Ask Ubuntu General Room

George Edison

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For those of you who have been around this site for one year or more (in other words, you have the yearling badge), you will most definitely remember what transpired exactly one year ago (10/10/10): Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) was released Ask Ubuntu went public! According to UTC time, th...

Jacob

@GeorgeEdison Nice

George Edison

Yeah, well it's annoying that the site automatically converts the exclamation mark I wrote into a question mark :P

Heh... found a way around that.

ajmitch

How visible is askubuntu.com on a fresh install of oneiric? Is it in the default firefox bookmarks?

George Edison

@ajmitch It's in the installer.

ajmitch

Right, but that's not really when people need help

It's in the days after installing that they find they have questions

Jorge Castro

00:06

I need to remember to ask chriscoulson to put a bookmark

ajmitch

it's a bit late for release day, firefox uploads are being made to -proposed now

Jorge Castro

right

I just meant sometime in the future

ajmitch

so people installing off the CD wouldn't see it, those upgrading online would

unfortunately the missing search providers bug is only being fixed in -proposed since it's quite late :)

@JorgeCastro should I just retag askubuntu.com/questions/34579/… for 11.10, or do you think the question needs editing a bit now?

Jorge Castro

I think just untagging the 11.04 works

so it's more general

and really, who'd be using 10.10 unity, unless they hate themselves

ajmitch

alright

We have quite a few questions tagged 11.04 which most likely apply to 11.10 as well

Jorge Castro

00:15

yeah

I've been untagging as I see them

but I'm not making an effort to go hunt them down

when people reask anyway I end up doing it

ajmitch

right

I sort of wish retagging didn't bump questions to the top of the front page

Jorge Castro

00:37

yeah

ajmitch

I wish there were more easily-answerable questions like that pygobject one, too :)

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

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Q: "apt-get -f install" Fails Due to "dpkg" Error Code:

When I run apt-get -f install, I get the following abnormal output: Setting up cups (1.5.0-8) ... start: Job failed to start invoke-rc.d: initscript cups, action "start" failed. dpkg: error processing cups (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1...

ubuntu apt dpkg

ajmitch

thanks, bot

Jacob

@GeorgeEdison Around?

George Edison

Yes.

Jacob

00:45

@GeorgeEdison Do you have a Jabber IM account?

George Edison

Nope.

I'm on IRC though (if that could somehow help).

Jacob

@GeorgeEdison You know Josh Gitlin?

George Edison

Uhm...

Did he use the nickname 'The Unhandled Exception"?

(...or was that somebody else?)

Jacob

01:04

@GeorgeEdison Yeah, he's looking for a contract programer, are you interested?

George Edison

What kind of work is this?

Jacob

@GeorgeEdison PHP/JavaScript contract work, freelance.

@GeorgeEdison He'd like you to email him if interested.

George Edison

Do you have his email address?

Jacob

@GeorgeEdison [email protected]

George Edison

Thanks.

Jacob

01:18

@GeorgeEdison NP

ajmitch

despite all the complaints & bugs I see online, oneiric is feeling pretty good & stable for me

Questions Feed

Bounty offered: How do I stop the default folders from being reset if they're in an SSHFS location? http://askubuntu.com/questions/64712/how-do-i-stop-the-default-folders-from-being-reset-if-theyre-in-an-sshfs-locatio #sshfs

Tweeted by StackUbuntu on October 10, 2011 at 1:02 AM

Jacob

@GeorgeEdison I'd like to contract you too, but I'm not sure I could afford to pay you well enough.

George Edison

For the amount of experience I have, you probably could :)

Jacob

@GeorgeEdison doubtfull, you do excellent work.

George Edison

01:29

Yeah, but I have such little experience.

Roland Taylor

is invisible

like the dream I had this morning O.o

Oh... :( twas a Firefox glitch :(

Jacob

@GeorgeEdison As do I.

Jorge Castro

01:45

@htorque just flag them as spam

htorque

yeah forgot we have that option

about the bounty stuff: "Current answers are outdated"? do you have any idea what you want the answer to look like? (for the description)

Jorge Castro

for which one is this again?

htorque

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Q: Broadcom BCM4313 working, but terribly slow

I've installed ubuntu on a Asus 1015 netbook. Everything worked out of the box except for the Wireless adapter, which i had to install with the Additional Drivers application. It apparently installed fine and connects to our wireless network, but it only works at a "funny" speed range that goes ...

wireless kernel driver broadcom eeepc

Jorge Castro

(yeah if like 3 people flag it as spam it removes it automatically or something like that.)

htorque

just wanted to remove the links the easy way :P

Jorge Castro

01:53

Oh, it needs step by step instructions, so that a user can follow the steps to fix it

htorque

good, done. now back to bed. good night all! :-)

George Edison

@Jacob: I'm afraid I'm having connection problems again.

Roland Taylor

@htorque cya

Jacob

02:09

@GeorgeEdison I think your VM might be rebooting, I'm sorry I don't have access to a windows box to check.

Roland Taylor

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Q: What's the reason not to use Lubuntu instead of Ubuntu?

This may look like an off-topic question leading only to a discussion, but bear with me for a second here. I don't mean to discuss which of the two is better or whatever, I'd rather hear some serious facts. The question: If I have an ultra fast machine, let's say Intel Core i7, SSD drive, nvi...

lubuntu

Pointless pointless pointless.

Amith KK

@GeorgeEdison where is flacky?

George Edison

@AmithKK Server seems to be down for the moment.

Amith KK

:) too bad?

Microsoft has a majority market share

Microsoft has a majority market share in the new desktop PC marketplace. This is a bug, which Ubuntu is designed to fix. Non-free software is holding back innovation in the IT industry, restricting access to IT to a small part of the world's population and limiting the ability of software developers to reach their full potential, globally. This bug is widely evident in the PC industry. Steps to repeat: 1. Visit a local PC store. What happens: 2. Observe that a majority of PCs for sale have non-free software pre-installed. 3. Observe very few PCs with Ubuntu and free software pre-installed. What should happen: 1. A majority of the PCs for sale should include only free software like Ubuntu. 2. Ubuntu should be marketed in a way such that its amazing features and benefits would be apparent and known by all. 3. The system shall become more and more user friendly as time passes.

Ubuntu

Critical / In Progress

Jacob

@GeorgeEdison WAIT, your server grabbed a new IP address

Amith KK

02:19

@Jacob Is that supposed to happen?

Jacob

@GeorgeEdison lemme reforward the ports

George Edison

Okay.

Amith KK

BBL

school

Jacob

@GeorgeEdison lemme reforward the ports

@GeorgeEdison now try

George Edison

@Jacob Thanks, we're good now.

Roland Taylor

02:21

@AmithKK get back here! I wanted to steal your lunch money :(...

George Edison

@AmithKK: Look who's back!

Jacob

@FlackBot What time is it?

FlackBot

The current UTC time is Mon, 10 Oct 2011 02:25:16 GMT

Jacob

@FlackBot what time is it in UTC-5

FlackBot

The current UTC time is Mon, 10 Oct 2011 02:25:39 GMT

Jacob

02:26

@GeorgeEdison BUG AQUIRED :)

George Edison

What?

Roland Taylor

02:38

hi @FlackBot, welcome back.

FlackBot

And I extend the same greeting to you!

Roland Taylor

03:05

@FlackBot are you busy?

FlackBot

To be honest... I really don't have the capability of understanding that statement yet.

Roland Taylor

Okay, nvm.

Jacob

►

LOLOLOL NFSW

Roland Taylor

awww

Jacob

(about SQL databases)

Roland Taylor

03:12

I was going to watch it till I saw NSFW :D

Jacob

@RolandTaylor it only swears)

Roland Taylor

oh lol

I'll pass

Jacob

►

Roland Taylor

yay

aww it still has it :(

but it's funny lol

caveman

03:51

hi

George Edison

Hello.

6200 rep!

Questions Feed

04:16

Bounty offered: Broadcom BCM4313 working, but terribly slow http://askubuntu.com/questions/12355/broadcom-bcm4313-working-but-terribly-slow #wireless

Tweeted by StackUbuntu on October 10, 2011 at 4:02 AM

Marco Ceppi

06:21

I hate ~~SSH-Keys~~ scripts that don't sanitize

George Edison

06:56

Why on earth does typeof null == "object" in JavaScript...? Since when is null an object...? :P

Night all.

FlackBot

Goodbye!

htorque

08:18

@GeorgeEdison everything in java is an object (apart from the primitive data types, which can be wrapped in objects though).

Questions Feed

10:06

Bounty offered: Not able to upgrade VirtualBox http://askubuntu.com/questions/64703/not-able-to-upgrade-virtualbox #upgrade

Tweeted by StackUbuntu on October 10, 2011 at 10:02 AM

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

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Q: Where are GUI-Configured WiFi settings stored?

I remember the days of playing with /etc/$WE/wpa_supplicant.conf to try and force a semi-secure network on a debian based system, but now on to xubuntu, I haven't needed to do any *.conf-ing in a while (in terms of networking) As such, I'm interested to know; How do the nm gui's store network in...

linux ubuntu networking wifi xubuntu

Amith KK

11:22

Hello all

FlackBot

Hey, nice to see you!

Amith KK

@FlackBot my favourite colour is ubuntu

lovesh

if my linux system does not have internet connection then what is better way of installing software RPMs or source?

Amith KK

@FlackBot what is my favourite colour?

FlackBot

Your favourite colour is ubuntu.

Amith KK

11:25

@lovesh Fedora?

lovesh

i know rpm doesnt sound ubuntu but ..

@AmithKK centos

Amith KK

Hmm i dunno

lovesh

actually i have centos 5.5 and i want to update my php apache and mysql versions

@AmithKK ok thanks

Amith KK

11:46

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Q: What different DE's are available on ubuntu

What different Desktop Environments are there for Ubuntu users to install?.Please tell me with one DE per post with a description on why you like it/suggest it.

11.04 10.10 10.04 desktop-environments discussion

Hi @htorque

htorque

12:02

hi

Amith KK

12:31

BBL

htorque

it's raining yearlings :)

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

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Q: Ubuntu 11.04 and large external drives

I have a Hitachi USB external 3 terabyte drive attached to a Dell Precision T1500. When connected to the computer running Ubuntu 11.04 (2.6.38-11-generic #50-Ubuntu SMP Mon Sep 12 21:17:25 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux) the following appears in the logs: [1636365.665558] usb 2-1.7: new...

ubuntu partition usb-drive external-hdd

Questions Feed

13:25

Bounty offered: SB X-Fi Surround 5.1 USB on Lubuntu http://askubuntu.com/questions/45477/sb-x-fi-surround-5-1-usb-on-lubuntu #server

Tweeted by StackUbuntu on October 10, 2011 at 1:02 PM

Jorge Castro

I am looking for session presenters: wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOpenWeek

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Amith KK

14:08

LOLWHAT?

AU is running linux?

uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph?site=www.askubuntu.com

Marco Ceppi

@AmithKK No, Stack Exchange uses HAProxy for it's proxy management - which runs on an Ubuntu Machine

Amith KK

@MarcoCeppi Nice to know some of AU runs on ubuntu

@JorgeCastro "Using Unity like a Boss"?

Oli

14:48

@AmithKK All of Ask Ubuntu runs through some form of Linux

Be that all the proxied requests or the CDN'd media

Jorge Castro

15:13

anyone have a clean 11.10 box handy?

Amith KK

@JorgeCastro me

Jorge Castro

can you double click on a .ttf font and tell me what happens?

it should open the font and have a button to install

Amith KK

@JorgeCastro Link?

Jorge Castro

what do you mean link?

Amith KK

to the .ttf

Jorge Castro

15:16

oh, any ttf is fine

you have a bunch on your computer already

Amith KK

@JorgeCastro Yep

I get a dialouge

with the QBFJOTLD screen on the left

Jorge Castro

awesome, thanks!

Amith KK

and the font info and "Install Font"

@JorgeCastro Anytime

PS

Happy birthday Ask Ubuntu!

Jorge Castro

\o/

Amith KK

PS

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Q: What different DE's/Shells are available on ubuntu

What different Desktop Environments or Shells are there for Ubuntu users to install?.Please tell me with one DE per post with a description on why you like it/suggest it.

software-recommendation desktop-environments

htorque

16:16

@JorgeCastro yeah, opens a font dialog with install button

(here as well)

not as many yearlings as i expected. i think yesterday it was ~400, now it's ~440

Marco Ceppi

We had quite a few new uesrs

about 700 between the 9th and the 11th

However, yearling you have to have a minimum rep to get it.

htorque

still about three hours to go for me :P

lazyPower

16:34

wow, after being unable to log in all weekend, i had basically given up on idling in AU chat

George Edison

@AmithKK I added one.

jrg

17:09

@Stefano The Ask Ubuntu lens was on TechCrunch!! • techcrunch.com/2011/10/10/…

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Marco Ceppi

Looks like one of the Canonical team leads is busy workin' on AU :)

David Planella

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application-development development translation indicator messaging-menu documentation internationalization

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jrg

@Marco Looks like he's got a good start.

Amith KK

@MarcoCeppi Awesome

Marco Ceppi

he's been on an editing rampage this morning :)

George Edison

Cool! I notice that he's been editing some questions.

jrg

17:13

EDIT RAMPAGE FTW.

Marco Ceppi

I feel like they're gearing up to monitor the application-development tag

jrg

Hey, Canonical is pushing Ask Ubuntu a LOT. (not that there is anything wrong with that!)

George Edison

@jrg: Any new developments in our little puzzle?

(I was there for a major discovery last night.)

jrg

@George I don't know, my computer got borked Friday night and I haven't been able to fix it yet, so I've been out of touch with everything, except for Ubuntu on TechCrunch.

So actually, you would know more than I do.

Apoearently there was a phone number involved, but thats about all I've picked up from various sources.

Amith KK

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Q: Nvidia Zotac 6200 somewhat sluggish

My computer has a Nvidia Zotac 6200 Graphics Card. It seems that windows runs snappy whereas Ubuntu runs slower.Both are Fresh Installs. It was more faster when it was running 10.04. Computer specs Intel Pentium 4 2.93Ghz 2gb DDR1 Intel Onboard Graphics Onboard Realtek AC97 Aud...

nvidia graphics

@jrg What puzzle

jrg

17:18

@Amith the thisisthecountdown.com puzzle.

George Edison

Yeah, there was a phone call.

Amith KK

@jrg Some prank

George Edison

Actually, you can read up on the AU question.

jrg

@Amith Not a prank.

George Edison

I updated it with the information I had last night.

Marco Ceppi

17:19

It's an ARG

Alternate reality game

An alternate reality game (ARG) is an interactive narrative that uses the real world as a platform, often involving multiple media and game elements, to tell a story that may be affected by participants' ideas or actions. The form is defined by intense player involvement with a story that takes place in real-time and evolves according to participants' responses, and characters that are actively controlled by the game's designers, as opposed to being controlled by artificial intelligence as in a computer or console video game. Players interact directly with characters in the game, solv...

jrg

Awesome, I'll read up on it.

Marco Ceppi

There's a question about the current developments

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Q: What does thisisthecountdown.com count down to?

The new cool page created by Ubuntu-adverts team http://www.thisisthecountdown.com/ displays a nice counter, and an Ubuntu logo followed by a short motto. It seems, however, that it's not counting down to the Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot release. So what's the time zero, and what is expected to ha...

11.10 ubuntu-website promotion advertisement

And a chat room dedicated to solving it's puzzles

TITCD Investigation

Investigating thisisthecountdown.com. Question here: askubuntu...

Amith KK

thisisthecountdown.com/flyer.pdf

Stefano Palazzo

@jrg oh my word. that's pretty cool :)

jrg

Go ahead and migrate us all to TITCD, I should have known better than to clog this up here in the General room.

@Stefano I know, right?!

Stefano Palazzo

17:22

puts me under such pressure to write another one ;)

though I'll be gone until friday

Marco Ceppi

@jrg I was just mentioning it for those who didn't know - not having a go at you guys or anything ;)

jrg

No!!! We need our Ask Oli™ Unity lens!!

Stefano Palazzo

:D

wait a minute. that article was posted 5 hours ago :O

Roland Taylor

am I invisible to anyone else?

Marco Ceppi

@RolandTaylor no

jrg

17:28

@Stefano Your point being?

Roland Taylor

on the right side as well?

Marco Ceppi

@StefanoPalazzo Yeah, talk about excellent coverage :D

@RolandTaylor Correct, I see you

Stefano Palazzo

@jrg no point, I'm just childishly excited :)

jrg

@Stefano :D

Roland Taylor

odd - Firefox 10 doesn't load me on the right side sometimes

jrg

17:29

(also, what is up with my posting something and getting instant stars?!)

I must be incredibly witty when I'm deprived of Ubuntu for three days. ;D

Takkat

Hi all :)

FlackBot

Hey, nice to see you!

Amith KK

hi @Takkat

Roland Taylor

Hi

Takkat

Nice welcome here :)

Amith KK

17:31

@jrg you got the marco virus! Hooray!

George Edison

I need a command-line based application that lists the imports of a Windows PE executable.

jrg

@Amith Indeed!

Stefano Palazzo

I still haven't read your latest teaser Roland :\ For shame. But I'm loving the pictures you post, anyway

Roland Taylor

:> np, and thanks :D

Amith KK

Roland is an artist

Stefano Palazzo

17:33

indeed

Roland Taylor

:3 you guys make a black man blush :3
(jk)

jrg

@RolandTaylor haha.

Roland Taylor

XD

Amith KK

LOLD

George Edison

Guess I need to ask :P

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Q: CLI tool that lists the DLL files that are mentioned in the Imports section of a Windows PE executable?

I am looking for a CLI tool that will list all of the DLL files referenced in the Import section of a Windows executable file. Back in the day, Windows shipped with a GUI tool called QuickView that provided this information. However, I need a CLI-based application that will provide this informati...

import cli pe

jrg

17:38

Ok, back to another day or two of being Ubuntu-deprived. Cya later. :)

Amith KK

bye @jrg

Takkat

cu @jrg

jrg

And BTW, if I see another freakin' star on my posts IMMA GONNA RAGE QUIT. ;)

Roland Taylor

cya bro

jrg

RAGE QUITTIN' TIME. :)

Amith KK

17:41

The VIRUS!!!!

George Edison

If my question doesn't get an answer soon, I'll have to write the application myself :)

2

Roland Taylor

I was going to suggest it :)

George Edison

At least I am partially familiar with the Windows PE executable format.

...and extracting DLL names is pretty easy.

And for bonus points, the app will be cross-platform.

Amith KK

@jrg WTH 28 stars in 15 minutes!

you just beat marco!

must become more ubuntu deprived

(Why doesent this virus thing work for me?)

Nobody alive?

:(

:)

Roland Taylor

I died.

I don't get it.

But I did save a bunch of money on my car insurance by not having a car yet.

Amith KK

17:50

@RolandTaylor You know, mods have a mod button

BBL

Roland Taylor

cya

Takkat

@RolandTaylor cars that are not owned not only cost no insurance, they are also incredibly cheap in petrol consumption. ;)

You will never have an accident with your car even.

Maybe with someone else's car.

Marco Ceppi

18:48

Those interesting in trying to break something: bit.ly/nS9Gq4

Stefano Palazzo

19:18

I've got to go for a bit. I'll be back.

Marco Ceppi

See ya

htorque

19:35

finally i'm a yearling.

answered 338 questions, 194 accepted answers (57.40%). :)

the others are awesome as well, just not accepted. >:D

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Q: Can you resize Unity launcher in Ubuntu 11.10?

Is it possible to resize the Unity Launcher in Ubuntu 11.10?

11.10

haha, mike → mikewhatever

Marco Ceppi

ha!

@htorque Is that a duplicate?

htorque

now that technoviking is around, i should ask about the new theme for the forum >:)

@MarcoCeppi i'm looking, i think so

maybe it's part of the how to customize unity question.

Marco Ceppi

It smells like one

htorque

weren't we able to do that in 11.04 already?

it's six months that i last used natty :P

Marco Ceppi

Yeah, I believe so - it might be part of the Unity Configuration Super Post™

htorque

19:48

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Q: How can I configure Unity?

Are there any configuration options for the Unity desktop?

11.04 unity 11.10

→ launcher icon size

George Edison

20:20

We doing something with Ondina?

Marco Ceppi

2 hours ago, by Marco Ceppi

Those interesting in trying to break something: http://bit.ly/nS9Gq4

Questions Feed

22:10

Bounty offered: How to show day/month number of events in datetime indicator? http://askubuntu.com/questions/64780/how-to-show-day-month-number-of-events-in-datetime-indicator #indicatordatetime

Tweeted by StackUbuntu on October 10, 2011 at 10:02 PM

Roland Taylor

23:30

just noticed Ondina does not have a room here and it should, or else someone (not I, said the cat) will call double standards

not hating, but just saying...

:') the network manager was indeed fixed!

Unfortunately, there is a problem with GNOME's System Settings...

Roland Taylor

23:56

*network manager bug

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