| === `mOOse` is now known as m00se | ||
| mikubuntu | help! bought a toshiba qosmio laptop at a garage sale today that is eaten up with viruses. when i enter the bios boot sequence i set to boot first from the cd, but it skips to windows anyways. it doesn't appear to want to boot from usb stick either. | 02:16 |
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| mikubuntu | the choices it lists in boot priority are HDD FDD CDROM AND LAN | 02:20 |
| evilbug | mikubuntu: you should make CDROM be the first option and then it'll boot from cd. | 02:28 |
| === UBuxuBU is now known as ubux | ||
| === ubux is now known as UBUXUBU | ||
| UBUXUBU | mikubuntu, did u fix it | 03:34 |
| xubuntu909 | Any idea why ubuntu/xubuntu don't like to boot with Millenium G200 video card? | 03:46 |
| mikubuntu | evilbug and UBUXUBU, i did set the boot priority to cdrom, but it still won't boot from the cd. i have 10.10 on a usb to, but the bios doesn't seem to offer that as bootable (sorry took me so long to answer had to run someone home) | 04:10 |
| mikubuntu | also, in the bios somewhere it indicates that it has two hard drives, one 80 gb and one 75gb | 04:15 |
| mikubuntu | i don't know if thats significant | 04:15 |
| mikubuntu | i notice on the second page of the system setup of ACPI BIOS version 1.30 there is an entry titled 'Configuration' and is set to = Setup by OS, the other option is to set it to ALL DEVICES | 04:20 |
| mikubuntu | i'm getting neurotic, i keep setting the bios to boot from cd and it bypasses and goes to xp .... and riddled with virus ... god i hate microsucks | 04:27 |
| mikubuntu | my search for http://letmegooglethatforyou.com/?q=ubuntu+toshiba+qosmio+g35+AV600 doesn't provide any very current posts, but it seems like it must be a beast to get ubuntu on this machine .. never had so much trouble getting to boot | 04:48 |
| mikubuntu | my search for http://letmegooglethatforyou.com/?q=ubuntu+toshiba+qosmio+g35+AV600 doesn't provide any very current posts, but it seems like it must be a beast to get ubuntu on this machine .. never had so much trouble getting to boot | 05:52 |
| mikubuntu | somebody must have had some experience with this machine. i wonder where that somebody is tonite! :) | 05:57 |
| krisgb | Hi, I need some help on backing up settings. | 06:44 |
| krisgb | I've installed all the drivers and applications I need, and I want to make a LiveCD off my current setup | 06:44 |
| krisgb | I've seen remastersys and sysreccd | 06:44 |
| krisgb | but I'm not sure which of these is appropriate, and I can't seem to find anything if it's been tested on Maverick | 06:45 |
| mikubuntu | omg. this machine is going to drive me crazy. i still can't get buntu on it and on top of that the damned iternet explorer won't respond (and of course its the only browser on here) is there some kind of terminal way to install firefox on xp? | 06:46 |
| Sysi | mikubuntu: if there's no linux driver for that gpu, you should maybe reinstall that xp | 06:48 |
| mikubuntu | sysi, i bought it at a garage sail, so i don't have any reinstall disks, | 06:50 |
| mikubuntu | aand of course my goal is to get microsoft OFF MY PROPERTY | 06:51 |
| Sysi | does it have boot device selection menu, other than bios? | 06:51 |
| mikubuntu | i notice on the second page of the system setup of ACPI BIOS version 1.30 there is an entry titled 'Configuration' and is set to = Setup by OS, the other option is to set it to ALL DEVICES | 06:52 |
| mikubuntu | also, in the bios somewhere it indicates that it has two hard drives, one 80 gb and one 75gb | 06:52 |
| mikubuntu | my search for http://letmegooglethatforyou.com/?q=ubuntu+toshiba+qosmio+g35+AV600 doesn't provide any very current posts, but it seems like it must be a beast to get ubuntu on this machine .. never had so much trouble getting to boot | 06:52 |
| mikubuntu | evilbug and UBUXUBU, i did set the boot priority to cdrom, but it still won't boot from the cd. i have 10.10 on a usb to, but the bios doesn't seem to offer that as bootable (sorry took me so long to answer had to run someone home) | 06:53 |
| evilbug | mikubuntu: ah. interesting then. | 06:53 |
| evilbug | mikubuntu: is it a win7 comp> | 06:53 |
| evilbug | ? ** | 06:53 |
| mikubuntu | no, xp ... beautiful (old) machine for $40 if i can just get mockmesoft off of it | 06:54 |
| evilbug | that's odd. | 06:55 |
| evilbug | does the cd boot on another computer? | 06:55 |
| mikubuntu | i don't know why ie is not responding. i installed a usb wifi receiver, and the machine is definitely connected to internet because then it offered me an upgrade of myspace im, and downloaded it, etc. | 06:56 |
| mikubuntu | yes, i've used that cd before | 06:57 |
| mikubuntu | the choices it lists in boot priority are HDD FDD CDROM AND LAN | 06:57 |
| mikubuntu | so it doesn't appear to give option to boot from usb | 06:58 |
| evilbug | isn't FDD flash drive? | 06:58 |
| mikubuntu | somewhere in there said it was floppy something something | 06:59 |
| evilbug | ah. right. | 06:59 |
| mikubuntu | i did try it, i'll try it again tho, because i am neurotic | 06:59 |
| evilbug | but. have you tried the boot cd on another computer? | 07:00 |
| evilbug | if it works on another comp then i don't know what to tell you. | 07:00 |
| mikubuntu | and the toshiba qosmio has two hard drives, and it says that the bios is a windows program, so if you eliminate windows you lose bios .... is that POSSIBLE? | 07:02 |
| mikubuntu | its toshiba qosmio g35 AV600 | 07:03 |
| Sysi | bios updates can be offered as .exe, but i really doubt it would be EFI windows machine | 07:04 |
| evilbug | bios should be separate from windows. | 07:04 |
| mikubuntu | is there any way of me installing ANY other browser through a windows terminal? | 07:05 |
| evilbug | mikubuntu: why do you need that? | 07:06 |
| mikubuntu | http://letmegooglethatforyou.com/?q=ubuntu+toshiba+qosmio+g35+AV600 look what it says in the first result about that .. i never heard of such a thing | 07:06 |
| evilbug | i thought your goal was to install xubuntu on this comp. | 07:06 |
| mikubuntu | yes, but it won't take it | 07:07 |
| mikubuntu | hold on, i'm gonna try the stick again | 07:07 |
| evilbug | if the comp can't take it then it won't work. | 07:07 |
| Sysi | if it's old it propably don't do usb | 07:07 |
| mikubuntu | it's really not all that old i think 06 or something | 07:08 |
| mikubuntu | it really burns me up that they don't just open source xp, and let the community take it over ... dirty bastards | 07:10 |
| Sysi | it wouldn't make it less horrible.. and business still uses it a lot | 07:11 |
| krisgb | okay, I'll try asking again: how do I make a LiveCD off a current install of Maverick? | 07:11 |
| evilbug | krisgb: download the .iso and burn to cd. | 07:12 |
| krisgb | I mean, I already have a current install of maverick, I've put in all the needed applications and proprietary drivers, and i now want to make a LiveCD off it | 07:13 |
| krisgb | I've seen remastersys, but I can't find if anybody's tried it on maverick | 07:13 |
| evilbug | ah. | 07:13 |
| evilbug | can't help you there. | 07:13 |
| krisgb | evilbug: thanks anyway :) | 07:14 |
| evilbug | krisgb: maybe you didn't download the computer right :D | 07:15 |
| mikubuntu | does anybody know how i can update ie without opening it? cause when it opens, it is immediately unresponsive | 07:15 |
| evilbug | mikubuntu: you can download the exe from microsoft's site and run it. | 07:16 |
| evilbug | if you can open another browser. | 07:16 |
| mikubuntu | i haven't used windows ANYTHING since 98 | 07:16 |
| evilbug | mikubuntu: you didn't miss anything. | 07:16 |
| krisgb | evilbug: yes I suppose :D | 07:16 |
| krisgb | "you didn't miss anything" - lmao | 07:16 |
| evilbug | i know, i was there. | 07:17 |
| mikubuntu | wait, so what would i do, download the .exe onto my linux machine, then burn it, and run it in the xp? | 07:17 |
| evilbug | mikubuntu: sure. or usb stick, network transfer, etc. | 07:17 |
| mikubuntu | couldn't i do that with firefox? or any other suggested browser? | 07:18 |
| evilbug | mikubuntu: that's what i said. | 07:20 |
| evilbug | 23:16 evilbug> if you can open another browser. | 07:21 |
| evilbug | i'm away for a few minutes. | 07:22 |
| mikubuntu | ok, thx ... downloading firefox.exe now | 07:23 |
| evilbug | back. | 07:27 |
| mikubuntu | arrrgh. can't figure out how to burn this firefox.exe file ... i opened cd/dvd creator and when i click on the firefox setup it subdivides into several files ... first is 'localized' 1.6 mb, then nonlocalised 26.1 mb, optional 0 bytes, removed-files.log 19.6 mb, and setup.exe 476 kb ... yes, it sounds like a setup | 07:48 |
| evilbug | make an archive of it and burn it? | 07:51 |
| mikubuntu | hmmm. don't really know how to do that either. whenever i download a new version of the buntus, i just right click and 'write to disc' ... this is not giving me that option | 07:53 |
| evilbug | so can't you make a zip of that exe? | 07:56 |
| mikubuntu | don't know how, brain is fried, i guess i come back to that question tomorrow ... appreciate all your help for last three hours guys | 07:57 |
| evilbug | mikubuntu: sorry i can't be of more help. you can also try #ubuntu | 07:59 |
| mikubuntu | i like this channel better, always have .. i use all the flavors on different machines that i end up giving away mostly | 08:01 |
| mikubuntu | need to try that lubuntu on some REALLY old boxes i have in the garage | 08:02 |
| evilbug | i wish i had a dedicated linbox. | 08:02 |
| evilbug | something fairly new and powerful though. | 08:03 |
| evilbug | mikubuntu: have a good night, i'm off as well. | 08:05 |
| mikubuntu | nito, then | 08:07 |
| dimension_775 | hi there. my month old xubuntu 10.10 system keeps logging me out at random intervals..is there a command i can run, or log files i can look at to try and figure out what is happening? | 10:21 |
| Slammmmmmm | halp | 10:55 |
| TheSheep | dimension_775: yes, check the ~/.xsessionerrors file | 11:13 |
| TheSheep | dimension_775: also the files in /var/log/ | 11:13 |
| TheSheep | dimension_775: one common reason for such behavior is low disk space in user home directory | 11:13 |
| dimension_775 | TheSheep: thanks, i'll will have a look at that now. thanks. oh wow while i was typing to you it just happened! lol there is only 11GB remaining, and i've a bunch of torrents going, so maybe you are right about low disk space | 11:14 |
| TheSheep | dimension_775: 11GB is plenty | 11:15 |
| dimension_775 | yea, i have 2 40GB HDD's. one is 100% full (file storage) and the other is 71% full (/home) | 11:16 |
| TheSheep | may be something else, check those files | 11:17 |
| Skaps | hello there | 11:23 |
| Skaps | so ive got xubuntu 9.10 on my pc, how do i go about up[dating to 10.10 | 11:24 |
| Sysi | through 10.04 or reinstall | 11:24 |
| Skaps | so redownload is the best option? | 11:25 |
| Skaps | wait, how can i update to 10.04 | 11:25 |
| Sysi | update manager / do-release-upgrade | 11:25 |
| Skaps | so like in my update manager there are 250 updates | 11:26 |
| Skaps | do i just download all them | 11:26 |
| Skaps | wait | 11:27 |
| Skaps | nevermind | 11:27 |
| Skaps | theres a large button at the top asking me to upgradfe to 10.04 | 11:28 |
| TheSheep | yay for lorge buttons :) | 11:29 |
| TheSheep | larg* | 11:29 |
| dimension_775 | TheSheep: i looked through all those logs but didn't notice any straightforward explanation..can you take a look when you get a chance? http://pastebin.com/WNVcmXJ3 i copied the last few lines of each log file and their names are highlighted | 11:34 |
| dimension_775 | i'll give you some more info: the logouts happen when i'm looking at the machine (which is is another room) through my laptop's VNC viewer. and when it logs out, and i sign back in, there is a small black cursor-thing in the upper left corner of the screen that flickers when i hover the mouse cursor over it | 11:37 |
| TheSheep | dimension_775: check ~/.xsessionerrors too | 11:38 |
| dimension_775 | oh yea almost forgot that, be right back | 11:38 |
| dimension_775 | TheSheep: here are the .xsession-errors: http://pastebin.com/JvfT9eS7 also, i should tell you the only things i use on that box are: deluge, moblock + mobloquer, mail-notification, and X11vnc server | 11:42 |
| dimension_775 | so maybe it's one of those things? | 11:43 |
| TheSheep | dimension_775: have you tried -noxdamage with vnc? | 11:45 |
| TheSheep | dimension_775: there is a warning about it in that log | 11:45 |
| dimension_775 | TheSheep: thanks, i'll try that. going to reboot and try to reproduce the bug | 11:48 |
| nicofs | in xterm, commands are not completed with tab... how can i change that...? | 13:05 |
| TheSheep | nicofs: . /etc/bash_completion | 13:05 |
| nicofs | TheSheep: sorry, but what do i do about that? | 13:07 |
| TheSheep | nicofs: you tupe it in the terminal | 13:20 |
| nicofs | TheSheep: permission denied or as sudo command not found | 13:21 |
| dimension_775 | nicofs: try pressing Tab twice | 13:22 |
| nicofs | dimension_775: changes to "bash_completion.d/" and returns "... is a directory!" | 13:23 |
| === Aquina is now known as Kathrin | ||
| Kathrin | Can someone tell me how to provide grub with a parameter to boot a different OS in a multiboot environment? | 13:24 |
| charlie-tca | nicofs, Uncomment the bash completion lines in /etc/bash.bashrc and restart | 13:24 |
| Kathrin | Unfortunately I can't go into the data center and manually select the OS and the GRUB fallback option is not really an option. | 13:24 |
| nicofs | charlie-tca: they look roughly like what? | 13:26 |
| charlie-tca | #if [ -f /etc/bash_completion ] && ! shopt -oq posix; then | 13:27 |
| charlie-tca | # . /etc/bash_completion | 13:27 |
| charlie-tca | #fi | 13:27 |
| dimension_775 | nicofs: mine are on lines 32 - 34 | 13:27 |
| nicofs | charlie-tca: thanks... i somehoe oversaw that... | 13:27 |
| dimension_775 | just remove the #'s | 13:27 |
| Kathrin | charlie do you have a clue? | 13:42 |
| charlie-tca | Kathrin, I don't enough about to grub for that | 13:43 |
| discharge | Hey, anyone know how to put the suspend button in the xfce logout menu? The keybinding i have for suspending on power button press works... | 13:55 |
| TheSheep | dimension_775: you need to use settings->settings editor | 13:56 |
| TheSheep | dimension_775: go to xfce4-session -> shutdown | 13:56 |
| TheSheep | dimension_775: and enabled ShowHibernate and/or ShowSuspend | 13:56 |
| discharge | lol yes, that works, were you explaining it to some1 else who asked before me? :O | 13:57 |
| TheSheep | dimension_775: no, I wanted to have it myself | 13:57 |
| TheSheep | ah, tab-completion fail | 13:58 |
| TheSheep | sorry | 13:58 |
| dimension_775 | lol np | 13:58 |
| discharge | yes ;) | 13:58 |
| Sysi | cool, need to remember that | 13:58 |
| discharge | thanks, now i have one big suspend button :) | 13:58 |
| TheSheep | Sysi: there are many settings in there that are not available through normal gui | 13:58 |
| Sysi | TheSheep: i could explorer that some day.. even if it looks like gconf-editor | 13:58 |
| dimension_775 | TheSheep: everything is good so far with the -noxdamage switch. i'll keep testing and let you know if it happens again. thanks again | 13:59 |
| TheSheep | dimension_775: it says "don't damage my X' ;) | 13:59 |
| dimension_775 | TheSheep: lol my x was damaged, now shes ok | 14:00 |
| charlie-tca | Is there anyone using the Xubuntu ppc port? | 17:10 |
| Snapshot | Anom01y - are you there? | 20:04 |
| n2diy | are fonts platform dependent? I'm salvaging my old Win 3.0 laptop, and I'm wondering if I should preserve the fonts? | 20:04 |
| charlie-tca | Most windows fonts are owned by microsoft specifically | 20:08 |
| charlie-tca | however, they can be used if in the correct font format | 20:08 |
| charlie-tca | Example, ttf-mscorefonts-installer will install microsoft fonts into Ubuntu/Xubuntu/Kubuntu | 20:11 |
| xubuntu590 | does Xubuntu provide RDC server? | 20:20 |
| nicofs | Who can help me get my 3G-Modem (Huawei EM770W) to work? It worked just fine until recently. I reinstalled Xubuntu in the meantime - and tried various SIM cards of various providers. | 20:39 |
| Thermi | gn9 | 22:39 |
| Thermi | *gn8 | 22:39 |
| === `mOOse` is now known as m00se | ||
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