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jrg

17:00

write markdown, run it through their system, and awesome comes out.

jokerdino

right.

made any money off the book?

jrg

i really need to do some updates for it.

yeah

lemme find the number

jokerdino

100% royalties eh? that's great.

jrg

i did the math, i get about 5 cents an hour that I spend on the book.

yeah, i don't split it with anyone directly from leanpub.

jokerdino

do they advertise the book anywhere?

jrg

17:04

they don't, other than their leaderboard.

leanpub.com/most_copies_lifetime

jokerdino

how does it compare with other self-publishing platforms?

jrg

haven't used anything else, but this was a piece of cake.

jokerdino

yeah, markdown makes it easy

jrg

it uses dropbox as the upload medium.

so I wrote a small shell script

that cp'ed the files from my git repo

to the dropbox directory.

jokerdino

do they provide printing + delivery services for a hardbook?

Braiam

17:09

is there a question about accessing ext4 partitions from windows? askubuntu.com/q/342891/169736

Seth

I think there is, but it should be off-topic.

jrg

@jokerdino no. you can however get a PDF that is in the right format for createspace and similar sites.

jokerdino

@Braiam there used to be, at least

@jrg you mean, you can self-publish across a bunch of sites? O_o

jrg

and they have a (beta) indesign exporter.

@jokerdino yeah, so i publish my ebook on leanpub

and do my hardcopies on createspace.com

and sell kindle editions on amazon

(if I so chose to)

I haven't done anything except the first one.

jokerdino

ah, cool.

jrg

17:11

it's very nice. you aren't locked in at all.

I distributed PDFs via CDs for an event (different book that isn't public)

jokerdino

i guess it is way better than traditional publishing

for indie authors at least

jrg

coincidence? I THINK NOT. Thanks whoever just bought my book. :)

5

jokerdino

lol

Amith KK

I rebuilt a VAIO windows system today

Braiam

17:30

@AmithKK so, you did a remake of windows?

Amith KK

Nope

Braiam

spam... askubuntu.com/a/342985/169736

Amith KK

It was time consuming

Actually getting all the vaio drivers to work

None of them are signed

There are different versions of them scattered across SONY's site :P

Braiam

more askubuntu.com/a/342978/169736

Amith KK

And you know what?

Braiam

17:33

huh?

Amith KK

I booted up Linux Mint(Only had that liveusb).

Everything worked seamlessly

No drivers

No specifics

All of it just worked on linux

Braiam

lucky :P

Amith KK

and yet "Sony Recommends Windows"

Braiam

it normally works just fine in old systems

jrg

yeah, not unusual.

Amith KK

17:34

It's not really old

2nd gen Core i3

It's a VAIO SVT1313 ENS

Most linux distros work well on the onboard Intel HD 3000 Graphics

He messed up the system by following some msconfig tutorial on windows

turned some process count from like 0 or 1 to 4000

and that gave him a Bluescreen

BAD_SYSTEM_CONF or something

On every mode

Just stating that, It's a good laptop for people who want to use linux out of the box

Seth

lol

Amith KK

The laptop fell from his mom sometime before

and while booting into mint, I got many ATA errors

but the SMART status and Benchmark show that the Disk is OK

So, anything to warn him about?

mojo706

@Braiam ¬_¬

Amith KK

So, ciao

Good Night

BBT

mojo706

Good Night

jrg

17:47

@AmithKK probably not.

Andrew

18:21

Is mojo still there

mojo706

yep

Andrew

What time is it overe there

mojo706

21:25

Braiam

I was clear enough right askubuntu.com/a/343018/169736 ?

Andrew

Do you have job?

mojo706

18:26

you want to give me a job?

Andrew

Well can you help me

I got it removed

phpmyadmin

mojo706

you removed xampp

@Braiam the only way to know you were clear enough is if the OP finds your answer useful

Andrew

no

mojo706

sudo rm -rf /opt/lampp

do that

Andrew

thanks

got it]

mojo706

18:29

it worked?

Andrew

seems like it

mojo706

ok now lets install LAMP

Eliah Kagan

The screenshots added in this edit don't display for me. Do they display for you folks?

askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/156146

Andrew

how

sudo apt-get install lamp
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package lamp

mojo706

no not like that wait

@EliahKagan no images there

Andrew

18:32

than how

mojo706

@Andrew do this

sudo apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client

tell me of any output

Andrew

okay

Package configuration

┌────────────────────┤ Configuring mysql-server-5.5 ├─────────────────────┐
│ While not mandatory, it is highly recommended that you set a password │
│ for the MySQL administrative "root" user. │
│ │
│ If this field is left blank, the password will not be changed. │
│ │
│ New password for the MySQL "root" user: │

So I put in a password that I want

mojo706

yes

Andrew

password: bamboo

eazy enfogh

sudo apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
mysql-client is already the newest version.
The following extra packages will be installed:
libhtml-template-perl mysql-server-5.5 mysql-server-core-5.5
Suggested packages:
libipc-sharedcache-perl tinyca mailx
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libhtml-template-perl mysql-server mysql-server-5.5 mysql-server-core-5.5
0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 5 not upgraded.

@mojo706 then what

mojo706

then

Braiam

18:38

@EliahKagan nope

mojo706

sudo apt-get install apache2

tell me the output

Andrew

installing it

sudo apt-get install apache2
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
apache2
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 5 not upgraded.
Need to get 1,492 B of archives.
After this operation, 29.7 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main apache2 amd64 2.2.22-1ubuntu1.4 [1,492 B]
Fetched 1,492 B in 0s (4,143 B/s)
Selecting previously unselected package apache2.

mojo706

open web browser and go to localhost

Andrew

It works!

This is the default web page for this server.

The web server software is running but no content has been added, yet.

mojo706

good

now
sudo apt-get install php5 libapache2-mod-php5

Andrew

18:42

$ sudo apt-get install php5 libapache2-mod-php5
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
libapache2-mod-php5 is already the newest version.
The following NEW packages will be installed:
php5
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 5 not upgraded.
Need to get 1,076 B of archives.
After this operation, 21.5 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main php5 all 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.8 [1,076 B]

mojo706

now do sudo service apache2 restart

Andrew

sudo service apache2 restart
* Restarting web server apache2 apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.1.1 for ServerName
... waiting apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.1.1 for ServerName
[ OK ]

then what

@mojo706 then what

mojo706

test to see whether php works

Andrew

how

mojo706

sudo vi /var/www/info.php

then enter this
<?php
phpinfo();
?>

Alaa

18:48

@mojo706, your Teamviewer question. Do this:

mojo706

@Alaa I'm listening

Andrew

E325: ATTENTION
Found a swap file by the name "/var/www/.info.php.swp"
owned by: root dated: Sun Sep 8 13:48:29 2013
file name: /var/www/info.php
modified: YES
user name: root host name: mathcubes-Dell-System-Inspiron-N7110
process ID: 3158
While opening file "/var/www/info.php"

(1) Another program may be editing the same file. If this is the case,
be careful not to end up with two different instances of the same
file when making changes. Quit, or continue with caution.
(2) An edit session for this file crashed.

Alaa

sudo apt-get purge teamviewer && sudo apt-get clean && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -f && sudo apt-get install ia32-libs && sudo apt-get install teamviewer

Andrew

E486: Pattern not found: php phpinfo();

njallam

A friend of mine has decided to dual boot their Windows with Ubuntu. (Don't worry, this isn't a install problem) They can boot up into Windows fine but when booting into Ubuntu they just hear the login noise but do not see anything on the screen. It's an NVIDIA 660 graphics card if that could be helpful.

mojo706

18:51

@Andrew do this

gksudo nautilus

Andrew

yea

mojo706

then browse to /var/www

njallam

They changed quietsplashed to nomodeset

mojo706

then delete

the file .info.php.swp

Braiam

@mojo706 at least you can verify the syntax! :S

mojo706

18:54

hehe

@Andrew ?

@Alaa

Andrew

Deled it

mojo706

Andrew

one

mojo706

@Andrew

sudo vi /var/www/info.php

Andrew

14

Q: What happened to the ia32-libs package?

The ia32-libs package is longer present in Ubuntu 12.04 repositories for a 64bit system. Are there any available replacement packages available for download?

mojo706

18:56

@Alaa see screenshot

@Andrew I already read that

Andrew

did it work?

sudo apt-get install libc6:i386 libgcc1:i386 gcc-4.6-base:i386 libstdc++5:i386 libstdc++6:i386

What version are you on?

13.04 or 12.04

mojo706

12.04

Andrew

same

mojo706

I like LTSes

Andrew

32 or 64

bit

@mojo706 64-bit launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ia32-libs/20090808ubuntu36/+build/…

launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ia32-libs/20090808ubuntu36/+build/…

mojo706

19:03

whoa so many problems

Andrew

what

mojo706

did your install work?

Andrew

install of what?

Alaa

@mojo706 what happens if you do sudo apt-get install ia32-libs-multiarch?

Andrew

if you can't install tem thought apt-then hurn down the .debs

on launchpad or ubuntu-parkages

mojo706

19:07

@Alaa see screenshot below

Andrew

yea

mojo706

Andrew

This will take about an hour or so hrunt everone of them down

I will help you

mojo706

I tried that

@Andrew but it refuses to install

Andrew

packages.ubuntu.com/precise/libasound2-plugins

Here is one

ftp.leg.uct.ac.za/ubuntu//pool/main/a/alsa-plugins/…

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

19:13

0

Q: OpenVZ bridged networked adapters won't work from sample configs

I've made a copy of the basic config and added the line: NETIF="ifname=eth0,bridge=br0" When I create a new machine and enter it I can't make the network adapter work yet creating an instance from the basic config (and same template os) and then applying: vzctl set 101 --netif_add eth0,,,,br0...

ubuntu networking openvz

mojo706

@Andrew the others also have dependencies

Andrew

2:) packages.ubuntu.com/precise/libpulse-mainloop-glib0

Yea

@mojo706 I had a samiler issure but with a diffent parkages, This is why it is going to take 1-3 hours

mojo706

whoa I don't have that long

Andrew

I know, maybe after today day?

mojo706

@Andrew see the screenshot

Andrew

19:17

@mojo706 yea it is like anything with lib* is gone

Braiam

why they are packages ending in ~test?

mojo706

I don't know

Andrew

A easyer way is to just reinstall ubuntu

Braiam

man, the microsoft way to do things :S

Andrew

sudo apt-get install lib*

mojo706

19:21

hehehe

Andrew

did it work

mojo706

did what work?

Braiam

@Andrew ................................................................

mojo706

@Andrew I can't do that

In good news I have 300 rep now :D

Andrew

okay one I will just copy mine and you can just install them on your

mojo706

19:23

@Braiam can you help

Braiam

what he's trying to do?

mojo706

what is who trying to do?

Andrew

I going to sent you the files I have so you can just ezay replace them

mojo706

@Andrew how would O do that?

Andrew

Copy the lib, ... foulder then upload them mega.co.nz so you can download them

can you wait like 8 min

mojo706

19:27

ok

Andrew

I know your internet is bad so I am compressing them as much I can and that take a long time like a few min

mojo706

good

Andrew

tar.xz

I am going to sent you /usr lib, lib32 and share

do you need any more then that

mojo706

Andrew

lol

mojo706

19:32

hahaha

Andrew

going to be like 20 min

Alaa

Haha are you seriously going to compress your /usr/lib folder and send it over so he can install them? LOL.

Andrew

no puts

mojo706

@Alaa got a solution?

Alaa

@mojo706 try:

wget http://www.teamviewer.com/download/teamviewer_linux_x64.deb && sudo dpkg -i teamviewer_linu* && sudo apt-get install -f

Braiam

19:35

@Alaa and we have a winner! :D

mojo706

@Braiam you were just watching ¬_¬

Braiam

ehhh!? nobody told me what was the theme of the party, so I went with casual clothes :S

and made a corner of the couch my place...

mojo706

slap

@Alaa still got the error

Andrew

compressing

Alaa

@mojo706, okay, remove it by sudo apt-get purge teamviewer

Then do:

Braiam

19:42

@mojo706 what is the status of sudo apt-get -f install?

Alaa

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 && rm teamviewe*.deb && wget http://www.teamviewer.com/download/teamviewer_linux.deb && sudo dpkg -i teamviewer_linu* && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -f

mojo706

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
@Braiam ^^

Braiam

no error?

mojo706

I have purged teamviewer :p hehe

@Alaa an error saying there is no command --add-architecture

Alaa

Huh. That's weird.

Andrew

19:46

Alaa

...okay?

mojo706

@Alaa :(

Alaa

Aaaaand another one: askubuntu.com/questions/343047/… haha.

Andrew

oops

Alaa

It's sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 that you tried, right @mojo706?

Andrew

19:49

Alaa

Can you type dpkg -- and hit TAB twice?

mojo706

@Alaa yes

@Alaa no option add

funny thing is I have Skype

Braiam

http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/s/skype/skype_4.2.0.11-0ubuntu0.12.04.2_amd64.deb

why they just don't use the repo?

mojo706

@Braiam tell them that

Alaa

askubuntu.com/questions/343049/… close, end of life Ubuntu.

mojo706

19:52

@Alaa can I flag it?

Braiam

@mojo706 please :D

Alaa

Yes of course.

Braiam

we don't have close votes :/

Alaa

I'm posting it here because I've exhausted my close votes.

mojo706

flagged.

Alaa

19:54

Cool.

Andrew

@mojo706 Is your issure fixed?

Alaa

Alright, gotta go. I have to wake up before 6am!

mojo706

@Alaa thanks for your help

@Andrew nope

Andrew

okay

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