irclog2html for #gllug on 20050622

00:17.11*** join/#gllug Gonzo (~Gonzo@82-45-233-86.cable.ubr03.hari.blueyonder.co.uk)
01:56.09*** join/#gllug Leeds (~richardc@202.82.163.139)
03:21.49gregjhttp://24.81.29.117:8001/
03:21.53gregjmy new guitar ;0
03:54.18*** join/#gllug ibot (ibot@apt.bot.TimRiker.active.supporter.pdpc)
03:54.18*** topic/#gllug is Greater London LUG. Next meeting: Saturday 11th June 2005; Web site: http://www.gllug.org.uk; Wiki: http://wiki.gllug.org.uk; Channel stats at http://www.jonmasters.org/irc/gllug; Pictures at http://gllug.org.uk/ircphoto.html [need new piccy's]
07:06.03Georgeyay
07:06.10Georgebt's abuse dept replied to me
07:06.16mozratand?
07:06.32Georgethey're "taking it very seriously" blahblahblah
07:07.14mozrathave you been abused George?
07:09.54Georgemozrat: probably being petty, but some dick on bt broadband was posting messages saying "SPAM" over and over again
07:10.00Georgemozrat: and have been generally trolling on my forum.
07:10.13GeorgeBT asked for some server logs.
07:10.14mozratGeorge: that qualifies
07:10.31mozratGeorge: Are you going to be in on the planet.gllug.org.uk idea?
07:10.40Georgethere were only 6 or so posts. but... blah. I don't want it to happen again
07:10.47Georgemozrat: yeah, that'd be cool
07:10.53Georgemozrat: I'm already on planetkde :P
07:11.03mozratGeorge: I actually noticed that, yes
07:11.10George:P
07:12.25Georgemozrat: and some romanian git decided to exploit a phpbb security hole on my server a couple of days later.
07:12.32Georgemozrat: I don't know if they're related
07:15.52Georgehow do you rename a database in mysql?
07:16.27mozrati would guess drop and create and reimport :)
07:16.35mozratI don't know of a rename function
07:16.58Georgenever mind
07:17.02Georgefound the option in phpmyadmin :P
07:17.16mozratoh really? Can you make it output the statements?
07:17.39mozratHmmm. xcompmgr doesn't work with xinerama very well does it
07:21.54mozrat*BOOOO*
07:21.58mozratgone yet, Leeds?
07:25.18Leedsmozrat: gone where?
07:25.21Leedsah :-)
07:25.22Leedsno...
07:25.26mozrat:)
07:25.26Leeds*hic*
07:25.59mozratI had some mental crosswiring in my skull - the first sip of a fizzy drink *always* induces a bout of about 3 hiccups
07:26.11mozratquite embarrassing some of the time, I can't control it
07:26.42LeedsI appear to have caught them from a little mint
07:30.26Georgemozrat: no idea
07:51.15Leedsokay, not quite got as far as introspecting the database, but I can execute arbitrary DOS commands on the database server over the database connection...
08:08.50Leedsand I'm in :-)
08:28.49Georgeblah
08:28.52Georgeexam this afternoon.
08:29.50Leedsexams, already?
08:30.01Georgenearly finished.
08:30.02Georgetwo more
08:30.08Georgeone this afternoon, one next tuesday
08:30.13Georgedone 20 so far :P
08:32.50Leedsthese are AS?
08:35.21Leedshmm... I have over 30 tabs open in two firefox windows...
08:36.09GeorgeLeeds: A2 at the moment
08:36.14GeorgeLeeds: done all my AS exams for this year
08:36.41Leedswhat the fsck is A2? :-)
08:36.58Georgesecond year of A level
08:37.03GeorgeAS + A2 = A level
08:40.37Leedsso what year are you in?
08:41.05Georgelower sixth
08:41.06GeorgeAS year
08:41.59GeorgeI've done all my AS exams this year
08:42.18Georgenow I've only got a couple of A2 exams left
08:42.26Georgethis year.
08:42.27Leedsare you doing A2 this year?
08:42.31GeorgeA2 maths.
08:44.32Georgeright, need to dash
08:44.33Georgebye.
08:45.45rhowewater...
08:45.49rhoweNeed... water....
08:46.06Leedsplenty of it here...
08:46.26Leedsnot a drop to drink, mind you
08:51.43highburyNow Belkin on the other hand pay postage when I sent my old UPS back
08:55.31highburyI'm not sure now there are any benefits to buying external drives, usually they don't allow you to take out the raw drive, but their diagnostic tools don't necessarily support USB/Firewire
08:56.30highburyI think I'll just buy plain internal drives (with 3-5 years warrantee) and put them in an external case myself
08:59.12*** join/#gllug itsbruce (~brichards@router-office.fotango.com)
09:00.45*** join/#gllug pdr (~pdr@213.86.35.150)
09:05.28Leedsafternoon pdr
09:06.26pdrmorning
09:23.42*** join/#gllug mz2 (~mz2@81-1-66-209.homechoice.co.uk)
09:26.23Leedsafternoon mz2
09:26.43mz2afternoon
09:29.26pdrit's official
09:29.31pdrhttp://pdr.cx/~pdr/blog
09:30.20mozrateek, sorry pdr
09:30.56Leedswoo, hometime bell!
09:33.59pdrmozrat: nah, it's all good, we're getting pretty good payouts so i feel sorry for those that have to stay
09:34.23mozrat:)
09:37.33Leedspdr: welcome to the club!
09:38.00LeedsI've travelled on 4 continents since being laid off :-)
09:38.48George:P
09:39.32itsbrucepdr: How much time are you planning on taking off before job hunting again?
09:40.01LeedsI've been to between 8 and 11 countries, depending on how you define a visit :-)
09:41.40GeorgeLeedss: show off. ;P
09:42.36Leedscertainly... enjoy your exams :-P
09:50.09skuggLeeds: they obviously paid you too much while you were working then..
09:50.24skugg:)
09:55.37pdritsbruce: don't know, i've kinda been offered a job already, but i'm not going to be around for a couple of months, so they'll have to wait
10:04.20mozratIs there a way to find out which code library contains a certain function.. for example trying to compile dbus it fails with 'undefined reference to `XML_ParserCreate_MM'' and I've installed loads of XML libraries but can't get around it
10:07.37itsbruceWell, you don't often get the chance to take that much time off but remember the dangers
10:07.39Leedsmozrat: well, it's a bit brute force, but nm will list the symbols in a library....
10:07.45itsbruceAs illustrated by Leeds ;)
10:08.06Leedsitsbruce: the danger of ending up in the far east? :-)
10:08.14itsbruceYou too could end up maintaining IBM kit in an asian bra factory
10:09.23LeedsI'm maintaining nothing
10:17.28Leedsyeah, time to go shopping... back later
10:54.36*** join/#gllug Gonzo (~Gonzo@82-45-233-86.cable.ubr03.hari.blueyonder.co.uk)
10:54.43*** join/#gllug caliginous (~cal@1-18-132-169.idt.net)
10:54.50wethrincaliginous!
10:55.35caliginouslo
10:56.58wethrinI owe you silly amounts of money!
10:57.06caliginousprobably
10:57.47wethrinHow goes, anyway?
10:57.52caliginousdon't worry, i'll come round and break your legs
10:57.56caliginousyeah, busy
10:57.59caliginousvery busy
10:58.03caliginousyou?
10:58.23wethrinBeing a poor student up in Durham
10:58.40caliginousI though all students are rich?
10:58.47wethrinBwahahahaha :)
10:59.27pdrok, i'm off, later guys
10:59.29wethrinanyway - brb - need to reboot to fiddle some stuff
10:59.31wethrincya pdr
10:59.33pdrwethrin: will ring on friday about drinks
10:59.37wethrinpdr: Excellent
11:12.04wethrinARGH
11:12.22*** part/#gllug caliginous (~cal@1-18-132-169.idt.net)
11:13.44*** join/#gllug Leeds (~richardc@ipvpn095205.netvigator.com)
11:20.36Leedscan someone explain to me what load average actually means?
11:20.48wethrinIsn't it the number of processes in the run queue?
11:20.58Leedsthat's what I thought
11:21.42Leedsso what does it mean if there's a load average of 20, but the machine isn't swapping and is 85%+ idle?
11:21.53wethrinProcesses waiting for data
11:21.55wethrinProbably over the network
11:23.06Leedsthey were (almost) all imapd processes...
11:24.26wethrinSounds like networky things, then
11:24.50Leedsseems to have largely passed now, anyway
11:25.34wethrinThat's good
11:25.39wethrinMaybe just timing out TCP sessions?
11:25.51Leedsmaybe something like that
11:33.27mozratLeeds: As I understand it, it means different things to different OS's
11:33.43mozratI think it has a lot to do with the process queue length
11:34.01Leedsit's linux 2.4...
11:34.11murbleLeeds: uwimap?
11:34.21Leedsmurble: yes...
11:34.30Leedsanyway, it seems to have got over it now
11:34.41rhoweLeeds: The load average is the number of processes that are runnable. If they're waiting for I/O, then they count as runnable
11:34.44murblei would say oh doom, oh whatever oh dooom!
11:35.18rhoweLeeds: So, if your disks are slow, then a mail server could result in quite a high loadavg, due to lots of processes stuck in 'D' state
11:36.30Leedswell, something weird happened - but it's back down from 25 to 0.6 or so, so I'm not worried right now
11:37.22rhoweLeeds: ps aux|grep D :)
11:37.33Leedsrhowe: been doing that a lot :-)
11:38.22murblei recently migrated a box from uwimap to dovecot previously the box would have a  load of betweenn 1 and 20, now it is about 1 under heavy use.
11:38.30murbleoh and mbox -> maildir
11:38.34murble(which was more fun)
11:39.15Leedswe actually have dovecot on there as well, as a trial, but uwimapd still has port 143
11:39.50murblei was running both on soapstone for ages on different IPs
11:41.30murblebe careful if you are also running the uwpop3 and are replacing it with dovecot as they calculate their uidls differently.
11:41.55itsbruceDovecot still doesn't have shared/public folders but then they're a pig to set up for uw anyway.
11:42.54murbleitsbruce: well you can get them if you want in a courier style way with symlinks
11:43.03murblealthough you'll probably want to run -testing for that.
11:43.08itsbruceNot much fun with Courier either, for that matter.
11:43.20murblethe new namespace stuff in 1-testing is nice.
11:47.28rhoweitsbruce: They're not so bad with Courier, although I felt the need to write a fixmaildirpermissions script :)
11:47.49rhoweitsbruce: You do end up with a ton of symlinks in users' homes though
11:58.57itsbruceThis is why I go for Cyrus if my needs become at all complex.  Don't care for services that generate all that extra lower level admin crap
12:02.05rhoweYeah, I should probably look at Cyrus
12:50.54*** join/#gllug Gonzo (~Gonzo@82-45-233-86.cable.ubr03.hari.blueyonder.co.uk)
13:43.07*** join/#gllug Gonzo (~Gonzo@82-45-233-86.cable.ubr03.hari.blueyonder.co.uk)
14:10.40*** join/#gllug Alan_Peery (~apeery@82-45-181-82.cable.ubr02.dals.blueyonder.co.uk)
14:18.01*** join/#gllug Gonzo (~Gonzo@82-45-233-86.cable.ubr03.hari.blueyonder.co.uk)
14:39.59wethrinOops
14:41.22Leedson the other hand, I did do about 10,000 paces while walking :-)
14:41.57wethrinthis is good?
14:42.05Leedsyes
14:42.12wethringood, then :)
14:42.23Leedshealthy, you know...
14:42.33wethrinDon't suppose you might know how long I can still keep hades in Mailbox?
14:42.34wethrinYup
14:43.13Leedsnot really, sorry
14:43.45wethrinThat's fine.
14:44.40LeedsI should really put my food in the fridge, then go back out to find dinner
14:44.50wethrinmm
14:45.52gregjeating is good too, as long as it's not something heavy, and junk, and as long as you move a lot too
14:55.50itsbruceWell, he's been moving a lot.
14:56.21gregjwalking, moving on foot :>
14:59.49itsbruceIt's hard to eat and jog at the same time.
15:00.17gregjindeed
15:00.22Leedsmoving a lot in, note, still pretty high temp... much sweat
15:08.16Leedsalright, time to go look for late-night food in Mid-Levels...
15:16.59skuggitsbruce: is this a skill you practice a lot?
16:02.28murbleit is possible to catch a ball and drink a cup of tea at the same time.
16:02.38murblebut the people surrounding you may get tea stained.
16:17.34Leedsand now bed... g'night folks
16:22.38*** join/#gllug AngelChild (~angelic@AngelChild.user.allegro)
16:43.31*** join/#gllug Cat[A]lyst (~angelic@exten-halls-245.soton.ac.uk)
16:44.05mozratis there a changelog for AngelChildMk2?
16:44.10mozratwhats new and improved?
16:44.22AngelChildMk23 bytes :)
16:46.36mozratlooks like***
16:46.42mozratgee - thanks AngelChildMk2
16:47.37mozratbah - gotta run. catch you later
16:48.03AngelChildMk2cya
16:48.07wethrinbye!
17:31.01*** join/#gllug Gonzo (~Gonzo@82-45-233-86.cable.ubr03.hari.blueyonder.co.uk)
18:41.01*** join/#gllug zachary (~zachary@ip68-10-214-228.hr.hr.cox.net)
18:41.19zacharyello
19:17.29AngelChildyoyoyo
19:17.37AngelChild...40 minutes later
19:39.42zacharyand counting...
19:41.12*** part/#gllug zachary (~zachary@ip68-10-214-228.hr.hr.cox.net)
19:50.14*** join/#gllug mz2 (~mz2@81-1-66-209.homechoice.co.uk)
22:19.39mozratyou're all terrorists
22:19.43mozrat...
22:19.48mozrataccording to this lawsuit
22:19.54mozrathttp://www.merkeylaw.com/article.php?story=20050621145053855&mode=print
22:20.01eye69Evening folks.
22:20.07mozratevening terrorist
22:20.17mozratdone any dastardly plotting tonight?
22:20.17eye69Thank you.
22:20.21mozratyou're welcome
22:20.32mozrathit that link and search for 'queda'
22:20.33eye69Yes. I've plotted getting my new car stereo installed.
22:20.37gregjmozrat: yes we are
22:20.43mozrat42. Much of the activities of Linux and OSS have served to create a funneling system allowing sensitive and advanced technology created by computer technology companies in the United States to be illegally exported out of the United States and into the hands of the citizens of other countries.
22:21.00gregjmozrat: let sue guys who make knifes
22:21.22mozratA lot of the activities of Linux and OSS have also served to provide space flight systems.. are we invading mars now?
22:21.35mozrat43. As a result of these activities, a large portion of US technology has been unwittingly placed into the hands of various groups around the world, including Al-Queda, and other groups who sponsor international terrorism.
22:22.09mozratWe should sue Nike for providing terrorists with a transport infrastructure
22:22.58mozrateye69: hows the stereo then?
22:23.02gregjfunniest part is the one that says that linux is exported from US
22:23.12gregjwhile in fact it was imported there in first place
22:23.20mozratgood point
22:23.29gregjand now US companies make money on european system
22:23.32gregjthat's scum
22:23.36gregjlet's sue redhat on that
22:23.37gregj:D
22:23.39mozratI just cut straight to that part... who's suing who here anyway?
22:23.42gregjscam
22:23.54gregjone man is suing everone else
22:23.56gregjwhole world
22:24.11mozratAhh, JEFFREY VERNON MERKEY Vs everyone
22:24.13gregjprobably his wife is already tirred of whining, so he decided to write letter to some judge
22:24.21mozratincluding Slashdot!
22:24.25gregjyep
22:24.27gregjthat's the best one
22:24.29eye69mozrat: I haven't gotten it installed yet. I've pulled the cables for the rear speakers through, and have built a new rear shelf.
22:24.40mozrateye69: is it..... loud?
22:24.49mozratas in a fill up the boot with speakers job?
22:25.33eye69Not really. It'll just be 2 4way 6x9" speakers in the rear, and 2 2way 4" in the front.
22:25.49eye69Got a Sony MP3 head unit.
22:28.57eye69I'm thinking I should've built the rear shelf out of a more dead material though...it's 15mm plywood now.
22:29.11eye69Hopefully there wont be any resonance./
22:31.45mozratSounds cool
22:33.47eye69http://svt.se/content/1/c6/40/98/00/nyhelikopeter-orebro.ram   A swedish idiot crashes a helicopter
22:34.28eye69A 100 year old man was going with his family to some kind of castle for festivities, and ended up in hospital in a critical condition.
23:06.03rhoweAh, much better
23:07.56eye69I haven't gotten around to installing for 64 bit on my A64 yet.
23:09.17eye69I'm off to bed. Nightie.
23:09.39*** join/#gllug mz2 (~mz2@81-1-66-209.homechoice.co.uk)
23:10.21rhoweIt was very easy, although I did notice klogd segfault :)
23:10.56eye69I've installed a couple of other 64 bit machines...one A64 and one EM64T Xeon.
23:11.07eye69Well, sleep. *poof*
23:11.11rhoweI just did the Debian PXE thing
23:33.33highburyI just saw on TV, they've recreated an "English Town" in part of Shanghai, to sell to ultra rich Chineese, complete with tudor houses, pubs, cobbled high street and Cathedral, they haven't started the Castle yet!
23:33.43rhoweheh
23:33.52rhoweCrazy country :)
23:34.16rhoweThis rocks
23:34.16rhoweI have a key on my keyboard which causes the kernel to panic :)
23:35.14highburywe shall henceforth call it "The Special Key"
23:35.24highburypaint it blue!
23:35.30rhoweIt already is blue :)
23:35.34rhoweIt's the F-lock key
23:36.32highburyrename it the B-locks key
23:36.48rhoweI'm hoping a kernel upgrade'll fix it
23:37.01rhoweBut hm.. not sure I'm up to running through menuconfig tonight
23:53.28highburynn folk

Generated by irclog2html.pl by Jeff Waugh - find it at freshmeat.net! Modified by Tim Riker to work with blootbot logs, split per channel, etc.