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Zoe_Hey can someone help me with a real easy bash script problem that im writing using vim03:10
Zoe_a03:11
_serial_Good morning all.  Please can someone tell me what the name of the sound service or program called that manages the sound icon in the unity panel?04:26
_serial_Fixed it.  I sent unity a message --reset-icons which although removed my icons config brought back my sound panel icon.04:28
SuperMattwooo, I'm gonna be an official google helpouterer when it goes live \o/06:35
MartijnVdSSuperMatt: it's like fixing your family's computers, except they're strangers, on the internet!06:36
MartijnVdSSuperMatt: ("I didn't click anything, honest!")06:36
SuperMattnaw, it's gonna be more about teaching people to get up and running on ubuntu06:37
MartijnVdSah, I thought it was a general tech support-y kind of thing06:38
SuperMattnope nope06:38
SuperMattit can be anything you like06:38
SuperMattI should work on the site06:38
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mungbean_sad not to be at oggcamp08:04
gordonjcpye08:20
brobostigongood morning everyone,09:12
mungbean_morning09:17
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brobostigonmorning mungbean09:18
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Guest32587think it will be quiet here today09:28
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brobostigonyes?09:29
brobostigonrelease party hangovers? oggcamp hangovers?09:29
mungbean_oggcamp in full swing09:29
mungbean_haven't seen much excitement around new release09:29
brobostigoni suppose ubuntu-phone being stable release is the interesting bit.09:30
mungbean_i see lubuntu have gone to firefox now instead of chrom*09:32
mungbean_very few changes otherwise09:32
brobostigonchromium, there wouldnt have used chrome, because of chromes closed componants.09:32
brobostigonthey*09:33
popeyMorning all09:47
brobostigonmorning popey09:49
mungbean_8.1 introduces scopes i see09:56
mungbean_"Instead of simply searching your computer, it now includes web search results as well (via Bing, naturally). The result is that the Metro desktop now doubles as your search engine, and a nice one at that."09:56
SuperMattso, my google helpout should be live on day 1 of helpouts, so I'm working on my helpouts webpage :D11:21
SuperMatthttp://helpouts.supermatt.net/11:21
AlanBellSuperMatt: looks cool, what is that all about11:36
SuperMattso google helpouts is a way of using google hangouts to help people with whatever they need11:37
SuperMattI've decided to run a "getting started with ubuntu" helpout11:37
SuperMattso I'm providing a little extra documentation to go with it11:38
AlanBellvery cool11:38
AlanBellso we need to tell people about this somehow?11:38
SuperMattwell, I'm going to keep my eye on things like reddit to see if there are people that need help11:39
AlanBellwhen does it kick off?11:39
SuperMattnext friday11:40
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mungbean_y'all might want to examine the box at the bottom of this page12:05
mungbean_https://plus.google.com/settings/endorsements?hl=en12:05
SuperMattoh yeah, already done that12:20
SuperMattall right, my helpouts thing is coming along real nice now I've got the toughest bits up and running12:24
SuperMattman, I didn't think I'd be able to write all this in only a day13:58
SuperMatthttp://helpouts.supermatt.net13:58
b1ackcr0wHi all14:00
b1ackcr0wcannot figure out for the life of me what's wrong with the following ...14:00
b1ackcr0wit a config file for imap filter14:01
SuperMattwhat application14:01
SuperMatt?14:01
b1ackcr0whttp://pastebin.com/56hQxt2c14:04
SuperMattwhat application is this?14:05
SuperMattgeary? thunderbird?14:05
b1ackcr0wimapfilter14:05
SuperMattoh right14:05
SuperMattI don't know anything about that I'm afraid14:05
b1ackcr0whttp://pastebin.com/56hQxt2c14:05
b1ackcr0wi'm using it to filter spam and rubbish out of my inbox14:06
b1ackcr0wthe yahoo move works14:06
b1ackcr0wbut the regex in the vydox line isn't working14:06
mgdmthat looks a bit like Ruby14:07
b1ackcr0wtis lua14:07
mgdmah!14:07
mgdmYou sure you don't need to denote it's a regex by using something like / instead of '?14:08
mgdm(Sorry, I don't know lua)14:08
b1ackcr0wtbh - it could be any scripting language14:08
b1ackcr0wmgdm that's exactly what I can't figure out14:08
b1ackcr0whm - i'll try some slashes14:09
b1ackcr0wwait one - i'll just edit the script on the pi....14:10
mungbean_do you need a * or wildcard after vodox?14:13
b1ackcr0waparently not14:14
b1ackcr0wthe yahoo line didn't need it14:14
b1ackcr0wi wonder if its actually case sensitive?14:15
mungbean_try break it down.14:16
mungbean_lowercase only - send a mail, see if it works14:16
b1ackcr0wk doing that now14:16
mungbean_http://moiristo.wordpress.com/page/2/14:17
mungbean_msgs =     account2.INBOX:contain_from('Cron') + account2.INBOX:contain_from('Log') + account2.INBOX:contain_subject('yum')14:17
mungbean_What you need to know here is that the β€˜+’ operator means β€˜or’.14:17
b1ackcr0wah!14:18
b1ackcr0wit appears that it isn't case sensitive, so the regex just confuses it14:18
b1ackcr0wjust tested and got it to work14:19
mungbean_\o/14:19
* MartijnVdS recompiles a Precise kernel.. can't wait for the 13.10 kernel/"enablement" bits14:20
MartijnVdSHaven't done this in ages14:20
b1ackcr0wso, just don't have to bother with as much validation as usual14:20
b1ackcr0wcool :)14:20
b1ackcr0wnice one people, my raspi is about to become a demon mail sorter :)14:21
mungbean_MartijnVdS: huh?14:29
mungbean_whicvh bits?14:29
isleofmandanHello. Any Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition folks about? I want to wipe my machine and do a clean 13.10 install, but not sure what some of existing partitions are for, whether I need them, and also what to do about swap on an SSD...14:31
MartijnVdSisleofmandan: what kind of partitions do you have?14:32
MartijnVdSisleofmandan: can you do an "fdisk -l", or screenshot gnome-disks and put it online somewhere?14:33
isleofmandanhttp://paste.ubuntu.com/6264114/14:36
MartijnVdShmmm14:40
isleofmandanMy thoughts too14:40
isleofmandan:)14:40
MartijnVdScould be useful (EFI boot stuff)14:40
MartijnVdSor not ("repair" partition to bring everything back to factory settings)14:41
isleofmandangrub does give a "Re-install 12.04 to factory settings" type option, so I assume sda2 contains the image for that.14:42
isleofmandansda1 might be something for the BIOS to use. Diagnostic software or some such?14:43
MartijnVdSWell it's up to you then.. do you want to keep it? ;)14:43
MartijnVdSit's probably the software used to put the image in the repair partition back on the rest of the disk14:43
isleofmandanI don't need the 12.04 sputnik image. I could always download it from Dell again.14:43
MartijnVdSyou could always make a backup of those partitions, they're not huge14:44
isleofmandanWhat's the best way?  dd them into a file?14:44
MartijnVdSthere's partimage, but that doesn't take care of the bootloader14:44
MartijnVdShmmm14:44
MartijnVdSneither would dd'ing, btw14:44
isleofmandanlooking in /etc/grub.d is helping me to see what is what...14:57
talsamon__hello - after upgrade the greeter doesn't show the window-managers, coult anyone tell me, in which file i can change this or edit15:22
talsamon__it seems to be the lightdm-gtk-greeter15:24
talsamon__i have found it, solved...15:54
ali1234hmm... i need a sata extension cable so i can plug a 3.5" hard drive in to a laptop motherboard16:30
isleofmandanMartijnVdS: Just popped back in to say I wiped every partition and installed 13.10 on a blank drive. Nothing seems broken, so I think I got away with it :)    Thanks for your help earlier.16:48
ali1234what is the best way to keep a folder in sync across linux and mac?17:33
penguin42rsync?17:33
ali1234it has to work in both directions17:37
ali1234only new files will be created and they will never change17:38
penguin42hmm can't rsync do that?17:38
ali1234dunno17:39
ali1234also it needs to work 3 way17:39
penguin42ali1234: Well I'd just rsync both ways to each of the other two machines17:40
mgdmunison? (never used it, but I believe it should work...)17:41
ali1234basically there will be 3 computers copying video off sd cards onto their local hard drive17:41
ali1234they will all be copying literally as fast as they can17:42
ali1234from SD card that is17:42
ali1234they'll also be connected on gigabit ethernet17:42
ali1234each computer needs a copy of all the video files17:42
penguin42ali1234: And so you're trying to make all 3 be mirrors of each other?17:42
ali1234right17:42
penguin42ali1234: So personally, unless there is zillions of files, I'd either run individual rsync's between them, or treat one as master that they all rsync to and back from17:43
ali1234the thing about rsync is, it's too complicated17:43
penguin42ali1234: ?17:43
ali1234i want something i can just turn on and forget about it17:43
ali1234but looks like i'll have to make it with rsync17:43
penguin42ali1234: I'd just keep it cron'ing all the time17:44
ali1234i'm going to be busy fiddling with sd cards, i don't need to be running rsync as well17:44
ali1234the other thing is it can't run over ssh because the overhead will be too much17:44
penguin42ali1234: You say between macs and linux - is that some machines are macs and some are linux?17:44
ali1234yes17:44
penguin42are you *sure* ssh is too high? That sounds unlikely17:45
ali1234the video files are 54mbit/s17:45
ali1234we have 7 cameras17:45
penguin42ali1234: Unless the machines are truly shit then ssh shouldn't be an issue17:45
ali1234the sd card readers do about 100mbit/s17:45
ali1234and we'll have 3 of those17:45
ali1234one in each machine17:45
penguin42ali1234: Considered one of the wifi sd cards?17:45
ali1234too expensive17:45
ali1234also 54mbit/s on wifi = lolno17:46
ali1234and certainly not with 7 of them all running at once17:46
penguin42ok17:46
ali1234also i kind of doubt that these machines can do 100mbit/s ssh encryption and decryption at the same time17:47
penguin42ali1234: I'd try rsync with ssh (I think you can specify ssh encryption type and opt for a very low cpu one if that's really a problem); rsync is generally pretty efficient unless you're dealing with lots of tiny files which you aren't17:47
ali1234yeah, rsync isn't the problem, t's the encryption17:47
penguin42rsync can do a native protocol I think, not tried it for years though17:47
ali1234it's totally not needed anyway as we will be using loopback network cables17:47
ali1234rsync --rsh="ssh -c blowfish" says google17:48
penguin42ali1234: OK, other way is to mount via samba/webdav each machine to each other, and then you're running rsync just within the machine17:48
ali1234gets you 25MB/sec17:48
ali1234i'd take ssh over that17:48
ali1234i can just put a cert on each machine then17:49
ali1234my other option was going to be netcat17:49
ali1234i wonder if you can do --rsh="something clever with netcat"17:49
penguin42ali1234: If you can run the rsyncd on each machine it'll do it without ssh at all17:49
ali1234is that available as standard on macs?17:50
* penguin42 doesn't know macs17:50
ali1234i'll ask17:50
penguin42ali1234: Read the 'Connecting to an rsync daemon' in the rsync manpage - note the subtlety in the url naming to use rsync:// or the *double* colon17:52
penguin42ali1234: The other thing I'd be careful of is how you're copying off the SD cards and in particular if you end up copying partial files17:55
ali1234yes, already considered that17:55
ali1234i'll copy to a temp folder and then mv it into the synced directory17:55
penguin42nod17:56
ali1234i wonder how much video files would compress18:06
penguin42ali1234: They shouldn't18:45
ali1234yeah they don't: about 1%18:45
ali1234with bzip2 -918:45
penguin42ali1234: If the cameras are only doing mjpeg they stand a chance18:45
gebbionedoes export save a variable in the user profile for ever? or do i need something else?19:15
penguin42gebbione: No it doesn't19:16
penguin42gebbione: export just sets it for the current shell, if you want to set it for ever put it in your .profile or .bashrc19:16
gebbionethanks19:16
gebbionei hate it when a shell is dead ... not even ctrl +c returns control over it by killing the current process/action19:19
mgdmyou don't mean with ssh, do you?19:19
mgdm<enter>~.19:20
mgdmthat'll kill it19:20
gebbioneit is with ssh19:20
gebbionebut nothing returns control from it19:20
gebbioneneither enter not ctrl c19:20
gebbioneit is stuck showing me the remote username@ip19:21
mgdmyes, try the combo I gave you19:21
mgdmenter then ~ then .19:21
gebbionegreat thanks ... whats behind the scenes when you do this key combination ... it kills your ssh client?19:22
mgdmthe 'enter then ~' bit is a command to SSH to give you its console19:23
mgdmthen '.' means exit19:23
mgdmtry enter ~ ? some time, too19:24
mgdmor read http://www.void.gr/kargig/blog/2006/01/24/ssh-escape-characters/19:24
bigcalmGood morning peeps :)20:31
penguin42erm good morning20:35
bigcalm:D20:35
ObiituzzHello20:39
ObiituzzGood afternoon.20:39
ObiituzzI need help with Ubuntu, can someone please give me a hand?20:39
bigcalm!ask20:39
lubotu3Please don't ask to ask a question, simply ask the question (all on ONE line and in the channel, so that others can read and follow it easily). If anyone knows the answer they will most likely reply. :-) See also !patience20:39
ObiituzzOk. I need to create a booteable Pendrive20:41
penguin42Obiituzz: From a Linux system? Got a recent Ubuntu iso?20:41
Obiituzzi was trying  to do it with Unetbotin20:41
Obiituzzyes20:41
Obiituzzi have the ISO imge20:41
penguin42Obiituzz: If you know the /dev/sd?? name of the device, make sure it's not mounted and then do      dd if=my.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=1024k20:42
penguin42Obiituzz: BUT BE CAREFUL TO GET THE RIGHT DEVICE - and it's the one without the numbers at the end20:42
mgdmbigcalm: 'lo20:50
bigcalmmgdm: how's oggcamp?20:51
mgdmbigcalm: wouldn't know20:52
bigcalmmgdm: aww, sorry. Thought you had gone20:52
mgdmNah, didn't in the end. And my trip to the hospital on Thursday night woudl've seen to it anyway :)20:53
bigcalmWhat have you done to yourself?20:53
mgdmtl;dr - asthma FTL20:53
bigcalm:(20:53
mgdmhowever, communist^Wsocialized healthcare FTW20:54
bigcalmHeh20:54
penguin42mgdm: Ah, I'm fortunate enough to keep my asthma mostly in check with the regular stuff and the occaisonal salbutamol20:54
mgdmpenguin42: normally so am I, but I got a cold, which mutated, and regardless of all of that I ended up needing enough Ventolin nebulizer treatment to stun a horse20:55
penguin42mgdm: Erk20:55
mgdmIn other news, I just make a project use Autotools and it works and I only swore a couple of times20:57
mgdmthis is new for me20:57
Obiituzzpenguin: sorry man, im a new Linux user21:10
Obiituzzi didnt understand what you said.. Let me be clear.. I have Ubuntu and i'm trying to get Fedora21:10
ObiituzzIm trying to do a LiveUSB to boot it... I have the image21:10
Obiituzzi've try to use uNetbootin and Fedora Live usbCreator21:11
Obiituzzand i have troubles with both21:11
zleapit should work21:11
ObiituzzUnetCreator: I fllow the steps and while i'm booting it gets freeze21:12
ObiituzzFedora Live Usb Creator: ISO MD5 checksum verification failed21:12
zleapso you have a problem with the downloading of the iso file21:14
ObiituzzNo21:14
zleapjust checking the md521:14
Obiituzzaint downloading using the tool21:14
Obiituzzi've already download it from site21:15
zleapok,  sorry21:15
ObiituzzAny idea, my friend?21:15
zleapjust had a look it lists my usb pendiver as /dev/sdb121:17
zleapi need to download lubuntu 13.10 so will have a go as i also need to update a pen drive with that21:17
zleapso will do some screen shots at the same time and put on my website21:18
ObiituzzThanks man21:25
zleapnp21:26
zleapgive us a few days and i will hopefully have something21:26
ObiituzzThanks man21:26
zleapnp21:26
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* mgdm writes documentation21:34
mgdmboo, dull21:34
zleapbut essential21:34
mgdmYeah. Especially as it's a library21:35
zleapah21:35
zleapi thought you meant for ubuntu21:35
mgdmAh, no21:36
mgdmIt's for my fantastically niche side project: https://github.com/mgdm/Mosquitto-PHP21:36
zleapah21:36
zleapwhat does star this repo mean21:37
zleap?21:37
mgdmIt's like 'favourite'21:38
zleapok21:38
mgdma sort of bookmark thing21:38
zleaplike in chrome21:38
mgdmaye21:38
AzelphurHas anyone found a way to use an Android tablet as a secondary display yet?21:41
AzelphurLoads of projects on Windows/OSX seem to do it, but nothing works on Linux. :<21:41
zleapi am sure we were doing that at the last exeter lug meet21:42
zleapas in #dcglug21:42
zleapdevon and cornwall linux user group channel21:43
zleapi think you can do that using vnc21:43
zleapas = ask21:44
Azelphurzleap: yea, I remember in my last attempt, I did something involving bumping the viewport size up, then vnc with clipping. But X was bugged and wouldn't allow Windows to move outside of the standard viewport area21:44
Azelphurwonder if it's been fixed in 13.10.21:44
zleapok21:44
AzelphurI've taken a few runs at getting this to work ;)21:45
zleapas i said try the #dcglug channel i am sure this was a recent discussion or project or could actually be a current project21:49
Azelphurwhat's the command line way of updating to a new release? (13.04 -> 13.10) for some reason update-manager doesn't feel like giving me the button.22:00
ali1234do-release-upgrade22:01
Azelphurthat's the one, ty :)22:01
mgdmDocs finished, for now \o22:12
mgdmOh, it's after midnight23:07
mgdmoops23:08
* penguin42 looks at the pumpkin mgdm23:08
mgdm:D23:08
mgdmI am somewhat round, though not orange as far as I can tell. :P23:08
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