[00:06] <theteju> alright guys
[00:06] <theteju> I am giving up
[00:06] <melodie> theteju you seem to have lots of
[00:06] <melodie> theteju I would like to suggest something to you: have you even used the plop boot manager to try booting to usb on machines which can't?
[00:07] <melodie> if the plop boot on CD would work on that machine of your's then you could try as many distros as  you would want from usb, all using just one CD burned and not more
[00:07] <theteju> no I have not
[00:08] <melodie> I get the url for you?
[00:08] <theteju> would be perfect
[00:09] <melodie> http://www.plop.at/en/bootmanager/download.html
[00:09] <melodie> the one version which worked best for me was the
[00:09] <melodie> http://download.plop.at/files/bootmngr/plpbt-5.0.13.zip
[00:09] <melodie> this one
[00:09] <melodie> not even free for commercial use ;)
[00:10] <melodie> (it's not free software, but written in assembler, low level language so, and it worked really well on several oldies I had)
[00:10] <melodie> theteju the other thing which would have been neat would have been to see the full specs of your machine, as in "sudo lshw -sanitize"
[00:10] <melodie> and you could make a file with the output
[00:11] <melodie> sudo lshw -sanitize > lshw.txt
[00:11] <melodie> then paste the content of the newly lshw.txt file to http://pastebin.com for example
[00:11] <theteju> Melodie :  Should I burn data cd after extracting that zip file?
[00:12] <melodie> then if let's say, your machine has a hard drive with "ide" instead of recent ones with sata, there is a switch which can be used to boot to it
[00:12] <theteju> My machine has ide
[00:12] <melodie> theteju is there an iso in the zip ? I need to check, it's been a long time
[00:12] <melodie> ha ha
[00:12] <melodie> then you may want this switch (I seek in my files wait a second)
[00:13] <melodie> ide.all_generic.ide=1
[00:13] <melodie> this is what I sometimes use at the end of the kernel boot line
[00:13] <melodie> the line ends with --
[00:14] <theteju> yes there is an .iso in the zip
[00:14] <melodie> it has to be placed just before the final '--'
[00:14] <melodie> then you can burn it
[00:14] <melodie> slow burning, so you will get a result which might be better
[00:14] <melodie> I could also suppose your machine may have a CD reader which is tired, if you boot from a CD with few data, it will tend to work better
[00:15] <melodie> how much ram does this machine have?
[00:15] <melodie> if you use the ide generic switch above sayd: you must be careful to respect the exact way it is presented
[00:16] <theteju> 1 g
[00:16] <melodie> I had pulled it from a list of "save me" options in an Ubuntu
[00:16] <melodie> 1 GB is way enough for Lubuntu
[00:16] <melodie> what is the graphic card?
[00:16] <theteju> I dont know that
[00:17] <melodie> do you know where the console is? If so can you check if lswh is installed?
[00:17] <melodie> lshw lists the hardware
[00:17] <melodie> ls for list hw for hardware
[00:17] <theteju> melodie,,, i cant get to the system
[00:17] <theteju> i am stuck at the log screen Lubuntu,,, this is after fresh install
[00:17] <melodie> ok, what is the brand and model then?
[00:18] <theteju> averatec 3200 seriese with AMD athlon processor
[00:18] <melodie> averatec? Never heard of that brand
[00:18] <melodie> I look in the web
[00:19] <melodie> I think I found info
[00:19] <melodie> stay tuned
[00:20] <melodie> is that the one? http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=2145
[00:20] <theteju> yes
[00:21] <theteju> you see,,, on installer amazing video display... but does not work after install
[00:22] <melodie> so you can't get paste the lightdm login screen? Is that the point?
[00:22] <melodie> or you just cannot boot?
[00:22] <melodie> can you reach Grub first?
[00:23] <theteju> I can't get to grub as well,,, trying all the keys,, but it does not get me to grub anymore
[00:23] <theteju> I think the hd is dying?
[00:23] <melodie> not sure what is wrong
[00:24] <theteju> Melodie,,:  please dont feel bad,, but i have to go,, been trying since 4 hours,, now.. I will join tomorrow
[00:24] <melodie> I try to think of something
[00:25] <melodie> theteju tomorrow try to do a dd from the lubuntu iso to a usb stick and boot with the help of the plop boot manager started from CD
[00:25] <melodie> then next, you could try antiX : very light distro based on Mepis and Debian testing, then see how it goes
[00:26] <theteju> ok
[00:26] <theteju> perfect
[00:26] <melodie> theteju the issue if it comes from the graphics might be
[00:26] <melodie> the driver: your's: S3 Unichrome display
[00:26] <theteju> this machine used to run lubuntu 12.04 just fine
[00:26] <melodie> one of the worst out there
[00:27] <melodie> theteju then you might like to try the one I put up, here is the presentation (not an official one):
[00:27] <theteju> oh
[00:27] <melodie> http://linuxvillage.org/en/2013/11/bento-ubuntu-remix-rc/
[00:27] <melodie> the graphic of your machine needs the driver openchrome
[00:28] <melodie> and it might be better in some versions than in others (or less worse let's say)
[00:28] <theteju> ok,, will try that too
[00:28] <melodie> :)
[00:28] <theteju> is that lightweight?
[00:28] <melodie> it is yes
[00:29] <melodie> it takes a few components from lxde, but not all of them
[00:29] <melodie> you will read the description, that should talk to you
[00:29] <theteju> ok.
[00:29] <theteju> thanks Melodie
[00:29] <theteju> hope I will see you tomorrow
[00:29] <melodie> theteju try to let me know how it goes,
[00:29] <melodie> one way or the other
[00:30] <melodie> if you don't see me, drop a word as a comment, or at the related forum?
[00:30] <theteju> OK
[00:30] <melodie> theteju I had done contribs to pclos in the paste also
[00:30] <melodie> same sort of recipe, worked well. :D
[00:31] <melodie> theteju the one I put up: there are several isos
[00:31] <melodie> I suggest the latest for your machine
[00:31] <melodie> well anyhow if you can succeed in booting to usb... there will be more possibilities
[00:33] <melodie> ok, good night
[00:34] <theteju> you too
[00:34] <theteju> thanks much
[00:50] <melodie> good night
[04:08] <danux> guys i am trying to compile a program and keep getting this error on "make" --- /usr/bin/ld: ../pdf/libmaitreya_pdf.a(pdffontmanager.o): undefined reference to symbol 'FcPatternAddInteger'
[04:08] <danux> how to fix this  please help
[04:11] <holstein> danux: might have to seek support with the program creator
[04:12] <danux> holstein,  okay i will mail him  thanks for the tip
[04:12] <holstein> maybe its as simple as a dependancy that is needed.. a font or something easy
[04:17] <danux> holstein,   google didnt help at all   only clue was this https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/maitreya/?setlang=en  but even that did not help :((
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[16:30] <nannes> Hi everybody
[16:36] <melodie> hi nannes
[16:41] <nannes> hi melodie
[16:41] <Allah> !ops
[16:41] <ubottu> ops is Help! Channel emergency! (ONLY use this trigger in emergencies) - bioterror, head_victim, MrChrisDruif, Myrtti, IAmNotThatGuy, stlsaint, Unit193
[16:43] <nannes> ??
[16:43] <nannes> Allah: Are you kamikazing?
[16:47] <genii> nannes: I do not think they will be returning any time soon :)
[16:49] <nannes> eheheh .d
[17:58] <AG4> Hi, I've got a celeron D machine that I'm able to install to, but after the reboot, I get the boot flash, and after that a bad screen with many ghost of the login dialog, it won't take the password, I've tried several different displays
[17:59] <AG4>  I have not tried the alternate install of 13.10...