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Did anything change in Network Manager for running dispatcher scripts in /etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/*? I'm lost on what's going wrong on the machine of the OP here:

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A: How do I run a simple Zenity script after disconnecting from WiFi?

If you're using Network Manager (opposed to the command-line /etc/network/interfaces file), you should use the Network Manager dispatcher scripts instead. Simply place your script in the /etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/ directory, similar to the if-down.d approach. Scripting with Network Manage...

iSeth

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Q: Not able to login to ubuntuforums.org after email id change

I am a user of ubuntuforums.org. I changed/updated my old email ID to a new mail id but after that i am not able to post. it says i dont have permission even if i am able to login to ubuntuforums.org using my old user id and password. If anyone has faced similar issue in past, please help. Than...

12.10

waas up with that?

is it even on topic?

Yikes! the whole site is down :|

now its working...

check this out!

jrg

2:36 AM

ok, installing. nice one!

94MB for the Linux version.

gertvdijk

To reply to my own question. No, all appears to be the same. The guy must have something really local or is just doing something wrong. Hate it if my solution does work, but I'm not able to see what OP is doing wrong.

jrg

@iSeth it reminds me of WebOS. A lot.

iSeth

3:00 AM

@jrg had to eat dinner

trying it right now

I like Ubuntu mobile better

RolandiXor

Cursed be my ISP.

@iSeth where is it?

I need my own buttonses :D

iSeth

@RolandiXor check the starts ;)

RolandiXor

Okie.

D: skydrive?

iSeth

@RolandiXor in later updates I will give instructions on customizing it. But I think you can figure it out. Or I can change it for you.

Not again. Whats wrong with Skydrive?

RolandiXor

@iSeth I will make a number of customizations ;)

iSeth

3:07 AM

Okay that's fine :)

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Q: I have major problems with linux and i need you expirience and advice

I am very new at linux and i installed ubuntu 12.04 i386 pretty much by chance... I have 2 questions... Firstly I have serius problems at all games and i want you to help me if possible... i tried to play trine 2 but my fps is too low my mouse movement too slow... the whole game isnt even playab...

12.04 games 32-bit learn

this makes me sad :(

people who really want help whom we can't help...

RolandiXor

We could help them if they put a little more effort into spelling :).

You know, spellcheck comes in mighty handy.

iSeth

true. I'm editing right now

RolandiXor

brb

RolandiXor

3:30 AM

@iSeth how do you install it on greasemonkey? I put it in the folder but it won't show up O_o

jokerdino

you click on .js file or something

and then a popup shows up asking you to install

RolandiXor

Yeah but if you put it in your folder it should work as well

jokerdino

i never tried that way

RolandiXor

Found the problem

It uses an xml file now...

to track which ones are installed

gertvdijk

@iSeth Why didn't you use the code-style on the lspci output there? It was a line-by-line monospaces backtick thingy edit by you. Utterly broken rendering in my browser too. And fixed a lot more in that post now.

jokerdino

3:35 AM

should have been four space in front right?

HackToHell

Ubuntu phones are making me excited :)

jokerdino

@HackToHell it runs unity.

that should make you hate it

HackToHell

but it looks cool for a mobile ui

And it's only a matter of time before people start madly customizing it

jokerdino

lol

HackToHell

And the lock screen looks awesome

jokerdino

3:36 AM

i dont know. i heard enough people complaining unity is not customizable

HackToHell

A different window manager perhaps ?

There are ARM versions of everything

jokerdino

ofcourse. i wont expect compiz on a phone

FEichinger

@iSeth Yeh, that causes some issues. :P

HackToHell

@jokerdino And it will take a while for anything to be ported

gertvdijk

@jokerdino yes, that's what I meant by the code-style.

jokerdino

3:39 AM

@HackToHell yep that

RolandiXor

Lies!

YES!

@iSeth it worked.

HackToHell

If the phone does not boast of an million apps, it's not selling

jokerdino

@gertvdijk it is easier if someone clicks on the toolbar button

Time to start writing apps for ubuntu phone

who is with me? ;)

HackToHell

Will it be in C ?

or Java :) :) like andy

jokerdino

I dont want java

HackToHell

3:41 AM

I wants java !

RolandiXor

Lies! Scandal!

HackToHell

In the end it does not really matter :P

@RolandiXor ??

RolandiXor

@HackToHell buttons ;)

iSeth

whoa, sorry. I missed a lot

HackToHell

the other parallel conversation in a parallel universe, go on

iSeth

3:43 AM

@RolandiXor lol

@gertvdijk can you link to the edit?

gertvdijk

@iSeth askubuntu.com/posts/235447/revisions

FEichinger

@RolandiXor @iSeth I'd say we should definitely upgrade the shrug button to a full button utility at some point. Cause that is awesome.

RolandiXor

@FEichinger indeed :)!

iSeth

@FEichinger I plan on it ;)

RolandiXor

java.script().

iSeth

3:45 AM

@gertvdijk OK, so I'm not sure I get your question.

RolandiXor

while George{edison(hi!);}

Heya @GeorgeEdison!

o/

iSeth.work.run();

I'm exhausted.

3:46 AM

@iSeth Why did you use ` (backtick-style) for every line instead of 4-spaces-indenting using the toolbar? I had to fix up all the backticks in your edit. This is not a nice job to do. Reverting your edit woud also revert the good part.

RolandiXor

@GeorgeEdison oh?

iSeth

@gertvdijk didn't think it would work

Sorry to hear that @GeorgeEdison

RolandiXor

Oh btw, question - does the current 2buntu support embedded videos a la youtube? @GeorgeEdison

George Edison

It's okay - nothing feels better than knowing you put in a full days work.

RolandiXor

Truth.

George Edison

3:48 AM

@RolandiXor Sort of... I know it works if you use the raw HTML for embeding a Flash video.

There's no Markdown support yet.

iSeth

@gertvdijk I'll try it next time.

RolandiXor

I tried today and it crashed the site.

I think

George Edison

Really?

iSeth

@gertvdijk oh and Thank you for telling me about it!

George Edison

That's weird.

@RolandiXor: We're in luck - I have the site email me a stack trace when something goes wrong.

I just checked and I have two such emails.

So I can hopefully figure out exactly what went wrong.

gertvdijk

3:50 AM

@iSeth np. just trying to save you and others work.

George Edison

NoReverseMatch: Reverse for 'blog.views.tagged' with arguments '()' and keyword arguments '{'tag': <Tag: ubuntu phone>}' not found.

gertvdijk

I'm out. bye guys.

George Edison

So the tagged page isn't displaying for [ubuntu-phone].

@gertvdijk Bye.

Yup, both errors are the same.

iSeth

Night @gertvdijk

RolandiXor

@GeorgeEdison sweet

George Edison

3:51 AM

Let me try to figure out why it dislikes the tag.

RolandiXor

@GeorgeEdison I deleted the problem page so the site could display.

George Edison

WAIT A MINUTE!

What was the big Ubuntu announcement?

I totally missed it today.

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jokerdino

@GeorgeEdison ubuntu phone

5

George Edison

Thought so.

RolandiXor

Scandal!

iSeth

3:52 AM

@GeorgeEdison An awesome Ubuntu mobile OS!

George Edison

Sweet - ARM based, I suppose?

RolandiXor

@iSeth did you see the original Ubuntu Mobile?

@GeorgeEdison aparently

but there is no confirmation as to whether it is only ARM or not.

George Edison

NitroShare so has to run on it when it comes out :P

iSeth

@RolandiXor I did. That didn't look to good IMO

George Edison

@RolandiXor If it runs Qt apps, I want it.

HackToHell

4:05 AM

►

George Edison

O Launchpad! Why are you being like this???

iSeth

FEichinger

@iSeth That ... You ... It .... Tha ... Just no.

iSeth

??

I thought it was funny

Lord of Time

4:26 AM

throws a ball to @GeorgeEdison

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

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Q: Run Apache2 as root

I am teaching a security class and I would like to show them how it is very stupid to run apache as root (that means I don't need to be preached to about how stupid it is; I agree with you) I'm having problems with setting the CFLAG when compiling to have apache stop holding my hand. Could you gi...

ubuntu

Peachy

4:39 AM

@RolandiXor happy new year!

iSeth

Its been a long time since you were here @Peachy

several people have been asking about you periodically.

Flabricorn

@iSeth I believe that image, while funny, should have chosen Ubuntu over fedora and their Gnome 3 interface.

It also looks remarkably similar to the Cup Of Linux images.

iSeth

@Flabricorn agreed.

RolandiXor

@Peachy Happy New Year! :D

Flabricorn

iSeth

4:46 AM

@Flabricorn interesting...

I guess its the same idea on a wallpaper

Flabricorn

They say that all art is just borrowing from others.

iSeth

I believe to a certain extent it is...

Flabricorn

If you've thought of something, anything at all, there's a good chance in the billions of people that have lived upon our planet, someone, somewhere has also thought of that. The application on the other hand is a different process. Whoever has initiative drives progress.

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iSeth

exactly. good quote.

Flabricorn

Thank you.

iSeth

4:50 AM

Your Welcome ;)

Flabricorn

Now as the time here is later than I wish, as to continue to serve @jrg as one of his minions I must return in good health. I wish you all a good night.

iSeth

@Flabricorn good night! ~~And remember: @RolandiXor is always looking for recruits~~ :P

I never said that on a public chat platform.

OK, I'm going to bed as well. Night

RolandiXor

:P

Peachy

@iSeth Oh I didn't know. Well I'm back now

RolandiXor

sorry guys - I'm not good at multitasking :(

Peachy

5:04 AM

@RolandiXor how was your first day of 2013?

RolandiXor

@Peachy welcome back :D

@Peachy it was great :D

I spent the evening by my brother and sis-in-law's house :)

Peachy

@RolandiXor thank you

I spent mine with the family...i was busy making noise

zaxcvr

Hello!

RolandiXor

@Peachy hehe

singing?

@zaxcvr hi

Peachy

@RolandiXor singing and a bit of dancing, but mostly shaking a can with coins inside hehe

George Edison

5:17 AM

@RolandiXor: Okay, I've found a clue - spaces in tags causes problems.

RolandiXor

@Peachy oh cool :D

George Edison

Of course, the site shouldn't crash when one is used.

RolandiXor

@GeorgeEdison ahh

George Edison

That's something I need to fix.

But generally it's bad practice to insert spaces in tag names.

RolandiXor

So, embedding a video was not the problem?

George Edison

5:17 AM

Nope.

RolandiXor

Cool

@Peachy you were making music ;)?

iSeth

just real quick, update to the userscript. It now works on SO and Meta SO.

RolandiXor

cool

iSeth

@RolandiXor want to give me your code so I can update it for you?

RolandiXor

@GeorgeEdison I think I'm going to make a big change to the Biblical creations community - to weed out trolls.

Gonna think on it though.

anyways - back on topic.

George Edison

5:20 AM

Great - glad you found a way to make it work.

RolandiXor

@iSeth I'll keep track of your code

Peachy

@RolandiXor I don't think the sound made sense, i just wanted to make as much noise as I can

RolandiXor

and update when needed

@Peachy lol

somebody was talking you didn't want to hear?

@GeorgeEdison well, I have to implement it.. but we will see

iSeth

@RolandiXor okay. Right now its just a few more // @match stuff

RolandiXor

Won't happen immediately.

@iSeth cool

George Edison

5:21 AM

@RolandiXor Yup, anything that helps.

iSeth

okay, really going to bed now.

ga'night.

RolandiXor

@iSeth cya

Peachy

@iSeth good night

@RolandiXor lol, no

RolandiXor

:P

Peachy

is dino still active here?

RolandiXor

5:29 AM

ya

you missed him by a couple hours or so

Peachy

i see.

it is 2013, you still sleep late?

RolandiXor

not as often

George Edison

I think I'll just get rid of the tag with the space and prevent such tags from being created in the first place.

RolandiXor

I'm gonna be up a little late tonight and work on burning some CDs for people at church

George Edison

It must be nearly midnight where you are.

(I'm still getting used to the fact that we are not in the same timezone.)

RolandiXor

5:33 AM

It's 1:33am

George Edison

Wow.

Peachy

@RolandiXor why not just use a USB drive to play music at church?

George Edison

I got up at around 5am this morning so I'm not staying up late.

Peachy

@GeorgeEdison he sometimes sleep at 3am

RolandiXor

@Peachy it's sermons people want

George Edison

5:33 AM

@Peachy I saw once church using SVN :P

RolandiXor

I'm responsible for that

I make the CD copies of our sermons and Bible studies for people

@GeorgeEdison what time is it there?

Peachy

@GeorgeEdison what is SVN?

@RolandiXor i see

George Edison

@Peachy Subversion.

@RolandiXor 9:35pm.

RolandiXor

@GeorgeEdison ahh

Peachy

1:35 pm here

RolandiXor

5:39 AM

@Peachy it's so amazing how we are exactly on the other side of the world

Peachy

yes we are...on the dot

RolandiXor

It's mighty cool :D

If I drill a hole through the earth, I could sit right next to you :D... after getting vaporized by the core... O_o

Peachy

@RolandiXor lol

how many CDs to go?

RolandiXor

5:56 AM

@Peachy about 6

sorry for the delay, I went afk lol

Peachy

@RolandiXor that's okay, i'm watching a movie

RolandiXor

what movie is it?

Peachy

The Earrings Of Madame De 1953

just started it

RolandiXor

cool

I watched Anaconda tonight

Peachy

which anaconda? i think there are several anaconda movies...

RolandiXor

6:01 AM

Anaconda was the first one

it was kinda lame

Peachy

was jon voight on it?

eric stoltz?

RolandiXor

I don't know them lol

it had Ice Cube and Jennifer Lopez D:

(scrubs)

Peachy

@RolandiXor lol

jon is angelina jolie's father

anyway, it is the same movie JLo was in it too

RolandiXor

oh cool

Peachy

i'm into old movies

RolandiXor

6:12 AM

brb I need to grab some food

@Peachy I like all kinds of movies, but I prefer old ones a lot too

the new ones are missing the point :(

Peachy

@RolandiXor okay

there are actually some good new films but the best are always the old ones

RolandiXor

Peachy

you got coke?

Journeyman Geek

white powder or brown liquid?

Peachy

@JourneymanGeek lol

that thing is hiding behind a coca cola bottle

that's coke right

Journeyman Geek

6:20 AM

XD

Peachy

@JourneymanGeek how are you?

Journeyman Geek

good ;p

RolandiXor

@Peachy unfortunately not :P

@Peachy pretty old

he's @Mochan's father :O

Peachy

lol

so what did you get?

RolandiXor

And I am her grandfather apparently :O

@Peachy crackers, cheese, and mauby :P

Peachy

6:31 AM

i'll take the cheese

RolandiXor

:O

you don't know what you're missing in mauby lol

Peachy

@RolandiXor is it sweet?

RolandiXor

@Peachy only if the person who mixes it uses too much sugar

It's like beer - without the alcohol :P

sorta

and IMHO it's slightly addictive

Peachy

I see. Okay, I'll have one

Journeyman Geek

malted drink?

RolandiXor

6:41 AM

@JourneymanGeek nope

It's made from the eyes a kind of rat

Journeyman Geek

o0

RolandiXor

jkjkjk

XD

It's made by grinding up hair and then boiling it.

Peachy

@RolandiXor !!!!

RolandiXor

Mauby

: Mauby (in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, Guyana, Bermuda, Barbados and Anguilla), but also known as mavi (maví or mabí) in Puerto Rico, mabi in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, and maubi in the Virgin Islands and Dutch Caribbean islands of St. Eustatius, St. Maarten and Saba), is a tree bark-based beverage grown, and widely consumed, in the Caribbean. It is made with sugar and the bark and/or fruit of certain species in the Colubrina genus including Colubrina elliptica (also called behuco indio) and Colubrina arborescens, a small tree nativ...

xD

@Peachy your hair, to be precise.

Peachy

lol

@RolandiXor ewww

RolandiXor

6:46 AM

@Peachy what? It's tasty!

Especially with the brand of shampoo you used.

lol I'm so crazy :D

Peachy

i'm sure it is

lol

Ask Ubuntu Meta

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Q: Other users can edit my questions?

I'm pretty new to Ubuntu, and to these forums.. and one thing that i have found to be a bit... disturbing.. is that other people (including myself.. which is more oddness) can edit other peoples questions. Is this true? Why??? Isn't that a super terribad idea? Not to mention, how is it that I ha...

discussion meta

RolandiXor

George Edison

7:09 AM

Night all.

RolandiXor

@GeorgeEdison me too.

Good night everyone, @Peachy, @GeorgeEdison, @RolandiXor, @you, @me, @alluhwe.

Peachy

good night

i'm going to take a nap as well

RolandiXor

Mochan

7:28 AM

@RolandiXor Not me?! jumps off building jk

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

9:19 AM

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Q: compress online videos directly with ffmpeg

can we compress a online video with an http url using ffmpeg directly if possible plz give me a command that can compress online video directly & save in my pc iam using ubuntu strong text

linux ubuntu ffmpeg

gertvdijk

10:46 AM

Anyone comfortable with LightDM configurations or other options for forward porting the workaround I posted as an answer?

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A: Max resolution available is 1024x768, while I should expect 1280x1024

You appear to be running into a specific combination of hardware bug. It is already reported as LP Bug #783165 and I think it's caused by something odd in the EDID of your display that confuses the i915 driver. Make sure you mark yourself as affected in that bug report and feel free to post a wor...

or, not bother answering workarounds here, but posting it in the bug report only?

K.K Patel

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Q: Ubuntu One Installation goes fail

After Fresh Installation of Ubuntu 12.04.1 x64, When I launched Ubuntu One I got following Error. When I tried to upgrade python-ubuntuone-control-panel , It shows that already newest version. I reinstalled Ubuntu one but got same.

12.04 ubuntu-one

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Q: Udev Rule file for Modem not working

I am using modem for sending sms which has 15 ports. I want to make udev rule to give device name "AMPM" and to be detected on Port ttyusb 0-15 only. So I created 10-modem.rules in /etc/udev/rules.d/ directory. Its Contents are as follows. But I am not going to detect it when I execute ls -l /de...

udev modem

jrg

11:57 AM

well, that was surprising easy to do with virtualbox. :P

jrg

12:13 PM

Uh-oh, the avahi guys are having problems. :P avahi.org

gertvdijk

12:26 PM

@jrg Yeah, let's hope Lennart isn't hacked and it's just a simple error. He has developed 'too much' core software over the last years.

gertvdijk

12:47 PM

"thank you" "I'm very grateful" "it helped a lot, thanks" but yet no upvote or accept. Can we just add a pop-up suggestion box after posting a comment containing keywords like "thank{s}", "grateful", "it worked" to upvote/accept? I see new users not familiar with the concept. Or is there a Meta-Q on this?

fossfreedom

as a suggestion - havent seen a direct meta on this - but yes we have several "how do we get users to accept" type questions already.

Mochan

So I'm thinking some of you will be writing some apps for the new Ubuntu mobile OS, am I right or am I right?

fossfreedom

nah ... I cant see this one flying - too crowded a space to push this type of product. Dont get me wrong - I wish the devs well - just the marketing dept needs a miracle to get this to work.

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gertvdijk

@fossfreedom well said. my thoughts exactly.

Amith KK

2:05 PM

appears

I require time

snow

@AmithKK where you approve Tag wikis ? I mean the location .

Jorge Castro

2:47 PM

@flimm Can you keep everything in the "mobile" tag for the phone? that's the one the team is subscribed to, thanks!

Ask Ubuntu Meta

3:26 PM

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Q: Do we need a new "ubuntu-for-phones" tag?

I see Jorge Castro has been replacing ubuntu-for-phones tag with the mobile tag here and here. (Hi Jorge!) Shouldn't those two tags be kept distinct? ubuntu-for-phones is the newly announced OS with the mobile interface, and mobile is the attempt to run Ubuntu desktop edition on phones and tabl...

discussion

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Z9iT

thanks fossfreedon for inviting me.. askubuntu is indeed a big city to explore.. i am proud to be a part of it ! :)

fossfreedom

hey - welcome!

Today is particularly quiet - but just look upwards - you can see what everyone gossips about.

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Niek Bergman

PHOOOONES.

:-P

Z9iT

hahahh.. oh yeah..how i see whots that which binds you all guys to ask ubuntu... now this is the reason that you all are 24*7 online to help everyone.. now i see the interesting time-pass stuff above.. hehehe

iSeth

3:49 PM

@Z9iT Yep :P

Amith KK

@snow nope

I MUST FIX MAH SOUND

:P

iSeth

techcrunch.com/2013/01/02/…

we will not fail! (hopefully)

fossfreedom

I like particularly the comment... "Except Apple will claim to have invented it, and that it is Magical and Revolutionary. ;)" - very true.

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