| === LarrySteeze is now known as LarrySteeze|Away | |
| [03:07] <HypothesisFrog> hi. My screen just hangs after I log in .. the panel never appears. | |
| [03:07] <HypothesisFrog> lubuntu 14.04 | |
| [03:12] <sydney> HypothesisFrog: Can you log out? ctrl-alt-del i think? | |
| [03:15] <holstein> HypothesisFrog: do you see the normal desktop as the guest user? | |
| [03:16] <sydney> holstein: Hi :D | |
| [03:16] <holstein> o/ | |
| [03:17] <sydney> :D | |
| [03:19] <HypothesisFrog> holstein good q | |
| [03:19] <HypothesisFrog> bbiab | |
| [03:20] <HypothesisFrog> sydney well I press the power button and it shuts down normally. Can get into shell by going ctrl-alt-F2 as well. | |
| [03:20] <HypothesisFrog> re bbiab | |
| [03:21] <sydney> HypothesisFrog: So,can you right click,or open terminal? | |
| [03:25] <sydney> ... | |
| [03:30] <sydney> HypothesisFrog: are you there? | |
| [03:35] <sydney> bye!! | |
| [12:01] <pvt_petey> hello | |
| [12:02] <pvt_petey> I'm tying to install lubuntu on a mac without functioning usb/disc drive | |
| [12:02] <pvt_petey> i thought to maybe use virtual box as a lifeboat | |
| [12:02] <pvt_petey> is this the best way ? | |
| [18:55] <dj_beirut> i am using a windows machine and i want to ssh to my lubuntu machine with x dispaly. how can i do that? i am new to linux :/ | |
| [18:55] <holstein> !puty | |
| [18:55] <holstein> !putty | |
| [18:55] <ubottu> PuTTY is an !SSH client for Windows. Please see: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ for it's homepage and downloads. See also !scp (Secure CoPy) | |
| [18:55] <dj_beirut> i am using putty | |
| [18:55] <holstein> dj_beirut: ^ thats what i use to ssh from windows to ssh servers.. | |
| [18:56] <dj_beirut> i can ssh to it. but i want to see the screen on my windows machine. using the lubuntu as almost a headless server | |
| [18:56] <holstein> you can forward x over ssh.. or use many screen sharing options.. vnc, etc.. if you are "new", try teamviewer | |
| [19:19] <mikubuntu> can anyone tell me why i would download the .iso image which says its 683 mb, but when i try to burn to a 700 mb disk it says the image is 716 mb, and so produces errors in burn? | |
| [19:24] <wxl> mikubuntu: download error? did you check the md5? | |
| [19:25] <mikubuntu> wxl -- i been fighting with it so long i want to try something else --- can i install unetbootin to a live cd session and install from net? | |
| [19:26] <wxl> mikubuntu: i guess you could, but if it's a simple download error (which the md5 will tell you in a heartbeat), you can just install zsync and you won't even have to download the whole thing again | |
| [19:27] <mikubuntu> wxl: could you help me with that? | |
| [19:27] <wxl> !md5 | mikubuntu | |
| [19:27] <ubottu> mikubuntu: To verify your Ubuntu ISO image (or other files for which an MD5 checksum is provided), see http://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToMD5SUM or http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/answers/LQ_ISO/Checking_the_md5sum_in_Windows | |
| [19:27] <wxl> !zsync | mikubuntu | |
| [19:27] <ubottu> mikubuntu: Use zsync to update your Ubuntu CD image without needing to download the parts that didn't change. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ZsyncCdImage | |
| [19:28] <mikubuntu> i'll check it out -- i don't think the image is bad because i used the same one to load this machine im chatting on | |
| [19:29] <wxl> mikubuntu: might have been the burn. you can check that like above to find out how to md5sum the cd or usb. | |
| [20:30] <mikubuntu> the zsync page that someone directed me to is not clear to me -- am i to understand that if i terminal: zsync http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/trusty-desktop-i386.iso.zsync that it will correct any anomolies in 14.04 ?? | |
| [20:32] <mikubuntu> my 4th install attempt on the other machine seems to be stuck at 'configuring apt' in the install part of the program | |
| [20:35] <phillw> mikubuntu: at the end of the zsync, it will report back if there is a mis match in checksum. | |
| [20:36] <phillw> once you have a good image, burn it at the slowest speed possible. Then when you 1st boot with it, run the self test to check it has burned correctly. | |
| [20:37] <mikubuntu> phillw: output: failed on url http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/trusty-desktop-i386.iso.zsync could not read control file from URL | |
| [20:38] <phillw> mikubuntu: did you install zsync on your machine?> | |
| [20:38] <mikubuntu> yes, according to instruction on the zsych page | |
| [20:39] <SonikkuAmerica> You may need to -o your file and use the standard Ubuntu image at releases.u.c | |
| [20:39] <phillw> if you did, then go to the directory that has the iso file and check that you 'own' it. | |
| [20:40] <phillw> and issue the command | |
| [20:40] <phillw> zsync http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/daily-live/20140705/trusty-desktop-i386.iso.zsync | |
| [20:41] <mikubuntu> my problem is that even tho the file says its 683 mb, when i go to burn to a cd it says its 716 mb and apparently can only burn 95% of the image ... i tried loading with the dvd that i used on this machine and it fails multiple times (right now stuck for 30 mins at 'configuring apt' ... the bios will not let me boot from usb either | |
| [20:43] <phillw> mikubuntu: try grabbing the alpha1 (I'll just get the link) | |
| [20:44] <phillw> mikubuntu: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/14.10/alpha-1/ | |
| [20:45] <phillw> if you are still getting over-size errors, grab the alternate , it is some 100 Mb smaller | |
| [20:46] <mikubuntu> hmmmm ... is a cd-r re-recordable? | |
| [20:47] <SonikkuAmerica> Nope... | |
| [20:47] <SonikkuAmerica> CD-RW is though | |
| [20:49] <mikubuntu> great -- guess i have to go out and find somewhere to lift a new cd then .... arrrrrrgh ... maybe kelly has one | |
| [20:52] <phillw> I have a dvd-rw that I use, it forces my burner to burn really slow and can handle over-sized images. mine was 1 GBP from a discount store. | |
| [20:54] <wxl> mikubuntu: you don't have a usb? | |
| [20:56] <SonikkuAmerica> phillw: A quid? | |
| [20:56] <SonikkuAmerica> Oh my | |
| [20:56] <phillw> SonikkuAmerica: yup. | |
| [20:57] <phillw> poundland :) | |
| [20:58] <SonikkuAmerica> Jeremy Clarkson got a car for use in one iaode of Top Gear for £1 | |
| [20:58] <SonikkuAmerica> s/iaode/episode/ | |
| [20:59] <phillw> mikubuntu: also, if the site for ISO's is busy, head over to my mirror at http://phillw.net/isos/lubuntu/trusty/release/ in your case the command would be | |
| [20:59] <phillw> zsync http://phillw.net/isos/lubuntu/trusty/release/lubuntu-14.04-desktop-i386.iso.zsync | |
| [21:01] <wxl> SonikkuAmerica: good form. phillw usually forgets the ending slash. :) | |
| [21:01] <SonikkuAmerica> So do I | |
| [21:02] <SonikkuAmerica> (Normally) | |
| [21:03] <mikubuntu> phillw: sry mssd ur messages was on the phone begging a blank cd it should be here in 10 mins and i'll try the alt installer, its 5pm here and i started messing with this at 9am .... arghh | |
| [21:03] <wxl> tsk tsk tsk | |
| [21:04] <mikubuntu> wxl: yes i have a usb, but the box won't let me assign it for boot | |
| [21:05] <phillw> mikubuntu: in that case... | |
| [21:05] <phillw> cp lubuntu-14.04-desktop-i386.iso lubuntu-14.04-alternat-i386.iso | |
| [21:05] <phillw> followed by | |
| [21:05] <phillw> zsync http://phillw.net/isos/lubuntu/trusty/release/lubuntu-14.04-alternate-i386.iso.zsync | |
| [21:06] <phillw> it will save having to download the entire iso again. | |
| [21:07] <mikubuntu> but the target machine won't let me do anything in live mode either, so i think i have to dl the alt anyways its only 8 mins | |
| [21:07] <SonikkuAmerica> "alternat" should have an e at the end. Case and spelling are important. | |
| [21:08] <mikubuntu> prolly less for the alt is only about 600 mb looks like | |
| [21:08] <phillw> mikubuntu: okies... use my mirror, it is often faster than the main server :) | |
| [21:09] <mikubuntu> already bookmarked your site, but the alt dl is done, just waiting for the blank cd to arrive | |
| [21:11] <phillw> SonikkuAmerica: he he... yeah, I must put my new keyboard into piglet (existing one has no 'E' key. | |
| [21:12] <SonikkuAmerica> I once had a word processor where S wouldn't work for a while... Poor Jeica... | |
| [21:12] <SonikkuAmerica> And amuel too | |
| [21:13] <phillw> I've got fairly used to it, but sometimes it does not work :) | |
| === LarrySteeze|Away is now known as LarrySteeze | |
| [21:53] <mikubuntu> i don't get it --- never had this much trouble doing an install -- i think for the first time ever in my experience, xfburn got to about 59% and then returned a 'burn fail' notice | |
| [21:58] <mikubuntu> phillw: looking for the alternate installer 14.04 on your site but can't find it | |
| [21:58] <phillw> mikubuntu: zsync http://phillw.net/isos/lubuntu/trusty/release/lubuntu-14.04-alternate-i386.iso.zsync | |
| [21:59] <mikubuntu> phillw: why does it have .zsync at the end of the file name? | |
| [21:59] <phillw> mikubuntu: that is because it to be used by zsync | |
| [22:00] <mikubuntu> phillw: that won't affect xfburn recognising it as an iso? | |
| [22:01] <phillw> no, it will download th iso, let me just reset the permissions on the file | |
| [22:03] <phillw> mikubuntu: permissions reset. | |
| [23:10] <mikubuntu> is there anything that might typically cause a hang up during install, like now seems to be hung up in 'select and install' at 'configuring man-db' ?? | |
| [23:11] <phillw> mikubuntu: does the cd self test okay? | |
| [23:11] <mikubuntu> and i did the self test on this disc before running said it was ok | |
| [23:12] <mikubuntu> oh, wait, it started moving again, at 65% ... | |
| [23:12] <mikubuntu> 66% | |
| [23:12] <phillw> mikubuntu: is it an older computer? | |
| [23:13] <mikubuntu> not really, its a box that my friend built | |
| [23:13] <mikubuntu> but he isn't familiar with most software issues (and i couldn't build a box) | |
| [23:13] <phillw> okies, they can seem to hang, dpkg (right near the end) can take 90 minutes | |
| [23:14] <mikubuntu> 72% ... please god, let this finish, everyone else is downstairs eating dinner and i'm still messing with this damn box ... lol | |
| [23:15] <phillw> as long as the cd said it was a happy bunny, my advice is patience. (Also, when using the alternate ISO - disconnect from internet, so the machine is forced to use the cd and not go and try and get everything from the internet). | |
| [23:16] <phillw> I always drop internet and then update once machine is running... alternate installer is a funny beast at times, but I swear by it :) | |
| [23:17] <phillw> mikubuntu: go have dinner.... it should have finished by the time you have eaten! | |
| [23:17] <mikubuntu> i don't understand why they let the regular installer go over 700 mb, when 700 is the standard cd size | |
| [23:18] <phillw> mikubuntu: lubuntu has a constant battle with keeping CD size. I'm not sure why you are seeing over size, only the desktop ppc image is oversized. | |