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@Seth So what do you need tested exactly?

(sorry was grabbing food)

Lucio

oh food

let's see what I have around :D

launchpad.net/~sethj/+archive/ubuntu/silentcast

Lucio

later folks!

12:10 AM

I think he said that with ffmpeg

Later @Lucio

12:25 AM

@jrg sorry, connection is really bad right now.

@jrg Can you download this .zip

and then

sorry wrong zip.

download this and then run ffmpeg -i temp.mkv -r 30 ew-%03d.png on the file.

It should generate a punch of .pngs in the directory. They should be frames from the mkv file but if you're using a buggy version of ffmpeg they'll be garbage or just transparent.

and then what version of ffmpeg you have. Thanks!

~~Can I try?~~ Actually, I don't have ffmpeg installed.

You can try if you want :D

avconv works too.

Q: Found askubuntu copycat site, where do i report?

12:45 AM

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Here's the link: http://askubuntu.com.80bola.com/questions/121373/etc-lightdm-unity-greeter-conf-file-missing

support

all transparent

@jrg and the ffmpeg version?

sorry - i can't copy/paste out of the vm

(hence screenshot)

2.4.8

from RPMFusion

internet still super slow, I can't even see the image ;)

Wait, 2.4.8?

Really?

Huh. I just did it and it worked perfectly on 2.4.8.

Super weird.

64bit?

12:54 AM

@jrg [cough] guest additions [cough]

:P

@NathanOsman SORRY.

i migrate this VM around from vmware esxi to workstation to player to fusion

it uh, travels.

Lol.

guest additions gets a little tricky to do

Fair enough... I've had my own issues with guest additions, mostly relating to graphics.

And I didn't realize you were using VMware. I was thinking of VirtualBox.

and in a week when I need space on my Mac, I'll migrate it back to ESXi

12:57 AM

It's okay. My Ubuntu VM has migrated around a bit too. It moved from my desktop to my Mac.

And it may migrate back again, because it's a pain to work with a VM in a remote VNC session.

yeah

Keyboard shortcuts just get so messed up with two layers of translations.

My home network is so, so so screwed

all i need is a domain controller

Mine isn't that bad, but it's complicated :P

I've got all kinds of port forwards for remote access, virtually everything has static IP addresses, and I've got well over half-a-dozen VMs with bridged network connections.

OK, so i've got: 2 macs, a windows laptop, a linux netbook (parts now), a desktop and a NUC. (Not counting a Pi) (Trash picking is amazing up here btw)

12:59 AM

I gave up on assigning IP addresses to the VMs and instead rely on mDNS.

mDNS sucks for security btw.

@jrg I've got a Linux desktop, the family laptop, the family netbook, my Mac Mini, a Pi, a NAS, a wireless printer/scanner/whatever, half-a-dozen smartphones connected wirelessly, two Kindles... I'm sure I've forgot something.

@jrg How so?

the desktop runs ubuntu/fedora, the NUC runs ESXi. About the only thing I run on the metal at this point is steam, skype, and chrome. everything else lives inside a VM that probably started the morning on ESXi, moved to my desktop, and then I decided I wanted to work at a coffeeshop, so I gigabitted it over to my laptop, and then came back, put it back on ESXi.

@NathanOsman name something "example.com"

in most implementations of mDNS

you can then ping "example.com"

and it'll come back as the local machine named 'example.com'

Right, but don't all domains need to end in '.local'?

➜ ~ ping columbia
PING columbia (192.168.3.159): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.168.3.159: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=38.349 ms

nope, .local not required

(at least, not always)

1:03 AM

Also, SSH will yell and scream if you attempt to connect to the wrong host. And HTTPS will make your browser yell too. I guess insecure protocols are at risk though.

Right.

but lets say you're a small-medium business

you run a squid proxy

I'm not too worried since the home network is "trusted" inasmuch as nothing gets connected without me knowing.

and do your own SSL certificates

@jrg Yeah, I can see that.

this just doesn't end well

1:04 AM

I strongly discourage self-signed SSL certs.

oh, yeah i don't like it either

but that's the way they do things... frequently.

Properly signed SSL certificates have enough problems as it is :P

[cough] DigiNotar [cough]

lol

or rogue root CAs

Yup, 64 bit @jrg. I'll try again later and see if it is consistent or not.

2:04 AM

ok

2:34 AM

And here's why you should all read license agreements:

2

'Cuz why not.

@NathanOsman Wait wut?

That really scares me.

Yeah, it scares me too. Why would anyone install something called "Really Smart Toolbar"?

I can't find any reference to it anywhere on the web though.

I must admit to not reading a few license agreements.

I read some, but not all.

Did you make that image yourself @Nathan?

Guilty as charged :)

I thought it might be funny though.

Oh so it's all fake? Hah.

I just meant did you take that screenshot, not make it up.

LOL

2:40 AM

Well, until I actually build "Really Smart Toolbar" it's fake :)

I'm so paranoid I believed you pretty much without doubt.

:)

I guess that turned into more of a social experiment than a joke.

4:22 AM

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title, Bad keyword in body: Washing could be the simplest part of Skin Care Review by OkaviVivafg on askubuntu.com

5:36 AM

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title: Skin Care people by shaunnsmith on askubuntu.com

6:00 AM

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title, Bad keyword in body: Skin Care and splendor treatment products? by szenmar Rodi on askubuntu.com

Why do people think Ask Ubuntu users need skin care products?

muru

6:18 AM

anybody here have a debian jessie system on hand?

I can't install perl on mine new test setup

6:31 AM

Unfortunately, no.

I have a NAS running Lenny.

It's also got an 800 MHz PPC chip, so I doubt it would be much help anyway.

Journeyman Geek

6:48 AM

Not I. Not even a vm

Any errors?

7:20 AM

@NathanOsman Starred! you OK with that?

@Fabby I missed it.

What got starred?

Oh, I see. Yeah, that's fine.

I've never turned down a star :P

;-)

7:43 AM

[ SmokeDetector ] Nested quote blocks in body: how to fix the following error? by jagdish patil on askubuntu.com

9:20 AM

jokerdino

@Fabby you just modified that comic.

Yes...

@jokerdino And did it make you smile??? :P

jokerdino

It made me confused.

:D

Good enough! (as that made me smile!)

jokerdino

lol haha

I was trying to figure what or who was in chat in regards to Dilbert's company.

terdon

11:13 AM

Spam: askubuntu.com/q/605200/85695

People seem to be downvoting instead of flagging.

gone

12:07 PM

[ SmokeDetector ] Repeating words in answer: I want about performing cheats for battle of kin, aid? by haiam on askubuntu.com

Q: All questions concerning ubuntu have been asked?

2:00 PM

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Could we arrive at a situation where all possible questions concerning ubuntu would have been asked and the corresponding answers given? The questions that would not have been answered are those that are either poorly asked or are duplicates?

discussion

#SlowInternetSucksCauseYouAren'tAllowedToUseItWhenYourMomNeedsToUseItCauseIt'sNo‌tFastEnoughTOBeUsedByMoreThan1PersonAtATime

user136984

@RPiAwesomeness Do hash tags actually work on this site? It would be interesting if they did...

user136984

Not that I could ever get the hang of them though! ;D :P

user136984

Still not too sure what they are all about...

user136984

I just got this message:

user136984

2:10 PM

OSSEC HIDS Notification.
2015 Apr 04 14:59:04

Received From: Bath-Towel->rootcheck
Rule: 510 fired (level 7) -> "Host-based anomaly detection event (rootcheck)."
Portion of the log(s):

Anomaly detected in file '/tmp/clamav-98b3340168cab77529a885590ca48570.tmp'. Hidden from stats, but showing up on readdir. Possible kernel level rootkit.

--END OF NOTIFICATION

@Toroidal Don't think so

user136984

Does anyone know if I should worry about that message?

user136984

Because it looks like just a clamav tmp file...

user136984

I think I'll go and check it out though...

@Toroidal I don't know anything about rootkits.

user136984

2:11 PM

@RPiAwesomeness Is there anyone here who you know does know something about them?

user136984

Because I could tag them now and they could have a look later.

Nope, not that I know of

user136984

The file seems to have disappeared now...

user136984

I am trying to open it but it's just not there any more...

user136984

But maybe that's a good thing.

user136984

2:13 PM

Although I would like to have checked it out.

You like Pandas

user136984

@RPiAwesomeness Was that a statement or a question?

Statement

user136984

Ok

user136984

@RPiAwesomeness But I don't like all pandas...

2:16 PM

Oh?

user136984

I like Giant Pandas.

user136984

I don't really like Red Pandas.

Ah

user136984

I had to do a school project once on Giant Pandas so I was forced to become an expert in them! ;D :P

Ah

user136984

2:19 PM

@RPiAwesomeness: Did you know that the female panda's mating season is only 3 days per year? That's one of the reasons why we don't have that many pandas in the world, because if she does not find a mate within those 3 days, then no more panda babies until the next year (if she finds a mate then) from her.

@Toroidal Oh noes :O

I did not know that.

user136984

Let's see if I can dig up my panda fact sheet that I wrote, I even did their diet and everything, including a little on Red Pandas... :D :P

user136984

I can't actually find it on my computer... :(

user136984

But I remember emailing it to someone so will have to check my emails...

terdon

@Toroidal There's worse. Female fruitflies mate only once and spend the rest of their short lives laying eggs.

user136984

2:30 PM

@terdon If I remember right, pandas spend their entire lives eating, and they eat 500 bamboo sticks a day due to them not being very nutritious. They also do eat smaller animals like mice, and grass, and if I manage to find my food web diagram I will be able to list the rest! :D

user136984

Oh good, I found the Giant Panda fact sheet! :D

user136984

:P

chili555

That's my kinda life! Eat, sleep and procreate!

terdon

@chili555 Well, if you're talking pandas, the procreation bit only takes between 30secs and 5 minutes and if fruitflies, it's even less and then you're stuck giving birth incessantly for the rest of your life.

So, you might want to rethink that life of yours :)

chili555

So, no work, house payments, 401(k), wireless drivers, flash crash, ex-wife's lawyers? Just eat, sleep and procreate? Still sounds pretty nice!

Q: Reveal user id in visible text in user profile

2:42 PM

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Currently the user id can be revealed by copying the user profile link or write it digit by digit from the link popup. That's quite compilated and non-transperant. Any change to get the id displayed as copyable text on the user profile site?

feature-request

user136984

3:20 PM

@Fabby Oh, it seems that it posted it today... Should I delete it, answer it myself, or would you like to answer it so that I can accept your answer? :)

user136984

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Q: How to set nemo as default instead of nautilus?

I have recently installed nemo with: sudo apt-get install nemo But I am finding that other applications still are using nautilus to open folders like for instance the Unity search still opens its search results and folders in nautilus. So is there any way that I can get it to use nemo as defau...

unity nautilus search nemo

Reading...

Didn't I already answer this?

(in chat?)

user136984

Yes, in the chat when it told me to wait 24 hours.

user136984

It seems to have just suddenly posted it now...

:D

user136984

3:22 PM

@Fabby: So I was wondering if you would like to post an answer to it now so that I can accept it and we can both get some points? :)

I'll answer in a few minutes. busy writing a cover letter in german...

user136984

Ok

Ah heck, I've lost my train of thought anyway: I'll do yours first!

user136984

:)

3:40 PM

Please test and let me know here if I need to change anything.

user136984

@Fabby Ok, will do! :)

@ByteCommander: you awake?

I need some German consultancy...

user136984

@Fabby Ok, I have got some stuff to do now so will have to test it later... :)

@Toroidal finger mail.exchange.com

Then I could have finished my letter first! :P

4:18 PM

@chili555 Isn't that what you're doing now already??? (You do have children, you don't look like you're on a hunger strike and you disappear sometimes from the chat room... Logical conclusion, no?) >:) ;-)

Q: Why do the two scripts work for waking from suspension?

4:31 PM

is installing arch linux on his 3rd partition

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

5:29 PM

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My Ubuntu 14.04 on Thinkpad T400 sometimes (but not always) can't wake up from suspension. While I am still suspecting my graphic controller's driver, I found two scripts (here and here). I don't understand why they work. Are there commands in the scripts that do the jobs of suspension and of...

ubuntu power-management

O.O this timeline:

And that's not even done yet :P

And, it could be a bajillion times worse.

I'm going to be so glad when this video is done :P

@Seth \o/ Goodbye!

5:45 PM

o/ @NathanOsman

Yo.

@RPiAwesomeness O_o

@NathanOsman Indeed

That looks... complicated.

It is.

Is that Kdenlive?

5:46 PM

Yep

Cool.

I kept wondering why my video looked blurry in VLC, and then I realized that it was scaling them up to fit my weird 16:10 1440x900 monitor :P

I wonder if I should put some music behind the video....

Just gotta get 5 more video clips and add them, and we're golden.

But, of course, my mom's working at the table and can't move and so I can't do it :(

user136984

@RPiAwesomeness Wow! That appeared just as I entered the room! :D :P

Q: OSSEC user accounts disabled

lol

user136984

Anyway, could someone please take a look at this:

user136984

5:51 PM

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I have recently installed OSSEC (2.8.1), and during the installation I noticed that it created some extra user accounts. But when viewing those user accounts in my System Settings > User Accounts settings I noticed that all of those accounts created by OSSEC are disabled, should I enable? If not,...

security users user-management ossec

user136984

:)

Ionică Bizău

@Lucio What was the discussion there? Where do you live or something like that? :)

I'm surprised I haven't entirely nuked my hard drive with this project. The amount of graphics I've had to create is astronomical

That was ... weird.

I look over at my laptop and Unity is gone, but the icons are still there, albeit flickering ...

Whoa...

I must try this with my Nexus 6.

Q: ETA on new User Activity page for non-Meta.SE sites?

0

The new User Activity page looks great, but there's no ETA specified as of now. Perhaps some moderator can leak some informations about ETA for non-Meta.SE sites?

discussion

6:03 PM

Can it just be warm now? Please? I mean, all the snows gone...DANGIT I WANT WARM WEATHER!

@NathanOsman Whoa indeed

Rinzwind

@Toroidal is this good enough?

Ashes Remain - Keep Me Breathing

6:18 PM

@ByteCommander You like rock. Check out these guys:

►

Well I will say Project Spartan is very fast...

@TheX Oh! They released it?

I must download and try this thing

Last Tuesday... But I just installed it today @RPiAwesomeness

@TheX Ah.

6:40 PM

Okay I rescind... sometimes it is fast other times it is SLOW!!!!!!!!!!!

lol

Well, it's still a step in the right direction. IE was just slow overall :D

@Fabby Now I am! Still in need of a living German dictionary? ;)

And crappy for web standards. I'm thinking that's the biggest thing they're trying to remedy with Spartan.

But I don't have much time...

@RPiAwesomeness That vid is locked for me. Even YTUnblocker refuses to free it... :P

@ByteCommander o.O

Oh, you can't watch Vevo?

Well, just search for Ashes Remain

6:42 PM

I normally can. It is just a problem of some single clips...

Hmm. Weird

Ashes Remain - "Keep Me Breathing" with lyrics

►

This version works for me.

But I have no good speakers connected at the moment... Only the crappy internal laptop ones

@RPiAwesomeness I will listen to it later, I promise! :)

@ByteCommander That's fine :) It's lighter rock than say Skillet and definitely moreso than ACDC (as you seem to like to listen to)

Meh, I'm not really into ACDC, although some people here seem to believe it...

@Toroidal is the one for AC/DC and Iron Maiden...

Oooooh

Mudit Kapil

6:50 PM

thunder-strike by AC /DC awesome video

It's "Thunderstruck"! And yes, that is one of the few AC/DC songs I also like... :)

Mudit Kapil

yup :)

7:05 PM

I really wish there was a way to change Kdenlive's default transition. Maybe I'll ask a question later :P

Is any mod around? I have somebody with problems logging into his old account...

It's the guy who posted this Q: askubuntu.com/q/490346/367990 (Ben_g). He created another user (ben_g) and posted an answer to his own question to provide info because he can't login to edit/comment.

Can I do anything for him except pointing the problem to one of you?

> BTW, I'm Ben_g, the guy who asked this question. I couldn't logg in, because this website claimed it found no profile with my email (though I recieved reply notifications to that adress).

@Rinzwind? You just came in, can you tell me what I should do now or who might help that guy? ^

Rinzwind

he should take it to meta :)

most likely mods are not around alot these 3 days

Q: OSSEC HIDS mce Hardware Error

Ah, somebody already left a comment. I think that is enough, isn't it?

You can use the contact us link at the bottom of this page to ask for your unregistered account and your old registered account to be merged. Then you can edit your question without your edits having to go through review before appearing, as well as post comments on it and on any of its answers. — Eliah Kagan 5 mins ago

user136984

@Rinzwind Yep, thanks! :)

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

7:28 PM

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Q: GRUB is not working

I've installed ubuntu alongside windows7 in laptop. When I restart after installation, it is directly entering Ubuntu OS. It is not showing the option which OS to choose. Windows is not deleted because I can access the files and other things that are in windows OS and 'disk usage analyser' is sho...

ubuntu dual-boot grub

user136984

Could someone please take a look at my question here:

user136984

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I have installed the latest version of OSSEC (2.8.1) and I have also enabled email notifications. And I am getting loads of these sorts of notifications saying that there is a Hardware Error and something about mce: OSSEC HIDS Notification. 2015 Apr 04 20:09:22 Received From: Bath-Towel->/var/l...

hardware ossec

user136984

:)

chili555

@Fabby I just returned to chat after ahem a break and read your comment! LOLOL! Pretty close to true!

8:02 PM

well I am officially arched out for the time being.

Now I remember why I installed Ubuntu and never looked back. It just worked.

9:04 PM

Dear Sir/Madam,

Having set and deployed standards already in an international environment across multiple continents, as a Project Manager and acting Project Director, I'm sure I will be a valuable asset to your team.

Having worked for C-Level executives up to board level and a strong team player, und fähing auf Deutsch mit Erfahrung in Privatbankieren, Outsourcing, Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen, Business/IT-Architekturmanagement *und* IT-Plattform Verlängerung sollte eine Kontaktaufnahme über Telefon, E-Mail oder Skype mir freuen...

@chili555 >:) ;-)

@Fabby And now?

It's already sent...

did you find any major spelling errors?

They were asking for German+English fluent...

"fähig" instead of "fähing"

so I decided to send my cover letter in both languages!

"Privatbanken" instead of "Privatbankieren"

"IT-Plattform Verlängerung" is no phrase I know... I bet you mean something different.

9:08 PM

extension!

And it is grammatical bullshit, to be honest... Sorry :-(

Ouch!

Too bad!

:(

Meh...

I would not have changed the languages in the middle of the sentence...

I think that was what confused you most.

It's for Switzerland...

Too bad.

If I am not in here for a few hours, chaos starts... ;)

9:11 PM

Well, it needed to be sent...

You're sure you can understand Schwiitzerdütsch? It's pretty difficult, even for me sometimes...

They were asking for German and English...

So make sure you stay in the cities, where people know standard German (and English).

Last week I sent one in English, French and German.

You could watch the "Ricola" or "Rivella" TV advertisements to get an idea... They're funny!

Ricola are herbal bonbons and Rivella is mineral water (just that you know I'm not advising you to watch dirty things...)

9:14 PM

I know Ricola...

Not Rivella.

But then, I don't drink bottled water...

But back to your letter: If they want fluent German, I think your chances are not that good if they have more than 3 candidates... It reads like thrown through google-translate. (Sorry again)

@Fabby I'm going to bed soon, at least I'm shutting down. Do you still have any urgent concerns or may I leave you alone until tomorrow?

@Fabby Rivella spot: youtube.com/watch?v=tjAvwAs1rII

Maybe I have no time tomorrow, as it's Easter Sunday and family visits... I might also just peek in for a minute to make sure I get the Fanatic badge. (Only 17 more days needed)

I log out now then. Bye! o/

9:34 PM

@ByteCommander bye

10:43 PM

@ByteCommander remember just chat doesn't count for that :)

11:33 PM

hello from ubuntu mate on the raspberry pi 2!

turn on compositing in the window settings, it is really nice if you try mate on the pi2