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AlanBellnight all00:06
dogmatic69anyone skilled in POP3?00:37
dogmatic69I cant seem to get emails via php sockets or telnet00:38
dogmatic69This is what I get using openssl http://bin.cakephp.org/view/52728393800:41
diploMorning all07:36
bootlkjkgfdiplo, Mornin' Subjagated people of the Queendom. .. I love big breakfast !  -------> http://goo.gl/Qon6S (5GBP/Mo.)07:58
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popeyDaviey, http://photos.pixoulphotography.com/Events/UDS-Raring-Ringtail/26357384_T6rzD6#!i=2197486286&k=tLjGkSM08:33
theopensourcererThose crazy Fins http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2012/11/05/open_ministry_finland_s_open_source_project_to_let_citizens_propose_laws.html << Myrtti08:39
christelsok, most finns are too drunk all of the time to pose much of a threat as far as making law goes08:40
christelor actually... maybe that is more likely to result in some most bizarre legislation08:40
christeljames \o/08:40
MyrttiI actually have been a guinea pig for the site08:41
theopensourcererHi Myrtti - you will be pleased to know that your postcard has arrived and is now on AlanBell's desk.08:42
Myrttithey wanted to check if my combination of bank, os and browser worked on the bank identification and signing08:43
Myrttitheopensourcerer: excellent08:43
AlanBellooh :) I will be in the office shortly to see it08:44
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czajkowskialoha09:03
DJones\o/ Jelly bean update on my phone09:22
JamesTaitGood morning all! :)09:23
SuperMattmorning09:24
Davieypopey: hah, i don't even remember that photo09:24
popeytis a good one09:25
popeythere's a couple more of you09:25
JamesTaitDaviey, that photo looks like the split second before the chestburster emerges!09:28
Davieyheh09:32
AlanBellpostcard for us from Finland \o/ https://plus.google.com/109175303602657131317/posts/gY3Uwx4yXvf09:37
christelahahah i love it09:39
christel:D09:39
* christel snuggles Myrtti 09:39
mungojerryanyone reckon i can repurpose this green button to do customised things with my ubuntu box? http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001FA6TR209:41
mungojerrylike do a screen lock when i press button09:41
gordit probably just emulates a keyboard09:48
Davieymungojerry: almost certainly... but how much effort it takes i cannot comment :)09:48
mungojerryi wonder09:48
mungojerrywould be quite fun09:48
DavieyI just wish i had a mechanism to search for how-to's on this stuff09:49
Davieysomething that indexed at least 10,­000,­000,­000,­000,­000,­000,­000,­000,­000,­000,­000,­000,­000,­000,­000,­000,­000,­000,­000,­000,­000,­000,­000,­000,­000,­000,­000,­000,­000,­000,­000,­000,­000 sites.09:50
Daviey(also known as a googol)09:50
DavieyNow i've finished trolling, http://www.greygreen.org/blog/code/python/ecobutton-linux09:50
mungojerryhey awesome09:51
popeyhttp://www.amazon.co.uk/review/RDH96GJN6A8R9/ref=cm_cr_dp_title?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B001D5LZ0K&channel=detail-glance&nodeID=560798&store=electronics09:51
mungojerrypopey, but it's a button09:51
mungojerryi won't use it for the intended purpose09:51
mungojerrybut use it as a wallpaper changer, screen lock, etc09:52
popeyyes, i know :)09:52
popeyi was linking to a 'review'09:52
mungojerrydoesn't work on 64-bit :-|09:55
mungojerryyou wouldn't think a driver would be that complicated09:55
Davieyuh?09:59
popeymungojerry, on windows?10:03
mungojerryi was just wondering out loud why ti wouldn't work on 64bit windows10:04
mungojerryprobabyl because they diodn't sell any and it's been around since XP days10:04
popeyi doubt it's a "driver" but more of a stupid panel applet thing to notify you of all the trees you've saved10:06
mungojerryah true10:06
popeyI'd plug it into a linux box and see what keyboard shortcut it binds to10:09
popeyby running xev in a terminal and see what pops up when you press/release the button10:09
mungojerryDaviey posted a useful link for someone running it on linux10:14
mungojerrythink i might buy one, it's only 4 quid10:14
mungojerrymakes the day pass more easily when you have a green button that makes fart noises10:15
gordi've always said i want a usb racing pedal, pressing down on it would increase the value of the -j option passed to make10:18
gordand make vroooooooooooooooom noises10:18
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mungojerrythere you go gord, for 4 english pounds10:22
WobboAt my work I PC (Mac) has been stolen. Is uses the (beta) Ubuntu one. I changes the passwords but my information is still on that Mac.10:26
WobboWhat to do?10:26
diploRevoke access on the web panel for that machine ?10:27
diploSure you can do that, not logged in for a while10:27
* diplo checks10:27
gordthat still leaves the data on the machine10:27
diploit sure does10:27
mungojerrytake a copy of all files10:37
mungojerrythen overwrite each file with one of zero bytes to replace on next sync10:37
popeyit will only sync if someone logs in to that desktop account10:37
popeyWobbo, is it a mac running OSX?10:37
popeydo you use find my mac?10:37
WobboYes, it OSX 10.610:48
mungojerryslightly disturbed about the email thread i've accidentally been copied into10:50
WobboWhy, did you just buy one?10:50
Wobbolol10:50
mungojerryabout shipping a certain consignmnet through customs10:50
brobostigongood morning everyone,10:53
mungojerrysome dude with a yacht that wants to shoot pirates with a laser rifle10:53
popeyWobbo, hah, no. just that macs come with software that helps you find them10:54
popeyWobbo, also maybe you can ask canonical if they will give you the IP of where it connects from10:55
popeyto trace the laptop10:55
WobboThanks10:57
popeyor indeed any other service you had on it11:00
popeya friend of mine traced his laptop and got it back that way. can't remember the service he was using, but it was a third party app installed which revealed the IP to the online service.11:01
popeyit was a mac too11:01
WobboIt only about important information, lice password that need to be destroyed... (FTP stuff) I have al the information on other computers (normal Ubuntu).11:05
gordi would basically assume all passwords are compromised tbh11:07
gordjust change them all11:07
diploKeepassX11:08
diploGenerate passwords, and store them11:08
diploEncrypted, + apps for phones etc and works on all os's11:08
popeylastpass \o/11:09
popeyDaviey, what were you singing? http://photos.pixoulphotography.com/Events/UDS-Raring-Ringtail/26357384_T6rzD6#!i=2197627681&k=wwD4fRh11:09
Davieypopey: I'm still not quite sure.. but if i find out who put me in for it, i will stab them :-)11:13
mungojerryfreemind is almost at v1.0.0 :-|11:15
mungojerrycan you suspend desktop pc's which use nvidia propriatry driver yet?11:35
mungojerrymy one at home fails spectacularly11:35
SuperMattmungojerry: I'm using the nv driver on my laptop and closing the lid works fine11:43
SuperMattthough I don't know if it's suspending or hibernating right now11:43
mungojerryi'm using nvidia11:43
mungojerryit fails, but not sure if thats normal11:44
SuperMattI would assume not right now11:44
mungojerry(it used to be hard for sure)11:44
SuperMattbut that doesn't mean I'm right11:44
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popeyAlanBell, have you documented your webcam stuff at all? now I'm back from UDS I can set it up sometime12:27
AlanBellundocumented and mostly junk https://code.launchpad.net/~alanbell/+junk/camcontrol12:28
AlanBelland at the moment relies on the camera being mounted inverted :)12:28
AlanBellI will fix that at some point12:28
ahayzenHi, if I have a python package which supports both py2 and py3 in the same package should I distribute it as python-abc or python3-abc or both? Thanks, Andy12:33
ali1234try asking on #ubuntu-motu12:34
ali1234i would go for just python-whatever12:34
ahayzenali1234, Ok thanks :)12:34
ahayzenali1234, if u were interested, u apparently have to do both - as my package is a library12:38
ali1234i see12:39
ali1234thank makes sense, you'll only need one source package to do that i guess12:39
ahayzenthen just modify the debian stuff for each one?12:41
ahayzenali1234, http://wiki.debian.org/Python/LibraryStyleGuide seems to tell u what to do12:42
ali1234AlanBell: http://paste.ubuntu.com/1337199/ would that do in camcontrol.py?12:43
ali1234alternatively: http://paste.ubuntu.com/1337203/12:46
diploReally must buy one myself13:09
cocoa117anyone experience issue with ubuntu 12.04 suspend after 3 hour or more, then when wake it up, the whole system freeze?13:20
bigcalmI haven't. But it sounds like it could be dependant upon the hardware in use13:22
cocoa117it actually happens on two of my computers, they are different brand13:23
bigcalmI left my laptop on suspend for 2 days by mistake. Worked just fine when I woke it up13:24
AlanBellali1234: yeah, I was going to do the latter, it was just a consequence of it being written to solve my problem, not as a general thing13:24
AlanBellideally it would be replaced with something running on the firmware of the camera13:25
popeyDaviey, apparently you sun Killer Queen13:32
Davieypopey: Nah it wans't!13:34
bideannambiancocoa117: google i915 rc6 enable13:34
bideannambianif you have intel graphics13:36
cocoa117bideannambian, en... i don't think my cpu is sandybridge13:37
cocoa117it is core2 duo13:37
cocoa117and both of them are desktop, not laptop13:37
popeycocoa117, nvidia video card?13:39
cocoa117popey, yes, one of them have nvidia video card, and the other one don't. it's intel build in vga card, as home server13:40
cocoa117desktop have NVIDIA Corporation GF108 [GeForce GT 430]13:41
popeyprobably a long existing bug in nvidia binary driver13:41
Laneybrr14:12
Laneyquick afternoon heating blast methinks14:12
czajkowskiLaney: put on a jumper14:13
Laneyalready have 2 on14:13
Laneyand a pair of these bad boys http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00532S3FY/ref=asc_df_B00532S3FY10457553/?tag=googlecouk06-21&creative=22134&creativeASIN=B00532S3FY&linkCode=asn14:14
czajkowskiscarf14:14
Laneyhaha14:14
czajkowskifunky14:14
Laneyat some point there is a limit to what you should wear inside your house14:14
Laneyit's somewhere below a scarf for me14:15
DavieyLaney: you need a rack of servers in your house.. that keeps you nice and toasty14:15
DavieyAnd you can do a full archive rebuild!14:15
Laneyphwoar14:16
czajkowskianyone any recommendations for books about/on Historical Dramas :)14:16
BigRedSfiction, presumably? Not just dramatic events of history...14:21
czajkowskiyes14:22
czajkowskifiction I'd assume also14:22
czajkowskibut dont know any14:22
BigRedSI just thought of a few non-fiction  books about historical events and then figured that's probably not what you were after14:28
mungojerrywhat's a histoircal drama?14:29
czajkowskino idea14:30
czajkowskiit's what i was told someone read14:30
czajkowskiand wanted to get them stuff for xmas14:30
czajkowskihave my shopping list all done out14:30
czajkowskinow to find 24 pressies14:30
* popey adds laneysocks to his amazon wishlist14:31
Laney:D14:31
* popey needs more stuff for his wishlist what with xmas coming up 14:32
popeyfamily ask me every year what I want, i usually say "nothing, i don't care214:33
popeyS/2/"14:33
popeybut they don't listen :(14:33
Davieypoor popey14:33
popeywishlist is the only way I can avoid getting utter crap for xmas14:33
popeyyeah, poor me14:33
popeybuy me stuff Daviey14:33
* popey adds this crap to his wishlist http://www.amazon.co.uk/JINX-Minecraft-Creeper-Bracelet/dp/B006ISV9KI/ref=pd_rhf_pe_s_cp_414:34
Davieypopey: If i by you anything, i'll make it the most CoC breaking NSFW sick stuff i can.14:34
mungojerryczajkowski, i think i know what u mean14:34
popeyOK!14:34
mungojerrylike the other boleyn girl, etc?14:35
popeyOMG! Minecraft socks! http://www.amazon.co.uk/Minecraft-Happy-Socks-3-Pack/dp/B007R3GK98/ref=pd_sim_sbs_k_h_b_cs_1014:35
theopensourcererif anyone is interested in what I want - SINGLE MALT SCOTCH will do me nicely :-)14:35
mungojerryit's kind of fan fiction that is a "what if" kind of stuff that historians hate14:35
czajkowskiI'm buying giant jenga for folks after seeing them at UDS!14:36
theopensourcererMy son asked his mum to knit him a Minecraft phone sock for Xmas14:36
diploAnyone in here use puppet ?14:37
mungojerrydiplo, yes14:37
diploJust about to read up on it.. quick breif of what you use it for ?14:37
diploif you don't mind ?14:37
mungojerrychanging ntp conf settings, ldap config files, certain sy,bolic links for nfs mounts to work nicely, a fix for sound cards on certain optiplex models,14:38
mungojerryetc etc14:38
mungojerryanythinthat requires a local config14:39
mungojerryiptables,14:39
czajkowskihttp://www.amazon.co.uk/Jeronimo-Giant-Wooden-Tower-Zipped/dp/B000PVXSTY/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1352212743&sr=8-2  comes in a bag :D14:39
czajkowskivery handy14:39
diploI basically want a simple way of setting up our new erp software for clients and also to install os14:40
diploBasically, RIS/WDS for linux14:40
diploWhich puppet isn't really I guess14:40
diploCobbler seems more what I need I think14:43
mungojerryi use kickstart + puppet14:44
diploWill look at kickstart now thanks14:44
mungojerryif you wanna go the whole shebang then look into spacewalk14:46
diploJust looking at MAAS as well14:46
diploWill look at that as well thanks14:47
X3Npopey: is ubuntu planet still updating?14:47
* diplo seems to have lots of reading14:47
popeyX3N, which one, normal or uk?14:47
mungojerrykickstart > imaging14:47
X3Npopey: uk14:47
* popey checks14:47
diplomungojerry: The best one to use in your opinion ?14:48
mungojerryfor which distro14:48
mungojerrysmaller group of machines then kickstart, for larger infrastructure then spacewalk is very nice control centre for managing state of updates (like rhn)14:49
diploMainly CentOS, but Ubuntu/Debian boxes as well. Haven't decided what OS/machine it's running on yet but probably test with 12.04 on a machine I have here14:49
mungojerrypuppet has a bit of learning curve, but it cross distro and your rules can depend on the distro14:49
diploWell we are a 20 man team and have about 80 customers with ranges of machines / os's / specs14:49
mungojerryonly ever done kickstart with rhel based machines14:50
mungojerryubuntu did one called landcape but dunno any more about it14:50
diploI basically want to automate the sysadmin guys setup from a 2 hour job to a pxe boot / install / nearly done14:50
czajkowskimungojerry: BigRedS found Philipa gregory stuff14:50
czajkowskithis may work14:51
mungojerrymy wife has read a few like that14:51
mungojerryshe may have read the boleyn girl14:51
diploWhat do you use as your kickstart server mungojerry14:52
diploah sorry you host on a rhel machine ?14:52
mungojerryyes, a SL machine14:52
mungojerrya VM with local mirrors14:52
diploubuntu docs seem to suck for kickstart, will read up rhel's :)14:52
mungojerrytakes 20 mins to kickstart dekstops, 10 mins for servers, the desktop long bit is installing adobe apps14:53
diploDo you deploy windows boxes as well or not an option under linux for that yet ?14:55
mungojerrywe use FOG imaging for windows14:57
mungojerryalthough MS do much more advanced stuff like SCCM14:57
diplohah, on there page looking at that now14:57
diploYea we used RIS, then moved to WDS for our Terminal Services servers at my last place14:58
diploWhat made me think about this now14:58
mungojerryin theory if you don't have to change configs much, then you don't need to learn puppet, just put all config file changes in the postinstall section of kickstart14:58
diployeah it's a one off mainly for us, so basically want to install centos, our app, disable iptables / selinux and install a few dozen packages and that's it14:59
diploI can do it, not including downloading in about 20-30 mins14:59
diploBut it can take the guys 3 hours + sometimes14:59
diploAnd I thought, if i spend a fwe hours learning/setting it up after 1-2 installs it's covered my time already15:00
mungojerryi can send you my kickstart files sometime if you like15:00
mungojerrykickstart is pretty easy15:00
mungojerrypuppet harder, but powerful15:00
diploThat would be great, was going to check out the anaconda-ks one from reading the centos docs15:00
mungojerryspacewalk longer still, but rewarding15:00
mungojerryah, thats a v good place to start15:00
diplooh yeah, not checked spacewalk yet15:00
mungojerryi have some cheeky things too15:00
mungojerrylike php command in the kickstart to set your hostname based on the IP address15:01
diploSo spacewalk looks like landscape but free ?15:01
mungojerryyes, in fact it's a free RHN satellite15:02
mungojerryoff to meeting now15:03
mungojerrythen to bed with manflu15:03
diplothanks very much for your input15:03
diploappreciate it15:03
mungojerryno prob15:03
mungojerryping me another day for ks configs if u need15:04
diplokk ta15:05
ubuntuuk-planet[Tony] Four go mad in Dorset - http://tonywhitmore.co.uk/blog/2012/11/05/four-go-mad-in-dorset/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=four-go-mad-in-dorset15:28
ubuntuuk-planet[Jono Bacon] Unite - http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/11/06/unite/15:28
ubuntuuk-planet[Michael Wood] dawati-user-testing tool updates - http://www.michaelwood.me.uk/wordpress/2012/11/06/dawati-user-testing-tool-updates/15:28
popeyX3N, what's your experience of vp8enc?15:29
popeyX3N, bigwhale has had numerous reports (confirmed) that it eats memory, in kazam when recording the desktop15:30
SuperMatthuh, actually surprised to find that ossec doesn't have any checks specifically for someone searching for phpmyadmin15:30
X3Npopey: haven't had any problems, generally pretty good performance/quality balance15:32
Laneydid someone just fix planet u-uk?15:34
popeyi did15:34
popeywell, ran the job15:34
Laneywondered why i was seeing old jono posts15:35
popeythe cron job was suspended because the job was failing15:35
popeyX3N, i think the bug has been filed in upstream gstreamer15:35
X3Nit is still in -bad so I wouldn't be surprised15:36
popeyhttps://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=68749315:36
lubotu3`Gnome bug 687493 in don't know "Huge memory leak using Python, Gtk+, GStreamer and vp8enc" [Major,Needinfo]15:36
BigRedSHm. The raspberry pi's power lead looking exactly like a phone charger just proved to be a problem15:39
SuperMattwhat did you fry?15:39
BigRedSNo idea yet, I've left it off :)15:40
BigRedSNo massive problem, but I might label whatever it gets as a permanent power suppl15:40
BigRedSy15:40
SuperMattah righty15:40
BigRedSit's just been at work for a bit so I can configure it before taking it to my dad's, gave it a massive list of stuff to install half an hour ago, presumably it's done by now15:41
popeyX3N, any particular reason you're not extending kazam, but starting a new project?15:41
X3Npopey: not getting a leak here, but haven't tried gst 1.0 yet still a wip in a branch15:41
X3Npopey: this isn't designed for screencasting, more for user observation testing15:42
popeysure, but it wouldn't take much to add a new video capture device to kazam15:44
popeyand the end result is the same, recording the screen and output from a camera15:44
czajkowskihow do I find out the temperature that is currently on the machine ?15:45
popeyczajkowski, xsensors?15:45
czajkowskipopey: thank you15:46
popeyX3N, anyway, be nice to have it packaged up15:47
X3Npopey: we do other things like two pip webcams for recording a phone/person etc so I'm not sure it would fit with something like kazam, either way it's not a lot of code15:47
popeyright15:47
czajkowskipopey: http://twitpic.com/bav5je15:47
popeyyeah, that's xsensors15:48
czajkowskithanks15:49
ali1234can i do a wubi install on ubuntu?16:25
ali1234i want to install 12.10 on the metal but i don't want to remove by 12.04 and i don't want to repartition16:25
ali1234i suppose i could delete a swap partition16:27
ali1234yeah that will work16:27
shaunolubi.sf.net could be interesting16:28
shauno(I'd personally just move swap to a swapfile and use the swap partition, simply because I understand what's going to happen.  but wubi for linux does exist)16:29
ali1234i have two swap partitions anyway16:32
Davieyi'd just resize the partition.. it's pretty safe these days.16:32
ali1234yeah the problem with that is then i have to resize it back16:32
ali1234and it is 600GB16:32
ali1234also it's 90% full16:33
shaunoclean up some of that goat p^H .. err .. research, and you'll have more space for sideloading toys :)16:34
ali1234most of it is virtual machines16:34
ali1234however, i can't test the whitescreen bug in a VM16:34
ali1234and compiz developers have basically given up on 12.0416:34
ali1234they're now saying it's fixed in 12.1016:35
ali1234of course that's the exact same thing they said about 12.0416:35
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cliftontshi guys, who fancies a brain teaser?18:14
cliftontswell don't all rush at once! lol18:15
popey!ask18:16
lubotu3`Please don't ask to ask a question, simply ask the question (all on ONE line and in the channel, so that others can read and follow it easily). If anyone knows the answer they will most likely reply. :-) See also !patience18:16
cliftontsright18:16
cliftontsI've got a spreadsheet where column A is loaded with ID numbers. There are 2 types of ID, some of each in this column and some of type 1 in column B. So I need to find a way to automatically swap them round if there is an entry in both columns.18:18
cliftontsI've searched google but nothing looks hopeful.18:18
brunogirincliftonts: easiest way is to get the correct value in column C18:20
brunogirinsomething that says: if B is empty choose A otherwise choose B18:20
cliftontsI have model number and subcode (for different sizes, colours etc)18:20
cliftontsand some idiot has put model in column A except for when there's a subcode, then that goes in A and model goes in B18:21
cliftontsI need them both, but I need all the models in one and all the subcodes in the other18:21
cliftontsAnd I know very little about spreadsheets, I've never had to do something that determines if there is anything in a cell18:22
brunogirincliftonts: in cell C1, put formula "=IF(B1="" ,A1,B1)" and in cell D1: =IF(B1="" ,"",A1); then copy down the columns18:25
brunogirinyou should then have models and subcodes in the right order in columns C and D; you can then copy the values into a new spreadsheet18:26
cliftontsGot it, thanks. I'll have to make a note of that!18:29
brunogirinand tell the id10t not to do it again :-)18:29
cliftontsIt's my supplier and they also do dumb things like a product with 3 sized all priced different are listed with 3 trade prices but all have the RRP of the most expensive18:31
cliftontsI've already been rarther vocal on the issue18:31
brunogirinwhat sort of things do they supply?18:35
cliftontsadult themed products18:36
brunogirinah well, no industry is ever free from idiots!18:38
cliftontsvery true18:41
cliftontsThat's it! Finally everything is uploaded to my site in a sane manner. Thanks18:45
ali1234how do i install nvidia driver on 12.10??18:45
popeynvidia-current18:46
popeyis the package name18:46
popeynvidia-current-updates also exists18:46
ali1234how do i do it using the unity dash?18:46
popeysearch for "software sources"18:47
popeyit's in there on the last tab18:47
ali1234tab?18:47
popeyof the software sources app18:47
ali1234so it is18:48
ali1234why didn't it offer to install it for me?18:48
ali1234do you seriously think nouveau is suitable for the majority of users now?18:48
popeyme personally?18:48
ali1234no18:48
ali1234whoever made this decision18:49
popeywhich decision?18:49
bashrcnouveau is ok18:49
popeyif you tick the "install non free stuff" on the installer, you get nvidia binary blobby AIUI18:49
popeycertainly always used to18:49
ali1234the decision to not pop up a requester asking the user if they want the real driver for their hardware on first boot18:49
bashrcalthough not highly suitable for gaming18:49
popeyi think as the move to software sources, the dialog changed18:49
popeyso we no longer have the old dialog we used to18:50
ali1234the dialogue is gone18:50
popey"jockey"18:50
ali1234the "additional drivers" thing that displays it is no longer even on the CD18:50
popeyya, jockey18:50
bashrcright, I noticed that too18:50
bashrchad a helluva time installing proprietary drivers18:50
ali1234so, presumably that was a concious decision made by someone somewhere18:50
ali1234does that person think that nouveau is suitable for the majority of users? or do they think that the new method to install nvidia is just as simple as the old way?18:51
popeyi suspect there was a decision made to migrate the tools, and a separate decision that we don't have time left in the cycle to make it auto start18:51
popeyi dont think the thought process is as you characterise it18:51
popeydavmor2 may know more18:51
directhexthe new dialogue is nice, albeit in a dumb place18:51
ali1234yeah agreed18:52
bashrclookup that hardware drivers package18:52
popeyindeed18:52
directhexsomeone promised me an experimental high performance fglrx18:52
bashrcsee what the discussion was18:52
directhexi await it waitilly!18:52
directhexi wait harder than i've ever waited before18:52
ali1234so do yu think i should go experimental or normal? which is more likely to work with compiz?18:52
ali1234also why are the options in the order they are in?18:53
ali1234i'm going with the *only* one that says it has actually been tested, nvidia-current18:54
popeyyeah, we had to revert back18:54
popeyhence the amusing version number18:54
popeynvidia-current | 304.51.really.304.43-0ubuntu1 | quantal/restricted | amd64, i38618:54
popeyvs:-18:54
popeynvidia-current-updates | 304.51-0ubuntu1 | quantal/restricted | amd64, i38618:55
ali1234this fancy schmancy dialog doesn't display the version number, so i have no idea what you're talking about18:55
popeyah, more awesome than before then18:55
ali1234hah, that's how i should package compiz upstream18:55
brunogirinyou may also want to consider this bug before using the proprietary driver: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-updates/+bug/106834118:56
ali1234compiz 1.0-really-0.818:56
lubotu3`Launchpad bug 1068341 in dpkg (Ubuntu) "No way to specify correct dependencies for dkms packages" [Wishlist,Confirmed]18:56
popey:)18:56
popeyits done like that because someone pushed 304.51 a bit early, still had some horrid bugs18:56
directhexflashplugin-nonfree | 10.0.1.218+10.0.0.525ubuntu1~hardy1+really9.0.124.0ubuntu2 | hardy-backports/multiverse | source, amd64, i386, lpia18:57
popeyhmm, searching for jockey turns up interesting shopping results18:57
directhexversion numbars!18:57
ali1234popey: did you see the fun stuff i found the other day?18:57
popeydunno, what was it relating to?18:58
ali1234try searching for cock a leekie soup18:58
UnnheuluHow do I stop xchat auto-joining this channel?...18:58
ali1234it looks like it has been fixed now18:58
bashrcright click and remove from favourites18:58
UnnheuluAnd where is favourites?18:59
ali1234oh wait i turned of internet search18:59
UnnheuluI have disabled auto-join, and it still joins18:59
popeyi see nothing untoward18:59
directhexali1234, where do you turn that off?18:59
bashrcon the channel on the left hand side18:59
ali1234directhex: in system settings privacy panel18:59
popeydash -> privacy18:59
UnnheuluNone of the options mention favourites18:59
UnnheuluAnd auto join on connect has been unticked19:00
ali1234popey: basically if you search "$swear" it filters but if you search "$swear " (with an extra space) then it does not filter anything19:00
bashrcthere's a list of channels on the left hand side.  Right click on the one you want to remove from autostart and select "remove from favourites"19:00
UnnheuluIt doesn't say favourites anywhere on right click.19:00
bashrccan you see the list of channels?19:01
directhexhm, couple of extra linux games have appeared in the steam cdr19:01
directhexcurrently 50 items in there19:01
UnnheuluSave Transcript -> Leave -> Close -> Join -> Auto-join on connect -> Show join/part messages -> Find -> Bans19:01
AlanBellali1234: that is the intended behaviour19:01
ali1234AlanBell: perhaps, but in that case the intentions are bad19:01
UnnheuluYes, I can see the list of channels, thus how I removed it from the auto-join list.19:01
AlanBellso that you can search for rude things if you want to19:01
AlanBellbut you don't accidentally get rude things19:01
directhexoh19:01
directhexxchat-gnome not xchat19:02
directhexwhat a useful distrinction there is between those apps ¬_¬19:02
ali1234but you do accidentally get rude things, if you search for "cock a leekie" and you type slow19:02
bashrcheh19:02
AlanBellI think that is an edge case19:02
bashrcI'm on xchat rather than xchat-gnome19:02
AlanBellanalyser was the search bug they were trying to fix19:02
UnnheuluFrom my experience they've been remarkably similar :/19:02
AlanBellwithout actually being censorious19:03
UnnheuluEither way, how do I disable auto-joining this channel?19:03
ali1234btw is the filter even open?19:03
AlanBellUnnheulu: I think there is an Ubuntu network in your networks list19:03
ali1234someone told me "patches welcome" last time i complained and it didn't occur to me until much later that it's not even open source19:03
AlanBellwhich autojoins #ubuntu-<countrycode>19:03
AlanBellali1234: patches not welcome, that is server side closedness19:03
ali1234exactly19:03
bashrcxchat isn't open source?19:04
AlanBellbashrc: products.ubuntu.com isn't open source19:04
bashrcok19:04
UnnheuluThe network name is put as freenode...19:04
* brobostigon thanks AlanBell for his response to the job, it is rare to get an email back, from an application. 19:04
Unnheulu(as opposed to ubuntu server as in old versions of ubuntu)19:04
popeyI have to say that's probably the first time anyone has ever said "cock a leekie soup" to me online19:05
popeyever19:05
AlanBellbrobostigon: thanks for applying19:05
brobostigonAlanBell: i would hope, because of what i have worked with, i can be useful in the future.19:06
UnnheuluSo how can I stop it auto connecting? :/19:06
AlanBellpossibly, we aim to grow bigger and better, there could be all sorts of stuff coming up eventually :)19:06
brobostigon:)19:06
AlanBellUnnheulu: which client is this? xchat-gnome?19:06
UnnheuluYah19:06
* AlanBell installs19:07
* popey leaves for podcasting heaven19:07
popeyi.e. tonys house19:07
directhexUnpacking steam (from Downloads/steam.deb) ...19:15
Azelphurdirecthex: slow, I already downloaded installed and logged in19:15
Azelphurand there's some python in here!19:15
directhexAzelphur, logged in successfully?19:15
Azelphurdirecthex: logged in and got kicked out again for not being part of the beta19:16
Azelphur:<19:16
directhexAzelphur, not just me then19:16
directhex Maintainer: Valve Software LLC <ubuntu-support@valvesoftware.com>19:20
directhexhuh19:20
jacobwawesome19:29
brunogirindoes anybody know if there's a channel for ubuntu ppc?19:29
Azelphurhttps://dl.dropbox.com/u/3832397/screenshots/2012/November/2012-11-06-192223_1000x660_scrot.png screenshot of it running on my pc, btw :p19:32
AlanBellmy whut meter just exploded http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/piece-cardboard-shaped-bit-like-iPhone-5-USED-/16091645118519:32
brunogirinAlanBell: I don't blame you!19:33
ali1234http://www.myfacewhen.net/view/4608-ew <- my face when i log in to my spam trap email account to see if i got a steam beta key and all i got was a message from nokia telling me to preorder my lumia 820 now19:37
Azelphurali1234: rofl19:41
ali1234http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20217901 HAHAHAHAHA19:43
directhexali1234,  http://cdn.grumpycats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Nov-4v3-625x416.jpg ?19:46
ali1234haha19:46
ali1234that cat sure is grumpy looking19:46
Azelphursuccessfully exploited steam beta client19:48
AzelphurI'm in19:48
Azelphur:P19:48
ali1234nice one19:48
Azelphurchatting in steam chat right now using it lol19:48
directhexAzelphur, ;o19:48
directhexhax!19:48
ali1234considering valve's past practices, aren't you worried they will perma ban you?19:49
* Azelphur shrugs19:50
Azelphurlol the stock UI doesn't wanna let me install tf2 either19:50
directhexAzelphur, you don't have the rights to it19:53
Azelphurtrue19:54
Azelphurdirecthex: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/3832397/screenshots/2012/November/2012-11-06-195157_1370x697_scrot.png but I'm in, anyway19:54
directhexAzelphur, you have access to appid 520 (tf2 beta) but not the linux binaries (527)19:55
directhexalso, you've got, like, no games19:55
Azelphurah19:55
Azelphurmaybe I can install that19:56
Azelphurnope, I can't19:56
Azelphurdirecthex: I'm not actually in the beta, I just downloaded the .deb and found a bypass19:56
Azelphur:P19:56
directhexAzelphur, that's the point, you can install 520, but it depends on 527 which you don't have access to19:57
Azelphurdirecthex: aww :(19:57
ali1234it is a DRM system after all19:57
Azelphurvalve need to hurry up and put me in this beta19:57
marsilainenhi all - I'm guessing there are lots of options for this, but just wondering if someone has a recommendation - I'd like to rip the "main" video of a DVD to MPEG (for viewing on a tablet); any suggestions?20:01
ali1234handbrake20:01
ali1234!handbrake20:01
lubotu3`handbrake is a an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder, available for MacOS X, Linux and Windows. - http://handbrake.fr20:01
Azelphurhttps://dl.dropbox.com/u/3832397/screenshots/2012/November/2012-11-06-195157_1370x697_scrot.png20:02
Azelphur:D20:02
Azelphuroh whoops that's the same one I posted earlier20:02
marsilainenali1234: thanks, I'll take a look20:02
directhexhttp://store.steampowered.com/news/9289/20:10
directhexhttp://steamcommunity.com/app/221410/discussions/0/882965118606625844/ - don't have an email? you're not in.20:12
oimonwho do we thank for steam (and ultimately games) coming to ubuntu? i think valve, canonical, humble indie bundle, and microsoft :D20:14
directhexhumble, first and foremost, in my analysis20:15
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oimonwas w8 a trigger though?20:18
oimonhumble provided belief/financial viability for sure20:19
directhexwas w8 a trigger................. a little. but less than people think20:19
directhexoh, and you missed kickstarter and unity corp from your list. they're also instrumental in making linux appear to be a very desirable market to game devs. but humble deserves, like, 90% of the credit20:20
AlanBellhow can I get pulse audio to play a microphone (bluetooth headset) out through speakers?20:21
directhexhit it with a spoon until it works20:23
AlanBellpacat -r --latency-msec=1 -d  bluez_source.91_1C_11_01_FC_9A | pacat -p --latency-msec=1 -d  alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo20:25
AlanBellthat would appear to be the right answer20:25
AlanBelltoo much latency20:26
Azelphurpopey: I didn't get into the beta, I'm a sad panda now :(20:28
oimoncanonical really need to ensure the experience with steam and ubuntu out of the box is great though20:28
oimonlinux on the desktop may be won and lost on the first impressions of teenagers , and not won back for years, if at all20:29
popeyAzelphur, awwww20:30
popeyoimon, we are working with valve very closely on that20:30
popeynew drivers etc20:30
jacobwlol20:30
oimonand compiz ?20:30
popeywe had loads of sessions at UDS about it20:30
oimon:D20:30
Azelphurpopey: you should bug valve people and make them put me in the beta? :D20:30
popeypeople from Valve and Unity3D were there20:30
oimoni'm sure the importance of it is not understated by canonical20:31
oimonamong their employees20:31
AzelphurI sort of got it running anyway, just can't run TF2 since I'm not actually in the beta, I can use the client and friends and stuff though20:31
Azelphursort of victory \o/20:31
jacobwi thought that compiz impacted opengl performance?20:32
bashrcFor 13.04 I think they should concentrate upon getting the graphics driver installation experience as slick and seamless as possible.  That's is if they want Ubuntu to be usable by the average person for gaming.20:33
bashrcCurrently the graphics driver installation procedure in 12.10 is horrible, and the archetypal average user is likely to just give up20:34
oimondid it break since 12.04? 12.04 is fine for me20:36
bashrcyes20:40
d0mwoohoo, finally fixed the sed line for my temperature probe, munin rocks :D20:41
bashrcin the olden days (like 12.04) after installation you would get the hardware devices thing show up.  Click to install the proprietary driver.  Wait to download.  Job done.20:41
oimonwhat now?20:43
oimonthis is the first time in about 6 years i haven't run a beta of the new release, or tried the release yet20:43
bashrcideally all the graphics drivers would be open source, but we're not quite in that world yet20:46
brobostigonhow would you measure lag within a connection, yes, tracerouter and pink works, but something closer. ?20:51
brobostigontraceroute*20:52
ali1234pink?20:52
brobostigon?20:52
ali1234they all work the same wy20:52
ali1234so what are you trying to measure exactly?20:52
jacobwoimon: precise works for you?20:53
ali1234lag is a function of latency and packet loss20:53
ali1234oimon: not only that but if you do figure out how to install proprietary graphics drivers there is a bug that makes it not work when you reboot20:54
brobostigonali1234: i am trying to measure the delay, between me at home, on adsl, and my vps. nominally knowing, on my vps end, basically packaet loss doesnt happen.20:54
ali1234you get a desktop wallpaper and nothing else20:54
ali1234to fix it you have to go to a console and run obscure commands20:54
d0mWhen I left Vodafone, they tried to persuade me that data caps are a good thing because it speeds up the network when people aren't browsing youtube as much.20:54
ali1234this affects both nvidia and ATI20:54
oimon12,04 was fine, why would it have been allowed to break?20:54
ali1234oimon: good question20:54
oimonis it really as bad as you guys say?20:55
jacobwha20:55
ali1234it works fine once you find where the option has been hidden, and fix the trivial showstopper20:55
oimonthe blogs would be going crazy20:55
brobostigonali1234: ie, i am trying to work out the lag and packet loss on our adsl.20:55
jacobw'why would it have been allowed to break'20:55
ali1234brobostigon: then mtr is what you need20:55
oimonali1234: whats the showstopper for future ref?20:55
oimonsync to vblank?20:56
brobostigonali1234: ok, let me learn.20:56
jacobwin the era of 'new desktops' anything can break for any reason20:56
ali1234https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-updates/+bug/106834120:56
lubotu3`Launchpad bug 1068341 in dpkg (Ubuntu) "No way to specify correct dependencies for dkms packages" [Wishlist,Confirmed]20:56
jacobwwhy is window management broken? because it's pretty20:56
jacobwwhy does it take > 3 seconds to switch between windows? because it's pretty20:56
ali1234brobostigon: mtr is a cross between traceroute and ping which pings every hop and shows latency and packet loss to that hop20:57
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brobostigonali1234: ah, that sounds like the bill. yes.20:58
ali1234oimon: i suspect the reason the blogs aren't going crazy is because the kind of people who write ranty blogs have not bothered upgrading21:00
oimonah nice, get your pidgin conversation window on the other desktop and unity won't let you switch to it via the launcher21:00
brobostigonvery weord results.21:00
brobostigonweird*21:00
oimonthat bug is bad21:01
ali1234i had heard of the problems with proprietary drivers but i didn't experience it until today, and i only installed 12.10 to test a bug21:01
oimonwhy no fix?21:01
ali1234because other things are more important21:02
ali1234like integrated amazon search results21:02
oimonUDS after release is bad because everyone has downtime while users squiirm21:02
oimonout of the door =/= tools down21:03
ali1234sure it does21:03
ali1234even if it's a LTS release the chances of a SRU are small unless the bug is so trivial that nobody even noticed it was broken21:04
ali1234and if it's a canonical project you can forget it because they don't have stable branches21:04
ali1234my computer is 3 years old and the hard drive has a power on time of 2 years 9 months, with 217 power cycles, of which 80 were "emergency"21:12
ali1234so i have an average uptime of 4 days and 36% of restarts were due to the machine crashing so bad i had to turn it off21:13
ali1234or power cuts but i can only remember two of those21:13
jacobwali1234: running ubuntu?21:32
ali1234yes21:32
directhexAzelphur, http://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/12qs6z/steam_for_linux_its_here_deb_in_the_link/c6xf19p21:37
directhexcan't paste into beta :)21:38
Azelphurdirecthex: fun21:38
Azelphurdirecthex: you could always just come over to the other side of the relay :P21:39
ali1234how did they manage to make games not work that already have linux ports?21:43
ali1234fair enough you've hacked it, but still21:44
ali1234also 12.04 or 12.10?21:45
Azelphur12.0421:45
directhex12.10 64-bit21:45
directhexofficially they support 12.04 32-bit21:45
directhexsome of the issues i've noted are due to 32/64 bit errors21:45
popey64-bit 12.04 works21:47
popeybut the indicator thing doesn't appear21:47
ali1234it depends on dpkg?21:48
popey?21:48
ali1234are they actually packaging things properly ?21:48
directhexyeah, it uses dpkg in a bunch of places21:48
directhexlike to install deps21:48
ali1234awesome21:48
ali1234take that RPM fanboys21:48
directhexBUT there are still errors in packaging21:48
popeyyeah, its not perfect21:48
ali1234well even canonical can't package this stuff right so....... colour me entirely unsurprised?21:49
directhexof course, i'm one of the half dozen most knowledgeable people for fixing up spacechem, but i have no access to the bug reporting forum :D21:49
ali1234yes, and the same goes for those packages in ubuntu software center unfortunately21:49
ali1234lol it puts an icon on your desktop21:52
ali1234what is this, windows 95?21:52
ali1234hmm how come it shows portal but not tf2 under "all games"21:55
ali1234obviously it shows nothing under linux games21:55
ali1234oh fun it's one of those customized-everything apps that manages it's own drawing and screen position21:57
ali1234drag it around with the title bar and the mouse pointer goes out of sync with the window21:57
ali1234mouse pointer hits the edge of the screen while the main window is still somewhere in the middle21:57
directhex"free to play" games aren't shown under "all games" unless you have them installed unless you purchased them when they weren't free to play21:59
ali1234i "purchased" portal when it was on special offer i guess that's why22:00
ali1234special offer ie free22:00
ali1234so that makes perfect sense22:00
ali1234what exactly is the point of the launchpad webapp? what does it do other than put a shortcut to launchpad?22:17
AlanBellHUD integration for various things22:19
ali1234oh, like what?22:20
AlanBellbugs, project menu and global actions apparently22:20
ali1234i totally forgot the hud even exists22:20
ali1234hud for bugs?22:20
ali1234how do i use it?22:20
AlanBell/usr/share/unity-webapps/userscripts/unity-webapps-launchpad/Launchpad.user.js22:20
AlanBellhmm, it doesn't appear to do much for me22:21
AlanBellwebapps don't give much feedback to indicate they are working22:22
ali1234doesn't seem to work here either22:22
AlanBellI did some integration with openERP and the first thing that does is a notification to say that it is working, and it prints some stuff to the console so you can see it in firebug22:23
ali1234it's kind of annoying that every page i go to wants to add an icon on the launcher now22:23
ali1234and doesn't seem to do anything else22:23
AlanBelloh, my mistake it isn't adding HUD items, it is adding launcher actions22:24
ali1234as in right click?22:24
AlanBellyeah, I had oodles of them a second ago and now they are gone22:25
ali1234yeah same here22:25
ali1234it seems to be just adding a random selection of things i've looked at recently22:25
AlanBellyeah, I can't fathom what it has done either22:26
AlanBellthe content of the list varies fairly randomly according to what type of page you are on22:30
ali1234maybe it makes more sense if you're a project maintainer?22:32
AlanBellIt couldn't make much less sense22:33
AlanBellI can't figure out from the code how it is doing what it is doing22:34
AlanBellhttps://bugs.launchpad.net/webapps-applications22:37
AlanBellnot sure what to file as a bug really22:37
AlanBell"normally fairly clueful people can't figure out what on earth this webapp does, or is supposed to do"22:38
brunogirinAlanBell: sounds like a fair bug description22:41
AlanBellBug #107576522:46
lubotu3`Launchpad bug 1075765 in WebApps: Applications "normally fairly clueful people can't figure out what on earth the launchpad webapp does, or is supposed to do" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/107576522:46
AlanBellit is like so much stuff that gets introduced, it is so puzzling you can't even decide if it is broken or just designed by someone who is a little bit strange22:49
dogmatic69anyone know why IMAP does not always return the emails?22:56
dogmatic69I wrote some code to get emails and it works +- 50% of the time.22:57
ali1234dogmatic69: need more info to debug that23:01
dogmatic69ali1234: I am using sockets on php. Do for eg: socket_write('A0010 FETCH 1 ...') then socket_read()23:02
dogmatic69not the exact method names, but you get the idea.23:02
dogmatic69could the imap server require a delay?23:03
ali1234i doubt it23:06
ali1234probably you have a bug in your socket code23:06
ali1234when you say it doesn't return the emails what exactly do you mean?23:07
dogmatic69maybe. but strange that it works sometimes.23:07
dogmatic69one second..23:07
ali1234does it always return the same ones?23:07
ali1234does it fail to return headers or message bodies?23:07
ali1234if you have 10 emails does it return 5 of them?23:08
dogmatic69it will return something like the following (\n is a literal line):23:08
ali1234or does it sometimes return all and sometimes none?23:08
ali1234if none, does it crash or just return nothing?23:08
dogmatic69A0005 THE COMMAND\n\nA0005 OK\n23:08
ali1234is it returning only unread?23:08
ali1234i don't know IMAP protocol so there's no point showing me that stuff23:08
dogmatic69instead of A0005 THE COMMAND\n.. all the email details ...\nA0005 OK\n23:08
dogmatic69well it has the imap wrapper, but not the email23:09
ali1234do you always get the same result for a given mailbox contents?23:09
dogmatic69no. The mail box is constant right. It has a few emails and nothing new coming in...23:10
dogmatic69sometimes the code will get the mails. other times not23:10
dogmatic69and this is the raw socket read I am talking about.23:11
ali1234can you post the code?23:11
ali1234is it huge?23:12
dogmatic69its quite large. class hierarchy is ImapSocket -> EmailSocket -> CakeSocket -> php socket23:13
ali1234hmm23:13
ali1234gonna be hard for me to run it then23:13
dogmatic69I think the responses do not go in order...23:13
ali1234probably23:14
dogmatic69ye, it is not a stand alone script.23:14
ali1234can you show some actual output, with private stuff censored?23:14
ali1234have you read the IMAP RFC?23:16
ali1234have you dumped the traffic with wireshark to see what is really happening?23:16
dogmatic69I have been reading the RFC plenty23:17
dogmatic69http://bin.cakephp.org/view/104279368023:17
dogmatic69It is not in order. I recall reading something like 'dont expect it to be in order'23:17
dogmatic69you can see 'Write: A00x' and then the read is A00y23:18
dogmatic69I will have to buffer this stuff somehow23:18
ali1234IMAP server might be rate limited23:30
dogmatic69I would get a warning / error about that23:32
ali1234i dunno then. look at wireshark dump and identify the exact point where you think the server is doing something out of spec23:34
ali1234at that point either you or the server did something wrong23:34
dogmatic69ali1234: juggled some code around, done while(!$theDataIWant) {NOOP ... read()}23:45
dogmatic69seems to do better now.23:45
ali1234yeah23:45
dogmatic69but 100 noop's before the data comes :/23:46
dogmatic69will add a small delay also I think.23:46
dogmatic69sometimes its instant. So the email was 'working' when the data returned in exactly the correct order.23:46
salzbrezelnnnnn#politics23:55
ali1234dogmatic69: yeah, you have to deal with delays and keep your protocol in sync. don't send until you got what you expected or after a reasonable timeout23:57
ali1234this is why not many people implement their own sockets code any more23:57
dogmatic69pop3 was relatively easy.23:57
dogmatic69I am building an open source content management framework so relying on servers having the php imap extension is not available.23:58
dogmatic69its also pretty crap23:58

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