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FEichinger

12:01 AM

@Seth Also, aren't the tags blue on your end?

Seth

Hmm. Yes.

That's right too.

FEichinger

^-- That is weird. And it only happened that one time.

Lucio

:O

FEichinger

Can't forcefully repro it either.

Lucio

It's only available for me ;)

FEichinger

12:06 AM

You could try posting that Q again, over here

Seth

It's a Lucio feature! :P

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The Lord of Time

huh

you're right

it happened ONCE

Lucio

btw, I think that no one read that post

Seth

@TheLordofTime Not quite:

in Ubuntu Regulators, 1 hour ago, by Lucio

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A: How to upgrade a 32-bit distro to 64-bit without losing data?

It is not possible, at least not with an easy and safe way. A fresh install of Ubuntu 12.10 64bit is the only safe way to have Ubuntu 12.10 64bit installed. Maybe there are some techniques you could try, but it's more likely to cause problems which will result in an unstable system. For more inf...

FEichinger

@Lucio That is very well possible.

Lucio

12:08 AM

@Seth lol

by Lucio I like that

Seth

:D

FEichinger

It only happens to @Lucio! What is he doing that we aren't? How can we harness that power?!

Lucio

ROTFL

Seth

@FEichinger Lets post a silly meta question!

Meta let you harness the power of silly. And it works too.

FEichinger

@Seth Meta Qs are always silly.

Seth

12:09 AM

More or less.

Nathan Osman

12:31 AM

Something is not right here:

1. Site is working fine.
2. Make a commit and the CSS is messed up.
3. Revert the commit.
4. Site is still not working.
5. Aaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrggggggggggghhhhhhhhhh!!!!

Luis Alvarado

@NathanOsman it happens

1. Girl is Perfect
2. Tell her she is pretty and her attitude changes
3. Revert Commit
4. Girl still has issues
5. ARRRRGGG!!

2

FEichinger

@NathanOsman Cache is a wonderful thing.

Nathan Osman

For some reason the CSSAbsoluteFilter isn't running.

No idea why. It's inexplicable.

FEichinger

bits b flippin'

The Lord of Time

1. Something is perfect.
2. Make something more perfect, causing infinite doom.
3. Revert the change.
4. Infinite doom still happens.
5. Curl up into a ball under a rock and hope you survive.

FEichinger

12:36 AM

1. Care not.
2. Nothing happens.

mateo_salta

Shift + refresh, restart computer, find something to throw.

2

Luis Alvarado

1. goto 5
2....
3...
4...
6...
Error....

And then OOP was born.. Die goto die!

OOP = Object Oriented Pizza

5

The Lord of Time

lol

qwertymk

1:16 AM

Let's say I ssh into a computer and I want to copy a file from the local host to the now active ssh location, whats the command for this? All I see from scp is the other way around

The Lord of Time

you don't do it from within the SSH

start at the system you're transferring from

then do this:

scp /path/to/local/file user@remoteaddress:/path/to/save/in/

replace remoteaddress and user accordingly

as well as the paths.

qwertymk

is it possible the other way?

The Lord of Time

yes.

just switch the two

such that:

scp user@remoteaddress:/path/to/remote/file /path/to/save/in/locally

again, replacing paths accordingly

that will download from the remote location to your computer

qwertymk

hmm, I was hoping I can copy stuff while in an active ssh session by using a variable or something similar

The Lord of Time

well you can't use a variable

to scp to your computer from the remote ssh session though...

i think your computer needs to have an ssh server on it...

since most systems don't have that, it's easier to pull from remote from your computer directly

using the scp user@remote... method

but here's a question, why're you doing this from terminal? You could just SFTP to the remote system from within nautilus, and then copy/paste files as you normally would in the Ubuntu GUI

qwertymk

1:22 AM

well so far i have this... echo $SSH_CONNECTION | awk '{print $1}'

The Lord of Time

what's your use case for this?

qwertymk

lets say someone else logs me into a server but didn't tell me the credentials

y

The Lord of Time

erm...

if someone's logging YOU into a server, then that implies you're not an admin or a user on the server

... and that kinda defeats the purpose of the whole scp thing

@qwertymk is this a hypothetical, or something you've actually run into?

qwertymk

mostly academic

The Lord of Time

outside of the hypothetical, most people who are using a server and are going to allow you to SCP things are going to give you some level of access to that server

either by telling you their login creds, or giving you your own.

usually the second one.

qwertymk

1:32 AM

got it, so scp is really a wrapper shell for ssh?

The Lord of Time

erm... no?

it uses ssh primarily but... it's not really a "wrapper" nor a "shell" for ssh.

now i'm curious why you're asking.

"mostly academic" has multiple interpretations...

/me realizes he's out of coffee.

... that would explain the increased curiosity... walks off to grab more coffee

qwertymk

im trying to understand how scp works, it needs to connect to an ssh server then

coffee at this hour?

The Lord of Time

at 21:39?

always.

qwertymk

i guess you earned that username

The Lord of Time

:P

qwertymk

1:43 AM

how would some1 transfer something without sshd on the other end then?

Seth

1:59 AM

OK.. My meta comments keep disappearing. They're just gone. This is starting to get on my nerves.

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Radu

11:12 AM

ciao!

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12:02 PM

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fossfreedom

1:06 PM

@cipricus given that you said it still occurred - albeit only once - yes the kernel is still the likely cause. Mint Nadia is not relevant here since it still uses both udev & the same kernel. I'm surprised that you've jumped ship - xubuntu would be the equivalent and logical progression.

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VRU

1:30 PM

Hi!

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2:27 PM

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Ask Ubuntu Meta

2:42 PM

2

Q: Official Ubuntu derivatives link at FAQ is broken

The link pointing to Ubuntu about derivatives page is broken. Located at http://askubuntu.com/faq page Paragraph: We welcome questions about: Using and administering Ubuntu, including official Ubuntu derivatives.

bug

Seth

3:26 PM

@guntbert When you approve an edit like this you should edit out any "EDIT IMPROVED COMMAND" or whatever. It just adds confusion.

guntbert

@Seth thx for pointing it out, will do

Seth

:-)

jokerdino

so, anyone fixing it?

guntbert

done

jokerdino

can you remove the ** at the end?

Seth

3:31 PM

@jokerdino I figured @guntbert would do it. Otherwise I would have.

@jokerdino done.

jokerdino

okay. good. thanks

Seth

no problem.

guntbert

ouch :-), sorry @Seth

jokerdino

though i wanted guntbert to do it because it saves a revision

Seth

@guntbert No big deal ;-)

@jokerdino Say something then :P

jokerdino

3:37 PM

i thought i was talking to him :P

anyway, that's no big deal.

Seth

No not really.

guntbert

@jokerdino I am currently only "listening" here, so I didn't hear your request in time - fooling around with VM-settings on a vsphere ...

stephelton

4:31 PM

After an update yesterday, my flash audio became extremely choppy and MPD will not play any music (log says "decoder_thread: Unrecognized URI"). Anyone seen issues like this before?

Seth

Hm. Let me try.

Flash audio seems fine to me....

I also updated today though.

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4:54 PM

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FEichinger

5:07 PM

@UbuntuQuestionsonU&L Just up to Server 12.04, for god's sake.

6.10 is insane.

jokerdino

he needs to go farther and try 4.04

Seth

5:27 PM

This screams DUPE:

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Q: Can i run my microsoft windows applications on Ubuntu?

I have a hard disk drive (160 gb) full of windows applications and stuff, and i don't want to lose it. Is there possible to use .exe in Ubuntu?

windows windows-xp

They changed Raring's Unity icon again. To make the swirl clockwise.

And, now that you mention it, it did look weird anti-clockwise.. I just couldn't figure out what was weird about it. Now I know. I'm not sure whether I'm being sarcastic or not.. I like it clockwise.

Seth

5:59 PM

*counter-clockwise

The Lord of Time

6:09 PM

@Oli askubuntu.com/questions/281185/some-doubt-about-root-password

@Oli are you going to add the PermitRootLogin no part to your answer, since I confirmed that it's not allowed by default?

wow, i'm lagging out... :/

Seth

The Lord of Time

OMG DEFIANCE OF PHYSICS

AAAAAA!!!!!!

jokerdino

maybe he set gravity to 0

Seth

idk, I just grabbed that off of Google+

The Lord of Time

or perhaps there's a temporal anomaly :P

Seth

6:16 PM

BTW, the sandbox has had a pony attack.

The Lord of Time

link to the sandbox

i must find the attack and use phasers on it.

LOL PONY INVASION

xD

Seth

IKR XD

The Lord of Time

there's one thing missing there though...

that message is missing.

Seth

I'll ask @RolandiXor to move it over for you :P

RolandiXor

Hi ya'll

Seth

6:18 PM

Hi!

RolandiXor

Sup?

Seth

Not much....

Except this:

47 mins ago, by Seth

They changed Raring's Unity icon again. To make the swirl clockwise.

The Lord of Time

@RolandiXor Please move: chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/9043281#9043281 To: chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/1/sandbox

RolandiXor

@TheLordofTime aight

gimmie a sec I'm at work :)

The Lord of Time

thank you kindly.

no problem.

jokerdino

6:21 PM

→ 1 message moved to Sandbox

Seth

bbl.

jokerdino

that was painful.

2

The Lord of Time

@jokerdino what was, the airstrike of ponies, or moving the post?

jokerdino

No Brony was here.

4

The Lord of Time

heh

@jokerdino thus is the danger of the ponies. They should be marked as highly infectious substances, and then anyone infected should be locked away.

'cept for me, i keep it in check.

jokerdino

6:31 PM

hah. you mean quarantined.

The Lord of Time

actually i mean locked away

in jail.

jokerdino

oh

The Lord of Time

the infection can spread to those people in prison and help to soften their attitudes.

anyways... back to being a techie.

stabs php5 with a vengeance

jrg

6:57 PM

YAY!

We now have a target date of the weekend of 4th/5th May for the release of #Debian 7.0 wheezy: http://deb.li/O8h0

Tweeted by debian on April 18, 2013 at 5:21 PM

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RolandiXor

7:18 PM

Mew.

The Lord of Time

8:02 PM

@jrg it must release now or explode.

i must have a copy of latest debian!

for... experimentation...

... with certain packages.

badp

@jrg Prepare for snowfalls

FEichinger

9:03 PM

@TheLordofTime Hush.

Nathan Osman

10:16 PM

@jrg ...and then maybe they'll start accepting new packages.

I just finished putting together a new tool on my website: quickmediasolutions.com/versioncomparer

If you ever have trouble comparing version numbers, use that ---------^

Suhaib

11:07 PM

lol, it seems my answer is a downvote magnet

Can you upvote it please ?

-1

A: WiFi not working

Open the terminal. the shortcut is: Ctrl + Alt + T Then type this command: sudo rfkill unblock all If it did not work from the beginning.Try typing it again like 2 or 3 times and then see Sometimes the hard switch won't work. So this command works like a hard switch and helps enabling the ...

Lucio

I thought that my comment will be funny, but no body upvoted it :(

Suhaib

you should put /s at the end :-p

lol, Does upvoting costs money ? I wish I know who downvoted my answer :-<

Lucio

@Suhaib link?

Suhaib

@Lucio askubuntu.com/questions/186204/wifi-not-working/186206#186206

Lucio

@Suhaib - I've up-voted it... — nerof61 yesterday

Suhaib

11:16 PM

nero gave me an upvote and then someone downvoted it today

Lucio

Ahhhhhahahahahhaha!

(nelson) :D

Suhaib

lol

Lucio

Talking seriously, that is really strange :S

@Suhaib Do you have the privilege to see the up/down votes?

Suhaib

@Lucio waaaaa ? I didn't know this feature is avaliable

but No. I don't

brb going to remove my downvotes......

Lucio

@Suhaib I was joking..

o.O ... O.o

Suhaib

11:19 PM

@Lucio lol jk

Lucio

askubuntu.com/privileges/established-user

@Suhaib You are not a Established user. yet :)

Oh, wait, you are!

Suhaib

@Lucio established user 100%

thanks for sharing this tip :-)

Lucio

@Suhaib You are a liar! :(

Suhaib

I will tell you the truth if you upvote my answer ? Deal ?

Lucio

ok

And... ?

11:23 PM

\o/

:-p

I know that you are not that user

:P

sarcasm machining finishing..

Suhaib

Now if I would receive another downvote I am leaving askubuntu for good...

I am pretty sure this would make alot of users happy :-))

Lucio

@Suhaib I'm not agree

downvote make no one happy :(

Suhaib

11:26 PM

agree

Lucio

Except for spammers!! :D

Suhaib

Spammers don't deserve our downvotes....

Direct remove + ban is the way...

:-p

Lucio

@nerof61 thanks, you are awesome — Suhaib yesterday

Haha

but you weren't before

:P

Suhaib

don't remind me :-|

My answer was -2

Lucio

no no, it was -3!

It is -3!

Journeyman Geek

11:29 PM

@Suhaib: blah, downvotes arn't that bad

Suhaib

that's because I received the downvote today T-T

Lucio

Here is a dupe post. Just waiting for the OP response to flag it..

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