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smartboyhwHi!04:29
gonzaleshi04:48
smartboyhwHi104:49
smartboyhwgonzales: How are you!04:49
gonzales@smartboyhw: i'm fine, ty, but i'm having a little trouble with my os04:51
smartboyhwgonzales: How may I help you?04:52
smartboyhwI'm a Ubuntu Studio team member:)\04:52
gonzalessmartboyhw: that's great, buddy :D ! I connected an external usb storage device on my pc running ubuntu studio, but when i plugged it back on windows 7, it has a differente directory structure04:53
gonzalesshowing shortcuts instead of folders. is there a way to revert this file path structure?04:55
smartboyhwgonzales: What's your USB's disk format?04:56
gonzalessmartboyhw: ntfs04:57
smartboyhwHmm...04:57
smartboyhwTry to see if this problem exists on normal Ubuntu desktop04:57
gonzaleshow can I access the normal ubuntu desktop?04:59
smartboyhwgonzales: INSTALL UBUNTU!04:59
gonzalessmartboyhw: well, so i'll have to download the ubuntu distro and install over my ubuntu studio distro?05:02
gonzalessmartboyhw: i think it's just the way my disk is mounted. i'll try another distro. thanks, friend!05:13
smartboyhwGood, gonzales05:21
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smartboyhwI am back!09:58
lnx-e__hi everyone11:59
smartboyhwHi!12:01
smartboyhwlnx-e__, how may I help you?12:03
cfhowlettgreetings all12:03
ne2kI cannot for the life of me find a realtime or preempt kernel for natty. I don't want to install the full ubuntu studio, just add the realtime kernel to natty12:04
smartboyhwhi cfhowlett12:04
smartboyhwne2k: Use the original kernel, and it's best to install full Ubuntu Studio12:05
ne2ksmartboyhw: you saying to use the generic kernel?12:05
ne2ksmartboyhw: but how will that get me a realtime kernel?12:05
smartboyhwSomeone help ne2k, I need to go to the toilet:)12:06
ne2khttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/RealTime this appears to suggest strongly that I should be able to find both lowlatency and realtime kernels for natty, but they just don't seem to be able to be found12:08
cfhowlettnatty?!12:09
cfhowlettsmartboyhw: TMI12:09
smartboyhwne2k: Please use a precise kernel on natty, it is possible12:10
ne2ksmartboyhw: 3.4?12:12
smartboyhwYep12:12
ne2ksmartboyhw: the generic one?12:14
smartboyhwYep12:14
smartboyhwNo, the low-latency one12:14
ne2ksmartboyhw: I'm not sure where to find it12:15
ne2khttp://www.howopensource.com/2012/07/how-to-install-linux-kernel-3-5-quantal-in-ubuntu-12-04-11-10-11-04-10-10-and-10-04/ was looking at this and it took me here http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/12:15
smartboyhwwait12:16
smartboyhwI'm finding12:16
ne2khttps://launchpad.net/~abogani/+archive/ppa this doesn't seem to work12:17
smartboyhwPlease use the newest kernel of precise12:17
ne2khttp://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/ well this appears to suggest that's 3.4, but I can't find a lowlatency package of it12:18
smartboyhw3.4 is the best12:18
ne2khttp://packages.ubuntu.com/search?suite=precise&arch=any&searchon=sourcenames&keywords=linux this suggests the latest in precise is 3.2.0-23.3112:19
smartboyhwBut don't use 3.2.0, it's a biut old12:20
ne2khttp://packages.ubuntu.com/search?suite=quantal&arch=amd64&searchon=sourcenames&keywords=lowlatency ?12:20
ne2k3.5.0-9.8?12:21
smartboyhwUse https://launchpad.net/~ubuntustudio-dev/+archive/ppa12:21
smartboyhwThat kernel should be good!12:22
ne2kW: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntustudio-dev/ppa/ubuntu/dists/natty/main/source/Sources  404  Not Found12:23
ne2kthat looks very old12:23
smartboyhwI said, use precise kernel on natty12:24
ne2ksmartboyhw: http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntustudio-dev/ppa/ubuntu/dists/12:24
ne2kmy point is, that ppa is very old and doesn't have anything past lucid in it12:24
smartboyhwActually, try to use a Xubuntu kernel12:24
smartboyhwUbuntu Studio bears a very close simliarity to Xubuntu12:25
ne2kwhat is the url of the actual ubuntustudio precise repository?12:25
smartboyhwI said, use a Xubuntu kernel12:26
ne2kwhen you install ubuntustudio from scratch, what gets put in sources.list?12:28
smartboyhwne2k: Actually, why don't you want to install Ubuntu Studio from scratch?12:29
ne2ksmartboyhw: I'm contemplating it. it's a matter of time12:30
ne2kbut I probably will at some point12:30
smartboyhwInstalling a kernel is also a contemplation of tiem12:30
smartboyhw*time12:30
ne2kI release-upgraded from maverick to natty and have had a mildly buggered system ever since12:30
smartboyhwThe Ubuntu Studio team uses the kernel from Xubuntu, put packages in it, then release the .iso12:31
ne2kvowed I would never a release-upgrade again12:31
ne2kout of interest, are you unable or just unwilling to answer my question about the ubuntustudio respository urls?12:31
smartboyhwUnwilling. I'm quite busy, but I will help you find it, wait..12:32
ne2karchive.ubuntustudio.org doesn't appear to work12:33
smartboyhwI found somethign12:33
ne2kso it's all in the official repository now12:33
smartboyhwhttp://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=448386 post #612:34
smartboyhwThat should help12:34
smartboyhw:)12:34
ne2ksmartboyhw: apart from the fact that it's five years old and makes reference to archive.ubuntustudio.org, which I've just determined no longer exists, because all the packages are in the main repositoriesa12:35
smartboyhwMaybe you should make a post on Ubuntu forums whil I help you to find it12:36
ne2kI've found it12:36
ne2kit doesn't have its own repository, it's all in the main ubuntu repository12:36
smartboyhwCongrats12:36
smartboyhwProblem solved!12:42
rhalffhi!17:40
rhalffI'm thinking about a new ubuntu interface...17:41
rhalffand wanna use this channel to bother people with my idea17:41
rhalffanyone interested ? :p17:42
Len-nbinterface?17:43
holsteinrhalff: if its a development idea, i would try the dev channel17:43
holstein #ubuntustudio-devel ...or the mailing list, but you can elaborate here if you like17:43
rhalffI basically picture cloudy like buttons, where one can drag application to, so it will form a group of application to startup, if an application is already started it won't close, if it's not in the group it will shut down. So the normal xfce menu will be gone.17:43
holsteinrhalff: what interface is that?17:44
holsteinwho maintains it?17:44
rhalffso one button will activate what you put inside that cloudy button.17:44
rhalffnobody! *yet* :p17:44
Len-nbHow much cpu does it take?17:44
holsteinrhalff: we are not going to develop a UI17:44
rhalffuh, almost none17:44
rhalffit would basically be a very simple app.17:44
holsteinrhalff: we went with XFCE because of the great support and dev on XFCE, and the xubuntu team17:45
rhalffI enforce you to!17:45
rhalff:D17:45
holsteinrhalff: ?.. not clear about "enforce"17:45
rhalffnah I'm just thinking of a simpeler way to switch work flows17:45
holsteinrhalff: you can and are encouraged to join ubuntustudio development17:45
holsteinrhalff: i can say, we dont have the team to support *any* custom UI17:45
rhalffbut that means I have to develop it myself... :|17:45
Len-nbYes17:46
holsteinrhalff: unity is a custom UI.. and you can get an idea of what that takes to implement and maintain17:46
rhalffanyway, just wondering if somebody grasp my idea, nothing more than that yet.17:46
holsteinrhalff: we use XFCE because it works well, and fits out needs, and is already there17:46
Len-nbIt sounds like a session manager of sorts.17:46
rhalffholstein, your studio setup opens up automatically when you start ?17:47
holsteinrhalff: no, but i dont want it to17:47
holsteinrhalff: you literally cant please everyone, and im not saying that is not a need... im just saying not everyone wants that17:47
holsteini dont17:47
rhalffI'm just picturing you make clouds of common setups, and then push one button to switch to it17:48
holsteinrhalff: falktx of the KXstudio project is working on some very nice session managers17:48
Len-nbWhile we might be interested in such an app... we are looking for mature software. Our team though is not full of coders17:48
holsteinrhalff: i think he is trying to get them upstream in debian.. which is where i would suggest anything for ubuntustudio start as well17:48
Len-nbWe take existing packages and add then to Ubuntu17:48
holsteinrhalff: sure.. and you always encouraged as an end user to setup however you like17:49
holsteinrhalff: i dont want clouds.. but i am just one user17:49
Len-nbSo ubunt17:49
rhalffyeah, I know. It's just a question, I'm not asking for a solution :-)17:49
holsteinrhalff: i can see, and apprectiate the need, and you are encouraged to look into implementation17:49
holsteinrhalff: you wont be able to convince anyone here to just go and "make that happen" for you though17:49
rhalffhm, ok, maybe I'll dive into python then.17:50
rhalffBasically we won't have a menu anymore, just arranged groups that you can fill with desired applications.17:52
Len-nbNeed a menu too.17:52
holsteinrhalff: some folks like a menu...17:53
Len-nbOne of the reason unity doesn't work well for audio is no menu17:53
holsteini havent used a menu in years, but i dont force ubuntustudio to be like that17:53
rhalffFor me the menu will be just the pool you select your applications from, you drag & drop it into a button (cloudy like thing), and then use that button/group when you need it. Maybe not even close other running applications, when work calls, you switch to work, spreadsheet, word whatever, then click the other button to go back to the studio. Many groups could be made that way.17:56
holsteinrhalff: and what im saying is, for you, the menu can literaly be exactly that17:57
holsteinfor ubuntustudio, we need to think about the "average" user17:57
rhalffhmz17:57
rhalfftrue.17:57
rhalff:D17:57
holsteinwe went with XFCE because it was very similar in look and feel to gnome217:57
holsteinwe have a menu because other OS's have menus17:57
holsteincoming from windows, ubuntustudio is not that much different17:57
holsteinnot totally new17:58
rhalffI think xfce was a great choice btw, I don't argue that.17:58
holsteinrhalff: do i use a menu? no17:58
holsteini use kupfer17:58
Len-nbIn audio work, there may be a group of apps most used, what happens when you need an extra utility?17:58
holsteini have literally never suggested that ubuntustudio ship with it though...17:58
holsteinrhalff: i think your ideas are quite nice! and you, again, are more than welcome and encouraged to get envolved with the development17:59
rhalffcould be it probably is already done anyway, my thoughts are not that unique, unfortunatly :17:59
holsteinrhalff: you might look at "workflows", or join the dev channel and ask scottwork when you see him18:00
holsteini think the ide of workflows is like that without the UI18:00
rhalffLen-bn, not sure what would be the extra utility, maybe just switch one work space and show, the normal setup ? :-)18:01
Len-nbfor example a midi router might be something almost never used. so you hit you "cloud" button then you need a menu or start run program button to get that too.18:02
Len-nbOr a standalone sound gen. or....18:02
Len-nbSelecting an app from a whole list of apps is what a menu with submenus is there for. To keep things organized.18:04
rhalffWell you could just make it a smaller cloud button, and add the midi router to it or standalone sound gen, a bit like tag clouds work.18:04
Len-nbWouldn't it be easier to just select it from a menu?18:04
rhalffless interesting is smaller18:04
rhalffNot for the more common setups.18:05
Len-nbHaving a general workflow is great.18:05
Len-nbI actually did something like that in tk/tcl... but still having a menu is good too.18:06
rhalffWould be nice for new users to visually understand the workflows from experienced users, which would be just a button.18:06
holsteini would look at falks session manager too.. its that for the audio applications18:06
holsteinplus, there are the old ones...18:06
Len-nbThere are three session managers out there for audio, jacksessions, ladi on top of that and nsm18:07
Len-nbmaybe look at those18:07
holsteinand falks is Claudia?18:07
holsteini forget...18:07
rhalffI should be simple for new users. youtube, windows users, I have a linux background, easy of use is not that far away, the way jackd and qjackctl is much more complex and amazing what they have accomplished.18:08
rhalff+work18:09
holsteinsure, but simple is a matter of opinion, and in my experience, more about what the use is already accustomed to18:11
Len-nbrhalff, I don't remember what it is called, but there is a kde project that does something like that.18:16
rhalffhmz, ok. Almost never used kde.. :-)18:16
holsteinsure, but some folks like KDE... some users want ubuntustudio to use KDE18:18
holsteinwhy do we not? because its quite different than what gnome 2 was18:18
Len-nbThe one in KDE has some problems for audio use if the user doesn't know what they are doing.18:22
Len-nbit can leave a (hidden) group of applications running in the background, some of them detrimental to audio.18:23
Len-nbSimilar to starting a session for a second user without logging out the first.18:23
Len-nbBut it does have some nice features if used single workflow18:24
Len-nbThere is an application called WorKflow... not the one I was looking for.18:26
Len-nbrhalff, look at "KDE activities" and "KDE workspace"18:33
Len-nbI think activites was the one I was looking for18:34
rhalffAh sorry, watching TV, best singer song writer of the netherlands :p18:59
tnnukDoes anyone have any experience with Ubuntu Studio (or linux in general) and the Focusrite Scarlett 2i2? I get a problem where I'm listening to say, Spotify, then I open a tab in Chrome; the music stutters, the lights on the Scarlett flash and then the pitch of my music increases21:22
tnnukI'm running a completely fresh Ubuntu Studio install21:22
tnnukI was running regular Ubuntu 12.04; but I switched to Studio hoping it might help; but I get the same problem21:24
tnnukIs it possible Chrome is outputting at a different frequency to Spotify and it's causing the Scarlett to get confused?21:33
* tnnuk is very close to installing Windows for recording type activities :/21:48

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