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cl-netbox

16:00

@ParanoidPanda : checked again : and ... the next 10 points ! :)

user136984

@cl-netbox: :)

cl-netbox

@ParanoidPanda :)

user136984

By the way, serial voting is reversed. :P

user136984

So don't just upvote loads of my stuff! :D

user136984

Unless those upvotes weren't from you.

user136984

16:03

:)

user136984

I think it's counted as serial once you have given about 4 in a short period of time on older questions/answers of a specific user.

cl-netbox

@ParanoidPanda HAHAHA - what ? ... 3 upvotes for 3 fantastic and accepted answers ??? Justified and so ... they will not be reversed - NEVER ever ! =)

user136984

:D

user136984

Just saying, if you do it too much, the system will reverse it. For instance when I got to 3k the system caught up with someone who had been giving me about 300 rep or so over many months... And it all got reversed immediately as I got all my 3k privileges! :D

fossfreedom

@ParanoidPanda yep - the stackexchange system takes a dim view of voting between friends

can result in lengthy bans

cl-netbox

16:09

@ParanoidPanda Please don't worry ... again : it was just 3 ... for good and accepted answers and a contribution to keeping you motivated ! :)

fossfreedom

"contribution to keeping you motivated" ... not a good reason

cl-netbox

@fossfreedom yes I know ... but good answer is - right ? :)

fossfreedom

good answer ... if you found it useful

da Boss

how do I change the premissions of this directory so I can work with it.

/var/www/pihole

via ssh

user136984

@Nathan: Do you get email updates or something with the bug reports for your projects on GitHub? I mean, when I create a report there, are you likely to see it soon?

user136984

16:13

:)

fossfreedom

@ParanoidPanda all project owners get emails ... unless they have chosen not to receive notifications

Ask Ubuntu Meta

0

Q: Why is this comment not obsolete?

Link to the comment A user made a guess (a correct one), requested some additional information, then the same user wrote a full reponse containing the comment, albeit not word by word. Isn't this obsolete, as it is redundant given the answer posted below?

Thomas W.

@ParanoidPanda @cl-netbox Thanks for the congrats! Didn't take me too long, just a few years. Recently did a lot of answers though xD

cl-netbox

@ThomasW. well done anyway ... :)

Thomas W.

:P

A.B.

16:24

@cl-netbox well done, @ThomasW. Where? :)

Seth

Nice job Thomas :)

Thomas W.

@A.B. 20k here on Ask Ubuntu :)

cl-netbox

@A.B. he passed 20000 ! :)

Thomas W.

@Seth time to lock all the questions >:D

s/lock/protect/

:P

Seth

haha

cl-netbox

16:25

@Seth Hello :)

A.B.

I see. 20k great! @ThomasW.

Thomas W.

(now i have tag wiki edits, which means faster fixing of thigns xD)

Seth

@cl-netbox Hi!

cl-netbox

@Seth How does it feel after being an official ubuntu member for some days now ? :)

Seth

@cl-netbox pretty good :)

cl-netbox

16:28

@Seth Great to hear this ! :) You can be proud ! :)

Seth

:D

A.B.

Flowers for @Seth :D

cl-netbox

@A.B. Do you think @Seth is a lady ? =) ... look at his profile ... ! ... nice hair !!! =)

Seth

lol

A.B.

@muru thank you for the -m1

Only ladies become flowers?

cl-netbox

16:42

@A.B. I think @Seth prefers something else ... :)

kos

@A.B. I pushed my last update for the day (it passes all the test in the question!), when you want is there :)

cl-netbox

@A.B. and one thing : how do make ladies BECOME flowers ? Do you have a transformation script ? ... if not : ask @kos or @Serg or ... perhaps @Seth himself to write it for you ! HaHaHa :D

kos

@cl-netbox Transform ladies?

Seth

A.B. was using a different meaning of the word become :)

cl-netbox

@kos -> chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/25736045#25736045

A.B.

16:46

@kos great :) pushed on GitHub?

@Serg and @kos. Yes. A script flowers-for-seth. :D

cl-netbox

@kos pushed on AU as well ?

A.B.

^^^^ @cl-netbox @Seth

cl-netbox

@A.B. NICE ! :)

Seth

this is starting to get weird haha

cl-netbox

The scripting guys take over !!! =)

kos

16:50

@cl-netbox I don't fully understand what's going on, but well!

@A.B. Yes, fixed, shortened and polished. :D

cl-netbox

@kos Don't mind ... just kiddin' ... bringing back some humor back to this room ... as my friend @Fabby is missing ... more and more ... :)

kos

@Seth By the way when tags are synonmized isn't the score for the master tag recalculated based on the merged synonym and the score for the synonym set to 0? I saw no change after the "massive" merge of yesterday

@cl-netbox Yeah, but I don't get how you started offering flowers to Seth! :D

cl-netbox

@kos ME ??? It was my friend @A.B. !!! =) start reading here : chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/25735786#25735786

A.B.

o_O

kos

@cl-netbox "You" -> plural

cl-netbox

16:57

@kos ???

Seth

Ah English. Thou art confusing.

kos

@cl-netbox I mean, not the courtesy form for a single person.

Seth

@kos no, because the synoynmized tag still exists on questions. They haven't been merged, just linked so new questions are redirected to the new tag.

A.B.

@kos looks great after some tests =)

@kos AND NOW write your answer =)

kos

@Seth Ah, makes sense, thanks.

@A.B. I don't know maybe tomorrow. I'm kinda exhausted by that script. :D

cl-netbox

17:00

@kos : yes - do it - write this ... answer ... now ! :)

kos

No, ok, on a second thought I'll add it know. :D I also commented it so there's not too much need for explanations

A.B.

@Seth iptables ... may I ask you something

kos

@A.B. By the way you should really get the grml zsh .zshrc: it's great and with GitHub it's also added coolness

A.B.

I'm using ... @kos, wait

@kos github.com/zsh-users/antigen

@ByteCommander o/ =)

kos

@A.B. Cool. How does it do at completions?

87% it's the battery?

A.B.

17:07

@kos I miss nothing

kos

No CPU usage, sorry.

A.B.

@kos no, CPU

Why is that not correct:

sudo iptables -I INPUT -s 6.6.6.6 -j MARK --set-xmark 1234567812345678/0xffffffffffffffff

iptables xmark supports 64-bit

o_O

kos

Here's what you get with grml:

A.B.

@kos the error thing is nice =)

kos

Yeah :D the only problem is when you want to copy an output, but well

A.B.

17:11

@kos yes, thats correct =)

Seth

@A.B. I'm not really that knowledgeable about iptables, but you can try :)

for some reason I'm not hearing the ping sound..

A.B.

@Seth This changelog says, set-xmark supports 64bit values lwn.net/Articles/89814

But it doesn't work sudo iptables -I INPUT -s 6.6.6.6 -j MARK --set-xmark 1234567812345678/0xffffffffffffffff

Seth

hmm.. I really don't know, sorry :/

A.B.

@Seth =) Thank you

Seth

I can't find anything related to --set-xmark in the manual either

@A.B. you might ask on the main site.

A.B.

17:16

Its a Q: askubuntu.com/q/702662/367165

kos

Sintax highlighting for Perl is broken...

Fabby

@Serg lshw comes to mind... And there is a special distro that does stress testing, but that's not really what you're looking for, is it?

@cl-netbox :P

Rain dance time!

cl-netbox

@Fabby Welcome back my friend ! :)

A.B.

@Fabby =)

@Fabby o/

Fabby

17:34

@cl-netbox :-)

Oh and if anyone has an interesting question and it needs a boost: tell me; I'm not interested in going to 100K: I'll be giving away all my rep above 25K anyway, so lots of bounties!

A.B.

@Fabby i'm interested in going to 50k =)

@Fabby make your choice askubuntu.com/users/367165/a-b?tab=answers&sort=votes >:)

Nathan Osman

17:54

If I'm getting interference on some wires that are wound in a loop, would unwinding them make any difference likely?

Chan-Ho Suh

how much winding we talking about here? I'm a bit skeptical that would cause an issue

Nathan Osman

It's about 2-3 feet of audio cable.

Mateo

@NathanOsman could be a break in the cable then?

Nathan Osman

I just bought a 5.1 speaker set and I'm getting interference from something.

When I disconnect power to the router, the interference stops.

Mateo

wouldn't hurt to try unwinding, is any of it laying a power adapter?

@NathanOsman ah, there you go

Nathan Osman

17:57

It's all on top of the surge bar, could that be causing it?

I don't have a lot of room to work with :P

Mateo

try picking up bits, see if it gets better

Nathan Osman

Anyway, that one sounds fixable. Problem number two: getting 5.1 sound in Ubuntu :)

Mateo

vlc, and sound preferences

Chan-Ho Suh

all the wires are mixed together? Try to isolate your speaker wires from the rest

Nathan Osman

I don't know whether PulseAudio is being mean to me or ALSA is being mean to me - but I can't seem to configure either for 5.1 playback.

Mateo

18:00

optical, coax, or separate 3.5 jacks

Nathan Osman

Separate 3.5 jacks.

It works perfectly in Windows.

So I'm assuming the wiring is correct.

Mateo

there should be a drop down in the settings

Nathan Osman

There is but only stereo options are available.

Mateo

:/

what company is the chip?

Nathan Osman

Realtek.

It's on an ASUS F2A55-M LE.

BorWal

18:02

Sorry for being an ass (hee-haw!) about my SD card problem, for anyone who was trying to help me. Feel free to help me try to diagnose the problem again, if you like.

Mateo

8

Q: 5.1 surround sound with three 3.5mm jacks

Having an issue with sound at the moment. I am trying to configure my 5.1 surround sound but it will only work on the Front left and Front right speakers. On the back of my motherboard I have 3x3.5mm jacks which I have connected the speakers to although these are not the right ports. I want to "...

sound realtek speakers audio-jack

Nathan Osman

@Mateo worth a try. (I'm not at the machine at the moment but I'll check it out when I am.)

BorWal

3

Q: SD Card Reading/Writing Works Under Windows, But Not Ubuntu

I own a laptop with a built-in card reader. For the past year or so, I've been coping with a curious problem that seems more software related than hardware. I run a dual-boot of Windows 8 and Ubuntu 14.04. Under Windows, the SD card works just fine. It runs somewhat slow, but it always manages t...

14.04 dual-boot windows-8 sd-card storage

Mateo

maybe, well lunch almost over

BorWal

@Mateo Sorry, I was oblivious to the fact that another problem was being diagnosed. Just needed to get a weight off my chest.

Byte Commander

18:19

Close this maybe? askubuntu.com/q/703189/367990

A.B.

@ByteCommander Is there no better answer?

Creating a custom theme with Inherits= is a good idea, but not explained

Byte Commander

Don't know, I did not invest too much time in it... That question just appeared in the "Related" bar.

GeoMint

Guys do you know what app is that? s0.cyberciti.org/uploads/tips/2007/04/…

Hardware information GUI tool

Under Ubuntu or any other Linux distro, you can open hardware information GUI tool by clicking on:
System > Preferences > Hardware information

A.B.

Sorry for promoting this, but it's a really good script

1

A: Add and remove update channels in an easy terminal way

This should do exactly what has been asked; I'll update this from time to time if necessary; The bleeding edge version can be found at this GitHub repository; To install from the GitHub repository: Install git: sudo apt-get install git Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/kos0/...

kos

@A.B. Posted: askubuntu.com/a/703275/380067. Let me know if you find bugs so that I can fix them

@A.B. Ah! Thanks!

A.B.

18:23

=)

kos

:D

GeoMint

@kos followed (github)

kos

I forgot to follow you @A.B. @Serg, I'll do that now. @GeoMint following back

GeoMint

:D

A.B.

@GeoMint what's your GitHub URI?

GeoMint

18:26

giorgosioak

brb

@A.B. github.com/giorgosioak

kos

@GeoMint I don't see you, anyway following you

GeoMint

ok :)

A.B.

follow-me-day

GeoMint

hahaha

kos

@A.B. Also I see you forked an old version which still didn't edit the real /etc/apt/sources.list, the last one does (just to let you know)

A.B.

18:28

@kos ok

GeoMint

@GeoMint do you know anything?

A.B.

@kos git pull

GeoMint

@A.B. look my question please

A.B.

@GeoMint sorry, which question?

GeoMint

chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/25738263#25738263 <-- this

A.B.

18:34

@GeoMint I know this thing ...

Chan-Ho Suh

man, questions like this remind me why I didn't like "high school math" in the US: matheducators.stackexchange.com/questions/10094/…

GeoMint

@A.B. i did "sudo apt-get install hardinfo" but it is different than that in image

i found that in this website cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-tell-which-graphics-vga-card-installed

kos

@A.B. The latest version doesn't have that problem, did you pull before sending the pull request?

A.B.

@GeoMint udev-discover?

@kos No idea =\

GeoMint

@A.B. ImportError: could not import gobject (could not find _PyGObject_API object) :P

A.B.

18:42

@GeoMint yes, same here :\

GeoMint

it is not running :P

i have hardinfo for now. i just want to see my graphics card memory

Byte Commander

Anyone here good in interpreting bootcharts?

I've just made one and the stuff that takes most time according to it are:

     10.467s gpu-manager.service
      9.963s dev-sda6.device
      9.328s accounts-daemon.service
      9.275s ModemManager.service
      8.998s NetworkManager.service
      8.622s thermald.service
      8.412s preload.service
      8.284s grub-common.service
      8.033s irqbalance.service
      7.332s systemd-fsck@dev-disk-by\x2duuid-B148\x2d49F9.service
      7.269s alsa-restore.service
      7.233s pppd-dns.service
      7.211s ondemand.service
      7.210s avahi-daemon.service
      7.192s apport.service

Why do I have a ModemManager running?

I have Internet access via LAN only, so do I really need that?

kos

@A.B. I can't understand, did you send the pull request to the master branch?

A.B.

I have edited the script direct on GitHub @kos

kos

@A.B. Ok, then you probably edited the old version. I have to decline it otherwise it reverts everything (I guess?)

A.B.

18:50

@kos Decline is ok

kos

Ok I got it, it doesn't let me merge from there because it notices the conflict, so it only lets me close and gives me suggestions to merge via command line from the local repository. Ok, perfect

A.B.

@kos git is fun

kos

@A.B. Yeah, it's nice

Nathan Osman

@Mateo a million thanks! That worked!

It was alsamixer that needed configuring.

da Boss

@NathanOsman can you help me or are you busy?

Byte Commander

18:57

I am tempted to write a one-word answer: "Yes!" ;-)

0

Q: Can Ubuntu read/write to CD-RWs and DVD-RWs?

The questions asks all. I searched everywhere but found nothing related to the specific topic.

dvd cd

Nathan Osman

@daBoss We're going out for brunch in a few minutes.

cl-netbox

@kos : Finally I can see something ... but unfortunately I ran out of votes today ... so I will do it tomorrow - promised ! :)

da Boss

it will take you 30 secs to help me :-D

Nathan Osman

What is it?

da Boss

I need to change the premissions to a directory over ssh

kos

18:58

@cl-netbox Thanks!

cl-netbox

@kos GREAT job man ... @A.B. says : It works ! - so : well done ! :)

kos

@ByteCommander It feel like downvoting it

da Boss

this is the path @NathanOsman

I just need to know the proper command @NathanOsman

/var/www/pihole

Nathan Osman

What permissions do you need?

da Boss

I need to edit a file in it...

Nathan Osman

19:03

You could change ownership to yourself... would that work?

da Boss

but it won't let me because of a permissions error

Maybe we can try

Nathan Osman

sudo chown -R you:you /var/www/pihole

Replace "you" with your username.

da Boss

@NathanOsman looks like that worked. Enjoy your brunch!

Nathan Osman

Thanks!

Oli

19:19

@NathanOsman You can use $USER:to mean the same thing without explicitly needing to specify the user

Nathan Osman

@Oli right, good point.

Oli

(the hanging : means it'll copy it over for the group)

Or use that user's primary group... One of the two.

Nathan Osman

Ah, that I didn't know.

Oli

"If a colon but no group name follows the user name, that user is made the owner of the files and the group of the files is changed to that user's login group."

What's a login group?

Nathan Osman

I have no idea.

Ask Ubuntu Meta

19:26

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Q: Can I post a duplicate answer on a duplicate question ....with a bounty?

I've had this situation once before, you find a question with a bounty, and immediately you remember you've answered a similar question. You cannot vote to close, since the question is "bountied", but still it is a dupe, so answering seems incorrect. Options seem to clash. What to do? These ar...

discussion support

A.B.

@ByteCommander askubuntu.com/a/703317/367165

GeoMint

LOL

Byte Commander

@A.B. +0.1 for the answer and +0.9 for the cat. ;D

A.B.

@ByteCommander :D

Byte Commander

19:45

For you, @A.B. askubuntu.com/q/703309/367990

A.B.

@ByteCommander o_O :D

cl-netbox

@ByteCommander read the comment ! =)

Byte Commander

What's the problem with that Q?

Anyway, good night.

A.B.

@ByteCommander Good night? ok, good night =)

kos

@A.B. static.comicvine.com/uploads/scale_super/5/57022/…

Night @ByteCommander o/

A.B.

19:48

@kos :D Great

kos

:D

cl-netbox

@ByteCommander see you - sleep well ! :)

Goodbye ... see you tomorrow ! :)

kos

Night @cl-netbox o/

cl-netbox

@kos good night :)

user136984

@cl-netbox: Goodnight! :)

user136984

19:54

@ByteCommander: Goodnight! :)

cl-netbox

@ParanoidPanda good night ! :)

user136984

(@ByteCommander: If you're the one going to bed, rather than you saying goodnight to somebody else who is. ;) )

user136984

UPDATE: Italy police seize nearly 800 guns heading for Belgium

A.B.

@kos good night?

user136984

And...

A.B.

19:58

all the "good night"s are very confusing o_O

user136984

'Li-fi 100 times faster than wi-fi'

kos

@ParanoidPanda Damn.

user136984

@A.B.: Agreed. :D

kos

@A.B. No, I just ate :D it was for cl-netbox

user136984

A new method of delivering data, which uses the visible spectrum rather than radio waves, has been tested in a working office.

Li-fi can deliver internet access 100 times faster than traditional wi-fi, offering speeds of up to 1Gbps (gigabit per second).

It requires a light source, such as a standard LED bulb, an internet connection and a photo detector.

It was tested this week by Estonian start-up Velmenni, in Tallinn.

Velmenni used a li-fi-enabled light bulb to transmit data at speeds of 1Gbps. Laboratory tests have shown theoretical speeds of up to 224Gbps.

A.B.

19:59

Only 224Gbps??? o_O

user136984

kos

Sorry @A.B., the first was for ParanoidPanda

A.B.

LOOOOL

user136984

@kos: Ah, that makes more sense now...

kos

I'll ping @Fabby since I think he's currently in Belgium: chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/25739640#25739640

user136984

20:08

Well, if things get too out of hand I'm going to go and become a Buddhist monk and go and meditate in a cave somewhere.

user136984

Well, that's my back up plan anyway. :P

user136984

@fossfreedom: Is that danger moose? :D

user136984

*mouse

fossfreedom

moose != mouse ... very dangerous to confuse ... especially for the mouse

2

user136984

:D

user136984

20:13

@fossfreedom: Ok, but are you danger mouse?

user136984

Or moose?

user136984

Or just some other mouse?

fossfreedom

user136984

@fossfreedom: Yep, you look about the same! :D

user136984

Is that show still on?

A.B.

20:16

Yeah Danger Mouse

fossfreedom

yep - there is a new remake - new episodes. Still good as ever

user136984

Really? I'll have to have a look at that... Though I never like the sound of a 'remake'... But I'll give it a go! ;)

user136984

Talking of remakes, I remember hearing something about a remake of Some Like It Hot, I hope that never went ahead, the original one was so good they'd probably just ruin it with a remake...

fossfreedom

agreed - that is a real classic.

A.B.

Michael is back =)

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A: Apt-get update and sources.list

You could try this: sudo -i sudo apt-get update --fix-missing if this dos not work you could try this: sudo -i sudo apt-get install thunar thunar and delete the sources.list file and run system settings, and then update and hatch the upper chronical, and then reload and it might work fine t...

user136984

20:21

@fossfreedom: I went to see it in the cinema recently (they were showing some old films that they had), it was really great to see it on the big screen!

user136984

:)

fossfreedom

nice :)

user136984

Sadly I don't think that I actually have the film at home...

user136984

I will definitely have to buy it sometime.

user136984

I really do love this! :D

user136984

20:24

'Some Like it Hot' - The greatest ending line in movies

►

fossfreedom

"well nobody's perfect" ... classic!

user136984

Yeah, I love it! :D

user136984

He can't do anything about, they're getting married! :D

fossfreedom

lol

Mateo

@NathanOsman awesome

user136984

20:30

It starts off with "I'm a girl, I'm a girl, I wish I were dead...", and ends with "I'm a boy, I'm a boy, I wish I were dead..."! :D

user136984

I do love that film! It's probably the best I've ever seen! :D

fossfreedom

I'm off - hungry ... I'm sure there is some cheese somewhere...

bbl

A.B.

@fossfreedom =)

user136984

@fossfreedom: Ok, squeak squeak, bye! ;P

A.B.

\me Installing Jessie on RaspPi

=D

da Boss

21:28

@A.B. you should be installing pi-hole on Rpi.

A.B.

@daBoss Nice idea

da Boss

@A.B. its the only idea :-D

Chan-Ho Suh

22:27

whatever happened to Jorge Castro?

he used to be here all the time

Seth

no idea. He just kind of stopped coming :(

Chan-Ho Suh

metronaps.com

user136984

22:53

Well, goodnight guys! :)

Serg

23:38

@A.B. kos's script is pretty good

I think we haz a winrar

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