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07:52.01morsing'morning
08:04.14Leedsmornin;
08:08.40andrew__hi there
08:27.04morsingLeeds, andrew__!
08:51.31trousersHehehe, example.com actually exists >.<
09:22.56morsingCheck it!
09:23.28morsinghttp://www.morsing.cc/photos/Ultimate_BMW_23092006/imm002.jpg
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10:25.05JAVmorning
10:26.29sabinef72morning
11:23.37mozratGood Morsing
11:23.50sabinef72mozrat !!!!!!!!!!
11:24.03mozratHi Sabby!
11:24.05sabinef72I'm working on my website and I'm still waiting youuuuuuuu
11:24.12mozratYou shoudl email me!
11:24.41sabinef72I already did it !!!!!
11:24.51mozratWhich address?
11:24.52sabinef72I'm still waiting your answer
11:24.57sabinef72my email was in July !
11:25.13mozratAh, well. *YOU* decided to go on holiday
11:25.25mozratwhats the URL again?
11:25.55sabinef72me ?
11:26.10mozratsabine-et-benoit.free.fr?
11:26.18sabinef72I wasn't on holidays... I was just looking the world
11:26.26sabinef72nooooo
11:26.33sabinef72sabinef72.sabine-et-benoit.com
11:26.34mozratheh - call it what you will :-)
11:26.42z0dGood day.
11:26.48mozrathi z0d
11:27.01z0dHello mozrat.
11:28.24sabinef72mozrat: my email said everything I need
11:29.55mozratsabinef72: Je suis tres desole
11:30.01mozratPlease resend it!
11:30.09sabinef72grrrrrrrrrr
11:30.15mozratI only have webmail here from home and I cannot search
11:30.35sabinef72which address ? always the same ?
11:30.41mozratC'mon do it do it!
11:30.45mozratsimon.morris@cmtww.com
11:31.45mozratsabinef72: send it - I'll read it there
11:32.41sabinef72ok I did it - 4 emails sent again
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15:31.57mozratGood Afternoon fellows
15:32.51wethrinWhatho
15:33.29mozratHello Mr Kolb
15:33.41mozratI appear to be in love with my new tablet PC
15:33.51mozratLinxu work great with it
15:33.56mozratand also Linux
15:34.35wethrinYay!
15:34.40wethrinYou and your geektosy
15:34.42wethrin*toys
15:35.00wethrinI'm happy with Leeds'^Wmy Xbox
15:35.14mozratHow is that working?
15:35.25mozratDid you go for Freevo or Myth in the end?
15:39.01wethrinFreevo
15:39.08wethrinIt does What I Want(TM)
15:39.16wethrinMyth is more suited to being a PVR, which isn't what I want
15:40.27boudiccasDid you know? That gllug has its email archived by gmane? :)
15:40.45wethrinSomeone (might have been you) mentioned it
15:41.18boudiccasdoubtful it being me. i only discovered it yesterday
15:41.26mozratboudiccas: it was mentioned somewhere.. Googling with the "site:lists.gllug.org.uk kimble" is also helpful
15:41.52wethrinsigh. Washing machine's been going for almost 4 hours
15:51.47boudiccasmozrat; site:lists.gllug.org.uk kimble is embarrassing!
15:55.22mozratboudiccas: why?
15:55.58mozrat8 days late... sorry peeps!
16:00.04boudiccasIs it possible to force a drive to unmount please? I've tried 'umount /dev/hdb1' but it just keeps coming back saying that the drive is busy
16:03.56wethrins'ok, mozzie
16:04.06Leedswethrin: so it's working then?
16:04.26wethrinLeeds: Yes, quite well. The controller appears to stick a bit, though
16:04.36wethrinI presume it just needs a bit of dust-removal inside?
16:05.12mozratboudiccas: use the lsof command to see which process is keeping the drive busy
16:05.42mozratprobably you have a shell open or a GUI file manager open ?
16:06.48wethrinmozrat: That's a slightly scary picture of me
16:07.51mozratwethrin: it is. I haven't had any other as of yet
16:08.14wethrin:)
16:17.06boudiccas<PROTECTED>
16:19.49wethrinYou're not just out of disk space?
16:21.21boudiccasnope
16:22.56mozratboudiccas: what kind of file is it?
16:25.25boudiccasan avi
16:25.39mozratAre you able to watch it all the way through normally?
16:25.44boudiccasyes
16:26.04boudiccasjust can't take it off this disc to burn it as a backup
16:26.10mozratHmm
16:27.01mozratDo you suspect the problem is with the source file or the destination volume?
16:27.18boudiccassource volume
16:28.05mozratDoes the system log tell you anything when you try and copy the file?
16:28.18boudiccaswait two
16:31.08boudiccasnothing jumps out at me as being out of the ordinary
16:31.30mozratHmm, not too sure then. That is strange
16:31.49mozratcp doesn't do anything very verbose when you call it verbosely unfortunately
16:31.49boudiccasmozrat; you can't have used radios too much then, or else you've forgotten :)
16:32.03mozratare you able to tar it?
16:32.44boudiccasdunno, trying atm
16:32.53mozratbbl - sorry boudiccas
16:33.01boudiccasnp, enjoy
16:38.38boudiccasmozrat; tarring helped in shifting the file over. thanks :)
16:40.51mozratboudiccas: ah good
16:42.57sabinef72mozrat: !
16:43.20mozratsabinef72! I never received 2 of the emails you sent me a few months ago
16:43.27mozratI would have rememberd the claim of sexual harrasement"
16:43.56sabinef72lol
16:47.33sabinef72mozrat: are you sure you want to continue again ?
16:56.05mozratsabinef72: yes, of course
16:56.08mozrathey z0d
16:56.11mozratand z00dax
16:56.17z00daxhey mozrat
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16:56.29mozrat'lo iTron
16:56.35sabinef72mozrat: I was talking about translation... not sexual harrasement....
16:56.43trousersErrr... How do I find out what module I should load to do something?
16:58.17mozratsabinef72: oh. I can do that as well
16:58.32mozrattrousers: hmm? What kind of "something" are you trying to do?
16:58.54trousersGet sound :)
16:59.11trouserslspci gives me: 00:07.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 20)
16:59.28z00daxtrousers: what kernel are you using ?
16:59.33Leedstrousers: ac97?
16:59.53z00daxheya Leeds
17:00.00trousers2.6.17
17:00.15trousersLeeds: And I get that module how?
17:01.17z00daxtrousers: look at lspci -n, that should give you an id for the device, then look at the kernel's pcimap at /lib/modules/`uname -r`/modules.pcimap
17:01.30z00daxconnect the dots, and you should get a good idea on what it might work with
17:02.56z00daxtrousers: look at /boot/config-`uname -r`
17:02.58trousersz00dax: Err, how does anything in modules.pcimap make sense?
17:03.08z00daxshould tell you what became of of the module at kernel build time
17:03.33z00daxwell, the pcimap has the pci id's for various devices - and the module that can handle it
17:04.12sabinef72hi zOOz
17:04.15sabinef72grrrrrr
17:04.19sabinef72hi z00dax
17:04.29z00daxgreee
17:04.31z00daxhi sabinef72
17:04.35sabinef72why do you have all almost the same nick ?
17:05.23z00daxI've had mine since end of 1995
17:05.31z00daxthe others are all imposters!
17:05.42sabinef72we must do something !
17:06.02trousersOkay, I found some stuff, modprobed something and it didn't give me an error
17:06.05z00daxas GWBush, my hero, would say - nuke em all
17:08.18trousers3c59x sound (pun not intended) familiar?
17:08.39z00daxwhat made you think that this module was what you needed ?
17:09.19trousersBecause I grepped anything+everything from lspci -n in modules.pcimap
17:10.31Leedstrousers: via82xx
17:11.24trousersModule not found, but there is some stuff on my HDD relating to it
17:12.24trousersDo I need to compile the module or something?
17:12.54trousersGentoo
17:13.21z00daxwhy not move to a real proper distro ?
17:13.38trousersSuch as?
17:13.42z00daxdo you have the kernel config's ? look for CONFIG_SND_VIA82XX in there.. is that a 'y' or 'm' ?
17:14.05LeedsI compile all that sort of thing myself
17:14.05z00daxI think pretty much any distro would detect and rightly setup modprobe.conf for that sound card.
17:14.11trousersKernel configs, where would they be?
17:14.17Leedsand that's not the full name of the module - it's the interesting bit
17:14.49trousersLeeds: What is your job?
17:14.57Leedstrousers: right now I don't have one
17:15.02z00dax:)
17:15.08trousersLeeds: was?
17:16.11Leedsmaking bras
17:16.19trousersFor whom?
17:16.30Leedswomen?
17:16.34trousersAhh
17:16.46trousersI have a "via82xx.c" :S
17:17.05Leedsit'll be called something like snd-via82xx-something
17:17.10trousersIn where?!
17:17.17Leedsgrab the alsa source tarball, compile it, install it, load the module
17:18.04trousersemerging alsa should be sufficient?
17:18.09trousersThen load module?
17:18.11Leedsno idea - I don't do distro support
17:18.22Leeds:-)
17:18.24trousersOkay
17:18.37trousersBut you did do breast support!
17:18.41trousersHeehee
17:18.52Leedsha bloody ha
17:21.19Leedsanyway, it's a bog-standard, well-supported chip
17:22.23trousersOkay, which alsa package do I get?
17:22.38trousersNever mind...
17:22.59Leedsalsa-driver - 1.0.12 is current
17:28.34trousersCompiling
17:53.27z0dmozrat
18:34.53mozrathi z0d
18:36.37trousersHowdy mozrat
18:36.53trousersAny news on the next meeting yet?
18:37.03z0dI think the proper order is alsa-library, alsa-driver, alsa-utils.
18:37.22mozrattrousers: The next "event" (not a meeting) is the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo
18:37.30mozratGLLUG will be there.. so should you :-)
18:37.40mozratThere is a Lonix pub meet afterwards
18:37.48z0dHmm 25th October... Sounds fine.
18:37.53mozratthe plan is to hold a GLLUG meeting on the weekend after the expo
18:38.03z00daxI wont be in the UK from the 18th Oc to the 30th
18:38.09mozratJust waiting for the speaker to confirm he can come
18:38.16mozratz00dax: :(
18:38.20mozratWhere will you be?
18:38.24z00daxdamn, looks like I am going to miss this one
18:38.28trousersDon't I need tickets for LinuxWorld expo?
18:38.30z00daxmozrat: going to .in for 2 weeks
18:39.07mozratz00dax: Shame to miss you at the Expo. Have fun though
18:39.17mozratI first met you in person a year ago!
18:39.37z00daxtrue...
18:39.46z00daxI as hoping to be there, there is going to be a CentOS stand a well - not sure who is going to man that this year
18:40.37z0dhttp://www.crorepixels.com/egg.htm
18:41.08mozratz0d: I think that was exposed as a hoax
18:41.34z0dYeah.
18:42.59mozratHmm, my AppArmor policy for ejabberd doesn't work after all
18:43.01z0dhttp://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_cook_egg_cell_phones.htm
18:44.47trousersz0d: Mmm, tasty... But which way of cooking is more energy efficient?
18:47.20trousersWhere is LinxuWorld expo?
18:47.43z00daxtrousers: its that way ->
18:48.02trousersYou did manage to point to the railway line :)
18:48.09trousersAnd a train is going past right now
18:50.41mozrattrousers: London Olympia
18:51.15trousersSigning up for free registration :)
18:51.24trousersMust... Tidy... Bedroom...
18:52.05trousersWhat's the nearest train station to the London Olympia?
18:54.06mozratIt's that silly train from Earls Court
18:54.11wethrinOlympia
18:54.21mozratthat only runs to 3 stations but is officially on the District Line
18:54.42wethrinIt's about a 10-15 minute walk from Earl's Court station
18:55.42trousersKensington Olympia?
18:56.39trousersYes, it is... I can just get a train from Waterloo...
18:57.58wethrinyarr
18:59.10mozratWhere do you live trousers ?
18:59.38trousersWaitwaitwaitwaitwait... It's on a Wed-Thurs?
18:59.49mozratyep
19:00.11trousersAHAR! It's half term :)
19:00.20mozratIs it?
19:00.25trousersFor me...
19:00.32mozratYou sure?
19:00.32trousersSo I can come
19:00.46mozratGoody.. I wonder if my kids are on half term then?
19:00.59trousersHmm, maybe not, aren't your children at primary school?
19:01.29trousersmozrat: Malden Manor station
19:03.23wethrinDifferent LEAs have different half-term dates
19:03.39wethrinCertainly Berkshire is a week earlier (IIRC) than Buckinghamshire
19:03.50mozrattrousers: they are
19:04.41trouserswethrin: That's only the public (public meaning paid-for-by-the-govmnt-in-this-sense) schools, though?
19:04.51trousersMozrat could be rich...
19:04.52wethrintrousers: You mean 'state' schools
19:05.03trousersYes
19:05.09wethrinYou're thinking of the USian meaning of 'public' school
19:05.32trousersMm
19:06.06mozrattrousers: could be.. but I'm not
19:07.30trousersmozrat: Can I be your surrogate son? :P
19:10.24mozrattrousers: Hmmm
19:10.28mozratThere are many considerations
19:10.35mozratWhich distro do you use?
19:10.52trousersFor desktop: Ubuntu
19:10.57trousersCurrently
19:11.35mozratOk. you scored moderately on that test. At least you didn't say Gentoo. Because believe me. Your early bedtimes are incompatible with being a Gentoo user
19:11.54mozratHow much pocket money would you demand a week?
19:11.57trousersI don't use Gentoo on my server! No no no!
19:12.15trousersErr, I haven't had pocket money for at least a year
19:12.25mozratHmm! Sounds promising!
19:12.32mozratWhich football team do you support?
19:12.39trousersI don't.
19:12.58mozratWell - there could have been worse answers. Welcome to the family son
19:13.14trousersAlso - I would use Slackware on my server if I could :)
19:13.29trousersejabber?
19:13.32wethrinMmm....Slackware
19:13.56trousersSlackware was my first real distribution, but the installer has taken to segfaulting when trying to install on my server
19:14.12wethrinOh. Eww.
19:14.17trousersAnd I've been too lazy to install it on another machine and to transfer it across yet
19:14.41trousersAnd I thought it was screwing me over, but it seems to be that the network card was just dead
19:14.43wethrinThat saying, I've got Debian on my xbox and fileserver. And encoding system. But that was for laziness, rather than distribution preference
19:15.00trousersFunky
19:15.25trousersI use Gentoo because one guy told me it was really good, but I don't like it much... Emerging takes for *ever*
19:27.26z0dtrousers: Is it really faster? I've heard legends but haven't seen anything convincing.
19:27.45trousersI haven't noticed much...
19:27.48trousersNot that I would
19:37.40wethrinThere could be benefits for tasks that are CPU-bound, rather than IO-bound. However, 99.9% of software is very much IO-bound
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20:34.09mozrathello!
20:34.46z00daxhullo
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20:44.08cbzgah
20:44.22z00daxgah gah
20:44.50cbzgah yourself
20:44.54mozratcbz!
20:45.13cbzmozzie!
20:45.26cbzThe permissions never get set properly
20:45.40cbz<- currently on other machine using hotplug
20:54.17wethrinSigh. What is it with charities sending out pens and flyers all the time? Is it actually financially viable for them?
20:54.49cbzYes, as it makes you feel guilty
20:54.56cbzSign up for the MPS
20:55.04cbzAnd give anonymously via a charitycard
20:55.38cbzBut on the issue itself - it's a marketing cost, and lot's of charities have fairly big marketing budgets for that sort of thing
21:09.00z00daxcb35%
21:09.03z00daxhumm
21:09.06z00daxcbz: 35%
21:09.30z00daxon a .eu average only 41% of donated funds make it to the actual chairty-use
21:10.04z00daxin the .us I've heard of numbers as low as 23% - 24%
21:10.13cbzYeah
21:10.39cbzSo basically research the charities first - if you are going to give.
21:20.42wethrinWith the MPS, does that apply to a person, or an address?
21:20.56wethrinAs most of the junk is addressed to a previous occupant, or 'The Occupier'
21:21.46z00daxmps runs on surname/familyname
21:24.51cbzwethrin: You can add entries for previous occupants
21:25.11cbzwethrin: A lot of the 'The Occupier' mail is delivered directly by Royal Mail, there's a different way of stopping that
21:26.29cbzhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/working_lunch/4315806.stm
21:26.57wethrinHrm
21:27.07wethrinI object less to junk mail than spam
21:27.29cbzYou subsidise both
21:27.36z00daxthere is also the thing that once you buy something from someone and dont opt out, they can still send you stuff - even if you are on the mps
21:29.01z0dThere's an alternative: change e-mail address annually.
21:29.26z00daxz0d: thats not a good idea. the aim of an email add is to have it for a long time
21:29.31z00daxI still have my 1995 one
21:29.49cbzAnother alternative, crucify spammers
21:31.19z0dz00dax: I though the aim is to enable communication. <-:
21:31.42z00daxyes, and to do so over a long period of time
21:32.16z00daxchange of email would hurt me a lot more than change of house address
21:32.30z0dI don't say it's perfect. I don't even say it's a reasonable method for all. But it works.
21:32.31z00daxor even phone number for that matter
21:32.59z0dWell, you can put up a web page which describes your current e-mail address.
21:33.07z0dDescribes, not contains.
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