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ubuntuuk-planet[Jono Bacon] VPSs, Ubuntu, and Juju - http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/11/10/vpss-ubuntu-and-juju/00:30
ubuntuuk-planet[Stuart Langridge] Practical CSS3: Develop and Design, a book review - http://kryogenix.org/days/2012/11/10/practical-css3-develop-and-design-a-book-review01:30
apacheukmorning, know its early in the morning, but I have a fresh install of 12.10 and I've noticed I seem to be using what I think is a high amount of available ram, I have firefox running 2 tabs (g+ and twitter) evolution running and xchat, I'm currently using 1.3gb of my 2gb available09:22
apacheukdoes that sound normal for unity?09:23
jacobwit doesn't sound normal, but unity does uses more resources than non-compiz based desktops09:36
jacobwcompiz uses more resources and performs worse than other compositors or no compositor09:37
jacobwapacheuk: my MATE desktop is currently using 800M of RAM, i can see in gnome-system-monitor that firefox is using 115M and it's plugin-container is using 200M09:39
apacheukhmm, only thing I did differently this time was install the 64bit version, which I got by mistake but figured it was worth a try.... maybe switch back to the 32bit version09:47
jacobwRAM consumption doesn't usually worry me as long as the desktop is responsive and load is below 109:48
apacheukI run a Oracle database in a VM, so I need as much RAM as possible :)09:49
apacheuksoon as my current backup finishes I think I might switch back to the 32bit version, before I install the rest of the software I use daily09:50
apacheukhaving said that my laptop which is running the same version is running about the same, so maybe that is normal, might have to order some more RAM10:02
popeyapacheuk, how are you determining how much ram is in use?10:03
apacheukbasically using free -m on the command line10:05
jacobwavailable ram = used - cached10:06
apacheukoutput from command line http://paste.ubuntu.com/1347335/10:09
apacheukdoes that mean I'm actually using 1849-1150 ?10:09
directhexinstalling ubuntu on a netbook stumbles at the first hurdle: startup disk creator is an unstable POS10:14
MartijnVdSit is?10:16
jacobwapacheuk: 1849 - 669, '-/+ buffers/cache: 1150 852' shows you what's available after subtracting buffers and cache from used10:16
directhexit is.10:16
directhexthe "erase" button causes a popup "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken." for example10:17
popeynot had that10:17
popeybug 55952410:18
lubotu3`Launchpad bug 559524 in usb-creator (Ubuntu) "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply" [Undecided,Expired] https://launchpad.net/bugs/55952410:18
directhexhad to kill my session. stray udisks processes killed it10:21
directhexdum de dum, still stuck on "installing bootloader"10:23
directhexthis is a bust. i'll create the installer from windows.10:25
popeyit takes a while10:25
popeyprogress bar lies10:25
directhexi gave it 10 minutes the first time.10:26
apacheukjacobw, done some reading on the free -m command, think I can see a memory upgrade in my near future10:28
directhexworked first try on windows w/ pendrive linux creator10:47
brobostigongood morning everyone.10:57
zleaphi11:21
zleapAlanBell, thanks for the cd's arrived today (well picked up from post office today)11:21
AlanBellyay11:36
kvarleyHow on earth does Unity 3D work out of the box on Ubuntu 12.10? That's awesome!11:53
popeyheh kvarley11:59
kvarleypopey: 8 years on and Ubuntu is still amazing me :)12:00
DJonesAlanBell: Wondered if you'd seen this? http://prupert.co.uk/2012/11/08/build-your-own-baby-monitor-revisited/12:01
AlanBellI have retired from babies12:10
AlanBellwow, he did *nothing* apart from use it in the way it is intended to be used and the BBC did an article about it12:13
jacobwit's a camera that happens to be watcing a baby12:17
AlanBellyeah12:20
AlanBellthe "hack" is that he didn't purchase it from Mothercare12:21
AlanBellthink I might rewrite my camera controller as a python script that serves a port directly, then run that on a raspberry pi12:56
kvarley1popey: Have you got the Steam overlay to working with Minecraft?14:28
popeythe what?14:29
popeyi have no idea what steam overlay is14:29
kvarley1popey: You're in the Steam beta, right? The overlay is what is brought up when you press Shift and Tab when in a Steam game14:30
zleaphi14:32
popeyoh14:32
directhexkvarley1, minecraft isn't a steam game though14:32
popeybut minecraft isn't a steam game14:32
zleapi have connected a raspberry pi with a static ip address to a netbook connected to a wireless lan via dhcp if i try and ssh in to the pi i get no route to host14:33
kvarley1popey: Yes, but you can add non-Steam games to your library and then the overlay works on them usually.14:33
BigRedSpopey: zleap your netbook needs to have a route for the pi14:33
directhexzleap, correct.14:33
zleapyeah14:33
zleaphow do i do that14:33
directhexzleap, there's no route for that to work14:33
BigRedSelse it'll try to get out on the default route (normally your router), which isn;t where the pi is14:33
zleapok14:34
directhexzleap, however, there's connection sharing support in network manager, if you go back to dhcp everywhere14:34
zleapso i need to set route to the address of the pi14:34
BigRedSwhat's the IP address off the pi and which interface is it plugged into?14:34
zleap192.168.1.17 via eth014:34
zleapwell the network interface of the netbook14:34
BigRedSeth0?14:35
zleapyeah14:35
zleapsorry not that good with networking14:35
BigRedSHaha, nor i :)14:35
BigRedSIs the 'normal' network also 192.168.1.x?14:36
zleapyers14:36
zleapand the subnet seems the same as at home too14:36
BigRedSyeah, it's easiest if you make it different. If you do that and create a, say, 192.168.2.x network on your ethernet socket (with an IP address from that range on the pi) it might even Just Work14:38
zleap ok14:38
zleapi have no access to the pi atm  at a lug meet14:38
zleapits just plugged in adn on,  connected via a cable14:39
directhexhttps://help.ubuntu.com/community/Internet/ConnectionSharing14:40
zleapty14:43
* penguin42 notes http://www.ebuyer.com/395305-zoostorm-desktop-pc-7873-1071 doesn't actually have a serial port - http://www.treblig.org/pics/noserial.JPG14:56
hamitronpenguin42, a lot don't now, do they?14:57
penguin42hamitron: Indeed - but this one says it does on the ebuyer page which is why I chose it14:58
hamitron:(14:58
popeyno it doesn't15:04
popeyit says it has a serial port _header_15:05
popeyoh, it doesnt :)15:05
popeythats bad15:05
AlanBellpenguin42: if you have an old motherboard with a serial port you can probably unsolder it from that and solder it on to the header dots on the new one15:23
AlanBellor . . get a USB serial port and forget about the one that isn't really there on the motherboard15:24
ali1234noe15:31
ali1234that's an IDC header15:31
ali1234just clean out the solder and put in the header15:31
ali1234i do it all the time15:31
kvarleyI have an AMD-4455M in my laptop and everything works on Ubuntu 12.10 aside from HDMI audio output. Any ideas on what I can do to diagnose the problem?15:37
* popey wonders how audio would work there15:40
popeyhttp://askubuntu.com/questions/138177/upgraded-to-12-04-now-no-audio-over-amd-hdmi15:40
popeyhttp://askubuntu.com/questions/67113/fast-video-playback-with-no-sound15:40
kvarleypopey: I'll give them a go, thanks :)15:41
kvarleypopey: If this fixes it I'll be surprised. Can it really be that simple? Reboot, bye.15:43
MrKrinkinhello15:44
cocoa117anyone using bcm43xx wifi chipset on Ubuntu 12.04? is there region setting in the driver? i can't see my 5Ghz N network, i can see them in Win7 on the same machine16:05
ali1234there probably is16:05
ali1234check dmesg for entries about CRDA16:05
cocoa117ali1234, enn, can't see it in dmesg16:07
ali1234well it should be in there somewhere16:07
kvarleypopey: Tried that and as soon as I play a sound via HDMI it freezes the laptop. Disabled it and rebooted and now HDMI appears in the sound settings of Ubuntu which is weird, same issue though.16:08
cocoa117ali1234, what's crda stand for?16:08
ali1234central regulatory domain agent16:09
cocoa117ali1234, should i use open source driver?16:11
ali1234don't know16:11
penguin42AlanBell: Yeh assuming it's connected16:16
ali1234it definitely will be connected16:22
ali1234don't try to use an old connector though... you'll just have problems16:23
ali1234you need either a solder sucker or a very fine (0.5mm) drill16:23
ali1234solder sucker is better16:23
ali1234plus one of these http://www.rkonlinestore.co.uk/ekmps/shops/rkeducation/images/e-row-straight-pcb-header-plug-pack-of-2-572-p.jpg16:24
ali1234and one of these http://www.lindy.co.uk/pc-back-plate-serial-adapter-9-way-d-male-11-wiring/33135.html16:24
penguin42ali1234: Yeh I've got the backplate16:25
penguin42ali1234: I'll only attack it with a soldering iron if I don't find another solution; I've asked ebuyer to send me a pci-e serial card which would seem fair16:26
ali1234yeah16:26
ali1234i do this mod on just about every piece of hardware i buy :)16:26
ali1234mainly routers16:26
ali1234AlanBell: that IP camera you have has an internal serial port on it too16:27
penguin42most things do16:27
AlanBellali1234: yeah, it has16:28
AlanBellI was just about to order another one16:28
ali1234will be 3.3V though16:28
penguin42close enough ;-)16:28
ali1234not for PC, they are +/- 12V16:29
* penguin42 notes Comet's massive stock clearance seems to just be 10% off across the board, with some 15 or 20%16:29
penguin42ali1234: Yeh, depends how fussy they feel16:29
ali1234you need a level shifter, and those often don't work with USB serial16:29
penguin42yeh, usb-serials are very hit and miss - hence why I don't want to go there16:30
ali1234how do you add/remove effects in openshot?16:59
AlanBellyou put them in the timeline16:59
AlanBellor between two timelines16:59
penguin42anyone having problems in gimp - not letting you move the new toolbar window?17:00
ali1234how do you remove them though?17:00
ali1234also, how to you apple an effect only to a specific area on the video?17:00
* penguin42 guesses that's apply17:01
AlanBelloh, sorry I was thinking transitions17:01
AlanBellright click the clip with the effect, go to properties, there is an effects tab17:02
AlanBellwith all the effects you dropped on the clip and you can tweak them there17:02
ali1234i see17:03
ali1234how do you undo the razor tool?17:03
ali1234and hw to you do "razor at current marker?"17:03
ali1234ah you right click the marker and "slice all clips"17:05
AlanBellnot sure how to rejoin clips17:05
AlanBellyou can just but them up together and they will play fine17:06
ali1234yeah but then you can't do an effect over a group of clip17:08
ali1234only all or one17:08
ali1234the way i fixed it was delete the secnd clip and then adjust the length on the first17:08
AlanBellto make an effect fade in and out you can duplicate a clip and sync it on the next timeline without the effect and fade between them17:08
ali1234i don't want it to fade17:10
ali1234i want to cover up some user emails in a screen cast i just recorded17:10
ali1234but i can't find a way to just cover up part of the video with an effect17:10
ali1234ok, done it with mask17:13
ali1234why can't effects stack?17:13
ali1234like if i do mask + pixelated it should pixelate only the areas covered by the mask17:14
AlanBellI think you need to do that with multiple timelines17:15
ali1234well i've just blocked it with a black rectangle, that's good enough17:17
AlanBellprobably duplicate the video, have one blurred, one normal, and use mask to show one through the other17:18
cocoa117ali1234, found crda with open source wifi driver17:18
cocoa117ali1234, what's next? how to set the region and what file should modify?17:18
ali1234you can't modify crda, that's the whole point17:19
cocoa117ali1234, so what should be done then17:20
ali1234well if it is really caused by crda, change your access point to use a channel that is allowed17:20
wen234anyone know how to create a chart in libreoffice calc from raw data17:21
wen234I have some raw data like a column of about 100 mixed, M and F answers - how can I create a chart with the results counted. I.e. 20 M and 30 F.17:22
cocoa117ali1234, so there is nothing can be done on the client side?17:22
ali1234not if the AP is misconfigured17:22
ali1234if the region is wrong in your wifi card you probablyneed some obscure windows hacking tool to fix it17:23
AlanBellali1234: yeah, mask, inverted, plus blur on the top clip, then a duplicate clip on timeline 2 with no effects17:23
ali1234AlanBell: i see, that kinda makes sense in a weird way17:24
ali1234i'll tyr it when the video is done exporting17:24
cocoa117ali1234, en, on the same machine with win7, it can see the 5Ghz network17:25
AlanBelland you can use a transition between them to make the blur start and stop in an interesting way17:26
AlanBellstar wipe \o/17:26
czajkowskiAlanBell: can you ring my phone I seem to have misplaced it in the apt and cannot find  it :s17:28
czajkowskipleas17:28
czajkowskie17:28
czajkowskifound it :/17:32
ali1234AlanBell: it does not work17:33
ali1234oh wait, yes it does17:34
AlanBell:)17:34
AlanBellif you apply 0.05 blur in the mask settings that softens the edges of the area too17:35
ali1234i'm using a pixelate effect17:36
ali1234so no need17:36
AlanBellah, ok17:37
AlanBellblur is quite sweet, you can set the start and end blurriness17:37
AlanBellso you can push a region out of focus gradually17:38
Laneyevening17:45
popeypip pip17:54
zleapcan i hash out lines in /etc/network/interfaces ?17:55
zleapso i can keep the static ip settings in the file and use dchp at home17:55
ali1234hmm openshot still does that thing where it cuts of the last second of the video17:56
LaneyI could (a) play games, (b) figure out rrdtool and get graphs going from the currentcost, (c) laze around on the sofa17:56
LaneyWHICH WILL IT BE?17:56
penguin42c17:56
Laneyquite likely isn't it17:57
popeyLaney, i already did (b) for you17:57
Laneyi already wrote a C program which parses the XML17:58
popeyhttp://popey.com/~alan/house/scripts/17:58
popeyah okay :)17:58
popeyI use perl17:58
Laneyhowever17:58
popeyreluctantly17:58
Laneythat is useful because I currently don't know how rrdtool works17:58
Laney16.917:59
Laney0017417:59
Laneythe current temp and wattage17:59
popeyhttp://popey.com/house/ erk18:00
popeywashing machine and tumble dryer both on :S18:00
popey~5KW18:00
Laneywow18:00
Laneythe y axis on the longer term graphs is too small so i can't tell what your baseline is18:01
penguin42popey: Any idea what they each take, and does your washer heat the water or does it take hot in?18:01
popeyi haven't individually checked each, no18:02
penguin42nod18:02
AlanBellmy cooker can draw 52 amps18:02
penguin42heck18:03
AlanBellyeah18:04
* penguin42 occasionally wonders if there is a more energy efficient way to cook rice pudding; they take about 90mins18:04
AlanBellI bought it, planning to install it myself18:05
AlanBellsaw that in the manual and chickened out18:05
penguin42AlanBell: I hadn't realised they were that high - yeh I'd want someone who undestood high current stuff18:05
AlanBellinduction hob18:06
penguin42ah18:06
penguin42AlanBell: So does that go on one 60A circuit or something?18:06
AlanBellyes, new fat cable back to the consumer unit18:07
penguin42through a socket or direct?18:07
AlanBelldirect18:07
AlanBellthere is a chunky switch too18:08
penguin42nod; I think you can get 63A commando sockets - not sure if you're allowed to use them in a home18:08
* popey makes a bacon double cheeseburger for tea18:08
popeyyay, we have an induction hob18:08
popeylove it18:08
AlanBellthe electric oven that it replaced just plugged in to a socket18:08
* hamitron has one of them small induction hobs to go on the work surface, for his chip pan18:09
AlanBellczajkowski: I mentioned earlier that Laura had lost her phone, the kids said "auntie Laura, or geek Laura?"18:11
czajkowskilol18:15
popey:)18:16
czajkowskilaura was a bit addled while packing up things and packed her phone :/18:18
AlanBellpacking \o/18:18
czajkowskinot exactly the same emotion here :)18:19
popeywhere you going?18:22
* czajkowski is going to aldershot 18:23
czajkowskisame landlord as before, just moving to his other house near the train station18:23
popeyoh cool18:24
popeyjust down the road18:24
czajkowski:)18:27
popeyDaviey, another victim for co-working space :)18:35
czajkowski:)18:37
christelczajkowski: when do you move again? first week of december? :)18:57
christelpopey: didnt you convert your garage? :)18:58
czajkowskichristel: yup I have the keys from the 24th19:02
czajkowskiof novemeber19:02
christel\o/19:02
czajkowskibut that's the weekend my sister is over so may just get a zip car on the tuesday and drive down19:02
popeychristel, not finished19:02
christeli went and looked at some offices in farnham the other day but they were way too large for just m e19:03
christelme*19:03
AlanBelldid you see the clockhouse offices christel?19:04
christelyes19:04
AlanBellany good?19:04
christelfine (boringly dull in a magnolia kind of way but entirely clean/tidy/modern looking etc)19:05
czajkowskichristel: add some graffiti art to any wall and it brightens it up19:06
AlanBellboringly dull sounds perfect to me19:06
christel:)19:06
christelyou guys looking to move already?19:06
AlanBellI like an office that contrasts with my sparkling personality19:06
christelah yes, i guess you Need More Space when you hire another alan19:06
christelhaha19:06
AlanBellwe just turned down a bigger suite in the Granary, we don't need it yet (and it was quite a bit more money)19:07
christel*nod*19:07
AlanBellinterviewing two people next week, neither of them are called Alan.19:07
christelyeah, the smallest office i viewed was 400/pcm (all inclusive) for about 100sqft19:07
czajkowskibah ireland were winning against SA19:07
czajkowskibah19:07
christelit was slightly smaller than yours i think but differently shaped19:07
AlanBellchristel: that is not far off what we are paying, but to go bigger we would be looking at 800+vat19:08
popeyoutrage!19:08
czajkowskirob..19:09
christel*nod*19:09
czajkowskioh wait wrong channel19:09
czajkowski:p19:09
christelthats a pretty hefty jump19:09
AlanBellwhich is fine, but we can keep the one we have with three people for a bit19:09
christel*nod*19:10
christelim slightly on the fence, i want to rent an office but at the same time it would be kind of pointless for me to rent an office and go sit in an office on my own all day when my main motivator is the fact that i get dreadful cabin fever (more so since moving out in the sticks i guess)19:12
christelthough i guess i could go for lunchtime wanders and STARE at people :D19:12
brobostigonmigrate the office to a pub. :)19:14
czajkowskichristel: could you approach a business and ask to rent a desk off them?19:14
czajkowskiliek where G wrks?19:14
christelbrobostigon: i sometimes do, but then i end up on the vodka ;)19:14
brobostigonchristel: lol, it isnt such a bad idea, but yes, has its downsides, :)19:15
SuperEngineer6319:18
SuperEngineerit's 6 less than 69... no point... just like the fear of moving19:20
christelczajkowski: czajkowski dunno, i dont really know any random businesses with space (gareths work is struggling for space and impractical anyway, what with being both a client of mine and a competitor) ;)19:22
Yellowwinnerhi19:23
AlanBellhi Yellowwinner19:24
czajkowskichristel: ah yes true19:25
czajkowskichristel: guarantee though f you put and add up saying you were looking to share space/rent space youd find somewhere19:26
christelpossibly, im still holding out for popeys garage collapsing so that he'll look for a coworking space with me instead ;)19:26
christel(I MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT BE PLANNING TO REMOVE STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN)19:27
czajkowskilo19:28
czajkowskil19:28
Yellowwinnerhey everybody I am working on a game on ubuntu and I need some help with somethings (like graphics) and I want to know if someone wants to help me.19:29
Yellowwinnerthanks19:29
popeyYellowwinner, ali1234 or gord may be able to help19:30
ali1234heh19:30
ali1234i'm not much good at drawing19:30
popeywell, depends on the question of course :D19:30
popeyi may have misunderstood the question then :)19:31
popeyali1234, mpt or ev on irc are the people I mentioned on G+19:31
AlanBellneed more details19:31
Yellowwinnerjust a sec I will pull up the fourm link19:31
Yellowwinnerthat I made19:31
Yellowwinnerhttp://www.thatbigforum.com/post220701.html#p22070119:34
ali1234popey: yeah, already looked them up, cheers. they're not online, i guess it's the weekend, or i was looking the wrong channels.19:34
popeyhmm, minecraft.net down..19:35
Yellowwinneryea i checked minecraft and it was down :C19:35
popeyyeah, looking at evs facebook he's eating a delicious burger in london somewhere :)19:35
czajkowskiI know19:35
czajkowskiI want that burger so much19:35
czajkowskibar the cheese19:35
Yellowwinnerhere is my game post19:36
Yellowwinnerhttp://www.thatbigforum.com/post220701.html#p22070119:36
aaastBLOATWARE SMELL IS KILLING ME SOFTLY19:50
aaastIKONIA IS RIGHT, MAYBE IT IS WAY TOO SMELLY TO EVEN MENTION IT. IT IS EMBARRASING SITUATION WHERE THE BLOATWARE IS ALL OVER THE PLACE19:50
aaastBLOATWARE SMELL IS KILLING ME SOFTLY19:50
ikoniaplease sto19:50
ikoniastop19:50
ikoniayou've just got banned for this crap, don't start here19:50
aaastWHAT U GONNA DO FUCKER?19:51
aaastSEND COMPLAINT AGAIN?19:51
ikoniaexcellent,19:51
aaastMOTHERFUCKER19:51
ikoniacan't you just join in a channel without being silly and rude ?19:51
SuperEngineerAlanBell: thank you19:53
AlanBellI didn't do anything19:54
AlanBellhe managed to find the door before I showed him where it was19:54
SuperEngineer:) let's hope he fell down the stairs outside the door119:55
ikoniasorry about him19:59
soreauikonia: we know it's all your fault20:00
ikoniait is20:00
SuperEngineerWeee... [new TV conxns stylie] success!  TV claims to have one SCART socket "for input only"20:01
SuperEngineerhmmm... if you know SCART sockets you alsoknow they're 2 way!20:02
SuperEngineerTV sound now playing through surround sound sys :)20:02
ali1234well scart are always wired up different :)20:03
SuperEngineerali1234: yup... rule 1 know your SCART... make it your friend ;)20:04
AlanBelldavmor2: up for beer/food on Thursday still?20:04
soreausilly european engineering ;)20:04
SuperEngineernext step... get extra vga cable... use [so far never touched] kvm switch and switch video from monitor to TV at will ;)20:08
ali1234hmm a KVM can do that?20:10
SuperEngineer...& leave pc output going through the sound system [tv built in audio not good]20:10
SuperEngineerali1234: ooo yes it can... use the "v" [video] connection only... leave keyboard & mouse in control of pc20:11
ali1234yeah... you;re using it backwards too though, right?20:11
ali1234i guess VGA is analogue20:11
SuperEngineernope.20:12
ali1234nope?20:12
SuperEngineerpc video out20:12
SuperEngineergoing to monitor or tv20:12
ali1234a KVM is generally used with two PCs and one monitor though20:12
ali1234so you connect the PC video out to the output of the KVM, and then the monitor and TV to the two inputs? hence using it backwards20:13
SuperEngineer...or oc, server etc going to 1 monitor... in that sense - you are right - I'm using it backwards ;)20:13
SuperEngineerbut i *am* SuperEngineer I guess20:13
AlanBellSuperEngineer: if you have composite video out then it probably works as a dual head setup20:14
ali1234ew composite20:14
AlanBellso you can have your monitor on, and the tv as a second (low resolution) screen20:14
ali1234just get a graphics card with two VGA, or DVI+VGA20:14
AlanBellyeah, much better off using hdmi/dvi if your telly can do that20:15
SuperEngineerAlanBell: exactly that... I only want to use it to view get-iplayer'd videos of f1 races etc20:15
ali1234i was thinking VGA for the TV actually20:15
ali1234if it's scart20:15
AlanBelldidn't know you could feed VGA to scart20:16
AlanBellit has RGB and it has composite20:16
ali1234RGB is low refresh rate VGA20:16
SuperEngineerAlanBell: no hdmi on pooter :(  [I'm going for near zero cost option here]20:16
ali1234you need some magic but it is possible20:16
ali1234basically a sync combiner and a graphics driver that lets you do super low res modes - they should all do it now, because i reported bugs on them all20:17
ali1234sync combiner = 1 transistor20:17
ali1234and ATI cards i think don't even need that20:17
lazarus_Python (v2.7) requires to install plugins to create media files of the following type: MPEG-1 Layer 3 (MP3) encoder how do i fix this issue on ubuntu 12.10 64bit20:17
SuperEngineer...& the SCART bit is a separate "thing"... trhat was tonight's projext re sound20:18
SuperEngineer... the pc to TV is not going to use the SCART... pc is sending it's own sound signal to sound sys separately20:19
ali1234http://www.nexusuk.org/projects/vga2scart/circuit20:19
SuperEngineerooo20:19
SuperEngineer..as in video output through vga to TV, sound output to sound sys via audio out signal to the surround sys20:21
SuperEngineer[yedh... I'm a cheap skate!] ;)20:21
SuperEngineerin fact - for cost of 1 extra vga cable [have other spare 1 required in car boot, so free]... pc to tv for £1-vga-cable20:23
ali1234if TV has VGA, by all means use it. the VGA to SCART is only really suited to old CRTs that can't do VGA native20:24
SuperEngineerali1234: agreed20:24
ali1234and for those it is very nice eg if you use mythtv on it. te picture looks like it does with a STB. you can't get that any other way.20:25
ali1234also good for retro emulaton20:27
ali1234since it's pixel accurate... and those old 8 bit machines actually relied on that to get their full colour space20:28
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ali1234eg VICE actually has PAL emulation for this reason - though you don't need it with a real CRT20:29
SuperEngineerali1234: talking of retro emulation...20:29
ali1234yes?20:30
SuperEngineerdoes/is it possible to use games emulator ROMs from windoze in a linux environment - i.e Ubuntu20:31
ali1234sure20:31
ali1234they are just ROM dumps20:32
BassettsThe ROMs will work on any platform as long as you have an emulator for your platform20:32
ali1234there are standard formats for each target system and all emulators support the most common ones20:32
ali1234regardless of host platform20:32
SuperEngineer... MAME ok I assume20:32
SuperEngineer?20:32
ali1234yeah , fine20:32
ali1234it's the same software20:33
SuperEngineercool, thanks20:33
ali1234the only place you might have problems is with snapshots or freeze or state files, and to a lesser extent memory card files. those usually aren't compatible between different emulators20:34
* SuperEngineer downloads MAME20:34
SuperEngineer...only 1 way to find out20:34
ali1234but if it's just a port of the same softwae even that should be ok, barring endian issues... which you won't run into going between two OS on the same hardware20:34
SuperEngineer:)20:35
ali1234hmm i think i am seeing the effect of these "delayed error reports"20:36
ali1234just got a crash message from openshot. i quit it about 2 hours ago20:36
ali1234and why does "show details" still take absolutely forever?20:36
df___jpds,ping20:42
df___I have Ubuntu running on my laptop, but currently I am dual booting20:44
df___can anyone help me set up Ubuntu on a virtual box to save room on my laptop?20:45
StevenRhrrm.. does someone here have a nexus 7?20:48
AlanBelldf___: virtualbox is kind of easy, just like installing on a real machine. Not sure how it helps save room though20:48
df___jpds, are you home20:48
AlanBell!weekend20:48
lubotu3`It's a weekend. Often on weekends the paid developers and a lot of the community may not be around to answer your question. Please be patient, wait longer than you normally would or try again during the working week.20:48
df___thanks alanbell20:49
df___AlanBell: I currently have two operating systems installed on my laptop. Would running a virtual box enable me to save room by uninstalling my Ubuntu operation system20:51
AlanBelldepends how much diskspace you give it really20:52
df___ah20:52
AlanBellif you have a 20gig partition for Ubuntu now, and you remove that and make a 20GB virtual machine, you haven't really made a heap of difference20:52
df___I wish there was a way to run my iTunes on Ubuntu20:52
popeyStevenR, i do20:52
df___because I would then just use the one operating system20:52
StevenRpopey: how do you find it? I'm considering buying one... partially for standing in my kitchen with recipies on it, also for other stuff20:53
AlanBellask Apple to support it on Ubuntu20:53
popeyStevenR, its okay :)20:54
df___AlanBell: lol.....not sure it that would happen20:54
AlanBelldunno, it happened on Windows somehow20:55
AlanBellbut anyhow, it is their problem20:55
popey+120:55
popeysame for adobe photoshop20:55
AlanBellI should think it would suit Apple quite nicely to split the windows competition across two platforms20:56
AlanBellif Apple stopped supporting Windows for iTunes, and twisted Adobe's arm into doing the same and switching to Ubuntu as the compeition they wanted to compete with then that would be really interesting20:57
StevenRpopey: does it behave just like a "big android phone" or is there more to it?20:57
AlanBellStevenR: we have one for the kitchen, it is quite popular20:57
df___AlanBell: Not so much a problem rather thank an inconvenience. Basically I prefer to use Ubuntu. But before my Ubuntu days I purchased all of my music and media from Apple. I recently bought a computer with windows pre installed. I just want to be able to listen to my music while I am working on Ubuntu20:58
AlanBelldoes recipes, music to a bluetooth music receiver plugged into some speakers, and does angry birds20:58
AlanBell<insert rant about DRM, lock in and proprietary platforms here>20:59
popeyStevenR, i guess20:59
popeyI am not a fan of android tbh20:59
Davieyhater!21:00
df___AlanBell: I would love to see Apple on Ubuntu but I do not think this will happen :)21:01
AlanBellif I was in charge of Apple that is the first thing I would do21:01
StevenRdf___: close your laptop lid, place an apple on the closed lid. Apple on Ubuntu. DONE. :D21:03
AlanBell"people who are not our customers appear to be giving money to our competitor, lets stop that happening"21:03
df___StevenR: lol that was funny21:06
df___thanks guys21:06
* StevenR makes a big sign saying "AlanBell for Apple CEO 2013"21:06
AlanBellyay21:07
zleaphi oly21:08
penguin42StevenR: Given the rate at which the Beeb are going through bosses, it might be an easier starting point21:46
StevenRpenguin42: I suppose AlanBell could take over the beeb this year, and that would give him a run up to take over apple in 201321:51
penguin42sounds easy for him21:53
cocoa117anyone know why i can see the 5ghz list in my iwlist eth1 channel, but i can't see it on my wifi network list of my 5ghz network23:28
cocoa117i mean 5ghz AP23:28
xnoxcocoa117: same here with intel wifi n. I guess the card doesn't support it.23:33
xnoxcause i can only connect to lower onces.23:34
penguin42yeh I've had similar behaviour23:34
cocoa117xnox, do u mean card driver don't support it? i am using propertory driver23:34
penguin42there's a bug somewhere for it23:34
cocoa117penguin42, bug in the network-manager?23:34
xnoxcocoa117: no, the hardware doesn't support it.23:34
cocoa117xnox, my hardware does support it23:35
cocoa117xnox, i can access 5ghz band width with win7 on the same machine23:35
xnoxcocoa117: i see.23:35
cocoa117xnox, it used to work with older version of ubuntu23:35
penguin42cocoa117: Possibly bug 974674 - but I could swear there was an olderone23:35
lubotu3`Launchpad bug 974674 in linux (Ubuntu) "8086:4229 Unable to connect to 5Ghz Wireless Network Intel 4965" [Medium,Triaged] https://launchpad.net/bugs/97467423:35
cocoa117now it just don't work with 12.0423:36
penguin42oh I'd seen it on 10.04, I've not tried 12.x on that network yet23:36

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