| windyyyyyyyy | How do I use a live Lubuntu cd to retrieve a document on a dead windows hard drive | 01:34 |
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| lublubulubu | my windows computer HDD dies=d, i need to retrieve a paper i wrote, its in my documents on s drive, i have booted the lubuntu cd and is running live now, how do i get into windows c drive and get that document | 01:36 |
| lublubulubu | died* | 01:36 |
| ianorlin | next to the menu at the botom right there is something is an icon like a folder in the quick launch area | 01:38 |
| ianorlin | then in places there will be the parition for the hard drive | 01:38 |
| lublubulubu | ok ill look | 01:38 |
| lublubulubu | one sec | 01:38 |
| windyyyyyyyy | There's nothing called places | 01:39 |
| lublubulubu | no places/?? | 01:39 |
| lublubulubu | we are same guy hes helping me | 01:40 |
| lublubulubu | i se ethe folder by startim in it | 01:40 |
| lublubulubu | do i mount that laarge HDD i see? | 01:40 |
| windyyyyyyyy | do i mount the large volume hard drive? | 01:41 |
| ianorlin | yes | 01:44 |
| lublubulubu | hmmm | 01:44 |
| lublubulubu | ill look | 01:44 |
| ianorlin | but if the hard drive is bad it could just be broken | 01:45 |
| lublubulubu | i dont dee any 640 gb hdd yet | 01:45 |
| lublubulubu | HDD is bad | 01:45 |
| lublubulubu | i tested it | 01:45 |
| Ahmuck | what does this command do? [ -x /usr/bin/numlockx ] && numlockx on | 03:02 |
| Ahmuck | acutally, what are the brackets for? | 03:02 |
| holstein | Ahmuck: is this from a web source? a page? | 03:05 |
| holstein | you are trying to enable numberlock at boot? | 03:05 |
| Ahmuck | does lubuntu honor /etc/local.rc ? | 03:11 |
| Ahmuck | upon startup? | 03:11 |
| holstein | Ahmuck: honor? | 03:12 |
| holstein | what are you adding there? and how? and what is happening? | 03:12 |
| Ahmuck | numlockx on | 03:13 |
| Ahmuck | it's not starting | 03:13 |
| Ahmuck | xinput set-prop 13 "Device Enabled" 0 | 03:13 |
| Ahmuck | it's not disabling the touchpad | 03:13 |
| holstein | Ahmuck: so, you are trying to autostart numlockx at boot? to be on for the greeter? lightdm? and also, you are trying to disable the touchpad at some point as well? | 03:14 |
| Ahmuck | i've seen lightdm but the documentation i found indicated i could do it via /etc/rc.local. | 03:16 |
| Ahmuck | yes, start numlock and disable touchpad upon startup | 03:16 |
| Ahmuck | is there a startup map (graphical - ie, dia) of how lubuntu starts up, the processes and the commands it is executing? | 03:16 |
| Ahmuck | on the web? | 03:17 |
| holstein | Ahmuck: its the same as most linux | 03:18 |
| holstein | Ahmuck: but, i dont think thats the issue.. you can choose another more simple script to autostart and see that its working.. i think you'll find the jargon is probably responsible for your issue | 03:18 |
| holstein | i'll test the commands when possible right in the terminal and see that they work.. | 03:19 |
| Ahmuck | as most ? how is it different? where would I find the differences documented? | 03:19 |
| Ahmuck | the jargon? | 03:19 |
| Ahmuck | it's from ubuntu's websites | 03:19 |
| Ahmuck | want the links? | 03:19 |
| holstein | Ahmuck: if you think it would help a volunteer better assist you, sure | 03:19 |
| Ahmuck | https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticsTouchpad | 03:21 |
| Ahmuck | https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NumLock | 03:21 |
| Ahmuck | http://en.kioskea.net/faq/3348-ubuntu-executing-a-script-at-startup-and-shutdown | 03:21 |
| holstein | Ahmuck: here is what you are looking for https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBootupHowto | 03:22 |
| Ahmuck | btw, the new battery icon notification in systray is awesomeness | 03:23 |
| Ahmuck | in 14.10 | 03:24 |
| Ahmuck | so /etc/rc.local is ignored? | 03:25 |
| Ahmuck | battery systray info is so awesome i wish i had something like that for every hardware device | 03:27 |
| * Ahmuck found upstart documenation | 03:27 | |
| Ahmuck | thx holstein | 03:27 |
| holstein | https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NumLock is laying out what to add to lightdm.. | 03:28 |
| holstein | sudo sed -i 's|^exit 0.*$|# Numlock enable\n[ -x /usr/bin/numlockx ] \&\& numlockx on\n\nexit 0|' /etc/rc.local | 03:28 |
| Ahmuck | yes, tried that as well in rc.local | 03:28 |
| Ahmuck | why so many config docs for the same thing? | 03:28 |
| holstein | then, add "greeter-setup-script=/usr/bin/numlockx on" to /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/50-unity-greeter.conf | 03:28 |
| holstein | Ahmuck: cruft? laziness.. lack of supporters and contributors.. differing opinions.. lack of cleanup of old documentation.. maybe other things as well | 03:29 |
| Ahmuck | IF "numlockx on" works in bootup it's the simpler method | 03:29 |
| holstein | Ahmuck: did you try what i laid out above? | 03:30 |
| Ahmuck | is programming that hard? | 03:30 |
| holstein | Ahmuck: i dont do programming.. its not trivial.. | 03:30 |
| Ahmuck | the UbuntuBootupHowto or the docs on LightDM and NumLock? | 03:30 |
| Ahmuck | the numlock seems like a simple solution ... install numlockx by defualt and provide a simple gui to turn it on via keyboard/mouse that is in the menu | 03:31 |
| Ahmuck | maybee i'll take a look at it :) | 03:31 |
| holstein | Ahmuck: might be that in main ubuntu.. not sure | 03:31 |
| Ahmuck | main ubuntu does have something like that | 03:31 |
| holstein | the wiki's are publically editable. but, have you tried what i laid out above? | 03:32 |
| holstein | Ahmuck: lubuntu *is* ubuntu.. and using lightdm as well | 03:32 |
| Ahmuck | no, i've not. i will. it will probally work. i'd rather do it old school via BootUp | 03:32 |
| Ahmuck | and init scripts | 03:32 |
| * Ahmuck looks up docs on LightDM | 03:32 | |
| holstein | Ahmuck: i see not ubuntu guide for that | 03:32 |
| holstein | en.kioskea is not an ubuntu source | 03:32 |
| holstein | /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/50-unity-greeter.conf states In Ubuntu 14.04 the above methods of running numlockx don't work. It can be run by changing configuration of LightDM display manager. Edit /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/50-unity-greeter.conf file and add the following line at the end | 03:33 |
| holstein | i would expect that to be the same in 14.10.. | 03:33 |
| Ahmuck | ok, lightdm is the default greeter, however i'm looking at enabling and disabling these items before the gui | 03:33 |
| holstein | Ahmuck: at the greeter.. numberlock.. correct? | 03:34 |
| Ahmuck | but yes, i will try your command though I may drop back to the boot up option | 03:34 |
| Ahmuck | i actually want the numlock upon bootup. before the greeter | 03:35 |
| holstein | Ahmuck: its not "my" command.. though... its just what i read from the link you gave that best first your scenario | 03:35 |
| Ahmuck | yes, i know | 03:35 |
| Ahmuck | were good | 03:35 |
| Ahmuck | http://askubuntu.com/questions/461651/sequence-of-files-used-when-booting-the-lubuntu-14-04 | 03:36 |
| Ahmuck | seems i'm not the only one wanting to know more about boot up proceedure | 03:36 |
| holstein | Ahmuck: you can link them the documentation.. | 03:37 |
| Ahmuck | kewl | 03:37 |
| holstein | "Do not expect to be able to learn it all overnight - it takes years to become an expert. I would suggest you start by reading the scripts in /etc/init.d/ and playing around with starting and stopping them" is also great advice from the page you linked | 03:38 |
| Ahmuck | holstein: yes, however the touchpad, numlock, etc. the past has never been a problem until recently | 03:41 |
| holstein | Ahmuck: sure.. the guide i read states that things are different in 14.04 specifically | 03:41 |
| holstein | things are changing.. qt, gtk, init.. things change | 03:41 |
| holstein | 12.04 is still supported though.. if you wanted to install it and just lxde, and not lubuntu-desktop.. you can have repo support for kernels and patches for a few more years with that.. | 03:42 |
| Ahmuck | "In Ubuntu 14.04 the above methods of running numlockx don't work." - do you know why? | 03:43 |
| holstein | Ahmuck: becuase things have changed.. i know not the details of those changes.. | 03:44 |
| holstein | Ahmuck: i would imagine init.. | 03:44 |
| Ahmuck | so i tried your recomendations, which were a copy of what was in the documenation (before arriving here, as i just checked those files and they have those commands in them) and it's still broke. this makes me wonder where it's getting it's startup info from ... however i will double check everything here in the next 10, reboot and come back | 03:47 |
| holstein | well, nothing is "broke" | 03:48 |
| holstein | i would recheck the jargon and files.. | 03:48 |
| Sachiru | Upgrading from 14.04 to 14.10, now my password isn't accepted. What gives? | 05:54 |
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| halexander9000 | Hey guys, could someone please help me figure out why Alsa is not outputting any sound, and if I need to install Pulseaudio instead? | 12:08 |
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| Richhh | how to get window position snapping in 14.04? | 22:19 |
| Richhh | someone said it is possible with compiz etc | 22:20 |
| Richhh | without* | 22:20 |
| Ahmuck | Richhh: areo snap | 22:21 |
| Richhh | ok thanks | 22:25 |
| Sk2d | hey I've installe lubuntu 14.10 encrypted with lvm on my toshibar 550d laptop. Everything worked but I now restarted my pc and I am unabeld to use the keyboard on the first try to enter my passphrase for decryption ctrl+alt+del reboots my system now there is ugly interface to enter my password this works but than my touchpad does not work. | 22:44 |
| phillw | Sk2d: did you read the release notes? | 22:47 |
| Sk2d | phillw: I used swap-off to install | 22:50 |
| phillw | Sk2d: did you read the release notes? beacuse your answer is there. That is why they are made. | 22:51 |
| Sk2d | hm ok I will check i just overfly them | 22:52 |
| phillw | Do not, they are written for a good reason. :) | 22:52 |
| Sk2d | cant find anython on lubuntu release notes will noch chek ubuntu release notes | 22:55 |
| phillw | Sk2d: try the release notes mentioned at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/GetLubuntu | 22:57 |
| Sk2d | I looked on lubuntu.com | 22:58 |
| Sk2d | *.net | 22:58 |
| phillw | Sk2d: the wiki area is what matters, follow that link I have given you. ^^ | 22:59 |
| Sk2d | founds https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1383851 | 22:59 |
| ubottu | Ubuntu bug 1383851 in linux (Ubuntu) "Cannot enter LVM encryption password in qemu with -vga std" [Medium,Confirmed] | 22:59 |
| phillw | Sk2d: and you have also founf the work around... would have been much less painfull for you if you read the release notes. We document all the known bugs. | 23:01 |
| Sk2d | but I still cant find this link on your links | 23:01 |
| phillw | Sk2d: it is a generic ubuntu bug | 23:02 |
| Sk2d | found it here https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UtopicUnicorn/ReleaseNotes#Kernel on my frist try I did not see that this was under known issues ... | 23:02 |
| phillw | our notes point back to them | 23:03 |
| Sk2d | fix release means apt-get upgrade will install this? or do I have to wait for some confirmation? | 23:05 |
| Sk2d | and will this fix the problem that my touchpad now does not work? | 23:06 |
| phillw | Sk2d: only you can confirm that | 23:09 |
| phillw | as my touchpad works fine I cannot test | 23:10 |
| ianorlin | Richhh: press windows key plus left and right | 23:16 |
| Sk2d | arg I did uppdate and upgrade befor shutting down today | 23:17 |
| Sk2d | so why do I still have the bug now? | 23:17 |
| phillw | Sk2d: if you have a bug marked fix released, then | 23:21 |
| phillw | sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade | 23:21 |
| phillw | (with the accept) followed by a reboot should solve that bug. If it does not, state that the bug is not fixed. | 23:21 |
| Sk2d | hm I am really sure I did this but I am currently unabeld to get a connection without using my mouse to stupid to connect to wlan via terminal so I will test it agaon tomorrow when I will have a usb-mouse (which seems to work on live lubuntu where I had the the same problem with my touchpad) | 23:24 |
| Sk2d | but thanks | 23:24 |
| phillw | Sk2d: bugs are crazy at times :) | 23:35 |
| Sk2d | next time I need to figure out when the perfect time for upgrade is, maybe wait for the first big bugfix time. | 23:38 |
| phillw | Sk2d: I start with the 1st alpha 1... stable, but bugs to be found. :) | 23:42 |
| Richhh | ianorlin: oh wow | 23:45 |
| Richhh | ianorlin: thanks | 23:45 |
| Richhh | :) | 23:48 |
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