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Nathan Osman

00:11

^--- grass in Blender

Seth

nice

hbdgaf

@NathanOsman you use a particle system for that?

Seth

@hbdgaf You'd think :)

Nathan Osman

@hbdgaf Yes.

...and a tutorial. No way I would have concocted something that good on my own.

(And it isn't even that good.)

It needs more specular highlights.

hbdgaf

blendercookie has a good one on using particle systems for hair. i would imagine it could apply to grass too.

that said, i'll take gameplay over fancy foilage any day. one makes me happy. the other makes the developer nut show last longer.

Nathan Osman

00:16

I'm using this.

@hbdgaf Don't worry, it's not for a game :P

And I agree. Some of the most fun games had the lamest graphics.

Though there is something to be said about graphics.

Seth

Blender is, and always will be, way over my head.

Nathan Osman

Same here... I just play with it for fun.

Seth

I never was much of an artist though.

Nathan Osman

...though I have used it for a logo now and then.

Journeyman Geek

@hbdgaf: Naw, its a lactic acid pickle

@NathanOsman Real grass typically isn't that... perfect

You'd have a mix

Nathan Osman

00:20

I'm doing my best to get it more random.

Mateo_

@NathanOsman nice, did you do multiple patterns from different angles, it looks really good

Nathan Osman

Nope, just three unique blades spread out over the surface with random size variations.

Mateo_

cool

Nathan Osman

00:42

Rerendering now... should look a bit better.

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

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Q: Windows installation cd and usb boots to gnu grub 2.02

i have read via a website how to install ubuntu alongside windows 8 uefi and i actualy managed to install however I did not had an option to install alongside so i replaced windows with ubuntu have checked bios and i have setted it correctly other computers it works fine And yes i have removed...

ubuntu

RPi_Awesomeness

@Seth Huh, well, I'm apparently very random

Nathan Osman

^--- maybe a bit better?

Still not random enough though...

RPi_Awesomeness

Bother graphics card drivers and all that :P

To accept, or not to accept...that is the question.

askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/358729

I mean, the edit does improve the answer...but is that an edit that should be made?

Seems a bit big

Mateo_

@NathanOsman maybe add in some of the thick blade variety and some that is curved, but I really can't see patterns in it so that is really good

Nathan Osman

00:57

I'm tweaking the blades a bit now.

RPi_Awesomeness

Am I the only one who loads Tech Republic quite slow?

Lucio

Hit 1K flagging. For all the trolls, I'm watching you! >:)

RPi_Awesomeness

hehe

Nathan Osman

01:12

Needs more contrast.

Mateo_

gets better every time :)

Seth

So, I have a quick question, maybe one of you knows the answer. I have been completely and utterly stymied in my attempts to figure this out. In Python+Gtk how can I, instead of creating a new window, just reset everything in the existing window as if I had created a new window?

Nathan Osman

What do you mean by reset?

Seth

I have a feeling I am missing something very obvious here.. but I am having trouble putting it to words.

Lucio

Tell us from user perspective?

Seth

01:22

@NathanOsman Like, just change all the widgets in the window to a different configuration.. Does that make sense?

Nathan Osman

Kind of like make them all disappear and be replaced with other widgets?

Seth

More or less, yes.

Nathan Osman

Then you probably want some kind of panel for each group of widgets.

Make all but the first panel invisible until you are ready to show it. Then make the first one invisible (hide it) and show the one you want displayed instead.

Seth

Alright.. Another friend told me something like this should work, but it doesn't. (It appears win is interpreted as a local variable and thus just creates a new window)

I'm obviously doing something seriously wrong but honestly I have no idea what I am doing right now :P

Mateo_

@Seth widgets within widgets?

Nathan Osman

01:27

Stick this in front of line 14:

global win

You are indeed correct, win is interpreted as a local variable unless instructed otherwise.

Seth

Same behaviour :/

(I actually tried that, albeit at the top of the file)

Nathan Osman

Let me take a closer look at the code then.

(The global thing was me just glancing at the code and seeing that it was missing.)

Seth

Sure, thanks. I feel pretty bad.. but I could not find an answer anywhere :/

I probably need a good book

Nathan Osman

You want the first window to disappear, right?

Seth

yup

or rather, everything in it to disappear and be replaced by another set of widgets.

Nathan Osman

01:32

Let me rework the example a bit then.

Seth

@Mateo_ I'm a bit confused by GTK terminology.. They seem to call windows widgets sometimes?

Nathan Osman

@Seth I'll make a really simple example that does what you need and then you can adapt it.

Seth

thanks

Nathan Osman

Meanwhile...

Mateo_

well, I call a widget a undecorated window... not sure what the official term is

Seth

01:33

I feel like a help vampire D:

Lucio

I'm starving

Mateo_

I'm probably just making everything confusing more for you ;)

Lucio

later guys

Nathan Osman

Better... worse...?

Mateo_

somewhat, I think you need a color randomizer on the lighter color blade, it sticks out

and all the ones of that color lean to the left

Nathan Osman

01:37

That blade is brighter because of its bend and the reflection off the sun.

Mateo_

oh, hm...

Seth

@Mateo_ Rather ;)

Nathan Osman

01:52

@Seth: there's this: paste.ubuntu.com/9637913

But it doesn't initially hide the second pane like I told it to. Once you click one of the buttons, it works.

I'm not sure if this is a GTK bug or something else I'm not aware of.

Oh... hang on.

I see what's happening here.

Mateo_

because of show all at the bottom?

Nathan Osman

Yup.

I didn't see that there :P

One sec. while I fix this up...

Mateo_

I was thinking if you made a bunch of stuff it might be easy to contain it in a widget, then just show/hide the widgets

@NathanOsman yours looks really simple though ;)

Nathan Osman

02:08

@Seth: here we go: paste.ubuntu.com/9637983

It works now.

Seth

Thank you @NathanOsman, that's helpful.

I guess the way I tried earlier just isn't possible?

Nathan Osman

Well, you were using two different windows before.

j0h

when I go to ssh into a remote shell, and launch the session via a panel applet, ssh opens XTerm. But i want it to open term, or mate-terminal, or gnome-terminal instead.

Seth

@j0h I replied to you when you asked earlier. Did you not see it?

j0h

I didnt see it

In fact, when i returned to my desktop, it looked as though I hadnt even posted

Seth

02:17

@NathanOsman ahh.. This way just seems a bit messier than using separate classes, although I can understand why that doesn't work.

Nathan Osman

You can still use two classes.

Let me adjust the sample a bit.

Seth

@j0h start reading here:

4 hours ago, by j0h

when I go to ssh into a remote shell, and launch the session via a panel applet, ssh opens XTerm. But i want it to open term, or mate-terminal, or gnome-terminal instead. I allways used to open up a regular terminal.. I really hate xterm, how can I configure panel applets to launch term by default? I saw this last year and solved it, but i cant find the thread.

(there were just a couple of messages)

j0h

@seth

I am using mate

Seth

@NathanOsman oh nice. Thanks.

j0h

mate 1.8

Seth

02:19

@j0h cool. Let me power up a VM and take it for a spin.

I'm not used to MATE, is a panel applet like a widget or is it just an icon on the panel?

j0h

the panel applet is for an ssh session.

Seth

so you said, but that doesn't really answer my question.

What is an "applet" in the MATE sense of the word?

j0h

a buton on the panel that can be used to execute code

Mateo_

like maybe a "launch terminal" button that is pre-built in?

j0h

like that, yes but customizable as well. the same meaning as used in gnome fallback mode, for panel applet

Nathan Osman

02:25

@Seth: here you go: paste.ubuntu.com/9638021

I've abstracted the box contents into a separate class.

In my example I use the same class for both boxes.

But you would probably want to create a separate class for each.

j0h

The window it brings up says "Launcher"

Seth

@j0h ok, that helps some. Getting the VM set up now.

Mateo_

this looks intresting

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Q: Panel apps try to launch in xterm, even though it isn't installed

I have some panel applications that launch terminals, but when I click on them, they say xterm failed. Well yeah, xterm isn't installed, nor do I want it. I want mate-terminal to come up instead. How do I configure that to happen? This is Ubuntu server 12.04 with a mate desktop. I have MATE Ter...

launcher panel applet mate virtual-terminal

oh, you asked that ;)

Seth

@NathanOsman Ah, yes, that is helpful.

A little more complicated than I thought, but that's fine.

j0h

I see. But i couldnt find it: I guess I'll try it

Hey! that workd!

Thanks @Seth, @Mateo_ @j0h

Seth

02:31

Wait.. it works now @j0h?

j0h

yeah I installed gnome-terminal

Seth

lol

j0h

and now it works proper

Seth

ok, glad it works :)

j0h

Thank you, for the effort.

Mateo_

02:32

cool

guess that is some kind of fall-back...

Seth

Thanks a lot @NathanOsman!

Nathan Osman

03:04

No problem!

engadget.com/2014/12/28/twitter-login-bug

^--- and hordes of Android users were just logged out of their Twitter accounts thanks to a timestamp issue.

(Apparently 2015 comes early for some :P)

Seth

wow

big oopsie

Nathan Osman

What's worse - they can't log back in yet.

Luckily, I'm still logged in on my desktop.

j0h

03:39

I got a lighted keyboard (steelseries Apex 64145 ) for Christmas. Im going to ask them for linux support, though I assume they will decline. That said, is there an utilities that can help me program my programable keyboard, in linux?

Seth

Something like xbindkeys?

j0h

I'm hoping for something that can help me program the lighting

Seth

04:04

oh that's another matter altogether..

Nathan Osman

Now that's more like it.

Seth

nice!

Miphix

04:56

Hey

j0h

05:18

what up

Virusboy

05:33

j0h

fuck yeas

just unfucked my server.
now Im going to install kernel updates and see ho that goes

j0h

06:00

Hey! stuff still works right after Kernel updates!

This is great!

Andrew

06:12

Do anyone know how RAID works?

j0h

First you do something that allerts the FBI
Then, they come to your house and steal your PC
then you tell them that what they took was your toaster,
and aviod a lengthy jailtime.

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Thats how RAIDs work

RAID

RAID (originally redundant array of inexpensive disks; now commonly redundant array of independent disks) is a data storage virtualization technology that combines multiple disk drive components into a logical unit for the purposes of data redundancy or performance improvement. Data is distributed across the drives in one of several ways, referred to as RAID levels, depending on the specific level of redundancy and performance required. The different schemes or architectures are named by the word RAID followed by a number (e.g. RAID 0, RAID 1). Each scheme provides a different balance between the...

I have like 30 40GB drives Im tempted to make a raid 0 and get that mad disk speed

blade19899

07:48

Then the NSA Hacked vpn-, https- en ssh: Tweakers.net, www.spiegel.de

blade19899

08:12

People that start there question on AU with Sir...

Rinzwind

@blade19899 you'd better call me Sir :=)

I found an annoying user :-P

or better... one that annoys me.

nice one @blade19899 http://askubuntu.com/questions/566509/not-able-to-play-prince-of-persia-warrior-within-on-ubuntu-12-04-lts
Still looking for naruto hat or can I upvote? >:-D

blade19899

@Rinzwind Nah, to much effort. Do what you want.

Rinzwind

lol

oh and the other answer seems wrong to me.

blade19899

@Rinzwind Me two. BTW, should I also mention that windows binaries cannot be executed under Ubuntu, or do you think he already knows that, based on his Question?

Rinzwind

@blade19899 I doubt he knows it. heck he tried to execute an .exe from terminal

left a comment on that so if you do Ill remove it

blade19899

08:26

@Rinzwind Editing as we speak.

Rinzwind

wespeak.com

blade19899

@Rinzwind Editing done.

@Rinzwind And that is?

PlayOnLinux seriously supports a butt load of games.

Rinzwind

@blade19899 we speak :=)

blade19899

@Rinzwind Needs to speak English.

Rinzwind

08:48

I should go on a crusade :P

and done >:) it was a small crusade

blade19899

@Rinzwind But, did you have fun?

Rinzwind

no I am annoyed with someone

blade19899

@Rinzwind What did they do?

Rinzwind

leave stupid comments and stupid answers :-)

blade19899

@Rinzwind Where? Holidays were a drag. I want to rage at them too. ...

Rinzwind

08:57

lol

blade19899

Godammit!!!!!!!!!

Rinzwind

ehm you saw the user in a topic we just talked about

blade19899

Co-worker is listening to Frozen soundtracks.

OUT LOUD!

@Rinzwind OW yeah.

Rinzwind

@blade19899 top 2000 for the win

In case anyone wants to listen to the last 800 odd best songs ever according to millions of dutch people: radioplayer.npo.nl/radio2

blade19899

@Rinzwind I was watching it with my niece for 20 min. Then she quite. Watched it for another 4 minutes, then i quite.

Rinzwind

08:59

@blade19899 radio! :=)

blade19899

@Rinzwind Now she's listening to LET IT GO. Okay thats a great song.

Rinzwind

James Taylor up next :=)

spam askubuntu.com/questions/566529/…

blade19899

@Rinzwind BUUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRNNNNNNNNNNN!

And Richard Stallman is talking to Tweakers.net

Rinzwind

@blade19899 COOL

I was an admin on t.net for 2 years :-P

well got that is

blade19899

09:15

@Rinzwind Really? Thats cool!!

Rinzwind

naa was a pain in the you know what

It was all "nag nag nag nag nag"

HA see the edits here: askubuntu.com/questions/566508/…

asked it on oo.forums :D -> forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/…

gotta love it

oh John has the same annoyance as me :=)

blade19899

@Rinzwind the spam is still there. Can't you delete the SPAM yourself? You have 80K reputation.

Rinzwind

nope

not a mod

I can flag

it's on -5. 1 more

blade19899

SO, deleting a post is a mod only privilege.

@Rinzwind I just down voted. -6 means?

Rinzwind

nope. I can vote to delete too

but it needs to get closed 1st before I can do that

wth. -6 and still open :D

6 comments flagged for 1 user :P I hope Oli doesn't yell at me later >:-D

Journeyman Geek

09:27

;p

Rinzwind

JMAN!

Journeyman Geek

You can VTD with enough rep and a downvote or two IIRC

Rinzwind

KILL IT-> askubuntu.com/questions/566529/…

@JourneymanGeek delete does not show on thast ^^^

Journeyman Geek

I don't have enough rep ;p

spamflagged tho

Rinzwind

lol

-7 and still open :P why? :D

Journeyman Geek

09:30

That's wierd

Rinzwind

wierd is weird too! :-)

man I got a 100 bounty today. You'd expect me to reach 200 in no time :D but it's a very slow day today

Rinzwind

09:42

YES -8 did it!

blade19899

@Rinzwind ... aaand it's gone.

Wow, we are the only 4 people in the room.

Rinzwind

yeah

and jman is keeping silent :=D

maybe he hates me using jman :-P

blade19899

@Rinzwind Why would he hate that? That sounds pretty cool!

Rinzwind

J-man is even better don't you think?

Would just J be confusing? :P

blade19899

@Rinzwind littlebit

Rinzwind

09:49

he would need a suit to go with it won't he :P

and glasses

I am BORED!

blade19899

@Rinzwind Haven't noticed! :D

Not enough work?

Rinzwind

@blade19899 "enough" would imply there is any

blade19899

@Rinzwind lolz. Read articles? get going on future work? Do my work for me?

Rinzwind

listen to radio 2? :D

blade19899

@Rinzwind earplugs are broke. To broke to buy new ones. Not kidding. Seriously broke.

Rinzwind

09:55

me too :=)

holidays for my family also envolves 9 b-days

blade19899

@Rinzwind But on the plus side, wrote me some new feature for my website: EuroBytes

@Rinzwind I am the only one with a birthday in the holidays.

@Rinzwind, are you looking at my League Of Legends post? :D

Rinzwind

no. I don't do LOL :-)

blade19899

@Rinzwind To bad. Me neither. Haven't played in ages. What do you think of my onclick effect?

KasiyA

Hi and Thanks @muru. one more question if I want to have both of them 'erasedups' and 'ignoreboth', how can I separate them ? with : or ; ? thank you

Rinzwind

10:10

@blade19899 oh mitch agreed with us :-D

blade19899

@Rinzwind about lol? or my effect on when clicking a link within my website(works bests in Firefox)

Rinzwind

@blade19899 on what we spoke about earlier today (see your wine answer;) )

and someone also removed the comments I flagged >:D

I like @mitch >:-D

muru

@KasiyA With :, as usual.

abhi

11:26

Hi

Rinzwind

Hey

abhi

i am new to c++ programming i have G++ install in my ubuntu so how can i complie , link and run the c++ program in ubuntu

with out any IDK

@Rinzwind you have any idea ?

Rinzwind

12:17

@abhi sorry I never used c/G++ :D

abhi

12:33

@Rinzwind no prob , i got it ! :)

Andrew

Could anyone help me install BuddyPress locally with LAMP?

blade19899

@Andrew Documentation seems like a good start: Getting Started - BuddyPress Codex

Andrew

13:50

@blade19899 if you are still there I have done it before and it did work right

Here was my issure youtube.com/watch?v=m9zESEfNzSQ

j0h

14:14

I am trying to format a date string in the shell. date +%r%B output looks stupid. why is there no space between AM & December? 09:11:58 AMDecember

also how do I insert a space?

Rinzwind

just type a space "+%r %B" :)

j0h

ah, the quotes make the difference

Rinzwind

sure do :-)

j0h

Also, how might I get it to output the full day. as in Moday, rather than Mon

I see it

Nverminf

feels like ive been at work for ages.

9am

:'(

Rinzwind

2 more days to go for me :P

and friday

blade19899

14:21

@Andrew I am not familiar with BuddyPress at all

Brandon Clark

good morning

If anyone has input on how to make the code and structure better for a tutorial guide I am putting together for a Express based CRM I would greatly appreciate it. The code is complete but the lesson documentation is in progress at: github.com/webbrandon/simple-secure-auth

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

15:00

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Q: HDMI connection not recognized on Laptop with Ubuntu 14.04

On a Laptop with Ubuntu 14.04 I am not able to display the current screen's stuff on a Monitor connected with HDMI. The HDMI cables are both plugged in to the laptop and the monitor, and the monitor is switched on. Going to Systems Settings -> Displays and clicking on 'Detect Displays' only ...

ubuntu hdmi

j0h

Unplug the cable
clear out dmesg $sudo dmesg -c
plug in the cable
post demsg

blade19899

15:41

Anybody can help me with this?:

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Q: How to use an internal php.bin file?

I have an old server, which I got for free, and it's running a slightly outdated PHP version. I sometimes struggle to life with it, as I want to write new feature on to my personal website. With newer php function. Some of the features are not achievable with an older PHP version, so that's why I...

php apache

Rinzwind

post on AU and I'll have a look >:-D

blade19899

@Rinzwind Is it on-topic here?

Rinzwind

no idea :D

Virusboy

Your comment is confusing @blade19899

Rinzwind

@Virusboy my comment?

blade19899

15:43

@Rinzwind ahah. don't even know if the server is running Ubuntu!

Rinzwind

@blade19899 lol

blade19899

@Virusboy Which one?

Virusboy

@Rinzwind No

Rinzwind

@blade19899 I doubt what you want is possible :-P

Virusboy

in response to michaels comment on your Stack Overflow php

blade19899

15:44

@Virusboy How so?

@Rinzwind It has to be possible! I don't wanna keep using old php code.

Virusboy

You said its not yours but the say you got it from an internship. Its most likely why no one has answered it

Whats the server package manager @blade19899

blade19899

@Virusboy I got the domain, and i have access via ftp to the server.

@Virusboy Dunno :/ I never mucked around with it to much. Don't even know what Linux distro it is. :(

Virusboy

Do you have physical access?

Rinzwind

@blade19899 more /etc/lsb* ;-)

I hope it shows dapper 6.06 :D

blade19899

@Virusboy No. I can access via ftp, and upload files there via filezilla, but other than that, I got nothing. I'm a Junior Developer not a server guru :(

Rinzwind

15:50

@blade19899 flamewar on hence the PHP? flamewar off

did you check the linux version yet? :D

blade19899

@Rinzwind Bro, no idea what you're talking about.

@Rinzwind I'm at work.

Rinzwind

some people here hate PHP and want it to burn :-)

Virusboy

you need to ssh into it

@Rinzwind Along with Java

blade19899

@Rinzwind Ow yeah, i remember those people. Fun guys.

Rinzwind

@blade19899 what you can not ftp to your system from work? :D I manage my home router + bittorrents from work :D

@blade19899 lol

I am in the camp "whatever language works for you use it" ;-)

Virusboy

15:52

Ubal

blade19899

@Rinzwind Me two. If it works.

Rinzwind

my boss once got angry when he asked "if we'd adopt a new language what would you prefer"

I told him "don't care. I'll learn it when you tell me the name" D:

blade19899

lolz

Rinzwind

I am a programmer that codes not a coder ;-)

Virusboy

yea imma coder

Rinzwind

15:54

I am one of those people that picks up pen and paper and draws a picture before I start coding.

blade19899

@Rinzwind So, your mentally insane.

Rinzwind

though at school I used to make whole PSS and PSD but gave up on that. far too much work.

Virusboy

i still laugh at people who think writing xml in notepad is cool

Rinzwind

@Virusboy my boss codes JS in notepad

Virusboy

wait wut

blade19899

15:55

@Rinzwind @Virusboy , seriousness?

Rinzwind

yeah and he's good at it :-D

he makes less mistakes than I do (I use aptana)

Virusboy

is he too lazy to write a complier?

blade19899

I burned notepad ages ago. Mostly because there is no Notepad on Ubuntu

Rinzwind

@Virusboy for what? we use mostly interpreted languages

@blade19899 yes there is :=) we call that gEdit

blade19899

@Rinzwind Is aptana any good. I use sublime text 2, for everything i write.

Virusboy

15:56

N++ is the linux verison

Rinzwind

@blade19899 yes aptana does all I need it to do (but I use it only for html and js)

blade19899

I have been told for large projects you need an IDE.

Virusboy

oh your wiriting website code

Rinzwind

@blade19899 it helps. BUT you need an IDE if more than 1 person codes on the same software

blade19899

@Rinzwind i need one for my website(PHP, HTML5, CSS3, JS, Jquery.). And future projects with others

Rinzwind

15:58

@Virusboy we have our own ERP software

Virusboy

@Rinzwind Yea imma Frontend dev. I use C# as a preference but can use others too.

blade19899

And it's 5 o'clock. Everybody made a run towards home.

Rinzwind

start operation snowstorm

(it is white outside ;-))

Virusboy

racist

blade19899

@Virusboy Yeah thats a well know fact.

Bye!

Virusboy

16:16

lol

Ionică Bizău

16:40

Evening!

Is there any online shop where I can buy an Ubuntu phone?

jrg

@IonicăBizău at this point in time, no

You can buy a Nexus 4 and flash it yourself though.

Ionică Bizău

When is the release date?

In February?

Brandon Clark

Anyone able to give input on code for a tutorial guide I am putting together for an Express based CRM using MongoDB, I would greatly appreciate it. The code: github.com/webbrandon/simple-secure-auth

jrg

@IonicăBizău "Early Next Year" according to PCWorld. pcworld.com/article/2861446/…

Ionică Bizău

@jrg omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/12/…

I saw this

jrg

16:43

@IonicăBizău don't hold your breath.

at this point, I believe the Ubuntu phone is a unicorn.

as much as it hurts me to say that.

Ionică Bizău

Ok, then I will continue using my Samsung S3100. :D

Probably the best phone I have ever had. :-)

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

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Q: How to fix error "xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default" on Ubuntu 14.04?

When I type xrandr on my Lenovo Laptop with Ubuntu 14.04 I get the following output: xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default Screen 0: minimum 1600 x 900, current 1600 x 900, maximum 1600 x 900 default connected primary 1600x900+0+0 0mm x 0mm 1600x900 77.0* How to fix...

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Q: How to fix error 'xrandr: cannot find output "VGA1"'?

I am trying to enable a HDMI connection to a monitor connected with a HDMI cable to my Lenovo laptop using the following commands. > xrandr xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default Screen 0: minimum 1600 x 900, current 1600 x 900, maximum 1600 x 900 default connected primary 1600x...

ubuntu hdmi

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