[SOLVED] Why is my distro not showing up in posts?

byannoni · 08-24-2012, 05:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by abrinister

Code:

[16191:16204:22404881411:ERROR:object_proxy.cc(495)] Failed to call method: org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Get: object_path= /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Launch helper exited with unknown return code 1
[16246:16249:22412211270:ERROR:object_proxy.cc(495)] Failed to call method: org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Get: object_path= /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Launch helper exited with unknown return code 1

Maybe I should open a new thread for this...

Mine has that error too, so it's not the problem. You should make a new thread.

abrinister · 08-24-2012, 05:17 PM

This doesn't happen when I don't use the custom useragent string in the terminal. That's odd... Apparently, there's a bunch of reported issues with Chromium if one searches

Quote:

ERROR : object_proxy.cc(495)

There's a French Arch Forums page with a guy who has this problem... but he didn't seem to have fixed it.

Alex Brinister

leosubhadeep · 08-25-2012, 07:19 AM

Sorry, but you seem to have started something else but my problem in this thread. The user agent for Chrome might not show the OS for somebody, but as I'll post this very post, you can see a "Win7" logo in the OS space. Needless to say, I am writing this one from Windows 7 and Google chrome 21.0.1180.83m (latest stable). From Ubuntu, it fails to detect OS. The chain of thread has lost the point I started.

byannoni · 08-25-2012, 08:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by leosubhadeep

Sorry, but you seem to have started something else but my problem in this thread. The user agent for Chrome might not show the OS for somebody, but as I'll post this very post, you can see a "Win7" logo in the OS space. Needless to say, I am writing this one from Windows 7 and Google chrome 21.0.1180.83m (latest stable). From Ubuntu, it fails to detect OS. The chain of thread has lost the point I started.

He has now started a new thread.

On Ubuntu, from a terminal, run Chrome with this argument if you are using 64-bit:

Code:

--user-agent="Ubuntu/Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/21.0.1180.81 Safari/537.1"

This if you are using 32-bit:

Code:

--user-agent="Ubuntu/Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux) AppleWebKit/537.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/21.0.1180.81 Safari/537.1"

leosubhadeep · 08-25-2012, 08:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by byannoni

He has now started a new thread.

Who has started a new thread?

I started this thread.

Quote:

On Ubuntu, from a terminal, run Chrome with this argument if you are using 64-bit:

Code:

--user-agent="Ubuntu/Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/21.0.1180.81 Safari/537.1"

This if you are using 32-bit:

Code:

--user-agent="Ubuntu/Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux) AppleWebKit/537.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/21.0.1180.81 Safari/537.1"

I'm trying in a minute and getting back to you.

byannoni · 08-25-2012, 08:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by leosubhadeep

Who has started a new thread?

I started this thread.

Alex made a new thread for his problem.

leosubhadeep · 08-25-2012, 09:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by byannoni

Alex made a new thread for his problem.

I see. I think you were talking about this very thread, I started this one.

BTW, I couldn't be able to get the command line, pardon my ignorance. As I told you I use chrome version 21.0.1180.81 and FF 14.0.1 on Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit, please give me exact command line arguments. Also, do I have to run the browsers every time that way? In Windows, as I used to do, keep arguments in the "Target" field of the icon... how can I do the same in Linux? I'm quite new in Linux, so please help!

Thanks in advance.

leosubhadeep · 08-25-2012, 09:14 AM

Does LQ detect the OS by default? Or should I mention it? Checking this post if the command-line argument works: I have used as follows:

Code:

google-chrome --user-agent="Ubuntu/Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/21.0.1180.81 Safari/537.1"

byannoni · 08-25-2012, 09:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by leosubhadeep

Does LQ detect the OS by default? Or should I mention it? Checking this post if the command-line argument works: I have used as follows:

Code:

google-chrome --user-agent="Ubuntu/Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/21.0.1180.81 Safari/537.1"

I don't think so. Go to "My LQ" > "Edit Options". In the fourth box make sure "Yes" is selected.

That command should work. Just as a test, try this:

Code:

google-chrome --user-agent="Arch/Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/21.0.1180.81 Safari/537.1"

Sorry, try this:

Code:

google-chrome --user-agent="Arch/Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/21.0.1180.81 Safari/537.1"

There is a way to create a shortcut for this on the desktop (and probably in the Unity bar thingy). Right-click on you desktop and click "Create Shortcut". That should bring up a dialog similar to the one on Windows 7. You should then be able to drag the shortcut on to Unity.

I haven't used Ubuntu since 11.04 came out, so I can't promise this will work.

leosubhadeep · 08-25-2012, 09:35 AM

Testing with the following command-line:

Code:

google-chrome --user-agent="ubuntu/Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/21.0.1180.81 Safari/537.1"

Instead of

Code:

google-chrome --user-agent="Arch/Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/21.0.1180.81 Safari/537.1"

since my OS is Ubuntu, so changed "arch" to "ubuntu". Let's see, if it doesn't work, I'll try with "arch" in argument.

leosubhadeep · 08-25-2012, 09:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by byannoni

I don't think so. Go to "My LQ" > "Edit Options". In the fourth box make sure "Yes" is selected.

That command should work. Just as a test, try this:

Code:

google-chrome --user-agent="Arch/Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/21.0.1180.81 Safari/537.1"

Sorry, try this:

Code:

google-chrome --user-agent="Arch/Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/21.0.1180.81 Safari/537.1"

There is a way to create a shortcut for this on the desktop (and probably in the Unity bar thingy). Right-click on you desktop and click "Create Shortcut". That should bring up a dialog similar to the one on Windows 7. You should then be able to drag the shortcut on to Unity.

I haven't used Ubuntu since 11.04 came out, so I can't promise this will work.

I don't know how to thank you to the maximum extent. It worked! Remember it might be a simple solution to you as you seem to be an expert, but it's huge to me as I'm a newbie (or worse! ). Thanks. Gave you the reputation you really deserve and closing the thread.

byannoni · 08-25-2012, 09:51 AM

Glad I could help. I had actually encountered the same issue yesterday morning, so this was as much help to me as it was to you. And don't worry about being a newbie, you have to start somewhere, right?

leosubhadeep · 08-25-2012, 11:30 AM

While this thread is resolved with flying colours, I am trying an alternative method to see if LQ detects my OS.
Here's what I did:
1. Pressed ctrl+shift+I to enter developer mode in Chrome
2. Under "Settings>User agent" tab (the settings icon is in the bottom-right corner of the browser) selected "Override User Agent".
3. Selected "Other.." from the drop-down menu and typed there:

Code:

ubuntu/Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/21.0.1180.81 Safari/537.1

-- Now to see if it works.

It didn't work! The solution of byannoni is the sole solution.

byannoni · 08-25-2012, 11:32 AM

I tried that method before, it never worked on LQ, and rarely even changed the user agent in the first place.