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12:27 AM
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Q: Does the search tracking and Amazon information sharing in attributed to Ubuntu part of Debian?

user9303970I understand from Richard Stallman in this video, made probably in or before 2013, that Ubuntu isn't 100% free by the GNU organization definition of Free Software, as according to Stallman there, it spies on users and also share the "spied" information with Amazon. I asked about it in AskUbuntu ...

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Ask Ubuntu Meta
Ask Ubuntu Meta
2:13 AM
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Q: Voting to close your own question instead of deleting

WinEunuuchs2UnixTonight I voted to close my own question as a duplicate when I could have deleted both my zero voted question and self answer. The reason I did this was because my question title: Why does `journalctl --list-boots` only show the current boot? was substantially different than the duplicate target...

discussion
 
Ubuntu Questions on U&L
Ubuntu Questions on U&L
2:24 AM
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Q: Should I create a symbolic link to /bin/bash for user ssh?

GavinI am stuck trying to log in to my SSH server with a sudo enabled user; it authenticates and then stops and says: /home/username/bin/bash: No such file or directory I was following some instructions when creating the user, I don't believe it was set up wrong but this error makes me think it was....

ubuntu ssh webserver
 
Kane
Kane
2:55 AM
Hey, I just installed 16.04 Ubuntu alongside my Windows. The problem is it says 'no network devices' where I would usually choose my Wi-Fi connection (on another Ubuntu laptop I have). Any ideas on how I can troubleshoot this? Ive follwed some suggestions on forums but nothing has worked for me
ok last thing I just tried (installing updates in an earlier kernel) worked, thanks anyway :D
 
Ubuntu Questions on U&L
Ubuntu Questions on U&L
3:18 AM
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Q: New Ryzen laptop - suspend = panic, is a fix in the pipeline?

scytheAs though I had not had some 10 years of on-and-off Linux experience, I patiently awaited the release of laptops with the new AMD Ryzen "APU" chips, planning to install Linux, after speculative execution vulnerabilities made Intel look bad. So I bought the shiny new Lenovo IdeaPad 720s 13" AMD Ry...

ubuntu hardware suspend laptop panic
 
Ubuntu Questions on U&L
Ubuntu Questions on U&L
4:16 AM
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Q: Ubuntu Server Remote SSH Error(Couldn't Connect)

user56001I'm running a web server on Ubuntu 15.10. (It's a VMWare ESXi VM.) I was remotely managing my server and my connection was suddenly killed. Here is the log of my laptop terminal. hjeonc@hjeonc:~$ ssh -v dev@myserver OpenSSH_7.5p1 Ubuntu-10ubuntu0.1, OpenSSL 1.0.2g 1 Mar 2016 debug1: Reading c...

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Nathan Osman
Nathan Osman
6:53 AM
@TheWanderer ---^
 
 
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Ionică Bizău
Ionică Bizău
8:21 AM
Morning! :)
Got stuck again...
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Q: Can't start MySQL server

Ionică BizăuContext: my noteboook froze and I force restarted it. After restart, I can't seem to start the mysql server. $ sudo systemctl start mysql Job for mysql.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status mysql.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details. Th...

server 17.10 mysql
Any ideas?
 
dessert
dessert
8:39 AM
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Q: MySQL won't start because of AppArmor?

SupernormalI'm trying to install mysql-server-5.7 on Kubuntu 16.04, but I'm having trouble. sudo apt install mysql-server gives the following output. Setting up mysql-server-5.7 (5.7.18-0ubuntu0.16.04.1) ... Renaming removed key_buffer and myisam-recover options (if present) Job for mysql.service failed ...

16.04 mysql apparmor
related?
@IonicăBizău did you see /var/log/mysql/error.log?
 
Ionică Bizău
Ionică Bizău
@dessert Solved, writing an answer. This was helpful: stackoverflow.com/a/24768374/1420197
 
dessert
dessert
@IonicăBizău excellent :)
 
Ionică Bizău
Ionică Bizău
Thanks! :)
 
 
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Ubuntu Questions on U&L
Ubuntu Questions on U&L
12:08 PM
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Q: help to hide minergate command from htop ubuntu 16.4 server

total minhelp to hide minergate command from htop ubuntu 16.4 help to hide minergate command from htop ubuntu 16.4

linux ubuntu command-line webserver
 
TheWanderer
TheWanderer
@NathanOsman ye
 
 
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Rinzwind
Rinzwind
1:38 PM
"A type of 1 letter or 1 digit in the device name is fatal."
Making a typo in that sentence is ironic :-P
 
popey
popey
2:23 PM
Yo!
Man, I need to change this avatar, it scares me when I see it.
I have a question. What's our policy when people come here and they're clearly not on Ubuntu? e.g. Mint or some other non-flavour derivative? Do we have a published guideline for "Please find your own support avenue?"
 
David Foerster
David Foerster
Ugh, I'm installing Windows 7 in a virtual machine and 1 GiB of main memory is not enough for the lengthy update procedure.
@popey Questions like that are closed as off topic with a short explanation. Users can flag such questions, reviewers can vote to close them.
 
Rinzwind
Rinzwind
:42983246
Close as off topic and point to U+L.
 
popey
popey
is there a link I can point someone to before they ask a question? :)
 
Rinzwind
Rinzwind
@DavidFoerster a minimum of 4Gb
@popey they should already get a sort of popup with some generic tips (incl. a reference to that) :P
oh and ->
Questions that you should avoid:

Linux Mint, Elementary OS, Backtrack, Gnome-Remix (prior to 13.04), budgie-remix (16.04 and 16.10) and other Linux distributions (try our friends at Unix & Linux Stack Exchange).
 
popey
popey
perfect!
 
Rinzwind
Rinzwind
2:31 PM
10!
or a A+ if you are non-metric :+)
 
David Foerster
David Foerster
Or 5/7 if you're a memer.
 
cl-netbox
cl-netbox
2:47 PM
Hello everybody :)
 
Rinzwind
Rinzwind
2:59 PM
@DavidFoerster in the case I only do lolcats
Boxy!
 
cl-netbox
cl-netbox
@Rinzwind Rinzy ! :) Good afternoon to you :)
 
Rinzwind
Rinzwind
3:32 PM
another silver and bronze for Team NL
 
David Foerster
David Foerster
The only thing that I noticed about the current Olympic Games is the German bobsled team crashing trough the finish line.
…and still tying for first place.
 
cl-netbox
cl-netbox
3:48 PM
Hi @DavidFoerster :) Good afternoon :)
 
David Foerster
David Foerster
@cl-netbox Thanks. To you too!
 
cl-netbox
cl-netbox
@DavidFoerster Thank you :) What's up in Berlin ? Cold as here in the south ?
 
David Foerster
David Foerster
@cl-netbox Not during the day. It's relatively clear and sunny.
 
cl-netbox
cl-netbox
@DavidFoerster After a week or so of "dark grey and wet", today it's sunny here as well :)
 
Rinzwind
Rinzwind
@DavidFoerster I have seen some amazing things :) We had a dutch speedskater that qualified through the amateur games qualify for the olympics winning a gold medal. It was her THIRD official race and she does not have a sponsor yet.
Heck she is listed as a "student" and was just speedskating for fun _O-
That czech snowboarder winning the Super G was briljant too
Dutch shortrackers won the b-final with a world record. In the actual final for the medals all but #1 and #2 got a DQ so the dutch got a bronze medal. Never happend before _O-
 
 
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Nathan Osman
Nathan Osman
5:46 PM
So now Intel is entering the discrete GPU market...
 
Ask Ubuntu Meta
Ask Ubuntu Meta
6:27 PM
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Q: What is our stance on pad.lv URLs?

pomskyIt seems the Stack Exchange community as a whole "really, really hate" URL shorteners (source). But what's our (Ask Ubuntu community) stance on pad.lv, the "site-specific redirection service for Launchpad.net"? I found this service pretty useful while posting a link to a bug-report in Comments...

discussion support best-practice
 
 
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TheWanderer
TheWanderer
9:31 PM
captioners are weird
> [structural rumbling]
> [electric whooshing]
 
Ubuntu Questions on U&L
Ubuntu Questions on U&L
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Q: Ubuntu 18.04 tracking a PC is still a "free software"?

user9303970I read this article. I admit I don't understand if the author is sarcastic when emphasizing the fact that Ubuntu will make the results of the data public, for everyone to see in a large <h3> HTML tag, but anyway, I still want to ask, isn't such implementation take out the Free Software element o...

ubuntu data
 
TheWanderer
TheWanderer
yikes that was an awkward series of cuts
 
IanC
IanC
10:02 PM
has anyone ever experienced the "Alt+Tab" menu simply disappearing sometimes? Guess it's the second time it happens
I can change between the apps normally, but it doesn't display the icons, not sure if I can reset some service without reseting the whole unity GUI to get it working again
 
dessert
dessert
@IanC I did never experience such behaviour, but I rarely use Alt+Tab… Btw, is this a WM or a DE thing?
 
IanC
IanC
@dessert I just noticed something even more odd, the icons still show when I hit Alt+Tab from the desktop, but not when I have a window already open (so it might be rendering behind the window)
what is a DE? WM I suppose is Window Manager?
 
dessert
dessert
@IanC Sorry, yes: DE = desktop environment (e.g. Unity), WM = window manager (e.g. Compiz)
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Q: What is the difference between a desktop environment and a window manager?

ZolomonAs the title says. I'm having a really hard time trying to understand what the differences between a desktop environment and a window manager are? EDIT: This is what I found out later. There are basically three layers that can be included in the Linux desktop: X Windows – This is the founda...

window-manager desktop-environments terminology
I suppose that's important to know first if you want to resolve the issue.
I use Lubuntu and its defaults: LXDE as the DE and Openbox as the WM.
 
IanC
IanC
@dessert I see, I'm using the Ubuntu defaults, Unity/Compiz, but not sure which one of them is the source of the issue
I'd guess Unity (DE), because the Alt+Tab pop up seems a bit out of the WM responsabilities
can I reset Compiz without screwing my whole session? I know I can't do it for Unity.. Issues on Unity usually require at least a log out/log in
it's definitely some rendering layer issue, I can confirm the pop up is actually showing, but behind the windows
 
dessert
dessert
10:21 PM
@IanC save everything (of course), but IMO you should be able to restart compiz without screwing up everything 
killall compiz
compiz --indirect-rendering --strict-binding --replace gconf &
gnome-window-decorator --replace &
 
IanC
IanC
I'll try it in a second, just gotta finish some work first so I don't risk losing it
 
IanC
IanC
10:37 PM
lol
I didn't even need to reset compiz, I closed a couple of windows and at some point the pop up started showing again
I guess it could be some issue with compiz then, maybe something screwed with the z-index of one of the windows, and it was covering the popup, but once I closed it the issue seems solved
 
dessert
dessert
@IanC It's off-topic as it's unlikely to help future readers. ;)
 
IanC
IanC
@dessert what do you mean?
 
dessert
dessert
@IanC just a pun, that's the close reason I would have chosen if this had been a question on main ;)
went away on its own… we will never know :)
 
IanC
IanC
seems like I'm not the only one though
if it happens again I'll investigate further
 
Seth
Seth
11:12 PM
Finally hit lvl 8 @NathanOsman :D
 
TheWanderer
TheWanderer
that's an LG phone >_>
a budget LG phone
 
Seth
Seth
@TheWanderer sadly
my 5X bit the dust
 
TheWanderer
TheWanderer
flagship LG is probably worse quality
 
Seth
Seth
LG is supposedly fixing it, but we'll see.
 
TheWanderer
TheWanderer
the 5X?
yeah it'll work for 6 more months
and then back to factory
 
Seth
Seth
11:21 PM
@TheWanderer basically.
Too broke to replace it with a proper phone tho.
 
TheWanderer
TheWanderer
Honor 7X
you're on StraightTalk right?
 
Seth
Seth
@TheWanderer It was Tracfone, now it's Xfinity mobile.
 
TheWanderer
TheWanderer
dafuq
 
Seth
Seth
I don't really want to buy chinese.
@TheWanderer Like I said, I'm broke.
 
TheWanderer
TheWanderer
you bought LG; quality is worse than Blu
 
Seth
Seth
11:22 PM
@TheWanderer I also paid $1
 
TheWanderer
TheWanderer
and dammit, XMob is VZW
so no Huawei
 
Seth
Seth
And I'm not worried about quality.
 
TheWanderer
TheWanderer
if you're worried about spying, Huawei got caught for that already, and fixed it for intl models
you can also just unlock and AOSP
 
Seth
Seth
@TheWanderer Sorry, don't trust 'em. I'm not even sure I'd buy OnePlus at this point.
 
TheWanderer
TheWanderer
OnePlus isn't bad because of privacy
OnePlus is just bad at software
 
Seth
Seth
11:24 PM
@TheWanderer Everyone says that like it's easy. But no.
 
TheWanderer
TheWanderer
it's extremely easy on Huawei
 
Seth
Seth
@TheWanderer OxygenOS is pretty good bro
@TheWanderer Who maintains the builds?
 
TheWanderer
TheWanderer
@Seth on the surface, maybe, but don't try to do anything
 
Seth
Seth
@TheWanderer Define do anything
eh, or don't. I really don't care.
 
Nathan Osman
Nathan Osman
Are the LineageOS builds for OnePlus any good?
 
TheWanderer
TheWanderer
11:25 PM
@Seth XDA has an incentive program for Honor devices for people to build and maintain ROMs. Any Huawei device getting Oreo also gets Treble, which means instant bootable AOSP
 
Seth
Seth
If I could afford it I'd get the Moto X4 One edition, but I can't.
@TheWanderer ooh I forgot about treble.
 
TheWanderer
TheWanderer
besides the cameras, Treble is Huawei's biggest draw right now
because instead of trying to avoid it (Samsung, LG, OnePlus), they're completely embracing it
 
Seth
Seth
tho treble is still using manufacturer software, it's not AOSP
 
TheWanderer
TheWanderer
not really
it's only drivers
it basically removes the need for devs to shim and hack all the blobs and stuff in
like literally, one of the requirements for Treble certification is having the device be able to boot a generic build of AOSP, with at least basic functionality
 
Seth
Seth
hm, okay then.
 
Nathan Osman
Nathan Osman
11:29 PM
> Q. How many C programmers does it take to change a lightbulb?
> A. 12\0aR6@7dfd-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY
7
 
TheWanderer
TheWanderer
lel
there's a writer at XDA taking a programming course and they're making him learn C because it'll "help him with the other languages"
 
Seth
Seth
In other news the WhatsApp co-founder donated $50M to Signal. Yes, $50M.
 
TheWanderer
TheWanderer
which is probably about as true as saying someone who knows Latin will understand Spanish
@Seth that's a little ironic
 
Seth
Seth
@TheWanderer which is actually fairly true, so not a bad comparison.
@TheWanderer maybe? remember Facebook didn't always own it.
 
TheWanderer
TheWanderer
my friend who knows Latin can't understand any Spanish or Portuguese
@Seth well who sold it to Facebook?
 
Seth
Seth
11:32 PM
@TheWanderer well sure, but it wasn't a privacy orientated project to begin with. Not to mention selling your company isn't always as much of a choice as you might think.
 
TheWanderer
TheWanderer
true
maybe it's an apology :p
@Rinzwind with 40GB of DDR4 in it! You wouldn't even need RAM anymore
and it's more like 31TB o_O
I am not used to writing TB..
also, can we complain if the SE app hasn't been significantly updated since 2015?
 
Ubuntu Questions on U&L
Ubuntu Questions on U&L
11:55 PM
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Q: How can get PID for a network namespace on ubuntu 14.04?

kabirCan anyone help me to find out PID for a network namespace on ubuntu 14.04? thanks in advance.

linux ubuntu network-namespaces
 

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