| Nixus | k, also, not sure if this is an issue, but throughout the os, some of the first letters of words are underlined, while other aren't. why? | 00:00 |
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| brainwash | Nixus: you mean in menus or button labels? | 00:05 |
| brainwash | maybe a screenshot can help to visualize the problem | 00:07 |
| Nixus | both, and on some, the second letter is under lined | 00:09 |
| brainwash | the underlined letter can be used as keyboard shortcut -> Alt + letter | 00:10 |
| brainwash | to trigger the menu item or button | 00:11 |
| Nixus | any way to disable this? | 00:11 |
| Nixus | so it's like dos menus... I see.... | 00:11 |
| brainwash | yes | 00:12 |
| brainwash | it's a common feature across most operating systems | 00:12 |
| brainwash | I guess you can disable it, but I have never tried it | 00:13 |
| brainwash | http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1735533 | 00:14 |
| Nixus | some menus don't have it... | 00:28 |
| brainwash | this change only targets GTK+ 2 windows | 00:29 |
| brainwash | GTK+ 3 and Qt windows behave differently | 00:29 |
| Nixus | oh, I see, thank you | 00:30 |
| brainwash | also, an app itself may override this or implement menus/buttons differently | 00:30 |
| knome | or not provide acceskeys, so they won't have those underlined letters. | 00:31 |
| xubuntu37w | Somebody gave me this: glxgears to run in the terminal. I ran it and it won't stop. How can I stop it? | 00:37 |
| knome | ctrl+c | 00:38 |
| Nixus | crtl+c | 00:38 |
| xubuntu37w | THANKS VERY MUCH, GUYS!! | 00:38 |
| Nixus | oh LOL, you got me on the first question i could answer | 00:38 |
| xubuntu37w | Have a good night! | 00:39 |
| Nixus | cya! | 00:39 |
| knome | you too, enjoy | 00:39 |
| Nixus | anyone know how to completely hide an autohide panel? when it's in hiding, you can still see a small section | 00:59 |
| deshipu | you could make it transparent... | 01:01 |
| Nixus | but when I unhide it, I don't want it to be transparent. and when I change the enter/leave, it has some delay | 01:03 |
| knome | Nixus, i don't think you can | 01:07 |
| Nixus | ok | 01:08 |
| remline | I'm about confused about the Indicator Plugin on the Panel -- why doesn't it let me select which things to show and hide? | 02:42 |
| pleia2 | probably because no one has written that feature | 02:45 |
| remline | Hmm, maybe it does, the checkboxes weren't working in Indicator Plugin properties, but I force restarted the panel and now they seem to work. Mysterious. | 02:50 |
| aegis | Hi all... does anyone know how to get copy/past to work when logging into xubuntu through xrdp FROM a windows 7 laptop using RDP. | 03:16 |
| aegis | copy/paste | 03:16 |
| holstein | aegis: can you copy paste otherwise? after login? | 03:17 |
| aegis | I can copy and paste within the RDP session | 03:17 |
| aegis | so within xubuntu, I can copy and paste... but I can't copy something on the windows 7 machine and paste it into the rdp session. | 03:18 |
| Unit193 | Generally you have an option when connecting from Windows for that, in preferences. | 03:18 |
| holstein | aegis: so, after login, you can copy paste as normal? its just in the login screen, where, you are not atble to copy/paste username? or password? or what? | 03:18 |
| aegis | No | 03:18 |
| aegis | Copy and Paste is not working between the sessions | 03:19 |
| holstein | so, its not limited to the login, in any way.. i would look at the preferences where Unit193 suggests.. | 03:19 |
| aegis | I cannot copy test from the Windows machine and paste it within the RDP/xrdp session | 03:19 |
| aegis | Unit193, yes, I have the Local Resources/Clipboard box checked in the Windows RDP app | 03:20 |
| aegis | Just not sure why it isn't allowing the paste. | 03:20 |
| holstein | sounds like its not working properly.. have you looked for an update to whatever you are using? | 03:20 |
| Nixus | what do you think of my desktop? http://imgur.com/M2dkkoF | 03:21 |
| aegis | i like it nixus | 03:25 |
| Nixus | <3 | 03:25 |
| aegis | yes holstein... it's a known problem... some people have gotten it working though. | 03:25 |
| Nixus | just added the conky | 03:25 |
| Nixus | might adjust the position on it | 03:26 |
| holstein | aegis: sure, but is it a problem with xubuntu? xubuntu shouldnt be doing anything to block it.. i would look at, and try different RDP clients, or another connection setup.. | 03:26 |
| remline | Nixus, does that use the standard Panel application, or did you install a custom one? | 03:26 |
| holstein | the bottom right is a panel.. the middle looks like plank | 03:27 |
| Unit193 | aegis: I see that as well, you are on trusty? | 03:28 |
| aegis | Unit193, yes... trusty | 03:28 |
| Nixus | thank you! | 03:29 |
| Nixus | pretty new to linux, just around 6 months | 03:29 |
| Unit193 | Seems using x11rdp as the backend is the trick. | 03:30 |
| aegis | hmmm | 03:30 |
| aegis | so everyone suggests using this x11rdp-o-matic | 03:30 |
| aegis | http://scarygliders.net/2013/07/25/x11rdp-o-matic-version-3-now-released/ | 03:30 |
| aegis | is that what you mean Unity193? | 03:30 |
| aegis | Unit193, | 03:30 |
| holstein | !info x11rdp | 03:31 |
| ubottu | Package x11rdp does not exist in utopic | 03:31 |
| Unit193 | http://sourceforge.net/p/xrdp/mailman/message/31379218/ was one of the things I was looking at, but I don't use rdp except for vbox. | 03:32 |
| holstein | Unit193: you use the "baked in" rdp? in vbox? | 03:33 |
| Unit193 | holstein: Yes, which is entirely unrelated. | 03:33 |
| holstein | yeah.. not a "Fix" here,for sure.. | 03:33 |
| aegis | thanks... I think you guys are onto something with the x11rdp | 03:34 |
| Unit193 | I'm sorry I can't say, only used VNC in terms of remote desktop control. | 03:54 |
| Nixus | anyone wanna share their desktop? | 04:28 |
| holstein | Nixus: maybe try one of the offtopic social channels.. | 04:29 |
| Nixus | woops, worry wrong channel, sorry :/ | 04:30 |
| aegis | Unit193, holstein that script worked perfectly... took about 20 minutes to compile... but copy/paste works fine now. | 04:31 |
| aegis | http://scarygliders.net/2013/07/25/x11rdp-o-matic-version-3-now-released/ | 04:31 |
| aegis | http://scarygliders.net/x11rdp-o-matic-information/ | 04:31 |
| aegis | ^^^ more current | 04:32 |
| xubuntu322 | hi, I am installing this free OS on my old dell desktop - p3 | 05:18 |
| Unit193 | On a p3? Good luck, man! | 05:20 |
| xubuntu322 | everything looks good so far. I hope it does not mess up my basic millenium install. | 05:20 |
| xubuntu322 | ^millennium | 05:21 |
| xubuntu322 | yes, it is an intel p3 with 512mb ram, and a 20gb hd. | 05:22 |
| xubuntu322 | did have a bit of trouble with the install/setup. could not figure out how to create a swap partiton | 05:23 |
| NoticeMeSenpai | is it a big deal if i installed ubuntu and then installed xfce or should i download and install xubuntu instead? | 06:04 |
| cfhowlett_ | NoticeMeSenpai, given a choice: you want xubuntu, install xubuntu | 06:05 |
| NoticeMeSenpai | i mean i already did ubuntu is it worth reinstalling? I should have worded that better | 06:05 |
| cfhowlett_ | NoticeMeSenpai, sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop | 06:06 |
| NoticeMeSenpai | yep just did that :D | 06:06 |
| cfhowlett_ | NoticeMeSenpai, note: adding xfce will ONLY add the desktop environment, not xubuntu default apss | 06:06 |
| cfhowlett_ | *apps* | 06:06 |
| NoticeMeSenpai | ahh so if I just installed why not just do xubuntu i guess ill start downloading | 06:06 |
| Unit193 | NoticeMeSenpai: Then you'll still have unity and all default Ubuntu applications, but it does still work, yes. | 06:15 |
| Unit193 | Though I would recommend sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop^ over just installing the meta. | 06:16 |
| NoticeMeSenpai | the meta? | 06:19 |
| NoticeMeSenpai | i literally just installed ubuntu anyway and the iso is downloading i guess its not really a big deal to reinstall heh | 06:22 |
| Unit193 | Heh, it is pretty easy and fast, yeah. | 06:24 |
| aegis | xubuntu is pretty awesome | 07:34 |
| AgAu | yep! | 07:36 |
| dirgeable_ | hi, i cannot select any new version instead of long term in software manager | 09:00 |
| dirgeable_ | anyone know of a solution? | 09:00 |
| elfy | have you set software and updates to notify for any new version on the update tab? | 09:01 |
| dirgeable_ | elfy, when i click it it simply stays on only long term | 09:02 |
| elfy | ok - and what version are you currently running? | 09:02 |
| dirgeable_ | elfy, how do i check, sorry installed a long time ago | 09:03 |
| dirgeable_ | elfy, fixed it i think | 09:06 |
| dirgeable_ | :) | 09:06 |
| brainwash | remline: that's bug 1311685 | 09:50 |
| ubottu | bug 1311685 in xfce4-indicator-plugin (Ubuntu) "Checkboxes for hidden/visible indicators not working properly" [Undecided,Confirmed] https://launchpad.net/bugs/1311685 | 09:50 |
| ethical_anarhist | hi, does anybody here know how to setup bitcoind on xubuntu, i've searched everywhere already, but no answer | 10:59 |
| knome | !foocoin | ethical_anarhist | 11:12 |
| ubottu | ethical_anarhist: Ubuntu's repositories do not include clients for most cryptocurrencies. You will need to use a !PPA or !compile from source to get them. Since neither of these options is officially supported, consider asking your cryptocurrency's IRC channel (see !alis) for help. | 11:12 |
| ethical_anarhist | thanks, will do | 11:12 |
| remline | Thanks for the bug link, brainwash, it sounds like this behavior started with Trusty | 12:20 |
| noobuntu | Is there a way I can permanently delete the XFCE Power Manager? I hate having two battery symbols in my taskbar | 13:13 |
| deshipu | just uninstall it | 13:15 |
| noobuntu | Can't find the package name to uninstall in terminal and I don't have a right click uninstall | 13:15 |
| noobuntu | also not in ubuntu store | 13:15 |
| brainwash | noobuntu: xfce4-power-manager | 13:16 |
| brainwash | but you can run xfce4-power-manager-settings and just hide the tray icon | 13:17 |
| noobuntu | Thank you. But everytime I reboot it shows up again | 13:17 |
| brainwash | maybe it was not able/allowed to update its config file, so changes are only temporary | 13:19 |
| brainwash | but you are free to remove the package if you don't need any of its features | 13:20 |
| Unit193 | Or remove indicator-power... | 13:20 |
| uber_hulk | Hi all. | 13:32 |
| uber_hulk | I am trying to install awesome wm | 13:32 |
| uber_hulk | and I getting this error https://bpaste.net/show/0e5176b2c227 | 13:32 |
| uber_hulk | How can I solve it? | 13:32 |
| koegs | uber_hulk: did you try "sudo apt-get update"? | 13:37 |
| uber_hulk | koegs: yes, also I tried upgrade, sudo apt-get -f install | 13:37 |
| uber_hulk | http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2014/06/install-latest-awesome-window-manager-ubuntu/ | 13:37 |
| uber_hulk | I install awesome wm using this guide^ | 13:37 |
| koegs | so you use that ppa? | 13:38 |
| uber_hulk | and then I removed it when I was in awesome env itself | 13:38 |
| uber_hulk | is that broke it? | 13:38 |
| uber_hulk | koegs: yes I did that | 13:38 |
| uber_hulk | +use that | 13:38 |
| koegs | i use awesome without ppa | 13:38 |
| uber_hulk | koegs: how do I remove that ppa? | 13:38 |
| uber_hulk | Or I can't undo what I've done? | 13:38 |
| koegs | sudo ppa-purge ppa:klaus-vormweg/awesome | 13:39 |
| uber_hulk | ppa-purge command not found | 13:39 |
| uber_hulk | koegs: ^ | 13:39 |
| koegs | sudo apt-get install ppa-purge :) | 13:40 |
| uber_hulk | ;) | 13:42 |
| uber_hulk | koegs: you using awesome 3.5.5? | 13:54 |
| koegs | nope, the standard 3.4.15 coming with xubuntu 14.04 | 13:55 |
| uber_hulk | koegs: okay but if I want to use 3.5.5 how do I do that? | 13:56 |
| uber_hulk | without using the ppa which is breaking ti | 13:56 |
| koegs | ppa would be the easiest way, but then you have to ask the ppa-maintainer why it is broken | 13:57 |
| koegs | uber_hulk: do you really need 3.5 or do you just want to have the latest version? | 13:57 |
| koegs | because 3.4 is completely stable | 13:58 |
| uber_hulk | I see | 13:58 |
| uber_hulk | okay, thanks koegs :) | 13:58 |
| cfhowlett | uber_hulk, bleeding edge tends to be bloody ... perhaps better to wait for it to hit be included in repos | 13:58 |
| uber_hulk | right, okay then i will have the current stable one | 13:58 |
| koegs | i am happy that ubuntu still uses 3.4, no time to rewrite the config for 3.5 :D | 13:59 |
| uber_hulk | hmm | 13:59 |
| uber_hulk | okay checking it up then | 13:59 |
| uber_hulk | br | 13:59 |
| uber_hulk | +b | 13:59 |
| uber_hulk | hi | 14:24 |
| uber_hulk | any solution to this https://bpaste.net/show/7acf36e33808 ? | 14:24 |
| Grandmother | Hello people! | 15:12 |
| Grandmother | Im sitting in the middle of an install of xubuntu and it "freezes" whem creating a new ext4 file system. | 15:14 |
| Grandmother | i keep getting this error message: | 15:14 |
| Grandmother | /usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/gtk_components/nmwidgets.py:131: Warning: Source ID 70408 was not found when attempting to remove it GLib.source_remove(self.rows_changed_id) | 15:15 |
| brainwash | Grandmother: that a warning message | 15:19 |
| Grandmother | yes but i thought it might be realted to the lack of progress of the installer. | 15:20 |
| brainwash | I'm not that familiar with the installer, best place to ask would be #ubuntu | 15:21 |
| Grandmother | The installer does not freeze its just that no progress is made. | 15:21 |
| Grandmother | Okay il keep looking. | 15:22 |
| brainwash | the installer is not xubuntu specific. the install produce is logged, so looking at the log files should help | 15:23 |
| brainwash | procedure I mean | 15:25 |
| brainwash | -> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Ubiquity | 15:25 |
| sim642 | I'm trying to edit the main menu to add an icon to a program's shortcut, but when I choose the png for image it loads and shows it properly but when I click OK, it's gone | 16:10 |
| sim642 | I've been using alacarte for that | 16:16 |
| DoDiesis | Good evening, may I speak Italian or only English? | 16:54 |
| cfhowlett | !it | DoDiesis | 16:55 |
| ubottu | DoDiesis: Vai su #ubuntu-it se vuoi parlare in italiano, in questo canale usiamo solo l'inglese. Grazie! (per entrare, scrivi « /join #ubuntu-it » senza virgolette) | 16:55 |
| cfhowlett | DoDiesis, but if speak English, ask here | 16:55 |
| DoDiesis | thanks cfhowlett. My problem is taht today, while atempting to enter the sistem, I only got a black screen. Nothing happened | 16:56 |
| DoDiesis | xubuntu did not start | 16:56 |
| cfhowlett | DoDiesis, new installation? | 16:56 |
| DoDiesis | cfhowlett: no, I only placed some updates and then switched off the system | 16:56 |
| DoDiesis | now I am using a live CD | 16:56 |
| cfhowlett | DoDiesis, was one of those updates the kernel? | 16:57 |
| DoDiesis | can't remember exactly... I think not. I just moved some directories and then went off | 16:57 |
| DoDiesis | I moved the directory "documents" | 16:57 |
| DoDiesis | now I am here using a live cd on my computer where there is only xubuntu 12.04 | 16:58 |
| cfhowlett | DoDiesis, that shouldn't freeze frame you. try this: reboot. at grub, choose advanced options and boot an older version of ubuntu. kernel upgrades sometimes cause hiccups | 16:58 |
| DoDiesis | I think it is impossible beause I receive a strange message BASH... and something else. Then I have the prompt GRUB> and nothing more | 16:59 |
| cfhowlett | DoDiesis, right. OK, are you dual booting | 17:01 |
| DoDiesis | No, I only have xubuntu 12.04 here | 17:01 |
| cfhowlett | DoDiesis, brilliant. reinstall grub | 17:01 |
| cfhowlett | !grub2 | 17:01 |
| ubottu | GRUB2 is the default Ubuntu boot manager. Lost GRUB after installing Windows? See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestoreGrub - For more information and troubleshooting for GRUB2 please refer to https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2 | 17:01 |
| DoDiesis | could you tell me kindly how to do this? :-) | 17:02 |
| cfhowlett | DoDiesis, read the wiki, amigo https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RecoveringUbuntuAfterInstallingWindows?action=show&redirect=RestoreGrub#The_terminal_way | 17:02 |
| cfhowlett | DoDiesis, or would that be "paisan"? | 17:02 |
| uber_hulk | uber_hulk> Hi all. while playing around I broke some dependencies and I am seeing this problemm http://askubuntu.com/questions/485999/apt-indicator-errorbrokencount0 | 17:04 |
| DoDiesis | cfhowlett: no, I think it is good, but before coming here I tried to do it by myself and obtained the bad result I wrote before. If you think I should retry, I will do it, hoping that this time Isucceed | 17:04 |
| cfhowlett | DoDiesis, assuming 1. underlying OS is good, then reinstalling grub should quickly cure you | 17:05 |
| DoDiesis | well, ok. So I will go to the page you advised me and I should solve my problem. Have I understood correctly? | 17:06 |
| cfhowlett | DoDiesis, yes, | 17:06 |
| DoDiesis | cfhowlett: thank you so much. A last question: Can I do all that remaining with this live CD? or there is another way to do so? | 17:07 |
| cfhowlett | DoDiesis, yes, live cd is required. | 17:07 |
| DoDiesis | perfect. Now I go and try. Thousend thanks to you! :) | 17:08 |
| cfhowlett | DoDiesis, happy2help | 17:08 |
| DoDiesis | :-) bye for now :-) | 17:08 |
| xubuntu511 | mu | 17:16 |
| xubuntu511 | hi | 17:16 |
| DoDiesis | Hi all, hi cfhowlett | 17:32 |
| DoDiesis | Unfortunately I did not succeed reisnstalling grub | 17:32 |
| DoDiesis | At booting, after BIOS check, I receive the same message as before (Minimal bash-like line editing is supported...) | 17:33 |
| DoDiesis | shal I format and reinstall my favourite OS Linux Xubuntu? | 17:34 |
| DoDiesis | I see that cfhowlett is not here. Could somebody help me on making my system start again? | 17:36 |
| DoDiesis | Hello, could somebody help me? I speak Itlaian or English | 17:39 |
| DoDiesis | *Italian | 17:39 |
| DoDiesis | ok. no problem. Thanks anyway. Bye all | 17:43 |
| DoDiesis | Eccomi | 18:42 |
| eatyourguitar | how do I delete all partitions on /sdb usb? | 19:35 |
| eatyourguitar | unetbootin puts partitions that windows can not delete | 19:36 |
| eatyourguitar | I'm on xubuntu now | 19:36 |
| genii | use dd to put a bunch of zeros over the MBR | 19:36 |
| eatyourguitar | sudo dd | 19:36 |
| eatyourguitar | do I need to umount first? | 19:37 |
| genii | eatyourguitar: like: sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb bs=512 count=1 ..and yes, unmounting is recommended | 19:37 |
| eatyourguitar | it says /dev/sdb not mounted /dev/sdb1 not mounted | 19:38 |
| eatyourguitar | but I am pretty sure xbuntu automounts | 19:39 |
| eatyourguitar | maybe cause the partitions are damaged? | 19:39 |
| genii | Could be any number of reasons | 19:39 |
| eatyourguitar | what about fdisk | 19:40 |
| genii | eatyourguitar: At any rate, if it's mounted or not not mounted, that dd command will wipe out the mbr and it will think now it has no partitions | 19:40 |
| eatyourguitar | sdb returned 512 bytes (512 B) copied, 0.00929667 s, 55.1 kB/s | 19:41 |
| eatyourguitar | sdb1 returned 512 bytes (512 B) copied, 0.00929667 s, 55.1 kB/s | 19:41 |
| eatyourguitar | wait | 19:41 |
| eatyourguitar | sdb1 512 bytes (512 B) copied, 0.00444334 s, 115 kB/s | 19:42 |
| genii | Should jus be sdb and not sdb1 | 19:42 |
| genii | ( the entire disk, not it's first partition) | 19:42 |
| eatyourguitar | cause if I mount or umount it uses sdb | 19:42 |
| eatyourguitar | when I open the mounted device in xfce I do find target | 19:42 |
| eatyourguitar | then I get sdb1 | 19:42 |
| genii | If it mounts sdb then it already doesn't have a partition. You can format a raw disk and mount it, but it's rarely done like this | 19:43 |
| genii | eatyourguitar: Probably using cached info. I would do: sudo eject /dev/sdb and then physically pull it out, wait 10-12 seconds, then plug it in again | 19:44 |
| eatyourguitar | I think I figured out why | 19:45 |
| eatyourguitar | I used another usb storage device it has a different write speed for sdb | 19:45 |
| eatyourguitar | but sdb1 is the same | 19:45 |
| eatyourguitar | so sdb1 is cached in ram or hd | 19:45 |
| eatyourguitar | makes sense right? | 19:46 |
| genii | Not really | 19:46 |
| eatyourguitar | so I just wiped my two usb storage devices and now I can use windows to format fat32 | 19:47 |
| genii | If you used that dd command, you will also need to make new partitions as well, before formatting them | 19:47 |
| consolidated | fdisk /dev/disk, sdb, whatever.... then press n p 1 and hit enter twice, then press t, c, a, 1. then mkfs -t vfat -F 32 /dev/sdb1 or whatever your partition is... i think.. thats memory from making a lot of fat32 formats a long time ago heh | 19:49 |
| eatyourguitar | it worked! | 19:54 |
| eatyourguitar | all sorted | 19:54 |
| eatyourguitar | and did not need to install anything | 19:54 |
| eatyourguitar | much thanks to you | 19:54 |
| eatyourguitar | the dd thing worked | 19:54 |
| eatyourguitar | ok so now I can make an easypeasy and a kali usb | 19:55 |
| consolidated | dd is very versatile | 19:55 |
| eatyourguitar | I used dd to make an audio loopback | 19:55 |
| Junka | does xubuntu use alsa or pulseaudio | 20:20 |
| brainwash | Junka: pulseaudio, but technically both | 20:21 |
| brainwash | pulseaudio can be removed if you don't like it | 20:21 |
| Junka | brainwash: :) | 20:22 |
| xubuntu66w | Hello. I'm having trouble installing xubuntu on my laptop. I have the drive partitioned and would like to install xubuntu on one partition and leave Windows Vista on the other. | 20:59 |
| xubuntu66w | I have a dvd rom with xubuntu on it currently in the drive | 20:59 |
| knome | xubuntu66w, what's the problem? | 21:00 |
| xubuntu66w | I can't seem to get the installer to open. I've installed several other linux platforms before, but never xubuntu. | 21:01 |
| consolidated | xubuntu66w: i'm assuming the dvd is booting ok to to "try / install" screen? | 21:02 |
| xubuntu66w | It contains a series of folders for the install. I have tried opening the program in the "install" folder with no success. I can't get the .iso file on the drive. | 21:07 |
| xubuntu66w | I have teamviewer if necessary | 21:08 |
| eatyourguitar | I'm back | 21:08 |
| eatyourguitar | unetbootin does not see my usb drive as removable storage on windows since I erased the MBR with DD on linux | 21:08 |
| eatyourguitar | I tried to flip the removable bit | 21:09 |
| eatyourguitar | eject etc.. | 21:09 |
| eatyourguitar | windows still sees it as removable | 21:09 |
| eatyourguitar | do I need to clear a cache in windows? | 21:09 |
| eatyourguitar | *nonremovable | 21:09 |
| eatyourguitar | thats the problem | 21:09 |
| consolidated | xubuntu66w: im sorry im slightly confused. does the DVD boot? | 21:10 |
| xubuntu66w | So it's a problem with the flash drive rather than the linux file? | 21:10 |
| xubuntu66w | It booted straight to windows. I could try a reboot. | 21:11 |
| consolidated | xubuntu66w: you said DVD before. did you burn the ISO to a dvd or write it out to a flash drive? | 21:12 |
| consolidated | eatyourguitar: did it see it as a removable disk before? | 21:15 |
| consolidated | i know theres an issue with newer USB drives no longer showing up as "removable" in windows | 21:15 |
| consolidated | and legacy apps needing it to be removable are breaking and MS, in very nice MS fashion, doesnt give a flying f | 21:16 |
| knome | consolidated, remember the language, this is a family-friendly channel | 21:16 |
| consolidated | *doesn't care - apologies | 21:16 |
| knome | consolidated, it's okay :) | 21:16 |
| eatyourguitar | consolidated yes before I started doing things to the usb storage device in linux | 21:16 |
| eatyourguitar | I used unetbootin | 21:16 |
| eatyourguitar | but after I was done with the installer I wanted to delete all the partitions | 21:17 |
| eatyourguitar | the only way to delete them was dd command in linux | 21:17 |
| eatyourguitar | but it erased something on the MBR that makes the windows box see it as removable | 21:17 |
| eatyourguitar | the bootit removable bit flip util did not work | 21:18 |
| eatyourguitar | I can not edit the reg with regedit either | 21:18 |
| eatyourguitar | something is protected | 21:18 |
| consolidated | eatyourguitar: how did you partition and format it? did you do it in windows or did you do what i wrote a while back? | 21:21 |
| consolidated | according to google setting the active flag in fdisk can cause this... i don't know ive never tested etc... seeing if i have a usb stick thats "removable" now heh | 21:21 |
| eatyourguitar | I inserted it into my windows machine to format | 21:25 |
| eatyourguitar | but it was weird | 21:25 |
| eatyourguitar | it asked to format I said yes | 21:25 |
| eatyourguitar | it said fat32 | 21:26 |
| eatyourguitar | then in disk management it says ntfs | 21:26 |
| eatyourguitar | then I formatted fat32 again | 21:26 |
| eatyourguitar | then I flipped the removable bit | 21:26 |
| consolidated | im trying to test but windows has decided it needs to update nvidia drivers first. it knows whats better for me. | 21:29 |
| eatyourguitar | sandisk does not have any firmware upgrade utils | 21:29 |
| eatyourguitar | not in the free app anyway | 21:30 |
| eatyourguitar | HP gives out firmware repair apps | 21:30 |
| eatyourguitar | they format and set all the flags and stuff after the firmware upgrade | 21:30 |
| consolidated | interesting... | 21:40 |
| consolidated | just did this on my 2gb flash laying around and no difference... still removable. | 21:40 |
| consolidated | theres a bunch of articles about sandisk drives changing from removable to non removable but it seemed to be more of a "newer drives don't show up as removable" thing and not the same drive. but i only scratched the surface of the allknowing goog | 21:41 |
| consolidated | if you plug it into a linux machine and check dmesg does it show up as removable? like "[sdf] Attached SCSI removable disk" | 21:43 |
| eatyourguitar | will you be here tomorrow? | 21:44 |
| eatyourguitar | I have to leave now | 21:45 |
| consolidated | maybe... i barely know what im doing in 10 mins... odds are i'll be procrastinating so yes probably here avoiding work. | 21:46 |
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