General Linux Chat and Small Questions v. I broke my Arch Install - Hardware & Software

[QUOTE=esalaka;45174540]Don't do it nikomo[/QUOTE] I won't, I don't have any child porn to distribute after you removed the trojan I had on your machine. You sick fuck.

Of all the alternatives to sublimetext, do you guys prefer one over the other for specific reasons? I'm still starting out with programming and would like to do some practice on the computer, rather than going to codecademy.

[QUOTE=Unreliable;45177238]Of all the alternatives to sublimetext, do you guys prefer one over the other for specific reasons? I'm still starting out with programming and would like to do some practice on the computer, rather than going to codecademy.[/QUOTE] GVim, because of the speed and reliability, and because vim exists so I can SSH into any server and use the same editor I use on a daily basis to edit text files. That, and it has a stupid amount of plugins and addons and simple scripts to handle pretty much anything one could ever think of. But it has a somewhat steep learning curve to be very efficient.

i have an old pc with lubuntu on that im using as a seedbox, and (i think) every time i boot without the monitor connected, it gets to this screen and doesnt do anything [t]http://puu.sh/9Eoff/42246c02c2.jpg[/t] im not 100% its when i boot without a monitor, but it doesnt seem to happen when its connected. does anyone know what its about?

Check your boot logs in /var/log (or wherever your OS stores them).

[QUOTE=mastersrp;45177304]GVim, because of the speed and reliability, and because vim exists so I can SSH into any server and use the same editor I use on a daily basis to edit text files. That, and it has a stupid amount of plugins and addons and simple scripts to handle pretty much anything one could ever think of. But it has a somewhat steep learning curve to be very efficient.[/QUOTE] linux.com had a great intro to it; incredible manipulation of the keyboard for everything. thanks so much

[QUOTE=Unreliable;45179837]linux.com had a great intro to it; incredible manipulation of the keyboard for everything. thanks so much[/QUOTE] Vim also comes with vimtutor. That got me up and running really quickly.

Today I updated my system and this happened: [code](4/4) upgrading skype [#############################] 100% Important update note: Since Skype 4.3, only PulseAudio is supported. That means you NEED a working PulseAudio setup to use Skype. If you get distorted sound in skype, try adding PULSE_LATENCY_MSEC=60 to your env before starting skype. Something like 'export PULSE_LATENCY_MSEC=60' in .bashrc, for example.[/code] Even though I am using Pulseaudio, I'd like to say one thing: fuck you, Skype. That's not a nice thing to do to ALSA users.

[QUOTE=supervoltage;45181666]Today I updated my system and this happened: [code](4/4) upgrading skype [#############################] 100% Important update note: Since Skype 4.3, only PulseAudio is supported. That means you NEED a working PulseAudio setup to use Skype. If you get distorted sound in skype, try adding PULSE_LATENCY_MSEC=60 to your env before starting skype. Something like 'export PULSE_LATENCY_MSEC=60' in .bashrc, for example.[/code] Even though I am using Pulseaudio, I'd like to say one thing: fuck you, Skype. That's not a nice thing to do to ALSA users.[/QUOTE] why are you still using skype on linux? It's pmuch the worst software ever written

[QUOTE=supervoltage;45181666]Today I updated my system and this happened: [code](4/4) upgrading skype [#############################] 100% Important update note: Since Skype 4.3, only PulseAudio is supported. That means you NEED a working PulseAudio setup to use Skype. If you get distorted sound in skype, try adding PULSE_LATENCY_MSEC=60 to your env before starting skype. Something like 'export PULSE_LATENCY_MSEC=60' in .bashrc, for example.[/code] Even though I am using Pulseaudio, I'd like to say one thing: fuck you, Skype. That's not a nice thing to do to ALSA users.[/QUOTE] Had to install Pulseaudio because of that, though my reason for just using Alsa hasn't applied for some time now. [QUOTE=Mega1mpact;45181680]why are you still using skype on linux? It's pmuch the worst software ever written[/QUOTE] Friends use only Skype, forced to use Skype. The latest update makes it almost not awful though.

Friends that use Skype, aren't.

[QUOTE=nikomo;45181753]Friends that use Skype, aren't.[/QUOTE] What should be the punishment of these ungodly heathens? Also, I'd like to hear some proper alternatives that have - group chat - video calls in said group chat * a /golive command that allows you to silently initiate a group call in which not everyone has to participate - screen sharing (not a must since there are other programs) - proper clients for all major operating systems (and not some finnicky browser thing like hangouts)

hangouts. it aint finnicky. I wish there was a nice, dedicated peer to peer screen sharing program

You can use ffmpeg for near enough the same thing. You just need to forward your ports and make a script [editline]22nd June 2014[/editline] It's far from ideal, but it works

Well teamviewer also [I]works[/i], but it's not perfect.

instead of teamviewer why not just use ffmpeg+netcat?

I setup a LAN using a desktop with two NICs. Linux comes with a full featured NAT through iptables (and presumably nftables when that becomes a thing), and its trivial to install and setup either dnsmasq (for DHCP and DNS in one), or bind9 (DNS) and dhcpd (DHCP). Each of these also will source various configuration options in order to lock down a MAC to an IP, an IP to a domain name, and an external port to an internal IP+port pair. At this point it seems like a much better option than grabbing an off-the-shelf gateway/router. Speaking of iptables, does anyone know the best way to drop all incoming packets on the WAN interface which don't have an associated connection (i.e. one originating from the LAN or one which is explicitly allowed via port forwarding?). Every time I try to make the WAN policy stricter (-P INPUT DROP) everything grinds to a halt.

[QUOTE=Rayjingstorm;45183485](and presumably nftables when that becomes a thing)[/QUOTE] Already is a thing, it replaced iptables in Linux 3.13. Not to worry, when your distro ships 3.13 and the updated tools for managing stuff, and the new userspace tools will compile your iptables rules into nftables bytecode.

check out my ghetto teamviewer [t]http://i.imgur.com/BrNzsaA.png[/t] :v:

3.15 broke suspend and hibernate on my laptop

A release candidate kernel also broke suspend on my laptop, but it got fixed before release because I contributed to the bug report that someone had already filed about it, and made sure it was filed as a regression. Suspend failing is such a major regression, it can cause a kernel to not get released.

Why are you even running a non-stable kernel?

[QUOTE=nikomo;45184647]A release candidate kernel also broke suspend on my laptop, but it got fixed before release because I contributed to the bug report that someone had already filed about it, and made sure it was filed as a regression. Suspend failing is such a major regression, it can cause a kernel to not get released.[/QUOTE] Isn't it also like one of the most occurring regressions? I remember in a dark past having many issues with suspend and hibernate.

[QUOTE=Mega1mpact;45183559]check out my ghetto teamviewer [t]http://i.imgur.com/BrNzsaA.png[/t] :v:[/QUOTE] Now use xdotool to send commands over!

[QUOTE=Naelstrom;45184722]Now use xdotool to send commands over![/QUOTE] xev for input

Hey this could be a really easy to make teamviewer-like application. I really hate how teamviewer runs on wine, requires a daemon, and is generally shitty. [editline]asdf[/editline] Sombody make a github repo, stat.

Punchviewer for Linux?

[QUOTE=Mega1mpact;45183559]check out my ghetto teamviewer [t]http://i.imgur.com/BrNzsaA.png[/t] :v:[/QUOTE] Don't you have to forward ports to get that to work from the outside? I'm [i]way[/i] too lazy for that.

[QUOTE=FPtje;45185578]Don't you have to forward ports to get that to work from the outside? I'm [i]way[/i] too lazy for that.[/QUOTE] Yes, you'd have to open the port if you want to communicate from the outside. You could use an Nginx reverse proxy (I think) if you have a webserver running with a port already opened.

Wait so MulticoreWare and VideoLAN make their own versions of x265 now? What one am I supposed to use? [editline]22nd June 2014[/editline] Both seem to use CMake. Maybe VideoLAN's just mirroring it? ffmpeg seems to have detected it in the configure stage anyway...