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robru_qengho, I was having tons of trouble with pulseaudio recently00:11
robru_qengho, as in, nothing using pulseaudio could make any noise at all, and there were no error messages.00:11
qenghoUbuntu updated from 2.1 to 3.0.00:11
qenghoI think some clients are not prepared for that.00:11
robru_qengho, oddly, I uninstalled it for a while and was just living my life without it, but then I hit issues where only one app could make sound at a time, and that kinda sucked, so I reinstalled it, and now it seems fine.00:12
qenghochrome works.  vlc and mplayer do not.00:12
robru_qengho, yes, vlc is what I was having trouble with00:12
qenghothe one-app-at-a-time is the reason pulse was invented.00:13
robru_qengho, yeah ;-)00:13
robru_qengho, confirmed, vlc is still not working00:13
qenghofiling a bug report.  Assigning it to you.  ha ha, only serious.00:14
robru_qengho, I think I could actually live with one-app-at-a-time, but the problem is that I can't choose which app makes audio at runtime... too annoying to have to quit one app when I want a different one to start making noise ;-)00:14
robru_qengho, go ahead... if you want it to stagnate for years ;-)00:15
qenghooss, esound, alsa, pulseaudio.  Things are getting better, but slowly.00:17
mandoguitjust out of curiosity how are you determinining that pulseaudio and vlc aren't working?00:25
robru_mandoguit, ... I ran vlc, and it was silent. and the only configuration of VLC that was not silent, had 'ALSA' selected as the audio output.00:28
robru_mandoguit, and this was fine a few weeks ago before pulseaudio was updated.00:28
mandoguitrobru_:    thanks for the reply.     not sure where to check for this though " had 'ALSA' selected as the audio output"    is that in vlc itself or sys config?00:33
robru_mandoguit, I'm talking about VLC's preferences. the only way I can make it have any audible output whatsoever is to choose ALSA and make sure no other applications are making noise before launching it.00:41
mandoguitrobru_:   ok but where in vlc (not really familiar with the preference sections in that program)  thanks00:43
robru_mandoguit, it's under Tools->Preferences->Audio00:45
robru_mandoguit, you have to select 'ALSA audio output' and then some more options will appear underneath that, make sure it isn't just using the pulseaudio backend to ALSA, because that's also broken00:45
robru_qengho, actually it seems that firefox is also broken.00:47
mandoguitrobru_:   ok thanks... I selected Pulseaudio audio output and then save   started a movie file and the audio works fine00:47
robru_mandoguit, did you restart vlc? changes to the audio system only take effect after restarting vlc00:48
mandoguitahhh...no will do then00:48
bjsniderqengho, why put mplayer in quotes?00:48
mandoguithmmm...that was interesting.  restart vlc and it immediately barfed.   restarted it again (with pulseaudio set) and it played fine00:50
mandoguitjust tried another documentary avi file.... vlc started fine and audio is fine too00:52
mandoguitI;ve got to scoot for now... will try mplayer later on00:54
mandoguitfwiw     VLC media player 2.0.5 Twoflower (revision 2.0.5-0-g1661b7d)  pulseaudio 3.0   Kernel: 3.8.0-8-generic x86_64 (64 bit)00:55
mandoguit           Desktop: KDE 4.10.00 Distro: Ubuntu Raring Ringtail00:55
mandoguitthanks for the pointers.... much appreciated.  :)00:56
bjsniderrobru_, if vlc is silent check the applications tab in the sound menu00:57
bjsniderit may be turned off00:57
robru_bjsnider, nope, it's maxed there. doesn't help that the 'test audio' button also fails to make any noise! seems pulseaudio itself is thoroughly broken00:59
bjsniderrobru_, have you got the right output device selected?01:01
robru_bjsnider, you mean the only one that there is? yes, it is selected.01:02
johnjohn101is there a chanel for the ubuntu phone and tablet?01:50
jbicha_!touch01:53
ubottuInformation about the Ubuntu Touch platform for Phone and Tablet is available here https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch support and discussion in #ubuntu-touch01:53
johnjohn101thanks.01:55
johnjohn1018 more weeks until 13.04.  I saw ubuntu touch has more Qt stuff for it.  Is that same ability coming to the desktop unity?01:55
roastedhello friends04:27
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robruqengho, actually I rebooted and now stuff seems to be working (both firefox and vlc can play audio through pulseaudio now...) go figure04:49
humanoidssokah, his eyes open04:49
SuperLagSo tell me, guys... on the lists, where the one guy (don't remember his name) proposes the rolling release schedule... he made a comment to the effect that 13.04 is much more stable/reliable than previous pre-release versions. Would you guys agree with that sentiment?06:56
SuperLagOkay. Maybe I don't capture it quite the same... here's the actual text: The result is that 13.04 has been as robust a release06:59
SuperLagover the last many weeks as 12.10 was when we delivered. We have achieved06:59
SuperLagrolling release quality in our development practices, so we can capitalize06:59
SuperLagdoh06:59
SuperLagI'm sorry.06:59
SuperLagI thought that would paste as a single line :(06:59
penguin42hmm, why does Google say that FF19 can't play HTML5 video - I thought it was in since FF4?12:32
penguin42^google^youtube12:32
jtaylorthe question is which codec?12:36
jtaylorfirefox can't to webp, maybe also no webm?12:36
penguin42hmm odd, this was one video on youtube, all the others seem fine - I'd assumed that it would be consistent12:39
vividseems to be an issue with java? specifically java windows like minecraft.  but theres been no java updates so im guessing the issue is in the latest push of compiz/unity?13:57
jtaylorwhat kind of issue?13:58
vividhttp://s14.postimage.org/ps6eyybtt/Screenshot_from_2013_03_02_05_58_40.png13:59
vividalso happens with my citrix webviewer crap thing for virtual machines13:59
vividthe title bar is rendered...somewhere else14:00
jtaylorlooks like bug 111013814:01
ubottubug 1110138 in openjdk-7 (Ubuntu) "Unity: wrong window dimensions / location in Java applications" [Undecided,Confirmed] https://launchpad.net/bugs/111013814:01
jtayloror is it new?14:02
jtaylormaybe the upload a few days ago regressed something14:02
vividno it looks like the bug to me14:03
vividthe package that resolves must still be in the build queue14:03
jtaylornot sure I do see the same thing with jdownloader14:03
jtaylorI have the "fixed" unity14:03
jtaylornever had the old one, only installed yesterday14:04
vividwell it says fixed in compiz 1:0.9.9~daily13.02.26-0ubuntu1 but thats not available yet14:04
jtaylorI have it installed14:05
vividoh wow, yeah lol14:05
vivid03.01 is what i have14:05
vividcertainly is not fixed14:05
jtaylorunfotunately I can't install an older on and logout, got a powerpc chroot running and rebuilding that would take 4 hours14:05
jtaylorif you have the time try the old package and see if its still the case14:06
vividthe one thats supposed to fix it?14:06
jtaylorthe one before that14:06
jtayloror was it always the case?14:06
vividno this happened very recently14:06
jtaylorso the update probably broke it not fixed it14:06
vividi just noticed it yesterday14:07
vivideh, where can i get the older packages?14:09
jtaylorgood question14:10
jtaylorcan I upload the screenshot to the bug?14:13
vividoh, yes, but i already did :p14:14
jtaylork good14:15
jtaylorI guess you have to build the old package from source to see if it really caused the issue14:15
jtaylorare you familiar with how that works?14:15
vividwell, the debian method yes, but im not familiar with pulling revisions from bazaar14:17
vividbut yeah, i can figure that out14:17
jtaylorvivid: download this diff: https://code.launchpad.net/~compiz-team/compiz/compiz.fix_1110138/+merge/14754814:18
jtaylorrevert it with patch -p0 -R <file14:18
jtaylorand build regulary14:18
jtaylorthe normal apt-get source compiz14:18
jtaylorafk 20 min14:18
vividi cant get build-dep right now unfortunately, due to some package conflicts that i assume are in the build queue14:20
jtaylorcan you restart compiz without logging out?14:32
jtaylorit builds for me14:32
vividi dont know. does compiz --replace work for that?14:34
BluesKajHowdy all14:34
vividstill, libx11-6 is missing its i386 counterpart, so apt-get build-dep fails with broken packages14:34
jtaylorstrange14:34
vividwants to remove all my i386 stuff14:35
jtaylormk-build-deps -ir worked, but my system is very clean as its a fresh install14:35
vividi guess if i disable raring-proposed that package conflict will disappear14:36
jtaylormaybe, but build depdencies often have issues with multiarch14:37
jtaylorcompiz --replace works14:40
jtaylorthe patch is the problem14:40
vividthe resolving patch?14:41
vividim still building14:41
vividmaybe you want to add that to the bug report14:41
vividjtaylor: thanks for the help btw.  time for me to move on to other tasks :p14:44
jtayloroh man I'm a moron14:45
jtaylorwanted to put the compiz --replace into the background, with ctrl+z -> bg14:46
jtaylorthis obviously does not work ._.14:46
jtaylorand my terminal with the chroot did not survive the restoring with -CONT :/14:46
jtaylorwell I was stuck anyay14:46
ejatanyone can verify the package need to be removed? http://paste.ubuntu.com/5579567/16:00
mirakhi16:01
mirakis the TV mode available on the next ubuntu version ?16:02
mirakI mean the one we see when he takes a remote16:02
jbicha_ejat: no those shouldn't be removed and we don't recommend that you use -proposed during the development cycle16:03
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jbichamore specifically, https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libx11/2:1.5.0-1ubuntu1 failed to build on i38616:07
ejatbut im using 6416:11
yofelparts of it are only built on i38616:11
ejatyofel: noted ..16:12
ejatso waiting for someone looks into it right ? or someone already working on it already/16:12
yofeldunno, disable -proposed and you should be able to upgrade fine16:13
yofelsomeone will look at it16:13
ejatowh okie16:13
jbichaejat: yes, but turn off raring-proposed updates to avoid these problems16:13
ejatwill do .. thanks16:13
BluesKajpasting errors with a url , without any explanation or context of what ppl are trying to do is becoming annoying16:14
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tekoholicAfter upgrade from linux-image-3.8.0-8 to -9, either the ad-hoc mode for several different wlan drivers has been broken, or batman-adv (built in or built 2013.0.0 from src) modules aren't running correctly any longer.  This REBOOTS OpenWRT routers to which this network attaches17:38
tekoholicIs this a known issue?17:38
penguin42tekoholic: I don't honestly know but either way thay means there is a bug in OpenWRT that needs fixing; but it would be fair to file against ubuntu as well so it's known17:39
tekoholicpenguin42: Really?  OpenWRT didn't change, nor did the batman-adv modules I regularly use (always build current), just the Ubu kernel...  Where'd ya' say the breakage happened?17:40
penguin42tekoholic: Well I say that whatever a nasty client does OpenWRT should never reboot17:41
penguin42tekoholic: So however broken Ubuntu may or may not be, OpenWRT shouldn't get too upset17:41
tekoholicpenguin42: I believe that it's doing so as a result of a kernel panic...  Ubu does the same thing, if it can...17:42
penguin42tekoholic: Right, and you shouldn't be able to kernel panic the thing on the other end of your wireless connection17:42
penguin42tekoholic: After all that means if someone figures out what causes it in your case then they could do it from any host and go around nuking OpenWRTs for fun and profit17:42
tekoholicOK, I guess that's a good darn point...17:43
tekoholicHadn't looked at it like that.17:43
tekoholicIs there anything I can do to dig deeper into this issue's cause (on the Ubu side), prior to filing bug or what-not?17:45
penguin42I don't know much wireless side17:46
penguin42tekoholic: You could go back to 3.8.0-8 and see if it stabilises to see if that's the actual cause17:46
tekoholicIt DID stabilize17:49
tekoholicAs well, there is quite a variety of wlan devices in use, so it's gotta' be something they all have in common, such as batman-adv, mac80211, etc17:50
penguin42tekoholic: Can you explain that - you mean 3.8.0-9 on any of these machines causes your openwrt to crash?17:51
tekoholicThat is exactly correct, altho incomplete.  3.8.0-9 with either in-kernel or built from src batman-adv modules, and all wlan dev's in ad-hoc mode17:53
penguin42sorry, I don't understand about 'all wlan dev's' - is tis multiple wlan devices connected to one host running 3.8.0-9 or what?17:54
tekoholicAll worked fine on 3.8.0-8 with 2013.0.0 modules from src17:54
tekoholicNo, several hosts, each with single wlan device, all ad-hoc / mesh-networked, and an OpenWRT router in the mix as well, as gateway17:55
penguin42ok, and did you upgrade one host to 3.8.0-9 or all of them?17:55
tekoholicAll of them, but I've eliminated all but 1 (all's fine until traffic is passed), and switched which one17:57
tekoholicAll do the same17:57
tekoholicIndividually or in concert17:58
penguin42so if you take them all back to 3.8.0-8 and then switch one of them to 3.8.0-9 does openwrt nuke?17:58
tekoholicHad not tried that, but with just one, I tested 3.8.0-9 (oops) and immediately 3.8.0-8 (worx as expected)...17:59
penguin42right, so it's difficult to tell if it's specific to one driver or what17:59
tekoholicNo, it's NOT.  Same issue on all the wlan devices running the new kernel18:00
tekoholicSome atheros, other intel, etc18:00
tekoholicReread above...  I troubleshot down to a single client, then switched clients18:01
penguin42I don't understand how you've figured that out if they're all running the 3.8.0-918:01
tekoholicI'm not sure I understand what you're getting at, with that.  What I can say is that all the machines had the same issue with the 3.8.0-9, none of them had it with anything prior, and they've all got diff wlan dev's18:03
tekoholicSo, its something common between them all, not specific to any one driver (ath9k and such)18:04
tekoholicbrb18:05
penguin42tekoholic: Lets start again; what symptom do you see on the individual machines as opposed to the problem you have with OpenWRT rebooting18:05
tekoholicpenguin42: The only issue that is apparent on each of the machines is that they will not get an address issued, or if they do, they immediately lose any usable connection due to the immediate router reboot and consequent disassociation18:12
tekoholicAs yet, I can't even pin it down to bare ad-hoc or batman-adv cause, as I've not tried ad-hoc without batman18:13
tekoholicThat will require quite a reconfig to test, and I've not yet had the time18:13
penguin42I don't see anything in the linux-image-3.8.09 changelog that sounds promising18:16
tekoholicNeither did I, altho I honestly didn't have a whole lotta' clue what to be looking for...18:18
penguin42well there didn't seem to be anything wireless specific18:23
tekoholicOK, so could it be a kernel config that batman-adv expects, or something like that?18:24
penguin42dunno anything about batman; but I would have expected the changelog to have mentioned kernel config changes, and I didn't notice any relevant but might have missed something18:25
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tekoholicpenguin42: Here's a bit more info, if useful...  dmesg shows an error "iwlwifi unable to find TIM element in beacon" a coupla times, on one of the machines.  I've not looked at others yet19:07
penguin42tekoholic: Probably need to find some wifi person19:32
zorro-inhello. i'm on zorin os and while trying to update, it asks for a specific ubuntu cd. i know this is not the channel to be, but since i can't seem to find that iso i was wondering if you could help me. i'm looking for this: CD/DVD 'Ubuntu 13.04 _Raring Ringtail_ - Alpha i386 (20130211)19:52
bazhangcheck your sources.list zorro-in19:52
zorro-inhmm... should have thought of that. thanks bazhang.19:53
bazhangzorro-in, then place a # in front of it, and save19:54
zorro-inyea i know about that. thanks again.19:55
ironhalikis it a good idea to do a dist-upgrade if it want's to remove most of my ia32 libs?20:11
penguin42not if you're trying to run some 32 bit stuff20:12
ironhalikDunno if it's inteded or just some dependency issue20:12
ironhalikFailed to fetch http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/dists/stable/Release.gpg  Something wicked happened resolving 'dl.google.com:http' (-11 - System error)20:43
ironhalikWicked.20:43
bekksironhalik: Then you just have to wait until they fixed it.22:20
Allardhello23:25
AllardI can't start Libre Office23:25
Allardit won't load23:26
Allardis somebody here at all23:27
Allardwill someone help23:27
bekksAllard: 160 people are in here. Be patient.23:27
Allardok23:27
Allardat least I know I have to wait23:28
Allardstill no answer23:46
bekksBe more patient.23:48
bekksAnd all your questions already have been answered in #ubuntu23:48
jtaylormore specific information would be useful23:52

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