Root Access

Journeyman Geek

00:00

which inevitably...

@allquixotic: It all boils down to numbers ._.

Tom Wijsman

@allquixotic Depends on how full the jails are... :D

allquixotic

they don't care how full they are. they're building more of them all the time! and cramming more people into existing ones

Tom Wijsman

But well, it's not always about jail, sometimes it's just to get some money from the other person to pay the damage.

allquixotic

i think, the ultimate goal of the us govt is to imprison >75% of the population

make ridiculous laws so you can't practically exist without serving jail time, then convict everybody except the upper elite and exert total control over the lower classes

Tom Wijsman

@allquixotic That'll help them find Anonymous. xD

allquixotic

00:03

it'll also give them a free labor workforce of about 150 million people

Journeyman Geek

@allquixotic: also that prosecutors and cops are judged by their 'success rate'

Paper published a certain local law enforcement agency has a 90% conviction rate.

What they didn't say is who they can't actually charge, the 'warn' (which counts as a success) and they occationally sit on cases for years

allquixotic

also just because they got a conviction doesn't mean the person is really guilty; I bet much more than 10% of the people they haul in are innocent

Journeyman Geek

precisely

And seriously, having a case hang over your head for years is horrible

Tom Wijsman

01:12

A typical day on SO...

Tom Wijsman

01:35

(FWIW, he's got 8 upvotes now and an answer that's as long as the two answer on the screenshot.)

Journeyman Geek

01:54

facepalm

I was remoted into my desktop. closed a window on that desktop rather than the remote access tool

r.tanner.f

04:13

So I started up a temp monitor on my home PC to troubleshoot this random shut off problem. I boot up Ubuntu in VBox and browse "Dolphins and Kittens" in Google image search like mad just to see what the stress does. After +200 degrees Fahrenheit (+93 Celsius) I didn't even want to know when the machine would actually shut down... Looks like I need an aftermarket cooler. >_>

KronoS

anybody know if it's possible to check the memory type without removing from the pc?

Sathya

04:30

@KronoS cpuz

KronoS

@Sathya I just found out that speccy does

Sathya

well that too

cpuz's lighter

I think

KronoS

you're probably right

Journeyman Geek

05:00

@KronoS: I seem to think wmic should as well

Stack Exchange

05:56

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Q: Question and suggestion on Votes and Rep

I am curious about voting or maybe the lack there of. I am an enthusiast, no expert, but I love computers and love seeing the problems and solutions in the Stack Exchange. I learn something new everyday I come here. But when I look at some of the questions and there are 39 views, 44 views, 21 vie...

vamsi

HI..all

;)

Sathya

'ello

Journeyman Geek

hmm, trying a manjaro linux install on a VM

Michael Hampton

What in hell is a manjaro linux?

Journeyman Geek

Its a archlinux varient, livecd, has an installer

Michael Hampton

06:10

Does it work?

Journeyman Geek

not sure yet

hence the whole trying thing

I've never understood the aversion to a basic installer that a lot of source based distros have

Journeyman Geek

06:26

120mb ram use on a base install, seems pretty fast on a VM.

Bob

07:10

@JourneymanGeek Which DE does it use (if any)?

Journeyman Geek

currently using the xfce build

there's also a KDE and a gnome3 spin

they may also support cinnamon

The only showstopper for me is lack of unetbootin support

Bob

07:28

lol

what does unetbootin use? syslinux?

@JourneymanGeek My new openSUSE installation is using several times that :\

May have to try xfce

Journeyman Geek

@Bob: casper

Boris_yo

SSDs are yet to be perfect...

communities.intel.com/thread/31686

Bob

@JourneymanGeek ...how does that even work? :P

Journeyman Geek

@Bob: basically, something to do with squashfs and some other magiybits

it will only work with some livecds cause all unetbootin actually does is unpack an iso, sets up syslinux properly and so on

Bob

@JourneymanGeek In otehr words, it does use syslinux ---

Journeyman Geek

07:33

prolly

is doing 3 things at once ;p

Bob

lol

Journeyman Geek

@Boris_yo: nothing is perfect ;p

Bob

@Boris_yo You're saying you're not using it in AHCI mode? Instead, you're using it in IDE/PATA/legacy mode?

Boris_yo

@Bob No in RAID. SATA-6

Bob

That could also be a problem.

Apparently, some RAID controllers don't support TRIM

Boris_yo

07:36

@Bob Why? I have only 1 drive in system. Should I switch to AHCI?

Bob

Well, without TRIM things are going to slow down/die faster. Generally.

So, yes, AHCI is recommended.

Journeyman Geek

why are you running a single drive in raid?

Bob

But I don't use SSDs, so you might want to ask someone else.

@JourneymanGeek There is that too :P

@Boris_yo TRIM in RAID support depends on your specific RAID controller.

Boris_yo

Bob

@Boris_yo That's the drive. Not all RAID controllers will pass a TRIM command onto the actual drive, regardless of support on the OS/drive sides.

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A: Is TRIM supported on RAID 0 configurations for SSD drives in Windows 7?

Edit: For some systems, Intel now supports passing the TRIM command to SSDs in RAID-0. The requirements are: A 7-series motherboard (6-series chipsets are unfortunately not supported). Intel's Rapid Storage Technology (RST) for RAID driver version 11.0 or greater (11.2 is the current rel...

That was as of 1-2 years ago

wait

@Boris_yo is it actually in a RAID volume? :\

Boris_yo

07:45

@Bob What is RAID volume? I only got C:\ and hidden recovery volume.

Bob

@Boris_yo a RAID volume means you have gone into your RAID controller settings and set up a volume with disk(s) in RAID, as opposed to plugging a single disk in and 'just using it'

Boris_yo

Actually I don't understand why I need RAID if there is only 1 drive in my laptop.

Bob

...then why did you enable it? :S

Boris_yo

@Bob I don't know, it was set as default...

Bob

...wut.

jokerdino

07:48

gd luck @bob

Boris_yo

@jokerdino wut?

Bob

@Boris_yo Hmm?

Boris_yo

@Bob Okay I will switch to AHCI and remove Intel RST drivers to keep using Windows'? Or not remove Intel RST?

Bob

I don't know anymore. I have no idea what is going on over there, but you need help :P

You might want to look up some guides to safely disable RAID while keeping your Windows installation though

Boris_yo

@Bob You mean switching to AHCI can destroy my data?

Bob

07:51

I've never tried it. I need to do it myself, but I'm too scared :P

In any case, always have a backup. Especially since your drive is acting up.

Boris_yo

@Bob You are using RAID too?

Bob

@Boris_yo Yes.

In retrospect, it was a very stupid thing to do.

Boris_yo

Not only mine:

http://communities.intel.com/message/166378#166378

Bob

@Boris_yo I repeat. Always have a backup.

Boris_yo

@Bob Roger that. But backing up 80GBs (AGAIN!) will take half hour minimum.

Bob

07:56

Hey, be happy. I started an 8 hour backup of a 20/160GB drive the other day.

Cancelled at the 5 hour mark and started a 1 hour one, with lower compression :\

I'm an idiot.

Boris_yo

@Bob Does compression really make the difference? High hasn't much difference from low by the way.

Mechanical snail

@Boris_yo If you're using like LZMA2 on Ultra vs. lzop, then yes.

Bob

@Boris_yo bzip2 is very slow. gzip is quite fast. the end size, bzip2 should have been smaller but I'd expect it to be similar.

Mechanical snail

@Bob Bzip2's not that slow. Try zpaq with max.cfg.

Bob

@Boris_yo The compression algorithm ends up with quite a lot of speed/size difference. low/medium/high/whatever options are only available on some algorithms anyway, and they're usually just abstraction from your archiving program.

@Mechanicalsnail Ok, ok. Relative to gzip, I'd still say it's very slow :P

Boris_yo

08:04

@Bob Are you proponent of backup compression?

Bob

@Boris_yo What?

Mechanical snail

@Boris_yo Compressing with something fast like lzop or sometimes gzip usually will speed things up, since disk speed is the bottleneck.

Bob

> Proponent: A person who advocates a theory, proposal, or project.

Mechanical snail

Especially if you're backing up from an SSD to an external drive, or a local disk over the network.

Bob

Well, I don't really have enough space to make uncompressed backups/images of all my drives. Compression does a good job of stripping/compressing out empty space anyway.

@Mechanicalsnail Only makes it faster if the destination drive is slower than the source, though.

Boris_yo

08:06

@Bob Okay, are you advocate of compressing backups?

Bob

@Boris_yo If you're asking if I support compressing backups? I really don't know how to answer.

Personally, I always apply some compression to disk images.

Boris_yo

@Mechanicalsnail @Bob I am using Acronis with its compression algorithm. I backup partitions, disks for easier restoration later.

Bob

Not much point compressing music/videos/pictures

Boris_yo

gzip, lzop don't backup disks and partitions into images for later restoration after drive failure to new drive. Are we talking full backups or part backups here?

@Bob Why by the way? Did you like AHCI better?

Mechanical snail

@Boris_yo They're compression algorithms. You can apply them as part of any backup system.

Bob

08:10

@Boris_yo What?

It was stupid because my HDDs are rather slow, I'm using RAID 1 and the Intel "fake RAID" is crap.

Boris_yo

@Bob You can click on "Enter arrow" to see my reply to your earlier message. I replied to your message about using RAID.

Bob

Ideally, RAID 1 should have same write and maybe faster read. In creality, with the Intel rubbish, I have slower write and read.

Much slower.

@Mechanicalsnail Heck, you can run a compressed backup with something like dd if=/dev/sda | gzip

Boris_yo

@Bob Oh yeah? And do you remember VelociRaptor 10000rpm HDD? They are?/were? very expensive.

Bob

@Boris_yo I don't have the money to spend on fast drives. I need the storage space more than I need to get rid of that particular bottleneck.

Boris_yo

@Bob I am using Windows so no options for me for compressing like this.

Bob

08:13

I just have to cope with higher loading times, etc.

@Boris_yo You can do this on Windows. You can do this on a boot disc.

There is no restriction like that from using Windows.

But I wouldn't recommend it.

Boris_yo

@Bob I also would be continuing using HDD if there wasn't group buy for SSD.

Bob

It's just a simple, kind of proof-of-concept way, and far from optimal.

Boris_yo

Was thinking about installing old HDD into CD-ROM bay with this:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/300688012764?ssPageName=STRK:MESINDXX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1436.l2649

Nifle

09:37

superuser.com/tools?tab=delete&daterange=last7days

jokerdino

:(

Sathya

@jokerdino only 8849 more rep needed

jokerdino

Thanks for that. o.O

Will reach it in a matter of years :D

Bob

10:02

@Sathya I've pretty much stopped answering questions - and I don't even know why! :P

@jokerdino seems to have stopped before he really started :\

jokerdino

:P

I never really started.

Bob

Spending all your time on chat and AU :P

Sathya

Haha

Journeyman Geek

lol

jokerdino

@Bob Mostly chat :P

Sathya

10:04

fwiw I haven't answered in ages

Bob

Actually, I think I stopped around the time I discovered chat :S

Sathya

Trickle rep from interest

Haha

Journeyman Geek

@Bob: haven't had that issue

I DO find i have lull periods tho

like now

Sathya

@nifle done

Bob

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Q: How to view a transparent image in a non-transparent way under Ubuntu?

When opening a transparent image in gnome image viewer, the background is shown to be check board, which makes the image difficult to see. Is there some way to view a transparent image in a non-transparent way under Ubuntu? Thanks!

ubuntu images

jokerdino

10:05

@Bob I see a perma ban coming your way :P

Bob

Get to work, @jokerdino! :P

@jokerdino Huhwha?

idon'tgetthejoke

jokerdino

@Bob Answering questions is so mainstream. :P

Journeyman Geek

I was answering questions before it was cool ;p

jokerdino

yes that :P

Journeyman Geek

does want to hit 40K by december

jokerdino

10:07

I think that is quite possible.

And why the heck are you still in English chat room?

Journeyman Geek

oh, computer hopping ;p

jokerdino

You joined them since our last invade?

Journeyman Geek

ya

jokerdino

you naughty :P

Journeyman Geek

Its all part of my plan to take over the world

2

jokerdino

10:09

Let the world burn.

Journeyman Geek

Unlike that darned EC

;p

Bob

@jokerdino Invade? o.O

jokerdino

haha

@Bob err yeah.

Bob

don'tkillme

jokerdino

Once upon a time, the whole of Ubuntu chat invaded English chat room.

Bob

10:10

lol

Ok, time to draw a banana -_-

jokerdino

and we lost Journeymangeek to them since then.

@Bob >__________>

Journeyman Geek

yet I am here

Sathya

Lol

Journeyman Geek

banananananananananananananananana

jokerdino

@JourneymanGeek nanana + batman remix?

Journeyman Geek

10:12

   ".           ,#
   \ `-._____,-'=/
____`._ ----- _,'____
       `-----'

jokerdino

It looked like something else for a sec.

Journeyman Geek

a banana split?

jokerdino

Don't put that image into my head.. :/

Journeyman Geek

there, that should take care of it.

jokerdino

Black cats ~_~

Journeyman Geek

10:16

gawd, there's no pleasing some people ;p

jokerdino

:P

Journeyman Geek

11:05

@jokerdino: code.kryo.se/iodine

jokerdino

11:20

whoo

Nifle

@Sathya nice

jokerdino

installed it. o-O

Oliver Salzburg

Man, that Black Mesa is really something

vamsi

:p

@jokerdino :p

@Sathya hi..dude..whats up?

HackToHell

11:52

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Q: I NEED USERNAME & PASSWORD TO BOOT LAPTOP OS

I have a tamilnadu govt lenovo B460e model laptop which has dual OS boot (windows7 and boss gnu/linux) In GRUB suddenly the windows 7 changed to windows vista and linux has changed to two versions. If I try booting any OS, I get asked for a username and password. I tried a few usernames and pass...

windows-7 linux

@JourneymanGeek ^^

@OliverSalzburg How big is it ?

Oliver Salzburg

@HackToHell The archive is 3GB

HackToHell

:/

And the cost of domain name renewals have gone up

John Baber

12:12

I'd like a recommendation on what wireless card to buy and all the stackexchange point out that that kind of question gets outdated too quickly, but to try the chat rooms, so here I am.

I have an ancient Dell Optiplex (400MHz) that's great except for the lack of a wireless card. I've tried for a while to get a wifi dongle working on it, but it's been an uphill struggle. Is there any way to buy a card and have any idea that it'll work with Debian?

Here's people trying to help me get the dongle noticed.

jokerdino

Use markdown.

0

Q: How do I make Debian use my wireless dongle?

Debian doesn't seem to notice my Netgear WNA1000M even after I followed the directions for what I believe to be its chipset. How can I make this dongle work with Debian? $ lsmod |grep 8192cu rtl8192cu 73690 0 rtl8192c_common 51783 1 rtl8192cu rtlwifi 75150 ...

linux wireless-networking debian dongle

Tom Wijsman

12:36

@HackToHell Geez...

> the characters that I type are not even displayed

Oliver Salzburg

12:49

apiblog.youtube.com/2012/09/…

Neat, I didn't know you can do this: stackoverflow.com/questions/ask?tags=youtube-api

jokerdino

@OliverSalzburg you can also write the title

stackoverflow.com/questions/…

Sathya

13:19

@jokerdino I've done that quite a few times when posting comments..

jokerdino

I never did though..

it never strike my mind

Bob

13:42

@TomWijsman That confused the heck out of me the first time I used sudo...

The first time I accidentally dropped to single user mode was quite confusing too.

Combine them and...

Journeyman Geek

13:56

@JohnBaber: I've generally had good luck with ralink on linux - they even have had official drivers. Tho.. its a desktop. Any reason you can't go with ethernet and a wifi bridge to connect that?

Journeyman Geek

14:28

While I shared this on G+ ... engadget.com/2012/09/15/…

overkill!

Bob

Now I'm just waiting for someone to set up an array of those with a SIM card for every carrier/country in the world.

Journeyman Geek

lol

@Bob: the company that's doing it only supports 5 countries at the moment ;p

Bob

14:44

@JourneymanGeek Yea, but isn't it possible to put your own SIM card(s) in?

Journeyman Geek

I'd assume so

Oliver Salzburg

15:13

plus.google.com/photos/106340271308638051514/albums/…

:D

HackToHell

15:35

@OliverSalzburg Nice

Oliver Salzburg

@HackToHell Landed right on its face :D

HackToHell

How do i make my CPU start as soon as it gets power instead of it waiting for me to press the on button

Oliver Salzburg

@HackToHell Sometimes it can be set in BIOS, otherwise there's a hardware solution, but I don't know any details

allquixotic

15:57

lol @ that cat picture

HackToHell

@OliverSalzburg My p3 was capable of doing that, does it have a name

allquixotic

by "CPU" you mean your entire computer, right? not just literally wake up the central processing unit?

(I'm not trying to be a smartass, I'm genuinely curious)

HackToHell

yeah, start the computer

allquixotic

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Q: Automatically turn on computer when A/C power is available

In order to protect against power failure (which may be relatively common in my situation) for a hardware setup powered by a mini PC, I need for the computer to turn on automatically, and as soon as possible, when A/C power is available. I've heard that some BIOS have an option to automatically t...

boot bios

belongs on SU ;P

HackToHell

16:13

looks like I have to do a google marathon

facepalm My BIOS has that option

Tom Wijsman

No... read-only mode is not fun when reviewing. Gist to the rescue!

allquixotic

doing a full system upgrade of a lot of old packages to much newer ones makes me nervous, even though I have KVM-over-IP to my server and I'm only upgrading an OpenVZ Container, not the host OS

keep wondering when it's going to give me glibc runtime errors or something... or kill ssh

it had to remove 44 packages to upgrade, which sounds scary, but most of them appear to be deprecated package names that were just replaced with something else (it's also installing 177 new packages)

why are we in read-only mode?

Tom Wijsman

16:32

@allquixotic Moving servers to another rack, as stated on SO.

allquixotic

oh cool

slhck

16:45

Neat :D

allquixotic

indeed

allquixotic

17:03

holy moly, I have 100 Mbps upstream on my server and I'm only using about 8% of it on the black mesa source torrent because there are like three times as many seeds as there are downloaders, so my capacity isn't even needed O_o

I'm pushing ~1000 KiB/s right now which is about 1/11 of what my pipe is capable of... and half of that is to one guy in the same country as the server

downloaded the 3 GB file in about 5 minutes lol

KronoS

17:27

@Nhinkle How is your website setup? Are you running your own system at home? or is it hosted somewhere?

Daniel Beck

18:28

They broke the site again?

Does anyone here know how to search for US trade dresses?

Or knows where to find the Apple trade dress " '983 " covering the iPhone design?

Journeyman Geek

21:57

@DanielBeck: I'd guess us copyright office, but their page is very 90s

and sloooow

maybe they should team up with google ;p

Oliver Salzburg

@allquixotic Did you play it already?

Journeyman Geek

er my bad, its apparently under the USPTO

bricking american alphabet soup agencies.

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