Ask Ubuntu General Room

cl-netbox

13:00

@Fabby thank you very much - removing chat post tested and : SUCCESS ! :D

@Ravan seen :)

Fabby

@jokerdino It's a bug...

balpha (developer of SE) is already on it...

Please don't test any further...

Ravan

@cl-netbox have you seen your answer with new flavor

hg8

@cl-netbox I don't think he is using Ubuntu...

@cl-netbox he says he does not have "Ubuntu logo" not "wheel" in the corner

cl-netbox

@Ravan yes seen flavor - looks nice ! - and what about +1 ? :D

Ravan

@cl-netbox wait!

cl-netbox

13:05

@hg8 maybe a solution is to reinstall unity - but I don't write this because I risk to get downvoted ... ! :)

hg8

@cl-netbox unity-control-center worked for him so.... its weird

Ravan

@cl-netbox I need to get gold then I will vote!

cl-netbox

@Ravan ??? please explain !!!

Thomas W.

@Fabby I got pinged, yes. Lets not do that again.

@Fabby note that's what the Sandbox channel is for.

jokerdino

I somehow doubt he found the bug first.

Thomas W.

13:07

still

that's what the Sandbox channel is for

Ravan

@cl-netbox see now

Fabby

@ThomasW. I never thought it would work...

jokerdino

@ThomasW I am not disagreeing with you

Thomas W.

Anyone want to review my answer and give me any pointers on what I may have missed? askubuntu.com/a/677891/10616

cl-netbox

@Ravan Thanks ! =)

Fabby

13:08

@jokerdino: you're a chat mod.

can you delete my original buggy ping?

A.B.

178/255 :\

cl-netbox

@Ravan Can I help you with that - I don't know what you mean ... ?

Fabby

@jokerdino: thanks!

Oli

@ThomasW. 802.11n supports channel bonding. You commonly get 3-channel cards and routers that together can do 450mbps. Not sure if that applies.

Ravan

@cl-netbox thanks =) sorry no

cl-netbox

13:10

@Ravan what is 'gold' ?

Thomas W.

@Oli not in this case - the person was asking if their internal card was dual band, and whether not having 5GHz gives them more speed

Ravan

badge! https://askubuntu.com/users/439451/ravan @cl-netbox

Thomas W.

@Oli Given they're on a laptop, and likely not working with such setups (or capable routers), I left it out.

@Oli it also doesn't address the fact that the average network doesn't have 450Mbps down speed even on the pipe from the ISP

so it's not really relevant in this case if they're talking about raw network speed over the internet and such

Oli

@ThomasW. Sure, but your answer says the maximum speed for 802.11n is 150mbps, which is technically incorrect.

Thomas W.

@Oli then I'll change it for 'single-channel'

Oli

13:13

whatever the ASCII-emoticon is for thumbs up

Fabby

@ThomasW. higher bandwidth is useful for PC-to-pc transfer (nowhere mentioned)

Thomas W.

@Oli addressed in a parentheses in the theoretical speeds section.

@Fabby true, and i expand a little about the higher speed in the internal networks issue in that section - however given they were more worried about speed and not really saying computer-to-computer, I assumed they meant their ISP speeds to the 'net

Fabby

@ThomasW. NAAA... ;-)

@ThomasW. so where is this sandbox for me to test whether the ping bug fix works everywhere?

Thomas W.

Sandbox

Where you can play with chat features (except flagging) and ch...

2

muru

@ThomasW. I don't know about AC being all that new. Mid range phones and laptops are starting to support it

(and by starting I mean I can actually get some of those in India)

Fabby

13:20

@ᔕᖺᘎᕊ test mandated by Balpha

muru

no problems, now @Fabby

Fabby

@ThomasW.: did you get pinged by the above?

thanks!

jokerdino

No

Fabby

Al good now!

My question got undeleted again:

16

Q: He who must not be named

For some or other reason, typing @ᔕᖺᘎᕊ pings everyone in a chat room... Works in all chat rooms (only tested 2 as I don't want to be a jerk)

@chat-mods -------^

hg8

that was quick

Fabby

13:26

@hg8 yup!

10 minutes and it was solved!

hg8

impressive

Fabby

this was the bug...

muru

Poor man (aka me) needs some votes: meta.askubuntu.com/a/14443/158442

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

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Q: Xserver sets monitor to sleep after 10 minutes

My installation, Ubuntu server 14.04 with just xorg and firefox installed. The server boots up and immediatly starts firefox with the disired webpage in fullscreen mode. After 10 minutes my monitor goes to sleep. How can i disable the sleep function of the monitor?

ubuntu xorg firefox screen-energy-saving

Fabby

@muru upvoted.

muru

13:34

@Fabby Thanks! May the blessings of Vim rain down upon you!

Fabby

@muru I know how to use vim, but prefer any other editor. (I use nano in the cli)

(I basically upvoted the person, not the answer) >:-)

muru

@Fabby ... in that case, may you be guided to the path of enlightenment, by asking at Vi and Vim. :P

Fabby

@muru :D :D :D

Thomas W.

@muru i've seen only two very expensive AC cards for LInux laptops, and most computers still ship with b/g/n (or a/b/g/n dualband)

@muru you're right it's not brand spanking new, but...

@Fabby No

muru

The Intel 3160 is not that expensive (got it on ~US$400 laptop for my parents)

That's what surprised me. I hadn't hoped to see an AC card in a laptop of that price.

But then, that laptop beat the crap out of the Dell Latitudes my department bought for an extra $200 each.

A.B.

13:42

He @ParanoidPanda =)

Thomas W.

@muru The standard card still going into brand new Dell systems is still b/g/n or dualband but not AC

user136984

@A.B.: Hi! :)

user136984

@Fabby: How did you manage to ping me with that weird stuff? :D

muru

@ThomasW. I know. The nearest AC was a Precision that cost yet another $200.

:(

Thomas W.

mhm

muru

13:43

Lenovo FTW, I suppose

Fabby

@Ravan: When using a big picture, the text must be re-aligned as well! ;-)

(I still like my version better, but I'm not going to go into an edit-war with you over this)

user136984

VTC this EOL question.

fossfreedom

@ParanoidPanda it may have 14.10 in the title but thats just a very general question that is applicable to all releases

cl-netbox

@Fabby - I just placed my first answer on U&L ! :)

muru

13:59

@fossfreedom still a dupe though. Oli's answer covers it.

user136984

Can I make my java application execute shell code?

muru

19

Q: How to execute system commands (linux/bsd) using Java

I am attempting to be cheap and execute a local system command (uname -a) in Java. I am looking to grab the output from uname and store it in a String. What is the best way of doing this? Current code: public class lame { public static void main(String args[]) { try { Pr...

java output-redirect

fossfreedom

@muru sounds like it - VTC on the basis of EOL is wrong though.

Fabby

@Ravan Please don't edit low quality answers. Just flag them as such...

Journeyman Geek

heh

Fabby

14:03

(in this case just a command, not very different from the accepted answer without explanation why it is better)

Thomas W.

@ParanoidPanda Yes, but later Java versions may throw security errors

Journeyman Geek

@Fabby: On one of the other sites I managed to politely harass someone into turning what was a pretty poor answer, into something I'd consider a good example of how to answer a question. Commenting might be appropriate ;)

Fabby

@ParanoidPanda see my question here..‌.

muru

@JourneymanGeek got a flag declined that way

worked out well in the end

Journeyman Geek

@muru: I mean, commenting in addition to/rather than flagging

>_>

muru

14:05

Dammit, wrong link:

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Q: Declined flag for new answer duplicating existing ones

I had a flag declined for this reason: This answer does not add anything constructive to existing answers. – muru 22 hours ago declined - flags should not be used to indicate technical inaccuracies, or an altogether wrong answer As I understand, late answers which don't add anything const...

discussion flagging low-quality-posts

Journeyman Geek

@muru: I can't really comment on AU moderation choices ;p

On AU I'm a poor humble low rep user too :)

Fabby

@cl-netbox And you just got your first upvote! >:-)

muru

@JourneymanGeek ah, the lack of power is truly humbling, as I find out each time I go to SO/SU/SF.

Journeyman Geek

lol

Honestly, the rep's more empowering than the diamond

Fabby

@JourneymanGeek That exactly what I always do (@ravan)

Journeyman Geek

14:08

(and well the soft power, I guess)

muru

Yep. Just being able to edit grammar and formatting without a second thought.

Journeyman Geek

softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/posts/24744/revisions check out the edit trail here ;p

@muru: High rep does that

Fabby

@muru try meta.se! A very angry crowd!

muru

@Fabby I do. Got a feature request rotting around at -9 somewhere. :D

Fabby

@muru And make some new mistakes (in my case). Not talking about you! ;-)

@JourneymanGeek Wow!

@JourneymanGeek I'm still most proud of my reversal badge

look at the original question...

user136984

14:14

@Fabby: I'm sorry, but how on Earth did you find out that that pinged everybody? I mean, did you randomly once type it in, or is there something to it that I do not see, or...? :D

Journeyman Geek

@Fabby: there's no benefit for me here outside turning an answer that was deleted before, into something awesome ;p

Fabby

@ParanoidPanda There are tons of things you do not see! :D

user136984

:D

Fabby

@JourneymanGeek No, and I thought there was no benefit for me answering a heavily downvoted answer... I thought I'd just calm the guy down a bit...

(He was freaking out at the time)

(or off his meds)

@ParanoidPanda But to answer your question: I found out by accident.

Journeyman Geek

wierdly I'm almost certain I remember that one, but somewhere else

A.B.

14:17

A question vampire =)

0

A: error while installing apache

The part git clone https://github.com/apache/httpd.git cd httpd svn co http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/apr/apr/trunk srclib/apr && cd srclib/apr && ./buildconf && ./build libtool && make && make install ./buildconf && ./configure --prefix=/usr/local && make && make install echo "ServerName loc...

Rinzwind

@muru done :+)

muru

@Rinzwind May the blessings of Vim rain down upon you!

:D

Rinzwind

that is far too heavy for my shoulders

user136984

@Fabby: Strange... :D

muru

@Rinzwind the shoulders of Rinzwind have been strengthened by countless answers!

j0h

14:19

Whats mass summining?

Fabby

@A.B. commented.

Rinzwind

@j0h in The Elder Scrolls in means to summon lots of skeletons :+)

ujwal dhakal

but cant use dual mode last time unbuntu running and curropt in windows now repaired windows no option to run ubuntu?

i have problem i have installed ubuntu and windows

Fabby

@j0h mass summoning?

that's when a wizard summons the masses of skeletons from a graveyard...

(for example)

cl-netbox

@Fabby Great - Thank you so much ! :)

Rinzwind

14:24

burn it askubuntu.com/questions/677919/difference-between-linux-ubuntu

ujwal dhakal

hello sir

fossfreedom

@Rinzwind hmm - someone found that a fascinating question and upvoted it!

ujwal dhakal

hello can anybody help me?

fossfreedom

@ujwaldhakal shout now or forever hold your peace

Fabby

@ujwaldhakal With money? No, not really.

ujwal dhakal

14:28

sorry?

i just want to use linux and windows simple dual boot

Fabby

@ujwaldhakal Just ask the question is what I wanted to say...

ujwal dhakal

i installed both

but i cant see dual boot mode

i cant choose the option the window is loading by defaul

Fabby

353

Q: Installing Ubuntu on a Pre-Installed Windows with UEFI

I'm absolutely new to Linux. I have been using Windows for all my life, but I have read about Ubuntu (and Linux in general) and I think I'll like it, so I wanted to know how to install Ubuntu on my PC with a Pre-Installed Windows 8 or later on it. Can I do it with Wubi or through the Live USB/DV...

dual-boot system-installation uefi

fossfreedom

use boot repair to fix I would suggest - think we have a good Q&A describing how to

ujwal dhakal

i used

but i cnt see any linux on startup

no any option

just windows loading as usal

Fabby

14:31

Are you running UEFI or BIOS boot?

ujwal dhakal

uefi

Fabby

0

Q: Dual boot but only Windows boots

So I just made a fresh install of Windows 8.1 and then Ubuntu 14.04.1. The problem is, that I can't make GRUB as the main boot option, it is not listed in BIOS so my computer just loads into Windows. I can, however access it through the boot menu (pressing F12). Log from boot-repair I did the b...

14.04 boot dual-boot windows-8 boot-repair

I've got to split...

CU All later!

hg8

@Fabby Bye :)

Greg d'Eon

I have a problem with g++ on my new Ubuntu install

anyone around that might be able to help?

fossfreedom

14:46

say what the issue is then we can chime in if we can help.

Greg d'Eon

When I try to compile my object files into an executable, g++ tells me "main.o: file not recognized: File format not recognized"

and objdump tells me the same thing

cl-netbox

@A.B. GNOME 3.18 available -> ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/misc/promo-usb :) - please check HO messages. :)

Greg d'Eon

What would cause that to happen? What's going wrong?

fossfreedom

@Gregd'Eon this? stackoverflow.com/questions/17126384/…

user136984

Anyone know anything about this by the way? :)

Greg d'Eon

14:50

@fossfreedom nailed it.

I feel dumb now haha. thanks a lot

fossfreedom

you're welcome

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

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Q: Chromium deps install problem on libgl1-mesa-glx:i386

everyone I'm trying to build chromium on Ubuntu 14.04.3 in my Virtualbox and get stuck at installing deps running install-build-deps.sh. The problem lies in package libgl1-mesa-glx:i386. Here's the main output after running the sh file: The following packages have unmet dependencies: libgl1-me...

ubuntu virtualbox libraries chrome

Mateo

:24304459 test?? - @Fabby strange...

Fabby

15:07

@Mateo Read here

Mateo

Haha, lol

Ravan

@Fabby Our edit gap is few seconds! I missed bottom line!...thank you!

user136984

The solution for this question no longer works for the latest version of Firefox, so should I ask a new question?

fossfreedom

suggest unaccept it and edit the question to bump it to the front page. If you want more visibility add a bounty to it.

user136984

15:26

@fossfreedom: Ok, but I'm not sure that the guy whose answer I unaccepted will be very happy...

fossfreedom

trust me bohdi wouldnt care very much ... indeed might prompt him to update his original answer and you can then reaccept again

Fabby

@ParanoidPanda And upvoted Q!

user136984

Thanks! :)

user136984

15:46

I've just been awarded a new gold badge! :D The Socratic at last! :)

Ravan

@ParanoidPanda I gave answer

to your question please refer

user136984

@Ravan: You did? Which question? :D

Ravan

1

Q: How to set a custom page to replace the default Firefox New Tab page

I am using Firefox 40, and I don't really like the New Tab page, so I would really like to set it to the DuckDuckGo homepage, how can this be achieved so that when I click the New Tab button I get the DuckDuckGo homepage? I have already done some research into this, but this is all that I found....

firefox customization

I'm trying to post screen shots! @ParanoidPanda

user136984

@Ravan: Ah, that question! :D

user136984

Thanks! :)

cl-netbox

15:55

@ParanoidPanda Congratulations for that ! =)

Ravan

@cl-netbox please look at my answer....any edit possible

cl-netbox

@Ravan you used 'please' - I like it ! :)

Ravan

@ParanoidPanda I feel your comment sounds different here

@cl-netbox I too

cl-netbox

@Ravan just editing your answer ...

@Ravan ready - please recheck ! =)

Ravan

@cl-netbox +1

cl-netbox

16:05

@Ravan Thank you - but where - I don't see any change ... =)

Terrance

I need to answer more questions. Slacking on rep lately. :(

Ravan

@cl-netbox you give to me!

@Terrance o/

Terrance

@Ravan \o

Ravan

@Terrance what do you mean?

Terrance

@Ravan Rep points you earn on answering questions. :)

SmokeDetector

16:07

[ SmokeDetector ] Blacklisted website in answer: How do I complete the Gnome Character Map with missing Unicode characters? by Open Sourcerer on askubuntu.com

Ravan

@Terrance ;)

cl-netbox

@Ravan what ? - I do the work, you get the profit ? (joke) - anyway I already gave you some ... :D

Terrance

@Ravan +1 on your answer. =)

Ravan

@cl-netbox ;P

I'm just short of 9 posts helpful flag!

cl-netbox

@Ravan okay I have done it !!! =) satisfied ?

Ravan

16:13

dup https://askubuntu.com/questions/677879/mark-area-on-pdf-file @cl-netbox @Terrance

@cl-netbox yes

@Lucio o/

@Lucio dual boot done!

cl-netbox

@Ravan ... still nothing to see ... =)

Ravan

@cl-netbox by the way are you using email?

user136984

@Ravan: Which comment? What do you mean?

cl-netbox

@Ravan yes I do - why ?

Ravan

@ParanoidPanda I am afraid I read incorrectly!...let me check once your second comment at that answer by bodhi

@ParanoidPanda just deleted one!

user136984

16:21

@Ravan: Ah, yes, I thought I would remove it because all it asked is if he would update his answer to include the information for doing it in Firefox 41, but as you gave an answer I deleted it.

Ravan

@cl-netbox just .....

cl-netbox

@Ravan ???

user136984

@Ravan: Why?

Ravan

"You update your question ......." that is the comment,@ParanoidPanda

don't mind....there not question....answer!

user136984

Oh, silly me! :D

Ravan

16:24

@ParanoidPanda =)

@cl-netbox =)

user136984

Anyone have any idea on this as new evidence for the problem has just turned up? :)

user136984

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Q: How to get the AskUbuntu chat ping noise and alert on Ubuntu Gnome

Since I have changed to Ubuntu Gnome 15.04, with Gnome Shell, and Gnome 3.16, from Ubuntu 15.04 with Unity, I have noticed that although I am able to activate desktop notifications for some sites and get a little popup alert at the bottom of the screen, in the AskUbuntu chat room (or really on an...

gnome firefox notification

cl-netbox

@Ravan still wanna know why you asked - do you want to write me a mail ?

Ravan

@cl-netbox do you want to know?

cl-netbox

@Ravan yes !

Ravan

16:27

@cl-netbox just curious no reason....really!

ignore it!

Terrance

@ParanoidPanda Reply to this one, I am testing if that is working. =)

user136984

@Terrance: Reply to which one? :P

cl-netbox

@Ravan anyway - you can give me your mail address just in case it will be needed.

Terrance

@ParanoidPanda Hmmm, I didn't work here. Darn! I'll keep seeing if I can get notifications working. =)

Ravan

@cl-netbox here?

@cl-netbox No sorry!

cl-netbox

16:31

@Ravan just post it - I copy - you delete it then.

user136984

@Terrance: Well, I am glad that I have finally found someone who can reproduce my same issue as nobody else seems to be able to! :D

Ravan

@cl-netbox I will be in touch with you on G+ later! ;)

@GeorgetheDev is here

cl-netbox

@Ravan okay but you have to tell me how it works ... :)

Ravan

@cl-netbox means?

@cl-netbox ;)

user136984

@Terrance: Are you running Firefox too?

user136984

16:36

And what version of GNOME? And is anybody without GNOME experiencing this issue?

Ravan

@ParanoidPanda I am

@ParanoidPanda I don't get sound for notifications

user136984

@Ravan: And are you running Firefox too? Because I am trying to figure out if it's a Firefox issue or something else.

cl-netbox

@Ravan You need to tell me how to get the address on Google - I don't use it much for communication. :)

Ravan

@cl-netbox when I send you request I inform you !

cl-netbox

@Ravan Ah - you mean Google Hangouts ?

Ravan

16:40

@ParanoidPanda may be....but I feel better with no sound because that annoys me..;)

@cl-netbox either of G+ or hangout!

cl-netbox

@Ravan ok understand - you can do it now - I am logged in.

Ravan

@cl-netbox I'm leaving,...

cl-netbox

@Ravan ... go to bed ?

Ravan

@cl-netbox I need to configure my browsers and all!

@cl-netbox yes!..cu =)

cl-netbox

@Ravan was a pleasure to work with you today - good night - sleep well ... see you ... :)

user136984

16:47

@Ravan: So you are running Firefox then? :)

user136984

VTC this as something.

intex

@Fabby What? Who has come to London today to share information

Ravan

@Fabby sorry...I didn't notice your edit!...cu =) \o

@A.B \o

@cl-netbox \o

A.B.

@Ravan o/ =)

@ParanoidPanda give me a ping to test my notification sound

Thomas W.

17:09

@A.B. KABOOM

A.B.

@ThomasW. indeed, KABOOM

=)

works great

Thomas W.

good

cl-netbox

@A.B. short and precise - thank you ! =)

user136984

@A.B.: So you don't get the same then?

user136984

And you are running Firefox too?

A.B.

17:18

@ParanoidPanda Firefox yes, the same version, the same GNOME, the same Ubuntu and I have sound

user136984

What sound modules do you have?

Seth

Stop using tail -f.

user136984

More importantly, what sound modules do I use? :D

user136984

@A.B.: What do you think that the issue is in then? Because I probably should file a bug report, but under what?

cl-netbox

I will leave now - see you - have a good time - bye bye ... \o :)

A.B.

17:29

@ParanoidPanda You can hear the sound on YouTube?

@cl-netbox Cu my friend =)

cl-netbox

@A.B. see you :)

Thomas W.

@Seth no, you.

Seth

I thought it was a well written article.

Thomas W.

it was

i still like tail -f

Seth

With a geek-clickbait title :P

user136984

17:40

@A.B.: Yes, I can.

user136984

Everything else sound related appears normal so far.

user136984

After a long day's work this is nice and relaxing... :)

user136984

The Very Best of Jazz - 50 Unforgettable Tracks

►

user136984

@NathanOsman: When will @GeorgetheDev's new video come out by the way as it has been a while? :)

user136984

Ooh! Only 8 more rep to go before 7k! :D

Seth

17:52

@blade19899 hey, maybe you know the answer to this.. in My 0 A.D. install WASD stopped moving the camera. D opens the developer menu and W toggles between some other view I'm not sure how to describe.

That breaks the entire game for me.

I can't find a setting anywhere.

hmm, shift no longer rotates the camera either.

intex

@Fabby What does that message means?

Seth

I blame the update that was released today.

Terrance

@ParanoidPanda Sorry, I had to run a tour here for some execs. I actually am using Chrome, and it was not working.

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