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hamitronmy main worry would be someone will phone me00:00
hamitron;)00:00
diddledanyeah, I don't get why roaming data is so cripplingly expensive00:01
shaunopeople don't phone me.  they know better.  my phone lives on silent.  and silent-silent, not "bzzzzzzt" silent00:02
maps|wrklol yea they have talked about stopping roaming charges in the eu though..although not sure when it takes effect?00:03
maps|wrkalso iirc 3 dont charge for roaming in a number of countries..not all eu , but some ajnd i think some other places like aus too00:03
maps|wrkbut yea i got like 40 quid of charges from using my 3g in Holland when we were in the red light district..for about 20mins and i made a call at the airport00:03
hamitronwhy not just disable data?00:03
maps|wrkyou can do yea00:04
diddledanif you can't use 3g in a red light district, when can ya?!00:04
maps|wrkmy mate was using 3g all the time..dunno if he had some kinda plan but when we got lost he was using google maps with the voice to direct us LOL00:04
diddledanI mean. instagram!00:04
maps|wrkanyone ever used google maps l;ike a sat nav with the voice  really good..the little . follows you and th directions worked well00:04
hamitron:))00:04
* hamitron uses nokia maps00:05
hamitron;)00:05
diddledaneww00:05
diddledanformally known as ovi00:05
hamitronno data = good00:05
hamitron;/00:05
diddledanand before that something else iirc00:05
shaunodata roaming should be capped now, but the current cap is 45 cents / mbyte, which still racks up quick enough00:06
hamitronhow do maps work in an area with no signal then?00:06
hamitronif you are downloading stuff00:06
maps|wrkworks really well i was surprised..tried google maps v a sat nav when we went to the imax..and google maps was more response..go off it's proposed route it recalcs pretty quickly00:06
maps|wrki was surprised how good it was00:07
maps|wrkah not sure hamitron  i had full signal and 3g which explains why it worked so well...when you say no signall.no signal AT ALL?00:07
diddledangmaps requires data connection for the recalculation stuff though00:07
hamitronnone at all00:07
hamitron:/00:07
maps|wrkyea00:07
maps|wrksurely it also requires data to be able to know where you are..when that blue dot was moving about as we were00:07
diddledanno, gps doesn't require data connection00:08
shaunodon't most phones still do agps?00:08
hamitrona-gps is the one that does iirc00:08
diddledanagps?00:08
shaunohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assisted_GPS00:09
maps|wrkisnt that still some kind of connection diddledan  if we had no signal at all would that still work?!00:09
hamitronI use gps with a-gps as backup00:09
hamitrononly bad thing.... battery life00:10
hamitron:/00:10
hamitronI better get sleep00:11
maps|wrkso if i was abroad diddledan  i could use maps? and get directions with my 3g and data roaming off>00:11
diddledanmaps|wrk: if you'd previously downloaded all the data required, yes00:11
maps|wrk]aha00:12
maps|wrkis it possible to download maps for an entire country on gmaps i wonder00:12
diddledanmaps|wrk: usually means the mapping info for the desired route and the graphics00:12
hamitronso nokia maps wins? ;)00:12
hamitronnn o/00:13
maps|wrkwhy does it win!00:13
maps|wrk:)00:13
hamitronwell, I have all roads installed for the UK00:13
shaunojust cache the maps before you go; https://support.google.com/gmm/answer/2650377?hl=en00:14
diddledanhow much data does a whole country require for gmaps cache?00:15
shaunoI'm not sure it'll let you try :p00:18
maps|wrkah so it might not be possible?00:19
maps|wrkcould i cache all the maps on the iphone for czech republic?00:20
shaunoheh, no, it's not in the iphone version00:21
maps|wrkdamn00:22
maps|wrkso you can on droid?00:22
shaunoit seems so, by what's in that link00:23
shaunoalthough it says it'll let you keep 6 maps, and then each map is a 'region or city'; but doesn't tell you how big a region can be00:24
shaunothat said, google maps on the iphone is so bad that I really can't figure out why every dogs on apple's one00:27
maps|wrkhmm really00:30
maps|wrkwhats so bad about google maps on the iphone? i honestly thought its fine - whats better about andreoid version-ive never tried it00:30
diddledanshauno: I think part of the problem is probably because apple forced any usage of googles mapping service to automatically be handled by apple's instead - so google need to bypass that for a start00:31
shaunoI haven't tried the android version either00:31
shaunobut still like .. shake to send feedback.  this function was apparently implemented by someone who discovered the motion API, but had never used a phone00:31
diddledano_O00:32
diddledanshake to send feedback?!00:32
diddledansrsly?00:32
shaunoyup00:32
hamitronso if a girl goes for a wild ride and shout "oh yes", what happens?00:33
maps|wrkhmm thing is apples maps was inaccurate and if you remember it looked odd when they made it 3d and stuff00:33
shaunoI also like that you can save a location, and store your home & work locations00:33
shaunobut you can't save a location as your home or work.  so I can't actually enter my work location because it doesn't have a street address00:33
diddledanoff the books? ;-)00:34
diddledanNOC-style?00:34
maps|wrkcant store as home or work?00:34
shaunoit just doesn't have a street/building number00:34
maps|wrkwhy00:34
maps|wrkit makes home/work have to have an address?00:34
shaunoI mean the 'save location' is unconnected to the home/work locations.  so I can't drop a pin here and mark is as home00:35
maps|wrk:(00:36
maps|wrkim still wondering why you think google maps on iphone sucks its great - just a bit of a bummer that i cant  cache maps to it00:36
hamitron"just".... tomtom's had that feature from the start ;/00:37
shaunothe maps are great.  the application is terrible00:37
maps|wrkwhat about openstreetmap00:42
maps|wrkanyone use openstreetmap00:54
popeyya00:55
maps|wrkwork well?00:56
popeyi like it00:57
ali1234is it possible for an X window to be fully transparent and also... still exist?01:01
ali1234ie receive input01:01
ali1234or looking at the problem another way, is it possible to make the resize handles bigger than the window frame without involving the compositor to make those parts of the window transparent?01:02
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neurowaiting for dinner to be delivered at half one in the morning sucks01:27
daftykinsneuro: lol, pizza?01:32
neurosmoked sausage supper :)01:33
daftykinsD:01:33
maps|wrkdominos?01:36
maps|wrkhey neuro  thanks for yesterday that fixed sudo01:36
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diddledancontempt really needs to fix his internets04:35
mappsyo05:07
mappsyes he does diddledan05:07
mapps:)05:07
mappsand he's gone again poor thing05:26
shaunomorning05:29
mappsmorning shauno05:30
shaunoI wonder if I'm bored enough to try upgrading my router while I'm not home07:27
xalyyHello09:02
xalyyIs somebody know about RAID?09:04
popeyMorning!09:10
foobarrymorning09:35
popeythink today is lego movie day for me and sam09:37
foobarrywhats it about?09:41
popeydunno09:42
DJonesI bet  there's a disaster that lego people save the world from09:42
popeyits one giant advert for lego09:42
popeyyeah, sounds about right09:42
DJonesThats the plot of about 50% of films09:43
DJonesReplacing lego people with real people/aliens/robots09:43
foobarryhttp://fundraiser.pitivi.org/09:44
DJonesReading the description, it sounds like the plot has come from a Mario Bros game09:44
foobarryi can never keep up with which one is the non crashy one09:47
popeykdenlive09:47
popeyi was staggered how stable it was last week when I had to use it intensively for a promo video09:48
popeyopenshot crashed on pretty much every click09:48
foobarryis it easy to use?09:49
popeykdenlive?09:49
foobarrypitivi looks nice09:49
foobarryyep09:49
popeyi figured it out09:49
popeyand it didnt take long at all09:49
popeyi only had to look up a tutorial a couple of times09:49
foobarryonly one allows import form a firewire source i think09:50
foobarryi think its a k* one09:50
popeykino09:50
popeyi would import with that and then move to kdenlive for edits09:50
foobarryoh look , another one...https://code.google.com/p/flowblade/09:58
foobarrypitivi looks closer to openshot in ease of use09:59
popeyease of use is no good if it crashes on every click10:02
popeyor can't actually render out your project without crashing10:02
foobarryagree10:11
foobarryoften wonder what setup the devs are using10:12
foobarryif they think their s/w doesn't crash10:13
foobarryok. so i received some smut spam. i binned it, but now g+ is suggesting i add "her".10:15
foobarryreported as spam instead, wonder if it makes a diff.10:17
popeyi report people on G+ and they tend to disappear, so I guess once they get a few people doing it, it does10:19
xalyyHow can I test write speed of DISK?10:34
popeydisk utility?10:35
xalyyYes10:35
popeyoh, it's called "Disks" now10:36
popeyit has a benchmark tool10:36
xalyyDD?10:37
popeyno, "disks"10:37
xalyyapt-get install disks ? :D10:37
popeyits pre-installed on ubuntu10:39
xalyyno command found10:44
popeyxalyy: server or desktop?10:45
xalyyserver10:45
popeyah, disks is a desktop thing10:45
xalyyOhh10:46
foobarryhdparm on a server11:01
foobarryhdparm -t and -T <devicename>11:02
brobostigonmorning boys and girls.11:04
popeyoh, just found the pitivi fundraiser11:11
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xalyyCan anyone help me about RAID?12:13
xalyyOr software raid?12:13
penguin42what's up with it?12:25
xalyyHow can I install it12:52
xalyyor use it12:52
penguin42just checking, are you trying to use a RAID on a motherboard that has software raid (in which case you want dmraid) or one that doesn't have anything (in which case you want mdraid)12:52
popey\o/ btrfs12:57
popeyxalyy: can you be more specific12:57
xalyyOkay12:58
xalyyI not really know my dedicated have hardware raid12:58
xalyyHow can i check?12:58
daftykinsdescribe your setup12:58
daftykinsis it a desktop PC?12:58
daftykinsfrom a brand name, or custom built, etc?12:58
penguin42actually, if you don't know, probably best to use mdadm (or btr if popey can talk you through it)12:59
popeyso this is a remote server and you want to know if it has raid support xalyy ?12:59
popeyxalyy: you could ask the provider?13:00
xalyydedicated server13:00
xalyyI said :P13:00
xalyyActaully its a Dell C610013:01
daftykinsyou're not really going to be able to reconfigure the storage remotely then13:01
daftykinsunless it has spare unused disks13:02
xalyyWhy?13:03
popeywell, you can if you have serial console access13:03
popeydid you request RAID setup when you had the dedicated server provisioned?13:03
xalyyNo :S13:05
popeyso chances are 99.9% that it isnt setup for raid then13:05
xalyyYeah probably13:06
xalyySo I have to request the provider to setup hardware raid?13:06
popeyyes13:06
xalyyAnd what is the best setup for 10-13 VM's?13:07
xalyyon the dedicated13:07
popeydepends what you want to achive13:07
daftykinsand the # of disks13:07
xalyywell wan't to achive to run all vps's without any problem :P13:07
xalyyBecause I am having problem atm13:07
xalyyThey are lagging and I think its because the I/O13:08
popeywhat problem?13:08
daftykinstoday's public PC fail comes from Guernsey Airport - https://www.dropbox.com/s/ck1txsb78g9qrs5/IMG_20140222_100516.jpg13:08
xalyyNot sure13:08
popeywhat application are they running?13:08
xalyyCPU user app13:09
popeywut?13:09
popeyit might be easier for us to help if you're slightly less vague13:13
popeyMooDoo: you registered ubuntu.technology ‽13:15
MooDoopopey: yes13:15
MooDooI've already submitted a trademark request to the relavent people13:15
MooDooI'm just waiting for the forms to sign etc13:15
popeyyou know we don't use the multi-colour logo anymore?13:16
MooDooI do now, so I'll change it :D13:16
MooDoothank you13:21
daftykinsbrown, brown and brown?13:22
calju16hey all, how's it going?13:28
daftykinsafty \o13:29
daftykinsnot bad ty, yourself?13:29
calju16fair to middlin' cheers. just trying out IRC for the first time, lol!13:30
popey13:30
popeywelcome13:30
calju16:)13:30
MooDooyay irc13:31
daftykinsrun while you still can!13:32
calju16lol. well I've been scrolling through the ubuntu forums for a while now and thought I'd try and figure out how to get on the irc channel. Looks like I made it XD13:32
DJonesOnce you get dragged in, you'll never leave13:32
MooDoocalju16: mwahahahahahah you're in trouble now ;)13:32
calju16Oh MooDoo? how so?13:33
MooDoocalju16: i'm just teasing as DJones once you're been here awhile you'll never leave :)13:33
* daftykins begins chanting "one of us... one of us..."13:33
MooDoobut in all seriousnes, welcome calju16 :)13:34
calju16aaaah. cheers!13:34
daftykinspopey: the sun's out, so Mischief must sun herself! https://www.dropbox.com/s/jytxtn51i5ojtsi/IMG_20140222_122418.jpg13:35
DJonescalju16: You'll never want to leave, I was trying to think of something to compare it to, and then realised you gave me a clue, as the 1980's tv programme said "Cheers (Where everybody knows your name)"13:35
* daftykins has a Cheers t-shirt bought from one of the Boston sites13:36
calju16So, this is where it all goes wrong then?13:36
daftykinsyup!13:37
popeydaftykins: awwwwww13:37
DJonesyep, but just blame MooDoo13:37
daftykinsand people come in sometimes to ask for assistance picking up the pieces13:37
MooDooyay me o/13:37
daftykinsrarely, ever so rarely, they speak English so we can help 8D13:37
DJones!cookie | MooDoo13:37
lubotu3`MooDoo: Wow! You're such a great helper, you deserve a cookie!13:37
MooDooawww shucks you guys13:38
daftykinshe's blushing!13:38
MooDoowow my son won't shut up about the lego movie13:38
daftykinshaha, did you just go today?13:38
MooDoono wife took him a few days ago, he's still going on about it lol13:39
MooDooDJones: is there a cookie score that'll help me get ubuntu membership?  there should be ;)13:39
DJonesMooDoo: You could apply for membership through the IRC Council for sustained contributions through IRC13:41
MooDooDJones: yes that's one plan :D13:41
calju16I'm sorry, ubuntu membership? i thought it was all open source!13:42
MooDoocalju16: it is :)13:42
calju16then what do you have to be a member for?13:42
MooDoohttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/Membership have a look at this :)13:42
MooDoocalju16: you don't at all, it's just something you can do if you want too :)13:43
MooDooIt gives you a few extra things you can do in the ubuntu community13:43
calju16aah, right.13:43
calju16best saved for people who know what they're doing then?13:43
MooDoovoting rights for council nominations, ubuntu cloak, planet ubuntu syndications etc13:43
DJonescalju16: Its a recognition of a long term contribution to the Ubuntu ecosystem, whether as a developer, helping to support users on the forums, IRC etc, helping with Ubuntu advertising & spreading the word etc13:44
MooDoocalju16: not necassarily, a noticable contribution is all you need :D13:44
MooDoocalju16: abusing davmor2 and czajkowski helps get you noticed too ;) lol13:46
daftykinsi prefer to inflict myself upon IRC types as an unknown13:47
daftykinsbut then - LOOK AT THAT CERTIFICATE13:47
daftykins;)13:47
MooDoodaftykins: lol13:48
* popey wanders off to see the Lego Movie with Sam.13:48
MooDootake care popey have fun13:48
calju16lol, ok. to be honest, I'm still just trying to figure Ubuntu out! XD13:49
MooDooyou're in the right place :D13:49
daftykinsah we all are to some extent13:49
calju16okies then, in that case. What exactly is SSH? I've heard  that it's something to do with telnet, so presumably it has something to do with remoting onto a device?13:50
DJones!ssh13:51
lubotu3`SSH is the Secure SHell protocol, see: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SSH for client usage. PuTTY is an SSH client for Windows; see: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ for it's homepage. See also !scp (Secure CoPy) and !sshd (Secure SHell Daemon)13:51
MooDooSimply put it's a way of getting into a linux server via the command line :D13:52
calju16right, okies.13:52
MooDoocalju16: I'm connected to my linux server via ssh, then i'm running a command line irc client called irssi13:52
daftykinsi'm on a Windows laptop right now SSH'd into a Linux computer where my IRC client runs13:52
daftykinswhich is also irssi!13:52
MooDooirssi o/13:52
* daftykins high-fives MooDoo 13:52
daftykins\o :D13:53
DJonesMooDoo: Stop typing what I'm, thinking and typing a lot slower13:53
* DJones removes the ,13:53
DJones+1 for irssi13:53
calju16it's just I've been pondering a project for a while and ssh has been proposed as a way to remote onto a home server while I'm away at my student digs.13:53
daftykinsdefinitely13:54
DJonesI'd agree with that13:54
daftykinsyou'll need to do a couple of things for that13:54
calju16would remoting to a home server allow me to get round things like download restrictions?13:54
daftykins1) Likely your home IP address on the internet constantly changes, so you will likely want to sign up to a "dynamic DNS" service to give you something to connect to. noip.com is good13:55
MooDoobut then again you'd need to decide why you want to ssh into a server when you can just run xchat on your machine?13:55
daftykinsit would yes13:55
daftykinswhen i was at Uni i remoted home to download things then SCP/FTP'd them to Uni13:55
MooDooooo cunning13:56
daftykins2) you'll obviously need a computer running a Linux to connect to, with openssh-server installed13:56
DJonesHeh, that also means the people at home would get the cease & desist notices instead of you13:56
daftykins3) You'll need to forward a port on your router to let you connect in13:56
daftykinsand finally 4) You'd be best using a non-standard port to prevent naughty thieves trying to break in (the standard port is 22)13:57
calju16isn't 4) why you'd set a community name/password though?13:57
DJonesI'd add a number 5) set a fixed ip on the server at home in case of accidental reboot & change of ip13:57
daftykinsDJones: but 1 takes care of that :D13:58
daftykinscommunity?13:58
daftykinscan't say i'm familiar with that13:58
DJonesdaftykins: Wouldn't 1 just deal with the external internet ip address, I'm thinking more if the server reboots it may get a different internal ip from the router which the router wouldn't be forwarded to the server13:59
DJoness/forwarded/forwarding/13:59
daftykinsoh sorry i thought you meant external IP13:59
daftykinsyep static addressing is a must14:00
calju16why wouldn't you just set the server to use the last useable as a static IP?14:00
daftykinsbecause such things don't really tend to persist across router reboots14:00
daftykinswhen it comes to networking, it tends to be best to force things to be a certain way rather than put them in a configuration you hope will work14:01
daftykinsi've seen a lot of people ignore my static addressing advice and go with DHCP leases on their routers instead14:01
DJonesPotentially, a server could have an ip, get disconnected and when it reboots, it may get a differnt ip address or the original ip address could have been taken by somebodies mobile phone/tablet/laptop when it got switched on14:01
calju16ah, ok. I thought if you set them to static IPs though, (and in the case of routers, wrote to flash) that they would keep that IP until you set them to dynamic?14:02
daftykinsand often you don't want to phone up the parents or whomever and try to get them to help diagnose XD14:02
daftykinswell a router itself will always have a static IP yep, a computer would need to be configured so though14:03
DJonesI think some routers let you specify a specific MAC address to a specific ip address14:03
daftykins*nod*14:03
daftykinsi've seen that go wrong, heh14:03
daftykinscalju16: do you have particular use-cases of what you'd run back at home in mind?14:05
DJonesEverybody learns by experience, you try something, it works for a while, then goes wrong & you go back through things till it works, then comes the magic moment when you suddenly realise that you've just done something first time & it worked straight off14:05
daftykinsthen you become family IT man14:07
shaunodon't become the family IT man.  the pay is lousy.14:08
daftykins*nod*14:08
jussiyeah, not only do you get nothing monetary, you have people complaining at you all the time!14:09
calju16well, I'd like to have  a media/file server that I could log into and have access to films and the like from any device in my home LAN.14:10
daftykinsi had a phone call from mother dearest asking how to copy someone's facebook message the other day14:10
DJonesPlus, 9 times out 10 they use an operating system you don't use14:10
shaunoheh, exact.  "you know you were messing with the printer last week?  now the microwave doesn't work, and we assume it's related"14:10
daftykins<me> select it with the mouse...14:10
calju16I'd also want to be able to remotely connect to it from my digs.14:10
daftykinscalju16: yep that's all pretty straightforward14:11
daftykinsdo you have an old PC you intend to set this up with?14:11
calju16yes. yes I do :D14:11
daftykins8D14:11
daftykinsand can it live somewhere with a wired connection to your home router perhaps?14:11
MartijnVdS\o/ run-parts14:12
jussiIve an old ide based NAS, sadly ide drives are slow and dont go very large...14:12
jussi(if anyone wants one...)14:12
MartijnVdSIDE, as in PATA?14:12
daftykinsi like to call it PATA too14:13
daftykins:D14:13
jussilink to pdf "datasheet" http://download.level1.com/level1/datasheet/FNS-1000.pdf14:13
calju16It could do. I may need to have a word or two with parent before they'd let me do it, but I couldn't see any real problem with it.14:13
MartijnVdSjussi: "Loading..."14:13
daftykinscalju16: noise and power consumption tend to be the main parental gripes in my experience :D14:14
shauno(rPi!)14:14
daftykinsmight be tough to get decent storage on one though?14:14
calju16well, I'm going to be giving the case a good clean out and rigging a new fan/power supply to it so there shouldn't be too much noise.14:15
MartijnVdSdaftykins: pi + hub + 2TB USB disk = Pi with decent storage ;)14:15
calju16right, anyway - I need to get some eats. cheers for the advice folks!14:15
daftykinswould that be painful over samba though? i've heard they struggle a bit14:15
MartijnVdScalju16: there are special low-noise power supplies and cases, but they tend to cost a bit more :|14:15
MartijnVdScalju16: good luck! :)14:15
jussiMartijnVdS: mind, you can add storage via USB to that NAS14:15
MartijnVdSdaftykins: yes, their CPU isn't super14:15
MartijnVdSjussi: USB1, or what ;)14:16
jussiMartijnVdS: I guess... :P14:16
daftykins1.1 now, be fair ;)14:16
jussiwait14:16
jussiits is USB 2!!14:16
MartijnVdSIf you ever need to run a directory full of scripts, run-parts14:17
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shaunoI think I'm missing something .. I thought you could buy handsets from the 'play' store thing?14:48
MartijnVdSshauno: only in some countries14:50
shaunoah, okay14:50
jussiI wonder when Ill finally learn to set openerp up... it takes me forever. every. single. time.14:54
jussiseems iM forgetting something...14:54
jussianyone here now about amazon aws stuff?  iv set the thign up, and can ssh in, but if I ping the server I ge no response... :/14:59
shaunoI believe that's normal15:00
shaunoyou have to set the security groups for it, the default is to restrict everything15:00
jussishauno: ahhh you are exactly right, thanks. rookie mistake15:02
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shaunodon't tell me that, I've enough of an ego already :)15:03
jussishauno: hehe15:03
jussiwell, it works now :D15:03
shaunookay, android-type-people .. I'm confused.  how's the language support on android?  am I right in reading it still varies by handset?15:09
jussishauno: actually I thought itwas pretty good - at least on the 3 handsets I own, Finnish is present and very well supported15:10
shaunoa friend's trying to buy a moto-G, but everything we can find for slovak language support is people trying to root it to add languages .. which sounds a bit backasswards?15:11
jussiweird...15:12
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foobarryreplacing the locks on the shed15:27
foobarrytired now15:28
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foobarry!ping16:59
shaunopong¡17:08
foobarryphew. vikings were wrong then17:11
shaunojust be careful saying that to their faces.  else you'll end up with a geordie accent17:12
shaunoI got a spinning top in a kinder egg, and it's been the highlight of my day.  gotta love weekend shifts17:14
foobarryhaven't bought a kinder egg since i found a quid while riding my grifter and bought 4 plus 4 cola bottles17:25
bigcalmGood morning peeps :)17:25
foobarry?17:25
foobarrylie in?17:25
MartijnVdSWould programmers/sysadmins be considered "vi kings"?17:45
shaunoMartijnVdS: that's terrible17:47
MartijnVdSshauno: "emacs kings" doesn't have that ring to it17:47
shaunomeh.  emacs users aren't sysadmins, they're misplaced pianists.  that's why every command is a chord17:47
maphm everyones back at last..stupid splits18:12
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SuperMattWhile I like the new menus, I just press alt+printscreen19:11
SuperMattand it looks aweful19:11
SuperMattbecause you need the menu blended with the window title19:12
popeybugs welcome19:13
daftykinspesky freenode19:16
popeyya19:16
SuperMattpopey: do you know what package I'd raise against?19:25
SuperMattindicator-appmenu?19:25
popeyunity19:25
SuperMattcheers19:25
SuperMattbug 128353019:29
lubotu3bug 1283530 in unity (Ubuntu) "Using alt-printscreen when locally integrated menus is turned on creates undesirable results" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/128353019:29
popeyshit19:30
SuperMatt!language19:30
lubotu3Please watch your language and topic to help keep this channel family-friendly, polite, and professional.19:30
SuperMatt:P19:30
popeyopened your bug, clicked the image, then pressed "ALT+F4" to close the window19:30
SuperMattclosed the entire browser?19:30
SuperMatthad something important in their?19:30
SuperMatttere]19:31
SuperMattthere19:31
SuperMattman, my fingers suck19:31
SuperMattnot as much as your's though19:31
SuperMattglad to see that software updater now has a restart later button19:32
ali1234lol keyboard wizards19:32
ali1234indicator-appmenu crashes in xfce btw19:32
ali1234i wanted to implement local menus in xfwm but i can't even get global menus to work properly19:33
SuperMattraise the bug :)19:33
ali1234also why does it depend on most of unity?19:33
ali1234SuperMatt: i don't have time for that, plenty of other bugs in xfce i can work on19:33
SuperMattrightyo19:34
popeyhttp://www.planets-cube.com/ hmm19:35
ali1234as far as i'm concerned LIM is just another poorly-considered band-aid to try to work around the terrible design of unity19:35
ali1234but if people want it in xfwm then i'll try to implement it19:35
ali1234so far nobody wanted it19:35
popeySuperMatt: having a hard time reproducing that bug19:38
ali1234well that's clearly because it is a race condition19:38
SuperMattreally?19:39
SuperMattI managed to get it to do it a few times19:39
ali1234i notice you are using nvidia19:39
ali1234compiz is unbelievably slow on nvidia19:39
ali1234none of the developers use nvidia, so this won't be fixed19:40
ali1234the slowness probably makes it easier for you to reproduce the bug19:40
* SuperMatt nods19:41
SuperMattit's not really a show stopper, but I thought I'd raise it so at least it can be mulled over19:41
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calju16hey all. hows it going?20:33
MartijnVdShey calju1620:34
popeyyo20:34
calju16just a thought, is there any  point in using a switch in a wireless network?20:35
penguin42what's the switch connected to?20:35
MartijnVdScalju16: Well, switches are wired devices20:35
calju16at the minute, it has yet to be bought.20:36
MartijnVdScalju16: so it all depends on network architecture -- like penguin42 asks: what is it connected to :)20:36
penguin42calju16: Imagine you had a switch, where would you connect it to?20:36
calju16the plan is to have it connected to my homehub, switching internal net traffic as I plan on attaching a file/media server to the LAN20:38
daftykinsif the homehub doesn't have enough sockets for you, then yeah adding a switch would help20:38
calju16I'll be honest - I'm still new to networking. Everything we've been taught on has been over a wired network, but my home lan is wireless. Is there any point in using one in a wireless environment? I mean, don't routers do much the same job?20:42
daftykinsconsumer routers are actually switches, wireless access points and modems/transceivers all in one20:44
daftykinsa switch just provides more *wired* sockets, i'm not sure what you mean by wireless switch20:45
daftykinsin essence a wireless access point is already a wireless switch as multiple devices can connect and communicate20:45
penguin42calju16: A switch just lets you connect multiple wired things together; the only use for one on wireless system is to connect multiple access points20:45
penguin42calju16: Or to mix wired/wireless20:46
popeyor to connect a printer which is wired only20:46
calju16ah right. okies.20:46
calju16cheers for that folks. as I say - I'm still learning, and have only properly worked with wired nets so far.20:48
daubersEvening21:29
MartijnVdS\o daubers21:29
* MartijnVdS listens to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u4Md_aXVJE21:32
* daubers attempts to use a CAD package to model a rocket nozzel21:34
MartijnVdSis it up to the task?21:34
daubersI don't know yet :)21:36
penguin42MartijnVdS: Only way to find out is to set the rocket off I guess21:36
penguin42daubers: What size rocket nozzel?21:36
daubersQuestion is, have I remembered enough maths/physics to do this21:36
penguin42or should I say, what size rocket?21:36
dauberspenguin42: That's the question :)21:36
MartijnVdSdaubers Von Braun21:37
dauberspenguin42: I'm building a hybrid using Nitrous and Acrylic, so the rocket size is yet to be decided as it depends on motor performance21:37
penguin42daubers: Well, I mean how high are you trying to get with this rocket?21:37
dauberspenguin42: Orbit of course!21:37
dauberspenguin42: I might have some how manage to end up in a gentlemans agreement with Manchester Hackspce about getting the first Doge in orbit21:38
daubersor something21:38
daubersthey've gone the balloon route. I prefer explosives21:38
MartijnVdSAcrylic? As in the transparent plastic stuff?21:38
daubersMartijnVdS: Indeed!21:38
MartijnVdSdaubers: that's *rocket fuel*?!21:38
penguin42daubers: Doge?21:38
penguin42daubers: Odd it doesn't sound like those guys to want to go for a safe option :-)21:38
daubersMartijnVdS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLPWqCMb7DE21:38
MartijnVdSpenguin42: much dangerous! very explosion!21:39
diddledan__wow21:39
MartijnVdSdaubers: hey, I'm subscribed to that channel :)21:39
daubersMartijnVdS: :)21:39
MartijnVdSdaubers: he does weird things21:39
ali1234i bet that doesn't smell nice21:43
daubersI'm trying to find a valve to allow gas through one way, but not allow fire back the other way21:43
penguin42daubers: Where do you intend to run this thing?21:45
dauberspenguin42: Reading Hackspace21:46
penguin42daubers: Oh that's south; if you were doing that up here I'd come and laugh, watch21:46
ali1234i want to see that thing run until it burns all the way through21:47
penguin42ali1234: Yeh I'm assume that pops with a bang21:47
ali1234i'm pretty sure that would result in a huge fireball with molten acrylic sticking to everything21:48
penguin42yes, might be best to laugh from a distance21:48
MooDooevening all21:48
daftykinsheya21:49
diddledan__don't forget to get clearance from the ATC for the airspace you plan on utilising if you're planning on getting to space21:49
daubersdiddledan__: Yup, we've got NOTAMs for laser shows before21:50
diddledan__:-)21:50
daubersdiddledan__: There'll be static firings first to calibrate the nozzle and figure out thrust curves21:52
diddledan__proper thought out stuff then? :-p21:52
diddledan__I was figuring big flame = gogo juice21:53
diddledan__gogo juice = space in no-time21:53
penguin42daubers: On that thing how do you get the oxygen to the rocket?21:54
daubersdiddledan__: Nah, trying to do all the math properly21:54
penguin42it doesn't look the lightest of constructions even without an oxygen tank hanging off it21:54
dauberspenguin42: Tank onboard, using Nitrous instead of O2 as it's a bit easier to handle21:55
daubersYou use a smaller tank onboard21:55
penguin42what else do you plan on putting on it?21:56
MartijnVdSHUMANS21:56
MartijnVdS*cough*21:56
* penguin42 doubt there are many of those in reading21:56
diddledan__put a bitcoin miner and make it able to compute the highest altitude bitcoin evar21:57
dauberspenguin42: Altimeters and stuff, HD camera :)21:57
penguin42nod21:57
MartijnVdSpenguin42: but.. Martians landed in *Woking*, not Reading21:57
penguin42they did?21:58
daftykinsdaubers: soft toy in the video shot i hope! ;)21:58
MartijnVdSpenguin42: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds21:58
diddledan__hmm, choice of soft toy could be a contentious issue21:58
daubersI do have a fluffy haggis?21:59
daubersThough for reading I suppose I should use a lion of some kind21:59
penguin42daubers: http://www.giantmicrobes.com/uk/products/martianlife.html21:59
MartijnVdSdaubers: kept it outside the fridge for too long?22:00
daubers:p22:00
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MartijnVdSdaubers: do you also follow this guy? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WECW88rJYrE22:42
ali1234ummmmm... i just opened system settings in trusty and i got a weird window that looks like something from the phone23:13
ali1234imagebin.org/29508623:15
ali1234what is going on?23:15
ali1234SuperMatt: i can't reproduce your bug... when i press alt+printscreen it takes a screenshot of the hud23:19
daftykinslol23:22
daftykinsabout this phone!23:22
penguin42try making a call....23:23
ali1234ah i see, you have to hold alt to prevent the hud opening23:24
ali1234then it takes the screenshot when you release alt23:25
ali1234so there's a race condition between the menu disappearing and the screenshot happening23:25
penguin42can't you specify a delay on the screenshot?23:26
ali1234not with alt-printscreen, it immediately screenshots the active window23:28
ali1234well, i say immediately, there seems to be a short delay but it is not configurable23:28
ali1234it could be just how long it takes to load up the program23:28
penguin42ali1234: Hmm that's inconvenient - the KDE screenshot does that by default but then once it brings up it's dialog lets you capture again with a delay23:30
ali1234well, that's KDE for you23:31
daftykinswhat, working? surely not23:31
ali1234nah, KDE just makes you do the screenshot twice. once wrong, and then again right23:32
penguin42ali1234: OK, if you haven't got a GUI to do it,  sleep 5; convert X:root foo.jpg23:33
ali1234i am surprised that actually works on a composited desktop23:34
penguin42it normally does23:34
penguin42varies on graphics cards etc though23:34
ali1234ok, so i've got a question23:35
ali1234an X11 window cannot ever be outside of it's parent, correct?23:35
* penguin42 doesn't think so but I might be wrong23:35
ali1234and the only way to make a window that doesn't draw anything is InputOnly?23:36
* penguin42 doesn't know about that 23:36
ali1234but if a InputOutput window has an InputOnly as parent, it will never get drawn23:36
penguin42I mean there were the windows defined by masks - eg. the way you can do round ones23:36
ali1234right but if you mask out the window with XShape then it can't receive input either, so it effectively doesn't exist at all23:37
ali1234so my question is, InputOnly windows are only useful inside a single client?23:37
ali1234or if the client doesn't want to draw anything at all23:37
* penguin42 hasn't done any serious X programming in probably 15-20 years so can't really say23:38
ali1234hmmmm23:38
ali1234well, know anything about wayland?23:38
ali1234like how does it mitigate these issues?23:38
ali1234i have a feeling the answer is "lol, not our problem"23:38
* penguin42 doesn't - but I don't really understand your problem that you're trying to solve23:39
ali1234the problem is 1 pixel window borders23:39
ali1234specifically making them bigger without changing the appearance23:39
ali1234i am now 99% certain this is impossible without compositing23:39
penguin42nope, don't understand the problem23:40
ali1234you know when you have a theme with 1px window borders, and you're trying to grab the edge but it's really hard because you have to hit a 1px wide area?23:41
penguin42yeh23:41
ali1234so you make the window manager create a bigger fake area where you can grab - this area needs to be transparent23:41
penguin42oh you mean you want a false area you can grab23:42
ali1234yes23:42
ali1234this isn't possible though23:42
ali1234the extra area can never be transparent23:42
* penguin42 hadn't realised anything made a false area - I'm just used to things having a wider border23:42
ali1234if you make it a InputOnly window then it has to be inside the parent, and the parent has to be InputOutput, which means it will always be drawn23:43
ali1234if you just specify nothing to be drawn there, you get corrupted garbage23:43
penguin42well yes, it would have to be if it was drawn23:45

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