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Mahesh

14:00

hmm....

1 sec

Elysium

sure thing

Mahesh

ur in which view now?

go to view>folders>all

then right click on your account (in the sidebar)

select subscribe

there u'll see the list of all folders.

select all u want.. :)

Elysium

the subsribe part...I cannot find :(

Mahesh

wierd...

ure rt clicking on the account name, not folders, right?

when you select the aaccount name, do u see something like this??

Elysium

yes, on the account name

Mahesh

14:04

when you select the aaccount name, do u see something like this??

Elysium

no. no tabs at all. One sec...lemme send you a screenshot too

Mahesh

make sure you selected view>folders>all

Elysium

that is done

Mahesh

wait.. the tabs are my customization. they wont appear in urs by default

Elysium

have a look at this.....see that only the inbox folders appear?

Mahesh

14:10

perfectly fine.

scroll down

and you will find something like..

manage folder subscriptions

@Elysium did you find it?

Elysium

no

nothing like that

Mahesh

Below the email and accounts headings, theree will be one more..

titled Advanced features

did you find something like that?

Elysium

oke, step 1...is done...already

the one with the all folders

but I dont see anything about subsriptions :(

Mahesh

did u find 'advanced features'

Elysium

account settings and preferences

these are the 2 things I can find

Mahesh

14:16

what options do you havethere?

Elysium

wait

got subsribe now

from File

Mahesh

ok.

do you see a list of all folders?

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Elysium

no :D it is all empty

I really dont get it

Mahesh

ure using thunderbird for gmail accounts right?

Elysium

14:19

hotmail

3 hotmail accounts

Mahesh

ok. Shouldn't matter anyway

are u able to send a mail to yourself?

if yes, you should be getting a folder list there..

unless hotmail handles things differently, which i'm not sure of..

Elysium

yeah, I can receive and send messages

now, the sent folder appeared....

this is extremely weird

Mahesh

hmm... agreed...

and what other folders do you have?

Elysium

loads of folders that I have created during many years since I started using hotmail

Mahesh

if you have made any, while using the web interface, they must appear..

Elysium

14:24

but none of them appears

yes, true

but I need the old folders too

when I click on subsribe..nothing happens. As if I had nothing to subsribe too

Mahesh

check this..

go to preferences>

no no

account settings>

synchronization and storage

its by default set to something like last 30 days or so.

change it tofirst option.

synchronize all messages locally regardless of age.

that is going to take a lot of time and space if ur mailbox is huge,

Elysium

that is done already

but it only synchronized my inbox

Mahesh

now this is something weird...

Elysium

by the way....that synch and storage is not in the account settings

lemme figure out where it is

ok, no idea where that is

Mahesh

it is usually found in edit>account settings.. And thats something more weird

sorry, but i'm out of ideas. :(

Elysium

14:32

yeah, me too

I am newbie, but not dumb....and still cannot fix it

kinda weird

what's the command line to update to the latest version of thunderbird?

Mahesh

try restarting thunderbird.. just in case.....

Elysium

nah

done that a million times

11.0.1 is my version

Mahesh

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

will update everything you have

but if you want to specifically update tb alone,

use sudo apt-get install thunderbird

that installs if not present, and upgrades if already present

I'm using 11.0.1 too..

Elysium

nah, didnt solve anything

I think I am done with Thunderbird

thanks anyway

lazyPower

@Elysium probably a good idea. Desktop Email is quickly becoming a thing of the past.

I only offer anecdotal evidence of my prior statement... so dont take it to the bank. just know that your'e joining the rest of the power users in the cloud.

Elysium

14:40

well, thunderbird seems to be a nice application...since I have tons of email accounts that I kinda actively use

lazyPower

I've accomplished what you're seeking using gmail's labels and account importing.

Elysium

I think it would be fairly difficult to use my hotmail accounts in gmal

*gmail

lazyPower

I use a google apps domain and I have about 12 email addresses to keep track of between work personal and etc. Its nice to have a central communication hub with single sign on. That and I have calendars for each account, and my docs are shared with a group of individuals when applicable using the host/creator address as the delimeter.

Not at all. You setup a pop3 import, add it under your accounts tab and you can send email as that hotmail account directly from gmail. Plus you can set an option to automatically use that account when the email was sent to that account.

I have [email protected] forwarded to gmail and use it with great success daily.

Elysium

I think I'll give thunderbird a last chance

gonna reinstall it and see what happens

lazyPower

i believe that Live mail is catching up to gmail's functionality so you may even have that capability in live mail already. I just find their user interface to be a mess.

Elysium

14:44

thanks for all the info guys

lazyPower

best of luck to ya @Elysium

DoR

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Q: Sanyal of Calcutta

I am unable to configure the BSNL broadband connection. I do reside at Kolkata(erstwhile) Calcutta. Otherwise everything is ok. Thank you all. SKSanyal

lazyPower

@DoR ... i dont.. understand the question.

or is that what you were pointing out?

DoR

Yes, it doesn't make any sense.

lazyPower

Its too localized too i would think.. Is it worth it to drop a comment on asking for more information? maybe cite how to ask a good question -- or should i just vote to close?

Elysium

14:51

@Mahesh are you there? I'd like to ask another thing......when I click on subsribe it wont lemme choose any of my accounts. Why is that?

it is all blank and empty....next to the account option

Bruno Pereira

15:13

move along, nothing to see here...

jokerdino

@DoR lolz? it sounds like the "I am nazab of bengal"

nothing in the question.

deserves a couple of data.

I wish to be remunerated for the amount of useless work I did.

lazyPower

remunerates @jokerdino

jokerdino

Thanks :D

lazyPower

I wonder if that will work with all the code i'm slinging for classes in school.... :-?

Takkat

@jokerdino is too good for this world :)

jokerdino

15:25

@lazyPower you can try your luck. you don't know when someone has too much free time.

@Takkat finally, someone realized that. :P been telling people that and they think i am insane :)

Takkat

That's proof!

jokerdino

haha, well said.

time to boot into Windows because MS word has superior formatting features.

lazyPower

dude

use markdown and convert to PDF

Takkat

my cookie got stuck in my throat

lazyPower

format with CSS

profit

That or learn LaTeX

jokerdino

15:31

it might work if i didn't have to have a TOC.

But I might learn LaTex.

Takkat

My TOC from Word were never the same with every edit I made...

jokerdino

There is an update table option that automates things.

lazyPower

I'm using markdown for nearly everying in school these days. Except APA formatted papers. I haven't got the CSS just right for that.

Takkat

It might have been fixed over the years, I admit.

But skepticism with bugfixes for Word is appropriate.

jokerdino

i don't want to use MS word but LO is just a (poor man's) joke.

Takkat

15:34

me too (unremoved)

jokerdino

o.O

I am hoping Canonical builds an Office Suite from scratch.

so much for wishful thinking

lazyPower

I didnt want to +1 jokerdino's comment that through the magic of latency appeared before mine.

LO is good enough to do most tasks. Just like Google Docs. Why do we need yet another? lets help the "poor jokes" of the world be less of a poor joke and be a vaible alternative.

jokerdino

@lazyPower i know. i got that :)

aking1012

@lazyPower - hey

lazyPower

@aking1012 - hey yourself mister.

aking1012

15:40

so I finally decided to do a monstrous guide for installing ubuntu and backtrack side by side with luks full disk encryption and shared home...the answer is LONG

jokerdino

The improvements made (and the planned ones) are nice. If LO gets better, I am all the more happy.

lazyPower

So i heard back from Kevin this morning. He's pimping your name to schlumburger as an IT Sec analyist if the position isn't filled. Once he hears something back if its positive he'll be in touch with you @aking1012.

jokerdino

Lesser reasons to boot into Windows.

aking1012

@lazyPower cool

lazyPower

for whatever reason he's contacting ME instead of you, like i'm some kind of proxy...

jokerdino

15:41

The only thing I use Windows is for the MS office and the Cisco NAC agent is not configured for Linux clients for my network.

aking1012

;) he knows you, he doesn't know me

lazyPower

/me opens port 22 for proxy access, and dassit. You'll get nothing more.

@aking1012 if he does contact you, slb.com for your company research prior to interview.

its a good place to work, if not a bit corporate. They hire 30% of all ITT graduates in the SAP / CNT / CET fields.

aking1012

and bookmarked

thanks again btw

jokerdino

hey find me a job in another 5 years, i might migrate to the US.

lazyPower

NP man. I just hope something comes of it.

aking1012

15:46

either way, we'll see. you did what you could do.

lazyPower

Kevin's been good to me and my clique. If this falls through i'll see what else I can do. You're talents are entirely too impressive to lay dormant outside of the industry when you could be padding a fat resume.

aking1012

^--- is probably true

lazyPower

I'm getting close to making that leap from financial security into freelance work and starvation. I'm seeing too many opportunities cross my path that i'm passing on for the allmighty dollar.

And i could be working on a FOSS stack if i do that :P

+1 for the underdog

aking1012

it's something to think about, but the dollar is a powerful thing

lazyPower

brb making more coffee

@aking1012 its along the lines of guns or butter

I'd rather have a wide bum and be happy with butter than be armed to the teeth ready for war and miserable.

Theres one thing I'm thinking about doing while i'm financially stable, and thats investing in a few startups I know well, and trying to help them succeed.

jokerdino

16:00

gd night everyone

lazyPower

o/ @jokerdino

aking1012

night jokerdino

@lazyPower I know what you mean

Elysium

hey guys

aking1012

16:25

hey

Jorge Castro

16:39

0

Q: How to move the Dash launcher button to the panel as per the Natty design?

Is it possible to use the Natty BFB (Ubuntu button that opens the dash) in Precise? I really liked the design of having the button on the menu as opposed to having it on the launcher.

11.04 unity launcher 12.04

I am pretty sure this is a dupe

fossfreedom

16:50

@JorgeCastro sort of... the "dupe" was closed because James thought it was a bug... I've asked James what he would like to do. Watch this space.

Jorge Castro

17:03

I remember seeing one like this a while back

like, right after the button was moved, heh

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17:18

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aking1012

@lazyPower - still around? check this wall of text: unix.stackexchange.com/questions/36434/…

Mahesh

17:48

@Elysium I've no idea why that happens!! if waiting for a while doesn't help, you may try contacting thunderbird team.. may be thats a bug.. Sorry I've run out of ideas... :|

Elysium

I think I know the answer....it wont subscribe to folders in hotmail (only subsribes to inboxes) that were created with the internet browser

@Mahesh thanks for the effort though

Mahesh

@Elysium hey does hotmail have an option to select what folders are to be made available for imap access? if such a thing exists, then thats a place to check..

3

Q: What are the different Ubuntu Kernel git tags for?

Going through the Ubuntu Kernel git source there are several tags, the meaning of which I'm uncertain of. How can I find out which tag is the one currently in the repos for each version of Ubuntu? Is it okay to compile the latest tagged versions of the kernel?

kernel

This seems abandoned...

but i guess we'd like to see it answered..

anyone?????

aking1012

@Mahesh sorry, git is most assuredly NOT my strong point

Mahesh

may be can @fossfreedom help?

fossfreedom

18:38

@Mahesh just drop a comment to @MarcoCeppi - maybe Marco knows the answer and can answer himself... or just he can just close since is now uninterested... :D

Mahesh

sure.. :)

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Q: Process not working when executed in background inside shell script

I have an application that runs fine, with and without '&' when run directly from the terminal. However, if I try to execute it from a shell script, it works only if the trailing '&' is skipped. Thus, I am unable to start this process in background from inside the shell script. <Path...

ubuntu shell-script background

lazyPower

18:53

@aking1012 grabbing popcorn to read

aking1012

I've got some updates pending, just a sec

lazyPower

Niiiice - skipped over the spoon feeding and read the meat and potatoes. Thats slick.

aking1012

Yeah, I tried to provide a useful answer and just give the answer...while saying "the answer was found by google"

lazyPower

haha

I can appreciate

Mahesh

whats the question of interest here?

I seem to be missing something..

lazyPower

18:58

1

A: Install Backtrack 5 r2 into running LUKS setup installed with ubuntu

Warning, wall of text incoming. It's as well formatted as I could make it. If we're going to answer this, we're going to answer the whole thing. I'm not doing another answer on this, so here goes: Let's pretend you know absolutely nothing, and I'm feeding you keystrokes. This tells you ev...

Mahesh

(appreciates @aking1012 for the patience and effort put in)

aking1012

ty mahesh

lazyPower

Indeed. its pretty comprehensive

aking1012

Still panning out the last bit of testing, but this is where the busybox question on AU came from

Luks fail puts you in busybox

Mahesh

19:16

can someone take a look at this?

2

Q: When I attempt to remove g++ why does apt-get attempt to install it?

Recently I upgraded a 64-bit install of Ubuntu 11.10 to 12.04. There were errors while installing the update packages and I was forced to reboot using an older kernel (3.0.0-17 I think) in recovery mode. I then ran fsck and package recovery and then attempt to complete whatever else remained to b...

apt g++

aking1012

build-essential package is my guess

Mahesh

i didn't get you @aking1012

aking1012

dependency. he removes it and apt tries to satisfy a dependency. just a guess

Mahesh

he's simulating a apt-get remove... so my guess is that ur guess is not so accurate..

aking1012

possibly. i didn't jump over and read the whole thing

Mahesh

19:25

kk..

gud nyt.. :)

aking1012

nite

Mahesh

5 minutes to the daily 6-hr cutoff.. :(

wisemonkey

morning folks

Mahesh

@wisemonkey wats d time at ur place?

aking1012

19:46

i think i'm done editing and re-editing that question. if they want dual boot BT and Ubuntu, I did everything for them except the kernel parameters

Manish Sinha

can someone look into this duplicate

0

Q: 'Can not mount /dev/loop0' fault during installation CD booting

I have currently WindowsXP installed in my computer. I burned Ubuntu 10.04 into a CD and then inserted the CD into the drive and booted. When the CD boots I get to a terminal screen that outputs: BusyBox v1.13.3 (Ubuntu 1:1.13.3-1ubuntu11) built in shell (ash) Enter 'help' for a list of built-...

installation

aking1012

I agree it's a dupe of the corrupt image answer

lazyPower

@aking1012 how do i install BT along side Ubuntu? runs

aking1012

as long as you don't want luks+lvm it's pretty straightforward

idk, if he doesn't accept the answer i might add the kernel parameters...or a video of it working so he reads the grub.cfg on BT

@lazyPower mr funny man :)

lazyPower

trollolol

aking1012

19:56

yeah...i got that. hence the funny man comment

thinking about adding the kernel parameters and blogging that instead of an article since it took so long

lazyPower

you should

aking1012

I looked for the video of the get carter scene 'In dealing with an armed man, the best course of action is to run' but i couldn't find it

lazyPower

you know, throw in a "why would you want to do this" paragraph and you have yourself a well written paper.

i should print that out and turn i tin, citing 3/4 of the paper as your work and see if i get credit from my Group Dynamics professor

aking1012

epic

@lazyPower I'm also looking at a grub chainloading isos from isos one as a response to this quandry on hak5 forums.hak5.org/index.php?showtopic=14123 evidently the brains over there don't have it working

lazyPower

O.o

wat?

That seems... inefficient.

aking1012

20:01

it also answers an askubuntu question....

lazyPower

mount an iso contained in an iso...

why not just extract the iso and boot the stupid thing directly?

aking1012

fair point

lazyPower

yo dawg, i heard you like sandboxes inside your sandboxes, so i installed a sandbox inside your sandbox so you can sandbox while you sandbox.

5

say that five times fast and i'll give you a cookie

aking1012

@lazyPower say you're doing it from a thumbdrive and you want a diagnostic iso, a netbsd SAN iso, and i cant type any more laughing too hard

lazyPower

again, partition your thumbdrive and boot it directly, or Gasp use a VM

aking1012

20:04

i know

lazyPower

or you do what i said above about sandboxing in your sandbox so you can sandbox while you sandbox.

aking1012

you got a star from me on that one btw

lazyPower

haha

Nice

>.> i hate java

aking1012

you are not alone

back in a bit

Alvar

20:22

@jrg edited my question, on the link. Were you thinking of the accepted answer or the question?

@lazyPower grrrr... ;)

lazyPower

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Alvar

@lazyPower I like Java ;)

to code in

lazyPower

gist.github.com/2394658 -- it hates life and does not draw the updates like its supposed to

Alvar

@lazyPower have you heard about a site called Stackoverflow.com ? you can ask about this stuff there.

lazyPower

20:30

@Alvar <3

Alvar

@lazyPower :O

" // swap? yep, swap. " :D

@lazyPower really nice comments! :D

jrg

@Alvar let me check.

lazyPower

I just sent over the code to my professor with screenshots i'll let him sort it and and tell me what i'm doing wrong. Over staring at this JVomit

Manish Sinha

That answer provided about mono removal will not remove all traces

mono-runtime is not removed in the command

fossfreedom

@ManishSinha - why dont you add that as an answer ? seems reasonable to me.

Alvar

20:41

@jrg k

jrg

@Alvar looks good

Alvar

@jrg thanks.

Manish Sinha

20:53

@fossfreedom I added it as a comment. Will edit the answer

fossfreedom

@ManishSinha ... that's fine ... what I was saying (probably very poorly) - add an answer - because the currently accepted one doesnt apply to 12.04.

aking1012

22:01

hi guys

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23:36

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aking1012

title and menu-system done on the website re-design to match the blog. now it's just the content

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