Ubuntu IRC Logs 2011.11.27

[21:42:32] <reisio> usr13: ew
[21:42:39] <usr13> why>?
[21:42:54] <reisio> usr13: going to random websites to fetch software, it’s so… Windowsy and needless
[21:42:55] <ksx4system> I need to add two different LiveCDs as my boot options (and no, I can’t use bare CDs since it’s a netbook and I don’t have USB CD/DVD drive)
[21:43:04] <reisio> ksx4system: I know you can do it
[21:43:05] <ayrton_> almoxarife i got the .deb package from your link and when i try to install it wont let me press the install butten in the software center
[21:43:09] <reisio> ksx4system: I assume there are decent howtos
[21:43:15] <ruser> ksx4system: mount the isos?
[21:43:40] <iuriguilherme> ksx4system: well you may use usb drives instead of cds
[21:44:09] <iuriguilherme> ksx4system: but making grub booting isos is easier if you extract the files
[21:44:11] <almoxarife> ayrton_: got the deb? you did what? dowload?
[21:44:16] <ayrton_> yes
[21:44:23] <ayrton_> almoxarife
[21:44:46] <usr13> reisio: Not really. https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads
[21:44:50] <iuriguilherme> ksx4system: there may be good tips at pendrivelinux.com
[21:45:02] <reisio> usr13: not really what?
[21:45:19] <reisio> sudo apt-get install virtualbox, done
[21:45:51] <ksx4system> reisio: erm… one more time ’cause you’ve missed the point
[21:45:57] <almoxarife> ayrton_: I don’t use software center, so I am useless as to why it would or would not allow something to happen, you might want to install gdebi, simpler and no overhead for local installs
[21:46:15] <ksx4system> I need to boot the *hardware* (yes, netbook itself – not a VM) from the iso using GRUB
[21:46:42] <reisio> ksx4system: vm stuff wasn’t to you, did you see your name? :p
[21:46:58] <ksx4system> reisio: omg fail…
[21:47:08] ksx4system should get some sleep or something
[21:47:11] <ubuntunewbie> hello all. crazy question: it is possible/wise to be running in LiveCD mode (on usb drive) to build *another* LiveCD on a 2nd usb drive?
[21:47:15] <reisio> ksx4system: http://www.google.com/search?q=%22grub2%22%20%22boot%20iso%22 go forth
[21:47:18] <usr13> reisio: Well, yea, your right.
[21:47:25] <ruser> i require help getting my windows to boot. I have an ubuntu laptop whcih used to be dual boot win xp and ubuntu, i borked the paritions, now i recovered it but i can’t seem to boot into windows. gru<reisio> ubuntunewbie: if you’ve got the space, I don’t see a problem
[21:47:38] <PacketPenguin> I have the most current ipod touch with the firmware it 5. ssomething. Is there any program that will write to it like itunes, I know that older ipods work w/ rythmnbox and amorok, but have <usr13> ruser: Which partition is it?
[21:48:05] <ubuntunewbie> reisio: 4GB thumbdrive is the active LiveCD image. enough space to write to 2nd 4gb drive?
[21:48:14] <usr13> ruser: /dev/???
[21:48:20] <ksx4system> reisio: not funny, I should write a script which sends pm “stfu right now!” to people tellin’ me to google something
[21:48:30] <reisio> ubuntunewbie: just depends on what you’re doing, it might be
[21:48:42] <reisio> ksx4system: but I didn’t tell you to google something
[21:49:04] <reisio> in fact I all but wiped your butt for you
[21:49:09] <reisio> you are welcome
[21:49:32] <ubuntunewbie> reisio: fair enough. I found what looks to be a good walkthru online for building a custom live CD. I’ll give it a whirl. figured I’d ask the chatroom first to make sure no one tells me to bac<ruser> usr13: NTFS? /dev/sda7 iirc
[21:49:42] <Guest85160> theres a way to fix this E: Could not get lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock – open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable) E: Unable to lock the download directory
[21:50:02] <usr13> ruser: So your MS Windows install is on /dev/sda7 ?
[21:50:06] <ayrton_> almoxarife i get Error: Dependency is not satisfiable: libegl1-mesa (= 7.11-0ubuntu3) when trying to install the package with gdebi
[21:50:11] <reisio> ubuntunewbie: it’s possible the howto assumes you are using an installed environtment, that could get you into trouble
[21:50:17] <usr13> ruser: Is that correct?
[21:50:21] <reisio> ubuntunewbie: possibly not, however
[21:50:22] <ksx4system> reisio: oh, really? go and read your last message including link to something in google.com domain
[21:50:29] <somsip> Guest85160: run the same command with ‘sudo’ at the start
[21:50:41] <reisio> ksx4system: I don’t see me saying for you to google anything in that message
[21:51:07] <ubuntunewbie> reisio: by reading the walkthru, it implicitly assumes you’re running an installed environment. not sure if anyone has written a walkthru for LiveCD-to-LiveCD
[21:51:11] <usr13> ruser: What does “iirc” mean?
[21:51:19] <ruser> usr13: if i recall correctly
[21:51:24] <ruser> usr13: i’m validating this right now
[21:51:24] <almoxarife> ayrton_: I remember you telling me there was no 7.11 for natty, yet there you are with a 7.11, which came from? oneric?
[21:51:32] <reisio> ubuntunewbie: not sure why someone would
[21:51:51] <usr13> reisio: sudo fdisk -l |pastebinit #And send resulting URL
[21:52:04] <reisio> ruser: ^
[21:52:15] <ubuntunewbie> reisio: it’s a long story. trying to rescue parent’s computer. I had an old live cd (8.04) that I used to build a 10.04 live USB
[21:52:27] <usr13> ruser: sudo fdisk -l |pastebinit #And send resulting URL
[21:52:35] <ruser> usr13: it’s on sda6
[21:52:38] <blind> Hi, my monitor goes to 1280×1024 when using Windows, but Ubuntu only goes up to 1024×768 – how can I remedy this? using an integrated intel 945GM
[21:52:39] <reisio> ubuntunewbie: you can’t just image a new one?
[21:52:50] <ruser> usr13: i was just booting into laptop to validate
[21:53:05] <ayrton_> ah ok i see it its no for 11.04
[21:53:12] <ubuntunewbie> reisio: now I’m running from the live USB and trying to build them a “long-term” liveUSB to run. their Win machine is hosed, but I can’t wipe the hard drive
[21:53:44] <PacketPenguin> current ipod writable in 11.10 people?
[21:53:47] <KM0201> ubuntulog: so partition the drive and dual boot it?
[21:54:00] <Jedi_0481> Guys can you help me to install guest operating system in ubuntu server 10.10?
[21:54:06] <ayrton_> back to compiling i guess almoxarife
[21:54:10] <reisio> ubuntunewbie: ah
[21:54:14] <ubuntunewbie> reisio: in a perfect world, I’ll end up with a custom live USB they can run. I’m running the factory live USB that wants to try/install & doesn’t have flash yadda yadda
[21:54:19] <reisio> ubuntunewbie: can’t you just get a new hard drive?
[21:54:42] <KM0201> Jedi_0481: what do you mean “a guest operating system in ubuntu server”
[21:54:43] <c3ll> jedi what kind of server are you trying to install?
[21:54:58] <c3ll> woops, totally misread that
[21:55:07] <ruser> usr13: http://nopaste.info/6daa9fd36b.html
[21:55:18] <ayrton_> and back to figure out how to compile it !!! grr
[21:55:31] <ubuntunewbie> reisio: I may end up doing that & putting the old one in an external bay .I want them using ubuntu to read into the old drive and get what they need. can’t just wipe it, but Win7 is h.o.s.e.d <ayrton_> almoxarife
[21:55:46] <ruser> usr13: as i was saying sda6
[21:56:14] <reisio> ubuntunewbie: right
[21:56:15] <ubuntunewbie> reisio: they insist on long-term read only access to the old drive. so a wipe isn’t an option, but I don’t want any windows system ever touching it again b/c it is crawling w/ something nasty<reisio> ubuntunewbie: can’t help but think your time would be better spent getting another hard drive, for the interim or not
[21:56:49] <reisio> so don’t hook it up to a windows system
[21:57:28] <ubuntunewbie> reisio: arg. I suspected as much. I’m not a command line guru at all. i have my naive faith in ubuntu, but have never really looked under the hood or hacked around. I guess I was hoping for “l<usr13> ruser: So, how did it get on sda6 ?
[21:58:01] <Jedi_0481> please add me as a buddy, I am now ready to install guest operating…but I don’t know how to do it…
[21:58:40] <usr13> ruser: Looks to me like you’ve saddled a dead horse.
[21:58:52] <ruser> usr13: i intalled it there 3 years ago? extended partitions
[21:59:34] <usr13> ruser: I do not think you will be able to boot MS Windows from /dev/sda6 (needs to be /dev/sda1)
[21:59:56] <ruser> usr13: lol, it worked fine for last 3 years
[22:00:04] <ruser> usr13: till i borked the partitioning
[22:00:19] <usr13> Does anyone else have any advise for ruser ?
[22:01:06] <amirwebdev2> where i can add a startup script to my boot before its asks for the session manager?
[22:01:13] <reisio> ubuntunewbie: mmmmmm…..
[22:01:23] <reisio> ubuntunewbie: you can create a persistent storage space with unetbootin and the like
[22:01:32] <usr13> ruser: You’ve saddled a dead horse.
[22:01:38] <reisio> ubuntunewbie: but if you’re going to go and get a hard drive tomorrow, you’re wasting your time tonight
[22:02:12] <ubuntunewbie> reisio: yeah. I think I’m going to call this one a non-starter. I very much appreciate the advice
[22:02:27] <reisio> ruser: did you paste your grub config?
[22:02:36] <reisio> ubuntunewbie: np
[22:03:21] <Jordan_U> ruser: What is the output of “sudo os-prober”?
[22:03:22] <ruser> usr13: as i said it worked just fine before, here is my output of fdisk 3 years ago http://nopaste.info/15d3aba04d.html
[22:03:26] <ruser> Jordan_U: nothing
[22:03:33] <Jedi_048> Guys can you help me to install guest operating system in ubuntu server 10.10?
[22:03:51] <KM0201> Jedi_048: i have asked you 3x to elaborate on what you want to do, because that question makes no sense.
[22:04:05] <reisio> Jedi_048: we can, if you explain
[22:04:22] <Jordan_U> ruser: Then your Windows install is likely still broken. Once it’s fixed “sudo update-grub” should add an entry for it automatically.
[22:04:28] <nevyn> Jedi_048: which virtualisation stack do you want to use?
[22:04:52] <ruser> Jordan_U: i would disagree. it doesn’t list linux either
[22:05:03] <nevyn> Jedi_048: and what guest os do you want to install?
[22:05:14] <Jordan_U> ruser: os-prober only lists operating systems other than the one the command is being run from.
[22:07:15] <Jedi_048> Sorry guys, I just kept on disconnecting…
[22:07:19] <Jedi_048> anyway…
[22:07:48] <Jedi_048> I got ubuntu server 10.10 installed as a Virtual Machine Host…
[22:08:01] <Jedi_048> now I need to install Guest OS on it….
[22:08:07] <Jedi_048> how am I gonna do it?
[22:08:39] <ruser> okay, i guess i’m going to have to poke around the paritioning again
[22:08:48] <Jedi_048> @ nevyn: still got no idea about ubuntu virtual machine host…
[22:09:19] <Jedi_048> but I did installed it as virtual machine host using the ubuntu server 10.10 installer…
[22:09:53] <Jedi_048> @nevyn: I want to install windows server 2003 as guest OS if possible…
[22:10:16] <Hilikus> is it possible to integrate the unity dash home to search for music in an MPD server? there’s a section for music, but it looks like it searches locally only
[22:10:31] <reisio> Hilikus: course
[22:10:39] <Eredien> I am using UNetBootin and the process keeps failing when it goes to configure the network–skipping doesn’t help since then it obviously can’t download the ubuntu files from the mirror. First it as<marcelofroes> hi guys. i am trying to get a shellscript running. but looks like i am having the most simplest of prblems when running.
[22:11:17] <marcelofroes> mayve pipe
[22:11:22] <marcelofroes> here is the script
[22:11:23] <marcelofroes> http://pastebin.com/mHrHiJyM
[22:11:29] <Hilikus> reisio: course what?
[22:11:52] <marcelofroes> the script just runs a `ls -la | grep a`
[22:12:03] <Pici> Jedi_048: You may want to take a look at the following, I’ve followed it successfully in the past: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/KVM
[22:12:23] <Jedi_048> 1
[22:12:29] <Pici> Jedi_048: the virt-host task that you installed during the installation contains the kvm stack which is used there.
[22:13:04] <reisio> Hilikus: (of) course it is possible to integrate the unity dash home to search for music in an MPD server
[22:13:17] <Jimmy_Kash> hey how can you skip a checkdisk. If i ctrl+c it just asks for admin pass and then reboots automatically and does the same thing
[22:13:28] <Hilikus> reisio: how?
[22:13:44] <qin> marcelofroes: xxx=$(ls -la | grep D); echo $xxx
[22:13:44] <reisio> Jimmy_Kash: you shouldn’t, really
[22:13:56] <reisio> Hilikus: no idea
[22:14:06] <reisio> Hilikus: couldn’t be that hard
[22:14:25] <Hilikus> reisio: ok
[22:14:29] <Eredien> Can anyone help me find the IP address for my computer when I can
[22:14:43] <reisio> Hilikus: might want to ask the mpd guys about it
[22:14:56] <Eredien> ‘t can’t get to terminal and am using unetbootin?
[22:14:57] <reisio> Hilikus: they embrace so many frontends already
[22:15:22] <chaospsychex> thumbs up if ya use 10.10!!!
[22:15:28] <marcelofroes> qin, it gives me an error like that `REV_CMD_LINE=(ls -la | grep a);’
[22:16:46] <qin> marcelofroes: typo, missing $, foo=$(bar)
[22:16:57] <ruser> okay, here is more complex question. I’ve done a full disk dump (dd) of my harddrive before i started mucking about with my paritions and such. how can i recover a section of that said file?
[22:17:08] <scottj> if there’s no /etc/X11/xorg.conf is there another place where Ubuntu might have one or does xorg just detect stuff when it loads?
[22:19:24] <marcelofroes> qin, but that would execute the command and insert inside the variable the result, correct ? i would like to put the String there, and then, execute the command insithe the string
[22:19:34] <Jedi_048> guys, there it is…
[22:19:50] <Jedi_048> need more info on what am I gonna do?
[22:20:12] <qin> marcelofroes: Maybe /join #bash, since you may need more detailed help.
[22:20:32] <phrostbite> It’s been a while since I have used ubuntu and I forget what that package is called to play mp3s and flash and stuff
[22:20:35] <marcelofroes> example…. the script does a tree, then depending on input, concats, grep a, then grep b, etc. and on the end would execute it