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Android Dev

1:18 AM

Test

Not bad!

RPi Awesomeness

Test confirmed. You may now resume your regular programming. :P

Android Dev

Well I guess I'll push then

Android Dev

2:00 AM

Another test

Wat

Sumeet Deshmukh

2:17 AM

@Zanna this answer worked for me, but the problem is, it's my answer, i'm trying to find a duplicate from where I picked it up (the last part in the answer), so that I can mark my question as duplicate

@Zanna found it but it's not on askubuntu superuser.com/a/1200745/714344 , what should I do now? mark my question as duplicate of another question which has my answer under it :P

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

2:40 AM

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Q: Can't set mp3 sample rate to 44.1k using sox

I am trying to overlay two files (merge them into one so they plat simultaneously). The options for sox --combine are sequence, concatenate, mix, mix-power, merge, and multiply. I've looked at the docs here and it's not entirely evident which I should use. sequence and concatenate do work when t...

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

3:13 AM

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Q: How can I start a script after connecting via xrdp?

I'm trying to start a script after connecting to XRDP but, the script doesn't run. I've tried adding the script to /etc/xdg/autostart, ~/.config/autostart. When I place them here, it starts when I log in at the desktop itself but, it doesn't start when I log in via XRDP. Not sure why though.

ubuntu desktop unity xrdp

Zanna

3:58 AM

@SumeetDeshmukh so you fixed it without resorting to compiling the driver on another machine?

Didn't you get that answer from this one?

If necessary then yeah just mark as a dupe, doesn't matter who answered it :)

Kaz Wolfe

4:16 AM

i need webapp ideas for domain names.

Kaz Wolfe

4:26 AM

also @UnitedKingdom is about to destroy themselves.

Good job Theresa. Let someone who actually is competent in the realm of technology make decisions.

@Zanna I'd highly recommend leaving that country immediately. If what people want to happen does happen, there will be no such thing as security at all.

Avery

4:42 AM

> by zayn malik

Sumeet Deshmukh

@Zanna no I didn't compile drivers || and the answer you linked is incomplete i had tried it already || I'll mark it as dupe

Seth

@NathanOsman @RPiAwesomeness

If you want to understand internal implementations of #golang, free 10-day access for @goinggodotnet great course https://www.safaribooksonline.com/library/view/ultimate-go-programming/9780134757476/

Tweeted by Todd_McLeod on June 11, 2017 at 8:41 PM

Kaz Wolfe

but java is objectively better than Go.

Why learn Go when Java exists and is still alive?

Zanna

5:01 AM

@KazWolfe yeah I'm on it :(

But could you point out what you're actually referring to?

I'm still trying to deal with the prospect of abortion becoming illegal...

Seth

May's views on encryption/the internet, likely.

Kaz Wolfe

^

Seth

I'm still confused about the election thingy though.

Kaz Wolfe

in short, if May's rules pass, there will be no encryption in the UK.

Seth

I have no idea how UK politics work.

Kaz Wolfe

5:04 AM

You couldn't visit any website without the entire world being able to see.

Zanna

Yeah terrifying stuff

Kaz Wolfe

All passwords in all plaintext.

Zanna

@Seth appallingly

Kaz Wolfe

No more secure banking.

They'd have to block access to GitHub, Wikipedia, StackExchange, and pretty much any other open internet.

Zanna

Well hopefully rich people and corporations will tell her it's insane

Seth

5:05 AM

@Zanna haha. Doesn't all government. Doesn't all government.

Kaz Wolfe

The only sites you'd be able to visit for this to work would be a walled garden where the government controls or screens 100% of content

Zanna

She will listen to them

Seth

hahahaha

Kaz Wolfe

@Zanna but terrorism! you don't support this, you are a terrorist! /s, obviously, but this is how they think.

Zanna

Thanks for laying it out Kaz :D

Kaz Wolfe

5:06 AM

np

it's my job.

Seth

May isn't stupid. She knows it won't affect terrorism. All the recent bombers had already been reported as extremists. It's about control.

More people need to realize that.

Zanna

@KazWolfe yeah completely. You have nothing to hide if you're not a terrorist! Who needs a secret password if they are innocent?

Kaz Wolfe

of course, but that's the guise.

Zanna

^

Seth

@KazWolfe right

Kaz Wolfe

5:07 AM

they can't say "control", they need to say something that people dislike.

of course, criminals would still have encryption.

Seth

well stay safe @Zanna. Not many places you can go to escape it really, but any western country but the UK should be safe for a few more years, I think. Can't say I'd recommend the US though.

Kaz Wolfe

heh, if this passes, i legally won't be able to enter the UK. i know the equations for RSA.

Seth

I gotta go to bed.

Zanna

Goodnight, take care xxx

Kaz Wolfe

Remember: 1984 was a warning, not a manifesto!

Zanna

5:09 AM

@KazWolfe when knowledge in your head is illegal, we are all screwed

Seth

I'd say we're screwed the minute we are not longer allowed to express it, which usually comes before banning the thought.

Kaz Wolfe

you can't ban thought, that's downright impossible. but you can make it impossible to think those thoughts.

Zanna

@Seth sure, but Kaz was talking about just knowing something!

Kaz Wolfe

@Zanna more meant of a joke, but yes. if you can't look up RSA equations online, I don't think they'd be happy about someone coming in with it in memory.

(of course, you can choose not to disclose it)

Seth

@Zanna ah, true.

Zanna

5:20 AM

In other news, my mortal enemy Michael Gove has been made environment secretary. You really couldn't make this stuff up

Reality out-satirises the most ridiculous satire in politics these days

Kaz Wolfe

yes, it does.

don't worry, soon saying that will get you a life sentence for high treason.

Zanna

Breakfast time...

Zanna

7:16 AM

@SmokeDetector lol

Anwar

morning

Zanna

afternoon :)

Anwar

I don't get why the link is removed here. They aren't same! askubuntu.com/posts/154590/revisions

Zanna

a cost of 350 RS "so to speak".

Anwar

?

Zanna

7:18 AM

@Anwar see the previous edit - I think it's a correction of misguided update

@Anwar strange wording of the spam, sorry

Anwar

I don't see any problem with previous update!

Zanna

but it's your post, so edit as you wish :)

ping muru and ask for an explanation

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

9:04 AM

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Q: Server should auto-select a specific kernel on boot

Let met start by emphasizing that i am a basic user, and not the sysop of the server in question. My unix-expertise is very limited. I was nevertheless asked to deal with the following problem: We are running a server on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "trusty". Currently, we can only start it by switching to...

ubuntu kernel reboot

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

9:18 AM

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Q: Set up a domain controller in Ubuntu using samba

good day to all of you. I would like to ask. is it possible to set up a domain controller on an ubuntu server with linux mint clients and that if I log in on the same domain but different pc with same linux mint os I will still have a same desktop set up and I will have all my files there. It's l...

linux ubuntu linux-mint

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

9:47 AM

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Q: error installing hplip on ubuntu mate

I am trying to install hplip in my Ubuntu Mate Zesty 17.04 machine from the terminal. The hardware is HP LaserJet 1020 plus. I had previously downloaded the plugin from hplipopensource.com. The plugin downloaded was hplip-3.17.6.run and then I followed the instructions given in http://hplipopen...

ubuntu plugin mate-terminal

Anwar

10:45 AM

Can I unset an environment variable once i logged in to a session globally?

gansub

10:56 AM

Hello and greetings

On Ubuntu 16.04 I find I can increase my window size but cannot decrease it after it has expanded

when I try to click the last button to decrease i find it has frozen

any suggestions ?

this has happened recently and was working till recently

Anwar

Hi! what's last button?

gansub

there are options to resize right

on the left hand corner

one is a cross to kill the window

the other one is minimize

the last one is to bring it back to normal size

Anwar

Are you using unity? Can you provide a screenshot?

gansub

well I am using 16.04 LTS

i presume that is unity

is the error related to compiz ?

Anwar

11:36 AM

a screenshot would be helpful

sorry for the delay. I had to logout

Anwar

11:48 AM

phew! Finally got rid of the QT_STYLE_OVERRIDE env var in cinnamon. They hardcoded it in cinnamon-session binary!

Android Dev

12:52 PM

Can we nuke this from orbit

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Q: I have .C file that i want to run in my server, it should execute in my client machine virtually. How is this possible?

I have a program file that i am going to run in a server, and the clients' places are about 20 km away. I dont want my .C file to be in clients' places. Instead i want to run it in virtually there 24x7. the function is that, the .C file runs all day and gets data from my client's machine and puts...

server virtual

muru

2:50 PM

What's the most number of (current) moderators who have participated in closing a question? I got a candidate for 3.

cl-netbox

Hello :)

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

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Q: Mac & Ubuntu VNC: pressing Command will stop keyboard and odd behavior

I am connecting to my remote ubuntu vps using vnc viewer. If I mistakenly press command (like command tab to switch between windows) keyboard will stop working, can't move the active window, can't click on icons. But the mouse still moves and can click only on the active window. But for example c...

ubuntu vnc macintosh

Benny

3:07 PM

Hey guys i got really simple question BASH

i have file with lines like this:

CtsSSSS Passed 22 min ago
CtsGGGG Failed a min ago

i want to print it like :

CtsSSSS Passed
CtsGGGG Failed

i mean to remove the part after the ward Passed or Failed

word *

i know i can execute this in different ways, but my question is how to remove the hole line after the word Passed or Failed

oh and Thanks

Benny

3:23 PM

i think sed can work here

Zanna

Yes indeed

sed -r 's/(Failed|Passed).*/\1/' file

You could ask on the site haha too late I guess @Benny

@Anwar how did you get rid of it?

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

3:39 PM

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Q: shellscript logic to seperate the name

Hi any logic to write a shell script to go back up into the previous directory and it has 10 files like abc-1.0.1.rpm , xyz-3.2.1.rpm , a-bd-2.3.1.rpm etc.. with same pattern. I need the first name of it before the numeric starts(which can acts as a delimiter) i.e(-1.0.1) Kindly share your inpu...

bash shell-script ubuntu

defalt

I think I've found why the entry of linux bootloader gets removed from the boot menu after BIOS update. It only shows Windows OS manager but there is no entrr to boot linux. It has happened me twice right after I updated UEFI

The reason I've come up with is that UEFI update keeps entries of signed boot loaders and unsigned are removed from the boot menu

Grub is unsigned so it is removed and you have to reinstall it

Windows OS manager is signed so it remains there..Has anyone with dual boot PC ever faced this problem?

cl-netbox

3:56 PM

Hi @defalt ! :) yes, many users faced this problem ... and to some it up, the conclusion is : this is what Microsoft calls "We love Linux" ... hahaha :D

defalt

I read somewhere that ubuntu has their bootloader signed by Microsoft so it can boot in secure boot mode. I'm not sure if this problem is still faced by ubuntu users but kali linux users often face this. Maybe that's not the fault of Microsoft. UEFI secure boot policies are strict with unsigned boot loaders..Though I've to keep my secure boot disabled yet BIOS update still removes it

cl-netbox

@defalt if you want to boot with secure boot enabled, you can use the shim version of GRUB ... that is signed - you can select it with efibootmgr :)

TheWanderer

4:18 PM

@KazWolfe hoo boy the S8 is laggy

Benny

@Zanna Thanks! :D

SmokeDetector

4:33 PM

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Offensive title detected: Most Fucked Up way to Lose Entire PC by Dom DOm on askubuntu.com

Android Dev

4:44 PM

Yikes

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Blacklisted user: way to Lose Entire PC by Dom DOm on askubuntu.com

jokerdino

same post?

Android Dev

yeah

Anwar

@Zanna I fortunately found the relevant part in the source code and commented out it. then a straightforward build fixed it

Zanna

5:02 PM

@Benny always a pleasure for me to break out the sed

@Anwar seems a hassle! At least you fixed it

@jokerdino re-detected when edited? Annoying...

Nathan Osman

@SmokeDetector And THIS is why nobody should use dd unless they know what they are doing.

Android Dev

@NathanOsman dd is a double-edged sword. The good part is it does exactly what you tell it to do. The bad part is it does exactly what you tell it to do. :D

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Nathan Osman

Obligatory:

Android Dev

Yup

user136984

Firefox 54 is scheduled for release tomorrow! :)

user136984

5:17 PM

Introducing level 2 security sandboxing I believe.

user136984

5:53 PM

Level 3 is coming later on.

Kaz Wolfe

the goat is "level 2 security sandboxing"

i'd only be able to guess as to how many native functions a site can access...

Nathan Osman

The goat?

Kaz Wolfe

read as: "what the goat <x>"

Nathan Osman

What does the goat say? :P

user136984

@KazWolfe: They've got a page on that, although for Linux it's not very clear. But I think various security mitigations etc and making filesystem access more minimal.

TheWanderer

6:43 PM

@NathanOsman RIKIRIKIRIKI REEE

And please fix request factory

Byte Commander

@TheWanderer No, SuSE.

Nathan Osman

Why is convert getting stuck?

...
mmap(NULL, 186979, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 39, 0) = 0x7f24b4103000
close(39)                               = 0
futex(0x5602814c80c0, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 4294967295, NULL

And then it hangs.

Android Dev

What's with the NULL in there?

Nathan Osman

6:58 PM

No idea...

It consistently hangs on the 82nd image in the sequence.

If I have time later, I'll upload to another server and try it there.

Seth

Unfortunately your distribution is no (official) flavour of Ubuntu and off topic here. You can ask questions about any Linux distribution over on Unix & Linux. There are also a StackExchange sites specifically for Debian and Raspberry Pi. — David Foerster Jun 9 at 11:27

@DavidFoerster ask.debian.net is not a stack exchange site. just fyi

nothing wrong with promoting it, but it might be better to make it clear that it isn't affiliated with SE :)

Seth

7:22 PM

Can anyone make sense of this?

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Q: how to create input directory in hdfs and how to create text file and how to coy this text file to input directory

as i already installed hadoop and hdfs services. from eclipse i created map reduce project and i had copied data.txt in ubuntu desktop. Now i want to use it in hdfs and for that i am creating input directory from the command -mkdir but its saying no connection exception. please help me. 1> how s...

command-line

Nathan Osman

At first I read "HDFS" as "high definition filesystem".

user136984

@Seth: Nope, but I smell Play-Doh.

user136984

I like that smell.

user136984

Although I think it's just my nose being strange, I haven't had any in ages.

Kaz Wolfe

7:57 PM

Well, damn. Good job, UK.

user136984

@KazWolfe: Well, I have plans to leave within the coming years anyway...

Kaz Wolfe

What makes you think you won't be tracked?

Or that you'd be allowed to leave?

user136984

Because I am going to become a monk in a forest in Japan. If they don't let me leave, I'll dig myself there.

Kaz Wolfe

"I'm sorry, you are legally not allowed to purchase shovels because they are a terror threat."

4

user136984

I'll use a liquid Oxygen frozen banana reinforced with steel.

Kaz Wolfe

8:03 PM

Getting liquid oxygen is even harder than it is to get a shovel.

user136984

Not if you have friends who use it on a regular basis. ;)

user136984

Anyway, I can still just use the banana by itself. :P

Seth

@KazWolfe So did May win the election or does it not even work like that?!

Nathan Osman

@KazWolfe That's got to be the stupidest thing I've seen this year.

1984, here we come.

Does nobody read books anymore?

Seth

@NathanOsman honestly? not really.

Nathan Osman

8:06 PM

:(

But books are important.

Seth

instead they watch the latest ~~propoganda~~ TV and play video games.

TheWanderer

psh books

who needs em

sertenlee not me

i kan rite gud

Kaz Wolfe

8:41 PM

@Seth hey.

store.steampowered.com/agecheck/app/491950

Seth

@KazWolfe why is it asking for my birthdate?

Kaz Wolfe

@Seth mature themes

TheWanderer

it's hitting on you @Seth

Kaz Wolfe

just enter 1/1/1990

Avery

@KazWolfe oh this

I played this

f-ing amazing game

steamcommunity.com/id/gkv/recommended/491950

Seth

8:45 PM

@KazWolfe sounds EXACTLY like the type of propaganda that's coming (if not here?). Interesting.

Avery

(also yay I broke 1000 games milestone)

TheWanderer

signs of an addict

>_>

Avery

I once was an addict

then I got bored and stopped.

at 985 games.

TheWanderer

lol

Avery

and I kinda wanted to get to 1000 games ever since

TheWanderer

8:47 PM

oh so you regressed

Avery

and had some money coming in so bought a yubikey and got to 1000 games

TheWanderer

can i haz monee

Avery

give paypal mail

TheWanderer

oke

iz amabsoluutsocker@huemail.is

Zanna

I read books

Kaz Wolfe

8:50 PM

@Zanna The police have been informed of your location. Please stand by for arrest.

@Zanna so do I

Yay GR friends :D

yay

@KazWolfe that's timely since my landlord is kicking me out in order to make more money

Avery

ouch.

TheWanderer

8:58 PM

rip

Zanna

That's nothing, apparently my country is about the become probably the most insane place on earth...

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