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Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy

00:49

@AaronHall IIRC apt-get install manpage-posix for POSIX pages, and there's other manpages for libc and syscalls but don't recall the package of the top of my head. There's always online versions,too

Also this superuser.com/a/40610/418028

Aaron Hall

03:48

@SergiyKolodyazhnyy thanks but you probably mean sudo apt install manpages-posix - but that didn't do it, I'll try the superuser one now...

superuser's no good either.

I type man whatever - nothing happens...

Journeyman Geek

@SergiyKolodyazhnyy shruig I got my degree entirely cause it should have made me more employable ;)

Aaron Hall

04:07

OK, the problem was that MANPAGER wasn't set. Why wouldn't it be set, and why wouldn't it use less or cat as a default?

Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy

08:04

@TheWanderer How bad is this ?

Me icon skillz no puedo. Despacito !

Meme on the same topic, news flash : Microsoft acquires Despacito 2 for 8.5B ! GitHub disappointed

dessert

09:30

@AaronHall MANPAGER is only the last resort, man uses /usr/bin/pager which normally links to /etc/alternatives/pager, i.e. the pager you set in the alternatives system. If pager is unset, man uses first $PAGER and only then $MANPAGER. I mentioned most of that here.

You can always specify a pager to use with the -P option though, e.g. for mv’s manpage opened in most:

> man -P most mv

PerlDuck

@dessert Ok, okay, you convinced me. ;-)

dessert

@PerlDuck Especially as it comes directly with git, this script would make for a nice Q&A either way IMO – there’s a lot of rep in for you if you’re interested. ;)

dessert

10:18

@PerlDuck beautiful, thank you very much!

this one deserves your UV:

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A: script to show git branch in bash no longer works on ubuntu 18.04

Although you already solved the problem, I'd like to introduce the solution already shipped with git: Together with git the file /usr/lib/git-core/git-sh-prompt gets installed. Years ago it was in the contrib directory but meanwhile it made it into the official paths. The file isn't meant to be ...

PerlDuck

10:29

@dessert LOL, thank you.

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I am still using 14.04 (which still seems to be maintained, to my surprise). Last week, it upgraded my kernel to Linux 3.13.0-149-generic. Since then I have the following problem: I normally Suspend when not using the machine, with a request to de-suspend at 0400 each morning to do various hous...

Aaron Hall

11:30

@dessert /usr/bin/pager seems to be set to less, so it hasn't been using that.

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Q: I cannot understand what -c parameter does in tr command in Ubuntu GNU/Linux even though I read the manual

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dessert

@AaronHall that’s odd – you’re on Ubuntu 18.04?

Aaron Hall

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Byte Commander

11:58

@AskUbuntuMeta @mod can we get this moved from meta→main?

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Q: Removing libz.so files from wine doesn't solve the problem of Wine configuration window showing nothing on Ubuntu 18.04

Updating to Ubuntu 18.04, I felt like playing a game. I installed PlayOnLinux, Wine version 1.8, and I followed a step-by-step tutorial I had found months ago to make it work. What happened in both versions, 16.04 and 18.04, is that Wine configuration window is a very small window, with probably...

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Q: Help understanding why my question keeps getting deleted or put on hold

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Seth

@TheWanderer androidauthority.com/huawei-bootloader-unlocking-869169

TheWanderer

16:01

I know

Aaron Hall

16:58

so where is $PAGER set in Ubuntu?

terdon

@AaronHall Is it set?

Aaron Hall

no

not for me

terdon

@AaronHall There you go then :)

Are you trying to set it for some reason?

Aaron Hall

facts: /usr/bin/pager uses less - $PAGER and $MANPAGER both are unset - man doesn't work for me, without setting either of those - the dots aren't connecting somewhere.

my guess is that either something unsets them, or they're just not being set.

where's the main repo for Ubuntu?

terdon

@AaronHall What do you set it to?

man should work fine with neither of those set, if you need to set it, I am guessing something's wrong with less

Aaron Hall

17:06

When I set one of them to less it works.

terdon

What do you get for type less?

Aaron Hall

$ type less
less is /usr/bin/less

terdon

OK, that's definitely weird. Should work fine.

I just checked on an Ubuntu box and I have neither variable set, but man is fine. I don't remember ever needing to set it on any distribution unless I chose to use something other than less.

And I assume no error messages, right? Just nothing?

Aaron Hall

just nothing!

It's been like that for at least months I think.

terdon

You could always add export PAGER="/bin/less" to your ~/.profile as a workaround, but that is very odd.

Might want to post a question.

Aaron Hall

17:12

I finally got tired of not having it.

Is there a main repo on like github (even a mirror) where I can look for the implementation details of this?

terdon

@AaronHall This isn't going to be an Ubuntu thing. It's most likely going to be a your machine thing. Very strange.

Try this, to be on the safe side:

grep PAGER ~/.bashrc ~/.profile ~/.bash_profile ~/bash.login ~/.bash_aliases /etc/bash.bashrc /etc/profile /etc/profile.d/* /etc/environment 2>/dev/null

See if it is being set anywhere for some reason.

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Q: Who is able to see deleted questions?

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Aaron Hall

17:55

@terdon it's exiting with error code 1 after I remove the files that don't exist. Is grep supposed to do that if it doesn't find anything?

(exit code 1 seems to be the behavior on a miss.)

David Foerster

@terdon: Could you (or another mod) please review askubuntu.com/a/1043369/175814? I flagged it as LQ because the answer misses crucial parts that make it useless for people who didn't know the non-missing parts already, but it was declined because (paraphrased) LQ flags are not for dangerous or risky answers (see my comment below it).

PerlDuck

@AaronHall Indeed: gnu.org/software/grep/manual/grep.html#Exit-Status

Thomas Ward

crash-lands in the room at full speed

David Foerster

@ThomasWard: Should I call the fire fighters?

RobotHumans

@AaronHall If you're ever looking for details/contents on a package, it's launchpad, head to the package-src page. You can check out the source with bzr or it'll point you to where you can <-- that's all from memory. It's not github, you have to use bzr or host it somewhere else and use a build-recipe.

David Foerster

18:05

@ThomasWard: Can you please take a look at my message to terdon just before your arrival?

Aaron Hall

I just downloaded the source with apt source man-db

Thomas Ward

@DavidFoerster that depends on if the matter/antimatter power core of my aircraft explodes or not. If it doesn't, then yes you should before the fires breach the power core. If it does, well then it doesn't really matter either way, since everything in several kilometers will vaporize

Aaron Hall

where does it save the source?

David Foerster

@ThomasWard "doesn't really matter" :-D

Aaron Hall

oh, in my working dir

Thomas Ward

18:07

@DavidFoerster I would, except I was the one who declined the flag to begin with.

but I'm happy to still throw that into a comment instead since it's not really an answer :P

David Foerster

@ThomasWard Great! Then I can explain to you why your counter-argument doesn't address the reason for my flag at all. ;-]

Thomas Ward

or just take the flamethrower.

@DavidFoerster because I was going to deal with the actual problem but got pulled to fix something at work?

and never got a chance to swing back to deal with the post itself

I also have a thing about VLQ being used improperly and I have a Twitter-like message-length typing space for a reply to flags with comments.

so...

David Foerster

@ThomasWard Ah, that makes sense and I couldn't knwo about that.

Thanks for your comment then.

Aaron Hall

what's a .po file? NM Googling...

Thomas Ward

@DavidFoerster yep.

David Foerster

18:09

@AaronHall A GNU Gettext translation database file (non-binary form).

Aaron Hall

@DavidFoerster First hit on Google says it's for drupal, so Google isn't always right I guess, (that was second hit though)

David Foerster

@AaronHall Well, there are only 36² two-character file extensions (incl. digits), so there are bound to be some collisions. Both may be correct in general and it depends on the context which one your file is. A look at the file header in a text editor should clear that up.

PerlDuck

@AaronHall my google says "Drupal uses the .po (portable object) and .pot (portable object template) extensions for the translation files. These use the GNU Gettext format. "

This proves: Google is always right.

Aaron Hall

@PerlDuck It only proves it's right in this case, what if it's wrong every other hit? :P

yesterday, by Rinzwind

One small problem: this means Microsoft now owns Atom.

PerlDuck

Also: from the very moment you google something, it exists.

Aaron Hall

18:18

Microsoft will never own emacs.

PerlDuck

@AaronHall I'm just kidding.

Aaron Hall

@PerlDuck aren't we all...

PerlDuck

Maybe because our brains run hot these days.

Aaron Hall

I'm working on my CSA (Certified Smart Ass) designation...

Fabby

20:00

That was like the easiest answer ever on AU:

How to install my modem???

it is installed correctly!

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

dessert

@Fabby :D +1

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Q: How do I resolve this VirtualBox PIT: speaker: cannot open

Inside of VBox.log, I have the following. PIT: speaker: cannot open "/dev/input/by-path/platform-pcspkr-event-spkr", errno=13 How do I resolve this error?

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dessert

I’m still fighting with the csh guy in the meantime: askubuntu.com/a/1044085/507051

Fabby

@dessert I mean: I thought it was going to be a nightmare figuring out the BAUD rate, give him AT commands...

@dessert Upgoated

PerlDuck

@dessert Yes, just seen it. (askubuntu.com/questions/1044271/…)

RobotHumans

21:26

@Fabby fun fact - cell modems still use AT commands too.

Fabby

@RobotHumans :D

Never tried...

RobotHumans

I only know because of my job.

Also, needs closevotes askubuntu.com/questions/1044295/how-to-know-my-wifi-driver-code

Videonauth

23:52

@dessert There are only two things infinite, the universe and human stupidity (Albert Einstein)

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