| _2cool4me4_ | How well does Lubuntu run on a box with 512 MB of RAM and a 3 GHZ single core? | 00:14 |
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| TheMaster | I'd say pretty good, I have it on 512 with 500MHz. | 00:16 |
| _2cool4me4_ | What do you run on it? | 00:18 |
| ActionParsnip | _2cool4me4_: ram is cheap :) | 00:19 |
| TheMaster | Mixed user, one uses GUI stuff, I pretty much use it for terminal (alpine, irssi, newsbeuter, etc) | 00:19 |
| ActionParsnip | TheMaster: then you have plenty of ram for what you use :) | 00:20 |
| _2cool4me4_ | ActionParsnip: I know, but for now, I only have 512 MB, which I COULD upgrade to around 700 mb | 00:20 |
| TheMaster | ActionParsnip: Could very well do with more. | 00:20 |
| ActionParsnip | TheMaster: what CPU is it? | 00:21 |
| TheMaster | As I said, 500MHz one, celeron to be exact. | 00:21 |
| ActionParsnip | ah, so SD RAM? or is it DDR? | 00:22 |
| _2cool4me4_ | The only thing I would like to run is XBMC or one of its counterparts | 00:22 |
| ActionParsnip | xbmc is quite heavy | 00:41 |
| ActionParsnip | do you own a smartphone at all? | 00:41 |
| ActionParsnip | vlc has a web UI and you can enable it then control it from the phone | 00:42 |
| _2cool4me4_ | It doesn't have an internet connection, I want a setup running before adding new components | 00:50 |
| _2cool4me4_ | Except RAM, I'm gonna get that soon | 00:52 |
| _2cool4me4_ | But I do own an Android | 00:56 |
| ActionParsnip | it can be done over wifi, no need for www link | 01:20 |
| === TheMaster is now known as Unit193 | ||
| macguges | Hello, I've installed lubuntu on my dad's dell latitude. He wants to use a acx1xx nic with it, but its driver was not on the cd. Where can I get the driver? http://www.wikidevi.com/wiki/Netopia_TER/WPC11N1 | 02:49 |
| ActionParsnip | macguges: what chip does the NIC use? | 02:57 |
| ActionParsnip | sudo lshw -C network will tell you the chip | 02:58 |
| etfb | I'm trying to delete the guest account on my kids' computer, but I can't. Can someone tell me how? | 08:12 |
| etfb | I edited /etc/shadow and /etc/passwd, rebooted, and the bloody computer recreated the entries! | 08:13 |
| etfb | And there's nothing in any GUI programs that even mentions it. | 08:13 |
| etfb | And of course Google "helpfully" insists that "lubuntu" is a typo for "ubuntu" and so leads me to a thousand explanations of how to edit lightdm.conf... | 08:14 |
| bioterror | :D | 08:30 |
| bioterror | two minutes visit and doing it all wrong | 08:31 |
| bioterror | but he was on a correct track :D | 08:31 |
| Cujo | hello | 16:33 |
| Cujo | Hello | 16:33 |
| Cujo | Is this where I can ask a question about getting Lubuntu to work propperly on my pc? | 16:34 |
| BillySnowman | Can i ask a question? | 18:13 |
| joe__825 | Hi guys, i need some help as weel please | 18:13 |
| zleap | whyt does using search to find a folder, right clicking on a foundfile, and thenselecting open containing folder open a terminal ? | 18:14 |
| BillySnowman | I'm installing the alternate Lubuntu 12.04 installer, but it seems to just stop when it finishes detecting all the hardware, any ideas what's wrong? | 18:15 |
| BillySnowman | I'm using a Dell Inspiron 4150 if that helps | 18:17 |
| zleap | can you switch to a terminal thing that shows messages from the kernel (maybe someone can help here ) | 18:18 |
| joe__825 | is anyone willing to help me with fonts issues? | 18:21 |
| zleap | er not sure, we need people with more expertise really | 18:23 |
| joe__825 | zleap, how's your fonts going ? ;) | 18:23 |
| zleap | my fonts seem fine | 18:24 |
| joe__825 | on browsers too? | 18:24 |
| zleap | i used to have an issue with fonts and open / lbreoffce menus but that was ages ago | 18:24 |
| zleap | browsers seem fine | 18:24 |
| joe__825 | do u remember how you fixed that? | 18:24 |
| zleap | nope, | 18:25 |
| zleap | what version of lubuntu you running | 18:25 |
| joe__825 | :) | 18:25 |
| bioterror | what's wrong with the fonts? | 18:25 |
| bioterror | and if the alternate hangs, sounds like a hardware related problems | 18:25 |
| bioterror | it's quite idiot proof | 18:26 |
| joe__825 | 12.10 | 18:26 |
| joe__825 | fonts are blurry, fuzzy | 18:26 |
| bioterror | give us png | 18:27 |
| bioterror | ;) | 18:27 |
| joe__825 | me? | 18:27 |
| BillySnowman | well, when it finishes the hardware check all I see is a blue screen with a whit/light grey line at the bottom, where I can write things in | 18:28 |
| bioterror | if you compare GNU/Linux fonts to Windows, it's always blurry | 18:28 |
| bioterror | it's not a secret that all the linux distros sucks with the fonts | 18:28 |
| joe__825 | oh really? yes i do compare actually, somehow i managed to get it right on debian | 18:28 |
| bioterror | look at the pictures from the late 90's when people was using netscape navigator :D | 18:29 |
| joe__825 | was it blurry back then too? that's interesting | 18:29 |
| joe__825 | i miss netscape days | 18:29 |
| bioterror | I think antialiasing has something to do with the blurryness | 18:30 |
| joe__825 | yeah, i've ticked the antialiasing off... once again, it did the trick in mint and debian.. but lubuntu seems to be a little behind when it comes to fonts managment | 18:31 |
| BillySnowman | I tried to install it before using the desktop one, but that one crashed when it was installing the bundled software | 18:31 |
| zleap | hmm, i do sometines get some weird blurry ness on a browser | 18:31 |
| zleap | but nothing that is annoying enough to worry about | 18:31 |
| joe__825 | right now, it's mainly the arial bold i think ;) | 18:32 |
| joe__825 | i've installed microsoft fonts to be on the safe side.. | 18:32 |
| bioterror | dejavu-ttf is the one that works quite well | 18:32 |
| BillySnowman | is there any way to fix my problem? | 18:33 |
| joe__825 | oh... gimme a few i'll give it a shot... thanks bioterror | 18:33 |
| bioterror | BillySnowman, do you have problems with the desktop installer too? | 18:34 |
| BillySnowman | yes | 18:34 |
| BillySnowman | that one crashed when it was installing the bundled software | 18:34 |
| bioterror | BillySnowman, actually when you press alt+f5 or something like that, you should get into another tty which shows you what really happens during the installation | 18:34 |
| bioterror | it would enlighten us a lot | 18:35 |
| BillySnowman | check-missing-firmware: missing firmware files (agere_sta_fw.bin) for orinco_cs | 18:39 |
| BillySnowman | bioterror here's what I see "check-missing-firmware: missing firmware files (agere_sta_fw.bin) for orinco_cs" | 18:40 |
| BillySnowman | is that of any help? | 18:43 |
| joe__825 | so sorry about the ignorence bio, but how do i install fonts of tar.bz2 package file? | 18:46 |
| kanliot | joe__825 there's a guide @ help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Setup | 18:49 |
| joe__825 | cheers kanliot, gonna check that up | 18:50 |
| joe__964 | no luck with fonts issues here.. i have minimized the problem... it's mostly blurry when text is bold | 19:20 |
| joe__964 | mainly in browsers | 19:20 |
| joe__964 | any ideas friends? | 19:21 |
| bioterror | press "Auto adjustment" from your display if you're using HD-15 (VGA) cable between your computer and display | 19:22 |
| zleap | joe__964, yeah same here | 19:24 |
| joe__964 | done. no luck | 19:24 |
| joe__964 | oh | 19:24 |
| zleap | actually i noticed an improvement between versions of firefox | 19:24 |
| zleap | only now it seems to display other websites on top of others as if its not refreshing properly | 19:24 |
| joe__964 | yeah, it's getting there but still no the 'real thing' ;) | 19:25 |
| joe__964 | anyhow i've noticed another problem with the monitor settings | 19:25 |
| zleap | joe__964, are you using the latest version of your browser | 19:26 |
| joe__964 | when i change the refresh rate to 75 instead of 60, and hit the 'apply' and goes back to 60 again | 19:26 |
| zleap | hmm | 19:26 |
| joe__964 | i mean.. it goes back to 60 refresh rate | 19:27 |
| joe__964 | it also wont detect my monitor | 19:27 |
| zleap | i taske it your using a clean install of lubuntu, as I just installed lubuntu-desktop over ubuntu (as in the packages) so our experiences in some areas are similar but that could be a factor | 19:28 |
| zleap | you're | 19:28 |
| joe__964 | oh i see what you mean zleap | 19:28 |
| zleap | in some ways its "good" we are having similar issues, it rules out hardware faults on monitors | 19:30 |
| zleap | ok now running firefox 15 | 19:30 |
| joe__964 | congrats ;) | 19:30 |
| zleap | updating before seemed to cure the blurry bold font issue | 19:30 |
| zleap | however 15 will hopefully cure the other issue with being able to see through part of a browser window to another site (hard to describe) but its not what should happen | 19:31 |
| joe__964 | wish u best of luck | 19:32 |
| zleap | thankjs | 19:33 |
| zleap | as i said blurry font = update seems to fix | 19:33 |
| zleap | other issue occurs randomly so hard to reproduce but if it stops happening then ff 15 fixed it | 19:33 |
| zleap | joe__964, same to you | 19:33 |
| joe__964 | yeah well its less blurry in comparcy with chromium but not like ms os still | 19:36 |
| joe__964 | i bet you anything opera will be sharp as, but opera luck support with latest web technologies | 19:38 |
| joe__964 | see you later zleap. nice talking to you. cheers | 19:45 |
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