[05:02] Well there are certainly more people in here since I visited last. [06:02] hi Guest6587 :) [06:03] hi [06:03] greetings ubuntu brethren. I'm visiting from California, i hope that's okay. [06:04] I suppose we can put up with you for a while :P [06:05] i was talking to Guest6587 in #ubuntu-beginners. he's in Minneapolis. he's having an issue with a livecd that's blank. Nvidia 6150LE integrated graphics. [06:05] i thought it would be cool to hook him up with you guys or a LUG or something [06:06] and by this you mean his screen is blank after booting it, not that the CD itself is blank? [06:06] indeed, screen is blank. [06:07] sorry, i should be reading what i type out loud [06:07] Tried the "Safe Graphics" mode? [06:07] i didn't know there was a safe graphics mode from a livecd [06:08] Indeed there is. [06:08] I think it's one of the function keys on the first screen. [06:08] never used it. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCD doesn't have anything on a "safe graphics mode" [06:09] Guest6587: did you catch that? apparently there's a safe graphics mode from a livecd/liveusb you can try [06:09] I think I heard something about holding the left shift key [06:09] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootOptions [06:10] Guest6587: i think it's F4 [06:10] Guest6587: That's for picking a kernel in grub on an installed system - I don't think it applies to anything on the LiveCD. [06:10] thanks tonyyarusso [06:13] Hmm... the menu doesn't look like in the screenshots when I boot up and F4 doesn't do anything [06:15] If you have just the blank screen with the tiny icons of a keyboard and a person, press enter once. [06:16] Guest6587: what version? 10.04 64bit? [06:17] 10.04 32bit [06:17] i'm installing virtualbox so i can try it out [06:17] ah, i better start downloading that iso. i only have 32bit 10.10 [06:18] I get a menu like in the screenshots, but it doesn't have the Fn options on the bottom and the logo is different [06:18] i'll download 10.04.2 32bit desktop and see what it looks like in virtualbox [06:20] * tonyyarusso downloads too [06:21] 11 min on torrents here [06:21] trying 10.10 64bit next [06:21] Ah, it does just start booting right away. Interesting. [06:22] dang, what kind of connections do you guys have out in MN o_o [06:22] hehe [06:22] seidos: Local mirror. [06:22] So, gigabit. [06:22] I just got a shiny new modem too [06:23] profane rouge :| [06:24] Guest6587: Okay, actually the holding the shift key advice was correct as it turns out. Then you'll select your language. Now I just have to find where they moved this option to. [06:27] oh crap, this guy told me to do exactly this stuff in #ubuntu-installer but that was before I performed a voodoo ritual and got the screen to keep working in the menu and not immediately go blank [06:28] and then I logged out and lost the chat [06:29] Guest6587: Found it. Press F6 ("Other options") and select "nomodeset". Then Esc to get out of that menu, and Enter to boot. [06:29] ah, yes that was it [06:36] geez, creating the install USB is taking forever [06:45] thanks tonyyarusso, this was cool. i should see about hooking up beginners to their ubuntu user group's more often [06:45] Indeed :) [06:46] tonyyarusso: are you in the ubuntu beginners team? i know i've seen your name around. perhaps in #ubuntu-offtopic? [06:46] seidos: mostly -ot. I've done some stuff with -beginners, but not lately. [06:47] tonyyarusso: right on [06:47] well i gotta' go to bed guys. hopefully i'll see you around [06:50] Whelp, the menu I get looks like this: http://www.thomasvjames.com/blog/uploads/20100609004.jpg [06:51] ...except where it says netbook [06:52] Guest6587: are you sure that's 10.04? [06:52] supposed to be 10.10 64bit [06:55] what's under the advanced options stuff? [06:55] just an option to go back [06:58] there is a terminal like thing with some menus I can bring up by selecting Help, but it automatically boots just a second after I do [06:59] hmm [07:05] I think it's from when I mistakenly used the alternate install .iso: the same menu came up then, but I just redid the USB with the regular download so I don't see how it's carrying over [07:08] oh, that could be [07:09] Might be that your flashing just didn't work or something. [07:09] Anyway, I have to go to bed, so I'm afraid we'll have to follow up some other day. [07:09] yeah [07:10] good night and thanks for your help [07:38] SUCCESS! [18:08] Is there a way to get a usb's serial number and its block device in /dev? "lsusb -v" is unreliable (it says the connection is timing out), the files in /proc/scsi/usb-storage/ don't mention the device and the numbers don't seem to mean anything. [18:09] hdparm doesn't work on usbs [18:12] I have three usbs that look exactly and I can have them connected all at once I want some way to identify each of them. Naming partitions worked until I started playing too much [18:14] Does anyone know how disk utility gets the serial number? [21:06] I want to setup a server in the future for an installfest and frankly, its a hell of a lot easier to use a gui. Can I set everything up in a graphical session, do CTRL+ALT+F1 (switch to TTY1), then use "kill -s STOP $(pidof Xorg)"? [21:07] killing Xorg outright kills the session and everything spawned from it.