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# mdadm --assemble /dev/md0
mdadm: ignoring /dev/sdc3 as it reports /dev/sdd3 as failed
mdadm: /dev/md0 assembled from 0 drives and 1 spare - not enough to start the array.

no idea why it would claim sdc3 is failed

AbrahamVanHelpsing

sounds like your problem: ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1736742.html

0xC0000022L

thanks, reading

Seth

1:17 AM

Is there a mod around?

RolandiXor

yo

0xC0000022L

wow, scary ...

# mdadm -Q -D /dev/sdc3
mdadm: /dev/sdc3 does not appear to be an md device

Seth

-3

Q: Will running Cinnamon on 12.04 slow down ubuntu?

I really like the Cinnamon interface ( already know how to get cinnamon on Ubuntu) Just need to know if it will slow down my computer. I use Unity on 12.04 Ubuntu As requested here are my computer specs: i5 2500k 8gb of ram nvidia 7800 gtx

RolandiXor

No, it won't.

Seth

@RolandiXor Can you remove the desktop tag from that?

@RolandiXor >_>

Journeyman Geek

1:18 AM

@RolandiXor: gotta do it right

RolandiXor

@Seth lol

Journeyman Geek

Seth

@RolandiXor The tag won't die unless its gone.

RolandiXor

Done :D

Seth

Thank you.

IgnitE

1:20 AM

I've an exam in half an hour. Wish me luck ^.^

0xC0000022L

@AbrahamVanHelpsing: thanks, the following command looks promising for the situation ... let me try it :)

# mdadm --create /dev/md0 --assume-clean -l 1 -n 2 -e 0 /dev/sdc3 missing
mdadm: /dev/sdc3 appears to contain an ext2fs file system
size=314556352K mtime=Thu Feb 21 00:47:55 2013
mdadm: /dev/sdc3 appears to be part of a raid array:
level=raid1 devices=1 ctime=Wed Feb 20 23:30:08 2013
Continue creating array?

good luck ;)

AbrahamVanHelpsing

if you don't have a backup don't do eeet

0xC0000022L

lol

:)

I do have backups, but it's still open-heart surgery

Seth

Another for you @RolandiXor

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Q: When I'm on the desktop and I type anything a small window opens. What is it?

Possible Duplicate: What is the text box on the desktop for? When I'm on the desktop of Ubuntu, I type something and it appears in a small window in the lower right corner of the screen. What is that and how does it work?

search desktop functions

0xC0000022L

the machine is servicing

lovely, it worked

thanks for the pointer

it's synchronizing now

Journeyman Geek

1:23 AM

@Seth: thats more than one use of the desktop tag ;p

Seth

Yes it is.

That's why we're killing it.

(mainly)

AbrahamVanHelpsing

@0xC0000022L awesomesauce. if it actually fully works, consider filing a bug against mdadm if the problem was disk order changing. seems like that's what confuses the jesus out of things

RolandiXor

Done

0xC0000022L

actually the order didn't change at all

Seth

Thanks.

0xC0000022L

1:24 AM

don't know what caused it to fail once I stopped and ran it again

but --assume-clean seems to be the medication to many an mdadm problem :)

AbrahamVanHelpsing

@0xC0000022L :/ it has to rebuild or fail faster than this crappy drobo we have at work. it has been rebuilding for a week.

0xC0000022L

@AbrahamVanHelpsing: this one's only ~300 GiB

@Seth np

\o/

woot woot

1:30 AM

/me subscribes

RolandiXor

any time you see it, flag it

Seth

flag it?

RolandiXor

yeah

you can give a custom reason

Seth

Okay, well why would that help?

RolandiXor

Because it would point out to the mods that the tag still exists :)

Seth

1:35 AM

Okay... shrug

RolandiXor

Or am I not making sense... :P

Seth

I promised joker I'd post a meta.

RolandiXor

oh ok

Seth

@RolandiXor Not quite. I can't see how the mods could help... other than retagging.

0xC0000022L

Voted for you as mod, but I strongly disagree with your assertion 3h ago, @RolandiXor ... this one "Instead of focusing on phones and tablets and making us wait two years, FIX THE BUGS IN THE DESKTOP VERSION ALREADY." ... I think they are doing a good job already. And not all devs contributing to Ubuntu receive payment ... how do you think they think about it.

RolandiXor

1:36 AM

@0xC0000022L lol you don't have to agree with someone to vote for them

Seth

Just sayin'. That has nothing to do with being a mod.

RolandiXor

Also, being frustrated with something does not disqualify me from being a mod :)

0xC0000022L

it doesn't, true

but your comment insinuates they aren't fixing, which is IMO unfair given the contrary evidence ... also just sayin'

RolandiXor

BTW, in that statement I was actually partly joking

0xC0000022L

didn't come across as such, sorry ;)

RolandiXor

1:39 AM

Which is something we do on this chat a lot - we make serious statements which are part funning around :)

0xC0000022L

horrible ... funny mods :-D

RolandiXor

I do think that more focus needs to be put on fixing bugs but anyone who knows me knows that I'm excited about Ubuntu Phone/Tablet :)

0xC0000022L

I'm moderately excited about the idea of running it "natively" on my Nexus 7 ... instead of confined the way I have to now

RolandiXor

I actually plan to get a Nexus 10 or 7 for that purpose :)

Journeyman Geek

@RolandiXor: actually the big issue I have with canonical is they keep reinventing the wheel

(as does a certain person in fedora I btich about a lot...)

0xC0000022L

1:42 AM

@JourneymanGeek: how so?

RolandiXor

whistles

no comments

Seth

HP tried. And lost.

Journeyman Geek

@0xC0000022L: Lennert something, created pulseaudio, and is trying to replace the log system (which is text based) with a binary one

also... one of the init.d replacements

and...

0xC0000022L

oh, I see

Journeyman Geek

with canonical, unity would be a good example

0xC0000022L

1:44 AM

I find upstart nice compared to the traditional SysV init, however

Journeyman Geek

and the 'cellphone' unity varient is different from the desktop one

I love upstart

but it co-exists with the old init system

0xC0000022L

ah, okay ... I dislike that ... always using Kubuntu, but mostly using Debian and Ubuntu from the terminal anyway

Journeyman Geek

lol

kubuntu when I use linux

Luis Alvarado

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Q: How should questions about SPDY be tagged?

This web protocal is becoming more and more popular considering its' value, but it's not in the list of tags. How should a question be tagged since this tag isn't here?

discussion feature-request

0

Q: Please add the "HipHop" tag

Facebook's virtual machine is rapidly becoming more popular considering how much faster it can make a cheap VPS. Ubuntu is the easiest (for me) distro to install this on. Please add it.

feature-request

Anybody with 2 cents to see those 2 questions.

RolandiXor

Still thinking up my answer

Journeyman Geek

1:46 AM

protocol is mispelled >_>

RolandiXor

lol

which one?

Luis Alvarado

My thought is that it will make an excuse to create many MANY tags that will actually create more problems with the tag issues.

0xC0000022L

added my two cents to the first one

:-Þ

Seth

@LuisAlvarado You only create tags when the appropriate question is asked.

RolandiXor

what @Seth said

Journeyman Geek

1:50 AM

@RolandiXor: the first one

RolandiXor

@JourneymanGeek oh I see now

Journeyman Geek

@LuisAlvarado: the first one is not really necessary - it would probably always be part of a webserver or browser question

RolandiXor

I misread your message earlier for some reason

Journeyman Geek

the second one, maybe, its a standalone software

Luis Alvarado

@Seth yes, but leaving tags like that, at least for me in the open, it opens many other tags to use that are not actually Ubuntu related but more related to other SE sites. Not only that but if a SPDY, AJAX, HTML5.. or any of them are allowed, think of how many protocols, services Firefox has, or Chrome, Opera or any other browser.

My thinking is that they are better placed in an existing, more general tag like browser, server, webserver like mentioned above. I mean something general that covers small cases like those.

Seth

1:53 AM

@LuisAlvarado I'm writing an answer...

Luis Alvarado

@Seth you go boy!! Get em!!

Seth

lol

RolandiXor

I wonder if we should give Seth a biscuit when he is done...

0xC0000022L

I agree with Luis, simply on the basis that tags aren't supposed to spell out the question in all detail but to categorize it ... adding more categories will make finding things harder, not easier as long as each category is a "binge category"

Luis Alvarado

Yes, I could not have said it better. Categorize it. Thanks ....??? 22L Virus?

0xC0000022L

1:56 AM

huh? virus?

if you're wondering about the username, it's an allude to my favorite native error code on the NT platform ;) ... also, people didn't like to have to spell out STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED all the time

Luis Alvarado

got it

so virus it is

^^

or why not instead of STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED i could just say SAD

like in the phrase "Hey SAD is here"... "He is SAD" ^^

0xC0000022L

lol

actually some did that, it was sad to see that ;)

Ask Ubuntu Meta

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Q: How should questions about SPDY be tagged?

This web protocal is becoming more and more popular considering its' value, but it's not in the list of tags. How should a question be tagged since this tag isn't here?

discussion feature-request

-1

Q: Please add the "HipHop" tag

Facebook's virtual machine is rapidly becoming more popular considering how much faster it can make a cheap VPS. Ubuntu is the easiest (for me) distro to install this on. Please add it.

feature-request

0xC0000022L

so how are those mod badges working for you folks? ... I assume this is already the new term, since some of you weren't mods before on askubuntu.com

Luis Alvarado

there's a badge for that?

well 5 minutes after becoming a mod... I hate being a mod.. how about that

0xC0000022L

2:04 AM

well, I mean the diamond-shaped thingamy behind the names ;)

Seth

@LuisAlvarado Do you really?

awww :(

0xC0000022L

it is kind of a badge, isn't it?

Luis Alvarado

@Seth too much work

Toooooooo manyyyyyyy optionsss

0xC0000022L

isn't that why there are several mods, not to mention high-rep community members?

Journeyman Geek

lol

mods have it worse apparently

high rep is pretty unobtrusive

Seth

2:09 AM

@LuisAlvarado /me loves options.

Luis Alvarado

trust me, when you have this many, like, you want to close a question

it asks for your social security number, date of birth, blood type, number of girlfriends last year, etc..

RolandiXor

It even asked me for my spleen!

I don't have a spleen!

Journeyman Geek

its a bug

RolandiXor

I'm an alien for crying out loud

Journeyman Geek

it should have asked FOR YOUR SOUL

RolandiXor

2:11 AM

I'm lucky to have organs!

@JourneymanGeek that was the first question

I tricked it with a spare soul I found in a dumpster

Journeyman Geek

kids these days

back in the day we were so poor, we used to have to make our own souls out of mud.

RolandiXor

throwing their souls in trash cans...

@JourneymanGeek exactly!

Seth

please re-open

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Q: Add a feature like one in Windows task manager?

I really like the System monitor in ubuntu but there is one feature that I am missing that is in Windows Task manager. In addition to showing the processes Windows task manager also has a tab that allows you to view open windows and to edit settings. This is more convenient than hunting for the p...

unity 12.10 system-monitor task-management

0xC0000022L

it looks open

RolandiXor

I open it

0xC0000022L

2:14 AM

ah

RolandiXor

I had to use a crowbar, but it opened

Seth

lol

RolandiXor

My question opener is broken! It's not funny!

Seth

laughs

RolandiXor

@LuisAlvarado they think this is funny D:

There.

You will all die from the cuteness.

brb

I'll go afk while you die.

Seth

2:26 AM

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A: Please add the "HipHop" tag

I agree with @LuisAlvarado, but wanted to add some of my own input. Tags on SE sites are for categorizing questions. Since this site is about Ubuntu and Ubuntu only everything except installing HipHop (on a Ubuntu server) is off-topic here and belongs on Stack Overflow. Because of this a HipHo...

@LuisAlvarado --^

jrg

@LuisAlvarado actually want my signature on the certificate?

it'll mean an additional 48 hours, but hey, what's another 2 days on top of the 4 months that i've been trying to get this to you? :P

which one should be part of my company logo?

the first is on all my personal business cards already.

George Edison

0

Q: How to browse the files on my Samsung Galaxy Discover?

I just bought a Samsung Galaxy Discover and eagerly connected it to my Kubuntu machine via the included USB cable. After selecting the option to "Open with file manager", I was redirected to the URI camera: which consisted of a single folder: This folder is empty. After some further reading, ...

kubuntu dolphin mtp

@jrg Go with this one.

jrg

@GeorgeEdison The admin?

Seth

@jrg first one.

George Edison

I mean what's not to love about a plate with a fish skeleton on it?

Oh the joy of slow sf.net mirrors...

jrg

2:38 AM

was trying to find one with snow, since my companies name is snowy penguin solutions.

but the usual available clipart places don't have anything.

Seth

@GeorgeEdison We must have a KDE convert :/

:P

George Edison

@Seth We sure do.

Seth

LOL

I like it... but it doesn't like me :(

jrg

well, lots of people are that way.

Seth

I didn't say they weren't...

nothing wrong with that.

Just teasing a little.

maggotbrain

2:43 AM

No HipHop tag??? Oh, the huge manatee!

2

Seth

★

@RolandiXor Migration flag for ya :D

jrg

officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/images/MH900133489.jpg thats another one.

maggotbrain

We should definitely use the bling tag for questions on window decorations and themes.

jrg

@maggotbrain oh man, totally

maggotbrain

hehe

jrg

2:52 AM

ok, riddle me this: how can a google image search for "linux server" turn into highly suggestive girls next to dragons by page 3?

with safe search on.

maggotbrain

@jrg You must have broken your googles. Mine is family friendly with safe search off. At least you weren't searching for "bsd devil" ;-P

user19161

@jrg Because girls are safe.

jrg

@maggotbrain oh man, yeah, i'm sure that one would turn weird fast.

well, there were some other restrictions - creative commons, commercial, etc.

RolandiXor

@Seth next time you are running for mod.

user19161

Wait @rol When did you become modded?

Seth

3:00 AM

@JacobBlack Do you use the Bourne shell :P

@RolandiXor Probably not.

jrg

@Seth sadface, but someone has to keep the flags coming in. :)

user19161

@jrg I see you changed back to your old pic.

jrg

@JacobBlack yessir.

user19161

@jrg Google image search now is very safe. One needs to use explicit terms to search for explicit things. The algorithm changed recently.

RolandiXor

@JacobBlack they took out my iron claws and replaced them with Tallium 50 talons about yesterday :)

jrg

3:03 AM

@JacobBlack interesting. wasn't more than you'd see at a pool here in the US, but still, was a shock.

user19161

@RolandiXor What is the i doing there, Apple fan?

RolandiXor

It's a bit tougher to type, but now my nails are unbreakable!

jrg

I was expecting pictures of nicely rack mounted Dells and stuff.

instead i get dragons.

RolandiXor

@JacobBlack in my name?

user19161

@RolandiXor Yeah I know @seth removed his i and it went into you lol

RolandiXor

3:04 AM

haha

well, my name is pronounced Roll-land-dix-xor :)

so the i is less emphasized :P

The X is capitalized to match IceXsage :)

oh

@jokerdino !!!

Seth

@RolandiXor AH. French.

jokerdino

Hey. :D

Seth

HI!

RolandiXor

@Seth O_o

not french :D

closer to a fictional language (Ta'Elan) than french :P

Seth

Oh. shrug.

@jrg yeah...

jokerdino

3:11 AM

@Rinzwind Thanks Rinz. I was sleeping :>

RolandiXor

brb

food time

Seth

FOOD TIME FTW!!!!!

maggotbrain

jumping in to the new 3.5 kernel on 12.04.2. I might be back. ;-)

Seth

lol. OK :)

jokerdino

Maggots got brain?

(just curious)

maggotbrain

3:22 AM

The maggots have the brain, yes.

jokerdino

What phylum do they come under?

maggotbrain

If y'all were curious, the name comes from an old funk song: youtube.com/watch?v=dh3bleXWaCk

jokerdino

Oh heh. I was more curious about maggots actually.

maggotbrain

@jokerdino Arthropoda which seems odd.

jokerdino

Odd indeed.

Looks like they are classified as insects.

Insects do have brain. So, I'll let you off.

maggotbrain

3:26 AM

well, most of the clan are spiders, bees, and lobsters such. Not sure where I fit in. ;-)

jokerdino

We can discuss it. ;)

maggotbrain

That is a cool, little Atropoda. From Antarctica, no less.

jokerdino

Looks so beautiful.

maggotbrain

Indeed.

There are some crazy creatures from down under: naturalsciences.be/amphi/carcimage.htm

jokerdino

@AmithKK I need some help from ya. You knows how to make logos?

Amith KK

3:41 AM

appears

@jokerdino Yeah?

jokerdino

Yeah :>

One sec. Getting the pdf.

Join the other room. I'll give you details.

Luis Alvarado

@jrg you rang?

RolandiXor

@maggotbrain my cat!

How did you get that picture?

@maggotbrain you're an insect - the larva of a fly

Food for some other kinds of fly larva.

Luis Alvarado

@RolandiXor Moderators should not talk like that to other AU members... you !@#!#!

RolandiXor

3:56 AM

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Q: How to make money from/in Ubuntu/Linux?

I'm a student right now, and later in life I'd like to get really involved in the Linux ecosystem. However I recognize the need to put bread on the table, so my question is: How can I make money from Ubuntu/Linux? The situation right now is that my College can offer me Windows Certification, or...