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jetsaredimis there a way to get a package updated in the 12.10 repos?01:47
phunyguylol that was fun... do-release-upgrade over ssh... it wasn't happy.  Ended up with a machine that was 20% quantal, and 80% precise.02:14
pmatulis_i always do d-r-u over ssh02:40
kindofabuzzjust did an upgrade on Kubuntu 12.10, now I only get wallpaper with the mouse cursor.02:56
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fernihmmh.. what happened to battery icon..07:56
vega-hmm, cups not working after upgrade11:24
vega-"client-server error"11:24
FrankkoHi i did an upgrade from precise to quantal just now, and i get segmentation faul when starting X11:42
FrankkoI have a working framebuffer as i can use links2 -g and several other fb apps.11:42
Frankkocan i solve this somehow?11:44
FrankkoIt is awfully quiet in all ubuntu related channels nowdays11:46
vega-web forums dominate these days..11:47
FrankkoCaught signal 11 (Segmentation fault). Server aborting11:47
JEEBtry to get as much info on the segfault and your system, and then check out the issue tracker for quantal and if there are no similar issues posted, post your own :)11:48
FrankkoJEEB: I am stuck in cli though..11:49
JEEB:/11:49
Frankkoand the webforums is a rather big task to browse with links2 ....11:49
vega-isn't there something like "reportbug" command or something11:49
vega-or was it debian11:49
JEEBI couldn't get to X on my new box either on saturday, because the kernel's nouveau was borked for kepler GPUs11:50
Frankkoi got report-hw =P11:50
Frankkoi use radeon driver.11:50
Frankkobefore the upgrade i used fglrx and i got the same error as now so i purged it.11:50
Frankkoi did a dpkg-reconfigure -a too11:51
BluesKajHiyas all12:00
TJ-See "apport-bug"12:12
FrankkoWell i am stuck in cli.. I will have to go to work. Laterz-12:23
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ryeHi, is alt+printscreen supposed to work in quantal?13:46
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BluesKajrye just try prtScn by itself , if you're trying to take shot14:01
BluesKaja  screenshot that is14:01
ryeBluesKaj: right, but the Alt+PrintScreen which is supposed to be taking a single window screenshot does not work, and re-configuring in keyboard shortcuts lead to Mod2+Alt notation. Which also does not work. The thing I can't pinpoint the date when it stopped working14:05
ryethe thing is14:05
BluesKajrye , ok what is alt+printscreen supposed to do?  Just printscreen is all you need for a single screen shot14:07
ryeBluesKaj: Alt+Printscreen is a default key binding for "Single window screenshot", when not the whole desktop is captured but only the foreground window.14:11
BluesKajrye, ok understood , it doesn't work here either (KDE)14:12
ryehmmm14:15
jbichait's bug 1050416 , Alt+PrintScreen works in GNOME Shell14:16
ubottuLaunchpad bug 1050416 in compiz (Ubuntu) "Alt+PrintScr does no longer work to produce a screen capture of the active window" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/105041614:16
ryejbicha: thanks, added the info about Mod2+Alt being mapped14:19
ryeand accoding to xev Alt+PrintScreen does not produce anything14:21
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lanoxxhi, which package contains the ambiance theme17:39
lanoxxor against which package do i have to file a bug regarding ambiance?17:39
trismlanoxx: light-themes17:39
lanoxxhi trism17:39
lanoxxthanks17:39
trismlanoxx: hello17:40
trismlanoxx: no prob17:40
lanoxxis radiance also in that pakcage17:41
lanoxxah nvm, it is17:43
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aLeSDhi there : do you know if unity has a python interface ?18:36
trismaLeSD: unity does have a gobject introspection interface, so can be used from python18:38
aLeSDtrism, nice18:38
aLeSDI'd like to create an app that will show the log message on the background18:39
aLeSDit's an unity stuff or X ?18:39
aLeSDor compiz18:39
aLeSD?18:39
trismaLeSD: just the tail of a log on the background? you can actually do that with a transparent terminal (and maybe a bit of compiz to stick it to the background and position it)18:40
trismaLeSD: and to remove the decoration from the terminal18:41
aLeSDtrism, it's my first python app18:45
aLeSDtrism, is there a applet manager for unity around ?18:46
trismaLeSD: not sure what that would be, most extensions to unity would be either indicators (stuff in the top right of the panel) or lens (stuff in the dash), plus there is some stuff to interact with the launcher https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Unity/LauncherAPI#Python_Example18:48
aLeSDok ... next I want to find out a way to remove the panel18:49
aLeSDI mean a different concept of panel .. I'd like to have all the space in the desktop18:50
bjsniderthat's what gnome-shell gives you18:50
bjsnideryou don't see the launchers unless you hit the super key18:50
aLeSDI want the panel on the top desapear18:51
bjsnideroh, i see18:51
aLeSDmmm ..maybe I'd like the panel to appear when super is pressed18:53
aLeSDok .. however thanks18:54
HejbopHowdy19:02
BluesKajhej Hejbop :)19:04
BluesKajI couldn't resist19:05
HejbopBluesKaj: nice to see you19:07
BluesKajthanks Hejbop , nice to see you as well19:08
HejbopBluesKaj: you were very helpful last time, perhaps you could help me this time too. I upgraded thinking "it is soon october, i guess it is safe to upgrade now" Oh how wrong i was. When using fglrx i get "FATAL: Module fglrx_updates not found." and if i use the free radeon driver i get framebuffer in cli but xorg segfaults19:14
Hejbopanything i should do to correct this?19:18
BluesKajuhoh , Hejbop , i just found out that radeo/ati/fglrx drivers have limitrd support on 12.10 at the moment.19:19
BluesKajthis problem is being worked on , but the FGLRX driver won't work right now afaik , thge default radeon driver should though19:22
BluesKajHejbop,^19:23
Hejbopmy net died19:24
HejbopBluesKaj: So i can not use X at all at the moment? I have a working fbdev as i can use mplayer and links2 -g19:25
HejbopBluesKaj: Can i downgrade somehow or do i have to reinstall?19:25
BluesKajHejbop, if you remove the fglrx driver you probly need to regenerate your xorg.conf file19:25
HejbopBluesKaj: i know that, but i get segfault when starting X with free radeon driver.19:26
BluesKajok , then it looks as if you have to use the vesa driver if it's available19:26
HejbopVESA +Xorg =pain then i would prefer to stay here in my comfortable cli19:28
BluesKajhej , if yo default to the vesa , you probly don't need to fool with xorg19:29
BluesKajHejbop,^19:29
Hejbopthe only thing that does not work very well in cli is skype... all other works.19:29
Hejbopbtw how can i check waht driver i am using right now?19:30
BluesKajHejbop, sudo lshw -C video| grep driver19:31
Hejbopi have a rather odd card in my computer, actually it is two. one 6480 and a 6750 hybrid. And it was not supported at all in pre 3.2.10 kernels.19:31
Hejbopthank you19:31
HejbopPCI (sysfs)19:32
Hejbopis all the info i get19:32
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BluesKajglxinfo | grep OpenGL19:34
Hejbopdo i do not need X for that?19:36
HejbopError: unable to open display19:36
BluesKajoh yeah , ok , forgot'19:38
BluesKajwell, if X isn't running then how do we know what proc driver is in use19:39
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hejbophi again19:43
hejbopi kept dropping my network connection in linux for some reason19:43
hejbopnow i am using the only windows computer in the building19:43
hejbopdilapitated slow piece of crap with windows 7.. even lags to type.19:44
BluesKajmust be an old XP machine19:44
BluesKajppl put 7 on them thinking they'll run better , the opposite happens19:45
hejbopno it is an old windows 2k19:45
hejbopmachine19:45
hejbopdual 450mhz p2 with 512 mb ram19:46
BluesKaj2k was a pretty good OS19:46
hejbopi talked to the admin and he claims i can not use any of the blades to irc.19:47
BluesKajyeah , the same thing where I used to work , before I retired19:48
BluesKajwe used a backdoor thru one of the old dialups that were still in use in our lab , and weren't part of the admin'd network19:52
BluesKajdunno if there was such a thing as blade system then though , we just knew irc was blocked on the main company networks19:56
BluesKajhejbop,^19:57
hejbopcoll20:08
hejbopl*o20:08
hejbopBut what are my options if i want X?20:08
hejbopreinstall?20:08
hejbopand if so, how do i get a list of all apps i have installed at the moment.20:09
hejbopbecause it takes ages to reinstall all my ncurses apps.20:09
hejbopas well as my grahical apps20:09
hejbopi do not remember them all in my head, thus taking a lot of time20:09
guntbert_!clone | hejbop20:09
ubottuhejbop: To replicate your packages selection on another machine (or restore it if re-installing), you can type « aptitude  --display-format '%p' search '?installed!?automatic' > ~/my-packages », move the file "my-packages" to the other machine, and there type « sudo xargs aptitude --schedule-only install < my-packages ; sudo aptitude install » (this currently may cause problems with multiarch) - See also !automate20:09
guntbert_aptitude *is* problematic though20:10
hejbopapt-get is fine as well20:10
hejbopi would replicate all my non X programs though. Is there a command for that?20:11
BluesKaj!vesa20:11
ubottuvesa is the default video driver if X can't find a better one. Also see !x20:11
guntbert_hejbop: sure but I doubt it has the same switches as aptitude20:11
hejbopi give up, i will do a clean install.20:12
hejbopsad day for humanity20:13
hejbopnew topic20:13
hejbopBluesKaj: I have always used no swap partition at all. as my memory always faaar exceeds any usage of mine. Would i gain any performance benefits now that i have an SSD by having a swap partition.20:15
hejbopor would it just tear more at my spanking new ssd20:16
SwedeMikeunlikely.20:16
SwedeMikeI do the same, seldom use swap.20:17
BluesKajno swap onb this install , due to 2 OSs with / and /home on both20:19
BluesKajon one HDD20:19
BluesKajI guess i could use extended/logical instead of primary and setup a swap , but i see no probs yet , and only 3G Ram20:22
tsimpsonyou should still have swap, swap is a good thing, not a bad thing20:23
tsimpsonfor instance, the kernel can determine what page maps need to stay in active memory (for frequent use) and which can be shoved off to the HDD so the real RAM is more available20:24
BluesKajtsimpson , swaps are fine , but I have no way to add one without losing my install20:24
tsimpsonI say "can", I mean "this is what the kernel does"20:24
TJ-BluesKaj: You can put swap in LVM, if you don't want to use it for hibernation20:24
tsimpsonBluesKaj: use a swap file :)20:25
BluesKajyeah , tsimpson , but don't swap files slow things down ?20:26
wilee-nileeI ujse swapspace20:26
wilee-nileeuse*20:26
TJ-BluesKaj: swap will only be used when there's memory pressure20:26
hejbopswap in linux is not used unless memory runs out20:26
tsimpsonBluesKaj: not really, it's no different from a partition20:26
hejbopthat is what i am told20:26
wilee-nileeset the swappiness higher if needed as well20:26
tsimpsonnot "runs out", just "becomes under high demand"20:27
tsimpsonand it will swap out things it no longer needs, but has to keep around20:27
tsimpsonit's quite smart about it, that's why people recommend ~1.5x your RAM for partitions. the ~1x for when you want to hibernate, and the 0.5x for extra swap space20:28
BluesKajtsimpson, does the swap file act similar to the partitiion with page maps etc as you described above ?20:29
tsimpsonBluesKaj: I mean the kernel uses a file and a partition exactly the same way, the filesystem isn't involved other than initially opening the file20:32
tsimpsonyou create the file at a fixed size first20:33
jtaylor1.5 RAM is kind of a waste for normal machines20:33
tsimpsonso the kernel just maps it directly into memory20:33
tsimpsonwell, a memory address, not actual memory20:33
jtaylorunless you hibernate with 100% ram usage often you seldom are going to use more than a few hundred mb swap that is not a cache20:34
tsimpsonwith a large size of ram, it does become wasteful, but it's just a rule-of-thumb20:34
jtaylora partition has the advantage that is contiginous on the disk which a file might no be20:35
jtaylorbut in practice that has no effect20:36
jtaylorif you start swapping your desktop is dead anyway20:36
jtaylorwho cares if you have 5mb/s more throughput20:36
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tsimpsonswapping is not such a bad thing, a little swapping is actually a big performance boost20:40
jtayloryes what I mean with swapping is you are using 100% real ram and the system must resort to swap to not crash20:41
hejbopi never, ever, ever. want to hibernate, suspend or any of the sorts.20:41
jtaylorsuspend needs no swap20:42
hejbopgood point20:42
wilee-nileeUsing swapspace I rarely need a swap except for vbox I don't hibernate, this app makes a smooth use of swap http://pqxx.org/development/swapspace/.20:42
jtayloryou can do without swap and probably never notice20:42
jtaylorbut a couple 100mb are recommended20:42
wilee-nileesized to your content and then removed20:43
hejbopa big problem for me is my awesomewm config. How can i upload it somewhere where i do not need a full javascript browser`?20:43
tsimpsonyou're just giving your system another tool to use for efficiency20:43
tsimpsonhejbop: ubuntu one20:45
tsimpsonyou should be able to get a direct HTTP link to the file with it20:45
hejbophow do i use that from cli?20:45
tsimpsonI have no idea, but you need to activate an ubuntu one account first, then get the software installed. it can automatically sync a directory for you, so you just cp/mv things into it and they'll be uploaded to the server20:48
tsimpsonyou'd need to register at https://one.ubuntu.com/20:49
hejbopdoes anyone know of a ftp i could upload a single rc.lua file?20:50
hejbopthe hassle of creating it negates the benefit of even having X20:50
BluesKajtsimpson, ok , swapfile created , altho the tutorial mistakenly uses  etc/fstab for the entry, instead of /etc/fstab20:50
tsimpsonhejbop: I just remembered http://www.drivehq.com/ they offer some free FTP space20:50
BluesKajhejbop, google docs ?20:52
hejbopWOW that is the suckiest website design i have ever seen20:52
hejbopi do have a google docs page20:52
jtaylorhejbop: you obviously weren't around when geocities was used :)20:52
BluesKajor dropbox or even ubuntu one20:52
hejbopbut that requires me to have a webbrowser that runs the full javascript * version. All i got is links220:53
tsimpsonhejbop: hes, it's very 90's, but it's a good free service20:53
BluesKajjtaylor, there's ablast from the past20:53
tsimpsonI use it one a couple of servers to automatically upload backups via cron, haven't had an issue with it, so much so that I almost forgot about it20:54
jtayloryou could use git and a git hoster20:54
jtayloror any other vcs20:54
hejbopgeocities, i had accumulated a playlist with my storage at 1gb on that was awesome20:54
tsimpsonah, well Launchpad has free bzr hosting21:01
tsimpsonthe only issue is that, if it is an issue for you, is everything you upload is visible to anyone21:01
dubac0i'm on ubuntu 12.10 and it wont install skype... any work arounds? says package is bad quality21:12
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a715t0t13@ funkyHat21:16
bjsniderwhat says package is bad quality?21:17
BluesKajaha , another kernel upgrade21:20
bjsnidera715t0t13, install the package using sudo dpkg -i from a console21:21
bobweaverHello there I was wondering if you all are having the same issues that I am having ?  My issues are as followed    the  application lens is not working alt+tab is not working , alt+~ is not working, The launcher is not working, this is what I mean the launcher can launch things but after it launchs things it does not know that things are launched meaning that when I Min a window it is gone forever and there is no way that I can get it back22:48
bobweaverall right so I have 100% removed all ppa's and also removed and purged unity and compiz and all there dependents then re-installed everything to make sure that it is from the main repo tried to unity --replace not good I am going to try to reboot23:11

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