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01:54.39findlayherlo: you don't want me working with you, trust me
02:07.37herlofindlay: okay!
02:10.19findlayI'd probably log into your workstation and replace background with trogdor or something
02:10.29findlayso, that's why
02:25.27Zelutherlo: just read the PTO email. nice!
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03:01.26mheathI wish I could find a desktop theme I like :(
03:01.42mheathFinally found a non-mac-like Emerald theme I really like, but now I can't find a GTK theme that fits with it
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03:51.14Technovikingevening all
04:07.14mheathHey
04:07.36mheathHmmm.....anyone know of a way to replace-in-place a package?
04:07.43mheathThats an odd way to word it, but...
04:07.56mheathI have a custom version of libgtk2.0-0 installed right now.
04:08.20mheathBecause of its version number, none of the package managers thing the official ubuntu libgtk2.0-0 are suitable to use for 'reinstalling' it
04:08.43mheathAnd I can't 'remove' it then 'install' it, as ubuntu-desktop and half the system depend on it, and that'd break everything
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04:36.06Technovikingmheath: does dpkg have a force option?
04:36.15mheathI got it to work, actually
04:36.32mheathYes; I had to use a combination of Force and reinstalling
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13:19.15Zelutpfft. what a weirdo
13:24.20penoindeed
13:31.17Sir_Brizzanyone around?
13:34.13Sir_Brizznm
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16:36.39Hundingnot sre if anyone else is having an issue, but the latest kernel really messed with my system. I could not even get the recovery mode to work
16:36.51Hundinghad to revert back to the previous version.
16:46.39TechnovikingHunding: there are missing modules, stick with -15 for now
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16:47.50HundingTechnoviking: never understood why so many kernels were kept...until now :)
16:49.30TechnovikingHunding: :)
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19:38.38agentc0reHello all, I'm trying to learn more about Ubuntu's upstart init system.  Where's some good documentation about it and how it can be integrated with custom scripts and such?
19:54.10encryptzright now, the full potential of upstart has not been taken advantage of. it's still running in backwards compatibility mode with sysvinit
20:05.56bigfoxI've written a few Upstart startup scripts.  One for getting a dumb terminal working with a login prompt, and the other to set the resolution on a PS3 to something usable as that system's video controller is a bit strange.
20:06.17bigfoxI learned how by studying the existing scripts in /etc/event.d
20:06.51bigfoxOnce you have created your upstart script, it only needs to be in /etc/event.d to work.
20:15.28findlayencryptz: how hard is it to migrate a batch of initscripts to upstart?
20:16.05findlayif that's what is preventing them from using the full capability
20:17.14bigfoxI've only wrote 2 very simple upstart scripts and I have never tinkered with initscripts, so I couldn't help you there.
20:20.26herlohow does one get the release image for ubuntu?
20:20.36herlonm
20:21.01herlocheck out http://www.utos.org/
20:21.08herlonew images with countdown data :)
20:24.38findlay~countdown
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20:44.59thenetduck4 those about to rock, I solute you
20:45.43herlothenetduck: salute!
20:45.50herlo~salute thenetduck
20:45.51jbotACTION shows thenetduck how to count in binary on his fingers... then stops conspiciously on the number 4
20:46.31thenetduckhehe
20:47.18herlodepending on how you count on your fingers, two conspicuous fingers equal 132
20:48.49thenetduckdo you know what I don't get. I don't get why Xfce's desktop's are using GTK just like Gnome, yet gnome still hasn't managed to get ride of the black outline boxes when minimizing windows...
20:49.04thenetduckjust doesn't make sense.. then again most things don't anymore
20:50.51herlothenetduck: I'm unsure of what you refer, I use gnome all the time, and do not see black outlines around boxes when minimizing
20:51.32thenetduckwhen you minimize a window.. you don't see the black lines .. it's really fast
20:51.40thenetducknot a big deal
20:51.44thenetduckbut bugs me
20:51.51thenetduckare you running 2.2 ?
20:53.11herloyes
20:53.21herloI'm on Fedora Rawhide (development)
20:54.17thenetducksweet so it sounds like they might have fixed that then ... awesome
20:54.31thenetduckherlo do you like rpm better than deb?
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21:15.10herlothenetduck: rpm, yes
21:15.55thenetduckhum
21:16.03TechnovikingHardy updates are killing me today:)
21:16.27herlothenetduck: deb doesn't do multilib support, but its not a bad architecture
21:16.36thenetduckI think im going to give zenwalk a try
21:16.41thenetduckwhat's multilib support?
21:16.48thenetduckand how does that effect the install?
21:19.06thenetduckalso have you heard of the new rpm5
21:21.21herlothenetduck: multilib support allows one package to be built for multiple library structures.  In other words, x86 and x86_64 libraries are kept in different places.  With RPM, one could build an rpm that will determine where to put libraries based upon the architecture
21:21.47thenetduckooooo
21:21.57herlothenetduck: I've not yet seen rpm5, what is that?
21:22.31thenetduckI read it in a linux journal. It's a fork from the RPM group that is suppose to be way better
21:22.43herlothenetduck: yeah, so with deb, two packages have to be built, one for x86 and one for x86_64.  Think of the number of architectures out there and how many packages must be maintained now
21:22.46thenetducknot offically adopted by RPM yet
21:22.54herloright, probably won't be for a long time
21:23.19herloRPM is a bit archaic, but its so integrated into the system that it will take some seriously good reasons to remove it
21:23.22thenetduckya because they said Redhat needs to support their clients for 10 years
21:23.28herloat least
21:24.11thenetduckSo what you are saying is that you can just create one RPM that will handle all archs.. that makes sense. I wonder why .deb isn't doing something like that
21:24.35bigfoxWon't that make the package download larger?
21:24.43herloit has more to do with the fact that RPM and DPKG are very integrated into the systems they support and have been for many years.  People will change if its warranted, RPM5 will have to really prove itself
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21:25.16herlobigfox: a little bit, but not that noticeable
21:25.22herlosomething like 100k
21:25.37bigfoxAh
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21:25.45herlolibraries are generally very well constructed, written with an intent of being small and provide a basic functionality
21:25.59herlowelcome Claud-SLC :)
21:27.09thenetduckherlo: how do you install rpm in fedora
21:27.17thenetduckfrom the repo i mean
21:27.48herloyum
21:27.59herlothenetduck: its the equivalent to aptitude or apt-get
21:28.13herloit resolves dependencies just like apt does
21:28.35bigfoxSounds yummy.
21:28.50herloIMO, yum is more flexible than apt, but aptitude does have some cool features, like auto-completion that are better than yum
21:29.07bigfoxSorry, I'll were a brown bag on my head for an hour.
21:30.50herlobigfox: huh?
21:31.16bigfoxAs punishment for the bad joke I made.
21:31.17herlonothing wrong with liking other technologies, I do it all the time.  There are many things I like about Ubuntu.
21:31.55herlobigfox: oh, I see.  Yes, you must also run around backward while wearing that bag, screaming "I'm a silly banana!"
21:32.03herlofor the entire hour!
21:33.27thenetduckdoes fedora use YaST
21:35.06Technovikingthenetduck: nope
21:35.24thenetduckwhat does it use?
21:37.46Technovikingvarious tools
21:38.38thenetduckwait.. yast is the equiv to yum?
21:39.33penosame concept
21:41.37herlothenetduck: it uses system-config-* for configuration
21:41.48herlothere's one for network, display, date, etc
21:42.11herlothenetduck: no, yast is *not* the equivalent to yum.  YaST is an abomination that needs to be replaced!
21:42.14herloIMO
21:42.20thenetducklol
21:42.42thenetduckI was just checking out openSuse
21:43.10thenetduckI don't get what the difference between openSuse is and Suse Enterprise Edition
21:51.43herlothenetduck: one is the community version updated every 8 months SLES is the commercial version updated about once every 2yrs
21:52.06thenetduckriiight
21:52.42thenetducki might give fedora a go
21:52.53herlothenetduck: let me know if I can help
21:53.08thenetduckok.. I am going to buy a R61 Lenovo :)
21:53.27thenetduckput it on that
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