[01:16] <Guest22959> I am trying to install R, it is in tarball form I used the guide at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CompilingEasyHowTo unsuccessfully. Any help would be much appreciated
[05:38] <Mad-Leigh> hello everyone, need help trying to find what email account was used to register on ubuntu forums as I know my old user name but not the email account used to make it.
[05:40] <stlsaint> Mad-Leigh: you have many emails??
[05:40] <Mad-Leigh> yes many espically with yahoo chat accounts, over 150
[05:41] <stlsaint> well in that case i dont know.
[05:41] <Mad-Leigh> don't want to be forced to go through all of them
[05:41] <Mad-Leigh> would be nice to be able to chat to a ubuntu forums admin to get some help as the ubuntu forums help page does not offer anything to help my needs
[05:43] <stlsaint> yea
[05:44] <Unit193> Yeah, I'd say ask in #ubuntuforums and wait a bit, but I could be wrong...
[05:44] <stlsaint> Mad-Leigh: you forgot email and password??
[05:46] <Mad-Leigh> my page is http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=1228999 would admin to able to see what email account was used to create it so then I can recover my account ?
[05:48] <Mad-Leigh> yes forgot all details, found that page via google search, have since installed 12.04 PP LTS and thought I would update my details on the ubuntu forums
[05:48] <stlsaint> Mad-Leigh: i just sent a message to whatever email account you used
[05:48] <Mad-Leigh> but can not log in
[05:49] <Mad-Leigh> thanks for your help
[05:49] <Mad-Leigh> tips and advice
[05:49] <stlsaint> you dont know your email password neither?
[05:50] <Mad-Leigh> I can recover my email account passwords as I used a sencondary account to creat them, but can not remember what email account was used to register on ubuntu forums
[05:51] <stlsaint> Mad-Leigh: the main admin personnel reside in irc channel #ubuntuforums...you can try asking there and waiting forawhile. Its am in the US so it may take a while
[05:52] <Mad-Leigh> ok maybe I will just re register a new name then send a email to admin to get some help
[05:52] <Mad-Leigh> thanks. :)
[05:52] <stlsaint> Mad-Leigh: no need to make two accounts
[05:52] <stlsaint> Mad-Leigh: if you make a new one, request the old one be deleted
[14:03] <gazza> Hi I am new to linux, so much reading done i have forgotten what I was going to ask
[14:04] <gazza> I was trying to dwnload a program, but caught up with so much info
[14:08] <gazza> how does one download programmes and from where(repositories)
[14:36] <gazza> hi is anyone around
[14:42] <stlsaint> gazza: what are you trying to do?
[14:47] <gazza> hi stl
[14:47] <gazza> I would like to add a firewall to my system
[14:48] <stlsaint> gazza: why?
[14:49] <gazza> I was reading on ubuntu site and they mentioned it.
[14:50] <stlsaint> gazza: so because you seen it on a site you want it? Do you know how firewalls work?
[14:50] <gazza> I am running lucid
[14:50] <stlsaint> thewrath: sup
[14:51] <stlsaint> gazza: ok..still...what do you want the firewall for?
[14:51] <gazza> Ok I am so new to linux the wrapping is not yet off
[14:52] <gazza> used to running windows system with antivirus and firewall protection
[14:54] <stlsaint> gazza: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DoINeedAFirewall
[14:56] <gazza> going to find where i was in ubuntu and check tour link too
[15:06] <geirha> Use the software center to download and install software
[15:10] <gazza> what is the ufw or gufw, on my installation it does not have system->administration->firewallconfiguration. I was looking for added protection for my computer, is this a necessity?
[15:11] <stlsaint> gazza: for general daily use...no
[15:11] <stlsaint> unless you are doing something that requires a firewall in which case you would know the need to have one
[15:12] <gazza> 0k so linux is pretty safe compared to windows
[15:12] <stlsaint> gazza: unlike windows ubuntu does not have any open ports by default.
[15:12] <stlsaint> gazza: yes
[15:13] <gazza> i still have to learn the terms used for everything
[15:14] <gazza> only finished loading 10.04lucid late last night
[15:15] <gazza> so as i said still very new for me.
[15:17] <gazza> What happens if some hand me a flash drive with drawings on it that have viruses from his computer?
[15:19] <geirha> If you copy them further to a windows user, you'll help to spread it, but it won't affect Ubuntu
[15:19] <gazza> ok thanks understand
[15:21] <gazza> iwent to sourceforge earlier and wanted to download a program. the package manager did not pop up, but downloaded as a file in my downloads. how do i install this programme?
[15:23] <stlsaint> gazza: is it a .deb?
[15:25] <gazza> i put it into my trash, does not give me a file extention
[15:26] <stlsaint> gazza: what is the package you are trying to install?
[15:28] <gazza> pycam, ihave restored it to my file browser
[15:30] <geirha> In general, you want to avoid downloading software from the web
[15:31] <stlsaint> gazza: that is a .tar.gz which means you need to extract it and look inside to see how to install
[15:31] <gazza> ok i wil give it a try
[15:32] <geirha> In this case though, the repositories does not have a package for pycam, so the next best thing is to try and find a debian package (.deb) for it
[15:33] <geirha> or, well, a ppa would be better
[15:34] <gazza> what is the difference btwn .deb and .tar.gz and how do i look for a .deb or a ppa
[15:34] <geirha> !ppa
[15:34] <ubot2> A Personal Package Archive (PPA) can provide alternate software not normally available in the offical Ubuntu repositories - Looking for a PPA? See https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+ppas - WARNING: PPAs are unsupported third-party packages, and you use them at your own risk. See also !addppa and !ppa-purge
[15:35] <geirha> gazza: a .tar.gz is just a compressed archive, like a .zip or .rar file. There's no telling what it may contain, or how you would go about installing it
[15:35] <geirha> It may also not be possible to uninstall it afterwards
[15:35] <geirha> *possible to easily uninstall it
[15:39] <geirha> Anyway, it at least provides a debian package, which may be installable on Ubuntu. http://pycam.sourceforge.net/download.html
[15:39] <gazza>  Install the following packages with your package manager:
[15:39] <gazza>     python
[15:39] <gazza>     python-gtk2
[15:39] <gazza>     python-opengl
[15:39] <gazza>     python-gtkglext1
[15:39] <gazza>     python-pyode        (optional)
[15:39] <gazza>     python-setproctitle (optional)
[15:39] <gazza>     python-psyco        (optional)
[15:40] <gazza> On a debian or ubuntu system you would just type the following in a root console:
[15:40] <gazza>     apt-get install python-gtkglext1 python-opengl python-gtk2 python-pyode python-setproctitle python-psyco
[15:40] <gazza> Please note that you need to enable the "universe" repository in Ubuntu.
[15:40] <gazza> BEWARE: Debian "Lenny" and Ubuntu "Jaunty" (maybe also Dapper/Hardy/Intrepid)
[15:40] <gazza> sorry justfinger trouble
[15:41] <gazza> that is wat i got out of i'ts install.txt file
[15:42] <gazza> hope u can understand what it means and give me a run down explaination
[15:46] <geirha> Well, again, avoid the tar.gz
[15:46] <geirha> grab the debian package
[15:48] <gazza> it does not tell which is the .deb package in sourceforge. I will delete it from my system and try elsewhere
[15:49] <gazza> what happens when u empty the trash? in windows some parts still hang around in the registery, what happens with linux???
[18:57] <veric> any idea why i would have to go into sound settings and test my speakers to get sound to work when i start videos?
[21:12] <Steven_> Hello is anyone there?
[21:13] <bioterror> there's someone
[21:13] <Steven_> Axlin you there?
[21:13] <bioterror> alsi here
[21:13] <bioterror> also
[21:13] <Steven_> So I have a question I can't seem to find on google
[21:14] <Steven_> When I'm doing something like copying files or what ever I can't do stuff with other programs very well
[21:15] <Steven_> When I boot in to windows I don't have this [rpblem
[21:15] <Steven_> Is there anyway to spread the work load across windows?
[21:15] <Steven_> or applications I should say
[21:16] <bioterror> and you computer is quite new?
[21:16] <bioterror> your
[21:16] <Steven_> Fairly new
[21:17] <Steven_> AMD duel core x64 3.2ghz
[21:17] <Steven_> 4GB ram
[21:17] <Steven_> I mean it's not awful but it's very annoying
[21:18] <Steven_> I've notice after a few updates the problem is not as bad as it was at a time
[21:18] <Steven_> Still really hard to multi task
[21:19] <Steven_> I was hoping there was an anti freeze application or something
[21:19] <Steven_> So is there anything I can do?
[21:20] <bioterror> that sounds quite weird, honestly
[21:20] <Steven_> You don't have that problem?
[21:21] <bioterror> no I do not have
[21:21] <Steven_> What version of ubuntu?
[21:21] <bioterror> Im running kubuntu 12.04
[21:23] <Steven_> does that use unity?
[21:23] <bioterror> no
[21:23] <Steven_> I think unity is the problem
[21:23] <Steven_> I used older versions of linux and they ran smoother
[21:24] <bioterror> I have once tried unity on USB pendrive
[21:24] <Steven_> how did it work for you?
[21:25] <bioterror> it was just gnome shell messed up :)
[21:25] <Steven_> oh heh
[21:26] <bioterror> you could check iotop for example
[21:26] <bioterror> monitor your hard drive activity
[23:01] <wilee-nilee> c