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Q: Suggest Tag-Create [tag:legacy-bios]?

looks like: packages.ubuntu.com/…

Oli

yeah Luis just posted an answer that included a link to phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTMyMDE

Just pulling logind

jrg

12:35 AM

so they'll move next cycle?

Oli

@jrg Who knows. I've almost given up guessing what's coming in the next release.

jrg

heh, true

Ask Ubuntu Meta

3:16 AM

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Many questions relating to driver, installation and boot problems if search for "legacy"; thought it would be good to suggest create tag legacy-bios to help narrow folks search results when using tags as search tool. Do not have required privileges to do this myself so it would be appreciated if...

Seth

@FEichinger

FEichinger

Yes?

Ah.

Seth

In response to an answer of Eliah's XD

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A: How can I switch a 32-bit installation to a 64-bit one?

wow either you copy and pasted all of that, or you lots of time on your hands.

FEichinger

GFSE'd.

Seth

Thanks :)

vasa1

5:16 AM

@maggotbrain, here's a question on xfce: askubuntu.com/q/280123/25656

5:35 AM

appears

@jrg teach me travis :P

5:51 AM

Why is there a white line in the middle of my screen? o.O

did it just crack? D:

lol

fail :3

i cant catch it in a screenshot.

Oh really, are you sure?

.-.

it doesn't show in a screenshot. just to be sure it isn't display gimmicks

sarcasm

5:53 AM

i know.

me also

me too

me as well

count me in.

@jrg is going to kill me if i get too off-topic

5:54 AM

i'll dump it in the rubbish bin.

noooooooooooo

Off-Topic African Zoo

For all off-topic conversations in the Ask Ubuntu Chat Network

^ there

that's the bin

hurr durr

you are welcome

im bored

do something interesting @jokerdino

5:56 AM

good.

Quit being grumpy cat.

YMMV

@jokerdino ?

are you on an off day?

Your Mileage May Vary?

@jokerdino no yes

5:58 AM

yes or no?

idk

maybe

o....kay.

Soooo, what up?

>3<

Hmph!

Nothing much. I've been looking on the internet for some type of entertainment

@AmithKK ossu

5:59 AM

Heeeeeeeey, watch out ;)

@Mochan Hey :P

LOL

tar -xvzf ./bomb.tar.gz

everyone uses google

errk the starred pics are so funny

@AmithKK I actually could have remembered that!

6:00 AM

@Mochan Yeah

I totally knew it, I was like I use tar commands all the time... what do I use it for...?

for tarballs

Maybe not -xvzf coz that's the mother of wtf-parameters

@jokerdino yup

I didn't really get this caroline thing.

Dammit. I need to play Portal 2

@AmithKK Caroline?

6:03 AM

Caroline Wozniak.

@jokerdino O...kay

Rory's g/f

Rory?

Rory was the HoD for Aperture, right?

No, he's the best golfer.

6:04 AM

So let me get this straight

Portal happens after Half Life 1

and Portal 2 happens after Half life 2?

you haven't gotten it straight?

@jokerdino Not really

I think I played it when I was 9 or so

I never got to playing Portal 2

Because. 1. You can't physically buy it here

We need a donation link.

6:06 AM

2. It's 6.5/6.6 GB's big

Portals are for bored kids.

I am still debugging this thing.

@jokerdino If you're ever coming to banglore, mind dropping off your P2 disk ;)

@jokerdino ?

What is this p2?

I actually am about to come there ;)

@jokerdino Cool! We'll meet.

Can't set background blur to static

Using Unity Tweak Tool 0.0.5 on Ubuntu 13.04 Beta WHAT I DID: In the "Search" section of Unity-Tweak-Tool i clicked "Blur Type: Static" and close Unity Tweak Tool. WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN: The background blur is set to static in stead of active WHAT DID HAPPEN: Nothing happens, and when i reopen Unity Tweak Tool the setting has not changes. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: unity-tweak-tool 0.0.5-0~116~raring1 [origin: LP-PPA-freyja-dev-unity-tweak-tool-daily] ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-17.27-generic 3.8.6 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-17-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 CrashDB: {"impl": "launchpad", "project": "unity-tweak-tool"} Date: Wed Apr 10 14:49:36 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-02-27 (41 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5) MarkForUpload: True PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash So…

Unity Tweak Tool

Medium / In Progress

6:08 AM

:P

:)

Caroline Wozniacki

Caroline Wozniacki (, ; born 11 July 1990) is a Danish professional tennis player. She is a former World No. 1 on the WTA Tour. As of 23 January 2012, she held this position for 67 weeks. She was the first Scandinavian woman to hold the top ranking position and 20th overall. Since her WTA debut in 2005, she has improved her year-end ranking each year until finishing on top in both 2010 and 2011. She has won 20 WTA singles titles as of October 2012, three in 2008, three in 2009, six in 2010 (the most since Justine Henin's ten in 2007), six in 2011 and two in 2012. She was runner-up at th...

close :P

yeah that one. i typoed

(, ;

►

Wow

Wily+Eggman Yeah!

no idea but nice

2

6:18 AM

Where is @FEichinger :?

4

gizmodo.com/5994307/the-day-i-forgot-how-to-use-a-book

XD

7:03 AM

morning!

Q: How do I assign an IP address to an LXC container?

7:33 AM

Stefano is back?

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I'm trying to start lxc containers with their own public ip address on the network. This is what I've tried so far: On the host The host machine has an IP address of 192.168.255.254. I added a bridge, br0, in the same subnet: auto eth1 iface eth1 inet static address 192.168.255.254 net...

networking network-bridge lxc

@Rinzwind o/

@Rinzwind ~~good~~ morning?

Hi joker

mornign :)

@Takkat hey

are we allowed to cut/paste images from ubuntu.com into an answer? >:X

depends. is it copyrighted?

7:36 AM

is it? >:)

dont know.

i think they CC BY SA-ed

I want to c/p the image for step 1 and 2 >:D

friendly.ubuntu.com/participate

this

could be a bit icky.

ah well.. guess they will have to do without an image then

i would probably rephrase and link them.

Q: Why is the Lenovo Thinkpad X301 not Ubuntu Certified?

7:40 AM

already did that >:)

see ->

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The Lenovo Thinkpads X100e, X201 and X220i are Ubuntu Certified. Why is the X301 not Certified? Never been tested for certification or failed the certification for some (which) reasons?

lenovo thinkpad

I was thinking it might be a good idea to change the title to "Why is my machine not Ubuntu certified"

but is it his machine? has he bought it yet?

ah well I did find a cool new screenshot tool while searching on making that image avive :D

@jokerdino you are annoying!!! >:DDDDDDD always coming with valid questions :(

lol, the way he phrased it, he hasn't bought it yet.

:(

going to change my answer >:D

the only answer i see is, it hasn't been tested or it has failed the test.

and the OP already knows all of this. then why the question?!?1

Q: Downgradde From ubuntu 12.10 to 12.04

7:46 AM

yeah and since we do not know the exact testing procedure...

here I see a flaw in his reasoning here->

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Sir, I am new to Linux and just a few days before i Installed Ubuntu 12.10 in Dual-boot with windows 7 but Ubuntu 12.10 is too buggy and i want to downgrade so what should I do? Thanks, Mohammed

12.04 12.10 downgrade

wow, we get so many different types of the same question.

HA! it is almost a recruitment answer >:DDDD

"Maybe you (yes anyone on AU) can add yourself with your experience?"

lol

lol

Journeyman Geek

lol

hello @Jeffrey'jf'Lim :-)

7:50 AM

could be a good idea to have a community ad

yes they should have!

if they do not already

They desperately need updates for 12.10

they do :-P

but they do not have a banner :X

They do not have "Make: Takkat" with "Model: Takkat's Gaming Box"

(only box on 12.10 I have)

Journeyman Geek

@Takkat: lol, sounds like mine

7:59 AM

Component testing would lead to infinity...

@Rinzwind: they might get a better answer than their own as soon as the scanner worked for someone.

someone from sane devs has been working on that scanner since the beginning of the year ;)

<-- remembers his expensive SCSI scanner which would not work after upgrading 3.11 to XP because the company stopped making hardware devices or drivers - it might still work with Ubuntu

it will >:)

fossfreedom

o/

fossy! :)

why do ppl insiist on adding "mint" to their question...

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Q: Vpn failing in Linux mint

I'm trying to enable VPN connection. I openned network manager, than put Gateway, username and password. Now i'm trying to enable this vpn connection, and got error: VPN Connection Failed My tail -f /var/log/syslog: Apr 11 13:48:09 0xax-desktop NetworkManager[814]: <info> VPN plugin state cha...

network-manager vpn mint

if he did not he would probably get a workable answer... :-P

fossfreedom

8:11 AM

maybe ... assuming if the mint devs havent forked network manager yet...!

D:

9:02 AM

appears

9:16 AM

I call spam!!
http://askubuntu.com/questions/280223/how-to-convert-plain-txt-files-to-epub-with-ipubsoft

Journeyman Geek

yeah

thanks for the 2 free flags ;p

:D

again? They've got another one: askubuntu.com/questions/3432/…

What a way to not sell product. ;-/

If they had sold their product they would not have to spam.

Here's my account information for donations. First donate then I'll show you how. Only today with a 20% discount on the $1 per word of advice.

seriously? WPS Office? eek.

9:29 AM

lol I had the same reaction

talk about sketchy

WAIT!

do we support beta software? >:)

THERE'S MORE!

"Download WPS Office Beta for Ubuntu" >:D

points

PLUS the download is 32bit. he is 64bitting

I HATE that ribbon and now someone stole it...

9:34 AM

I want a "do not use this software. it is {bad}{sucks}{not worth your time}{insert custom rant}" :P

indeed

Are you sure you want to load this repository? Your friends will laugh at you Y/N

We have a fight on our hands :=)
12.04 vs 12.10

Well. It's pretty clear. 12.04 has more tags.

It's difficult not to be a smart-ass sometimes.

@maggotbrain I have the same problem :X

I call dupe on that Q since : askubuntu.com/questions/272468/… >:)

@Rinzwind I think I am getting into the habit when I know that a Q is going to be deleted shortly.

9:46 AM

where is my desktop is home dir setting?

This place needs a bit of levity occasionaly.

dupe it is

:D

I adde this as dupe as well: askubuntu.com/questions/16366/…

Q: How can update-manager update without root?

Is this good enough:

or should I expand?

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We need to fill in our password every time for logging in, installing new software even for unlocking the the password manager (Is think i the only annoying thing about using ubuntu). But when ubuntu ask for updates we can press "Install Updates" and everything installs without filling in a pass...

12.10 update-manager

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

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Q: JVM cannot be used without sudo

I have problem with program which uses InstallAnywhere installer on Ubuntu 12.04. When I start installation, following error occurs: Extracting the installation resources from the installer archive... Configuring the installer for this system's environment... No Java virtual machine could be ...

ubuntu sudo java

9:48 AM

@UbuntuQuestionsonU&L yes it can >:-DDDD

@Rinzwind you're not paid rep per word, are you?

nope I get paid per alinea >:D

I know something to add...

how to make it ask for a pwd >:X

@Rinzwind i thought they removed it because usability.

darn!!

I was looking for that to add and found a dupe of the question >:D

Felt like 95% of all questions may have a more or less exact dupe by now. We are running into troubles!

9:55 AM

that's why we need to close more questions >:)
closed questions are automatically non-dupes >:D

I vote we close all questions tagged 11.10 and older :-D

But we can't dupe close to closed questions... :"( We would have to answer them all again!

@Rinzwind bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/814331/…

@jokerdino nice find :)

added >:)

wow.

.wow

9:59 AM

mb?

@jokerdino i have hidden files as shown by default so I see your .wow >:)

the other time, we were discussing how maggots may actually have brains.

oh. just that that is a weird find on launchpad by @jokerdino

@Rinzwind Noo

Maggots dont have a brain.

@jokerdino the larger the maggot the bigger the brain >:)

10:00 AM

hey

ho!

;-p

so, this guy MB is a phoney?

The bigger the brain, the larger the maggot.

where there is a brain, there is no maggot

10:01 AM

depends if his focus in on the brain or on the maggot :=D @jokerdino

Maggots are insects, i.e. bugs.

I'm a feature.

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@jokerdino unless the brain is dead. Then it will have millions.

Every single bug is beautiful.

Aiwa!

10:01 AM

this is getting gross! I vote maggotbrain gets a forced rename :D

every feature is a bug.

@maggotbrain you are a creature.

I've thought about using my real name as my rep goes up, but, meh. I'm kinda attached to the nick.

OOoooooh.

Windows bugs

goddarn, I thought you were a random person on Twitter following me.

10:04 AM

@maggotbrain eeeeeuw yucky name so I am not upvoting you! :=D

@Rinzwind exactly. What the heck do I know what I am talking about?

that rinzwind dude is a nice friendly sorceror! I will upvote him

^_^

@maggotbrain once your nick is established, dont change it! Nobody will remember George in a while.

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this guy joker is probably trolling us all.

10:06 AM

@Takkat I did notice that, but I am stalking his dev work, so Nathan is good, too.

@Takkat lol

Evil people change both, their nicks, and their avatars. Makes me always c-o-n-f-u-s-ed.

High rep, many answers - but no idea who it might be.

is camera an existing group in Ubuntu ?

yes. i know this one guy who keeps doing that.

changes name every month.

@Rinzwind dont think so

i think media is

darn

and ...

does this still work:
System > Administration > Users and Groups. Unlock and select your username. In user privileges, you must enable the line "Capture video from TV or webcams, and use 3d acceleration", log off and log in.

oh there is a group video

10:10 AM

@jokerdino oh. I am following you on twitter. just some random person.

less random than me.

@jokerdino Psssssst Watch your back!. He wants to eat your dino!! If the o disappears you know who to blame!

@jokerdino CYREX... but he stopped doing that.

^^ took me that long to remember

o.O

Speaking of which what did Just ask V go by until recently?

10:12 AM

A

I know that Jai used to be snow, right?

he used to be so many things.

Hard to keep up, really.

What was it last?

i need to see the list.

really? That complicated?

;-)

A: How can I convert .epub files to plain text?

10:14 AM

before snow, he was august, raja among other things.

-1

by-step tutorials to convert TXT files into ePub format with iPubsoft Text to ePub Converter, which has the ability to transform plain text documents as ePub eBook format. Good day.

spam

wow. cool. Those folks are persistent.

Take John for anonymous presence.

15 pages of John.

Some are Johnny

@Takkat it is all the same user >:X

10:17 AM

lol

You know what? By the time I chose Takkat there were zero finds in Google... but now 35,900! I dont get this.

Q: Is there an open 'project' file format alternative to Microsoft's *.mpp?

SPAM

6

There's the open document format (ODF) for word processors, but is there an open standardised format for project files? I'm currently using Gnome Planner which I downloaded from the Software Centre, but my course teaches us to use OpenProj, which I don't really like since it's pretty sluggish on ...

project-management

windows software only; no linux

fossfreedom: boo

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

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Q: Wget get all files

i need to download all files after /var: http://aaaaaa.com/var/ how can i get all files after the /var/ directory ? And it is possible to get all other subdirectories too? Like /var/test/file & var/aaa/file

ubuntu wget

I LOVE PPL THAT POST SPAM

that will be another necromancer :D

Undead. Undead.

10:31 AM

say... you must have alot of necromancer badges @maggotbrain >:D

Archeaologist!!!

that seems to easy to me :P 100 edits?

@Rinzwind My only SO answer picked one of those up.

@Takkat Dumb question. How can you check your progress on that one?

@maggotbrain nods! answer that one Takkat :=)

yay " Revival" D:
I beat a dead horse back to live

I apologize in advance.

10:39 AM

@maggotbrain i never check progress on badges. They always come as a surprise.

lol :D

@maggotbrain DUPE QUESTION!

data.stackexchange.com/electronics%20meta/query/71404/…

I am on 55

@Rinzwind I knew that. I think I was playing around with that last week or so.

:D

weird. I get 55 as well.

That seems...odd.

10:44 AM

hmmm weird >:D must be malfunctioned >:D

ok lunch time! when I come back I might hit 200 for today >:X

@maggotbrain I am on 17040 - even odder.

We cant switch sites and enter userID

fossfreedom

the query is missing a link to the declare clause

@Takkat Do you need to fork the query over to AU?

ahh

@maggotbrain I do think so, because you enter your AU UserID.

my SQL-fu is quite weak

10:50 AM

mine dwells in /dev/null

But when entering the SE UserID I end with 55 too like everybody else I guess.

weird. data.stackexchange never auto logs me in like the rest of the sites.

now I get 17040. must be a bad query. :-(

Q: Strange disk partitions after ubuntu (Mac)

11:28 AM

:)

fishy question... do I read correctly that he is not using Ubuntu? >:)

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A long time ago I was attempting to install ubuntu. However, after a while of thinking I decided no to go with it. After a routine check of my computer (Macbook Pro 13") I found some interesting partitions. I would like to get rid of these partions! Can anyone help me! -Fraser P.S Happy to l...

partitioning uninstall mac macosx

@Rinzwind yep.

cleaning up file partitions on a mac.

I wish Launchpad would let me follow or star projects like github. :-(

If launchpadlib exposed last file bump time you could make a client that did that...without having to peel webpages

@CallmeV Well, I'm just looking for a bookmark feature associated with my login. Am I missing something?

11:43 AM

@maggotbrain created a launchpad project for it >:-D

hehe. nice.

heck. even an rss feed. I can't tell how many PPAs and nonsense I use and need to refer back to. Subscribing to bug mail is useless at best.

Yeah. Lemme create a LP project for that. Brilliant. ;-p

They should just have a welcome page saying "Here be dragons"

Can't tell if new user is trolling or just angry meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6500/…

enthusiastic?

Q: x-posting to other board if question is unanswered on askubuntu

well two things on meta are "new tags - just add all the tags for all the things". and i can't seem to get it to penetrate that redundant tags are less than useful.

Ask Ubuntu Meta

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I am relatively new to AskUbuntu and stack exchange in general, but I read that x-posting is relatively frowned upon here. Is it acceptable to post a question to another board, say, superuser, if the question is not answered here in AskUbuntu? What's the best practice for doing so? Should one del...

discussion best-practice exact-duplicates

11:55 AM

"A week or so after being thrown off of the default Ubuntu 13.04 disc image the Ubuntu website is now also warning users not to use WUBI to try Ubuntu 12.10.

When clicking the ”Install from Windows’ link on the Ubuntu download page the following banner appears, advising against using the WUBI tool with Windows 8 or UEFI hardware.

Instead, Ubuntu recommends installing Ubuntu 12.10 64bit on its own dedicated partition – a task that is made easy with Ubuntu’s installer, but not entirely without risk."

I say good riddance!!

Oct 14 '12 at 16:37, by AbrahamVanHelpsing

wubi means don't use this installer ;)