| rspurlock | i tried installing lubuntu on my imac g3 and it runs unusably slow and i believe the system meets requirements | 00:29 |
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| rspurlock | what can be done about this | 00:30 |
| rspurlock | i have an Imac G3 with 500mhz and 384 mg ram are there any distros that might run ok on this box? i have had no luck with lubuntu i cant even get it to boot after installation | 00:38 |
| rspurlock | it tries but it takes like 25 mins or so and then takes about 10 more to log in | 00:39 |
| rspurlock | it tries but it takes like 25 mins or so and then takes about 10 more to log in | 00:41 |
| rspurlock | i have an Imac G3 with 500mhz and 384 mg ram are there any distros that might run ok on this box? i have had no luck with lubuntu i cant even get it to boot after installation | 00:41 |
| Unit193 | !patience | rspurlock | 00:44 |
| ubottu | rspurlock: Don't feel ignored and repeat your question quickly; if nobody knows your answer, nobody will answer you. While you wait, try searching https://help.ubuntu.com/ or http://ubuntuforums.org/ or http://askubuntu.com/ | 00:44 |
| Unit193 | Could try Debian, but you'd have to know a little what you're doing. Also, that's not a fast computer you have there. | 00:44 |
| cerebrate | rspurlock you might get puppylinux to run on it, they talk about it in #puppylinux i think | 00:44 |
| rspurlock | i know it was an accident sorry | 00:44 |
| * Unit193 isn't one of the PPC'ers. | 00:44 | |
| rspurlock | i dont want to be a ppc'ers but i could only afford this used crap | 00:45 |
| rspurlock | unit193 i have installed deb on an old pc before | 00:47 |
| rspurlock | even managed to get a gui up and running | 00:47 |
| rspurlock | not much else | 00:47 |
| rspurlock | i'm just looking to have a box i can play my nes emulator and check email i aint looking for a fancy setup although it would be nice lol | 00:48 |
| Unit193 | rspurlock: Ubuntu or Debian netinst with only fluxbox or openbox. | 00:49 |
| rspurlock | if i netinst it will allow me to opt out of gnome and xorg and use xfree with flux? | 00:50 |
| rspurlock | if i am not mistaken xfree has a smaller footprint than xorg | 00:55 |
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| shiman6 | I've got a problem trying to forward audio from my android 4.1 phone to my lubuntu 13.04 computer via bluetooth. Could I get some help? | 03:17 |
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| opix | hi | 08:45 |
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| As001 | hello Can this distro work on celeron pc with 256MB of memory ? I just tried it but it is under heavy load. | 11:52 |
| As001 | I want to limit some cpu usage and memory usage for some processes but I can't find cgroup configuration file. | 11:52 |
| As001 | I followed this tutorial http://linuxaria.com/article/introduction-to-cgroups-the-linux-conrol-group?lang=en but i am unable to find /etc/cgconfig.conf config file | 11:53 |
| ghostwheel | i can't get the right screen res. I've googled and tried a bunch of different stuff and nothing works. it's making me insane | 12:25 |
| SonikkuAmerica | ghostwheel: [ xrandr -s $WIDTHx$HEIGHT ] | 12:27 |
| SonikkuAmerica | !crosspost | ghostwheel | 12:27 |
| ubottu | ghostwheel: Please don't ask the same question in multiple Ubuntu channels at the same time. Many helpers are in more than one channel and it's not fair to them or the other people seeking support. | 12:27 |
| ghostwheel | sorry about that | 12:28 |
| ghostwheel | my resolution not found in available modes | 12:28 |
| SonikkuAmerica | Are you using Lubuntu btw? | 12:29 |
| ghostwheel | yes | 12:29 |
| SonikkuAmerica | OK. | 12:29 |
| SonikkuAmerica | Lubuntu is easy to use, but hard to configure. What res are you trying to set it to, and what graphics card do you have? | 12:30 |
| ghostwheel | i tried adding the mode i wanted in xorg.conf file but there seem to be conf files in different places | 12:31 |
| ghostwheel | i don't think i found the right one | 12:31 |
| ghostwheel | i have an old laptop, it has a geforce 4 420 go | 12:31 |
| ghostwheel | this stuff used to be easier | 12:31 |
| ghostwheel | they moved files all over the place | 12:32 |
| SonikkuAmerica | Yeah... I'll tell you right now you probably won't get higher than 1024x768 with it. | 12:32 |
| ghostwheel | thats crazy | 12:32 |
| ghostwheel | i had ancient version of cranchbang when it still used ubuntu that detected the screen better | 12:33 |
| ghostwheel | *crunchbang | 12:33 |
| SonikkuAmerica | ghostwheel: That's mainly due to the limitations of the Nouveau driver for 4:3 machine. | 12:33 |
| SonikkuAmerica | s | 12:34 |
| ghostwheel | this is a 1280x800 screen | 12:34 |
| SonikkuAmerica | I assume you checked in Display Settings... | 12:35 |
| ghostwheel | yes | 12:35 |
| ghostwheel | the display setting are useless when it display 3 settings and they are all wrong | 12:35 |
| SonikkuAmerica | Let me guess: 1024x768, 800x600, and 640x480. | 12:36 |
| ghostwheel | yes | 12:36 |
| SonikkuAmerica | Yep. You're not going to get far with that old GeForce card either. | 12:36 |
| ghostwheel | this is like 2003, except worse | 12:36 |
| ghostwheel | back then i could change the conf file and be done with it | 12:37 |
| ghostwheel | why can't linux detect screen resolutions properly? why is this still a problem?!?! AAAHAH! | 12:39 |
| SonikkuAmerica | ghostwheel: New drivers + old card = disaster. Believe me, I've been there. | 12:49 |
| ghostwheel | screw this, I'm installing an old version of ubuntu | 12:49 |
| SonikkuAmerica | ghostwheel: Not a good idea if you're keeping it connected. | 12:49 |
| SonikkuAmerica | Linux malware exists. | 12:50 |
| ghostwheel | pffft | 12:50 |
| ghostwheel | i think i can manage | 12:50 |
| SonikkuAmerica | If you insist... but don't say I didn't warn you. :) | 12:50 |
| ghostwheel | I'm not going to suffer with a laptop hobbled by "I'mprovements" | 12:51 |
| ghostwheel | yes, all those hackers targeting linux | 12:51 |
| SonikkuAmerica | If you say so. I'll be back in a second | 12:52 |
| ghostwheel | you're silly | 12:52 |
| SonikkuAmerica | ghostwheel: I'm back! Me, silly? | 12:54 |
| SonikkuAmerica | https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&ie=UTF-8#hl=en&sclient=psy-ab&q=linux%20malware&oq=&gs_l=&pbx=1&fp=9af75164e442f2a5&ion=1&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.46471029,d.dmQ&biw=1024&bih=682 | 12:55 |
| SonikkuAmerica | Or rather: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_malware | 12:55 |
| ghostwheel | when I'm running a mission critical data centre, ill worry abut it | 12:55 |
| ghostwheel | in the meantime, a crusty old laptop being used to surf the net and run the gimp isn't going to be a problem | 12:56 |
| n-iCe | hi | 14:33 |
| SonikkuAmerica | Yo | 14:44 |
| KI4RO | . | 14:55 |
| KI4RO | Anyone had success getting Flash to work in Chromium? | 14:55 |
| n-iCe | easy | 14:56 |
| n-iCe | install the flash installer | 14:56 |
| holstein | KI4RO: the supported version of flash for linux works with linux.. any browser i have tried | 14:56 |
| n-iCe | sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer | 14:56 |
| KI4RO | holstein: Hmmm...maybe I have the wrong one? | 14:57 |
| holstein | if you want the latest flash, the chrome browser has it... AFAIK, you can grab the *.so from chrome and use it in chromium | 14:57 |
| holstein | !flash | 14:57 |
| ubottu | To install Flash see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/Flash - See also !Restricted and !Gnash | 14:57 |
| SonikkuAmerica | Don't even bother trying Gnash | 14:57 |
| holstein | KI4RO: looks like what n-iCe suggested | 14:57 |
| n-iCe | :) | 14:57 |
| holstein | also, refer to http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/ for what adobe is providing | 14:57 |
| holstein | *Flash Player 11.2 is the last supported Flash Player version for Linux. Adobe will continue to provide security updates | 14:58 |
| holstein | you'll note 11.7 available for chrome (not chromium) | 14:58 |
| KI4RO | but I'm running Lubuntu and don't see any restricted anything in that software center | 14:59 |
| holstein | why would i use chromium? because its open-source.. i might continue that trend by not using flash with it | 14:59 |
| holstein | KI4RO: lubuntu *is* ubuntu | 14:59 |
| holstein | KI4RO: the same sources... you can run the command n-iCe gave | 15:00 |
| KI4RO | holstein: Okay...I'll try it that way | 15:00 |
| holstein | if its just youtube you are interested in, you can do html5 via http://www.youtube.com/html5 | 15:00 |
| KI4RO | holstein: Okay did what nice said, now what? | 15:02 |
| holstein | KI4RO: what "n-iCe said" installs the 11.2 version from the ubuntu repos on your system... i might expect to restart the browser.. i would test via http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/ | 15:03 |
| KI4RO | holstein: okay | 15:04 |
| dexta | prevening | 15:50 |
| shafox | hi i cant authorize my wifi , fresh install 12.04 on compaq laptop. it was working fine while installation but after restart it detects the wifi but when i try to connect it wont let me auth | 17:24 |
| n-iCe | shafox: change password | 17:27 |
| n-iCe | set it correctly | 17:27 |
| shafox | n-iCe: it was all good in this laptop | 17:27 |
| shafox | but not in my laptop | 17:27 |
| shafox | and this is a windows , mine is lubuntu 12.04 | 17:28 |
| n-iCe | uh? | 17:30 |
| n-iCe | you want to connect in the lubuntu machine | 17:30 |
| n-iCe | use, sudo ifconfig wlan0 down | 17:30 |
| n-iCe | then | 17:30 |
| n-iCe | use, sudo ifconfig wlan0 up | 17:30 |
| n-iCe | and try using network-manager again to connect | 17:31 |
| n-iCe | make sure you set the password correctly | 17:31 |
| shafox | n-iCe: i did sudo ifconfig wlan0 down it said wlan0: error while getting interface flags: no such device | 17:33 |
| n-iCe | ... | 17:33 |
| n-iCe | of course use your own interface | 17:33 |
| shafox | i tried in my lubuntu machine only | 17:34 |
| n-iCe | what are you talking about | 17:34 |
| n-iCe | use: sudo iwconfig | 17:34 |
| n-iCe | to check your wireless interface | 17:34 |
| n-iCe | then change wlan0 on the command to your interface, it could be wlan1 eth0 wlan2, etc check yours | 17:35 |
| shafox | it was eth1 | 17:35 |
| shafox | down no message up no message | 17:35 |
| n-iCe | now try again | 17:35 |
| shafox | same , authentication attempt was unsuccessful | 17:36 |
| n-iCe | reboot | 17:39 |
| n-iCe | and remove the ap | 17:39 |
| n-iCe | and connect again | 17:39 |
| shafox | ap? | 17:40 |
| n-iCe | access point | 17:42 |
| wxl | what's the command to show mouse input the os is registering? | 18:37 |
| wxl | oh xev will do it eh? | 18:38 |
| n-iCe | wxl: hi | 18:57 |
| wxl | n-iCe: howdy | 19:03 |
| n-iCe | alright | 19:06 |
| n-iCe | what do you want to know exactly? | 19:06 |
| wxl | i already figured it out; go back to sleep | 19:07 |
| n-iCe | :) | 19:07 |
| Unit193 | Answer is xev. | 19:10 |
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| Noskcaj | phillw, we are discussing adding LSC to xubuntu. come over to #xubuntu-devel | 21:29 |
| Ohga | hello. is lubuntu more efficient than ubuntu besides due to having a different DE? | 22:41 |
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| wxl | it uses a lot less system resources, Ohga | 22:43 |
| Ohga | wxl: ah, great too know. Especialy because I'd like to use it gui-less for my server | 22:43 |
| wxl | Ohga: so get ubuntu-server | 22:44 |
| Ohga | wxl: that's what the cool people use for servers? ok.. | 22:44 |
| wxl | Ohga: no, but that's what people who don't want a gui use. | 22:44 |
| wxl | lubuntu, ubuntu, xubuntu, kubuntu, etc. are all defined by their gui. if you don't want one, ubuntu-server. | 22:45 |
| Ohga | wxl: right, but I were under the impression you could skip packages during install.. | 22:45 |
| wxl | Ohga: you could probably bother with that but that's likely more work than it's worth. | 22:45 |
| Unit193 | Sounds like he wants mini? | 22:46 |
| Ohga | wxl: Guess that's true. Well thanks for the pointers, much appreciated | 22:46 |
| wxl | yeppers | 22:46 |
| wxl | Unit193: if s/he wants to select packages, rather than meta, probably. | 22:46 |
| Ohga | what is this "mini"? | 22:47 |
| Unit193 | 10MB iso that is the core only. | 22:48 |
| Unit193 | 1mini | 22:48 |
| Unit193 | !mini | 22:48 |
| ubottu | The Minimal CD image is very small in size, and it downloads most packages from the Internet during installation, allowing you to select only those you want (the installer is like the one on the !Alternate CD). See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/MinimalCD | 22:48 |
| wxl | so that's more of a "build it up" sort of thing, Ohga | 22:48 |
| Ohga | well.. then what is.. | 22:48 |
| Ohga | !ubuntu-server | 22:49 |
| ubottu | Ubuntu Server Edition is a release of Ubuntu designed especially for server environments, including a server specific !kernel and no !GUI. The install CD contains many server applications. Current !LTS version is !Precise (Precise Pangolin 12.04) - More info: http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu/serveredition - Guide: https://help.ubuntu.com/12.04/serverguide/C/ - Support in #ubuntu-server | 22:49 |
| wxl | but if you want a base server build, ubuntu-server takes care of most of the thinking for you | 22:49 |
| wxl | although you might not want all the server apps | 22:49 |
| Ohga | but can I review them during install, right? | 22:49 |
| wxl | as far as i remember yes | 22:50 |
| wxl | they're tasks | 22:50 |
| Ohga | well, sounds like ubuntu-server is the way to go | 22:50 |
| Ohga | thanks all | 22:50 |
| wxl | so it's not necessarily all packages | 22:50 |
| Unit193 | Alrighty, have a good one. | 22:50 |
| phillw | Ohga: just be aware that ubuntu-server does not install by default ssh. Make sure you flag it to be installed if you need that functionality. | 23:22 |
| Ohga | phillw: alright | 23:22 |
| phillw | Ohga: this page is out of date, but it does describe what tasksel can do https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Tasksel From memory, the SSH stuff is near the top when the option appears (as it will if you install server) | 23:26 |
| phillw | it's great for 'throwing' LAMP quickly onto a server as it looks after all the various bits and asks the questions :) | 23:27 |
| Ohga | yeah | 23:27 |
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