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Guest59946Hello ppl. I was using Lubuntu 12.04 when all of a suden everything freezed, so I rebooted in the good old way of the PC power button (tty did not worked either) but could not login, it asked me for GRUB. I am in a LiveCD now (11.10) But I can't acces my info, I can see my home folder, but not its contents00:18
Guest59946What can I do to save ALL my info?00:18
Guest59946I can't see anything in the terminal either, not even with DIR or LS command00:20
Guest59946It is as the data just disapeared by magic00:20
bodhi_zazenGuest59946: best way to save all your info is to restore from backup ;p00:22
pibarnasGuest59946, could you mount the partition your info's stored by hand?00:23
pibarnasGuest59946, with the live cd, I mean?00:23
Guest59946pibarnas:  Can you tell me how?00:25
Guest59946I think I need to install a backup program, eh?00:25
Guest59946All I need is my pictures00:26
Guest59946I need them, I worked with them00:26
seekwillThis would be good to doc :)00:27
pibarnasGuest59946, first, you have to know the name of device your things are stored. for example /dev/sda100:28
seekwillI think before you do that, you should look into what the error message means00:29
seekwillGuest59946: What was the GRUB error? Does it always give you that error message everytime you try to boot from it?00:29
Unit193HD failure?  Try SystemRescueCD? Does that still have something useful for Linux rather than windows?00:30
Guest59946Unit193: Yes, I tried to login several times, GRUB RESCUE I think00:31
Guest59946Unit193: Can't even login in the LiveCD, in the "Boot to first HDD"00:31
pibarnasGuest59946, you could your original partition with a command similar to this, where ?=number of your original partition: sudo mount -t ext4 -o rw /dev/sda? /mnt00:32
Guest59946pibarnas: Number of my original partition? The disk utility see it like this: file:///media/dddc8834-fd7c-440b-bc56-89efd77ff2bf00:35
Guest59946pibarnas: Ah, I get it00:35
Guest59946pibarnas: You mean this00:36
Guest59946pibarnas: I think it is mounted00:39
Guest59946but still can't see my data00:39
pibarnasGuest59946, are you sure it was the correct device?00:40
seekwillGuest59946: What do you see?00:41
Guest59946pibarnas: Thats what the Disk Manager says /dev/sda100:41
pibarnasGuest59946, ls /mnt shows what?00:42
Guest59946seekwill: I see nothing inside my home folder, just 4 folders: .config .gvfs .local .purple00:42
seekwillGuest59946: Are you looking in your home folder from the LiveCD?00:42
Unit193/media is used by a few things.00:42
Guest59946ls /mnt00:42
Guest59946dev  home  proc  run  sys  usr  var  vmlinuz  vmlinuz.old00:42
seekwillls /mnt/home00:43
pibarnasGuest59946, do u take a look at that home??00:43
seekwillls /mnt/home/<username>/<picturefolder>00:43
Guest59946pibarnas: Like I said before, there is nothing inside my home folder, except those 4 folders I mentioned before00:43
seekwill:)00:44
Guest59946How can data erase just like that?00:44
seekwillls /mnt/home00:45
seekwillWhat does that say?00:45
Guest59946seekwill: ls /mnt/home/00:45
Guest59946osmodivs00:45
Guest59946 ls /mnt/home/osmodivs/00:46
Guest59946ubuntu@ubuntu:~$00:46
seekwillNothing in that dir?00:46
Guest59946I had 100+GB of data a few minutes ago00:46
Guest59946Not anymore00:47
seekwillls -la /mnt/home/osmodivs00:48
pibarnasGuest59946, could u remind what were you doin' when system froze?00:48
seekwillIt could have been an rm -rf :(00:48
Guest59946rm...00:49
Guest59946Oh no00:49
Guest59946OH NO00:50
Guest59946I think I deleted something00:50
Guest59946/???/???/.Trash00:50
Guest59946But Trash is not a vital part of the OS00:50
Guest59946Is it?00:51
seekwill?00:52
pibarnasGuest59946, nope, but if you do something like rm -rf ~/* .Trash...00:52
pibarnasGuest59946, there's a space between * and .Trash....00:53
Guest59946pibarnas: What does that means?00:54
pibarnasGuest59946, means that if you've done that, you remove everything that isn't hidden from your home.00:54
Guest59946pibarnas: Well, I think I did that, I'm gonna have to use the good ol PHOTOREC00:55
pibarnasGuest59946, PHOTOREC?00:56
Guest59946pibarnas: Yeah, its for photo recovery, it also recovers Partitions, and lots of other type of files00:58
Guest59946hotoRec 6.11, Data Recovery Utility, April 200900:58
Guest59946Christophe GRENIER <grenier@cgsecurity.org>00:58
Guest59946http://www.cgsecurity.org00:58
Unit193!info testdisk00:58
ubottutestdisk (source: testdisk): Partition scanner and disk recovery tool. In component universe, is optional. Version 6.13-1 (precise), package size 516 kB, installed size 1209 kB00:58
pibarnasGuest59946, cool. I didn't know it.00:58
Guest59946pibarnas: You learn something everyday, like me, I will NOT use rm rf again, EVER!!01:00
pibarnasGuest59946, it's dangerous. rm isn't, but with those arguments...01:02
Guest59946 Ok, thx everybody. Have to go01:02
CARCASShi, does anybody know how to fix gdebi's issue in 12.04? I can't install any .deb package with gdebi, it's just quitting out when I try to install something.03:20
restringereI've got a quick question for you: I am running Lubuntu 12.04 on an Inspiron 1000 2.2ghz celeron, with 1.25 Gigs of Ram, was Rsyncing from my other machine running Xubuntu to do a routine backup of a huge 3 gig file and when Lubuntu went to idle it dropped into a severe kernel panic...does anyone know how I can look through the logs to verify this?03:24
restringereIs this a bug or a normal event?03:25
CARCASSfirst of all, dmesg|grep fatal or dmesg|grep error03:26
restringerechecking03:26
restringereOnly one03:28
restringereEXT4-fs (sda1): re-mounted Opts: errors=remount-ro03:29
CARCASSit's not an error.03:32
restringereWas it because my memory overflowed?03:32
restringereor because the disk went to idle during a huge write and rewrite03:33
CARCASSI think it's because of disk idle, yes.03:33
restringereNow there are a few bad sectors on my disk , should I fdisk?  And how can I prevent the disk idle, can I turn it off?03:34
CARCASSreplace the disk, don't use it with bad sectors. It's usually a physical damage, not filesystem error.03:39
Unit193CARCASS: Run gdebi from the terminal to see what output you get.03:40
Unit193Also, if in the end you can't get it, dpkg -i works just as well.03:40
EvilResistanceand if that fails as well, then there's a bigger problem on there03:40
EvilResistancewhoops sorry03:41
CARCASSUnit193, i did it, no error output. Just silently quitting.03:41
* EvilResistance has too many channels03:41
CARCASSUnit193, and yes, I can do that with dpkg -i , and apt-get install -f to install all dependencies, but i'm a bit dissapointed with gdebi's behaviour.03:42
restringereOK03:43
CARCASSinstalled lubuntu from alternate cd03:43
restringereBut if I cant replace it what do I do?03:43
CARCASSI don't know, restringere. I'm always replacing disks with bad sectors.03:45
restringereok03:45
Unit193CARCASS: I just (re)installed archey using gdebi, all working here.03:46
Unit193Try strace gdebi-gtk file.deb03:47
CARCASSok, I'll try03:52
CARCASSone more question:03:52
CARCASSI've installed NVidia driver and Nvidia-settings is almost empty, screenshot: http://oi47.tinypic.com/29ekuc7.jpg03:53
CARCASSwhere the hell is all other settings, lol ?03:53
restringereCARCASS, I had this problem today03:56
restringereheres a great link, install nVidia drivers from www.nvidia.com always03:56
restringereall you have to do is download the binary, then chmod +x, press ctrl alt f1 and then kill lightdm or gmd, install, reboot03:58
CARCASSrestringere, I did exactly what you have said above.04:00
restringeredo you have the Ubuntu proprietary drivers installed from the menu?04:01
restringerethe one that says, activated..etc...04:01
CARCASSno, I've downloaded the driver from nvidia.com website. In proprietary drivers it says nothing.04:02
CARCASSi've downloaded that .run file, switched to console, killed lightdm, sudo sh file.run , no errors, installation ok, reboot.04:03
CARCASS*scratch*04:03
restringeretry apt-get remove nvidia nvidia-current and do it over again04:04
restringereThats what I had to do04:06
Unit193Jockey is the only supported method right now.04:10
CARCASSjokey doesn't provide any driver for my GeForce4-MX42004:17
restringereCarcass, I realized direct download of the binary and clean setup is the only way04:19
restringereThere should be a warning message that directs you to reconfigure the settings module04:20
lubuntu-userHello, I am trying to use lubuntu on a netbook.  It seems to have installed, but it won't load Lubuntu unless I had my USB stick connected.04:20
lubuntu-userAny ideas how to change this?04:20
CARCASSrestringere, right, there was something about nouveau driver04:21
CARCASSlubuntu-user, I guess you have installed lubuntu ON your USB-stick drive :)04:22
CARCASSand this must be connected, of course, to load system04:22
Unit193Or grub to there. :P04:22
CARCASSor grub, yes :)04:22
lubuntu-usercarcass, maybe, so what do I do to undo this?04:23
lubuntu-userI did the same as I have done with kubuntu and ubuntu04:24
CARCASSunplug USB-stick, then completely reinstall lubuntu.04:25
CARCASSoops, where you installing from? From this USB stick?04:26
lubuntu-useryes04:27
lubuntu-userI did the same as I have done with ubuntu before and kubuntu04:27
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mi3are you there?11:01
windbuntulubuntu is frustrating me it seems quite the mess overall i am in 12.04 in my vm and i ran synaptic to install the restricted extras and it just hung now synaptic seems broken and wont work and wants me to run 'dpkg-configure-a' whatever the heck that is but when i run that it doesnt seem to know what it is...what i screwed up mess!12:06
windbuntutypical when you try to use terminal it always wants you to run a silly command then says it doesnt understand its own GD command12:07
icerootwindbuntu: because you are misstyping the commands12:07
windbuntui typed it exactly as lubuntu told me12:08
windbuntuso if thats the case again its a mess12:08
windbuntushould not be this difficult12:08
icerootwindbuntu: lubuntu told you to use "sudo dpkg --configure -a"12:08
icerootwindbuntu: and not dpkg-configure-a12:08
windbuntuno i typed exactly what it said12:08
windbuntuthen it needs to say what it means12:09
windbuntuim not a mind reader12:09
windbuntuwhat are you suggeting i run12:09
windbuntusuggesting12:09
icerootwindbuntu: lubuntu told you to use "sudo dpkg --configure -a"12:09
icerootso please use that command12:09
windbuntuso is that what i type?12:09
icerootwindbuntu: and not dpkg-configure-a12:09
windbuntui will type that exactly12:09
windbuntubut ill bet it does absolutely nothing12:10
icerootthen dont ask for my help if you bet i am telling you lies12:10
windbuntucan i be in my VM and in here same time?12:10
icerootwhat is "here"?12:11
windbuntui know you are telling me what its supposed to do12:11
windbuntuhere means i am in this chat in my ubuntu system...there means i go into my lubuntu vm and do both at same time12:11
windbuntuin case i want to ask a question when it fails12:11
icerootwindbuntu: you mean if you can access this chat with your vm?12:12
windbuntui mean i am speaking to you right now in ubuntu in my xchat....can i now go into to my VM and boot lubuntu and leave this chat open too?12:13
windbuntueh never mind12:13
windbuntuill just go back into lubuntu12:13
windbuntuand run that command12:13
windbuntuwhen i run that command, what is supposed to happen?12:14
windbuntudoes it see that synaptic is broke find the problem and fix it?12:15
windbuntuwell thanks anyway ill try12:17
windbuntuthe sudo dpkg did allow me to use synaptic again but the same problen occurs over and over again...when i try to use synaptic to install either adobe flash or the restricted extras is just hangs, it hangs at the eula agreement concerning windows probably becasue there is a little thing that says OK that i am probably supposed to acknowledge to move on but there is no GD way to acknowledge it in a VM i tried every way possible buy it will not12:49
windbuntu so it just sits there hung. rubbish.12:49
windbuntuso i can run my lubuntu in my vm but cannot play vids12:52
jakob_lnot possible to select Ok with <tab> and then hit enter?12:54
windbuntuhmmm12:55
windbuntuill try tab then12:55
windbuntuthis will be my 3rd attempt to make lubuntu install the extras12:55
windbuntubrb12:55
windbuntuty12:55
tataI use lubuntu 10.04 on usb flash- and nao, my free space is only 40Mb, how to make larger space?14:01
tatais it possible to delete some programs from live lubuntu at flash usb?14:14
holsteintata: maybe.. i usually just install to the USB media.. you could always do a minimal install and just choose what you want... LXDE for example14:24
tatabut, I never usued minimal instal, is it hardway?14:25
holsteintata: its not easy building up a custom operating system, which is kind of what you are asking to do14:26
holsteintata: its do-able... if you'd like a customized, or smaller footprint ubuntu/lubuntu, theres nothing preventing you from having that14:26
tataok, I think that is not for me, I am new in linux14:26
holsteintata: maybe you just want to get a bigger stick, and install to that media then14:27
holsteintata: or a smaller footprint linux such as puppy.. or knoppix which is designed to be used as you are trying to use it14:28
tatayes, I try puppy but lubuntu is for me more understant than puppy14:29
tatapuppy is comlecated14:29
holsteintata: understant?14:31
holsteintata: things that you are not used to are complicated14:32
holsteintata: i say, choose one that is closer to fitting your needs, and learn about it14:32
tataok14:39
milen8204hello all when I start my  System Tools>System profiler and Benchmark> Summary I can not see my video card, it is written:  OpenGL Renderer: Unknown. Is it this a bug or bad driver ?16:16
seekwillmilen8204: What does `lspci` say?16:24
milen8204seekwill, http://pastebin.com/f6iCq4jG16:28
seekwillDo you know which driver you're using?16:34
seekwillbrb, I need to head to the office16:34
milen8204seekwill, I do not know16:35
bodhi_zazeno/ lubuntu16:37
EvilResistanceits the bodhi_zazen!16:38
bodhi_zazenEvil_bodhi_zazen16:38
milen8204What should I do when my PC whit Lubuntu 12.04 installed does not run my flash drive ?16:42
milen8204USB flash drive16:43
bodhi_zazenmilen8204: can you re-phrase the question16:45
bodhi_zazenwhat is the problem with USB flash driver ?16:45
bodhi_zazenwon't boot /16:45
milen8204yes16:45
bodhi_zazencompletely unclear16:45
milen8204sorry for the bad sentence :D16:45
milen8204It runs on onother computer16:46
bodhi_zazenWhat problem or error message are you getting when it boots ?16:46
milen8204but not on mine16:46
milen8204I can not see the flash no error massage16:46
milen8204it looks like I didn`t put it in the PC.16:47
milen8204but i had put it in the USB slot.16:47
bodhi_zazenSo it boots ...16:48
bodhi_zazenthen what ?16:48
bodhi_zazenyou get a BIOS screen ?16:48
bodhi_zazenit boots another OS?16:48
bodhi_zazenYou see the grub boot screen ?16:48
Unit193Not all computers can boot from USB/flash.16:49
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milen8204no no no16:54
bodhi_zazenyes yes yes16:54
milen8204sorry i didn`t explain well16:54
milen8204I have boot my OS but my flash does not mount16:54
milen8204I have tried to mount another but nothing mounts on my PC16:54
bodhi_zazenIf nothing mounts, hardware problem ?16:55
milen8204it has been mounted before the upgrade16:56
bodhi_zazenCan't really tell what the problem is milen8204 , can't boot ? cant mount ?16:56
milen8204can not mount anything16:56
bodhi_zazenyou need to provide a better description of the problem and preferably an error message16:56
bodhi_zazenmount /dev/sdxy /mnt16:57
bodhi_zazenwhat error message do you get ?16:57
bodhi_zazenhow are you mounting ? manually ? auto mount ? nautilus ? pcmanfm ?16:57
milen8204i have installed Gmountiso and tried to mount one .iso file and did not make it16:57
bodhi_zazenlol16:58
bodhi_zazenI have to go, hope others can help16:58
bodhi_zazenNow you have gone from can't boot to cant mount flash drive to can't mount an iso16:58
bodhi_zazenI will check in later16:58
milen8204I said sorry that i said boot16:59
uvtcWhat's the best way to install Emacs 24 on Lubuntu 12.04?17:14
uvtcSome instructions I've found say to add-apt-repository ppa:cassou/emacs ...17:15
uvtcbut after I do that,17:15
uvtcand apt-get update17:15
uvtcit appears that apt is now interested in installing various gnome and unity packages.17:15
uvtc(if I ask for `sudo apt-get -u dist-upgrade`, that is)17:17
bodhi_zazenmilen8204: you get your problem solved ?18:14
milen8204bodhi_zazen, of course not :D18:51
milen8204can`t mount USB flash18:51
milen8204i have no devices in media18:51
will_milen8204: Try opening up Disk Utility. You may see the device there18:53
milen8204will_, i did that no media found18:53
will_milen8204: Sorry, been busy all morning. Did you get your video card issue resolved?18:53
milen8204exept my floppy drive and HDD18:53
will_milen8204: Does it work in another machine?18:53
will_What's a floppy drive??? :)18:54
milen8204floppy18:54
will_I have found USB drives to be a bit unreliable. So it could have just died. Try in another machine. See if it works18:55
milen8204USB works fine18:55
bodhi_zazenPlug in the device18:55
milen8204i tried on onother mashine18:56
bodhi_zazendmesg | tail | pastebinit18:56
milen8204and it starts18:56
will_ooh, pastebinit...18:56
bodhi_zazenfdisk -l | pastebinit18:56
milen8204ok please wait a moment18:57
n1ckn4me09876543How can I lock my lubuntu other than the Screensaver?  I like to be able to be connected to the internet so I'm still downloading stuff while I'm away18:57
will_bodhi_zazen: Do you know of something similar for screen shots?18:57
will_n1ckn4me09876543: What's wrong with the screen saver?18:58
milen8204nothing happen when I write fdisk18:59
milen8204-l18:59
will_use sudo18:59
bodhi_zazenn1ckn4me09876543: screen ?18:59
milen8204oo19:00
milen8204:D19:00
n1ckn4me09876543will_ it takes 1 minute to activate I like to have similar features to Windows where I can lock it right away19:01
milen8204bodhi_zazen, there is the pastebin http://pastebin.com/fKfV3Hkc19:03
n1ckn4me09876543its like there's Shutdown, Reboot, Suspend, Hibernate, Switch User, Logout, Cancel,    i dont see LOCK button19:03
will_I believe there's a key code. 1 sec, conf call19:03
will_key combo you can hit19:03
bodhi_zazenmilen8204: dmesg | tail | pastebinit19:04
milen8204bodhi_zazen, I do not know what to do whit tail ?19:05
milen8204bodhi_zazen, http://pastebin.com/YDQ0TZrD19:07
milen8204that is for dmesg | tail19:07
milen8204bodhi_zazen, did you seen any problems ?19:20
bodhi_zazenWell the usb is not recognized, not sure why not19:20
milen8204me too :D19:21
bodhi_zazenhow old is this hardware ?19:21
bodhi_zazenYou using a usb2 with a usb1 slot ?19:22
milen8204usb219:22
n1ckn4me09876543What is iBUS and can I safely remove it without affecting anything in my lubuntu19:22
milen8204it is not so old i thing 5-6 years old ;D19:22
bodhi_zazensudo fdisk /dev/sdb19:30
milen8204fdisk: unable to open /dev/sdb: No medium found19:30
bodhi_zazenTry another usb slot ;p19:31
milen8204/dev/sdb2 ?19:31
will_I think you need more in the tail19:31
milen8204I have sda but it is another device not USB stick19:32
milen8204will_, I will prastebin it again19:33
milen8204will_, there is the pastebin again http://pastebin.com/aEDJJ8uk19:34
will_I think you need more like tail −10019:35
milen8204I do not understand tail - 10019:36
milen8204?19:36
wxltail -n 100 <whatever>19:36
wxlor19:36
wxlwhatever | tail -n 10019:36
milen8204there is dmesg | tail -n 10019:39
milen8204http://pastebin.com/uHMgsNRy19:39
will_How many disk drives in that system?19:51
will_dmsg | grep -v sdb | tail -n 2019:51
bodhi_zazenmilen8204: not really any additional info in -n 10019:55
rolandbcan anyone help me get a Cisco AM10 USB NIC working? This thing is a doozy.. running lubuntu 11.0419:55
milen8204dmsg | grep -v sdb | tail -n 2020:09
milen8204http://pastebin.com/bUDzjb9T20:12
milen8204bodhi_zazen, will_  I am ok i can mount20:21
milen8204I did restart and everyting is ok20:22
milen8204:D20:22
milen8204thanks20:22
milen8204for the help20:22
bodhi_zazenOdd20:22
bodhi_zazenbut , OK20:22
milen8204where is boot flash stick in Lubuntu 12.04 ?20:23
bodhi_zazenBooting from a usb is a function of your BIOS20:23
bodhi_zazenBIOS would pass off boot process to grub or syslinux , depending on what was on the usb20:24
milen8204no no in 11.10 was a program that makes bootable USB stick from .iso file20:24
bodhi_zazenThere are several, unetbootin is popular20:25
bodhi_zazenusbcreator20:25
valdur55usb-disk-creator-gtk?20:25
milen8204I dont know20:25
milen8204:D20:25
milen8204will try any20:25
bodhi_zazengksudo usb-creator-gtk20:25
bodhi_zazenhttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/LiveUsbPendrivePersistent20:25
valdur55usb-creator-gtk :)20:26
milen8204ok thanks20:26
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souliaqAny easy way to disable X system in Lubuntu?21:36
souliaqsudo update-rc.d -f gdm remove, don't work21:36
will_Why do you want to remove it?21:37
Unit193That's because Lubuntu doesn't use GDM, it uses eith er LXDM or lightdm.21:37
souliaqIs a virtual machine, I need only make NFS tests.21:37
will_Why not use Ubuntu-server?21:37
souliaqDon't have X system?21:38
souliaqis like a Arch Linux?21:38
will_I don't really know what Arch Linux is about :(21:38
souliaqjust terminal21:38
will_What are NFS tests?21:38
souliaqsharing files21:38
will_So you're looking to make a server?21:39
souliaqYes, but with Ubuntu21:39
souliaqnot Debian, not Arch21:39
will_Ubuntu-server :)21:39
souliaqok, I'll download Ubuntu-server21:39
souliaqthanks.21:39
_akiohi there21:57
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Osmodivs1Hello, How can I access a folder who has strange symbols like this one :"("23:52
Osmodivs1Autocompletion does not work23:52
wxlOsmodivs1: try \23:52
Osmodivs1bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('23:53
wxle.g. if it's "this (that).txt" and you want to cat it try "cat this\ \(that\).txt"23:53
Osmodivs1wxl: Ok, please tell me exactly how, I can't understand. This is the destination folder I want to access: /Program Files (x86)/Activision/Call of Duty - Black Ops23:57
wxlOsmodivs1: so you're trying to access a windows share?23:57
Osmodivs1wxl: Wine 1.423:58
wxlwellll23:58
wxldon't have wine on here but basically it mounts that program files directory somewhere23:58
wxllet's say under ~/.wine/c23:58
Osmodivs1wxl: The program is already installed, I just can't get to that folder because of those characters23:59
wxlso youd refer to ~/.wine/c/Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/Activision/Call\ of\ Duty\ -\ Black\ Ops23:59
Unit193But you should be able to tabcomplete at least some of that...23:59

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