[00:38] morning all :D [15:50] hi channel, [15:51] can i find mo for ldm , in ltsp [19:02] Hi... I have trouble with some thin clients that have a new card that requires the e1000 driver from intel... I have already tested the driver and my question is how to compile that driver into the ltsp chroot... the problem that I have rigth now is that when I try to compile the driver, kernel version on the chroot is different from the server (server has 2.6.22-14-server and ltsp chroot has 2.6.22-14-386), so the make utility complaint that the k [19:02] ernel source is not installed (requests 2.6.22-14-server!) [21:31] hello peoples , i am new to linux , trying to set up a laptop for my friends daughter who is 12 years old , and they don't want her to be able to view pages like myspace ... i have edubuntu installed and runnin , but having some troubles... am hoping to find someone willing to help me out and walk me through a few basic things on linux :) if anyone can help , please pm me or email ccnhub@gmail.com , thank you very much [21:35] i don't think you'll get personal emails for PM [21:35] just mention your troubles [21:35] or search for them [21:35] xander: so you have problem blocking access to myspace ? [21:39] yes [21:39] wlel [21:40] well [21:40] im trying to install dan'sguardian [21:40] but ive only been using linux for a couple hours lol [21:41] ive been looking around on help pages and forums , but im so new that even the directions don't always make sense hah [21:41] basically i just want something simple for a noob like me to use that will allow me to either block or grant access to webpages and applications [21:43] for example , they would like to have her be able to use google talk , but not AIM [21:43] tha'ts impossible [21:43] oh [21:43] you can use aim within gmail [21:43] in the web page [21:44] oh [21:44] nothing you can block via software on the computer.. windows or linux [21:44] unless you block gmail.com too [21:44] hmm ok [21:44] well thats good to know ... [21:44] i don't think they have "parental controls" [21:44] in gmail [21:44] now , how about restricting access to web pages ? [21:45] was i correct in trying dansguardian ? [21:45] i don't know.. i've never wanted to restrict access to web pages :) [21:45] but.. you realize that she'll be able to figure out how to turn it off [21:45] if she comes and looks for help :) [21:45] yes [21:45] im not worried about that right now [21:46] i just need to set it so that when she [or her friends] type in an address , it doesn't come up [21:46] yes you are [21:46] but you're going to have to read more about it on the web i'm guessing [21:46] as far as setting it up [21:47] ive also read some examples of parents setting up only the things they want the kids to use , but that seems like alot of work [21:50] ok heres one [21:50] when i try to search for files , i get an error [21:51] dansguardian should do what you want, another way is to set those websites to point to 127.0.0.1 (localhost) [21:51] which will return an error and then not display the page [21:51] oh cool [21:51] thats sounds simple enough [21:52] but where i set that ? [21:52] just : sudo gedit /etc/hosts [21:52] then add lines like : 127.0.0.1 www.myspace.com [21:52] oh ok [21:52] let me try [21:52] save, close firefox, reopen firefox and try the website [21:52] just be careful to not remove any lines that were previously there [21:53] thereis nothing in there [21:53] its blank [21:53] yeah [21:53] it's fine [21:53] are you sure you opened the right file ? [21:53] johnny: no it's not, /etc/hosts contains 127.0.0.1 127.0.1.1 and some ipv6 stuff by default [21:53] then it must be the wrong file? [21:54] well ... im not sure about anything atm as i have only used this os for a matter of hours lol [21:54] ok, so let's do that step by step :) [21:54] and when i try to save , it says could not save , file not found , if that helps [21:54] go to Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal [21:54] thanks ,,, sorry [21:55] usually im the one typing step by step [21:55] hah [21:55] once in the terminal enter : sudo gedit /etc/hosts [21:55] weird to be on this end , thanks in advance [21:55] it should ask for your password [21:55] ok did that [21:56] and you have an empty text editor ? weird ? [21:56] opens a blank document [21:56] and if i try to save , it says cannot find the file [21:56] what does "ls -lh /etc/hosts" returns ? [21:57] -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 246 2008-01-03 22:49 /etc/hosts [21:58] ok, so it's 246bytes large ... certainly not empty [21:58] try : sudo nano /etc/hosts [21:58] k [21:58] maybe you will have more luck opening it in a command line editor :) [21:58] ok thats opened a file [21:58] 10 lines [21:59] you should have two lines at the top: one starting with 127.0.0.1 another with 127.0.1.1 right ? [21:59] 127.0.0.1 localhost [21:59] 192.168.1.9 edubuntu [22:00] ok, so add for example: 127.0.0.1 www.myspace.com after the edubuntu line [22:00] ahh ok [22:01] now just have to figure out how to save lol [22:01] man [22:01] ctrl+w [22:02] that does search [22:02] oups :) [22:02] try ctrl+x :) [22:02] heh ok [22:02] * stgraber is using too much command line tools :) [22:02] (and is more of a vi addict) [22:02] i think that did it let me test [22:02] you should try to get it working with gksudo gedit from the cli [22:02] gksudo gedit /etc/hosts [22:03] so you can use a gui text editor [22:03] ahh ok [22:03] cause that didn't work [22:04] try the "gksudo gedit /etc/hosts" thing, but I don't see why it would work and the sudo one wouldn't [22:05] or just gksudio gedit and then navigate and open /etc/hosts [22:05] well it opens the file [22:05] and i can edit it [22:05] but its not blocking the page [22:05] firefox caches too much [22:05] clear your cache [22:06] oh ok [22:06] you might even have to clear your dns cache [22:06] i don't recall how to do it, but a reboot would fix it :) [22:06] ahh ok i restart it then brb [22:09] nice!!! [22:10] that works !! [22:10] wow thats easy [22:10] haha [22:10] thanks so much [22:10] np [22:11] btw, that blocks any kind of access to that URL, not only http [22:11] so if you can find the name of the various IM server you want to block, you can block them the same way [22:12] wow thats handy hah [22:12] ok one more for today if you don't mind [22:13] when i am in my file browser ,and i go to go>search for files, and put something in i get the following message [22:14] the folder contents could not be displayed. the name org.freedesktop.Tracker was not provided by any .service files [22:15] try installing the "tracker" and "tracker-search-tool" packages, that should fix that [22:15] tracker is a file indexing engine [22:15] ok and i can do that in the synaptic package manager ? [22:16] yes [22:16] nice ok brb :) [22:16] just search "tracker" in it and you should find the two packages [22:19] alright [22:20] thats got it , dam this is very helpful , thank you for your time [22:20] im sure you will be seeing lots of me in the next few weeks :) [22:21] just make sure to read some docs before asking all the questions tho :) [22:22] oh i did [22:22] hah i spent hours on the forums , but they don't always address the exact problem ,and this is much more efficient [22:22] hah [22:25] also just regular linux resources [22:25] not just ubuntu forums [22:25] and the wiki too [22:26] yeah used that as well thanks [22:27] searching [22:27] around for answers can be fun , but i don't get many days off [22:27] so better to go to the source if i can , thanks