| earthling_ | How do I know if Firefox Add-ons are safe to install? | 00:25 |
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| wilee-nilee | earthling_, here is a question page from mozilla. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/faq | 00:28 |
| wilee-nilee | that question is addressed | 00:28 |
| earthling_ | ty | 00:28 |
| wilee-nilee | no problem | 00:29 |
| earthling_ | do you know where add-ons are installed? | 00:36 |
| holstein | you mean physically? i would look in the ~/.mozzilla or whtever FF stores things | 00:36 |
| Unit193 | .mozilla/firefox/%profile%/extensions/ | 00:38 |
| earthling_ | I don't see any profile folder | 00:44 |
| holstein | earthling_: i would just poke around in what you do see | 00:45 |
| earthling_ | I see extensions folder with .api files | 00:46 |
| earthling_ | xpi I mean | 00:46 |
| holstein | earthling_: i would expect to find things relating to FF in that directory | 00:46 |
| earthling_ | that must be them | 00:48 |
| earthling_ | interesting they say chrome | 00:48 |
| earthling_ | do you use add-ons? | 00:49 |
| holstein | i dont use firefox | 00:49 |
| holstein | though, it is pretty nice again | 00:49 |
| earthling_ | chromium? | 00:49 |
| holstein | i use chrome | 00:50 |
| earthling_ | on ubuntu? | 00:50 |
| holstein | on most everything | 00:50 |
| earthling_ | I thought chromium was the linux version of chrome | 00:50 |
| earthling_ | or open source at least | 00:51 |
| holstein | its fast.. the sync works well, and chrome has its own flash version, which is the last place flash will be supported on linux | 00:51 |
| holstein | earthling_: chrome is not open source, it just works well for me | 00:51 |
| holstein | chromium is nice, but there were a few glithces and with the flash issue, i decided to use chrome | 00:52 |
| holstein | nothing wrong with firefox | 00:52 |
| earthling_ | I like chromium, never tried chrome | 00:52 |
| earthling_ | it feels faster than firefox for me | 00:52 |
| earthling_ | do you use extensions for chrome? | 00:53 |
| holstein | i wish i didnt need flash at all... id just get with chromium | 00:53 |
| holstein | earthling_: i use a few | 00:53 |
| earthling_ | how do you know if they are safe? | 00:53 |
| holstein | i trust the creators | 00:53 |
| holstein | plus, you have to define "safe" | 00:54 |
| earthling_ | that they aren't malware,adware,spyware,etc... | 00:54 |
| earthling_ | I assume ubuntu is more secure than windows | 00:55 |
| holstein | yeah?... assume nothing | 00:56 |
| earthling_ | I just wonder how bad an extension/add-on could be | 00:56 |
| holstein | check for your self, and turst who you trust | 00:56 |
| earthling_ | hehe prepare for the worst, expect the best | 00:56 |
| holstein | we (ubuntu, cannonical, you, me) dont make firefox or any add-ons | 00:56 |
| holstein | there is a signing method to packages in the repos for ubuntu that make then "trustworthy" | 00:57 |
| holstein | as much as you trust the repos... can a "bad" package get in? i suppose | 00:57 |
| holstein | am i worried about it? no | 00:57 |
| earthling_ | yeah, not extensions and add-ons though I think , although Firefox has an approval process | 00:57 |
| earthling_ | and perhaps Chrome has one too | 00:58 |
| holstein | earthling_: just clear up that "perhaps" and you are good to go | 00:58 |
| earthling_ | ok :) | 00:58 |
| holstein | this is almost all open, and free, meaning *anyone* can look and check and see, and ask | 00:58 |
| earthling_ | add-ons and extensions are not open source I think, except perhaps to the approval people | 00:59 |
| bud1 | First time on chat, and I don't see instructs. on how it works. So how do I get to post/chat? | 01:00 |
| holstein | bud1: you type, and hit enter... you are doing well so far | 01:03 |
| holstein | bud1: chec the topic of the channels you join | 01:04 |
| holstein | bud1: welcome! | 01:04 |
| holstein | earthling_: AFAIK, you can have open ones if you want to write an open one | 01:04 |
| bud1 | Thanks. I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 with kde desktop. where can I find these two programs that will Ubuntu and kde? I cannot find them in the Ubuntu backports: notecase and treesheets are the two programs. | 01:04 |
| holstein | bud1: what are you looking for? | 01:05 |
| bud1 | these to programs: notecase and treesheets | 01:06 |
| earthling_ | holstein, probably true | 01:07 |
| holstein | bud1: i would open up the package manager of your choice and search for them | 01:07 |
| bud1 | that was the first thing I did along with searching backports for kubuntu and the web. | 01:08 |
| holstein | bud1: they might not be in the repos... i'll look... | 01:10 |
| holstein | notecase is not there | 01:13 |
| bud1 | Tell me how to get to the ubuntu repos? | 01:13 |
| holstein | ?.. you open a package manager and search it | 01:14 |
| holstein | you are using it now | 01:14 |
| earthling_ | have a good night fellas, keep up the good work! | 01:14 |
| bud1 | ?.. you open a package manager and search it, I can find the repos in package manager? | 01:16 |
| holstein | bud1: the package manager searches the online repos | 01:16 |
| holstein | bud1: when you open a package manager and search, you are accessing the repos | 01:16 |
| bud1 | I knew that when using ubuntu 10 but I'm using 1204 and I can't see it in the resipotories | 01:18 |
| holstein | bud1: right, its been removed | 01:18 |
| holstein | http://www.notecasepro.com/download.php is where my search leads | 01:19 |
| bud1 | Before using 10 I could go to the repos website and download. Will that work for 1204? | 01:19 |
| holstein | http://treesheets.com/ has ubuntu packages | 01:19 |
| holstein | bud1: it the developers support 12.04 it will.. i would just try it | 01:20 |
| bud1 | I'm not following you, try what? | 01:20 |
| SeaDaddy46 | Bud1: this is my first time on the channel as well. As far as I know, one of the main places I find progs that aren't in the distros. is http://sourceforge.net. | 01:23 |
| bud1 | I tried here to. Hey thanks a bunch, lots luck to u! | 01:25 |
| holstein | bud1: try installing the packages | 01:25 |
| bud1 | What packages? | 01:25 |
| holstein | bud1: the 2 you are asking about... treesheets and notecasepro, which is what is suggested now instead of notecase | 01:26 |
| SeaDaddy46 | Bud1, have you tried the Aptitude Package Manager it 12.04 LTS? | 01:26 |
| bud1 | holstein, thanks but like I said that was the first thing I tried. Thanks again. | 01:27 |
| holstein | bud1: what were the errors? | 01:28 |
| holstein | bud1: you tried downloading from the pages i linked and installing? | 01:28 |
| holstein | they wont be in the repos, you'll need to download and install.. you can report errors as needed | 01:28 |
| bud1 | holstein, notecase is nolonger on the forge and I can't find a treesheet package for Ub.1204. | 01:29 |
| bud1 | SeaDaddy46, " have you tried the Aptitude Package Manager it 12.04 LTS?" Thanks SeaDaddy46 I will give that a try! | 01:31 |
| holstein | bud1: notecase is notecasepro now.. | 01:31 |
| holstein | bud1: those packages are not in the repos | 01:31 |
| bud1 | Thanks, but it is so slow I removed it. | 01:32 |
| holstein | http://www.notecasepro.com/get.php?ub12.04/notecase-pro_3.6.8_i386.deb is for 32bit ubuntu 12.04 | 01:33 |
| SeaDaddy46 | bud1: have you tried this link? https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/treesheets/ | 01:33 |
| holstein | bud1: if you have the old .deb you can try it, but i would expect the new version to be just that, the new version | 01:33 |
| bud1 | holstein, I tried the old ver. no good, it wont even try to install it. | 01:34 |
| holstein | bud1: then, i would ask the maintainers what to do with the newer version if it has bugs | 01:35 |
| bud1 | eaDaddy46, yes I went there and tried to get my software installer to install treesheets and it refused. | 01:36 |
| holstein | bud1: what errors? | 01:36 |
| holstein | enjoy! gtg... | 01:36 |
| bud1 | the error was "reinstall", thats what I got evertime I tried. | 01:37 |
| bud1 | Thanks for all the help! | 01:38 |
| SeaDaddy46 | bud1: I just used Ubuntu Software Center, and it worked just fine. I did have to create a Ubuntu Single Sign-on acct. | 01:59 |
| SeaDaddy46 | Ubuntu Software Center said I had to buy the software, but the price was $0.00. As soon as I clicked on the Buy (instead of Install) button, I had to sign into Ubuntu Single Sign-on, then everything work like normal. | 02:01 |
| SeaDaddy46 | After playing around with treesheets to be sure it actually did install correctly, and worked, (everything worked fine!) I think I want to leave it installed, and use it for some of my storyline editing. Thanks for asking about Treesheets. | 02:05 |
| HiddenSanity | So... | 02:15 |
| HiddenSanity | I am trying to get gametable working... it seems not to, although it should just be a java program... | 02:15 |
| HiddenSanity | http://gametableproj.sourceforge.net/ is the java program in question. I'm trying to run it with OpenJDK Java 7 runtime and tried 6 too.... | 02:20 |
| === Chatter364 is now known as earthling_ | ||
| HiddenSanity | So... anyone know how I can get gametable up and running? Would it be a problem with Java? Or am I just missing something obvious? | 03:05 |
| stlsaint | sorry i dont know what gametable is | 03:10 |
| HiddenSanity | http://gametableproj.sourceforge.net/http://gametableproj.sourceforge.net/ | 03:13 |
| HiddenSanity | It's a virtual gametable or whiteboard.. java based | 03:13 |
| HiddenSanity | It runs fine on my windows machine at home, but my laptop doesn't seem to like it. | 03:14 |
| earthling_ | I want to list all files that were modified today. Will this work: ls -lR / | grep '2012-08-04' | 03:53 |
| earthling_ | don't want to list all files again, takes awhile | 03:53 |
| stlsaint | hrm, strange command | 04:28 |
| stlsaint | earthling_: have you tried that? | 04:28 |
| earthling_ | it seems to work | 04:29 |
| stlsaint | earthling_: gerat | 04:29 |
| stlsaint | HiddenSanity: could it run under wine? | 04:30 |
| earthling_ | indeed, now I'm trying to pause it | 04:30 |
| HiddenSanity | It's Java... haven't tried WINE for that. | 04:30 |
| stlsaint | earthling_: pause with ctrl+z | 04:33 |
| stlsaint | HiddenSanity: jar file? | 04:35 |
| earthling_ | I set that for a keyboard shortcut with gnome | 04:35 |
| stlsaint | earthling_: oh, well that is key to pause a runnign process. to kill it first find it with ps aux | grep ls | 04:36 |
| stlsaint | then sudo kill -9 pid | 04:37 |
| earthling_ | oh | 04:37 |
| HiddenSanity | yes | 04:37 |
| stlsaint | pid being the process id listed from the ps command | 04:37 |
| stlsaint | HiddenSanity: what is name of jar file? | 04:37 |
| HiddenSanity | gametable.jar | 04:37 |
| stlsaint | HiddenSanity: have you tried command: java -jar gametable.jar? | 04:40 |
| HiddenSanity | Not yet... I wasn't aware that was a thing. | 04:41 |
| HiddenSanity | In terminal, I assume? | 04:41 |
| stlsaint | HiddenSanity: yes | 04:42 |
| stlsaint | HiddenSanity: if you get an error that is long paste it into paste.ubuntu.com and paste url here | 04:42 |
| stlsaint | hrm wonder if there is a facto for that | 04:42 |
| stlsaint | !paste | 04:42 |
| ubot2 | For posting multi-line texts into the channel, please use http://paste.ubuntu.com | To post !screenshots use http://imagebin.org/?page=add | !pastebinit to paste directly from command line | Make sure you give us the URL for your paste - see also the channel topic. | 04:42 |
| stlsaint | sweet | 04:43 |
| HiddenSanity | hey, it works, thank you. | 04:43 |
| HiddenSanity | That how I always need to run it? | 04:43 |
| stlsaint | aye | 04:43 |
| stlsaint | well i dont know what this game/tool is so i cant say for sure but for now it works, seems there is a forum at that link you posted. try there http://sourceforge.net/apps/phpbb/gametableproj/ | 04:44 |
| earthling_ | stlsaint, can I show only executable files? | 04:55 |
| stlsaint | earthling_: ? | 04:55 |
| stlsaint | oh | 04:55 |
| earthling_ | a command for LS | 04:55 |
| stlsaint | earthling_: something like | 04:55 |
| earthling_ | don't see any in man page | 04:55 |
| stlsaint | earthling_: ls -la *.exe | 04:55 |
| earthling_ | don't think that works | 04:55 |
| stlsaint | earthling_: that will list all .exe in current dir | 04:55 |
| stlsaint | again...in current dir | 04:56 |
| earthling_ | ls: cannot access *.exe: No such file or directory | 04:56 |
| earthling_ | I'm trying to find out if a firefox add-on install programs on my computer other than the firefox directory | 04:56 |
| stlsaint | i doubt it | 04:56 |
| stlsaint | in any case you need the find command | 04:56 |
| earthling_ | so many executable files are created in a day, I guess normal activity | 04:56 |
| stlsaint | not on linux | 04:57 |
| stlsaint | no .exe are create within any *nix machine without being manually created | 04:57 |
| earthling_ | try this ls -lR / | grep '2012-08-04' | 04:57 |
| stlsaint | o_O | 04:57 |
| earthling_ | seems to show alot of executables | 04:57 |
| stlsaint | what do you mean by executables | 04:58 |
| earthling_ | srwxr-xr-x | 04:58 |
| earthling_ | is that executable file permissions? | 04:58 |
| earthling_ | alot of directories are created | 05:00 |
| earthling_ | I guess they're considered executable | 05:00 |
| stlsaint | so you mean files are executables, not the .exe extension as in widnows? | 05:00 |
| stlsaint | well in that case have fun lol | 05:00 |
| stlsaint | too many -x files to sort through with that...i dont think thats a very effective way to find what you are looking for | 05:01 |
| earthling_ | as I understand it, files are executable if they have certain permissions | 05:01 |
| earthling_ | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_permissions | 05:01 |
| shahan | I have installed Gnome-Shell . How can I remove it from the Recovery Mode. | 05:01 |
| shahan | I am usually use LXDE due to my slow configured computer. | 05:02 |
| stlsaint | shahan: no need to be in recovery mode | 05:02 |
| shahan | its 12.04 | 05:02 |
| stlsaint | if you have another DE installed than use that DE and remove gnome-shell | 05:02 |
| shahan | stlsaint: I have no option. Because the | 05:02 |
| shahan | stlsaint: Gnome shell not loading. And it has become the default | 05:03 |
| stlsaint | shahan: so change it | 05:03 |
| shahan | now I have only option is the recovery mode. | 05:03 |
| stlsaint | at the login menu you have the option to change | 05:03 |
| shahan | the login option doesnt shows because I dont use any password to login | 05:03 |
| shahan | stlsaint: I think the only option now is the Recovery Mode | 05:04 |
| stlsaint | *facepalm* | 05:04 |
| shahan | is there any solution from Rocovery Mode? | 05:07 |
| stlsaint | should be able to just purge shell, except i would not recommend that until you install something that you knwo works | 05:08 |
| stlsaint | first remove the autologin option | 05:08 |
| stlsaint | that is what you want to do | 05:09 |
| stlsaint | remove option to autologin | 05:09 |
| shahan | stlsaint: I already have the installed LXDE | 05:09 |
| shahan | yes... not to remove the autologin option? | 05:09 |
| shahan | sorry!!! | 05:09 |
| shahan | stlsaint: how to remove the auto login option? | 05:10 |
| shahan | from Recovery Mode? | 05:10 |
| stlsaint | one sec | 05:10 |
| shahan | stlsaint: okey | 05:11 |
| stlsaint | shahan: are you at recovery mode now on the system? | 05:11 |
| shahan | stlsaint: ya... in my another room :) | 05:12 |
| stlsaint | kk, need to test command first before giving to ya, one sec | 05:13 |
| shahan | ok | 05:14 |
| stlsaint | shahan: are you running ubuntu 12.04? | 05:14 |
| shahan | lubuntu 12.04 | 05:15 |
| shahan | I think the backend are almost same | 05:15 |
| stlsaint | ok | 05:16 |
| stlsaint | enter command: | 05:16 |
| stlsaint | cd /etc/lightdm | 05:16 |
| stlsaint | there you sould see some conf files | 05:16 |
| stlsaint | lightdm.conf is what you want to edit | 05:16 |
| stlsaint | change autologin user to false or whatever the option is | 05:16 |
| shahan | let me do .... | 05:18 |
| shahan | stlsaint: how to open the lightdm.conf file in recovery mode? | 05:25 |
| stlsaint | shahan: nano /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf | 05:25 |
| stlsaint | shahan: ? | 05:32 |
| stlsaint | did it work? | 05:32 |
| shahan | hmm | 05:33 |
| shahan | let me do more | 05:33 |
| stlsaint | shahan: what do you mean more? | 05:33 |
| stlsaint | did editign the file stop the autologin? | 05:33 |
| shahan | stlsaint: the file has opened | 05:37 |
| shahan | which line to change? do I need to save? how to save | 05:37 |
| shahan | ? | 05:37 |
| stlsaint | the line that says autologin-user=shahan (or whatever name) change shahan to false | 05:39 |
| stlsaint | hit ctrl+o then the enter key to save | 05:39 |
| stlsaint | hit ctrl+x to close after saving | 05:40 |
| shahan | ctrl+o will it save? or ctrl+s? | 05:41 |
| stlsaint | ctrl+o if you are in nano as i said earlier | 05:42 |
| shahan | stlsaint: it doesn't save | 05:46 |
| shahan | stlsaint: it says that its a read only file | 05:46 |
| shahan | stlsaint: wow... I have solved the issue in another way... tnx | 05:48 |
| shahan | stlsaint: I have sudo mount -n -o remount / | 05:48 |
| shahan | then sudo apt-get remove gnome shell | 05:49 |
| shahan | its solved the issue | 05:49 |
| shahan | now the gnome classic is loading | 05:49 |
| shahan | now I can do graphically | 05:49 |
| stlsaint | cool | 05:49 |
| shahan | I am going to login into the #ubuntu with that PC now | 05:49 |
| shahan | bye for now :) | 05:49 |
| stlsaint | glad to have ti worked out | 05:49 |
| gr1d | Can anyone help me with an internal-mic issue? | 06:02 |
| stlsaint | gr1d: i am just about to head out but have you checked otu the sound troubleshooting wiki? | 06:02 |
| stlsaint | gr1d: sound issues usually mean drivers must be modprobed and what not | 06:02 |
| gr1d | I will give it a look. | 06:03 |
| gr1d | Thank you. | 06:03 |
| shahan | nothing shows :( | 09:08 |
| smartboyhw | Anyone here? | 09:59 |
| JoseeAntonioR | smartboyhw: how may we help you? | 10:01 |
| josh13 | Hi everyone | 10:33 |
| josh13 | Does anyone have a guide to installing the latest NVIDIA drivers? I cant seem to get video / audio HDMI output working | 11:01 |
| smartboyhw | josh13, go to #ubuntu | 12:48 |
| josh13 | will do smartboyhw | 12:49 |
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