[00:53] <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] <xubuntu514> trying to install from a bootable cd.
[00:55] <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?
[01:03] <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.
[02:20] <keithclark_> I'm trying to install xubuntu but I cannot seem to get my touchpad to work.  Any ideas?
[03:08] <xubuntu453> hi
[03:08] <xubuntu453> can you install xubuntu alongside windows?
[03:09] <well_laid_lawn> xubuntu453:  sure, that's called a dual boot
[03:09] <well_laid_lawn> !dualboot
[04:02] <keithclark_> sorry, how to burn a usb stick?
[04:03] <Unit193> !usb
[04:03] <Unit193> I'd use LinuxLiveUSB creator if I were on Windows.
[04:04] <keithclark_> I'm on Ubuntu
[04:04] <bazhang> the hybrid iso you could dd or even cat > usb stick
[04:05] <keithclark_> bazhang, in english please
[04:05] <bazhang> and 12.10 *is* hybrid
[04:05] <bazhang> keithclark_, manpages.ubuntu.com   look for cat
[04:06] <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
[04:07] <bazhang> nothing easier than using cat on that one
[04:17] <Cheri703> keithclark_: try the startup disk creator
[04:25] <dydzEz2_> wtf
[04:26] <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
[04:48] <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?
[04:49] <holstein> dydzEz2_: thats what i would expect
[04:50] <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
[04:51] <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
[04:52] <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
[04:53] <dydzEz2_> wubi?
[04:53] <holstein> !wubi
[04:53] <dydzEz2_> oh
[04:53] <holstein> thats installing "within" or at least, thats what i thought you were talking about
[04:54] <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
[04:55] <dydzEz2_> so it will shrink the windows 8 partition automatically?
[04:55] <dydzEz2_> and make its partitions?
[04:56] <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
[04:57] <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
[04:58] <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
[04:59] <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
[05:00] <holstein> !grub
[05:00] <holstein> dydzEz2_: you dont have to, but grub will boot your windows install... the windows bootloader wont easily boot linux
[05:02] <dydzEz2_> i clicked alongside while having the freespace, but no slider came up
[05:02] <dydzEz2_> and its installing
[05:03] <holstein> dydzEz2_: then, enjoy the alongside option you have chosen
[05:04] <dydzEz2_> aka xubuntu being in the freespace
[05:04] <dydzEz2_> i created by shrinking my w8 os partition
[05:15] <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"
[05:17] <dydzEz2_> does xubuntu take up like 25 GB, i have 33GB free after the install on a 55GB partition
[05:20] <holstein> dydzEz2_: no
[05:20] <holstein> dydzEz2_: it takes up like 5 or 6 maybe
[05:31] <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
[05:32] <dydzEz2_> i guess lenovo had some special windows boot manager and grub interrupted
[05:50] <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
[06:26] <dydzEz2_> xubuntu just started loading a black screen when I hit it after a while messing with the BIOS settngs for booting it up
[06:27] <dydzEz2_> oh it may have been damages when lenovo tried to diagnose windows 8  because of the boot processs
[07:48] <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
[08:50] <freedomrun> is it possible to stop Thunar displaying PDF thumbnails?
[09:12] <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?
[12:16] <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
[12:17] <xubuntu037> are there any known issues with raid install?
[12:19] <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
[12:21] <xubuntu037> thanks baizon, I'll look into it
[13:02] <TTM> Good Morning
[13:02] <TTM> how is everyone doing?
[13:03] <TTM> Is anyone available to help me with the installation of xubuntu? I ran into a few problems
[13:06] <alegen> what kind of problems?
[16:33] <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.
[16:44] <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
[16:47] <baizon> xubuntu505: http://askubuntu.com/questions/225207/ubuntu-install-black-screen-nomodeset-not-working
[16:48] <baizon> xubuntu505: or you can try to install gdm
[16:49] <baizon> i've fixed the problem by installing the proprietary drivers
[16:50] <xubuntu505> sounds good, I am very new to Linux, can you tell me how to do this?
[16:52] <baizon> xubuntu505: http://askubuntu.com/questions/225207/ubuntu-install-black-screen-nomodeset-not-working
[16:54] <xubuntu505> I'll try that thanks!
[16:55] <baizon> np
[16:57] <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)
[16:59] <baizon> dstaubsauger: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=993665
[17:03] <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]
[17:07] <baizon> bcgrown: have you tried to clean the .cache folder?
[17:08] <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
[17:10] <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
[17:11] <bcgrown> mm ok i'll brb.  in the mean time here's the command line output : http://pastebin.com/MQuxfr1s
[17:15] <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.
[17:16] <bcgrown> only gives me read only access though.  everything is owned by root:root
[17:23] <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
[17:28] <baizon> bcgrown: what version of xubuntu?
[17:30] <bcgrown> baizon: 12.04.1
[17:34] <baizon> maybe you can ask it on #xfce
[17:35] <bcgrown> tried there first, no response
[17:36] <bcgrown> thinking maybe i should file a bug report
[20:21] <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?
[20:24] <Queen`Bee> not me
[20:29] <kyle__> Queen`Bee: Did you run it on KVM, with virtio devices & the default (cirrus logic I think?) video card?
[20:38] <Queen`Bee> have you tried in #kvm ?
[20:42] <kyle__> Queen`Bee: Not yet, but honestly, this looks more like a xubuntu bug than a KVM bug.
[20:43] <Queen`Bee> yeah i set it up with virtio n cirrus, i have proposed updates enabled
[20:45] <dierot> Hey hey!! I need help to fade in and fade out video playback on vlc??
[20:45] <Queen`Bee> fade between clips?
[20:50] <Queen`Bee> apparently it doesnt do that but there are some plugins that claim to
[20:52] <dierot> yes, crossfade between clips and fade in on start and fade out on stop.
[20:57] <xyzone> crossfading video? that's too much
[21:12] <dierot> anything in the repo that can do crossfade? of fade in fade out?
[22:08] <GridCube> mixxx?
[22:08] <GridCube> oh... one hour late
[23:04] <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.
[23:10] <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?
[23:12] <keithclark_> I can boot to xubuntu on a usb stick
[23:16] <keithclark_> I have a hard time believing that this hard drive is bad
[23:16] <GridCube> !format
[23:17] <keithclark_> Ok, that did nothing for me.
[23:17] <keithclark_> I want help, not google
[23:19] <Unit193> That's not google, it's a link to the wiki that has good info on it.