[00:07] <mrgt> ali1234, done. The one selected is x.org
[00:08] <ali1234> ok, that's the open source driver. it is often not very good :(
[00:08] <mrgt> ali1234,  ah.. okay
[00:08] <mrgt> ali1234, so should I select the other one?
[00:09] <ali1234> you probably want nvidia-experimental-310 if you are gaming
[00:09] <ali1234> it gives a performance boost over the nvidia-current
[00:09] <ali1234> but before you do anything you need to know how to recover from display failure
[00:11] <mrgt> ali1234, okay
[00:12] <ali1234> well, i don't know how to do it on 12.10 because once again everything has been changed :(
[00:13] <ali1234> oh also you might need to install linux-headers-generic before installing the nvidia driver if that bug hasn't been fixed
[00:16] <mrgt> ali1234, I hate Linux sometimes
[00:18] <mrgt> ali1234, i think i'll leave it for tonight. thanks for the help
[00:22] <ali1234> does anyone have super brothers: sword & sworcery flac sound track? eg if you got it on humble bundle, you can download the sound track
[00:23] <ali1234> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gstreamer0.10/+bug/1094581 if you do
[00:45] <ali1234> hmm... scotch egg
[00:50] <ali1234> two scotch eggs in fact
[05:25] <shingdayho> hey
[05:26] <daftykins> that's a novel nick
[05:26] <daftykins> also hi
[05:35] <daftykins> was it something i said :(
[06:30] <directhex> you're clearly very offensive, daftykins
[06:30] <daftykins> guess so :(
[06:30] <directhex> mornin'! you're up early
[06:30] <daftykins> morn :) yeah couldn't sleep
[06:31] <daftykins> gotta look at that RAID with 4 of 8 disks gone funny today :)
[06:31] <daftykins> good lord Windows graphics drivers are insane these days
[06:31] <daftykins> 170MB+ intel, 200MB+ nvidia
[06:31] <daftykins> (for an optimus laptop)
[06:32] <directhex> yep
[06:32] <directhex> wonder how much of that is bundled deps
[06:32] <directhex> and how much is docs
[06:32] <daftykins> heh
[06:32] <daftykins> too true
[06:32] <daftykins> i'm mostly updating 'cause i don't like seeing Windows Update offer them...
[06:33] <directhex> i mind windows update offering drivers, i don't mind steam offering them
[06:33] <daftykins> haha
[06:33] <daftykins> Steam was a bit in-your-face about them last time i saw prompts
[06:33] <directhex> maybe because i know the steam updates are legit upstream, and windows update drivers traditionally were "oops, did we forget opengl support? oops!"
[06:34] <directhex> "have some extra direct3d, it's much more tasty"
[06:34] <daftykins> that's my feeling, though it seems they're being good nowadays (possibly, i base this on nothing)
[06:35] <directhex> i think windows update is capable of just using upstream .exe installers - it does for MS keyboards/mice
[06:35] <directhex> but i have distrust now
[06:35] <directhex> whose fault is that distrust? MS!
[06:35] <daftykins> that must be why so much junk appears if you allow its' Logitech entry :D
[06:35] <directhex> i need a new kb&m
[06:35] <daftykins> directhex: back to the grind today?
[06:36] <directhex> back on the 2nd
[06:37] <daftykins> ah-har
[06:39] <directhex> feeling full of thai food, wondered if doing some exercise would help
[06:40] <directhex> then got distracted by shiny computertron filled with fun things like orgies.
[06:41] <daftykins> XD
[06:41] <daftykins> late night?
[06:41] <directhex> the opposite! went to bed at about half nine, slept solid until the baby woke for a feed at half five
[06:42] <daftykins> cor
[06:50] <directhex> argh pins & needles argh
[06:50] <daftykins> ^_^
[06:50] <daftykins> hrmm i sense now is a good time to hunt down more Christmas supplies
[06:52] <Azelphur> hehe, I've been up all night playing detective :P
[06:53] <Azelphur> hunting down a scammer, which I have reason to believe lives within walking distance of me
[06:54] <daftykins> :O
[06:54] <daftykins> what kind Azelphur?
[06:54] <Azelphur> the bitcoin kind :p
[06:55] <Azelphur> he's been being naughty on the forums, and today on IRC he created an account with an extremely similar name to me, with what I can only assume is a goal of scamming people :p
[06:56] <daftykins> wellity wellity
[06:56] <daftykins> always someone out there trying to ruin someone elses day
[06:56] <Azelphur> indeed
[06:57] <Azelphur> they say he's stolen upwards of £700 and legged it off the forums, now it seems like he's trying to pull a similar stunt on IRC, so I'm hunting :p
[06:57] <daftykins> well, keep safe
[06:58] <daftykins> could be an absolute nutcase!
[06:58] <Azelphur> indeed
[06:58] <Azelphur> I'm just interested in passing the info on to the victims so they can set the police on him, that's good enough for me
[06:58] <daftykins> always seems to happen when you're without tubes, eh?
[06:58] <daftykins> (drama)
[06:58] <Azelphur> indeed :P
[06:59] <daftykins> beer and sleep vs. stay up, hrmm
[06:59] <daftykins> that old chestnut.
[07:39] <shingdayho> any of you used Arch linux before
[07:39] <daftykins> ah you return
[07:39] <daftykins> not me personally
[07:39] <shingdayho> fair enough
[07:39] <shingdayho> you okay dude
[07:40] <daftykins> yeah not bad thanks, yourself?
[07:40] <shingdayho> yeah not too bad dude, you doing an all nighter haha?
[07:40] <daftykins> tried to sleep, failed :)
[07:41] <shingdayho> haha, i just didnt bother xD
[07:41] <daftykins> ^_^ i used to do that, i get too weird the day after :>
[07:41] <daftykins> plus i love sleep
[07:46] <popey> i tried arch once
[07:47] <popey> the installer was made from ground up crack, so I gave up
[07:47] <shingdayho> yeah same, its very hard haha
[07:48] <shingdayho> ive tried like twice now, if one thing goes wrong you have to start over, its very difficult haha
[07:48] <shingdayho> and meh be right, and me same, yesterday i slept for like 14 hours :|
[07:51] <daftykins> what things are wrong do you think?
[07:55] <shingdayho> well I follow the instructions, but its always when setting up the hard drive I always mess it up haha
[07:55] <shingdayho> first time I got an error installing the GRUB BIOS
[07:56] <shingdayho> second I got an error when making a change to some file ( I cant remember what) and i got a super block error
[07:56] <shingdayho> might give it a few hours and try again then and see how I get on!
[07:57] <daftykins> ah, sounds like partitioning woes
[07:59] <shingdayho> as you need to build from the ground up you have to set keyboard, partition then create a Logocal volume management, resize and then shrink, then you need to link it to a volume group then make a change to a file, again I cant remember what exactly but then it fails
[07:59] <daftykins> assuming you want LVM? :)
[07:59] <shingdayho> well im pretty new to Arch so I was just following the instructions, didnt want to mess around with stuff I was entirely sure how to set up haha!
[08:00] <daftykins> ah
[08:01] <shingdayho> you been upto much this evening .. or should I say morning lol
[08:01] <daftykins> SSD firmware update in my laptop, graphics driver update, just picked a pretty new wallpaper for my desktop XD
[08:02] <daftykins> so not particularly :>
[08:02] <daftykins> debating either trying to grab an hour or two more sleep, before heading to someones house for some work
[08:04] <shingdayho> nice, Ive just upgraded my PC with an SSD, there so fast, contemplating getting one for my laptop too ... and funny you should say that as I have too! and meh, if i sleep it has to be for atleast 7-8 hours if i have/try get 1-2 hours i always over sleep lol
[08:04] <daftykins> :)
[08:04] <daftykins> gotta keep those firmwares current!
[08:05] <daftykins> laptop had just exhibited the bug where the SSD isn't detected on the SATA port for a while
[08:05] <daftykins> crucial m4, with the 010G? firmware
[08:05] <daftykins> something like that version anywho
[08:07] <shingdayho> oh dear, well atleast its fixed!
[08:08] <shingdayho> you ever heard of TOR - hidden services?
[08:08] <daftykins> the onion router, yeah
[08:09] <shingdayho> you ever used it?
[08:09] <shingdayho> my friend was telling me about it
[08:09] <daftykins> i did once to allow Pandora to work, since it is/was locked down to US only
[08:09] <shingdayho> pandora?
[08:09] <daftykins> mmm depends what you want to use it for
[08:10] <daftykins> it's not perfect, anyone can setup an 'endpoint' and start sniffing your traffic at the egress point
[08:10] <daftykins> Pandora was a music streaming + recommendation service
[08:11] <shingdayho> oh right fair enough, yeah I suppose, my friend was telling me how hackers use it and post their unblock codes for viruses they write n stuff like that, but its hugely illegal becuase the data is anonymous
[08:12] <daftykins> i'd imagine a lot of bad stuff could use it ja!
[08:12] <shingdayho> yeah ... ive also heard lots about that ...
[08:13] <shingdayho> not stuff you want to or should dable with
[08:15] <daftykins> i suspect you have to be a certain kind of person to enjoy wrecking someones day
[08:15] <shingdayho> yeah lol
[08:16] <shingdayho> where abouts you from anyway bud?
[08:17] <daftykins> Guernsey :)
[08:17] <daftykins> and you?
[08:18] <shingdayho> Sheffield
[08:18] <daftykins> ah-har
[08:19] <daftykins> my parents rave about that place
[08:19] <shingdayho> really haha?
[08:19] <daftykins> i figure it's just grew-up-and-raised-kids-trapped-on-an-island-for-years syndrome
[08:19] <daftykins> :>
[08:20] <shingdayho> yeah, just looked its near jersey, ive got some friends there, must have a small population there xD
[08:20] <daftykins> 65-70,000 :)
[08:22] <shingdayho> thats a lot more than I thought
[08:22] <daftykins> it's pretty built-up as islands go
[08:22] <shingdayho> jersey doesnt have that much, I dont think ^o)
[08:23] <daftykins> it's bigger, so a bit more :) that rock is like little-England
[08:23] <daftykins> mine's like - the traditional experience (i.e. only thing to do is sea related or go to pubs :) )
[08:23] <shingdayho> I would have thought like 10,000 max for an island that small and well that sounds like a win win situation :P
[08:24] <daftykins> :D
[08:24] <daftykins> if the femmes weren't all seemingly nuts i'd agree :D
[08:40] <shingdayho> sorry about that I closed lid and it turned off xD
[08:40] <daftykins> whoops :D
[08:40] <daftykins> default power management options for the lose
[08:43] <shingdayho> yeah haha
[08:45] <daftykins> still makes me giggle that you have to install third party software or 'hack' to stop Macs from sleeping when you close the lid
[08:45] <daftykins> i can think of few more irritating actions laptops can make on their own
[08:46] <shingdayho> lol really??
[08:46] <shingdayho> macs are crap, ive never liked them
[08:46] <daftykins> yep :) not in their settings at all
[08:47] <daftykins> well, tbf there have been two OS releases since i last checked
[08:47] <shingdayho> lmao
[08:47] <daftykins> gotta do an SSD upgrade on a friend of a friends macbook pro soon :>
[08:48] <daftykins> http://vimeo.com/54890788
[08:48] <popey> i switched my mbp to ssd
[08:49] <popey> the inside of a mbp is a beautiful thing
[08:49] <daftykins> :)
[08:49] <daftykins> just need to look for my T6
[08:49] <daftykins> popey: do you keep OS X on?
[08:49] <daftykins> well, i'm assuming you put Ubuntu on
[08:49] <shingdayho> mbp??
[08:49] <popey> yes
[08:50] <daftykins> macbook pro
[08:50] <shingdayho> ohh
[08:50] <popey> it used to be mine, but I switched to a thinkpad
[08:50] <popey> gave the mbp to wifey, and put osx back on it
[08:50] <popey> it basically only gets used for facebook and surfing
[08:50] <shingdayho> thats what generally every normal person does "social networking" lol
[08:51] <daftykins> popey: aww
[08:51] <daftykins> shingdayho: ugh don't remind me ;)
[08:57] <shingdayho> i wont :P
[09:07] <daftykins> hrmm might be time to consider it a day after all
[10:00] <daftykins> ugh don't appear to own a T6 driver
[10:07] <brobostigon> good morning everyone,
[10:07] <MartijnVdS> \o
[10:07] <daftykins> heya
[10:07] <brobostigon> o/ MartijnVdS
[10:07] <brobostigon> heya daftykins
[10:10] <daftykins> gm indeed
[10:32] <directhex> back to gameos for directhex
[10:35] <directhex> moo
[10:36] <brobostigon> meep
[10:45] <daftykins> anyone recommend a UK hosting provider? would be handy if they dealt with .gg domains
[10:45] <daftykins> website only
[11:00] <daftykins> gotta head off, i'll have an away log on highlight
[11:12] <dwatkins> daftykins: I can't vouch for their quality, but this company are pretty cheap: http://annualvps.com/
[13:57] <kvarley> Does anybody know of an open-source account management system? (Preferably PHP + MySQL) I'm looking to add incoming / outgoing payments and attach images to those transactions
[15:24] <daubers> I've come to the conclusion that I must be getting old. Christmas this year consisted of new slippers, gardening books and garden centre vouchers
[15:31] <dogmatic69> daubers: dodged the socks then?
[15:39] <KrimZon> Does anyone know a workaround for laggy volume controls in ubuntu 12.04? When I press the multimedia keys on my eee pc to change volume there's a 5 second delay as though a small application is being loaded just to change volume.
[15:41] <daubers> dogmatic69: Apparently so!
[21:15] <jon_k> #thegeekgroup
[21:27] <AlanBell> https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/564/amazon-shopping/ \o/
[21:33] <popey> splitter
[21:35] <shingdayho> Hello!
[21:36] <czajkowski> AlanBell: and on github
[21:37] <AlanBell> czajkowski: yeah, most of that stuff is on github I could have put it on Launchpad but github renders readme files
[21:38] <AlanBell> killer feature for me
[21:41] <MartijnVdS> woohoo, hacked Aq's svg/javascript thingy :)
[21:41] <MartijnVdS> His: http://kryogenix.org/days/2012/12/30/simple-svg-sparklines
[21:41] <MartijnVdS> Mine: http://wolk.vandestreek.net/~martijn/sparkline.html
[21:43] <MartijnVdS> in case you need sparklines :)
[21:47] <AlanBell> very nice
[21:48] <MartijnVdS> I have some ideas on how to use it at work :)
[21:55] <czajkowski> gord_: you alive! or have the cats eaten you and your crazy sweets
[22:10] <dwatkins> in case anyone else was wondering, you can change the colour of the GNU Screen hardstatus/caption information within a script, I just answered a question on here 3.5 years after it was posed... http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/16429/how-can-you-change-the-gnu-screen-status-line-based-on-hostname/59892#59892
[22:17] <shingdayho> thats out of my depth of understanding as im fairly new to linux haha
[22:26] <shingdayho> guys
[22:26] <shingdayho> do any of you know the default process which handles the mouse
[22:27] <shingdayho> specifically a laptop mouse?
[22:27] <AlanBell> a touchpad you mean?
[22:27] <AlanBell> specifically which laptop?
[22:27] <shingdayho> Advent Monza N3
[22:27] <shingdayho> and yes touchpad sorry
[22:33] <AlanBell> not seeing anything specific for that one
[22:35] <AlanBell> shingdayho: have a read of this http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=5290024&postcount=1
[22:35] <shingdayho> ill have a look now :)
[22:36] <shingdayho> very interesting, as im new to linux do you have any hints or tips or good websites to learn about linux and its capabilities etc
[22:37] <AlanBell> and maybe try adding i8042.noloop=1 to your boot parameters, you can do that by holding shift as you boot to get to the grub screen then I think e to edit the command line, then type i8042.noloop=1 then enter a few times to boot with that once
[22:49] <KrimZon> does anyone here use a midi editor in ubuntu 12.04?
[22:52] <shingdayho> cant say i do :/
[22:52] <KrimZon> I can't seem to find one that will play sound
[22:53] <KrimZon> well... import a .mid, let me edit it and then play it
[22:54] <KrimZon> dino and ardour fail at loading, rosegarden won't make any sound no matter how hard I hook it up to timidity
[22:55] <KrimZon> rosegarden also goes mental in unity trying to do stupid stuff with the window
[23:02] <KrimZon> aha, Muse behaves - and it can play midi without requiring Jack
[23:09] <celesteh> hello, i just put 12.0.4 on my lenovo touch pad and was having major issues with ghost touches making the computer nearly unusable. I found a web page that claims to have the solution to the problem. it calls for fetching a tool via bzr, but bzr says it's an invalid url:  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Multitouch/Calibration/Ntrig
[23:21] <Azelphur> anyone know a good mass renaming tool?
[23:34] <AlanBell> celesteh: https://code.launchpad.net/~oif-team/oif/ntrig-calibrator
[23:34] <AlanBell> try bzr branch lp:~oif-team/oif/ntrig-calibrator
[23:36] <penguin42> Azelphur: What do you want to rename to what?
[23:37] <AlanBell> utouch got renamed everywhere a while back
[23:37] <celesteh> ta, alanbell
[23:37] <Azelphur> video filenames in format Blah 1x2 to Blah S01E02
[23:38] <penguin42> Azelphur: So there all named blah.1x2 ?
[23:38] <Azelphur> yep
[23:38] <penguin42> Azelphur: Oh that's EASY
[23:38] <Azelphur> I've been using pyrenamer up until now but it's not capable of recognising numbers
[23:38] <penguin42> Azelphur: for NAME in *.1x2; do  BASE=`basename $NAME`; mv $NAME $BASE.S01E02; done
[23:38] <penguin42> Azelphur: ;'s might be in the wrong place
[23:38] <penguin42> oops
[23:39] <Azelphur> lol, uhh
[23:39] <penguin42> not quite
[23:39] <Azelphur> yea, I didn't think that was right
[23:39] <penguin42> BASE=`basename .1x2`
[23:39] <penguin42> no let me rewrite that line
[23:39] <Azelphur> your hardcoding the season and episode numbers, that makes no sense
[23:39] <penguin42> for NAME in *.1x2; do BASE=`basename $NAME .1x2`; mv $NAME $BASE.S01E02; done
[23:39] <penguin42> Azelphur: Oh, you mean they aren't all .1x2 ?
[23:40] <Azelphur> indeed, that was an example
[23:40] <penguin42> ok, try again - give me an example and state the *actual* format
[23:40] <Azelphur> penguin42: I did, that's the format, if you go and read up on metadata, that's the examples they give you xD
[23:41] <penguin42> right, so it could be foo.3x6 that should become foo.S03E06 ?
[23:41] <Azelphur> yep
[23:41] <Azelphur> but,I don't want a one off script
[23:41] <Azelphur> I do a lot of renaming, I want a tool to make life easier
[23:41] <penguin42> hohum, I'd call the tool the previous script that you only have to make a tiny tweek to
[23:42] <Azelphur> :P
[23:52] <penguin42> Azelphur: It should be doable with a shell script that can take a pair of regexp's
[23:52] <Azelphur> krename does all the things :)