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12:03 AM

Q: Deleted files from linux using find and need to fix

I know this was dumb, but I was trying to remove this trojan that copied itself across my system and after successfully seeing all instances of the trojan using find / -name trojan I then did find / -delete -name trojan and immediately starting seeing "Operation not permitted" on files that were ...

eaglgenes101

12:21 AM

Is there some way to make it so Ubuntu seeds all network configurations with known good DNS servers?

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12:50 AM

Q: vmstat doesn't return the correct value on the first time run

I am using vmstat on ubuntu linux to get cpu usage. My current cpu is very busy at almost 100%. If I run vmstat like below: $ vmstat procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- -system-- ------cpu----- r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa...

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Rinzwind

10:52 AM

Ursula K. Le Guin died at the age of 88 :(

cl-netbox

Rinzy :)

Hello :)

Rinzwind

11:12 AM

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TheWanderer

12:49 PM

Byte Commander

the clock is too bright

and the rest too dark

and I am bored, so excuse my criticism

TheWanderer

well I didn't process it at all

and the clock has a backlight

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1:32 PM

Q: How can i veify my OpenVPN setup working or not?

I was following this post to configure OpenVPN server on my CentOS 7. And every step exited without any error and i also setup a client machine within the same network which is running Ubuntu 17.10. And i think the client machine setup also fine. As this two machines are under the same network, i...

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2:08 PM

Q: Very high CPU usage when playing web videos (Ubuntu 16.04.3)

I have just set up a new laptop - Dell XPS13 running Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS. I've noticed very high CPU usage when watching web video. From a fresh boot, I start a single Firefox (or Chromium) window, navigate to e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SfXqTENV_Q and the video starts playing, and I w...

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3:56 PM

Q: How to turn display off and ignore mouse movement?

I'd like to put the built-in display into standby (E.G. xset dpms force off) and keep the display off even if the mouse moves. That is, I want to ignore mouse movement for the purposes of waking the display. How can I achieve this? The use case is: I'm using Synergy to control other machines, an...

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5:00 PM

Q: postgres complains and fails over stack depth setting during boot. Starts fine after boot

My system Series of Ubuntu 14.04.5 (x86_64) Servers, kept updated My application required I increase stack depth for postgres I created a file in /etc/security/limits.d/myapplication.conf The myapplication.conf file has the line: * - stack 131072 Note that 131072K...

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Jacob Vlijm

5:31 PM

Interesting @terdon , I just found out python got its name because its initiator was a fan of Monty Python's Flying Circus. You've got to love it :)

terdon

Yes, that's one of the best things about it :P

That and list comprehension.

Jacob Vlijm

Hehe

Rinzwind

5:45 PM

@JacobVlijm I knew that.I met Guido twice myself :=)

Jacob Vlijm

@Rinzwind you did??? Now I am seriously jealous!

Seriously, it is a great language.

Filling out the deveolopers survey. Now I am sure. I am an alien.

....and they ask if I am bisexual or queer? That adds a new side to programming.

...If I am blind??? that would be an issue programming I guess...

...anxiety disorder???? well developing one during this survey, stopping.

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user136984

7:10 PM

@JacobVlijm: Yes, developer surveys are getting a little bit strange as of recent times. I filled in a Stack Overflow one last week that ended by asking me if I was "Trans, non-binary, or asexual"... I always thought that "asexual" referred to the reproductive systems of some other species, I always find it strange when they use it in this way.

user136984

I'm not quite sure what those things have to do with programming, but I guess they just want the data so that they can prove how inclusive they are.

user136984

Although personally I think it's a little bit pointless.

user136984

Oh yes, and I do think it may have also asked if I was crazy or not.

user136984

I decided to mark that one as "Prefer not to answer" so that they would think I definitely was. :P

user136984

@Benny: Hello!

user136984

7:14 PM

user136984

How are you?

user136984

@ThomasWard: \o

user136984

Thomas Ward

bleps

Terrance

VTC Non-OS related.

Thomas Ward

7:24 PM

@Terrance got evidence to support that it's not Ubuntu related?

switch configs are a non-issue if they can access the rest of the Internet usually

because routing 'works'

it could be any number of potential problems not just the 'switch'

E: Needs More Information From OP on what exactly they're doing :p

Terrance

They have multiple VLANs on one NIC and without having a switch with VLAN-Tagging configured or something like that, outside of the host you cannot reach the other IP. Only the one that you are on the same VLAN as.

Thomas Ward

not necessarily a switch problem

and not necessarily an issue related to outside -> in

it COULD be a firewall rule on thel ocal system that DROPs that traffic

or it could be something completely different

static routes or what not outside of the Ubuntu host not set up properly on the remote box they're testing with (which if it is Ubuntu... well... :P)

@Terrance consider I have an entire network that's Ubuntu driven.

including but not limited to the switching functionality

and the firewalling

and the routing.

without evidence it's not their specific OS at fault, and hard evidence therein, I can't say that's "Offtopic" as is

just saying.

Terrance

Well, feel free to answer it then.

Terrance

7:44 PM

I am honestly thinking that in the present state that it is unanswerable. It is going to be a bunch of theories as to why it is not working.

Thomas Ward

unanswerable isn't "Offtopic" it's "Unclear" is all

my two cents is "Unclear what you're asking"

Terrance

I can't cast a vote again.

That works. =)

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jrg

8:55 PM

Did some googling around but can't find an answer... does anyone know if debian deletes old insecure package versions?

we've got a script that pinned mysql client and that version isnt in the archives anymore.

really weird

Terrance

That's a good question.

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jrg

10:27 PM

@Terrance yeah, i can't find anything at all

granted i only spent about 10 minutes searching around before i gave up and came here

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Q: Change default sounds of gnome-clocks app

I'm use gnome-cloks for it timer option. This app is very simple and effective. But i can't change the default sounds of the alarm and the timer. I tried set the configarations on dconf and Settings > Sound > Sound Effects but its impossible change. ¿Where is the config file for this app? or ¿ho...

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Terrance

10:45 PM

@jrg Well, I have been trying my Google Foo, and I can't seem to find anything that states about archives removing old packages.

jrg

but nothing that says they don't delete them

it's a weird thing

Terrance

Yep, that is what I have been looking for. It is weird.

jrg

all i know is that if i try installing the pinned version it fails

and i can't find it in the directory structure on my mirror or the main repo

joshumax

@jrg Old packages get moved from the ftp server (ftp.debian.org) to the archives (archive.debian.org) as soon as oldoldstable, oldstable, stable, testing, unstable, and experimental no longer reference it (e.g. the packages have all been updated)

jrg

@joshumax ok, good to know!

Terrance

11:01 PM

I need to study debian more. =)