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Harris Rubin

00:10

@Braiam why did you edit my post askubuntu.com/questions/139994/…

Seth

He fixed the grammar and formatting.

Mateo

@HarrisRubin that is how the site works ;) we fix things.

Seth

02:11

askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/234563 o_O

Braiam

err...

Seth

03:01

►

Lucio

04:27

Does someone knows a repository for use cases?

I use GitHub for code stuff but I don't know how to share designs, models and documentation between devs..

Minato Namikaze

@Lucio for models, just upload an .stl

user257338

04:55

Hello. I have installed Ubuntu on my usb drive as a live system using Yumi (Your Universal Multiboot Installer). I set a persistence for 3 gigs. Didn't save a thing. Help?

Lucio

@MinatoNamikaze what is that?

Do you mean, upload the file used for the software that the team is using (EA, or whatever)?

Minato Namikaze

05:41

@Lucio What sort of models are we talking?

Nathan Osman

06:43

@lucio: You found our repository :)

Minato Namikaze

Flipkart's SSL cert breaking for anyone else?

flipkart.com/account/login?from=header

@AvinashRaj --^

Avinash Raj

wait

hbdgaf

@Lucio I think that's a feature that is pretty much lacking everywhere. It would make an awesome add-on to trello, but it would also take away from the super-simmplicity of trello making it a different thing.

Avinash Raj

@MinatoNamikaze

Minato Namikaze

hmm

something seems off

Avinash Raj

06:49

for your's only

@MinatoNamikaze are you in exam holidays?

Minato Namikaze

No :P

Comp exam tomorrow.. so using comp :P

Java \o/

Avinash Raj

hmmm

Rishee

08:04

anyone there?

Oli

@Rishee Just about

Rishee

hey I wanted to clarify one thing

from the man page: -l Note that this does not disable the account. The user may still be able to login using another authentication token (e.g. an SSH key). To disable the account, administrators should use usermod --expiredate 1 (this set the account's expire date to Jan 2, 1970). — Levon Feb 6 at 21:43

if you go to this question and check the last comment on the answer that I posted .... is that right or wrong ... I could not find any information from Ubuntu wiki about it...? can you let me know how true is it?

Rishee

08:27

@Oil can you please check below question

I just asked it on forum

0

Q: How to install and configure Dynamic VLAN Server?

I have below setup: Firewall: Fortinet 240D *Core Switches are 2 one is Juniper EX 4200 & second one is EX 3300* I want to configure Dynamic VLAN Server on Ubuntu Linux 12.04.3 Kernel and CPU: Linux 3.8.0-32-generic on i686 I have confirmed with Junniper technical support that EX3300 & EX4200...

@Oli hay are you there?

Oli

@Rishee Yeah, your last ping didn't work because you didn't spell my name correctly :)

blade19899

[Phoronix] Ubuntu Developers Plot Roadmap For Their New Software Store

Finally.

Rishee

@Oli Sorry pal :) can you please check those 2 concerns that I had... plzzz

blade19899

08:43

Does Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty tahr have a official logo yet?

Avinash Raj

@Alvar i had used the correct code tag.

Oli

The first is true (I've been testing it). And I know nothing about VLANs except roughly what they are.

Rishee

09:04

@Oli Thanks for confirmingthe answer posted on first question. Do you know anyone who is on this forum, who should be able to answer that VLAN Question? I can drop him a message to look at this question then or ping him for the same... :)

Alvar

@AvinashRaj you used <pre> and it looked wrong. it's better to highlight the code with the code tag it looks better ..

Avinash Raj

what's the code tag? you mean <code></code>

Alvar

now click the code tag

Avinash Raj

````

^ this

Alvar

you have a row extra ...

Avinash Raj

09:16

Like this

Alvar

can't see it in chat....

Oli

@AvinashRaj Not sure about the instance but use the Markdown formatting when you can. That's four spaces before every line for the <pre><code> equivalent. There's a button on the toolbar that lets you format a chunk of text (or Control+K will call it too)

Alvar

with the pre method you get an extra line and it looks strange ..

Avinash Raj

@Oli four spaces before each line was so harder for me.But <pre> simplifies the task.

Oli

@AvinashRaj As I say, the site has javascript that simplifies this into a non-issue (actually makes it easier than using pres and makes the source easier to read too)

Avinash Raj

09:20

@Oli ctrl + k does superbly.

Oli

Write the code
Highlight the code
Click the icon or press Control+K. Done.

Avinash Raj

09:33

OT? askubuntu.com/questions/433594/…

Avinash Raj

09:49

why i have to add commands askubuntu.com/questions/433591/…

Oli

@AvinashRaj I'm not sure you have to "add commands" but it wouldn't hurt to explain how you "just mount the windows partition".

Avinash Raj

now it's ok askubuntu.com/a/433593/202806

Rishee

@Oli Hey do you know anyone from this forum who can help me with that VLAN question?

Oli

10:25

@Rishee Not explicitly. It's a fairly specialist area. If you don't get an answer organically (or through a bounty), you might have more luck in a more specialised Stack Exchange site like Server Fault or the new Network Engineering site.

Rinzwind

again a nice question Oli :D

Avinash Raj

where?

Rinzwind

@AvinashRaj frontpage has 1 q from Oli >:)

Rishee

10:54

@Oli Thanks pal :)

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

11:06

0

Q: My ubuntu background is totally black, even after opening programs such as terminal

My Ubuntu background is totally black when I log in. I can open the terminal, write command so that i open other programs, but I am unable to see any of it. Can somebody please help me!

ubuntu background

Avinash Raj

OT askubuntu.com/questions/433655/mysql-usage-and-upgrade

fossfreedom

12:01

@AvinashRaj - thanks for that - just to say - if you see spam - shout "SPAM" and flag it. Please do not link it here since Google has a habit of linking to this sort of stuff very quickly.

its immediate if you shout "SPAM" here

Oli

@AvinashRaj Please stop deleting all your messages. It makes us (me, at least) really suspicious when I come into a room and there's just a big list of deleted stuff and it takes me a while to go through it all to make sure you're not (for example) just insulting people and deleting the message.

Avinash Raj

ohh sorry :-)

never do it again :-)

Rinzwind

12:25

shift printscreen it Oli! :=)

Avinash Raj

it's so easy to get rep on SO meta

OFS='' in awk command means what?

awk -F'"' -v OFS='' '{ for (i=2; i<=NF; i+=2) gsub(",", "", $i) } 1' infile

linky

Minato Namikaze

androidpolice.com/2014/03/12/…

So wait

A peice of art with spearkers and airplay

No.

Rinzwind

@AvinashRaj OFS = Output Field Separator

Avinash Raj

thnx

Oli

@MinatoNamikaze Curious why people don't just make their own... AFAIK "speakers behind paintings" is not a new idea and the Raspi integration is hardly a leap.

karel

13:35

OT: askubuntu.com/questions/433720/…

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

0

Q: How to use Ubuntu Server with LAMP?

I have installed Ubuntu Server with LAMP on a VM (in VirtualBox). Now when I boot into the server, it only shows me a terminal. I have never done networking before, so I have no idea what to do with it. So please tell me how to use it. I just want a website running on my virtual network. Details...

ubuntu networking server

blade19899

13:51

Got my new phone!

Now to backup everything from my old one...

Where is the Q/A on AU? can't seem to find it.

xiaodongjie

Hi

What is software "rate" in software center,

Hello everybody

blade19899

14:06

Anyone tried that nymgo?

blade19899

14:17

►

^Her reply: Really? -_-

Minato Namikaze

People booted up the computer and just sat there, unsure what to do next.

That's when we decided to label the System button "Start".

It says, "You dummy. Click here." And it sent our usability numbers through the roof, because all of a sudden, people knew what to click when they wanted to do something.

blade19899

lol

don.joey

@mods, if bruno needs R&R time, then this should not be featured on askubuntu. can you feature something else to make sure it is no longer part of the community bullitin? Just out of respect for Bruno. meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8672/…

jokerdino

What's a R&R time? I might not mind.

don.joey

rest and something else :)

I don't remember

jokerdino

14:30

Now I get it. I actually found the question out of taste myself. Too nosy. etc

don.joey

Maybe we should delete it?

jokerdino

And I dont know how to remove it from the community bulletin.. :/

don.joey

@jokerdino just feature a bunch of other things (add the 'feature' tag to them) and it will disappear automatically

Minato Namikaze

@don.joey that military thing right?

don.joey

Since no mod has reacted to that question, I consider the answer to be unofficial anyway

Minato Namikaze

14:32

rest and recuperation

jokerdino

Hmm, I'll let someone else handle it then?

don.joey

@MinatoNamikaze makes sense

Minato Namikaze

@jokerdino Just feature this: meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8373/…

jokerdino

"what's wrong Ask Ubuntu?" You must be kidding

Ionică Bizău

Is there anybody that has installed 14.04 unstable release?

I really like the new features that were added.

blade19899

14:42

Rest and Relaxation

Oli

Rungeons and Rragons

xiaodongjie

Hi

Printer "HP Laserset p 1007" is supported in Ubuntu12.04?

blade19899

[Phoronix] Replicant Developers Find Backdoor In Android Samsung Galaxy Devices

Guess what i just got in the mail... -_-

Oli

@blade19899 Is it a pony?

Go on, tell us it's a pony!

blade19899

@Oli what the. How did u! NO

Dan

14:56

Maybe this can be featured, http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8333/unanswered-questions-what-to-do
There are some really good answers in that specially the answer by rolfl http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8333/unanswered-questions-what-to-do/8575#8575
Disclaimer: I like charts, so that's probably why I liked that answer :p

blade19899

@Oli, Okey i did:

Am calling it: Samsung Galaxy

Oli

Oh that's a fabulous pony

Loving the hooves

blade19899

Thanks! just painted them.

Stacey Anne

If I have two internet connections into my debian (3G + LAN), how to I check that their IP connections to the intertubes are different?

badp

ooooh, now the screen-is-locked-please-insert-password screen looks just like the login screen.

blade19899

14:58

She kicked me twice

Stacey Anne

I did curl --interface eth0 checkip.dyndns.org , and got a response, but curl --interface ppp0 didn't

badp

which means you can change songs, volume, keyboard layout and see what dates are bolded in your calendar without logging in

perhaps a little more concerningly, it means that you can open an arbitrary amount of character map windows for the user to find when they unlock their screen.

jokerdino

are you on Unity's or gnome-shell's place?

badp

@jokerdino Unity

jokerdino

great

Avinash Raj

15:10

rhythmbox shows Rhythmbox requires to install plugins to play media files of the following type: MPEG-1 Layer 3 (MP3) decoder error.

is that i had to install ubuntu restricted extras?

fossfreedom

@AvinashRaj yep - install that package and that should resolve that error

Avinash Raj

@foss it's about 75 MB of data i need to download.Is there any possibilities to download and install the required packages for Rhythmbox only.

fossfreedom

When rhythmbox complains - just click the install button and it should install the codec package for you

Harris Rubin

hola

Dan

should we flag old unanswered question which are now about EOL releases as off topic?

like this one for example: askubuntu.com/questions/197048/…

Harris Rubin

15:25

if you delete a post that has +1 do you lose reputation

fossfreedom

@AvinashRaj not sure about the individual package itself since I only install the restricted-extras - possibly its just this one gstreamer0.10-fluendo-mp3

Harris Rubin

@MarcoCeppi

Marco Ceppi

@HarrisRubin yes

Harris Rubin

@MarcoCeppi should we flag EOS posts

Marco Ceppi

@HarrisRubin if they are new and don't have an accepted answer already, yes

fossfreedom

15:28

@Dan this was covered by this meta that funnily enough @Marco answered ... but still awaiting the query (!) - meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6645/…

Marco Ceppi

Ah, I shouuld probably go write that query

xiaodongjie

Hello death guys.

bots.

jokerdino

:'(

Marco Ceppi

I AM NOT A BOT

2

xiaodongjie

@Marco Ceppi then can you help me?

Marco Ceppi

15:34

INVALID QUERY

2

Harris Rubin

@MarcoCeppi I am out of flags

xiaodongjie

@Mar

Marco Ceppi

WAIT 24 hours

xiaodongjie

@MarcoCeppi or you are a bot.

Marco Ceppi

@xiaodongjie yes?

beep boop

Harris Rubin

15:35

@MarcoCeppi cant you remove the questions that I flagged so i get more

Marco Ceppi

@HarrisRubin you won't get more that way

@xiaodongjie there are no bots in the Ask Ubuntu chat room

xiaodongjie

@MarcoCeppi ok, then can you help me? or you are a bot.

Harris Rubin

@MarcoCeppi do you get rep for flagging

xiaodongjie

@MarcoCeppi beep boop

fossfreedom

where is @FlackBot when you need it

Marco Ceppi

15:36

@xiaodongjie don't ask to ask, just ask your question

Seth

@HarrisRubin no rep

Marco Ceppi

I have no idea if I can help you or not, without knowing the issue

xiaodongjie

@MarcoCeppi yes, In System settings/Printer,

Marco Ceppi

Also, other people might be able to help, so just ask the question and we'll see if anyone can help

If not, there's a great site to ask questions on

with an even larger audience

xiaodongjie

@MarcoCeppi what is the "Ink/Toner Level"?

Marco Ceppi

15:38

@xiaodongjie that's how much ink i s in the printer as reported by your printer

xiaodongjie

@MarcoCeppi and then, Due to modify the value, I can't get any modify at print.

Marco Ceppi

@xiaodongjie I don't know what that means, could you try explaining it in a different way?

xiaodongjie

@MarcoCeppi hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/models/laserjet/…

@MarcoCeppi what about it?

@MarcoCeppi It's died?

@MarcoCeppi I could not get driver tarball.

@MarcoCeppi Can you help me?

@MarcoCeppi I want to get prdownloads.sourceforge.net/hplip/hplip-3.14.3.tar.gz , But

@MarcoCeppi But It's not in Ubuntu repository.

Harris Rubin

@MarcoCeppi cant you just remove all posts with tag of 12.10 or earlier

xiaodongjie

@HarrisRubin what do you mean?

Harris Rubin

15:44

to get rid of EOL post

xiaodongjie

@HarrisRubin I still use 12.04

Harris Rubin

!xi

Dan

12.04 is not EOL

Harris Rubin

@xiaodongjie 12.04 is not EOL

xiaodongjie

@HarrisRubin EOL? what?

Dan

15:46

End Of Life (means it's no longer supported)

Harris Rubin

why does command line say 1 package not upgraded

xiaodongjie

@Dan ok, thanks

@everybody prdownloads.sourceforge.net/hplip/hplip-3.14.3.tar.gz

Dan

@HarrisRubin It means you one package that can be upgraded

Harris Rubin

@Dan how

Dan

try running sudo apt-get upgrade

Harris Rubin

15:48

@Dan i ran apt-get upgrade

The following packages have been kept back:
usb-modeswitch-data

xiaodongjie

Don't use apt-get upgrade, or your system is broken. In my experiences.

terdon

@xiaodongjie ?????

Marco Ceppi

@HarrisRubin Why remove those posts though?

Harris Rubin

They are EOL and have noi answers\\

terdon

@HarrisRubin so? What if I'm using an older version?

Harris Rubin

15:57

@terdon then you should upgfrade as it is not supported

Marco Ceppi

They should be closed, not deleted

terdon

@HarrisRubin what if I have older hardware? What if this is a production system and I have 1863 users who need a specific version of some piece of software? What if I don't have time to upgrade?

Harris Rubin

still it is not supported anymore

terdon

So?

Ionică Bizău

I posted this question in June 2013. We are in March 2014. Is there any solution?

3

Q: Fade in after inactive mode

Using Brightness & Lock I can set the time when the computer will go to inactive mode: Turn screen off when inactive for [1 minute]. After the time set, the screen fades out and then it becomes black, completely. When I move the mouse or I press a key it turns on, again. Is there any p...

13.04 gnome 13.10 display brightness

terdon

16:01

That's a good reason not to install it but if you have to use it for other reasons, you're stuck with it.

@MarcoCeppi I assume you mean only those questions about older versions that have no answer right?

Harris Rubin

@IonicăBizău there are two answers on tnhat post

terdon

@HarrisRubin also, most issues are not version specific so most questions and their answers will still be applicable. Why loose useful content?

Ionică Bizău

@HarrisRubin Yes, but no one contains a real solution.

Ask Ubuntu Meta

0

Q: Why my answer is deleted?

Could I know the reason of deleting my answer for this question Use terminal to translate some text? I know that there exist a similar question but that appears after I answered.. Moreover why you can't just merger the questions?! Why did you delete +4 upvoted answer?!

discussion

terdon

@IonicăBizău probably not possible, no. The fade out is presumably handled by the screensaver daemon and I don't think that supports fade in.

Ionică Bizău

16:05

@terdon Even I want to modify its source code and recompile it? Or maybe replacing screensaver daemon with another alternative...

I would really like such an effect...

terdon

@IonicăBizău modifying the source might be an option but I'm guessing you also need a desktop environment that supports fade in and what you're asking for is not trivial.

You can always flag your post for mod attention and ask them to migrate it to another SE site. Unix & Linux for example.

Rinzwind

@fossfreedom for you probably: meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8715/why-my-answer-is-deleted

terdon

Yes, why was that deleted? I was really happy with that Q&A, great tool. It should have been closed, but not deleted!

Ionică Bizău

@terdon Where is the source code of that daemon stored?

terdon

@IonicăBizău depends on which one you're using. The classic ones are xscreensaver daemon and gnome-screensaver. Not sure if Ubuntu/Unity has another one. In either case, you can either download the source with apt-get source package_name or just search for its homepage.

Seth

16:10

@terdon a) the answer was an exact duplicate of an answer on the duplicate question. b) answers on dupe questions break the auto forward.

Those are the basic reasons.

terdon

@Seth it was? Ah, I thought he moved his answer there after his own post was deleted. Could you explain b)?

Oli

@terdon Duplicates without answers will automatically push people at the master question if the user comes in through Google et al.

Seth

But not if it has an answer

terdon

OK, but so do dupes with answers right?

Seth

Nope.

terdon

16:12

Hang on, I'll go try this and see what you guys mean.

In any case, his answer on the dupe was posted after his answer on his own Q so it wasn't a duplicate until the original was deleted right?

fossfreedom

@Rinzwind tsk - tsk - answered

Seth

@terdon nope. Got a flag before anything had happened

terdon

@Seth I see, thanks. I can't figure out what you mean about google and dupes though. Am I supposed to be automatically redirected to the dupe?

fossfreedom

@terdon yes - StackExchange will resolve page links to the correct Question

remember most traffic to SE sites is via search engines

terdon

@fossfreedom So if I do a search and click on an SE post with no answers that is closed as a dupe to another, I won't see the closed one but will automatically be redirected to the dupe? Damn, been an SE fanatic for 2 years now and I've never noticed that. Thanks guys.

fossfreedom

16:18

yep - its magic!

terdon

@fossfreedom you wouldn't happen to know the meta post describing this by any chance? Searching through meta.so now and I can't find one.

(and man, your avatar takes me back...)

Minato Namikaze

@terdon Danger mouse? ;)

terdon

@MinatoNamikaze yeah, used to love that show :)

fossfreedom

@terdon I'm sure there is a better Q&A - quick google (!) found this meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/125220/…

terdon

@fossfreedom perfect, thanks. I was silly enough to search for dupe instead of duplicate

xiaodongjie

16:37

Hi guys

How to create a debian package.

I have a C File.

fossfreedom

@xiaodongjie - lots of your contributions on chat is to ask what would be perfectly valid questions on the site - why don't you do this?

badp

oh lookie!

launchpad.net/~unity8-desktop-session-team/+archive/custom

the Unity 8 desktop PPA! Now... without mouse and keyboard support

Marco Ceppi

@badp the packages in there are super out of date

xiaodongjie

Hi

badp

@MarcoCeppi I noticed.

xiaodongjie

16:42

What version of LSB for Ubuntu12.04?

Hey deathmen. Why don't you answer me?

fossfreedom

I did

5 mins ago, by fossfreedom

@xiaodongjie - lots of your contributions on chat is to ask what would be perfectly valid questions on the site - why don't you do this?

Minato Namikaze

BBT

Good Night

xiaodongjie

Hi

What version of LSB for Ubuntu12.04?

fossfreedom

again

6 mins ago, by fossfreedom

@xiaodongjie - lots of your contributions on chat is to ask what would be perfectly valid questions on the site - why don't you do this?

xiaodongjie

@fossfreedom ok, Can you help me? or?

fossfreedom

16:46

I am helping you - please ask the question on the site

xiaodongjie

@fossfreedom oh, I see.

I see.

Avinash Raj

16:57

@Braiam why?

NONONONO, never change ownership of the root directory — Braiam 37 mins ago

it's not root directory.He already created 2 extra ext4 partitions.The created partitions are in read only mode.That's why we answered to change the ownership from root to $USER .

Braiam

@AvinashRaj I'm not saying that...

Avinash Raj

then

terdon

@AvinashRaj the OP has a single partition at the moment which means that the answer @Braiam commented on would change the ownership of / and would either break the system or, if it doesn't open a HUGE security hole. That's what /etc/fstab options are for

Avinash Raj

17:13

> After that I created two more partitions using gparted

@terdon

terdon

> I tried to edit the permissions, but its showing message like only a root user can do it.So feeling exhausted I reverted it back to single partition again.

Avinash Raj

@terdon sorry, not fully readed the question.

terdon

@AvinashRaj your answer is also wrong, that will change the ownership of files not partitions. The right way do do this is visa fstab options

Avinash Raj

i think fstab make the change permanent.

terdon

17:28

@AvinashRaj exactly. Your answer changes nothing but the ownership of existing files and folders

Avinash Raj

UUID=xxxxxxxx mount point ext4 errors=remount-rw 0 1

@terdon

like this

Varaquilex

Hey guys, Im having huge trouble with my BIOS, cannot boot into Linux. Can please you take a look at it?

0

Q: ASUS N550JV - Cannot disable "Launch CSM" in BIOS/UEFI

ASUS N550JV I need to boot to a Linux installation, however, in order to do that, I must disable "Launch CSM" option in boot menu. I do so, but when the computer restarts, it launches BIOS menu (I cannot see the ASUS logo). I tried to downgrade to a previous BIOS version (207) and re-installin...

boot bios asus uefi secure-boot

terdon

@AvinashRaj see my answer

Avinash Raj

wow.

@terdon is that no need to change the owner?

terdon

@AvinashRaj not of the files, no.

Avinash Raj

17:43

owner is root but we can access it in rw mode

am i correct?

terdon

@AvinashRaj yes, and no. There is no owner for the partition really. rw means that you can write to it, once this is done, ownership will depend on the normal chmod/chown actions

Actually, you just need defaults (I updated). The user will be able to read/write because he has rw access to the mount point and the partition is not mounted in read-only mode.

Avinash Raj

so that you give the mount point permissions(chmod a+wrx) read,write,execute for all.

terdon

18:00

@AvinashRaj exactly

Avinash Raj

go to sleep :-)

BBT :-)

Lucio

18:33

@hbdgaf yeah, I have been thinking on Trello but never use it.

@NathanOsman what?

@MinatoNamikaze use cases, classes diagrams, and such

searchfgold6789

Okay install Linux to an SD and poof it runs on your blackberry? ... seems too good to be true ehow.com/how_7496364_install-micro-sd-run-blackberry.html

Lucio

IKR

What is elementary OS?

0

Q: Elementary OS asks for a password when i dont have one!

i have a laptop with elementary OS and was going to give it to my sister so i wiped it out and i made a user with no password. but since the user does not have a password it seems that to be able to install a game from the software center she needs a password to install it! i try to set a passwor...

password

@rusty Amazing your answer dude!

Braiam

@Lucio not ubuntu

Lucio

There was a command to run a command over a specific date, so the app can be on future or past

but can't remember the post :(

Does someone remember it?

Braiam

18:55

man at

Lucio

No manual entry for at

@Braiam that is only to set a cron job

I'm not talking about that

Braiam

dunno then, ask in UL room

Lucio

Could you give me the link? I suck finding rooms

Oh: chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/26/unix-and-linux

"How to run a command over a specific date?"

@Seth do you think that this title is fine?

I'm very rough with english.

Lucio

19:16

"How to run a command with a specific date?"

^seems better

terdon

19:36

@Lucio no its not, at has nothing to do with cron. What exactly do you want to do?

Something like this?

terdon@oregano ~ $ echo "ls > ~/output.txt" | at 20:39
warning: commands will be executed using /bin/sh
job 33 at Thu Mar 13 20:39:00 2014

If you want to repeat it, use cron

Ionică Bizău

19:59

My webcam is not detected by Ubuntu. What can I do? It's my new Asus notebook...

Jorge Castro

20:21

man I just totally flunked the easiest review

Seth

@Lucio No, not really. I can't understand what you mean there. Got a link to the question and I can rephrase the title.

@Lucio A little better, but I don't know what you mean by "with a date". atm I'm supposing you mean "on a certain date"

errrg. I missed all of UDS again.

Marco Ceppi

21:07

@Seth it's recorded, fwiw

Seth

Yeah I know.. Not the same as actually being there though :(

hbdgaf

Yes. Actually rubbing elbows with people who are smarter than you over drinks (or not if you're not old enough) is always fun.

@Mateo - I'm thinking about that ani-gif to plymouth theme now... gah for wanting to do too many little apps, but this one should be super quick and stupid simple.

Mateo

@hbdgaf would be cool, thought of a name for it?

hbdgaf

@Mateo Not really. Still want to go back to CamCastic, but I was kind of getting bored with it and needed a change. I'll go back to it soon-ish probably.

Mateo

gif-a-tizer, lolstart,

hbdgaf

21:15

The demo theme conversion would be the matrixgl screensaver captured as an animated gif. Would make a neat-ish boot screen. And who DOESN'T like the matrix? right?

Mateo

yeah

hbdgaf

Gif2Plymouth is what I was thinking. I mean... it says it all.

Mateo

@hbdgaf that works

I also though of "plymmer"

hbdgaf

There was a TedTalk where some guy was trying to think out a business name and slogan. He started with Bill Bobbins makes very good shoes or something.

Then it became Bill Bobbins makes great shoes <-- because you shouldn't use superlatives. It's not very something it's just something else.

Then it became Bill Bobbins makes shoes <-- because if you were making bad shoes you shouldn't be in the shoe business.

Then it became Bill makes shoes <-- because you should be on a first name basis with your clients.

Mateo

too bad something named g2p already exists

hbdgaf

21:24

heh. that's a little glib. g2p wouldn't be expressive enough. something that short is programmer terse, not user terse.

I'ld also hate to be that guy that has people saying "I got it over PEETOOPEE" but not knowing it stands for peer to peer or what that means...

Mateo

so are you thinking command line, or a full select file interface?

hbdgaf

drop target interface.

Mateo

so drag and drop the gif in - done.

hbdgaf

pretty much. two separate runs though. run, drop target builds the thing. separate command invocation for installation since it needs sudo, and that needs really linear code. one of the complaints i got about lens-toggle was that it needed root to manipulate some things, and the complaint is valid-ish.

make-theme and install-latest-generated-theme. if it makes money to invest the time, then a theme manager, but there's already an app for that, so probably not necessary. just an export to the expected theme format type of thing.

useful link for plymouth theme-ing with animations: brej.org/blog/?p=158 it's a 3-parter, but it covers everything -- mostly.

Mateo

21:44

@hbdgaf makes sense, put the work into what isn't out there allready

hbdgaf

@Mateo only build things that need building. if someone else did it, let them do it right or maintain it.

guntbert

unclear: askubuntu.com/questions/433541/…

Mateo

@hbdgaf lol - PEETOOPEEFOURFREEEEE!?

You could so have things like this for your boot screen:

> i.sstatic.net/hTqov.gif

It has a transparent channel, just have it over color of choice.

hbdgaf

@Mateo it would be this as a lolgif youtube.com/watch?v=RnKFARGbUA4

Mateo

ok, unboxed it to save on annoyance ;)

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