| nolsen | For some reason, the screen is small on Virtualbox. | 02:36 |
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| nolsen | how do I fix this | 02:36 |
| holstein | i just install the guest additions.. but, to be more specific, i think you'll have to share what is host, what is guest.. etc | 02:36 |
| nolsen | 1366x768 is the host resolution | 02:37 |
| holstein | and, you have guest additions installed? | 02:38 |
| nolsen | I thought it's installed automaticly | 02:38 |
| holstein | nolsen: check and see.. | 02:38 |
| holstein | i dont know what host or guest OS you are using | 02:38 |
| holstein | i dont know which is linux, or lubuntu.. etc | 02:38 |
| nolsen | Host: Windows 8.1. Guest: lubuntu | 02:38 |
| holstein | anyways, i would check for guest additions, then, i use dynamically sized desktop | 02:39 |
| nolsen | install virtualbox-guest-additions-iso right? | 02:40 |
| holstein | nolsen: thats the iso | 02:41 |
| nolsen | I don't see any else in the repos | 02:41 |
| holstein | nolsen: http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/130976/lubuntu-display-resolution-virtualbox | 02:42 |
| holstein | though, im assuming you have already tried that.. | 02:42 |
| Unit193 | nolsen: virtualbox-guest-dkms | 02:42 |
| Unit193 | Or, -x11 | 02:42 |
| sebastian_ | can I install lubuntu from ubuntu without doing a clean install? not just LXDE but lubuntu proper | 05:51 |
| whytrytofly | you can uninstall progs to get lubunut | 05:53 |
| whytrytofly | is it what you mean? | 05:53 |
| sebastian_ | can I upgrade into lubuntu from ubuntu | 06:03 |
| sebastian_ | without having to do a clean install | 06:03 |
| whytrytofly | sebastian_: whats your exact desire? | 06:07 |
| whytrytofly | sebastian_: AFAIK you cannot run some upgrader to have lubuntu afterwards, the difference is mainly the window manager, desktop environment and the default programs | 06:08 |
| whytrytofly | sebastian_: install lxde, lightweight browser etc...uninstall the stuff you dont need and you made your manual lubuntu...do you simply want it to be faster, or why jump? | 06:09 |
| whytrytofly | sebastian_: witrhout too much experience, this might cause some probs, so depending on your aim, maybe a clean install is better | 06:10 |
| ianorlyn | sebastian_: also is best to have backups as all drives will die at somepoint | 06:11 |
| hateball | sebastian_: sudo apt-get install lubuntu-desktop | 06:11 |
| sebastian_ | well i want a faster system | 06:12 |
| hateball | sebastian_: it'll ask you if you want to switch login manager themes etc | 06:12 |
| sebastian_ | will it consume less resources if i get lxde? | 06:12 |
| whytrytofly | for sure | 06:12 |
| sebastian_ | even with all of the backend programs from the original ubuntu packages? | 06:12 |
| hateball | There's not really anything starting before your user session that is different | 06:13 |
| ianorlyn | sebastian_: they will not be loaded by defualt but won't run as heavy a window manager or things but will be less because you aren't running unity | 06:13 |
| sebastian_ | ok i am installing as per hateball´s advise from the terminal | 06:14 |
| sebastian_ | so how does it work? it will let me login either into gnome or lxde when i boot up? | 06:14 |
| hateball | sebastian_: Yes | 06:14 |
| sebastian_ | and this in and of itself will be lighter than with gnome | 06:15 |
| sebastian_ | can i get rid of gnome if i like it better or will this mess everything up? | 06:15 |
| ianorlyn | sebastian_: that isn't constant as it depends on hardware anything you add to startup so we can't be sure ourselves | 06:15 |
| ianorlyn | sebastian_: you don't need to but you could if you needed disk space | 06:16 |
| sebastian_ | ¨on hardware anything you add up to startup¨ can you elaborate on this please? | 06:16 |
| sebastian_ | how do i control what comes up on start up? | 06:17 |
| ianorlyn | you can add things to startup if you really want to but they will comnsume resources and how long it takes depends on your particular machine | 06:17 |
| sebastian_ | how can i subtract things from start up? | 06:18 |
| ianorlyn | sebastian_: you probably won't need to | 06:23 |
| sebastian_ | a lot of packages are showing up as not found | 06:23 |
| sebastian_ | on the terminal | 06:23 |
| sebastian_ | will htere be a problem with that? | 06:23 |
| sebastian_ | ok it appears to be done installing | 06:25 |
| sebastian_ | let me log out and log back in to check it out | 06:25 |
| sebastian_ | ok this looks good | 06:28 |
| sebastian_ | the only thing is | 06:28 |
| sebastian_ | the little keyboard doesn't give me the spanish option | 06:28 |
| sebastian_ | like in gnome | 06:28 |
| sebastian_ | how do i add it? | 06:28 |
| hateball | I'm not on lxde atm, but surely there is some system settings for language | 06:39 |
| ianorlyn | hateball: I think there is but I can't really explain it | 06:40 |
| hateball | https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Keyboard#Multiple_keyboard_layouts | 06:41 |
| sebastian_ | i already added spanish | 06:41 |
| sebastian_ | but i dont see an option for the keyboard with spanish layout | 06:41 |
| sebastian_ | and it says the language has already been installed | 06:41 |
| hateball | rather this https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Keyboard#Keyboard_mapping_for_13.10_and_beyond | 06:41 |
| hateball | it might be you need to restart the session for the applet to refresh | 06:42 |
| * hateball uses KDE Plasma primarily, does not know all the things | 06:42 | |
| sebastian_ | so log out and log back in? | 06:43 |
| hateball | yea | 06:43 |
| sebastian_ | brb | 06:43 |
| sebastian | nope | 06:45 |
| hateball | sebastian:did you check the help link I posted? | 06:46 |
| sebastian | so instead of echo '@setxkbmap -option grp:ctrl_shift_toggle "de,us"' | sudo tee -a /etc/xdg/lxsession/Lubuntu/autostart | 06:47 |
| sebastian | use echo '@setxkbmap -option grp:ctrl_shift_toggle "es,us"' | sudo tee -a /etc/xdg/lxsession/Lubuntu/autostart | 06:47 |
| sebastian | ? | 06:47 |
| hateball | sebastian: well it has a 13.10 and beyond section, if that is what you're using | 06:49 |
| sebastian | i am on 14.03 i think | 06:49 |
| whytrytofly | 04 | 06:52 |
| sebastian | ok | 06:54 |
| sebastian | solved | 06:54 |
| sebastian | i like lxde better | 06:54 |
| sebastian | it's snappier | 06:54 |
| bzb | I'm using lubuntu 15.04 64bit on laptop. Is there a way to change brightness of display and have it persist between power cycles | 15:50 |
| holstein | bzb: i find, that can be related to the GPU drivers.. some report https://launchpad.net/~indicator-brightness/+archive/ubuntu/ppa is helful, though, ppa's are not officially supported | 15:52 |
| bzb | holstein: When I first installed lubuntu 15.04, there was an applet that allowed me to change the monitor intensity as well as something called a 'presentation mode' that will not auto blank the screen. | 15:56 |
| bzb | that applet doesn't seem to exist anymore | 15:56 |
| bzb | the current battery monitor applet does not offer me that capability | 15:56 |
| bzb | would you know what that applet was? | 15:57 |
| bzb | It was also a battery monitor of some sort | 15:57 |
| holstein | bzb: could be, you are simply not putting the machine through a charging event | 16:07 |
| holstein | bzb: the simple power applet can be set, by default, to not be shown all the time.. i will tick the box in the settings to show the applet all the time, regardless of charging state | 16:08 |
| holstein | if you cant find it in the menu, unplugging the hardware, and putting it on battery should make it show | 16:08 |
| bzb | holstein: the battery monitor applet is already configured to show all the time. my question was that there was an applet during a fresh 'upgrade' of lubuntu 15.04 that had better battery status graphics as well as a monitor brightness control. | 16:10 |
| bzb | the battery monitor applet now is very simple. just show charging level and discharging level | 16:11 |
| bzb | the original battery monitor disappear after subsequent upgrades | 16:11 |
| bzb | i'm curious if you recall the applet i was referring to | 16:11 |
| holstein | i'll usually fire up a live iso, and add literally everything to the panel, and see what does what | 16:13 |
| holstein | though, the question i would be wanting to answer is, is the hardware capable of support the functionality im trying to implement with the current driver support | 16:13 |
| holstein | otherwise, you may prefer the 14.04 LTS version, if it has what you prefer in it | 16:14 |
| holstein | or, one of the alternatives, that you could add to lubuntu/lxde | 16:14 |
| bzb | holstein: ok. thanks | 16:21 |
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