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02:23

Can you answer this? Why isn't Fluendo software showing up in 12.04 for purchase? http://askubuntu.com/questions/131148/why-isnt-fluendo-software-showing-up-in-12-04-for-purchase?atw=1 #softwarecenter

Tweeted by StackUbuntu on May 11, 2012 at 2:14 AM

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05:44

Can you answer this? Upgrade to 12.04, first boot stuck on Checking Battery State http://askubuntu.com/questions/125819/upgrade-to-12-04-first-boot-stuck-on-checking-battery-state?atw=1 #upgrade

Tweeted by StackUbuntu on May 11, 2012 at 5:14 AM

jokerdino

05:54

Hmm did our site lose the Stack Exchange part of the title?

Amith KK

Hello @jokerdino

jokerdino

hi

Amith KK

@jokerdino Yep

George Edison

This technically should be a comment... but then the images would be gone.

jokerdino

Darn

web socket only works with secured TLS for me

how do i sort this out?

Amith KK

06:00

@jokerdino Shall I ask on meta?

jokerdino

meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/132181/… i was following this question and i am left out

ask on Meta.SO?

Amith KK

The losing Stack Exchange part

nvm

jokerdino

06:13

oh i just got your question @AmithKK

I'm not this person

hi

jokerdino

just ask I think. I am curious as well

I'm not this person

@GeorgeEdison Leave it until op responds to it

Amith KK

I'm going to record myself singing Dreams of an Absolution

:P

htorque

06:35

askubuntu.com/posts/114738/revisions

@fossfreedom that's not that easy, e.g., 'pixmap' != 'pixbuf'

Amith KK

@jokerdino Gtalk Please

jokerdino

ok

fossfreedom

07:29

@htorque any ideas how we can make this more generic? ... your answer solved a similar "aurora" GTK warning question that popped up.

Amith KK

07:47

BBL

Jacob Johan Edwards

08:03

Oh my god, I can't believe I just anwered that question. Screw me. Good night.

jokerdino

no upvotes for you sir

Prasad

08:25

helooooo

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Sound menu keyboard shortcuts aren't working with VLC. Work fine with Rhythmbox/Banshee http://askubuntu.com/questions/135380/sound-menu-keyboard-shortcuts-arent-working-with-vlc-work-fine-with-rhythmbox?atw=1 #shortcutkeys

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Prasad

@jokerdino are you here?

jokerdino

what's the matter?

Prasad

When I was installing 12.04 on my PC, there was a option to upgrade my current 10.10 system, is it possible?

jokerdino

don't think so

Amith KK

08:37

Nope

You have to go like 10.10>11.04>11.10>12.04

Or a risky method would be to edit your lsb-release to make it appear as though it is 10.04 and to a LTS-LTS upgrade

@Prasad --^

jokerdino

if you do that, don't come here for support in the (very likely) case that you break your system. :)

Amith KK

--^ That

It's best to backup fresh install

Prasad

ok ok, I won't :-)

but users may confuse their-self when they see this upgrade option

If you are not sure, I'll post a screenshot

jokerdino

it's ok. i know what you are talking about

Amith KK

@Prasad It will work 10% of the time if all the stars and planets are aligned properly

Prasad

08:41

@jokerdino see, you knew it too!

@AmithKK lol

jokerdino

i guess we should strictly not provide support for 10.10 users.

Amith KK

Yeah

Prasad

@jokerdino are you kidding, right.....

Amith KK

@Prasad Nope

We're serious

@Prasad Why cant you use 10.04?

jokerdino

@Prasad HELLO?! 10.10 is eol already

Amith KK

08:43

10.04 is still supported

Prasad

But I am using 12.04 right now :-)

10.10 is for..........testing (unity glass breaks easily, isn't it!)

jokerdino

no

Prasad

@jokerdino no means, it won't break easily ?

jokerdino

i don't know what you are talking about but Unity is working flawlessly here.

if you don't like Unity, fair enough. But I don't appreciate you trying to persuade me to change my opinion on that.

Amith KK

@jokerdino Speak for yourself

Prasad

08:47

@jokerdino doing experiments may break mine :-(

jokerdino

then do the experiments the proper way

Prasad

@jokerdino I like unity, who said NO :-)

@jokerdino sorry for asking this, but I found your Pro pic on G+ with another name :-)

jokerdino

ok, yeah i know it

Prasad

@jokerdino who is the fake :-)

jokerdino

:-)

Prasad

08:56

OK..... I see. can I add..... or just ignore......

jokerdino

what do you want me to reply?

Prasad

@jokerdino like this:-" prasad, add me, you will be a headache to me, but it's OK, " like that

jokerdino

As you said. ^^

Niek Bergman

10.04 is an LTS, and still supported as far as I'm aware.

Prasad

@jokerdino OK, here goes... :-)

jokerdino

09:02

yes but not 10.10

Niek Bergman

I should upgrade my server to 12.04 :)

Then I don't have to worry about distribution upgrades until somewhere 2017 :p

jokerdino

Go ahead!

that's a smart move :P

Prasad

@jokerdino do you use effects on 12.04 (using ccsm)?

jokerdino

yeah

Amith KK

09:20

UBUNTU

YU NO FIX NVIDIA DRIVERS?

jokerdino

/ignored

Prasad

what a magic! my effects are working right now! are you a wizard @jokerdino ?

jokerdino

yeah

Prasad

@jokerdino I can see your hand, where you hiding your magic stick

jokerdino

^_^

Riley

09:27

Sorry if i come off as a pain.. but i must be missing something .. Is there anyone here who knows open firewire

jokerdino

apple stuff?

Did you try Apple?

Riley

if any one is there ping me
i am trying to get a Quicksilver PmG4 800/MGZ (desktop) to boot up via network
I Have no
i NO boot disc, nothing is on the hard drive ... completely blank
i have been trying to work this out in open firmware but i kind getting following errors

stack overflow. default catch, no instance loaded .. load to small

i been reading and reading but i don't quite understand the sequence / or i am missing a step ....
? if anybody is in the mood to troubleshoot this please ping the replay message.

if i boot trying to boot with netowrk i do get a globe internet blinking

i have mac adress and ip

jokerdino

is this issue related to Ubuntu or one of its applications?

Riley

well is generl

well i have a question then while i contunie to trobuleshoot this classic mac ...
Running Vmare

jokerdino

i am sorry, we can't help with Mac issues. Try Apple or Super User.

Riley

09:33

Could not find a thread with a clear answer on. Why usb drivers are not be reconigized within my windows 7

i diid they are sleepign

asleep

jokerdino

well, tough luck. try back later

Riley

have you heard of any easier ways to boot a mac

jokerdino

/ignored.

Riley

ok

I can installl ubuntu on a mac right

.. the have a boot image that should worrk

do they

again there no os on this mac ... so i need to start somewhere

jokerdino

yeah you can install Ubuntu on Mac.

Riley

09:36

This can be down right? It might even be better

Prasad

emergency ?

Riley

yea

Prasad

@jokerdino please can you help this guy, I haven't use mac for a long time and have no idea with this matter

jokerdino

i have nothing to do with Mac. Really

Riley

The Quicksliver PMG4 800/mhz

does have a dvd-rw

jokerdino

09:39

help.ubuntu.com/community/MactelSupportTeam/…

Riley

so i assuming burrnign a boot image and booting from that but again i recieving firmwire errors

Prasad

@jokerdino (I barely can't understand him, can you :-))

Riley

sorry

jokerdino

i am leaving for now. sorry.

Prasad

@jokerdino bye, luck with you

Riley

09:41

basically .. how would you go about boot a and install ubuntu on a computer with no os

is there a link to a image iso

... i going to have to load the package via open firmwear

dev / ls ... mac-boot .. i need set that location... it keeps looking for //tbxi

file

Prasad

I got no idea bro, please have a look at those sites @jokerdino recommended !

@AmithKK are you out there?

Amith KK

@Prasad Yep

Prasad

after using this unity --replace, all ccsm settings are switched to the defaults, why?

How can I save those settings ?

in the profile of CCSM ?

Amith KK

09:56

Hello @Prasad

►

@Prasad Yeah

lolololol

Prasad

@AmithKK Oh, I can't watch videos with my super fast connection 50KiBps, do you recommend it?

Amith KK

@Prasad Its real funny :D

Prasad

@AmithKK then i'll switch to my 2MBPS connection (sister's dongle is going to be stolen)

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Q: How to use berkeley packet filter (BPF) on ubuntu

I did search but I did't find any BPF code to use on my computer, also there isn't any example code to use. My goal is to find low level functions to filter packets. I am working in C program language. I am using Ubuntu 12.04 with 3.2.0 kernel.

Prasad

then what about my question? idea

i'll back with my new connection,bye

Amith KK

10:02

@Prasad Yeah Profiles

Prasad

10:19

neeeeeddddd helpZ, unity 3d is not starting after resetting CCSM to defaults,unity --replace not working....

Amith KK

@Prasad You broke your profile

Prasad

@AmithKK what should I do

unity 2d is working but, music loops sometimes

is there a config file in the home directory to delete?

Amith KK

@Prasad Try Purging compizconfig-settings-manager and reinstalling it

Prasad

@AmithKK here I go..

Prasad

10:51

OK, re-installing ccsm and unity --reset worked, thanks

@AmithKK are you there,

have you enabled the desktop cube?

Sleeping? ok :-(

Prasad

11:10

OK bye for now,see ya

Amith KK

@Prasad Back

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Tweeted by StackUbuntu on May 11, 2012 at 11:14 AM

Prasad

12:21

OH hi, @jokerdino you are the lucky one, you slipped away! that (mac) guy was a mess from the beginning :-)

jokerdino

that is not a pleasant way of addressing others.

Prasad

@jokerdino it is not for you ..

jokerdino

if you are going to speak like this, i might have to report you...

Prasad

sorry

don't take it so seriously :-)

jokerdino

unfortunately, i have to.

because it is not funny. not a bit

Prasad

12:22

:-)

Prasad

12:33

do anyone know how to make transparent the top panel? this isn't 10.10 but 12.04 gnome fallback.

Shiki

http://askubuntu.com/questions/135462/building-the-latest-ati-driver-fails-for-my-kernel

Any of you familiar with the ATI driver? :3

Prasad

sorry, no

Amith KK

@Prasad you cant do that

jokerdino

@Shiki why is everything in the pastebin :'(

Prasad

@AmithKK because i'm not?

Shiki

12:39

What else should I use @jokerdino? Oo

jokerdino

i am so lazy to click the links XD

Shiki

oh. ÉD

:D

jokerdino

graphics driver are always in a mess :(

Amith KK

eats popcorn

jokerdino

@amith You should know the graphics driver very well

Right? :D

Amith KK

12:43

ATI?

jokerdino

Yeah?

Amith KK

Nope

Shiki

previous installs been a success (surprisingly), but this one failed. and I have no idea why.

guess it's something trivial

jokerdino

Hmm, do we support non default kernels?

3.3.5 :S

Shiki

yeah but it compiled with the latest kernel last time on Kubuntu...

jokerdino

12:47

if you don't get an answer in the next couple of days, then good luck :)

Shiki

I guess it's a kernel config problem.

jokerdino

yeah sounds like a specific kernel issue

Shiki

maybe I missed something... I'll check soon. (Gentoo's wiki can be really helpful these times: gentoo.org/doc/en/dri-howto.xml)

jokerdino

good luck with that :)

TheX

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

jokerdino

12:55

hola @TheX!

TheX

hello.

Shiki

hey @TheX!

well I did disable a lot of debugging, SELinux, AppArmor code..but hey, who needs them. Gotta go fast.

(Btw the speedup is terrific. The new scheduler (BFS), the deadline I/O, the 1000hz and the preempt kernel. It's just awesome. I'll put up some kernels like this to my PPA.)

jokerdino

that would be nice of you :)

@TheX superuser.com/questions/154058/… can you verify if it still works for you?

assuming you are on Windows currently

letting aking take the centre stage now..

aking1012

13:16

stage? what stage....i just woke up

jrg

Dang, you guys are all busy.

Shiki

:)

aking1012

@Shiki nice blog link on the profile page btw

Shiki

is there something like that?

which page? :)

jrg

@Shiki which instructions are you following?

TheX

13:20

@jokerdino sorry got called away from my computer

Shiki

Uhm nothing really. I just grabbed the patchset, patched the latest kernel and set the usual. But I made sure the wifi driver, the DRM and the other things get into the kernel. (But I didn't want to spend too much time configuring it.)

Lazyness won't always pay off. :(

aking1012

Shiki

Oh, that domain died, sorry about that.

jrg

St. Louis feels like hell, warm and deserted :/ Missing Europe and home.

Tweeted by bpereira81 on May 7, 2012 at 1:43 PM

aking1012

i thought the domain name was funny

jrg

13:21

poor Bruno.

Shiki

It was just a bunch of tips and stuff. I'll move the entries to a blogspot page or something. I'm lazy to maintain even a single blog

TheX

@Shiki I disagree, laziness always pays off :=P

Shiki

But this time it didn't. :/

aking1012

blog.fandotech.com/in-the-world-of-it-laziness-is-a-virtue

jrg

Just another PSA: For those of you flagging as 'too localized' or 'off-topic', please dump them in Ubuntu Regulators instead of in flags. Flags aren't really suited for stuff like that, and the mods are watching the close votes anyway. :)

4

TheX

13:22

then you didn't do laziness right then.

jokerdino

@thex it's fine. :)

TheX

@jokerdino I didn't even know there was a tomboy for windows...

jrg

(I hate giving PSAs.)

jokerdino

Windows feel alien. :S

TheX

I like windows... it is so pretty outside...

jokerdino

13:24

:)

jrg

Who needs windows? I just don't have walls.

TheX

@jrg how do you stay warm in the winter?

Shiki

the Gentoo wiki has failed on me. all the listed options are enabled in my kernel too. :(

TheX

@jrg btw I will be driving by your house this summer...

I'll wave...

jrg

I'm a bear.

aking1012

13:27

Oh, I thought you meant you lived in one of these

TheX

I'll throw honey at you then

jrg

@aking1012 I wish.

jokerdino

@jrg Not Bear Grylls, right?

jrg

@jokerdino No.

wow, we need to get you over here in the US for like a week

and we'll have you watch star wars, star trek, the muppets...

and then you'll be edumacated. ;P

TheX

OMG you could watch star trek for years and still never finish

jokerdino

13:29

Jeez

Is this some kind of a plan to do wicked things to me? @.@

jrg

Perhaps. >_>

aking1012

@TheX everything after next generation doesn't count

TheX

@jokerdino yes we are going to plunder your village, and rape your women and eat your childeren

jrg

@aking1012 IDK, ST: Enterprise was pretty good - well, the first season was.

TheX

@aking1012 yeah but there is a lot before that...

jokerdino

13:30

just jk :S

aking1012

@jrg valid

jokerdino

i need to fix all the outdated crapware on Windows 7.

jrg

@aking1012 The Pilot of VOY was also good, but it went downhill after that.

so i guess you're right.

TheX

@jokerdino just uninstall it...

it will be better that way.

aking1012

@jokerdino first thing i do when repairing windows for someone(no not just install ubuntu) -- download any extra drivers they need and make a slipstreamed updates and drivers dvd. backup data and software with alohabob. reinstall. give them the slipstreamed dvd

TheX

13:35

@aking1012 actually the first thing I do is clone their current hard disc...

so if anything goes bad I can revert it back to its original condition.

aking1012

clone might be a good idea, but alohabob is usually pretty awesome

jokerdino

fair enough. but i am just updating all my software

jrg

i just groan and run.

2

jokerdino

eg firefox, chrome, vlc. etc.

TheX

Actually even before I clone it, I stick an extra gig or 2 of ram in it (depending on how much ram the machine already has)

of course I take the ram out when I am done...

aking1012

13:37

You mean you don't just slave it to your own box? I find that is way faster

TheX

@aking1012 depends...

@aking1012 I have a micro-tower so it is a bit harder that way

and only room for one hard drive

aking1012

Ah.../me has a at/atx mid-tower

TheX

Yeah my Media Center PC is...

but that doesn't really help...

The only thing installed on it is XBMC

hooked up to my HD tv... twit.tv has never looked so beautiful

jrg

shiny toys huh?

aking1012

must spend budget so don't lose budget...and in-ability of some staff to maintain

jrg

13:43

Fair enough

TheX

I guess I am lucky.. there are only 2 people that work in my dept. and I only see my boss once or 2 a month....

So I just do whatever I want/need to do...

htorque

@fossfreedom maybe you can get the right package with

sudo dpkg -S /usr/lib/*/engines/libpixmap.so

TheX

email the boss if I need something... like a new iPad...

oh that is actually a good idea...

jokerdino

o.O

htorque

lib[warning].so

Shiki

13:46

@TheX Back in the past, that was only a dream. :)

jokerdino

projects.gnome.org/tomboy/download.html - i am confused. what is the current stable release for windows?

gentmatt

Question: When I run >>> lspci | grep VGA<<<I only get >>>01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Seymour [Radeon HD 6400M Series]<<< Does this mean that the integrated graphics are not recognized?

aking1012

sometimes intel doesn't show up when you grep VGA

grep vid

gentmatt

Ok. How then can I verify that Ubuntu knows that my CPU offers integrated graphics?

@aking1012 do you mean lspci | grep vid?

It does not show anything. In fact, nothing indicated my Intel HD 3000 graphics when running lspci.

aking1012

@gentmatt intel should show up under lspci | grep vid, or Vid...it used to anyway

jrg

13:56

lspci | grep Graphics ?

htorque

grep VGA :P

jrg

or VGA, except that macs don't have VGA ports

htorque

afaik it's just a name ("VGA compatible controller")

jokerdino

ok, i think i sorted this Tomboy mess in Windows

I wonder which note I replaced incorrectly and which I deleted :S

gentmatt

matthias@matthias:~$ lspci | grep Vid
matthias@matthias:~$ lspci | grep vid
matthias@matthias:~$ lspci | grep Graphics
matthias@matthias:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller (rev 09)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200/2nd Generation Core Processor Family PCI Express Root Port (rev 09)
00:01.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200/2nd Generation Core Processor Family PCI Express Root Port (rev 09)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)

I guess my integrated graphics are not known? :(

aking1012

14:03

Here's a question about a similar setup: askubuntu.com/questions/95459/…

Are you sure you didn't already disable it in BIOS to get your video working right in the first place?

gentmatt

This is really troubling to me, because my Macbook Pro runs quite hot just during normal usage. But the battery degrades exponentially faster with increasing temperatures. This is damaging to the hardware. And the Macs have very good batteries.

@aking1012 Not that I'm aware of. I only installed proprietary drivers using this default program that advices you to do just that.

aking1012

okay. there are bug-reports all over launchpad about both ATI and Nvidia running hot on 12.04. i was just asking since it seemed a reasonable question

gentmatt

Well, thanks for the link. This is the same hardware.

jrg

@aking1012 interesting, i don't have my ATI card running hot.

aking1012

neither does mine. i think it's related to some specific cards

jokerdino

14:11

DIY hackers? - tuxradar.com/content/learn-hack

Amith KK

@jokerdino You called?

jokerdino

heh

gentmatt

@psusi Now, that's an irritating name :)

jrg

so it's more or less just metasploit @jokerdino

jokerdino

probably yeah

jrg

14:15

> was also surprised the social engineering portion of this article was so small...

yeah, let me tell you - social engineering is your biggest concern as an infosec person, not your software.

because you can fix a bug in software - but you can't fix stupid people.

(or even smart people who are deceived.)

aking1012

device giveaway <-- biggest concern

jrg

same thing as social engineering imo.

Amith KK

That is social engineering

aking1012

same. but who doesn't turn on the shiny iPad-like thing they get in inter-office mail?

Amith KK

Exactly

The company should be giving everybody iPads instead

jokerdino

14:19

Smart suggestion ;-)

Amith KK

Wait a second

How did they make Titanic 3d in HD?.....

It wasn't reshot

jrg

They cheated and made sucky 3D

Amith KK

How could they make things that they dont have footage?

@jrg 18 million :-O

aking1012

@AmithKK Edge solvers and depth guessers based on scale

+ humans to adjust lots of results

Only part of that I want to see in 3D is right at the end where the guy falls and bounces off the propeller

jokerdino

sadist

but i thought that part was quite realistically depicted.

Amith KK

14:32

@aking1012 lol

Propeller?

I didn't see the movie

jokerdino

Rep count: 7373.

Amith KK

Heya @lazyPower

jokerdino

Yay! Thanks @jrg. :)

lazyPower

o/

jokerdino

o/

aking1012

14:33

o/

jrg

Waht?

lazyPower

just dropping in, packing to head out on vacation

Amith KK

@jokerdino Really?

jokerdino

vacation~

jrg

@jokerdino when did I do anything?

jokerdino

14:34

@AmithKK Dood :'(

@jrg not you? i thought it was you who upvoted. Sorry for the confusion then.

jrg

not me.

Amith KK

I did though

jokerdino

both of them? thanks and no thanks.

Amith KK

Nope

jokerdino

Whispers in-abominable words

Amith KK

14:36

I did none

jokerdino

i should have just kept my mouth shut. like always

@AmithKK ok i took a screenshot already

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bind mounting read-only using fstab on Ubuntu? http://askubuntu.com/questions/135496/bind-mounting-read-only-using-fstab-on-ubuntu?atw=1 #mount

Tweeted by StackUbuntu on May 11, 2012 at 2:14 PM

Amith KK

@jokerdino Reupvoted

jokerdino

:P thanks

Amith KK

@jokerdino np

aking1012

14:57

ooh backspace in shortcuts to clear a shortcut. nice.

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