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Rinzwind

18:01

boo

Seth

<-- is startled

Rinzwind

hey seth!

Seth

Hi Rinz!

KasiyA

Hi. I have a some questions.
I created a bash script which opens the Askubuntu in firefox. when I run the script itself in terminal it works and opens the askubuntu page. but when I add the path of that script in 'crontab' file to running via cron it doesn't launch the firefox but another commands inside script works well except launching firefox :(

Rinzwind

you can not launch firefox from cron

KasiyA

18:14

why?

Rinzwind

because cron has no terminal attached to it

KasiyA

more explain...

if I specify its full path, then it will works?

/usr/bin/firefox

Rinzwind

no. crontab has not got a terminal to open firefox in,

KasiyA

what should I do to launch it?

with other methods?

whitout adding to startup applications

Rinzwind

@KasiyA that would be my method ;)

maybe via "dbus:

KasiyA

18:17

No I don't want that method

dbus??? I didn't hear about that

Rinzwind

dbus-launch firefox
should open ff

jups works

IF you are lucky it works across tty's

1 sec

looks like it will workif you supply a display

KasiyA

the problem is I want to launch the specific page (my university new-term courses page) for checking new course and fastly select them for my new-term. so I want to open that page in every minutes and checking the changes. because we have limited choice :)

Rinzwind

ok here

this starts firefox on tty7 when started on tty0:

export display=:0 && dbus-launch firefox

no idea if this works from cron! but give it a go :-)

KasiyA

Do you mean I add * * * * * export display=:0 && dbus-launch firefox "www.example.com" in my cron?

Rinzwind

it probably needs a "nohup" in front and a & at the back to detach it

No you said you have a script that opens ff??

KasiyA

18:24

then what is the final command for doing that?

got it

I will try and will reply the result if I luck or NOT :)

Rinzwind

ok

nohup export display=:0 && dbus-launch firefox {url you want to open} &

change the {...} to what you want to open ;)

I have hope that this will work :)

KasiyA

Thank you

Rinzwind

you might want some error trapping too though :D (like dump all errors to a log)

KasiyA

Do I need to reboot or logoff to take effect?

Rinzwind

nope

almost on 200 :)

KasiyA

18:35

Doesn't launch :(

@Rinzwind

Rinzwind

pity :( then I have no good options for you

@KasiyA -> askubuntu.com/questions/514167/how-to-start-a-firefox-from-cron

you did specify a normal user in crontab?

BBL!

KasiyA

Yes for normal user * * * * * /path/to/script

Now I try with your given link

Ionică Bizău

I need a download link to the Ubuntu 12.04 32 bit (torrent or direct). Where can I find that?

I always found confusing the releases pages... :/

KasiyA

18:50

Thank you @Rinzwind @Oli's answer worked for me.

Rinzwind

good

and gratz

@IonicăBizău cant take more than 1 minute to find

Ionică Bizău

Found it: ubuntu.com/download/alternative-downloads

:-)

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

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Q: Tried to mv folder, now having trouble finding folder

Yeah, so I was trying to move a folder around, and now I'm having trouble finding it. Originally it was in my .../Downloads/ directory. I did: sudo mv Downloads/Blah/ ~/ ... which seemed to work fine. Then I realized that the folder I moved was using other files from the Downloads directory, s...

Rinzwind

told you @IonicăBizău :D

Ionică Bizău

@Rinzwind Will 32 bit release compatible with i686 CPU?

Rinzwind

18:52

nope

Ionică Bizău

I want to install it on an old machine.

What version should I download instead?

Rinzwind

if the arch of the machine is 64-bit you also need a PAE kernel

not sure when that got merged with the main branch (might be around 12.04)

@IonicăBizău if old I'd go for lUbubtu or xUbuntu ;)

Ionică Bizău

So, does it require a 64 bit version?

Well, I want to install Ubuntu server, not desktop.

(I only want to play with the command line)

Rinzwind

oh then no worrries. server has not a lot of demands

Ionică Bizău

So, what version is compatible with i686?

Rinzwind

18:56

amd64 ;)

(any of them)

Ionică Bizău

Ok, thanks! :-)

Rinzwind

np :)

Ionică Bizău

This kernel requires an x86-64 CPU, but only detected an i686 CPU.
Unable to boot - please use a kernel appropriate for your CPU.

I got this error, does it mean that the CD I inserted was having the 32 bit version?

KasiyA

reject the suggested edit askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/358989

Rinzwind

@IonicăBizău yes

Ionică Bizău

18:58

Ok. Thanks :-)

@Rinzwind I gave you some points. :D

Rinzwind

yay

1 problem though

I just reached 200 ;-)

not bad. 2x 200+ over the x-mas weekend

KasiyA

@Rinzwind Now I got what did you mean there hehe

Rinzwind

lol

lets see

Ionică Bizău

:-D

Rinzwind

"earned at least 200 reputation on 66 days"

almost 1/2 there

need 150 of these for a badge;-)

KasiyA

19:03

and your old comment "It's hard to get reputation these days" :P

Ionică Bizău

@Rinzwind Well, you are already a guru on AskUbuntu. :-)

Rinzwind

sure am!

hey they changed badges?!

@IonicăBizău epic is better than guru ;)

Ionică Bizău

Yeah! :D

Rinzwind

I want this one askubuntu.com/help/badges/43/legendary :D

and THIS is my competion to be the 1st to get it askubuntu.com/help/badges/42/epic

I assume fossy and oli to be the dangerous 2 :D

Ionică Bizău

Today I released BAT 1.0.0 -- a minimalist tool to build desktop apps with WEB technologies ionicabizau.net/blog/… Hope you enjoy it! :-)

Rinzwind

19:08

@IonicăBizău that's the largest hello world I have ever seen :D

Ionică Bizău

:D

Rinzwind

how upvoted my bugzilla q?

KasiyA

@Rinzwind wow 2 new badges!!

Rinzwind

"Edited and answered 500 questions (both actions within 12 hours, answer score > 0)"
that's gonna be difficult

yay anorher one indeed @KasiyA :D

and please don't spam upvotes ;-)

if anyone did :=D

Rinzwind

19:40

hmmm

is this valid c:
"if(month==1 || 3 || 5 || 7 ||8 || 10 || 12 )"

and why does the 3, 5 etc not evaluate to a boolean? (assuming it is shorthand for "month==3" etc

Ionică Bizău

@Rinzwind I still get the same error... using 14.10 server 64 bit release...

Rinzwind

@IonicăBizău ehm? that's wrong :P

Ionică Bizău

The machine is an IBM Pentium III.

Rinzwind

What is on that machine now?

Ionică Bizău

Windows 98. :D :D

Running smooothly. :D

Rinzwind

19:44

What is on that machine now?

eh

why did that get posted twice?

Ionică Bizău

> ehm? that's wrong :P

Rinzwind

the machine is from around the year 2000? :D

woot 265 rep today :D

Ionică Bizău

Yeah. It was running Windows 2000 Pro in production. :-)

So, what's the solution to my problem?

Rinzwind

find out what the cpu is in it :)

maybe it is too old and fails the cpu check on 14.04

Ionică Bizău

*14.10

Rinzwind

19:49

same os :=D

(hardware stack of 14.04 and .10 is the same ;-) )

Ionică Bizău

CPU= Intel Pentium 2 MMX 400 MHz on Slot 1 512 KB cache

Probably this is the CPU.

►

Rinzwind

@IonicăBizău In 2010 someone adviced puppy linux and to forget about ubuntu :D

Ionică Bizău

But I want to install Ubuntu server on it.

Rinzwind

here a bug: bugs.launchpad.net/baltix/+bug/930447

@IonicăBizău you are on your own >:-D You could try the mini iso? :D

bbl. need food :D

Ionică Bizău

And is there any workaround? What is the mini iso?

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

20:09

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Q: Why is my SSH authentication socket different from the man pages?

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Mateo_

20:29

@IonicăBizău I would do 32-bit lubuntu alternate disk

help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Alternate_ISO

if not you may want to try 12.04

@IonicăBizău help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/MinimalCD

Seth

23:11

Anyone see anything off-topic about this?

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Q: Can a Snappy Ubuntu Core OS be run as a Docker Container?

I'm aware that Snappy Ubuntu can host Docker containers? My question is if Snappy Ubuntu can also be the OS in a container, under Docker? Related to the above "question", in that Docker container (Snappy vm guest), I'd like to run firewall services, such as NetFilter, NPTables and Suricata. So...

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Mateo_

23:53

@Seth I can see where someone might have confused it with off topic, but you can can add things to docker yourself right?

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