IRC log for #utos on 20080718

00:00.07herloit pisses me off, because it works just fine when I sent it to the printers
00:00.30herloI don't get why that's a big deal, but its images and they can't be made into vectors so I don't know how that matters
00:00.36herloask them to start using linux :)
00:00.55decriptorironic isn't it
00:01.50herlowell, sorta, I get that there aren't any really good linux tools equivalent to indesign, but Scribus is pretty damn good
00:02.28herlodecriptor: they're also probably using a full version of acrobat, which has a bunch more features
00:05.05decriptorherlo:  check your email and then repsond reply all
00:08.01herlojust did
00:11.13herlodecriptor: I just generated a hi-res tiff for them, can upload if necessary
00:11.46decriptormay as well
00:11.51decriptorand then its there if they need
00:12.10decriptorso my opensuse-tutorials.com site got announced accidently
00:13.39herlolol
00:13.52decriptorcool but not funny there wasn't any content yet
00:14.03decriptorI've had almost a 100 hits in the last 5 hours
00:14.07decriptorand lots of user regs
00:14.48herlolol
00:14.53decriptornew email
00:15.12herloI think I can fix their problem tonight.  It has to do with the images not being cmyk, that's fixable
00:15.22herlos/their/the/
00:15.25herlowith the ad
00:15.30decriptorgo ahead and fix it and then lets get it to them
00:25.25herlodecriptor: I am setting up for the exam right now, but after that I'll get it fixed up
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00:49.49trixturis not idle for once
00:50.44decriptortrixtur: good write some tutorials for opensuse-tutorials.com
00:50.49decriptorgo create yourself an account
00:52.05trixturlol
00:52.07trixturme
00:52.11trixturwrite tutorials
00:52.25trixturI don't know how to do anything
00:53.51trixturdecriptor: who hosts this site?
00:54.03decriptorme
00:54.07trixturwoot!
00:54.10trixturit looks nice
00:54.15decriptorsign up and then learn :)
00:56.58trixturdecriptor: I made a user
00:57.03trixturbut...he's got no rights
00:57.22decriptorI'll give you right when I get home :)
00:58.15decriptornm
00:58.19decriptoryou are a contributor
00:58.42decriptornow you can post and then we can review and approve
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01:10.20trixturok
01:10.22trixturcool
01:10.46trixturdude you can post review and approve wordpress?
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07:54.46herlodecriptor: looks like I got it to work for the utosc ad!
13:32.37tristanbobherlo, can you add my company name (Utah OpenTech) after my speaker name in the schedule?
13:32.38tristanbobhttp://2008.utosc.com/presentation/schedule/
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14:01.03herlotristanbob: you can do that yourself
14:01.20herlopoints to the email he sent out to *all* speakers with instructions to do so
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16:12.00herloI KNOW!
16:13.10herlofozzmoo: ping - blog-oriffic
16:13.13herlodecriptor: ping
16:13.18herlodecriptor: nm
16:13.29fozzmooherlo: pong
16:16.08tristanbob_herlo, I figured out how to add my company name - sorry for not rtfm
16:31.41herlotristanbob_: hehe, nw
16:31.43herlofozzmoo: hi
16:32.16herlofozzmoo: so if you have time today, I'd like to get out the announcement about the utos-attendees@utos list
16:33.07herloWe should probably mention the fact that we've added all the attendees from last year and we'll be sending out an announcement to remind them to register today as well, along with the post you make :)
16:33.42fozzmooherlo: roger.
16:42.13herlofozzmoo: yay!
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16:42.43herloconsidered responding to Aaron's last post but decided it wasn't worth it. A bunch of ppl have already said what I was gonna say
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17:20.13herlofozzmoo: check out http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=3426776
17:20.20herlothinking about inviting this kid to UTOSC
17:21.16fozzmoohuh.
17:21.27fozzmoocool.
17:22.27linuxalienWow
17:22.31linuxalienThat kid rocks
17:22.38fozzmooKids these days. They never go outside.
17:22.55linuxalienhahaha
17:25.39herlolol
17:26.24linuxalienMore people should stay inside then :P
17:29.07herloI just sent him an email.
17:29.18linuxalienGood jorb
17:30.12herlojorb?
17:30.23linuxalienStrongbad
17:30.32linuxalien<----- was once a regular fan
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17:33.27herlodislikes homestarrunner for the most part
17:33.46fozzmooYou're a bunch of elitists!
17:34.18fozzmoosings "The server is down! The server is down!"
17:34.28linuxalienhahahaha
17:35.06opapohow do I operate on files that have a hyphen in the beginning of them?
17:35.10linuxalienStrongbad was best in the beginning. I haven't checked in a while. Dunno how it is now. I liked the Strongbad Emails
17:35.20fozzmooopapo: ./-filename
17:35.22herloopapo: in what sense?
17:35.28opaposorry
17:35.41opapoI am doing ls |xargs file
17:35.41herloalthough fozzmoo is correct
17:35.52herloput them in single quotes
17:36.07herlooh
17:36.26herloopapo: why not just do file * ?
17:36.58opapoherlo: that would be too easy
17:37.04herlolol
17:37.07opapothanks
17:37.15herloproblem solved!
17:37.27opapothat didn't work
17:37.36fozzmooToo many files?
17:37.52opapoit parses the files as parameters for file
17:38.02opaposo files that start with -Close
17:38.15opapowill produce an error invalid parameter l
17:38.34fozzmoofile ./*
17:39.41opapoding ding ding fozzmoo is the winner
17:39.55fozzmooshines his knuckle on his shirt.
17:40.00opapolol
17:40.39fozzmooopapo: You're running IRC as root?!
17:40.50fozzmoos/IRC/your IRC client/
17:41.32opapoyeah I know
17:42.17fozzmooMy rule of thumb is "never log in as root... unless something is wrong and needs to be fixed."
17:42.34opapoI log in as myself and then su to root
17:42.41fozzmooYou should be able to get everything you need done via sudo
17:43.00opapoThis is a FC4 box
17:43.14fozzmoosudo's been available for about a decade. :)
17:43.39opapoI don't know how to set it up in Fedora nor have I had a desire to
17:43.50opapoI know I shouldn't
17:44.14fozzmooit's probably already installed.
17:44.34fozzmooecho "opapo ALL=(ALL) ALL" >> /etc/sudoers
17:44.55fozzmooAnd you're done.
17:46.11Yorokobipoints fozzmoo to visudo(8)
17:47.18opapoI use visudo to change that file
17:47.41opapoI have been lazy and haven't setup sudo on my Fedora boxes
17:49.14fozzmooSure... visudo is the "right" way to do it...
17:49.35fozzmoobut I just wanted to give opapo a quick, easy, one-liner.
17:50.07opapoI eventually want to reblast my Fedora boxes with Ubuntu.
17:50.26fozzmooSure. whatever you know best.
17:50.27opapoUbuntu is what I install now and what most of my servers are
17:51.00opapoThe FC4 machines work and haven't given me a reason yet to switch
17:51.05opapoWhen I do I will use sudo
17:51.43Yorokobiyou can always use yum to install sudo
17:51.57opapoYorokobi: sudo is installed
17:52.00opapoI'm lazy
17:52.06Yorokobiyeah, you are. :)
17:52.14opapoI don't want to change this particular server yet
17:52.34opapoAren't we all lazy to a point?
17:52.41Yorokobiif you want to be more lazy, use sudo with the NOPASSWD option in your sudoers
17:52.44opapoIsn't that what tab-completion is for?
17:53.02opapoYorokobi: I already do that on my other servers
17:53.45opapoHas anyone used Bastille Linux/Unix?
17:54.19opapoI thought I would try it out on my laptop
18:07.30herloopapo: having a FC4 box is not an excuse for running IRC as root :)
18:08.06opapoherlo: I know
18:08.15herloopapo: :) and Fedora is better than you think
18:08.22herlolol
18:08.47opapoI set it up in the old days when I did things as root and have never changed it
18:09.40opapoherlo: I am actually trying F9 (Fedora 9, I don't know how to abbreviate it) on a powerpc
18:11.03herloF9 is correct :)
18:11.15herloopapo: w00t!
18:11.58opaponot to be confused with a function key
18:12.08herlohehe, or maybe it is
18:12.41herlomaybe Fedora 9 (F9) *is* a function key, or in other words, vital to your computer :)
18:12.43opapoherlo: I think firmware needs to be upgraded on the macs to load Hardy
18:12.49herloew
18:12.54opapolol
18:13.03herloopapo: I thought Ubuntu stopped shipping PPC ??
18:14.13opapoThere are people still shipping it
18:14.27opapoI think it is considered a port
18:14.29Yorokobi6.06 was the last supported version of Ubuntu for PPC and Sparc
18:15.26herlothat's what I thought
18:23.42fozzmooherlo: Chill on the evangelism, man. :)
18:23.48fozzmooHe's using Linux already.
18:24.13YorokobiFree|OpenBSD still supports PPC
18:24.15Yorokobi:)
18:26.42opapofozzzmoo: I understand herlo.  It's ok
18:26.49opapoI was throwing him a bone
18:29.14herlofozzmoo: lol
18:30.02herloopapo knows me, and he won't hate me for bringing him further into the fold with more distros :)
18:30.13herloat least I don't think he'll hate me
18:30.29herloworries <feverishly>
18:31.49opapoherlo: I won't hate you for this
18:32.43herloyay!
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19:01.34Teneherlo: can I hate you?
19:02.53findlay~herlo Tene
19:02.54infobotACTION pokes Tene in they eye with a sharp needle
19:03.34Tene~sjansen findlay
19:03.34infobotACTION tells findlay good things about sjansen
19:07.54herloTene: why would you want to do that?
19:27.29herlohttp://www.michaeldehaan.net/?p=667 <-- interesting read about open source, community and freedom
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19:46.15herlopoints out that floggin molly is playing at saltair tomorrow
19:48.21linuxalien|awayback
19:48.33linuxalien|awayback
19:51.57opapoherlo: I didn't have time to read the whole article, but I have an actual reason for using Ubuntu.  Most things seem to just work.
19:52.04opapoI can't speak for F9 yet
19:52.35opapobut Ubuntu seems to be making things idiot proof, which benefits me.
19:59.37herloopapo: not trying to beat down Ubuntu, just thought it was an interesting read.  Especially based upon the remarks that Shuttleworth posted in his latest interview.
19:59.56herlothinks Ubuntu is great and fills a definite niche
20:00.24decriptorherlo: did you fix that ad
20:00.38herlodecriptor: yes, its up
20:00.44decriptorwell
20:00.44herloisn't completely happy with it though
20:00.48decriptoremail me the link
20:00.56herlothat's why I haven't sent it out, have a look first
20:00.57decriptordon't have time for that
20:01.26herlohttp://dl.utosc.com/08/pdfs/utosc2008ad-new.pdf
20:01.32herlodecriptor: sure you do
20:01.37herloit takes 3 minutes
20:01.42decriptorI'm on the phone with them
20:01.52herlolol, okay
20:02.01herlowell, I was able to make CMYK of it for them
20:02.21herlodecriptor: sorry, its been a crazy day.  I guess I'm glad I worked on it last night
20:02.25findlaywhat about a PQRST format?
20:02.26decriptorthanks
20:02.47herlothe only problem is the color matching of the utosc gears logo
20:02.52herlowith the banner
20:03.09herloif they could make it look more like our original color, I'd be happier, but it'll work
20:03.32herlodecriptor: ^^
20:08.05herlojust finished packaging what looks to be the first Fedora package of darkice :)
20:19.30opapoIs there a way to setup a linux server to act as an iTunes server?
20:21.51herloheavens no!
20:21.58sontekopapo: http://www.fireflymediaserver.org/
20:22.00herlo:) just kidding, I don't know.
20:22.09sontekopapo: thats what I use
20:22.30herloopapo: I think what you want is a streaming media server?
20:24.12opapoMy boss bought a 6TB Mac server for $16,000 so he could have a podcast server and be part of some special group
20:24.24sontekherlo: itunes has its own protocol called daap
20:24.47Jayce^mt-daapd
20:24.57sontekJayce^: mt-daapd renamed to firefly
20:25.17fozzmoodaap! daap talking to me like daat!
20:26.53fozzmooIs the boot param I want called norhgb?
20:27.41fozzmooYeah- that looks right.
20:28.06herlosontek: interesting
20:28.45herlodoesn't do enough with itunes stuffs. Doesn't see how its any better/worse than the free solutions out there ala magnatune/last.fm/somafm/etc
20:29.25sontekopapo: tell your boss i'll set him up one for 10,000 and it'll only cost me the cost of an old crappy computer ;)
20:29.32opaposontek: I was sure I could do what he wanted for cheaper, but he really wanted to be part of some group
20:29.46sontekApple is a cult, you can't reason with those people
20:29.49sonteklooks at Jayce^
20:29.56opapo:)
20:30.49opapoHe can be reasoned with, but there was a small window for the school district to have their own iTunes address or something like that
20:31.08opapoHe also wanted to have 6TB of data
20:31.19opapoan old crappy computer wouldn't work
20:31.26opapoI would be interested in the setup though
20:32.17opapoIt really bothers me when people in the Technology department buy software without looking for FL/OSS solutions
20:32.43sontekWe run a firefly server here at work and the whole company just shares their mp3s on it
20:32.47sontekits great
20:33.17opapoare you still with Morris?
20:33.34opapoor in that building?
20:34.11sontekopapo: yeah
20:34.31opapook
20:34.35sontekWe setup a tunnel between our network and theirs so all of their employees can pull from it too
20:34.46opapocool
20:35.00opapoThere is so much cool stuff out there
20:35.14opapoI learn about something new about every week
20:35.51fozzmooWhat software can act as a firefly client? Amarok? xmms?
20:36.33sontekfozzmoo: any that support dapp, I know banshee, rhythmbox, and amarok all do
20:36.36sonteknot sure about xmms
20:36.41sontekdaap*
20:36.41fozzmooOkay. Cool.
20:36.49fozzmoodaap talking to me like daat!
21:13.35sontekherlo: I think the major thing it does better than any of those free sites is it has a standard api
21:13.52sontekherlo: so all the major players support it
21:14.16herlosontek: yeah, I've heard of daap, didn't realize apple invented it...
21:17.59sontekdamn them and their great minds
21:18.23herlolol
21:23.38opapoI'm ready to give up on F9 powerpc
21:23.45opapoI can't get into root
21:24.06opapoI used the password I set during install, but it doesn't work
21:24.22herloopapo: just boot to runlevel 1
21:24.22opapoI can't su, I can't do an update on the system
21:24.30herloand change it
21:24.36opapoI can't seem to do that
21:24.44herloreally?  you can't access grub?
21:24.50opapoyaboot
21:24.54herlogrub comes up when you boot...
21:24.58herloeven on macs
21:25.11herlooh, but these are the older ones...
21:25.18opapoexactly
21:25.29opapothey use yaboot, not grub
21:25.45herlois there a kernel line in yaboot?
21:25.53herloone that might say vmlinuz...
21:26.17opapoThat is all stripped from me
21:26.22opapofeels naked
21:26.28herloin what sense?
21:26.36opapowhen it boots...
21:26.37herloisn't a ppc expert and wishes they would just DIE!
21:26.57herlobut notes it won't be any easier in Ubuntu
21:26.58opapoagrees more and more with this project
21:27.38opapowhen I boot I get the option of continue booting or boot from cd
21:27.44opapoI continue
21:28.19opapothen I have the option of continueing and I don't know of a way to go into single user mode
21:29.18opapoherlo: I must agree.  this would not be any easier in Ubuntu
21:29.41findlayisn't there a kernel option you can pass?
21:29.51findlaycan you access the kernel boot command?
21:31.02herlofindlay: can't get there
21:31.11herlofindlay: if it were grub, it'd be easy
21:31.31findlaywell, shove grub onto it :)
21:32.05herlohttp://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/inst/yaboot-howto/
21:32.23herlofindlay: it won't work because it doesn't support the partition scheme of ppc
21:32.37herloopapo: have you tried the livecd from fedora?
21:32.53herlosupposedly that works, but I don't know if there's a ppc one
21:34.40opapoherlo:I'll try a livecd.  I guess.
21:34.51opapoI really don't want to do this much longer
21:35.23herlome neither
21:35.54opapoI get a glimmer of hope so I beat myself senseless.  I am about to give up then there is another glimmer of hope.
21:36.07opapoI just want this to be over.
21:37.59opapoherlo: I do appreciate all that you do for me.
21:38.07herlolol
21:38.12herloI'm glad you appreciate it
21:38.36herloopapo: I've not forgotten about those iMacs!
21:39.20herlomemilyrae: ping
21:59.50herlodecriptor: I like the new LJ logo on our site :)
22:00.24herlosmithtix is like the worst site I've been to in years!
22:00.32herlos/like //
22:27.33memilyraeherlo: pong
22:30.53decriptorherlo: :)
22:38.42herlomemilyrae: tshirts??
22:54.31fozzmoomemilyrae: Underwear??
22:54.45fozzmooUh... Oh. I get it.
22:54.48fozzmoonever mind.
23:16.10memilyraefozzmoo: Yeah...I don't think we should hand out underwear
23:16.57memilyraeherlo: I've got most of the pieces...just seeing if Victor has enough time to change our logo to svg. the ones I have are only pngs
23:52.02herlomemilyrae: uh, svg?  im realizing we need some better tools.
23:52.33herloi like inkscape, but if it cant convert stuff, it makes things tough
23:53.32herloi might also be able to convert it now in Gimp btw.  they have a new plugin that converts to cmyk
23:55.56herlogets on a plane
23:56.02herlosoon

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