| ttoti | Hey guys :) | 02:11 |
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| Doug__ | I am trying to get my Webcam to work. Does anyone have suggestions on a program or pathway to get it to work? | 02:47 |
| duanedesign | the best application to test your webcam is cheese | 02:49 |
| duanedesign | it is a bare bones app so you can make sure whether it is the setup or skype for example that is not working | 02:50 |
| duanedesign | Doug__: is it a built in webcan | 02:50 |
| Doug__ | it is a stand alone web cam | 02:52 |
| duanedesign | do you know the brand/model | 02:52 |
| Doug__ | Phillips webcam spc1000NC | 02:53 |
| Doug__ | ill try cheese here in a second | 02:53 |
| Doug__ | I downloaded it but the program wont launch | 02:55 |
| * duanedesign looking | 02:55 | |
| duanedesign | Doug__: the driver, i think, should already be loaded | 02:57 |
| Doug__ | No cheese loaded | 02:57 |
| Doug__ | it was for download | 02:57 |
| Doug__ | program wont launch | 02:57 |
| duanedesign | it looks like it uses the uvcvideo driver | 02:59 |
| duanedesign | i am looking where to get the latest | 03:02 |
| duanedesign | looks like this is the website | 03:03 |
| duanedesign | http://www.ideasonboard.org/uvc/ | 03:03 |
| duanedesign | acording to that page the camera is supported by the Linux UVC driver | 03:06 |
| duanedesign | it says that driver is installed in all kernels greater then 2.6 | 03:09 |
| Doug__ | umm | 03:10 |
| Doug__ | I ran the comannd in terminal and it said it needed a password | 03:11 |
| duanedesign | use your login password | 03:12 |
| duanedesign | if you run the command: lspci -k | 03:12 |
| duanedesign | in a Terminal it should show your webcan and what driver, if any, it is using | 03:13 |
| Doug__ | It doesnt show a web cam | 03:15 |
| Doug__ | ait doesnt give me the option to sign on | 03:15 |
| Doug__ | Do I have to do that first | 03:15 |
| duanedesign | Doug__: hmm, sorry it does not look like it will show up, my bad | 03:15 |
| duanedesign | lsusb | 03:15 |
| duanedesign | that will show if it is being recognized | 03:16 |
| Doug__ | it sees it on that command | 03:16 |
| duanedesign | ok | 03:16 |
| duanedesign | Doug__: might try: gstreamer-properties | 03:19 |
| duanedesign | then select audio tab and try some of the settings | 03:19 |
| Doug__ | I got it to download git | 03:20 |
| duanedesign | if you run gstreamer-properties. The bottom secion Video Input. Try a different setting and click test to test each option | 03:20 |
| Doug__ | where do I enter that command | 03:21 |
| Doug__ | terminal | 03:22 |
| duanedesign | sorry, yres | 03:22 |
| duanedesign | yes* | 03:22 |
| duanedesign | gstreamer-properties > Video Tab > Video Input | 03:22 |
| duanedesign | there is a test button to try each setting. | 03:23 |
| Doug__ | that worked | 03:24 |
| duanedesign | awesome | 03:25 |
| duanedesign | hopefully :) those settings get saves and cheese should now work | 03:26 |
| Doug__ | no | 03:26 |
| Doug__ | but closer | 03:26 |
| dougl_ | It saved the setting | 03:30 |
| duanedesign | nice | 03:30 |
| dougl_ | success | 03:33 |
| dougl_ | I got kamerka to work | 03:33 |
| duanedesign | \o/ | 03:35 |
| dougl_ | 1000 karma points for ya | 03:35 |
| dougl_ | ty again... im off to do other homework | 03:36 |
| r4y | Hello | 05:17 |
| r4y | I was using the number 0 from the right as a keybaord shortcut but now it will not work. I noticed that it highlights with the mouse after I tap the 0 from the right like that of holding down the left mouse button for highlighting | 05:19 |
| r4y | Never mind I got it | 05:20 |
| r4y | System, preferences, keyboard, from the tab mouse keys I unchecked pointer can be controlled using the keypad | 05:22 |
| r4y | It must have been when I was messing around with trying to use the keyboard instead of the mouse so I could play video games from my bed, lol | 05:23 |
| r4y | Which was months ago though | 05:23 |
| r4y | Since then the motherboard I was using that had s-video doesn't work right so I am using a different motherboard | 05:24 |
| r4y | I was able to use the keyboard for navigating the desktop sort of OK, but I never got to the point were I used the numpad in place of the mouse but I was happy with what I was able to do using the keyboard in place of the mouse so | 05:26 |
| r4y | Anyways, take acare bye | 05:26 |
| cerebrate | hello :) | 05:36 |
| yown | What program do you recommend for making a USB live, for ubuntu and off ubuntu. | 10:11 |
| geirha | yown: Have you seen https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDCustomization ? | 10:13 |
| yown | It says "At least 3-5 GB of free space " do they mean on the USB flash drive in question? On the partition the OS is on? | 10:13 |
| geirha | No, on the system where you want to modify it. | 10:14 |
| yown | I don't follow what you mean, and that link doesn't seem to talk about USB | 10:15 |
| yown | Also, major long and complicated | 10:16 |
| geirha | Oh sorry, I think I misread your question | 10:16 |
| geirha | There's instructions on the download page on how to put the iso on a usb | 10:17 |
| geirha | http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop | 10:17 |
| geirha | "How to create bootable USB stick >" | 10:18 |
| yown | How does Live Linux USB Creator compare to unetbootin? | 10:21 |
| yown | Also, all these links I keep chasing down, bring me to windows based installation, rather then ubuntu based | 10:22 |
| yown | geirha: ? | 10:25 |
| geirha | yown: There are three such links in the page I gave you. First one's for windows, the other two for osx and ubuntu | 10:26 |
| geirha | I haven't really tried with different programs myself, I just use the one that comes with ubuntu | 10:26 |
| yown | why does it recommend 32 bit? | 10:28 |
| yown | over 64bit | 10:29 |
| yown | geirha: And how can I write 1's or 0's to a partition? | 10:30 |
| geirha | Not sure, I just pick the 64-bit version. | 10:35 |
| geirha | write 1s or 0s to a partition? | 10:35 |
| geirha | you want to wipe it? | 10:36 |
| yown | You know fill, write over, yes | 10:36 |
| geirha | You can use the shred command for that | 10:36 |
| yown | I want to wipe before installing live | 10:36 |
| geirha | oh, then you just want to remove the partition. | 10:36 |
| yown | shred writes 1's or 0's to a partition? | 10:37 |
| geirha | You can do that from the installer | 10:37 |
| geirha | yown: By default it writes random bytes to it 3 times or so, then a final run with only zeros | 10:37 |
| geirha | Mainly meant to avoid anyone being able to retrieve whatever sensistive information it had before | 10:37 |
| yown | Can that be used to target a specific partition only, rather then a whole drive? | 10:38 |
| geirha | yes | 10:38 |
| yown | Well this flash drive I got from a fellow that, well I just don't want to chance some weird shit underneath surfacing some day | 10:38 |
| yown | geirha: So I type shred in a terminal, then drop the address of the location I wish it to shred? | 10:40 |
| geirha | more or less. Best read the manual first. man shred | 10:56 |
| yown | geirha: Those manual files aren't very useful, this one is no exception | 11:04 |
| geirha | manual pages are always useful, in that you get an overview of what the command does | 11:05 |
| geirha | The synopsis says shred [OPTION]... FILE... which means it must be run with with at least one argument; a filename. | 11:06 |
| yown | Geirha, so could I type shred in terminal, then drop a link to that which I want to shred into the terminal? | 11:09 |
| geirha | drop a link? | 11:10 |
| yown | You know, graphically dropping the folder/icon representing the partition/address of that I wish to shred, onto terminal | 11:11 |
| geirha | a folder won't work, no | 11:12 |
| geirha | you need to give the actual device node, and you should make sure it's not mounted | 11:12 |
| yown | So I could drop said partition icon to terminal to create a address after "shred" for shreding that partition? | 11:13 |
| yown | geirha: as long as it isn't mounted? | 11:13 |
| geirha | I don't know what dropping the partition icon will produce, but that might work | 11:15 |
| yown | geirha: hmm, the usb flash drive didn't have a unmount option, I tried eject, but then it vanished from my list | 11:20 |
| geirha | phusically unplug it, then plug it back in | 11:21 |
| geirha | when it's mounted, run just "mount" in a terminal. The last line should be the mount for that usb partition | 11:22 |
| yown | geirha: didn't you say to unmount it before shreding it? | 11:23 |
| geirha | yes | 11:24 |
| geirha | this is to find the device name | 11:24 |
| yown | but I need it mounted, to shred it, right? | 11:25 |
| yown | geirha: | 11:25 |
| geirha | no, you need it unmounted, but not ejected | 11:26 |
| yown | geirha: Would that be "safely remove" option then? What would happen if you tried to do it while it was mounted? | 11:27 |
| geirha | yown: it would work, but the mount would be messed up, and there's a risk it could rewrite parts of the data it previously contained, though that's slim. It's mainly to avoid getting a messed up mount | 11:28 |
| geirha | The mount will lose the filesystem from under its feet | 11:29 |
| yown | geirha: is "safely remove" unmounting? | 11:29 |
| geirha | not sure. Try it. | 11:29 |
| geirha | If it does the same as eject, the device node will disappear | 11:29 |
| yown | geirha: It disappeared with a really funky error "Could not display "computer:///"." " Error: Location is already mounted. Please select another viewer and try again" | 11:31 |
| yown | geirha: How do I unmount a USB flash drive? | 11:31 |
| geirha | umount devicenodehere | 11:32 |
| geirha | There should be an unmount option in the gui as well, but I can't check at the moment. | 11:32 |
| yown | geirha: is "/dev/sdb1" the devicenode? Or "/media/BDE7-02CE"? | 11:33 |
| geirha | /dev/sdb1 | 11:33 |
| yown | not for the flash drive, just for the HDD | 11:33 |
| geirha | you can pass either to the umount command though | 11:33 |
| geirha | /dev/sdb1 is the first partition on the disk /dev/sdb | 11:34 |
| geirha | based on the mount-point, The /dev/sdb1 partition most likely has a FAT or NTFS filesystem. | 11:34 |
| yown | geirha: When i ran that unmount command, it disappeared from the list | 11:34 |
| geirha | but ls -l /dev/sdb1 in the terminal still shows it, right? | 11:35 |
| yown | geirha: ls: cannot access /dev/sdb1: No such file or directory | 11:35 |
| geirha | hum, that's odd | 11:41 |
| yown | geirha: When you run "mount" how do you know which listing is the USB? | 11:42 |
| geirha | the last one listed is the last one mounted, but in general I just know what to look for | 11:44 |
| geirha | another way is to run df on the mount-point. e.g. df /media/BDE7-02CE/ | 11:44 |
| geirha | or use the mountpoint command | 11:45 |
| geirha | err, or not, forget the mountpoint command. | 11:46 |
| yown | hmm, seems mount doesn't see it | 11:49 |
| yown | geirha: Weird thing is, the drives light is on, unlike when I eject it | 11:52 |
| geirha | Do you see it with sudo fdisk -l ? | 11:52 |
| geirha | That lists all disks, and their partitions | 11:52 |
| yown | That won't fdisk anything I take it? :p | 11:52 |
| geirha | Good question. Yet another reason to use man. man fdisk | 11:54 |
| yown | geirha: You are the one that said I should run a fdisk command, and I told you those mans are horrible, really horribly written | 12:09 |
| yown | information is anything but concise, and not at all in simple english | 12:09 |
| yown | Also, not sure that it is complete either | 12:10 |
| geirha | Well, my point was, if someone tells you to run some command you're not sure what does, you should double check with the manual that it doesn't do anything bad | 12:11 |
| geirha | I know I can be trusted, but how would you know I could be trusted? | 12:11 |
| yown | geirha: No profit for you in screwing me over? | 12:20 |
| yown | Anyway, I tell you, those man files are nearly pointless | 12:20 |
| geirha | Maybe I need your computer for my world-domination-botnet? ;) | 12:20 |
| geirha | Well, you'll just have to trust me then :) | 12:22 |
| yown | geirha: Anyway, it seems the USB flash isn't seen by system, how important exactly is it for it to be unmounted? What is worst case scenario? | 12:23 |
| yown | since I can't seem to unmount but keep in seen, for the life of me | 12:24 |
| cerebrate | shmitson where blitson | 17:51 |
| cerebrate | i need to set my startup sequence to disable my touchpad | 18:53 |
| cerebrate | it interferes with my typing and i have a mouse to use | 18:53 |
| Guest90967 | hello | 20:42 |
| Guest90967 | ??????????? | 20:42 |
| coolroot | http://paste.ubuntu.com/5564842/ it's my laptops distro in a serious messed up :( | 20:50 |
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| l43lkr0l | Hi, is there any way to change system language? | 21:52 |
| l43lkr0l | It's hard to get help on english IRC while using non-english language for the system. Just can't properly describe messages I see, because I don't exactly know how they sound in english. | 21:53 |
| yown | Anyone here? | 22:38 |
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