irclog2html for #kde on 20041114

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00:01.21Borg^Queennice tool. You have good taste in music. Are you sure you're a kid?
00:02.30Triad2000usr/bin/ld: warning: libm.so.2, needed by /usr/local/lib/libtunepimp.so, may conflict with libm.so.3
00:02.35Triad2000Nice.
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00:02.47canllaithTis a warning not a fatal error
00:02.54Triad2000Yeah, but it bombed
00:03.07Triad2000gmake[3]: *** [juk] Error 1
00:03.07Triad2000gmake[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/multimedia/kdemultimedia3/work/kdemultimedia-3.3.1/juk'
00:03.17jepel_tailweaverHello all. Does anyone know what would cause the menu and panel to mess themselves up if you try to run KDE through VNC?
00:03.37canllaithdescribe 'mess themselves up'
00:03.58jepel_tailweavercanllaith, none of the panel is responding except for the system tray
00:04.07jepel_tailweaverthe menu isn't responding
00:04.30jepel_tailweaverand if I change panel settings in Kcontrol, it doesn't affect the panel
00:05.08abydosTriad2000:  is this in gentoo?
00:05.30Renzeit's not gentoo... looks like *bsd
00:05.49canllaithInteresting. No, I have absolutely no idea why it would do that over vnc.
00:05.50abydosoh, durr.
00:05.58canllaithHow are you starting KDE ?
00:06.04jepel_tailweavercanllaith, lemme back up a bit
00:06.32jepel_tailweavercanllaith, After setting xstartup to execute startkde and starting the desktop, I'd get a Knotify error, so I quit VNC
00:06.32Triad2000abydos: fbsd 5.3
00:06.43jepel_tailweavercanllaith, I have now removed all traces of VNC from the equation
00:06.57Borg^Queentrout of doom? Is that an ACME product?
00:07.01abydosTriad2000:  feel free to use the trout of doom on me.
00:07.09Triad2000hehe
00:07.19abydosBorg^Queen:  no, I prefer to roll my own cheesy product names.
00:07.22Triad2000It's the only port that won't compile for kde3.
00:07.25Triad2000Strange.
00:07.32Borg^QueenLOL abydos
00:08.16abydosTriad2000:  why do you want juk?
00:08.26abydosTriad2000:  there are much better media players.
00:08.33abydosthat look better, I might add.
00:08.37jepel_tailweavercanllaith, now, KDE was started through my dinky little myxstart.sh script (X -config xorg.conf.new && export DISPLAY=:0.0 && /usr/bin/startkde &)
00:08.57Triad2000Yea, im curious really
00:08.58jepel_tailweaverabydos, can you suggest one? I kind of like JuK
00:09.06abydosxmms.
00:09.09abydossilly.
00:09.20jepel_tailweaverabydos, I wanted a jukebox, not a dinky little media player
00:09.33abydosI used to use juk until I discovered with a shock that it can't play streaming media.
00:09.38jepel_tailweaverabydos, I came here for all of the cushiness of a full-functioned desktop environment
00:09.41abydosand neither can rhythmbox.
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00:09.52canllaithThere is a very annoying disease in linux in general
00:09.59jepel_tailweavercanllaith, which would that be?
00:10.01canllaithWhere someone comes along and says 'Hey I'd like to get my juk fixed'
00:10.13canllaithThe people who might want to help are drowned out by people saying 'USE PROGRAM X INSTEAD!'
00:10.20abydosI'd use juk if it could play m3u streaming media.
00:10.25canllaithPerhaps you might not want to use program X? Perhaps you might want to fix program y?
00:10.27abydoscanllaith:  mi scusi.
00:10.30Borg^QueenWhat disease?
00:10.38AC-130Unow on to ethanol... *hic!*
00:10.38abydoshm.
00:10.42jepel_tailweavercanllaith, is there any way I can restart the panel?
00:10.54Borg^QueenAh, ok got
00:10.57jepel_tailweavercanllaith, or I think something went wrong with knotify
00:10.57Borg^Queenit
00:10.58abydosWhat's up with the juk compilation, is there any debugging info?
00:11.06canllaithjepel_tailweaver: dcop kicker kicker restart
00:11.13abydosjepel_tailweaver:  killall -9 kicker && kicker
00:11.18abydoserm.
00:11.20abydosor that.
00:11.22canllaithjepel_tailweaver: Here is where you might want to stop listening to abydos
00:11.24canllaith:)
00:11.36Borg^Queencanllaith: my attitude is the more apps the merrier. I never discourage someone from using/making another app.
00:11.55vagueok um I got a printer today, wondering if I have to rebuild all of KDE or just Libs and base ? I'm guessing just Libs and base... any input please. :)
00:12.02abydoscanllaith:  ah, but this is a single-user machine.
00:12.10canllaithabydos: So?
00:12.17canllaithIf there is a non destructuve way to restart kicker
00:12.18abydosvague:  you're on gentoo, right?
00:12.21canllaithkillall -9 is just stupidity
00:12.36vagueno
00:12.38Renzevague: why would you need to rebuild anything for a printer?
00:12.41Borg^QueenDoesn't that shut everything down?
00:12.45abydoscanllaith:  Ah, but see I did not know of the existence of a non-destructive way.
00:12.49abydosuntil now.
00:12.52vaguei didn't build it with cups support
00:13.01vaguei need to build it with cups
00:13.06abydosRenze:  he uses gentoo.
00:13.26vagueso do i just rebuild LIBS AND BASE ?>
00:13.28Renzeabydos: so do I, but if you're smart you don't need to rebuild anything
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00:13.55abydosRenze:  I'd rather use debian and not have anything to rebuild
00:13.56Renzeabydos: and he said "no" to you asking if he ran Gentoo
00:13.58Borg^Queengreen movement?
00:14.00canllaithvague: afaik, yes.
00:14.02abydoserm.
00:14.04abydosshit.
00:14.16abydostoo many conversations.
00:14.18Borg^QueenDebian = good
00:14.35abydosnews of the century, that.
00:14.36Renzeabydos: and please keep your opinions about which distro is best to yourself
00:14.47abydosoi, you read my mind
00:15.00Borg^Queenbeat him up! beat him up!
00:15.09Borg^Queen`oh crap
00:15.10abydosbeat this, alien!
00:15.26abydosanywho.
00:15.26Borg^QueenNo no you. I was trying to incite a riot
00:15.31Borg^QueenWho?
00:15.40abydosthat's who.
00:15.46Borg^Queeno0
00:15.50abydos...
00:16.21Borg^QueenAye, like wise. BBL, bloody phone.
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00:16.38Borg^QueenYou will all get a break of 1 hour lol
00:16.57abydosso Triad2000
00:17.12abydosIs there any debugging information with that error?
00:20.19vaguegees thanks for the really infomative answer :(
00:20.29canllaithWe answered you
00:20.33vagueIM NOT A NEWBEE!
00:20.34canllaithWhat's your problem?
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00:20.40jepel_tailweaverhello all
00:20.43vaguegeezus
00:20.45canllaithbah I have no time for rudeness
00:20.55vaguei've been a linux user for 8 years
00:20.58canllaithIf you cannot be bothered listening to the answer once you have asked a question then go elsewhere.
00:21.04Renzevague: we're volunteers, and you're not paying us... lighten up, or get out
00:21.22vaguewhere do i sen a check ?
00:21.31jepel_tailweavercanllaith: just before I could restart kicker, KDE messed up and all I could do was move stuff around and Ctrl-Alt-Backspace wouldn't work so I had to reboot
00:21.36canllaithvague: You could try scrolling up to see where your question was answered.
00:21.53canllaithjepel_tailweaver: Ok, things to check: Create a new user, see if it happens with this user
00:22.05jepel_tailweavercanllaith: running all the way to a root console
00:22.07Renzevague: < canllaith> vague: afaik, yes.
00:22.12canllaithjepel_tailweaver: You can also try other WM if you have them installed and see if you lock up under those as well
00:22.24vagueall i see is a smart comment about me not being smart enough to build kde with cups support.
00:22.37canllaithjepel_tailweaver: First thing to try though is to create a new user and see if they also have problems.
00:22.40Renzevague: are you blind?
00:22.46vagueno
00:22.47abydosvague:  ... you need to build it with cups support.
00:22.51canllaithvague: I answered you, if you can't be bothered paying attention then go away.
00:22.54Renzethen read the line I pasted of canllaith's
00:22.55abydosbut it's probably just kdebase.
00:23.34abydosvague:  I'm going to give you the straightest answer I can.
00:23.46vague<canllaith> vague: afaik, yes (that one?
00:23.50abydosvague:  You should rebuild kdebase with cups support.
00:23.55canllaithvague: Yes. Yes you have to rebuild kdebase and kdelibs with cups support.
00:23.56canllaithYes yes yes
00:24.05Renzevague: yes, that was in answer to your question about rebuilding kdelibs and kdebase
00:24.11canllaithI'm afraid I wasn't aware of any english dialects in which 'yes' did not mean 'yes'
00:24.25vagueok
00:24.31abydosbut all the other kde packages will work with the current kprint from the newly recompiled kdebase
00:24.47canllaithkdelibs needs the support as well.
00:24.49abydosand kdelibs, yes.
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00:25.20vagueok
00:25.34Renzewhat a dork
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00:25.59jtw_kdetestcanllaith, KDE works fine as the new 'kdetest' user
00:26.14abydos" i have been using linux for 8 years" well, if you take that attitude, you'll get nowhreer
00:26.18canllaithjtw_kdetest: Well there you go. It is something to do with your user configuration.
00:26.37canllaithjtw_kdetest: Considering how severe your problems are, I would be inclined to mv .kde .kde-bak
00:26.43jtw_kdetestcanllaith, is there something in particular in the config that I can change? or do I need to start over?
00:26.46canllaithThen slowly migrate your settings back over
00:26.46jtw_kdetestoh, I need to start over?
00:27.00canllaithjtw_kdetest: Not quite. Eg, kmail and kopete are unlikely to be causing your problem
00:27.03canllaithso migrate those settings over
00:27.10canllaithkonsole, kwrite, etc etc etc
00:27.17jtw_kdetestcanllaith, my most important things are Konqueror bookmarks
00:27.21jtw_kdetesteverything else is trivial
00:27.25canllaithjtw_kdetest: Then you can copy them back over :)
00:27.42canllaithThey are in ~/.kde/share/apps/konqueror I believe
00:27.43abydosbut your kickerrc is probably what's wrong.
00:28.13canllaithjtw_kdetest: Just don't copy over your kickerrc or kwinrc...
00:28.22abydos<PROTECTED>
00:28.42jtw_kdetestah yes, I just found them, abydos
00:28.44abydosAnd I mean that as a wildcard, not an AOL-style correction
00:29.05jtw_kdetesthmm
00:29.25jtw_kdetestI made a few custom Kmenu items, where are they stored?
00:29.36canllaith<PROTECTED>
00:30.02abydosaren't they in ~/.kde/share/applnk
00:30.13abydosthat would make the most sense to me.
00:30.14canllaithabydos: No, they are not.
00:30.19jtw_kdetestcanllaith, is that the same as ~/.kde/share/config? I see a lot of files there
00:30.23Renzeabydos: because KDE is using the freedesktop.org standard for cross-desktop compatability
00:30.26canllaithjtw_kdetest: No it is not
00:30.29abydosah.
00:30.40abydosstandards screw me up.
00:30.59jtw_kdetestcanllaith, where is this '.config' that you speak of? ~/.kde?
00:31.01canllaithabydos: Would be helpful if you didn't contradict people who do know what they are talking about :)
00:31.07canllaithjtw_kdetest: No, ~/.config
00:31.10Renzejtw_kdetest: ~/.config/
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00:31.35jtw_kdetestah
00:31.36canllaith<PROTECTED>
00:31.37jtw_kdetestthank you
00:31.38canllaithTo be precise.
00:31.46jtw_kdetestI can just leave the whole menu thing intact, right?
00:31.48canllaithI just can't be bothered using ~ on this keyboard it's so awkward.
00:31.49canllaithYep
00:32.01jtw_kdetestYou've been *very* helpful
00:32.29Sweeperanybody buy 3 ss20's for $20 + shipping?
00:32.37jtw_kdetest$ ls -a | grep kde
00:32.37jtw_kdetest.kde
00:32.37jtw_kdetest.kde.backup
00:32.37jtw_kdetest.kde3.3
00:32.37jtw_kdetest.kderc
00:32.41canllaithheh
00:32.48jtw_kdetestwhich ones do I have to worry about? just .kde?
00:32.57canllaithjtw_kdetest: echo $KDEHOME
00:33.04Renzejtw_kdetest: .kde3.3, the .kde is just a symlink
00:33.14jtw_kdetestRenze, thank you
00:34.03jtw_kdetestKDE scares me somewhat because it is so big and complicated
00:34.20canllaithheh
00:34.28Renzedo not fear the KDE :)
00:34.38jepel_tailweaverAnd I don't understand a lot of config stuff
00:34.40jepel_tailweaverbut it was so cushy
00:34.49jepel_tailweaverI didn't want to go back to my harsh WindowMaker
00:34.57abydoskde is very cushy and customizable
00:35.08abydoswmaker has its place though
00:35.09jepel_tailweaverwhich is why I love it
00:35.21abydosthe only one that I don't think has its place is gnome.
00:35.23canllaithkwin's configuration by window class and dcop makes it the most powerful unix desktop environment I have ever used.
00:35.39canllaithoooh and kiosk
00:35.40abydosgconf is pretty okay.
00:35.44AC-130Uhow so?
00:35.44jepel_tailweavercanllaith: what's dcop? is it something that is a pain to work with if it screws up?
00:35.53abydosbut I don't like gcony.
00:35.56abydoserr.
00:36.00canllaithdcop is the desktop communications protocol
00:36.06abydosgconf is okay, but I don't like it.
00:36.06Renzejepel_tailweaver: dcop is a way of controlling apps from other apps, scripts, or command line
00:36.16canllaithIt lets you send commands to stuff that supports it so you can control them from scripts or command line and stuff
00:36.22canllaithyeah what Renze said ;)
00:36.27jepel_tailweaverahh
00:36.44canllaithThe dcop call I use most often is dcop kicker kicker restart :P
00:37.03jepel_tailweavercanllaith: does kicker give you a lot of problems?
00:37.06AC-130Uhmm
00:37.08Dhraakelliannow playing: Bel Canto - The Glassmaker
00:37.21Dhraakellianthat was done with dcop
00:37.37canllaith:)
00:37.53DhraakellianamaroK: exec -o ~/bin/amarok-nowplaying.sh
00:38.02jepel_tailweaverWhee!!! The sweet KDE startup sound happily greets my ears!
00:38.11Dhraakellian$ cat ~/bin/amarok-nowplaying.sh
00:38.11Dhraakellian#!/bin/bash
00:38.11Dhraakellianecho "now playing: `dcop amarok player nowPlaying`"
00:38.17jepel_tailweaveraRts used to give me a lot of grief
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00:39.18jepel_tailweaverhmm
00:39.22RenzeDhraakellian: pick up a cheap SBLive :)
00:39.34jepel_tailweaverThe Bookmark Editor doesn't seem to have an option to import KDE3 bookmarks
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00:40.09abydosjust put them in the corresponding folder
00:40.20RenzeDhraakellian: Soundblaster Live soundcard... does mixing in hardware
00:40.21abydossound blaster live, Dhraakellian
00:40.38Dhraakellianah
00:40.50Sweeperjepel_tailweaver: erm....'
00:41.06jepel_tailweaverI fear KDE somewhat
00:41.08Dhraakellianso, does everyone know about the "run command" keyboard shortcut?
00:41.17abydosalt-f2
00:41.21jepel_tailweaverI remember that in KDE 1 it was Alt-F2
00:41.24jepel_tailweaveroh, it hasn't changed?
00:41.30Dhraakelliansure, abydos... go and spoil the joke
00:41.36abydosDhraakellian:  sorry.
00:41.41canllaith*sigh* abydos you need to learn the ropes of #kde
00:41.46abydosDhraakellian:  could have said it was a joke.
00:41.52canllaithDhraakellian answers all keyboard shortcut related questions.
00:42.00Dhraakellianabydos: probably better this way
00:42.04canllaithThe ensuing mirth is worth holding back your helpfulness for ;)
00:42.17Dhraakelliancanllaith: just with _gelO
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00:42.40abydosI had the days I did that too.
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00:43.23Sweeper....
00:43.26abydoshttp://asittler.brad-x.com/altf4.html
00:43.37Sweeperirssi >>>>>>>> xcha
00:43.43abydosoy, naught wrong with irssi
00:43.56Triad2000google searching
00:43.56abydosbut I wouldn't go as far as Sweeper did
00:44.05Sweeperabydos: can you run xchat in screen?
00:44.18abydosSweeper:  no, you can not.
00:44.23Sweeperexactly!
00:44.26Dhraakellianheh
00:44.27canllaithirssi rocks
00:44.34abydoscanllaith:  Yes, it does.
00:44.37Sweepercan you do perl scripting in xchat?
00:44.37DhraakellianI use irssi when I can't get to X
00:44.40Dhraakellianyes
00:44.45abydosSweeper:  yes
00:44.50Dhraakellianperl, python, tcl/tk, I think
00:45.10abydosperl is like awk with its head cut off
00:45.11RenzeDhraakellian: good time to learn :)
00:45.24Sweeperabydos: awk sucsk fat 80's as
00:45.28Sweeper*ass
00:45.34abydossucks*
00:45.37Sweeperthat too
00:45.45abydoss/perl/awk
00:45.48abydoserr
00:45.52abydoss/awk/perl
00:45.54jepel_tailweaverawk can be handy, but it's been pretty much 0wned by the practical extraction and reporting language
00:46.09abydosawk/sed 4 eva!
00:46.18Dhraakellianpathetically eclectic rubbish lister?
00:46.24jepel_tailweaveryou young whippersnappers with sed
00:46.30jepel_tailweavered is the standard text editor
00:46.46canllaithoi
00:46.56Sweepered? sed? what is this? cat ownz you all!
00:47.00abydosjust kidding, I don't know either stream editor or ass-working krap
00:47.01Dhraakellian(according to the O'Reilly Learning Perl book, both are endorsed by Larry Wall)
00:47.28abydosand I don't like vi.  It's all about vim
00:47.31abydosand emacs.
00:47.36abydosboth have their place
00:47.40jepel_tailweaverI like nano, kwrite, and gedit
00:48.00Sweeperfor GUI, ti's all about KATE
00:48.00abydosactually, I'd lay 10 bucks on jepel_tailweaver being younger than me.
00:48.08jepel_tailweaverabydos, I'd lay more than that
00:48.11Sweeperfor terminal, vi is fine
00:48.12abydosnano is for pussies
00:48.19Dhraakellian(note: I've never really used kate...)
00:48.37abydospussies unless their name is canllaith
00:48.39canllaithKate is very very nice.
00:48.43Sweeperjepel_tailweaver: then why are you using nano?
00:48.53canllaithActually I use pico.
00:48.54abydosedits don't belong in a GUI.
00:48.57canllaithWell I'm not sure what I used :|
00:49.01jepel_tailweaverSweeper, because it's fast and easy and I think that vi gets in my way
00:49.05abydosah, see, nano is for pussies
00:49.13canllaithOn the few systems that have nano and not pine
00:49.16jepel_tailweaverI'm a young whippersnapper, you see, I grew up with notepad on windows
00:49.24abydosedits belong in a terminal
00:49.25canllaith<PROTECTED>
00:49.30canllaith:D
00:49.53canllaithIt's a computer, not a religion, get a life.
00:49.59abydosln -s /dev/urandom /usr/bin/nano
00:50.00Sweeperabydos: tabbed editing + code collapsing + context highlighting + builtin shell window - having to use 7 fingers for commands = kate
00:50.04jepel_tailweavercanllaith, it's never been better said
00:50.22abydosah, but I Just Edit, Damnii.
00:50.23jepel_tailweaverSweeper, I think I might like Kate for messing with server confs
00:50.28abydosso I use vim
00:50.39jepel_tailweaverOne can edit a config file with kate, then restart the server with the builtin shell
00:50.41canllaithKate is very nice for perl... ooh and xml!
00:50.54abydosseriously, we should make a vim fork and call it Jed for Just Edit, Damnit.
00:50.56canllaithbeing able to use the builtin shell for checkXML is nice at 1024x768
00:51.19abydosI know.
00:51.27abydosbut it is not simple to use.
00:51.28jepel_tailweavercall it aoe
00:51.44jepel_tailweaveraoe ->abydos (or albert)'s own editor
00:51.56abydosActually, what I used to be in love with for quickie edits was e3
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00:52.17Dhraakellian"If you want to embed your text editor into your IDE, use Vim; if you want to embed your IDE into your text editor, use emacs."
00:52.19abydose3em, to be precise, as I didn't know vim keybindings.
00:52.21Sweeperjepel_tailweaver: eh, I dunno. I usually only have the shell open when I doing C++ or C
00:52.24canllaithemacs nox takes a few seconds to load on my old gateway
00:52.30Dhraakellian-- my dad
00:52.36abydose3 ist die beste
00:53.11jepel_tailweaverwhy does KDE only come with 4 virtual desktops by default? am I the only one that needs 6?
00:53.25canllaithBecause 4 is a number greater than 0 and less than 20
00:53.25abydosjepel_tailweaver:  it's a simple reconfiguration.
00:53.32Renzejepel_tailweaver: I've never needed more than three :)
00:53.44abydosI never used more than 4.
00:53.57abydosI only use 1 now
00:54.01canllaithheh one nice thing about using putty
00:54.07canllaithhdd powers down
00:54.09canllaithsilence.
00:54.20brucehoultI like 8 or 9 on a work machine, but need 2-dimensional layout to manage them
00:54.23abydosone bad thing about using putty is that you have to use windoms
00:54.27Dhraakellianjepel_tailweaver: you're in the minority, perhaps?
00:54.27Renzewhoops
00:54.32canllaith:P
00:54.34jepel_tailweaverDhraakellian, I should have thought of that
00:54.36Dhraakellianwhich is why 6 isn't the default?
00:54.38Renzebeep!
00:54.51canllaithabydos: Really? You mean I am NOT using a unix?
00:54.56canllaithMy god! I never noticed!
00:54.58abydoserm.
00:55.10brucehoultit's not as if it's hard to change anyway
00:55.11abydosunless you're using the linux port.
00:55.23brucehoultcanllaith: but but but .. it's posix-certified
00:55.24abydoswhich I'd lay odds you aren't.,
00:55.41canllaith</sarcasm>
00:55.54jepel_tailweaverMy brothers and sisters of KDE, please forgive me, I have not yet cleansed every last trace of the scourge that is GNOME from my system
00:55.54canllaithbrucehoult: I have to admit, as much as I hate your powerbook I would infinitely prefer an ibook to what I am using now.
00:56.04canllaithMeh I have gnome on my system
00:56.18canllaithI wasn't aware KDE demanded that we worshipped no idles.
00:56.20canllaitherm
00:56.22canllaithidols*
00:56.37brucehoultlol .. you're thinking of upstairs...
00:56.40abydosI worship an 800rpm Mazda idle
00:56.41canllaithhahahahaha
00:56.47canllaithbrucehoult: Now be nice :P
00:56.51jepel_tailweaverI'd worship an Apple laptop if I had one
00:56.59abydoshm.
00:56.59canllaithsod I don't have elinks installed
00:57.13brucehoultcanllaith, nice about the worship, or the idle?
00:57.17abydosat the instant jepel_tailweaver said that, this song cam on
00:57.27jepel_tailweaverhehe
00:57.29abydoscoincidence?
00:57.46canllaithHey grepper !
00:58.46canllaithheh I might be if my screen session ono gateway hasn't died yet
00:58.52canllaithon *
00:59.27Dhraakellianwhich is fairly new
01:00.17abydosoh, good god, I hate those things.
01:00.26grepperCANLLAITH !
01:00.52abydoshey everybody, let's be the reason noone joins irc and see how long we can idle, hur hur hur
01:01.07canllaithgrepper: ... yes? *hides*
01:01.15abydosthat's up there with efnet's no-services-you-stupid-fuck policy.
01:01.42greppersorry, too much coffee
01:02.16Dhraakellianabydos: well, if I'm going to have xchat open 24/7 anyway, why not?
01:02.46abydosRenze:  no, I mean without becoming addicted or having one-eyed kids someday
01:03.09Renzeabydos: you did't specify that in the original statement, so that's all you get :)
01:03.12abydosDhraakellian:  yeah, but an entire channel
01:03.24abydosRenze:  oh well, I can always feed them to your dog
01:03.50Renzeabydos: that's cool... I don't have a dog :)
01:03.57abydosRenze:  you do now
01:04.11abydosRenze:  and it's a valium addict.
01:04.23Dhraakellianabydos: I was also around when it started on that network, so I had the chance to be fairly high in it
01:04.28Dhraakellian!;)
01:05.18Renzeabydos: that's cool... I don't have a doorstep :)
01:05.27abydosah, fuck.
01:05.54abydosjesus, what do you live, in a cardboard box in a metro sidestreet?
01:06.14Renzeabydos: in a house, without a doorstep, or a dog
01:06.58Renzeabydos: that's cool... it's not my front door :)
01:06.59abydoshah, tell me you don't have a front door, beeyotch!
01:07.04abydos...
01:08.01Renzeabydos: that's cool... we have two toilets :)
01:08.04abydos...
01:08.11abydosGood god.
01:08.16illogicalo_0
01:08.25illogicalthe msn search bot was indexing my site
01:08.35abydosNo dog, no doorstep, the front door isn't yours, and you have 2 toilets...
01:08.39Renzeillogical: do you feel unclean?
01:08.50illogicalviolated even
01:09.24abydosI had the AOL search bot index mine, illogical
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01:09.35abydosI felt like crying afterwards
01:10.10illogicalMediapartners-Google/2.1  wonder if that's the googlebot?
01:11.03abydosThe only thing that would have made me feel worse is if George W. Bush visited my website and downloaded one of my cleverly-disguised pieces of hot cat-on-porcupine pr0n
01:11.07abydosaka my mp3s
01:11.24canllaithThe googlebot shows up as googlebot
01:11.44abydosand then came back for more.
01:12.32abydosevery time I look at Bush, I feel an urge to throw a peeled banana at the output device.
01:13.12Renzeabydos: that's OK, us non-Americans just don't care :)
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01:14.22abydosRenze:  that's cool too.
01:14.48abydosI use that at school
01:15.05abydosat home I run a very stripped firefox.
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01:15.38abydoslinks.
01:15.40abydosmmm
01:15.46canllaithDon't have elinks built on hal it seems.
01:15.50abydoseveryone loves links
01:16.03abydoselinks == links + ?
01:16.10canllaithelinks is links with tabs and stuff
01:16.13abydosmmm
01:16.14canllaithtabs!! ncurses tabs!!!
01:16.18abydossounds spiffy
01:16.23abydosmouse support?
01:16.36canllaithyes
01:16.51abydosI found a nice feature of giftcurs
01:17.27abydosif you're over a remote ssh connection, you can use the mouse instead of the f-keys or arrow keys
01:17.45canllaithyeah I'm using links via ssh and clickin on stuff
01:17.59abydosreally handy when you have to use mindterm from a macintosh
01:19.19abydosdamnit, what music am I in the mood for
01:19.41Renzebluegrass :)
01:19.57canllaithWould be nice to have an irssi theme like xchat
01:19.58abydosled zeppelin doesn't really tickle ye olde pickle right now, but Linkin Park is too heavy
01:20.04canllaithwhere all the nicks were pretty colours
01:20.14Dhraakellianheh
01:20.18abydossimon & garfunkel sound right nice, or the Stones
01:20.27abydosS&G it is.
01:21.07abydosI turned xchat nick colors off
01:21.37Ambientwhat's the best place to look for KDE development material? i'd like to do some simple KDE program with Qt
01:21.47Ambientkde.org:s development pages?
01:21.54abydosAmbient:  yeah.
01:21.57RenzeAmbient: developer.kde.org
01:22.25abydosAmbient:  I recommend reading the QT manual, and try using QT Designer first
01:22.34Ambientit would be nice if there was some tutorial in which an example program is built while walking through the tutorial :P
01:22.38abydosthough I can't use that with sid
01:22.58Ambientabydos: ok, thanks
01:23.05abydosahh, calming oldies
01:23.21abydosalmost as relaxing as the Beatles or the lighter Stones
01:23.28abydosAmbient:  you're quite welcome
01:24.21DhraakellianAmbient: #kde-devel too
01:24.35Dhraakellianperhaps?
01:24.41abydosyeah, they weren't that helpful last time I went there.
01:24.56Dhraakellianabydos: darn you with your bold text in the /me
01:25.05Dhraakellianabydos is yellow in xchat
01:25.18DhraakellianI keep thinking that someone set off my highlights
01:25.23abydosIt was about 6 months ago, so it might have changed
01:25.32abydosDhraakellian is yellow in xchat
01:26.04abydosbut I turned off nick colorization
01:26.11Dhraakellianabydos: if some one sets off my highlights, their nick shows up as bold yellow
01:26.17abydosmine too
01:28.34grepperorange
01:29.24Dhraakellian07orange?
01:29.33DhraakellianI don't believe I've seen any orange nicks
01:29.39grepperredish orange ;)
01:29.42AmbientDhraakellian: that is brown
01:30.02Dhraakellianwhat color code would orange be?
01:30.03greppermy monitor gamma is strange
01:30.07Dhraakellianthat was 7
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01:30.22gilleshi
01:30.37grepper04Dhraakellian
01:30.45grepperhm, you are right, its red
01:30.48Dhraakellianthat's red on mine
01:30.54grepperlousy red imho
01:30.57Ambientlooks pink
01:30.57Dhraakellianheh
01:31.08Renzebright red
01:31.24gillesmy sound doesn't work, kde gives me the following error msg: device: default can't be open for playback
01:31.27Dhraakellian4red 5dark red
01:31.33canllaitheeeeek
01:31.33gilleswhat shall i do ?
01:31.34grepper13grepper is a manly black
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01:32.54Ambienti should also use just alsa, artsd causes problems
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01:33.03Ambientbecause alsa also has mixing capabilities
01:33.11blackoutgrepper, more like a pansy purple.
01:33.34Ambientgilles: are you using which sound daemons?
01:33.43grepperbah
01:33.44Ambientand what is your program which does not work
01:34.13gillesAmbient: esound
01:34.34Ambientgilles: aargh ;(
01:34.48Ambienti'd suggest use ALSA
01:34.58gillesi use alsa
01:35.03Ambientand in KDE there is artsd, no need for esd
01:35.20Dhraakellianwhich is better/worse of the two daemons?
01:35.22Ambienti haven't used esound so can't help, sorry
01:35.39Ambienti think esd is infinitely inferior to anything
01:35.51Ambientbut that's just me
01:36.35Ambientoption 1) use only ALSA, 2) use artsd on ALSA
01:36.53gillesAmbient: how to use artsd on alsa ?
01:37.05Ambienti think that is distro spesific
01:37.14gillesi use debian
01:37.19Ambientmy gentoo did it automathically
01:37.20AC-130Usolaris kde sound subsystem works much better than debian linux/sparc's sound subsystem (because the base subsystem in debian/sparc is a bit broke)
01:37.24Ambientgilles: try #debian
01:37.26Dhraakelliankcontrol > sound & multimedia > sound system > hardware
01:37.47gillesnobody can help on #debian
01:38.20Dhraakellianthere's a "Select the audio device" dropdown
01:38.23Ambientif i were you i'd wipe debian and install gentoo (don't take this as a flamebait please, just my personal honest opinion)
01:38.24gillesi have already asked for many days
01:38.41greppergilles: I use debian - what was the question ?
01:39.12gillesgrepper: the sound doesn't work (except when playing audio CDs) on my system
01:39.31DhraakellianAmbient: if I had been more confident in my handling of the debian install process back in january, I'd probably be on debian right now
01:39.32grepperyou are using artsd ?
01:40.05AmbientDhraakellian: well, Debian install process wiped my boot partition and did not install anything, after much trouble i got it working it was too hard to configure, hence gentoo
01:40.10gillesgrepper: i don't know, i think i'm using esound
01:40.23grepperoh, you are using gnome ?
01:40.30grepperor another wm ?
01:40.51gillesgrepper: i use kde or gnome, i haven't really make a choice yet
01:41.12grepperwhich one are you in now ?
01:42.27DhraakellianAmbient: as I said, debian was a bit confusing for me with the installation, so I installed gentoo
01:42.27gillesgrepper: gnome for "gilles" user on tty7 and kde under root on tty8
01:42.37AmbientDhraakellian: ok
01:42.56Dhraakellianbut the install process was pretty much the only reason
01:43.01grepperhm, possibly you have 2 sound servers running at the same time then
01:43.19Dhraakellianand it is possible to have arts output to esd
01:43.30gillesgrepper: but it doesn't work even when just running one
01:43.34RenzeDhraakellian: why would you want to?
01:44.01greppergilles: does it work if you turn off both sound servers ?
01:44.09DhraakellianRenze: possibly if you wanted to use apps that use esd and arts that use artsd at the same time?
01:44.20gillesgrepper: how to do that ?
01:44.23RenzeDhraakellian: what a horrible mess that would be
01:44.27greppergilles: PM me
01:44.47gillesgrepper: what ?
01:44.52canllaithdoes anyone know a good console msn client apart from centericq?
01:45.10canllaithcentericq showing the buddy list all the time takes up far too much space.
01:46.04DhraakellianI think I had dmix working at one point
01:46.16Dhraakellianit's on my list of things to do at some point
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02:03.27jcwCan someone please remind me where the configuration option that specs whether a single click or double click launches an application?
02:03.52jepel_tailweaverjcw, K-Menu, Settings, Desktop Settings Wizard has it
02:05.06jcwOK.  Do you know where it might be in the Control Center?
02:08.20canllaithAll I can think of is either under Peripherals->Mouse
02:08.52jcwThat's exactly where it is.  Thanks.
02:08.55jcwMost illogical.
02:08.55canllaith:)
02:09.44jcwI didn't even think to look there, since I was determined it should be appearance and themes or desktop related.
02:09.50canllaithIndeed
02:10.05canllaithI have spent far too much time going through the KDE control center
02:10.13jcwWhat I'd *really* like is a way to export a complete KDE configuration.  So when you're moving to a new machine, you can take your happy settings with you.
02:10.13canllaithif it was not for that I'd have agreed with you :P
02:10.25canllaithjcw: Tar up .kde and .config :)
02:10.35jcwIs that viable?
02:10.37Dhraakelliantrue, it could use a couple things being moved, but I like it better than gnome-control-center
02:10.43canllaithjcw: Depends on the config.
02:10.51jcwI thought there was some unique session IDs or something.
02:10.55canllaithEg, if you have kopete and kwallet stuff you will have to move it to a user account of the same name.
02:11.03jcwFonts are the biggest deal.
02:11.03canllaithNah I just reinstalled my desktop, leaving /home intact?
02:11.16canllaithall my .kde stuff just *worked* even though i had a different uid on the new system
02:11.28jcwCool.  That would have saved me a little trouble.
02:13.06Dhraakellianof course, when upgrading KDE, I usually cp or mv my .kdeX.Y dir
02:13.23canllaithheh neko
02:13.24nekoi quickly learned my lesson by the next install o.o;;
02:13.42canllaithwell on desktop. Laptop hdds are less appropriate to slice and dice.
02:14.06nekonow i just have an entire HDD for /home
02:14.16Dhraakellianinstead, I have 25GB sitting unused in an ntfs partition
02:14.25nekoi was looking at some system i read about in a magazine once
02:14.34Dhraakellianthat's another thing on my list of "stuff to take care of some time"
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02:15.16nekoit's kind of like a filesystem that you run on several HDDs and you can alter the partition sizes at will
02:15.36Renzeneko: LVM?
02:15.38nekoi decided it was beyond my level of installation knowledge though
02:15.45nekothat sounds like it
02:16.14Renzeonly one HDD in this box :)
02:16.44nekoi may well try using it for my 64 machine when i get around to buying/building it
02:17.05thiagoLVM isn't a partition, nor filesystem
02:17.08thiagobut you should use it
02:17.38nekowhen i have a second main machine i can afford to play around a little
02:17.54nekosafe in the knowledge that i have a decent setup to use while i learn
02:18.38nekobesides, on the 64 box i wont have any windows whatsoever, and having an entire HDD just for / will be too much of a waste
02:18.55thiagothen LVM is the way to go
02:19.28nekoyeah
02:19.42aseigoneko: lvm is really simple to do w/YAST... well, relatively so.. much like setting up a raid array
02:19.44nekogetting it to work will be the only problem
02:20.03Renzehola aseigo
02:20.10aseigoDhraakellian: one large partition kind of sucks for upgrades =)
02:20.11nekook, i've /heard/ of YAST, but that's about it
02:20.12aseigoRenze: hola
02:20.21aseigoneko: it's pretty amazing.
02:20.29nekoYet Another...?
02:20.34Dhraakellianaseigo: upgrades of what sort?
02:20.41Dhraakellianneko: setup tool
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02:20.52canllaithhey aseigo :)
02:20.58aseigoDhraakellian: OS upgrades. i love to be able to unmount the /home dir and totally rework my /
02:21.07jepel_tailweaverI'm installing Fedora Core 3 in VMware and it's using LVM
02:21.09Dhraakellianah
02:21.12aseigoDhraakellian: or if i have multiple OS images to keep my /home dir and use it with different /
02:21.15nekothanks
02:21.27canllaithYep I do that
02:21.28aseigoneko: it's SUSE's system management panel
02:21.29Dhraakellianaseigo: gentoo doesn't really have upgrades like that
02:21.35canllaithslack 9.1/slack 10 and mandrake 10 all share the same /
02:21.39nekogah
02:21.39canllaitherm
02:21.42canllaith<PROTECTED>
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02:21.48aseigoDhraakellian: dude, as a gentoo user, i'll just say you're wrong =)
02:21.58nekoi'll be using Gentoo for the 64 box
02:22.02Dhraakellianaseigo: heh
02:22.15jepel_tailweavermy favourite thing about gentoo is that you don't have to reinstall
02:22.18aseigoDhraakellian: they have incremental updates, but there are also times when i like to redo the install, or have multiple OSes going (but not multiple /home's)
02:22.46Dhraakellianheh
02:22.56aseigocanllaith: N, for some large value of N
02:22.56DhraakellianI will admit that the setup I have here isn't the smartest
02:23.05Sweeperleeeeeenoooks
02:23.33canllaithaseigo: For all values of N where N is 'far too many'
02:23.33aseigocanllaith: =)
02:23.35canllaithI think I'll wipe slack 9.1 since I haven't booted into it in *forever* and put mandrake or suse on it
02:23.53canllaithSo I can see what the magical mystical rpm people have been up to
02:23.55aseigocanllaith: N, set of elements of the set of all possible OSes
02:24.02nekoyou have to worry when you get partition identifiers in double figures ;o)
02:24.04jcwNow to figure out which fonts I need... Sigh.  Linux & fonts are not two words that go well together.
02:24.24canllaithaseigo: You start to wonder if you're obsessed when you have not only different oses but different versions of the *same* os
02:24.29canllaithWhich reminds me I need to reinstall solaris.
02:24.37jcwSolaris?
02:24.43aseigocanllaith: ha.. indeed ...
02:24.51jepel_tailweavercanllaith, you're obsessed ;)
02:24.52jcwWould you like a nice blade 100 to accompany that Solaris install?
02:24.59Sweeper:)
02:25.00Sweeperyes
02:25.08aseigo"obsession is that state whch those who aren't interested enough don't understand."
02:25.09canllaithunfortunately it's slowaris x86
02:25.17canllaithOr aren't bored enough :)
02:25.29jepel_tailweavercanllaith, I tried to install solaris/x86 before
02:25.30jcw640MB, 20GB 10K Barracuda, 733Mhz Celeron co-processor board, plus all the usual blade 100 peripherials.
02:25.50jepel_tailweavercanllaith, it took me like 20 minutes to figure out how to start the second part of the install
02:25.51canllaithI want to get one with the x86 coprocessor!
02:26.04jcwOriginal boxes, keyboard, mouse, etc.  $800.
02:26.09thiagocanllaith: the 486?
02:26.13thiagocanllaith: or the 386?
02:26.25nekois it obsession if you've considered having a rack in your bedroom?
02:26.37jepel_tailweaverneko, yes
02:26.39aseigoneko: only if by "rack" you mean "computers"
02:26.43jcwBuy now, I'll even toss in a second 45GB Deskstar drive.
02:26.46nekooh, damn o.o;;
02:26.57Renzemmmmm... rack...
02:26.58jepel_tailweaverneko, especially if it's because you sleep on a bed of computer cases
02:27.05jcwI'm always looking for a nice rack.
02:27.11aseigojcw: ... for the bedroom
02:27.19Sweeperaseigo: even mroe so!
02:27.33nekojepel: i'm not that bad yet, but i have considered curling up around a running computer for warmth
02:27.38neko"share body heat"
02:27.43Renzekinky
02:27.47jepel_tailweaverneko, neko neko
02:27.49jcwYea, really.
02:27.53jcwJust watch for the fan blades.
02:27.55jepel_tailweaverneko, tout l'espoir est perdu
02:28.01jepel_tailweaver(all hope is lost)
02:28.01nekowhat can I say? Mai loves me really :oP
02:28.06jepel_tailweaverMai?
02:28.15aseigo(yes, all those years ago)
02:28.17nekothe computer I'm on atm
02:28.24nekoshe's called Mai
02:28.44Dhraakellianmethinks neko might just be obsessed
02:28.59nekowith anicrack or computers?
02:29.00neko;o)
02:29.52jcwI have too many computers in here as it is.  The rest of the house is like a meatlocker, trying to keep it cool enough in my office.
02:30.14RenzeDhraakellian: same here... I don't assign a gender to my computer :)
02:30.30Dhraakellianalthough Alatar would be a male name, I think
02:30.41Dhraakelliansince I don't think any of the Istari were female
02:30.43nekoDhraak! you'll hurt their feelings :oO
02:30.46jcwTime to see if the font voodoo still works.  Thanks for the help.
02:31.04Dhraakellianif we got a Mac for my mom, I'd probably suggest that it get named Melian
02:31.55Dhraakellianexcept for the p75 print server, Irwin, which was named long before the convention started, all of our computers in this house are named after Istari
02:32.07RenzeIswhati?
02:32.09Dhraakellianbut that could be extended to all Maiar
02:32.17DhraakellianRenze: the Wizards in LotR
02:32.31RenzeDhraakellian: ah
02:33.14RenzeDhraakellian: wouldn't that be "the wizards in middle earth" as not all of them are mentioned in LotR :)
02:33.15DhraakellianPalando is still untaken, and I used to refer to my dad's Win98 partition as Saruman
02:33.23thiagoDhraakellian: it would have to happen some time or another, since there are only 5 wizards
02:33.32DhraakellianRenze: but they weren't always in middle earth
02:34.59thiagoGibson? That reminds me of a now-old movie about hackers
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02:35.15thiagoone with Early Edition's Chuck
02:35.15Renzethiago: no, it's after William Gibson, of Neuromancer fame
02:35.27aseigo... which that was a reference to in Hackers
02:36.10Renzeexcept for Angelina Jolie, of course :)
02:36.30aseigobah... if you consider the movie to be an abstraction of reality, it's fine
02:36.42Renzeit's a little TOO abstract :)
02:36.48aseigowell, except that they don't use KDE even ONCE goddamnit
02:36.57aseigoer, the conversation back on topic
02:37.34thiagothere's a reason why Kandalf got that name :)
02:38.07Dhraakellianwhich is?
02:38.23Dhraakellianthe one faithful of the istari?
02:41.55RenzeDhraakellian: so which machine is called Radagast?
02:42.33Dhraakellianradagast is the 400MHz celeron
02:42.41DhraakellianAlatar is the only one I named
02:43.23Dhraakellianthiago: dude! another sevilian?
02:43.31thiagoDhraakellian: yep :)
02:43.42lyyAnyone know how of a way to perform mass conversion of MS Office files to OpenOffice files? I have like 1000+ word, excel, access files I need to convert and don't want to do it by hand.
02:43.59Dhraakelliansince the JS's are at an inconvenient time for me
02:44.08thiagoand now it's time to get up-to-date
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