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09:43.47gwak_<PROTECTED>
09:44.25Blaptogwak_: you too, buddy.
09:44.42gwak_heh, sorry wrong terminal window ;-]
09:46.48j0nroo many a time have done that in im
09:49.11gwak_i leave in fear of responding to a rant about about a colleague into the wrong IM tab
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10:25.03BlaptoI sudo apt-get dist-upgraded all of quakenet yesterday :)
10:25.46kjsHum, changing a CentOS box hostname is possible without a reboot ?
10:28.20tink044change /etc/sysconfig/network and .etc.hosts and do a network restart maybe.
10:47.08kjstink044: on centos would i add the host name to the end like...
10:47.25kjs127.0.0.1       localhost.localdomain   localhost    myboxname
10:47.32kjsin /etc/hosts
10:47.41kjsor just add a new  line like:
10:47.51tink044new line
10:47.58kjs192.168.0.5   myboxname.mydomain.local
10:48.08kjsokay
10:48.14tink044Yeah that one, with the myboxname on the end\
10:48.42kjsso new line with "192.168.0.5   myboxname.mydomain.local   myboxname"
10:48.48tink044Yeppers
10:50.00kjsprompt is still saying @localhost
10:50.04kjson a re loggin.
10:50.20kjsI guess /etc/init.d/network restart
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10:51.01tink044yeah restart, then perhaps logout and back in again
10:51.10tink044network restart i mean
10:51.22kjsrestart should be fine, over ssh...
10:51.24mindbendrhi
10:51.36kjshi mindbendr
10:51.37tink044ahh ok
10:51.45mindbendrkjs: how's it
10:52.22kjsiv done service network restart over ssh before and its been ok, hum because i dont want to leave the house today it will probably fuck up.
10:53.16kjsnice restarted fine.
10:54.28tink044hehe phew... it's always a slight heart stopping moment.
11:31.38wethrineh. If it goes wrong, you just fire up your serial console, and fix the network from there
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11:47.32kjswethrin: no serial console there.
11:47.48wethrinTut. how do you do remote access then, for when things break?
11:48.13kjstink044: yeah haha, it hung for a few seconds during restart of eth0 as well..
11:48.39kjswethrin: te place is not far away, only a small business with 1 linux box.
11:49.02kjsmy other servers have KVMoIP etc
11:49.22kjshow much expense is it to setup a serial console?
11:49.47wethrinApproximately nothing, depending on your needs and setup
11:50.29kjsid just want to connect if I mess up a fw rule or the network dies.
11:51.33wethrinYou could have two computers connected to each other
11:53.40kjsguess I could just bang a modem on the box, and dial into it?
11:54.56wethrinThat could work too
11:54.59wethrinBut requires a bit more setup
11:55.14kjsand a phone line.
11:55.30wethrinyes
11:55.32kjsand not a digital one...
11:55.39wethrinindeed. One with DDI
11:56.06kjsIll just test my firewall rules on a vm first :D
12:05.24zaargapparently the google maps car is roaming the streets...
12:05.49kjs?
12:06.24zaargfor street view
12:06.30wethrinMoon them!
12:06.40kjsget in the pic
12:06.41kjshaha
12:06.53zaargyeah, i want to find it
12:09.31kjsin gnome how do you show an address bar ? so you can see the path
12:10.17kjsstupid guis
12:10.37zaargstupid gtk
12:10.49zaargin newer version there's a button you can press
12:11.03zaargto reveal the path
12:11.14kjsthat thing in the bottom left?
12:11.41zaargno..
12:11.45kjsyes but for some reason i can't connect to a smb share if i try and use the normal method, however typing smb:\\\blah works
12:12.10kjsNautilus 2.22.3
12:12.22zaarghttp://www.opennet.ru/docs/RUS/gtk-reference/filechooser.png
12:12.39zaargthe button next to the path buttons in the above picture
12:12.45zaargiirc
12:13.08kjsah yeah i dont have that though.
12:13.17kjsif i just click on home in fedora.
12:14.19kjsjust have to do file / open location i guess
12:15.06zaarghrm maybe not all file chooser dialogs have it
12:15.14kjssorted it.
12:15.29kjs"connect to server" seems to work now i  have done a yum update.
12:17.08jpds13~/17
12:17.13jpdsarg
12:18.21kjsi dont like the way by defualt fedora has the box ticked to remember password for root o.O
12:24.48shevek_fedora is a pseudo-linux for people who don't know unix
12:25.28BlaptoHow do you work that out?
12:28.37shevek_The art of building a good component is to create a tool which allows people to do things not forseen by the creator.
12:28.45shevek_A library is no good if it's only usable for one task.
12:28.56shevek_Lego have this problem with many of their bricks, and some of their early technology components.
12:51.01kjsright?
12:52.13kjsI do find it far more akward to use than debian tbh, but I am far more used to debian.
12:55.58shevek_mmm. e.g. it's possible to run Java on debian.
13:58.13cpufreakwe run java on Ubuntu extensively here.
13:58.28cpufreakworks fine (tm)
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14:46.09AndyMillarhmm
14:46.13AndyMillarpeople work for £12k? :/
14:46.20AndyMillar(yes, my encoding is fucked)
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14:46.32wethrinAndyMillar: It's better than nothing
14:47.53AndyMillarthat's 230/week :(
14:48.19AndyMillarwhich is, realistically, worth less than a day's work a week :(
14:49.24wethrinThe dole would be less
14:50.19AndyMillarfree housing, no council tax, free nhs prescriptions, plus 50 a week spending money
14:50.28AndyMillarin London, you'll have more disposable income from the dole
14:51.53wethrinhm
14:52.46AndyMillarthis was clearly sparked from the unit.tv email
14:52.55wethrinyeah
14:53.17AndyMillarif you're consulting in London, GBP400/day is cheap :(
14:53.44antiphaseYou can't be dole scum and a 400 quid a day consultant though, otherwise most people would take the 400 quid a day
14:53.56zaargoh dear god, i need to setup a printer...in linux
14:54.03AndyMillarzaarg: it's not that painful :)
14:54.04wethrinantiphase: You'd get more respect as a dole scum
14:54.13AndyMillarwethrin: really? :(
14:54.20wethrinAndyMillar: It is, if you want to print to a network printer. Specially under CUPS
14:54.56zaargyup
14:55.02zaargand basically i have better things to do
14:55.04zaarg:>
14:55.11AndyMillarhmm
14:55.19wethrinWell, I've never got CUPS to DTRT when talkign to a network printer
14:55.31AndyMillarshould I reply to that job advert offering to work 1 day every 2 weeks for them on that salary? ;)
14:55.36wethrinI tell it it's not a postscript printer, and the heap of shit entirely ignored it, and spews postscript down the network
14:55.54wethrinMaybe it thinks that there's a postscript interpreter on the other end. Well, IT'S WRONG.
14:56.29zaargthat job might suit someone that's left school early
14:56.29wethrinClearly the people that 'developed' CUPS have never heard of a printer that has an ethernet port on the back of it
14:56.32zaargand is leaving with their parents
14:56.37zaarger living
14:56.42wethrinHrm. Bring back lpd, I say
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16:44.46halidang
16:44.47halithunder
16:44.50hali++
16:45.00AndyMillaridd
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20:49.24kjswethrin: get the printer working?
20:49.52kjsAndyMillar: my first job was 10 or 12k a yr and it sucked but i was only young, and i do not live in london.
20:49.52wethrinHmm? Oh, this was some years ago
20:50.18kjsIt was a "step on the ladder"
20:50.39kjsto the heaven that is working in computing...
20:51.12kjshumm if an old server was given to "me" from a client and I sell it thats fine right? I dont have to put it through my company?
20:53.08wethrinIf it's given to you, it's yours
20:55.40kjsthat was my understanding of it also wethrin
20:56.14wethrinBut why's '"me"' in quotes?
21:00.12kjswell basically they got a new server and gave me a colleague the old one.
21:00.39kjsand a*
21:03.15AndyMillarkjs: unless you're in a shit flatshare, your rent/bills in London will be 12kpa :(
21:03.48AndyMillarme+gf pay, erm, 16k/year on rent/bills
21:05.05kjsyeah i can imagen,
21:05.18kjsbut i was 18 at the time, no bills.
21:05.27AndyMillarheh
21:05.48kjsI doubt you could afford to eat if you where on that wage living in london.
21:05.58kjsmy typing is so bad today.
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21:23.06AndyMillarkjs: you can't :p
21:24.16kjsbe with the rest of the tramps and out of work it consultants busking on the tube.
21:25.31kjsIs there plenty of linux work in London still? Some one said in here the other day alot of the job adds are fakes? to get oou on the agency db's
21:36.20AndyMillarheh
21:36.49AndyMillari dunnoa ctually
21:36.53AndyMillardunno actually*
21:38.10AndyMillari get enough work
21:39.48antiphaseThere's always work for people with skillz
21:40.21AndyMillarskillz!
21:40.30wethrinantiphase: Sure, but you need to convince HR and management that you have skillz
21:42.28antiphaseI read a good article about that the other day. Either way, no-one will employ you if you interview badly unless they're particularly perceptive or interested in employing someone whose strength lies in giving poor interviews :)
21:43.14AndyMillaris lucky in being relatively good with interviews
21:43.48AndyMillar(plus having a good list of references and not being shit also helps)
21:44.13antiphaseAnd/or having contacts in the industry
21:44.23AndyMillaralso helps :)
22:22.45kjs:)
22:23.03kjs<spam> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&item=180261136373 </spam>
22:43.47z00daxkjs: that sounds like the right price for that machine
22:44.37z00daxAndyMillar: the best way to get hired is to let them find out and then chase you around for a bit
22:57.20DiscordianUKHmm
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