[02:52] <Huddleston> hi guys
[02:55] <Atlantic777> hi Huddleston
[02:57] <Huddleston> Can I ask a tech question? I asked #ubuntu but they didn't know offhand
[03:03] <Huddleston> so how do you turn the backlight on with a monitor?
[03:05] <Huddleston> ...are you serious? the contrast was down
[03:05] <Huddleston> nevermind
[03:08] <odiv> ha
[03:08] <odiv> that's a good one.
[08:43] <duanedesign> o/
[08:43] <duanedesign> amy Ubuntu question
[08:43] <duanedesign> s/amy/any
[09:12] <XtremeWiz> \o
[15:38] <asterismo> hi people, does anybody knows what are the folder permissions needed for thunderbird and enigmail PGP/seahorse to run?
[15:38] <asterismo> a came across an error in a machine of one of my students when trying to send an encrypted mail
[16:00] <holstein> asterismo: i would just share the error
[16:00] <holstein> should be normal user permissions...
[16:00] <asterismo> thunderbird makes no trouble to sending signed mail
[16:00] <asterismo> Operación de envío abortada.USERID_HINT 1DF929837E07A4F8 Nadia Martinez (clave openPGP) <nadia.martinez.216@gmail.com>
[16:00] <asterismo> NEED_PASSPHRASE 1DF929837E07A4F8 1DF929837E07A4F8 1 0
[16:00] <asterismo> GOOD_PASSPHRASE
[16:00] <asterismo> INV_RECP 0 0x1CBB2500CDC84C16
[16:00] <asterismo> that is the error
[16:01] <asterismo> Operación de envío abortada means in spanish "Sending operation aborted"
[16:01] <holstein> so, its just enigmail now?
[16:01] <asterismo> thunderbird+enigmail
[16:01] <asterismo> the PGP key was created in seahorse
[16:01] <asterismo> with my assistence
[16:01] <asterismo> by chat
[16:02] <asterismo> and it is uploaded in ubuntu keyserver
[16:02] <holstein> im just asking, now thunderbird works?
[16:02] <holstein> the issue is only with enigmail now?
[16:02] <asterismo> thunderbird works, and it works sending signed mail
[16:02] <asterismo> but not encripted
[16:03] <asterismo> she imported other public keys (like mine and other co-workers)
[16:03] <asterismo> but when she tries ti encrypt the message, that error comes up
[16:03] <asterismo> strange
[16:04] <holstein> so, the issue is with both thunderbird and enigmail?
[16:05] <asterismo> yes, but the error itself does not tell me anybody
[16:05] <asterismo> anything, sorry
[16:05] <holstein> http://www.hoylen.com/articles/it/email/security/thunderbird.html looks something like what you have done?
[16:05] <asterismo> does noy tell me anything about the error, maybe you do understand what it is about
[16:06] <holstein> also, http://lifehacker.com/180878/how-to-encrypt-your-email
[16:06] <asterismo> is there anyway to reset gnupg, or seahorse, and all key management to default?
[16:07] <asterismo> this person may have screwed up the system permissions, several months ago
[16:07] <asterismo> so maybe this issue is related to that
[16:07] <holstein> asterismo: i would say, this is related
[16:07] <holstein> one easy way.. make a new user and test
[16:08] <holstein> otherwise, make sure the permissons are correct and start removing .config files from ~/ til its reset to default
[16:09] <asterismo> i mean all system permissions
[16:09] <asterismo> all in /
[16:09] <asterismo> maybe something screwed up in /usr/lib/gpg
[16:09] <asterismo> or something
[16:10] <asterismo> i compared permissions but nothing appears to be wrong
[16:10] <asterismo> but maybe there is other folder, like the keyring, seahorse, or where passphrases are saved.... dunno
[16:11] <holstein> i usually test as a different user
[16:11] <holstein> i would just look at what you typed above, and anytime you say "maybe", just go and confirm
[16:14] <asterismo> is it safe deleting the .config folder? i mean, no email will be lost or something?
[16:15] <holstein> asterismo: i would look for, and backup all data you need/want
[16:15] <holstein> i usually dont deletd them anyway.. i just move them out of the way
[16:16] <asterismo> there is no thunderbird folder in ~/.config folder
[16:17] <holstein> https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Thunderbird/Thunderbird_Configuration_Files
[16:17] <holstein> this is also another reason why testing with a new user account can make it easier
[16:17] <holstein> if the issue is still there with a new user, then you dont need to bother with what you are doing right now
[16:18] <holstein> maybe locate thunderbird in the terminal would help you find it
[16:19] <holstein> holstein@aphrodite:~$ cd /home/holstein/.thunderbird/
[21:01] <asterismo> anyway to generate a 8192 bit PGP key with seahorse?
[21:01] <asterismo> or other soft in ubuntu?
[21:01] <asterismo> please help
[22:43] <ironbutt> hello
[22:45] <ironbutt> I installed Ubuntu 12.10 64 bit desktop yesterday, and the primary reason is so that I can try out the steam for linux. One problem, I can't figure out how to get my graphics card working correctly.
[22:46] <ironbutt> my problem is: The driver from amd results in unity failing to load, and I do not want that to happen.
[22:46] <ironbutt> More information: My graphics card is an AMD Radeon HD 7970. The solutions I have seen are either for the hd 4000 and older (legacy) or max out at the 6000 series.
[22:47] <ironbutt> any thoughts on how this problem could be solved?