IRC log for #ubuntu-us-ut on 20080403

00:02.13mheathWell, that was annoying
00:02.21mheathTHe partitioner crashed, taking my NTFS partition with it
00:02.33mheathAnd the LiveCD doesn't have fsck.ntfs on it.
00:03.23mheathIt's discouraging to have to reboot into Windows to unbreak my computer.
00:16.49mheathAnd now it's frozen again.
00:21.00mheathwell, maybe not. ntfsresize is doing something, but doesn't report progess to the progress window
00:57.05mheathSo this is scary
00:57.13mheathIt's been working for about an hour now.
00:57.17mheathWhat's it doing?
01:02.11mheathFinally done. Took 1 hour.
01:46.02mheathThis has been a nightmare.
01:46.20mheathI really can't believe I'm having this experience with a LTS release of Ubuntu thats weeks away from release.
01:46.43mheathIt nearly killed my hard drive, twice, during the install.
01:46.50mheathThe LiveCD system froze up several times, too.
01:47.06mheathUpdating after the install finished has been broken
01:47.22mheatha simple apt-get upgrade has spewed out error after error while trying to configure packages.
01:47.42mheathAnd I had to run 'apt-get upgrade' because the GUI Update manager is broken
01:48.02Heartsbanemy only complaints have been with compiz.real
01:48.09Heartsbaneother than that
01:48.25mheaththis has seriously been the most nightmarish process I've ever had with any Linux distro.
01:48.35mheathIt's just...problem after problem after problem.
01:49.55Heartsbanescreams 'Get it together man, we can't let it be the end of the world'
01:49.58Heartsbane:)
01:51.27mheathheh.
01:55.25mheathWell, I rebooted after updating
01:55.31mheathThat successfully killed my graphics
01:55.38mheathI'm stuck in 640x480
01:55.56mheathand the screen resolution dailog is broken, so I can't get it up to anything higher.
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02:21.18mheathHmmm.
02:21.32mheathOK, today seems like it was just a bad update day to be trying out Hardy.
02:21.36mheathLots of nasty issues, apparently.
02:28.08Heartsbanelies
02:34.37penoagreeds
02:39.03Heartsbanes/agreeds/agrees/g
02:39.50penomeh
02:39.56penoeffort, i lack it.
02:40.33mheathAgrees about the 'lies' or the nasty issues?
02:40.41mheathIf you can exert the effort to respond to that question, that is.
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05:41.46mheathIncase anyone cared, a few new updates in the last few hours fixed my problems :)
05:41.54mheathThings are working great now.
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14:50.01tristanbob__mheath, I'm waiting for the final release so that I can avoid most issues
14:50.55tristanbob__my experience with dual-booting and resizing windows partitions is that it takes a long time
14:51.20tristanbob__I think it took 2 hours for my fathers PC - I was a little worried when it took that long, but it finally finished correctly
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14:53.38mheathtristanbob__: Same here, but I've never had that issue before.
14:53.47mheathI resized a partition in Gutsy, and it took just a few minutes.
14:54.21mheathI'm kinda surprised by the rockyness of Hardy, given its so close to release
14:54.33mheathI thought it would be in more of a freeze - theres been over 30 package updates in the last 12 hours.
14:55.20Zelutthey are all fixes. its still in a feature-freeze.
14:55.36Zelutwe're bustin ass fixing all the bugs, which have to be applied via package updates.
14:56.23mheathZelut: Still scared me....I got most of the wrinkles out, but I had a nightmarish process installing and updating it yesterday
14:56.49mheathI just said that because, while its still Beta, I would have expected it to be more complete/usable for a LTS thats just weeks from release
14:57.04Zelutwe've still got three weeks. we're working on it.
15:01.28mheathTrue.
15:01.29mheath*shrug*
15:01.33mheathI'm liking it, though.
15:01.51mheathThe new kernel scheduler + other fixes makes my system noticably more responsive
15:05.00herlomheath: package updates aren't a bad thing this close to a release, what you don't want is new versions, only security and bug fixes :)
15:06.23mheathherlo: true, and thats what it was.
15:08.27mheathHmm, I always forget - whats the packagename you need to install to be able to theme Compiz?
15:08.57Yorokobiemerald, perhaps?
15:09.56mheathah, thats it
15:12.29herlome:)
15:12.42herlohttp://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/468406
15:13.38Heartsbaneoh
15:13.44herlo:)
15:14.24herloHeartsbane: utos.org/ has an announcement as well
15:15.30Heartsbanecool
15:16.21tristanbob_I wonder if it will be a trend that fedora and ubuntu release parties are combined
15:16.33tristanbob_it would be good for fedora, and probably good overall for linux
15:16.56mheathgrr, why is gnome-look.org so SLOW?
15:17.02Heartsbaneas long as fedora keeps paying for it :)
15:17.09Heartsbanemheath: its a conspiracy
15:17.20herlotristanbob_: it will be for Utah if I have anything to do with it :)
15:18.30Heartsbaneanyone know where rhythmbox stores its info main the config files?
15:18.30Heartsbaneoff the top of your head
15:22.03herloHeartsbane: nope
15:24.22mheathherlo: Yes, part of that distablize-ubuntu, slow-down-gnome-look conspiracy!
15:25.04herlomheath: uh, okay
15:25.29mheath;-)
15:25.41mheathoh, I see why you were confused
15:25.49mheathI meant to say that to Heartsbane.
15:32.32sontekHeartsbane: people don't use rythmbox, its just for appearance, install banshee or exaile!
15:32.51penosontek: heartsbane isn't people
15:35.17bigfoxI use Rythmbox
15:36.39Zelut+1 for exaile
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15:41.37Heartsbanesontek: I might rethink and use banshee or exaile
15:45.20bigfoxI am trying Exaile now.  I tried Banshee a while ago and didn't like it.  Rythmbox does have some annoying aspects to it.
15:48.16bigfoxI am noticing Exaile has the ability to have more then one music library file.  Not bad.
15:48.36bigfoxI'll play with it for a while to see if I like it.
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17:46.25Zelutsynic: ok, I have that weird import error again..
17:46.38Zelutsynic: heading out to lunch now, figure it'll take that long for you to respond ;)
18:12.45tapH20guruwoah ... ubunutu live is $645... wow
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18:13.48fizz$645? huh.
18:13.57tapH20gurui hope the loco discount is cheap
18:14.02tapH20guruhttps://en.oreilly.com/ubuntu2008/public/register/
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19:13.08ZeluttapH20guru: still better than OSCON at $2k!
19:13.17tapH20guru< whistle >
19:13.20tapH20guruwow
19:15.32ZeluttapH20guru: last year the LoCo discount came down to $100, but it was fairly last-minute.
19:15.55tapH20gurui guess I'm not gonna go
19:16.25ZelutI'll keep an eye out for discounts but I'm not too worried as I'm registered as a presenter anyway..
19:18.47Zelutsynic: I had to go into Library Manager and manually remove the bad folder and then re-scan collection.
19:33.19tapH20guruZelut: as a presenter what benefits do you get? travel? food?
19:34.11ZeluttapH20guru: I think travel is only covered for the keynotes.  As far as I'm aware it is free-registration and the good 'ol respect of my peers :)
19:34.23tapH20gurulol ... cool
19:36.19ZelutI think there is some food benefits and a private area for presenters, but I'm not too concerned with those.
19:36.36ZelutI'll get my company to fly me there and back and I have a place to stay with relatives anyway.
19:36.42tapH20guruand what are you presenting about?
19:38.42Zeluthttp://en.oreilly.com/ubuntu2008/public/schedule/speaker/5711
19:39.14Zelutjust basically showing how simple it is to setup "enterprise" services with Ubuntu LTS.
19:43.59tapH20guruthrow the "enterprise" word around and you're bound to get invited to speak at a con
19:45.57ZelutI tried to avoid it--its a dirty word around ubuntu.
19:46.23Zelutlast year there were a lot of suites so I figured something like this'd make them happy and maybe get more commercial support for canonical.
19:47.26ZelutI guess kind of showing "look, we can do all the "enterprisey" stuff RHEL can do, and its way easier"
19:49.29Yorokobisuites or suits?
19:49.32tapH20gurutrue true
19:49.46Zelutsuits, sorry :)
19:50.34Zelutalthough, sadly, a week into my trial of Landscape (Canonicals answer to the RHN) I'm not impressed at all.
19:50.51ZelutI've reported more bugs than I've got things done, and I'm only managing 4 machines.
19:58.21herloZelut: didn't you get approved to present at Ubuntu Live though?
19:58.46Zelutherlo: though? yeah, that's what we've been talking about.
20:02.54herloZelut: well, sorry to inform you, but I don't actually watch your every move :)
20:03.09herloNice to see you on the docket for UL though :)
20:03.43Zelutherlo: nice to be on a conference list that isn't put on by a co-worker lol
20:05.48herlohaha, yeah, but were you a co-worker last year?
20:05.54herlocan't remember
20:06.41Zelutyes
20:06.52ZelutI've been at GL a year now and UTOS was last Sept.
20:08.24herlookay, cool...
20:08.34herloUTOSC will be bigger and better *this* year!
20:11.14Zelutwonders if he should use his UL presentation or something else at UTOSC
20:14.37herloeither way :)
20:16.16Zelutherlo: when do nominations for Mr. Awesome open?
20:17.47herloZelut: soon, I'm trying to get it announced :)
20:23.36herloheads home
20:37.18findlay~home herlo
20:39.40Zelutruns 'mv herlo ~herlo/' || echo "Herlo can't go home!"; exit 1
20:40.09Yorokobiexit with error, huh?
20:40.10Yorokobi:)
20:40.25Zeluthave to be thorough
20:41.26Zelutor more thoroughly:  [ -d ~herlo/ ]; then mv herlo ~herlo/ || echo "Something broke! PANIC!"; exit 1
20:42.22ZelutI'm glad we don't have any perl mongers in here that'd try to trump that with some unreadable three-character perl script.
20:43.35YorokobiI think it'd be at least 4 characters :)
20:44.27Zelutperl == ASCII vomit && unreadable
20:44.51Zelutwhich I couldn't say in #utah aka plug aka Perl Lovers User Group
20:44.55YorokobiZelut, you need to use Perl;
20:45.32YorokobiIt is quite readable.
20:46.22findlay~read perl
20:49.46encryptzheh
20:49.51encryptzperl. readable.
20:50.48encryptzi like what randy munroe said at google: python is executable pseudocode. if so, then perl is executable line noise.
20:51.59YorokobiThe irony here is that perl uses natural language syntax where possible. English language syntax at that.
20:53.32encryptz$, {, }, @, ;, etc are hardly english
20:54.06Zelutmaybe I've seen one too many perl one-liners
20:55.22Yorokobiperhaps I should s/syntax/grammar/  :)
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21:22.44findlayWittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus is readable
21:22.49findlayor is it not readable?
21:23.30findlaybecause it is not readable on grunds as simplistic as python's does that nullify all utility and import of the language?
21:23.39findlays/grunds/grounds/
21:24.19findlayI don't think it is reasonable to dismiss a language just because it's not 'readable'
21:24.44findlayprogrammers have such a narrow view of the world :-)
21:39.00encryptzoh, i haven't dismissed it. as long as larry wall remains god of perl, it will remain a used language
21:39.25encryptzand his daughters will continue to be saught out be nerds worldwide
22:02.27findlaythat doesn't sound very convincing
22:03.10findlayand practicality don't usually go together
22:04.09mrpullencryptz: what's special about wall's daughters?
22:05.01findlaymrpull: are you going to make it to the Plug meeting this month? :-)
22:05.13mrpullWednesday the 9th?
22:05.18findlayyeah
22:05.20mrpullI'll be in NC
22:05.36findlay:(
22:05.39mrpullit seems the months I'm not traveling plug gets canceled
22:05.49findlaysilly plug
22:07.22mrpullholy geeze larry wall's website is BAD
22:08.05Zelutmrpull: I'd say that's reason #1 not to trust perl right there
22:08.29mrpullthen again, I was seeking pictures of these sought after daughters
22:08.45mrpullbut seriously.  have you seen the site?
22:09.18Zelutthats awul
22:09.20Zelut*awful
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22:09.42sjansenAll hail Perl!
22:10.22herlomrpull: you and Zelut should hang out, he'll be in Raleigh
22:10.43Zelutherlo: in three weeks or so encryptz and I will both be there yet again.
22:11.06mrpullthere another #utah'er/plug'er that lives out there now
22:11.15mrpullworking for redhat... I forget who
22:11.29mrpullZelut: may not remember, but I ran into him at RDU a few months back
22:11.43mrpullI recognized him from plug, but he didn't know me
22:12.24Zelutmrpull: ohh, now it all connects.  I remember that.
22:12.33Zelutmrpull: my flight was incredibly late
22:13.44mrpullI may be up for a geek dinner when I'm in town
22:14.02sjansenGrant? Evan?
22:14.08mrpullevan
22:14.11mrpullthat's the one
22:14.17mrpullI was drawing a blank
22:14.29mrpullis grant out there now?
22:14.37mrpullI'm in NC about 2 weeks a quarter
22:20.53ZelutI'll be in Raleigh next week and again at the end of the month
22:21.00Zelut..and I was just there two weeks ago.
22:21.11Zelutracks up the Delta miles. Platinum baby! Ohh yeah!
22:34.27mrpullZelut: how do you like the new Delta menu's?  the turkey bacon croissant is pretty good.
22:34.45Zelutmrpull: I've had some good ones and some bad ones.
22:35.01Zelutmrpull: still airplane food any way you look at it :)
22:35.45mrpullI'll take it when it is free
22:35.52Zelutof course
22:38.03mrpullso does delta's site b0rk on you in firefox?
22:38.23mrpullmost times for me it splits into two columns
22:38.29mrpulljust tested it right now in FF3
22:38.33mrpullFF2 is the same
22:44.59herloZelut: why both you and encryptz ??
23:00.57tapH20guruis it better to use useradd or adduser on SuSE 10.2
23:01.52tapH20gurunevermind
23:01.59sontekWHAT?!
23:02.04tapH20guruadduser doesn't exist
23:02.25sontekyeah, useradd > *
23:05.31sontekairplane food better than my cooking!
23:07.05herlotrue that
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