Ask Ubuntu General Room - 2012-10-14 (page 10 of 10)

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3:00 PM

You mean synaptic or aptitude?

@OliveTwist oops I mean synaptic

Aptitude too, I don't know why I stopped using it ages ago. Some dependency issues I guess.

Aptitude is awesome I must say

user image

My desktop

On ultra-wide

especially on resolving unmet dependencies

@mistrfu multiarch bug

3:03 PM

So, +1 for aptitude also

@jokerdino Perhaps? I know it has caused mea lot of headache at point in timesapce and have never used it since. I guess until today if you say synaptic is just GUI for aptitude.

yeah

@jokerdino oh nice are you working on a script?

didn't kno

i never try synaptic... T..T

@JorgeCastro we are experimenting with dconf and gsettings and what not

3:08 PM

<-- love gsettings

we should come up with a script in a day or so

/hate gsettings

it is a mess working with relocatable schemas. otherwise, its beautiful.

prefer cli :)

same blood, buddy

no! same blood color :3

3:10 PM

okay. whatever.

hahhahhaah

free rep askubuntu.com/questions/201007/ubuntu-kbuntu-in-same-drive

3:33 PM

hi guys , my terminal goes invisible after i switch over to some other application .. how do i make the terminal to be visible always unless i do a manual exit ?

Super-W

^that

jokerdino, can i have the script also?

@jokerdino isit for me ?

@rakesh yes. it was

yes

@OliveTwist we haven't started yet :D

3:35 PM

thank you.

i mean, we threw away the old one and starting from scratch

i also assumed that

okay

@olive, i'll let you know when we finish. :)

thank you

ha ha

i think the op is sleeping

hee

3:41 PM

I'll get it, i'm sure

i need 6 upvotes in 3 tags and i get a badge :(

at least 15

they are almost there.

12,13,14

@jokerdino super: Unrecognized option `w'

@rakesh it's a keyboard shortcut

press super+w

3:42 PM

@rakesh press windows+w key

@jokerdino omg now i do have somany terminals opened

:D

@jokerdino thanks man

no problem.

surprised eh?

3:47 PM

@jokerdino BTW when i did super -w .. it said super is not installed and told me to do sudo apt-get install super .. then wats this super which i installed about ?

o.O

super is a package name

Execute commands setuid root

meta

tx joker & olive

3:50 PM

:)

my system doesn't hibernate .. could you help me with tat ..

wait

@iain we don't want that question. No :P

ok :(

joking, hi!

3:51 PM

0

Q: ImageMagick convert to png32, can't change background at all

So I'm stumped. I've been wrestling with this simple command to turn an SVG file into a transparent SVG to no avail. Here's my command convert svg:/home/media/svgTest.svg -quality 100 -background none -size 3300x3300 png32:/home/media/pngTest.png The PNG comes out fine, but the background is wh...

ubuntu-12.04 imagemagick convert

it's not SF - could be SU if not here

send it over.

@rakesh this askubuntu.com/questions/196364/… < ~~shameless~~ self-promotion>

sure

AbrahamVanHelpsing

sky diving record attempt is broadcasting live: zerohedge.com/news/2012-10-14/…

suicide alert

3:53 PM

@jokerdino all yours - cheers

@Iain thank you and have a nice day.

@olive thanks ;p

for upvotes

@jorge, cheers, we got a prelim python script working fine.

it seems to reset unity config but is a bit dirty :)

@jorge chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/6118/unity-reconfiguration

good night all :))

Calling all 12.10 users

all of you

4:11 PM

sudo blkid | grep swap doesn't output anything

now how to know the uuid ?

4:26 PM

@rakesh swapon -s - gives you the partition used --> then sudo blkid - gives you UUID

Not if you have swap on file, of course.

AbrahamVanHelpsing

17.5 of 23 miles up...all this waiting for a 5 minute jump right?

constant drop in YouTube here... :"(

Glad they broadcast it on TV

Commercial break atm

/dev/loop0: UUID="3b004fa3-4cc5-4a8f-9dfa-2126bd86f7ef" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sda1: UUID="140E899D0E89788E" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sda2: UUID="CAD0-08A7" TYPE="vfat"
/dev/sda3: UUID="60D85852D8582914" TYPE="ntfs"

AbrahamVanHelpsing

@Takkat bbc is making a 2 hour special on it or something...so even if you miss it live, you'll see it later assuming he actually jumps this time

@Takkat do i have to take the 1st option ?

but the type is ext4.. I guess type should be : swap right ?

4:33 PM

@rakesh yeah should be. What says swapon -s

back again

AbrahamVanHelpsing

looks to me like either a) he has no swap partition or b) he's using wubi

@AmithKK what happened?

Filename Type Size Used Priority
/host/ubuntu/disks/swap.disk file 3097148 72 -1

@rakesh wait

4:35 PM

Freyja Development Team

Team of developers behind unity-tweak-tool

aren't you using wubi?

yes

@OliveTwist we need testers.

i think so

You can't use HIBERNATE in WUBI (straight answer)

4:35 PM

oos

oops

wubi means i install ubuntu as an application in windows .. right ?

yes

AbrahamVanHelpsing

wubi means don't use this installer ;)

so wats d solution ?

AbrahamVanHelpsing

don't use wubi

Use a real ubuntu

4:39 PM

@WilliamHilsum :( let me know when you reach the dark depths of Norfolk.

@AmithKK will do. i'm in 12.04 now. wait

hmm tx guys

@rakesh don't worry. The real ubuntu is better

wubi is a temporary solution

i have windows as a dual in my system

for partition fearing ppl

AbrahamVanHelpsing

4:42 PM

@OliveTwist virtualbox is for partition fearing people. wubi is for people that want to have problems...

now i have to erase all including windows in order to put real ubuntu ?

@AbrahamVanHelpsing Lol.

AbrahamVanHelpsing

@rakesh search the site. there's already a question on migrating wubi to ubuntu

wubi is for problem lovers

tx abraham

4:44 PM

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Q: How to convert Wubi install into regular install?

I have installed Ubuntu on my D: partition using Wubi. Is there any way in which I can remove my Windows from C: drive and move my existing Ubuntu installation to C: drive and make it a regular install.

installation windows wubi

Also help.ubuntu.com/community/MigrateWubi

@OliveTwist tats great

4:58 PM

Anyone and everyone on quantal is invited to test our unity reset script for quantal

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AbrahamVanHelpsing

5:11 PM

@Mahesh you don't really need shell expansion do you? shell=True ?

@AbrahamVanHelpsing No. we dont need shell expansion. Got any better way of handling spaces?

@AbrahamVanHelpsing That is the best way we have without having to split the arguments

we can't exploited can we?

break at spaces and send a list is the other option.

> Don't be silly. This is not an answer, it's a rant. Either answer the question, comment, or leave it alone.

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Now I love these^. I missed the uptick. @jokerdino yes, you're true. @Roland is awesome

@OliveTwist awesome one. source??

5:24 PM

@Mahesh a deleted post

ohkay.

I'm giving you a screenshot

yesterday, by jokerdino

I loves Roland!

count me also

I think, the problem is really related with windows XP. not Ubuntu specific. — Olive Twist 8 secs ago

if you think so, please do a close vote (or flag)

How to see the total graphics memory used by Ubuntu

other than dmesg | grep AGP?

5:47 PM

redbullstratos.com/live

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Q: copy from one folder to another not working in terminal

I installed it because i'm using it in my operating systems class in college. One thing needed to do is copy. This is the lecturers notes on how to do this: Change to your home directory cd Display a listing of the files contained within it in long format ls -al Make a directory here call...

Do you think, this type of homework questions should be allowed?

AbrahamVanHelpsing

@Mahesh either way. you can pass args as tuples

yup.

should this be considered as an answer?

Nope

5:57 PM

thankx

@Ankit I suggest you to add an answer with a bit more details. It will help future visitors — Olive Twist 9 secs ago

BBT

good night everyone

AbrahamVanHelpsing

@AmithKK i'm waiting for him to actually jump

and he jumped

whoa

AbrahamVanHelpsing

6:12 PM

highest jump and he wimped out on the chute pull

:/

he just needed what, another 20 seconds to break the record?

he didn't break the speed record did he?

AbrahamVanHelpsing

yeah...needs verification...and his ground crew could have told him when to pull. he popped chute early b/c he couldn't see his altimiter

Woah

well, he's back on earth. for now.

That was a nice jump

he didn't break the record

but that was amazing

6:20 PM

broke the record for highest jump

not longest freefall though

AbrahamVanHelpsing

think he'll get 2 of 3

he got 1 of 1 - he was supposedly only aiming for the highest, the other two were going to be a bonus.

AbrahamVanHelpsing

believes that? maybe

that. was. amazing

never knew my network could provide such beautiful streaming.

AbrahamVanHelpsing

amazing? he fell... the people that built his suit are the ones that should be on youtube

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6:22 PM

amen to that.

totally agreed, sire.

I agree

@jrg hey, your on 12.10 right?

GREAT JUMP

@AmithKK not right now

@jrg thanks for pinning that

6:24 PM

i'll upgrade after railsrumble is over, not during.

@jrg How are you doing?

@AmithKK pretty good. bootstrapping it now.

\o/

YAY!! I got a pinned post. :D :P

6:37 PM

:)

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@AmithKK try a full video out of images.

jmotion , iirc.

in Root Access, 8 mins ago, by Sathya

there's a gif of his jump already..

blame @Sathya!!! :D :P

Good Night

BBT

6:42 PM

Night. :)

AbrahamVanHelpsing

6:58 PM

buyiscope.com/?gclid=CKSCyomYgbMCFexAMgodiWAAow ... I hope they're ready for a lawsuit from the patent trolls

what?

what parts are susceptible to a patent troll attack?

AbrahamVanHelpsing

7:32 PM

the first letter and capitalization

also, it uses magnets, kind of like the mac power cord...ok that one was a joke...but the first one wasn't

8:24 PM

@AmithKK That was quick :)

8:54 PM

@OliveTwist :') thanks

That was touching

9:31 PM

Apparently my un-tech savvy neighbor had a 20 foot patch cable just lying around. Now I can finally get around to doing all of those things I wanted... oh wait.

But free patch cable man, who could complain?

10:17 PM

Aw yeah!

Just launched a nuclear weapon in my FreeCiv game.

Man the fallout sure leaves a mess though.

10:30 PM

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10:51 PM

>:)

:(

Civil war and I lost half my cities :P

haha

It's not funny - I went from a research level of like 300-something to 6.

O_o

if you want something to cheer you up, check my stream on G+

some smart guy says there are a million reasons the Bible is fake "without having to worry about whether Jesus is real [sic] or not or had a wife"

I kid you not...

11:09 PM

@Oli Hmm... the best thing you can do is to go to our website and register your interest, if we launch in your area, we will be sure to let you know

AbrahamVanHelpsing

@GeorgeEdison you never launch the nukes...steamroll with tanks and the like, but nukes is only for decimating the one hugely fortified city right in the end, not pressing on...

I see that now.

We've had two nuclear winters now.

@RolandTaylor That site he linked to... wow... it is full of absolute nonsense.

I can systematically poke holes in every argument the have there.

It's completely absurd.

AbrahamVanHelpsing

quietly wonders if sockstress would work through a redsocks socks5 proxy...

11:26 PM

@GeorgeEdison I am stunned at his laziness

It's like "I can prove you wrong!"
Me: "Go for it"
Him: "You are wrong, because I want you to be."
Me: "..."

AbrahamVanHelpsing

no...after a little thinking it wouldn't

@GeorgeEdison this guy is pathetic -_-

Me: "Prove the Bible is fake"
Him: "dubious link. short rant."

I'm carefully pointing out flaws on the page he linked to.

Not because I think it will make a difference but because it's good practice for me :)

ObsessiveSSOℲ

Can you please create a new chat room for such discussion? I don't mean to offend anyone but I don't think such discussions are truly useful in this room.

> General discussion around Ask Ubuntu, Ubuntu & official Ubuntu derivatives.

@ObsessiveSSOℲ we're having a discussion between ourselves on a matter concerning us both, how is that any different from normal conversations in this room?

I'm calling you out the next time a friend of yours wants to say hi. It's not Ubuntu related...

11:39 PM

@ObsessiveSSOℲ Fair enough.

ObsessiveSSOℲ

Sorry. I shouldn't have meddled. Anyway, I have studies to attend to so I'll be back tomorrow about 3 PM EDT.

And nice upside down name by the way :)

@GeorgeEdison I don't agree.

I get very seriously annoyed when people want to suddenly take issue if what we are discussing is not to their taste, but yet any other randomness goes otherwise.

Well... I think it would be more of a problem if the room were busier.

Exactly.

We aren't even flooding the room with messages on the topic, just having a casual, occasional conversation.

ObsessiveSSOℲ

11:42 PM

Sorry... I shouldn;t have meddled and steered the room from discussion to meta-discussion...

AbrahamVanHelpsing

Well if it concerns religion or politics it should probably remain out of bounds

@RolandTaylor Yes, I'm looking at you

sure...

It concerned a conversation ABOUT something someone claimed.

It was between two of us for a short period of time. Nothing unusual.

Maybe [puts on his peace-making hat] we could create a room just for that purpose?

But, because it's not to the whim and fancy of a few... "OMG THAT'S OFFTOPIC AND NOT ALLOWED".

@GeorgeEdison no.

That's bowing to pressure.

AbrahamVanHelpsing

I could start a conversation about the claims of a news channel about a political debate. That doesn't make it apolitical...

11:44 PM

For unfair reasons.

I don't feel pressured.

I just trying to avoid creating a problem for something that isn't important (like making a new room) as opposed to something that really is important that we do need to stand up for.

And, why are politics and religion out of bounds?

(And I hate it when I accidentally type two periods at the end of a sentence..)

AbrahamVanHelpsing

Because the conversation never solves anything and only pisses people off

I mean, we can discuss the contents of our lunch but if we bring up the two of those suddenly everyone remembers a rule?

@AbrahamVanHelpsing wasn't pissing the participants of the conversation just now off...

Normally if we are discussing something no one else is interested in, either we talk around it or just don't talk at all...

AbrahamVanHelpsing

11:46 PM

I was ignoring it, but it is irritating to listen to you on about religion consistently

Why is it different now?

consistently?

AbrahamVanHelpsing

maybe you should be on christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/10237/…

I posted a total of two messages that even mention the word Bible...

the rest was related to actions by someone.

That's just bollocks man.

I hate to be pedantic but...

AbrahamVanHelpsing

twice in the last week that i can remember...once on whatever atheism day it was...and today

11:47 PM

> "General discussion around Ask Ubuntu, Ubuntu & official Ubuntu derivatives."

So technically we probably should create another room.

...or change the topic of this room.

(Man, that time I forgot to even include a period)

@GeorgeEdison we should change the topic of the room, because sometimes we discuss things totally unrelated to Ubuntu, Ask Ubuntu, and official *buntu distros.

What should it be changed to?

@AbrahamVanHelpsing oh so because I mentioned that people were posting silly things on whatever atheism day it was (it was actually blasphemy day, and IIRC I mentioned it in passing, then left the room shortly after).... I am going on about religion consistently?

You know what I think about this?

It's paramount to bullying.

I took a screenshot of the contents of our conversation from earlier btw.

AbrahamVanHelpsing

okay...

I will use it as evidence if need be, and prove that this whole thing is unfair.

11:51 PM

Can't we just create another room? It's really easy for me to do.

AbrahamVanHelpsing

religion and politics should remain off topic. period

I guess when the 25th of December comes around we shouldn't say "Merry Christmas"

because that's "religious".

@AbrahamVanHelpsing To be fair - that needs to apply to everything religious or political though.

@GeorgeEdison I can leave too, that's even easier, and makes my haters happier.

@RolandTaylor Hmm... point taken.

AbrahamVanHelpsing

11:52 PM

i'm not hating on anyone. saying it pervades to merry christmas, happy hanuka(sp?), quanza(sp?) or whatever is ridiculous. saying "check this idiot disagreeing with my religious views" is definitely different than "happy bank recognized holiday"

This is indeed a dilemma. On the one hand, if we let anything go in this room, then we'll end up with another Comms Room (trust me - you don't want to go there).

...on the other hand, if we start banning things outright then it gets really difficult to classify statements ("he said 'chair' so it could be a pew and therefore religious").

It would be nice if there was a happy medium.

AbrahamVanHelpsing

there is, people just don't usually abide by it

Human nature I suppose.

ObsessiveSSOℲ

I'm sorry for bringing up the subject of what is on-topic here.

AbrahamVanHelpsing

@ObsessiveSSOℲ you just helped me voice something. don't worry about it. people get ruffled about particular topics (which is exactly the reason they should remain off-topic)

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