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jrg

12:03 AM

Watch, weird bison is weird. :P youtube.com/watch?v=9OSB4EBgi3I&feature=youtu.be

3

(apologies for the weird angle, but it makes it even funnier. :P)

@AmithKK kissed. :P

Octavian Damiean

What is so weird about that bison?

jrg

@OctavianDamiean I don't know, the fact it's sticking ITS HEAD IN THE CAR WINDOW DEMANDING FOOD?! :P

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Thomas Ward

12:45 AM

i greet thee all

:)

Octavian Damiean

12:56 AM

HA! Fixed my Inkscape problem!

jrg

@OctavianDamiean Yeah! Self answer, will ya?

Octavian Damiean

Yup.

jrg

Dupe? - askubuntu.com/questions/70727/…

Octavian Damiean

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A: Why doesn't Inkscape recognize the Ubuntu color palettes?

The problem is that the color palettes were not saved correctly. I have re-saved them in a proper format and put them on Ubuntu One. Here are the files. In the archive there is now a readme file explaining the installation process as well.

WarriorIng64

1:16 AM

@jrg Cool, never knew you had a YouTube channel! Subscribed. :)

jrg

@WarriorIng64 heh. I rarely post anything.

Random videos of bison, the occasional bug report, that's about it. :)

but thanks for following anyway!

WarriorIng64

Still looks more frequent than my posts...

Ugh, anyone else notice that the pictures for users on one's YouTube channel under Friends, Subscribers and Comments are all big and scattered about? It amazes me that this is also the only place on YouTube where there is no "Report a problem" link at the bottom. :P

This is why I don't visit my channel often now...it's like an itch I can't scratch

WarriorIng64

1:36 AM

Well, tried reporting it via their help forum...MAYBE someone will see it, but I don't think Google's support is anywhere near as good as what Ubuntu users get.

jrg

good luck.

btw, no idea where i found that wallpaper.

i tried looking for it, can't find it

WarriorIng64

Ah, well...still, looked awesome

George Edison

1:52 AM

Chuck been up to anything lately?

Questions Feed

2:32 AM

Great answer: Need help with bash checking if computer uptime is greater than 5 minutes http://askubuntu.com/questions/77352/need-help-with-bash-checking-if-computer-uptime-is-greater-than-5-minutes/77364#77364 #bash

Tweeted by StackUbuntu on November 21, 2011 at 2:19 AM

George Edison

3:15 AM

crosses fingers while charms start...

WarriorIng64

3:48 AM

Yuck, look at this.

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Q: SOLVED Install MythTV & 11.10 on Lenovo S12 (Intel atom) with wireless

This is how I installed Ubuntu 11.10 and MythTV client on my Lenovo S12 (Intel Atom) laptop and use it using WiFi (see additional notes at end). I did this because the upgrade from 11.04 bricked the laptop. Note that the partitions on the Lenovo standard disk were already in place for this in...

Not even going to touch that one.

Unless, but I dunno...could it be flagged as Not A Real Question? It has a problem and solution, but it seems like it was just posted because somebody solved a problem they had and decided to share how they fixed it.

George Edison

I would like to report that juju debug-log is useless.

That is all.

WarriorIng64

Ah, here is the troublesome Ubuntu Forums post that lead to that mess: ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1874546

Perhaps someone needs to post there with some clarification on how to actually approach posting Mythbuntu how-to's on Ask Ubuntu to match our format...

Meh, flagged it. Now it will probably be edited so that it's a proper Q&A and my flag gets rejected, if prior experience tells me anything.

Questions Feed

5:39 AM

Will my Microsoft operating system and programs still "talk" on the Internet when I am using a LiveCD? http://askubuntu.com/questions/81202/will-my-microsoft-operating-system-and-programs-still-talk-on-the-internet-whe #windows

Tweeted by StackUbuntu on November 21, 2011 at 5:19 AM

d3vid

6:12 AM

any tips on clarifying this further so I can get an answer and award the bounty in 33 minutes? :D askubuntu.com/questions/77432/…

George Edison

6:28 AM

@d3vid You have 24 extra hours to award the bounty.

That change was added recently.

d3vid

@GeorgeEdison great! I hope my clarifications have made it more answerable

George Edison

@d3vid Your question looks great. I hope you get a good answer.

George Edison

6:51 AM

Where is @MarcoCeppi when you need him...

Questions Feed

8:21 AM

Custom php version when installing LAMP http://askubuntu.com/questions/81226/custom-php-version-when-installing-lamp #customization

Tweeted by StackUbuntu on November 21, 2011 at 8:19 AM

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

9:10 AM

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Q: Could not calculate upgrade from Maverick Meerkat to Natty Narwhal

I upgraded from Ubuntu Lucid Lynx to Maverick Meerkat with the following commands: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade sudo apt-get install update-manager-core sudo vi /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades and changed the last line to Prompt=normal sudo do-release-upgrade -d ...

ubuntu apt upgrade

Amith KK

10:41 AM

Hello all

Amith KK

11:15 AM

Questions Feed

Can you answer this? Ubuntu One uploads unchanged data frequently http://askubuntu.com/questions/55686/ubuntu-one-uploads-unchanged-data-frequently #ubuntuone

Tweeted by StackUbuntu on November 21, 2011 at 11:19 AM

Amith KK

11:39 AM

Gnome Look is down!

jrg

12:26 PM

@AmithKK random cat picture is random?!

Amith KK

@jrg Yea

:P

@jrg Ohai!

Octavian Damiean

fixed a bug in Ubuntu

Broken Inkscape Palette file on design.c.com

The Inkscape palette file that is available on design.c.com is defective. It must have been broken while saving or something. A more in depth explanation of the problem here: http://askubuntu.com/questions/80864/why-doesnt-inkscape-recognize-the-ubuntu-color-palettes As my answer says I have re-saved it in a proper format, added a readme file explaining the installation process and compressed it into a tar.gz which can be downloaded from the attachments. The current archive should be replaced with my fixed version. It's current location is here: http://design.canonical.com/the-toolkit/ubuntu-logo-and-circle-of-friends/ The direct link to the file is here: http://design.canonical.com/brand/Tools/colour_palettes/gimp_palettes.zip

ubuntu-branding

Undecided / In Progress

Marco Ceppi

12:41 PM

@GeorgeEdison hello

Amith KK

1:06 PM

@MarcoCeppi I need help

Marco Ceppi

Okay, what's up?

Amith KK

see this: amith.dyndns-ip.com

whats up with all those chars?

Marco Ceppi

Something with your editor, it's not using proper " characters

Amith KK

im using gedit

Did it with emacs , still the same?

pastebin.com/bm15kZd3

Marco Ceppi

Nope, didn't work

Bruno Pereira

1:16 PM

@AmithKK you are using “lcd.txt” ; (and in many other places) when you should be using "lcd.txt", you are using the wrong char in your code I think

Amith KK

Ah!

Thanks!

Bruno Pereira

@AmithKK much better :D

Amith KK

  File "serialChecker.py", line 11
    message = urllib.urlopen(url).read()
          ^
IndentationError: expected an indented block

jrg

@AmithKK looks fine here

or did you already fix it?

Amith KK

@jrg yep

jrg

1:25 PM

btw, lcd.txt looks empty

Amith KK

Now, im stuck with this intendation thing

@jrg Permissions error, fixed

jrg

ok, did your arduino say HAI?

Amith KK

No, this py script seems broken

Bruno Pereira

sarcasm Preventing Workplace Harassment courses are so much fun! /sarcasm

Amith KK

pastebin.com/xjwfYyus

can somebody indent this?

Marco Ceppi

1:34 PM

@AmithKK Just use 4 hard spaces

You don't need to use a hard indent

Amith KK

on??

jrg

that file,

Marco Ceppi

each of the if blocks

import serial
import time
import urllib

# Create serial connection to arduino
ser = serial.Serial('/dev/ttyACM0', 9600, timeout=0)
url = '/var/www/lcd.txt'
previousMessage = "";

while(True):
    message = urllib.urlopen(url).read()
    if(previousMessage != message):
        ser.write(message)
        previousMessage = message
        print message

    time.sleep(4)

Amith KK

@MarcoCeppi Thanks

AAAAnd it works!

LCD Relay One way chat?

jrg

?!

Amith KK

1:38 PM

?

Ohai

:P

fine

Now, if I could device a way to add a keypad, buy @jrg an arduino,pot,lcd and some wires.

jrg

lol

Amith KK

The keypad part, with t9 would be doable

Oxwivi

Hello!

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A: How do I install osCommerce?

osCommerce requires PHP and MySQL, in other words, a LAMP stack (Linux (operating system), Apache HTTP Server, MySQL (database software) and PHP). osCommerce need only to be copied to the document root, /var/www/. Further, we need to create a database and user in MySQL for osCommerce to use. In...

Amith KK

Hey @Oxwivi

Oxwivi

Been experimenting with osCommerce, need to ask something regarding web server permissions.

@AmithKK Hey, been a while.

sadmicrowave

1:45 PM

Morning all

Amith KK

Morning @sadmicrowave

youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=d9aqUMgVbSc

jrg

2:19 PM

Ok, Mom just told me about a $70 android tablet. should I go for it?

rlemon

@jrg yea

what tablet

Oli

@jrg Probably not.

jrg

amazon.com/gp/product/B005KOJEHQ

rlemon

@Oli for $70! why not.

jrg

Reviews are good, they just claim it's slow

rlemon

2:20 PM

slow with the stock ROM

jrg

i don't care about slow, I'm used to netbook speeds. :P

what i'm curious about is this: Are there any "good" ssh clients for Android?

(private key support, non standard ports, stuff like that)

Oli

@rlemon Because cheap electronics are cheaply built. They tend to use old, old versions of Android, poor batteries and awful screens.

rlemon

I think it depends on the version of android you are using.

Oli

And there's nigh-on-no community support

I'd save up some and buy a Amazon Fire, if I were you.

Octavian Damiean

No, you shouldn't go for it.

rlemon

2:22 PM

Mine was cheap because it used a crippled version of Froyo.. however with the massive amount of community support I was able to flash it with like 4/5 different versions of Android.

Octavian Damiean

@jrg Get a decent tablet if you want but don't touch the cheap ones.

jrg

@OctavianDamiean experience?

rlemon

androidtablets.net/forum/pandigital-novel

I have a Viewsonic G Tablet.

by no means a high end tablet - but boasts much better specs than that novel.

jrg

So the opinion is "don't get it"?

Octavian Damiean

Well, 1.) I'm an Android developer and know quite a lot of devices and 2.) I have first hand experience of cheap vs. not-so-cheap Android devices.

jrg

2:24 PM

Hm..

Octavian Damiean

The screens are awful as @Oli said and most of the time you won't have access to the Android Market which is a big minus.

rlemon

Viewsonic G-Tablet $250 (or less if you look around) - and can be loaded with a number of different ROMS

jrg

eek, a freakin' STYLUS IS REQUIRED?!

rlemon

certain versions of the OS support skype video. most if not all support flash and market

jrg

android 1.5.... that's ancient, right?

Octavian Damiean

2:26 PM

On top of that, you don't have a guaranteed upgrade path to newer Android version with such low-end devices.

It is.

Bugged and ancient.

jrg

ok, i'll take a look, but probably won't get it.

Octavian Damiean

You should look for a Honeycomb tablet.

Honeycomb is 3.x by the way.

jrg

if I'm not "impressed" with it, I'll just get a Fire, since that seems to get good battery life and reviews.

Octavian Damiean

Kindle Fire?

jrg

yeah

Octavian Damiean

2:31 PM

Also a big big problem with those low-end tablets is that the display is a resistive and not a capacitive one like on higher-end devices.

Questions Feed

Why the process priority of Pulseaudio is -11? http://askubuntu.com/questions/81260/why-the-process-priority-of-pulseaudio-is-11 #pulseaudio

Tweeted by StackUbuntu on November 21, 2011 at 2:20 PM

jrg

Hm...

jrg

2:46 PM

Oh, I can't even use Firefox for android with this thing... ew.

Octavian Damiean

Go for an Asus Transformer.

Or a Galaxy Tab.

jrg

the review of the transformer seems a little less than stellar.

the galaxy tab seems ok though

(not to mention I dislike asus and their hardware, their netbook sucks)

Oxwivi

Um, I'm late to the party, but who needs a tablet and for what purpose, if I may ask?

@jrg Asus Eee PC have good reputation. Though I'm not a fan of the entire netbook category.

jrg

@Oxwivi tl;dr: i got told about a cheap tablet, been playing with the idea for a few months, decided to ask here first because i trust you guys judgement.

rlemon

I want this one

jrg

2:53 PM

@rlemon overkill dude, overkill. :P

Oxwivi

@jrg What do you need the tablet for?

jrg

@Oxwivi playing movies, ssh client and web-based stuff.

rlemon

I still think the Viewsonic G Tablet is a good inexpensive choice.

Oxwivi

@jrg Go for x86-based tablets, if available in your area, and install Ubuntu.

rlemon

viewsonic.com/gtablet/spec.htm

Oxwivi

2:55 PM

In my experience with Android, it's as frustrating as Windows when you need to dig deeper.

jrg

@rlemon well, except for that price, might as well plop down a little more and get the fire, with better community support....

@Oxwivi and make my battery life even worse? Nope. :P

Octavian Damiean

@jrg Here is a review of a happy Asus Transformer owner. Forget reviews on the internet. Most of the time they come from people that didn't exactly know what they wanted in the first place and got mad when they eventually found out that the product they bought isn't what they wanted what they actually didn't even know.

That tablet is one of the best around. In terms of quality.

jrg

looks like a netbook in all the pictures I've seen. :P

Octavian Damiean

Well because you can attach a keyboard which is not only a keyboard but also a second battery.

Oxwivi

@jrg Generally, around the same battery life as netbooks.

@jrg Yeah, you can take it off too.

jrg

3:00 PM

i'll shop around a little bit more. thanks guys. :)

rlemon

@jrg androidtablets.net They have some good reviews and community information on modding, what apps are supported, and also a good troubleshooting resource when you do own one.

Roland Taylor

Hi all!

Just checking in, before doing some writing :)

jrg

@rlemon Thanks, I'll take a look around.

jokerdino

hey roland

jrg

(p.s. there is android.se for troubleshooting. :P)

rlemon

3:07 PM

omg i'm going to shoot this @#$@#$@ printer

none of the PPA's from the support site work on Ubuntu 11.10

or i'm just going about this wrong.

Oxwivi

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Q: File permissions to let web application write files

I installed osCommerce using these instructions. During the initial run, I was asked to point at the MySQL database it should use and set up admin accounts. But to save the settings, it needed to modify an existing file: The webserver was not able to write the installation parameters to its ...

webserver

jrg

@rlemon no, printers JUST SUCK IN GENERAL

Jorge Castro

@rlemon what printer is it?

Oxwivi

@jrg Except HP ones.

rlemon

3:27 PM

Konica Minolta BizHub C220

some sites list a Linux driver (give me 4 PPAs, none work)

I found this site but no linux drivers (thats from their canadian website)

common helpdesk

Oli

Their own website seems to have drivers for Linux

rlemon

and none of them work.

4 ppd files for english

CUPS 1.1 and 1.2

Oli

Readme says you want the C652_C360UnixPPD.ZIP

rlemon

I tried installing everything under the sun.

even called their helpdesk. guy on the other end suggested I goto the ubuntu community forums and ask their.

WTF kinda support is that

I hope he isn't payed much.

Jorge Castro

doesn't even show up in the linux foundation printing page

you might be doomed

openprinting.org/printer/KONICA%20MINOLTA/…

Amith KK

3:40 PM

Ok, Ive fixed the bugs: amith.dyndns-ip.com

Jorge Castro

is the closest I can find

Amith KK

Hello Guys!

rlemon

seriously though... how is that helpful. "We offer linux drivers but we do not support them. Please refer to the Ubuntu community forums for more assistance" - I ask why they don't support them, "Because no one here uses linux and none of our clients use linux", - So I remind him that I am a client, and I use linux - no response.

Oli

@rlemon you have to pair the PPD up with the Konica Print Utility. Not sure where one finds that.

Jorge Castro

@rlemon most manufactures just give them to the linuxfoundation to put in distros

Oli

3:45 PM

@rlemon oh! it's the kmpu18.zip (12meg) file on the previous download page I linked to. Install that, then set it up using the right PPD.

Jorge Castro

it might be in openprinting-ppds

rlemon

@Oli thanks, i'll give that a try.

Amith KK

@rlemon Try this: amith.dyndns-ip.com/C360PPD.zip

Weirdly enough, I dont know why I had that on my HDD

rlemon

@AmithKK do you own a bizhub printer?

Amith KK

@rlemon no...

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I must clean my hdd's

rlemon

3:50 PM

wow.. I would go nuts looking at that

Alvar

haha new volume :P

rlemon

Floppy Drive?!?!?!?! thats what scares me

jrg

@AmithKK yeah, i'd go nuts also.

Amith KK

Yeah, its emulated by the BIOS, I actually have a not working floppy on here

Octavian Damiean

Amazing. The SOPA Act Continues To Get Dirtier.

rlemon

3:52 PM

backup, DBKUP, DBBAKUP, next will be DBBAKKUUPPP

Amith KK

lol

rlemon

and you have two new volumes... how do you know which is new, and which is new-er

should be New Volume and Slightly Newer Volume

Amith KK

@rlemon Also Im having two 7programs

@rlemon Both the partitions are on differnet drives

rlemon

ahh. gotcha.

I like to keep it simple. 2 drives, 3 partitions. +1 Large Ext. HDD

Amith KK

Im having 3 internals and 1 externals

One was the System default (an 80GB WD)

rlemon

3:56 PM

I didn't really need more.. 2tb internal, 1tb internal, 1tb external.

Amith KK

Another a buy (a 250GB SeaGate)

rlemon

what i REALLY need is a video card and a second monitor.

Amith KK

One more(a 1TB WD)

An external(250 GB Transcend StoreJet)

Eray

HEllo, i need quick help because it's term examinations week. Can anyone halp me for this question about GRUB2 ? askubuntu.com/questions/81291/restore-grub-cannot-find-file#

Thank you so much

Amith KK

@Eray Hi. Welcome to AU chat

Eray

3:59 PM

Thank you :)

jokerdino

Help him :p

rlemon

would dpkg -i kmpu1.8-debian-intel.deb be the same as sudo apt-get install kmpu1.8-debian-intel

Eray

yes please :D

rlemon

Ahhhhhhhhhhh... i give up

back to programming.

rdl@rdl-ubuntu-work:~/Development/blog$ sudo dpkg -i kmpu1.8-debian-intel.deb
dpkg: error processing kmpu1.8-debian-intel.deb (--install):
 cannot access archive: No such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
 kmpu1.8-debian-intel.deb

can't find the file now.

Amith KK

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A: Restore Grub - Cannot Find File

I had a similar error , how I fixed it was like this: I used Boot repair, a tool to fix grub Boot into the LiveCD and use the following commands sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yannubuntu/boot-repair sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install boot-repair-ubuntu and launch Boot repair, choosing the ...

Bruno Pereira

4:46 PM

@George Edison: translations.launchpad.net/stackapplet/trunk/+pots/stackapplet/…

Amith KK

BBL

Jorge Castro

5:30 PM

@BrunoPereira looks like michael is fixing the Google Inc bug

want to try it and respond?

man, I wish there were badges for removing tags instead of creating them

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Octavian Damiean

Isn't that counted towards the Strunk & White and Copy Editor badges?

jrg

@OctavianDamiean don't think so...

Octavian Damiean

Ubuntu animal logos should be downloadable in the toolkit.

It is very difficult to create proper fan art or material for release parties and LoCo events without the vector files of the Ubuntu animal logos. I suggest putting them online in the toolkit, possibly with a guide on how to use them in a proper way if required.

ubuntu-branding

Undecided / New

Let's do it!

Questions Feed

Can you answer this? Enabling "Sync All Photos" on Android App http://t.co/vgI1utLh #ubuntuone

Tweeted by StackUbuntu on November 21, 2011 at 5:20 PM

rlemon

lol google images search "ubuntu animal logos" and on the first page see

Octavian Damiean

5:41 PM

Cause it looks and smells like a fish.

rlemon

comsoft.org/7-ways-to-upgrade-your-body-with-linux <- FanBoys!!!! (and girls)

Octavian Damiean

Personally I think this is not a good idea. I mean logos change. Your skin doesn't.

5

rlemon

lol

What happens when Ubuntu is no more

It will be replaced by something newer and better eventually.

Octavian Damiean

Even better than Ubuntu? You kidding? :D

rlemon

4 mins ago, by rlemon

Octavian Damiean

5:46 PM

Oh boy.

rlemon

^ better

Jorge Castro

man, the new review thing is awesome

jrg

hey jorge

how do i go about updating a charm/refactoring so it works better?

Alvar

@JorgeCastro how? :)

Octavian Damiean

New review thing? Did I miss something?

jrg

5:49 PM

yeah, nothing fancy shows up here...

Octavian Damiean

It may be a >10k thing.

Jorge Castro

yeah, 10k

@jrg what do you mean? You'd just fix the parts that suck about it?

Stack Overflow Blog: Review early, review often

Posted by Sam Saffron on November 20th, 2011

Stack Exchange gets a staggering amount of questions and answers every day.

Our goal is not only to provide great answers to the huge amount of questions, but to create awesome fossils of knowledge that can be consumed by generations to come.

New users on our sites need some extra TLC. Without them we can not grow our communities. However, often they are not aware of the rich formatting capabilities and various rules we enforce. Occasionally, they post “answers” that are not really “answers”. Sometimes they simply do not belong in the community they are trying to participate. Sometimes we are lucky, they are awesome and need to be enticed with a few upvotes. …

actually it's not 10k only

it's for people who have strunk and white already

jrg

wait, i seem to be reading this bug report wrong - bugs.launchpad.net/charm/+bug/808292

that means there is not a node.js charm, correct?

Octavian Damiean

Oh I knew about that new review thingy. I mean it was not really new to me but yea I agree it is awesome. :)

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