admit I've let my Ubuntu stuff down a lot recently... become more and more involved in RHS and it's a bit all consuming when it starts19:42
daubersscrew herding cats, herding hackers is a lot harder19:43
AlanBellyou are not kidding19:44
SuperEngineerdaubers: what's a screw herding cat?19:44
SuperEngineera cat in an iron mongers?19:44
daubersSuperEngineer: Cats in a prison?19:44
SuperEngineer;)19:44
daubersAlanBell: I've found that with hackspaces, like the militry, it doesn't matter sometimes if the decision is right, sometimes you just make the decision and go with it19:45
daubersOh, and for some reason once you start doing that, if you stop, most other stuff stops too :(19:46
daubersNot enough momentum19:46
AlanBellyeah, momentum is good, as long as you are not going for a jog around beachy head19:47
daubersheh :)19:47
daubersWas it Leeds that did what SHH is proposing initially, then had to bail out and have now more or less got back on track?19:47
daubersI'm sure someone did it19:47
AlanBelldunno, SSH had a plan that if they hit all their targets and everything went perfectly would result in a 5.5k deficit19:48
daubersOoof19:49
daubersIs that over 12 months?19:49
AlanBellso they set a 5.5k "donations target" and decided it would be OK to proceed because the numbers now balanced19:49
AlanBellactually they decided on the cheaper place that only needed a 3.5k donation target19:50
daubersRHS are quite lucky in that someone just threw down a lot of money to get the ball rolling, and we're now nearly self sufficient. Once we pass that there is an agreement that he can retrieve that initial input.19:51
AlanBellI think I managed to stop the momentum on that one by doing a slightly alarmed ragequit19:51
AlanBellyeah I think RHS was done with eyes open and a benefactor who was up for bankrolling it to a realistic extent19:51
czajkowskithe one in ireland started off with montly meetings and everyone paying 20/30 quid for 6 months to get the deposit19:53
czajkowskithen they got a a small place19:53
czajkowskionly after 2 years there did they move to a much larger place19:53
daubersReading will probably be looking for a bigger place towards the end of next year (or if we can find a nice fat gov. grant)19:54
AlanBellfor doing pre-space donations like that the VAT handling has to be done very carefully19:57
AlanBellit looks a lot like fraud if you put vat on it, and a VAT scam if you don't19:58
daubersSomeone shoulf write a "How to start/fund a hackspace" book20:03
daubersI keep meaning to buy a copy of Jono's book to see if it applies20:03
Seeker`daubers: Where in Reading is it?20:04
daubersSeeker`: It's in Woodley20:05
daubers RG5 4SQ20:05
daubersApparently it's full of people working on RepRaps at the moment20:05
Seeker`ah, k20:06
Seeker`I have relatives in Twyford20:06
Seeker`and Caversham20:06
Seeker`hence I know the area a bit :)20:06
daubersAh :) Until about 2 months ago I lived in Tilehurst :)20:06
* The_Fred reminices of uni days in reading20:16
The_Fredhey guys,i was wondering if searching for .desktop files would be a good way to find out which programs i have installed on ubuntu?20:50
* bigcalm returns20:54
dogmatic69When using nfs do I need to mount the drives on startup?21:44
dogmatic69or does mount -t nfs server:/folder /local/folder do it permanently21:45
hamitronyou can put them in fstab21:45
hamitronmount is just a one off mount command afaik21:46
dogmatic69hamitron: what if the server is not available on boot?21:46
hamitronnot sure, mine always is21:46
hamitron;)21:46
dogmatic69I have fiddled with fstab on aws and then deleted the mounted drive and the instance would not boot :/21:47
dogmatic69I think it was fstab21:47
hamitronhttp://linux.die.net/man/5/nfs21:47
dogmatic69The NAS *should* always be on, just dont want to be locked out if its down21:47
hamitrondogmatic69: if soft mount option ok?21:52
hamitronis*21:52
dogmatic69hmm21:52
hamitronor you could maybe make a separate script I suppose21:53
dogmatic69just read that section. Would rather opt for data integrity21:53
hamitronyeh, I was thinking the same21:54
dogmatic69I currently use a launcher script for shfs, I will just change the commands there21:54
hamitronyeh, sounds best21:54
dogmatic69Moving from shfs on the box to nfs on the nas anyway21:54
hamitronand make sure it won't halt booting if it fails21:54
hamitron:)21:54
dogmatic69when the server is not available boot is slow, well it hangs just after login21:55
dogmatic69with shfs that is21:55
dogmatic69also, what happens if you do mount server:/foo /something/that/exists21:56
dogmatic69does it kill the files off, or just fail to mount21:57
hamitronI'd guess fail to mount, but maybe worth trying21:57
hamitroncould make the empty directory write only by root, then mount it in that?21:58
hamitronthen unprivilaged stuff that may write to it, will not get access21:58
dogmatic69ye, I will test it out21:59
dogmatic69just broke nautalis21:59
dogmatic69:/21:59
hamitronplz let me know, or I will have to test21:59
hamitronhaha21:59
hamitronI hate not been sure about simple things21:59
hamitron:/21:59
dogmatic69ye21:59
dogmatic69Happens all the time with php code I write. Not quite sure on something so end up having to write a whole bunch of test code to see what happens22:00
ubuntuuk-planet[Jono Bacon] Forthcoming CLS/OSCON Schedule - http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/07/10/forthcoming-clsoscon-schedule/22:03
dogmatic69bah.22:04
dogmatic69nautilis is dead22:05
dogmatic69hmm, 'ls' in terminal does nothing22:08
hamitrondogmatic69: it has a "bg" option for fstab from reading22:09
hamitronso it retries re-mounts in the background, rather than seeming to hang22:09
dogmatic69oh nice22:10
dogmatic69just got to reboot quick. try fix the damn file browser22:11
hamitronanyone know what happens if your root filesystem is on an external drive, and you remove the drive?22:12
hamitroncan you plug it back in, and not have problems?22:12
hamitronworks on Windows 7, just wondering about ubuntu22:13
hamitron;)22:13
dogmatic69hamitron: because windows is so slow to realise the drive was removed, you had it back in already :D22:23
hamitronhaha22:24
hamitronwell22:24
hamitronit just waits22:24
hamitronand doesn't do anything22:24
hamitronwhich is useful, when I unmount my main hdd22:24
hamitronhaha22:24
dogmatic69hamitron: I will assume from the fact that live cd works, linux/ubuntu would be about the same22:25
hamitronuse a driver that supports that for my sata ports, so can use the hdd caddy22:25
dogmatic69all the good bits are in ram, just dont try save anything22:25
hamitronme save my work? ;/22:26
hamitronloads more fun to have a power cut ;)22:26
dogmatic69man. cant ls again22:59
dogmatic69something with this nfs is messing things up22:59
dogmatic69Is there a way to unmount somehting that is "busy"23:21
Daraelfuser it to find out what's using it, then kill the process?23:23
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dogmatic69Darael: how do you "fuser" it?23:30
ali1234umount -l23:37
ali1234don't think it works on nfs though23:38
ali1234nfs is a beast23:38
dogmatic69\o/23:38
ali1234see also lsof23:38
dogmatic69ali1234: just found that on SO, and works23:38
dogmatic69http://stackoverflow.com/questions/40317/force-unmount-of-nfs-mounted-directory23:38
ali1234oh, it might *seem* like it works :)23:38
ali1234then bad stuff happens23:38
ali1234like you can't remount it23:38
ali1234nfs should be avoided when possible23:39
dogmatic69ye, tell me about it23:39
dogmatic69dont want to reboot... again23:40
hamitronali1234: what would you use as a remote filesystem?23:40
ali1234i wouldn't23:40
dogmatic69SMB23:40
dogmatic69that seems ok23:41
ali1234i use syncing instead23:41
hamitronI've had more problems with samba than nfs tbh23:41
dogmatic69:/23:41
dogmatic69ali1234: syncing as in duplicate the files?23:41
ali1234yes23:41
hamitronbut I haven't had problems with nfs since I "got it working"23:42
dogmatic69thats great, but does not work for 100's of GB23:42
hamitronwhat about sshfs?23:43
dogmatic69I have been using shfs for a while, not sure the nas I got can use it though23:47
dogmatic69where do I find smb via the terminal?23:48
hamitronwhat you mean find smb?23:49
dogmatic69well natilis has it as smb://cliffjumper/photos/23:49
dogmatic69smb://server/folder23:49
hamitronoh, it is a hidden directory in your home folder23:49
hamitron.g*fs I think23:49
* hamitron has his in /mnt, by using fstab23:50
dogmatic69ah, .gvfs23:50
dogmatic69how do you do that?23:50
hamitronin fstab?23:50
hamitronyou could use the mount command too23:51
dogmatic69how would that be? mount smb://foo bar or mount .gvfs/foo bar23:51
dogmatic69shfs does not work in this instance, no ssh23:51
hamitronmount -t cifs23:52
hamitroniirc23:52
hamitronyou gotta pass it options too23:52
hamitronhttp://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/how-to-mount-remote-windows-partition-windows-share-under-linux.html23:53
dogmatic69:O23:53
dogmatic69you have to put the pw in the command23:53
hamitronyeh :/23:53
dogmatic69lame23:53
dogmatic69may as well just not use a pw then23:54
hamitronI'd assume there is a way around it23:54
hamitronwell, you don't have to let people have access to the script23:54
hamitron:)23:54
dogmatic69ye, but if they did somehow23:55
dogmatic69ah, you can use a credentials file23:55
dogmatic69slightly better23:55
dogmatic69the issue in the cmd is that it will be in the logs too then23:56

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