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Avinash Raj

14:02

@Braiam why there was no close vote on this askubuntu.com/questions/403435/ubuntu-12-04-lts-command-line

Braiam

@AvinashRaj why you ask me?

Avinash Raj

@Braiam sorry for that.

blade19899

14:20

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Q: Problem building driver for UVC camera

When I was trying to install a driver for a UVC camera, I got an error: /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lasound /usr/bin/ld: cannot find /lib/libpthread.so.0 inside /usr/bin/ld: cannot find /usr/lib/libpthread_nonshared.a inside collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[4]: *** [capture_mux] Error 1 ...

Am not on my Ubuntu machine

Can't do much for him anymore

Also, he doesn't have enough rep to get in to chat. So, Lots of comments...

Avinash Raj

14:48

why there was no people chat today?I think because no spam today.

blade19899

ahha me two

Alvar

possible

blade19899

Nice and quiet!

Alvar

hehe, cleaning posts with the web tag...

blade19899

am procrastinating when i should be getting my work done....

Damnit am logging out

Alvar

14:50

lols

blade19899

Have a Nice weekend ya'all!

Alvar

cya :)

Braiam

@Alvar wanna help?

Alvar

@Braiam u wanna help me removing web tag? ;) or what were you asking me?

Oli

@ThomasW. I just send UF a big email asking them to get their legal documentation together. It's a mess and that's being kind.

blade19899

14:53

Where is the freaking log out button? :(

Oli

@blade19899 Under the Stack Exchange menu

Not really sure what to call that thing.

Supercollider?

That makes way more sense.

blade19899

@Oli, stackexchange logo top left

in the dropdown menu

?

Oli

GRAB THE CRYSTAL!

blade19899

I will!

Press the bottom button

an edit has been made to this post; click to load

You clicked it didit n you

Braiam

@Alvar err... dunno, want my help?

blade19899

14:55

Bye!

Alvar

@Braiam yes please :)

@blade19899 I've never logged out, to scary!

blade19899

thell am still logged in in chat

main site am out

Alvar

@blade19899 chat is SE not AU!

Braiam

@Oli can you close this as unclear? askubuntu.com/q/341063/169736 I know spanish and I can't make sense of what he wants

blade19899

@Alvar, no it wasnt

it was just delayed

i just logged back in

Alvar

14:57

@blade19899 hehe...

blade19899

to tell you that

Byw!

Alvar

@blade19899 u miss me already?

blade19899

Yes!

Alvar

<3

blade19899

My precious masked man

kinda creepy actually...

You scare me know!

bye!

Alvar

14:59

;)

why do we have both email and mail tag? that sounds just stupid... mail should probably sym-link to email.

RPi Awesomeness

Oh my...Braiam on a rampage

Alvar

edits?

just created the tag seamonkey...

@Braiam you are also removing web from tagged questions?

Ask Ubuntu Meta

15:23

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Q: should certain phrases be blocked on this site?

A nice way to maintain the sanity of this website and keep this website clean automatically would be to block certain phrases to be put into question .phrases which cannot have any relation at all to ubuntu should be blocked.for example black magic service in xyz city. callgirl service,call xxxxx...

discussion feature-request

Braiam

15:38

no reproducible askubuntu.com/q/259082/169736

@Alvar that sentence only confuse me...

Alvar

@Braiam sry

gaming

Amith KK

Did the hacker come back?

Avinash Raj

@AmithKK no

JohnMerlino

is ask.fedoraproject.org a stackexchange site?

jokerdino

@JohnMerlino no

Avinash Raj

15:50

is there any command to make the keys alt+prtsc to be pressed.

I tried xdotool key alt+prtsc ,i wont works.

blade19899

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A: How does the keyboard input get into the terminal?

I recommend you check out this website called HowStuffWorks on How Computer Keyboards Work. It states in sum: As you type, the processor in the keyboard analyzes the key matrix and determines what characters to send to the computer. It maintains these characters in its memory buffer and t...

Alvar

@Braiam sorry, were you also removing the web tag from questions? just wondering, you asked before if I wanted help...

@blade19899 weren't you leaving?

blade19899

I did. And now am back. And am leaving again in 7 minutes. Cause then its 17:00 hour. weekend baby :)

Ah crap forgot

gotta work in the weekends

:(

JohnMerlino

I run the following command to delete a user from a group when I am root in ubuntu: deluser <username> <groupname>. It doesn't work in fedora.

Thomas W.

@Oli Try starting here with their forums code of conduct

blade19899

15:56

Braiam

@Alvar I'm but I'm in several things at the same time

blade19899

@JohnMerlino, try asking there^

This is a Ubuntu website

JohnMerlino

yeah I know this was ubuntu website. I was looking for something like askfedora

Thomas W.

@Oli specifically this part at the bottom: This code of conduct may change and evolve with time based on constructive feedback and experience. It is our hope that these policies will foster helpful, honest, and civil interaction. It is the users' responsibility to check this page for updates. All public forum data is released under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License and should be attributed to The Ubuntu Forums (ubuntuforums.org).

Braiam

IANAL but that means that everything I post in u-forums is property of u-forums (IMHO the same as SE) and only requires proper attributions

Thomas W.

15:58

@oli CC Attribution 3.0 license

@Braiam which is what I had done in the case of the post that the attribution discussion came up in

Braiam

I think @adyaita may be interested in this...

Thomas W.

however their forums staff which I talked to said an attribution link back to the post and a statement of attribution to the forums would suffice, based on that question that the issue came up in in the first place.

Braiam

mm... is this question so interesting? askubuntu.com/q/403502/169736

I think there should be a dupe somewhere (not mine)

Alvar

16:18

@Braiam ok

yay my suggested wiki tag got approved :)

Amith KK

BBT

Good Night

Avinash Raj

how is it possible to install ubuntu on the same bootable ubuntu flash drive

Alvar

@AvinashRaj what do you mean?

to have the live cd that you boot from to be the install device?

Avinash Raj

see askubuntu.com/q/403502/169736

read the title

Seth

So marco deleted our room huh?

Alvar

16:24

@AvinashRaj it asks will Ubuntu erase my system when I install it from USB, that's a normal dual boot question, close it.

@Seth the private spam room?

Seth

Yeah

Alvar

explains why I couldn't find it....

well they are gone for now...

Braiam

for now

Avinash Raj

@Alvar yes

Seth

Exactly ^^

Braiam

16:26

@AvinashRaj I presume they would need ubiquity but I'm not sure how he installed the stuff in the USB (if he installed in the USB)

IMHO the installer will ask him what to do

anyone sees problem in this link? washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/best-books-of-2011/2011/12/…

Alvar

@Braiam that's not what the link said. the link was a standard dual boot question..

Avinash Raj

i used all my close votes

Alvar

OH NO! I can't remove the web tag from this question! askubuntu.com/q/127724/10698

Braiam

@Alvar is merged, you have to flag for a mod

Alvar

@Braiam yes, yes, make the mods work for me (:

fossfreedom

16:35

tsk tsk... done

Alvar

:)

Braiam

@Alvar if you see internet remove it too ;)

Alvar

@Braiam and browser ;)

Seth

Well I'll be away most of the day, so hai-bye

Avinash Raj

again vashikaran is back askubuntu.com/questions/403525/…

Alvar

16:53

@Braiam ... And done! :)

Avinash Raj

till now askubuntu.com/questions/403525/… wasn't deleted

any mods

Braiam

@AvinashRaj is done...

Avinash Raj

gone :)

Avinash Raj

17:06

BBT :)

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

17:36

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Q: 'which' reports one thing, actual command is another

I am running Ubuntu 12.04, which came with Cmake v 2.8.7. I had need for a more current CMake, so I downloaded the source for 12.8.12.1, built, and installed it per directions. The last step, make install I ran sudoed. ./bootstrap make sudo make install Now I want to run it, but I find that ...

linux ubuntu command-line which

Seth

Hey, what happen to the user Mik?

He's just... gone.

That's sad :(

Mateo

18:15

@NathanOsman sounds like only to "their software"

tombull89

18:28

can any 10k's or mods get me a screenshot of this AU question? I want to submit it to gemsfromstackexchange.

orange links?

Alvar

@tombull89 why?

tombull89

@Alvar I want to submit it to gemsfromstackexchange.tumbr.com

Alvar

@tombull89 yes you said that but why?

tombull89

@Alvar because it's amusing.

Braiam

@tombull89 check in The Bridge, there's some there

Alvar

18:30

@Braiam what's the link about? anything funny? or just normal spam?

Braiam

"make me a mod" spam

Alvar

that's so yesterday -.-

it's not funny when you've seen a hundred posts just like it...

tombull89

Sorry, real life got in the way.

Alvar

well next time make a screenshot, and then edit it when you got time...

I'm sure the spammers will be back..

Nathan Osman

Are they back again?

Are they really dumb enough to think we're going to reward their destructive behavior by giving them one of the highest responsibilities on the website?

Seriously?

Braiam

18:43

@NathanOsman I will, but from spammers.se ;)

Mateo

@Seth feedrinse.com/services/rinse/… < rss for answers with mod

the only hit right now has mod + idified

Nathan Osman

I think the feed in the regulators room is working again.

Later today (if I have time) I will write up a post on Meta.

Mateo

is it one of the top down feeds that you need to stay in the room for?

@Seth something to fall asleep to?

Seth

@Mateo LOL

@Mateo No it isn't.

@Mateo Hmm. That isn't loading..

Lucio

@NathanOsman 2buntu.com/1352/an-introduction-to-django-part-1/…

Seth

18:54

Now I got it.

Lucio

0

Q: I can't sync the db using south due to an AttributeError

After solve an error trying to migrate, now I'm facing another issue with the south package. Running manage.py syncdb or manage.py schemamigration MyApp --initial I get this: AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute '__file__' This post mentions that the issue is solved with the new v...

python django ubuntu django-south

Mateo

hm, I guess it takes quite a long time

Lucio

I'd never imagined that django was so hard to setup, big disappointment :(

Braiam

@Lucio I recommend you adding the entire stacktrace ;)

so people knows what line they are looking for

Lucio

@Braiam read carefully

Braiam

19:04

@Lucio SO hates links for stacktraces ;)

Lucio

@Braiam SO hates life

Braiam

@Seth did you find out how to add a custom delay for notifications in libnotify?

Nathan Osman

@Lucio: O_o You're using Python 3.x?

Ask Ubuntu Meta

19:37

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Q: Hey 10kers... you also have the delete votes

Well, the users with 10,000 reputation or more has access to the moderation tools (commonly referred as 10k-tools) which give more insight over the site itself. There's also the infamous flag queue that has its number fixed besides the review link. But they also have delete votes, and this is wha...

discussion deleted-questions 10k-tools

Ask Ubuntu Meta

20:11

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Q: A hint for editing posts in regard to Ubuntu documentation

I just found out that http://help.ubuntu.com provides a nice feature against link rot. There exist two URLs: Current Release Current LTS Release They are especially helpful when pointing to the Server Guide.

discussion

Lucio

@NathanOsman yep. Is that a problem?

Oh, south is not compatible with that version?

Nathan Osman

No idea.

I've almost never used Py3k.

Lucio

I'm starting the project again

I think that this time will work.

@NathanOsman This output for ./manage.py syncdb is ok?

APZ

20:28

Hi everyone

Braiam

> ./manage.py migrate

you need

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

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Q: Setting up traffic router (proxy ?) for production

I am running a production server and my web application is running at port 8099. so if front end wants to access any backend endpoint, they make a call to this url: http://production.server.com:8099/mainserver/some/get?xxxxxxx I need to setup production.server.com:8099 to something like api.pr...

linux ubuntu squid

Lucio

\o/

yeah it worked!!!!

APZ

On starting a new ubuntu 13.04 in AWS I see this : ntpd[1282]: unable to bind to wildcard address 0.0.0.0 - another process may be running - EXITING

any ideas anyone why this might be happening

Braiam

@APZ someone is using the 123udp port

APZ

20:31

Braiam agreed, before ntp syslog show this ntpdate[960]: adjust time server 91.189.94.4 offset -0.000259 sec

@Braiam is there a race condition possible?

@Braiam askubuntu.com/questions/403616/…

Braiam

probably ntpdate is still running when you try to start the ntp daemon

you must disable ntpdate at startup

omg

APZ

@Braiam Present run level is 2 and rc2.d doesnt have ntpdate, I think package ntpdate drop a script in /etc/network/if-up.d/ntpdate so that it run each time an interface if brought up.

Nathan Osman

@Lucio Yes.

Lucio

@NathanOsman Solved :)

Nathan Osman

Great!

hbdgaf

20:50

Has it ceased yet?

Braiam

yup

hbdgaf

removed

Ask Ubuntu Meta

21:39

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Q: Would a tag cleaning campaign be a good idea for AU too?

I just stumbled over a post in meta-superuser: https://meta.superuser.com/questions/5718/tag-cleanup-for-january-2014?cb=1 It looks like they have tag cleaning campaigns on a regular basis. Might this be something useful for AU too?

discussion

Braiam

22:03

hey SO got a new close reason very similar to ours

cc @Seth

Lucio

what means cc?

Alvar

what's the feed and mod watch rooms for?

Braiam

@Alvar if "make me mod" attacks again while we are not watching ;

Alvar

22:19

@Braiam what happens then? don't get it. I don't have access to that room, and everyone can see it.

and it's only a bot posting?

lazyPower

Can i get a merge? askubuntu.com/users/234333/user234333

Braiam

@lazyPower meta.stackoverflow.com/contact

Alvar

@lazyPower ?

lazyPower

Actually - that wants meta.stackexchange login. Is there a smiilar link for AU? i tried replacing stackexchange with just askubuntu and it failed.

Braiam

@Alvar exactly, if we miss some "make me mod" spam that will catch it and show it to us ;)

Alvar

22:22

hehe, so we all then can flag it so AU can auto remove it :)

Braiam

@Lucio carbon copy

lazyPower

*stackoverflow

Alvar

*slackoverflow

Braiam

*stowoverflack

lazyPower

I'm failing at life, disregard

Alvar

22:26

back to minecraft and ftb! :)

Lucio

@Braiam so know you say that Seth is a carbon copy, hum :(

jk :D

Alvar

their latest "statement" ...

we are the Indian Team hackers. Want to inform you that we aren't doing nothing on your site because we're preparing to DDOS askubuntu.com with many botnets. Zero day here? Well, we don't care anymore being mods because this site is really broken.

But if you listen to us, meaning secure your site, strengthen the mods and remove the bugs we won't do nothing then. We run a bot and a script scanning and monitoring you everywhere on the net in real time, including chats and social network. We wait for feedback.

let's flag 'em!

Lucio

@Alvar what?

Alvar

@mateo hmm :)

askubuntu.com/questions/403656

Lucio

It is helpful a link that content

Mateo

22:41

yeah... I just saw in the feed room i made

Alvar

@Lucio open the feed room ....

Lucio

@Alvar remove this

Alvar

the one good thing about this spam is that you get many helpful flags :)

@Lucio no.. why?

Mateo

because... he is only doing it for attention...

Nathan Osman

Maybe it's time for me to write my question.

Braiam

22:53

about?

Nathan Osman

About the spammers.

Stay tuned.

Braiam

please, someone welp@

Lucio

@Braiam he is playing with you

guntbert

NOBODY plays with @Braiam :-)

Lucio

@guntbert a big LOL there :P

guntbert

23:00

/me bows

Braiam

> Humans stink. We should kill all of them

Lucio

O_O

guntbert

@Braiam thats beyond what I accept as irony

RPi Awesomeness

@Lucio @Braiam I concur... O_O

Braiam

@guntbert not my words

guntbert

23:04

@Braiam I don't care if those words are your's or not, please don't post them here

Braiam

well, sorry, but what you expect me to do...

guntbert

@Braiam delete it?

Lucio

hehe

late

Braiam

not asking, but ok...

> It's hard to get a good swing in a small pantry, so you settle for jumping up and down on the horde of rats that come for your comestibles. Your milk jug is smashed in the fracas, but you have shown them! They shall not have your dinner!

DO NOT PLAY WITH MY DINNER!

Nathan Osman

WHEW. That was a lot of typing:

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Q: A polite letter to the spammers who are attempting to "DDoS" Ask Ubuntu.

Since you are repeatedly violating this community's guidelines, I thought it might be helpful to write a polite letter asking you to stop. Before going into great detail on what you are doing, I would like to remind you that this site is run by the community. I'm not sure what you have been told...

discussion

Lucio

23:08

@NathanOsman in your great tuto, you only modify a model once, in such a case entering the correct commands.

But what commands do I need to enter if I modify the model later?

Nathan Osman

LOL. It "ate" my "Dear Spammer" at the top of the Q.

Request: please continue to flag "MOD" spam ~~and please post a link to this question as a comment~~.

6

Lucio

that comment will last <5 seconds

Braiam

I presume there will be a moderator election this year @NathanOsman?

RPi Awesomeness

@NathanOsman Indian dudes back?

Nathan Osman

@Braiam Most likely.

@RPiAwesomeness He was a few hours ago.

Braiam

23:12

yeh, not funny anymore :(

I only need to be answering questions... not dealing with spam...

RPi Awesomeness

Hope that question helps some...

Ask Ubuntu Meta

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Q: A polite letter to the spammers who are attempting to "DDoS" Ask Ubuntu

Since you are repeatedly violating this community's guidelines, I thought it might be helpful to write a polite letter asking you to stop. Before going into great detail on what you are doing, I would like to remind you that this site is run by the community. I'm not sure what you have been told...

discussion

Nathan Osman

@Braiam Exactly.

Lucio

2buntu.com/1352/an-introduction-to-django-part-1/…

RPi Awesomeness

Are there specs for being able to run for mod? I'm not planning to, just wondering for the future.

Lucio

23:16

@RPiAwesomeness a lot of good acts

RPi Awesomeness

Oh wow...one of the room tags is @MarcoCeppi.... what...?

@Lucio Flags, edits, answers, comments, etc. etc. (and loads of rep?)

and...he leaves

Lucio

hehe sorry

@RPiAwesomeness the rep is not big deal

something like >200

Nathan Osman

Lol, the Apple brand guidelines:

> "Do not display a blank screen on an Apple product."

RPi Awesomeness

That be fine

@NathanOsman Man...apple is so gosh-darn picky

GAH! Why won't Mactubes work?

Lucio

@NathanOsman I read that a long time ago

they are sick

RPi Awesomeness

23:18

Trying to watch a video and it just sits there loading on some videos, but others its fine! I am really not liking this system...I need my Ubuntu :(

Lucio

Everybody needs their Ubuntu :)

3

RPi Awesomeness

Precisely sniffles

Anyone know of any good tutorials for getting the RPi to be able to have a private wireless network without having an installed WiFi system in the building (use dongle to create network and have PC connect to it)?

I want to be able to send commands to the Pi from a laptop (possibly through SSH), but I won't have access to a regular WiFi network...

Braiam

I think you are looking for @JourneymanGeek, he was doing something similar (if not the same)

RPi Awesomeness

Okay, how should I ask him? Ping him?

Braiam

I already did, you don't have to..

RPi Awesomeness

23:26

Question is, will he get my question...

WiFi direct: blog.gsmarena.com/… looks promising, but it is only supported by a select few devices currently and my devices are sure not to be one of those.

Braiam

chat can be a fast (or extremally slow) sometimes

RPi Awesomeness

Well, I guess I can wait. I might look into Bluetooth, seeing as it is just sending simple commands to the Pi which it then passes on to the Arduino...

Journeyman Geek

23:39

@RPiAwesomeness You can do that with hostapd and dhcop

err

yeah ;p

elinux.org/RPI-Wireless-Hotspot

if you already have a router its even simpler

(since you can just let it handle DHCP duties)

RPi Awesomeness

@JourneymanGeek Thanks! I don't have a router, though I probably could get a small cheap one on Amazon.

Journeyman Geek

don't bother then, that tutorial will work as advertised

got a dongle yet?

RPi Awesomeness

@JourneymanGeek WiFi, yes. Edimax somethin somethin. Bluetooth no.

Journeyman Geek

oh, edimax is fine

its probably a ralink chipset

RPi Awesomeness

Yo, guys, just an FYI, all Kindle Fire Devices are $30 off today. Use the code MAYDAY30 to get it...

Journeyman Geek

23:46

(ralink's chipsets are suprisingly awesome - on windows they support simultanious AP/client mode, and on linux, they're my preferred dongled adaptors. I prefer intel on mini pcie, but mainly cause thats what my systems come with)

RPi Awesomeness

@JourneymanGeek So, if I follow that tutorial directly it should allow me to SSH from my PC to the Pi, even though there isn't a regular WiFi network?

Journeyman Geek

yup yup

RPi Awesomeness

Sweet! Thanks so Much!

I should Serial Upvote you :D (jk)

Journeyman Geek

the config I went with was different (and simpler)

XD

RPi Awesomeness

@JourneymanGeek What did you do?

Journeyman Geek

23:49

I already have a router so I bridged my wifi adaptor and ethernet connector so I didn't need to bother with dhcp

I currently have 3 APs on the same network ;p

RPi Awesomeness

Ah, a portable one?

Journeyman Geek

wierdly no

RPi Awesomeness

Ooog. Despising the short cord on my iBook...I literally have to sit on the top of the back of the couch to use the Laptop whilst it charges.

Should I look into getting a router?

Journeyman Geek

hmm

RPi Awesomeness

It said the range won't be all that great...

Journeyman Geek

23:50

its sufficient for most apartments

and its worth messing with

I have an oldschool fairly large dongle and the range is ~3/4 that of my asus

RPi Awesomeness

amazon.com/EW-7811UN-IEEE-802-11n-draft-USB/dp/B005CLMJLU is the adapter I have

Journeyman Geek

and roughly the same as my old WRT54GL

RPi Awesomeness

Oh. One boxes work for Amazon.

Journeyman Geek

honestly, I'd just try it ;p

RPi Awesomeness

Will do! (once my replacement power cord comes in for my laptop. DARN RABBITS!)

Danke again!

Journeyman Geek

23:52

dx.com/p/…

Braiam

OT flag askubuntu.com/q/403590/169736

Journeyman Geek

@RPiAwesomeness: heh, I get reminded of the story of a guy named Patrick on headfi.

Who claimed his 20K dollar power cable was eaten by rabbits

RPi Awesomeness

Good Grief. They have 20K cords? Great Knit!

Journeyman Geek

lol

audiophiles are nutty

RPi Awesomeness

And mine seriously was nibbled on by my sister's rabbit.

Journeyman Geek

23:54

(these are the same as your PC cords)

RPi Awesomeness

It just worked back and forth until is snapped

Journeyman Geek

yeah, there's a question on pets.se on it ;p

RPi Awesomeness

:)

That adapter. Should I get it, or was that the one you had?

looks nicer than the Edimax one

Journeyman Geek

Its the one I have lying around, and would have recommended if you wanted one.

Same chipset ;p

RPi Awesomeness

Slightly larger though, NBD.

Journeyman Geek

23:55

yeah, but half the price

RPi Awesomeness

Okay! Will bookmark that!

Mateo

@JourneymanGeek took that much research money to figure out how to transmit electricity through rabbit food safely

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