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Nathan Osman

12:11 AM

This Windows Server 2012 install has less than 4 GB of free space left :/

Mateo

12:29 AM

urg, I thought purge was supposed to remove configuration files, I messed up jack, now I can't connect...

Seth

doesn't remove ones in your home.

> ~/.jackdrc ~/.config/jack/conf.xml

a couple I just read about.

Nathan Osman

Coincidentally, my brother was trying to get Jack to work with Ardour a couple days ago.

Mateo

it's hard, I think luck let me setup the mixer once, then I didn't change anything...

now I'm remembering how crazy this is

@NathanOsman your name is in my .config folder ;)

because of nitroshare, but is still strange seeing:

Nathan Osman

Yup :P

Seth

now I'm stumped here: community.ardour.org/node/8010

Nathan Osman

12:40 AM

By the way, I started rewriting NitroShare in Go.

Seth

Oh really?

Mateo

@NathanOsman How is that going, is that a fun language to work with?

Nathan Osman

It's really different - but in a good way.

Mateo

that's cool, good is better :)

Seth

going to ask in #ardour

if I can remember my IRC password.

hbdgaf

12:58 AM

@Seth even if you can't remember it, you were supposed to reset it like a week ago

Seth

what?

hbdgaf

irc password databases were breached. so you should have reset it by now...

►

theregister.co.uk/2014/09/15/freenode_irc_users_warned_breach

Seth

Oh, thanks for the warning.

and I had a good password too. blarg.

hbdgaf

>.< it's funny that i'm an advanced warning system :)

Seth

password changed.

@hbdgaf I will be counting on you ;P

I wonder why I didn't hear about it..

hbdgaf

1:02 AM

>.>

people don't like to talk about it... since it's IRC

Mateo

hrm, something messed up with jack, it said it "couldn't allocate memory" so started with sudo worked perfect... not good

but it did start so let's see... also it seems that gladish does it's own jack configuration apart from qjackctl, so try patachage

hbdgaf

I only have twenty minutes between me and the door to the pathetic job, so now is not the best time for me to troubleshoot...

Mateo

@hbdgaf don't worry, just shooting ideas to seth

No Time

1:16 AM

would it be feasible to hide the et/cshadow usernames & hashes?

or just be more of a pain than any real security hardening?

Mateo

1:32 AM

@Seth well, I got jack back, not really sure I'm outputting midi from the other computer :/ would probably need a keyboard at this point

Whaaaaaat

Hello all. Can someone review this user? He seems very low quality:

dschinn1001

1.1k 5 20

Mateo

@Whaaaaaat he has been around awhile, not much you can do

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

1:47 AM

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Q: <Ubuntu> What is the role of Bios in making system compatible with Linux

I am running Ubuntu system. My hardware is very new. I want to ask what is the role of Bios in saying if system is compatible with Linux or not. Thanks,

ubuntu bios hardware-compatibility compatibility

Whaaaaaat

@Mateo I see that. He should still have some cleanup (less ?! scattered through answers)

Mateo

and actually capitilize, and not do link only, and...

Whaaaaaat

yes.

[redacted because i'm stupid]

Mateo

ok, got to stop now... because I'd end up serial downvoting... and that is bad

Whaaaaaat

wow.

Mateo

1:51 AM

just randomally picking a answer from his list, and most of the time it is worth a downvote

Whaaaaaat

i like this one:

-1

A: Gaming, mouse get crazy when left click

Please check first this: what colour does the plugin- ("male connector") of usb-part have inside ?! if it is white inside with only 3 or 4 visible pins (then it is normally a mouse for windows-systems?!) not clear, what you mean with mouse here - a general mouse or a gaming mouse ?! is it a mou...

srsly?!

-1

A: Can I setup MaaS/Juju and OpenStack completely offline?

Yes you can do it like follows : remove the harddisks out of your notebook/desktop completely then work with this desktop/notebook only with lots of RAM (4 or 8 GB) use for your Linux-works simply a live-stick

Mateo

@Whaaaaaat huh, well. have fun now. but don't get too crazy remember the 2 drink limit ;)

Whaaaaaat

yah.

2 insanely large drinks :D

but no. you're right.

Ask Ubuntu Meta

2:56 AM

0

Q: Can moderators see our real name or e-mail?

Just as the question stated. I know it is marked under the private section of our profile, but I was just wondering if you could see stuff like that. And if you don't, do you see anything else that a normal/regular user wouldn't see?

discussion

Lucio

4:16 AM

@hbdgaf I'm trying to follow the structure that you used on ODA but I have no luck :(

btw, you had a nice repo for a simple python skeleton but it seems to doesn't exist any more

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

0

Q: Find Locations of a Letter In Linux Command

Hey guys i need to Find out all locations of the word ttt in a file must find words containing "ttt" three t's consecutive can someone help me .

linux ubuntu

Nathan Osman

5:42 AM

Once you wrap your head around QML, it actually is pretty neat.

We'll be releasing a new version of the 2buntu app for Ubuntu Touch pretty soon.

The old one is ugly, broken, and in desperate need of replacement.

Pandya

9:42 AM

Is there any relation between this question with my this? (@Rinzwind)

Pandya

10:44 AM

Consider a question which is asked for Ubuntu version (let ab.xy) and has no answer till date. At the time when question asked version (ab.xy) is in support (not EOL) but tody it is unsupported (EOL) then Should I vote to close as off-topic (EOL)?

I want make sure before voting to close because actually question is not off-topic if we are considering at the time of asking (it is not EOL) But (also it has no any answer) today it can't be answered as EOL! Then is it OK to close as off-topic?

Rinzwind

No.

if the Q was asked during not-EOL it is a valid q.

Mateo

11:05 AM

@NathanOsman yeah, it had the purple background, an had a strange problem where it was transparent

Funny how many news stories still have the preview pictures attached to them...Canonical really needs to make a press kit or something.

hbdgaf

11:28 AM

@Lucio the pip python skeleton or the pygi template?

hbdgaf

11:52 AM

@Lucio it has to be in the module search path. that's why i do testing in a venv, so i can do all my editing directly in site-packages without mucking about with root.

Mateo

12:06 PM

@hbdgaf I think the pygi one used to be on paste, that would be a good "make your app" starter kit or something, just drop in some various sample buttons/widgets in the main window and it would be really cool

Braiam

12:16 PM

@Pandya if you can remove the references to the version and still is a good question, edit it. If even with that is unclear. too broad, etc. close it for that reason.

btw, lets close this askubuntu.com/q/461044/169736 it getting several answers that has nothing to do with the problem

OP says upgrade broke his system, that sounds like a bug, but if you want you can close as unclear too

hbdgaf

3:45 PM

@Mateo Yeah, I'll see if I still have it and put it up somewhere as as template...

I lolled so hard - "creation of uselessd, a new init daemon based off systemd" - phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTc5MzA

Braiam

@hbdgaf hey, cool

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

5:00 PM

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Q: How to recover a physical volume in LVM that shows as an unknown device?

I've been wanting to learn more about LVM, so I finally have taken the time to dive into it. Being the very smart computer guy that I am, I had the great wisdom to experiment with LVM on one of my LIVE servers! Now I cannot boot it!!! Of course, I have a lot of data on there that I would sure ...

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0

Q: Why thepiratebay.se showing the content of /var/www/index.html?

I have elementary OS Luna, which is based on ubuntu 12.04 LTS. I have installed apache2 and turned it off. Now when I am opening thepiratebay.se, it is showing the content of /var/WWW/index.html. And also the localhost is set to 127.0.1.1, and not 127.0.0.1. The thepiratebay.se should show it...

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Seth

5:24 PM

Now, I could be wrong on this, but isn't Unity based on gnome 3 these days? askubuntu.com/a/526772/44179

Bernhard

Hi everyone, I have a question regarding installing Ubunty alongside my Windows 7 starter on a netbook. I have 100ish GB left on my harddisk, so this should be fine in principle. However, by default, it selects /dev/sda1 (ntfs), which is designated as windows recovery environment, and puts Ubuntu on /dev/sda2 (ext4).

When I go to advanced, I see /dev/sda1 as before, /dev/sda2: Windows 7 (loader) and /dev/sda3. The last one is the biggest one, and I actually would like to put ubuntu there. However, in the "used" column, it reads unknown. How should I proceed?

Nathan Osman

@Seth: the current version of Unity is a Compiz plugin.

Seth

@NathanOsman right, sorry, I formed the question badly. I hate writing on tablets.

hbdgaf

5:45 PM

@Bernhard you might get more replies if you didn't type it as ubunty

Bernhard

oh sh*t

hbdgaf

@Seth one of these days it won't be a compiz plugin... it'll just be a DE...

Bernhard

@hbdgaf want to type, u and y are close together, but that sounds a bit weird :o

Nathan Osman

@hbdgaf One of these days == 2017 :P

Braiam

@Seth it uses some parts of Gnome 3 (like files (nautilus)) but the UI is mostly compiz-based

Nathan Osman

5:50 PM

In other words, it uses the Gnome 3 libraries (libgtk3, etc.).

Bernhard

Maybe it is beter to ask my question on the site

Braiam

@Bernhard as long as you don't delete partitions you don't want to delete, anything is fine

you don't need 1-on-1 help

oh, btw, sdXY is pretty arbitrary, I wouldn't worry about it

Bernhard

@Braiam I understand, I've installed Ubuntu multiple times, but if I use the default option, I will no be able to use the large chunk of diskspace that should be available

Because the /dev/sda1 I am mentioning is 14GB, and the on I want to use (partially) is 306GB

I don't want to end up with an installation without real storage space, which I guess would happen if I use the present /sda1

Braiam

@Bernhard I haven't seen anything but I'm betting you have 3 primary partitions and 1 extended, which is why the installer is refuting to do what you want

Bernhard

I have three partitions of type ntfs now

On my 306GB partition, if I click "Change" it says used as: "do not use the partition"

Braiam

6:00 PM

@Bernhard to "use" a "part of a partition" you need to shrink it and create a new one

Bernhard

what if "part of a partition" is not an option?

Braiam

I'm not following... to use any partition you either nuke the partition or shrink/move it and create a new one in the available space, you can't directly use a partition already dedicated to another thing

Bernhard

The problem was, that it does not recognize which part of the disk is used

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

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Q: udev rules fail to run a script on addition of usb device

Here is a simple rule I created in /etc/udev/rules.d/21-persistent-local.rules for my Seagate 500 GB expansion drive which uses a USB interface on a Debian machine running inside a VM. ACTION=="add", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="usb_device", ATTRS{ID_SERIAL_SHORT}=="NA453QQS", SUBSYSTEM=="usb", HOTPLUG == 1,...

debian ubuntu udev hot-plug

Braiam

@Bernhard I'm still not following, are you shrinking a partition?

Bernhard

6:10 PM

I would like to, yes

Ask Ubuntu Meta

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Q: is there any system in place to prevent downvote trolling?

I've seen multiple of my answers get a lot of downvotes even when the asker marks them as the correct one that worked, they are completely grammatically correct, address the issue fully and are, imo, good answers. Yet they get like 3 or 4 downvotes and so do the questions. This has happened a few...

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Nathan Osman

0

Q: Display audio metadata while streaming music over A2DP?

I've paired my mobile phone with my Ubuntu 14.04 desktop via Bluetooth and can stream audio from the phone to the desktop using A2DP. Every time I would like to know which song is playing, I have to glance at my phone. Since most car stereos are capable of displaying track information for music ...

bluetooth music a2dp

Braiam

@Bernhard then do it

Bernhard

But, as I said, the large partition, named /sda3, has a known size, but the "used" bit is unknown, i.e., can I safely shrink it?

should I use new partition table here?

Nathan Osman

6:25 PM

> "One thing I can tell - when I kill the process called "init" I actually got a logout and when I logged in again it disapeared."

Shouldn't that be a kernel panic?

Bernhard

@Braiam I really see no option to shrink the partition, I can mount it though. For my 14gb windows recovery partition it is not a problem though

Lucio

@hbdgaf the first one (pip python skeleton)

@hbdgaf I was on a venv but I should try later

Braiam

@Bernhard it needs to be unmounted to shrink the partition

Bernhard

@Braiam It is unmounted right now, as far as I can tell, but the mount point column is empty

Whaaaaaat

7:00 PM

@NathanOsman Answered.

Bernhard

@Braiam If I open GParted, it has a warning, "Unable to read the contents of the filesystem!"

Hence I cannot shrink it

Whaaaaaat

What filesystem format is it?

Bernhard

ntfs

Whaaaaaat

Do you have Windows 8?

Bernhard

No, it is windows 7 starter

Whaaaaaat

7:16 PM

Do you have ntfsprogs or ntfs-3g installed?

Bernhard

need to check, but it is a live-usb now

Whaaaaaat

huh. maybe it's corrupt? try running CHKDSK /F from Windows.

Bernhard

ntfs-3g is installed at least

wil try chkdsk

Braiam

@Bernhard boot Windows and do chkdsk /f with administrative privileges for each partition and restart twice

Whaaaaaat

@Braiam ninja'd.

Bernhard

7:34 PM

Is see CHKDSK will take a long time, so will get back to you later guys, thank you so far!

muru

7:57 PM

Is it just me or the reject reason "Too minor" gone?

Braiam

44

A: Approve as too minor

There are a couple of problems with this: The meaning of "too minor" varies widely between individuals. Are trivial changes always too minor, or only too minor when they ignore other, more damning problems with the post? The edits you provide as examples illustrate this nicely - even the last o...

muru

@Braiam edited Sep 9. Ah. Thanks.

That really should have had an announcement or something. I have seen a couple of edits being rejected as "invalid" and followed suit.

Braiam

@muru you should evaluate each edit as "does it improves the quality of the post?", if the answer is "yes" then accept it, if the answer is "no" then reject it with some custom reason or reject and improve it yourself.

Bernhard

8:13 PM

@Braiam @Whaaaaaat Thanks for your suggestions! It now automatically selects the large partition. Thank you very much again!!

muru

8:28 PM

@Braiam I saw Shog9's comments regarding that. I was just stating my behaviour before that, and the likely behaviour of others who don't know of the change and the reasons behind it. Think a Meta question regarding the change is in order?

Ask Ubuntu Meta

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Q: Reputation increase for no apparent reason

I recently posted an answer to a topic. I had no comments on this topic, and no upvotes on my post. The post was not accepted. Today, a few days later, I had a green flag showing +8 reputation change for this topic. I see no reason for it. It's not a big deal, but I'm really curious about wh...

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Ubuntu Questions on U&L

8:49 PM

-2

Q: Linux i need the following question answer?

find out the process id of the sleep process? i tried it in putty Linux OS in the following cases process id sleep pid sleep pid sleep process process id sleep process

ubuntu

Mateo

9:06 PM

@Braiam vandalism , all of them ;p

hm... strange word.

muru

@NathanOsman not if he killed the user-specific session init

Seth

@Braiam @NathanOsman yeah, that was what I meant. Ubuntu/Unity is still built on bits of a GNOME 3 stack (if I'm using that word correctly..)

Nathan Osman

@muru Ah, okay.

That was weird. I had my phone connected to my computer via USB and tried to launch an app I had written. Instead of my app, I ended up seeing the contents of the Nautilus window I had open on my computer.

Some sort of display corruption, I presume.

I'll see what happens without the USB cable connected.

Whaaaaaat

9:24 PM

Ah. More random bolding of words.

muru

9:35 PM

I dislike link-only answers. But this one just (year old, score 3 (+4-1)) is just that. Should I recommend deletion/

?

Whaaaaaat

Hello always-needs-to-be-right!

muru

Hello! :D

Whaaaaaat

Guys, is there a way to stop the "It worked for me" in new-user answers? They're everywhere in the review queue!

muru

@Whaaaaaat They're like online ads to me. I don't even see such lines now..

Whaaaaaat

Add that to my ABP filter :D

Also "Thank you for your patience"

This. Is. Not. A. Forum.

muru

9:43 PM

Ah.. the unofficial motto of SE. They should have that in BIG BOLD CAPITAL ITALIC LETTERS on the front page.

Whaaaaaat

Going to Meta.

once i fix this damn kext.

Seth

Seth, I have tried that solution already but sadly, to no avail. — Rey Leonard Amorato 6 hours ago

@Whaaaaaat --^

Whaaaaaat

i saw that

@Seth is the Proofreader badge broken?

Seth

@Whaaaaaat can you be more specific?

some badges take a bit to be awarded.

muru

@Whaaaaaat nope: askubuntu.com/help/badges/84/proofreader

was awarded 5 hours ago.

Whaaaaaat

9:51 PM

why I no have it? :(

Seth

Looks like you haven't reviewed 100 yet.

Whaaaaaat

109.

Seth

you have a lot of 'edit' reviews, that skews the stats.

Whaaaaaat

what?

Seth

I'm not sure how the system counts that, but those might not apply.

Whaaaaaat

9:52 PM

oh

reviews where I didn't explicitly click accept/reject?

Seth

yeah

Whaaaaaat

that's dumb.

Seth

The system might not count those.

@Whaaaaaat yeah, it is rather.

Braiam

162

Q: Your answer is in another castle: when is an answer not an answer?

I think we can all agree, this sucks: If you've been around a little while, you've probably encountered hundreds of answers like this in various forums, some of them even marked as "The Answer" by well-meaning1 forum admins looking to close a thread. We could try to enumerate the commonly-obse...

discussion link-only-answers not-an-answer

Seth

Don't let this stop you from choosing those though.

Whaaaaaat

9:54 PM

Braiam

@Whaaaaaat proofreader doesn't count tag-only edits

Whaaaaaat

Also, @Seth what question or answer on the regular site that is still up has the most downvotes?

muru

@Braiam but I think it is like the ones Shog mentions under "And all those other answers with links in them"

Seth

@Whaaaaaat I don't think I have easy access to that statistic.

Braiam

@muru the problem is that if you strip the links they don't answer the question

@Whaaaaaat Stack Exchange Data Explorer

muru

9:56 PM

Ah... True. Recommending deletion.

Seth

@Whaaaaaat Take a look at data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/166280/…

Whaaaaaat

total votes. i have no idea how SEQueries work.

Seth

@Whaaaaaat the query says this one:

7

A: How can I resize an ext root partition at runtime?

It is not possible to extend an ext4 root partition at runtime, you must shutdown the system and extended using a live cd or booting from another partition.

Whaaaaaat

yes i saw that.

hang on.

Seth

k.

muru

10:01 PM

@Seth shouldn't the top answer in that question get the Populist badge?

Braiam

@muru the accepted answer doesn't have net score > 10

muru

ah. damn. :(

Pinging @Rinzwind - askubuntu.com/questions/526733/…

Whaaaaaat

@Seth In the Data Explorer, how do you select the bottom 20?

Braiam

@Whaaaaaat select bottom 20 *

Whaaaaaat

incorrect syntax near 20

most voted on answer: askubuntu.com/a/55960/208574

Whaaaaaat

10:16 PM

@Braiam How do you remove closed questions/answers from your search?

Whaaaaaat

10:27 PM

most downvoted (not deleted) answer: askubuntu.com/a/510344/208574

Whaaaaaat

10:37 PM

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Q: Why don't developers make installation wizards on linux?

I'm sure it's not about laziness or anything like that but I fail to understand why developers of even mainly consumer facing apps don't make any sort of installation wizard where you go next-next-finish. The same apps usually have installers for Windows and Mac OS so why not Linux? Is there any...

linux

+1

o/ @RPiAwesomeness

RPi Awesomeness

@Whaaaaaat 'allo

Can you guess what this is?

Braiam

@Whaaaaaat "search" as query or site search

Nathan Osman

Argh... I installed XRDP on a fresh server. I can't get a spark out of it. Every time I log in, I get the X11 checkerboard pattern.

Braiam

@NathanOsman there are solar flares, so your system is protecting you by not letting you produce sparks that can cause flares implosions

muru

any bets on how long before Braiam gets a downvote? askubuntu.com/questions/333237/…

Braiam

10:44 PM

I would prefer the whole question closed...

RPi Awesomeness

Jeez...what's with the downvotes? Gosh...some jerk doesn't like this question...

Whaaaaaat

@Braiam query

Mateo

@RPiAwesomeness woo, did you get your computer parts?

Nathan Osman

@Mateo I updated the 2buntu app on Ubuntu Touch.

But it is displaying random dots on the screen.

RPi Awesomeness

@Mateo Some :D :D :D :D

Mateo

10:49 PM

Awesome, I'll check it out

@NathanOsman hmmmm

RPi Awesomeness

@Mateo ^^

Nathan Osman

I've fired up a server on Digital Ocean to run Qt Creator so that I can try rebuilding the click package.

The Qt Creator installed on my desktop is acting up.

RPi Awesomeness

Question, is it worth it spending $6 on a 4 knob fan controller from Kingwin?

Braiam

@Whaaaaaat where ClosedDate is null shows questions that never has been closed (I don't remember if there was a catch about closed and reopened)

Whaaaaaat

fanks.

stupid sound driver kext doesn't work.

Braiam

10:56 PM

drops this link so @Whaaaaaat fights with Zalgo for all eternity

Whaaaaaat

?

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bye bye chrome :D

muru

@Whaaaaaat what was that? All i see is abit of junk..

Whaaaaaat

You using chrome?

Braiam

Z̳̻a̹̲l͖̱̳̹̤͇͠g̷̟̰͙͚ò̘ ̮̩͇̙͕͟h̛̝͔̫̙͔̖̰at̼̯̰͇̘̙͟e̢s͕̬ ̷̣̟͖͉̺Ç̣h̗̫ͅr̯̺̫̰̩͕o̼̞̘m͕̯̙̺̤ę̻

Whaaaaaat

THE BOXES

SO MANY BOXES

woo 66.6% done with download

and, this: technorms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/image8.png

Seth

11:07 PM

I should have just answered this question myself.

Braiam

@Seth 1st world problems...

Whaaaaaat

aw come on seth

Seth

@Braiam heh ;p

Whaaaaaat

I can't flag it as too broad.

Seth

@Whaaaaaat really, muru's answer is the only one that comes close to what I was hoping for.

Whaaaaaat

11:09 PM

It still should be closed.

muru

@Whaaaaaat yep..

@Braiam what is that? O.o

Whaaaaaat

brb. killing chrome

wooo! no more boxes!

muru

I copied it to VIm. Now I can read it.

Whaaaaaat

the one thing i don't like about firefox is the need to restart for plugins.

Seth

anyone else having issues doing things, like voting?

seems to have corrected itself.

Whaaaaaat

11:46 PM

awwww yeah:

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Whaaaaaat

11:58 PM

Am I the only one unable to login?

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