[05:14] <raj__> for a service although a pid file exists but still on attempt to start service, it fails saying "* could not access pidfile for Cassandra"... checked folder permissions under /var/run(owner: root) , the subfolder cassandra is owned by cassandra user but still serivice cannot access pid file.. & the file exists as well..(as pid is shown in cat)..so why it says it can't access pid file?
[05:14] <raj__>  & running  'cassandra' as a standalone process just works.. but not  just using "service <service-name> start"..!
[16:02] <rhizo> Aloha
[18:31] <unready_> a very noob question: how do you find files on a hard drive and how do you find installed applications?
[18:31] <unready_> i installed KFind to find files, but now i can't seem to locate this application anywhere
[18:41] <holstein> unready_: most use a package manager
[18:41] <holstein> unready_: you can use the software center, or synaptic
[18:41] <holstein> !info synaptic
[18:41] <holstein> unready_: ideally, you shouldnt need to locate installed applications like that
[18:42] <holstein> but, when an application is installed, things go where they need to go, and, the package manager manages that, and makes sure things get where they get, and can be removed easily
[18:43] <holstein> unready_: i would suggest using repository applications.. use the default for example, and then add ones from the official repository
[18:45] <unready_> ok thanks, found it
[18:45] <unready_> i see
[18:46] <unready_> yeah a bit strange, there is an application called 'application finder', but that didn't list kFind
[18:46] <unready_> after i installed it
[18:47] <holstein> it woudnt
[18:47] <holstein> if you installed it manually, or didnt install it, but run it from a binary or whatever, the system wont know about it
[18:47] <holstein> using the package manager usually takes care of putting things where they go
[18:48] <holstein> you can always put custom launchers in place, but, typically, there is very little reason to install anything manually like that
[18:49] <holstein> there are many ways to search files.. i just use the filemanager and search tools there.. or the terminal
[18:50] <zequence> unready_: If you're looking for gui applications, they should end up in the menu. command line applications won't show there. Command line applications are usually found in /usr/bin
[18:51] <zequence> But, if you want to know where the gui applications are (or, rather, the starters for them), they are at /usr/share/applications/
[18:52] <zequence> in Debian based systems, an application will have its files scattered all across the file system. System wide config files in /etc, executables in /usr/bin, static files in /usr/share, etc
[18:53] <Unit193> dpkg -L packaganame  to list all the files from a package.
[18:53] <zequence> Oh, just to clarify, all applications will have their executables in /usr/bin, even gui applications
[19:02] <unready_> thanks guys