Ask Ubuntu General Room

jokerdino

1:00 PM

@msPeachy i don't know :/

@ObsessiveFOSS something like what's up.

ObsessiveFOSS

Ah.

msPeachy

find the folder with "power finder" lol

aking1012

@foss - i think i have a workaround. as long as --commit works are you cool with deleting the package in ppa to re-initialize the orig.tar.gz?

msPeachy

@jokerdino you shouldn't have bothered editing it

jokerdino

@msPeachy i just click a button and it autoedits for me..

and i just add a couple of backticks

msPeachy

1:03 PM

really? can i have that too?

fossfreedom

@aking1012 ... as long as the 200 users of this particular PPA package dont notice and can upgrade seamlessly ... yes happy with whatever you suggest.

aking1012

i need to test it a bit, but it should converge fine with a momentary 404 repo data not found

fossfreedom

... last time I deleted something in launchpad it took a day to delete before I could resubmit :(

aking1012

that is a bit irritating. i think you see where i'm going though

if local commits work, then just blow out launchpad

fossfreedom

... yes - clearly

jokerdino

1:07 PM

@msPeachy one sec

msPeachy

take your time

jokerdino

@msPeachy github.com/TomWij/SuperUser-AutomaticCorrector/raw/master/… click to install

msPeachy

@jokerdino thank you

jokerdino

but it also does stupid edits. so you still need to proof read the auto edit

like adding space in between 12.04 and messing with supposed code blocks

msPeachy

:)) will do

this will be easy for you

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Q: How to customise Ubuntu follwing features

Everyone keeps telling me that Linux/Ubuntu is much more customisable then windows but I seem to be having a problem trying to do the following changes please help ;). When pressing Home Dash button on the left I want Ubuntu to go straight to the applications tab. From here I do not want it sho...

customization

jokerdino

1:13 PM

@msPeachy multiple questions in a post must die

but all are dupes

msPeachy

lol, well, it would better than create a single question for each, don't you think? they're all related anyway

jrg

I have a way to crash all javas, without fail.

fossfreedom

... the internet is doomed...

jokerdino

@msPeachy no, individual posts for individual questions

1. askubuntu.com/q/79961/25798 2. askubuntu.com/questions/28977/… and askubuntu.com/questions/37747/… 3. askubuntu.com/q/44187/25798 4. askubuntu.com/questions/85786/… 5. askubuntu.com/questions/85786/… — jokerdino 1 min ago

massive dupe that post was

msPeachy

@jokerdino okay got you

jrg

1:22 PM

@jokerdino so close as too localized?

@AmithKK are you still around?

jokerdino

close it as dupes of all the questions? xD

Amith KK

@jrg Yeah

msPeachy

@AmithKK why aren't you being random today?

jrg

@msPeachy because he's trying to be a responsible teenager. ;)

Amith KK

@msPeachy School

jokerdino

1:24 PM

@msPeachy he got hurt by RT's comment yesterday

Amith KK

@jokerdino nah

jrg

@AmithKK nevermind, sorry for bothering you. I figured out my other issue.

jokerdino

nah?!

Amith KK

@jrg \o/ Awesome

jrg

@AmithKK still haven't figured out why I'm crashing Java all the time though.

msPeachy

1:25 PM

@jokerdino what comment?

@AmithKK what are you studying?

Amith KK

9th grade stuff

msPeachy

@jrg well, it's never too late

Amith KK

Wait

Why isn't @msPeachy bothering @jokerdino

jokerdino

@msPeachy never mind

msPeachy

@AmithKK am watching L&O UK

jokerdino

1:27 PM

hey guys got it disabled finally... thanks for the help... I know that all the help here are all through voluntary basis and seriously I am amaze on how helpful are the members here :) . Hope I can still ask you guys for help... thanks again — Gel yesterday

okay, nice guy he is

msPeachy

@jokerdino oh i don't mind really

jokerdino

@msPeachy Roland said something funny about Amith's entropy. I was referring to that.

msPeachy

@jokerdino i know, i'm just being random

Amith KK

BBL

jokerdino

@msPeachy kk

msPeachy

1:30 PM

:P

jokerdino

1:42 PM

hey @MarcoCeppi!

LTNS!

Marco Ceppi

o/

jokerdino

you stopped lurking in the chat room these days.. :/

jrg

He got a life.

Or rather, he lets me moderate you guys, since you are all insane. ;)

jokerdino

oh that is probably true ;-)

i can't wait for the new review queue and then i don't have to flag all the NAA myself ;p

i am hoping to hit 1k flags, edits and votes

jrg

I can't wait for the broken links. drools

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jokerdino

1:47 PM

@jrg oh that is long forgotten

oh, i crossed 1k votes. let's check edits

The Interrupter

Bounty offered: Can't get Graphics to work on HP Pavilion G6 http://askubuntu.com/questions/159863/cant-get-graphics-to-work-on-hp-pavilion-g6?atw=1 #graphics

Tweeted by AskUbuntu on July 18, 2012 at 1:34 PM

jokerdino

whee

ObsessiveFOSS

@jrg I get "dibs" on the alternate CD download link.

@TheInterrupter Stop interrupting!

jokerdino

dibs on hostmar.co.

@MarcoCeppi typo on hostmar.co

jrg

@jokerdino They keep saying it'll be here within 6-8 weeks.

jokerdino

1:50 PM

> If you recieved this page from a link that Project is likely no longer active

Marco Ceppi

bah

jokerdino

@jrg yeah, that meme must die

Marco Ceppi

@jokerdino Been busy with Ondina stuff

jrg

I mean, it is there, just waiting to be played with sobs

jokerdino

@MarcoCeppi that explains. hope it works out well there.

and i volunteer to bug triage for you guys =)

jrg

1:51 PM

STUPID DEV ONLY TOOLS. grrr

jokerdino

@jrg it's been like that for so long.. :(

waffles came and waffles left

and so, if you missed it, i also crossed 1k edits :P just another 100 flags remaining and i hit a triplet

(sorry guys. sometimes, i tend to be overly narcissistic. you got to deal with that ;p)

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jrg

Jokerdino is acting like a moderator. He has a unhealthy ego and displays textbook narcissism. ;)

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jokerdino

quasi mod, i must say ;-)

brb; supper

SirCharlo

Hey guys, can a new user delete their own answers?

askubuntu.com/a/165098/40421 this guy says he can't

jokerdino

@SirCharlo you need to be registered to delete answers

leaving for serious now =)

SirCharlo

2:00 PM

hmm

jrg

Handled.

SirCharlo

thanks!

aking1012

@foss solved it without purging the ppa

just put it in debian/icons folder instead...editing my answer

fossfreedom

@aking1012 superb!

aking1012

not fully tested yet no dput yet but it should work

jokerdino

2:16 PM

@SirCharlo you around?

Mitch

Should this be closed as off topic

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Q: i cant open software center

I installed Linux mint thats the starting moment to get headache. I can't open software center. I tried to install software using sudo codes in terminal. But the result is that given below. Please help me. file:///home/savin/Documents/Pictures/savin@savin-Satellite-C665:%20~_017.jpeg I tried to r...

11.10

aking1012

yes. mint is off-topic. i wish cinammon from ppa was off-topic too, but it's not

fossfreedom

yes .... thanks - closed

aking1012

okay. the answer in its current form should be workable

lmk if you get weirdness

ObsessiveFOSS

ActionParsnip

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rss unity

Has an awesome user ID

77777

SirCharlo

2:27 PM

im here @jokerdino

fossfreedom

@aking1012 once development has calmed down - it will probably end up in debian-unstable and hence will be pulled into the ubuntu-universe repo. early discussions here: forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=79690

Roland Taylor

@AmithKK ...

I could say some rather unfriendly things but I won't.

ObsessiveFOSS

http://stackapps.com/questions/2116/autoreviewcomments-pro-forma-comments-for-se
@jokerdino You should use this as your comments are nonstandard.

Roland Taylor

I think you know what I mean.

aking1012

@fossfreedom i'ld be fine with it if it didn't consistently break stuff

jokerdino

2:29 PM

@SirCharlo hey so, i am wondering if these are all just dupe questions? askubuntu.com/…

@ObsessiveFOSS i do use but not all the times. they don't have that human feel.

ObsessiveFOSS

Yeah, the comments make you sound like a consistent, obsessive robot. Quite useful.

jokerdino

@RolandTaylor don't direct them my way =)

@ObsessiveFOSS and that answer you are referring to, it doesn't deserve a question on its own. that's why i answered his question and flagged

ObsessiveFOSS

I'm just noting that...

SirCharlo

@jokerdino they're all questions I answered

I fixed typos today, that's why they all show up as recent

jokerdino

@SirCharlo yes i know. that's why i am asking you if they are all similar / same / dupe questions?

though it doesn't actually look like, they seem to look like that to my eyes. must have been the unicorns

SirCharlo

2:34 PM

Well they're all similar that's or sure

Roland Taylor

@jokerdino I won't direct them at anyone

jokerdino

kk. what actually happened anyway?

Yasir Adnan

Please answer my question askubuntu.com/questions/165089/…

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Q: Ubuntu isn't starting after unexpected shutdown

Due to power cut, My PC went off. After that, Ubuntu isn't starting. I tried to run Ubuntu from live cd.Also, it's not starting. Now, what should i do?? Thanks.

11.10 boot-failure

aking1012

@YasirAdnan are you sure your hardware isn't fried?

Yasir Adnan

Yes.

aking1012

2:36 PM

livecd should boot regardless if the hardware is sound

Roland Taylor

@jokerdino I think you should be able to figure that out by the fact that I instantly replied to Amith and I'm not happy.

jokerdino

@RolandTaylor k man. take care. btw, i have almost no role in this o.O

Roland Taylor

I just don't like people making things what they're not especially when it is extended beyond the point of "oh haha that's funny"

When it gets into "this is how he is all the time" territory it's not funny anymore, it's tarnishing a person's reputation.

(I would be more specific but this is not the place of course).

jokerdino

gulp

Roland Taylor

Don't worry, you're not in my bad books or anything.

jokerdino

2:39 PM

ah, that's a bit of a relief.

aking1012

@RolandTaylor feel better, cuz you're as awesome as this cat:

msPeachy

@aking1012 cute

jokerdino

that looks like amith's gravatar o.O

aking1012

@jokerdino his avatar is a meme-face meaning awesome. that is the cat who is also meme-ified as meaning "awesome"

Roland Taylor

@aking1012 lol!

jokerdino

2:41 PM

@aking1012 got that

Roland Taylor

No point, but somehow relevant.

msPeachy

lol

ObsessiveFOSS

Can we stop posting pictures? Imagines putting room in timeout

jokerdino

@SirCharlo ignore my previous link. i am now convinced that the questions are not at all dupe of each other. continue your awesome work at fixing people's broken boot issues!

Roland Taylor

"Dude! You forgot to pick your nose!"

jokerdino

2:42 PM

:/

:S

Roland Taylor

(:

aking1012

@RolandTaylor you can pick your friends...and you can pick your nose...but you can't pick your friend's nose...WRONG

ObsessiveFOSS

Can we get on topic? Imagines freezing room for 65,536 msec

msPeachy

@ObsessiveFOSS what's the topic?

Roland Taylor

@ObsessiveFOSS We have a topic here?

Lord of Time

2:43 PM

FREEZE THE ROOM! OFFTOPICNESS WILL BE PUNISHED WITH THE BFG! NO EXCEPTIONS!

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Roland Taylor

This is news to me.

ObsessiveFOSS

@RolandTaylor and@msPeachy Told you.

jokerdino

@aking1012 stop putting that image in my head.

aking1012

@ObsessiveFOSS sure turn this answer in to a patch for foss

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A: How do I add a binary file to my existing PPA package

What I did: apt-get source rhythmbox-plugin-llyrics cd rhythmbox-plugin-llyrics-0.1/ echo '#Junk commit' >> llyrics/ChartlyricsParser.py sed -i 's/Maintainer: fossfreedom <foss.freedom@gmail.com>/Maintainer: Andrew King (No comment) <aking1012.com@gmail.com>/g' debian/control s...

Roland Taylor

Sits quietly to consider the meaning of this deep concept, of "the topic".

ObsessiveFOSS

2:44 PM

@LordofTime What's the "BFG"?

aking1012

@ObsessiveFOSS now you're steering it off-topic

ObsessiveFOSS

Apologies.

aking1012

google doom bfg

Roland Taylor

@ObsessiveFOSS there shall be no forgiveness.

You are banished.

Depart from us, heathen worker of evil doings.

Lord of Time

@ObsessiveFOSS this

ObsessiveFOSS

2:46 PM

@RolandTaylor Apologies. I will now leave in shame.

Roland Taylor

Closed the wrong tab, and @LordofTime I don't see any text on that page.

@ObsessiveFOSS if you can do the rain dance, you will be forgiven.

ObsessiveFOSS

Denied.

Roland Taylor

(:

Lord of Time

@Roland that's your fault.

Roland Taylor

10 hours ago, by Roland Taylor

@msPeachy if anything goes wrong, just say "Roland made me do it"

That has a rather limited scope, you know.

ObsessiveFOSS

2:48 PM

I've been watching the transcript.

msPeachy

@RolandTaylor I haven't done anything, yet.

Lord of Time

@RolandTaylor so, if a time rupture is caused by @ObsessiveFOSS, and he blames you...

Roland Taylor

@LordofTime no, @msPeachy blames me :)

ObsessiveFOSS

Why would I cause a time rupture?

Lord of Time

then you would *not* take the blame of "He made me do it"
?

Roland Taylor

2:49 PM

The scope is limited to one user.

Because that user was tagged at the time of writing.

Lord of Time

@RolandTaylor ah. so then Obsessive'd have to blame @Sathya or whatever the name is :P

Roland Taylor

yeah :D

Lord of Time

/me forgets

NOT ENOUGH COFFEE

MUST GET MORE COFFEE

MUST HAVE MORE COFFEE!!

Roland Taylor

O_o

ObsessiveFOSS

I have consumed 7 cups of herbal tea(Bigelow, of course) within the last hour.

jrg

2:51 PM

Whoa, this is crazy. Oracle linux, available for free?!

Roland Taylor

@jrg that's a trap.

Pigs are flying.

Hell is shivering.

aking1012

everything from oracle is available for free...it's just all encumbered

Roland Taylor

Richard Dawkins is a Christian.

Etc.

Lord of Time

@RolandTaylor And the End of Time has come.

jrg

Ok, time to fire up that centos VM I have. Lets see how bad their conversion script butchers things.

Lord of Time

2:53 PM

lol

@jrg make a snapshot first

so you have a backup

jrg

@LordofTime pfft. I'm not 12. ;P

Lord of Time

:P

Roland Taylor

^--- sign it's a lie.

That is NOT Oracle O_O!

msPeachy

yes it is a "one time exclusive deal" which applies to me only. what are you doing here so early, anyway?

@jrg didn't know there's an oracle linux before, i might try that.

jrg

Did Larry Ellison die or something?

Roland Taylor

2:55 PM

@msPeachy I woke up early :D

jrg

No, wrong CEO @jokerdino. ;)

Roland Taylor

@jrg nah somebody slipped him something in his drink last night.

jokerdino

yes yes quite wrong ;p

jrg

Same mentality of "Don't be evil" though. But Oracle just is evil (generally)

Lord of Time

but... evil is what drives the good in the world.

you can't have good without evil :P

jokerdino

2:56 PM

omg, i don;t have the shiny new nautilus

Roland Taylor

jrg

> His entertainment system cost $1 million, and includes a rock concert-sized video projector at one end of a drained swimming pool, using the gaping hole as a giant subwoofer

I want that kind of money.

@RolandTaylor heh

Roland Taylor

^--- It IS Oracle O_o

jrg

I hate reading about rich people. They always make me want to live in their house, and then I read about all the lawsuits and stuff they are involved with, and then I leave.

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Lord of Time

@jrg so do I. I could own 25% of apple with that much money. :P

ObsessiveFOSS

2:58 PM

Ask, and ye shall not receive, due to the following error:
2E Insufficient funds on provider