 does anyone know if there is any difference between IE browsers in native windows and windows on a virtual box ?
[07:29] <bazhang> is that really on topic for #ubuntu ?
[07:29] <bazhang> seems more like a #vbox issue
[13:42] <h00k> hey Pici, there was a banforward you had set on here earlier, I was looking for that user and was not able to get the bansearch syntax correct.
[13:42] <h00k> Pici: any protips?
[13:42] <h00k> Pici: specifically rscnt
[13:43] <Pici> h00k: how were you trying to search?
[13:44] <h00k> Pici: lemme check my logs, I closed that irssi window
[13:44] <Pici> h00k: I generally use the web interface to search for old bans,  I'm not sure what the correct syntax for ubottu is.
[13:45] <h00k> Pici: I tried @bansearch nick #channel and it was matching the CURRENT ident of the user, which obviously was not banned,
[13:45] <h00k> so then I was trying to wildcard parts of the ident that made sense, but it was telling me syntax is wrong
[13:45] <h00k> Pici: web interface it is.
[13:47] <h00k> Pici: specifically rscnt
[13:50] <ikonia> that guy
[13:50] <ikonia> I removed the forward and changed it to a ban
[13:50] <ikonia> he joined this channel, I asked if he wanted to resolve the ban, he said he was happy being banned
[13:50] <ikonia> so I changed to to a ban rather than a forward and set a 3 month expire on it
[13:50] <Pici> okay
[13:51] <ikonia> I think pici owned the ban
[13:51] <ikonia> (the orignial one)
[13:51] <ikonia> but that maybe why h00k can't find it
[13:51] <h00k> Oh, I can't search like that with the bansearch
[13:52] <h00k> could be, I found it with the web bantracker.
[13:52] <h00k> I was all, "Hey, I'll give this thing a shot..."
[13:52] <h00k> and that's what I get :(
[13:54] <Pici> :(
[14:08] <h00k> It'd be cool if it worked, though.
[15:52] <Pricey> h00k: Were you looking for the currently set ban that matched an online user? Or were you searching for old stuff?
[15:52] <Pricey> Or... could you just not find it in the bantracker..
[15:53] <h00k> Pricey: nah, I was looking for an existing ban with it, not using the bantracker. It's definitely in the bantracker and I've found it.
[15:54] <h00k> I thought maybe it'd be a quick way to check, quicker than logging into bantracker, searching the web page, etc, than just switching active window, search user, channel, done
[15:54] <Pricey> h00k: A quick way to check if the user was banned?
[15:55] <h00k> Pricey: yes
[15:55] <Pricey> h00k: Try something like this: https://github.com/bburhans/.irssi/blob/master/scripts/bansearch.pl
[15:55] <tsimpson> @help bansearch
[15:55] <tsimpson> ^also
[15:56] <h00k> Yeah, that's what I used, but it was matching their current ident which was not banned
[15:57] <h00k> er, current hostmask rather.
[15:57] <Pricey> h00k: Oh so you did want to search for a historical ban that didn't match anymore...
[15:57] <h00k> Pricey: correct, their hostmask changed, hence why they were in the channel
[15:58] <h00k> Pricey: and someone reported they were banned, so I just wanted to resolve that current nick involving a ban
[15:58] <h00k> I'll check bansearch.pl out, looks useful
[15:58] <Pici> ♥ bansearch.pl
[15:58] <h00k> yep.
[15:59] <Pricey> fwiw, I normally ignore "he's meant to be banned!!!" unless they're being a prat.
[15:59] <h00k> I usually do too, they were being 'okay' at that point, even though they were ban evading, but couldn't hurt to check
[16:01] <h00k> Pricey: so, the bansearch will search for active/current bans on a person's CURRENT hostmask
[16:01] <h00k> is what I've determined, I think.
[16:01] <Pricey> h00k: yes
[16:01] <h00k> makes sense.
[16:09] <h00k> thanks, Pricey.
[16:09] <h00k> helpful.
[17:02] <bazhang> felishia's story is ever changing
[17:03] <k1l> *sigh*
[17:03] <k1l> root@... and telling not using backtrack :/
[17:03] <bazhang> next iteration is KFreebsd debian
[17:04] <bazhang> with backtrack and mint repos
[17:05] <k1l> on a hacked pc in a polive station. or something like that
[17:05] <k1l> *police
[17:05] <bazhang> backtrack irc channel does not allow root irc; oh the irony
[17:05] <k1l> they know why
[17:05] <bazhang> school library computer
[17:06] <bazhang> he wants help breaking school policy on a non-supported distro
[17:06] <DJones> I seem to remember removing them from #u in the end over the school computer issue a week or so back
[17:07] <bazhang> ubottu, random HURD KFreeBSD
[17:07] <bazhang> oy yeah!
[17:08] <DJones> Yep, BT id 56896
[17:19] <DJones> And now Felishia is booting xubuntu 13.04, but a few minutes ago was on LUcid and couldn't get into grub to boot anything else, but they still want help with the same grub problem?
[17:21] <k1l> i think its a live xubuntu now
[19:00] <bazhang> get a gui working on server?
[19:01] <bazhang> that seems strange
[19:01] <ikonia> I don't see a problem with a gui on a server,
[19:01] <ikonia> I suspect he'd just be better installing the desktop edition
[19:01] <bazhang> he messed up his install very badly
[19:01] <ikonia> oh good.
[19:01] <bazhang> ubuntu-desktop, already the newest version
[19:03] <DJones> Is this the one that installed a LTS server because they wanted something that would be supported for 5 years rather than the 2-3 years of desktop
[19:04] <DJones> Hmmh, yes it is
[19:04] <ikonia> oh dear, this is the support process failure
[19:09] <bazhang> cannot configure the server without a gui
[19:09] <bazhang> uh what
[19:09] <ikonia> he's got a point, some applications require a gui
[19:09] <ikonia> he just didn't work it well first time
[19:09] <bazhang> he wants 5 years on a 3 year support?
[19:10] <ikonia> I think he's confused how it works
[19:10] <ikonia> that's all
[19:10] <bazhang> very
[19:12] <k1l> i think 90% of the reason why a gui is on a server is jdownloader :/
[19:13] <ikonia> you see it quite common on Oracle machines as you need a good setup estate to do silent installs easy
[19:13] <ikonia> so most people just use the gui
[19:13] <ikonia> and outside reponse files/silent installs there is no other way
[19:14] <ikonia> I'm going to have to back away now as I'm too close to just saying "shutup shutup shutup" to the well meaning people offering nonsense help and advice