Ask Ubuntu General Room

Downgoat

18:04

@KazWolfe SE chat API? or SE post API?

Kaz Wolfe

@Downgoat chat API

Really, I'm just looking for a JSON endpoint to get room data

Downgoat

@KazWolfe AFAIK it's all websockets making it a pain

Kaz Wolfe

gah. well, then i guess i need to parse html

Downgoat

that's why in TNB we are all planning to move our bots to some other chat engine considering how difficult WS is to work with

Kaz Wolfe

I can use WS endpoints because of ChatExchange (<3 @ByteCommander), but I don't see a place to pull/read room data.

like, a list of room owners.

Downgoat

18:08

I believe you'd have to do scraping for that but I'm not sure

Kaz Wolfe

yay problems

Sandro

I can not log into my Ubuntu and have some file in var/www that are necessary

How can I get theme

Kaz Wolfe

@Sandro local or remote?

Sandro

Local

Kaz Wolfe

ask a question on the main site, and link it in here. We'd be happy to help.

brb installing nvidia drivers. fml.

optimus cards are just evil

Rinzwind

18:18

@Sandro control alt f1

log in and copy the files to somewhere

James Tobin

@KazWolfe how again do you do that code?

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A: Re-initialise GRUB for non-bootable UEFI zfs 16.04 installation

The easiest and best way of re-initializing grub is a utility called boot repair. Follow these steps: Boot from live Ubuntu disk and select "try without installing" Open a terminal and run these commands: sudo -i add-apt-repository ppa:yannubuntu/boot-repair apt update apt install boot-repair ...

tell me this time and I'll write it down so I dont forget

Kaz Wolfe

<pre><code> and </code></pre>.

James Tobin

ok thanks

Kaz Wolfe

@mods, why is Ben Stumpf listed as an explicit write in this room?

(@seth --^)

James Tobin

@KazWolfe thank you, will take note, worked well :D anyway how is the answer?

Sandro

18:24

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Q: how to get my file from var folder in Ubuntu 16.4.1

When I wanted to log in to my ubuntu I got black screen. The problem first started by installing KDE. KDE installed with error and somebody asked me to install gnom3 and problem going worse and worse and my friend @sara send the question on askubuntu link Here "Failed To Fetch" when installing KD...

I did it @KazWolfe

Plz help me

Now I'm in Ubuntu live cd

In fact start Ubuntu with live cd

Rinzwind

if you are in a live dvd go to the disk and copy the files to an usb stick?

you can do all from nautilus just like regular ubuntu

Sandro

I can not see my file invar

And also there is no folder in var

Rinzwind

you are looking at the wrong disc

you are probably looking at the /var on the live session

Sandro

Yes you are right

Rinzwind

made it an answer

mount sda1

it might be namd "system disk" though and not sda1 or sdb1(that is the 2nd disk if you have one).

Sandro

18:29

Got them thanks

Rinzwind

got the files? :)

edwinksl

@Zanna ok looks like i am that destined 5th person...

Rinzwind

before you format the system (if that is the intention) make sure you can restore then files

Zanna

@edwinksl that took a while!

edwinksl

or not, i already reopened :/

still need a 5th

Rinzwind

18:32

hey @KazWolfe you dont want me as an enemy >:-D

slowpoke :+D

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Q: PROBLEMA AL MONTAR IMAGEN CON LOOP

Buenas tardes, he instalado recientemente Ubuntu 16, probe a instalar un programa usando una imagen con el siguiente comando: sudo mount -t iso9660 -o loop Escritorio/matlab_r2014b_dldvd_linux_64bit.iso Documentos/Matlab/ Tras desmontarlo, al probar a montar otra imagen usando el mismo comando ...

mount loop-device

someone hablas Espagnol?

Anwar

which answer should I upvote?

Rinzwind

to what q? @Anwar

btw: you can upvote more answers :=D

Kaz Wolfe

@Rinzwind i gave a terminal solution, you gave a GUI solution :D

Rinzwind

@KazWolfe you did not tell how to go to command line :=D

Kaz Wolfe

oh look at that, your answer is on top.

Anwar

18:37

I'll vote tomorrow. to the answer which attracts highest vote :) if both are same, both will get upvotes :D

Rinzwind

I am so going to rollback that edit >:-D

this is a declaration of war :D @KazWolfe

I shall win this battle and get anwar's upvote

Kaz Wolfe

brb writing assembly code to do this automatically.

just a magic instant boot disk lol

or... i wonder if i can compress all of this down to a shell one-liner.

Zacharee1

@Rinzwind PROBLEM MOUNTING IMAGE WITH LOOP

Rinzwind

yeah I got that :D

Kaz Wolfe

i mean, @Rinzwind, if i were mean, i'd just assimilate your answer into mine...

Zacharee1

18:42

@KazWolfe well you are, sooo

Rinzwind

go ahead; people will see what you did >:-D

Zacharee1

unless he gives credit

then it's fine :p

Rinzwind

not within the same question >:-D

Kaz Wolfe

I think recommending a forced sync is good practice, don't you?

hm... i know how to annoy Rinzwind.

Rinzwind

no you don't :=D

Kaz Wolfe

18:47

TAKE THAT

Rinzwind

and I am 1 up >:-D

Zacharee1

@Rinzwind translated

Rinzwind

@KazWolfe I retaliated

Kaz Wolfe

@Rinzwind drat. the cunning and handsome Rinzwind is too much to defeat

edwinksl

@Zacharee1 time to retract CVs

Rinzwind

18:48

>:-D

oh and I upvoted the q too :=D

Zacharee1

@KazWolfe We Americans (then British colonists) took New Netherlands from them and made it New York :p

Anwar

still a draw?

Rinzwind

no it was New Amsterdam and it was a TRADE. We got Surinam for it @Zacharee1

Zacharee1

@Rinzwind and look how we turned out :p

don't you want to be like us, @Rinzwind?

Rinzwind

and the whole of New York reeks of Holland >:)

Harlem, Brooklyn, and plenty more :=D

Zacharee1

18:51

obsessed with TV so much that we have a reality TV star as a presidential frontrunner?

Rinzwind

(=Haarlem and Breukelen)

Nathan Osman

Wow, SF is super slow now.

Zacharee1

@NathanOsman stop breaking SE

Rinzwind

so is AU

Zacharee1

not for me

Rinzwind

18:52

@Zacharee1 it is. noboy is making good questions >:-D

+d

Zacharee1

ohhhh

Rinzwind

>:-D

2 kinds of slow

Kaz Wolfe

i will laugh so hard if this goes to HNQ

Zacharee1

@Rinzwind yeah, the site and you

Rinzwind

@Zacharee1 I am quicker than @KazWolfe he takes ages longer >:-D

Kaz Wolfe

18:54

@Zacharee1 which one are you talking about?

@Rinzwind I write only the highest-quality answers.

Zacharee1

@KazWolfe since when is Clinton a TV star?

Kaz Wolfe

@Zacharee1 well, we found the slow one, guys!

Nathan Osman

@Zacharee1 SourceForge, not Server Fault, lol.

Kaz Wolfe

@Rinzwind also, oh my god that would be the basis for a great joke, but i won't say it because certain people frequent this room.

Zacharee1

@NathanOsman I figured it wasn't SE, but I just had to say it

Rinzwind

18:56

time for some food. bbl :)

Zacharee1

@KazWolfe SNL doesn't count

Kaz Wolfe

*woosh*

aww

Zacharee1

sigh

Nathan Osman

Lol.

Kaz Wolfe

i cannot format

mods, use your magic edit powers to make me suck less pls

Zacharee1

18:57

nor can you make a joke

Nathan Osman

@KazWolfe What are you trying to write?

Kaz Wolfe

got it

Nathan Osman

Ah. That one.

Kaz Wolfe

@Zacharee1 it's a sophisticated joke, that takes a certain intellect and view to understand.

Anwar

bbl.

Nathan Osman

18:59

I always do:

...with the backticks.

It's the easiest way.

Zacharee1

@KazWolfe one might say, special intellect

Kaz Wolfe

holy crap.

installing the nvidia drivers actually fixed something for once!

Nathan Osman

@Fabby Ironically, the Internet at my local Starbucks isn't all that great, but at the Microsoft store, it is excellent - a full 100 Mbps connection.

Also, I went by the Apple store yesterday and laughed at everyone lined up to but the iPhone 7.

Kaz Wolfe

@NathanOsman apparently nobody cares about there being no headphone jack

Nathan Osman

They will soon enough.

Kaz Wolfe

19:02

The iSheep just walked out with their bluetooth earbuds for $160

Nathan Osman

They'll be back.

Kaz Wolfe

though, i actually do prefer the iPhone to the Samsung line...

if choosing between two extremely locked-down models, go with the one that looks nicer, I'd say.

Nathan Osman

Of two evils, choose neither.

chaskes

Uh, oh, then.

Kaz Wolfe

#NexusLineForLife

yeah, samsung phones have some nice features, but the phones don't exactly look nice, nor do they really allow us to use those features on non-Samsung OSes, if they even let us use non-Samsung OSes.

Nathan Osman

19:05

OnePlus is awesome, BTW.

Kaz Wolfe

iOS, at least, has decent-looking phones with a decent stock OS

Nathan Osman

The phones look okay but seriously - iOS looks nice??!?

Kaz Wolfe

better than TouchWiz.

Zacharee1

@KazWolfe TouchWiz is stupid, but the phones are gorgeous

@NathanOsman I miss iOS 6 :(

Nathan Osman

@KazWolfe TuxPaint is better than TouchWiz.

So that doesn't say much.

Kaz Wolfe

19:08

@NathanOsman TuxPaint is better than everything. It's the absolute pinnacle of design!

Nathan Osman

Pffffffffffffft.

Kaz Wolfe

Nothing created by mere mortals will ever outshine tuxpaint!

gah.

Should I get the next Nexus or the next OnePlus?

Nathan Osman

OP3 is your best bet.

(IMHO.)

That's what I have and it's awesome.

6 GB of RAM, I mean come on.

Kaz Wolfe

well i'm going to wait for my current iPhone to die, but the oneplus does look really nice

no SD slot, but eh.

Zacharee1

OP3 is heavy

Kaz Wolfe

19:14

hey, whatever happened to that ubuntu phone dock idea?

Kaz Wolfe

19:25

pingus is still in the repo data?

All scheduled work for today is canceled.

Downgoat

Not completely on-topic but any ideas for what an error message should be when the data.json failed to be retrieved? Turns out "The data files failed to be retrieved." is not correctly grammering :P

edwinksl

Failure in retrieving the data files?

Downgoat

@KazWolfe For post people headphone jack is a problem beacuse they won't be able to plug their headphones in, but I'm feeling the real problem will become people blaring their music out from their phone speaker for everyone to hear

Zacharee1

@Downgoat that already happens

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

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Q: Tool to compress/decompress STDIN

Is there a tool that compresses STDIN, and outputs to STDOUT? This tool (or its counterpart) should be able to decompress as well. Something simple is fine, but it must be lossless. Thanks, Vikarjramun

ubuntu

Downgoat

19:34

@edwinksl hm :/ ok I've made it "An error occured while retrieving data files."

edwinksl

that seems like using more words to say the same thing :P

Nathan Osman

@KazWolfe You should ask @Mateo - he's been able to get it working.

James Tobin

Kaz Wolfe

really? it's real?

James Tobin

big joke because I have an ad blocker

Kaz Wolfe

19:41

@JamesTobin yeah, that's bascially everyone. it's a useless rep mark

James Tobin

@KazWolfe yeah

edwinksl

@Downgoat U&L is not AU though

James Tobin

waste of my time

who cares

Downgoat

@edwinksl aw... ;_; just relized

James Tobin

askubuntu.com/questions/826242/… dunno if I completely understood in my answer

*understood the problem

IanC

19:54

guys, I want to share with you, my first Github repository

github.com/IanCaio/TempI

critics and feedback are welcome :)

still learning git, a bit confused about branch tracking, but I'm enjoying it so far, really useful for organizing projects

edwinksl

@IanC good stuff

IanC

Thank you @edwinksl!! Still trying to apply all the suggestions people made to me on CodeReview :)

edwinksl

@Downgoat now that OP has 15 rep, let's see if he will upgoat your answer

@IanC oh nice looks like it got a lot of attention

Kaz Wolfe

20:09

well, i think it's time for another PSA

[PSA] Please don't ask questions in Chat, unless they're really fast (or really complex and have a parent question already). It's better to post them on the main site, because then more people see it, and others have easier access to any answers posted!

10

edwinksl

instant star

IanC

One of the guys told me about three software engineering principles, really helpful to keep good organized and debug friendly @edwinksl. Since I mostly program as a hobby, I think I might lack some concepts professional programmers have, so it's always good to have feedback from more experienced people. First time I expose one of my codes to a bigger audience, but I'm liking what I'm being able to learn from it! :D

edwinksl

@IanC CR people seem pretty nice. i like what i am seeing

Nathan Osman

WordPress can be so frustrating sometimes.

edwinksl

ditch it :p

Nathan Osman

20:16

Not possible when a client is using it.

Why else would I be touching PHP? :D

edwinksl

ditch the client because morals and principles

Nathan Osman

Uh...... and lose all my money?

Kaz Wolfe

@NathanOsman use something else and make it look like wordpress!

Nathan Osman

I don't have access to the server - just the WordPress admin.

Well, anyway, here's the problem: wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/239620/…

chaskes

@JamesTobin I think you could improve that answer by explaining diff between live version to use and running the installer, and directly clearing up OP's misconception that "trying" affects the persistent partition

Kaz Wolfe

20:22

@Seth can we get "Please don't post questions here" in the room description?

edwinksl

@NathanOsman TIL there is a SE site just for wordpress ._.

Kaz Wolfe

or something like that? the star board isn't the best places for these things.

Nathan Osman

@KazWolfe No, we still allow questions.

We just want to encourage people to post them on the site first.

Kaz Wolfe

well, as in, questions here that detract from the site's content and health

Nathan Osman

THEN they can come here to talk about them.

James Tobin

20:24

@chaskes which one

chaskes

0

A: ubuntu launching help on multiboot usb (created with yumi)

If you have persistent storage set up then "try Ubuntu without installing" won't reset your installation. That is the option you want to select.

edwinksl

@NathanOsman hmm, ok then, because you do need to buy a yacht for photography purposes, i guess you should keep the client and outwit wordpress

Nathan Osman

I don't actually have a yacht, BTW :P

Nor would I probably ever get one.

edwinksl

well, our AU Party on Nathan's Yacht just died a quick death

3

Nathan Osman

:D

Kaz Wolfe

20:27

rip in pieces

edwinksl

:(

Nathan Osman

Ads for logged-in users now?

Kaz Wolfe

@NathanOsman that's always been there

you get less ads at 200 rep, but never no ads

Nathan Osman

For logged in users? No.

Kaz Wolfe

unless you just block things

Nathan Osman

20:28

@KazWolfe I have been a member of Stack Exchange since 2009 and I have never seen an ad along the top when I've been logged in.

Until today.

chaskes

Isn't it because you have <200 on that particular site?

Nathan Osman

Is it per-site?

Kaz Wolfe

@NathanOsman tis

Nathan Osman

Maybe you're right...

chaskes

That's my guess based on the impending rep msg posted above.

Nathan Osman

20:29

In that case, never mind. Move along. Nothing to see here :D

Kaz Wolfe

meta.stackexchange.com/help/privileges/reduced-ads

Nathan Osman

3D printing just left beta: 3dprinting.stackexchange.com

Kaz Wolfe

@NathanOsman ???

Nathan Osman

What's "???" for?

Kaz Wolfe

i see it as in-beta

Nathan Osman

20:38

Oh, I see.

I meant private beta.

Sorry.

It's in public beta now.

Kaz Wolfe

that was 7 months ago

Nathan Osman

Hm...

Oh, heh.

I see what happened.

I saw "8m ago" and took that to be "8 minutes ago".

Reason #106 not to use ambiguous abbreviations.

Kaz Wolfe

what's reason 14?

Nathan Osman

Something about bacon.

Kaz Wolfe

???

Seems legit

Zacharee1

20:48

@KazWolfe totes

user136984

@KazWolfe The first few times I read it I read the word "fast" as "fat"! :D

Serg

@edwinksl i suspect OP is using Mac there

oops

echo $$ 5373 cat /proc/5373/comm cat: /proc/5373/comm: No such file or directory — user1800340 11 mins ago

That ^

IanC

hey @Serg, how are you doing man?

Serg

@IanC alright, i guess. How are you buddy ?

IanC

I'm good, my parents visited me today, watched some cool movie

edwinksl

20:52

@Serg yeah something not linux. i think all linux distros have /proc?

IanC

now about to go to work

why alright? something happened man? @Serg

user136984

I need to implement an undo and redo system for text fields in Java. Now, commonly, how many states does it remember so it can undo them with CTRL + Z?

Serg

@edwinksl yup, all distros, and FreeBSD, but not Mac

Kaz Wolfe

@ParanoidPanda use all states

or, use as many states as you can before running out of memory.

user136984

Right, and what should one count as a 'state'? Should it be a single character change? Or more than that?

user136984

20:54

Because I've seen it vary from application to application.

edwinksl

@Serg awesome, good to know

user136984

And each single character may not be useful in some cases.

Kaz Wolfe

@ParanoidPanda User Experience

user136984

:D

Kaz Wolfe

they'll be more hlep, and i think they have an answer to that...

Serg

20:55

@IanC nothing happened , just still waking up :) Just woke up an hour ago. These few days will be preparing for exam and doing homework. Wanna cook tofu and mushrooms.

Kaz Wolfe

somewhere

Serg

cat: /proc/5373: Is a directory \n ls /proc/5373 attr... auxv... \n cat: /proc/5373/comm: No such file or directory — user1800340 2 mins ago

Kaz Wolfe

how about one state = 1 second

Serg

Hmmm, well, we've at least established that they have a /proc filesystem

Zacharee1

@JamesTobin don't refer people to links for illegally modified software

Mark Kirby is correct in calling your link spam/scam

user136984

20:57

@KazWolfe: Hmm, never thought about counting with time, do most do that then?

Kaz Wolfe

@ParanoidPanda i honestly don't know

i was just spitballing that because i use undo where it would take more time for me to actually remove what i did than just to undo it

IanC

damn, half an hour to get ready for work!

@Serg check it out! github.com/IanCaio/TempI

user136984

@KazWolfe: They actually seem to have a tag on the matter with some questions relating to what I want so thanks for the site recommendation! :)

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