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RPi Awesomeness

12:19 AM

Black shirt or Blue shirt?

Or posh pikachu?

Mateo

lol

hbdgaf

2:07 AM

Happy 4th everybody

Nathan Osman

2:50 AM

:)

RPi Awesomeness

@hbdgaf hehe..

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

3:09 AM

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Q: Dell 11 Ubuntu MATE touchpad problem: reacts to pad of finger, but not tip

I just installed Ubuntu 14.04 MATE on a Dell 11 Chromebook, and since booting for the first time, the touchpad has stopped responding unless I use the pad of my finger. Before wiping the SSD and installing MATE I had been running Ubuntu XFCE alongside Chrome OS using Chrouton, and the touchpad ...

hbdgaf

3:36 AM

I saw it, and couldn't not spam it. It was just too funny.

@NathanOsman Congrats on the Ubuntu member thing

Nathan Osman

3:59 AM

@hbdgaf thanks!

SmokeDetector

7:52 AM

[ SmokeDetector ] Offensive body detected: SLOW system on HIGH-END Custom PC by Lief H2 Erekson on askubuntu.com

Fabby

8:26 AM

@Mateo Erm, is there also a chat client or so available?

Mateo

8:48 AM

I think they were working on that, anyway you can send something encrypted for a specific person

Right now how you get it to them is up to you I think

Fabby

@hbdgaf :)

@Mateo GnuPG...

A.B.

9:19 AM

Morning

Hi @Fabby

Fabby

@A.B. Good morning!

Smoke! BRB...

A.B.

=)

I have with my son muck out our guinea pigs. =\

o_O

Fabby

@A.B. I have to muck out our Guinea pigs together with my son...

(is a better sentence construction)

And you shouldn't muck them out: just put chicken wire around all of your grass and have them mow the lawn...

>:)

Or all around your garden and all your flowers.

Or just all around your garden en have them eat the flowers too!

:D

A.B.

9:55 AM

=)

@Fabby Yes, I should do that. :)

chicken wire and all is good.

Fabby

(y)

I hate these tests in the review queues!

A.B.

Why people do not answer their questions just myself, if they're so smart.

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Q: Add script to System -> Preferences -> Startup Applications

I want to run a script that changes the mapping of my keyboard from the startup applications. The script is in my home folder and it has permissions 755. I've created a new entry in System -> Preferences -> Startup Applications and tried the following commands: /bin/bash /home/myuser/myscript.sh...

scripts startup startup-applications

Fabby

10:12 AM

:D

A.B.

He @Serg a question for you =) askubuntu.com/q/644674/367165

Fabby

10:37 AM

@A.B. No, one for me...

;-)

A.B.

@Fabby gogogogo =)

Is this correct? I doubt. askubuntu.com/a/644680/367165

Fabby

@A.B. I have no clue!

@A.B. I like simple answers... (2 upvoted) :P

A.B.

10:54 AM

OP has installed jEnx. The answer makes no sense.

Fabby

I avoid java like the plague...

A.B.

Simple questions and simple answers are the best

Serg

second that, thought it's not always possible to have simple answer ^

A.B.

@Fabby for you askubuntu.com/q/644685/367165 =)

@Serg hi =)

Serg

^_^ hello

I forgot how to enable telnet -_-

A.B.

10:58 AM

enable, install ? huh?

Serg

yeah, installing telned right now

A.B.

xinetd, inetd

Serg

thank you , found it

Fabby

@Serg under Windows?

Ah...

>:) I've never had a *nix system without the telnet client...

Serg

@Fabby well, Ubuntu has only clients by default, servers have to be installed for both ssh and telnet , isn't that right ?

Fabby

11:13 AM

You're not going to install a telnet server on your machine are you???

That's good for a router, but stick to ssh on your machine!

Serg

askubuntu.com/a/644694/295286 How's that ?

@Fabby I've already installed it . It's just for playing arround, I'm not gonna leave it permanently there =)

Aaand removed

A.B.

This is the correct answer: askubuntu.com/a/644697/367165

@Fabby or write mails =)

Fabby

11:30 AM

@A.B. I believe you!

(upvoted)

A.B.

@Fabby Trust is good, control is better =)

I have only undone the things that have been specified for the installation.

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

12:15 PM

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Q: Ubuntu 15.04 desktop frozen after login

I have just done a fresh install of Ubuntu 15.04 Server. After I log in, I see the dash and after a while just a black screen with the cursor on it. I have updated my nvidia drivers (sudo apt-get install nvidia-current) but I still have the same problems. I've also removed Unity and tried with Gn...

ubuntu desktop

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

12:49 PM

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Q: Process command

When I used ps -u root command in Ubuntu it showed the following output? PID TTY TIME CMD 1 ? 00:00:02 init 2 ? 00:00:00 kthreadd 3 ? 00:00:00 ksoftirqd/0 5 ? 00:00:00 kworker/0:0H 7 ? 00:00:02 rcu_sched 8 ? 00...

linux ubuntu process

A.B.

It's 14:53 CEST and only +79 reps? o_O

It's simply to hot

André Marinho

Hello, guys. I'm using 12.04 and having that old issue with Facebook at Gwibber. I tried to do this: webupd8.org/2013/01/fix-facebook-not-working-with-gwibber.html , but still not working. Could you help me with this?

Mateo

1:13 PM

@AndréMarinho what error are you getting

André Marinho

H @Mateo thanks for reply. I just complete the account details and the authorization, but I get no updates. No messages in my timeline are showed.

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

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Q: Can not bypass mac address filtering

I add a white list filter by mistake to my wifi modem router, so I want to change mac address to that IP. I run this command: ifconfig wlan0 down ifconfig wlan0 hw ether xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx ifconfig wlan0 up and sudo macchanger --mac=xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx wlan0 My mac changed successfully, but s...

linux ubuntu wifi wlan mac-address

Mateo

@AndréMarinho what about a full update/upgrade then do sudo killall gwibber-service

and try starting again, otherwise I would comment and check "this affects me too" on: bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gwibber/+bug/1088775

André Marinho

@Mateo Full update/upgrade how?

Mateo

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get upgrade

André Marinho

1:23 PM

@Mateo One thing that I can't understand in that article to fix it. He says to search for one line and ask to replace only that line, but after he ask to paste all that code. It's a little confuse.

user136984

If I execute the command declare I get a very long output of what looks like some sort of script, what is this?

Mateo

@AndréMarinho so yeah, probally delete the line and replace it with that block of code

so exchanging one line for those 4

André Marinho

@Mateo But, will not be a conflict with the other lines of the block?

Mateo

he even has a picture of what it looks like after

André Marinho

@Mateo Yes, and by the picture, looks like he replaced the entire block, doesn't. This what makes me confuse.

Mateo

1:28 PM

just more lines where one was i think

@ParanoidPanda "If no names are given, then `declare' will display the values of variables instead. " ss64.com/bash/declare.html

user136984

@Mateo: So why does export -n give lots of things with declare -x, is that because it is displaying all variables where no name is given, or does it have a different purpose?

André Marinho

@Mateo By the way, it seems that the only difference to the original block is put the "Unknown"

Mateo

@AndréMarinho oh, yours must have the patch already then... the bug status does say "fix released"...

André Marinho

@Mateo And why still not works?

Mateo

so it is probally something else, maybe facebook changed stuff and it is broke again, either way, if i look on gwibbers site, the last post is from 2010 - I would say it is "unmaintained" I would search for alternatives

@ParanoidPanda still trying to fix your cat, or is this just curiosity

André Marinho

1:36 PM

I will uninstall Gwibber with --purge and install, and try the fix again. Are you using Gwibber?
And thanks very much for the help.

user136984

@Mateo: Cat... :D

André Marinho

I will uninstall Gwibber with --purge and install, and try the fix again. Are you using Gwibber?
And thanks very much for the help.

Mateo

@AndréMarinho no not using gwibber, or facebook...

André Marinho

@Mateo Ok. Thanks.

A.B.

2:18 PM

What to do when someone repeated his identical answer every time?

mohamedzajith, Jaffna, Sri Lanka

44 2

java software-installation jdk jre mysql openjdk oracle

terdon

@A.B. If the answer is 100% identical, it will be automatically flagged by the system.

A.B.

ok

terdon

@A.B. I flagged his answers though. One just repeats the info in the top answer, another is irrelevant since the OP wants to install java in wine.

A.B.

2:50 PM

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A: How to copy a picture from a web page to a usb drive

Open the web page and right click on the picture Save the picture Open your Download folder (the standard folder for that) in Nautilus, the folder is shown in the pane on the right hand side Plugin your USB drive, the drive is shown in the pane on the right hand side Move the image from the Down...

^^^^^^ Answered by my son, 10 years old

@Serg unix.stackexchange.com/q/213999/107084

user136984

3:43 PM

Only 37 more rep points to go before I hit 4k! :D Which doesn't actually give me anything... But it still feels good! :)

user136984

I hope I get there within this day!

user136984

:D

MKC

4:24 PM

@kos What is Ubuntu code of conduct?

Takkat

oh noes - the heat here is severly damaging my brain - I erroneously wrote a backslash in my answer.

if that goes on like that I will try to run a batch file.

A.B.

4:42 PM

Sorry guys, but that is a bad answer and should be deleted. Changing the source is ok for some reasons, but this answer is not necessary.

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A: Drop Down terminal in Ubuntu

Make a backup: cp /usr/bin/guake ~/Desktop/ open guake with text editor gksu gedit /usr/bin/guake Then search for the line that looks like this: width = 100 - this is how the code around it looks like: screen = self.window.get_screen() height = self.client.get_int(KEY('/general/window_he...

muru

5:16 PM

@MKC launchpad.net/codeofconduct/2.0

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

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Q: Find out what caused my Ubuntu rebooting?

My Ubuntu 14.04 on Thinkpad T400 just rebooted automatically. Before that, my screen just became unresponsive. My memory and swap were mostly used, mainly by webpages opened in Chrome and some pdf software. The cpu and hard drive didn't feel hot. At least shortly before the screen became u...

ubuntu reboot

RPi Awesomeness

5:35 PM

@A.B. Really? Awesome! Way to teach your child the ways of a proper OS ;)

A.B.

@RPiAwesomeness =)

RPi Awesomeness

6:11 PM

Man. My left hand is jittery as heck right now...I may need sleep

Also...packages installed via pbuilder wily create are taking a long time to download...

Fabby

@A.B. Control-freak! ;-)

A.B.

@Fabby Regarding what? :P

Fabby

A.B. 13:30 A.B.
A.B.
@Fabby Trust is good, control is better =)
I have only undone the things that have been specified for the installation.

>:)

A.B.

o_o

Fabby

@hbdgaf o/

hbdgaf

6:26 PM

o/

A.B.

@Fabby Next badge 29/50 Epic, today 176/200 :P =)

Fabby

@A.B. :-)

Or how gameification actually does work...

hbdgaf

I'm surprised I don't have Socratic..... That should be an easy one.

A.B.

@Fabby sure =)

hbdgaf

In other news, I saw a neat gist the other day that uses matplotlib to directly render a png and return it as a flask view.

Fabby

6:35 PM

@hbdgaf the devil is in the details: "and maintain a positive record"... You? Positive? ;-)

hbdgaf

Fabby

@hbdgaf I went to google images first to know what you were talking about...

Then I got more confused...

And then I did a normal web search and it became clear(er)...

hbdgaf

Here's the gist if that clears it up

Fabby

@hbdgaf As clear as before: I understood it was a neat programmer's trick whose details escape me, unitil i:

A.B.

I need a break =)

Fabby

6:40 PM

1/ start learning python

2/ flask

3/ Am in need of nifty graphics...

hbdgaf

Ahhhh. Think a route is the point you hit with a url, and it renders the png - returning it with the appropriate header for mimetype as a binary string.

Fabby

I feel like the manager of the BOFH now... ;-)

A.B.

@Serg he, where are you? =)

hbdgaf

@Fabby I love BOFH... of course I don't understand how anyone couldn't.

Fabby

There used to be a time when I could say: I know everything there is to know about CP/M... (or DOS, or Raima, ...)

Nowadays, I know I know nothing...

(about everything)

;-)

Smoke! BRB!

A.B.

6:44 PM

Yeah, gmusicbrowser

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Q: gmusicbrowser doesn't start?

gmusicbrowser doesn't start. I am running Ubuntu 14.04 64bits. In the terminal, I get the following error: $ gmusicbrowser print() on closed filehandle $fifofh at /usr/bin/gmusicbrowser line 328. GStreamer::Interfaces perl module not found -> visuals not available Reading saved tags in ~/.config...

gmusicbrowser

^^^^ great tool for large collections

hbdgaf

Nice answer. I don't like that it doesn't have a repeat 1 button.

A.B.

@hbdgaf in gmusicbrowser?

hbdgaf

@A.B. Yes. It has a mix button, but I don't see a repeat-1

RPi Awesomeness

Oh screw this bug. It's more trouble than it's worth.

I think I'm trying to do too much too soon, need to start small.

A.B.

7:06 PM

grmpf 198/200

SmokeDetector

7:28 PM

[ SmokeDetector ] Duplicate links in body: Need help with Belkin Play N750 on Ubuntu 14.04 by Woody on askubuntu.com

Serg

7:43 PM

@A.B. I was out , making mistakes so that my hometown remembers me as a horrible person =)

A.B.

7:54 PM

@Serg o_O you are a horrible person?

@hbdgaf write a bug report :)

Serg

@A.B. yes sir , I am =) I do many mistakes, but I'm trying to be kind at heart

hbdgaf

@A.B. You can do it by running it with a one song target or making a playlist that contains only one song, but I'ld really like a button. If the devs are doing something else, there are lots of more awesome things they could be doing - and I'ld rather just leave them alone. I'm moving towards amarok anyway with the upcoming swap to LXQt and a Qt based media player.

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

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Q: Need help running a command based on a file in the directory

I have some scripts setup that I would like a master script to call based on a files appearance in a directory. Basically I have what's show below. Script A uses file a Script B uses file b Command C uses file c I would like to have a master script that looks for file a and if it's there...

ubuntu scripting rhel appearance

A.B.

@Serg give me an example :)

Serg

8:35 PM

@A.B. I just better keep silent. I just know that as of my 25th birthday, once i come back to the states, I wanna be better. I want people who know me be proud they know me. Just . . . .wanna be a better person

A.B.

8:58 PM

Birthday, shit.
Happy birthday @Serg. I know, I'am too late.

user136984

I think that I have found a virus... Which does not appear to be detected by any of my antiviruses, what should I do with it?

Fabby

@ParanoidPanda send it to the manufacturer of your best anti-virus progem...

(next time we'll see you on all of the front pages as the discoverer of the next-gen stuxnet!)

>:)

user136984

:D

hbdgaf

I don't think I'm hammering this one in to place

RPi Awesomeness

\o/ Second monitor

Messes with multiple desktops a bit, but it's working. Had to derp around with overscan and stuff too :P

user136984

9:20 PM

Just published another blog entry on calculating Factorials using recursion in Java, although mostly using the Java and the Factorials as an example to help better explain recursion. Here it is, what do you guys think? :)

RPi Awesomeness

Eeew Java

;)

I can see literally no difference on my monitor between 1440p and 4k (2160p)

And hardly any between 1080p and 1440p

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

9:38 PM

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Q: UEFI - Installing Ubuntu on MeegoPad

I am trying to install Ubuntu 14 on a MeegoPad device. MeegoPad has Windows 8.1 pre-installed. Through the BIOS, I can change the boot priority between Windows 8.1 and UEFI. Setting UEFI as primary boot, and copying an Ubuntu image to the SD flash card, the UEFI shell appeared: The Ubuntu imag...

ubuntu uefi

RPi Awesomeness

10:00 PM

And this other monitor is REALLY bad for colors

Serg

10:12 PM

@A.B thank you my friend.

It's not late though

Mateo

10:37 PM

Nathan Osman

o/

Mateo

600 users!

o/

RPi Awesomeness

10:49 PM

@Mateo \o/ And you won something for that, didn't you?

Mateo

11:06 PM

@RPiAwesomeness yeah, my backpack ;)

RPi Awesomeness

That's right.

Really wish I could've at least attempted to enter. I found out about it and then did nothing for too long :P

By the time I tried to do anything, I was having issues installing the SDK and that was that :(

Totally my fault, but still annoying

Mateo

Yeah. Took me a week to set up the SDK.

There they are ;)

RPi Awesomeness

Wow. Lucky :D

Trevor Clarke

hey guys

(and girls)

RPi Awesomeness

Hello :)

Mateo

11:11 PM

Yo :)

@RPiAwesomeness I bet they will run more contests, the did like two of them for China

RPi Awesomeness

Cool :)

Trevor Clarke

im trying to become a pro tempore mod on open source if any of you are on open source would you support me

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A: Who should moderate this site?

My name is Trevor Clarke I am 15 years old, I live in Toronto. I am generally on the site between 07:30 and 21:00 EST, I have been a part of the Stack Exchange community for over 2 years. Throughout my years I have spent time doing front and back end web development along with licensing an...

Mateo

Neat, so what kind of questions go there

Is it more application based than u&l

Trevor Clarke

anything to do with open source... people have turned it basically a licensing site

but we are trying to change that

Mateo

Ah, those would be good, and not normally covered by other sites

Trevor Clarke

11:19 PM

yup

Mateo

Hmm, wonder if we should think of X names - next version of Ubuntu will be around the corner

xanthous Xiphosuran

RPi Awesomeness

O.o

Trevor Clarke

also guys check out this proposal

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Urban Planning

Proposed Q&A site for officials and experts involved with urban environments, including the planning and structure of cities and towns, transport networks, green spaces and infrastructure.

Currently in definition.

Mateo

xeric xoni

If we continue the mithical creature trend ;)

Although I can't find much about it other than it has one horn...

xylotomous xiphias < this one is awesome

RPi Awesomeness

@TrevorClarke Oh! Do people who play Cities Skylines go there? :D

@Mateo Boring Swordfish? D:

Mateo

11:33 PM

But it cuts through wood ;)