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andres_hola03:32
andres_hello03:32
Unit193Howdy.03:33
andres_I put lubuntu in the computers of my school03:33
andres_thanks :D03:33
pvl1hey all, mute button mutes, but fails to unmute. its because i have 5.1 hooked up, i know that04:25
lolitaI have a rather annoying question about wireless connection. Can anyone lend a hand?08:50
lolitaI downloaded Lubuntu 10.3 onto what was originally a Windows XP laptop, and it went smoothly. However, Network Manager has vanished and refuses to install.08:52
lolitaFrom the Terminal it is also unable to identify the firmware-b43-installer. What gives?08:53
leszekhi09:51
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eletiousHello19:17
eletious... I am having some issues with Chromium... most pages crash19:18
eletiousincluding the help page19:18
ianorlinwhat does  it say when crashing its dead jim?19:18
eletious"Aw, Snap!"19:22
eletious"Something went wrong while displaying this webpage. To continue, reload or go to another page."19:23
eletiousthe "suggestions" just takes me to a support page that does the same thing19:23
eletiousoddly enough, the extensions store and 4chan work just fine19:23
ianorlinwhat version of lubuntu?19:33
eletious13.0419:37
eletiousjust installed19:38
vn151502510could try `chromium-browser --disable-plugins`19:40
ewoutI'm running chromium on a old Pentium III laptop and it's extremly slow, any suggestions on making it less cpu and resource intensive?19:43
wxleletious: also might want to look at your memory19:43
eletiouswxl: what about my memory?19:44
wxlewout: don't use chromium! or at least don't use the plugins. or use xombrero/xxxterm. maybe a wee less userfriendly but a lot more better with resources19:44
wxleletious: sometimes those warnings pop up because you lack enough memory to complete the task the plugin is trying to do, i.e. you might want to add some memory.19:45
eletiousconsidering this is a fresh install on a 16GB flash drive with 1G swap, on an AMD E450 with 4GB of RAM19:45
wxleletious: let me rephase: free memory19:45
eletiousmeaning unused19:45
eletiousbut Chromium and Xchat are the only two things running19:46
eletiousand it happens no matter the number of tabs running19:46
ewoutThanks wxl, i'll look into xombrero :)19:46
ewoutDoes it have decent HTML5 support?19:46
wxlewout: it's probably not going to be as great as chromium or firefox, but it will handle most things well19:47
ewoutThanks aqain! :)19:47
wxlnp19:47
eletiousso... nothin?19:53
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Slit_Hi! I have mac mini power pc. Can someone tell me how to install ati graphic card for that machine. Now I use vesa xorg.conf20:55
phillwSlit_: have a look at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerPCFAQ#Configure_graphics21:09
Slit_When I type this: Linux video=ofonly in boot screen then it looks like that everything is working. But that is just for one sesion. After rebooting, then graphic again isn't working21:11
ianorlinSlit_: in grub when booting21:12
Slit_I think so ianorlin21:13
ianorlinoh did you see the part on how do I make a yaboot parameter permenant on the FAQ?21:19
Slit_Yes, but I don't have yaboot.conf on my computer. That is, i can't finde it21:20
Slit_This ppc is terrible21:28
wxlSlit_: did you look in /boot?21:28
wxlSlit_: er sorry, /etc/yaboot.conf -- if it's not there, you can always create it (it should be there). here's an example: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1798792&page=3&p=11108858#post1110885821:30
wxlSlit_: here's lots of info, too http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=99488221:30
wxlSlit_: don't forget to use ybin when you're done editing!21:31
wxlSlit_: also, linux on ppc is not easy. but outside of bsd, there's little hope for the machine otherwise.21:31
Slit_wxl It is in etc folder :-) I don't know wy computer didn't finde it when I serch for it21:32
wxlSlit_: sudo find / -iname yaboot.conf should have got you there21:33
Slit_Yes, Linux is the last hope21:33
Slit_No wxl, I open PCMan, teh search21:33
wxlSlit_: or bsd, as i said. there are bsds that actually support ppc. with linux, it's community supported, which is to say, generally unsupported.21:33
wxlSlit_: oh, well, that's the unfun way ;)21:33
Slit_bsd?21:34
wxlSlit_: unit21:34
Slit_Never tryed21:34
wxls/unit/unix/g21:34
wxlSlit_: openbsd, freebsd, and especially netbsd (which claims it can pretty much run on anything) are all good choices21:34
wxlSlit_: freebsd is the core of os x, albeit tweaked by apple21:35
wxlSlit_: there are many similarities between linux and unix and also many tiny annoying differences so if you're already used to linux, i'd try to stick with it21:35
wxlSlit_: i'd say package management, for one, is a lot more user friendly on linux21:36
Slit_I don't know, I tought ubuntu is more supported. Tell me wxl, what sholud I do, when I open yaboot.conf. Yes I would like to stick to lubuntu for now21:36
wxlSlit_: ppc is only community supported on ubuntu. it is not officially supported.21:37
wxlSlit_: you have a line under the image section that starts with append=?21:37
Slit_yes I notice21:37
Slit_Yes, ther is append to times21:38
wxlSlit_: so at the end of that line (before the quote) add a space and enter in video=ofonly"21:38
wxli assume one of them is using vmlinux.old. if so, you can just repeat the options on both21:38
Slit_yes wmlinux.old is one.21:39
Slit_Colud you copy past wxl21:40
Slit_:-)21:40
Slit_don't want to screw somthing21:40
wxlSlit_: i don't have a present example on my own ppc machine21:41
wxlSlit_: but if you had append="root=/dev/sda4 ro quiet splash" you would change it to append="root=/dev/sda4 ro quiet splash video=ofonly"21:41
wxlSlit_: in other words, keep what was there but add to the end21:41
Slit_append="quiet splash video=ofonly" is this ok21:41
wxlyes21:42
Slit_What sholud I do with xorg.conf21:42
wxlfor the time being nothing21:42
wxli would sort of go through the FAQ sequentially21:43
wxldo what you need only21:43
Slit_Ok21:43
Slit_I wil reboot now? To see if everything works21:44
Slit_Ok?21:44
wxlyep21:44
Slit_see you in a minute21:44
Slitwxl, nothing happend21:48
wxlSlit: ah, i forgot to ask, did you use ybin?21:48
SlitNo21:49
wxlSlit: that's the problem. double check /etc/yaboot.conf and see if your video=ofonly is still there21:49
Slityes it is there21:50
wxlSlit: now do "sudo ybin -v"21:50
wxlSlit: and then restart21:50
SlitOk, I did it. Now reboot agian21:50
Slitsee you in minute21:50
wxlk21:51
Slit_wxl, I am not sure if it is working. After I reboot it. I get something new in Monitor seting. Option for DVI. That is good. But no option to set on higher resolution. Second, my machine foroze, so I have to reboot again and now I am here22:00
wxlSlit_: where did it freeze?22:00
Slit_Everything forze. i coludn't move mouse, use keybord etc...22:01
Slit_When I enter in Lubuntu22:01
Slit_I tryed to go on Internet22:01
Slit_Now it is a bit, how do you say, laggy22:02
wxlSlit_: the curious thing about this is that putting video=ofonly in yaboot.conf is the same as putting it in the grub line22:03
wxlSlit_: so honestly it's probably unreleated22:03
wxlSlit_: you should use the process manager and see what's consuming the resources22:04
Slit_wxl, can we undo what we did. Again, mac mini froze22:11
Slit_now I am on my windows machine22:11
Slit_wxl, are you here?22:18
ianorlindoes control alt f1 drop you into a log in for a terminal on the mac mini?22:23
ianorlinor was it at boot?22:24
Slit_ianorlin don't know. I delete what I add in yaboot.conf22:26
Slit_the I reboote few times. Now it looks alright22:26
Slit_It froze agine ianorlin22:35
ianorlinWas this mac mini given enough air and everything else are you sure it is not an overheating problem22:36
ianorlindid it go longer the first time?22:36
ianorlindoes the fan run?22:37
Slit_No i think it is yaboot. Now I will enter again sudo ybin -v22:38
ianorlinok22:38
trickyherohey guys coming from 14.04!23:36
greeternice23:37
trickyherothe workspace switcher looks pretty buggy, but I like that hexchat is included in the repos now, (idk when it was added)23:37
greeteris 14.04 stable? (complete newbie to lubuntu)23:37
trickyheroI just got on it, but no major changes are happening so I think it's pretty stable23:37
greeterhmm. i wonder if there's a command line option to upgrade to it23:38
trickyheroall the dev work on LXDE switched to LXQT so 14.04 is pretty simular23:38
Unit193Not quite, pcmanfm just had a nice big release.23:38
Unit193greeter: It's not considered "stable" yet, though it might be for some.23:39
Unit193greeter: do-release-upgrade -d23:39
greeteroh i see. hmm, i'll have to remember that for when the next stable release is out23:39
Unit193-d = development release.23:39
greetersince my cd drive broke since installing lubuntu it isn't really an option to set it up that way23:39
greeterok, so if i want the next stable release (when it's available) i'd omit -d?23:40
Unit193Yes.23:40
trickyheroI used a usb drive23:40
greeterok cool... hope i'm smart enough to read the topic23:40
greeterdid you boot from the usb drive?23:40
trickyheroyup23:40
greeterah. my computer is so old i don't think that's an option23:40
trickyheroI actually had to use my raspberrypi to make the usb since my normal computer was messedup :p23:41
greeterlol i see... well i'm hoping this one doesn't get messed up...23:42
greeterto re-install lubuntu i'd have to take it apart, then put in a cd/dvd drive temporarily, then run it in that kind of disassembled condition until the install is done23:42
greeteri'd remove the broken cd drive myself and replace it, but that can only be done if i remove the power supply and i'm not skilled enough to do that23:42
trickyheroalso this just happened on first run of firefox:23:43
trickyherooh no it didn't copy23:43
trickyherosomething about a python3 thing being out of date23:43
greeteri had issues with the latest firefox updates too. firefox always crashed. i switched to chromium23:43
greeterhave issues with audacity i can't track down either since reinstalling lubuntu23:44
greeterran fine the first time i installed lubuntu. but now if i try to run it i get a bus error :-S23:45
trickyheroouch23:45
wxlgreeter: what audio server you using?23:45
greeteralsa23:45
wxlgreeter: on what lubuntu version?23:45
greeter13.1023:45
wxlhm23:46
wxlworks for me23:46
greeteri was told that bus errors can be hardware issues. the only difference in hardware is i switched hard drives. the one i originally installed on decided it was going to die23:46
wxlmight be an issue with the soundcard that maybe didn't reveal its ugly head until something in alsa and/or audacity23:46
wxland/or the audio driver itself23:47
greeterperhaps... i'll try reinstalling it, sometimes that magically fixes things23:47
wxlcould also be some configuration file thing23:47
wxli.e. you tweaked something23:47
greetermaybe...23:47
wxlmight want to reset the configs and see if that helps23:47
trickyheroanyone else see the workspace indicator be really wonky? It's blue and highlighted on my first desktop then when I switch it's not and when I switch back it's still blank until I switch focus to another window23:47
greeterthe only time i ever saw a bus error was when i compiled sample c/asm code that was deliberately designed to trigger one23:48
greetera reinstall fixed it :-D i'm pleased23:48
wxlcool23:48
wxlaudacity is not without its bugs fwiw23:49
wxlit occassionally crashes on me23:49
wxlhonestly i think the issue is memory management but that's just me23:49
greeterpossibly. first time i ever had issues with it specifically... tried a source compile but make ran into errors :-s23:49
trickyheroendedup installing midori since firefox just won't run23:54
greeteri find with firefox it's probably best not to get the absolute latest updates. but maybe that's just me and this ancient computer i'm running it on lol23:57

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