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jokerdino

08:00

hmm

aking1012

puts on sadface

msPeachy

:P

jokerdino

i am a nice guy :'(

msPeachy

@jokerdino well of course you are...

there

jokerdino

nice :D

msPeachy

08:03

@aking1012 can you pull it off?

aking1012

as in remove it or as in convincingly real?

msPeachy

@aking1012 ha ha...the latter

aking1012

yes

msPeachy

too bad i won't see...

jokerdino

:/

izx

08:06

OT...screamingly so...

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Q: Which is the best image hosting site for hosting images for website?

I currently have a website and blog and using a limited web hosting plan. When I upload images on my hosting server it consumes a lot of bandwidth and space. So I was thinking of hosting images on some-other image hosting site and direct linking it to my site. I found out few sites like imageshac...

aking1012

>> well this is going in a completely unanticipated direction

@izx done

msPeachy

me, eating oats with milk...

aking1012

<-- thinks that's a non-native way to say cereal

jokerdino

theoatmeal.com

themostboringblog.com

msPeachy

i love eating this when it's raining

@aking1012 don't have cereal

aking1012

08:09

you know what i love to do when it's raining?

msPeachy

@aking1012 hmmm i won't dare to guess...

jokerdino

i sleep

aking1012

NOTHING

jokerdino

@msPeachy o.O

msPeachy

oh is there really such a thing as doing nothing?

aking1012

08:10

@jokerdino that made me chuckle a little - i mean peachy's response... but yeah i could see why it would throw you

msPeachy

@jokerdino :P

Mithun

well

msPeachy

@izx you're fast! this guy asked 8 minutes ago and you answered 8 minutes ago! askubuntu.com/questions/161881/…

hi mithun

jokerdino

@aking1012 it was sorta funny but unexpected.

@msPeachy :P you!

msPeachy

@jokerdino what was funny?

jokerdino

08:17

so, i just threw away 50 rep here :P

> You have lost 50 reputation.

@msPeachy think about it

msPeachy

@jokerdino who lost? you or me?

jokerdino

me

msPeachy

why?

jokerdino

first bounty of my life o.O

msPeachy

lol...really? why did you need to bounty it?

jokerdino

08:20

i didn't bounty your question. you refused to clean it up.

msPeachy

no i meant who's question you had the bounty for?

yours?

jokerdino

no.

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Q: What causes file managers to show drives?

What forces a file manager to show unmounted partitions in the left pane? That is - what process is it that causes filemanagers to show drives - it's not fstab - I can show that here, I know that inserting a mountable volume makes it show. I'm trying to understand what it is that actually giv...

drive filemanager

oops

msPeachy

@jokerdino i might as well delete my question, basically the problem is hd0 out of disk and there are several existing questions with the same title....

jokerdino

ooh

msPeachy

@jokerdino and i did all the recommended fix and answers but none worked

jokerdino

08:26

ok so

want me to do something?

msPeachy

@jokerdino don't know how to answer that
lol

jokerdino

hmm

msPeachy

i'll cleanup the question

jokerdino

gimme the list of dupe questions. we can comb them.

Whisperity

@jokerdino I wonder if the answer has something to do with /dev/disk and it's 'subfolders'.

jokerdino

08:32

oh i totally forgot i don't know the correct answer.

msPeachy

@jokerdino well, thank you.

jokerdino

:)

msPeachy

here you go:

http://askubuntu.com/questions/97655/error-out-of-disk-message-after-fresh-install-of-11-10

http://askubuntu.com/questions/18531/error-out-of-disk-grub-rescue

http://askubuntu.com/questions/112251/grub-rescue-hd0-out-of-disk

http://askubuntu.com/questions/155051/error-hd0-out-of-disk-grub-rescue

http://askubuntu.com/questions/125882/grub-rescue-error-hd0-out-of-disk

http://askubuntu.com/questions/4336/how-do-i-get-my-machine-to-boot-with-a-grub-out-of-disk-error

@jokerdino sorry they're a lot

jokerdino

none of the solutions work do they?

msPeachy

no. not one of them

izx

08:38

What's the problem again?

First time I had to refer to one of my own answers, ***** Ralink wifi cards

msPeachy

besides the error i got doesn't drop to the grub rescue prompt

same hd0 out of disk. Press any key to continue

after pressing a key nothing happens

jokerdino

it sounds like some other issue though

msPeachy

i guess

i think i may have to reinstall ubuntu

jokerdino

that sounds a good idea.

msPeachy

:((

i don't hear any sound

jokerdino

08:45

lol but really

msPeachy

lol

i'm tired of doing the updates and the upgrades and installing all the apps that i use and setting up vbox

jokerdino

well what does that mean?

msPeachy

this will be the 5th time that I will reinstall Ubuntu

jokerdino

:/ why do you do so many times?

msPeachy

because I've encountered boot errors several times already with 12.04 back when i was using oneiric i didn't encounter any problem at all

i've encountered this hd0 out of disk error twice already, if it isn't that the boot time will be toooo slow and if not that initramfs or grub issues. i think precise pangolin doesn't like me at all!

jokerdino

08:49

i can't quite seem to nail the problem :/

msPeachy

me neither

i'm thinking of switching to mint

jokerdino

o.O

msPeachy

what does that mean?

jokerdino

most of the problem is boot issues yes?

msPeachy

yes boot issues most of the time it doesn't boot at all

jokerdino

08:51

wipe the harddrive may be? :D

msPeachy

after reinstalling it would be fine for a few weeks then the boot issues will be back again

:((

i don't have an external hdd

jokerdino

:(

msPeachy

A friend promised to send one for me, but until now I haven't received it yet :((

jokerdino

hmm that is your choice

msPeachy

how does an image backup work?

jokerdino

08:55

no idea. never tried

msPeachy

is there a way to preserve my previous Ubuntu installation and copy it to a partition? would that work?

jokerdino

never tried...

msPeachy

i guess i'm gonna have to do it

jokerdino

good luck

msPeachy

been running ubuntu on a livecd for almost a week now

thanks anyway for trying to help me out

jokerdino

08:57

at least you use it

@msPeachy if in case you need more help, i can put a bounty of 100.

msPeachy

that's the good thing about linux distros, you can always try it with a livecd

a 100? that's very generous...but it would be a waste i guess...

jokerdino

better than not trying

msPeachy

yes i know...

jokerdino

well i want to stay above 10k rep + 50 as buffer. anything above, i can put as bounty

msPeachy

i can put a bounty...hehe i have 113...lol

can i put a bounty for 13 rep?

jokerdino

09:03

na

lowest is 50

msPeachy

thought so

where did everybody go?

Anwar Shah

@jokerdino Is 'na' for "no" is tamil language?

jokerdino

@AnwarShah na

msPeachy

hey @AnwarShah

Anwar Shah

@msPeachy I am here.

jokerdino

09:04

illai in tamil.

Anwar Shah

in our language, "na" is for "no".

jokerdino

oh.

nahi is no in Hindi

msPeachy

that's what he meant "no:

Anwar Shah

so, what is meant by 'na'

isn't it 'no'?

msPeachy

yes

jokerdino

09:06

if i say naa then ppl understand it as no.

Anwar Shah

I am glad to see that, somebody is using our language

Thanks to everybody for using na

izx

@AnwarShah Actually the root is not "our" language; see wiktionary:nah

The reason why so many languages -- Such as German and Bengali -- share that word/meaning is most likely because they have a common ancestor:

Proto-Indo-European language

The Proto-Indo-European language (PIE) is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Indo-European languages, spoken by the Proto-Indo-Europeans. The existence of such a language has been accepted by linguists for over a century, and reconstruction is advanced and detailed. Scholars estimate that PIE may have been spoken as a single language (before divergence began) around 3700 BC, though estimates by different authorities can vary by more than a millennium. The most popular hypothesis for the origin and spread of the language is the Kurgan hypothesis, which postulates an origin in the P...

jokerdino

so i probably got the nah from the Malay's

brb rebooting

msPeachy

me too

Anwar Shah

I have just seen, clicking on the last gle in goooooooogle also goes to the next page

jokerdino

09:18

nice

Anwar Shah

the big G to the previous

jokerdino

alpha software hurts uptime

izx

BTW, @jokerdino - apologies - 3.5 isn't entirely stable on Precise either; screensaver will sometimes refuse to unlock, requiring lightdm restart...

jokerdino

i am on QQ. It hurts even more =)

ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=12090090&postcount=4 just helped someone on UF through IRC.

Anwar Shah

I heard that, 12.04.1 will be released on 7 july. It's not true, i see

jokerdino

09:21

@AnwarShah wiki.ubuntu.com/PrecisePangolin/ReleaseSchedule

Anwar Shah

thanks

msPeachy

what's the latest stable kernel for precise?

jokerdino

3.2.0.26.28

msPeachy

thanks

izx

So what's up with North Indian first names lately: Candy? Golden? :S

msPeachy

09:28

the default install is 3.2.0-23

jokerdino

@izx too many Indians.

Anwar Shah

How to get rid of "Enter password to unlock your login keyring" message, on 10.10 and have root password

jokerdino

upgrade to 11.04

izx

LOL!

Anwar Shah

My pc is 12.04. i am on lab pc.

jokerdino

09:31

ooh. tell them that 10.10 is long outdated and it is time to move on from coma

Anwar Shah

I'll install 12.04 on this pc tomorrow, inshallah (if god wishes)

jokerdino

Good luck.

Anwar Shah

Downgrading to 8.04 might be an option though !

jokerdino

msPeachy

:P

overtype swearwords

Anwar Shah

09:34

It is 3:33, lab will be closed at 4:00. Actually no time for install now. Also the PC will ISO collection gotten bad

izx

24-hour labs FTW (even if you have to sneak in)

Anwar Shah

I am actually missing the orange flavor of 8.04 and that glossy , nice, juicy icon themes

@izx didn't understand the FTW word

jokerdino

for the win

msPeachy

lol

Anwar Shah

o

msPeachy

09:36

no it isn't

jokerdino

FFS FTW is for the win

Anwar Shah

Do you know, how i am filtering unwanted Q (for me only) in AU

jokerdino

not sure

Anwar Shah

adding tag to ignored tag list.

izx

that's better

jokerdino

09:38

well i do it myself

Anwar Shah

nice feature, isn't it. though it will be better, if i can hide the Q's completely

izx

I should be downvoting questions more: "This question does not show any research effort; it is unclear or not useful."

@AnwarShah Write a Greasemonkey script

jokerdino

i can get rid of ignored questions by askubuntu.com?tab=interesting

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

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Q: Change Folder Permissions

I started off with changing to the folder I want to change permissions for, and that is the opt folder. $ cd /opt/ test@testVM:/opt$ So I tried changing the permissions for this folder now using: sudo chmod 775 And that hasn't worked. It showed this message: Try 'chmod --help' for more inf...

ubuntu permissions 64bit

jokerdino

@UbuntuQuestionsonUL brain damage.

Anwar Shah

09:41

@UbuntuQuestionsonUL, you should bring a question about "hiding questions"

msPeachy

how do i add labels to partitions via terminal?

Anwar Shah

wait

izx

Dupe:

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Q: How do I recover deleted files?

I accidentally deleted a folder that contain all my work,almost 2k, when i recovered it from the trash can, the folder was recovered, but empty, there is nothing inside, how can i recover all my files?

files delete

Anwar Shah

@msPeachy sudo tune2fs -L volume-label device

msPeachy

what's tune2fs?

Anwar Shah

09:44

as sudo tune2fs -L label /dev/sda2. you can try that

msPeachy

okay thanks

Anwar Shah

> tune2fs - adjust tunable filesystem parameters on ext2/ext3/ext4
filesystems

from description of man page

yes, you can

try disk-utility

msPeachy

thank you, got it

Anwar Shah

jokerdino

@AnwarShah did you check out the question that i bountied? i guess you should know..

Anwar Shah

09:49

Edit filesystem label option

@jokerdino I didn't know.

checking.................

msPeachy

tune2fs: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/sda1
Couldn't find valid filesystem superblock.

jokerdino

udisks --dump | less

Anwar Shah

@msPeachy try disk-utility, it's best

No time, need to go. bye

jokerdino

bye

msPeachy

@jokerdino what's this?

bye @AnwarShah

thank you again

jokerdino

09:51

not related to your solution. oops

msPeachy

:)

gotta take a nap while ubuntu's downloading and installing

jokerdino

see ya

msPeachy

i finally did it

jokerdino

do what?

nitstorm

This one seems to be a dupe:

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Q: How do I recover deleted files?

I accidentally deleted a folder that contain all my work,almost 2k, when i recovered it from the trash can, the folder was recovered, but empty, there is nothing inside, how can i recover all my files?

files delete

jokerdino

09:58

voted already

nitstorm

@jokerdino Sorry for the delay, two more votes needed to close the question off btw

izx

►

^^^You did it!

nitstorm

Another dupe:

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Q: how to install ubuntu into my computers hard drive?

I can start ubuntu (the newest version) only from my pendrive, how could I install it into my computer's hard drive? Thanks for your help!

12.04 lts

jokerdino

done

nitstorm

Sweet :)

msPeachy

10:06

@jokerdino reinstall

jokerdino

ooh ouch

msPeachy

@jokerdino loud ouch

aking1012

derpina....she does exist

jokerdino

hmm

that is a little derturbing.

the new workspace switcher

aking1012

10:23

because we needed bigger pictures...

jokerdino

lol :P

aking1012

i sort of liked compiz cube with the depth and cylinder transforms. i think they should have stuck with that and made a scroller at the bottom you could click/drag + throw to spin the cube

would have fit for this touch noise everyone is so excited about

jokerdino

they broke the cube

aking1012

boo. breaking anything that works in 12.04 is just vendor lock-in

of which i am NOT a fan

jokerdino

o.O

aking1012

10:27

12.04 was some vendor lock-in...if it keeps progressing i will get progressively upset

Flabricorn

Wait, was the workspace picture demonstrating 12.10? Or just another disappointing attempt from 12.04 to make everything more... Mac.

jokerdino

@Flabricorn 12.10

if anyone of you gonna diss Ubuntu or Unity, lmk. I will leave the room momentarily.

The Interrupter

10:43

Bounty offered: What causes file managers to show drives? http://askubuntu.com/questions/117366/what-causes-file-managers-to-show-drives?atw=1 #drive

Tweeted by AskUbuntu on July 10, 2012 at 10:34 AM

aking1012

@jokerdino i wasn't complaining about any vendor in particular...just on a vendor habit

jokerdino

okay. i am just saying my stance

btw, think this is a dupe?

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Q: Note taking software that supports images

Is there a note taking software that supports image insertion ? And best with font changing of area texts. I use tomboy before, that has no image support Thanks UPDATE While installing nixnote, I found zim perfectly fit my needs. Just FYI: nixnote is java based, looks slower than zim (pytho...

software-recommendation

aking1012

idk

jokerdino

kk

i be right back after dinner.

Joshua Robison

11:03

i heard on either linuxactionshow or mintcast or linux for the rest of us, about a program called "actfast" or has a similar sound... but now I can't find the program and can't remember which episode I heard it on

it was probably the linuxactionshow

the program seems to help machines with low memory or slower machines behave more speedily

jokerdino

11:15

hmm don't remember that tool :/

Joshua Robison

actfast or backfast or acfast or something

jokerdino

:/

izx

You know, ultimately if you have insufficient RAM, nothing can really help you except using fewer/lighter programs.

breakfast (or whatever) is like one of those fuel additives that are advertised to make your car go faster... ;)

Joshua Robison

hmm. i tend to agree. but jupiter does help a lot and this program was a really clever process manager I think

izx

On the other hand, if you have LOTS of memory, there are programs that will make your computer appear faster by preloading things in RAM (like Superfetch in Windows)

Joshua Robison

11:24

hmm... maybe im thinking of apt-fast

speeds up apt-get update

jokerdino

probably. i thought the same myself

Joshua Robison

alright. thanks a lot... again

knew i'd get an answer in here

jokerdino

yo, delete your question?

Joshua Robison

i guess that would be a good idea

@jokerdino, ok i put a vote to delete on it

jokerdino

ok it is deleted.

Joshua Robison

11:28

on an unrelated note... ive been using unity for a while now .... and just switched to ubuntu gnome-shell... and really loving this

Bruno Pereira

morning yo o/

jokerdino

@JoshuaRobison hm you love gnome-shell?

@BrunoPereira yo morning!

Joshua Robison

welp my favorite is kde... but most debian branches like ubuntu are usually kind of behind in kde

and ubuntu works best with my printer

jokerdino

hmm well if you like it, you should use it

Joshua Robison

so ive been using ubuntu-unity for a while now ... a few months

jokerdino

11:30

i regularly switch between unity, gnome-shell, kde and lxdm

Joshua Robison

i knew I could boot into gnome-shell at any time but then would have to deal wth configurationss.... long story short I put in the work and it is slicker than i thought it would be

with themes and extensions, gnome shell is just really nice

jokerdino

well yeah.

if i can access the launcher a little easier, i won't mind.

and then the notifications are a little ugly

Joshua Robison

tht is true

it would be nice to get similar notifications as kde

jokerdino

yeah

Joshua Robison

i had unity notifications tweaked to work like kde notifications

jokerdino

11:32

i like notify-osd very much

Joshua Robison

just putting them right next to the top bar

notify-osd?

does that work with gnome-shell?

jokerdino

the unity notifications

it doesn't and that is my problem

Joshua Robison

just found an extension called shell-osd

jokerdino

it is buggy

ObsessiveFOSS

@jokerdino Unusable, or just annoying?

jokerdino

11:36

the fonts are blurry

izx

Dupe:

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Q: Is there a WYSIWYG HTML Editor for Ubuntu?

I am trying to design a web page. Do you know any application in which I can design a web page without writing any code ? Why I want is because I am planning to design a web page. Afterwards, I will write html code. Software is preferred to be available on Ubuntu 12.04.

12.04 software-recommendation

Third Self-dupe from 0% accepter:

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Q: How to transfer the data through rsync without asking password

Actually, i try to transfer the data between systems by python script. Its work properly, but every time the system ask password. For that, I tried the below link method. http://www.howtoforge.com/setting-up-unison-file-synchronization-between-two-servers-on-ubuntu-11.10 i followed the 1st thre...

python

^^^ @jokerdino our friend Viswa is back

ObsessiveFOSS

askubuntu.com/questions/156640/… Actually, it's 8 times faster than a 56.6 kbps modem. Bytes!=bits

jokerdino

our terrible user Viswa

izx

Mad props @BrunoPereira is in da house! Dupers beware ;)

Bruno Pereira

Thinking hurts him, maybe i can think of a way to use that.

jokerdino

11:42

good thinking there.

i note that he has been hell banned in SO.

Bruno Pereira

Something amazing is happening! Nokia shares are not going downhill atm!

jokerdino

impossibru!

izx

LOL

ObsessiveFOSS

I believe the world will end soon: stackoverflow.com/questions/11061905/java-cp-class-not-found/… has downvotes and it's by Jon Skeet.

jokerdino

that's the only downvote from him.

Bruno Pereira

11:48

@ObsessiveFOSS hey, eager dictator I will soon rule the world bots also make mistakes :)

jokerdino

haha

ObsessiveFOSS

No, I was unclear. The answer is by Jon Skeet, not the votes.

Bruno Pereira

omg, mass suicide before the world ends, the Maia where wrong!

jokerdino

@BrunoPereira askubuntu.com/a/161160/25798 merge answerer and editor?

ObsessiveFOSS

@BrunoPereira The identicon may be an MD5 collision. It's based on the MD5 of the user's email address.

Bruno Pereira

11:51

@ObsessiveFOSS different Uids

@jokerdino one survived

jokerdino

@BrunoPereira aww

Eliah Kagan

1 more vote needed to close this dupe:

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Q: how to install ubuntu into my computers hard drive?

I can start ubuntu (the newest version) only from my pendrive, how could I install it into my computer's hard drive? Thanks for your help!

12.04 lts

jrg

@Flabricorn yeah, it was a long one.

Eliah Kagan

I believe this (unrelated) question is a dupe as well (also needs 1 more close-vote):

jrg

Anyone running Chrome dev/beta? I'm itching to try out this webrtc stuff.

Eliah Kagan

11:53

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Q: Problems building application for Ubuntu App Showdown

I have managed to submit my source application to the Ubuntu build servers, however it's not building. This is the build output: https://launchpadlibrarian.net/109592385/buildlog_ubuntu-precise-i386.liberedit_12.07.20_FAILEDTOBUILD.txt.gz I know that there is a dependency on lxml for my applica...