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Q: Switch capslock and ctrl with config file on ubuntu 18.04

Recently, I tried to switch capslock and ctrl on my Ubuntu 18.04. I did it by add the following line into my .bashrc: # swap capslock and ctrl /usr/bin/setxkbmap -option "ctrl:swapcaps" This worked, but in an awkward way. Every time I logged in by GUI, I need to start a new terminal to activ...

blade19899

02:47

How many partitions does LVM support?

boomt14

03:31

@Fabby Yeah, I (was) the pencil :^)

Nathan Osman

06:55

So.

I redesigned this page: daylight.quickmediasolutions.com

Madara Uchiha

08:10

Morning

I'm looking for information regarding making the system notifications more noticeable

Journeyman Geek

define more noticable

Madara Uchiha

@JourneymanGeek I have 3 monitors

My main one is on the left

If I look at either of the other screens, I will miss the notification completely.

On windows, it pops from the side and makes a noise.

Journeyman Geek

ah.

Madara Uchiha

I'm looking to customize it somehow to make it more noticable, either to move it to the currently active monitor/workspace, or make a sound, or both

Journeyman Geek

hm.

What does ubuntu use for that?

Madara Uchiha

08:15

18.10 has this centralized gnome thing

Journeyman Geek

(currently mucking about with UFW so I'm a bit grumpy over ubuntu's NIHness)

Madara Uchiha

It appears at the top center of the main monitor, and is added to a list of notifications that appears when you click on the clock at the middle of the tray.

@JourneymanGeek Its national institution of healthness?

Journeyman Geek

Not invented here.

though, this we can blame on gnome ;p

Madara Uchiha

08:29

It's especially not noticeable since the title line of all windows are in the same color as the notification itself....

Journeyman Geek

._.

that might be themable

gansub

Happy Holidays !

how can I find out what graphics card I am using on Ubuntu 18.04 ?

Journeyman Geek

lshw would work

gansub

I have a software that needs to use Intel graphics card but my Ubuntu is pointing to Mesa

Journeyman Geek

oh

@gansub intel's driver is built around mesa

iirc

gansub

08:37

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Q: I need to point to Intel graphics card drivers on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. How can I do that?

I am using this software VAPOR3 and the developers of that software want me to use Intel Graphics card drivers rather than Mesa. How can I do that ? When I type glxinfo | grep opengpl version I get these messages OpenGL vendor string: Intel Open Source Technology Center OpenGL renderer st...

drivers 18.04 graphics intel-graphics

Journeyman Geek

@MadaraUchiha now that I complined and removed and reinstalled UFW.... it fixed itself

now to figure out the fiddly bits

gansub

@JourneymanGeek any suggestions ?

Journeyman Geek

ah

I'm moooostly on CLI so I'm not going to be much help

gansub

ok thanks

Fabby

11:51

@boomt14 That however rings a bell.

@gansub you're on Intel drivers already. Have you tried taking a system backup using CloneZilla and then removing mesa drivers?

Journeyman Geek

any of y'all good with UFW?

I think one of my answers is completely wrong, and I need some broad sanity checks ;p

WinEunuuchs2Unix

@Fabby I have a self-answered question that is a sort-of-network-related question you might want answer: askubuntu.com/questions/1104017/… One of the other guys answers is going to pass me soon in votes :p

Fabby

12:07

@WinEunuuchs2Unix No I can't, but have an upvote.

Now I'm going to test it out as I have the same problem every now and then and calling yourself on Skype doesn't work.

I normally skype someone else to call me!

:-)

WinEunuuchs2Unix

@Fabby When you test the command remember you need to check instructions for phone numbers outside of Canada/USA for special prefixes...

Fabby

@WinEunuuchs2Unix It works.

WinEunuuchs2Unix

@Fabby You should post that in comments...hehe

Fabby

The only message you get is "to customize this message, get a key" but that's all I need!

WinEunuuchs2Unix

@Fabby Yeah a key costs $3 for 20 texts (15 cents each) up to $40 for 1200 texts (3 cents each).

gansub

12:12

@Fabby thanks for your support . I tried removing the mesa drivers. But I am getting some weird unstable error messages. So I reinstalled them back

Fabby

@gansub Talk to the software devs. They shouldn't be asking you this.

gansub

can you give me the exact commands for removing them and the order ? If you can answer my question I would be glad to give you credit by upvoting it

oh ok @Fabby you are saying it is an error on their side ?

Fabby

@gansub No, as that would mean I need to:

gansub

excellent would love to push this back onto them VAPOR guys

Fabby

take a full system backuo

remove nvidia drivers

test

provide feedback

restore system backup.

not worth 10 rep.

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gansub

12:14

@Fabby I get it. I will certainyl push it back onto them next week when the offices reopen

Fabby

(sorry)

@gansub Yup

gansub

I was so upset when one of their developers asked me to delete mesa

when i did it i got some weird unstable error then i reinstalled it back

WinEunuuchs2Unix

Which nVidia drivers? I found version 384 works really well.

but I'm on GeForce GTX 970M...

Fabby

@WinEunuuchs2Unix If I want Intel and mesa to be available on my system to be able to answer @gansub's question.

Too much work.

@WinEunuuchs2Unix Before you go look: no bounty, you rep-whore!

:D

WinEunuuchs2Unix

@Fabby Haha don't tell Windy but I got xmas present of 300 bounty points when I woke up: askubuntu.com/questions/956444/…

Fabby

12:18

@WinEunuuchs2Unix I have a findmyphone bash script now but

WinEunuuchs2Unix

but?

Fabby

{"success":false,"error":"Only one test text message is allowed per day.","quotaRemaining":0}

WinEunuuchs2Unix

@Fabby haha read the fine print... that's already in my answer :p

Fabby

I need an average of 5 if I have mislaid it in the house.

It'll still help me if it's close by...

Otherwise I'm back to the backup system: Telegram / Skype someone to call me.

o/

PerlDuck

Might be easier to buy 5 phones then.

WinEunuuchs2Unix

12:20

@Fabby Check out the other answer by Terrace "Google find my phone".

Fabby

@PerlDuck Hah! YUou don't know me: I'll lose all 5!

Journeyman Geek

Actually google's phone finder's the smart way

Fabby

@WinEunuuchs2Unix I don't want more Google stuff.

WinEunuuchs2Unix

Use the one phone you just found to call the other 4 phones?

Journeyman Geek

needs a cli though ;p

@Fabby a few things. It even works if your phone is on silent.

Fabby

12:21

@WinEunuuchs2Unix I don't want more Google stuff. cc @JourneymanGeek

WinEunuuchs2Unix

@JourneymanGeek I agree because you can use google from Windows too

Journeyman Geek

Also if you have an android phone...

@Fabby no google account on the phone?

Fabby

@JourneymanGeek I do have one, because I need one, but I like Google to have as little information on me as possible, therefore:

PerlDuck

Then attach a keyfinder to the phone and keep whistling.

Fabby

No google DNS, no cookies anywhere, no google search (Startpage or bing), no Chrome, most google apps disables, no location active, no 3G/4G active unless I need it.

Journeyman Geek

12:23

@PerlDuck actually...

I had a particularly annoying BT tile type device

Fabby

@PerlDuck That's what I'll end up doing. It only happens once per month...

Journeyman Geek

@Fabby So there's a few elements here. 1) you need to locate your phone...

WinEunuuchs2Unix

You know my phone always has bluetooth turned on. I was looking for a method of having my laptop make it sound out but couldn't find any software....

Journeyman Geek

trianglation from wifi access points?

BT beacons?

Fabby

@WinEunuuchs2Unix Nice idea! But then you need another phone to find your phone.

Mmmh. Let's start a company and make such a device???

Find all your Bluetooth devices including your car with this device!

WinEunuuchs2Unix

12:25

@Fabby My laptop has bluetooth too and is setup to pair to my phone when commanded to.

Fabby

Only 15$!

WinEunuuchs2Unix

Hey dude! Where's my car (a movie 15 years ago?)

Fabby

@WinEunuuchs2Unix Yeah, you and me, but average Joe?

WinEunuuchs2Unix

Average Joe is drinking six-pack and too drunk to find his phone anyway :p

PerlDuck

Do it like caretakers do: attach the phone to your belt.

Fabby

12:26

Just push one button and all your Bluetooth devices capâble of sound start screaming!

Journeyman Geek

hmm

WinEunuuchs2Unix

hmmm

Journeyman Geek

@Fabby If I wanted to do this...

Navi -> Matrix -> ???

Fabby

@WinEunuuchs2Unix Perfect public!

Journeyman Geek

(navi is a CLI matrix client. Matrix is a chat system you can run yourself)

Fabby

12:27

@PerlDuck Yeah, I used to do that with my motorola 20 years ago.

WinEunuuchs2Unix

You can install an Android app that let's your phone act as a bluetooth speaker. Then you can pair to your computer and play the song "OH WHERE OR WHERE CAN MY BABY BE?"

PerlDuck

Yes, it's so 90ies.

Journeyman Geek

then use the message to trigger off volume being turned on, and making loud noises if there's a specific message

Fabby

@WinEunuuchs2Unix Nah, you record your own voice:

Journeyman Geek

@PerlDuck I sometimes wear my phone in a little pouch on my belt

Fabby

12:28

@WinEunuuchs2Unix Here! I'm he-e-e-r-e!! HERE! HERE! HERE!

Standard voice is me yelling that!!!

WinEunuuchs2Unix

Maybe next year google will come out with a smartphone soldered to your head? Then it can track you in the shower too :p

Fabby

:D

@WinEunuuchs2Unix I've had naked customer calls from the shower already!

WinEunuuchs2Unix

@Fabby TMI....lol

Fabby

(last one 2 years ago. California calling me really late knowing I would be the only one awake!)

WinEunuuchs2Unix

So those underwater cellphones they sell are really for the Fabby types that like to take it into the shower :p

Fabby

12:31

@WinEunuuchs2Unix Nah, normal phone in my trouser pocket lying on the bathroom floor while I'm taking a shower.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

PerlDuck

Some years ago when hands free kits and BT in cars were new, a colleague bought a new BMW and tried to connect his NOKIA to the car. The NOKIA searched a while and then (proudly, I'd guess) said: “New accessory found: BMW”

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WinEunuuchs2Unix

Image the astronauts: "New accessory found: International Space Station"

Fabby

@PerlDuck :D :D :D Starred!

WinEunuuchs2Unix

@Fabby I starred first :P

Fabby

@WinEunuuchs2Unix So, how about this new product that has a major selling point "total privacy! BlueTooth only! Works up to a distance of 10 meters.

PerlDuck

12:34

LOL. Thank you both. Fun to see that a little David considers the Goliath to be an accessory.

WinEunuuchs2Unix

Google can probably control little David to crash and kill Goliath (hopefully airbags still work though).

umm Just Kidding! ^^^^^^

Fabby

@WinEunuuchs2Unix bluetoothfind.com is still available!

>:-)

AFK. Food!

WinEunuuchs2Unix

@Fabby it says site not found....

Fabby

13:03

@WinEunuuchs2Unix Yes... That's what I meant: we can still register it for our product...

Design & Engineering in the US and the EU, manufactured in China...

>:-)

WinEunuuchs2Unix

13:18

@Fabby When you said you can only send one text a day in bash, was that for the same phone number or you mean all five of your phones?

gansub

@Fabby do Intel and Mesa go together in 18.04 ?

or are they independent ?

WinEunuuchs2Unix

This might help explain nouveau, mesa and nvidia drivers: linuxquestions.org/questions/debian-26/…

gansub

@WinEunuuchs2Unix thanks for the link but does it help my case though ? I need to tell the developers whether or not the problem is on their side or not

WinEunuuchs2Unix

@gansub can you link me your question so I know what's going on?

gansub

@WinEunuuchs2Unix Here you go - askubuntu.com/questions/1104385/…

I would love to push this back to the developers because they have been telling me that the problem is on my side but hey any evidence you give me to the contrary would be a slap on their face

WinEunuuchs2Unix

13:26

@gansub So your question is how do you turn off MESA? and has nothing to do with nVidia at all?

gansub

@WinEunuuchs2Unix yes exactly

when I turn off MESA on my box I get some weird unstable error messages

and it scares me because I have got a stable 18.04 instance

WinEunuuchs2Unix

Have you read this bug report: bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/1802353?

gansub

No but I am not running XUbuntu

But looking at that message only reinforces my belief. In 18.04 Mesa and Intel are hand in glove

WinEunuuchs2Unix

xUbuntu and ubuntu are the same thing when it comes to the low level linux kernel drivers. You can also boot with an older or newer kernel version to see if those drivers work better.

Fabby

@WinEunuuchs2Unix I only have 2 SIMS in one phone.

Lemme try the other one.

WinEunuuchs2Unix

13:35

@Fabby Thanks. I'm curious if 1 / day limit applies to the sender or the receiver.

WinEunuuchs2Unix

13:54

@Zanna Haven't see you in chat for eons. Hi :)))

Fabby

@WinEunuuchs2Unix Sender

findmyphone DE
{"success":false,"error":"Only one test text message is allowed per day.","quota Remaining":0}

WinEunuuchs2Unix

@Fabby That's a drag. They used to have a limit of 3 / hour and you could have your own text message. I guess the free system because too popular and they had to reduce it.

PerlDuck

@WinEunuuchs2Unix I somewhere read it has to do with the sender's IP. Maybe reconnect your router and try again?

WinEunuuchs2Unix

@PerlDuck You mean reboot the DSL modem/router thingy?

haha note technical term "thingy" :P

PerlDuck

@WinEunuuchs2Unix Yes. If that changes your public IP. In my case it does. Well, I don't need to reboot, I can just click "reconnect" in its GUI.

Btw, I'd never had guessed your Q&A about texting would become so popular.

WinEunuuchs2Unix

14:01

@PerlDuck lol as soon as I found a post on another site my gut instinct was it would be hugely popular.

I just free texted my phone a couple of minutes ago from bash to use up my daily quota (of one) and it tickled me pink!

PerlDuck

Well, I found that question boring in the first place. Sorry. But it has become quite interesting now.

WinEunuuchs2Unix

I'm thinking of automating my daily backup (via cron) to text my phone when it completes so I don't accidentally reboot too soon in the mornings.

@PerlDuck Thanks for the boring vs interesting confession. I wish more people would post answers with other free sms providers though to open up the field.

PerlDuck

But then it gets more and more unrelated to Ubuntu.

It already is, to my mind. It's more of a lifehack.

WinEunuuchs2Unix

@PerlDuck That's another reason why I want more texting from bash answers. To keep it more on-topic.

I'd hate for the mods to delete the question after 2K views in 2 days!!!

@PerlDuck Now that you mention: lifehacks.stackexchange.com if the mods migrate the Q&A over I wonder if I loose Ask Ubuntu rep points earned to date on the Q&A? They made me max out 200 rep cap 2 days ago and this could be the gift that keeps on giving for me.

PerlDuck

I wouldn't expect the post to get closed. It has only 1 DV (not me) vs. 31 UVs.

WinEunuuchs2Unix

14:12

I have a fan that loves to downvote me I think :(

luckily most fanatics vote the other way :D

@Fabby could you edit my answer sometime saying only one text per day by sender is allowed? Right now it says only one text per day to smartphone is allowed. I already edited the answer once today and don't want to be accused of bumping it to the home page too often :(

PerlDuck

Yes, votes often are a mystery. I sometimes wonder why questions with no research at all and no responds to any comments get upvoted. However.

Fabby

@WinEunuuchs2Unix Editing...

WinEunuuchs2Unix

@Fabby Thanking in advance....

Fabby

@WinEunuuchs2Unix Edited

WinEunuuchs2Unix

@Fabby Thank you!

Tomorrow I'll test rebooting router to see if I can send two texts in a day.

PerlDuck

14:25

@WinEunuuchs2Unix When writing my comment about a modem I was actually thinking of monitoring software (Nagios, Check_MK, Zabbix, Icinga, …). They (can) send SMS via an attached GSM modem to alert the people in charge. No further internet service involved, just the SIM card's regular carrier as if you'd written the text on your phone.

WinEunuuchs2Unix

@PerlDuck But my SIM card is on my missing smartphone...LOL

PerlDuck

@WinEunuuchs2Unix Yes, you would need a 2nd SIM card just for texting from the PC.

WinEunuuchs2Unix

Besides I've deleted that comment and many more cause I don't want mods to move everything to extended chat :(

PerlDuck

It's not feasable for "oh I lost my phone, where is it again?" but for texting without limits.

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WinEunuuchs2Unix

14:30

@PerlDuck Another option to text without limits is to email the carrier of the phone number. To get the carrier name you can use this website but it is robot proof: freecarrierlookup.com

I wonder if I should expand my answer with emailing carrier option???

Fabby

@WinEunuuchs2Unix You should for the international users (and remove the note I just put in)

WinEunuuchs2Unix

@Fabby I just used the email option and it works perfectly :)

Plus get custom text message, and unlimited per day!

I can have Linux texting me all day long now for the silliest things!!!!

Fabby

@WinEunuuchs2Unix For free?

by emailing the operator?

WinEunuuchs2Unix

@Fabby Yes... I'm updating my answer now... done in 10 minutes

PerlDuck

14:52

I'll soon be preparing a sauce whose original name translates to whore style.

Fabby

@PerlDuck So? Post the original?

PerlDuck

15:05

@Fabby Given your cooking skills I'm quite sure you know the original. Does "alla puttanesca" ring a bell?

WinEunuuchs2Unix

We sell hose out of our warehouse. You should hear how some people laugh at me when I say "hose" at work. LOL

@Fabby @PerlDuck I've updated answer with your comments plus added in option of emailing "phone_number@carrier_provider.com". Here: askubuntu.com/questions/1104017/…

Fabby

@PerlDuck :D :D :D I thought there was a German dish that had the same kind of name.

@WinEunuuchs2Unix Checking.

PerlDuck

@WinEunuuchs2Unix You are referring to "a sauce whose name …", don't you? It sounds odd to me as well ("whose" is only for people, I think) but there is no "whichs". What would be correct then?

Isn't there a short form for "… the sauce the name of which …"

Fabby

@WinEunuuchs2Unix Neither of my operators provides this service.

WinEunuuchs2Unix

@PerlDuck In Canada "hose" sounds like ho's which is a group of prostitutes.

@Fabby Damn BRUSSELS! Why don't the sprout wings and fly away :D

Fabby

15:13

@WinEunuuchs2Unix I have bothe a Belgian and a German SIM.

PerlDuck

@WinEunuuchs2Unix Ahh, makes sense now.

Fabby

The German SIM is a corporate card and it says "Invalid number"

:D

WinEunuuchs2Unix

@Fabby Why don't you try a carrier lookup service based in EU instead?

Fabby

@WinEunuuchs2Unix :/ They're both in the EU?

WinEunuuchs2Unix

@Fabby I mean instead of https://freecarrierlookup.com/ something like: https://freecarrierlookup.eu/ or https://freecarrierlookup.gr, etc.

If you find one that does list your carrier let me know please...

Fabby

15:18

@WinEunuuchs2Unix My private card is a pre-paid card, so it's normal that it doesn't have this service, and the German one is a private (unlisted) number

@WinEunuuchs2Unix So I'm just SOL...

WinEunuuchs2Unix

@Fabby Oh well in that case you would have to know your carriers website address and just key it in?

Fabby

The pre-paid does list the carrier, but SMS service over email is not available

@WinEunuuchs2Unix I probably have to have it activated by my IT department for the corporate card.

WinEunuuchs2Unix

@Fabby Well at least Plan A of using textbelt.com still works once a day! You can have Linux message you your grocery shopping list at 4:30pm daily :D

Fabby

>:-)

WinEunuuchs2Unix

Awww it's started to snow lightly whilst we were conversing this Christmas morning. If only a guy could bottle up the weather and sell it :)

Takkat

15:33

Aw - no Python 2 in Disco!

Merry Christmas to all of you

WinEunuuchs2Unix

@Takkat Thanks. Merry Christmas to you too!!!

@Takkat I assume "Disco Ducked Python 2.7" comment is related to this: Python2.7 not working in 18.04, python3 is installed

PerlDuck

@Takkat Likewise :-)

WinEunuuchs2Unix

@Takkat I voted to close along with you on the "Disco Ducked PY 2.7". If you change your mind please ping me!

PerlDuck

I recently installed U18.04.1 (fresh install) and also had the impression python2.7 is not installed by default in the first place. But after installing some other apps it was there (apparently as a requirements of those apps).

And apt list python2.7 shows it as installed,automatic.

WinEunuuchs2Unix

15:52

Yes if an apt needed 2.7 it would install it as a dependency right?

PerlDuck

@WinEunuuchs2Unix Yes. I'm not sooo familiar with building "deb" packages but with "rpm" packages. There you write a so called "specfile" (specification) and if the package builders put a line "Requires: foo" in that file then it will require the package "foo" when being installed.

When the app is then installed via "zypper" (similar to "apt", but for the RPM world) the dependencies will be resolved and "foo" would be installed (after confirmation).

WinEunuuchs2Unix

@Fabby Day is half over and I'm already a bounty hunting rep "who" as you say :P

karel

16:14

@WinEunuuchs2Unix Please read this comment. Takkat was mistaken.

Takkat

@karel well, why should it come to us in a live session if it is not installed otherwise? But I checked with 18.10. where it is not present.

Seth

hey it's @Takkat! Long time no see

Takkat

@WinEunuuchs2Unix Because we don't really know what version the OP installed (the tag issue is fishy!) I redacted my close vote

Seth

Hope you're having a merry christmas :)

Rinzwind

@Takkat some of the live session software is not ready for p3 yet :)

and a merry x-mas to all too :-)

Takkat

16:18

@Seth It is - quiet time of the year :)

PerlDuck

The live session contains GParted whereas the regular installation doesn't. So there might be other differences as well.

Takkat

@Rinzwind like probably many other apps as well ;)

jokerdino

Takkat never the same since breaking the streak :(

WinEunuuchs2Unix

@Seth I ended procrastination and scraped off 3 year old painter drops on hallway linoleum 1/2 hour ago LOL. How is your xmas?

Rinzwind

@PerlDuck ubiquity is the main one iirc :=)

jokerdino

16:19

Merry Christmas everyone!

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Seth

@WinEunuuchs2Unix haha. I only woke up an hours ago.

@jokerdino Merry cheistmas!

Rinzwind

I spent the day in bed listening to the Top 2000 :=)

Takkat

Hi Joker - what a looong time we met :)

WinEunuuchs2Unix

@Seth I fell asleep on couch last night watching movies. Woke at 3:30 went to bed couldn't sleep so got up at 3:45 :D

jokerdino

Nice to meet wonderful people around this time. :)

WinEunuuchs2Unix

16:21

@jokerdino Thanks! Merry Christmas to you too :)

Rinzwind

@WinEunuuchs2Unix I can't do that :P if I have a tv or radio on I can never ever fall asleep :P

PerlDuck

@Rinzwind turn down the volume a bit and don't tune in action movies.

Takkat

Sleep is a privilege we gain at Christmas :)

WinEunuuchs2Unix

@Rinzwind I never used to fall asleep on the couch until my side with the recliner broke. So I started folding up laptop lid on coffee table and laying down on couch to watch movie on big screen and Ubuntu/Internet on second not quite as big screen. A recipe for falling asleep!

Rinzwind

oh you can listen live here nporadio2.nl/top2000

Takkat

16:22

Die hard is not good for sleep

WinEunuuchs2Unix

What those Die Hard movies aren't dead yet? :P

Rinzwind

@Takkat Die Hard has been nominated as a x-mas movie despite Willis claiming it not to be >:)

@WinEunuuchs2Unix we have had ALL of them TWICE already overhere. 2 stations did them back to back

Takkat

All movies that play around this time of the year are ;D ;D

My favourite: Brazil

Rinzwind

sound of music was on 3 times already

PerlDuck

Exactly. Also that movie with Geena Davis and Samuel Jackson.

Rinzwind

16:24

The long kiss goodnight @PerlDuck ;)

1987? 88?

PerlDuck

Yep :-) I love it. She's so cool

Takkat

They screen Sissi at present.

Rinzwind

damn 1986 :D I was close

WinEunuuchs2Unix

@Takkat I just googled "Brazil" don't recall every watching it. I'll find it on the net and watch it today. thanks!

Rinzwind

Krampus :X Karate Kid

Takkat

16:26

@WinEunuuchs2Unix it is in good Terry Gilliam tradition. Lots of deep black humour.

Rinzwind

Brazil is a great movie indeed

Seth

@NathanOsman I've heard of it. I'll check it out, thanks.

Rinzwind

Slade <3

Fabby

@WinEunuuchs2Unix Hoe? Whore? Hooker??? >:-)

PerlDuck

For the New Years Eveneing we (in Germany) have "Dinner for One".

Takkat

16:27

@Rinzwind They played them every hour yesterday

Rinzwind

@Takkat 1885 in the top 2000 :=) now on

Takkat

@PerlDuck same procedure than last year ;)

Fabby

@PerlDuck Huh? Everyone gets a different dish?

WinEunuuchs2Unix

@Takkat I like the girl in the dreams part of "Brazil". In real life this girl has been in my dreams for the last month and it's never happened to me before.

Rinzwind

from now till the end of 31.12 it is top 2000 enjoyment

WinEunuuchs2Unix

16:28

@Fabby Guilty as charged :P

Rinzwind

with queen on 1 again :P

Fabby

:D

PerlDuck

@Fabby You don't know "Dinner for One"?

WinEunuuchs2Unix

@Rinzwind What is top 2000? Like songs you mean?

Fabby

Nope, but I suppose it's not dinner.

A movie?

SMOKE! BRB...

Rinzwind

16:29

@WinEunuuchs2Unix yes yearly tradition here. People hand in their top 10 songs of all time and then they do the top 2000 in order.

PerlDuck

@Fabby A comedy sketch. Read this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinner_for_One

Takkat

Sissi is just getting married here - she does that every year.

PerlDuck

@Takkat I once was in her bedroom.

Takkat

That must have been a dusty experience ;)

Rinzwind

@Takkat the slut :=)

WinEunuuchs2Unix

16:30

I thought Sissi was a "he". The military dictator of Egypt.

PerlDuck

No, @WinEunuuchs2Unix, it's short for Elisabeth. As in "Queen Sissi" :-P

Takkat

She may have been a he, who knows?

WinEunuuchs2Unix

Only the transgender gods know...LOL

@PerlDuck So Queen Elisabeth the I or Queen Elisabeth the II gets married every year? LOL I'm confused.

Takkat

Well, she had kids, so I'd exclude certain biological inconveniences here.

Empress of Austria rather than queen

WinEunuuchs2Unix

Oh Austria... never hear about her unless they hold a Russian Diplomat's plane and search it. Looking for Snowden I think. Hard to remember. It was years ago.

PerlDuck

16:35

Queen Lizzy is still married. With that guy who delivers words so nicely.

WinEunuuchs2Unix

@PerlDuck Wouldn't that be a hoot if @Fabby was really Edward Snowden in disguise? :P

PerlDuck

@WinEunuuchs2Unix LOL Indeed.

Rinzwind

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:-)

Fabby

@WinEunuuchs2Unix No, I'm a Vorlon in an encounter suit!

0:-)

@PerlDuck Ah.

PerlDuck

16:52

@Fabby It's very famous in Germany and recently I read it is widely unknown in the UK although it is a British piece.

Fabby

Like Benny Hill: widely popular in Europe, Wales and Scotland and abhorred in England

WinEunuuchs2Unix

17:04

Benny Hill was popular in Canada too but I don't think I've every watched it. Or if I did it was by accident and forgot.

PerlDuck

I know the name and the face looks familiar but I could not tell whether it was from a TV show or whether he works at my local grocery.

Fabby

Hilarious Benny Hill Moments

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Zanna

@WinEunuuchs2Unix hi!

WinEunuuchs2Unix

@Zanna How's the UK today... still cold?

I'm floating a rumour that @Fabby is really Edward Snowden in disguise!

Zanna

looks like it... we usually leave the heating on all day and don't go outside on xmas day, so can only say it was foggy and dull-looking

WinEunuuchs2Unix

17:18

@Zanna Everything is closed here on Christmas Day. So I'm spot steam cleaning carpets and scrapping 3 y/o painter spots off floors LOL

PerlDuck

@Fabby Ahh, yes, I've seen them. Similar to Stan&Laurel which I liked at the age of 12 or so. Still (a bit) funny.

Fabby

:-)

Zanna

@WinEunuuchs2Unix sounds productive :)

PerlDuck

Now take this: In Germany the shops closed at Dec 24, 1PM (some at 1:30) and will/must not open before Dec 27.

WinEunuuchs2Unix

@Zanna Haha have to do something to stop from getting cabin fever. I actually have 11 days off in a row due to forced use up 1/2 of vacation time before year end or loose it.

@PerlDuck Yeah in Canada most shops open to 9 pm close at 4:30pm I think.

Zanna

17:21

hopefully the unanswered questions list will become shorter XD

WinEunuuchs2Unix

@Zanna Yeah sorry I haven't been doing my part with review queues :(

Zanna

I mean answering questions

and I was just kidding

:)

WinEunuuchs2Unix

Oh well I feel guilty I don't do enough time researching questions and posting answers too blush

It is taking me a few hours up to a few weeks to write software answers these days :(

Zanna

you are doing a lot more answering than me hahaha

WinEunuuchs2Unix

Your answers are way more professional and polished than mine though!!!

I do try to answer all the easy questions (for me) where I know the answer off the top of my head.

But I probably initiate close voting more times than I post an answer....

Zanna

17:26

me too :/

WinEunuuchs2Unix

@Zanna Please take this as a compliment, I consider you the Ask Ubuntu professional librarian :)

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Zanna

thanks, that's a kind way of putting what I do

:)

WinEunuuchs2Unix

In Canada you need a University Degree to become an assistant librarian these days.

Zanna

or great flattery haha

I gotta go, sorry :/ small crisis

WinEunuuchs2Unix

OK nice chatting :)

continues reading steam cleaner manual

PerlDuck

17:32

Steam cleaners a great for the sink, especially for the drain. Do you have a brush connected to yours?

WinEunuuchs2Unix

@PerlDuck A picture is worth a thousand words :D

Rinzwind

@PerlDuck In the netherlands some supermarkets are open on the 24th and 25th. 1st time ever though b :)

Fabby

@Rinzwind On our way to the 24/365 economy...

PerlDuck

@WinEunuuchs2Unix Whoa, that looks professional. I have a "Kärcher" an love this thingy:

WinEunuuchs2Unix

^^^^ New saying: Four heads are better than one

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

17:48

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Q: How to delete ubuntu MATE 18.10 and keep Fedora?

I have installed Fedora but it has to little storage and i want to only have fedora left so i can have more storage and because i have been used to fedora. The partition of ubuntu and fedora are the same. Can you please help? it says that the fedora-root filesystem has 0B left

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PerlDuck

LOL. Nah, it's a set of four. You only use on at a time. And better don't scrub your forehead with these four heads.

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

18:19

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Q: Ubuntu 18.04 installing from .sh file problem

I'm trying to install the latest version of xdm on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS from the official website http://xdman.sourceforge.net/ .. I can't install .sh file & also have other third-party installation problem! enter image description here // sudo ./install.sh Initializing setup... Extracting files....

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traducerad

I am facing smth a little bit weird. I receive 20 bytes of data via a Unix socket,

when trying to read the first 2 bytes everything works fine

Rinzwind

@Fabby nope. 24/364. 1st of Jan is mandatory closed.

traducerad

but when I do a second call to read in order to read the remain 18 bytes, it blocks

any idea why suddenly read is blocking?

WinEunuuchs2Unix

@traducerad If it's like a FIFO pipe you need to close the writing process first I think.

traducerad

@WinEunuuchs2Unix I believe writing 20 bytes can happen atomically

Besides that I write the 20 bytes, wait 3 seconds and only then start reading the 2 first bytes

WinEunuuchs2Unix

18:38

@traducerad Sorry I don't know very much. I would research if the writing process is holding a lock preventing the reading process from accessing the socket.

WinEunuuchs2Unix

22:17

@Fabby and @dessert After our conversation 1 or 2 nights ago I thought you would appreciate my self-assigned homework project above :)

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