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SpeendaShHello everyone ! i've messed up my Xubuntu installation and i'm totlallt lost lol00:18
SpeendaShtotally*00:19
SpeendaShtherefore... i'm looking for help x:00:19
SpeendaShnobody arround huh ? x:00:23
mrkrampsSpeendaSh, what exactly did you mess up?00:30
v1adimir.. hear.00:31
SpeendaShmrkramps: oh thanks ! an answer ! i tried to reinstall Xubuntu on a new inetrnal hard drive that i've add on my computer and transfer my data of the old one on to the new one... and  then i tried to remove the old one from the motherboard and boot only on the new one, but it won't boot anymore o:00:37
SpeendaShand even live CD have problems ! when i use it it freeze at the loading screen...00:37
mrkrampsyou've installed the bootloader on the new harddrive?00:38
v1adimirSpeendaSh: when you disconnect the old drive and boot from the new one - what's the message, is GRUB starting?00:38
v1adimirright, bootloader =)00:39
SpeendaShmrkramps:  a bootload ? you eman grub stuff ? o:00:39
SpeendaShv1adimir:  let me try right now and see !00:39
v1adimiryes, grub = bootloader00:39
mrkrampsyes00:39
SpeendaShok got it00:40
SpeendaShi'll try right now00:40
SpeendaShi do have grub that launch at every stars up00:40
mrkrampsok, if grub shows up the pc boots from this hdd00:41
v1adimirSpeendaSh: MAYBE the 'quickest' way would be (with the old drive disconnected, let's say), just use this on the new drive: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair00:41
v1adimir*maybe :)00:41
mrkrampsbut where exactly is the operating system stuck at start up?00:42
v1adimir^^ disconnected, so you don't have to chase anything - it'll do it "auto"00:42
SpeendaShmrkramps:  v1adimir (with only the new Hrd drvie connected to the mothertboard)  i have grub that is showing the following right now : ubuntu, advanced option, memory test twice and ubuntu 14.04 (on /dev/sdb1)00:43
SpeendaShmrkramps:  well if i launch "ubuntu" it won't load actually, i'll just end up having a black screen...00:44
v1adimirum 15.04 is out, btw.00:44
SpeendaShv1adimir:  maybe i should give this a try...00:44
mrkrampssounds good to me … the os and memory test appears twice because grub searches on all drives for entries00:44
v1adimiroic 14.04 is LTS00:45
mrkrampsbut probably you new drive is now recognized as sda after removing the old one … did you try the second ubuntu entry?00:46
SpeendaShmrkramps: yes... and both of them doesn't boot ...unfortunatly...00:46
SpeendaSh(it's the frist time in my life that i try to unplug a internal hard drive and remove it lol...  maybe my computer didn't like that >.>)00:47
mrkrampsok, v1adimir already suggested to start a live system to run grub repair00:47
SpeendaShwhat about that boot repair soft that v1adimir  talked about ? could it solve my problem you think ?00:47
mrkrampsmight be enough to just run a grub-update on the proper drive00:47
v1adimir^ oh, yea00:48
SpeendaShmrkramps:  Oh this i think i know what you mean ! igoing in recovery mode and do a grub update ?00:48
SpeendaSh(it's in french for me so i'm just guessing that's how it's called in english lol)00:49
SpeendaShi did tried it earlier but it didn't change much... i'll try again !00:49
mrkrampsrecovery mode may work but it is easier to boot a live system00:50
SpeendaShmrkramps: yes, that's what i was trying to do but oddly all my live cd would freeze i tried Xubuntu 13 xubuntu 14.04 and even Lubuntu (don't know the version of that one though...)00:51
v1adimirwhy not 15.04 ..00:51
mrkrampsSpeendaSh, edit boot options for the live system, remove the "quiet splash" entry and check why they freeze00:51
SpeendaShv1adimir: i would but first i want to make sure i'm able to load at least my current system with all my data in it x:00:53
SpeendaShmrkramps: eum excuse me just to make sure i've understand well, you mean i set the dvd drive to boot first, with a live cd in it and then what to do exactly ?00:53
mrkrampsSpeendaSh, reinstall grub00:54
v1adimirSpeendaSh: well, on the new HD I mean..:) data will be fine, it's just the software - whether the programs have (already) been updated00:55
SpeendaShmrkramps:  eum... but how ?00:55
mrkrampsSpeendaSh, by running a command from the terminal?00:55
SpeendaShmrkramps:  so i type "c" to have the terminal in grub right ?00:55
SpeendaShmrkramps:  (i'm sorry i'm really really...  a noob lol )00:56
mrkrampsSpeendaSh, the recovery console won't help much here00:56
SpeendaShmrkramps: i see.. so where can i find a terminal you're tlaking about ?00:56
SpeendaShmrkramps: since i can"'t boot anywhere...00:56
SpeendaShv1adimir:  i don't mind but... i have also important data in the new drive already... that's why i need to keep it.. but i guess i could make a new install but all the live CD fails me so far X.X00:57
v1adimirohh, data on the new drive as well xD00:58
v1adimirsheesh :-$00:58
SpeendaShv1adimir:  yes lol00:58
SpeendaShflop it... i should have asked for help from the start... before even thinking of changing the hard drive alone -.-00:59
mrkrampswell, if you like you may first try check why exactly you cannot start the system from grub00:59
SpeendaShmrkramps: sure, how could i do that please ? (:00:59
v1adimirso, mrkramps -- it's not cool if he would run for EXAMPLE Boot-Repair from LiveUSB? :-000:59
v1adimiri mean, as a quick try 4 an auto-solution, right?01:00
mrkrampsselect the "ubuntu" entry, type "e", use cursor keys to navigate and remove the "quiet splash" from the text01:00
mrkrampsv1adimir, actually we still do not know what exactly is wrong01:00
SpeendaShmrkramps: Ok i'm looking for that line right now01:01
SpeendaShah got it !01:02
SpeendaShso i only erase "quiet splash01:02
SpeendaSh"01:02
mrkrampsyes01:02
SpeendaShok done ! (:01:02
SpeendaShmrkramps: what should i do now ? (:01:03
mrkrampswhich key(s) to press to finally start with this setting should be mentioned below this window01:03
mrkrampsor text entry field or whatever you would like to call it01:03
SpeendaShyes i'm trying now (:01:03
mrkrampsmost prolly ctrl+x to boot01:03
SpeendaShsome comand line are scrolling down now...01:04
SpeendaShmrkramps: yes it was ctrl x or F10 for me i choosed f10 lol01:04
SpeendaShhmm... it has stopped scrolling down and still waiting...01:04
SpeendaShwell nothing is happening anymore...01:05
mrkrampsbut you got quite some messages01:06
SpeendaShyes indeed01:06
mrkrampssomething looking like an error?01:07
SpeendaShhmm... not really01:07
SpeendaShi have many "done" at the end of the lines01:07
mrkrampswhat's the last message?01:08
SpeendaShbegin: mounting root files system... begin : runnig: /scripts/local-top... done01:09
SpeendaShthat one01:09
SpeendaShmaybe i should give that "boot repair" stuff a try ? x:01:10
mrkrampsSpeendaSh, won't hurt01:12
SpeendaShmrkramps: is there no problem if i burn the content of the folder of the boot repai thing with windows 7 ?01:12
SpeendaShmrkramps:  cause they were saying not to do it with win801:13
SpeendaSheum i mean burn the iso*01:13
SpeendaShv1adimir: mrkramps:  i'm going to give it a try, thanks a lot both of you for your help ! (: i'll probably be back though (:01:14
mrkrampsshould be no issue01:14
SpeendaShmrkramps:  great !01:14
mrkrampsif the windows burn tool does not work try something like infrarecorder01:14
v1adimirSpeendaSh: np, hear all nite01:15
SpeendaShv1adimir: good to know lol i feel les alone x:01:15
SpeendaShless*01:15
v1adimir:)01:15
SpeendaShmrkramps: got it01:15
v1adimirSpeendaSh: um01:16
v1adimirwhat's with the burning, no USB drive? o.001:16
SpeendaShv1adimir: oooooh !!! right my mom's usb Key !... ah to late i just launched the bunring -.-01:17
SpeendaShv1adimir:  oh well... it'll probably be an useful tool to have in handy anyway (:01:17
v1adimirit would be (a lot) quicker..:)01:17
mrkrampsboot repair disk is small an fast and should run just fine from a cd01:17
v1adimiroic, duh (sorz :))01:17
SpeendaShmrkramps: ... now i feel even more dumb... i just burned it on a DVD X.X !!!01:18
SpeendaShwell i don't have CD though >.>01:18
v1adimirhehe01:18
mrkrampsok, it would have fit on a CD, but dvd is fine as well01:18
SpeendaShv1adimir:  while it's burning a little question about booting through USB drive01:18
SpeendaShv1adimir:  when using usb drive what system should the usb drive be formated in to  ? and also  do i need to put only the iso file at the root of the usb drive or like... extract all the content of it at the root ?01:19
SpeendaShmrkramps:  yeah.. it's just a loss of meomory is all lol01:20
mrkrampsyou will need to "burn" the iso to the usb drive and file system does not matter01:20
mrkrampsthe iso image contains a whole file system including parition table and stuff01:21
SpeendaShmrkramps: ooh i see... and it need a specil soft for that i guess ?01:21
mrkrampsexactly01:21
mrkrampsand this is not universial for all iso images.01:21
mrkrampsonly works with so called hybrid images which can be used for optical media as well as usb drives01:22
mrkrampsor rather drives, because it is not exclusively working on usb ones01:22
SpeendaShhmm... sounds a little complicated lol, but anyway ! the burning is done ! now try to boot on the fresh made DVD ! (:01:22
SpeendaShi hope it'll work >.<01:23
v1adimirgl!..:)01:23
v1adimir*fingers crossed*01:23
mrkrampsin technical terms it is, but you may just use a tool like rufus or win32 disk imager01:23
SpeendaShv1adimir:  thanks ! lol  - mrkramps  Are they free soft ? x:01:24
mrkrampsthose tools are as easy to use as burning software and yes, they are free01:24
mrkrampshttp://rufus.akeo.ie/01:25
SpeendaShmrkramps:  great ! (: that makes me lucky lol01:25
SpeendaShmrkramps:  thanks ! (:01:25
mrkrampshttp://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/01:25
v1adimirunetbootin on windows isn't bad, btw.01:25
SpeendaShahh boot repair as booted ! o:01:25
v1adimirSpeendaSh: oh, you're using 2 computers? o.001:25
SpeendaShv1adimir:  yes, right now i'm talking to you guys with my win 7 laptop01:26
v1adimircool, cool..01:26
SpeendaShoh oh...01:26
SpeendaShwhat is it doing now...01:26
mrkrampsone i forgot: http://www.linuxliveusb.com01:26
SpeendaShmrkramps:  ah that last one remind me something... lmaybe i tried it once... not sure01:27
SpeendaShit's weird the menu of boot repair doesn't look like the one from the pics ...01:28
v1adimirdifferent ver.01:28
SpeendaShv1adimir:  oh ok...01:28
v1adimirjust... be careful :-D01:28
v1adimirdon't go into any partition data, or whatever xD01:29
SpeendaShv1adimir:  brrr... some lines are scrolling down like crazy right now lol01:29
v1adimirhm01:29
SpeendaShah it has stopped...01:29
SpeendaShi don't understand anything of what is happening flop iiit X.X01:30
v1adimirSpeendaSh: what did it look like, button with "Recommended repair"?01:31
SpeendaShv1adimir:  nope there was only eum... oh flop i don't remeber the two options again...01:31
v1adimiror did you make it so it just runs01:31
SpeendaShlet me rebot since it didn't do anything anyway...01:31
v1adimirokie01:31
SpeendaShv1adimir: I've set my dvd drive to 1st boot so that it boot on the boot repair disk01:32
SpeendaShthen it ask me the language01:32
SpeendaShthen i have two choices : 32 bit session or 32 bit session (failsafe)01:33
mrkrampsis there a reason why you picked the 32bit version?01:34
v1adimirum yea, havent u got a 64-bit system...01:34
SpeendaShmrkramps: eum well i thought my syster was a 32bit system since it has like 512mo ram i think01:34
SpeendaShsystem*01:34
SpeendaShit's an old computer really...01:35
SpeendaShi just use it as a backup for data x:01:35
SpeendaShand a SAMBA share too !01:35
mrkrampsyou should know which version of ubuntu you installed01:35
SpeendaShyes it's the 32bit version definetly that i've installed (:01:35
SpeendaShi'm sure of it01:36
v1adimirSpeendaSh: what URL did you download the boot-repair from... i want to try and run it here.01:36
mrkrampsok, then your right with 32bit boot repair disk :)01:36
SpeendaShv1adimir:  from here : http://sourceforge.net/p/boot-repair-cd/home/fr/01:36
v1adimirkk01:36
SpeendaShi'm going to try to reboot on ubuntu maybe all that comand lines did something... lol01:36
mrkrampsSpeendaSh, you will have to wait until the boot repair disk is booted01:37
mrkrampsthe messages are just belonging to the boot process01:37
SpeendaShmrkramps: it hasn't earlier ? o: since i was in the menu ?01:38
v1adimir^ right and then after run the program01:38
SpeendaShmrkramps:  ooooh seruiously ??01:38
v1adimir(i think!..:))01:38
mrkrampsthat's what linux boot looks like if you do not use splash or quiet01:38
SpeendaShmrkramps:  i see...01:38
* v1adimir downloads it 2 run the new version & see01:38
mrkrampsactually this live system should boot into a lxde desktop like lubuntu does01:39
SpeendaShv1adimir:  thanks man hehe01:39
v1adimirjust to know, exactly, WTH is going on :-$01:39
SpeendaShmrkramps: hm...that's weird... maybe i burn it wrongly ? or maybe i really did messed up something with my computer that prevent any lice cd to boot...01:39
v1adimir*bt sourceforge.net/ is capped at 1MB/Sec, so it's kinda slow :f01:40
SpeendaShv1adimir:  really ? it was pretty fast to me01:40
v1adimirSpeendaSh: whatever it is, we'll fix it; np.01:40
SpeendaShv1adimir:  lol you're confident about it... more than me that's for sure lol (X i hope you're right though !01:40
v1adimiryea, yea, if you got the time - it's no problem01:41
* SpeendaSh needs some major Linus lessons -.- 01:41
mrkrampsSpeendaSh, is this old machine a normal desktop pc?01:41
SpeendaShv1adimir:  oh i do have it indeed lol it really frustrate me to see my dear Old buddy like that x:01:41
SpeendaShmrkramps:  yes01:41
mrkrampsin terms of common hardware?01:41
SpeendaShmrkramps:  back in the old days it used to have win XP but that's from a long time ago now (:01:42
v1adimirright, what computer is it? o.0 like, is the CPU 32-bit native, or 64-bit01:42
SpeendaShmrkramps:  i've replace it by xubuntu the moment i heard that windows won't support it anymore01:42
SpeendaShv1adimir:  th-taht is a good question... i really don't know x:01:42
v1adimir^^ bc, if your CPU is 64-bit and you're running 32-bit OS - it means that it's "translating" everything (slowing it down)01:43
mrkrampsjust a guess, but i would bet on a pentium 401:43
SpeendaShmrkramps:  ah right the computer has a "pnetium 4" symbol on it (:01:43
v1adimirmrkramps: other than running something like sysinfo, is there a CMD to get CPU info? o.001:44
SpeendaShv1adimir:  how can i be sure if i have a 64 bit cpu or not ? o:01:44
mrkrampsiirc from 3rd generation p4 they should be capable of 64bit01:44
v1adimiroh, 'less /proc/cpuinfo'01:44
v1adimir^^ that CMD will tell us what it is01:45
SpeendaShv1adimir:  ah o: can i use it on the grub console stuff ?01:45
mrkrampsboot repair disk still not booted?!01:45
SpeendaShmrkramps:  ah sorry i stopped it since the command lines stopped and nothing was happeneing x:01:45
v1adimiror http://www.binarytides.com/linux-check-processor/01:46
SpeendaShmrkramps: let me try again ! (:01:46
mrkrampshow long you've been waiting for something to happen?01:46
SpeendaShmrkramps: about...5 or 7 minutes ? x:01:46
mrkrampshmpf01:47
SpeendaShmrkramps: not enough ?01:47
SpeendaShmrkramps:  x:01:47
SpeendaShi(m lauching it again right now01:47
SpeendaShasking me the language... ok01:48
mrkrampsthat's absolutely enough … even for a 12 years old machine01:48
SpeendaShnow what to choose...01:48
mrkrampsyou may try failsafe01:48
SpeendaSh32 bit session ? or 32 bit session (failsafe) ?01:48
SpeendaShmrkramps:  ok (:01:48
v1adimirbrb, gonna boot the USB (not on the virtual)01:48
SpeendaShv1adimir:  ok !01:48
SpeendaShmrkramps: comand lines scrolling...01:49
SpeendaShoh oh...01:49
SpeendaShi think there is a bug !01:49
SpeendaShthe last line says : "BUG : unable to handle kernel NULL pointer Dereference01:49
SpeendaSh(and the DVD stopped spining ...)01:50
SpeendaShand nothing is happening anymore...01:51
mrkramps*sigh*01:54
SpeendaShok i'll just reboot it now ):01:54
SpeendaShno matter what dvd i use ... none is booting up correctly o:01:55
* SpeendaSh is trying to boot again in the xubuntu live cd01:57
mrkrampsSpeendaSh, when using the xubuntu live you may press any key before entering the screen with the language selector01:59
SpeendaShmrkramps:  ok i'll try01:59
SpeendaShok i'm in the langauge selector screen02:00
mrkrampsthis should bring up another menu, press "F6" and "ESC", then again remove the quiet splash02:00
mrkrampspress "Enter" to boot, and you may see what is going wrong when booting this live system02:00
mrkrampsargh, my fault … no "F6" or "ESC"! just "F7"02:01
SpeendaShmrkramps: oh ok because f6 was showing a little menu02:01
SpeendaShso f702:01
SpeendaShmrkramps: hmm... nothing seem to happen when i presse F7..02:02
mrkrampsdamn this howto!!!02:03
SpeendaShmrkramps:  x:02:03
mrkrampsF6 then ESC and edit the text line02:03
SpeendaShmrkramps:  ah right got it ! (:02:04
SpeendaShok i've earased  splash quiet02:04
SpeendaShor quiet ssplash02:04
SpeendaShshould i just press enter now ? mrkramps02:04
mrkrampsyes02:05
SpeendaShcomand lines scrolling... mrkramps02:05
mrkrampsi hope so =)02:06
SpeendaShright now it has stopped... and the last line says "Code :_"02:06
SpeendaShthe disc seems to have stopped spining too...02:07
SpeendaShi wish i could just show you the screen instead lol02:08
SpeendaShi could though ! using my smartphone skype02:08
mrkrampsyou may still try different bootoptions at startup … e.g. replace "quiet splash" with "nomodeset"02:09
SpeendaShmrkramps: ooh ! when i press that F6 byutton on the little menu that show up i have that option !02:09
SpeendaShmrkramps:  shouldn't i just select it ?02:10
mrkrampsyou may of course just select it from the menu02:10
SpeendaShgot it i'll try02:10
mrkramps"noacpi" maybe another candidate for testing02:10
SpeendaSh"noapic" you mean ?02:11
mrkrampsnope, "noacpi"02:11
SpeendaSh(trying nomodeset right now)02:11
SpeendaShmrkramps: weird.. i didn't had that one in the list though..02:12
mrkrampsif it's not in the menu you may add it manually just like you removed the quiet splash before02:12
SpeendaShmrkramps:  ah ! Xubuntu seems to be loading... but it's an old fahioned screen right now...02:12
SpeendaShmrkramps:  ok, right now i'm waitinf for that one result... it seems to load...02:12
SpeendaShmrkramps:  flop it... it has seems to freeze too...02:14
mrkrampsgive it a moment02:14
SpeendaShmrkramps:  hm ok...02:14
SpeendaShmrkramps:  but since i don't hear the dvd spinning anymore... i doubt it'll go any further...02:15
mrkrampsnext try … noacpi02:15
SpeendaShmrkramps:  got it lol02:16
SpeendaShmrkramps: rebooting...02:16
SpeendaShmrkramps:  ok so since it's not in the menu, i erase "quiet splash --" and replace it by" noacpi" am i correct ?02:17
mrkrampsthe two dashes have to remain02:19
mrkrampsshould be "noacpi --"02:19
SpeendaShmrkramps: ok... eum now i've realised something... in taht menue the thing is called "acpi=off" is it not the same as "noacpi" ? x:02:20
mrkrampsit not the same02:20
SpeendaShmrkramps: ok02:20
SpeendaShok trying now !02:21
SpeendaShcomand lines....02:21
mrkrampsacpi=off is critical because it will disbale all acpi controls even for the fan02:21
SpeendaShmrkramps:  sounds dangerous !! X.X02:22
mrkrampsnoacpi will just disable irq-routing02:22
mrkrampsit is dangerous … or at leat you'll have to expect kernel panics or hart shutdown by bios due to overheating02:22
SpeendaShmrkramps:  im i see...02:22
SpeendaShwell the comand lines as stopped scrolling now02:23
SpeendaShand the dvd has stopped spinning too02:23
SpeendaShthe last line says : Write protecting the kernel read-only data : 2900k02:23
v1adimiromg, like, 50-failed-attempts-to-boot-from-usb-on-oracle-virtualbox-later ..back.02:24
SpeendaShv1adimir: Welcome back Buddy !02:24
v1adimirhi, sorz it took so long.. i'm scrolling through the # bt have you managed anything?02:25
SpeendaShv1adimir: so far no luck ... ):02:25
SpeendaShv1adimir:  but mrkramps  has helping me a lot ! (:02:26
v1adimiri've just realized something... that you have a *regular* BIOS (not EFI, or anything), the old type; so it could be something as simple as setting the boot device (properly)? o.002:26
SpeendaShv1adimir:  ah ? o: hmm... how could i do something like that ? x:02:27
v1adimirmaybe a stupid thought =)02:27
SpeendaShv1adimir:  well i'm willing to try anything that may work really lol02:27
mrkrampsactually the bootloader works so i do not see any relation02:27
v1adimirmrkramps: ikr, but are both HDDs connected, or just one??02:28
SpeendaShv1adimir:  right now only one !02:28
v1adimiroic.. well there goes my (dumb) theory xD02:28
mrkrampsv1adimir, and all thhis bootoption stuff we tried was on a live system02:28
SpeendaShtoo bad ... >.<02:28
SpeendaShi wish it would have been something simple -.-02:29
v1adimiryessit sorz about that :$02:29
v1adimiryessir*02:29
mrkrampsprobably there is just some kernel issue02:29
v1adimiroh, right? :-002:29
SpeendaShv1adimir:  nah i appologies for being such a pain with that issue of mine lol02:29
mrkrampsSpeendaSh, the ubuntu version 14.04 for installed and live currently?02:30
SpeendaShmrkramps:  what version is installed right now ? Xubuntu Trusty tahr 14.0402:30
v1adimirSpeendaSh: nah, i just apologized for wasting time w/stupid ideas; need to be constructive :-f02:31
mrkrampsand the live system we just tried was also 14.04?02:31
SpeendaShv1adimir:  lol it's okay (: at least we've put aside some possibilibities away (:02:31
SpeendaShmrkramps:  yes the exact same02:31
mrkrampsearlier you said something about 13.?? not working as well?02:32
SpeendaShmrkramps:  yes i eman my old installation dvd that i used to install xubuntu back when i had win XP02:32
SpeendaShmrkramps:  since i've still had it , i just tried it02:33
mrkrampsstrange, especially when installation went fine before02:34
SpeendaShmrkramps:  maybe i should explain you exactl when it happened ? what i did before ?02:34
SpeendaShmrkramps: xubuntu was installed in my old hard drive, since i got  new one, i thought i'll replace it , because that old one is getting old and makes some really weird and worriying noise lol - in order to do so.., i've plug the new hard drive along with theold one on to the mother board, i've boot on the xubuntu 14.04 live cd to format that new hard drvie and partiton it, and then installed xubuntu on it: everything went fine02:36
SpeendaShmrkramps:  when i was in my desktop i could see the old drive mounted, so all i had to do was to take my data from here and copy them on my new hard drive. when it was done i thought that now i can just get rid of the old one02:37
mrkrampsthe new hard drive is still plugged in the IDE 2 port?02:38
SpeendaShmrkramps:  so i took it off and then ! when i tried to turn on my computer again, it wouldn't reach xubuntu aymore... o:02:38
v1adimiryea if we should change the new HDD jumper to master, right? ^^ and move IDE ports?02:39
mrkrampsworth a try02:39
SpeendaShv1adimir:  this ... i have no idea how to do so lol and what's the meaning of it lol02:39
v1adimiroh it's easy02:39
v1adimirwhat's the drive type, which one is it? we can find the diagram online02:39
SpeendaShv1adimir:  Ah ? (:02:40
v1adimirseagate, western digital?02:40
SpeendaShv1adimir:  the drive type ? you mean ide or Sata ?02:40
v1adimirit's IDE, right??02:40
SpeendaShv1adimir:  oh the brand ? it's a samsung 80Gb02:40
mrkrampsv1adimir, would you mind to step in from here in?02:41
SpeendaShv1adimir:  Hmm i think it's sata actually... let me google the difference beteween ide and sata looks lol so that i can be sure (X02:41
v1adimirok, which Samsung?.. Because on it's support page - it should have an illustration, on how to set the jumper(s)02:41
SpeendaShv1adimir:  ok i'm sur enow it's sata definetely (:02:41
mrkrampsi do not want to be inpolite, but i am tired as hell and running dry on ideas02:41
v1adimirIDE is the long, huge number of pins, two rows - and SATA is the little plug02:41
SpeendaShv1adimir:  well i'll turn off the computer and took it off so that i can see, be right back ! (:02:41
SpeendaShv1adimir:  yeah, definetely SATA (:02:42
mrkrampsif you do not mind, i am off to bed :x02:42
v1adimircool, gn mrkramps take care :)02:42
SpeendaShmrkramps:  ooh... ^ ^ too bad... no problem ! thanks you a lot for your patience and help really !02:42
mrkrampsnevermind, you're welcome!02:42
v1adimirSpeendaSh: https://www.google.com/search?q=IDE+plug02:42
SpeendaShmrkramps:  rest well ! (:02:43
mrkrampsgood night02:43
v1adimiryou can tell by the cable, no need to take out the drive02:43
SpeendaShv1adimir:  i have a few things in IDE in my computer but... the hdd definetely is SATA (:02:43
v1adimiroic02:43
SpeendaShv1adimir: be rigth back then i'll took it off and try to give you the info i can find on it !02:43
v1adimirso.. no need to set anything (on SATA)02:43
SpeendaShv1adimir:  ah ? really ?02:44
v1adimirSATA looks like this: https://www.google.com/search?q=SATA+cable << is that like yours?02:44
SpeendaShv1adimir:  yup ! (:02:44
v1adimirok, cool.. SATA just has "ports" and it's all auto.. i don't think that we need to do anything there02:45
v1adimiri mean physically02:45
SpeendaShv1adimir:  and on the motherboard there is two plug for sata... so i wonder if there is an order ? i tried both plugs actually02:45
SpeendaShv1adimir:  so any ports is fine ?02:46
SpeendaSh(ports i maents... not plugs actually)02:46
v1adimirshouldn't be an issue... just need someone who can tell us how the HECK to fix /configure Grub2 now :))02:46
SpeendaShv1adimir:  ok great hehe02:47
SpeendaShv1adimir:  well now i guess i need to be patient then  (X02:47
SpeendaShi'm trying to google it meanwhile...02:50
v1adimirSpeendaSh: from what i know, jumpers on SATA are for a different thing - other than master/slave; example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDPOpBi2gtE02:50
v1adimir(so, pretty sure about that whole thing :))02:50
SpeendaShv1adimir:  oooh that's pretty interesting !! X.X that reduce the HDD speed actually o:02:52
v1adimiri need to check mine, lol; didn't do it upon installing xD02:52
SpeendaShv1adimir:  i'm definetely going to check right now ! and now thanks to you i know what a "jumper" is hehe (:02:52
v1adimir):02:53
v1adimir:)02:53
SpeendaShv1adimir:  lol guess it's a reminder for both of us then (X02:53
SpeendaShv1adimir:  but isn't bad for the HDD health to run faster by any chance ?02:54
SpeendaSh(since my computer is pretty hold.. i wonder if it can handle that speed...)02:55
v1adimirshouldn't be.. there's the 'mtbf' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean_time_between_failures) for all rotational HDDs, total number of hours that it'll run, but as long as they're not over-heating02:56
v1adimirlike if you have a case-fan, to extract hot air; keep the box temp. down02:56
SpeendaShv1adimir:  Oh... i see...02:57
SpeendaShoh well...02:57
v1adimirno need to limit speed, you're using it as the system drive - need it 2 be fast, right =)02:57
SpeendaShv1adimir:  indeed !02:58
SpeendaShi'm going to check it after all lol you've convinced me02:58
v1adimir:))02:58
v1adimirlol02:58
SpeendaShv1adimir:  ah ! there is no jumper in mine lol02:59
v1adimircool, hehe02:59
SpeendaShyou know what... i have a thrid HDD that i've kept from an old computer... i'm going to try to install xubuntu on it lol03:00
v1adimiri'm not getting, exactly, what happened (tired as well, my excuse; long day and it's ~5am here); you installed xubuntu and had it working /and then upon a reboot - it wouldn't boot any more?03:01
v1adimir*geez, 5am xD03:02
SpeendaShv1adimir:  lol i figured we're in the exact same time zone... same here... 5Am -.-  - well when i've removed the old hard drive and drive to boot again, that's when it has stopped working...03:03
SpeendaShv1adimir:  but it's okay hehe, i don't want you to end up sleeping in your keybord because of me lol03:03
v1adimirit's cool, all good :))03:04
v1adimirok, so it sounds like the bootloader installed on the old drive and was booting the new one - right?03:04
SpeendaShv1adimir:  thanks for your help really (:03:04
SpeendaShv1adimir:  i think that's that maybe o:03:05
v1adimirprobably if you connect them the same way (if you've not changed anything), it'll work03:05
SpeendaShv1adimir:  that would expleain why it didn't like that i took if off ? lol03:05
v1adimirand then you can just work to move the bootloader and modify grub, right?03:05
v1adimirlol yes probably xD03:05
SpeendaShv1adimir:  hmm... well i tried to plug them both though i don't remember which way as it... though there is only 2 ways possible i'll try to replug them again both right now...03:06
v1adimirhave your tried it?.. move 'em both back the same way 'n boot?03:06
v1adimirkk03:06
SpeendaShv1adimir:  i think i tried lol but not sure, also i've mess with the grub recovery mode so i wonder if i didn't change something too X.X03:06
v1adimirbc it'll be easy-peasy when the system is runnin'03:07
SpeendaShv1adimir:  yeah... well i wish it'll work again really !03:07
SpeendaShso i'm going to try now03:07
v1adimiri'm not 100% sure, bt i think this is what i used b4: https://launchpad.net/~danielrichter2007/+archive/ubuntu/grub-customizer03:08
v1adimiryou know, GUI tool for everything....03:08
SpeendaShoh it's meant to confugure GRUB ?03:09
v1adimiryup03:10
v1adimirIF you can boot the system :D03:10
v1adimir*in order to run it, hehe03:10
SpeendaShsounds like a good idea !, but first i need to succeed in getting there lol03:11
SpeendaShwell first attempt... fail -.-03:17
SpeendaShi'll try plugging them oppositely now...03:17
v1adimirhah!.. kk. :)03:18
SpeendaShv1adimir: second try... failed too...03:22
SpeendaShand flop -.-03:22
v1adimirargh03:23
SpeendaShi really don't have any more idea X.X03:23
v1adimirwell,03:24
v1adimirif you can make a LiveUSB, with some space to spare.. boot from it and install boot-repair, to use the option "Place GRUB into" ( http://www.howopensource.com/2012/05/reinstall-recover-grub-from-ubuntu-12-04-live-cd-usb/ )03:25
v1adimiror, my bad.. the space is unneeded sorry - it's only to preserve data03:26
v1adimir*across reboots, or whatever03:26
SpeendaShv1adimir:  so i should make a boot repair live usb ?03:27
v1adimirSpeendaSh: so, same version of the OS as is on the new HDD - LiveUSB, or LiveCD and install the software once you have booted the system03:27
v1adimir(and make sure it's the only HDD that's plugged in :))03:28
SpeendaShv1adimir:  it's worth a try ! (:03:28
SpeendaShv1adimir:  i'm going to try... need to find my usb key first lol03:28
v1adimir.. otherwise, you have to manually install /edit Grub2 from a console and i can't tell you how 2 do that :D03:28
v1adimirSpeendaSh: the liveCD that you made, doesn't boot?03:28
SpeendaShv1adimir:  nope.. unfortunately...03:29
v1adimir:( oic03:29
SpeendaShv1adimir: i wonder if i'll get better with an usb key>.>03:29
v1adimirit's probably just one line you need to modify :f03:30
v1adimirbah03:30
SpeendaShv1adimir: yeah i gues smaybe...03:30
v1adimir:-f03:30
SpeendaShv1adimir: i'll find a solution !03:30
SpeendaShlol03:30
SpeendaShhopefully (X03:30
v1adimirok, man, i'll be back later :)03:30
SpeendaShv1adimir: good night man ! thanks for your help !03:31
v1adimirgn, tc03:31
SpeendaShthanks03:31
v1adimirsure, for what it's worth :D03:31
v1adimiroh SpeendaSh03:32
SpeendaSh(:03:32
SpeendaShv1adimir:  yes ?03:32
v1adimiryour nick isn't registered?..03:32
SpeendaShv1adimir:  lol nope i don't think so x:03:32
v1adimiri mean, no freenode acct?03:32
v1adimirah, ok03:32
SpeendaShbut i always use that nick name though (:03:32
v1adimiroh03:32
v1adimirsec03:32
SpeendaShhmm nope don't even know what it is lol03:32
SpeendaShok03:32
v1adimirgn03:35
* v1adimir beams off 2 bed03:35
xubuntu53wHi everyone, I'm a new user who just upgraded from 14.10 to 15.0404:10
xubuntu53wCurrently having issues that I'm wondering how to resolve before I rebuild from scratch04:11
ReptiliaI have a really low sound volume on my Xubuntu. I remember that i used to have this problem on a previous version too, and i fixed it, but don't remember how. When i enter alsamixer, all the volumes are set to the max, but it's really quiet. Any ideas on how to fix this? Thanks in advance.11:47
BadLuckRyanIs it possible to resize a partition using the grub command line? GParted usb isnt booting so Super Grub2 Disk is my only alternative.11:57
knomeBadLuckRyan, no12:33
knomegrub is a boot loader, not a partition manager12:34
knomeBadLuckRyan, is there any reason you can't just boot the xubuntu live disk and run gparted from there?12:35
cfhowlettBadLuckRyan, you already asked and answered this in #ubuntu.  answer ain't gonna change here.12:36
xubuntu73whi all, anyone ever encountered a bug where the whisker menu disappear when you move tasks in taskbar (xubuntu 14.04 and 15.04)?12:42
xubuntu73wafter the whisker menu disappear, if you hover on the missing whisker, it appears agein12:43
xubuntu73wbut you have to set taskbar 'sorting order' to 'none, allow drag-and-drop'12:44
ptrzis there any easy way to switch from LTS to release and then update? My laptop isn't updating from 14.02, presumably because I installed with the LTS image14:15
BadLuckRyanIm using grub4dos trying to boot the Windows kernel (or efi). When i type "chainloader +1" i get "error: invalid EFI file path". What do I do?14:23
baizonptrz: http://www.noobslab.com/2014/10/how-to-upgrade-from-any-ubuntu-version.html14:32
sergio_br22tumblerd 100% of IO17:39
sergio_br22my hard disk will die with him17:40
sergio_br22it17:40
bekks?17:41
bekksWhy would it?17:41
sergio_br22because it stays with 100% I/O for some minutes17:47
sergio_br22is it normal?17:47
holsteinhow many minutes? what are you doing?17:48
holsteinhard drives can typically handle reading and writing for minutes at a time..17:48
sergio_br22it happens when I remove or cut folders17:48
holsteini would try removing files/directories from the terminal, see if i get any messages that are helpful, and check my system usaged then17:49
sergio_br22hum17:49
bekksAnd why would 100% of I/O for minutes kill your disk?17:50
holsteinthey are made for reading and writing17:50
sergio_br22don't like this behavior :p17:52
ptrzsergio_br22: yeah, tumblerd is insane18:02
ptrzI was hoping someone would tone it down or fix it18:02
ptrzI once plugged in a 1 TB drive full of movies and couldn't watch anything until I figured out how to disable tumblerd18:02
ptrzcause it was hogging so much CPU just making stupid thumbnails18:03
brainwashptrz: sadly, no one maintains tumbler18:09
ptrzbrainwash: maybe it should be removed18:11
ptrzalso, has there been any talk of switching from Parole to VLC?18:11
brainwashwithout any replacement?18:11
ptrzParole can't keep up with 1080p on a Macbook Air, which seems sort of dismal18:11
brainwashwhy would the team want to replace parole?18:12
ptrzconsidering that the right software can play 720p on a Raspberry Pi18:12
ptrzit just seems unusably slow18:12
ptrzmaybe it's not doing CPU dispatching to use graphics cards or SIMD extensions18:12
ptrzbut not being able to play a 1080p movie on a MacBook Air in 2015 is, well, a problem18:12
brainwashhardly anyone complains about parole, many users actually enjoy it18:13
brainwashvlc is a bloated monster18:13
brainwashmaybe not the ideal pick for a default player which should be lightweight18:14
ptrzVLC is pretty big18:15
ptrzbut it's also pretty feature-rich in useful ways18:15
brainwashyou can discuss this matter on the mailing list, but I guess that no one will be interested to discuss this (yet another default app discussion)18:15
ptrzI mean, it should more likely be a bug report regarding performance18:15
ptrzthat's the hard part here, I think: dispatching for SIMD and graphics features sucks, but it has to be done18:16
brainwashindeed, it would help if you file a bug report and attach some performance comparisons18:16
ptrzbecause otherwise people just don't get the playback performance they expect18:16
ptrztrue18:16
ptrzI probably won't have the time in the forseeable future, but I'll keep it on my list18:17
ptrzI suspect that the Parole devs are aware of this18:17
brainwashparole is a gstreamer based player, there may be some limitation due to the gstreamer backend18:17
ptrzoh, interesting, I didn't know that18:17
ptrzI've actually just started learning gstreamer18:18
ptrzIt's relevant to my summer work (GSoC)18:18
brainwashthat's all I know, haven't experimented with parole yet18:20
brainwashI used it to play some audio files :)18:21
ptrzyeah, I mean, I don't remember it ever being buggy18:21
ptrzor ugly or anything. Just unusably slow for high quality video18:21
ptrzwell, I have to run18:22
ptrzhopefully I'll start a conversation about it with the devs18:23
ptrzand hopefully I'll develop enough gstreamer skill to try adding more arch-specific optimizations18:23
brainwashsounds promising18:23
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sergio_br22<ptrz> cause it was hogging so much CPU just making stupid thumbnails19:40
sergio_br22yup19:40
sergio_br22why it doesn't do it while you are accessing each folder?19:40
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guest-XS5iynHello.  Need password help.  Reset password in terminal using "passwd" command, but now cannot log in.  Used recovery mode to reset password again, now I can log into terminal, but gui constantly requests password.  Any guidance helpful.20:37
bekksguest-XS5iyn: Check wether your disk is full.20:38
guest-XS5iynMy disk has space.  Thanks.20:38
guest-XS5iynCould it have to do with .Xauthority file, or with LightDM?20:38
=== bazhang_ is now known as bazhang
SpeendaShHello everyone ! it's me again ! this time i'm having trouble with the USB ports of my computer.. x:22:44
innmalintCan anyone be so kind as to tell me what lockscreen Xubuntu uses? I'm using debian but I'm getting tired of xscreensaver's ugly apperance.23:44
bazhang!info light-locker23:47
ubottulight-locker (source: light-locker): simple screen locker for lightDM display manager. In component universe, is optional. Version 1.6.0-0ubuntu2 (vivid), package size 65 kB, installed size 1024 kB23:47
innmalintthank ya23:49

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