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unorthodox grammar

00:09

Don't forget about: i.imgur.com/w0xG5L0.jpg

psusi

01:28

so apparently I voted to close this already a few weeks ago and it has been discarded ( there are currently 0 close votes ). any idea why? askubuntu.com/q/125075/8500

( close as a duplicate )

RPi Awesomeness

@Lucio I couldn't agree with you more. American's would be difficult about that sorta thing.

I mean, take a look at Metric/Imperial

psusi

"handegg" lol

RPi Awesomeness

Why can't America use Metric???

psusi

it does...

RPi Awesomeness

I despise Imperial and it's utterly random conversion factors

@psusi True

Mateo

01:56

I use picas ;) and points

Seth

@psusi They all aged away.

After a certain number of views to the question and no more votes then the existing votes age away.

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

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Q: start-stop-daemon not working as expected, no pid file was written

I'm trying to control a python based program (which doesn't detach itself from console) #!/bin/bash user=nobody pid=/var/run/xx.pid name=xx prog=/xx.py case $1 in start) /sbin/start-stop-daemon --start -b --oknodo --user "$user" --name "$name" --pidfile "$pid" --startas "$prog" --c...

Venki

04:54

sudo apt-get remove ubuntu-desktop --purge

This will remove unity right?

Danatela

05:07

nope

only ubuntu-desktop metapackage

Venki

then how to remove unity?

Danatela

1

A: Is there a way to uninstall Unity?

OK, I managed myself to uninstall Ubuntu-desktop and here is my command to do it. Use it wisely as it will also remove Brasero and Compiz as well as all dependent packages. sudo apt-get purge account-plugin-aim account-plugin-facebook account-plugin-flickr account-plugin-google account-plugin-ja...

and if you need only unity removed, just sudo apt-get remove unity

Venki

whoa! i dont want to remove compiz and all!

yeah I will use that^

that will most probably work well here.

and sudo apt-get install unity will install it back right?

@ Danatela

@Danatela

sorry ... but put a space there by mistake!

Danatela

05:45

you don't need to sorry... Just delete or edit that message

Venki

Well i saw it after the time to edit or delete is up!

BTW that command will install unity?

Danatela

BTW I guess I found the way how can I work with Unity again!!!

Venki

lol

sudo apt-get install unity any good?

Danatela

yep, why doubts?

Venki

newbie thats why!

Danatela

05:51

still newbie even with ~1000 rep??

Venki

Yeah! BTW Can you look at my AU profile? coz it says 30 badges in one place and 29 badges in another place!

you see from the two screen shots???

how can this happen!!!!

@Danatela

Well in your AU profile it says 41 in one place and 47 in another place!!

Danatela

no idea

Venki

meta it?

Venki

06:10

Well i meta'd it...(yo bot! post it here soon!)

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Q: Why is my badge count different in different places?

Let me show you two screen shots:- (From the top bar that also has the icons - 'Recent inbox messages' and 'Recent achievements') (From the badges section of mu AU profile) Clearly the badge count is different in different places(Shouldn't it be 33 [3 silver+30 bronze as it shows in the top...

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Danatela

BTW Oli has 401 bronze badges and 91 in total

Venki

o_0

okay.. i think thats all for today! Gotta go! Ciao!!! ;-D

Danatela

06:31

@Oli I fixed the issue with flickering screen using nouveau drivers by installing mainline kernel from daily/current build. It is also more stable

Danatela

07:10

one flaw is that Windows 8 in VirtualBox crashes the whole system now :-/

Oliver Schöning

07:59

In windows I can create a "build system" in Sublime to open Chrome.

{
    "cmd": ["open", "-a", "Google Chrome", "$file"]
}

Any equivalent in Ubuntu ?

Oliver Schöning

08:12

Got it to work.

{
	"cmd": ["/usr/bin/chromium-browser", "$file"]
}

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08:37

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Q: Please reopen YaCy service question not solved by generic answer

I created How can I stop YaCy from starting when my machine starts? and was pointed to How to enable or disable services? as a general answer. Unfortunately I voted to close my own question before confirming that the answer did indeed work (it didn't), and it has since been confirmed as a duplica...

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Q: Why is close as duplicate flag present at two places?

Why is the option to flag a post as duplicate present twice, as shown in images? I think the second of them needs to be removed(or justified)

bug flagging

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08:57

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On askubuntu there is similar background-foramtting for Blockquote text and Preformatted (code) text. Example-1 (with preformatted/coded text): sudo apt-get update Example-2 (with block-quoted text): sudo apt-get update So, It like similar formatting which may confuse between them. ...

support feature-request text-formattng

hbdgaf

09:11

Learning PyQt5 now... Few examples, no tutorials, and not much in Google :( Guess it should be worth it .

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

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Q: How do I recover ubuntu package manager from unmet dependencies errors

I have gotten the package manager into the following situation and have tried all "automatic" fixes but they did not resolve it. The following packages have unmet dependencies. kolab-libcyrus-imap-perl : Conflicts: libcyrus-imap-perl Conflicts: libcyrus-imap-perl22 ...

ubuntu apt

hbdgaf

@UbuntuQuestionsonU&L migrate and dupe... just my opinion

Danatela

@hbdgaf why don't they have migration to AU flag?

hbdgaf

Migration paths between UL and AU are not open that way. We all know each other anyway.

@Danatela How does the day find you anyway...

Also, I think an interesting addition to package management is a - dump error to graphviz dependency chain dot file. If it were added to say USC, it could be the app's killer feature instead of just a UI that is more user and less admin.

Danatela

I completely don't get what did you say... Sorry

hbdgaf

09:23

How is it going today.

The last bit is sort of a feature request for package managers... it might exist for one of them that I don't know about, but it should be an obvious feature.

Danatela

ah you mean a graph showing all dependencies?

hbdgaf

Graph showing the broken ones. So you can find the root dependency that pulls in the others so you can jump straight to the root of the conflict.

Danatela

yeah should be nice

but it can be done via script

hbdgaf

I'm sure it could, but it seems like something that should be a built-in not a bolt-on

It could be useful as a troubleshooting script. If someone had a package - "Troubleshooting scripts 0.1" it would fit in there nicely.

Danatela

09:39

hmm so why not to create it?

hbdgaf

It was talked about on meta for a while (a troubleshooting tools package). Seems like concensus was "too complex to be trivial, not trivial enough to be treated as complex... Ugh."

*not trivial enough to be treated as non-complex

Danatela

apt-trouble unmet package...

hbdgaf

oh, i meant the total thing, not the single script.

the other problem with that type of thing is you have to find a way to break your system to test it ;)

then if someone complains about a corner case, you start feeling like this:

o/ @Takkat

Takkat

@hbdgaf o/ hi

hbdgaf

@Danatela if you can build test cases, i can try to build the tool.

The launchpad bug reporting page would so read "if you can furnish a shell script to make an LXC container exhibit your problem that the tool doesn't find the root cause of properly, i'ld be happy to take a look at it" well, i wouldn't say that on launchpad... but I would want to soo bad.

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

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Q: installing windows after ubuntu 13

I have installed ubuntu 13 and now I need to install windows 8 (dual boot). But when i try to install windows it says "cannot install on GPT table". There view is shown on 'disk' on ubuntu. I need to install ubuntu on /dev/sda1.how can I fix it. then how can I install grub without a live CD, bu...

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Rinzwind

12:49

@AvinashRaj an answer based on the manual is always good for a low 10 upvotes D:

Venki

13:11

This is how embarassment looks like :- askubuntu.com/a/484377/225679 :-(

Wasted like an hour today morning with that answer.

Thinking of deleting that answer.

(embarrassment spelled wrong intentionally)

(coz its that 'embarassing' !)

Rinzwind

13:52

sure is venki :+()

Avinash Raj

wowhooo

Rinzwind

14:34

@AvinashRaj there have 10 :=)

Venki

Area51 account is different from other SE accounts???

They dont get merged?? @Rinzwind

Avinash Raj

@Rinzwind lol

Rinzwind

14:48

@AvinashRaj Told you :=)

answer from man pages are like free rep :=)

Avinash Raj

hm. i think it's a dupe.

someone should asked that kind of question before.

dono what he was trying to achieve. askubuntu.com/questions/484599/awk-sed-help-for-a-script

Venki

15:15

(know this is OT here) Why is my Area51 account name shown as Registered user?

Please someone help!!!!!

ryekayo

Hello Avinash

Avinash Raj

Hi

@ryekayo

dono what are you trying to achive.

ryekayo

I am sorry for the cryptic question/problem I posted but some of the info i get at work is sensitive and I cannot print it out

Avinash Raj

an example would be better.

ryekayo

Well I have a log file that I am parsing through and I am trying to use regex to isolate it to this term: AssociationID = d395u348383mfdjcudjdjd

Avinash Raj

15:21

no not the exact. But you may post a sample which resembles like the original one.

ryekayo

I need what is in AssociationID, the random string is what I need to print out

Avinash Raj

so you want to print the text that was just after to AssociationID = ?

upto what?

jokerdino

> name Venki

ryekayo

after the association ID code it is the end of the line

Avinash Raj

@Venki which one is OT?

how many association ID's are there in the log file?

Venki

15:24

@jokerdino yes but account name is Registered User! Axtually I am now trying to log out and log in..will get back to you after that

Avinash Raj

many?

ryekayo

there is a lot of them

Venki

@AvinashRaj My query about Area51 here!

jokerdino

@Venki What? Your name is Venki. Your status is registered user.

Avinash Raj

so you want to print them all.

@ryekayo

ryekayo

15:25

no just the one that is associated with another string

Venki

@jokerdino status?? never encountered such thing in AU account or any other SE site....When will it change?? i signed out and signed in but the same thing persists!

ryekayo

the other string is part of the result I get for the question i posted. it is in parenthesis

Avinash Raj

other string?

ryekayo

the result has (1.23.4.353.4.33.0/112.3.32.4.23.3). I only need the first part of this string to print once : 1.23.4.353.4.33.0 Then it's association ID to print once

jokerdino

@Venki sigh If you check any other user's profile, you will know what is happeneing.

Avinash Raj

15:29

so you want to print

1.23.4.353.4.33.0/112.3.32.4.23.3 and the value of Association ID.

ryekayo

yes

Venki

@jokerdino punching myself in my face okay..very sorry to waste your time...Area51 interface is a bit different from other SE site interfaces...my bad...sorry again!

ryekayo

and if possible just print out 1.23.4.353.4.33.0 and the associationID

Avinash Raj

search for the lines which contains 1.23.4.353.4.33.0. If it found any then you want to print the number plus association id value.

Am i correct?

ryekayo

yep

you got it!

Avinash Raj

15:32

you want to do the operation on line which cotains exact 1.23.4.353.4.33.0

ryekayo

yep

Avinash Raj

then wait for 2mins

ryekayo

ok

Avinash Raj

i created an example for you

$ cat file.txt
1.23.4.353.4.33.0/112.3.32.4.23.3 AssociationID = d395u348383mfdjcudjdjd
foo
bar
AssociationID = d39jshjhskjhskjs
1.23.4.353.4.33.0 AssociationID = d395u348383

$ sed -rn 's/.*(1\.23\.4\.353\.4\.33\.0).*AssociationID = (.*)$/\1 \2/p' file.txt
1.23.4.353.4.33.0 d395u348383mfdjcudjdjd
1.23.4.353.4.33.0 d395u348383

i think this what you're looking for.

@ryekayo

ryekayo

Not quite. This program basically prompts me to enter in the 1.23.4.353.4.33.0 (it wont always be the same string) and then the log file.

Once there, it parses through the log file I prompted in with the numeric string It asked for and produces that string with its asoociation id

Avinash Raj

15:43

i asked you before does it's an exact string or not.

ryekayo

sorry about that

Avinash Raj

so what's the actual pattern

1.23.4.353.4.33.0[one number.two numbers.onenumber.three.one.two.1]

like the above pattern?

@ryekayo

ryekayo

the numbers are random, the numbers are generated from input I would type in

So basically itll ask for the string: i type in 1.2.2.33.4.4.54.5 then asks me to enter the log file name: so i type in server.log. and Itll parse through server.log looking for that 1.2.2.33.4.4.54.5 and print out that and the association ID

Avinash Raj

which tool are you using for parsing?

ryekayo

grep and awk

Avinash Raj

15:54

@ryekayo Which asks this?

ryekayo

no it looks for the patterns

Avinash Raj

you said it would be an random number. Did you able to predict the pattern for that random number?

ryekayo

do you want me to show you the whole code i have so far

Avinash Raj

you mean the log file.

or just a code.

ryekayo

no the code

Avinash Raj

15:56

that for command.

i think you partially achieved your needs from that for command.

ryekayo

I partially achieved it, but the problem is that the output keeps printing the string i type in endlessly, i need it to print once

I tried the exit command, that prints the same exact string endlessly, whereas before using exit, it would print everything associated with what i type in for the prompt

Avinash Raj

if you want to stop printing at the first match then you must use sed or awk tools.

ryekayo

ok

Avinash Raj

@ryekayo yes, because of for loop.

why don't you try my second command?

just fed the output of for command to the awk. Not the awk inside the for loop.

ryekayo

how would i do that?

sorry im kinda novice with using awk

Avinash Raj

16:03

what's the output of for command?

same posted in the question?

ryekayo

for .... | awk -F'[(/]' '{print $2;exit}'

?

Avinash Raj

now try this.
for i in $(cat ~/jlog/"$2"); do grep "$1" ~/jlog/"$2" | awk '/\([a-zA-Z0-9.]+/ {print $7}'; done | awk -F'[(/]' '{print $2;exit}'

it's an one-liner.

@ryekayo

BBL

ryekayo

checking it now

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Q: install tag bug?

I've been trying to kill several birds with one stone by reviewing unanswered questions with the blacklisted installation tag. This has been effective thus far. Unfortunately while editing this question I discovered this error: I thought it was a minor hiccup so I removed all the tags and pu...

bug

Venki

16:23

Changed my profile pic........

Avinash Raj

@ryekayo What happens?

ryekayo

I got the first string showing only once which is progress but it doesnt break the loop

doesnt show the association id

Avinash Raj

does it prints 1.3.51.0.1.1.10.10.30.48.2084865.2084839?

ryekayo

yes thats what i need

Avinash Raj

thats what you have said in your question.

> I only need 1.3.51.0.1.1.10.10.30.48.2084865.2084839 to print out once.

ryekayo

16:37

that works, but i need the association id now for it

Avinash Raj

you want the output to be?

1.3.51.0.1.1.10.10.30.48.2084865.2084839/1.2.840.113619.2.284.3.17454802.933.14‌01109176.280.1

ryekayo

no i want it to be:

1.3.51.0.1.1.10.10.30.48.2084865.2084839

Association ID = 194fjfie90r0403o3ioe30f04

Avinash Raj

did your for command prints out the accoiation id?

ryekayo

no it didnt

Avinash Raj

give an clear input. Why you fail to mention the number pattern?

ryekayo

16:42

well the association id is very random

Avinash Raj

not the association id value. The numbers seperated by dots.

like 1.3.51.0.1.1.10.10.30.48.2084865.2084839

based on that pattern only, i can be able to get the number seperated by dot and the Association id value

ryekayo

ok

yes they did have dots, but i thought the regex already contained dots

Avinash Raj

in regex literal dots are mentioned as \.

so don't care about that.

ryekayo

ok

in the [a-zA-Z0-9.] it contained dots so thats fine

Avinash Raj

it matches any alphabet or number or dot one time only.

ryekayo

16:50

ooh ok

Avinash Raj

BBT :-)

Bye

ryekayo

ok ill try to see what other tweaking i can do, thanks much for the help

terdon

17:44

@ryekayo there are really many issues with your script. For starters it's doing everything three times when it only needs to do it once.

guntbert

17:57

why is that question "off topic"?

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Q: How to upload ruby on rails project in server

This is gopikrishna. Here i want to upload my ruby on rails project in server. i bought a server space from globehost.org and domain name from Godaddy.com. my domain is www.gainforyou.in. Plz friends help me. I want it real. Here i'm using ubuntu12.04, ruby1.8.7, rails2.3.8. Thanks with Advance.

ruby rails upload

terdon

@guntbert It's off topic 'cause it is completely OS agnostic, there's nothing about Ubuntu there. It is also too broad and unclear what you're asking. Take your pick :)

guntbert

@terdon, too broad - ok, unclear - ok (thats what I voted) - but "off topic" when he wants to do something on an ubuntu server? seems strange to me

ouch, on 4th reading I saw the "here" - ack your statement

terdon

@guntbert Exactly. No idea what the server is running, and in any case, asking how to deploy a website is OT here, the details will always depend on the ISP.

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Q: Incorrect duplicate: missing clock

The question My clock has disappeared is incorrectly marked as a duplicate of Ubuntu 12.04 gnome issue, no clock is shown, strange starter icon cannot be removed. Could someone who has the necessary reputation please vote to reopen the question, please? There are several comments on the question...

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ryekayo

18:17

@terdon thank you, i was able to get some help from Avinash Raj in regards to this

most of the code has been changed and is running properly, just have some more tweaking to do on it

i do need help with one more thing thoug

i am trying to use print in the awk statement, but it can't detect the regex i am using, i know the regex is not bad. I tested it on rubular before coding it, but i have basically tried `awk /[expression]/ { print $1 $2 $3.....$30;} and I can never get it to print

i did an echo inside the for loop and it is infinite

user3533030

18:38

Hi... trying to recover a dual-boot machine that is DOA. I took out the HD and connected it to another Ubuntu machine via USB and it does not automatically mount. Ideas?

Mateo

18:53

can you see it in disk utility?

user3533030

gpart can see it and so can testdisk

The data appears intact

Not sure how to mount it ... Is it as simple as mounting or is it more subtle because it is dual-boot?

gpart thinks it is not partitioned, but testdisk sees both the Ubuntu and Windows partitions

Rinzwind

@user3533030 if the formatting is ntfs you will need to install the driver if not present

it not mounting has me guessing driver is not installed

user3533030

Testdisk says it is all NTFS

Even the Linux partition...

Mateo

what is in your /media folder

Rinzwind

@user3533030 eeeeeeeeeeuw >:)

Mateo

19:03

@user3533030 uh, oh

user3533030

The contents of /media are only my second internal HD and two "floppy" directories

Mateo

prepare for a headache it is wubi(maybe)

user3533030

I thought NTFS support was native to Linux 12.04 LTS...

wubi?

Rinzwind

@user3533030 yes but he took out a disc and put it in another machine; if that machine did not have ntfs the driver probably will not be included

well at least I would arrange it like that if I was canonical :+)

Mateo

you normally don't install the system on ntfs, but there is a "special" installer that installs ubuntu weird

Rinzwind

19:05

@Mateo eeeeeeeeeeeeeuw x2 :=)

user3533030

This install of Ubuntu appears to have NTFS support. My second internal drive is NTFS according to testdisk and I can see it just fine.

terdon

@ryekayo [expression] means a character set, not a literal expression. In other words /[abc]/ will match a or b or c, not abc. You probably want awk /expression/{ print $1 $2 $3.....$30;}.

user3533030

The dual-boot disk I am trying to recover is connected via a USB external drive. It is a SATA / USB box meant to connect SATA drives via USB as external drives.

Mateo

I guess if the windows part of that disk didn't cleanly shutdown it might prevent mounting?

terdon

I f that's what you already have, the regex is wrong or you're not using the right regex language.

Rinzwind

19:07

@Mateo yes but you would get a notice about that

user3533030

Can testdisk be used to copy files from one drive to another?

Mateo

@Rinzwind hmm...

@user3533030 is there a "mount" button here on disk utility:

where you select the partition on that blue bar

then try to mount

user3533030

Which utility ?

Mateo

disk

search "disk" in the dash

or apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/precise/gnome-disk-utility

user3533030

No... there is no mount button on disk utility

Mateo

19:17

do you have any way to directly plug the drive into the computer?

inside a desktop sata to sata?

user3533030

Yes... I'll have to open the desktop and go SATA to SATA...

Mateo

while it is off ;)

hopefully it will work like expected directly connected

user3533030

May not have the cabling. Standard SATA cables are much bigger than SATA cables for laptops...

Mateo

hm... maybe swap the normal drive connector for a moment and try fixing from live disk/usb - that way you don' t mess up your normal setup by accident as well

user3533030

rebooting

HD is fine... cr**py USB to SATA hardware... thanks for the patience and advice

Mateo

19:29

that is a relief, glad it wasn't the disk :)

Rinzwind

@user3533030 it is always the unexpected.

user3533030

My dad always said to "look for horses not zebras". In this case the "horse" was the cheap USB/SATA housing.

I guess the horses vs. zebras gives away my location - I am not in Africa...

Mateo

20:03

what the:

2

A: why is my pc showing hidden files even after renaming files starting with a dot

i think you should follow first answer like this

It is just a screen-shot copy...

Rinzwind

I say "control h"

clicks

Mateo

reject: askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/279925 it is copying the exact text from the other answer

Rinzwind

yeah

Mateo

erg...

Rinzwind

what is the flagging procedure for this :D

Mateo

20:06

custom?

Rinzwind

yeah I did

and upvoted the other one _O-

it could be a rep collector.

Mateo

er, or did that one guy copy the image into the other... then add the details in this one?

blah

Rinzwind

:D

hbdgaf

21:05

@Mateo - thought you might find this interesting play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=at.bitfire.gfxtablet

Mateo

21:20

@hbdgaf looks cool

hbdgaf

Yeah. I find it particularly funny that it's a linux only app, because according to the description - they don't know anyone who could write a Windows or Mac driver ;)

Seth

21:44

@hbdgaf Now that is cool!

jrg

22:19

More debian openssl security stuff.

after almost 2 years, they fixed it.

joy.

Mateo

23:15

So as promised Maynard:

►

It is smooth, but you can only open three apps with it on the pi since I'm not sure xwayland is working on it

@jrg hm...

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