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jrg

00:06

@NathanOsman nice!

Braiam

mm... I messed up... now the brightness

Seth

@jrg Can you get a couple of tags burniated for me?

jrg

Nothing I can do that you can't in that regard.

I can only edit the stuff out.

Braiam

somehow I'm seeing comments as answers here askubuntu.com/q/9248/169736

Seth

@jrg You can get a comm mod to do it though.

I don't usually have that leverage.

jrg

00:12

Only after it's been vetted on meta.

I can't just say "please do this"

besides, my usual point of contact is on vacation until monday.

so... meta? :\

Seth

sigh.. I guess. My earlier attempts at getting tag work done on meta all failed.

jrg

Are these the same tags?

Braiam

@Seth ???

the best question... EVER!

> Is the Linux kernel required to run Linux?

jrg

devopsreactions.tumblr.com/post/60347026776/… | that was me a few days ago... lol

@Braiam :DDDDD

Braiam

btw, why are we migrating this to meta askubuntu.com/review/close/167916 ?

@jrg you ought to SHUT the DARN WINDOWS! :D

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

00:57

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Q: local servers [behind NAT] on vpn with email servers and sync with a central email server open to internet

I have a number of linux servers [20 as of now] connected via vpn which serve intranet web application [apache and php] in their respective local intranet, i also wish to add email service [collaborative suite if possible] to these servers, in such a way that a server can facilitate email communi...

Nathan Osman

Everything is back together.

Now let's see if it runs.

(And no, there were no extra screws.)

Journeyman Geek

there's ALWAYS extra screws!

Nathan Osman

Not this time.

@hbdgaf: Okay, you can cue the "like a boss" picture now :)

Mateo

1 hour ago, by hbdgaf

Nathan Osman

:)

Ask Ubuntu Meta

01:38

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Q: Are we making Askubuntu to uninviting to new users

Whilst down-voting is encouraged for sloppy, no effort, questions. Or answers that are bad or clearly incorrect. i have noticed a growing trend of down votes on first question/posts in the review section. Said down-votes never have any comments as to how to improve,or whats expected when askin...

discussion downvoting askubuntu

Braiam

01:52

@AskUbuntuMeta OMG! Again this!?!?!

Seth

02:18

@Braiam Can you pull up a question per month data query for me?

I'm not good with the data explorer.

Braiam

Aug 29 at 21:11, by Braiam

@Lucio nope, everytime I try to play with a db I feel like a guy with fat fingers trying to thread a needle

Seth

Oh.. OK. I guess I'll try my fat fingers than. I hate asking someone to do something I won't do myself if they aren't better at it than me.

@NathanOsman Wow. That is a feat!

Hmm. This one appears to work.

Ask Ubuntu Meta

02:50

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Q: Should 'sharing', 'copy' and 'text' be burniated?

I've come across the following tags: sharing copy and text It is my opinion that these tags should be completely removed from the system as they are too ambiguous. What are your thoughts?

discussion tags

Thomas W.

@Seth @Braiam get off my case, I've reanalyzed the tags and removed my prior opinions.

Seth

done

Thomas W.

isn't in the mood to get yelled at by people today about his opinions

yesterday, maybe.

Braiam

@ThomasW. somehow I didn't got pinged...

Thomas W.

but not now since i've had one hell of a time getting the system to work

Braiam

02:56

:/

Thomas W.

@Braiam because typo.

Seth

@ThomasW. No worries. I'm not that easily offended ;)

Thomas W.

officially hates building software from source

to get this specific software to build I had to backport software from Quantal to Precise just to get the build deps :/

THEN i had to fight a failure in the code that was because it wasn't reading a path right...

THEN it just didn't run the build...

Seth

officially agrees, especially C/C++ apps

Journeyman Geek

lol

@ThomasW.: try doing it on a raspi

You will know the true meaning of H8

Braiam

03:00

@JourneymanGeek you want him to kill a dog?

Journeyman Geek

@Braiam: naw, cats

Nathan Osman

Reminder:

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Q: Anyone interested in a regularly scheduled, multiplayer game of 0 A.D.?

First Game Scheduled for Oct. 13, 2013 at 5PM EDT [click to view in other timezones] I am pleased to announce that we will be having our first game this weekend. The game will start at the time scheduled above, so be sure to show up early to make sure you get to play. We will be...

discussion community fun

Mark your calendars.

Thomas W.

@JourneymanGeek strangely enough, the same software builds flawlessly on a raspi

Seth

@ThomasW. I'm not sure what exactly you're doing, but apt-get build-dep package-name and apt-get source package-name --compile might be of help.

Thomas W.

@JourneymanGeek yet it basically tells me to [CENSORED] when I try and build it on the laptop

@Seth E: Software Not In Ubuntu

Seth

03:02

@ThomasW. That's what I figured :-/

Thomas W.

so no, it wouldn't, it's a source-compile for a bitcoin miner

Braiam

mm... I doubt you would compile those

Thomas W.

builds fine on a raspi (I borrowed a friend's to test that), but builds only after lots of hate on the laptop itself

Braiam

they has dependencies on non-free stuff

Thomas W.

@Braiam how fortunate the one i use doesn't

the stuff's all opensource and all was in the repositories

i just had to backport a couple to precise because i needed the newer versions

Nathan Osman

03:03

@ThomasW. You could virtualize the Raspi's ARM processor on the laptop :P

Braiam

mm... the miner, really?

@ThomasW. which one?

Thomas W.

@Braiam bfgminer

Braiam

(and don't tell me is a CPU)

Thomas W.

the ONLY non-free thing on there is the AMD drivers, but the only thing i really needed to install was the opencl-dev stuff

and then it built

@Braiam regardless of the situation, the problem was Linux was having a fart

i finally said "DIE YOU!", removed the deps completely, reinstalled, then it worked

no idea why it didn't before...

shrugs

Braiam

mm... it has a ppa

Thomas W.

03:06

yes it does. the PPA doesn't have CPU support

(it's not configured in the rules)

now, the only thing i hate more than compiling software...

... is working with php... that's pure evil...

Braiam

./configure --disable-option-checking '--prefix=/usr'  '--build=x86_64-linux-gnu' '--includedir=${prefix}/include' '--mandir=${prefix}/share/man' '--infodir=${prefix}/share/info' '--sysconfdir=/etc' '--localstatedir=/var' '--libexecdir=${prefix}/lib/bfgminer' '--disable-maintainer-mode' '--disable-dependency-tracking' '--enable-ztex' '--enable-bitforce' '--enable-icarus' '--enable-cpumining'

Thomas W.

@Braiam in the latest update?

3.3.0 is the newest bfgminer :P

actually, i'm using cutting-edge git :P

Braiam

raring build launchpad.net/~unit3/+archive/bfgminer/+build/5052349

3.2.1

Thomas W.

3.2.1 < latestRelease

yawns

Braiam

forget it... is just 1 version but the changes are humongunous

bugfix, bitfury, bugfix, bugfix, bugfix, bugfix, bugfix

Thomas W.

03:12

mhm...

there is also a bug in 3.2.1 where when you close bfgminer...

... it'll also try and kill the gpu itself

in windows and linux

which triggers bluescreen / kernelPanic

so far it hasn't done that in 3.3.0

Braiam

grr... found a bug in add-apt-repository...

Thomas W.

@Braiam oh goody! bugs to fix!

what broke.

Braiam

papercut

Thomas W.

ah

Braiam

when you press Ctrl - C to cancel adding a ppa, it trows python keyboardinterrupt, instead of handle it gracefully

^CTraceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/add-apt-repository", line 161, in <module>
    sys.stdin.readline()
KeyboardInterrupt

IMHO it shouldn't

Thomas W.

03:21

it's always done that because it's python... python KeyBoardInterrupt will trigger traceback like that, I don't think you can avoid that

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

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Q: Can't sudo after lock password, can I recover from that?

After setup ubuntu with default settings, It allows user to login with password, so I use passwd -l [username] to forbid password login both in ssh and console. But when I use sudo to execute commands, it needs password so I can't use sudo any more. Is there any solution that I can use sudo aga...

ubuntu permissions sudo login password

Braiam

apparently I can

Wasabi Fan

03:53

Hey guys, I am not really an expert when it comes to rooting tablets and installing custom software, and was wondering if anyone would be able to refine (and describe in more detail) the instructions from the link on this page for me: wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/Devices/p3110

Braiam

04:18

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Q: How do I go about porting Ubuntu Touch to xyz device?

I would like to port Ubuntu Touch to a device that is currently not supported. What are the requirements for doing this and where do I begin?

ubuntu-touch porting

Wasabi Fan

04:35

@Braiam, sorry for my late reply: That doesn't actually have instructions on installing Touch

Braiam

@WasabiFan it means that there are not more detailed instructions about how to do it ;)

Wasabi Fan

I have looked, and I know that there are no other instructions... I am just hoping that someone here can translate what I have found in to something simpler.

Braiam

you should favorite the question so when it get updated you get informed

Wasabi Fan

I did ;) I just was hoping that I could get faster help now, as well as on-line support.

Crake

10:17

Hey guys

I'm trying to install a game on Ubuntu, named "Circular Chaos"

In this link: apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/natty/circular-chaos

It says it's free, however, when one goes to the ubuntu Software center, is a "buy..." app..

Any ideas?

..?

rajagenupula

10:58

I am home people.... but sad news is no PC. good news is I have droid.

Braiam

13:29

@Crake there was a bug sometime ago about that...

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

14:22

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Q: Can't connect to steam

I've just installed Steam on my computer, created a Steam account and tried clicking on the steam icon to load it. It gave me the following error and then shuts down: If I type steam in the terminal, it gives me all this: oshirowanen@home-desktop:~$ steam Running Steam on ubuntu 12.04 64-bit...

ubuntu internet steam

hbdgaf

14:35

@NathanOsman consider the like a boss infographic played

so happy birthday to me.

user320

14:57

I just made 440 gb free on my HDD to use it for Ubuntu do i need to give it the label /home? right now I have only one partition for ubuntu: /

Journeyman Geek

@user320: you're confusing labels with mountpoints and partitions

the ubuntu default is one directory for root, and one for swap.

some people like to have a seperate partition to mount /home at if they reformat, but thats not necessary

user320

I don't need swap, if I have 12gb of ram right?

This is what my parttions look like right now the one selected is the one I want to use for storage

pbrd.co/1885Q7c

Do I need a specify a mount point?

Journeyman Geek

well

if you really need it you can have a swap file

looks fine to me

user320

Now i have to figure out why I am getting 'permission denied' weh I try to write to my other harddrive

Takkat

15:16

@user320 you need a swap partition to hibernate - but I never do because hibernating is evil. ;)

Also, you should not define mount points for NTFS data partitions with gparted.

They will be mounted from Nautilus from any user account.

If you need them mounted permanently for all users you should define a user-independent mount point in your fstab.

user320

I do not hibernate. The parttion is want to use as extra storage is ext4

I am using nemo, but i do not think that matter, same applies.

Journeyman Geek

@Takkat: can't you use hibernation with a swap file?

Takkat

No, you need a partition for that

@user320 I had a look at your screenshot and saw a /media/jan/... mount point for an NTFS partition there.

user320

thats for windows, I have a dual boot setup.

Takkat

Oh - Windows has no mount points to /media/jan/whatsoever.

user320

15:23

I have 2 ssd and 1 hdd

Takkat

If you already have four msdos partitions you will have to define a secondary partition anyway if you need more.

user320

1 SSD for windows 7, 1 SSD for Ubuntu

hbdgaf

hibernate is evil :s youtube.com/watch?v=7BUId4Z0hF8

2

Takkat

Evil like hell :D

All nightmares start with a deep hibernation.

user320

then the HDD is 1.5TB

I have already split it up up: 1.1 tb for win7, 400 gb fir Ubuntu

Takkat

15:26

So why not install Ubuntu on the SSD, put your data on the hard drive, and symlink to them?

Or, alternatively put HOME completely to the hard drive.

user320

I have ubuntu installed on my ssd

but its only 120gb

I want to give it some space on my HDD

Takkat

I have an Ubuntu on a 60 GB SSD - it uses less than 5.

user320

Yeah but what if I have a lot of movies, etc. they do not all fit on my SSD

Journeyman Geek

I have mine on a 40gb hdd with 16 gb swap ;p

user320

that why I made rom in my HDD

Takkat

15:28

Yeah - put all the heavy stuff on the HDD and symlink your ~/Video to there.

I have my mp3 and videos on my desktop to access them through LAN.

user320

When I go to properties for my HDD partion for ubuntu I do not have permissions

pbrd.co/1ccZsMC

so now I am following this guide

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Q: Need Help Changing Owner of External HArd Drive

My understanding of code is about zero. I can open a terminal window, and type commands that are given to me, but that's about it. If someone can help me with this question, and explain at a level I'm likely to understand, thanks. If not, thanks anyway. I have an external hard drive with two par...

permissions hard-drive

I found the directory for the partition

pbrd.co/1cd0053

I am stuck on the last step: 'Then you can chown -R youruser:yourgroup /path/to/mounted/parition to change ownership to your user and group.'

how do i know what my 'youruser:yourgroup ' is?

Takkat

Is this an ext4 drive?

user320

yeah

I fomatted the 400gb partition to be ext4

but what is 'youruser:yourgroup'

Takkat

it's your username and group (i.e. jan:jan).

16

Q: Is there a program to mount all of my drives automatically?

Sometimes, when I restart my computer, my drives will mount but sometimes they won't (like right now when I'm typing this question out). Is there an easy way, like a program that can mount them for me? Going in the console, making folders, etc. is NOT what I want. I like how Windows does it where...

12.10 mount hard-drive

^^this is for mount options from GUI.

user320

Thanks, I am looking into it now

Takkat

15:44

@user320 usually when you create a mount point with mkdir you need to be the owner of it to be able to access your files. If the mountpoint was created by root this is not the case. But you can always creat mountpoint within your /home/jan.

Then do not use sudo.

user320

@Takkat The Gui method works very well thanks you

Takkat

Hope you get all sorted out. Keep your data safe when partitioning. One backup is never too few.

hbdgaf

i blame users getting spoiled by automount and fuse-fs

user320

@Takkat I do not have another harddrive to back-up to.

Takkat

@user320 lol - then be prepared to get bald from pulling your hair off :D

user320

15:55

alirght

Takkat

Just kidding but backups are really important

Backup is for cowards

6

lol

user320

^^ I like that outlook

Does anyone know Andrew King?

Takkat

Yeah he's here ;)

user320

hmm

hbdgaf

yes, i'm here

Takkat

16:02

<-- BBL

hbdgaf

you're off ignore temporarily. please don't make me re-instate it

@Takkat have a better one

hbdgaf

16:14

@user320 if you want to talk, just talk. just don't complain.

user320

16:27

What is this?!?

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Q: 在windows上用Oracle VM VirtualBox虚拟ubuntu如何文件共享

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windows virtualbox sharing

hbdgaf

@user320 it's spam. i don't see a backlink so i don't really understand what they were trying to accomplish, but it's spam.

Little Child

@hbdgaf Heya !

I am trying to install drivers for my ATI

hbdgaf

ahoy

Little Child

open source drivers

but I keep getting errors

The Ubuntu guide says purge fglrx first

so I am following the instructions here: wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Troubleshooting/…

I have multiarch enabled

sudo apt-get install --reinstall libgl1-mesa-glx libgl1-mesa-dri xserver-xorg-core gives error

hbdgaf

you don't "install" open source drivers for your ati card. i lost my ati beastbox anyway, so i'm at a loss unless someone wants to furnish hardware.

Little Child

16:31

What do u mean ?

Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libgl1-mesa-dri : Depends: libglapi-mesa
libgl1-mesa-glx : Depends: libglapi-mesa (= 9.2.0~git20131002+9.2.2eb55601-0ubuntu0sarvatt~precise)
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

hbdgaf

family mailed it after removing the hard drive retaining screws, and i left the brick at my last move. i can't solve it without something to test it on.

Little Child

@hbdgaf What is the error I seee ?

Braiam

@LittleChild you are using a PPA

hbdgaf

@Braiam thatis probably right

Braiam

disable all PPA's then try apt-get update

Little Child

16:33

@Braiam Please help me cause I am new :)

Braiam

75

A: How do I remove a PPA added via command-line?

Simply run apt-add-repository again with the --remove option to remove a PPA added via the command-line, for example: sudo apt-add-repository --remove ppa:kernel-ppa/ppa Then update with: sudo apt-get update

hbdgaf

he already told you. update then upgade after removing the ppa.

Little Child

What if it kills my kittens ?

Braiam

you can buy more in the pet shop :P

hbdgaf

then your kittens needed killing

Little Child

16:35

Error: 'deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kernel-ppa/ppa/ubuntu precise main' doesn't exist in a sourcelist file
Error: 'deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/kernel-ppa/ppa/ubuntu precise main' doesn't exist in a sourcelist file

Braiam

and there are...

Little Child

@Braiam ...?

hbdgaf

and now you're on ignore because you'e complaining...

Little Child

I am sorry ? I do not understand what the error means

:)

hbdgaf

ah, a clean feed. how i love that

Little Child

16:36

@hbdgaf What do I do next ? :)

Braiam

@LittleChild have you read the answer?

remove all ppa's then we talk

Little Child

Yes the next step is to update

hbdgaf

he hasn't read anything. he's a troll from so

Little Child

-_-

OK the syntax is : sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:whatever/ppa but how do I remove all ppa ?

Please, I am not trolling @Braiam

hbdgaf

my nope - bang, reflex is quite quick. if you want to change that, give me a reason.

Braiam

16:39

here, more easy

Little Child

ou can also remove PPAs by deleting the .list files from /etc/apt/sources.list.d directory.

Braiam

yeah, that could be an option

Little Child

OK working

OK done

now ? sudo apt-get update ?

Amith KK

Did you install something from those ppas

Little Child

@AmithKK I dunno

:-/

What do I do next ?

Amith KK

16:42

ppa-purge is safer

Braiam

tell us what you did

apt-get update? apt-get upgrade? apt-get install something?

Amith KK

10

Q: Difference between "ppa-purge" and "add-apt-repository -r"?

What is the main difference between ppa-purge and add-apt-repository -r. Which one better clear residual items and reason to use one over another? Does add-apt-repository -r should do what ppa-purge do? Edit: Also do both remove key from apt's keyring?

ppa add-apt-repository

Little Child

Just executed sudo apt-get update

Amith KK

This is worth taking a look at

BBT

Good Night

Little Child

@AmithKK All I need is to install ATI drivers :)

Braiam

16:43

@LittleChild then try doing what you were doing before

Little Child

@Braiam I was doing this: wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Troubleshooting/…

Second command wont execute

it resulted in errors

Braiam

and now?

Little Child

Now, I came to u guys :)

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libgl1-mesa-glx : Depends: libglapi-mesa (= 8.0.4-0ubuntu0.6)
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Hmmm... Synaptic can install it ?

Braiam

try sudo apt-get check

Seth

0

Q: NOT BOOTING UP CORRECTLY POST CHANGE OF MOTHERBOARD

I CHANGED MY MOTHERBOARD SINCE THE PREVIOUS ONE HAD GOT DAMAGED. NOW MY SCREEN IS DISFIGURED AND ERROR MESSAGES ARE COMING WHEN AM TRYING TO BOOT UP. I CAN SEE NOTHING ON MY DESKTOP SCREEN RIGHT NOW

12.04

Little Child

16:48

@Braiam Done

Braiam

@Seth D: CAPS CAPS CAPS CAPS CAPS CAPS CAPS CAPS

Little Child

Still the error persists

Braiam

@LittleChild what was the result of apt-get check?

Bruno Pereira

Y U NO STOP SHOUTING AT YOUR MB?

Little Child

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done

karel

16:52

@Seth Don't lose your temper with your motherboard.

Braiam

@LittleChild what is the output of apt-cache policy libgl1-mesa-glx libglapi-mesa?

Little Child

libgl1-mesa-glx:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 8.0.4-0ubuntu0.6
Version table:
8.0.4-0ubuntu0.6 0
500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/main amd64 Packages
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main amd64 Packages
8.0.2-0ubuntu3 0
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages
libglapi-mesa:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 8.0.4-0ubuntu0.6
Version table:
8.0.4-0ubuntu0.6 0
500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/main amd64 Packages

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

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Q: libcurl4-gnutls-dev : Depends: libldap2-dev but it is not going to be installed

I am trying to install curl in my ubuntu server as I was getting this error - fatal error: curl.h: No such file or directory Below is the error - username@phx7b02c-ee1b:~$ sudo apt-get install libcurl4-gnutls-dev Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state informatio...

linux ubuntu curl

Seth

@karel No kidding.

Little Child

@Braiam Maybe I should do this: help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/ATI

Hey @Seth I saw your card website for managing daily task. Great job !

:)

Seth

16:55

@LittleChild Oh you mean Trello?

Braiam

@LittleChild no need, just do sudo apt-get install libgl1-mesa-glx libglapi-mesa

Little Child

Yes

I just want my drivers !! :'(

@Braiam ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1930450 Maybe I need this ? I have switchable gfx

A.r. Naresh

17:14

hello everyone

can anyone explain me about an error

Seth

What error?

Little Child

@Seth

0

Q: ATI Drivers issue

X Error of failed request: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation) Major opcode of failed request: 153 (GLX) Minor opcode of failed request: 19 (X_GLXQueryServerString) Serial number of failed request: 12 Current serial number in output stream: 12 I get the followi...

12.04 drivers ati

@Seth Any help ? :)

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

19:05

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Q: How to install Ubuntu in a netbook, but keeping the original win7 installation in storage

I have a Samsung N210 netbook. It has windows 7, starter edition. I´ve tried the latest Ubuntu version using a pendrive and loved it so far. I would like to install it in my netbook, but I would also like to keep all my installation in case something goes wrong (or I don´t like it after using i...

ubuntu windows

Braiam

19:16

@Seth bug askubuntu.com/q/357266/169736 ?

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

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Q: Unable to BOOT UBUNTU Operating System in my computer

My computer has both Linux (UBUNTU) and Window XP OS operating side by side. A HP technician over the phone installed a hp printer on my Window XP. Now I am NOT able to BOOT my UBUNTU which I have worshiped for 4 years. (1) Is there any way to reactivate my Linux? (2) Should I DOWNLOAD the l...

ubuntu

Mateo

20:01

Woo! Fix released for that DVD thing!

Braiam

20:38

@Mateo gratz :P

Mateo

@Braiam hi

Braiam

what's up?

Mateo

not much

Seth

21:30

@Braiam I'll check ASAP.

@Littlechild I don't have an ATI card so I can't help much.

Nathan Osman

o/

Braiam

22:12

\o

user320

22:28

i was gonna ask a question but then I did it myself + 100

Seth

23:09

@Braiam answer: no. At least, not a big bug. Doesn't effect me.

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