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Devilsolutionyo01:40
Devilsolutionwhat the channel with loads of peoples in it?01:41
Devilsolutionhow'd i search01:41
Devilsolution??/01:41
AzelphurDevilsolution: that was vague01:51
Devilsolutionyeh major01:53
Devilsolutionim drunk01:53
MooDoomorning all07:16
Myrttimöh07:28
MartijnVdS\o07:29
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Myrttihttp://www.planetary.org/blogs/casey-dreier/2013/20131108-we-need-you-to-stand-up-for-planetary-science.html http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/12/nasa-might-stop-exploring-the-planets-heres-why-thats-terrible/282012/ https://twitter.com/plutokiller/status/407947852002783233 :-(08:25
knightwisemorning everyone08:33
AlanBellchoo choo08:41
* AlanBell is on the eurotunnel 08:43
SuperMattmorning08:50
knightwiseHey AlanBell .. heading towards Belgium ?08:51
MartijnVdSknightwise: Eurotunnel goes to France :P08:58
popeyhttp://www.blastem-game.com/ is a fun game ☻09:22
directhexUSB type C connections announced. main feature: no more quantum right-way-up calculations, as it's reversible (like Lightning)09:23
directhexpopey, ^^09:23
bigcalmGood morning peeps :)09:23
popeysaw someone mention that on G+ and it made me smile ☻09:24
dwatkinswoohoo!09:24
bashrcg'day09:24
MartijnVdSdirecthex: [citation needed]09:24
dwatkinsI daren't imagine the amount of time wasted on getting USB plugs the wrong way up.09:24
bashrcwhen you add it up around the world it must be thousands of years09:24
directhexMartijnVdS,  http://www.usb.org/press/USB-IF_Press_Releases/Type-C_PR_20131203_Final.pdf09:24
MartijnVdSdwatkins: I get it right the first time 99% of the time09:25
dwatkinsMartijnVdS: I'm thinking of other people ;)09:25
dwatkinspopey: https://plus.google.com/113887142977624814920/posts/HZwsF121jFA09:26
bashrcwhichever way I initially try I can be sure it's the wrong way09:26
MartijnVdSbashrc: I've heard people claim they have some kind of weird geometry, where turning it around *twice* makes it work09:28
bashrcit's like a ritual09:29
directhexMartijnVdS, it's quantum09:30
directhexMartijnVdS, you don't know it's upside-down until you try to plug it in and the waveform collapses09:30
MartijnVdSdirecthex: ah! that explains why my cables are so (en)tangled09:30
dwatkinsI have a 10-port USB hub on my desk, and it's still not enough.09:32
popeyi have 2x7 port ☻09:36
MartijnVdSpopey: is it enough though?09:36
popeyat the moment09:36
directhexi don't have a hub per se09:37
directhexbut i have a usb switch09:37
directhex4 device -> 2 host09:37
dwatkinsI didn't even know they existed. I have DVI switches with PS2 ports, though, I guess it's similar.09:39
dwatkinsSadly my DVI switch is pretty useless, as it forces the resolution to get reset to something unuseably low.09:39
MartijnVdS320x200?09:40
dwatkinsOk, not quite that bad ;)09:40
directhexdwatkins, switches make EDID hard09:43
directhexdwatkins, i use http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/cerulian-4-port-usb-20-switching-hub-n10jb09:44
dwatkinsdirecthex: yeah, I suspected that was the issue - mine was cheap from Maplin... it's now been discontinued.09:46
JamesTaitGood morning all; happy Wear Brown Shoes Day!  :-D09:48
foobarryewww09:49
SuperMattdafuq?09:49
* popey has brown slippers09:50
* dwatkins has white^Wgrey trainers09:50
MartijnVdSJamesTait: see G+ ;)09:50
SuperMattI'm just wearing my black converses09:50
JamesTaitI'm wearing the same black Karrimor boots I always do.09:52
popeyi need some new boots09:53
dwatkinspopey: http://www.philosophersguild.com/Freudian-Slippers.html ;)09:54
MartijnVdSNew Balance walking shoes++10:00
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foobarrysweet. i used to have this aston martin when i was a kid (still have it) http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/3382048.htm10:19
foobarrythe ejector seat worked in mine though10:20
brobostigongood morning everyone.10:20
bigcalmMorning brobostigon10:20
brobostigonmorning bigcalm10:20
bigcalm   %up               99.959 | since                     Thu Feb 14 23:02:18 201310:24
bigcalmSuch stats are silly, but they still please me. Bytemark vps still going strong10:24
MartijnVdSbigcalm: mine was rebooted several times 2 weeks ago10:25
bigcalmOh dear10:25
MartijnVdSbigcalm: the "head" crashed twice (bigv)10:25
bigcalmAh, it would cost me more to move to bigv for the same spec that I have10:25
MartijnVdSit was cheaper for me :)10:25
bigcalmSwings and roundabouts10:26
foobarryyesss got my screen protector on first go10:39
foobarryno bubbles or dust10:39
foobarryi get terrible OCD with bubbles under scren protectors10:39
Myrtti"We believe that we could have offered a better price for this item in our Black Friday Lightning Deals promotion. Therefore, we are refunding you £4.00 in relation to your order."10:40
TwistedLucidityfoobarry: Do it in the bathroom after having a shower. The steam will take the dust out of the air.10:40
Myrtti"ok"10:40
foobarryTwistedLucidity: yes but i'm impatient too10:40
bigcalmMyrtti: Amazon are weirdly nice like that sometimes10:40
foobarryits also the quality of your cleaning cloth (i have a poor one)10:40
directhexMyrtti, yeah, wife got that10:40
TwistedLucidityfoobarry: Impatience and OCD...hardly a winning combination. :-)10:40
directhexMyrtti, for a netgear thingy10:41
Myrttidirecthex: yeah, that's what I bought too10:41
TwistedLucidityMyrtti: "We deliberately charged more than we strictly needed to in order to issue these refunds and get some sweet, sweet PR."10:41
directhexMyrtti, *astonishingly*, it works well10:42
TwistedLucidityCynical, me?10:42
Myrttiwe haven't even plugged ours in yet10:42
Myrttibought it mainly for garden / raspi use10:43
diploAnyone recommend a cheapish router that I can run openwrt on ? I'm not the most flush person at the mo10:43
foobarrydo yo *need* one?10:45
directhexMyrtti, i get 2 bars in the bedroom from the homehub, but irc & web pages start timing out silently dozens of times a day. no problem at all since using the netgear ext thingy10:45
TwistedLuciditydiplo: I've got a Buffalo unit that runs DD-WRT (so openWRT should work too). Only real negative against it is how the Ethernet ports are bridged; can't separate traffic. Cost about £80.10:46
diploWell I'd like something more configurable than the sky ones10:46
diploDD-WRT is ok for me10:46
diploOpenWRT was the first on mind, the sky router I have is rubbish and wanted to try something that I can control more.10:47
MyrttiI feel like it's time for a reminder of "do not buy belkin network gear" - even when belkin can't be flashed with openwrt/ddwrt10:49
TwistedLuciditydiplo: I have a Buffalo AirStation NFINITI: WZR-HP-AG300H-EU. As I said, the only thing I can't seem to do is separate traffic by physical port; so hard to have "work" and "play" networks.10:49
TwistedLucidityBut then I'm pretty crap at networking.10:50
foobarryasus do a cheapish one10:50
foobarryits on the ddwrt wiki or maybe the openwrt wiki10:51
diploOK great, will take a look thanks10:51
diploLooking on there now foobarry, downside is so many that I can't see price simply without checking10:51
* popey hugs his Netgear WNDRs running dd-wrt and openwrt10:52
foobarryhttp://skinflint.co.uk/?cat=wlanrout&xf=758_OpenWrt&sort=p10:55
kiranhello10:55
kirananyone to help me10:55
kiranE: Syntax error /etc/apt/apt.conf:3: Extra junk at end of file10:55
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jussianyone here know if there is similar things to this but for the UK? http://www.eezy.fi/english10:56
Guest33366i have above error while using apt-get10:56
Guest33366E: Syntax error /etc/apt/apt.conf:3: Extra junk at end of file10:56
diploSome cheap ones there foobarry  :)10:56
Guest33366but syntax is correct10:56
Guest33366i used ":" at the end but dont know why the error10:57
diploNot sure I could help Guest33366 but probably worth paste binning the config10:57
popeyGuest33366: pastebin your /etc/apt/apt.conf ?10:57
foobarryyeah diplo, much cheaper than i expected10:57
Guest33366Acquire::http::proxy“http://123070063:password@netmon.iitb.ac.in:80/”10:58
diploThose would do until I'm a little more flush next year10:59
Guest33366this is the content of /etc/apt/apt.conf10:59
dvrrhaiiiiiiiiiii11:00
popeyGuest33366: those quotes look wrong11:00
popeylike smart unicode quotes11:00
Guest33366popey: what wrong11:00
popeyalso you probably need a space after "proxy"11:01
popey“ and ”  look wrong11:01
popeydid you copy and paste directly from the file to here?11:01
Guest33366this is what suggested in many pages11:01
popeythey should be "11:01
popeywhich is a different character11:01
Guest33366i also used semicolon at the end11:01
Guest33366yes11:01
popeyjust edit the file, remove the smart quotes and replace them with normal " quotes from your keyboard11:02
popeyyou probably copy/pasted that content from a wordpress blog which tries to be clever and makes the quotes look like that11:02
Guest33366okay i l try that11:02
directhexdefinitely smart quotes to blame11:03
TwistedLuciditySmart quotes in code exmaples are one of my pet hates. Makes me think "What did you draft this in? MS Word? Moron."11:03
Guest33366thank you very much popey11:04
popeynp11:04
popeyfoobarry: airfix/hornby reminder11:04
foobarrythanks popey11:05
foobarryi "know" some people who won stuff last year11:06
foobarryno idea how many entries they get11:06
MartijnVdS411:06
foobarryif they appear on moneysaving expert then loads i expect11:07
foobarrygetting a cromwell tank for xmas11:08
dvrrTue Dec 03 15:05:50 2013 Initialization Sequence Completed With Errors ( see http://openvpn.net/faq.html#dhcpclientserv )     i recived this problem  openvpn please tel me how to resolve11:12
dvrr MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1386063350,CONNECTED,ERROR,192.1680.1,183.1.1.111:13
MartijnVdSdvrr: it tells you where to look for a solution11:13
MartijnVdSdvrr: also, note the missing "." in 192.168.0.111:13
directhexyeah, that looks wron11:14
directhexg11:14
MartijnVdS(your log line has 192.1680.1)11:14
popeyooh, virgin smartcall.. never heard of that before11:14
popeythanks marketing mail from virgin11:14
dvrr MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1386063350,CONNECTED,ERROR,192.168.0.111:15
davmor2popey: yeah it just means that virgin spy on you through your webcam and only allow calls when you're not busy ;)11:15
foobarryanyone used the o2 voip/sip service?11:15
TwistedLuciditypopey: "smartcall"? I is also Virgin customer, but don't get their mail (other than continual notifications of price hikes).11:16
popeyit was in that mail about price hikes that I just read about it11:16
dvrr MartijnVdS : no sorry my log line MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1386063350,CONNECTED,ERROR,192.168.0.111:16
MartijnVdSdvrr: I think you should look at that link in the first error message11:17
MartijnVdSdvrr: the openvpn site has a *lot* of good documentation11:18
davmor2TwistedLucidity, popey: I got it  too, the only thing is I get free calls on my mobile to any number so it's actually cheaper to use my mobile :D11:18
popeyi have another use case for it ☻11:19
TwistedLuciditydavmor2: If I ever have spare time, I think investing it in Asterisk (or similar) and a SIP service might be good. Virign's call charges are extortionate.11:19
dogmatic69popey:  That virgin smartcall seems to be like facetime11:19
popeynot at all11:19
dogmatic69facetime uses wifi for calls when available, to other apples only though11:20
popeyexactly, so not like that at all ☻11:20
dogmatic69same thing but different limits.11:21
davmor2dogmatic69: all calls on virgin are basically routed in the same way as their internet is, so it's just using the internet to connect to the landline effectively.11:22
TwistedLucidityNow deeply worried about what "use case" popey might have in mind for such a service.....11:22
popeyit lets you make *phone* calls11:22
foobarryTwistedLucidity: are you usually know by another nick?11:22
popeyits basically a sip client11:22
popeyso nothing like facetime which is a person to person video chat locked into one manufacturer11:23
TwistedLucidityfoobarry: No, I am always me. Unless something has gone wrong....11:23
TwistedLucidityOr some sod is imitating me....11:23
* popey suspect foobarry thinks TwistedLucidity is the guy who was banned yesterday by DJones 11:24
foobarryheh11:24
foobarryi didn't but now i do11:24
popeysmartcall is useful for making calls from abroad via wifi.11:24
davmor2popey: when DJones kicks people are they put in his locker?11:24
popey11:25
popeySent to the bottom of the deep blue IRC11:25
foobarrygroan11:25
davmor2popey: Wait what IBM have irc11:25
popey11:25
TwistedLuciditySerious question: Anyone made Bumblebee and nouveau work together? Got the proprietary drivers to work OK(ish, slow though). But not nouveau.11:25
davmor2TwistedLucidity: are you on Saucy?11:26
TwistedLucidityGet some libdrm version error gubbins.11:26
TwistedLuciditydavmor2: Yes, Kubuntu 13.10 64bit to be precise.11:26
davmor2TwistedLucidity: you just need nvidia-319 and nvidia-prime no need for bumblebee11:27
TwistedLucidityGot that to work OK. But wanted to try nouveau, so I purged the proprietary nvidia stuff.11:27
TwistedLucidityWanted to see if the GPL-only kernel calls had any effect.11:27
TwistedLucidityBut I just get: [XORG] (EE) NOUVEAU(0): [drm] failed to set drm interface version.11:28
TwistedLucidityFull details here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=219125711:29
davmor2yeah bumblebee is really targeted at nvidia not so much nouveau, however nvidia have as I understand it started to work with the nouveau guys and I believe there is an experimental version of nouveau that supports optimus iirc11:29
TwistedLuciditydavmor2: Ooooo, freakin' awesome news. That with kernel 3.12 might be a goer y'think?11:30
davmor2TwistedLucidity: let me double check I'm sure I saw it though11:30
davmor2TwistedLucidity: http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/Optimus/11:31
davmor2Yay I knew something \o/11:34
TwistedLucidityThanks davmor2, I think I now have a Chrimbo project11:37
davmor2TwistedLucidity: yw11:37
TwistedLucidityI had stumbled across "Switcheroo" but for some reason thought it was old-hat (Optimus vs Primus)11:37
TwistedLucidityHmm...I have Intel wired to internal panel, nvidia wire to DVI-out. It is possible to marshal the nvidia output across to the panel (two X servers) and, from what I understand, it's that kind of trickery that's a bit sucky.11:40
MooDoohello again, back from the dentist11:43
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MartijnVdSMooDoo: and?11:43
MartijnVdSMooDoo: damage? ;)11:43
MooDooMartijnVdS: all ook :)11:47
MartijnVdSMooDoo: Ook!11:47
MooDoolol typo11:47
popeybrother just popped round with a little samsung phone he got free with a tablet11:50
popeyquite nice little handset, much better than the big-ass phablet things11:50
davmor2MooDoo: your the back of a dentist :D11:52
MooDoodavmor2: smarty pants :p11:52
* popey stabs mesa and stuff12:07
popeyhttp://paste.ubuntu.com/6519389/12:07
popeylibGL error: failed to load driver: swrast12:07
popeywhen i load steam it keeps pointing me to https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=9938-EYZB-745712:07
popeyand when i try and run games I get a dialog which says "Could not find required OpenGL entry point 'glGetError'! Either your video card is unsupported, or your OpenGL driver needs to be updated"12:09
* popey tickles directhex ☻12:09
davmor2popey: hang on I understand stabbing mesa, but what the hell did stuff do to deserve getting stabbed ;)12:10
popeyit was in the area at the time12:11
davmor2popey: I'm just glad the cats weren't, I'll be keeping my eye on you and ringing the RSPCA the minute I thing they are in danger :D12:12
foobarrywhats the best way to get a web page to rotate the pictures that it shows? some javascript malarkey?12:12
davmor2s/thing/think12:12
foobarryi need it for a dashboard display12:12
davmor2foobarry: to be honest dashboards don't make for good displays, windscreens are way better :)  On a more serious note can't html5/css cover rotation?12:14
foobarrymaybe, i dunno?12:15
foobarrywanna rotate 3 pages or so12:15
SuperMatthow does one find out what filesystem is on a partition from the command line?12:21
foobarrythe mount command12:21
dwatkinsSuperMatt: one that's already mounted? mount12:21
DJonesHmmh, Sky Go Tablet released for pretty much all unrooted tablets (excluding Transformer TF101 & Kindle devices)12:21
SuperMattit's not mouted12:21
SuperMatt*mounted12:21
dwatkinsSuperMatt: otherwise, you could examine the first few bytes of it, I'm sure there's a diagnostic command which does this such as fsck.12:22
dwatkinsback later, lunchtime12:22
popeyblkid12:23
SuperMattso just blkid /dev/blah?12:24
popeyhttps://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Deployment_Guide/s2-sysinfo-filesystems-blkid.html12:25
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SuperMattthanks popeypants12:28
BigRedSOoh, that's a thing I've meant to look up before12:43
BigRedShandy12:43
directhexpopey, sounds like a fried 32-bit opengl install12:51
TwistedLucidityIt's 2013...why is so much stuff still locked into 32bit?12:58
MooDoocoz no one knows how to deal with 64bit yet12:58
MooDoogive it 10 years :)12:58
MartijnVdSಠ_ಠ @ MooDoo12:58
popeydirecthex: something specific I can uninstall / reinstall /purge perhaps?12:58
MartijnVdSTwistedLucidity: Because Windows is mostly mixed (lots of 32-bit Win7 installs and XP still out there, it's easier to just provide one 32bit installer)12:58
directhexpopey, which 3d driver?12:59
popeynvidia12:59
popey31912:59
MooDoowow AlanBell I see the pi project is getting well funded :D13:00
TwistedLuciditynvidia-319 reinstall?13:01
popeytried that13:01
TwistedLucidityOh, and nvidia-219-updates, nvidia-settings-319-updates etc13:01
popeyit's something else, as directhex suggests, a 32-bit lib or something13:02
TwistedLucidityAnd you are on 64bit?13:02
popeyyes13:02
MartijnVdStry refreshing libgl1-mesa-dri:i38613:03
TwistedLucidityForce the 32bit install. sudo apt-get install thingy:i38613:03
MartijnVdSthat package contains 2 .so files with "swrast" in the name13:03
directhexpopey, the 64-bit nvidia-319 package includes both 32 and 64-bit libraries. following others' instructions is likely ging to break it harder13:03
popeyhttp://paste.ubuntu.com/6519622/13:05
popeyevery 32-bit package I have installed13:05
directhexbooting my desktop, to cross-check again13:06
directhexst13:06
directhexpopey, run this: "sudo update-alternatives --config i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf"13:06
popey* 0            /usr/lib/nvidia-319-updates/alt_ld.so.conf   8602      auto mode 1            /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/mesa/ld.so.conf      500       manual mode 2            /usr/lib/nvidia-319-updates/alt_ld.so.conf   8602      manual mode13:06
popeyoof13:07
popeysorry13:07
directhexhm, so it's set to use nvidia there13:07
dwatkinsI looked at the sun and now have a big green blob in front of my vision #RareBritishProblems13:07
MartijnVdSdwatkins: stop looking at The Sun then13:07
dwatkinsMartijnVdS: it just appeared in-between the window blinds13:07
dwatkinsI'm not used to the sky being clear.13:07
foobarryclear grey13:08
directhexpopey, nothing to lose from just doing an apt-get install --reinstall nvidia-319-updates, to force reinstallation of possibly corrupt files13:08
popeyhttp://paste.ubuntu.com/6519638/13:08
popeyyeah, did that earlier13:08
popeywhen I run steam now, it asks me to install libgl1-mesa-dri:i38613:09
popeyif I press ctrl-c, i can open steam and all is fine, but it prompts me to install that every time13:09
popey(I removed it)13:09
dwatkinsdoes it tell you how (for the non-advanced users), popey?13:09
directhexpopey, ok, permit it. your nvidia package should stop mesa from taking over the opengl library13:10
popeyok13:10
directhexlibgl1-mesa-dri:i386 and libgl1-mesa-glx:i38613:10
popeyinstall both of those?13:10
popeySuggested packages: libglide3:i38613:10
popeyOpenGL GLX context is not using direct rendering, which may cause performance problems.13:11
popeyFor more information visit https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=9938-EYZB-7457.13:11
popeystill getting that popup13:11
popeylibGL error: failed to load driver: swrast13:11
popeylibGL error: Try again with LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose for more details.13:11
popeyall that in the steam startup console13:11
directhexpopey, you installed those packages & restarted steam?13:11
popeyyes13:11
foobarrytries running steam13:11
foobarryonly 210MB of updates :-|13:12
popeydirecthex: http://paste.ubuntu.com/6519651/13:12
directhexfind ~/.local/share/Steam/ -name libGL.so13:14
directhexer13:14
directhexfind ~/.local/share/Steam/ -name libGL.so\*13:14
popey4 of them13:14
popeyhttp://paste.ubuntu.com/6519660/13:14
* foobarry realises he has a lot of games he never played 13:15
directhexpopey, ldd ~/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam13:16
directhexno, wait, that's no use13:16
popeyhttp://paste.ubuntu.com/6519665/13:16
directhexwhich games do you have installed?13:16
popeylots13:16
popeyhttp://paste.ubuntu.com/6519671/13:18
directhexcan you run ldd on a game binary? e.g. ldd ~/.local/share/Steam/SteamApps/common/Super\ Hexagon/x86/superhexagon.x8613:18
popeyhttp://paste.ubuntu.com/6519675/13:18
directhexOK, so we see the problem13:19
directhexnow i wonder why it's happening13:19
popeylibglut and friends?13:19
directhexcat /etc/ld.so.conf13:19
popeyinclude /etc/ld.so.conf.d/*.conf13:20
foobarry Valve have joined the Linux Foundation.13:20
directhexcat /etc/ld.so.conf.d/*13:20
popeyhttp://paste.ubuntu.com/6519681/13:20
directhexpopey, hm. one of those is bad.13:20
directhexpopey, grep mesa /etc/ld.so.conf.d/*13:21
popey/etc/ld.so.conf.d/steam.conf:/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/mesa13:22
popey/etc/ld.so.conf.d/x86_64-linux-gnu_EGL.conf:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/mesa-egl13:22
directhexpopey, ok, so that steam.conf i have never seen before, is what broke it13:22
directhexpopey, delete that, problem fixed13:23
popeydo i need to update anything?13:24
popeyld something?13:24
directhexsudo ldconfig13:25
popey\o/13:25
directhexdpkg -S etc/ld.so.conf.d/steam.conf ?13:25
directhexi.e. which package created that faulty file?13:26
dwatkinsI couldn't find the user thing in Windows Server's control panel, and my first thought was "I'll just do it from the command line... oh wait." *sadface*13:26
popeynothing found13:26
popeythank you directhex, that's been bugging me for ages13:26
popeywonder if ye-olde steam beta did it13:27
MartijnVdSpopey: you had one of the first betas, right?13:27
popeyyes13:27
popeycould be that i followed some guide from steamcommunity to fix it before asking you13:27
popeyhttp://steamcommunity.com/app/221410/discussions/1/846939071105489121 looks plausible13:28
popeyopened Garrysmod to test it, worked fine13:30
popeydirecthex: you have a ps vita?13:34
directhexpopey, i do not. we got a 3ds for xmas though13:34
popeyah13:34
popeyjust saw psvita games on your amazon wishlist13:34
directhexthat would be an awkward state to end up in wouldn't it13:35
popeyindeed13:35
MooDoodirecthex: i bought  my son the 2ds for christmas13:41
popeythats a bizarre device13:42
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MooDoopopey: i saw a tae apart video for it, one huge screen...13:42
MooDootake13:42
popeyyeah13:42
directhexMooDoo, wife and i have always played the Ace Attorney series together, and AA5 is for 3DS only...13:42
MooDoodirecthex: I can't watch 3d and my son wouldn't like it13:43
directhexMooDoo, 3ds vs 2ds is mostly a cost decision. we got a 3ds xl with mario kart 7 for £130 in the amazon sales13:43
MooDoodirecthex: isn't the 2ds just a 3ds without the 3d and the ability to fold the clamshell?13:44
popeymono speaker13:44
popeyharder to reach controls13:44
directhexall of the above13:45
directhexhard to fold a single LCD in half13:45
popeyheh13:45
AzelphurFinally, they are fixing USB http://www.theverge.com/2013/12/4/5173686/usb-type-c-connector-specification-announced \o/13:45
AzelphurNo more 4th dimensional plugs.13:45
popeyright. so when I bitched about usb and said we should move to thunderbolt or similar everyone rounded on me13:47
popeyand now they're making a new connector (like thunderbolt) which isn't backwards compatible (like thunderbolt) and is reversible (like thunderbolt) its all good13:47
* Azelphur shrugs13:48
TwistedLucidityWell....that's a really annoying bug in Inkscape. If an item has a stroke colour *and* it is really small, Inskscape refuses to print it even though it's clearly visible. You have to remove the stroke colour, which can mess up the diagram.13:48
* TwistedLucidity buys shares in USB adapter OEMs13:50
directhexpopey, thunderbolt's implementation is zany. the plugs are not 180-degree rotationally symmetrical. a small processor in the plug itself decides how to do the pin-out depending on which way up the plug is13:52
popeythere is that too13:53
directhexalso the DRM coprocessor in the plug14:01
MartijnVdSalso, the super-expensive cables14:02
MartijnVdS(mostly a result of those chips)14:03
shaunojust trying to put php5 on Arch makes me very, very grateful for the debian layout of exploding the apache config in 500 files14:07
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foobarryi just crashed steam by clicking that big picture moed14:20
dwatkinsdon't click it, then ;)14:20
MooDoolol14:21
directhexcrash reports are uploaded when you start steam14:22
foobarryvisible to user?14:26
foobarryi don't see anything14:26
foobarryits repeatable14:26
foobarryis it complete garbage the idea that headphones need "bedding in"?14:30
foobarrylike breaking in a pair of shoes14:30
MartijnVdSfoobarry: not that I've heard14:30
foobarryread it in a review, i think its bunk14:33
foobarryalso read from a different person that taken the badges off the sennheisers improved the bass :D14:33
foobarry"owever removing the silver senn badges from either side released an absolute beast hiding in them. The bass is punchy, deep (very VERY deep), and nicely shaped and does not take over the stage. The stage is increased by the removal as well. Sadly the the bass is slightly more sibilant at times, but hey it's £16!! I should imagine padding the inside of the badge piece would have a similar effect as removing them, the idea is to stop echoin14:33
dwatkinsI can't remember the last time I bought a new pair of headphones.14:34
foobarrywifey getting me some cheap sennheisers for xmas14:35
MooDooi need a new pair, only one side of mine works currently14:35
foobarryMooDoo: need a cheap pair?14:35
shaunoI got mine at an airport when I discovered the rubber thingies had gone missing from the pair I was travelling with14:35
MooDoofoobarry: i've got some of them now, they are ace14:35
MooDoofoobarry: nah! I'll cope with what I have for now :D but thanks :D14:35
shaunoiirc the pair before that were an airport emergency too14:35
foobarryi just need something comfy to block noise from upstairs offices14:36
foobarryi sit below a theatre hall and scrape shuffle plonk ORCHESTRA scuffle scrap clap all day long14:36
TwistedLucidityfoobarry: Sounds (groan) like you want som noise cancelling headphones14:39
dwatkinsnoise cancellation works best with "regular" (i.e. predictable) noise14:39
MartijnVdSTwistedLucidity: those work best on "regular" noise, like air conditioning units, etc.14:39
MartijnVdSTwistedLucidity: car engines14:40
foobarrysounds like someone is hitting a pipe with a hammer atm14:40
foobarrythen 100 chairs shuffle14:40
foobarrymakes you tired on days like this14:41
arsenhm, just installing 13.10 desktop on some new hardware, i seem to just get a black screen with cursor but no GDM/desktop.14:41
MartijnVdSarsen: shiny :)14:41
arsenhopefully, but pretty dull at the moment... nice new haswell aint much use right now lol.14:42
MartijnVdSarsen: what kind of hardware is it?14:43
arsensuspect it doesnt like my new GPUs, AMD 7970's14:44
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=== xnox_ is now known as xnox
arsennomodeset is your friend. :)14:49
MartijnVdSah, I don't buy AMD :)14:50
popey+100014:57
TwistedLucidityMartijnVdS People are claiming AMD >>> nvidia. Certainly for lappies14:58
MartijnVdSTwistedLucidity: I have all-intel14:59
MartijnVdS* > nvidia :)14:59
MartijnVdS(at least wrt. driver hassle)14:59
TwistedLucidityMartijnVdS: BURN THE HERETIC (even though yer correct)14:59
foobarrygiffgaff payback time15:05
foobarryi think i've reached the end of the road with giffgaff recruitment15:06
foobarryfriend of mine chose to pay £27 per month with o2 instead even though he doesn't make phone calls15:06
foobarrypeople aren't interseted cos they think they know best15:07
shaunoAny clues how I get sudo to obey /etc/environment ?15:11
MartijnVdSshauno: sudo -s instead of -i ? sudo -H ?15:11
MartijnVdSshauno: or check /etc/pam.d15:12
MartijnVdSshauno: and compare sudo to.. say.. su or ssh ?15:12
MartijnVdSone that works :)15:12
shaunothis is meant to work.  but it's all horribly broken :(15:12
MartijnVdSshauno: sudo -E -> preserve environment15:13
MartijnVdSshauno: -H -> set $HOME to target user's home15:13
shaunoyeah that one I've found, causes more problems15:13
shaunoI just want to persist http_proxy.  but setting it in env_keep doesn't, setting it in /etc/environment doesn't, etc15:13
MartijnVdS!xy15:13
lubotu3The XY problem is when you need to do X, and you think you can use Y to do X, so you ask about how to do Y, when what you really should do is state what your X problem is. There may be a Z solution that is even better than Y, but nobody can suggest it if X is never mentioned.15:13
MartijnVdS;)15:13
shaunoI'd love to force devs to work from behind a proxy for one day a week, just so they can find out how horribly they handle them15:18
MartijnVdSI'd love to ban proxies15:19
foobarrydid anyone read the graphene article in the guardian15:21
foobarryi have an argument with my friend whether there's scope for a olne genius in his shed anymore15:22
MartijnVdSolne?15:23
foobarrylone15:24
MartijnVdShttps://www.google.nl/maps/preview#!q=olne ?15:24
foobarryhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGEqWzw8A9g#t=12 happiest penguin ever15:25
foobarrySNOW SNOW SNOW SNOW15:25
foobarryothers: yeah, seen it15:25
bashrcsnow in winter?  It'll never happen15:26
popeyhttp://www.fastcodesign.com/3021230/apple-its-time-to-nuke-the-iphones-red-battery-alert15:27
popeythats fun15:27
shaunoI always laugh when my laptop does that.  it goes red at 10%, warning me that there's only an hour left15:30
foobarrymy laptop dies before it gets a chance to go red15:33
ali1234shauno: proxy, 1GB ram, intel graphics, no windows key16:12
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arc__Hello17:00
arc__How do i connect to a vnc on ubuntu 12.04 lts17:18
popeyyou want to remotely control a 12.04 system?17:19
arc__No17:19
popeyi dont understand what you want then ☻17:20
arc__I want tok control my mac that has vnc via my linux lap17:20
popeyah ok17:20
arc__:)17:20
popey12.04 ships with a vnc client i believe17:20
arc__So how do i access it or use it17:21
popeyopen the dash and type vnc ?17:22
arc__I have gnome enabled17:23
popeynot unity?17:23
popeyok, so somewhere in the menu there may be a remote control app, otherwise you can find one in ubuntu software center17:23
arc__Too slow17:24
popeywhat's too slow?17:24
arc__Unity17:24
popeyah17:24
popeyok17:24
arc__There is no remote control app17:24
arc__But i can connect my lap vnc via my mac17:25
arc__Rdp17:25
popeyyes, hence I said search for vnc in ubuntu software centre?17:25
directhex"vinagre"17:25
popeythats the one17:25
directhexthat's the easiest package for what you want17:25
arc__Kk17:29
arc__I have a mac and a Linux laptop what is the best on to make into a local file server18:40
AlanBellevening all19:55
foobarrybruce almighty is pretty much the same as the mask21:07
* MartijnVdS considers upgrading to trusty21:08
foobarryMartijnVdS: don't21:09
foobarryi tried t'other day21:09
MartijnVdSwhy not?21:09
foobarrydidn't work too well21:09
foobarryi.e. logging out21:09
MartijnVdSwho logs out?21:09
MartijnVdSweird man! ;)21:09
foobarryhad lightdm, unity , X issues trying to get back in21:09
ali1234foobarry: that's fixed21:10
ali1234i fixed it21:10
MartijnVdS\o/ ali123421:10
foobarryfrom the 30 nov build?21:10
ali1234bug 125615021:10
lubotu3bug 1256150 in lightdm (Ubuntu Saucy) "Xorg guest session fails to start if the user has logged out and logged in again" [High,In progress] https://launchpad.net/bugs/125615021:10
foobarry\o;21:10
ali1234i dunno if the fix is packaged yet21:10
foobarryi mean \o/21:10
foobarry\o; looks like saturday night fever21:11
MartijnVdSOr a non-functioning arm21:11
foobarryhand on hip21:12
MartijnVdSwut.. apache segv'd?!21:13
foobarryi tried out the disabling of global menu in trusty21:13
MartijnVdSand?21:14
foobarrysort of worked but the aforementioned bug stopped me testing properly21:14
foobarryi.e. it worked once but not twice21:15
directhexmarketing /o\ http://kotaku.com/nintendos-new-wii-u-commercials-ignore-the-consoles-b-147663703022:56
popeydirecthex: you have a wii u?23:28
AlanBellhttp://www.indiegogo.com/projects/a-raspberry-pi-build-cluster-for-ubuntu/x/5206923 so close :)23:29
popeyyeah!23:30
popeyyou should tweet that ☻23:32
zleapwe are building a pi cluster at the next exeter lug meet23:32
zleapjust generally not to run ubuntu23:32
ali1234AlanBell: you spelled my name wrong23:34
ali1234i wouldn't care but it's the part that is in my nick23:35
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ala1234also it came out closer to 0.3 than 0.423:37
* popey attempts to make a chimney sweep brush using his 3doodler23:41
popeythis could be fun23:41
ala1234hey popey, you know those glasses you posted on g+, did you make them "flat" in 3 parts and then stick them together?23:42
popeyyes23:43
ala1234cos they look very flat23:43
popeysingle layer23:43
popeyonly took about 30 mins all told23:45
ala1234nice23:46
* AlanBell fixes Alistair's spelling :)23:46
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ali1234yay23:46
AlanBellsorry about that, I am normally quite careful with names23:47
ali1234i don't mind - everyone spells it wrong23:47
ali1234in a variety of ways23:47
ali1234the package is apparently in the UK already btw23:48
AlanBellgosh, that was fast23:48
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