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1:59 AM
Spam wave, watch out
can mods clean up modified by on the front page, or delete some users with ofensive names on the front page?
would flagging as spam or rude/abusive be better
 
@Mateo what's happenign?
oh I see.
 
users with swear words in the user name are posting giant swear posts, the posts get deleted, but the user names on the front page remain
about 5 diffrent ones now looks like
 
I've nuked all the accounts.
That I could find anyway. Ping me if you see any more.
 
one about 40 min ago
 
linK?
 
2:04 AM
"playing games on vm" question a bit back
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Q: Playing games on VM?

mayank budhwaniI have set up a WinXP VM on an Ubuntu host and have assigned 2 gig RAM to the guest. Now I am trying to play a game on the VM. I have enabled 3D acceleration in Virtualbox settings. The specs of the VM fulfil the minimum system requirements of the game. But the game sort of freezes and then crash...

 
got it
 
cool thanks
how are those getting posted, is it because they are answers?
 
I'm not sure, tbh.
 
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Q: Change key mapping in CINAMON (MINT or UBUNTU)

DENISI move from Macos. So I need my old keys like super+c super+v super+w super+a. How can I change actions such as copy, paste, close window, select all to super key. Thank you :)

 
 
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3:59 AM
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Q: How to set-up & see availability of ports on a gateway server for a successful local port forwarding?

DeepakI need to do a local port forwarding to access my database which is only accessible via a gateway server. I have two separate databases: R and M, each with its own gateway: Rg and Mg. Port forwarding has been established for Rg with the following command: ssh -L Port1:localhost:Port1 -i ~/key/key...

 
 
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7:30 AM
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Q: How to generate a .pem file for ssh?

Aero WangI've added my ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub to my server's 'authorized_keys' file so I can do ssh user@myserver -p port and login to the server successfully. Yet when I do ssh-keygen -f id_rsa.pub -m 'PEM' -e > id_rsa.pem and then use ssh user@myserver -p port -i key.pem I got: Load key "key.pem": invalid f...

 
7:48 AM
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Q: tmux from ssh connection but the serial connection require the the terminal and not the ssh

user3023559i am connection to a physical device [that has Ubuntu 16.4] from remote (i have also a serial connection to this device) in the ssh connection i am performing tmux means i want to start a new terminal from a process but the result is that the ssh connection is stuck and the serial start the new s...

 
 
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9:19 AM
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Q: What is a good lightweight Linux distro for my pc (2x 2.9GHz, 2GB RAM)

sgerodesI have an older PC with windows and I want to install Linux there. I have no experience with these OS by now. The System Intel Pentium G850 2.9GHz 2.9 GHz RAM 2GB I want to be it lightweight. No Games. Probably just to get familiar with Linux. Maybe a little bit coding and surfing. I thought a...

 
 
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10:52 AM
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Q: scp don't work from remote server to my local machine

Elwi MamdouhI'm trying to copy some staff from my remote server to my local machine and it didn't work well, here is the error #scp -r xgen@192.168.1.80:/home/xgen/boats elwi@192.168.1.7:/home/elwi/Desktop xgen@192.168.1.80's password: Permission denied, please try again. Permission denied, please try aga...

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Q: df not update result after lsof search and reboot

Mançaux Pierre-AlexandreI m having a problem with df command, my / fs look like this: Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/mapper/rootvg-lv_root 945M 811M 69M 93% / but if i run du command : moesoe@x64lmwbionm:/$ sudo du -hx --apparent-size --max-depth=1 4.1K...

 
11:44 AM
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Q: Ubuntu cron.daily returns a path error when a shell glob is used - what's wrong with my path?

JohnDoeaIn Ubuntu 16.04, this is the code I have in /etc/cron.daily/cron_daily: #!/bin/bash for dir in "/var/www/html/*/"; do if pushd "$dir"; then wp plugin update --all --allow-root wp core update --allow-root wp language core update --allow-root wp theme update --all --allow-root rse popd fi done I...

 
 
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12:56 PM
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Q: notify-osd not working after i3wm restart

dvjAs the title says, notifications won't work after I restart i3wm (with super + shift + r). My ubuntu version is 16.04 and I installed the patched notify-osd which allows customizable notifications. From syslog I noticed it throws this line whenever notify-send gets called after the restart: or...

 
 
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2:11 PM
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Q: Combination Answers vs. link-only answers

Elder GeekDuring review I stumbled across this question flagged as a duplicate. While the question pointed to is related, I felt that an answer that addressed the OP's issue be more helpful than a simple "No you can't do that" when actually you can! My attempt to help resulted in an accusation of providing...

 
 
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4:08 PM
Linus is ranting about security on G+ again
 
Uh oh.
 
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Q: how to see how a packt goes through a iptables script

delfilerso what i am basically asking is how i can see what path a packet takes through a iptable script that acts as a firewall/security, but also shows where it is dropped and if it is diverted to the bypass away from the tough security check for packets from new sources/connections as the bypass is fo...

 
4:42 PM
Well, I've never seen this one before:
Unpacking util-linux (2.31.1-0.4ubuntu3) over (2.31.1-0.4ubuntu2) ...
dpkg: error: dpkg status database is locked by another process
Some bizarre race condition, perhaps?
 
 
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6:24 PM
Hello all! Any chance I can get some votes to undelete askubuntu.com/questions/999763/cpu-usage-intermittently-at-100 ? I think both the question and the answer have value.
 
voted, 1 more needed
 
Thanks @ByteCommander Appreciate all you do here!
 
@ElderGeek it was the user himself that deleted it :P
what's stopping him from deleting it again?
 
Yes It was. Embarressment perhaps? I dunno. Still think it's a useful Q&A though.
 
ok. done.
 
6:36 PM
I think that user was a hit and run. Thanks @Rinzwind for that and your massive contributions to the site.
 
@ElderGeek tsk :=)
 
:-)
 
 
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7:43 PM
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Q: systemd mount cycle for bind mount of cifs mount

mjb2kmnI have a CIFS mount of a single volume which then has 2 subdirectories bind mounted. Upon boot, systemd complains of an "ordering cycle" and fails to mount 1 of the binds but the other works fine. If I run mount -a, the missing bind is mounted. I have been able to recreate this behavior in a new ...

 
 
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9:50 PM
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Q: At desktop of Ubuntu but no icons, no response

SJ HI re-started my PC but then it ran into a problem of "low graphic mode". Then I tried to reinstall the desktop, unity, everything I can find online. The warning does not show up anymore, but now when I log into my account, it only shows the wallpaper but nothing else, no taskbar, no icons, no not...

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Q: My system hangs after I power off linux

RobBI installed ubuntu 17.01 on my laptop and everything worked fine, I had to switch to legacy booting inorder for the USB drive with ubuntu on it to be recognized. After installation everything seemed to work fine except when I powered off as the screen goes black and a flashing underscore key appe...

 
10:41 PM
What's wrong with Snap?
$ snap run brave
execl failed: No such file or directory
child exited with status 1
Yikes.
when trying to run a snap I get the error execl failed: No such file or directory child exited with status 1 snapd 2.32+18.04~pre4 snapd-login-service 1.32-1 snapd-xdg-open 2.32+18.04~pre4 kernel linux-image-4.15.0-13-generic ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: snapd 2.32+18.04~pre4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-13.14-generic 4.15.10 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-13-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.8-0ubuntu10 Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Mar 19 08:09:10 2018 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-21 (1427 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417) SourcePackage: snapd UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
snapd (Ubuntu)
Undecided / Confirmed
 
10:58 PM
PS I'm scared of Oli so I don't want to mess with his post — Zanna 33 secs ago
 
11:10 PM
Anyone know how to get the current playback position in VLC?
 
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Q: mount automatically unmounts after successful mount

Dude36Forgive the novice experience with Linux, I recently made the switch to it from Windows, and it's been a fun challenge adjusting to it. So I've been converting my personal server to Linux for the past few days, and I recently ran into an error where NTFS wouldn't let me write to the disk. After ...

 
11:41 PM
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Q: I want to close this as "too broad"

WinEunuuchs2UnixI want to VTC as "too broad" but remember Zanna's great advice a week or fortnight ago to bring issues up here when in doubt. Here is the question: My average laptop temperature is 75C. Is it Normal? The reason is another answer was just posted today and it is yet another example of many differ...

 

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