| entreri | hey guys, regularly I see desktop icons flying around all over the screen, in a secnd they appear and disapppear | 03:55 |
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| holstein | entreri: they dont for me.. are you using stock lubuntu 13.10? | 03:55 |
| entreri | yes, I'm not sure why but it's really buggy for me. When I install an app from Software Center, icons on the desktop disappear and normal "right-click" menu crashes, I can only see the menu from Openbox | 03:57 |
| entreri | then there are icons flying around like I said, they disappear and reappear... | 03:57 |
| holstein | entreri: sounds to me like graphics card driver issues | 03:57 |
| holstein | !nomodeset | 03:57 |
| ubottu | A common kernel (boot)parameter is nomodeset, which is needed for some graphic cards that otherwise boot into a black screen or show corrupted splash screen. See http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1613132 on how to use this parameter | 03:57 |
| holstein | ^ you can try this from a live CD.. or look for a proprietary driver that might be more appropriate for you device, if its an nvidia or ati | 03:58 |
| holstein | !ati | 03:58 |
| ubottu | For Ati/NVidia/Matrox video cards, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VideoDriverHowto | 03:58 |
| entreri | it doesn't do that on other *buntus or linuxmint | 03:58 |
| holstein | entreri: mint might have the drivers i mention installed or available by default.. and the main ubuntu might prompt you | 03:59 |
| holstein | entreri: you have tried "nomodeset" from a lubuntu live CD? have you looked for any additional drivers and insatlled them? | 04:00 |
| entreri | no, because my Acer netbook have an integrated Intwl graphics card that should work by default with linux, usually | 04:00 |
| holstein | entreri: so, you havent tried the "nomodeset" with a live CD? | 04:01 |
| holstein | entreri: are you not interested in trying that suggestion? | 04:01 |
| entreri | holstein: yes if it doesn't require a reinstall | 04:02 |
| holstein | entreri: i didnt say, nor mean to imply a reinstall | 04:02 |
| holstein | entreri: the link i gave states how to try "nomodeset" from a live CD | 04:02 |
| entreri | can I do it without a live CD/USB, live ? | 04:02 |
| holstein | entreri: i would first look for, and apply all upgrades.. then, i would consider installing whatever OS is working for you easily , and just add lxde or lubuntudekstop | 04:03 |
| entreri | holstein: Also, the texts in Chromium's tabs doesn't show up, only the icons... not sure if all this is related | 04:04 |
| holstein | entreri: i can only suggest ways to troubleshoot to determine if that is related or not | 04:06 |
| holstein | entreri: when you say other ubuntu's worked, were they all the same version? 13.10 for example? | 04:10 |
| holstein | lubuntu *is* ubuntu, and will have the same access to the same software and the same kernel with very similar hardware configuration support out of the box | 04:10 |
| entreri | I think it's only lxde that is my problem | 04:10 |
| holstein | if you have a situtation where ubuntu 12.04 worked and lubuntu 13.10 doesnt, its likely more to do with the kernel versions between 12.04 and 13.10 for example that lxde | 04:11 |
| holstein | entreri: install another DE and confirm that | 04:11 |
| holstein | entreri: install xfce and test | 04:11 |
| entreri | not sure if it would not just be better downloader xubuntu ? | 04:12 |
| entreri | downloading* | 04:12 |
| holstein | entreri: it would be the same | 04:12 |
| holstein | entreri: lubuntu *is* ubuntu with lxde.. xubuntu is ubuntu with xfce | 04:12 |
| holstein | entreri: if you want to test if it is lxde that is the issue, you can install something other than lxde and test | 04:12 |
| holstein | entreri: if you want to download xubntu and use it, go for it | 04:12 |
| codeur | what to do if don't find a software in the applications after installing it | 13:11 |
| codeur | on lubuntu | 13:12 |
| Callaghan | codeur, is it in /usr/share/applications? | 13:16 |
| codeur | checking | 13:17 |
| codeur | Callaghan, it is not in the "local/share" | 13:18 |
| codeur | btw don't find the "user" folder | 13:18 |
| Callaghan | codeur, I think you are in the wrong place, click on the Menu, select "Run" and enter "pcmanfm /usr/share/applications" without the quotes, then click ok | 13:19 |
| Callaghan | you should see a list of shortcuts to applications | 13:20 |
| codeur | okay | 13:20 |
| codeur | chalcedny, is there a space between "pcmanfm /usr/" ? | 13:20 |
| codeur | is there a space after pcmanfm | 13:21 |
| Callaghan | yes | 13:21 |
| codeur | I don't see it there as well :( | 13:22 |
| Callaghan | ok, that explains why it doesn't show up in the menu | 13:22 |
| codeur | but I find it installed at syneptic | 13:23 |
| Callaghan | can you share the name of the application? | 13:23 |
| codeur | sure | 13:23 |
| codeur | yoono-desktop-1.8.43.tar.bz2 | 13:23 |
| codeur | I converted it to .dep | 13:23 |
| codeur | .deb* | 13:23 |
| codeur | then installed it | 13:24 |
| codeur | btw my lubuntu is not upgraded to 13.10 from 13.04 | 13:24 |
| Callaghan | oh, if you installed the application from source, then I am not sure if there is an entry in /usr/share/applications. | 13:24 |
| Callaghan | you can try to launch the application from the command line, if that works we can create a shortcut by hand | 13:25 |
| codeur | how to lunch an application from terminal? | 13:25 |
| Callaghan | Are you familiar with the command line? | 13:25 |
| codeur | I'm familiar with terminal but | 13:25 |
| codeur | I don't know how to run an application from there | 13:25 |
| Callaghan | In the command line, enter yoono and press enter :) | 13:26 |
| codeur | ahh btw I already tried it :P | 13:26 |
| codeur | doesn't work | 13:26 |
| Callaghan | or if that doesn't work, try entering yoo and pressing Tab twice | 13:26 |
| codeur | I even tried "yonoo-desktop" | 13:26 |
| codeur | on terminal | 13:26 |
| Callaghan | It could be installed in a place where the system doesn't find it :/ | 13:27 |
| codeur | nothing happens :( | 13:27 |
| codeur | it seems so :-/ | 13:27 |
| codeur | thanks a lot for your help anyway :) | 13:28 |
| Callaghan | let me check something out | 13:28 |
| codeur | okay :) | 13:28 |
| Callaghan | ok, let's try something different | 13:31 |
| Callaghan | do you still have the .tar.bz2 file? | 13:31 |
| codeur | yes I have it | 13:31 |
| Callaghan | open the terminal and go to the directory where the file is | 13:31 |
| codeur | actually it is on the home folder | 13:32 |
| codeur | do not need to change directory for it | 13:32 |
| Callaghan | alright | 13:32 |
| Callaghan | extract the file with this command: | 13:32 |
| Callaghan | tar xvjf yoono-?????.tar.bz2 | 13:32 |
| Callaghan | just enter tar xvjf yoo and press Tab | 13:32 |
| Callaghan | the file will be detected automatically | 13:33 |
| codeur | did :) | 13:33 |
| Callaghan | ok, now you should have a directory called yoono-desktop | 13:33 |
| codeur | I think it is extracted | 13:33 |
| Callaghan | execute: cd yoono-desktop | 13:33 |
| codeur | yeah right | 13:33 |
| codeur | then? | 13:34 |
| Callaghan | and in that new directory, execute the following command (notice the ./): | 13:34 |
| Callaghan | ./yoono-desktop | 13:34 |
| codeur | it is now: NF108-NF208:~/yoono-desktop$ | 13:34 |
| Callaghan | that's exactly where we want to be | 13:34 |
| Callaghan | did it work? :) | 13:35 |
| codeur | a window appears | 13:35 |
| Callaghan | yes, that is yoono | 13:36 |
| codeur | yessss! | 13:36 |
| codeur | :D | 13:36 |
| codeur | awesome | 13:36 |
| Callaghan | alright, in the future, you can just start the file manager, go into the yoono-desktop directory and double-click yoono-desktop | 13:36 |
| codeur | is it installed?! | 13:36 |
| Callaghan | no, it's like a portable app, you launch it from this directory | 13:37 |
| Callaghan | no need to install | 13:37 |
| codeur | ahh okay | 13:37 |
| codeur | thanks a loooot for your help mate :) | 13:37 |
| Callaghan | no problem :) | 13:37 |
| Callaghan | have fun | 13:37 |
| codeur | hahaha | 13:38 |
| codeur | let's see | 13:38 |
| cousteau | does the lubuntu desktop 64b 13.10 image fit in a CD? It seems to be 702 MiB | 14:33 |
| cousteau | who would have said, it fits! | 14:53 |
| Thinkbud | If i use any other gtk theme than the default one some gtk applications will look extremely ugly | 16:34 |
| Thinkbud | they dont look like the one i chose at all | 16:34 |
| Thinkbud | i tried several different ones i downloaded from gnome look | 16:34 |
| Thinkbud | It will change it to look like the one called industrial something | 16:38 |
| Thinkbud | very very ugly | 16:38 |
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| cousteau | Installing Lubuntu. Does the installer make 3 partitions for /, /home, and swap? Or do I have to do that manually? | 17:26 |
| bioterror | cousteau, manually | 17:42 |
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