[00:12] <swanerd> after installing 12.04LTS all I get upon boot is "mode not supported" from my monitor... Please help! real NOOB here...
[01:07] <Juze> Always so silly, ask a question, leave a minute later
[02:30] <iggy19> hey all
[02:31] <iggy19> my ibm t60 running ubuntu 10.10 randomly turns off while the screen in locked (never when in use).  Where do I look for a log that will give me a clue as to what is going on?
[02:31] <iggy19> TIA!
[02:33] <Unit193> Files in /var/log/ and 10.10 is EOL.
[02:34] <iggy19> Unit193: and I don't have time to break and fix lots of stuff in an upgrade. Sorry.
[02:34] <iggy19> thanks for the tip though!
[02:40] <iggy19> Unit193: "Critical temperature reached (128 C), shutting down."  Thank you.
[02:40] <Unit193> Yeppers.  May want to use a LTS version though next time. :P
[03:13] <iggy19> Unit193: yep.  or try a new distro.  for now though, it's duct tape and bubblegum.
[06:07] <jardag> how to print pdf file in 12.04
[06:07] <wilee-nilee> jardag, what pdf app are you using?
[06:08] <jardag> Document viewer
[06:08] <wilee-nilee> jardag, do you see a file button at the top right?
[06:08] <wilee-nilee> top left sorry
[06:08] <jardag> no file button
[06:09] <wilee-nilee> can you take a screen shot of the app with prtsc and put it in a imagebin?
[06:10] <wilee-nilee> !imagebin
[06:10] <ubot2> Screenshots can be made with the [PrtScr] button. Want to show us a screenshot of your problem? Upload an image to http://imagebin.org/?page=add and post a link to it.
[06:10] <philballew> jardag, how long you been using ubuntu?
[06:10] <Unit193> Hit Ctrl+P, Unity uses global menu so there should still be a file.
[06:10] <philballew> Unit193, stole it from me.
[06:10]  * philballew bows
[06:10] <Unit193> Nope, here first
[06:11] <jardag> I just installed stock 12.04 and the viewer changed
[06:11] <philballew> Unit193, know everything, beats everyone
[06:11] <Unit193> jardag: That not hit it?
[06:11] <Unit193> philballew: Nope, not used Unity. :D
[06:12] <philballew> you should give it a spin when it gets ported to whatever distro you ran away to.
[06:13] <Unit193> Didn't run, just didn't use main Ubuntu.
[06:18] <jardag> what application can print pdf file in 12.04 ?
[06:19] <Unit193> Evince.
[06:45] <jardag> ubuntu 12.04 how to print pdf file?
[06:46] <philballew> jardag, hey! hows it goin?
[06:46] <philballew> me and Unit193 and wilee-nilee missed you
[06:47] <wilee-nilee> hehe
[06:47] <jardag> there must be someone who printed pdf file in 12.04
[06:48] <philballew> I have
[06:50] <jardag> evince has no print optiion
[06:52] <wilee-nilee> Is the a header to that evince app that says file edit view go bookmarks help
[06:52] <philballew> here I am trying to image bin something.....
[06:52] <wilee-nilee> there a*
[06:52] <philballew> http://imagebin.org/224028
[06:58] <elfy> butters: so what is it you need help with? what have you done so far?
[06:59] <butters> everytime i try to install it imy screen goes all funky
[06:59] <butters> and wont install
[06:59] <butters> gets frozen
[07:00] <butters> its right after i select install ubuntu on to harddrive and after that nothing happens but a pixel lated screen
[07:00] <elfy> ok - first did you check that the download and burn were good https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToMD5SUM and https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/CDIntegrityCheck
[07:01] <elfy> if that's all good I would try booting with nomodeset, reboot the cd - when you see kbd/man at bottom of screen hit any key
[07:02] <elfy> press f6 at that screen and choose nomodeset then carry on with the Try option
[07:04] <butters> i shall try brb
[07:05] <philballew> Seems like it should work elfy
[07:05] <elfy> have to hope so philballew :)
[15:25] <raub> Who creates/changes /var/cache/debconf/config.dat ?
[15:34] <Sidewinder1> raub, Just a WAG on my part, but perhaps Synaptic Package Manager/Software Center ?
[15:36] <cortman> dpkg I assume raub
[16:17] <raub> cortman, Sidewinder1: reason I ask is that some machines have wrong/outdated ldap stuff in there and I am trying to find out where they got them
[16:19] <Sidewinder1> You might wish to ask in #ubuntu as you're not getting an overwhelming response, here. Way more people in there, about 1,669 presently.
[16:19] <Sidewinder1> With all due respect to cortman  :-)
[16:54] <cortman> whew
[16:54]  * cortman was away
[20:35] <upalipsu> How can I use FTP with a diskstation on ubuntu?
[21:05] <Unit193> upalipsu: FTP client?  There's a terminal based one, and you can always use filezilla.
[21:11] <upalipsu> To specify- it the diskstation is a synology unit I had used in windows, it came with a linux code on the installation disk
[21:12] <upalipsu> would a regular FTP client work for that?
[21:13] <upalipsu> The linux code is a bit advanced for me, as I just installed ubuntu yesterday and am completely new to linux. It has notes throughout about specifying paths and directories which go over my head currently
[21:19] <stlsaint> upalipsu: what aer you trying to do?
[21:20] <upalipsu> Basically, I'm trying to reconnect an external hdd array that had an ip of 169.254.224.171, ip status DHCP and Mac adress 00:11:32:0D:71:CD
[21:21] <upalipsu> Using ethernet and FileZilla, seeing if I can set something up currently
[21:22] <upalipsu> Filezilla says-    Status:	Connecting to 169.254.224.171:21... Status:	Connection attempt failed with "EHOSTUNREACH - No route to host". Error:	Could not connect to server
[21:26] <upalipsu> the install disk has a file named install.sh
[21:26] <upalipsu> The contents are :
[21:26] <upalipsu> #!/bin/sh # Copyright (C) 2000-2009 Synology Inc. All rights reserved. VERSION=1347 TarFileName="SynologyAssistant-3.0-${VERSION}.tar.gz" DestDirName="SynologyAssistant" ReadLink=/bin/readlink  YNConfirm() { 	read YN 	if [ "x$YN" = "xY" -o "x$YN" = "xy" ]; then 		return 	else 		exit 0 	fi }  if [ ! -f ./${TarFileName} ]; then 	echo "File [${TarFileName}] not found." 	exit 255 fi  cat << EOF This script will install Synol
[21:32] <stlsaint> upalipsu: that makes no sense
[21:33] <stlsaint> upalipsu: please use paste.ubuntu.com to paste large files and give the url link here
[21:33] <upalipsu> Thank you, I wasn't sure how to go about that
[21:34] <upalipsu> here is the link - http://paste.ubuntu.com/1140063/
[21:37] <upalipsu> I looked it up, says a .sh is a shell script
[21:41] <Unit193> Normally run by doing  ./script.sh  if it has been marked executable.
[21:45] <stlsaint> upalipsu: you can run that with either command:
[21:45] <stlsaint> bash nameofscritp.sh
[21:45] <stlsaint> or ./nameofscript.sh
[21:45] <upalipsu> in the terminal you mean?
[21:46] <upalipsu> thank you for your help :)
[21:46] <upalipsu> does the install.sh have to be located on the desktop?
[21:48] <upalipsu> i'm at the ~ $ in the terminal with the install.sh on my desktop. It ready bash: ./install.sh: NO such file or directory
[21:54] <stlsaint> upalipsu: enter command
[21:54] <stlsaint> cd Desktop
[21:55] <stlsaint> upalipsu: OR...just right click the file...go to properties...go to "Permissions" tab and select the check box to make the file executable
[21:56] <stlsaint> then double click the file and select to run in terminal
[22:04] <upalipsu> Alright, I ran it. Terminal popped up and dissappeard very fast
[22:07] <upalipsu> so here's what I've been going off of: http://paste.ubuntu.com/1140100/
[22:07] <upalipsu> it's the how to install assistant.txt
[22:07] <upalipsu> I'm not very fluent yet with these commands and my orientation to the linux os/terminal os is very rudimentary
[22:10] <stlsaint> upalipsu: so what happens when you run the install.sh
[22:11] <upalipsu> the terminal pops up and closes as fast as it appears
[22:18] <upalipsu> Is there a simpler way to set up the server with FileZilla?
[22:22] <stlsaint> upalipsu: server is ubuntu 12.04?
[22:23] <upalipsu> i'm running ubuntu 12.04
[22:23] <upalipsu> server? in what context?
[22:23] <upalipsu> I wonder, there's no option for a remote desktop is there
[22:24] <stlsaint> upalipsu: are you running server or desktop with ubuntu 12.04?
[22:25] <upalipsu> desktop
[22:33] <upalipsu> I'm gonna have to get some O'Rielly books on linux and study/play and get really well versed in this stuff. It seems like a very productive way to spend some time on a machine
[22:38] <stlsaint> upalipsu: what way are you trying to install?
[22:38] <stlsaint> i have never used it but it should be simple
[22:39] <upalipsu> I'm not sure what that shell scrip does really, if it has a gui or not. I'm looking to use a simple gui to stream flies off the external hdd and read them onto the computer.
[22:39] <upalipsu> If a FTP does that better, I may have to try that.
[22:41] <upalipsu> The synology program offered on windows worked very nicely, opened in the web browser and had it's own virtual gui there. It let you connect directly and save the credentials so after each boot the system would connect you back to the server if it was running
[22:42] <upalipsu> I say server, but it's more like a duel hdd box set in RAID (one hdd is purely backup) and linked with eathernet to the comp
[22:44] <upalipsu> http://www.synology.com/us/products/DS211+/index.php
[22:45] <upalipsu> Not sure if I answered your question :/
[22:48] <upalipsu> I'm also beginning to think that 10.04 is the way to go as it has been supported longer.
[22:51] <stlsaint> upalipsu: 12.04 is a LTS also
[22:51] <stlsaint> due to time release you will get longer support from 12.04
[22:53] <upalipsu> huh, good deal
[22:53] <upalipsu> stlsaint, how long have you been using linux?
[23:09] <stlsaint> upalipsu: years
[23:09] <geirha> thousands of days
[23:10] <upalipsu> lol
[23:10] <upalipsu> any tips?
[23:10] <upalipsu> on how to learn quicly that is
[23:11] <stlsaint> forums
[23:11] <stlsaint> lots of reading
[23:11] <geirha> stay on irc 24/7, lose all notion of real life, try to figure out every problem you see
[23:11] <geirha> ... or that
[23:12] <upalipsu> are you guys running the desktop versions?
[23:13] <upalipsu> or, scratch that, if you could name 1 book to read for an absolute beginner
[23:13] <geirha> Joking aside, I believe you learn the most by hanging around on irc, the ubuntuforums, and/or askubuntu, asking questions and answering other's questions
[23:14] <stlsaint> geirha: +10
[23:14] <geirha> There's the ubuntu manual
[23:14] <stlsaint> upalipsu: do just what geirha just said
[23:14] <upalipsu> this is gonna sound like a very noob-ish question, but how do you view other chats in the irc? It seems like this is a certain channel here (this actual convo)
[23:14] <upalipsu> :)
[23:15] <stlsaint> this is one channel
[23:15] <stlsaint> no one else is chatting right now
[23:17] <upalipsu> does that mean I am the only beginner?
[23:17] <geirha> What irc client are you using?
[23:17] <upalipsu> i'm using the webchat.freenode.net
[23:17] <geirha> Ah, I'm not familiar with that one
[23:17] <upalipsu> Couln't figure out the Empathy because my pw was wrong apparently...
[23:18] <upalipsu> it runs through a webbrowser
[23:18] <stlsaint> upalipsu: only beginner?
[23:19] <stlsaint> no you are not, just the only person chatting
[23:19] <upalipsu> oh, so people leave their irc's up all the time?
[23:20] <geirha> Yes, there are various ways of being connected 24/7
[23:20] <upalipsu> fascinating
[23:21] <upalipsu> makes sense, everyone says linux machines can run for years without reboots
[23:22] <stlsaint> true
[23:23] <geirha> Though you'll generally want to reboot Ubuntu several times a year
[23:24] <geirha> There'll be the occational security fix for the kernel, which currently requires a reboot
[23:26] <upalipsu> correct me if i'm wrong, but linux seems to have a much closer relationship to the actual hardware and utalization of that hardware to it's fullest abilities than the other main contending os's
[23:27] <stlsaint> upalipsu: yes and no
[23:28] <stlsaint> linux doesn't read a harddrive better than windows exactly
[23:29] <geirha> The biggest drawback for linux is graphics drivers. The biggest manufacturers; nvidia and amd, provide really buggy drivers for linux unfortunately
[23:31] <geirha> Though the current work Valve is doing, might have the side-effect of more stable drivers
[23:31] <upalipsu> Yeah, I have a 9800gtx and upon clean installing ubuntu I was forced to get some updates in the low graphics environment, or terminal
[23:32] <upalipsu> what's valve currently up to?
[23:32] <geirha> porting steam to Ubuntu
[23:32] <upalipsu> Woo
[23:33] <upalipsu> They're quite the company, do you know they have no hierarchy in their workforce?
[23:33] <stlsaint> upalipsu: though you have the option of using a generic driver or proprietary one
[23:34] <geirha> http://blogs.valvesoftware.com/linux/
[23:35] <geirha> Well, sometimes you don't have an option
[23:36] <stlsaint> aye
[23:36] <stlsaint> card and all
[23:40] <upalipsu> very interesting
[23:41] <upalipsu> good read, thank you
[23:43] <stlsaint> upalipsu: what brings you to linux?
[23:44] <upalipsu> I've had it with windows. Ran killdisk and fresh installed ubuntu
[23:44] <upalipsu> figured, heck, brave new world
[23:45] <stlsaint> wow, removed windows altogether?
[23:45] <upalipsu> yeah
[23:45] <stlsaint> upalipsu: you do know there are some things you wont be able to do fully in windows....mainly itunes :\
[23:45] <stlsaint> s/windows/linux/g
[23:45] <upalipsu> heh, i never enjoyed itunes much anyway
[23:46] <stlsaint> upalipsu: take a look into setting up virtual machines also. Lots of testing you can do with different distros, commands, etc without harming your host
[23:47] <geirha> LFS is a really good learning experience. Guides you through the process of making your own linux distro, step by step
[23:47] <stlsaint> geirha: oh geez, your talking a life long task there lol
[23:47] <stlsaint> Vampy: what was your question
[23:47] <geirha> Yeah, it sure is time consuming
[23:48] <upalipsu> LFS
[23:48] <stlsaint> geirha: i started it long time ago and just got winded within two days lol
[23:48] <stlsaint> upalipsu: LFS==Linux From Scratch
[23:48] <upalipsu> ah
[23:48] <upalipsu> looked up s/windows/linux/g
[23:48] <stlsaint> upalipsu: goest through the building of a linux system from scratch...LITERALLY....ground up
[23:48] <geirha> http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/
[23:49] <stlsaint> upalipsu: lol
[23:49] <stlsaint> no no
[23:49] <geirha> Takes a lot of time to go through, but you learn how pieces fit together
[23:49] <stlsaint> upalipsu: that is apart of a command used to remove one string and replace it with another
[23:49] <upalipsu> oh lol
[23:50] <upalipsu> hey, I took a c++ class and dreded it, is linux any better than that horrid  program?
[23:50] <geirha> open a terminal and run    echo 'something windows something'
[23:50] <geirha> then run   echo 'something windows something' | sed 's/windows/linux/g'
[23:51] <Vampy> cn someone help me chek my master.cf and main.cf files.. i'm gettin error im not sure how to fix, heres the paste paste.ubuntu.com/1140194 and 114019
[23:52] <geirha> 114019 doesn't seem related to 1140194
[23:53] <Vampy> i'm also using Flurdy's Email Server Setup from here http://flurdy.com/docs/postfix/
[23:53] <Vampy> 1140195 sorry
[23:53] <Vampy> thos are my master and main cfs for postfix
[23:54] <stlsaint> Vampy: mail issue?
[23:54] <Vampy> yea
[23:54] <upalipsu> tried the echo 'alphabet windows youtube' | sed 's/windows/inux/g' and it said aphabet linux youtube haha
[23:54] <Vampy> sorry i just realized i was postin in the wrong channel stl
[23:54] <stlsaint> Vampy: no this is right channel
[23:55] <stlsaint> upalipsu: LOL, leave s/windows/linux/g alone
[23:55] <Vampy> ok good
[23:55] <stlsaint> geirha: shame on you :P
[23:56] <stlsaint> Vampy: what errors are you getting?
[23:56] <Vampy> unused parameter error
[23:56] <Vampy> and alot of them :(
[23:56] <Vampy> this is my first server setup.
[23:57] <Vampy> wait. this is my first linux server setup
[23:58] <upalipsu> so the 's' and 'g' are like brackets
[23:58] <upalipsu> there's no manual entry for s or g
[23:58] <stlsaint> Vampy: have you tried postconf -nf
[23:58] <Vampy> paste.ubuntu.com/1140168
[23:58] <Vampy> i beliee that is just -n
[23:58] <geirha> upalipsu: http://xrl.us/sedintro#uh-0 is a good introduction to sed