=== Lcawte is now known as Lcawte|Away [01:25] I love when you're trying to google for something, and the results are all people asking "are you too lazy to google?". [01:25] hehe yes [01:26] it's almost as bad as forum threads that ask exactly what you're looking for, and then the sole reply is "nm found it" [01:31] xbmc's documentation is almost comically bad. === mgdm_ is now known as Guest15287 [08:29] good moaning all [08:33] projects for today 1) link up raspberry pi XMBC media centre to main tv [08:33] 2) Setup a 'community' drupal 7 server to store dermoscopy images for comparison [08:34] 3) go mental on a tree withh a chainsaw and [08:34] 4) get arm/leg reattached at A&E as a result of 3 :D [08:57] morning [09:02] o/ [10:24] good morning everyone [10:26] hiya brobostigon et al [10:26] hi dwatkins [10:26] I found a webpage, and then I lost it :-/ [10:27] :( [10:27] ages ago I found a page which described minimal power usage circults with a solar panel, capacitor and some kind of load (probably an LED) and the details about how to keep power usage to a minimum, now I can't find that page. [10:27] it mentioned shutting down the circuit when not in use, and I'm really curious how it did that, but have looked for ages and can't find the same page. [10:28] interesting, yes. [10:30] * dwatkins consoles himself by reading about a solar-powered phone charger on Adafruit's website [10:30] :) [10:32] http://learn.adafruit.com/usb-dc-and-solar-lipoly-charger/design-notes for the curious/lazy ;) [10:39] dwdw [10:39] morning danfish [10:39] oops [10:40] morning brobostigon [10:40] dwatkins: www.reuk.co.uk is a good site for info re power/solar etc [10:40] thanks danfish :) will have a look === Guest15287 is now known as mgdm === Pendulum_ is now known as Pendulum [14:02] afternoonings [14:14] What software would people recommend for setting up a blog system on a home ubuntu server? I was thinking about using wordpress, but wondered if there was a better system to use [14:14] I'd use wordpress [14:15] Cheers, that was what I thought would be suggested [14:18] DJones: wordpress, and update it every single time it offers you an update [14:24] ls [14:24] grr [15:56] ello all! [15:56] this should be fun [16:55] * AlanBell downloads a raring iso [16:56] AlanBell: Raring to go already? [16:56] I upgraded a VM already from Quantal, but I feel like testing the installer [16:57] * daubers adds "Made tje [16:57] * daubers adds "Made the tumble drier work" to his list of stuff done today [16:57] yay [16:57] Should probably find a better keyboard out of the roof at some point [16:57] The one from the old Revo is a bit poo [16:57] raring in a VM looks pretty much exactly the same as quantal so far [17:15] which reminds me, I need to seem if my favorite X crash still happens in Raring [17:57] yep, still seems broken in raring [17:58] bug #? [18:01] bug 1043513 [18:01] Launchpad bug 1043513 in xserver-xorg-video-cirrus (Ubuntu) "Xorg crashed with SIGABRT in memcpy() via cirRefreshArea() under KVM virtual machine" [Medium,Confirmed] https://launchpad.net/bugs/1043513 [18:02] hmm time to make food [18:03] Hello - can anyone advise how to check the permissions of an external hard drive? Ive had it connected to my Ubuntu system (its normally a windows backup drive) though it wont now let me connect it to my mac as my mac says that the drive is "restricted" which I assume means locked out [18:11] Can somebody give me a bit of help with changing where my home website goes to, at the moment if I type www.mydomain.com it loads the index.htm page in /var/www/ I'd like it to load the default page in /var/www/wordpress/ , I just can't rok out how to get that done [18:11] s/rok/work/ [18:19] Never mind, its not where I want it to be anyway [18:47] You can setup aliases with Apache, DJones - perhaps that helps. [18:47] I tend to have my wordpress installation at example.com/blog, the gallery at example.com/gallery etc. [18:48] I just use the top level for a simple homepage, and I don't link the blog from there, to avoid too many unwanted visitors finding it. [19:18] DJones: you can set up stuff in /etc/apache2/sites-available/ to point to different directories and serve them up in assorted ways [19:18] some people move the whole lot out of /var/www and put in in /srv/domain.name/ [20:12] DJones: easiest way is to set the default page that your server lands at via a sites-enabled/ file called 000-default [20:13] it reads the vhosts alphabetically, so will load the first one if a GET request is issues for a domain name not mentioned in a vhosts file. [20:36] * MartijnVdS returns [20:42] * daubers waits for the feeling to return to his fingertips [20:43] daubers: what did you do to lose it? [20:47] MartijnVdS: Spray painting models in the cold [20:48] that would do it :) [20:48] * MartijnVdS just came back from Birmingham [20:48] that Christmas market thing was BUSY [20:48] And you managed to get out in one piece??? [20:48] daubers: I only stayed for 24h, so I think the damage is minimal ;0 [20:48] ;) [20:49] :p [20:49] 24 hour christmas market? think of the gluhwein... [20:50] dwatkins: I don't think the market was 24h, we went to the Tattoo for my dad's birthday (he loves those things).. and then we found out there was a German-style Christmas market [20:50] oh cool, MartijnVdS [21:13] http://i.imgur.com/evRLf.jpg :p [21:13] haha, looks like it didn't detect the USB stick after starting the initial boot phase [21:14] either that or someone pulled it out and ran away from incoming security personnel xD [21:14] yeah, although it's possible something else is attached to the TV [21:14] * dwatkins wonders idly if he can boot his TV using the USB socket in the side [21:14] haha === Lcawte is now known as Lcawte|Away [21:15] I can power my Arduino from it, which is neat. [21:15] I can even power a Raspberry Pi from it, which was quite impressive. [21:15] Trouble is, when the TV goes into low power mode, the Pi gets turned off. [21:26] it's a shame most those little usb powerpacks I find don't charge & power at the same time, else you could make a pi-sized ups === viperhoot_ is now known as viperhoot [22:58] shauno: you can get charging circuits for Lithium Polymer batteries so you can do that. [22:59] https://www.adafruit.com/products/390 [23:00] I had something like that, but the battery puffed up like a pillow [23:00] I imagine if you cable it carefully, you could also add a USB-B socket to apply power when it's too dark to charge with the sun. [23:00] oh dear, that's not good [23:01] I've seen a few people suggesting just connecting the panel directly to the battery, which is fine for a few seconds, but if the voltage goes too high you risk the battery being damaged. I assume you had a circuit to monitor the charging voltage, though. [23:02] I think you could power a Raspberry Pi for just over an hour with a 1300 mAh battery. [23:03] I'm curious about this CEC stuff that lets devices communicate over hdmi. if the pi knows the TV's gone to standby, it could shutdown [23:04] you still need some battery to last the period between the signal and the poweroff, but it could be very smooth [23:11] is it possible, for people, without an account on an xmpp server, to join a MUC room on said server ? [23:21] I don't believe so, brobostigon - in my experience, you need an account to do anything with an xmpp server, but there may be a configuration option to say "let people register and join rooms as a guest" [23:22] dwatkins: i have not enabled such an option, i just wanted to be sure. [23:23] brobostigon: ah I see, I'm no security expert, but that's how I believe it works [23:24] dwatkins: ok, thank you.