| 00:00.08 | Guerin | tony: I know it seems strange, but that's the truth. |
| 00:00.20 | tony | Guerin , do you have any idea why my pxe boot continues to be mounted read-only? |
| 00:00.52 | Guerin | tony: I blame root_squash |
| 00:00.53 | scol | so which package must i install so that everythings (including the dev files) are installed..i always get any dependencies errors or apt wants to deinstall other apps |
| 00:01.02 | nix | ok...with libmotif3 working! |
| 00:01.08 | tony | Guerin, oh yeah? I need to take that out of /etc/exports?????? |
| 00:01.20 | Guerin | scol: apt-get install auto-apt; man auto-apt |
| 00:01.24 | Guerin | tony: man exports |
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| 00:02.20 | InKubus | merry xmas from gmt+0 |
| 00:02.56 | rand | how do i move over to a grub boot loader instead of lilo? |
| 00:03.14 | galois | InKubus: same to you |
| 00:03.16 | mwilson | rand: What makes you think you need to? |
| 00:03.25 | InKubus | ty ;) |
| 00:03.56 | galois | what is teh command to show kernel version? |
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| 00:04.05 | cafuego | uname -a |
| 00:04.09 | galois | cafuego: thanks |
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| 00:04.54 | addNtoX | hohoho merry christmas :) |
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| 00:05.06 | ratonn | ?: When /dev/1 is mount on / and contains /boot and /dev/2 is mounted on /boot what happens? |
| 00:05.06 | rand | mwilson: when i try to downgrade kernels it's hanging while installing the boot laoder, as the boot loader is asking a question that requires a y/n answer |
| 00:05.48 | cafuego | rand: Do answer its question. |
| 00:05.54 | cafuego | s/Do/So/ |
| 00:05.55 | rand | cafuego: i can't |
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| 00:06.06 | cafuego | Because....? |
| 00:06.15 | rand | it's in the background, the only reason i know it's asking a question is because i read the log when it fails |
| 00:06.20 | rand | or when i ctrl c it |
| 00:06.21 | nix | hi...again |
| 00:06.24 | rand | after 3 days |
| 00:06.25 | rand | :) |
| 00:06.31 | saba | anyyone here using a good sound card? I am trying to get the snd-ice1712 module loaded so that I can use my terratec dmx6 sound card; when I do modprobe snd-ice1712 I get a module install error; is there a way to install the module? |
| 00:06.31 | cafuego | Then edit the postinst script |
| 00:06.32 | herbi | bob2, whats the US equivalent of the csiro? |
| 00:06.42 | rand | cafuego: where would that be? |
| 00:06.46 | nix | i simple question... how can disinstall a program? |
| 00:06.55 | cafuego | rand: /var/lib/dpkg/info/<package>.postinst |
| 00:06.58 | RichiH | apt-get remove foo |
| 00:06.58 | rand | nix: apt-get remove bla |
| 00:06.59 | sgeigerbot | saba: is that the right module for your card? |
| 00:07.11 | rand | cafuego: k, lemme try that |
| 00:07.12 | cat | !slipknot |
| 00:07.12 | dpkg | slipknot are a bunch of mean ass fuckers who scare most people and are gods to others |
| 00:07.24 | Guerin | haha |
| 00:07.24 | nix | ok |
| 00:07.30 | cat | ;P |
| 00:07.32 | saba | sgeigerbot, yes... I found out at www.alsa-project.org |
| 00:07.38 | cafuego | herbi: They don't have one. The CSIRO is focused on non-milirary research. In the US it's all about blowing shit up. |
| 00:07.58 | cafuego | s/shit/people/ |
| 00:08.00 | sgeigerbot | !+slipknot is also a.k.a., lamers |
| 00:08.01 | dpkg | okay, sgeigerbot |
| 00:08.01 | Guerin | herbi: maybe NIST |
| 00:08.07 | RichiH | dpkg: slipknot is also wait and bleed was ok, but iowa SUCKED! the new one is rumored to be better |
| 00:08.07 | dpkg | RichiH: okay |
| 00:08.08 | Guerin | sgeigerbot++ |
| 00:08.23 | sgeigerbot | Guerin: :-) |
| 00:08.53 | cafuego | Aren't slipknot the band that are so ugly they ahd to wear ugly masks to me 'em look prettier? |
| 00:08.55 | cat | now i got everyone talking about slipknot |
| 00:09.00 | sgeigerbot | Guerin: tell that to dpkg. I need the karma. Someone stole my mojo. |
| 00:09.00 | cafuego | s/me/em/ |
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| 00:10.08 | Guerin | !sgeigerbot++ |
| 00:10.15 | sgeigerbot | :-) |
| 00:10.15 | cat | !tell squeegeeman about root |
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| 00:10.20 | RichiH | cafuego: they needed something to be different fast when they had their first gig. now they are stuck with the masks |
| 00:10.29 | Guerin | sgeigerbot: I got my mojo workin' but it just can't work on dpkg...' |
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| 00:10.50 | cafuego | RichiH: An aussie band called TISM has been doing that for YEARS (if not decades) |
| 00:10.50 | sgeigerbot | !karma sgeigerbot |
| 00:10.50 | dpkg | sgeigerbot has karma of 2 |
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| 00:10.51 | cat | !juvenile |
| 00:10.53 | squeegeeman | yeah yeah, honest mistake |
| 00:10.56 | sgeigerbot | !Guerin++ |
| 00:11.01 | Guerin | heh |
| 00:11.06 | Guerin | k4rm4 w4rz |
| 00:11.11 | squeegeeman | I forgot I had gone root to apt-get BitchX |
| 00:11.20 | saba | sgeigerbot, would you know how to setup a kernel to use the ice1712 module for this soundcard? am I supposed to disable OSS? |
| 00:11.24 | cafuego | squeegeeman: double bad |
| 00:11.44 | sgeigerbot | saba: sounds goooooooooogible |
| 00:11.49 | cafuego | If you're going to irc as root, at least use irssi. |
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| 00:12.49 | squeegeeman | heres a quick one, see if it is a known problem: trying to get nvidia accelaration working, following the howto dpkg pointed me to. Everything goes fine until it tried to modprobe the nvidia kernel. It fails with "nvidia: Unknown symbol __VMALLOC_RESERVE |
| 00:12.59 | RichiH | cafuego: iiitt waasnomyde,t was theirs :) |
| 00:13.09 | calin__ | aahhh, many users! |
| 00:13.11 | calin__ | lol |
| 00:13.12 | squeegeeman | i usualy don't irc from a console, and BitchX is the only app for it I know off the top of my head |
| 00:13.22 | calin__ | yes, bitchx, easy to use |
| 00:13.25 | calin__ | and colorful |
| 00:13.29 | cat | irssi is better |
| 00:13.30 | saba | if I install a sound card, how would I confirm in debian that it is available to use? |
| 00:13.31 | mwilson | and crap |
| 00:13.44 | RichiH | whoa, /me pokes ssh session with a stick |
| 00:13.45 | kenboo | how to create an ip alias? |
| 00:13.47 | Guerin | cheerio people |
| 00:13.50 | calin__ | saba cat ~/* > /dev/audio ? |
| 00:13.51 | Guerin | I'm off to the pub |
| 00:13.52 | squeegeeman | Im sure there are better apps, but for the once a year or so I irc from console, is it worth learning a new one? |
| 00:13.56 | RichiH | cafuego: it was not my idea, it was theirs |
| 00:14.01 | saba | calin__, thx!! |
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| 00:14.13 | Guerin | merry commercialised pagan-chrisstian holiday everyone |
| 00:14.26 | tome | !mery |
| 00:14.26 | mwilson | It's not like there's any decent X IRC clients. |
| 00:14.29 | tome | !merry |
| 00:14.40 | squeegeeman | mwilson true, but I use and indecent one |
| 00:14.51 | saba | calin__, no such device |
| 00:14.58 | usuario | how can I tell if I have 3d acceleration enabled and not just 2d acceleration? |
| 00:15.06 | calin__ | iunnoh then |
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| 00:15.35 | Bob | hello |
| 00:15.43 | Bob | what is the dos of linux? |
| 00:15.44 | pingouiin | yo Bob |
| 00:15.52 | usuario | terminal |
| 00:15.53 | meff | usuario: glxgears is a good way to find out. |
| 00:15.58 | Bob | terminal aka Bash? |
| 00:16.02 | calin__ | yes. |
| 00:16.11 | usuario | or zsh ... etc |
| 00:16.16 | calin__ | yeah |
| 00:16.20 | pingouiin | Bob, what do you mean ? |
| 00:16.22 | bob2 | squeegeeman: bug in the nvidia module, wait for it to be updated to whatever kernel you're using |
| 00:16.23 | usuario | the bourne again shell = bash |
| 00:16.36 | squeegeeman | bob2 ah,t hanks |
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| 00:16.47 | pingouiin | you need an Dos emulation ? |
| 00:16.48 | Bob | like in dos i could use commands like.. c: cd system.. copy con .. md rd cls |
| 00:16.54 | pingouiin | hmm |
| 00:17.01 | pingouiin | yeah the Bash |
| 00:17.04 | Bob | ok |
| 00:17.10 | calin__ | I was wondering, how do i specificaly remove a single, repeated char from a text file? |
| 00:17.12 | Bob | its quite an adjustment |
| 00:17.13 | kenboo | how to assign muliple ip address to a nic? |
| 00:17.24 | calin__ | cat filename | **** > filename |
| 00:17.25 | tome | calin__: perl -pi -e 's |
| 00:17.27 | tome | oops |
| 00:17.37 | Bob | in terminal can you explore the different drives and stuff |
| 00:17.42 | Bob | as in dos |
| 00:17.45 | usuario | bob, bash has similar commands has, dir, cd, etc |
| 00:17.47 | calin__ | yes bob, yes |
| 00:17.55 | Bob | how do you change drives |
| 00:17.56 | thoreauputic | Bob: yes |
| 00:18.00 | pingouiin | Bob, open an terminal |
| 00:18.06 | helloyo | Bob, terminal is more powerful |
| 00:18.06 | Bob | to explore i guess the hda1 or so |
| 00:18.08 | tome | calin__: perl -pi -e 's/z+//g' filename will remove all z(repeated z) |
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| 00:18.11 | Bob | really |
| 00:18.12 | thoreauputic | Bob: you need to do some reading ;) |
| 00:18.14 | usuario | there are no "drives" everything starts with "/" ground-zero |
| 00:18.15 | calin__ | thank you |
| 00:18.19 | tome | calin__: do it on a copy of the file |
| 00:18.19 | pingouiin | and type : man ls man cd |
| 00:18.20 | kenboo | uh never mind. i tried ifconfig eth0:0 inet 1.2.3.4 and it worked |
| 00:18.23 | Bob | ok |
| 00:18.25 | LestatSK8 | Alguem ae fala portugues? |
| 00:18.29 | tony | Guerin , it seems to boot fine until it gets to the init, then it starts to complain about 'read-only file system' |
| 00:18.30 | calin__ | tome, what about a meta char or something, it looks like ^@ |
| 00:18.33 | usuario | someone link bob bash basics maybe? |