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user19161

12:14 AM

@roland I followed your advice and went for the 64-bit version this time!

jrg

12:52 AM

@JorgeCastro thanks for the email.

unable to log in - hangs on 'logging in' msg

On my laptop I upgraded from 11.10 to 12.04, 3 or 4 weeks ago. Recently I had trouble logging in - I'd type in my password but it would hang on the 'logging in...' message you get after pressing enter. After rebooting a few times I was able to log in. Now, rebooting isn't helping, I'm unable to log in at all. I stay at the 'logging in...' message until I shut down.

Light Display Manager

High / New

Ok, so for those of us who were dealing with all those "can't login" questions, Jorge sent me an email about that, and it appears to be this bug.

If someone can investigate, that'd be great.

and then we can close all those questions as duplicates of a master question or something

Roland Taylor

back - and now I understand :D!

@JasperLoy awesome! Enjoying it?

@Jacob hi! long time no see :D

jrg

→ 9 messages moved to Sandbox

Movero!

Roland Taylor

1:08 AM

summit.ubuntu.com/uds-q/meeting/20649/electronic-arts

O_o

jrg

wait, EA games or...

3

Roland Taylor

no one is answering us on G+ about it

@JorgeCastro posted as well as Jono

(I have a strong feeling Jorge is going to drop us a "(:" and say no more...

jrg

he's in the middle of a pre-UDS sprint, so he won't answer us

Roland Taylor

it's a trap!

jrg

Ugh, i'm hitting the comment wall

ajmitch

1:14 AM

@RolandTaylor just go to UDS & find out?

you're at least in the right hemisphere :)

jrg

Sorry @JorgeCastro, i'm doing some cleaning and i'm also flooding your inbox at the same time. :(

Roland Taylor

@ajmitch lol

You're paying?

ajmitch

nah, I'd need to be rich

jrg

he's an Ubuntu developer. what do you think, that he's got a MiniMcMansion or whatever?

Roland Taylor

@jrg don't all Ubuntu Developers have 3 garages (Veyron, R35, Huayra) a beach side property, a couple yachts and a private jet fleet?

jrg

1:24 AM

@RolandTaylor I think you're confusing them with Red Hat devs. rimshot!

Roland Taylor

ouch

wait, no, Red Hat devs have a personal arm of the secret service, that can't be it

Jacob Johan Edwards

@RolandTaylor Who do you mean by @Jacob? confused

ajmitch

@jrg I don't work for canonical, therefore I must live in a decrepit van & survive on handouts

Questions Feed

2:42 AM

How do I make a window bigger than my screen? http://askubuntu.com/questions/130480/how-do-i-make-a-window-bigger-than-my-screen?atw=1 #resolution

Tweeted by StackUbuntu on May 3, 2012 at 2:14 AM

aking1012

3:24 AM

wow my python from a year ago was UGGAAAALY. glad i'm getting better at it

aking1012

3:42 AM

hi @ChanHoSuh

Roland Taylor

4:10 AM

@JacobJohanEdwards chat.stackexchange.com/users/4138/jacob

Amith KK

4:41 AM

Hello All

aking1012

@AmithKK hello

Amith KK

@aking1012 Heya :D

0

A: Whats Wrong with my OpenGL

There is a known bug with several Nvidia cards. We have been made aware of an interaction problem between the fix contained in the newest release any any card with a chip older than G80, inclusive. This includes the full GeForce 6 and 7 series as well as GeForce 8800GTX and first-gen 88...

What the

They released an LTS with a very big bug you know

Achu

Guys what is the deference the ISO found here: cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/12.04/release and here: releases.ubuntu.com/precise

aking1012

a quick click on the md5sums file tells me they hold different versions of the isos. read the names

@Achu releases.ubuntu.com/precise doesn't contain the Mac ISOs

Achu

5:01 AM

@aking1012 yeah doesn't contain DVD either

DVD's available only here: cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/12.04/release

Questions Feed

5:34 AM

What is the most "Ubuntu" way of preventing certain users from shutting down, suspending etc? http://askubuntu.com/questions/130520/what-is-the-most-ubuntu-way-of-preventing-certain-users-from-shutting-down-su?atw=1 #shutdown

Tweeted by StackUbuntu on May 3, 2012 at 5:14 AM

htorque

6:39 AM

0

Q: Errors on apt-get update

Possible Duplicate: How can I fix a 404 Error using a PPA? I am getting few errors when I run the command sudo apt-get update here is the output of errors only. Err http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick/main Sources 404 Not Found Err http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick/main i386 Package...

@jrg this sounds like mission impossible

isn't there another way? like marking a question as "master"?

Amith KK

@htorque Nope

I see one way

Creating a list question

Amith KK

7:13 AM

Hello @ChanHoSuh

hello

What's that?

Read the title

No, post the title here :-)

Amith KK

7:25 AM

Computer Beat

htorque

oh come on - 13 new wrong ubuntus within a day :(

Amith KK

@htorque unbununtu?

htorque

now that's hardcore: someone used an ordered html list instead of just using 1. bla

Amith KK

@htorque unbununtu?

htorque

7:44 AM

i always thought Unbuntu is a typo, but there are users using it throughout their posts. :-o

samsung will show the galaxy s3 today. let's see if i need to sell my s2 or not :P

Chan-Ho Suh

Some people would like to Unbuntu their Ubuntu.

htorque

don't buntu it in the first place!

Amith KK

8:17 AM

@Anybodywhoknowspython

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "frontpage.py", line 19, in <module>
    qu  = questions[num - 1]
IndexError: tuple index out of range

How can I fix that

Questions Feed

8:28 AM

Where can I get the hash for 12.04 ISO? http://askubuntu.com/questions/130430/where-can-i-get-the-hash-for-12-04-iso?atw=1 #md5sum

Tweeted by StackUbuntu on May 3, 2012 at 8:14 AM

Greg

8:59 AM

Hey is it possible to open .doc files with my Wined Word rather than Libre Office?

Amith KK

9:32 AM

BBL

Joshua Robison

11:02 AM

i used to have an awesome download utility on mac called igetter, which allowed me to download any file I wanted in pieces. This made the download super super fast.

is there anything like this on the linux side, besides torrents

torrents work in a similar way but this igetter app would actually download anything i wanted

htorque

that's quite old, but blog.mypapit.net/2009/09/…

looks like flashget for windows

Joshua Robison

@htorque, nice! thanks a lot... google was not helping me out

htorque

seems to work fine except for the progress graphics, which doesn't seem to do live update

Joshua Robison

@htorque, wow. yes it works so great!!! yes the visual update is not live but ... i just have to click on it and it refreshes

getting a meg/second... that makes me happy

that download was seriously gonna take an hour and now it is 10 min

so happy

Questions Feed

11:19 AM

Bounty offered: Unable to Connect to Internet with 3G USB Dongle for Particular ISP http://askubuntu.com/questions/110112/unable-to-connect-to-internet-with-3g-usb-dongle-for-particular-isp?atw=1 #networkmanager

Tweeted by StackUbuntu on May 3, 2012 at 11:14 AM

jokerdino

11:45 AM

@KyleBrandt You got questions to migrate to Ask Ubuntu is it?

ok, oops. I should stop messing with SE staff. Retracts back

rlemon

12:11 PM

The only css features you will ever need. visualidiot.com/articles/css3

Kyle Brandt

@jokerdino: Nope, just upgraded, some desktop questions for my workstation :-P

jokerdino

ah, alright then :P

@KyleBrandt Fire away. Though I am not sure I can handle your questions. :P

Kyle Brandt

Someone should combine the good parts of the open source ati driver and flgrx

To you know, make a good graphics driver :-P

Achu

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A: Remove the guest account from Ubuntu "Switch User" list

Note: This will remove your current user name display (Being Display Only!) Edit lightdm.conf sudo gedit /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf And append this line to the end of the file: allow-guest=false Simply reboot your computer when you're ready, or run: sudo /etc/init.d/lightdm restart (th...

jokerdino

@KyleBrandt If that is your question, I won't be of any service to you. I never had any problems with installing any new graphics card driver because my laptop doesn't have any graphics card :)

Prasad

2:20 PM

Hi guys, are you sleeping?

Niek Bergman

@Prasad: I'm not. :-)

I'm at work, though.

ruffEdgz

here

Prasad

OK!, do you guys found any huge performance difference between live version and the installed version of the ubuntu 12.04?

Niek Bergman

To be honest, I have never used the live version of Ubuntu 12.04, but I can imagine that there will indeed be quite a performance difference.

ruffEdgz

I actually haven't trying the live version yet. Which ones has the lower performance hit?

Niek Bergman

2:27 PM

Especially if used from CD.

ruffEdgz

Agree with @NiekBergman

Niek Bergman

Of course, I'm spoiled with having an SSD :-P

(though it's only 64GB :-()

ruffEdgz

Even when I use a USB boot for 11.04 and 11.10, I saw long waits when just loading up the live instance of ubuntu.

yea, that's the one problem with SSD's right now... going to hold out for now ;)

my music would use up 20GB of that space :P

Prasad

@ruffEdgz live version got paddle to the metal performance!!!!!

Niek Bergman

@ruffEdgz: Install 2 drives in your laptop, one SSD, one HDD.

Performance win, storage win :)

Prasad

2:30 PM

@NiekBergman I tried from a pen drive and it's much faster then CD!

Niek Bergman

@Prasad: yes, generally optical storage will perform bad.

Pen drive will be faster.

But HDD will usually be faster than pen drive :-)

And SSD definitely :D

Most pen drives are not made for high performance.

But will at least perform better than a CD :-)

Prasad

then why a installed one get slower!, I can't imagine, my 12.04 is slower than the live version (with the default settings and apps)

may be it is a wubi one?

Amith KK

Hello all

Hello @RolandTaylor

The Force is strong with this one

ruffEdgz

@Prasad is your instance of Ubuntu on a laptop or desktop? I'm just curious since on most laptops that are a bit older, the HDD speeds were slower (some came in 7200RPM but other were 5400).

Prasad

@AmithKK Helllooooo

Amith KK

2:38 PM

@Prasad Hello

Prasad

@ruffEdgz desktop

Roland Taylor

@AmithKK hi

ruffEdgz

@Prasad got ya, good to know

@AmithKK Hey!

Prasad

ruffEdgz

@NiekBergman You are right about the two storage devices, I would probably do it for my desktop but didn't see it for my laptop ;)

Prasad

2:40 PM

500 GB sata 7200rpm 8mb cache (16 maybe)

Niek Bergman

@ruffEdgz: Yeah, some laptops don't have the space for 2 storage devices.

Mine comes with a docking station that I could put a HDD in (though I would need to buy a bay for it)

Prasad

then i'll give a try to install it on a dedicated partition. but I have no good experience, help

Questions Feed

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Tweeted by StackUbuntu on May 3, 2012 at 2:14 PM

Prasad

can anyone help me with it? there is my destination partition, i like to install alongside windows (because no adobe software works on ubuntu, pro graphics designers can't loose their grip with adobe)

Amith KK

Hello @jokerdino

jokerdino

2:47 PM

hi @AmithKK

Prasad

Oh! timeout!, i need to go! they(parents) never let me work on night! bye, see ya (thanks for your help niek and ruffedgz)

ruffEdgz

np @Prasad have a good night

jokerdino

3:04 PM

so @AmithKK If i tell you, you are presenting tmrw, what would you do?

Amith KK

@jokerdino I'd sit on my computer I guess

jokerdino

coz there is a high chance I won't turn up tmrw.

Amith KK

:O

jokerdino

and i haven't heard much from jrg either.

Amith KK

Are you sure your not doing this for me? :P

jokerdino

3:10 PM

hmm no

i want you to be prepared for tmrw.

get some materials ready. i'll help out if i get back from school early tmrw.

it's going to be tough i know. i am sorry

Amith KK

No need to apologise

Anyways

np

:D

@jokerdino I'm ready to do it

jokerdino

good.

Amith KK

As far as everything is alright

I hope there is no rain tommorrow

jokerdino

you know what stuff to focus on right?

Amith KK

Editing and answering right?

jokerdino

3:15 PM

I'll open a new GDoc. I will type them there.

Emailed you.

rlemon

// GRID
// --------------------------------------------------

// Default 940px grid
// -------------------------
@gridColumns:             12;
@gridColumnWidth:         60px;
@gridGutterWidth:         20px;
@gridRowWidth:            (@gridColumns * @gridColumnWidth) + (@gridGutterWidth * (@gridColumns - 1));

above is my variables.less
below is the error.

{ type: 'Name',
  message: 'variable @gridColumnWidth is undefined',
  filename: 'less/grid.less',
  index: 31 }

//this makes no sense. i've defined it!

sorry guys i've been trying to figure this out ... i know a lot of you have used bootstrap

jokerdino

3:52 PM

@amith Good luck.

And good night

Amith KK

@jokerdino Good Night

htorque

@rlemon that's fun

rlemon

@htorque RAGGGEEEEEEEE

lol

bootstrap.less includes variables before grid.less

htorque

that error message is a joke, tbh

rlemon

ok so i've changed around the variable names... is it possible if there is a syntax error in variables.less that less just swollows them and now half my vars are broken?

paste.ubuntu.com/964939 Variables.less file i'm using

missing semicolon line 117

fixed

ffs

Amith KK

4:34 PM

BBT

Good Night

htorque

5:21 PM

@rlemon :D

such mistakes suck

i wonder when we'll see the gimp 2.8 in quantal :-)

can't wait to see the one window layout

Dave

Hello evey1

had a problem in installing photoshop with WINE from my ntfs partition

which I automounted it with psydm

Questions Feed

5:37 PM

How can I kill an application after a specific amount of time? http://askubuntu.com/questions/130881/how-can-i-kill-an-application-after-a-specific-amount-of-time?atw=1 #time

Tweeted by StackUbuntu on May 3, 2012 at 5:14 PM

Dave

everytime I restart ubuntu I see there the option I unmarked, marked again

I mean "read mode" only

so, my question is

what are the steps to automount ntfs drive on startup and disable that readmode only

commands from terminal?

Octavian Damiean

o/

8

A: What is the most "Ubuntu" way of preventing certain users from shutting down, suspending etc?

As mentioned in the other question, you can control these actions via PolicyKit's local authority system. If you create a file /etc/polkit-1/50-local.d/restrict-shutdown.pkla with content like: [Disable shutdown/etc for group restricted] Identity=unix-group:restricted Action=org.freedesktop.con...

Isn't this like only for UI based shutdown?

If a user tries sudo reboot with his password it should still work as long as reboot isn't blocked via sudoers.

wisemonkey

UGT morning e1 :D

Octavian Damiean

@htorque The one window layout is pretty neat. It is available from 2.7 already. ;)

htorque

2.7 is not in quantal, though :P

and i'm allergic to PPAs

@OctavianDamiean depends on what "certain users" mean. a non-admin can't do 'sudo'.

Octavian Damiean

5:48 PM

Mhmm, good point.

htorque

sudo userdel foo admin - problem solved.

why give someone root privileges that's not supposed to shut down the system.

Octavian Damiean

There seems to be no update manager Gnome Shell extension. adds that on his to-do list

ruffEdgz

@Dave did you solve that question about the ntfs question?

htorque

6:05 PM

@OctavianDamiean better add learn how to use unity to your to-do list :P

Octavian Damiean

@htorque I was an Unity user since day one of Unity. :D

htorque

then it's your duty to hate gnome shell! :D

Octavian Damiean

Nah, Gnome Shell is actually pretty good.

Jacob Johan Edwards

Wow, the last time gimp released I had a heron for a wallpaper

Good tiimes...

Octavian Damiean

I kinda enjoy it.

htorque

6:08 PM

yeah, since they made it look a lot like unity, it's much more bearable. :D

(no fanboy, just kidding ;-))

maniat1k

6:19 PM

hello everyone

Jacob Johan Edwards

hello

ruffEdgz

sup

htorque

6:43 PM

\o/ i'm free to root my galaxy s2

don't like the s3 so far

too big, still a hardware button. naaa.

Octavian Damiean

@htorque Do it and flash a stock image on it.

htorque

right, that's the plan.

don't know why they make stuff bigger bigger bigger. how are you supposed to carry it around? in a "man purse"? :D

Octavian Damiean

Well, you need to grow man.

Jacob Johan Edwards

No manual entry found for purse

htorque

ics is great, though. now i no longer have to wait a second for every umlaut i need to type. :P

jrg

6:55 PM

@JorgeCastro taken care of (re: deleting accepted answer)

Jacob Johan Edwards

7:11 PM

@jrg Did you know that deleting answers voted 3+ that have been visible for more than two months doesn't affect user rep? blog.stackoverflow.com/2012/03/…

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

7:31 PM

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Q: KUbuntu 10.04 / Dolphin File Manager: Is there a way to make .desktop files display the filename the same as the NAME= in the metadata?

As shown in the below screenshot (sorry I couldn't make it inline - Seems points on other stackexchange subforums don't count here), if I have a Folder Widget setup to point to the Desktop "place", the .desktop files appear with the filename of the Name= value in the file. http://imgur.com/FGTZh...

Hi all

hi @Takkat

Hope I didn't miss too much.

Jacob Johan Edwards

@Takkat it was announced that Wayland will be pushed to 12.04 in three days as an SRU, and that Ask Ubuntu will be required to accept, process, and resolve any bug reports that might result

Takkat

lol - there will be no bugs.

aking1012

7:42 PM

@JacobJohanEdwards as the default compositor or just as an option?

Jacob Johan Edwards

@aking1012 default compositor. The update will also migrate users' ext4 filesystems to ReiserFS, which the tech board has decided should be the future of Ubuntu file storage.

htorque

i'd make tmpfs the default

Takkat

@JacobJohanEdwards the plan to make NTFS recognise Ubuntu permissions was buried.

Jacob Johan Edwards

It's okay, Hans has agreed to lead Canonical to the body

of unfinished work he was doing on this feature

Hopefully that will sentence us to fewer years without NTFS permission support

htorque

:-o

Jacob Johan Edwards

7:53 PM

Oh, and steam is coming to linux

(guess which one of the above pronouncements is true for a prize)

Takkat

They are all worth a prize ;P

Jacob Johan Edwards

Very well @Takkat. You're now eligible for unlimited free downloads of the Ubuntu operating systems, you may claim your prize at www.ubuntu.com.

Takkat

Why is it that we hear only around releases about Ubuntu is "not woking", "stop working", and such?

People should take more care on their OS.

aking1012

@JacobJohanEdwards I knew I shouldn't have upgraded...

thx for the info

htorque

sudo userdel $USER admin - most problems solved. :D

aking1012

8:08 PM

brief aside, it mildly bothers me that pylint detects camelCasing as a syntax error

Takkat

@htorque :) a static OS - no more harmful tweaks made - will run forever. No more upgrades needed.

htorque

that's harsh

@Takkat exactly. it's called "user" for a reason. use, but don't modify.

Jacob Johan Edwards

@aking1012 just obey pep-8. For the love of <s>god</s> Guido, just obey pep-8

I love golang because it actually enforces code style with go fmt. Let that particular type of bikeshedding wither on the vine.

pep 8 is completely optionally, but advised for the same reason.

Takkat

An unmodified Ubuntu always looks so fresh, so nice and so clean. Like on the first day we met.

aking1012

@JacobJohanEdwards I understand. It's just hard to change habits sometimes.

htorque

8:12 PM

@JacobJohanEdwards are you using go? i read google's intro of go, sounds interesting, but had no time (or project) to play around with it yet.

aking1012

Go seems interesting. Vala seems interesting too, but I haven't looked at the syntax for either.

Jacob Johan Edwards

Yup, I've been waiting on a good project to use it. The concurrency model rocks; it's as robust and simple as Haskell's while still keeping a standard imperative coding paradigm. Compiles fast as lighting. Also, the go tools rock at dead simple automatic building, dependency resolution, unit testing, etc.

In five years, I think Go will be in a similar industry position to what Python is now.

@aking1012 Vala is nice. The next time I write a Python C extension, I'll just use Vala and wire it through introspection. That said, the language seems a bit directionless and is unlikely to ever wander far beyond the GNOME camp's git repos.

It's just C cleaned up, really. It's approach to (non) garbage collection is interesting, but probably more complicated that just free

On the topic of new languages, Dart is an abomination. Don't even look.

For example, this is Dart's approach to threading:

aking1012

@JacobJohanEdwards thx for the warning

Jacob Johan Edwards

new HelloIsolate().spawn().then((SendPort sendPort) {
  sendPort.send("sailor", receivePort.toSendPort());
});

This is go's, semantically equivalent:

go Hello(words chan)
words <- "sailor"

@aking1012 no problem. Like any petty programmer, I love complaining about languages I don't like

aking1012

You know what I think a super interesting project would be? (all or most) Gtk widgets as html/xml elements with CSS and possibly JS. Make it all render-able as a browser. Then you just have connective tissue from gtk ui files to a neat web-ui

Jacob Johan Edwards

8:27 PM

That already exists. Search for "broadway GTK+"

aking1012

that's neat. reading...

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

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Q: SSH into Ubuntu VM remotely

I dont have much experience on networking or linux, but I'm trying to ssh into an Ubuntu virtual machine from outside my home network. The Ubuntu virtual machine (VirtualBox) is running an a Debian desktop. I did some research and found I had to forward port 22 from the router to the virtual mach...

ubuntu ssh networking router

Questions Feed

Great answer: I accidentally hit Ctl Alt F<num>. How do I return to the GUI? http://askubuntu.com/questions/129720/i-accidentally-hit-ctl-alt-fnum-how-do-i-return-to-the-gui/129732?atw=1#129732 #xorg

Tweeted by StackUbuntu on May 3, 2012 at 8:14 PM

wisemonkey

hey I'm interested in stackoverflow.com/questions/624372/…

but have no idea what that answer means :(

0

Q: Best way to get line numbers in text area in firefox

I am interested if it is possible (via plugin or other means) to add line numbers (and perhaps more) to vanilla firefox text areas (I know there are various code editors, and there is its all text plug in, but wasn't sure if there was something simpler that works in place)

firefox

aking1012

9:59 PM

hi @psusi

I turned a small app I wrote for myself into a PPA to satisfy a question...give it a look: askubuntu.com/questions/120114/how-do-i-remove-the-video-lens/…

Alvar

up-vote this answer askubuntu.com/a/131064/10698

it's not mine and it's a good one.

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

huaweidevice.com/worldwide/…

aking1012

10:14 PM

@Alvar I'm skeptical since they got denied a US DoD contract, but I tend to like their products

aking1012

10:26 PM

hi @labarna - do follow the hybrid graphics project for ubuntu. i like the concept, but the details aren't working yet. it's def something to keep an eye on.

labarna

@aking1012, it seems to mostly just work for 6xxx cards

aking1012

@labarna really? maybe i have some bias from only seeing 'i have a problem' in questions instead of 'works for me'. it's def a great thing to have though. i would REALLY like to have the ability to do opencl only on a powerful card and handle WM/DE on a weak card

George Edison

10:52 PM

Gimp 2.8 was released?

...and where's the Windows binary?

user19161

11:04 PM

Hmm I wonder when the Firefox overlay scrollbar thing will be fixed.

user19161

I thought it would be by 12.04.

aking1012

@GeorgeEdison it appears so: gimp.org

Thomas Ward

hiya, people!

aking1012

hi @ThomasWard - I sorted out my packaging issues btw

Thomas Ward

i know, Amith told me

i still want to know what happened :P

aking1012

11:11 PM

i was trying to find a way to build 0.1 more than once without adding a .1 to the end via launchpad

Thomas Ward

more than once...

for individual versions of ubuntu?

aking1012

yes, like it doesn't merit a point release for code cleanup

Thomas Ward

packaging string formatting: 0.1-1~[release]1

for example :P

aking1012

yes like that

Thomas Ward

that's what needed to be done :)

aking1012

11:13 PM

~[release]1 must have been what i was missing

Thomas Ward

mhm

take a look here: launchpad.net/~trekweb/+archive/znc-fork/+packages

that shows you the naming algorithms :P

(Oneiric's still in the works for updating :P)

aking1012

it's in my bookmarks

thx for the help btw. like i WANT to know how to do things right, i just can't always find the right documentation

Thomas Ward

on IRC, go ask in #ubuntu-motu or #ubuntu-packaging

i prefer the MOTU channel, but i'm more advanced of a packager so i know more of what they say

:P

(on irc.freenode.net)

Joshua Robison

i really like the ubuntu software center application but .... is there any way to get it to do batch installs? That was where synaptic shined, where I could check a whole bunch of packages and have it install them all at once. Because the software center does it all one at a time, it takes forever to finish.

Questions Feed

What is the difference between "Nautilus", "Files" and "Home Folder"? http://askubuntu.com/questions/131075/what-is-the-difference-between-nautilus-files-and-home-folder?atw=1 #nautilus

Tweeted by StackUbuntu on May 3, 2012 at 11:14 PM

aking1012

11:23 PM

@JoshuaRobison dpkg --set-selections is great for that

Joshua Robison

@aking1012, that will change the behavior of the software center?

aking1012

no

Joshua Robison

apt-get works too though... just stringing along the package names... but it would be nice to get the software center to mimic the same behavior....

aking1012

I think SC is targeting end users, not system setup ppl.

Joshua Robison

end users don't want fast installs?

end users don't search the software store and click to install a bunch of stuff and then they aren't like "wow these installs are gonna take forever"

aking1012

11:29 PM

I think the idea is that end users should only need to install a package or two at a time. Or a meta-package needs to be created for that purpose.

Joshua Robison

fine, if that is how end users really behave... but even so , the software center could at least batch the future installs while one of them is installing

it doesn't have to do each one one at a time

the end user would click on one and it would install and while it is installing the other ones in the install list would be batching. once the first install finished , the batch that had been waiting would all install as a batch

aking1012

open a feature request/brainstorm/wishlist bug for a batch processing tab if that's how you feel

Joshua Robison

the end user would have no idea what hit him except .... it would be a lot faster

i guess i should :p

sorry for the rant

aking1012

np. i do it frequently too

Joshua Robison

it was more like ... i didn't know that the feature did not exist

but now I do. thank you

aking1012

11:37 PM

@JoshuaRobison I can say from direct experience that sometimes saying "this is low priority, but i think it's counter-intuitive" results in magic fixes without much in the way of "WAT?"

Joshua Robison

: )

aking1012

here's an example bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/976394

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