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00:21.53zimmhi new2unix
00:22.04new2unixhello.  just got in
00:22.22new2unixhow is everyone?
00:22.35dankolbTired
00:23.03new2unixspending hours on irc can take its toll.  i know the feeling.
00:23.11ompheFrustrated and tired, but going to Barthelona tomorrow, so not bad!
00:23.25ompheYourself?
00:23.57new2unixa little pissed. but at least i can make out the keys on this keyboard. :)
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00:38.40ompheI'm off to test a new site from my M$ partition. Yuck.
00:38.53ompheNight to the rest of the insomniacs.
00:38.55new2unixgood luck
00:39.36new2unixnight all
00:46.13dankolb'night all
01:01.40HuhnZzZNN
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01:22.50murbhmm so nobody hardly went to lonix
01:23.00zimmlonix ?
01:25.22murbyes
01:25.25murbit was yesterday evening
01:25.30zimmahh ..
01:25.43zimmno , well as you can probably guess , i didnt go
01:26.19SpudUAwaymurb: You mean hardly anyone from #gllug or hardly anyone at all?
01:33.16murbboth
01:34.35SpudUAwayIt sounded like a really interesting talk, but then, what do I know.
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01:36.30murbit was a bit intersting
01:38.14SpudUAwayCool, so long as it wasn't a totally wasted evening.
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08:56.45highburymorning
08:56.57resuDaed_sshmorning
08:57.26resuDaed_sshhighbury : how do you perform an operation on all files in a directory, but not the subdirectories (ie when using *)
08:58.19Leedsfor i in * ; do if [ -f $i ] ; then do something to $i ; fi ; done
08:58.22Leedsor something like that
08:58.41zacharymorning
08:59.29Leedshi
09:00.22resuDaed_sshit doesn't like 'if'
09:00.30Leedswhat doesn't?
09:00.31resuDaed_sshs/if/fi
09:00.34resuDaed_sshbash
09:01.11Leedsif you just do "for i in * ; do if [ -f $i ] ; then echo $i ; fi ; done" what happens?
09:02.07SpudUAwayLeeds, when are you going to do your Bash talk again?  This installfest???
09:02.10resuDaed_sshsyntax error near unexptected toekn `fi'
09:02.34LeedsresuDaed_ssh: that's very strange
09:03.07resuDaed_sshfor i in * ; do if [ -f $i ] ; echo $i ; fi ; done
09:03.23resuDaed_sshah, I missed the `then'
09:03.28Leedsdoh!
09:03.35resuDaed_sshmy thoughts exactly
09:03.38LeedsSpudUAway: wasn't particularly planning on doing it this time...
09:03.54SpudUAwayBut you will still do it?
09:04.01LeedsI can do it anytime :-)
09:04.18LeedsI should really go through and correct the bugs in the slides first...
09:04.29resuDaed_sshalthough it returns nothing but a new line
09:05.00LeedsresuDaed_ssh: you'll need "" around the $i in the if statement if you've got filenames with spaces in
09:05.18Leedswhat exactly are you entering?
09:05.44resuDaed_sshslack/usr# for i in * ; do if [ -f $i ] ; then du -sch $i ; fi ; done
09:06.01Leedsthere's still no then in there :-)
09:06.22resuDaed_sshyes there is, `then du -sch ...'
09:06.25Leedsand make sure the filter is working first, by using echo - then put the 'payload' in
09:06.41Leedsso let me ask you again - what *exactly* are you entering?
09:07.14resuDaed_sshI am entering ... slack/usr# for i in * ; do if [ -f $i ] ; then du -sch $i ; fi ; done
09:07.27Leedsin which case there's no then in that line!
09:08.06Leedsokay...
09:08.09LeedsI'm half asleep
09:08.11Leedssorry
09:08.31Leedsdo it with the echo first to make sure it's picking up the right list of stuff
09:09.04SpudUAwayYou are calling the script while in a directory that has files in it, aren't you, resuDaed?
09:09.10resuDaed_sshno difference, but there is a `then'
09:09.11resuDaed_sshfor i in * ; do if [ -f $i ] ; then echo $i ; fi ;
09:09.35Leedsand what does "ls -F" give you in that directory
09:09.44resuDaed_sshdidn't mean to paste the last post :-)
09:10.14resuDaed_sshthe directory contents, it is a cut down version of /usr
09:10.32Leedsdoes it have any files in it?
09:10.39resuDaed_sshyes, many files
09:10.42Leedsmy /usr doesn't
09:10.52Leedsdo you mean that you want to recurse through all the sub-directories?
09:10.58Leedsyou didn't say that...
09:11.35resuDaed_sshyes, I see the mis-communication now ... I want to parse only the subdirectorys in that level (ie /usr/*/)
09:11.42Leedsin which case...
09:11.47Leedsfind . -type f
09:13.13resuDaed_sshI want to run `du -sch' on the only the subdirectories of that level, not their sub directories also
09:13.44resuDaed_ssh(the directories in usr, but not recursive)
09:14.08Leedswhat?
09:14.13Leedstry some pseudo-code...
09:15.22resuDaed_sshdu -sch will return the sizes of each directory (including sub directories), but I don't want to see the results of the subdirectories also
09:16.16Leedsdoesn't -S do what you want?
09:17.07resuDaed_sshno because it runs recursivly
09:17.09dank_workMorning
09:17.16resuDaed_sshmorning dank_work
09:17.45TarragonMorning
09:18.33LeedsI'd probably do it by hand...
09:19.09resuDaed_sshbasically I am trying to get an entire distro down to under 32MB
09:19.27Leedshow about familiar...
09:19.54Leedssince I'm in the middle of installing it :-)
09:21.06resuDaed_sshURI?
09:21.33resuDaed_sshit needs to run on a 386/4MB
09:22.13Leedsuh...
09:22.19Leedsit's the iPAQ distro...
09:22.34Leedsbest bet for something that old is probably something like slackware 3
09:22.53Leedsor minix...
09:22.55resuDaed_sshthis is slack, but I just need to find out what is taking space
09:23.09Leedsyou have rm -rf /usr/doc, right?
09:23.13resuDaed_sshyes
09:23.17resuDaed_sshand usr/man
09:23.20Leedsand /usr/man and most of /usr/share
09:23.28highburydu -sch */*
09:24.04resuDaed_sshdoh!!! du -sch */ :-)
09:24.09resuDaed_sshnow I feel stupid
09:24.36resuDaed_sshah well, streched your brain muscules anyway
09:24.38resuDaed_sshg2g
09:24.42highburyunusual to see you around leeds, been busy this year
09:24.54Leedsyeah, busy
09:26.01highburydid, you find out whether there's a way to download the Solaris 9 X86, witch having to pay $20 + customs duty?
09:26.31Leedswitch?
09:26.50highburys/witch/without/
09:26.57LeedsI'm working on getting hold of some 'promotional' copies... but you've got to buy it for now
09:28.34Leedsit *is* a commercial product... not a freebie
09:30.32Leedsit's a free license...  not a free physical distribution
09:30.58zacharyI can get around the customs duty. I have an adress over hear that is an extension of the usps.
09:31.40LeedsI can get around the customs duty - I can just download it!
09:32.17highburythanks zachary. But the point was when I bought Solaris 8, I didn't expect to get stiffed for Customs duty, the web page definitely misled
09:33.04highburyone would have expected the Sun UK to make some sort of provision for shipping over the media, like it does for the rest of the product line
09:34.08highburyand why is the sparc download free and not the x86
09:35.21Leedsbecause over a million people downloaded s8 for x86, and most of them didn't pay a penny to do so...  if you've got a SPARC box, you're almost by definition a customer of ours, but if you've just got a generic x86 box, we don't want to pay to give you software
09:35.53highburyyep, I understand
09:37.26highburyThey should still at least make a comment, that the $20 includes or doesn't include any customs duty
09:37.51Leedswhy is duty an issue?
09:38.15LeedsI thought it didn't apply to items costing less than £18 - and I would assume it didn't apply to download anyway
09:38.40Leedsibot change 20 usd to gbp
09:39.00resuDaed_sshback, I've been refered to physio, wahey
09:39.08resuDaed_ssh(bout bloddy time too)
09:39.46highburyLeeds: it *shouldn't* but I've been bitten once before
09:39.57highburywith Solx86
09:40.43Leedshighbury: was that with buying a phsyical media kit though?
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09:41.35resuDaed_sshthere are 12M in usr/share/locale, I am assuming I whouldn't need more then uk (and maybe us)
09:41.41armijn'llo
09:41.43highburyyes, that's true. Actually if I was seriously interested, I'd order the full media kit anyway for Solaris 9, which I know this time I'll get stung for, unless Sun make some UK provision
09:41.53resuDaed_sshhi armijn
09:42.20armijnso, I've seen a few faces on FOSDEM, but now I gotta link these to nicknames :)
09:42.35dank_workresuDaed_ssh wasn't as FOSDEM
09:42.43dank_work*at
09:42.45resuDaed_sshtoo much money
09:42.48resuDaed_ssh:-)
09:42.52dank_workIt's Free!
09:42.56armijnit was free (as in beer)
09:43.05dank_workWith free speeches too
09:43.06armijndank_work: ah,ok, so, ehr, who was?
09:43.10resuDaed_sshif they have on next month (:-)), I'll be able to afford to go
09:43.11dank_workLeeds was
09:43.17dank_workresuDaed_ssh: Job?
09:43.30resuDaed_sshyes, I am a barman down at the racecourses :-)
09:43.34dank_workCool :)
09:43.38dank_workCongrats
09:43.43armijnfree beer...arrghhllll
09:43.43resuDaed_ssh(sandown (not sure of spelling) and ascot)
09:44.03resuDaed_ssh6 days a week = 300 quid/week
09:44.08armijnleeds: you were at FOSDEM, right?
09:44.13resuDaed_sshjust be too tire for social life
09:44.45dank_workAww :)
09:45.41resuDaed_sshwell, more than 16 hous a week drinking time anyway :)
09:46.01resuDaed_sshcan now afford my OU degree too
09:46.12dank_workCool
09:46.52resuDaed_sshdo I need usr/share/zoneinfo ?
09:47.12dank_workSome of it
09:47.17resuDaed_sshhow much of it?
09:47.25dank_workDepends what's in it :)
09:47.33dank_workYou probably want to keep Europe/London
09:47.45armijnand Europe/Amsterdam
09:47.54resuDaed_sshwell, how about I keep all begining in [gG]*
09:47.58dank_workNah. No-one wants to be in Amsterdam
09:48.00resuDaed_sshgmt/gb etc
09:48.11resuDaed_sshand europe
09:48.25armijndank_work: that's true, but it is a) my timezone b) in .nl
09:48.37dank_workBut he's not in .nl
09:48.46armijndank_work: so? :)
09:48.55dank_workNo-one wants to be in .nl :)
09:48.59armijndank_work: I just know he wants to
09:49.02armijndank_work: hey!
09:49.18dank_work:)
09:51.14armijnI'm waiting for my editor (Linux Magazine NL) to pick me up
09:51.22armijnwe've gotta do an interview with Bruce Perens...
09:51.32dank_workDid you go to the talk yesterday?
09:51.40armijnyeah, but had to leave early
09:51.47dank_workAh
09:52.01resuDaed_sshwhat can be deleted from usr/bin (seriously)
09:52.06armijnit was actually good that I went, because we were supposed to meet at the station today, but he told me he was having lunch at Philips
09:52.07dank_workEverything
09:52.11resuDaed_ssh:-)
09:52.26dank_work/usr/bin and /usr/sbin are non-essential system binaries
09:52.36armijnlike irc clients
09:52.43resuDaed_sshI need to lose another 30MB
09:52.59armijnresudaed_ssh: 'du -h' is your friend
09:53.04dank_workarmijn: IRC clients are essential
09:53.31armijnanyway, Bruce said he'd arrange for us to go to Philips and do the interview there...
09:53.53armijnso I got aphonecall two hours ago from some guy at Philips...
09:55.21dank_workCool
09:55.33armijnI guess...
09:56.25Leedssorry... been away from keyboard
09:56.33highburyresuDaed_ssh: you should look at some minimal distro, like tomrtbt, and use that as a basis for what to keep and what to delete
09:56.35dank_workBah. Excuses :-P
09:56.58Leedsarmijn: hi! - I passed your mail onto our marketing man, who's going to try to help
09:57.20resuDaed_sshhighbury : but I am so close, I have got slack down to 62 MB, I need to get down to only 32 ... sooo close, but yet so far
09:57.23Leedsarmijn: where did you get my e-mail address from, anyway?
09:57.36dank_workIt's on the gllug mailing list
09:58.39Leedsoh, so I now have strange Dutch people stalking me?
09:58.50armijnleeds: I got it from dan
09:58.59dank_workThere are stranger Dutch people around.
09:59.07dank_workNot much, but at least I know this one
09:59.11Leedswhere?!?!?
09:59.18dank_workErr.
09:59.29dank_workHolland, possibly.
09:59.47Leedsarmijn: talk to highbury about it - he's been pestering me about the same thing :-)
10:00.30armijnleeds: to get Solaris 9 for Intel?
10:00.47Leedsyeah
10:00.57Leedsyou've got a better case than him :-)
10:01.05armijnI know :)
10:01.11armijnandI'm dutch...
10:02.12Leedsnot necessarily going to help when I'm in London and my marketing contact is in Chicago :-)
10:02.26armijnehr, heh :)
10:02.49armijnwell, it's not much of a problem if it isn't working out...there are other operating sytems I can install on the machine :)
10:03.26armijnmy editor can be here any minute...and we gotta leave soon, so I think I'll be afk for the rest of the day :)
10:04.02armijnah, he's here
10:04.09armijnso, I'm leaving
10:04.10armijncu!
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10:18.05highburyLeeds: what's this about him having a better case than me?!
10:19.11Leedshe wants it for a particular free software-related project...
10:19.35highburyLeeds: awww, ok
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10:29.15dpashhi
10:29.16dank_workhi
10:31.57dank_workTrain?
10:32.16dpashwww.thetrainline.co.uk is crap
10:32.32dank_workwww.railtrack.co.uk is what I use
10:33.06Davilionmorning all
10:33.11Davilionwww.qjump.com
10:33.36dank_workMorning Dave
10:33.40Davilionhi dan
10:33.53dpashI can go by national express for 28GBP return but will take 7 hours
10:34.06dpashsounds good
10:34.15Daviliondpash: national express is far better than trains imho
10:34.39dank_workFly?
10:34.39Stephenit so isn't, takes ages to get anywhere
10:34.46dank_workDavilion: Why?
10:34.52dank_work(re: V-day)
10:35.06DavilionStephen: yeah, but at least you get there roughly when you should, and you dont have to put up with virgin X country train managers
10:35.23Daviliondank_work: so i'm not vomiting all over happy couples everywhere
10:35.33dpashdank_work: fly is at least 60GBP due to taxes
10:35.40dank_workDavilion: Well...there is that.
10:35.46StephenDavilion: yeah, I suppose as lomg as you can stand the long trips, coaches aren't bad, they're dead cheap too
10:35.48dpash30GBP taxes + 20ish GBP flights
10:35.48dank_workBut, fortunately, V-day is on a Friday
10:35.57dank_workSo I'm going to be at work
10:36.05Davilionyeah its the evenings im worried about
10:36.10dank_workI'm going to be at home
10:36.21dank_workProbably online. Just as always
10:36.31Davilionim goign to have to confine myself to the house, so what better htan a trip to a datacenter, not a happy couple in sight and broader than braod band.
10:36.44dank_workBecause Brookes is silly.
10:36.45dank_workHTH
10:36.55Davilionright.
10:37.06Davilionim off to nottingham, then edinburgh to collect my car, hopefully it will stop this time.
10:37.16Davilioni dont hate it when im with somebody
10:37.16dank_workYou're well-travelled, Dave
10:37.35dank_workBecause there's the pressure to spend money on shit
10:37.38Davilionin fact when im in a realtionship i love it lol
10:37.48dank_workheh
10:37.51Daviliondank_work: yeah there is that.
10:38.21Davilionheheh, you two are sooo un romantic lol.
10:38.27dank_work<g>
10:38.33dank_workSometimes.
10:38.48dpashit is a pile of crap thought up by marketting men
10:38.51dank_workLike if it comes down to some artificially invented way of spending money
10:39.07dank_workThen we're very unromantic :)
10:39.14dpashmuch like mothers day and fathers day and grandparents day and carers day
10:39.22dank_workWhy did she chuck you? For getting a new job?
10:39.32Davilionyeah sutff like thats bollocks but its just a good excuse to shower them with hugs etc.
10:39.48dank_workBut you can hug them any day of the year
10:39.50Daviliondank_work: according to stacy 'because she's a bitch' but i never really found out why.
10:39.55dank_workAhh :-/
10:39.59dank_workSorry to hear that, mate.
10:40.00Daviliondank_work: yeah, but you can hug them more on 14th loll
10:40.22dank_workSeeing as I won't be with her then
10:40.34Daviliondank_work: heheh, its ok, i was gutted at the teim, like rerally gutted, but im getting over it. She was just really cold which was downright nasty of her.
10:40.35Davilionbut anyway
10:40.40Davilionnottinghams calling
10:40.48Davilion(Or at least it will be if i dont fix their cluster.
10:40.49dank_workAww
10:41.20dank_work(with her, meaning, in the physical presence of her)
10:41.24dank_workHave fun, then.
10:42.12Davilionmy plan for the next 3 days, today: warwick uni, nottingham chem, nottingham pharmacy, daresbury, Edinburgh. Thursday, Edinburgh, morning off, afternoon, car swap, leeds, friday: leeds, edinburgh.
10:42.17Davilioneek
10:42.17dank_work(rather than with her, in the sense of going out with her)
10:42.20dank_workI know what I mean.
10:42.32dpashdank_work: we all knew what you meant too
10:42.36dank_work:-)
10:42.54dank_work(well, sometimes)
10:43.02dank_workDavilion: Keeps you busy...
10:43.21Daviliondank_work: Yeah, nothing like being so absorbed in your work you dont have time to check your mail
10:43.27dank_workOr IRC
10:43.44Davilionyeah thats the worst part
10:43.58dank_workI mean, you're obviously far too busy to be IRCing now, aren't you? :)
10:44.14Davilionyes, right now i should be compiling palass benchmarks, and installing a replacement node
10:44.25Davilionbut unfortiunatly its taking quite a while to bz2 a 20gb partition.
10:44.34dank_workHeh. gzip instead?
10:44.43dank_workYour working life sounds so much fun...
10:45.17Daviliondank_work: i need it to be as ickle as possible so it gets down the adsl line as fast as possible lol
10:45.25Davilionbut anyway i really am off this time
10:47.03dank_work:-)
10:47.05dank_workc'ya
10:55.05zacharybbl
11:10.04Huhnmoin
11:25.00dank_workHullo
11:25.13Huhnhi dank_work, how's work?
11:25.27dank_workIt's....going
11:25.36dank_workJust doing a dd over netcat :)
11:25.43dank_work(Norton Ghost didn't want to work properly)
11:26.25Huhn:)
11:26.33Huhncool, murb introduced me to netcat
11:28.46dank_workHeh. It's quite useful :)
11:59.33eye69Damn France
11:59.39eye69Run out of table space on the db
12:02.57dank_workHeh
12:02.57dank_work:)
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13:14.52Stephenwb dpash and zachary
13:15.16zacharyty, how's your day Stephen
13:16.09Stephenok thanks, just one lecture this morning and that's it
13:16.18Stephenyou?
13:17.17zacharyjust did a fresh install of mandrake 9.0 on my laptop. I've been using it for a firewall for a year.
13:17.24zacharyGetting it ready for install fest.
13:17.48zacharyinstalling magicpoint now.
13:20.31dank_work:)
13:21.37zacharyafternoon dank_work.
13:21.40Stephengot to see part of the debian install process yesterday, wasn't half bad actually
13:22.03dank_workHiya
13:23.52Stephenyeah, but there isn't an official slackware port for sparc
13:24.09Stephenand my mate is a deb fanatic
13:25.50Stepheni will probably be putting splack on my 'new' SPARC, when I get the monitor adaptor for it
13:26.00zacharyI'm going to give debian and slack a try again. I think mandrake is not going to be around for much longer, or at least the quality is going to go way down. Just tried the 9.1 beta3, major disapointment.
13:26.38Stephenthat's disappointing, 'cos from what i've heard, mandrake was a good first introduction to linux
13:28.38zacharybrb
13:36.04TarragonBut 9.0 B3 was bad as well
13:54.48zacharyAnyone have experience with bind in redhat 7.1-7.3?
13:56.23zacharyTarragon: I didn't have as many problems with 9.0b3 than 9.1b3. Their config utilities are all screwed up.
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14:11.16Clyphoxre
14:11.49ClyphoxresuDaed... your killing my connection.. I just need to get a few megs off my system pls..
14:16.06dpashhow?
14:16.36dpashresuDaed: I asked at our recruitment agency. they were not too hopeful
14:16.44dpashsorry
14:17.25Clyphoxhe's downloading a divx from me I think..
14:17.35Clyphoxhi btw..
14:17.48dpashlegally?
14:18.16Clyphoxwell I'm not sure if its legal but he has my permission if thats what you mean
14:19.02dpashno that wasn't what I meant. I meant does the copyright allow him/you to copy it?
14:19.39ClyphoxNo its a dvd.
14:19.52Clyphoxor at least it was..
14:19.58Clyphoxtill I ripped it..
14:21.15dank_workHi
14:21.26ClyphoxHiya dan
14:21.34Clyphoxlarts?
14:21.53ClyphoxI am gonna buy a LART board if thats the reference
14:22.10dpashLuser Attitude Reajustment Tool
14:22.25dank_workibot lart
14:22.37Clyphoxhmm....
14:22.38dank_workibot lart #gllug
14:22.43dank_work:)
14:22.59ClyphoxI don't share on gnutella if thats the type of person you think I am.
14:24.39ClyphoxWhat I'm doing is no different than lending a CD to a friend. just more eco friendly :)
14:25.38dpashand just as illegal
14:25.47ClyphoxYup
14:26.29ClyphoxAnd I have no problem with sharing. Its selling illegal stuff I mind. Plus I MIND the dvd legalities..
14:26.40ClyphoxAnd EMI etc...
14:27.27dpashey record companies are theiving bastards
14:27.46ClyphoxSame as the DVD bastards..
14:27.54ClyphoxActually.. dvd is worse..
14:28.34ClyphoxYou are technically NOT allowed to watch DVD without spending money buying a program/player.. and even then it HAS to be proprietry..
14:28.38ClyphoxDumb
14:28.43dpashhmm 4 hours of apt-getting left
14:29.08Clyphoxyou do?
14:29.28dank_workYou need to get a CD player
14:29.31dank_workOr CD ROM drive
14:29.33ClyphoxI buy CD's actually.. only after I've downloaded the album to see if I like it.
14:29.40dank_work(and sound card, etc.)
14:30.08dpashhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2743961.stm
14:30.23Clyphoxtrue.. but DVD software is regulated and CD players aren't. the format is raw and open to the public. (ish)
14:31.53dank_work:)
14:32.30Clyphoxgrr.. its take 30seconds to just give me a scp passwords prompt
14:32.32Clyphox...
14:32.37Clyphoxhttpd dies..
14:33.00Clyphoxhttpd lives again..
14:33.13dank_work:)
14:33.36Clyphoxlove nix
14:35.46dank_work:)
14:36.48Clyphoxack
14:36.52ClyphoxI need blackbox..
14:37.30Clyphoxhay Dan. I've got a weird X issue..
14:37.38ClyphoxNice to have new problems hehe..
14:37.42dank_work:)
14:37.46ClyphoxMy laptop has APM right..
14:38.13dank_workyeah...
14:38.21Clyphoxwhenever I leave X and goto console/or apm hibernation and then return to X it is REALLY dark..
14:38.30Clyphoxand the only way I can fix X is to kill it.
14:38.34dank_workHmm.
14:38.37dank_workNot sure.
14:38.45Clyphoxits not gamma.. I've checked it against ols configs and all..
14:38.49Clyphoxjust really really weird..
14:38.59dank_workHave you turned off APM and tried it?
14:39.04Clyphoxmaybe its a kernel APM thing..
14:39.05Clyphoxyup
14:39.27dank_workAnd it works properly without APM?
14:39.35Clyphoxnope..
14:39.42dank_workSo it's probably not an APM issue
14:39.48ClyphoxIt only seems to be fine on NetBSD and BeOS
14:40.05ClyphoxI can't wait to find out..
14:40.15ClyphoxI'm also on the NEW X..
14:40.19dank_workSo use NetBSD :)
14:40.29Clyphoxfrom an slack mirror under patches..
14:40.48Clyphoxyea.. I'm compiling blackbox now.. so I can live..
14:41.12ClyphoxI can't stand the BSD curses.. is it possible to integrate Ncurses do you think?
14:41.50dank_workLook in /usr/ports ?
14:41.55Clyphoxwow.. blackbox even has its own catagory on freshmeat hehe
14:42.02dank_workHEhe
14:42.09Clyphoxlove bb
14:43.39Clyphoxkewl.. there is a program that monitors app you run..
14:43.58Clyphoxthen generates a menu you simply include in bbox so you have a menu of recently run apps
14:44.17Clyphoxsimple and tweakable for a fool such as myself :)
14:49.25Clyphox<PROTECTED>
14:49.30dank_work:)
14:53.53ClyphoxI need this console.. gtg..
15:00.19TarragonHas anyone every claimed on household insurance? Are computers normally covered
15:00.52dank_workThey normally are. But if you use them for business, that might be a different issue
15:03.07highburyre
15:03.58dank_workAwww
15:03.59dank_workWhy?
15:04.04TarragonJust found out I burnt out another two plus a video in a powercut on Monday :-( Now walking around the house to see what else broke.
15:04.20dank_workeek
15:04.36highburytime to invest in some UPS's
15:04.57TarragonTime for the whole house to be rewired I think
15:10.07Stephendamn, my new sun adaptor lead isn't working
15:10.23highburybuild in new consumer unit with RCB's and stuff, I wonder if you can get the same quality as are sold on extension leads, i.e have the whole house spike protected
15:10.49highburyor even have a couple of car batteries in the garage, providing UPS :-)
15:11.38Stephenanyone here got any idea about SPARCs?
15:11.52highburyStephen: shoot!
15:12.55eye69Anybody here that can recommend a good DNS management system? Preferably console based, but web based will be fine too. I already know about Webmin.
15:13.03dank_workvi ?
15:13.22Stephenhttp://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1486&item=2304317511&rd=1 - this should allow me take an output from a SUN and make it work on my VGA monitor right?
15:14.04eye69dank_work: It's getting to be a bit too many domains.
15:14.06murbeye69: what does it need to do?
15:14.16highburywhat sort of Sun, also wheich Graphics Card
15:14.18dank_workAh
15:14.44eye69murb: Just handle the generation of a Bind9 configuration. Doesn't need to do the actual reload, since that can be handled with a cron job.
15:15.01StephenSparc Station 10 - Sun GX
15:15.44highburyhmm, did you say its not working?
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15:16.03Clyphoxre
15:16.08Clyphoxgtg again..
15:16.10dank_workheh
15:16.13Stephena singal is obviously getting to by monitor, as it is coming out of standby, but there's no image
15:16.18Stephensignal*
15:17.43highburyhmm, you'll have to check Sun website for info. I'll try and have a poke round too
15:18.20Stephencheers, actually I've just noticed that the RAM isn't installed in pairs, would this make a difference?
15:20.40highburymight do, you should try and locate full hardware specs for your Sun.
15:20.53Stephenwill do, cheers
15:22.46highburyStephen: http://www.sunhelp.org/
15:24.31highburyhttp://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/
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15:34.24zacharyibot lart BT.
15:34.35dank_work:)
15:34.51Stephenactually, I have a mate who bought a sun monitor, so I'll take my machine over to him and see if I can get it working there, cheers highbury
15:35.32zacharyibot lart BT
15:36.25dank_workWhat've they done, zachary ?
15:36.52zacharydropped my adsl connection 3 times today
15:37.00dank_workdoh
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16:11.26stephenibot lart exposed power switches
16:22.26resuDaed_sshibot seen clyphox
16:22.31clyphox <~david@194.106.34.53> was last seen on IRC in channel #gllug, 1h 6m 23s ago, saying: 'gtg again.. '.
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17:52.27dank_workHometime
18:14.01resuDaed_sshlaters all, rebooting into windows 2k :(
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19:56.07ClyphoxHi all
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20:37.25zacharyformi: Was the store still open?
20:40.31murbgood evening?
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20:53.21dankolb'lo
20:53.26Huhnhuhu dankolb
20:54.40dankolbHi. How's it going?
20:55.09Huhnmh, ok, how is your evening?
20:55.31dankolbDull
20:55.44Huhnwhy? what's up?
20:55.53dankolbNothing. That's why it's dull :)
20:55.58Huhnah :)
20:56.33HuhnI'm too tired to go home..
20:56.49dankolbSleep in front of the computer, then?
20:57.40Huhnoh no, that's not a good idea ;)
20:57.55murbin the same room as many computers?
20:58.21Huhnlast time I ended up with 100 pages in my article (was still using M$ and Word), cause I slept on the space key ;)
20:59.04HuhnI did, long time ago, before I installed Linux and LaTeX ;)
20:59.23murbI wrote some essasy for school with wordstar for dos and wordperfect 5.1 on sco
20:59.58murb(open sewer)
21:07.30Tarragonmurb: PA2718U Extended Port replicator is what you need.
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21:17.45stephenwb zimm
21:17.49zimm:)
21:18.02zimmvery
21:18.07stephennowt wrong with that
21:18.29Huhnyou can still type that you're drunk without spelling mistakes, it can't be that bad, zimm :)
21:18.30stephenoh, that ain't good
21:18.39Huhnah!
21:18.57zimmheheh
21:19.02dankolbwb
21:19.10Huhnhow long was the walk?
21:19.12zimmblurhgh
21:19.18zimmerr
21:19.20Huhnoh dear
21:19.21zimmfsck knows
21:19.28zimmi dont know london very well
21:20.00zimmewww .
21:20.04zimmi feel sick now
21:20.14zimmi jusr ate a whole bag of winegums
21:31.57formizachary: yes it was opened
21:32.53zacharydid you get a new adapter?
21:33.05formii went with Sean to the cluster + sparc server room called "cloakroom" and it was really noisy
21:33.12formithe pieces
21:33.23formiI will have to a bit of soldering
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21:34.53Huhnhey skugg :)
21:35.15skugghello huhn :)
21:35.21zacharyevening skugg
21:35.41skugga particularly nasty picture of me on your webpage... i look like a m. meeks groupie!
21:35.51skugghi zachary
21:35.57Huhnskugg: like what?
21:36.24skuggHuhn, Michael Meeks groupie -- the guy just behind me
21:36.40zacharyformi: sounds fun.
21:37.01Huhnskugg: which picture is that?
21:38.26skuggHuhn, eh... don't remember the link... i'll find it if you post the link to your archive :P
21:38.37skuggthe history information is on a different computer atm.
21:39.00Huhnwww.huhnix.org/picture_archive/
21:40.17skugghttp://www.huhnix.org/picture_archive/fosdem/second_day/0209_012.jpg
21:40.19skuggbah.
21:40.20skugg:P
21:41.02Huhnlol
21:41.22Huhnwhat makes you look like a groupie btw? :)
21:41.46skuggsitting right next to him when there's _loads_ of room elsewhere? :)
21:42.20skuggi didn't stalk him, just for the record, we shared a taxi and that seat was the only one close to a plug for my laptop...
21:42.30Huhn:)
21:42.40zimmlol
21:42.41skugghe seemed nice though, have to say
21:43.34skuggalso have to say that your flash was a bit bright Huhn ;) i came out a bit paler than normal
21:44.08Huhndo you want me to use gimp :)
21:44.22skuggnah ;)
21:44.25skuggi don't care that much
21:44.48Huhnhehe :)
21:46.12skuggwhat did you think of that talk anyway?
21:46.35skuggi must say i thought it was a bit boring...
21:46.55Huhnwhich one was it? (I don't remember.. was that the GTK?)
21:47.12zimmw0ps
21:47.38Huhn*grin*
21:47.56skuggHuhn, yeah, it was gtk with owen taylor
21:48.22HuhnI have to admit, I was so tired, I feel asleep several times ;)
21:48.32skugghe might be qualified to _write_ the stuff, but he wasn't a very good speaker...
21:50.50Huhntrue, I liked Brian King
21:50.56Huhnand of course Damien Sandras
21:51.09skuggwhat do they do? i don't think I saw any of them?
21:51.19skuggs,?$,,
21:51.38HuhnBrian King talked about Mozilla, Damien showed gnomemeeting in action
21:51.51Huhnwith webcams and telephones, very funny
21:51.58skuggah. didn't go to any of them
21:52.43Huhnthe first day was more interesting, I think
21:52.54Huhn(maybe I was too tired during the 2nd day, dunno)
21:53.01Huhngrats, skugg
21:54.11skuggit does something as silly as playing tic-tac-toe...
21:54.12skugg:)
21:54.32Huhnso what? ;)
21:54.50skuggright, it's actually a bit more than that...
21:55.21Huhnis that sth for university?
21:55.46skuggit is a library for generalised minimax-search with alpha-beta cut-offs, but tic-tac-toe was suitably simple as sample application :)
21:55.59skuggHuhn, yeah. my final year project
21:56.25skuggnow for integrating othello :D
21:57.09Huhnskugg: http://boulter.com/ttt/index.cgi
21:57.53skuggheh.
22:01.36skuggwell, that's a bit cool, but my ttt-game is simply a testbed for my library, it's not meant to be impressive
22:02.07skuggit's used _because_ it is so simple
22:06.05Huhn:)
22:12.10zacharygood night, I'm off to bed.
22:12.48skuggnight...
22:13.48skuggargh! fsck fsck!
22:14.10Huhnja?
22:14.42skugghave installed more packages and libraries than I had to start with to make it work now
22:14.44skuggbah.
22:15.10Huhnmh, are you using debian?
22:15.13skuggyeah
22:15.16TarragonIs KDE a windows manager? Is that the correct definition.
22:15.26skuggTarragon, no it is not.
22:15.33skuggTarragon, it is a desktop environment.
22:15.42Huhnwindows or window? ;) (sometimes it looks like windows..)
22:15.51skuggyou can use almost any window manager with kde, but some have hooks that make them more useful
22:16.20skuggi believe kde have their own window manager in kwm though.
22:16.23Huhnthe window manager is called kwin
22:16.35skuggah, i stand corrected
22:17.15Huhnkwm was kde 1.x
22:17.24Huhnsince kde 2.x and 3.x it's kwin
22:17.56skuggi C.
22:38.15formithe morons
22:38.32Huhnformi: who?
22:39.02formithe spankiards
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23:36.03dankolb'night all
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23:44.32TarragonHi Davilion, cupis
23:44.37cupisevening
23:44.54Davilionhiya
23:46.01Davilionhows it going?
23:46.41cupisgood, thanks. You?
23:51.51Davilionim ok. had a very good drive home, really flew up the a7 which was fun.  Bit of an anti climax when i got home to find my sister has stolen loads of cd's again, last week i managed to be vary calm and sickly nice, today i just went ape shit. i think it will have the same lack of effect.
23:54.44cupisyou were allowed back into the house, then?
23:55.13Davilionheheh yeah
23:55.16Davilionmy parents are on my side fortunatly
23:55.19formi<PROTECTED>
23:55.29cupishi formi
23:55.48formiDavilion: have you ever made a null cable to connect a sparc to a pc?
23:56.05Davilionnull modem cable? or an ethernet cable:?
23:56.13formi1st one
23:59.34Davilionhavent tried using one of those facny din style plugs, but have done it using the expander thingy for it

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