[01:02] <webereinc> Hello - can anyone tell me why the task manager application shows I have 100% cpu usage all the time and top says it is very high if not 100% all the time, but the individual processes CPU %s don't add up to nearly 100%... What am I missing?
[01:06] <phillw> webereinc: can you screen shot your top screen?
[01:07] <ianorlin> or is tihs in lxtask?
[01:17] <webereinc> phillw: http://paste.ubuntu.com/6046266/
[01:19] <phillw> webereinc: got it, just looking
[01:20] <phillw> webereinc: that counts me out. I'll go and seek advice as it seems crazy to me.
[01:24] <phillw> webereinc: just for a sanity check, can you please do:
[01:24] <phillw> sudo apt-get install htop
[01:24] <phillw> and then run htop from the terminal to see if it reports back the same thing. I think it will, but having a 2nd system look at it, it may tell us what the issue is.
[01:28] <Unit193> ps auxk pcpu | tail  or try htop, which ever.
[01:33] <webereinc> phillw:  How to capture htop as a screenshot?
[01:33] <phillw> Unit193:  ^^
[01:34] <Unit193> !screenshot | phillw, webereinc
[01:42] <webereinc> phillw:  http://imagebin.org/269300
[01:51] <phillw> webereinc: that shows 100% CPU for htop, which is very wrong! Have a look at it again and see what it says?
[01:52] <webereinc> phillw: Actually, I will do another screen shot but htop does keep going back to 100% - I will try to catch it when htop is NOT at 100%
[01:54] <phillw> webereinc: if the likes of top and htop are tripping you to 100% CPU usage, there is something very, very wrong. That is my 'IMHO'. Unit193 do you think he may have a corrupted install?
[01:55] <webereinc> phillw: http://imagebin.org/269301
[01:56] <webereinc> phillw, Unit193: Also telling is that my mem is less than 50% in use and the swap isn't even touched!
[01:57] <phillw> webereinc: please do seek 2nd advice, but it is my opinion that you have a corrupt install.  Did you do the self check on the install media (CD or USB) before you attempted the installation?
[01:59] <webereinc> phillw: No - I didn't check the media, but I'm having a hard time believing that something that was corrupted enough to produce these flaky readings would allow the system to run at all!
[02:01] <phillw> webereinc: then you have not been on support since 2009 :) I call it "the land of the funnies" .. not funny, but unexplainable issues. After talking to people again and again it turns out that their install media is corrupt. A slight corruption will not prevent install, it will just make it not work.
[02:02] <phillw> linux will try it's darn best to run, what ever the circumstances. It may not be happy, but it will not give you a BSoD.
[02:02] <webereinc> I still have the liveCD I used... I will reboot-it live and do the media-check thingy...  If there is a problem, is there anyway to force an 'update' from the web vs. redownloading a new iso?
[02:04] <phillw> do you still have the ISO file that you downloaded before you made the CD?
[02:04] <webereinc> yes
[02:05] <phillw> that's good, is it on a linux system or a windows / mac system?
[02:08] <webereinc> the original iso is on one of my other linux boxes...  I can copy it over to this problem box...
[02:08] <phillw> webereinc: I'll be back in a couple of mins. please have the system you are using and where the ISO is. I'll then tell you how to check the ISO is good before you burn the CD
[02:13] <phillw> webereinc: back
[02:15] <webereinc> phillw:  I am copying the original iso from the linux box where I originally dloaded it onto this problem-child lubuntu box...  Also, I have the burned CD which I used to install this box in the drive... Is there a way to check one or both of them (without rebooting into live-cd mode...?)
[02:16] <phillw> you can md5sum an image
[02:19] <webereinc> phillw:  just did the md5sum and we matched just fine.... now - how to check the CD without rebooting it live?
[02:21] <webereinc> phillw: I found the command to create an iso from the image on the CD... I will do that and then do an md5sum on the new iso... if it is all good... then it would appear I have a good install, right?
[02:21] <phillw> webereinc: give me a few mins to do the maths :)
[02:22] <phillw> the issue here, is is the CD a clean and un corrupted image. which version of lubuntu are you using?
[02:33] <webereinc> phillw:  AAAAAAaaaaaarrrrrggggghhhhhh!  The CD was not clean!  Creating an iso from the cd gives me an iso with a different md5sum!  I'm not trying to create a new CD and see if I can get a clean burn with a good md5sum!
[02:34] <webereinc> version of lubuntu is 13.04
[02:35] <phillw> webereinc: thank you for putting me out of my misery :) Burn the CD at the slowest speed you can. anything over 4X is dodgy.
[02:36] <webereinc> phillw: do you know if the filename is taken into consideration when doing an md5sum - or is it strictly looking at the data?
[02:36] <phillw> just the data
[02:38] <phillw> so, your md5sum check on the downloaded ISO matches okay?
[02:38] <webereinc> OK - so if I still get a different md5 after another burn, then there is still something up on the CD itself, right
[02:38] <webereinc> phillw: yes, the d'loaded iso md5's just fine...  It's my burned CDs that are not looking good.
[02:39] <phillw> if the ISO on the hard drive checks out okay, then burn slow to the CD. Data <> Music.
[02:40] <webereinc> OK - but in xfburn, it doesn't give me options for x-speeds, it gives raw numbers... which one should I choose for burning (i.e. what translates to approx. 4x?)
[02:41] <phillw> webereinc: I've had this in the past, where the CD burner wanted to burn too fast. The answer to that is to go down to the cheap shop and get a CD-RW... It makes the burner write at a low speed.
[02:42] <phillw> webereinc: select the longest time / slowest speed
[02:42] <webereinc> phillw:  I have CD-RWs, but I wanted to make a bunch of CD-Rs that I could give out to my clients....
[02:43] <phillw> webereinc: well, getting xfburn to the slowest write speed is the only way forward.
[02:44] <ianorlin> I don't know why my drive only goes down to 10x
[02:45] <phillw> ianorlin: that's a *bit* too fast for ISO. It may well work most of the time, but I do suggest 4X
[02:47] <phillw> Unit193: as we are discussing burning ISO's for lubuntu am I still okay here and not off-topic?
[02:48] <webereinc> phillw:  using lubuntu's burner named xfburn, for burn speed it just has a list of raw numbers that are... 372,  373 , 376, 1121, 2978, 11543, and they keep going up from there to a final number of 2669102 with the final entry being the word 'max'.... should I really pick the absolute lowest number?
[02:50] <phillw> webereinc: I've not used xfburn, but from what you have said I'd go for the lowest number
[02:51] <phillw> webereinc: I can have a play with it tomorrow to see what the options are.
[04:12] <Guest14156> how do i connect my wireless printer?
[04:14] <lubuntu_> need help connect to my wireless printer..
[12:17] <neta> hi
[14:25] <Tapar> while trying to install vmware tools in Lubuntu 13.04 64 bit, I get the following error: The path "" is not valid path to the gcc binary. Would you like to change it?
[14:29] <Tapar> Pointing the location to /usr/lib/gcc gives the same error. Due to the error lubuntu virtual machine is behaving rather strangely.
[14:32] <mickeyus> hi every body. i've installed lubuntu 13.04 and have a problem: the wire connection status is connected but i can't access internet. i have to unplug-in internet cab and replug-in to access the internet
[14:33] <mickeyus> because the connection disconnects very often so i have plug-in and un-plugin so many time
[14:33] <mickeyus> :(
[14:35] <mickeyus> i dont know what makes the wire connection be disconnected automatically like that.
[14:52] <mickeyus> my lubuntu 10.04 is auto disconnect after some minutes. i have to re-plugin the cable to reconnect internet
[14:52] <mickeyus> :(
[14:52] <mickeyus> are u used to be in my case?
[14:53] <mickeyus> i must re-plugin the internet cable over and over again
[15:09] <neta> i have a problem with my lubuntu- i just installed a lubuntu 13.04 alongside windows 7- and when i rebooted i got a black screen. now when i reboot it goes straight to the windows. the other option is to boot from the usb-stick and then i can reinstall lubuntu, and then it says that it's allready installed. using nomodeset i'm now "trying without installing". how can i use my freshly installed lubuntu?
[16:07] <plusEV> Hi, I want to make a desktop icon to reboot my system. I am on Lubuntu 13.04 Does anyone know how to make a desktop icon like that?
[16:17] <map> hey
[16:18] <ianorlin> what is your questoin?
[16:18] <map> i dont have any..was just saying hello
[16:18] <ianorlin> ok
[16:18] <map> could u not just make a shortcut to an executable script with the reboot command in the script plusEV  or use init
[16:31] <plusEV> map: I dunno how to do that. I know how to make the icon and set the command but my icons wont execute couse they open in abiword
[16:31] <plusEV> something is wrong
[16:33] <map> http://askubuntu.com/questions/180842/how-to-make-shortcuts-to-executables
[16:33] <map> have a look there pal
[16:33] <map> may help you
[16:41] <plusEV> nah I do not have time for learning that
[18:52] <Guest27490> I don't know if anyone can help, but I have a question.
[18:52] <Guest27490> When I boot up, it won't boot up my wallpaper.
[18:52] <Guest27490> I'm using the latest version of Lubuntu, including updates.
[18:53] <Guest27490> I have to log out, and then log back into for it to use my wallpaper.
[18:53] <Guest27490> Whenever I look at Desktop Preferences, it shows my wallpaper as "none", even when I have the correct wallpaper.
[22:23] <troii> aa