| xubuntu514 | hi. can anyone give me a few hints? I'm unable to install xubuntu 12.04 or 12.10. In the menu, when selecting "Try without install" or "Install", I get a black screen and system hangs. | 00:53 |
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| xubuntu514 | trying to install from a bootable cd. | 00:53 |
| David-A | How long did you wait before giving up? I think hardware detecting sometimes can take long time. What if you unplug usb-devices that is not needed? | 00:55 |
| Slash0mega2 | hello, i was wondering if there was a way to install a persistant live usb without having it popup "want to boot live or install" every time i start it up. | 01:03 |
| keithclark_ | I'm trying to install xubuntu but I cannot seem to get my touchpad to work. Any ideas? | 02:20 |
| xubuntu453 | hi | 03:08 |
| xubuntu453 | can you install xubuntu alongside windows? | 03:08 |
| well_laid_lawn | xubuntu453: sure, that's called a dual boot | 03:09 |
| well_laid_lawn | !dualboot | 03:09 |
| ubottu | Dual boot instructions: x86/AMD64: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DualBoot/Windows - Macs: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBookPro https://help.ubuntu.com/community/YabootConfigurationForMacintoshPowerPCsDualBoot | 03:09 |
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| keithclark_ | sorry, how to burn a usb stick? | 04:02 |
| Unit193 | !usb | 04:03 |
| ubottu | For information about installing Ubuntu from USB flash drives, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick - For a persistent live USB install, see: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LiveUsbPendrivePersistent | 04:03 |
| Unit193 | I'd use LinuxLiveUSB creator if I were on Windows. | 04:03 |
| keithclark_ | I'm on Ubuntu | 04:04 |
| bazhang | the hybrid iso you could dd or even cat > usb stick | 04:04 |
| keithclark_ | bazhang, in english please | 04:05 |
| bazhang | and 12.10 *is* hybrid | 04:05 |
| bazhang | keithclark_, manpages.ubuntu.com look for cat | 04:05 |
| Unit193 | You can always check to see if it is by running fdisk -l path/to/iso as the output is a partition table. | 04:06 |
| keithclark_ | sorry, I need easier instructions, thanks. | 04:06 |
| Unit193 | http://manpages.ubuntu.com/dd | 04:06 |
| bazhang | nothing easier than using cat on that one | 04:07 |
| Cheri703 | keithclark_: try the startup disk creator | 04:17 |
| dydzEz2_ | wtf | 04:25 |
| dydzEz2_ | theres like 100gigs of my SSD i cant shrink of the partition | 04:26 |
| dydzEz2_ | what do you do with SSDs? you dont defrag them | 04:26 |
| dydzEz2_ | im installing xubuntu atm, i shrinked the w8 OS partition and have 55GB allocated to nothing, the option "Install Xubuntu alongside Windows 8"-- will that install into that free space i just got from the srhink? | 04:48 |
| holstein | dydzEz2_: thats what i would expect | 04:49 |
| holstein | the installer should be offering to resize or whatever.. but you dont.. you can just fill the empty space with ubuntu automatically | 04:50 |
| holstein | dydzEz2_: if you are unsure, take screenshots or pictures and post them for clarification | 04:50 |
| holstein | OR, search for images of the installer online | 04:51 |
| holstein | dydzEz2_: i would not do *any* resizing like that without having my data backed up, and my windows installation disc | 04:51 |
| dydzEz2_ | its a laptop | 04:51 |
| dydzEz2_ | so i have the recovery partitions | 04:51 |
| dydzEz2_ | and i did make images of my windows just in case | 04:52 |
| dydzEz2_ | but i remember you could install ubuntu WITHIN windows | 04:52 |
| holstein | dydzEz2_: that hard drive will fail, so the image is better than tursting the recovery partitions | 04:52 |
| dydzEz2_ | and im wondering if "Install Xubuntu alongside Windows 8" is that | 04:52 |
| holstein | dydzEz2_: "install alongside" is not wubi | 04:52 |
| dydzEz2_ | wubi? | 04:53 |
| holstein | !wubi | 04:53 |
| ubottu | Wubi is an Ubuntu installer for Windows users that allows you to install and uninstall Ubuntu like a Windows application, in a simple and safe way. http://wubi-installer.org/support.php and https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WubiGuide for troubleshooting. Please file bugs at http://launchpad.net/wubi/+filebug. For Ubuntu Oneiric/11.10 http://releases.ubuntu.com/oneiric/wubi.exe | 04:53 |
| dydzEz2_ | oh | 04:53 |
| holstein | thats installing "within" or at least, thats what i thought you were talking about | 04:53 |
| holstein | the filesystem is inside windows... | 04:54 |
| holstein | its not using its own partition | 04:54 |
| holstein | you are asking the installer to use the empty space for actual linux partitions | 04:54 |
| dydzEz2_ | so it will shrink the windows 8 partition automatically? | 04:55 |
| dydzEz2_ | and make its partitions? | 04:55 |
| holstein | dydzEz2_: it (assuming you are talking about the installer) will do as you ask | 04:56 |
| holstein | if you ask it to shrink, it will | 04:56 |
| dydzEz2_ | ok | 04:56 |
| dydzEz2_ | i pre-shrinked it | 04:56 |
| holstein | if you ask it to "install alongside" and you dont shrink, then it (the installer) will use the empty space | 04:56 |
| dydzEz2_ | imma just go back and un-shrink the partition and do it through xubuntu | 04:56 |
| holstein | dydzEz2_: i wouldnt | 04:57 |
| dydzEz2_ | oh | 04:57 |
| dydzEz2_ | i see | 04:57 |
| holstein | i would just setup on the empty space | 04:57 |
| dydzEz2_ | so pick the "Something Else" option? | 04:57 |
| holstein | dydzEz2_: or along side, and dont resize anymore | 04:57 |
| holstein | dydzEz2_: it'll come up with a slider, and just dont slide it | 04:58 |
| holstein | OR | 04:58 |
| holstein | so something else, and make a / and a swap | 04:58 |
| dydzEz2_ | ill just kept what i have shrunk and do "alongside" so it installs in the empty space i made | 04:59 |
| holstein | thats what i would do, and what i think you are looking for | 04:59 |
| dydzEz2_ | is going to use grub | 04:59 |
| holstein | !grub | 05:00 |
| ubottu | GRUB2 is the default Ubuntu boot manager since 9.10 (Karmic). Lost GRUB after installing Windows? See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestoreGrub - For more information and troubleshooting for GRUB2 please refer to https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2 - See !grub1 for releases before Karmic (9.10) | 05:00 |
| holstein | dydzEz2_: you dont have to, but grub will boot your windows install... the windows bootloader wont easily boot linux | 05:00 |
| dydzEz2_ | i clicked alongside while having the freespace, but no slider came up | 05:02 |
| dydzEz2_ | and its installing | 05:02 |
| holstein | dydzEz2_: then, enjoy the alongside option you have chosen | 05:03 |
| dydzEz2_ | aka xubuntu being in the freespace | 05:04 |
| dydzEz2_ | i created by shrinking my w8 os partition | 05:04 |
| dydzEz2_ | oh wow i got scared for a minute | 05:15 |
| dydzEz2_ | it wasnt loadng grub | 05:15 |
| dydzEz2_ | thats because it was loading the "windows 8 loader" | 05:15 |
| dydzEz2_ | does xubuntu take up like 25 GB, i have 33GB free after the install on a 55GB partition | 05:17 |
| holstein | dydzEz2_: no | 05:20 |
| holstein | dydzEz2_: it takes up like 5 or 6 maybe | 05:20 |
| dydzEz2_ | well that failed | 05:31 |
| dydzEz2_ | the windows 8 loader doesnt work anymore and windows 8 just doesnt load | 05:31 |
| dydzEz2_ | i guess the "alongside with windows 8" may need some tweaking lol | 05:31 |
| dydzEz2_ | i guess lenovo had some special windows boot manager and grub interrupted | 05:32 |
| dydzEz2_ | thats so annoying, i have to configure the BIOS to load Windows 8 automatically as its first choice, then for me to load xubuntu I have to press f12 and choose the actual HD as my bootup device since windows 8 has its seperate boot-up | 05:50 |
| dydzEz2_ | in other words i cant use grub for windows 8 boot up | 05:50 |
| dydzEz2_ | xubuntu just started loading a black screen when I hit it after a while messing with the BIOS settngs for booting it up | 06:26 |
| dydzEz2_ | oh it may have been damages when lenovo tried to diagnose windows 8 because of the boot processs | 06:27 |
| dydzEz2_ | im re-installing xubuntu, i didnt shrink my partition this time as imma let the installer do it | 07:48 |
| dydzEz2_ | when im dragging for space, there are 2 boxes | 07:48 |
| dydzEz2_ | is the left side the space xubuntu will be installed on | 07:48 |
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| freedomrun | is it possible to stop Thunar displaying PDF thumbnails? | 08:50 |
| donnie | I'm starting to run sluggish. All I have open is Chrome, and audacious. How come I'm freezing up, and my fan goes into crazy mode? | 09:12 |
| xubuntu037 | hi there. can someone help me out? I just tried installing 12.04 in a raid 0, and grub install failed | 12:16 |
| xubuntu037 | something else must be wrong, because I can't boot the os even using the systemrecovery cd | 12:16 |
| xubuntu037 | are there any known issues with raid install? | 12:17 |
| baizon | xubuntu037: http://askubuntu.com/questions/43036/how-do-i-install-grub-on-a-raid-system-installation | 12:19 |
| baizon | "Instead, you should make a small (1MB) partition on each disk and RAID them together and set it as a GRUB boot partition (I'm not sure of the actual name). Set up your other RAID partitions (e.g. swap and /) and then the GRUB installer should find the boot area just fine." | 12:19 |
| baizon | thats whats worked for me | 12:19 |
| xubuntu037 | thanks baizon, I'll look into it | 12:21 |
| TTM | Good Morning | 13:02 |
| TTM | how is everyone doing? | 13:02 |
| TTM | Is anyone available to help me with the installation of xubuntu? I ran into a few problems | 13:03 |
| alegen | what kind of problems? | 13:06 |
| IdleOne | xubuntu273: Please don't randomly PM people, if you need help ask here in the channel and if someone is able they will be glad to help you. | 16:33 |
| xubuntu505 | Hi,my xubuntu boots into black screen. I've threads about it but it doesn't help. I can run ubuntu with nomodeset and end up in a terminal session. on startup it the fallback graphics device is failed. Now i dont know what to do. I'd be really happy if someone could help. Thanks | 16:44 |
| baizon | xubuntu505: http://askubuntu.com/questions/225207/ubuntu-install-black-screen-nomodeset-not-working | 16:47 |
| baizon | xubuntu505: or you can try to install gdm | 16:48 |
| baizon | i've fixed the problem by installing the proprietary drivers | 16:49 |
| xubuntu505 | sounds good, I am very new to Linux, can you tell me how to do this? | 16:50 |
| baizon | xubuntu505: http://askubuntu.com/questions/225207/ubuntu-install-black-screen-nomodeset-not-working | 16:52 |
| xubuntu505 | I'll try that thanks! | 16:54 |
| baizon | np | 16:55 |
| dstaubsauger | hi, is there a way to emulate middle click and scroll wheel using an old 2-button-ps/2 mouse? (something along the lines of right-click-drag etc) | 16:57 |
| baizon | dstaubsauger: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=993665 | 16:59 |
| bcgrown | I'm running Xubuntu 12.04 and Thunar segfaults every time i try to mount and/or open a USB drive (the SD card in my Android phone). The drive is accessible via command line at /media/usb | 17:03 |
| bcgrown | output of "dmesg |grep thunar" : [ 675.297412] thunar[3159]: segfault at 0 ip 00007fde90fa0208 sp 00007fff716af8b0 error 4 in libglib-2.0.so.0.3200.3[7fde90f2f000+f2000] | 17:03 |
| baizon | bcgrown: have you tried to clean the .cache folder? | 17:07 |
| baizon | or reset the thunar settings | 17:08 |
| dstaubsauger | hm segfault is always a bug, isn't it? | 17:08 |
| bcgrown | baizon: i'll try that now | 17:08 |
| bcgrown | baizon: I removed .cache/Thunar and .config/Thunar and no change. do I need to restart xfce for the change to take effect though? | 17:10 |
| baizon | bcgrown: yes | 17:10 |
| bcgrown | mm ok i'll brb. in the mean time here's the command line output : http://pastebin.com/MQuxfr1s | 17:11 |
| bcgrown | baizon: that appears to have fixed it. but it still shows the volume label "ANDROID" in the sidebar and the path "/media/usb0" in the location bar. weird. | 17:15 |
| bcgrown | only gives me read only access though. everything is owned by root:root | 17:16 |
| bcgrown | hmm xfce volume management seems to be the culprit. as soon as i turned on "Mount removable media when hot-plugged" the same thing happened again | 17:23 |
| baizon | bcgrown: what version of xubuntu? | 17:28 |
| bcgrown | baizon: 12.04.1 | 17:30 |
| baizon | maybe you can ask it on #xfce | 17:34 |
| bcgrown | tried there first, no response | 17:35 |
| bcgrown | thinking maybe i should file a bug report | 17:36 |
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| kyle__ | Running xubuntu-12.10 on kvm, I can't login graphically until I do an update. It just cycles through back to the login screen immediately. Anyone else experience this? | 20:21 |
| Queen`Bee | not me | 20:24 |
| kyle__ | Queen`Bee: Did you run it on KVM, with virtio devices & the default (cirrus logic I think?) video card? | 20:29 |
| Queen`Bee | have you tried in #kvm ? | 20:38 |
| kyle__ | Queen`Bee: Not yet, but honestly, this looks more like a xubuntu bug than a KVM bug. | 20:42 |
| Queen`Bee | yeah i set it up with virtio n cirrus, i have proposed updates enabled | 20:43 |
| dierot | Hey hey!! I need help to fade in and fade out video playback on vlc?? | 20:45 |
| Queen`Bee | fade between clips? | 20:45 |
| Queen`Bee | apparently it doesnt do that but there are some plugins that claim to | 20:50 |
| dierot | yes, crossfade between clips and fade in on start and fade out on stop. | 20:52 |
| xyzone | crossfading video? that's too much | 20:57 |
| dierot | anything in the repo that can do crossfade? of fade in fade out? | 21:12 |
| GridCube | mixxx? | 22:08 |
| GridCube | oh... one hour late | 22:08 |
| RogueShadow | I don't think I'll ever get over being able to install an OS and being able to use it at the same time. | 23:04 |
| GridCube | :D | 23:10 |
| keithclark_ | I have a netbook with a hardrive that has a lot of errors on it. I want to do a fresh install of xubuntu. Is there a way to do a low level format of the hard drive and install? | 23:10 |
| keithclark_ | I can boot to xubuntu on a usb stick | 23:12 |
| keithclark_ | I have a hard time believing that this hard drive is bad | 23:16 |
| GridCube | !format | 23:16 |
| ubottu | For help with partitioning a new install see: https://help.ubuntu.com/12.04/installation-guide/i386/partitioning.html - For partitioning programs see !GParted, !QtParted (!Kubuntu 8.10 and lower) or !PartitionManager (!Kubuntu 9.04 and up) - Other partitioning topics include !fstab !home and !swap | 23:16 |
| keithclark_ | Ok, that did nothing for me. | 23:17 |
| keithclark_ | I want help, not google | 23:17 |
| Unit193 | That's not google, it's a link to the wiki that has good info on it. | 23:19 |
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