Ask Ubuntu General Room

A.B.

7:22 PM

Again Kali and Ubuntu. Nice: askubuntu.com/q/702066/367165

user136984

@cl-netbox: Bye (if you are the one going ;-))!

Nathan Osman

So all attempts to sign-up via Android failed. Thankfully I have my Mac Mini here.

I was able to (on the second attempt) sign up using iTunes.

user136984

Oh no...

user136984

BREAKING: 'Hostage situation' in northern France

quake120

Yeah I stopped watching/reading/listening to the news >1 year ago, and my life has never been better...

user136984

7:34 PM

@quake120: Ignorance is bliss... :P

Nathan Osman

Who really trusts the media anyway?

quake120

It isn't ignorance. The news has nothing of value to me (or most other people). Spending the same time most people waste on the news learning a valuable skill isn't ignorance, it is intelligence.

Nathan Osman

^--- this

quake120

:)

Seth

@NathanOsman exactly.

Rinzwind

7:41 PM

@quake120 hey I have to do something at work to pass the day :-P

quake120

I'd recommend learning something instead...Much better use of time. I know a lot of people like the news, I just can't stand it

Nathan Osman

@quake120 I'm with you.

quake120

It's just all war, death, destruction, famine, terrible things.

user136984

But if there is terrorism or a war breaking out in your country, you really should know about it.

quake120

Nathan, did you see my audio problem yesterday?

Rinzwind

7:43 PM

@quake120 he can't hear you :=)

quake120

:P

user136984

:D

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O.o

ಠ_ಠ

7:52 PM

[ SmokeDetector ] Offensive answer detected: Boot Problem [No bootable devices found] by lol on askubuntu.com

Zacharee1

Any answer posted by someone named "lol" should not be trusted

lol :p

A.B.

@Zacharee1 =)

Zacharee1

(= @A.B.

Switching carriers is hard :/

user136984

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user136984

I'm not sure I really get this one...:

user136984

7:57 PM

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user136984

Can someone explain?

Zacharee1

Second blonde joke: heads are full of air

Nathan Osman

@quake120 audio problem?

Zacharee1

dope ring is a group of drug dealers or other forms of criminals

But in that case, blondes = stupid = dopes

@ParanoidPanda

user136984

Ah...

user136984

8:02 PM

:D

user136984

I tell you, that cow tells some weird jokes! :D

user136984

@A.B.: Do you use Tox by the way? :)

A.B.

@ParanoidPanda Sure =)

user136984

@A.B.: Would you like to add me as a contact on Tox? :)

user136984

I don't mind if you say no, I wasn't sure how people exactly used Tox here, most seem happy to just add people here as contacts there, but it's fine with me if you don't. :)

quake120

8:09 PM

@NathanOsman ... The TL;DR of the audio problem is: System locked up, I rebooted, lost audio, checked mute everywhere I could find, uninstalled/reinstalled Pulseaudio/ALSA, still no go...in frustration, I just happened to find another mixer in the start menu and mute was checked. Ugh.

Waste of an hour

Ubuntu has like 4 - 5 mixers

user136984

@A.B.: Ok, I've sent you a request. :)

Nathan Osman

@quake120 Yup :)

alsamixer is always a good place to start.

It offers some features that none of the other mixers do.

user136984

@Ravan: You use qTox don't you? Do you get this bug too? :)

quake120

Yep, I tried alsamixer, it wasn't muted

I think it was Jack audio or something that was causing the issue

Nathan Osman

Oh, Jack.

Yeah, that runs on top of ALSA, I think.

quake120

8:13 PM

I also tried pavucontrol...everything was fine there

Rinzwind

@quake120 was about to suggest that :-X

Nathan Osman

That just affects PulseAudio though.

quake120

It works now...It was just that one mixer that was muted.

A.B.

my best comment today:
> btw, your username is kevsfernandez. Taken from your question here: askubuntu.com/q/701022/367165

Nathan Osman

Lol...

Terrance

8:14 PM

Hey, just like mine not getting any audio. I just upgrade installed Xubuntu-desktop, and no sound whatsoever. :(

Interesting enough that my sound works in other DEs just fine.

A.B.

@Terrance \o =)

Terrance

@A.B. Hello my friend! =)

A.B.

upgoated

sudo apt-get install aptitude; aptitude search '!~i?reverse-depends("^ubuntu-desktop$")' -F "%p" | grep -v ':i386' | xargs sudo apt-get install

courageous volunteers?

user136984

@A.B.: Do you know anything about this by the way? Or at least can tell me if I can find the location that @Serg speaks of on GNOME? :)

Terrance

8:30 PM

@A.B. Will that install the ubuntu-desktop for me if I run it?

A.B.

@Terrance you're GREAT, there is an error. I meant

sudo apt-get install aptitude; aptitude search '!~i?reverse-depends("^ubuntu-desktop$")' -F "%p" | grep -v ':i386' | xargs sudo apt-get --reinstall install

to reinstall the desktop

Terrance

@A.B. OK, I will run it. =)

Haha

A.B.

It works only, I you have an installed ubuntu-desktop

Terrance

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
ubuntu-session : Depends: gnome-session-bin (< 3.10) but 3.12.1-0ubuntu1~trusty3 is to be installed
Depends: gnome-session-common (= 3.9.90-0ubuntu12.1) but 3.12.1-0ubuntu1~trusty3 is to be installed
unity-settings-daemon : Depends: gnome-settings-daemon-schemas (< 3.10) but 3.12.2-0ubuntu1~trusty3 is to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

A.B.

LOL

Terrance

8:33 PM

Silly me. I don't have Ubuntu Desktop installed.

A.B.

That's ok.

btw, what's the output of aptitude search '~i?reverse-depends("^ubuntu-desktop$")' @Terrance

Terrance

@A.B. A Looooooooooooong list of stuff. =)

$ aptitude search '!~i?reverse-depends("^ubuntu-desktop$")'
v alsa-base:i386 -
p alsa-utils:i386 - Utilities for configuring and using ALSA
p anacron:i386 - cron-like program that doesn't go by time
p at-spi2-core:i386 - Assistive Technology Service Provider Int
p baobab:i386 - GNOME disk usage analyzer
p bc:i386 - GNU bc arbitrary precision calculator lan
v ca-certificates:i386 -

A.B.

aptitude search '~i?reverse-depends("^ubuntu-desktop$")'

I make mistakes

I should sleep

Terrance

@A.B. Looks like the same list.

A.B.

each line should start with an i

kos

8:37 PM

I voted only six times today. Someone has some deserveful question / answer?

A.B.

@kos :\ No

Terrance

@A.B. they do

A.B.

@Terrance Great, thx =)

Terrance

@A.B. I got rid of the ! in the other one, and now is shows something different.

kos

:(

A.B.

8:39 PM

@Terrance Yes, this command is part of the command to reinstall the ubuntu-desktop

And with your help I found two errors

=\

Time to go

Terrance

@A.B. Very nice! I think it worked on mine, but since I am not running Ubuntu Desktop, it will not install it.

@A.B. Have a great night! =)

user136984

@A.B.: Goodnight! :)

user136984

Has a moderator's account ever been hacked by the way? And I mean, if that does happen, can anything bad be reversed?

terdon

9:09 PM

@ParanoidPanda Yes, SE should be able to undo most of the damage.

user136984

@terdon: Can moderators see information about a user's login history and personal information?

terdon

Define login history and personal information

user136984

Well, IP address and any other login information which SE keeps and displays to mods. And information such as a user's email address. and real name which they have provided. I was given the impression by another mod that you guys could see this information.

user136984

@terdon: So are you able to see this information or have I been misinformed?

terdon

Yes. Not sure what you mean by other login information but yes, we can see the rest.

Note that each mod can only see this information for users of the site they moderate. I can't see yours from your AU or chat accounts.

user136984

9:19 PM

Right, so if you got hacked then the hacker would be able to just go in and see all of that information for any user on the site(s) you are a mod of? There is no request for information that you have to make that has to be approved? You can just see it all? This doesn't seem very secure to me... There should be more in place to safeguard SE users' privacy.

terdon

Sigh

I do have to click a few times before seeing it if that makes you feel any better.

I'd be more worried about SE employee's accounts getting hacked though, they can see everything everywhere.

Not passwords, of course.

user136984

I still think that if a single mod wants to see a user's personal information they should at least need to make some sort of request which needs to be approved for them to access the information (and they need to provide a reason for requesting the information) and which will be logged.

user136984

That would be to also prevent abuse by a mod, as well as a hacker.

kos

(question that I'm too lazy to research for but that I think it would be interesting to answer, if someone wants to: askubuntu.com/questions/702121/…)

user136984

I wish 15.04 would hurry up with going EOL... I don't like having two non-LTS versions which are supported at the same time... :D

user136984

9:28 PM

@terdon: I hope that didn't prompt you to check my personal information... :P

user136984

What is the default display/window manager on Ubuntu GNOME?

Seth

GDM

WM is either metacity or mutter iirc.

user136984

Ah, of course! Silly me! :D

user136984

And Unity Ubuntu is Compiz?

Seth

lightDM and compiz, yes.

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9:44 PM

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Q: error: attempt to read or write outside of partition

my ubuntu was freezing some times and i have made a hard reset from the power button. when u i have rebooted the pc i got the problem tha u can see in the image: image problem what is the problem and how to solve it? i have there dual boot, win 8 and ubuntu (i think version 12) i have looked ar...

terdon

@ParanoidPanda hardly. Why would I care about your personal information?

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