[05:40] <Linuxs> anyone here? I need help
[05:41] <Linuxs> Anytime I boot off a live cd, I get an Edd: error 1000 at 321148
[05:41] <Linuxs> What does that mean? I can't reinstall my OS
[05:44] <Linuxs> Where is everyone?
[05:45] <holstein> Linuxs: i would confirm the downloaded iso, and the media
[05:45] <holstein> theres also a memory test you can run, and i would take the time to test the hard drive
[05:46] <Linuxs> I've tried numerous Isos
[05:46] <Linuxs> Lubuntu and Trisquel
[05:46] <Linuxs> Both give errors and won't boot
[05:46] <holstein> Linuxs: thats 2
[05:46] <holstein> and they were downloaded on the same internet?
[05:46] <Linuxs> And Sabyon gave that error
[05:46] <Linuxs> Yes
[05:46] <Linuxs> I was scared that this was a hdd problem
[05:46] <holstein> i used to have DSL... couldnt get a download...you shoule *confirm* the downloaded isos
[05:46] <holstein> the checksums
[05:47] <holstein> then you'll know for certain, and you can move on
[05:47] <holstein> Linuxs: unplug the hard drive if you would like to take it out of the equation
[05:47] <Linuxs> I don't know hot to do that and I would be too nervous of trying
[05:48] <holstein> Linuxs: OK.. then confirm the MD5 sums, or whatever... and check the media... run the memory test.. get *something* booting live somehow and run a tet on the hard drive
[05:48] <Unit193> Can he get to the "Check CD for defects" section?
[05:49] <holstein> yup, that would be the 'check media' step Linuxs ^^
[05:49] <holstein> you can skip right to that
[05:49] <holstein> thats probably easier...
[05:49] <Unit193> And checks the burn
[05:50] <Linuxs> I tried, the error happens when I choose check for defects too
[05:50] <Linuxs> It won't get off the grub screen
[05:51] <holstein> yup.. sounds very much like a hardware issue to me
[05:51] <holstein> but, i would still confirm the MD5 sums
[05:51] <holstein> i would try and use a bootable USB stick... taking the optical drive out of the equation
[05:52] <Linuxs> I only have one USB stick and it's ruined
[05:52] <Linuxs> Mostly from trying to boot an OS off of it.  :(
[05:52] <holstein> you'll just have to test, remove variables, test... etc... and experiment til you sort it out... or take it in to someone else to do that
[05:53] <Linuxs> Odd thing is that Puppy linux will still boot and it's the only OS that won't give that stupid error
[05:53] <holstein> Linuxs: how does puppy boot though... from the hard drive?
[05:53] <holstein> that means the optical drive could still be bad
[05:53] <Linuxs> From live cd
[05:54] <Linuxs> I'm thinking that my laptop burner is defective though
[05:54] <holstein> thats still plausible
[05:54] <holstein> if you made that puppy disc a long time ago
[05:55] <Linuxs> I don't know what it is.
[05:55] <Linuxs> Howver the EDD: error 1000 at sector 321148 thing still worries me.  My computer is pretty old
[05:56] <holstein> hardware is cheap these days
[05:56] <holstein> you can probably run tests from puppy then
[05:57] <Linuxs> Well, I have PCBSD installed on it and I'm trying to get it off because no Linux will read it's file system
[05:59] <holstein> Linuxs: ufs?
[05:59] <Linuxs> Yeah
[05:59] <holstein> http://ghantoos.org/2009/04/04/mounting-ufs-in-readwrite-under-linux/
[06:01] <Linuxs> Well, Urk I say. Puppy Linux can't do Apt
[06:01] <Linuxs> Apt package management doesn't come with it.
[06:04] <holstein> http://puppylinux.org/main/Download%20Latest%20Release.htm
[06:04] <holstein> you want the 2nd one.. the 'lucid' compatible build
[06:04] <Linuxs> I have the slacko build.
[06:06] <holstein> cool... this seems more generic
[06:06] <holstein> you just need to focus in, and choose what you want to do
[06:07] <holstein> this is all open technology, so if you want to read ufs or zfs, you can... it just might not be easy, or stable
[06:07] <Linuxs> I don't really have those kind of tech skills.  :(
[06:07] <holstein> if you want to get apt in puppy, you can.. http://puppylinux.org/wikka/Debianization
[06:08] <holstein> so, instead of 'no linux can read...' you can say 'i dont want to bother with ufs support'
[06:08] <holstein> i mean... i dont want to bother with it either ;)
[06:10] <Linuxs> Ufs, EXT, I just want my computer back so that I can get some work done.
[06:10] <holstein> maybe you should ask a friend to burn you an iso, or let you borrow a USB stick
[06:11] <holstein> sounds to me like you have a hardware problem, and those can be challening to track down
[06:11] <Linuxs> Hmmm :(
[06:12] <Linuxs> I have to go.  I'll try something and if it doesn't work, I'm sunk.
[06:12] <holstein> i literally do the steps im mentioning to you... i test each part as isolated as i can... reducing variables
[06:12] <holstein> i use http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/
[06:12] <holstein> Linuxs: if it doesnt work, you have decided to give up, and thats fine... you can take it in to someone :)
[06:13] <Linuxs> :(
[06:13] <holstein> if its an old box, just give up one it... hardware is too cheap these days.. i have some decent P4's with a gig of ram or so that i got for nothing
[06:13] <holstein> if you were nearby, you could have one :)
[06:13] <Linuxs> Is this ultimate bootcd free?
[06:13] <holstein> Linuxs: yup
[06:14] <holstein> i use that to test hard drives and other things... there are other live diagnostic CD's though
[06:14] <Linuxs> I may have to save up for an external hard drive and partition that.
[06:14] <holstein> doesnt matter what else you have plugged in, if you cant boot an image
[06:15] <holstein> maybe save up for a USB stick
[06:15] <Linuxs> *nods*
[06:15] <holstein> those always come in handy
[06:15] <Linuxs> I agree
[06:16] <Linuxs> However my Laptop has been giving out errors alot during burning, so I have to consider that the burner is defective
[06:16] <holstein> or the motherboard... or ram.. or whatever
[06:16] <Linuxs> Too many issues with hardware.
[06:16] <holstein> ram can be challening to discover, though easy to deal with
[06:17] <holstein> bad ram can really just be odd though
[06:17] <holstein> the few times ive had bad ram, its either just a dead box, or some really odd behavior
[06:17] <Linuxs> Anyway, I have to do this one last try before I have to go to sleep
[06:17] <Linuxs> thank you for your help.
[10:54] <tobiasmichel> Hi, just installed lubuntu-desktop and i cannot find how to change the desktop background. right click on desktop dosn't work anymore, because i changed something there, which i don't know how to redo it.
[11:34] <]Spectre[> Hi guys, I need an hint, I want to grab a screenshot under the lxde desktop manager,can you help me ? I tried with the key "printscreen"  but after that I can't paste it on the gimp
[11:38] <MrChrisDruif> ]Spectre[; Did you look in your home folder?
[11:39] <]Spectre[> going to see
[11:40] <]Spectre[> MrChrisDruif: fantastic :D
[11:40] <MrChrisDruif> I know I am, but I don't like to brag ;-)
[12:27] <david_j_r> Got an odd one here: just installed "vim-gnome" from Synaptic, and cannot find it *anywhere*! Any ideas?
[12:27] <david_j_r> Didn't show up in any applications menu, and trying to run "vim-gnome" in terminal gets a "not found".
[12:28] <david_j_r> Running "vim" alone just gets me vim in terminal, not the GUI.
[12:29] <david_j_r> Ha. That's because you need to run "gvim".
[12:29] <david_j_r> :/
[12:29] <david_j_r> Sorry about that (in case anyone was listening).
[12:29] <david_j_r> Now need to find a way to add it to menus...
[12:33] <MrChrisDruif> david_j_r; go on with your monologue
[12:33] <MrChrisDruif> Does it have a .desktop that gvim david_j_r ?
[12:33] <david_j_r> Was just going to ask if anyone has a "vim.desktop" file handy, do let me know. ;)
[12:33] <david_j_r> Just looking now - I don't think so.
[12:34] <david_j_r> Ha - what do you know - it does!
[12:34] <MrChrisDruif> Of course it does!
[12:34] <MrChrisDruif> I know all ^_^ (in my dreams)
[12:34] <david_j_r> :)
[12:35] <david_j_r> It has this line:
[12:35] <david_j_r> Categories=Utility;TextEditor;
[12:35] <david_j_r> but neither of those categories exist, and it didn't create them.
[12:35] <david_j_r> Will stick it in "Programming"
[12:36] <MrChrisDruif> To show other Categories in Gnome2 you had to edit the menu manually, I think the same is true for LXDE
[12:36] <]Spectre[> can anyone give me an help on vlc under lubuntu ? I already tried to ask on the videolan channel,but without success
[12:37] <MrChrisDruif> !ask
[12:37] <]Spectre[> I'm trying to play a dvd,with both gnome mplayer and vlc I get a black window for a second and nothing more when I try to play a dvd
[12:37] <MrChrisDruif> !restricted
[12:38] <MrChrisDruif> ^_^
[12:38] <]Spectre[> thanks ;)
[12:38] <MrChrisDruif> You probably need to install lubuntu-restricted-extras
[12:38] <]Spectre[> mmm,doing that
[12:42] <MrChrisDruif> ]Spectre[; how's it going?
[12:43] <]Spectre[> MrChrisDruif: still installing
[12:44] <MrChrisDruif> You did install Lubuntu extras right?
[12:44] <]Spectre[> yes
[12:44] <]Spectre[> it does the same :(
[12:45] <]Spectre[> also with gnome mplayer integrated in lubuntu :(
[12:45] <]Spectre[> I try to restart the system
[12:46] <MrChrisDruif> Did also do that .sh?
[12:46] <MrChrisDruif> "sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh"
[12:51] <]Spectre[> nothing...
[12:51] <]Spectre[> I'll see it on the tv
[12:51] <]Spectre[> don't worry
[12:51] <]Spectre[>  :)
[12:52] <MrChrisDruif> ]Spectre[; http://blip.tv/ubuntu-switcher/lubuntu-codecs-3499346
[12:53] <]Spectre[> thanks,going to see
[12:57] <]Spectre[> nothing... don't worry :)
[12:58] <]Spectre[> is not mandatory to me to see movies on the computer...
[12:59] <MrChrisDruif> For me it's one of the prerequisites
[12:59] <]Spectre[> :)
[13:09] <]Spectre[> MrChrisDruif: found a solution
[13:09] <]Spectre[> now it works
[13:09] <]Spectre[> but I don't know why...
[13:09] <]Spectre[> well
[13:09] <MrChrisDruif> What did you do?
[13:10] <]Spectre[> I've found that I need to install the libdvdread4 on internet
[13:10] <]Spectre[> I checked on synaptic and it was already installed
[13:10] <]Spectre[> so I wrote "sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh" for curiosity
[13:10] <]Spectre[> and now I can see dvd
[13:10] <]Spectre[> may be that the libdvdread4 is installed by default but is not configured ?
[13:11] <bioterror> VLC shows dvd's without a problem AFAIR
[13:11] <]Spectre[> bioterror: is not true,at least on my computer
[13:12] <MrChrisDruif> ]Spectre[; why didn't you do that command when I asked you to?
[13:12] <MrChrisDruif> =P
[13:15] <]Spectre[> MrChrisDruif: I didn't see that :P sorry
[13:15] <]Spectre[> thanks anyway
[13:15] <MrChrisDruif> Ow, didn't mention you there
[13:16] <MrChrisDruif> I thought that nothing... was in response to my sudo command
[13:17] <]Spectre[> now it works like a charm ! :D
[13:18] <]Spectre[> I love lubuntu
[13:19] <xsteadfastx> oh me too :)
[13:19] <MrChrisDruif> Good to hear boys
[13:24] <]Spectre[> I don't have the time,otherwise I was already helping (as I can ) the development community
[13:25] <david_j_r> MrChrisDruif; about that Gvim in menu thing: the setting I needed was "Categories=Development;" not "Programming" - fwiw!
[13:25] <MrChrisDruif> Yeah, seems legit
[13:27] <david_j_r> Thanks (once again) for your help - reassuring to have a calming presence here. :)
[13:28] <betadoctor> hi all
[13:28] <MrChrisDruif> Aloha betadoctor
[13:29] <betadoctor> ive been trying toresolve my "stuck at 640*480" issue ..
[13:30] <betadoctor> not having much luck ..
[13:30] <MrChrisDruif> Seems like a graphics problem
[13:30] <MrChrisDruif> 640*480 is an emergency resolution afaik
[13:30] <betadoctor> it is .. ive tried several approaches but to no veil
[13:31] <betadoctor> monitor is not detected properly i think .. xconf.org tell me its a 'default monitor'
[13:31] <MrChrisDruif> And with an other OS (e.g. Windows) it works properly?
[13:31] <betadoctor> yup
[13:31] <MrChrisDruif> Weird
[13:31] <betadoctor> it works fine until in install 'addition drivers'
[13:32] <betadoctor> for my NVIDIA card .. then things go awol
[13:32] <MrChrisDruif> Hmm, I'm not a fan of proprietary drivers myself ^_^
[13:32] <MrChrisDruif> ATI, which got about the same problem...slightly less
[13:34] <betadoctor> ok .. i can fix it by reinstalling , wich i will .. about these proprietary drivers .. are they a must ? . my only goal is to keep my OS lightweight ..
[13:34] <betadoctor> can i do without he addition 'performance' of these drivers ?
[13:36] <betadoctor> just looking for a bit of advice i guess :)
[13:39] <betadoctor> so for a lightweith OS i just forget about these proprietary drivers (if the give issues) ?
[13:41] <MrChrisDruif> I guess so. I'm using GNOME Shell without proprietary drivers
[13:45] <betadoctor> ok ty for the advice .. ill be re-installing now :) .. cheers !
[14:30] <hosoka> hallo allemaal
[14:30] <hosoka> alles goed hier ?
[14:31] <hosoka> zijn er mensen hier van de Lubuntu team ?
[14:32] <hosoka> hello
[14:33] <hosoka> can anyone know if the Lubuntu with the LXDM has autologin option working ?
[14:50] <phillw> hosoka: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Documentation/FAQ/Guides#How_to_enable_automatic_logon_in_LXDM should work?
[14:51] <hosoka> phillw: thanks, I will look into that.
[14:53] <hosoka> phillw: I have done that. It did not work.
[14:53] <hosoka> if i use ubuntu only it does work well
[14:53] <hosoka> perhaps because Ubuntu works differently
[14:54] <hosoka> i also contacted with the writer of that tool named dgod and he mentioned that it might work diffently for lubuntu
[14:54] <hosoka> i have upgraded lubuntu 11.04 to 11.10 and since then with the lxdm autologin refusing I needed to replace it with GDM
[17:07] <]Spectre[> hi guys
[17:08] <]Spectre[> what's up ?
[17:08] <bioterror> for random chatting we have #lubuntu-offtopic which doesnt get logged
[17:09] <]Spectre[> sorry bioterror
[17:09] <]Spectre[> mamma mia
[17:10] <bioterror> dont be ;)
[20:57] <MangoBoy> HiI'm wondering if Mondo is compatible with lubuntu 11.10 and if you know any good guide
[20:58] <MangoBoy> some one told me there had been some problems with ubuntu at some time
[20:58] <MangoBoy>  http://www.mondorescue.org/
[21:02] <Unit193> MangoBoy: Well, normally the rule is if it works with Ubuntu, it should work with Lubuntu (But some things like alacarte need Xfce or Gnome)