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12:03 AM
@JourneymanGeek - your dog needs this muzzle. It would be hilarious
 
@hbdgaf: heh. I'd get lynched.
I've got people asking me why I leash my dog ;p
 
12:34 AM
I'm getting there. I can now ping the server but I can't access the Internet through the server.
I imagine it's some sort of routing issue.
 
1:22 AM
Eureka!
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A: OpenVPN connected but not internet access on the client

Nathan CIf you're pushing all Internet traffic through the VPN like it's configured to (the redirect-gateway directive), you also need to tell the server to route the traffic with iptables like so: iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s 10.8.0.0/24 -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE Adjust to your requirements, but that...

 
@Whaaaaaat "Sir, your tablet is ringing."
(bad get smart reference)
 
Google's never shown me that one before...
 
@NathanOsman It once showed me one with an accent mark from a non English keyboard. I failed the captcha.
Now I always have Spanish available.
 
Oh, I meant I've never seen a captcha when performing a Google search.
I immediately got that when I routed my Internet connection through the VPN I just set up.
 
hey hey hey, people complaining about their data plans? I get 60MB a month! You can't complain :P
@NathanOsman oh. it happens.
 
1:27 AM
@Seth Two years ago my cell data cap was 100 MB, so I can almost relate.
 
yeah.
If I wasn't less broke I might get a bit more..
Google Fi or Republic Wireless look really nice.
but the startup costs aren't so nice.
 
Ironically, I have a Google Fi-capable phone but no way to use it (nor any desire since I actually get better value with my current provider).
 
@NathanOsman I know lol.
What do you currently get though?
 
As far as speed or cap?
 
Republic Wireless narrowly beats Google Fi and I'm 90% sure that's the best you can really get down here.
Just phone plan in general.
 
1:31 AM
It's a bit complicated. The base plan is $30/m for unlimited local calling/SMS/data. They throttle data to slower speeds after 5 GB. I pay an extra $10/m to get 10 GB at full speed. I get a $5/m discount for two years because I brought my own phone to their network. So for now, $35/m.
 
not bad
that's actually really good.
I could never possibly use 10GB of data in a month myself though. I suppose that is why things like Google Fi are good value for me.
 
\o/ I just delivered an email from my computer directly to my Gmail account!
Oh wait... why does it appear to have been relayed through my own mailserver?
Argh...
 
1:53 AM
@Seth Damn telemarketers.
Google Fi looks interesting, but it's still pretty expensive.
I do like their rollover method though.
I should do a "pay what you think is fair" telco
 
If that's what you feel is fair for unlimited talk, text, and 4g, sure.
 
I don't even have LTE right now.
The best I get is 3G.
It needs to be more robust and I haven't added TLS support back in yet.
 
2:30 AM
 
Is the username toor?
 
ooh looks cool
 
3:07 AM
It actually works.
Guys, this could replace Postfix on countless servers all over the place.
I can't remember being this excited for something in a while.
 
Why replace Postfix?
 
@NathanOsman That's great!
@NathanOsman And this is way more great! :)
 
@Whaaaaaat Have you ever tried to configure Postfix?
 
@NathanOsman Yep. It's very fun.
 
Also, it doesn't offer a supported way to run it in the foreground.
@Whaaaaaat My point exactly.
 
3:11 AM
Are you going to take away my joy?
@NathanOsman That wasn't sarcastic.
 
You actually enjoy it?
 
Yep. I'm weird.
 
Well, okay. To each his own.
But mine will still be easier to use and much more intuitive.
 
Will it support Dovecot?
 
It only sends email.
It doesn't act as an SMTP server.
 
3:19 AM
I don't understand what am i doing wrong with ram
It's already second time that I buy ram and it doesn't work with a pc
 
Desktop?
 
I've only ever bought RAM for a computer once - a laptop.
 
First time it was desktop, second time - laptop
A friend of my friend has given me her laptop. So I decided to install there 4GB stick of ram, which arrived today. Push the power button and i am presented with black screen
No bios, nothing
:/ I'm starting to thing that upon touching the new stick I am breaking something in it
 
Static?
 
yeah, that's what i am thinking
But I flip around old ram with my hands and nothing happens to it, so . . .
Oh, and by the way, the daily rant : I HATE WINDOWS . . . there, now I feel much better after expressing my rage in all-caps . . . .
 
3:28 AM
Weird. I installed 16gb on my laptop, which doesn't even support it.
I was careful about touching only the edge of the stick though
 
Is YouTube not working for anyone else?
 
Works for me.
Though I'm still connected to my VPN.
 
Fine here
 
hine fere ,too
 
though I was getting shit done and now I'm just watching youtube videos
 
3:40 AM
Weird.
My entire network can't download YouTube videos, but other services work fine.
 
4:12 AM
I wish my router had a button that temporarily gave one PC exclusive use of Internet bandwidth.
 
4:42 AM
it does have a button to give none pc exclusive use of internet bandwitdth
Getting rid of the "n" there is a big problem though :P
 
4:54 AM
Em . . . . isn't there mac filtering or something that allows connecting only specific machines ?
hence, you could just allow one specific mac address. right ? Problem solved ! maybe ?
 
Yeah, but setting up MAC filtering is a far cry from "one button".
 
5:09 AM
Well, maybe we could pitch this idea to the router manufacturers
@NathanOsman trick question: if one RAM stick was bad and the other good , would the system boot ?
 
@Serg Depends on what kind of "bad" we're talking about.
A malfunctioning stick will appear normal to the firmware but cause subtle issues while in use.
If the stick is completely broken, well, it may prevent the PC from booting under certain circumstances.
...and that's about the full extent of my knowledge :P
 
Well . . .I've a stick that fits in the slot, right amount of pins, right number. But i get black screen on each boot, no bios. New + Old, new only - either of those combinations produces same result
 
 
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6:18 AM
[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, pattern-matching website in body: baby boomers today suffer from some degree of hearing loss by bokerjoe on askubuntu.com
 
6:57 AM
Morning @Serg :)
 
7:12 AM
Eureka! My experimental Django backend even works!
 
@A.B. morning ! well, evening for me, and i actually should be sleeping already
Working on my friend's computer. The best I can do is disable some services,defrag, and clean up :( I hoped to install 4GB of RAM there today and laptop just doesn't take it. Disappointed
 
:(
Time for bed.
Goodnight all.
Waits for George...
Oh I bet I know what happened.
Clears throat...
Goodnight all.
 
@NathanOsman See you later.
 
There we go :)
 
@NathanOsman good night ^_^
bye, guys , I'm off to bed too. George, bye !
 
7:23 AM
@Serg See you later.
 
 
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9:10 AM
Hi all! Is there any way to invite a user to chat? (Other than mentioning them in a comment)
 
 
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11:24 AM
SWAG has arrived!
I needed a new askubuntu tshirt <3
but wtf they wanted to get rid of some stickers ... I got 15 :D
 
Hi @Rinzwind. Do you know how to update an app installed through ubuntu umake?
 
what is umake? or did you mean make/install?
 
@reversiblean that's cute. you should drop it on the canonical eclipse installation question if it just works.
 
I installed android studio from it. But it does not seems to add any repository to get updates.
 
11:39 AM
That's a good thing. Android studio self updates as does some other software. That would separate it from version control on purpose.
 
That's new to me :D
@reversiblean no idea. but that page makes me believe you need to re-install it(?)
 
@Rinzwind I thought that too. But there isn't any information about it. When I try to update within the program it directs me here: tools.android.com/download/studio/canary/latest, so no self updates I guess
 
Hrm... that's odd. Maybe it's just plugins that self-update and not the whole of the environment. Also, probably a good thing. I was thinking a la chromium/chrome that are doing that "update available" procedure - too.
 
I agree. would be the most obvious :P
 
I think I'd better ask this on their Github repo page. That would explain the confusion at least : )
 
11:49 AM
I'd like to hear the result :D
 
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Q: Can't update Android Studio - only download

B TI have not updated my Android Studio for a while and am presented with this dialog box when trying to update: Usually there is an "update and restart" option, but not here. The only option is "Download" which directs me here where I can only download the entire bundle again which gives me a lin...

I'm reinstalling it with umake without removing it first. Lets see how it goes
 
12:08 PM
Hello - for whom it may concern and those who are interested : discourse.ubuntu.com/t/proprietary-gpu-drivers-ppa/2209
 
Good answer to a bad question. Answer-guy added links to canonical questions for the close-able parts and only really answered the League of Legends part after an exchange in the comments now deleted to clean it up. I like it as a LoL installation answer.
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A: Just recentlygot Ubuntu and have no idea what to do

Zacharee1 Skype for Ubuntu can be downloaded from: http://www.skype.com/en/download-skype/skype-for-linux/downloading/?type=ubuntu64. That'll download a DEB file, which you can just open to install. Also, you might want to refer to these Ask Ubuntu questions, which give an alternative to just downloadi...

 
@A.B. I installed it using umake. That's what cause trouble.
@Rinzwind Update did seems to go well. It even asks me to import my configs the time I run it.
 
@reversiblean Maybe umake is a unfavorable way
 
I too think so.
I think it refuses to self update because of the big version difference as stated here. stackoverflow.com/a/18980744/3647002
 
12:42 PM
rendering a room in sketch-up for a room takes 12 hour in my core i5, 2gb GPU PC :D
 
12:59 PM
i.stack.imgur.com/xy9Yj.png still rendering :D
 
You'd better take a real photo ;)
 
@reversiblean nope, i'm designing ma room :D
 
Would have saved so much time lol
 
sure lol
 
1:24 PM
It seems to me like people are downvoting and VTC questions without actually freakin reading them
 
@Serg like?
 
0
Q: failed to disable shorcut Alt+Tab on ubuntu14.04 and debian8

waitianlouI use gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-applications "[]" to disable Alt+Tab shorcut, but it seems no effect. And i use gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings close "[]", it work on ubuntu14.04 but dose not work on debian8 How can i solve this problem?

Or this
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Q: There isn't coming any sound out of the headphone jack

Luko van der MaasWhen I take the headphones out, there is sound and when I set the HDMI as output there is sound to.

Admitedly , low quality question. But you have to expect to deal with n00bs on the site ! Not everyone knows how to run around Terminal issuing random commands
 
@Serg this one, I'm not sure
@Serg but this is related and doesn't have to be voted-down, even thou as you said it's a bad question.
 
Tim
1:42 PM
Gotta love reinstalling
 
@Tim what you bricked your system ?
 
Tim
@Serg really not sure.
I had massive issues with a crashing java game, and nvidia drivers.
anyway, for whatever reason I can't boot to GUI so...
 
@Tim why not just reinstall the drivers ? or purge the game first ?
 
Tim
I have a daily backup so it shouldn't matter too much
@Serg tried both
 
K . . . weird
 
Tim
1:46 PM
anyway, restarting now :)
 
good luck , bro !
 
Tim
on the new install now :)
let's get both screens working
and only 240 MB of updates :P
 
2:07 PM
Yaaay, for the internet speed in 2015 that makes 240 MB bearable
 
Tim
yeah, although it's all over from 4kb / s to 500 kb / s
so far it's at 60, but it took ages to start cos i was installing drivers
 
 
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3:39 PM
0
Q: Suspending fails when a USB mouse is connected

Minimus HeximusWhen I try to susend my Ubuntu 14.04 (with KDE environment) using sudo pm-suspend it fails unless I disconnect USB devices, e.g. USB mice and flash memories. Is there a way to solve this problem?

 
4:00 PM
\o/
 
/o/
 
@Serg Have you checked this command sudo echo -e "\033[1;32m My Laptop \n \l " > /etc/issue
I get a permission denied ;)
 
@A.B. Same here, permission denied :/ Hmmm
@A.B. found it. Redirection is done by the shell, and since you're in a shell as regular user, you get permission denied askubuntu.com/a/230482/295286
 
;)
 
So . . . sudo bash -c "echo -e "\033[1;32m My Laptop \n \l " > /etc/issue"
 
4:14 PM
no
sudo bash -c 'echo -e "\033[1;32m My Laptop \n \l" > /etc/issue'
hmm my /etc/issue is green :\
:P
sudo apt-get install --reinstall base-files doesn't recreate my /etc/issue?
% apt-file search /etc/issue
base-files: /etc/issue
What?
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A: Unable to open Few .jar files in Ubuntu 15.04, Error: "Picked up JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS: -javaagent:/usr/share/java/jayatanaag.jar "

MichaelHave you try using 7zip, and type this in the terminal: First install 7zip an unrar: sudo apt-get install 7zip unrar and then type this in the terminal: unzip (file to extract) -d (path)

 
@A.B. this might be due to /etc/issue belonging to getty package
 
 
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6:35 PM
Is a Windows answer a good answer?
0
A: How burn or mount an ISO file?

mchidYou can do this in Windows 7 & 8 using the command line. Open CMD to run the following command. windows7: isoburn.exe [/Q] [<DVD drive letter>:] <disk image file name> Here's an example: isoburn.exe /Q D: "C:\Users\mchid\Desktop\ubuntu-14.04.iso" windows8: isoburn [/Q] [<DVD drive letter>...

 
Not really.
 
ok, -1
 
This one on the same question askubuntu.com/a/126057/295286 Has 3 upvotes and is a windows answer . . . why again ?
and there's another one too
 
@Serg It was a migrated question. Therefore the Windows-Answers
 
Why migrated here ?
 
6:43 PM
Hm, from meta. Ok, than downvotes again =)
 
7:12 PM
0
Q: Encrypted boot drops to shell, how to set LVM crypttab consistently? 'ALERT! {logical volume path} does not exist'

user3174123I used Luks to encrypt my whole hard drive, and created that sda drive as a physical volume. Under that volume, I create a volume group vg00 with my 3 logical volumes lv00_root, lv01_home, and lv02_swap Here is my logical volumes, contained in the volume group vg00 on physical volume /dev/sda ...

 
Bah. My laptop now has 4GB of RAM but only recognizes 3. Curse you 32 bit.
 
Man, the wind here is insane.
 
yeah
we're getting the same thing.
@RPiAwesomeness or rather, the Windows kernel. All modern Linux kernels support more than 3GB on 32bit with PAE support.
 
The thing is it's on Ubuntu
 
@Seth First of all, I'm thankful we still have power. Secondly, there is stuff flying around everywhere.
 
7:20 PM
oh, I forgot. You have to have a compatible CPU @RPiAwesomeness.
 
grep MemTotal: 3091940kB
Oh
 
Do you have an x86_64-compatible CPU?
 
Not sure
 
Er, sorry - this is Linux. An "amd64" CPU :P
 
All I know is that it's 32 bit
 
7:20 PM
What model?
We can look it up.
 
You might try this answer:
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A: What's the meaning of "-pae" at the end of kernel version?

penreturns(PAE) stand for Physical Address Extension. It's a feature of x86 and x86-64 processors that allows more than 4 Gigabytes of physical memory to be used in 32-bit systems. Without PAE kernel, you should see something as follows: free -m Sample output: To enable PAE, open terminal and type t...

@NathanOsman yeah, me too. I don't have my Tesla powerwall yet! xD
 
I really wish I'd have bought that UPS...
The thought of having power immediately cut to my Pi, the NAS, the router, etc. is not making me feel well :P
 
Er...yeah
 
the router and pi should be able to handle it.
personally, I want one of these instead of a UPS.
(although a UPS in addition would be nice)
 
@Seth Ooooh. That could be it. I installed Ubuntu MATE.
Might not have PAE support by default
 
7:24 PM
Well, they can handle it but then fsck will be running on a few machines...
The router will be fine though. I don't think it has any rw-mounted filesystems.
 
also @RPiAwesomeness:
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Q: How can I tell if a machine has PAE?

d3vidI want to help someone upgrade an oldish laptop from 11.10 to 12.04, which requires PAE. I am not sure whether they have PAE or not. I know it is likely that they do have it after all, but how can I tell before trying to upgrade?

 
That Tesla panel though . . . .Me gusta !
 
The Pi probably won't suffer much but it will no longer be doing its job (monitoring my websites). It's also an APT cache but I doubt I'll be worrying about that much if the power went out.
My desktop and the NAS on the other hand...
 
@Serg ikr
it's not even that expensive either..
 
@Seth Well, first question's instructions didn't work. Second instructions confirm I do have PAE support.
Why isn't it giving me my full 4GB?
 
7:27 PM
@RPIAwesomeness `sudo dmidecode | grep -i 'pae'
 
That returns nothing.
 
So you aint got it
 
Couple that powerwall with some solar panels and... now we're talking.
 
CURRENT DIR:[/home/xieerqi/chinese-calendar-0.8.2]
$ sudo dmidecode | grep -i 'pae'
PAE (Physical address extension)
That's mine
 
But the second question that @Seth offered said if anything is output then I have PAE support.
 
7:28 PM
I get the same output on my CPU :P
 
@RPiAwesomeness and what exactly does that command output ?
 
Nothing, just drops me back at the prompt
uname -a shows i686. No sign of x86_64
 
You probably don't have PAE then :(
@RPiAwesomeness Yeah, but that's just the kernel.
I would see the same thing if I ran a 32-bit kernel.
 
What he said ^
 
Ah
Bother.
 
7:34 PM
What do you get if you run:
sudo dmidecode | grep -i version
That might pull out the CPU model number.
 
help.ubuntu.com/community/… <-- Talks about enabling it during installation. Can I do the same thing by editing the GRUB config?
 
Or this sudo dmidecode | awk '/Processor/,0' | head -n 30
Em . . . . I think so . . . but it probably would have to be present on CPU first . . .isn't it ?
 
yeah.
What cpu do you have?
 
Trying to figure that out :P
It's not labeled
 
Guys, I'm kinda running out of questions to answer. There's not much people ask about text processing or scripting recently . . . .
 
7:39 PM
I think it might be a T2050, but I'm not sure
 
@Serg =)
 
Any suggestions on what would be the next step in improving my Ubuntu skillz ?
@A.B. welcome back ^_^
 
@Serg same here, only four answers today :\
 
I have one. Consisting of one sentence. And the solution is just double clicking a file :/
 
o_O =)
 
7:43 PM
Well, however it is I g2g. Maybe I can figure this out later :P
 
I forgot the command to execute a desktop file :(
 
Well, See you later, @RPiAwesomeness
 
ah, gtk-launch
 
@A.B. what question is that ?
 
@Serg No question =)
 
7:55 PM
There's a lot of questions on booting. I might try learning about that
 
8:18 PM
If I get any more bored maybe I 'll actually start studying
 
Ubuntu 8.04?
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Q: Stuck on Update 8.04

Evan MelloMy computer has been stuck on 8.04 and it won't let me update. I have tried everything to do it. It still won't work. I think this is a new problem. I don't care what update it is. Please Help😢

 
 
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Wow! 2 hours without any activity???
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