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holsteinand, you have tested the sticks? and the memory? and the md5's and the installation media?00:01
ash_mokay, I loaded gparted... all the partitions I had set up during my install are there; what I normally do is just select each one and click "delete selected partition" for each one and then commit the changes00:01
holsteinash_m: i do what is necessary..00:01
holsteinash_m: deleting the partitions does that..and, you really shouldnt need to00:01
holsteinash_m: the installer should offer to install on the entire drive00:01
ash_mI haven't tested any of those things00:01
ash_mholstein: over what was previously installed?00:01
holsteinash_m: correct00:01
ash_mokay. so I'll forget gparted for now00:02
ash_mshould I just launch the installer from live?00:02
holsteinash_m: again.. i do what is needed with the tools00:02
holsteinash_m: there is no "should".. just you, trying to install and what you need to do to accomplish that00:02
ash_mokay, so I'm back at the partition screen; everything is there as I set it up before...00:03
holsteinok.. what partition screen? what is your question?00:04
ash_mhowever, it doesn't show any of the mount points for these partitions00:04
holsteinash_m: it?00:04
holsteinsome partitioning screen? gparted? the installer?00:04
ash_mholstein: it = the installer00:04
ash_mlike, I allocated 4GB to /, 2GB to /var, and 2GB to /usr00:04
holsteinash_m: it'll be in the installation options.. "replace".. it'll warn about replacing and removing data00:04
holsteinash_m: ok.. just use the defaults00:05
holsteinash_m: you could be partitioning incorrectly00:05
holsteinash_m: just let the installer automagically do it for you..00:05
ash_mholstein: problem is that the defaults generally allocate space for swap; which I don't seem to need (and rather don't want because it takes up the whole drive and I can't install programs I need)00:05
holsteinash_m: sure.. and you can always change that afterwards00:06
holsteinash_m: if you are saying "what wrong with my installations?".. the answer im proposing is, your are manually partitioning incorrectly00:06
ash_mokay; you got it00:06
holsteinash_m: try the defaults.. see if things work "as expected".. disable or remove swap if you want.. though, its not "bad" to have it there, just in case00:07
ash_mholstein: good point. if everything goes off without a hitch, then there must be something I'm doing wrong with the partitioning00:07
holsteinor, with the memory.. the usb stick.. the md5 sum of the image. the installer usb you made.. etc00:08
ash_mholstein: going through a couple prompts00:08
ash_mwell, the installer has work several times before on fresh usb drives. I don't think that's the problem. I was following xubuntu suggested instructions pretty closely00:08
holsteinash_m: pretty closely? what did you change?00:09
ash_mokay, it's installing auto-magically00:09
ash_mmer; I only say pretty closely because I can't swear by percisely; but if I had to guess, I would say it's percise.00:11
ash_mwell, it's installing right now. I guess I just have to wait and see00:14
* ash_m crosses fingers00:14
holsteinyou'll know a little more in a few minutes.. either way00:14
delthello00:56
deltso i'm back with 12.10.... except even after updating all the software i'm still stuck with xfce 4.800:56
deltthere's no packages for 4.10 :(00:57
holsteindelt: 12.10 is not supported00:57
deltuh what00:57
holstein12.04 is...00:57
holsteinits an LTS00:57
deltoh yeah sorry 12.04 i meant00:58
deltubuntustudio-12.04.4-dvd-i386.iso that's the one i installed.00:59
holsteinright.. its older.. but, i thought you were onto somethign with the bios causing your USB device to fail..00:59
deltyeah, still failing/working sporadically :/01:00
deltso i'm stuck with xfce 4.8?01:00
holsteinthen, just move on to 14.04 or whatever. you have failing hardware and no problem with the newer 14.04 kernel supporting your USB device01:01
holsteindelt: you are not "stuck" in any way anywhere01:01
deltyeah but i'm getting sick and tired of reinstalling 3 versions of this os....01:02
delti actually tried the 64 bit version but 32bit apps didn't work01:02
holsteindelt: sure.. you are trying to address a hardware failure with software..01:03
delt14.04 beta had some other problems as well01:05
holsteinwhich is why i said, if i were going back, i would go to 12.04, due to the lenght of support being so much longer than 13.1001:05
deltok, so how do i install xfce 4.10 on this?01:06
holsteindelt: i wouldnt.. but, you can add ppa's or just install whatever you like01:07
deltfaaaaaackk i'm gonna have to bring back this motherboard to the store and replace it :( :( :(01:18
deltTHIS SUCKS :(01:18
knomedelt, whatever, calm down01:18
holsteindelt: we should use the #xubuntu-offtopic channel for this discussion01:19
deltyeah whatever :/01:20
deltwait a minute.... it MIGHT be my power supply. i'm using an old power supply, it's one of the first ones that had a 24 pin atx connector01:27
deltsince the midi keyboard is also skipping some notes when powered through USB but sending data through the 5-pin midi cable....01:28
deltok, powering it through usb from the other machine, and having it send midi data through 5-pin cable to the sound card on this one....01:31
holsteindelt: please /join the #xubuntu-offtopic channel for this discussion. thanks!01:31
deltoh yeah..sorry01:32
HypothesisFroghi. How do I install the ffmpeg package on 14.04?03:16
holsteinHypothesisFrog: i would just use a package manager03:16
cfhowlettHypothesisFrog, ask in #ubuntu_103:16
cfhowlett#ubuntu+103:16
HypothesisFrogholstein yeah it doesn't appear to be in the repos03:18
holsteinHypothesisFrog: i dont see it listed..03:21
holsteinhttp://packages.ubuntu.com/search?suite=trusty&keywords=ffmpeg might help03:22
HypothesisFrogholstein yeah thanks.03:22
Rarity1Hey all. Xubuntu is freezing, at first it seemed random but now it seems to be happening when I try to open anything, opening a terminal, a file browser window, a settings window~06:43
baizonRarity1: check you memory with memtest06:44
Rarity1ugh, when I go to the grub menu to do it it's frozen06:51
baizonRarity1: try to run from a live cd06:52
Rarity1Well thanks~ I guess I might try to solve my problems tomorrow it's getting late x)07:20
achtonhi all - can I upgrade from 13.10 to 14.04 final beta with apt? if so, any quick pointers/heads up?09:38
baizonachton: update-maanger -d09:50
achtonbaizon: thanks, how easy can it get? :) How does that method compare to do-release-upgrade ?09:52
baizonachton: this will lauch the update manager with the option of displaying the new distro09:53
baizondo-release-uprade is for server/terminal upgrade09:53
baizonboth method should work09:53
baizonnever tried do-release-upgrade09:54
Unit193I have, it's nice.09:55
achtonok, update-manager -d did a quick operation and now asks me to restart to let it finish. Is that expected behaviour?09:56
achtonI'm just wondering if it supports upgrading to beta releases as well?09:56
elfyit does09:59
elfywe use it to test upgrades09:59
achtonthanks elfy and baizon for the info09:59
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xubuntu001would this be the right place to talk to xubuntu devs? just ask a few questions and maybe give some suggestions11:09
knomeif it's a support question it's the right place11:09
xubuntu001thanks knome11:10
xubuntu001well ... i am trying to install xu 13.10 on an "EFI-BIOS" notebook and it fails at the last step11:10
xubuntu001saying "grub" failed to install ... so it reverts all the work11:10
xubuntu001i am on a REALLY slow connection (coz india sucks) and therefore, having to download all those packages everytime i try to install is driving me and the connection crazy!11:11
xubuntu001any suggestions?11:11
cfhowlettxubuntu001, do you have the ISO?11:14
xubuntu001yes i do11:16
xubuntu001in fact, right now i am running off a usb stick that i created using unetbootin and that iso image11:17
cfhowlett!md5sum|xubuntu001, did you verify the iso?11:20
ubottuxubuntu001, did you verify the iso?: To verify your Ubuntu ISO image (or other files for which an MD5 checksum is provided), see http://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToMD5SUM or http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/answers/LQ_ISO/Checking_the_md5sum_in_Windows11:20
xubuntu001yes sir! the iso has been verified. in fact, i have installed 5 systems using this exact same usb stick11:21
xubuntu001and all other installs have succeeded. the only problem with the current system is that it is a "pure windows 8" system. i really don't use windows 8.1 so i removed that entire hdd and replaced it with a brand new hdd.11:22
xubuntu001now, trying to install on this "EFI bios" based system gives me "grub install" errors.11:23
cfhowlettxubuntu001, uefi11:23
cfhowlett!uefi11:23
ubottuUEFI is a specification that defines a software interface between an operating system and platform firmware. It is meant as a replacement for the BIOS. For information on how to set up and install Ubuntu and its derivatives on UEFI machines please read https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFI11:23
xubuntu001ok! uefi11:26
xubuntu001i have already gone through that doc. doesn't help my case. please note: i am using xubuntu.11:27
xubuntu524It's possible to have help ?   I have a bug with linux and left click on mouse...  I am able to use it 30secs afterboot and after..  I just able to move them12:31
allstarsnorks2Hi guys. I want to know why Xubuntu detects my VirtualBox display as 640x480, even after installing Guest Additions?13:05
bgardnerallstarsnorks2: Yo13:23
allstarsnorks2Hi13:23
bgardnerallstarsnorks2: Okay, I'm still researching but my guess is we need to start at your Guest Additions install.  Did it go in without ANY errors?13:24
allstarsnorks2It says that there was an unknown X Window system drivers13:24
allstarsnorks2I don't know why, though.13:25
bgardnerallstarsnorks2: Sounds about right.  Can you pastebin your /var/log/Xorg.0.log ?13:25
allstarsnorks2I can't right now. Turned my PC off.13:26
allstarsnorks2But I think it was my install. I'm using X 14.04 Beta13:27
Artemis3i have the feeling i won't be able to upgrade my xubuntu the easy way :(14:43
Artemis3well i guess thats a good excuse for clean install14:44
RighteousAuraHow can I decrease the size of the toolbar icons in thunar?15:45
holsteinRighteousAura: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-software-2/thunar-toolbar-buttons-icons-are-really-huge-749919/ might be relevant15:47
RighteousAuraI've tried adding that fix to my gtkrc but it doesn't seem to change anything. Does it matter where I put it in the gtkrc?15:50
holsteinRighteousAura: it may.. and you have logged out and back in? it might be something that needs reloaded15:51
RighteousAuraI just switched between themes and back to that one which usually works. I'll try logging out15:53
Meerkatmy Xubuntu 13.10 pc froze a while ago. Mouse and keyboard did not work and the clock stopped. How can I find out what caused this?17:00
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Artemis3Meerkat, could be a hardware issue? you couldn't even ctrl alt f1?17:21
Meerkatno, that didn't work unfortunately. That's usually my first response. :)17:24
Artemis3or as last resource, while holding both alt & print-screen, type: reisub ?17:24
Meerkatnever thought of reisub, haven't needed that for a few years. Will try it if a freeze happens again.17:25
Artemis3sometimes pushing power a single time to try soft power off works too, or ssh into the machine if you can17:25
Artemis3if you cant reisub, probably hardware issue, i have sometimes seen the keyboard leds flashing in such situation17:25
Artemis3of course why there is an issue, could be evil proprietary driver (ie ati?) or gpu failing overheating, or psu failing? i would try memtest just in case17:27
starratswow someone else is having the same problem I'm having but it's with 14.04 and the cursor is freezing at the splash screen aka the password window at start-up17:27
Artemis3and if you boot 13.10 it works?17:29
Artemis3(ie. from usb)17:29
MeerkatSeveral of my log files contain "\00" over and over at the time of the crash. The video card driver is the open source one available in "Software & Updates". I will run a memtest, good idea.17:29
Artemis3which gpu?17:29
Meerkatamd wrestler HD 371017:30
Meerkaton a laptop17:30
Artemis3some opensource drivers won't engage the gpu power saving causing overheating17:30
Artemis3oh17:30
Meerkatthe PC has been on for 9-ish days straight, so I doubt it would be an overheating issue all of a sudden.17:30
Artemis3well as long as its not too hot to the touch...17:31
sohail-ahmedI need to add another interface to my /etc/network/interfaces file, so that the INTERNET that work in my office does not get disturbed and I can also use INTERNET on the same machine from home. I do not have network manager installed. Any help?19:21
Artemis3sohail-ahmed, and both are dhcp?19:44
sohail-ahmedno.19:45
sohail-ahmedArtemis3, The home INTERNET connection can be made dhcp but I prefer to have a static settings so as to allow a ssh connnection with my desktop19:47
adrenaline_I would create two interfaces then write a script to cp the correct interface file for whereever you are.19:47
adrenaline_interface.work and interface.home19:47
Artemis3i think using dyndns is way easier haha19:47
Artemis3i ssh to home all the time, and i can't have static ip, the isp doesnt provide it19:48
sohail-ahmedadrenaline, yes I agree that would be a solution but I thing their has to be a better one. I remmeber the time using network-manager aand through it was pretty easy.19:48
sohail-ahmedno. ssh over lan19:48
adrenaline_I thought he/she didn't want to use network manager19:49
sohail-ahmedsince I am used to ssh using Ip19:49
adrenaline_What is your end goal and what is happening now?19:50
adrenaline_Are you trying to ssh to your house based on an ip you get at work?19:50
sohail-ahmedI have a laptop that I use in my office and in my home. At present it is configureed to use the office internet and now I want it to use my home internet19:51
Artemis3sohail-ahmed, there is also ipv6, feels magical, hehe, install miredo and suddendly you have a solid ipv6 address19:51
adrenaline_I am confused what do you mean use your office internet and home internet?19:51
adrenaline_Do you not have dhcp?19:52
sohail-ahmedadernaline, ssh is not a problem. All I want to use internet with one interface file19:52
Artemis3sohail-ahmed, on the other hand, if you can configure your router at home, you could use the same ip segment19:52
sohail-ahmedoffice interenet = internet in office and home internet = internet at home19:52
adrenaline_ok so your lappy should be requesting a dhcp from what ever network it is on19:52
Artemis3thats the easy way, hehe19:52
Artemis3seems at work he is doing manual config19:53
sohail-ahmedwithout network manager.19:53
sohail-ahmedyes19:53
adrenaline_I get that but if you take your lappy to the office it should request a dhcp from your office. then when you take it home it should request a dhcp from their. What is actually happening?19:53
Artemis3no no19:53
adrenaline_Why are you doing a manual config at the office?19:54
sohail-ahmedadernaline_I don't want to use network manager19:54
Artemis3um19:54
Artemis3no one mentioned network manager19:54
adrenaline_Why not?19:55
sohail-ahmedThe configuration has to be manual since every body in my office access printer through my ip19:56
adrenaline_so you have a static Ip at work then?19:56
sohail-ahmedyes I have19:56
adrenaline_ok makes more sense19:56
Artemis3well, i would say you need to learn dhcpd19:56
Artemis3you can configure your dhcpd server to give you the same IP19:56
Artemis3you can assign same IP to the specific mac address19:57
adrenaline_You could do what Artemis3 mentioned and use the same network as your work meaning IP space then at home use the same static IP then when you are at work and home it will just work with no issues19:57
sohail-ahmedI cant get the same ip at home.19:58
adrenaline_but if you go somewhere else you will not have a dhcp19:58
sohail-ahmedSince they are on diferent ISPS19:58
adrenaline_you do not have an internal network at home?19:58
sohail-ahmeddifferent gateways19:58
sohail-ahmedI do19:58
adrenaline_then you control your own internal ip space19:58
sohail-ahmedall pcs connected to the router19:58
adrenaline_gateway doesn't matter19:58
adrenaline_then you can do it19:59
adrenaline_what is the ipspace at your work?19:59
sohail-ahmed192.168.9.*19:59
adrenaline_perfect what is your ipspace at home19:59
sohail-ahmed192.168.1.*19:59
adrenaline_perfect19:59
Artemis3thats too easy19:59
Artemis3lol19:59
adrenaline_at home change it to 192.168.9.*19:59
adrenaline_then if your static at work is .13 then make that your static at home20:00
sohail-ahmeddoes it require changing things in router?20:00
sohail-ahmedhome router20:00
Artemis3yes, you cant?20:00
adrenaline_only your internal dhcp pool20:00
sohail-ahmedI can20:00
adrenaline_I mean your internal ip network20:00
adrenaline_so in your router you will see your LAN at 192.168.1.* just change it to 192.168.9.* and you should be golden20:01
adrenaline_You will only need to change your LAN settings and whatever you have static on your home network20:02
sohail-ahmedSo I would start with changing my primary ip address, which is currectly 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.9.20:02
sohail-ahmed120:02
adrenaline_yes20:02
adrenaline_you got it20:02
adrenaline_then you will match your work20:02
koegsfirst change your routers address ;-)20:03
adrenaline_102.168 is not routable so you will be fine. I could even change my home network to that and will be fine20:03
adrenaline_Yes remember it will take a reboot and you wont be able to access it with the old IP20:03
sohail-ahmedI know this.20:03
adrenaline_make sense or did I confuse you?20:03
sohail-ahmedBut is 't it strange that the thing that looks so simple with network manager needs much more without it.20:04
sohail-ahmedcompletly making sense.20:05
adrenaline_Well you are actually making it harder than it has to be. I am just simplifying what you are trying to do20:05
Artemis3i think you can also make alias in interfaces20:08
Artemis3but you will still need to ipdown ifup things20:08
sohail-ahmedYes I am back online after the achievement.20:19
sohail-ahmedThanks for the help. I really appreciate it. But I still think there has to be some other way, since I may not have access to my router and I know dhcp would be the answer in that case but again its not which shows much control.20:21
xubuntu436hello xubuntu20:59
baizonhi20:59
xubuntu801yo wassup!21:19
xubuntu801I got a quick question regarding install21:19
xubuntu801I don't see any loading/install progress bar. Just this intro window has popped up.21:19
xubuntu801Should there be a progress bar?21:20
baizonxubuntu801: yes there should be21:20
xubuntu801do you think maybe something went screwy??21:21
xubuntu801reboot and try reinstall21:21
xubuntu801I think maybe playing with partitions caused it21:21
xubuntu801I'll restart it.21:22
xubuntu801Thanks Baizon21:22
xubuntu978Install working this time21:33
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Guest68811good evening folks22:42
Guest68811i´ve upgraded to Xubuntu 14... when a tried to install ndiswrapper (in order to install my wireless drives) it returned a information that it  couldn,t find a especific library...22:44
Guest68811Could anyone help me with instructions in how to install my wireless drive (windows) in xubuntu 14?22:45
fibz_14 is unreleased, try in #ubuntu+122:45
Guest68811thank you fibz_...22:46
Guest68811would you recomend to a newbie return to version 13?22:46
fibz_yes22:47
Guest68811thanks again.22:47
Guest68811best wishes...22:47
Guest68811gone22:47
astronouth7303I can't connect to the audio sink on my bluetooth headset. Blueman says: Connection Failed: Stream setup failed. I tried both solutions on http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2144841&page=2 and neither work.23:12
astronouth7303pavucontrol doesn't see the device at all23:16
holsteinastronouth7303: i would test the device on a supported OS, and make sure its working23:47
astronouth7303it was working with my work computer (ubuntu LTS)23:48
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holsteinastronouth7303: you mean, on 12.04, it was working, and on 13.10, its not?23:49
astronouth7303yeah23:49
astronouth7303unless there's other unity vs xfce stuff going on23:49
holsteinastronouth7303: shouldnt be.. its all ubuntu23:50
holsteinastronouth7303: its more likely the kernel version, or something you need to add to 13.10 here23:51
holstein!bluetooth23:51
ubottuFor instructions on how to set up bluetooth, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BluetoothSetup23:51
holsteini always reference that ^23:51
holsteinastronouth7303: one thing i would want to know would be, is the bluetooth in the machine functioning.. i would use a live CD for the version at work that is working.. ubuntu 12.04 or whatever you say is surely suppported23:54
astronouth7303bluetooth itself seems to work. it pairs, it can connect to the headset service23:54
holsteinif the setup doesnt work with 12.04 as it does at work, then, its likely the bluetooth in the machine that is not working, or not suppoting linux23:54
holsteinastronouth7303: sure.. and "seems" is not enough..23:54
holsteinastronouth7303: otherwise, i would be using pavucontrol as you are..23:55
astronouth7303i'll try that at some poitn23:56
astronouth7303or dig out another dongle and see if that works23:56
holsteinyeah, thats a good test as well23:56

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