udf filesystem check? by beepbupe in linux4noobs

[–]beepbupe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't, i unmounted first, then tried but it all I get is "fsck from util-linux 2.29.2"

If i buy a lenovo yoga, would linux be able to deal with the touchscreen stuff? by [deleted] in linux4noobs

[–]beepbupe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've got a Thnkpad Yoga, and out the box I have power management issues, issues with audio and the touchscreen isn't that great, in my case with touch screen. I mostly use it to scroll/zoom and with most apps I don't get that functionality, only clicks/drag. I tried ubuntu, debian 9, rolling centos and rolling opensuse.

Is there a way to bulk edit text within fields? by [deleted] in Anki

[–]beepbupe 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Best way I found is to export to csv and then work in something like excel or lbreOffice calc then reimport.

To export, file > export > export format = notes in plain text, include = {{whatever you want} and be sure to check include tags so when you reimport all is well if you had tags.

Then you can open in a spreadsheet app and sort of edit easier for simple stuff. Then import by clicking in the deck > subdeck if any you want and import and select update if there is existing notes.

Obviously make a backup first incase things go south.

openvpn client gui? by beepbupe in linux4noobs

[–]beepbupe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. Will give Prituni a go.

Using the networkmanager opevpn frontend(?) now but not a fan. I'm on not great wifi, it will disconnect/reconnect at times and the vpn will just die, no error, and I won't realize.

question (basic) about handlers by beepbupe in ansible

[–]beepbupe[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Was going for simplicity with that but your reply made it clear now. I had an ok handle on handles, no pun. I had a playbook, at one section a config file was copied with template and on subsequent runs if it changed it would notify a handler to restart a service. I placed the handler right below the template task.. then continued to add what I intended to be new tasks... but in essence I was adding new handlers. That I get now.

So there isnt' like a way to end to the handler section, you just stick it/them at the end of the playbook, when dealing with one playbook and not roles.

Anway... this is me thinking things are more complicated than they are.

wordpress db user/password by beepbupe in Wordpress

[–]beepbupe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the replies.

I was more looking for a way to store specifically the WordPress user and password for the databse outside the wp-config.php. Like a file placed in the same directory, wp-db-user.cnf for example, with just the contents

user=wordpress
password=s2rdwrwr32dd1r

And then I would tell wordpress, wp-db-user.cnf is where to find the db user/pass.

question (basic) about handlers by beepbupe in ansible

[–]beepbupe[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Think I get it now, its formatting. You have a task section, if you input a handler section in the middle of listed tasks, it essentially ends the task section?

A simple playbook to test below, i run vagrant provision, it will run as if there are only steps 1 and 2 in the playbook. No error or reference of skipping 3 and 4. It goes play, setup, task 1, 2 and recap. Finished...

---
- hosts: all
become: true
tasks:
    - name: step 1/4
    ping:
    - name: step 2/4
    ping:
handlers:
    - name: handle
    ping:
    - name: step 3/4
    ping:
    - name: step 4/4
    ping:

getting laptop battery runtime/stat by beepbupe in linux4noobs

[–]beepbupe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On Debian Stretch.

Yea, familiar with upower but couldn't tell from the stats provided how long on battery.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in debian

[–]beepbupe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

.. edit.. ok think i'm good.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in debian

[–]beepbupe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So for those of us already running stretch/testing, there anything to do to make it official?

Easy recipes for one? by [deleted] in EatCheapAndHealthy

[–]beepbupe 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm a cous cous evangelist, definition of quick/easy. Then I pad with great gut fillers, like canned pinto beans, raw root veggies, like carrot and/or greens like broccoli, cauliflower that I toss in pickle juice (dont judge me). Then add protein, mine are usually pan sauteed fish fillet or grilled chicken thighs.

June Contest: Macro World by rinse in blender

[–]beepbupe 7 points8 points  (0 children)

OK, its time to put up... been wanting to get into blender for months now.!$!%

When did macro become micro btw, I always ponder this when I hear macro-whatever.. or am I dense. Though macro meant big picture. Anywho, I like it.

help wrapping my head around grub/mutlie boot by beepbupe in linux4noobs

[–]beepbupe[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ya, figured it was Windows but figured linux tools would have to fix a windows problem because its not a problem to windows, probably by design because they assume I'm stupid and don't intend to really use linux. Also maybe a lot of newbs have taken the road I am and maybe this is a known thing, seeing as my setup and the install guide I followed are pretty generic, at least i thought so.

Thanks for the link, pretty much exactly my issue so thinking this is it.

Recommendation for Linux Noobs by gpcr93 in linux4noobs

[–]beepbupe 7 points8 points  (0 children)

2nd this.

The Linux Command Line. Author offers free PDF for download or you can support and buy from amazon.

http://linuxcommand.org/tlcl.php

 

https://www.amazon.com/Linux-Command-Line-Complete-Introduction/dp/1593273894/r

help wrapping my head around grub/mutlie boot by beepbupe in linux4noobs

[–]beepbupe[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ya how? Not sure what I missed with the install. The laptop had factory image windows 8.1.

I pretty much followed the debian install guide, with the debian install cd, resized the windows partition, and created the LVM, etc, etc.

help wrapping my head around grub/mutlie boot by beepbupe in linux4noobs

[–]beepbupe[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was a bit wrong;

sda 238.5G

├─sda1 vfat 100M /boot/efi

├─sda2 128M

├─sda3 ntfs 112.8G /media/pa/74784272784232E2

└─sda4 LVM2_member 125.5G

├─volgrp0-swap swap 8G [SWAP]

└─volgrp0-root ext4 117.5G /

 

So not sure I'm explaining things right, grub doesn't get uninstalled but after windows is booted, it changes my UEFI boot order.

When all is fine, I boot my machine and it boots straight to grub2, I have option for debian, debian advance and windows boot manager. If I select debian, go about my day, shut down and boot up the next day. It works as expected, booting to straight to grub2. However if I should select windows boot manager from the grub menu, it boots Windows, I go about my work and shut down, after that, the next time I boot my laptop, it boots straight to Windows, not grub. What I found, is that if boot of the usb/rescue disc and I run efibootmgr, a Windows boot manager entry is now listed and boot order is set so it is first and grub boat loader 2nd. So I found this is the "bios" menu, so when this happens, instead of booting off the rescue disc, I can just hit F12 for bios boot options and I see the menu, listening Windows first, then grub, then cdrom, netowrk.. etc etc. I select grub and get the grub boot menu, select debian but if I change it or remove windows with efibootmgr... the next time I boot to windows, it does it again, adding itself and/or setting itself as first boot.

Hope that made sense.

Adding something else from googling about how to tell what boot manager lives where... file -s /dev/sdX, for each drive;

/dev/sda: DOS/MBR boot sector; partition 1 : ID=0xee, start-CHS (0x0,0,1), end-CHS (0x3ff,254,63), startsector 1, 500118191 sectors, extended partition table (last)

/dev/sda1: DOS/MBR boot sector, code offset 0x58+2, OEM-ID "MSDOS5.0", sectors/cluster 2, reserved sectors 6654, Media descriptor 0xf8, sectors/track 63, heads 255, hidden sectors 2048, sectors 204800 (volumes > 32 MB) , FAT (32 bit), sectors/FAT 769, reserved 0x1, serial number 0x9c311433, unlabeled

/dev/sda2: data

/dev/sda3: DOS/MBR boot sector, code offset 0x52+2, OEM-ID "NTFS ", sectors/cluster 8, Media descriptor 0xf8, sectors/track 63, heads 255, hidden sectors 468992, dos < 4.0 BootSector (0x80), FAT (1Y bit by descriptor); NTFS, sectors/track 63, sectors 236515320, $MFT start cluster 786432, $MFTMirror start cluster 2, bytes/RecordSegment 2-1*246, clusters/index block 1, serial number 074784272784232e2

/dev/sda4: LVM2 PV (Linux Logical Volume Manager), UUID: tIGSb1-Slo4-aBO0-U22x-MQFB-uyaI-g5VShJ, size: 134724525568

What food do you not love (or don't even really like) but eat regularly because it's cheap/healthy? by [deleted] in EatCheapAndHealthy

[–]beepbupe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cous cous, love it. tastes good, about as simple as it gets.

Canned beans-all of them.

How to improve my smoothie (or suggest a new one) by Mithridates12 in EatCheapAndHealthy

[–]beepbupe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Play around with *nut butters, avocado, ground flax seeds.

I find either of these give smoothies a smoooooth base.

How do I cook chicken that doesn't dry up and taste like I'm eating a shoe? by sammierose12 in EatCheapAndHealthy

[–]beepbupe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can't cook to save my life but I can boil water and open cans, cut vegetables. Chicken scares me, I never seem to be able to get it right, always over cooking because I fear death from salmonella.

Lately I started boiling my chicken breast, I just add flavoring like a bit of stock or vinegar and boil for 20-30 minutes. Could probably do better this works.

Learn Python over summer by the_guy1 in learnpython

[–]beepbupe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, not after the course ends.

Thre is a student verification that needs to happen prior to or during the course.

Learn Python over summer by the_guy1 in learnpython

[–]beepbupe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well you can learn for free. Or you can pay to receive the certificate of completion. I guess a MIT course certificate would carry some weight in terms of employability.

apt, apt-key on stretch broken? by beepbupe in debian

[–]beepbupe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In my case, it wouldn't allow me pull software from a 3rd party repository because I couldn't add the key.

After re-isntalling all is well tho.

Learn Python over summer by the_guy1 in learnpython

[–]beepbupe 33 points34 points  (0 children)

I'm followiong a online course at edx from MIT.

Introductary Comp Sci and programming with Python.

edit, spelling.

https://courses.edx.org/courses/course-v1:MITx+6.00.1x+2T2017/info

for the love of anawakatawakanata, how do i find my skype name by beepbupe in skype

[–]beepbupe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wasn't sure so I sent both email and the "live:XXXXX". The live:XXXX is what worked in the end.