[06:24] <mapps> hi all
[10:14] <brobostigon> morning boys and girls.
[14:14] <zleap> Are there any instructions on using ubuntu server for a NAS box ?
[14:16] <zleap> i think i found something http://askubuntu.com/questions/1266/how-to-set-up-ubuntu-server-as-a-nas
[16:50] <Renfried> for some reason, when I try and watch ITVplayer in firefox it wont start playing the video, but works on chrome. Anyone else have that issue?
[16:55] <m0nkey_> Probably like Netflix, ITV probably has some DRM which Chrome supports.
[16:56] <Renfried> maybe, doesnt give an error though like netflix does. It buffers like it is going to start, just never does
[17:02] <Renfried> interesting, i just got a few crash messages from firefox after i tried itvplayer saying a plug in crashed, even though i dont have firefox anymore, and closed it down manually
[19:57] <Nokaji> Hi, I've got a canon printer newly installed, (not rebooted yet), it does not display ink levels (but I can send files to be printed). Should I install the poorly rated 'Mtink' (primarily for Epson) or is there a Plan 'B'?
[19:58] <Nokaji> Canon PIXMA MX925
[19:58] <Nokaji> (920 series)
[19:59] <directhex> general case: canon are poorly supported. *anything* working without paying for a proprietary driver is a huge stroke of luck
[20:16] <Nokaji> directhex: canon supplies linux drivers for print and scan, I'm aprehensive about installing them without doing so via ubuntu software centre etc
[20:16] <MartijnVdS> Nokaji: canon's linux drivers aren't the best quality
[20:17] <MartijnVdS> they're some of the worst
[20:18] <Nokaji> hmh, doesn't sound encouraging. Luckily i can at least achieve the basics such as printing from libreoffice with it
[20:18] <Nokaji> I thought if it supported CUPS then you were at least half-way home?
[20:18] <penguin42> if it prints that's way more than half-way :-)
[20:19] <Nokaji> well it printed without me having to do a thing, other than plug the leads in
[20:19] <zmoylan-pi> maybe there's a way to make the printer on it's todd to print a printer status page which will tell you how much ink is left...
[20:19] <Nokaji> zmoylan-pi: Yes there is, it has a neat graphical display
[20:20] <zmoylan-pi> and hopefully doesn't use a lot of ink doing it
[20:20] <Nokaji> rumlur has it it won;t work with compatible cartridges though, which i shall revert to
[20:20] <directhex> i once told a canon rep that we would have to be smoking crack, as a department, to accept their printer drivers
[20:20] <Nokaji> rumour*
[20:20] <directhex> this was for a £10k departmental printer
[20:20] <Nokaji> ink price is good for compatible - $5 for a set of five inks
[20:21] <tripleclones> we were recently told by a canon rep that a number of HP printers these days are re-branded canon devices
[20:21] <tripleclones> we still didn't go with them
[20:21] <directhex> not actually true
[20:21] <directhex> just an attempt to get a sale
[20:22] <zmoylan-pi> salesmen lie through their teeth to make sale
[20:22] <directhex> the canon drivers for this room-sized thing were... the quality you would expect for an intern's first project
[20:22] <Nokaji> so what about MTLINK? - should I try it out at least?
[20:22] <directhex> e.g. i386/2.2-kernel-only
[20:24] <zmoylan-pi> one of my proudest moments was making a printout go twice as fast for a fraction of the price quoted by salesman who was trying to get foot in the door of one of our customers
[20:24] <zmoylan-pi> oooooh, fireworks outside....
[20:45] <ali1234> better than fireworks inside
[20:47]  * zmoylan-pi sets screensaver to fireworks.... :-)
[20:48] <penguin42> ----~~~~*
[20:49] <zmoylan-pi> oooooh
[23:20] <bittin> http://www.twitch.tv/twitchinstallsarchlinux :D
[23:25] <penguin42> oh have they actually got it showing now, the first attempt didn't get off the ground
[23:37] <m0nkey_> feed just died
[23:38] <m0nkey_> chat is going ape
[23:39] <m0nkey_> this is how you halloween! http://imgur.com/gallery/6Gv0ROk/new