Ask Ubuntu General Room

Seth

16:01

We're good now.

edward torvalds

@A.B. hi man, whats up?

@Seth thanks man, remove that spammer

I can use 2> to redirect errors to a file right?

blade19899

Thank you! Tried Google Translating what language it was speaking.

Google Detected English xD

edward torvalds

@blade19899 he is writing hindi in english, how do you translated it :#

Seth

@edwardtorvalds yup!

blade19899

@edwardtorvalds translate.google.com/#auto/en/Yaar%20ye%20case%20solve%20karao

edward torvalds

16:04

@Seth how can I output date along with error ?

blade19899

Not really usefull stiff there

@edwardtorvalds $DATE?

edward torvalds

how?

i am using 2> errorLogfile

blade19899

@edwardtorvalds What exactly are you trying to do?

edward torvalds

I am logging error of a script

Seth

@edwardtorvalds I don't think you're giving us all the details.. Do you expect this to be a long running process?

edward torvalds

16:05

yes

I am making a service script

I want to logs its errors

to a file and want to log the error after the time and date

(thats it)

blade19899

@edwardtorvalds I think that question has been asked here on Ask Ubuntu, Stack Overflow, and Super User. If you are running on a Linux distro search on unix & linux, if Ubuntu search on Ask Ubuntu. Notice I said search, not ask. It's probably gonna be a dupe then.

Seth

@edwardtorvalds Sounds like you should log the errors from inside the script, not outside.

edward torvalds

ok

Seth

but I'm not sure if I know how I'd do that.

blade19899

See this:askubuntu.com/q/121456/36315

Bye ya'all!

hg8

16:10

@blade19899 bye :)

edward torvalds

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Q: Log error of script to a file along with the date and time

I can use 2> errorLogFile to log error of running script to a file right? my question is how to log the date and time of error along with error? for example: $ cat myScript 2> errorLogFile ..... # rest of the script this is how the error file should look like: $ cat errorLogFile 21 Nov 2015 ...

hg8

Is this question on-topic ? askubuntu.com/q/692928/338915

edward torvalds

it looks like more of android than ubuntu, i guess its off topic

Stefano Palazzo

Seems on-topic to me.

This one's on topic too: askubuntu.com/questions/6317/…

hg8

@StefanoPalazzo Ok. Thanks.

Zacharee1

16:55

@Ravan probably very late, but clear your cookies.

Zacharee1

17:06

@ThomasW. would it be valid to answer this question by explaining the way drivers work on Ubuntu?

I don't think this person gets it

Seth

@Zacharee1 I think Pilot6 is correct, he needs codecs.

otherwise I'd say yes, throw an answer on it. Still can if you really want, but by the time you do it'll probably be mostly resolved.

Zacharee1

Thanks

A.B.

@edwardtorvalds Hey guy =)

user139252

17:37

I made a Python script that generates all of the possible WPA/WPA2 PSK passphrases for a given length...

user139252

8 character passphrase file is so far over 2 gigs... and still going.

Zacharee1

@HeatherBrown wow..

user139252

6.5 GB now...

Zacharee1

lol

user139252

I'm gonna have to find someway to compress this...

Zacharee1

17:40

Why would you keep it?

user139252

Because I made it.

Zacharee1

It's not like 7GB of text is able to opened

Keep the script not the output

user139252

What if I'm called to do a PenTest? Wouldn't this dictionary file be useful? :P

user139252

I'm not a security expert, so I doubt I'll ever be called to pentest...

user136984

@Zacharee1: Have you successfully upgraded the script?

Zacharee1

17:42

Me? yeah

user136984

Because I'm having trouble... :(

Zacharee1

How so?

user136984

Well I went to the page with the install button, but it doesn't actually do anything...

Zacharee1

sechat.quickmediasolutions.com/static/js/chatstatus.user.js

It should download the js

user136984

Nope, don't get anything... :(

Nathan Osman

17:44

Anything show up in the console?

Zacharee1

And you have it installed?

user136984

Yes

Zacharee1

restart your browser

leave and rejoin the chat

shift/ctrl f5

Byte Commander

o/

user136984

@Nathan: It says "Cross-orgin request blocked"...

user136984

17:45

From your URL.

user136984

\o

user139252

If anyone is interested in this massive file generator

Nathan Osman

Wut.

@ParanoidPanda Can you copy and paste the exact error message?

user139252

The "possibles.txt" referenced in that script is just a text file listing all of the possible characters for a passphrase. You can make your own, or I can send you mine.

Nathan Osman

@HeatherBrown I imagine the output of that compresses well.

Zacharee1

17:46

lol

user136984

@NathanOsman

17:41:32.750 Cross-Origin Request Blocked: The Same Origin Policy disallows reading the remote resource at https://sechat.quickmediasolutions.com/static/js/chatstatus.user.js. (Reason: CORS request failed).1 <unknown>

user139252

Yeah, it probably will in the end. It's just still going.

Byte Commander

@NathanOsman Very cool script homepage!

user139252

13GB

Nathan Osman

@ByteCommander @Whaaaaaat made it.

Byte Commander

17:47

It still only works in the room 201, right?

Nathan Osman

Yes.

Still have a few minor things to fix before expanding it.

Byte Commander

But the script gets also loaded in other SE rooms though. It just seems not to operate.

Nathan Osman

That's correct.

In order to expand it later, the UserScript needs to be able to run in other rooms.

user136984

@Nathan: Why am I getting that error and unable to install it?

Nathan Osman

But when it loads the actual script, it checks to see what room it's in and aborts if it's not 201.

Byte Commander

17:49

Erm,... wut??? o.O

Hi "@ByteCommander" , Thank you for your reply. Before answering your questions. I need a small clarification i.e., PBIS(Power Broker Identification Services) is freeware or we need to buy that. If we need to buy what is the service suitable for me in order to join ubuntu machine into Windows A.D, also please tell me the prices. — Raghava 6 hours ago

Nathan Osman

@ParanoidPanda That's strange. You're using Greasemonkey, right?

user136984

Yes

user139252

@NathanOsman Does the script work on Ice Weasel?

Nathan Osman

@HeatherBrown does Greasemonkey work on Ice Weasel?

It should work on anything that can run UserScripts.

user139252

Yes. cool.

user136984

17:52

@Nathan: Ah! It's working! :D

Nathan Osman

There we go.

user136984

But I'm still getting that upgrade message...

Nathan Osman

Yeah, another user has been seeing that too. No idea why...

user136984

How do I get rid of it?

Nathan Osman

17:53

When you click the Greasemonkey icon in the toolbar, which scripts are loaded?

Byte Commander

Can we close this (unclear) or is anybody able to tell me what to do with this guy?

0

Q: Running Windows applications in Ubuntu 14.04

How can I run Windows based applications(.exe) in Ubuntu 14.04, I have installed Wine but it seems that is not working so any suggestions ??

executable

user136984

@Fabby: By the way, it turned out to be something else, the global variables are working fine! :D

user136984

@Nathan:

user136984

Nathan Osman

Okay, you need to disable the "Ask Ubuntu" one.

Just click on it to do that.

Then reload the page.

user136984

18:07

@Nathan: Ok, that works, so should I just remove the old one now then? And shouldn't it be doing this automatically (removing the old one)?

Nathan Osman

No, it can't remove UserScripts for you :P

user136984

I'm not going to be having to do this every time am I?

Nathan Osman

Would you like a random page being able to remove your scripts?

@ParanoidPanda No, just this once.

user136984

Ok, is this because of the name change or something and the old one therefore becoming obsolete or something?

Nathan Osman

Yeah, the name change.

Thomas W.

18:17

@Zacharee1 No, I don't think so. We need more info first. Looks like it's a codecs problem, not drivers.

So in this case no explaining how drivers work in an answer wouldn't be the answer

Byte Commander

Erm, how is the <<< something command structure called again?

Like in this:

Nice answer, but could you avoid the pipe? Pretty please? <<<"!!" xsel -ib — kos yesterday

Have to go...

Zacharee1

ok @ThomasW.

Seth

18:43

hmm, dupe this or answer it?

-1

Q: Ubuntu OS install in Android Mobile device using ubuntu-device-flash

For past few days I have been looking for a way to install Ubuntu Touch on my Moto-G(XT1033). So I tried some process and it failed with failed to enter recovery. root@ram:/home/ram/Downloads# ubuntu-device-flash touch --channel=ubuntu-touch/stable/ubuntu --bootstrap --device=mako 2015/11/02...

ubuntu-touch ubuntu-for-android

@jrg you were around when we starting duping things to the canonical UT thing. Do you think that counts or are the questions different enough? --^

The canonical indirectly answers, kinda.

jrg

scratches his beard

ponders it, drinking from his beverage, slowly.

@Seth IDK. I would dupe it.

Nathan Osman

<--- installs Hyper-V

jrg

Hello Firefox, my old friend.

Zacharee1

@Seth stole my answer ;p

Seth

@jrg the only problem I have with duping it is the questions aren't really the same and there's no direct answer. He's not asking what devices UT supports or even how to install it, but rather why the install doesn't work.

jrg

18:47

@Seth On a unsupported device, right?

Seth

@jrg yah

Zacharee1

@Seth it isn't a duplicate, but that link is good for reference

They really should have done research before trying to install it

Seth

Looks like they tried..

I mean, they sorta got the official steps right.

jrg

Ok, here's my answer: I need to do more research on the subject. I do not have time to do so, so I can't chime in.

Seth

research? ok.. I'm not sure what, but ok ;)

In that case I'm not closing it since the canonical doesn't really address his issue IMO.

@Zacharee1 seems to agree.

Zacharee1

18:50

@Seth well they could have checked to see whether or not it was supported

Instead of clicking on the instructions for the Nexus 4 and expecting it to work

Seth

on third thought, lets just close it. Seems to be what we did to all the others.

I have a feeling at this point he doesn't really know what he is asking.

Whaaaaaat

hm?

who needed me

RPi Awesomeness

ALADDIN MAGIC CARPET PRANK

►

Hah!

Whaaaaaat

Hello Pi.

Still need OSx86 help?

user136984

This really is a great app! I'm so glad I found it! :D

user136984

19:04

1

A: Interactive Periodic table

Gelemental is just the app for you! Install it with: sudo apt-get install gelemental It shows all the information you requested and so much more! Take Cadmium for instance:

RPi Awesomeness

@Whaaaaaat Not yet, I've still got to back up my system. I'll probably do it this weekend if possible

jrg

@Whaaaaaat @NathanOsman I SAW THAT.

Quake in fear, the Ruby programmer is here.

user136984

@jrg: I thought you said "Quake in fear, the Rugby program is here"! :D

user136984

@Fabby: What do you think of my latest Q&A? I'm really liking this, I think I'll do a few more of these! :)

Whaaaaaat

uh oh.

RPi Awesomeness

19:16

Ruh roh?

Whaaaaaat

@jrg please forgive me. falls to knees

Seth

@ParanoidPanda that's a pretty cool app!

Whaaaaaat

paranoid is beating me to 10k?

ack!

-4

Q: Top Linux Dockers as of today

I want to ask you which are the top Linux Docker bars in your opinion as of today ? So far I have only heard of "Cairo Docker" which is Mac OS X kind of docker. I want to see more dockers and choose what to use.

12.04 user-mode-linux

one more to nuke

Byte Commander

@ParanoidPanda I remember having coded a Periodic Table for my CASIO fx9750 GII in some strongly limited BASIC dialect once... ;)

Whaaaaaat

I have one on my NSpire. So awesome.

Byte Commander

19:28

@Whaaaaaat And I'm beating both of you! ;D (maybe, it's a head-to-head race with @ParanoidPanda)

RPi Awesomeness

Aaaand ... I'm not

:P

But hey, I'm cool with that.

Whaaaaaat

ugh. i gotta use ubuntu more. I'm getting dumb.

Windows has that effect on you.

RPi Awesomeness

ikr

Nathan Osman

Tips for getting more than 100 Mbps from an 802.11ac network?

Whaaaaaat

@NathanOsman Get a better ISP

Nathan Osman

19:33

The ISP has nothing to do with transfer speed through an access point.

Whaaaaaat

Oh, you're doing internal?

Nathan Osman

Yup.

I can sometimes get up to 150 Mbps through 802.11ac and 50 Mbps through 802.11n.

The devices is literally inches from the access point in both cases.

And I can easily get gigabit speeds from wired connections on the same access point.

Whaaaaaat

Hmmmm. How many clients are using it?

Nathan Osman

There are 10 connected but only two are actively using it.

One is the desktop that I'm typing this on.

The other is the machine I'm trying to copy the file to.

Oh, and the third one is the NAS I'm copying from.

But the NAS is idle otherwise.

And the NAS is capable of well over 500 Mbps.

user136984

@Seth I know! I only post about cool apps! ;)

user136984

19:42

@ByteCommander: You won't be beating me for long! >:D

Byte Commander

@ParanoidPanda Who knows? I'm excited to find it out. :)

@NathanOsman Any devices/networks of your neighbours etc. on the same frequency band?

Nathan Osman

Not sure, but good question.

I don't think too many neighbors have AC-capable access points but that was a few months ago.

Ask Ubuntu Meta

0

Q: It seems 15.10 has too many problems, is this natural or Canonical should resolve the bugs?

It seems that Ubuntu 15.10 is bringing up a lot of questions here on AskUbuntu. Is this natural? (Noobs getting excited to actually test it out, they know nothing so a lot of problems/questions bring up, but then all of that passes.) or it is actually buggy? (Canonical doesn't know 2 + 2)

support

user136984

19:58

@ByteCommander: Do you place your gauntlet on the table and challenge me to a rep duel?

Byte Commander

@ParanoidPanda Erm... no. Not really. If I did, you would come up with even more stupid questions to get points than you already do! ;)

It would take at least 20 wise men (according to @Fabby) to answer them all...

user136984

:D

Byte Commander

Oct 17 at 20:46, by Fabby

@ParanoidPanda You ask more questions then 10 wise men can answer...

Whaaaaaat

meanwhile @A.B. is just sitting here answering god-knows-what

Byte Commander

(I thought he has said 4...)

Zacharee1

20:06

lol: askubuntu.com/questions/693074/…

Byte Commander

@Zacharee1 Close as off-topic because "This describes a problem that can't be reproduced that seemingly went away on its own or was only relevant to a very specific period of time. It's off-topic as it's unlikely to help future readers. "

Zacharee1

@ByteCommander sure

I was more focused on the answer, but whatever

Byte Commander

Do I have any mistakes here? askubuntu.com/a/692610/367990

Nathan Osman

@KGIII I figured out why you see the notification every time you load the page.

Whaaaaaat

@NathanOsman New wrapper script?

KGIII

20:16

Oh? (Just getting back in a little while ago. Will be slow.)

Nathan Osman

The old script and the new script have different identifiers so they both end up being installed at the same time.

All you need to do is remove the old one.

KGIII

Hah. I'll take care of that, thanks.

Nathan Osman

Thanks for being patient :)

KGIII

Yup, resolved. I should have noticed that.

Nathan Osman

On an unrelated note, if I open an elevated command prompt and launch a process, the process is still owned by me (the unprivileged user) but files created by the process are owned by the local Administrators group.

Whaaaaaat

20:18

Welcome to Windows.

Nathan Osman

That is so confusing.

Whaaaaaat

The process is owned by you so you have the capability to kill it. It runs within the Administrators group, saving all its files to be owned by said group.

Nathan Osman

Ah.

Zacharee1

Go Windows! :p

Nathan Osman

^--- very ironic (since this is related to "go")

Whaaaaaat

20:20

Or that's how I think it works.

I have no idea, really.

Zacharee1

oh haha

Whaaaaaat

Windows is weird.

Though they do have nicer file permissions -- I can grant/revoke on a per-user basis, which is definitely nice.

Seth

I hate windows permissions.

4

Nathan Osman

I'm writing a Go package to do exactly that.

Seth

I don't think I like this script :P

Nathan Osman

20:21

No?

Whaaaaaat

yay seth!

i get to praise Seth when he's in the process of typing now!

Nathan Osman

@Seth what don't you like about it?

Seth

@NathanOsman This isn't hangouts ;)

Whaaaaaat

SETH IS GOD

Seth

People don't need to see when I'm typing or how far I've read IMO.

Sometimes I type and then don't send it. Sometimes I read but don't have time to really be here.

Fabby

20:22

@ByteCommander indeed!

@ParanoidPanda reading

Seth

@Whaaaaaat -.-

It's well written though; as always Nathan :)

And it looks great.

Whaaaaaat

aww he disabled it.

Seth

I just don't need the functionality myself.

Whaaaaaat

fine. All hail @Seth, the keyboard warrior who is currently clickity-clacking! Let his wisdom reign!

Fabby

@ParanoidPanda More Chemistry ones? :-) (Upgoated both Q and A)

Seth

20:23

@Whaaaaaat please..

I can't tell if you're begging to be kicked or something else.

Whaaaaaat

:)

what? kicked? no.

I get enough of that over in the Bridge.

Just being overly nice

I'll tone it down.

Nathan Osman

@Seth regarding Windows permissions - I understand your frustration with their complexity, but that's a double-edged sword. Although it can be confusing, it's a lot more powerful than what POSIX/Unix provides.

And if all you want is a chmod equivalent on Windows... well... I just finished writing one for Go :)

Whaaaaaat

@NathanOsman This. Owning User/Owning Group/Everyone Else doesn't cut it sometimes.

Nathan Osman

Inheritance can be very powerful.

Fabby

I have a birthday today! I've been on AU for a year today! (Well... I was answering aned editing anonymously already before that TBH)

Nathan Osman

20:27

\o/

Seth

@Fabby \o/ :D

Fabby

@Seth o/

Seth

@NathanOsman I've never found the expanded Windows permission system to be any use for me. All it's ever done is prevent me from editing things I desperately needed to edit.

or delete or whatever.

It is so complex understanding exactly what is going on is extremely hard, unlike in *nix.

jrg

Permissions in Windows are based around the concept of Active Directory.

And as such are remarkably complex and amazing.

Zacharee1

Gah! askubuntu.com/questions/693106/…

Someone?

Seth

20:38

It is absolutely pouring down rain here.

Zacharee1

@Seth fun

Where's "here?"

Seth

Where it's raining, obviously ;)

Zacharee1

-_- -_- -_- -_- -_- -_- -_- -_- -_- -_- -_- -_-

hey

ugh

ah

@Seth can you take a look at that linked answer/comment thing?

user136984

@Fabby: It's a cool tool though isn't it? :D

user136984

Also, I figured out my Java problems, I was adding the wrong width... I thought the ball's width was that of the bat... :D

jrg

20:42

WHOA. A @StefanoPalazzo APPEARED

Zacharee1

ugh

Seth

@Zacharee1 I don't see anything relevant in any of those comments.

Zacharee1

The answer more.

Seth

Answer looks fine. Could use some editing but he's probably right.

Zacharee1

Eh, OK.

I just figured that saying to redownload the ISO is more of a comment

And suggesting to upgrade an old PC to SSD without knowing if it even has SATA is more of a comment

GeoMint

20:47

@ByteCommander that answer has awesome information!

Byte Commander

@GeoMint Wait, just a third variant came to my mind! :D

GeoMint

@ByteCommander it is knowledge i admire :)

also it was very clear! i upvoted

A.B.

@Whaaaaaat what do you mean?

Zacharee1

@A.B. should've left out the "what"

Byte Commander

Now the edit is done: askubuntu.com/a/692610/367990

It takes a while to scroll from one end of that answer to the other! :D

@GeoMint Thanks!

Seth

20:52

@Zacharee1 "your iso is corrupt. Redownload with a more reliable method" seems like an answer to me.

The SATA thing is kind of irrelevant from either view.

Zacharee1

@Seth OK. I just feel that it's something that is suggested as a way to eliminate possible problems, not the definite solution.

Byte Commander

5775 characters in 943 words... I guess it's one of my longest answers by now. Is there any statistic about answer length on SE?

Zacharee1

@ByteCommander longer than some essays

Byte Commander

Already 102 points today. It was a good day! :)

Zacharee1

:-/

A.B.

21:01

@ByteCommander great answer, already upvoted on the first day :|

Byte Commander

I know! ;-)

A.B.

@Zacharee1 yes :)

@Fabby happy birthday >:)

Byte Commander

@A.B. o.O?

I thought that was in May?

KGIII

Yay! Food is ordered. That took way too long.

@Fabby Birthday?

A.B.

Yes, he said

> I have a birthday today! I've been on AU for a year today! (Well... I was answering aned editing anonymously already before that TBH)

Byte Commander

21:08

Ah, that kind of birthday! :D

A.B.

Yes ^_^

GeoMint

#define F H
Fabby Birthday :D

KGIII

Well, that's as good a reason to celebrate as any, right @A.B.?

GeoMint

what are AU and TBH?

A.B.

Ask Ubuntu and ... O_o

@KGIII indeed :D @Fabby party!!!!

KGIII

21:13

TBH = To Be Honest, AFAIK.

GeoMint

ohh ok :P

A.B.

Ah, great, @Fabby = Anonymous o_O >:) :D

GeoMint

i think i am into AU for two years but i don't really remember when i signed up

A.B.

Remember remember the fifth of November

“Remember, remember the Fifth of November
Gunpowder, treason and plot;
I know of no reason why gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot.”

GeoMint

i am "Member for 1 year, 10 months"

it sais that on my profile

jrg

21:17

> Member for 4 years, 11 months

GeoMint

wow

jrg

Time to do some celebrations or something... maybe.

GeoMint

you should do 5 celebrations in once i think!

do you know guys about the keyboard shortcuts of ask ubuntu?

go to profile settings > preferences > keyboard shortcuts

user136984

Well, before I've been here for a year I want at least to get to 10k! :D

GeoMint

i am still at 140 :P

KGIII

21:23

I got to 500 in a month. :/

GeoMint

@KGIII that's a good start

KGIII

Also, the attempt to install Arch via Twitch went (as expected) very bad. They pulled the plug. A number of people were making it install Gentoo.

GeoMint

hahaha

its still an awesome idea

i know more about installing arch now :P

KGIII

First rule, don't crowdsource it.

jrg

Actually, that hasn't entirely failed, has it?

I thought that was doing rather well.

Like, they managed to get a root password set.

That's more than I've ever done with Arch.

Byte Commander

21:31

@KGIII Really? When I looked at the chat for a minute, most of the posts were downloading p0rn... :-/

GeoMint

mybroadband.co.za/news/software/…

really?

KGIII

Yeah, they got a bunch of IRC scripts running on proxies. Everyone thinks it was a botnet. It wasn't. It was just lulz @ByteCommander They pulled the plug and killed the lulz. y u no liek lulz? They said...

Byte Commander

<--- Member for 9 months now. My AU birthday was on January 12.

KGIII

@jrg I got Arch installed in a VM once. I followed the instructions pretty carefully so it took longer than it should.

Byte Commander

And I'm heading straight to 10k. Another 122 points made today.

Only 1354 more to go... :P

KGIII

21:34

Food is on the way up. Back in a bit.

Byte Commander

On the way up? o.O Sounds like a case of anacatharsis?

GeoMint

What's the best website for linux manual pages?

Byte Commander

@GeoMint Open terminal, type man and the command you want. Doesn't even need internet.

And do you want Ubuntu or Linux in general?

GeoMint

linux general at that point

i want to understand curl

Byte Commander

linux.die.net/man I guess.

GeoMint

21:38

and what is the difference with wget

i am going off for a while BRB

i stay logged in

Byte Commander

20

Q: What is the difference between curl and wget?

Both of these curl and wget are use for downloading files, etc. Is there any reason to use one over the other?

downloads wget curl

GeoMint

@ByteCommander wow thanks

Byte Commander

Just type in google/duckduckgo/... : site:askubuntu.com wget curl

Leaving for today, bye folks!

GeoMint

@ByteCommander o/

Serg

o/

GeoMint

21:53

hi

user136984

Well, goodnight folks! :)

Serg

Panda is off to his bamboo bed ?

user136984

@Serg: He's eaten half of it already... :P

Serg

XD

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