| ubern00b | Hello! I'm having grub trouble. When I boot I get to a grub prompt, it says "grub>". How do I get it to boot Ubuntu? | 00:24 |
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| uchobby | Not an expert ubern00b, but I am looking it up for you. | 00:26 |
| uchobby | how did you end up at the prompt rather then booting? | 00:27 |
| uchobby | https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GrubHowto | 00:28 |
| uchobby | there seems to be instructions about 2/3rd down under Command line, you are at the probt so skip to step 5. | 00:28 |
| uchobby | I'm no expert, have only done simular thing once, but I would like to know how it goes for you | 00:29 |
| duanedesign | ubern00b: yep the link uchobby popsted is a good one | 00:48 |
| uchobby | have not herd from ubern00b, wonder if he's trying | 00:49 |
| aveilleux | uchobby: Evidently | 01:01 |
| uchobby | when you use VMWare, to run Ubuntu on Win7, and you have a shared dir setup, where does that show up in Ubuntu? I dont see the dir there. | 01:04 |
| aveilleux | ushobby: You have to connect to it. http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/how-to-share-folders-with-your-ubuntu-virtual-machine-guest/ | 01:08 |
| uchobby | thanks aveilleux, looking now | 01:10 |
| uchobby | working now, thanks aveilleux | 01:23 |
| aveilleux | No problem, uchobby | 01:23 |
| meindian523 | uh sorry duanedesign went off to sleep | 01:24 |
| meindian523 | :P | 01:24 |
| * meindian523 checks links duanedesign provided | 01:24 | |
| tcm5025 | anyone know how i could solve an issue with a blank screen at startup? | 02:32 |
| stlsaint | tcm5025: blank screen as in no grub or ....? | 02:32 |
| tcm5025 | well it's the only os on here, so i dunno if i'll see the grub screen | 02:33 |
| tcm5025 | i had to d/l the alternate installer to be able to install the os at all | 02:33 |
| tcm5025 | and now it just does the same thing it did when i tried to run the regular installer | 02:33 |
| tcm5025 | it goes blank after the ubuntu logo comes up | 02:33 |
| tcm5025 | got any idea?? | 02:34 |
| stlsaint | tcm5025: yea boot into the livecd and check to see if you are using xorg or not | 02:37 |
| tcm5025 | what do you mean xorg? | 02:46 |
| stlsaint | shoudl be in /etc/X11/xorg.conf | 02:47 |
| aveilleux | stlsaint, tcm5025: The newest version of Ubuntu doesn't use that anymore | 02:48 |
| stlsaint | aveilleux: true but he may need to | 02:51 |
| aveilleux | stlsaint: xorg.conf is completely ignored now, to my knowledge. | 02:52 |
| stlsaint | aveilleux: what release of ubuntu are you referring to? | 02:53 |
| aveilleux | stlsaint: 10.04. I've never been able to get an xorg.conf to stick. | 02:53 |
| stlsaint | aveilleux: well i have used it to trouble shoot 10.10 so i know it is still viable to 10.04 ;) | 02:54 |
| stlsaint | in 10.10 i had a video issue..by removing xorg i was able to get down to the generic driver and wait for the next major update to fix my nvidia issue | 02:55 |
| stlsaint | thats why i ask if xorg is there or not so if it causing issues you can move it to xorg.conf.old or .bak and let the generic driver come into play | 02:56 |
| phillw | aveilleux: IIR, xorg.conf is still read if it exists | 02:56 |
| stlsaint | aveilleux: ^^^ | 02:56 |
| phillw | it is not auto generated, as most of the time it is no longer needed | 02:56 |
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| stlsaint | aveilleux: thus it is still useful in some cases ^^ | 02:58 |
| stlsaint | tcm5025: poke | 03:11 |
| taboc741 | I've been looking around and can't seam to find any pre-compiled drivers and software for the Clear usb modems. Has anyone been terribly successful at getting ubuntu online via Clear? | 04:48 |
| stlsaint | taboc741: sorry i have not | 04:49 |
| stlsaint | taboc741: have you tried connecting via ethernet to the modem or is that what you are doing? | 04:49 |
| taboc741 | well if i had the so called home modem that would work, but it's a usb modem (much like 3g service from att, except it's 4g from clear) wich required the software package and the driver for the wimax usb modem the software installs | 04:51 |
| stlsaint | taboc741: oh i see, have you been to their website to see about downloading a different version of the software? | 04:51 |
| taboc741 | they've only released software (with drivers compiled into the software) for mac and windows | 04:52 |
| stlsaint | taboc741: yea that has been an issue with other usb internet providers | 04:53 |
| taboc741 | i know mac osx is unix based as well is there a good util for importing mac software to linux? | 04:53 |
| stlsaint | http://www.linuxwimax.org/ | 04:54 |
| taboc741 | thanks a bunch i'll hit them up | 04:55 |
| taboc741 | well it looks like they have a wimax stack, but since beecom won't release source for drivers they can't build drivers for my clear stick yet. | 05:03 |
| tdn | Is there any way to sort the output of du -sh? I know I can do: du -sm | sort -n, but is there any way to sort human readable sizes? I can not find anything on this in the man page of 'sort'. | 08:50 |
| Red1 | hi | 10:03 |
| Red1 | i've just installed ubuntu 10.04 using wubi on a laptop with windows 7, but sometimes the mouse and the keyboard don't work. i can move the mouse, but i can't click anywhere but on the firefox icon | 10:05 |
| Red1 | what can i do? | 10:06 |
| suprengr | Red1: are you using the touchpad on the laptop... and can you access the menus at all? | 10:23 |
| Red1 | i'm using the touchpad. nothing but the firefox icon | 10:25 |
| suprengr | Red1: hover mouse over System menu and press ,enter.. Do same for: System -> Preferences -> Mouse and enable touchpad 'tap to click' [or something similar] | 10:26 |
| suprengr | Red1: ...& check the other settings while you're there. | 10:27 |
| Red1 | i've already enabled the 'tap to click' thing | 10:28 |
| suprengr | Red1: then you have access to more than firefox, surely? | 10:29 |
| Red1 | when i'm in firefox i can use the mouse and click | 10:30 |
| suprengr | Red1: are you saying you can access anything when Firefox is open but not otherwise or that you can only access items in Firefox | 10:33 |
| Red1 | only access items in Firefox | 10:33 |
| suprengr | Red1: [confused :/ ] | 10:33 |
| suprengr | Red1: how did you set 'tap to click' then... getting more confused here | 10:35 |
| Red1 | i noticed the mouse doesn't work when I put a USB flash drive in for the first time | 10:36 |
| suprengr | Red1: let's try another line here. Can you right click ok on e.g. the desktop itself | 10:38 |
| suprengr | Red1: | 10:40 |
| Red1 | no | 10:40 |
| suprengr | Red1: 1/ What is the laptop? 2/ Do you have mouse control at login / password screen? | 10:41 |
| Red1 | hp dv6 2193/yes/yes | 10:42 |
| suprengr | Red1: ..and this only started since you plugged in the flash drive? was all ok before the USB was attached? | 10:43 |
| Red1 | yes, but then when i rebooted ubuntu and put in the flash drive everything worked fine | 10:46 |
| Abhishek-17 | is it neccessory to update ubuntu 9.10 before upgrading it to 10.04 with an alternate cd? | 12:14 |
| Mohan_chml | hiya hobgoblin | 13:48 |
| hobgoblin | hi Mohan_chml | 13:50 |
| Mohan_chml | hobgoblin: PM | 13:50 |
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| pagar | how to expand linux partition | 15:11 |
| pagar | please help | 15:12 |
| pedro3005 | hi pagar | 15:13 |
| pagar | hi | 15:13 |
| pedro3005 | pagar, you can boot your live cd and use GParted to expand your partition if you wish | 15:14 |
| Mohan_chml | pedro3005: I think we need a free space right after the current partition. But really Idk about that | 15:16 |
| pedro3005 | Mohan_chml, oh well, he went away | 15:17 |
| Mohan_chml | pedro3005: But I just need to clarify that | 15:17 |
| pedro3005 | good | 15:17 |
| Mohan_chml | can you do that with having some freespace at the tail? | 15:18 |
| kosaidpo | hello guys | 15:19 |
| kosaidpo | whats the differents on synaptic btw remove and remove compeletly | 15:20 |
| Mohan_chml | kosaidpo: hello. How are you these days? | 15:20 |
| kosaidpo | im fine | 15:20 |
| kosaidpo | Mohan_chml: tnx and you | 15:20 |
| saji89 | kosaidpo, I think remove leaves back the configuration files, but remove completely removes the configuration files, aswell. | 15:21 |
| Mohan_chml | kosaidpo: "remove" removes the application "remove completely" removes the library files and the dependencies it needed during installation | 15:21 |
| Mohan_chml | *too | 15:22 |
| kosaidpo | ahh | 15:22 |
| kosaidpo | so its like using pruge is it ? | 15:23 |
| kosaidpo | as in sudo aptitude purge remove package ? | 15:23 |
| kosaidpo | right | 15:23 |
| kosaidpo | ? | 15:23 |
| Mohan_chml | kosaidpo: yes | 15:25 |
| kosaidpo | tnx : } | 15:25 |
| kosaidpo | ;] | 15:25 |
| kosaidpo | Mohan_chml: can i pick up sumthin from u quickly | 15:25 |
| Mohan_chml | kosaidpo: yes? | 15:25 |
| kosaidpo | as in can u tel me any tip as comande line or w.e | 15:25 |
| kosaidpo | uhm | 15:26 |
| kosaidpo | w.e in ur mind | 15:26 |
| kosaidpo | u think it might be usfulle for me | 15:26 |
| kosaidpo | : ] | 15:26 |
| Mohan_chml | kosaidpo: join -team | 15:26 |
| Mohan_chml | kosaidpo: /join #ubuntu-beginners-team | 15:27 |
| kosaidpo | hihi | 15:27 |
| kosaidpo | :D i kno | 15:27 |
| Mohan_chml | Heh | 15:27 |
| kosaidpo | no i mean as a user linux | 15:27 |
| kosaidpo | you kno | 15:27 |
| kosaidpo | while using the commadn line | 15:27 |
| kosaidpo | well | 15:27 |
| kosaidpo | i nver get it what does chroot do ? | 15:28 |
| kosaidpo | the command chroot | 15:28 |
| Mohan_chml | change the root permissions | 15:28 |
| kosaidpo | to what ? | 15:28 |
| Mohan_chml | of a particular file | 15:28 |
| kosaidpo | can you pls explain | 15:28 |
| kosaidpo | im noob tho : D | 15:28 |
| Mohan_chml | If I have two accounts/ groups in my machine and If I want to change the owner permissions of a particular folder from one group to another, chroot is used | 15:29 |
| hobgoblin | no | 15:29 |
| kosaidpo | uhm why we cant use chmod ? | 15:29 |
| kosaidpo | or chown | 15:29 |
| Mohan_chml | kosaidpo: ^ Its good to learn after you find the codes by yourself ;) | 15:29 |
| Mohan_chml | kosaidpo: chown is to change the owner access and chroot to the root access | 15:30 |
| hobgoblin | Mohan_chml: chroot is "an operation that changes the apparent disk root directory for the current running process and its children. " | 15:30 |
| Mohan_chml | hobgoblin: aww. I told about chown then..? | 15:31 |
| hobgoblin | ye[ | 15:31 |
| hobgoblin | yep | 15:31 |
| Mohan_chml | hobgoblin: ty. Just now googled =] | 15:32 |
| kosaidpo | hobgoblin: cus im not native english speaker inever get to uderstand the choot from the man | 15:32 |
| kosaidpo | can you please gimme some example pls | 15:32 |
| kosaidpo | Mohan_chml: many tnx : ] | 15:32 |
| hobgoblin | sorry - not really, something I used once or twice only | 15:32 |
| kosaidpo | hobgoblin: oh okies tnx | 15:33 |
| kosaidpo | well guys | 15:33 |
| kosaidpo | can you please give any usefull command line that ican pick up from you easily : D | 15:34 |
| Mohan_chml | kosaidpo: http://www.antionline.com/showthread.php?t=156511 that has an elaborate story about chroot | 15:34 |
| Mohan_chml | kosaidpo: download a tutorial or work in terminal, so that you can learn by yourself ;) | 15:35 |
| kosaidpo | yeh id o | 15:35 |
| kosaidpo | but you kno i cant get to see all the cmmd line | 15:35 |
| hobgoblin | kosaidpo: what it is you are actually after - we'ere not a library :) | 15:35 |
| kosaidpo | so its like exchangin knowloage or sumthi | 15:36 |
| kosaidpo | cus what i kno you might dont kno n same | 15:36 |
| kosaidpo | hobgoblin: hii i kno me too | 15:37 |
| kosaidpo | for example ican tell you a word in french | 15:37 |
| kosaidpo | and im sure you sumthin to tell me too | 15:37 |
| kosaidpo | you get me | 15:37 |
| kosaidpo | so im askin you guys this on commd line | 15:38 |
| kosaidpo | : d | 15:38 |
| hobgoblin | yep - the only real way to learn the command line is in my opinion - need to use it for real to fix or accomplish something | 15:39 |
| kosaidpo | yeh i do use | 15:39 |
| kosaidpo | but you kno somtimes it night be danger | 15:39 |
| kosaidpo | like the other time | 15:39 |
| kosaidpo | i ereased my headers by accident | 15:39 |
| hobgoblin | run a vm then you can do whatever it is you want to | 15:39 |
| kosaidpo | n ipayed it so expensive to get em back i had to do a fresh install cus i messed it up | 15:40 |
| kosaidpo | uhm i dont thikn ican | 15:40 |
| kosaidpo | im using lubuntu | 15:40 |
| kosaidpo | i have an old toshiba with 512 ram | 15:40 |
| hobgoblin | oh - no then :) | 15:40 |
| hobgoblin | you could if you have sufficient disk space then make a new install and play in one and keep one for normal use | 15:41 |
| kosaidpo | uhm yeh isee | 15:42 |
| hobgoblin | I've done both in the past | 15:42 |
| kosaidpo | well tnx n have nice day | 15:42 |
| kosaidpo | peace out : ] | 15:42 |
| Mohan_chml | hobgoblin: I think we have to tell him to avoid sms type of words. what about you? | 15:43 |
| hobgoblin | some of it might possibly be down to language I think | 15:46 |
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| kosaidpo | hello guys | 22:06 |
| kosaidpo | its absoluty impossible to rum virtual box on machine with 512 ram under lubuntu ?? | 22:07 |
| seidos | kosaidpo, did you try? | 22:08 |
| aveilleux | kosaidpo: No, why? | 22:09 |
| aveilleux | kosaidpo: As long as you allocate less than half your physical RAM you should be fine | 22:09 |
| aveilleux | kosaidpo: To a degree | 22:09 |
| kosaidpo | uhm | 22:09 |
| kosaidpo | s icant ? | 22:09 |
| aveilleux | kosaidpo: I'm confused. What do you mean when you say "Can't"? | 22:10 |
| aveilleux | kosaidpo: Because I've done exactly what you're talking about (run VBox with < 512MB of RAM) before | 22:10 |
| kosaidpo | im under lubuntu with 512 ram so can i use virtual box | 22:10 |
| kosaidpo | ohh | 22:10 |
| kosaidpo | good | 22:10 |
| kosaidpo | how ? | 22:11 |
| aveilleux | kosaidpo: Y-yes. | 22:11 |
| kosaidpo | cus im new | 22:11 |
| aveilleux | kosaidpo: Um, install it | 22:11 |
| aveilleux | kosaidpo: sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ose | 22:11 |
| kosaidpo | i did | 22:11 |
| kosaidpo | i have it | 22:11 |
| kosaidpo | now | 22:11 |
| kosaidpo | : D | 22:11 |
| kosaidpo | and how abt the virtual hdd | 22:11 |
| kosaidpo | how much shud give it | 22:11 |
| aveilleux | kosaidpo: Whatever the recommended size is | 22:12 |
| kosaidpo | ahh | 22:12 |
| kosaidpo | okies tnx | 22:12 |
| kosaidpo | ill go dinner now | 22:12 |
| kosaidpo | many tnx | 22:12 |
| kosaidpo | for ur help | 22:12 |
| reaper50435 | question: is their a linux alt to windows alcohol 120 program | 22:46 |
| aveilleux | reaper50435: Linux can mount ISOs natively. If you want an interface, you can use gmount-iso | 22:50 |
| aveilleux | reaper50435: sudo aptitude install gmountiso | 22:50 |
| drubin | kos<Tab> I would highly highly recommend *not* running virtual box with only 512mbs of ram! | 22:52 |
| drubin | that leaves your host os with at max 256mbs of ram which will suck ;/ | 22:52 |
| reaper50435 | thanks | 22:52 |
| drubin | aveilleux: How well did that work out running vbox with < 512mb of ram? | 22:53 |
| aveilleux | drubin: How *well*? Terrible | 22:54 |
| aveilleux | drubin: But he was asking if it was possible, which it is | 22:55 |
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