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Q: Writing a basic shell script

9:37 AM

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I'm using a cluster and I want to write a start up script to run the commands I have to run at the beginning of every session. My script looks like this #!/bin/sh module add apps/COPASI module add apps/python27/2.7.8 module add libs/python/SloppyCell/20150805 export PATH=$PATH:~./local/bin I'm...

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Morning! :)

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@ThomasW.: By the way, Tim got back to me, how exactly should I get into contact with upstream then about this? Do I just file a new bug report there or something? And does this also mean that my debdiff will be scrapped?

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That's what he wrote. ^^

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@GeorgetheDev: \o

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9:44 AM

:)

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@Fabby @A.B.: Morning! :)

@ParanoidPanda o/

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:)

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\o

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VTC this EOL question.

Q: Why is ubuntu based on unstable debian and how is it affect stability?

10:02 AM

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First of all hello. I have this thought since i've seen ubuntu is based on unstable debian.Is this affect stability or is ubuntu fixes the issues that is come from unstable debian ?

debian ubuntu stability

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10:15 AM

@ThomasW.: Now he has written back to confirm:

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So does he want me to put all of those 6 patches into the debdiff?

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And then send it to him?

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If so, can I add it to the already existing one? Or do I have to start over again? :)

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I have the files I think that were used in the quilting, and I also have the debdiff of course.

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10:30 AM

VTC this as off-topic.

10:52 AM

Yeah, I'm on page 1 :) askubuntu.com/users?tab=Reputation&filter=all

VTC-OT askubuntu.com/q/660112/367165

11:08 AM

@A.B. come back when you catched Luis >:-D

11:22 AM

@Rinzwind =P

@Rinzwind in nine months

11:41 AM

:D

Thomas W.

@ParanoidPanda for the record i've already stopped really caring about the bug for right now, as I have other ones on my radar - I'm also not a mentor, I help out where I can, but I am busy enough that hand-holding the entire process is time consuming to my work schedule

@ParanoidPanda He wants you to redo the debdiff and include all six patches, yes.

@ParanoidPanda And then upload to the bug.

@ParanoidPanda And you have to start over, only in so much that you have to add in the three patches and regenerate the debdiff

1 ping to a user is more than enough ...

Thomas W.

@Rinzwind multiple messages, questions asked, different responses to each

and i haven't had coffee yet so...

tolerate. especially since he pinged me twice according to my inbox

@SmokeDetector that is spam

@ParanoidPanda What he's actually asking though is for you to email the gnome-shell list, probably upstream in GNOME. And ask them to issue a point release. That way there's a possibility it could get included in Ubuntu. The problem: you've needed handholding through this process, working with upstreams is a headache. And the more patches you backport the more headaches you run into with regression potential. (...)

@ThomasW. well. I have seen people get kicked from chat for that. And it IS annoying. Please don't.

Thomas W.

@Rinzwind Fine, I won't in future, lets move on

@ParanoidPanda (...) So the best option: email the upstream list, and ask for a point release to be made, and if they say no, then try and backport all six patches. Both processes have their own headaches... and this is one reason I avoid Desktop packages, other than Wireshark which I just backport by hand in a PPA xD

the very short edit time also makes it difficult to actually get the message in afterwards, @Rinzwind so keep that in mind when large responses are needed. (Punctuating the messages to Paranoid there interrupted the flow so additional pings were needed - that one's on you)

Q: Portable Ubuntu with ability to create, mount and remove without traces encrypted virtual disks on any HDD

12:18 PM

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I will be on vacations and where I go, there will be a computer in my room. I don't know what type of computer, how old, what specs, nothing. But probably it will have Windows installed and probably I will only be able to login as restricted user. Both are things I don't like. So I thought I co...

system-installation encryption disk-image

Takkat

@ByteCommander two reasons why you might not be happy with that computer: 1. They may have disabled booting from USB or/and they password-protected their BIOS 2. You may need to provide your own Internets because you may not be able to access their's from your Ubuntu.

Other than that: installing Ubuntu on a 2.5" portable HDD will give your much more space to play with.

@Takkat The owner did not seem to be technically versed enough to set a BIOS password. And what should be the problem with Internet?

But anyway, the question about using a HDD from a USB installation without leaving traces stays.

@Fabby You're online? I have a problem with MAC addresses. My router's manual tells its address ends with :7F, its web interface tells it ends with :7E and arp tells it ends with :7C.

Can this be possible (some might be WLAN, others LAN) or is that really strange?

Q: How to take a backup for all sent mail from unix

1:06 PM

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How to take backup for all sent mail in unix ?

ubuntu

Q: Create persistent process without inittab

1:31 PM

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I have a virtual server running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS x64 and I want to create a persistent process that restarts with the system and when it crashes. To do that, I've added the following lines to the "inittab" in the etc-directory: test:5:respawn:echo "HELLO TEST" > /test.log sometestname:234:/var/...

ubuntu systemd background-process init persistence

1:56 PM

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Q: Wifi driver on Kernel 4.x

recently I've upgrade my kernel from 3.19 to 4.1.5 but the Wifi driver don't work. Know anyone how I can make it works? I've try few methods but it doesn't work. First method I've try was to try reinstall my driver from settings, but it work just for kernel 3.19 no and for 4.x enter image descr...

ubuntu kernel wifi linux-kernel drivers

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2:28 PM

@ThomasW.: Ok, thank you, one last question, do I need to re-apply the 3 patches I have already done? Or do I just add the 3 new ones?

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Also, all of you keep on referring to 6 patches, but I only see five... The 3 we did, and then the 2 new ones in this bug report: bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=753181 So am I missing something? Or are there only 5 patches to put in? Or you don't know and I would be better off asking the guys on the bug report all this and you don't want me to bug you any more about this? :)

This is a funny one:

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A: Restore man user

Start with adduser man That will receate the entries for "man". Do not use useradd, that would also make a /home/man/. And update your question with any problems you face after that.

Try googling "man" D:

2:46 PM

May I ask for some votes and/or feedback for that very detailed guide about how to set up two different firefox profiles? askubuntu.com/a/660192/367990

I'm especially concerned whether and where I should add the -no-remote parameter.

Ill trade you 1 for my answer >:D
He believes he needs 2 firefoxes and shot down all the other answers with profiles _O-

Already gave you one on the man user, you wrote to the firefox one too? Did not see it...

Ah, there it is!

LOL

That deluser man is funny :D

Ill might get to 200 today

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@Rinzwind: Does JavaScript care about styling? Or is it just the programmers who do?

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I mean like spacing...

2:54 PM

@ParanoidPanda nope. Only python does that

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Good...

and Cobol >:)

It does nag about { and } though :D and ;'s :P

if you want you can code javascript on 1 line (there are tools to minimize JS code to 1 line)

Close this 15.10 Alpha question: askubuntu.com/posts/660201/edit

Terrance

3:12 PM

\o

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3:22 PM

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body: Landscape is unavailable by Mohamed Saraya on askubuntu.com

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@ThomasW.: By the way, I don't think that I need any help with the actual packaging, as I think that I have got the hang of that now. :)

my new keyboard

amazon.de/Razer-BlackWidow-Ultimate-Mechanische-Tastatur/dp/…

:)

@A.B. 1kHz keyboard polling? How fast do you want to type? :O

very fast =)

Terrance

@A.B. Nice keyboard! =)

3:35 PM

@Terrance :)

I let sox just play a 1000Hz sound to imagine how it would sound like if you typed on that board with maximum speed... ;D

You should try!

play -n synth 1.0 square 1000

And I can write eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeccccccccccccccccccccccuuuuuuuuuu

www.sjbaker.org/wiki/index.php?title=Keyboards_Are_Evil

Terrance

\o/

=)

3:57 PM

@ByteCommander upvoted =)

What?

The Firefox profile bible I wrote?

blade19899

Ubuntu One Source Code Released

@ByteCommander yes

Thanks then! :)

4:39 PM

@blade19899 hey that's cool.

Hi everybody!

\o

Everyone fine? :)

Hm... Would anyone here happen to know how to change the color of Ubuntu's window-shadow?

I recently darkened my terminal, but now when two are on top of one another, there's nothing separating them, and they kind of blend together. :l

@AmagicalFishy I guess there are some css files

@AmagicalFishy github.com/IonicaBizau/Flattiance/blob/…

I customized my own Ambiance theme.

AmagicalFishy

4:42 PM

Oh, cool!

Lemme try altering unity.css...

Q: Making a wifi adapter work on Ubuntu

I'd really appreciate some help here:

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I bought a wifi adapter for my raspberry pi, but I have problems making work on raspberry pi. I tested it on a PC running Ubuntu. It has exactly the same behavior, as follows: When inserted, lsusb shows it. $ lsusb ...

networking wireless drivers usb

I spend a couple of hours trying to fix it...

/cc @Mateo @Rinzwind ^ Maybe you have some suggestions

5:01 PM

the link pilot6 posted I was going to post here :+D @IonicăBizău

@IonicăBizău What is the output of ifconfig -a?

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:19:66:83:c7:d4
          inet addr:192.168.2.103  Bcast:192.168.2.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::219:66ff:fe83:c7d4/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:41738 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:36016 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:37618184 (37.6 MB)  TX bytes:6391034 (6.3 MB)

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback

@Seth I guess it's the same with ifconfig

@IonicăBizău same output, different command. Just checking.

@Rinzwind Thanks, I'm trying

cool

seth \o

5:03 PM

\o Rinz

If you figure it out @IonicăBizău you might be able to post an answer to this question as well :D

:D

lol

But isn't it supposed to bright a led on the usb thing?

No led is brighting

(maybe because it's not working yet?)

not if the kernel doesn't know how to light it >:D

Ah, ok.

5:05 PM

Usually the light would work anyways, but I wouldn't call it broken until you've installed the driver.

We've already confirmed it's an oddball.

AmagicalFishy

changing unity.css worked!

@AmagicalFishy Cool! :)

AmagicalFishy

@IonicăBizău if you answer askubuntu.com/questions/659999/… , I'll accept your as the answer, if you want. :D

@AmagicalFishy Hehe, everybody likes rep points. :)

@Seth @Rinzwind gist.githubusercontent.com/IonicaBizau/d31cc772fbd6faee5cd9/raw/…

scripts/Makefile.build:257: recipe for target '/home/ionicabizau/Downloads/install_folder/driver/rtl8192EU_linux_v4.2.2_7585.2‌0130524/os_dep/linux/usb_intf.o' failed

what an annoyingly long username you have >:-D

5:14 PM

@Rinzwind Hahaha, yep. It's my username I use everywhere.

lol

Maybe some day I will change it into iBizau :D

So, any idea for this error?

any Python hackers here? :)

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./blackwidow_enable.py", line 3, in <module>
import usb
ImportError: No module named 'usb'

@IonicăBizău nope

python-usb 0.4.3 is installed

5:16 PM

Which Python? 2 or 3

I need support for Python3

@A.B. noob >:)

I know

:\

whaT are the paths it looks for?

import sys
print(sys.path)

Here is the script: superuser.com/a/474595/427428

5:18 PM

and I hope you pipped usb?

Then you need python3-usb installed. python-usb is python2 then, I guess. but it does not exist... Wait a minute.

@A.B. did you install pip? >:)

@Rinzwind

['', '/usr/lib/python3.4', '/usr/lib/python3.4/plat-x86_64-linux-gnu', '/usr/lib/python3.4/lib-dynload', '/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages']

@IonicăBizău have not found something on google for this :P

@Rinzwind askubuntu.com/a/641223/148451 Trying this one... lol. :)

quake120

5:20 PM

A.B, try apt-get install python-pip

Then sudo pip install pyusb

@A.B. did you install pip?(python-pip) That is used to install imports

python3-usb isn't in the Ubuntu repos

@Rinzwind That's why I don't like compiling other's C/C++ code.

@Rinzwind yes

@A.B. it is nit python3

it should be pyusb

5:21 PM

Probably.

@IonicăBizău I don't know :/

pyusb is installed via apt, should i try pip for that?

@IonicăBizău me neither. I give the assignment back if it is C _O-

We have two really good wireless experts that patrol the wireless tag so you should be good, but you might have to wait a bit :/

@A.B. fine >:) fine

5:21 PM

apt is old but trusty, pip is latest, but maybe not 200% stable.

@A.B. does "import usb.core" work?

@Seth The only thing I would hurry is because I moved my table to be able to plug out the ethernet cable from the pc and plug it into the rpi. :D So, if I don't fix it today, I will let the table like this... Lol. :D

But I don't find it in apt anyway, so use pip.

@IonicăBizău lol

@Rinzwind no

5:23 PM

This is my second day playing with raspberry pi. :)

tsk

@A.B. proof to us you installed pyusb >:D

$ sudo dpkg -i dkms_rtl8192eu_4.3.1.1.11320.20140505_all.deb
Selecting previously unselected package rtl8192eu-kernel-source.
(Reading database ... 228531 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack dkms_rtl8192eu_4.3.1.1.11320.20140505_all.deb ...
Unpacking rtl8192eu-kernel-source (4.3.1.1.11320.20140505) ...
Setting up rtl8192eu-kernel-source (4.3.1.1.11320.20140505) ...
Loading new rtl8192eu-4.3.1.1.11320.20140505 DKMS files...
First Installation: checking all kernels...
Building only for 3.19.0-25-generic

@Seth @Rinzwind Ideas?

@Rinzwind % apt-cache policy python-usb
python-usb:
Installed: 0.4.3-1
Candidate: 0.4.3-1
Version table:
*** 0.4.3-1 0
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/universe amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

That is Python 2!

@IonicăBizău Doesn't look like it actually failed..

5:26 PM

The Py3 one seems not to be in any repo, but only on PyPI.

sudo pip3 install pyusb

@A.B. wrong pythion

% sudo pip3 install pyusb
Downloading/unpacking pyusb
Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement pyusb (from versions: 1.0.0a2, 1.0.0a2, 1.0.0a3, 1.0.0a3, 1.0.0b1, 1.0.0b2)
Cleaning up...
No distributions matching the version for pyusb
Storing debug log for failure in /home/aboettger/.pip/pip.log

@Seth Yep, sudo dkms autoinstalling.

o.O???

Ahh, I don't really hate these long C/C++ compilations, but they are ugly anyway.

5:27 PM

I just did it too, it worked for me.

What Ubuntu do you use?

15.04

Me too...

o_O

Which pip3 version? pip3 -V

@A.B. pip install --pre pyusb

5:28 PM

pip 1.5.6 from /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages (python 3.4)

@Rinzwind no!

Mine now works @ByteCommander ;)

>>> import usb;
>>>

@Rinzwind @Seth Rebooting. :D :D

Good luck! :D

sudo pip3 install --upgrade pip

5:30 PM

@IonicăBizău good >:) we want rep for this if it works >:S

After that, try again.

YES

@Rinzwind You probably have a current pip version and not the repository antiquity?

@ByteCommander thx, it works

probbaly @ByteCommander @A.B. is now a little less noob >:-D

5:31 PM

$  pip3 -V
pip 7.1.0 from /usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages (python 3.4)

@Seth he never said how long a reboot takes :P we could be here for hours

@A.B. Now you know the two laws of installing python packages:

@Rinzwind lol

1) Always prefer PyPI over Ubuntu repositories.

should I use sudo pip or pip?

5:32 PM

law 1. PIP IT

@A.B. sudo

2) Always upgrade pip before using it.

ok

I'm a Python noob

@A.B. ehm why the addition of python in there? >:-DDDDDDD

Sudo to install the package system-wide, no sudo but --user parameter to install in home directory only for current user.

:P =)

5:34 PM

@Rinzwind Yep!

cool, now I have keycodes :)

hey he is back!

@Seth Now ifconfig shows the wlan0 :D

:D:D

Now just before doing something weird, how can I switch from eth to wlan?

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5:35 PM

Firefox 40 is finally in the repositories!

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:D

With ifup and ifdown? And how can I make sure which is actually used?

@IonicăBizău probably. I would assume ifdown etho && ifup wlan0

But be careful

I once did an ifdown on a remote machine.... and got booted from it before I realized I forgot the ifup in the command >:D

You had to drive some hundred miles to type ifup?

nope

5:39 PM

Awwww... >:)

I called the client to reboot the machine ;)

and if someone had to drive to it it would be someone else.

no license to drive for me ;)

@Rinzwind Hmm, doesn't work. :(

@Rinzwind lol. That reminds me of the time I was setting up a server and did ufw default deny and reloaded the rules only to realize I forgot to allow ssh!

Thankfully I was sitting in the next room from the machine itself..

$ sudo ifup wlan0
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client 4.3.1
Copyright 2004-2014 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit isc.org/software/dhcp

Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:13:ef:00:09:1b
Sending on   LPF/wlan0/00:13:ef:00:09:1b
Sending on   Socket/fallback
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3 (xid=0x53443579)
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3 (xid=0x53443579)
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3 (xid=0x53443579)

Still working only using the eth0.

Are you not using NetworkManager?

5:44 PM

I don't know... It's Ubuntu Server with openbox.

But sudo service network-m<tab> doesn't autocomplete.

ah

So, maybe you just caught something?

so, how did you setup the ethernet connection?

Did the installer do it?

Honestly, I don't know. Just plugged in and it worked.

sudo service networking ... works.

(it autocompletes)

@Seth Are there any wireless tools I have to install?

Q: 12.04 LTS: upgrading to Python3.4 broke pip, easy_install and virtualenv

What the!??

-1

so after much annoyance and heartbrake i managed to upgrade my Python3.2 to Python3.4 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. I followed this rather simple method: http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2014/05/install-python-3-3-5-or-3-4-via-ppa-in-ubuntu-14-04-12-04/ seemed to do the trick, running 'python' as a c...

12.04 apt upgrade python3 pip

3 EOL close votes?

@IonicăBizău I don't think so. All you really need is wpa-supplicant and iwconfig to my knowledge.

Assuming your access point isn't using WEP.. Which if it is..

5:47 PM

@Seth Do you want to see interfaces?

Sure.

$ cat /etc/network/interfaces
# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

source /etc/network/interfaces.d/*

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

# Wifi
auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
        wpa-ssid "Edimax"
        wpa-psk "pwd"

I added manually auto wlan0 in a previous try... :/

NAA: askubuntu.com/a/660263/15811

@IonicăBizău that looks all in order. Are you sure it isn't working?

ifconfig output again please?

@Seth not me not me >:-D

5:50 PM

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:19:66:83:c7:d4
          inet addr:192.168.2.103  Bcast:192.168.2.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::219:66ff:fe83:c7d4/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:17101 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:13984 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:16410449 (16.4 MB)  TX bytes:2197906 (2.1 MB)

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback

@Rinzwind :D

@IonicăBizău sudo dhclient wlan0 and then ifconfig again please.

Ill let Seth take this >:-D @IonicăBizău

@Rinzwind :D :D

He will take the points too

Rinz probably knows more then me though.. ;p

unlikely @Seth I tend to break networking connections more than I fix _O-

5:52 PM

@Seth Is it supposed to wait so much time for some output?

nope. should be matter of seconds

sometimes it takes a bit, but it should work pretty fast.

I guess it's more than 20 seconds..

you shouldn't get any output.

If it's lagging Ctrl+C it and try again.

Still lagging reboot.

@Rinzwind I've broken my fair share :P

Last time I messed with interfaces I made 1 change and broke it. Rolled it back but it still didn't work o_O

@Seth I think I ran this command in the morning and it was having more flags, something related to a parser

5:54 PM

6 hours later I reinstalled the OS and used the exact same config.. It worked! :S

lol

@IonicăBizău That doesn't ring any bells.

@Seth Still not ended...

suspence increases

:D

5:58 PM

@IonicăBizău Did you Ctrl+C and try again like I said?

Yes

did you know control-c kills a kitten when used?

@IonicăBizău reboot and try again then.

Sometimes it catches (that has been my experience)

@Seth «suspence increases» :)

Make sure you don't have an inet address in ifconfig before running it though!

6:00 PM

Ah, wait

It just ended

Lol

ah

@Rinzwind In Python, you know what kind of Exception I should throw when somebody tries to set a variable that may be set only once?

Will someone write an answer?

lol

ifconfig then?

Q: macro keys for Razer BlackWidow Ultimate

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I bought a new keyboard, a Razer BlackWidow Ultimate Elite. All keys will operate until the macro keys M1 to M5. xev gives no output for this keys. Is there a way to use keys with Ubuntu? % lsusb | grep Razer Bus 007 Device 003: ID 1532:011a Razer USA, Ltd

keyboard 15.04

6:01 PM

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:19:66:83:c7:d4
          inet addr:192.168.2.103  Bcast:192.168.2.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::219:66ff:fe83:c7d4/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:26370 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:21068 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:24827018 (24.8 MB)  TX bytes:3200797 (3.2 MB)

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback

huh, still no address for wlan0.

@ByteCommander ehm nope :=D I would not care throwing one myself D:

I'd reboot and give it another shot. If it still doesn't work then either your interfaces file is wrong or the driver isn't working properly :/

@Seth When it comes to talk about networking, I'm super noob. :)

ok, thanks anyway.

6:02 PM

@Seth Couldn't we set this manually?

Try connecting to the AP manually as described in:

@IonicăBizău ehm yes.

A: How to connect and disconnect to a network manually in terminal?

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This applies to 12.04+ since these are the ones I could test but could also be used in older versions. I have separated this guide into several parts, which consist of: Part 1 - Wireless Routers with no password or WEP Key Part 2 - Wireless Routers with WPA Key Part 2.1 - Connecting to a...

I will reboot

@IonicăBizău You can, but I've had no success that way :/

6:03 PM

@IonicăBizău and gone he is >:-D never to come back

I'm back!

Mudit Kapil

I've registered today for organ donation for all organs liker cornea, Heart,pancreas,kidneys,Liver

sigh why does it always take so long to get thpse last 2 upvotes :P

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@Seth The good point is if I plug out the adapter wlan0 is gone... So there is evolution...

Mudit Kapil

6:08 PM

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@Seth a question that asks for a no/yes should they be flagged? and if so as what? (basically asking "is this possible?" instead of "how do I ..."

) with the latter having chance to be answered with "not possible"

@Rinzwind If the "is it possible?" implies a "how to", leave it or reword it. But if you won't be able to write any explanation to it, leave a comment with Yes/No and close for custom reason.

Or make a joke out of it and select "Too broad"! ;D

hmm this one: http://askubuntu.com/questions/660250/is-a-mail-server-needed-to-setup-separately
far too vague to answer. and to answer the question a simple "no" would answer it :P

Geez those dudes in Hollywood are morons. The are rebooting Nightmare on Elm street.
WHY?! :(

user136984

6:36 PM

@ThomasW.: I think that all is well now by the way, as I applied the new patches, and did the debdiff file etc and have uploaded it... The only thing is that I only know of 5 patches, and not 6, but I have asked the guys on the bug, so I don't think that I will be needing your help any longer on this, which is probably good as you don't want to give it any more on this.

user136984

Thank you for all the help which you have given, it has been greatly appreciated, and has now given me the ability to do all of those things by myself. I will no longer ask you anything about this. :)

@Rinzwind Depends on the question. Usually they can be slightly reworded to mean "can I? Then how?" or sometimes just answered with "yes, here's how".

ok

if it's unsalvageable just close it with the best reason, although you shouldn't find too many of those.

If it is a simple problem we probably already have a duplicate..

user136984

It turns out that the chocolate cake has gone off... A while ago... I wondered why it tasted so strange and made me feel bad after eating it, but I assumed that that was just the over sickly chocolate cake effect...

user136984

6:49 PM

:D

user136984

@Seth: Do you think that Oli is right and that the cake could take over?

@ParanoidPanda in my world cake can't grow so I'm not worried about it.

@Seth In my world, cake could not grow enough to satisfy my love for them! ;D

user136984

But what if we keep on making cake and nobody eats it? Don't you think that it will "outnumber us and take over" one day if someone doesn't keep eating it?

user136984

yesterday, by Oli

@ParanoidPanda I guess somebody has to keep eating the cake, or it'll outnumber us and take over.