[03:48] <boxes> hi everyone, anybody there? I don't seem to be able to mount any disk image with Xubuntu. I always get errors. I need to mount a disk image I have on my drive so that I can use it with VirtualBox
[03:48] <boxes> I haven't found any guide that really helped, even though they were many
[03:49] <boxes> the disk image is a 12GB img file, is it something too weird to accomplish?
[03:50] <boxes> the /dev/loop0 is read-only but all the gui software I used seemed there was nothing wrong with mounting it yet nothing ever showed up in file manager
[03:52] <boxes> by the way the file manager itself isn't very stable, it crashes a lot and its mounting feature is a bit sloppy, is it common? May that be messing up my devices?
[03:52] <boxes> please, I installed Linux because I knew that I could easily set up a virtual machine with my old computer inside
[03:52] <boxes> I need it
[03:53] <boxes> is anybody there please?
[03:53] <nomic> you can mount with nfs
[03:54] <nomic> set up an nfs share --- the volumes you want to share are set up in the file /etc/exports
[03:55] <boxes> apt-get install nfs?
[03:55] <nomic> /home/user 192.168.1.66(rw,sync,no_subtree_check)
[03:55] <nomic> sudo apt-get install nfs-common nfs-kernel-server portmap
[03:55] <nomic> get all of those .. nfs-kernel-server on the server machine
[03:55] <nomic> nfs-common and portmap on the client
[03:55] <nomic> then set up your share in /etc/exports
[03:55] <boxes> server, that is to say the host-physical machine?
[03:55] <nomic> ensure that you can see the ip address
[03:56] <boxes> from within the virtual machine?
[03:56] <nomic> you need to set up your drive machine as a server
[03:56] <nomic> then mount it from the virtualbox
[03:56] <boxes> and 192.168.1.66 is?
[03:57] <nomic> ip addresses of your machine - see them through ifconfig
[03:57] <nomic> im talking about mounting a volume so it is visible from one machine to the other -- a volume is a directory tree
[03:58] <boxes> I think this is out of my reach really
[03:58] <nomic> what do you want to achieve
[03:58] <boxes> I need some tutorials for this
[03:58] <nomic> nfs will share files (volumes) between machines 'network filing system'
[03:58] <boxes> just my laptop disk image running inside a virtual machine
[03:58] <nomic> right
[03:58] <boxes> ok
[03:58] <nomic> the virtual machine boots xubuntu
[03:58] <nomic> your laptop machine - is set up as an "nfs server2
[03:59] <nomic> do what i sazid install using apt-get
[03:59] <boxes> my real machine boots xubuntu, my virtual will boot XP
[03:59] <nomic> the server sets up /etc/exports
[03:59] <nomic> /home/user 192.168.1.66(rw,sync,no_subtree_check)       <- the ip address is that of the client machine
[03:59] <boxes> is it really necessary that I run Xubuntu inside Xubuntu virtualized?
[03:59] <nomic> you need to (within virtualbox) set up a "bridged adaptor" so you can see the ip address in virtualbox
[03:59] <nomic> it is not set up by default
[04:00] <nomic> not sure why you want it
[04:00] <boxes> the virtual machine boots xubuntu, you said
[04:00] <boxes> ?
[04:00] <nomic> can run xubuntu/windows / any OS In virtualbox
[04:00] <nomic> a 2nd machine
[04:00] <nomic> a complete machine within your machine
[04:00] <boxes> I know, I already installed XP because I wanted to see if my RAM was enough and it is
[04:01] <nomic> why do you need it
[04:01] <boxes> Xubuntu (real) -> XP virtual
[04:01] <nomic> so you run xp within the virtual machine?
[04:01] <nomic> to share files you need a product called "samba" - to share files between linux and windows
[04:01] <boxes> for all my little softwares I used in XP and all my XP preferences..
[04:01] <nomic> samba = "smb"
[04:01] <boxes> I already have samba, working on smb:///
[04:01] <nomic> cool
[04:02] <boxes> I mean, it was built-in.. I did nothing
[04:02] <boxes> Do you really think I need all this server-sharing thing? I thought I could just find a way to easily mount an image like I did with daemon tools or something
[04:03] <boxes> I'm no expert unfortunately
[04:04] <boxes> why can't I just mount things via the GUIs? I tried Furious ISO mounter and an extension for the Disk Manager from GNOME
[04:04] <boxes> neither made it
[04:04] <boxes> nor via terminal
[04:04] <nomic> if you set up an xubuntu in a virtualbox - it is a completely separate physical machine
[04:04] <nomic> like it is sitting on your desk next to you, another PC
[04:05] <nomic> you need "network filking system" to share files between linux machines
[04:05] <nomic> filing
[04:05] <boxes> with its own network card and physical address so?
[04:05] <nomic> wireless
[04:05] <nomic> otherwise the ca
[04:05] <nomic> yes, they have their own ip addressses
[04:05] <nomic> inet addresss (wirless wlan0)
[04:06] <nomic> nothing is setup up custom, for virtualbox
[04:06] <boxes> so without nfs I cannot share anything to any other linux PC?
[04:06] <nomic> no
[04:06] <nomic> you can transfer individual files by using ssh
[04:06] <nomic> scp
[04:06] <nomic> better nfs - then you have a volume mounted
[04:06] <boxes> really? I didn't know.. since samba worked I believed that linux-to-linux would have been even easier
[04:07] <nomic> it is easy
[04:07] <nomic> you just need to know how to set up nfs
[04:07] <boxes> so tomorrow with some work I'll look into nfs setup
[04:07] <nomic> as I said - on your virtualbox - set up the "bridged adaptro"
[04:07] <nomic> so it has an ip addres
[04:08] <boxes> ok, but I will still need to actually mount my disk image
[04:08] <boxes> so the problem persists I think..?
[04:08] <nomic> "Bridged Adapter
[04:08] <nomic> Under the Bridged Adapter, your virtual machines behave as any other computer on the network where the hosting system resides; it bridges the virtual and physical networks. The outside world can directly communicate with the guest machine."
[04:08] <nomic> http://catlingmindswipe.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/how-to-virtualbox-networking-part-two.html
[04:08] <nomic> when you have exported your machine that contains the virtual machine
[04:09] <nomic> you can then mount the exported volume
[04:09] <boxes> yes thank you, it just doesn't mount anything so far
[04:09] <boxes> now I know how to share my drive and that's useful
[04:09] <nomic>  mount 192.168.1.71:path on vm    mount point path  -o rsize=32768,wsize=32768,intr,noatime  <- all that crap at the end speeds it up
[04:09] <boxes> but I still need to understand why it just fails to mount everything
[04:10] <boxes> ok I'm copying it thank you
[04:11] <nomic> plenty of people have been there before -- look it up
[04:11] <nomic> there is ubuntu forums
[04:11] <nomic> http://ubuntuforums.org/
[04:11] <boxes> is the xubuntu file manager a sloppy one anyway? Because it even fails at booting usb drives or dvds
[04:11] <boxes> often times
[04:11] <nomic> efficient to leave questions over night - get a thread going - so when you wake up in the morning - people (experts), have looked at your problem
[04:11] <nomic> the forum is a very busy place
[04:12] <nomic> i've never had a problem
[04:12] <boxes> ok, I'll try my best to express in English and will write them at 10pm (US Time Zone) which should be 4am here
[04:13] <boxes> tomorrow I'll do
[04:13] <boxes> maybe my country's community isn't totally dead though ;)
[04:13] <boxes> thanks for your help
[04:13] <boxes> I have got to go now
[04:14] <boxes> bye nomic
[04:14] <nomic> ok
[07:36] <xubuntu64w> hello
[07:36] <xubuntu64w> can someone help me with something
[07:37] <xubuntu64w> i have recordmydesktop compiled with jack, but i don't know what channels to use to record
[12:36] <linuxwarrior> hi all
[12:39] <linuxwarrior> I thinking about to switch to linux. I like xubuntu so far but a friend of mine told me that there's a vicious trojan names Turla going around and that linux is not that safe as advertised.
[12:39] <linuxwarrior> I was wondering if it's true and do i need antivirus software as well?
[12:40] <cfhowlett> !virus
[12:40] <linuxwarrior> okay
[12:41] <linuxwarrior> thank you
[12:41] <cfhowlett> linuxwarrior, no OS is invulnerable, but linux is vastly more secure than windows.  you can always dualboot
[12:41] <linuxwarrior> thanks cfhowlett
[12:41] <linuxwarrior> I'm trying to get away completly from Windows
[12:41] <linuxwarrior> had too much problems in the past
[12:41] <linuxwarrior> and I'm lookin g for an alternative
[12:42] <linuxwarrior> Mac is not an option, crazy expensive
[12:42] <cfhowlett> linuxwarrior, you are a perfect dualboot candidate
[12:42] <linuxwarrior> okay
[12:42] <linuxwarrior> i will give it a try. Are you also dualbooting?
[12:44] <cfhowlett> linuxwarrior, for years, 99% ubuntu
[12:44] <linuxwarrior> wow
[12:45] <linuxwarrior> I guess you only boot in windows for work
[12:45] <linuxwarrior> I want to use linux fulltime and xubuntu is not dofficult
[12:45] <linuxwarrior> I thought it would be more difficult but it's not that hard really, don't know why my friends keep saying its for hackers and dont use it it's not good, but I like it
[12:45] <cfhowlett> linuxwarrior, not for work, there a few things that require windows ... VERY few
[12:46] <cfhowlett> *cough* friends a tool *cough*
[12:46] <sidi> knome, i need backlog.
[12:46] <cfhowlett> linuxwarrior, no that was mean.  he's just ignorant of the facts.  don't worry about it.  test linux for yourself
[12:46] <linuxwarrior> I will my friend
[12:46] <linuxwarrior> thanks for your advice
[12:47] <linuxwarrior> Have a nice day
[12:47] <linuxwarrior> i will install xubuntu now
[12:47] <cfhowlett> happy2help!
[13:47] <teward> does xubuntu use network manager, and has anyone seen a connection-dropping problem in multiple-access-point environments with one SSID?
[13:56] <pacija> hi... i was instructed on #ubuntu-bugs to ask here regarding my problem with Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 7260, REV=0x144
[13:57] <pacija> it drops packets, or entire connection frequently (once in a few minutes) in environments where there are multiple APs with same SSID
[13:58] <pacija> any advice on how to fix it? or at least how to submit bug report?
[14:01] <cfhowlett> pacija, thought you already filed a bug
[14:02] <brainwash> pacija: bug 1354975
[14:05] <pacija> thanx guys, bug was filed by someone else but hopefully i will benefit from it as well
[14:08] <pacija> unfortunately, i don't see how do i fix it
[14:09] <pacija> should i upgrade kernel and firmware?
[14:25] <LazyO> hi, i've installed xubuntu on my laptop, using ssd as storage device. Every time I boot up the device it does a file system check. how can i avoid that?
[14:31] <pacija> ok i disabled powesave, let's see if things get any better
[14:31] <pacija> thank you for pointing me to bug page
[14:42] <LazyO> hi, i've installed xubuntu on my laptop, using ssd as storage device. Every time I boot up the device it does a file system check. how can i avoid that?
[14:43] <pacija> i have xubuntu with ssd as well, without problem you are mentioning
[14:43] <LazyO> or at least change that behaviour to every third boot
[14:43] <pacija> i'd say your system does not get halted cleanly
[14:44] <pacija> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2109397
[14:45] <elfy> generally if it's checking each time that can often mean that it's finding something and then not fixing it
[14:46] <LazyO> pacija: I always shutdown via desktop button ;-)
[14:47] <LazyO> elfy: I thought that too, but can't find what went wrong. As far as I remember, it started sometime. But I can't say what I did before
[14:48] <pacija> Lazy0: try booting it from live CD/USB, and do fsck
[14:48] <elfy> +1 to that
[14:49] <LazyO> elfy: yes, i think I have to try that
[14:50] <LazyO> pacija: thanks for the URL. I have to check my fsatb for the tmpfs extensions
[14:51] <pacija> np hope it helps
[14:51] <LazyO> we'll see. but I have to do it later. Still at work with some free time. But LT is @ home :(
[14:52] <pacija> btw i'd say that disabling power saving on my intel wifi card gave good results... no connection drop in more than 15 minutes!
[14:53] <LazyO> pacija: I sometimes also have dropped connections with wifi. I have two ap running and sometimes it seems to change the ap. Then conns are lost and I'm offline for some seconds
[14:54] <LazyO> pacija: but i have lot of traffic and so i think power saving is not in charge
[14:55] <pacija> Lazy0: this was happening even when I fixed BSSID in connection settings
[14:56] <pacija> now after I disabled powersave I think I sense improvement :)
[14:56] <pacija> but this is limited to my hardware combination of course
[14:58] <LazyO> pacija: I understand. But I just wanted to mention my experiences here ;-)
[14:58] <pacija> cool, thx
[14:58] <LazyO> yw
[18:28] <superprower> Hi. When i got my PC and phone in one network, i can connect to PC by ssh with username@hostname:port. But i want to connect when i'm not at home. How can i do that?
[18:32] <holstein> superprower: depends on your networking configuration.. try http://blog.trackets.com/2014/05/17/ssh-tunnel-local-and-remote-port-forwarding-explained-with-examples.html
[18:37] <superprower> holstein: you see, i using connect-bot on phone, and can't use any commands but user@host:port.
[18:37] <holstein> superprower: you can, and i have used connectbot to connect in when i have my server configured properly
[18:38] <superprower> holstein: okay, ty.
[18:38] <holstein> superprower: the issue is, you dont know all of those variables.. your user, you know.. but, the host will be the ip where the server is running, and the port will be where you have the server running on the network, and in the case of most home networks, a port forwarded to the server running on the network
[18:39] <holstein> superprower: i suggest *not* doing this casually.. its not trivial and folks actually pull salaries to "harden" or maintain systems like that
[18:40] <holstein> superprower: you *can*, and i have, setup port forwarding, or put the server in the "DMZ" of the router, *if*, you  have access to the router or modem like that where your server is, and *if* you are allowed to do that with the ISP envolved, and its not breaking any terms of service to run a server
[18:41] <holstein> superprower: i used a shell provider for years, while i was without a home network, or server to run https://freeshell.de/
[18:42] <holstein> there is a *good* reason why i cant just look at your ip, which is listed above where you /joined the channel, and start hacking at port 22 and gain access to your ssh server.. its a security risk to facilitate what you are wanting to do
[18:42] <superprower> holstein: i have a simple router, sharing wi-fi and localy connected to my pc. things you say not so clean to me, but thank you anyway - i didn't need this really, just wan't to try. I'll google about port forwarding. And yes, i changed port and set key auth :)
[18:44] <holstein> superprower: if its working locally, and not from the internet side, then, you may also *not* be allowed from your isp. they can block whatever port you are using.. they dont promise you anything more than internet access..
[18:47] <xubuntu54w> hi how do i see my windows sever hardrive and play music or movies from without using xbmc
[18:47] <holstein> !samba | xubuntu54w
[18:48] <xubuntu54w> tahnks
[19:03] <xubuntu54w> i have just install samba but cant find it to configure it
[19:13] <holstein> xubuntu54w: you'll setup the share,a nd connect
[19:14] <holstein> xubuntu54w: i'll use gigolo
[19:27] <xubuntu15w> how do i edit samba file sever
[19:30] <holstein> xubuntu15w: i dont
[19:30] <holstein> xubuntu15w: you state the windows server is the server.. you'll share the windows share there.. i use gigolo to connect to the samba share
[19:30] <holstein> !info gigolo
[19:30] <holstein> its a nice/easy gui for connecting to various servers
[20:34] <xubuntu15w> what is the password for default keyring
[20:35] <holstein> xubuntu15w: should be, what you set it to.. what are you referring to? what is prompting you for a password? have you tried the user pass?
[20:37] <xubuntu15w> itrying to connect to windows server
[20:37] <xubuntu15w> i dont know what i set my keyring to
[20:38] <holstein> xubuntu15w: try using gigolo
[20:39] <holstein> install it, and point gigolo, in the GUI, to the ip of the windows server.. make sure you can ping the machines from eash other
[20:39] <holstein> each*