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Eliah Kagan

12:00

@jokerdino @StephenMyall commented saying some answers were really comments or questions, which I believe are really answers (though often not great answers), so I commented, but it turned out that in effect I was posting a lot of comments in a short time disagreeing with one person (Stephen).

msPeachy

@EliahKagan and @StephenMyall deserves reps for their work on AU. Reps coming your way!

jokerdino

Aha.

@msPeachy permaban coming your way!

msPeachy

haha

why?

jokerdino

just kidding. carry on.

ObsessiveFOSS

Hello all

(To infuriate Amith KK)

Stephen Myall

12:05

@EliahKagan No you haven't Im a thick skinned Irishman who can take on the chin :-) but seriously I do want to help the site positively and any critism of what Im doing will help me do that. decent question are not coming in to be answered so that leaves me to review and edit.

jokerdino

@ObsessiveFOSS You infuriate us more than him.

ObsessiveFOSS

@jokerdino Apologies.

jokerdino

:-)

i have a question and an answer. who wants rep?

ObsessiveFOSS

@aking1012 No problem with the hard disk; I grabbed what files I needed, formatted, and managed to watch 1GB of Star Wars from it...

@jokerdino Me!

jokerdino

You on Unity?

Stephen Myall

12:08

@jokerdino Mr Kagan was beating me up :-), but its all good stuff

Eliah Kagan

@StephenMyall I'm relieved not to have given offense. And sorry again for not messaged you myself. I was using @... syntax in my comments, so it should have registered that a lot of them were to the same person. In the grand scheme of things, however, only a very tiny percentage of my comments have been to you. :-)

jokerdino

The question is simple. I would want the documents.lens to appear above the applications.lens results in Unity dash home.

@StephenMyall Haha

Eliah is a nice bloke.

ObsessiveFOSS

@jokerdino I don't think I can get on... My hard disk is still finnicky and I am on my Maverick live CD now(Can't find my Precise, so downloading now)

You can get the rep if you want... I don't mind...

jokerdino

I got enough for now. And I can slowly grind over time.

ObsessiveFOSS

@jokerdino I'm already going through the unanswered questions...

jokerdino

12:12

Okay.

You can always say no to more rep.

Stephen Myall

@jokerdino I know he is I will be in syarcuse in 2 weeks he can take me to to the Dinosaur BBQ and buy a few beers to apologize :-)

jokerdino

@msPeachy wouldn't mind some rep.

msPeachy

lol

okay wait for it.....

jokerdino

@StephenMyall haha, you are going to NY for serious?

msPeachy

can i vote in SU?

ObsessiveFOSS

12:13

@jokerdino izx has already set a bounty to congratulate a question for which I am the only answer...

Stephen Myall

@jokerdino yeah Im there 5 or six times a year with work

jokerdino

@StephenMyall ooh.

@ObsessiveFOSS good then.

@msPeachy yeah.

you got the minimal rep on SU.

jrg

Do I smell a NY AU meetup?

jokerdino

@jrg looks like it.

BBQ meeting

jrg

TAKE PICTURES.

POST ON META. MAKE NOISE.

ObsessiveFOSS

12:14

@jrg Hello.

I will not participate.

Stephen Myall

@jrg Nah those Americans have me working fem 7am to 9pm when im over. no time for play

jrg

@RolandTaylor: No what?

msPeachy

there bro

jrg

@StephenMyall I'm sorry, my american comrades aren't normally this way.

msPeachy

@jokerdino what's your q & a?

jokerdino

12:16

@msPeachy i posted above

you got to be on unity. if not, i will take a screenie to add it to your qu.

ok the question is, in unity home, the applications results end up above documents results in unity dash home. but i want the documents results above.

Stephen Myall

@jrg I know, was only joking, well Im off to anoy Mr Kalah again and do some reviewing :-)

jokerdino

it quickly lets me open up the result without having to navigate lower. how can i rearrange the results.

Stephen Myall

ttyl

msPeachy

@jokerdino Oh I am on Oneiric, and on Unity

jokerdino

bye

@msPeachy don't know if it works on oneiric. o.O

just mention you are on 12.04 then. ;p

msPeachy

12:18

oh well you post the question instead, I'll upvote it

jokerdino

you know what. this sucks.

i am going home.

i will jsut write the question myself and get all the rep.

msPeachy

lol

bye then

jrg

FINE, THATS IT. I'LL TAKE ALL THE REPUTATION FROM you and you and you over there and then you.

jokerdino

:D

jrg

brb in need of sustenance.

ObsessiveFOSS

12:19

@jrg Please stop with the caps. I am still in fury at EXT4. Should I try btrfs?

jokerdino

bye

ok well.

how about i write the question and obs post it.

and then maybe, mspeachy post the answer that i write? :p

would be a good deed

ObsessiveFOSS

Hmm. Rep schemes?

jrg

@ObsessiveFOSS i wouldn't. i used it for my q install, but my backup system is... shall we say elaborate.

It's a ponzi rep scheme!

jokerdino

btrfs. that is one other joke. hah

shrugs.

kids these days don't want rep.

msPeachy

lol

okay, i will post the answer then

ObsessiveFOSS

12:21

@jrg Yeah... I had everything in RAID 5... except my home folder. It was RAID-0(Striped) At least my MySQL database was saved...

It still looks like a bad sector...

In some important structure of EXT4...

Time to install Ubuntu Server in a VM...

msPeachy

dinner time, bbl

ObsessiveFOSS

ACK

jokerdino

Woot?

ObsessiveFOSS

What does that mean?

jokerdino

Nothing.

ObsessiveFOSS

12:33

Oh, my. The Windows system I am stuck at waiting for a hard disk fix keeps asking me to close the drive door on a partition on a hard disk I can't open.

jokerdino

I am wondering how silly this thing can get.

ObsessiveFOSS

I'm just waiting for a few new disks for RAID5.

I am upgrading.

jokerdino

Good

ObsessiveFOSS

Oh, I am going to have such a headache with this question: askubuntu.com/questions/175652/kernel-file-upload-request

jokerdino

with markdown enabled - gist.github.com/3348998

@ObsessiveFOSS Good luck.

LnxSlck

12:39

lol

ObsessiveFOSS

@jokerdino Thanks/

jrg

@ObsessiveFOSS Weird.

ObsessiveFOSS

0

A: How to rearrange search results in Unity dash home?

Run this command in a terminal: gsettings set com.canonical.Unity.Dash home-lens-ordering "['files.lens', 'applications.lens', 'music.lens']" It will order the results in the way you prefer. To reset the setting, run this command: gsettings reset com.canonical.Unity.Dash home-lens-ordering ...

jokerdino

o_O

ObsessiveFOSS

@jokerdino I did a bit of format editing for code...

jokerdino

12:42

raw.github.com/gist/3348998/…

Use the raw markdown.

jrg

9

jokerdino

@jrg Got it.

ObsessiveFOSS

I can;t try anything new since I lack the necessary 2K reputation.

jokerdino

@ObsessiveFOSS inserting image. don't edit anything.

jrg

Nobody move. Don't. Even. Flinch. Jokerdino is editing.

ObsessiveFOSS

12:50

@jrg There's a fly on my face. I had to flinch.

jrg

I wish I could sync rhythmbox with google music.

and google drive with Ubuntu. and.... the list goes on.

jokerdino

@ObsessiveFOSS Done.

@jrg It will never happen.

Not before Google music lands in rest of the world.

jrg

:(

jokerdino

You can use nuvola (?) in the time being.

jrg

that's an iconset

jokerdino

13:01

oops.

there is a cloud player with google music IIRC

jrg

yeah, google music frame

jokerdino

didn't they change the name?

jrg

shrug idk

jokerdino

launchpad.net/nuvola-player

Jorge Castro

@jrg so check this out

askubuntu.com/…

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basically all of those are breaking autoforwards, they have at least 5k views

jokerdino

13:07

we can probably do views:1000 and catch them early

Urban

this happened after i tried fixing grub from a live cd

jokerdino

but it looks too much. we can stick to 5000 for now :D

Urban

i have a problem. My system boots into the grub terminal instead of showing me any options

this happened after i tried fixing grub from a live cd

i have a problem. My system boots into the grub terminal instead of showing me any options

jokerdino

@Urban network problem too?

Urban

sorry for the repeat, connections errors

so right now i booted into ubuntu by executing the command that grub.cfg had

any idea how can i fix my grub :|

jokerdino

13:10

:/

why were you trying to fix grub from cd?

Urban

coz my Win7 installation erased my grub

jokerdino

you installed win 7 after ubuntu?

Urban

yea, i had to re install win7

for some other reason

jokerdino

>:

jrg

@JorgeCastro Kill.

Urban

13:13

sooo...any idea?

jokerdino

thinking.

sudo grub-install /dev/sda would work no?

jrg

@jokerdino it should work

jokerdino

good then.

jrg

@aking1012 @jokerdino I apologize in advance.

jokerdino

Why?

jrg

13:15

i'm going through cleaning up that query jorge gave me

jokerdino

can i delete my own answers in them, if any?

jrg

sure.

jokerdino

okay

jrg

@jokerdino why is your parent user superuser now?

oh, there aren't any by you @jokerdino.

jokerdino

i was experimenting with gravatars last time. forgot to change

jrg

13:17

oh, ok. :)

jokerdino

@jrg ok done

@jrg yay!

actually, user:id won't work.

it only checks for my question. not my answer in the question.

jrg

oh.

lame

jokerdino

though i don't think i have any of my answer there

jrg

that search isn't refreshing results....

jokerdino

heavily cached.

jrg

13:22

mods need a "dump cache" button.

Urban

@jokerdino thx, that worked. <phew>

i guess now ill try installing burg

jokerdino

@Urban wow thanks man!

you restored faith in my abilities.

Urban

anyone tried that?

jokerdino

burg?

that is plain outdated.

Urban

oh :P anything better ?

jokerdino

13:24

nope

Urban

burg looks good though.

jrg

burg? I hear good things, but every time I try I end up breaking it.

Urban

hmm..then I guess ill leave it for a day when ive got lots of time to kill.

anywhoo, thx guys.

jokerdino

@Urban thx and bye

jrg

do we have a canonical "How do I fix grub after I installed Windows?" question?

jokerdino

13:29

we probably don't

14

Q: How can I repair grub? (How to get Ubuntu back after installing Windows?)

I installed Windows 7, which ate Ubuntu's boot file. When starting up the computer, it now goes straight to Windows, without giving me the option of booting Ubuntu. How can I get Ubuntu back?

we do

jrg

in your opinion, is the answer ok, excellent or omg-knocked-my-socks-off?

jokerdino

it is plenty good.

like excellent

jrg

ok, bounty time.

for something like this we need a answer worthy of 300 rep. like, screenshots and all.

jokerdino

hm

they are just commands

nitstorm

hello all :)

jrg

13:33

oh, they are all doing it the chroot way.

jokerdino

for someone installing windows, it is just fine

@nitstorm heya

jrg

that's a pita.

nitstorm

@jokerdino hey :)

jrg

meh, no good way to do it. :(

jokerdino

chroot is fun

jrg

13:34

Howdy @nitstorm

jokerdino

just need to make sure you are on the same architecture

nitstorm

@jrg :)

jrg

did i ever tell you how i rescued my ubuntu system from a openSUSE liveCD?

jokerdino

O_o

nitstorm

@jrg what!? Abomination! :P

jrg

13:35

worked fine, no hitches.

nitstorm

what happened?

jrg

it worked. :P

Apr 20 '11 at 1:56, by James Gifford

Current situtation: I'm stuck with a openSUSE LiveUSB and broken GRUB on my HDD. What I want to know is, can I somehow copy the GRUB used by openSUSE to my HDD? The wiki page I linked to shows that you can do it with Ubuntu. What I'm wondering is "is the GRUB in a Ubuntu live USB different from a openSUSE?"

The answer turned out to be "yes", but I did it.

ObsessiveFOSS

@jrg You, too, are stranded on a non-Ubuntu system...

nitstorm

@jrg elucidate?

@ObsessiveFOSS Hello :)

jrg

@ObsessiveFOSS i was, yes. now i'm just stuck on a broken ubuntu system. :D

ObsessiveFOSS

13:38

@nitstorm Hello. I'll have to run for 30 or so minutes, but I'll be back.

jrg

@nitstorm now thats a word. :D

nitstorm

@ObsessiveFOSS cool :)

ObsessiveFOSS

@jrg I can't even use a GUI...

BBL

jokerdino

@ObsessiveFOSS I improved your answer BTW.

nitstorm

@jrg LOL :P but do...

jrg

13:38

@nitstorm pretty much followed the instructions that I would have for Ubuntu.

nitstorm

@jrg Cool :)

jrg

Then after I did that, I found my Ubuntu LiveCD sitting in the corner, so i didn't have to have that adventure.

nitstorm

lol lol lol :P

btw, what does in the review-beta what does Do not close - disagree with the close vote do? Just skip to the next question or something else?

Or should I be making this a question on meta?

jokerdino

doesn't the info say what it does?

ok apparently it doesn't

nitstorm

So question for meta?

jokerdino

13:46

on meta.so

jrg

one moment, i think there was something on MSO

3

Q: In the new review beta, what does the "Looks Good" button actually do?

In the new review beta (for example, for low-quality posts), what happens behind the scenes when I click the "Looks Good" button? Is it just equivalent to following a link to the post in the old review, and then doing nothing with the post? My understanding is that doing that just caused the s...

support review-beta

18

Q: Has the new /review system changed closing behavior?

With the new /review route, the community is presented with a queue of posts they have to work through. One of these is Close Votes: It enforces a very strict pattern – you basically choose to either close a question or not, with the ultimate goal that the number next to the queue eventually r...

discussion vote-to-close review review-beta

that help?

BigGenius

Hi

jokerdino

lol just got an answer on meta.unix.

1

A: How should questions cross-posted on Ask Ubuntu be handled?

We ask people not to cross-post, not that it helps much. If it's posted on both sites, flag it here with a link to the other site's version. If we think it's way better here we'll ask the other site to close their version, but usually we close ours and tell the asker they need to pick one site

nitstorm

Found my answer in tiny text at meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/139536/… - "Do Not Close" just removes it from the queue right now -- it doesn't affect close votes.

Thanks for the links @jrg @jokerdino

BigGenius

Hi

I need something from you guys

jokerdino

13:51

@nitstorm welcome. did i do anything?

@BigGenius hi

BigGenius

joker can you help me?

I need two files

from linux kernel

nitstorm

@jokerdino something:P

jokerdino

hmm?

BigGenius

but unable to find them, anywhere

they are option.c

jokerdino

i don't think the files are compatible with your version

BigGenius

13:52

can you pls give me these?

from your ubuntu?

jokerdino

well, before you do that, explain why you downvoted me.

BigGenius

for what?

jokerdino

and then other things like crossposting and self duping.

BigGenius

Oh, Cross posting

i did it, sorry, i won't do it again

jokerdino

@BigGenius how would i know why you downvoted me?

i am asking YOU why.

@BigGenius you were told not to do it two days before.

BigGenius

13:54

sorry, dude, i mistaken it

jrg

Guys.

BigGenius

i though i posted it on Unix

and i posted on Ubuntu

jrg

Relax, calm down.

jokerdino

@jrg once in a lifetime. can't miss it.

BigGenius

Anyone can give me these files?

izx

13:54

@jokerdino Srsly...

BigGenius

@izx

jokerdino

@BigGenius yeah, i am using a different kernel.

@izx sup?

BigGenius

how are you?

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