Ask Ubuntu General Room

12:05 AM

<--- is currently de-obfuscating some of the chat JavaScript

hm, I need to capitalize the first letter of each word in my scope, or be able to pull the name field form the first api into another...

trying to think how best to do this, somehow do some operations to query

Mateo

2:02 AM

WOO! I finally have capitalization of each word (to fix a strange case where wikipedia has blank pages for uncapitalized variants...)

Nathan Osman

\o/

Seth

:D

Mateo

yikes that took a bit...

so now I just need to incorporate the wikipedia search into the other scope

so that should hit most the missing authors and some books for pictures

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

2:30 AM

0

Q: Is there a key binding to switch to "last" workspace in mint 17.2?

Mint 17.2, Cinnamon. I use dconf editor to set up my hot keys to switch between workspaces. Here is the relevant portion of my workspace key bindings: What I want is a key binding that switches back to the last workspace I was on. This feature is available in the windows desktop manager "de...

SmokeDetector

4:18 AM

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title: http://tryslenderagarciniacambogia.net/cogniq/ by roma jackson on askubuntu.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title: Packers and Movers Chennai @ export5th.in/packers-and-movers-in-chennai by Rup Singh on askubuntu.com

A.B.

4:37 AM

Morning @all :)

Serg

@A.B. I am alive but nearly killed myself two days ago. 5 beers, 1.5 shot of cinnamon whiskey, and whole pack (!) Of cigarettes in less than 3 hours

Today was working in restaurant. Yesterday one waitress had fight with bad customers so she went to report that. I was substitute for her

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title: Packers and Movers in Hyderabad @ export5th.in/packers-and-movers-in-hyderabad by Rup Singh on askubuntu.com

A.B.

4:58 AM

@Serg A real fight?

And DON'T kill you :)

Nathan Osman

5:09 AM

Just got bit by this: unix.stackexchange.com/questions/5609/…

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

0

Q: Which distro to switch to (laptop)

I switched to Linux Ubuntu 14.04 from Windows 8.1 about a month ago because I wanted to get more out of my laptop (Lenovo Flex 2). I have been trying to either solve or ignore some issues that I have encountered, however, by now I am contemplating returning to Windows, whuch I really do not want ...

ubuntu audio power-management wine distributions

Serg

@A.B. Not sure how real that was. I wasn't there, but people told me. I still don't quite know the details. And no worries. I am alright. But last whole day I was staying home feeling like crap. I basically poisoned myself with nicotine quite a lot.

@NathanOsman bit how ? a rogue answer there ?

Nathan Osman

No, the answer is great.

I just didn't realize that was the problem.

I was getting a weird error from Bash about not being able to find a program.

...turns out it was caching the path to the executable in /usr/bin but the file now resides in /usr/local/bin.

Serg

5:24 AM

Yeah, it's one of those issues that are totally basic but it escapes attention. Happens to the best of us

Nathan Osman

P.S. something cool will happen if you say "hi everyone" here.

A.B.

@ParanoidPanda please don't use code from an answer for the same question in my answer. I got a downvote. http://askubuntu.com/a/651606/367165
;)

hi everyone

@Serg Hello.

an automated reply ?

5:29 AM

@GeorgetheDev hello

Nathan Osman

Yup :)

A.B.

Not for me :(

Nathan Osman

@A.B. There's a bug preventing him from replying to "hello" when you directly address him.

A.B.

Hi everyone

George the Dev

@A.B. Howdy!

Nathan Osman

5:29 AM

There you go :)

A.B.

o_O

Serg

@GeorgetheDev are you a bot ?

A.B.

:)

Nathan Osman

@Serg Unlike last time, he won't reply to messages he doesn't recognize.

Serg

lol what does he reply do ? do we have a man page for George :) ?

Nathan Osman

5:36 AM

He'll only respond to someone saying "hello/hi..." and asking him for the current time.

That one you need to directly address him :)

Serg

@GeorgetheDev what's the time ?

George the Dev

@Serg It is currently Wed, 29 Jul 2015 05:36:51 GMT.

Serg

@GeorgetheDev thank you

Nathan Osman

Pats George on the head.

Nathan Osman

5:55 AM

Hopefully Windows 10 finishes downloading by the time I get up.

A.B.

time

hi

George the Dev

@A.B. Hi!

Serg

6:17 AM

@GeorgetheDev can you borrow me about three fifty ?

Nathan Osman

He isn't smart enough to answer that.

Or maybe he's smart enough not to answer that :)

Serg

lol, i'd hope the second one. I'm kinda a meanie, am i not ?

Nathan Osman

No, but George doesn't have that kind of money :)

SmokeDetector

6:37 AM

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body: Improve Your Student Learning Skills by Bonnie Deleon on askubuntu.com

Liso

7:36 AM

h

SmokeDetector

8:07 AM

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body: To show people that there is variation by yasim fai on askubuntu.com

user136984

8:36 AM

@A.B.: Oh, ok, sorry! I thought I was improving it...

Byte Commander

9:02 AM

VTC because Zentyal is no official Ubuntu flavour! askubuntu.com/q/653671/367990

Byte Commander

9:14 AM

@NathanOsman Cool thing. What will you teach George next?

user136984

@NathanOsman: So you are upgrading your evil mastermind penguin @GeorgetheDev? Surely that is not a good idea, he already rules the world... Or is he paying you with fish? :P

Byte Commander

o.O*?

blade19899

Anybody here worked with Zorin OS before? It's Ubuntu based!

I downloaded the Zorin OS Lite, installed it, but I get the Windows 2000 look, and an option to change to the Mac Os X look, I want the Windows 7 look!

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[ SmokeDetector ] Manually reported question: Simple Tips To Help You Understand Video Game Cheat Codes by jonydsmith on askubuntu.com

Journeyman Geek

An OS named after a bond villan?

Byte Commander

9:23 AM

@blade19899 Had it installed for a week, then switched to Ubuntu Utopic! :)

Journeyman Geek

(I'm looking forward to windows 10 ;p)

blade19899

@ByteCommander It's for a Windows user. He has an old PC, with Win7, thats just too slow.

Journeyman Geek

/me hides

blade19899

@JourneymanGeek RUN!

@ByteCommander I installed it for him, now trying to make everything look like Windows as much as possible.

Byte Commander

As I said, I only had it for a week and it did not please me. Then I discovered Ubuntu and Zorin had to free up HDD space...

Ask Ubuntu Meta

9:25 AM

0

Q: Tag Warnings on Ask Ubuntu

Some time ago, we introduced "just in time" tag warnings on Stack Overflow. These warnings are meant to provide users with just-in-time information to help them avoid common mistakes in the tag they're using (e.g. SQL questions should mention the engine they use). Here's what they look like: ...

discussion

blade19899

@ByteCommander Understand. Is there some support channel for Zorin that you remember?

Ow wait, since Zorin OS is Ubuntu based, I can ask it here right!?

Journeyman Geek

Nope

Oh

chat

Donno, just watch out for pitchforks and torches

blade19899

@JourneymanGeek I just found a bunch of Q/A about Zorin on AU.

50 pages about Zorin OS, to be exact.

Journeyman Geek

)0_0)

user136984

@ByteCommander:

user136984

9:28 AM

12 hours ago, by George the Dev

It IS too late.

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body: Some are extremely expensive, that you don't mind by Ahoe Pict on askubuntu.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Manually reported question: Some are extremely expensive, that you don't mind by Ahoe Pict on askubuntu.com

user136984

How exactly does backporting updates work? And how do I do it?

user136984

:)

terdon

@blade19899 come on man! You know that Zorin is off topic!

-1

Q: How to install the Windows 7 look on Zorin OS, Ubuntu Based Distro

I downloaded Zorin OS Lite, and after I installed it, I found out in the Zorin OS look changer, that I only have the option of changing the looks to Windows 2000 Or Mac OS X. Don't like either of them. This is for a former Windows user, He has an old PC, with Win7, thats just too slow. and I wa...

dual-boot windows-7

blade19899

@terdon I just woke up, and forgot this part of the help section:

> Using and administering official Ubuntu flavors including: Edubuntu, Ubuntu GNOME, Kubuntu, Ubuntu Kylin, Lubuntu, Mythbuntu, Ubuntu Studio, Xubuntu, Ubuntu Touch and Ubuntu MATE.

terdon

9:43 AM

@blade19899 OK, now that is a good excuse :)

Never post before coffee!

2

blade19899

@terdon I feel like that brown stuff, humans make. What was it called. aghh, can't remember!

@terdon both U&L and super user have Q/A about Zorin OS

user136984

@blade19899: Coffee? Poo? Chocolate ice cream?

blade19899

@ParanoidPanda Poo... That's the Policically Correct term, but yeah, thats what I meant...

terdon

@blade19899 Yes, it's on topic on both.

blade19899

@terdon Should i ask on which? - after this getting Coffe..

user136984

9:46 AM

At first I assumed that you were talking about coffee...

blade19899

@ParanoidPanda COffe is nor brown, its black...

user136984

Yes, but when you combine it with milk, the colour changes... And that is what I am thinking of.

blade19899

@ParanoidPanda Okay, getting coffee right now. I can't make sense of this world!!

user136984

:D

blade19899

0

Q: How to install the Windows 7 look on Zorin OS, Ubuntu Based Distro

I downloaded Zorin OS Lite, and after I installed it, I found out in the Zorin OS look changer, that I only have the option of changing the looks to Windows 2000 Or Mac OS X. Don't like either of them. This is for a former Windows user, He has an old PC, with Win7, thats just too slow. and I wa...

zorin

user136984

9:50 AM

Coffee is my saviour in the morning! I wouldn't get up without it! :D

user136984

Apparently they are going to be backporting in some updates for Gnome.

user136984

For older versions that is.

user136984

To fix something with the login prompt.

user136984

@A.B.: What version of Gnome did you say you were running? :)

A.B.

@ParanoidPanda 3.16 =)

user136984

10:01 AM

I think that will be patched too then.

user136984

As the bug affects all versions below 3.18 I have been lead to understand.

user136984

@A.B.: This is probably a question for you by the way:

user136984

0

Q: How to change the default alert sound in Gnome

I am running Ubuntu Gnome 15.04, and I want to change the default alert sound from "Drip" to "Sonar". I have tried going into Settings > Sound > Sound Effects, however, there is no obvious way of changing the default alter sound, only listening to it, and the other available sounds. So that is m...

gnome sound pulseaudio

user136984

:)

A.B.

@ParanoidPanda have you this dialog? ...

user136984

10:10 AM

@A.B.: Yes

user136984

@A.B.: But I see no obvious way to change it, I tried double-clicking on those etc, but still, nothing...

A.B.

10:46 AM

@ParanoidPanda It works without a double click, simply close the dialog. That's all. In my case =)

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[ SmokeDetector ] Manually reported question: Improving Your Learning Ability by Susan Mcosh on askubuntu.com

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

11:02 AM

0

Q: How to run a specific test from OpenSSL test suite?

I want to measure the code coverage of different tests from OpenSSL test suite. I successfully measured the total coverage of the tests with this method: $ make clean $ export CC="gcc -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage"; ./config enable-unit-test $ make $ make tests ... then run gcov to create the...

ubuntu make openssl testing

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Blacklisted website in answer: How to Reassign/Replace a keyboard key with other one by Sophia Smith on askubuntu.com

A.B.

12:23 PM

\o/

Mateo

@blade19899 wasn't there news of a new distro that had the win 7 look

@blade19899 networkworld.com/article/2943492/linux/…

Rinzwind

1:50 PM

@RolandiXor might be worth it askubuntu.com/questions/652929/terminology-themes-missing

A.B.

2:21 PM

@ParanoidPanda Move your mouse at the bottom border of your screen, what happens?

@ParanoidPanda do you have GNOME 3.16 or GNOME 3.14 installed?

user136984

Docky opens up...

user136984

I have 3.14.

user136984

The installation guide for 3.16 scared me away...

user136984

:D

user136984

@A.B.: Nothing else happens other than Docky unhiding...

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

2:37 PM

0

Q: Remove nouveau driver (nvidia) without rebooting

I have a Ubuntu Version here, that is started from USB as a Live version. I do not want to install it on hdd, because it would be too much for only testing a small thing on Ubuntu. So I started Ubuntu and installed the nvidia driver (from nvidia) for a GPU (Tesla C2050) with the following comman...

ubuntu nvidia gpu modprobe nouveau

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

2:48 PM

0

Q: Unable to switch to Dvorak layout

I need help switching my keyboard to Dvorak layout. I've done this a number of times through the GUI and never had problems until now. I'm running Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS codename trusty, Xfce4 & xfce4-xkb-plugin. The plugin only shows one layout. When I got to Keyboard Settings -> Layouts, the keybo...

ubuntu xfce dvorak

user136984

@Mateo: What's your penguin called?

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

0

Q: News-Window (Browser or RSS) in Kiosk Mode

We have 242 PCs with Ubuntu 12.04 running something like a kiosk mode using iDesk. The background image contains some info for the user but this is very static. Currently we are searching for a way to display dynamic infos to our users without the need to modify the background image. So I think ...

ubuntu browser kiosk

user136984

Or does he not have a name?

user136984

@NathanOsman: Why does your evil mastermind penguin (which I will now refer to as EMP - or at least sometimes I will when it feels appropriate, or can enhance on a joke) have a second name that differs from yours? Or at all? :D

A.B.

3:09 PM

@ParanoidPanda do you have a lite version installed or the standard GNOME shell? Where are your GNOME shell notifications displayed?

user136984

I am pretty sure that I have the standard one, as I installed Ubuntu Gnome 15.04, and nothing special.

user136984

@A.B.: The are displayed at the bottom of my screen. They kind of popup.

user139252

Google banned my RasPi robot from using their translate page as a tts service D=

user136984

@HeatherBrown: Why?

user136984

And what is a tts service?

user136984

3:24 PM

@Fabby: \o

Fabby

o/

user139252

@ParanoidPanda TTS = text-to-speech

user136984

Ah...

Fabby

Job hunting... Ping... burning house... etc...

;-)

user139252

They banned it because "an unusual number of requests" were received from my network

user136984

3:25 PM

They probably think that you are trying to DOS them.

user139252

We only use it like 4 or 5 times a day, max, and only Monday - Thursday

user139252

Now they're inserting a captcha before each request is processed, and you obviously can't automate that process.

user136984

@HeatherBrown: Isn't there any other service you can use? Or can't you spoof your IP? >:P

user136984

@Fabby: :D

Fabby

That was what I was trying to AVOID! :P ;-) No pinging!

(unless the chat room is on fire)

>:)

user136984

3:29 PM

Oh... :D

user136984

Did you see the evil penguin take over yesterday? :D

user139252

@ParanoidPanda Tried spoofing, they still blocked it. I'm using the Pico TTS engine now. It sounds okay, but the true Google voice is much better.

A.B.

@ParanoidPanda if you move your mouse at the bottom of your screen and wait some seconds, the notification area should be displayed. In this area are your app indicators. Or upgrade to 3.16. In this version you would have a little arrow in the bottom left corner to open the app indicator panel. GNOME 3.16 is great. Do you trust me? ;)

@Fabby he, old boy :)

user136984

@A.B.: Nope, I see nothing... I read an article about Gnome 3.16, and they said that it just missed being put into Ubuntu 15.04 because it was released too late... They also said that it would be a real danger to upgrade to 3.16 because it isn't that stable. Would they have said that there was a danger with it anyway even if they had put it in 15.04?

A.B.

@ParanoidPanda only an idea. Stop docky and try it again

user136984

3:32 PM

Ok, nope, still not working...

Fabby

@A.B. Grumble, grumble... Get off my lawn! ;-)

A.B.

@ParanoidPanda I have no idea. I use 3.16 for weeks and I have no problems. But I have GNOME Ubuntu installed.

@Fabby :P

user136984

@A.B.: They said that installing it could be really dangerous because it was not tested as well as 3.14, would they have said the same about upgrading to 15.04 if they had put it into that release? If so, I'll get it...

Terrance

I am still at GNOME Shell 3.12.2

user136984

Why don't you upgrade?

Terrance

3:37 PM

Thought that I did.

user136984

Oh, what version of Ubuntu do you use?

Terrance

gnome-shell is already the newest version.

14.04

user136984

Odd... Perhaps because you are not at 15.04...

Terrance

Probably.

But I am not going to 15.04.

I'll wait till 16.04. I have not had good success with Non-LTS versions

blade19899

Whats the difference between Mac, Windows and Linux?:

Terrance

3:40 PM

Bad, Bad, and Good?

blade19899

^ That :D

Its from minitube: flavio.tordini.org/minitube

user136984

Buy, buy, donate... So yeah, bad, bad, good... :D

Mateo

@ParanoidPanda hint, Mateo isn't my real name ;p

blade19899

@ParanoidPanda HAHA

user136984

@Mateo: Oh, it's your penguin's name! :D

user139252

3:55 PM

@blade19899 That app needs to get with the times. Don't they know Windows 10 has been publicly available for hours now?

blade19899

4:10 PM

@HeatherBrown HAHAHA. Euw Windows

Mum Tries To Destroy Ubuntu 15.04 (2015) - OSFirstTimer Advanced #5

►

I love Videos like this!

Nathan Osman

4:40 PM

Let's see if my Windows 10 ISO finished downloading overnight.

blade19899

@NathanOsman You bought Windows 10? Or upgrade from Windows 7/8*

Nathan Osman

Upgrade from 8.1.

blade19899

@NathanOsman Still happy with Ubuntu, but will try it out in a VM.

Bye Y'all!

Terrance

Winders 10 is on my MacBook. Having some problems with the touchpad. Hopefully that can be remedied pretty quickly.

Nathan Osman

4:57 PM

I'm going to try a USB installation this time around.

Hmm... out of space.

I forgot that this was only a 2 GB flash drive :(

user136984

Is that video of a mother and a son or something?

user136984

Whoever else is talking had a very annoying voice I must say... And when they laughed... Evil!

Nathan Osman

Hmm... it's slightly more than 4 GB :(

The only other flash drive I have is 32 GB.

Or... I do have a 16 GB microSD card.

user136984

@NathanOsman: I heard something about George being upgraded, is that right, can he do more stuff now? Or was I misinformed, or perhaps just dreamed about it...? :D

Nathan Osman

Getting closer.

user136984

5:06 PM

So can he actually do more stuff now?

user136984

:)

Nathan Osman

Not yet.

user136984

:(

user136984

:D

user136984

Olympic Park Orbit tower slide plans given go ahead

user136984

5:10 PM

They really should build slides everywhere!

user136984

It's really the best way to travel! ;D

user136984

5:26 PM

@A.B.: About that sound thing, it appears to be a bug, where should I report it?

user136984

I mean, under which package?

user136984

:)

A.B.

@ParanoidPanda ubuntu-bug gnome in your terminal

user136984

dpkg-query: no packages found matching gnome @A.B. was the output.

A.B.

Ups

@ParanoidPanda ubuntu-bug gnome-control-center

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

5:40 PM

0

Q: Arrange program windows out of bash script?

I'm writing a shell script to automatically launch my work environment. It would be pretty nice to arrange the program windows automatically (for example vim opens at the left on desktop, and browser opens at the right...) Is it possible to give commands "window-parameters"? I use Gnome on Ubun...

bash shell ubuntu

user139252

Wouldn't that be possible using something like devilspie?

A.B.

@HeatherBrown xdotool and wmctrl

quake120

^xdotool is cool! I like it.

user139252

Well... what if they're using y instead of x?

user139252

D:

user136984

5:43 PM

@A.B.: Ok, thanks! :)

A.B.

=)

@HeatherBrown ydotool and mwctrl

:))

\o/

Mateo

6:05 PM

@Fabby envelope on its way to you! :)

Fabby

@Mateo :) On its way to mum! ;-) (Thanks!)

@A.B. It's "oops" in English... ;-)

A.B.

Oops.

Fabby

UPS is a company that devlivers parcels like DHL...

A.B.

=)

Fabby

@A.B. :D

A.B.

6:08 PM

@Fabby Have you mowed your lawn?

Mateo

@Fabby well, stop by her in about 6-10 days for stickers ;)

Fabby

@A.B. No, I'm responding to:

1 – Manage the New Product Development process / Product Process improvement through utilization of project management best practices to ensure customer, time, quality and cost requirements are met.

A.B.

o_O

Can I eat that?

Fabby

Chemical filters? I doubt that...

(unless your cartoon character can eat cartoon filters...)

Mudit Kapil

6:35 PM

@Fabby How do you write don't forget to tick right [image] answer in comment

Fabby

`Don't thank me! **;-)** If you like the answer, just click the little grey **☑** under the "0" now turning it into beautiful green. If you do not like the answer, click on the little grey down-arrow below the 0, and if you *really* like the answer, click on the little grey checkmark *and* the little up-arrow... If you have any further questions, go to http://askubuntu.com/questions/ask
`

for low rep users:

Mudit Kapil

ya this image

Fabby

`As you're a reputation 1 user: If this answer helped you, don't forget to click the grey **☑** at the left of this text, which means [Yes, this answer is valid](http://askubuntu.com/help/accepted-answer)! **;-)**
`

@MuditKapil It's not an image... It's just a UNICODE character...

:P ;-)

Mudit Kapil

how can I write such unicode

Fabby

Ever heard of copy-paste??? ;-)

Mudit Kapil

6:38 PM

do u also copy paste

Fabby

Otherwise, look here on the site how to write UNICODE characters...

I'm busy with smt else.

Mudit Kapil

ok

Fabby

I copy-paste the entire line...

☑ ☒ ← ↑ → ↓ <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>T</kbd> ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ b^.^d

(most used above, don't thank me: I'm busy!) ;-)

Mudit Kapil

where is the link for this line

A.B.

@Fabby some improvements? askubuntu.com/a/654328/367165 =)

Mudit Kapil

6:41 PM

ok

A.B.

@Fabby thx =)

Oh, thx, the wikipedia link is a great idea

Fabby

@A.B. Done

(I just read the Q)

A.B.

@Fabby ok =)

Fabby

Back to job hunting!

:P

A.B.

20 edits?

^-^

Fabby

6:45 PM

@A.B. Huh???

A.B.

Quid = Pound?

Fabby

You need more edits?

Quid = Latin, neutral for:

WHAT?

;-)

A.B.

No. I think you have edited my answer 20 times

cool

quid

Fabby

You being an old fart as well, must have learnt Latin too!

A.B.

^^

nononono

Fabby

6:47 PM

@A.B. Ah! :D

Yeah, I was busy with something else when you pinged me...

IT Tools administration and requirements management experience ( DOORS software knowledge would be an asset).

A.B.

@Fabby I know just test-driven development

Fabby

Waterfall, SCRUM or Agile?

A.B.

Agile

user136984

@A.B.: What package would I file a bug report for about that window that comes up asking you if you want to Cancel, Restart, or Shutdown, when I click the little Shutdown button from that pull-down menu?

user136984

:)

A.B.

6:55 PM

o_O

maybe gnome-shell

user136984

Ok

user136984

:)

A.B.

Only an idea