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12:15 AM
@TheWanderer @dessert bunch of jokers ;-)
 
you said 5 minutes
 
@dessert Good! Me too, because if you would have said "Yes", I would have responded: "I'm not married and have no kids! Don't try hints with me, just say it like it is!"
@TheWanderer :-) Thanks for reminding me.
I fell asleep face down on my keyboard 4 minutes after that!
@dessert thanks! +20 for the effort!
 
@NathanOsman Thanks! (It's visually soothing and cheaper than putting bronze paint and cogwheels all over my laptop.
@ByteCommander checking
47603403
nslookup
> tldp.org
Server: 192.168.1.1
Address: 192.168.1.1#53

** server can't find tldp.org: SERVFAIL
 
rip :(
 
yeah, or archive.org
 
@ByteCommander Probably forgot to pay their DNS renewal and they're scrambling to get it back on-line
 
thanks :P
 
@ByteCommander Seems line their IP address is re-assigned to ibiblio.org...
dig +short tldp.org @resolver1.opendns.com
152.19.134.41
nslookup 152.19.134.41
Server:		192.168.1.1
Address:	192.168.1.1#53

Non-authoritative answer:
41.134.19.152.in-addr.arpa	name = vhost.ibiblio.org.
 
12:44 AM
hmmmmm
weird
 
 
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2:39 AM
@karel I suggest you upvote my comment too
Wat doe jij nog op om 03:30 's morgens???
;-) >:-)
(ook nog een upvote erbij, had jouw antwoord niet gelezen)
(en duplicate comment removed as well)
 
is that Dutch or Drunk Dutch?
 
@TheWanderer Actually: telegram-style Dutch.
 
Drunk Dutch it is
 
(No, I'm not drunk) :P
 
you don't have to be drunk to speak drunk
 
2:50 AM
I might be sleep drunk...
Good night!
 
 
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7:29 AM
@Fabby ;) well it worked!
 
 
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9:35 AM
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Q: df not recognizing partition being resized?

Sergiy KolodyazhnyyI've got Ubuntu 18.04 Server in Virtual Box, and once I've ran out of 10 GB of allocated space on virtual disk, I've increased the size of the virtual disk to 17 GB and resized the root partition with parted's resizepart command (and done so while partition is in use, and yes I know it's bad pr...

 
10:34 AM
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Q: How to setup samba conf file for read only group and read/write for a certain user in a share

Simone CupoSo I'm having problems with this. so I need to create a share in Linux (fedora) and 1 group must have only read rights and one certain user can read/write. The rest has no access. this is my conf file.. how can i set the read/write and only read rights

 
 
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11:34 AM
I just bought a new computer. I want to install ubuntu immediately, without ever booting windows. Will I lose my Windows License?
(also: i have no idea where to ask this question, or how to ask it)
 
@CapiEtheriel Do you have a sticker with a license number? Ubuntu doesn’t have a sticker-removing feature yet. :) With this number, you should always be able to unlock Windows later, but this is just how I think it should be, actually I don’t know where to get a Windows OS without a license for free.
there are people selling these stickers on ebay, so… there seems to be a way
 
thanks @dessert. yeah, sometimes we get stickers, but i don't think that's the case. it seems recent oem windows don't have stickers.
mine doesn't, i think.
 
11:50 AM
0
Q: boot freezes just after loading graphics on Ubuntu 18.10 and Fedora 29

poppycockearsI wish I could offer more info than this, both distros use Gnome, both fail at exactly the same moment in boot process. Background changes, mouse icon is shown and then everything freezes. Both distros work when running from live-usb. Problem asserts itself when booting from hdd. I've tried repa...

 
12:06 PM
@CapiEtheriel btw, I think this is a perfect question for the main site!
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A: Install Ubuntu without making Windows license void

user55570I think you have been misled by the engineer. If you really want do dual boot ubuntu with win7, that is a fairly straightforward process. Ubuntu will happily co-exist in a dual-boot configuration with windows, with windows first to be in place. The opposite scenario is actually the more trouble...

but may be a duplicate :P
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Q: How to save Windows license before installing Ubuntu

c2tarunI purchased a new Lenovo Thinkpad L540 laptop. This laptop was supposed to be installed with Windows 8 pro but instead it came with Windows 7 Pro with an option to upgrade to windows 8 Pro. Now they provided me four discs with following titles: Operating System Recovery Disc Windows 8 Pro Disc ...

also relevant:
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Q: Retrieve Windows 8 Product Key from mainboard

Gregor WeberMy new laptop came preinstalled with Windows 8. Naively, as I am, I just formatted the harddrive and installed fine old Ubuntu. Now I want to install Windows 8 for dual boot again, but I have no DVD and do download the ISO one needs a product key. That key is not on the back of the laptop anymore...

 
thanks a lot!
 
12:29 PM
Anyone else seeing ` File has unexpected size (174170 != 177949). Mirror sync in progress? [IP: 91.189.88.161 80]` when running sudo apt update?
 
1:12 PM
@DKBose I don’t.
 
me neither, on 18.04, gb server
from the offered explanation it seems like it could just be a temporary glitch? Has it been going on for a while?
 
@DKBose This may related to the extreme slowdown I experienced earlier running an update. so just try again ain a few hours and it usually sorts itself out
had 8 out of ten packets lost, this alone can cause that
 
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Q: What is required to become a moderator?

Yufenyuy Veyeh DiderI can see some moderators editing posts here... These moderators have little reputation points such as 100 approx. and few silver and bronze badges. I wish to know what it takes to be a moderator on Ask Ubuntu or the Meta site. Thanks.

 
1:31 PM
@Videonauth Okay, this time it went through all right. @Zanna I think it was going on for about an hour.
 
cool
or, well, not cool... that's quite a long outage
 
@dessert Yes and you made me smile!!!
:-)
@DKBose Take another mirror in your country or take a neighbouring country.
Software and settings, download from, other and choose manually
 
1:47 PM
@Fabby just a test
 
Weird: in another tab I couldn't connect
;-) :-)
Don't be annoyed, please? Just trying to make you smile, not smite! @Zanna
For smiting we have @ThomasWard >:-)
 
@Fabby before posting here I also switched to the main server and that too gave the same error as did my local one. Anyway, whatever the glitch was, it's gone :)
 
@DKBose Woohoo! Happy updating! (33 packages updating here right now)
 
2:02 PM
yeah ahd 36 updates earlier too
but very low download speed
 
Get:1 ppa.launchpad.net/graphics-drivers/ppa/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 libxnvctrl0 amd64 415.13-0ubuntu0~gpu16.04.1 [18.0 kB]
Get:2 ppa.launchpad.net/graphics-drivers/ppa/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 nvidia-settings amd64 415.13-0ubuntu0~gpu16.04.1 [956 kB]
Fetched 974 kB in 0s (2,735 kB/s)
@Videonauth 2MByte/S here ---^
 
@Fabby well that's o.k. I got earlier something about 16-54 Kb / s
 
:O
 
and about 5 to 8 packages lost out of 10
 
seems ok for me
Fetched 3,623 kB in 30s (119 kB/s)
 
2:21 PM
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Q: bash script question

UbuntuUseri need to make a script to do the following stuff: Number of arguments received in the command line. Numbers representing a power of 2, one per line, in the order received. Sum of numbers. input:# ./myscript.sh asdf 4 -2 sdsg 8 23 rrcasL output: The number of arguments is 7. 4 8 The sum o...

 
2:37 PM
@Fabby smites you as proof of concept, forcing you to 1 reputation point and chat mute for the next 60 days
JUST KIDDING lol
 
@ThomasWard Actually: when you're banned and have 1 rep does your rep still increase or is that put into a queue and added when you get out of the corner?
 
@Fabby i have no insights on that, that sounds like a great Meta.SE inquiry :p
 
(Good morning BTW)
 
or, we could just test it out... looks towards the shiny devices on the wall, then back at the chat
 
Smoke! BRB...
 
2:39 PM
... but that'd be abuse :P
 
@ThomasWard :D :D :D
 
3:37 PM
\o
 
3:52 PM
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Q: make this bash script please

Andrewi need to make a script to do the following stuff in one code not part of code, so i tried so many codes but no one it works Number of arguments received in the command line. Numbers representing a power of 2, one per line, in the order received. Sum of numbers. input:# ./myscript.sh asdf 4 -...

 
@Rinzwind Hi Rinzy ! :)
@Fabby That must be a good smoke - taking more than one hour ... Hi Fabby ! :)
 
:-) Hello CL!
How's the new roll-out?
 
@Fabby new roll-out ?
What do you mean @Fabby ?
 
@cl-netbox New Fedora support in the RHEL community?
How is the feeling at RHEL now that they're going to be bought by IBM?
 
@Fabby There is no specific fedora support in the RHEL community ...
 
4:01 PM
@cl-netbox Ah...
I thought you would be very busy.
 
@Fabby After the "first shock" things calm down ... maybe it turns out to be better for both as it looked at first sight. :)
 
(because I haven't seen you around)
@cl-netbox Good to hear!
because things like that create a lot of FUD.
 
@Fabby I AM ... but busy with supporting RHEL users - not so much fedora users. :)
 
Oh, the professional side!
(possibility of a paying job, or at least some additional monetary rewards?)
 
@Fabby that's true ... :)
@Fabby yup :)
 
4:05 PM
@cl-netbox Impressed
 
@Fabby no ... although being one of the Community Leaders, I'm just one of those "volunteers" there ... :)
@Fabby thanks :)
 
@cl-netbox The highest valued volunteer... ;-)
They should approach you, or you should approach them...
 
@Fabby :D :D :D
 
:-) ;-) :-)
 
What about the jobs you applied to @Fabby ?
 
4:08 PM
@cl-netbox Karlsruhe: I came in second and there are no silver medals for jobs
Leipzig: slowly progressing.
 
@Fabby exactly :) I can "sing a song" of that.
@Fabby not a good sign - to be honest
 
It's a company that's moving at a different speed...
 
@Fabby Maybe things get better at your current job - who knows ...
 
:D
I wish!
Talked to a few colleagues and nothing changed for the better...
 
@Fabby hope it for you
 
4:10 PM
lots of people jumping ship.
 
hmmm
@Fabby everywhere the same
 
@cl-netbox Mmh... München is heating up: lots of jobs there but all in München (not remote) and that's a very expensive city to live.
 
@Fabby I checked in nearly every day ... but this place seems "to die" ... not much action here - and also not much humor and fun (anymore) ! :D
 
:D :D :D
 
@Fabby Munich is the most expensive place to live at all in whole Germany - stay away ! :)
 
4:14 PM
Thomas still keeps things funny, but he's also busy.
(as will I nbe from next Monday onwards)
 
@Fabby Good to know ... Hi @ThomasWard ! :) What about "evil and darkness" today ? :D :D :D
@Fabby what's up ?
 
@cl-netbox This week is my last week of holidays...
:-)
 
@Fabby aaahhh
 
Different speed next week (starting part time)
I'm going to grab a small bite to eat and drink. BRB...
 
@Fabby Have "a good one" ... :)
Hi Rinzy (once again) ! :) Not chatting with me anymore @Rinzwind ? :D
Oh "Takky" jumping in ... Hi @Takkat ! :) Good evening to you. :)
 
4:45 PM
@Fabby btw machine is down again :/
 
Good evening @Videonauth ! :) Did you break the machine with your beta drivers ? :D :D :D
 
no hardware realted faultage
 
@Videonauth what else then ?
 
put in a new power supply even today as i thought this might be it
did not do anything it just went off
 
hmmm
which system @Videonauth ?
 
4:54 PM
i5 4690
 
@Videonauth that is a CPU - not a system :D
 
i guess since it sometimes boots up but not stays running long that it is not the cpu
 
@Videonauth replace the CMOS battery
 
yeah planning to do cmos reset tomorrow, im actually so agitated that i called it a day messing with it, otherwise i try the russian methos (the one involving a big hammer)
 
:D :D :D
 
4:57 PM
when booting up i get a very cryptic message that it couldnt find UEFI db
 
@Videonauth once again : which system ?
 
OS ?
or what do you mean?
 
yep ... of course
 
ubuntu
18.04
still this seems to be hardware related
 
Try two things @Videonauth : 1. Replace the CMOS battery - 2. Reinstall GRUB to the EFI partition (do it from the live medium)
 
5:00 PM
cmos bat is brand new, only a few month old
it not even starts up
 
@Videonauth sometimes they are already "old" when you buy them
 
the fans turn short and it tries to boot up, then it stops
then tries start again etc etc
 
@Videonauth error messages in journalctl ?
 
after a day from power it started up fuly without a hitch and worked for about 6 hours then it wen haywire again
none
 
Check the disks as well @Videonauth
 
5:03 PM
i did already a whole lot of testing
 
How old is that thing ?
 
even with discs completely removed same symptoms
dunno 2-4 yrs
 
@Videonauth the whole machine ?
 
the board should maybe even have some kind of warranty
no the board
 
@Videonauth then contact support
 
5:05 PM
well first i try to exhaust all tricks i have up my sleeve
 
I wish you good luck @Videonauth Hope you can solve it without loosing money. :)
 
already lost money
got a new power supply
as this was my first thought
tomorrow i try to reset the cmos so it reloads from the backup chip
 
@Videonauth good :)
 
and if it then boots up fine, but it did boot up today too and worked for a few hours even
and again went off
 
@Videonauth strange
 
5:12 PM
and after that wasnt able to start it again, so next is removing the gpu and forcing it to use the build in GPU and removing ram and resetting cmos
 
@Videonauth maybe something is wrong with your system nevertheless
 
yes strange symptoms believe me im on this no since three days and at a point im so frustrated that i wanna wreck this thing
had to stop earlier
because of this urge got bigger and bigger
 
@Videonauth understandable
 
well in the worst case im back onto my old cpu and board
until i can either get a board for that cpu or something else
 
what you can try as well is to work with a live system and if the symptoms don't appear there, you know that it's your installation. @Videonauth
 
5:15 PM
stil have the rampage formula board and the core2quad q9950
like i said actually the fans start spinning for a brief moment and then it is off again
have a look into hangout
 
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Q: Unable to boot into Ubuntu 18.04

Maganna DevSo long story short I have a MacBook Pro 2012 on which I had Sierra installed. I partitioned my Samsung 1 TB SSD to dual boot into Ubuntu. When I installed Ubuntu, grub2 seems to have overwritten Apple’s bootloader. Instead of using the alt key to see my startup disks, my machine would directly...

 
5:52 PM
@cl-netbox I went home 1st :=) \o4
 
6:08 PM
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Q: Need Help to get this Worked # BASH

AndrewSo i want to create 100 files ( f1.txt - f100.txt ) and redirect into a directory or to a specific path what should i add to this code to work , any ideas script.sh content: !/bin/bash touch f{1..100}.txt what should i do to redirect them in to a directory or to a specific path

 
 
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7:08 PM
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Q: Recognizing des Package?

KuboMDI'm trying to do encryption in Expect as outlined here in Ubuntu 16.04. I've installed tcllib root@alarmux:/home/abdmin# apt-get install tcllib Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done tcllib is already the newest version (1.17-dfsg-1). 0 up...

 
 
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8:09 PM
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Q: /etc/fstab help bash

Georgwhelp me to find the command of automatically mount from /etc/fstab i have a file which is called myfile.bin and it`s located on /mnt and i want to configure /etc/fstab to automatically mount myfile.bin on /mnt/mymount with read and write permissions for any system user my command is: /mnt/myfi...

 
9:36 PM
someone downvoted the question at what looks like a similar time
there's this weird idea that if the question is bad the answer is automatically bad as well
 
right, that’s a theory
 

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