[15:29] <Fossfile> hi fellas, I have a minor issue with my Lubuntu and some help will be appreciated: I've installed Lubuntu twice through vmware: once into a USB drive and the second time to a vmware hard drive. in both installations the system didn't accept the root password that was chosen (as I'm required to type it for example with sudo/synaptic). It was easily fixable in the USB drive installation
[15:29] <Fossfile> by simply booting to recovery mode, mounting / as rw and resetting password
[15:30] <Fossfile> with the installation on a hard drive however, for some reason this fix isn't working
[15:44] <ianorlin> Fossfile: strange but I however don't use vmware. Did you use any sort of full disc /home encryption in the hard drive?
[15:47] <ianorlin> Fossfile: also how customized is this vm?
[15:49] <teward> I assume this is in vmware player, Fossfile, not VMware Workstation?  (Or ESXi)
[15:50] <Fossfile> ianorlin: no encryption, just regular installation also very simply password (identical to the username) because it's intended to be dedicated for kodi (xbmc) software
[15:51] <Fossfile> teward: VM Workstation
[15:51] <Fossfile> not a slim player
[16:05] <teward> stupid question, then, why not use VMWare Workstation's built in encryption functionality
[16:05] <teward> for the encryption part :P
[16:06] <teward> Fossfile: as for the installation on a hard drive, is the procedure you're using identical for resetting the PW?  recovery mode, root prompt, sudo mount ... etc., passwd, etc.?
[16:06] <teward> and which Lubuntu, I may be able to test on my next break
[17:03] <Fossfile> teward: excuse me for the delayed response, yes the procedure is identicle for changing the password as we both described. This is the latest Lubuntu amd64 15.04. I have no idea why that procedure that fixed the issue on the usb drive installation didn't work for the hard drive installation.. then again I have no idea why this issue happened in the first place.
[17:04] <Fossfile> would be nice if someone could answer find out how to fix it and why it happens, I have to split for about 3 hours.
[17:51] <whytrytofly> hello
[18:01] <whytrytofly> is there a way to customize my window theme...?
[18:02] <whytrytofly> not only choopse from the ones given
[18:11] <ianorlin> whytrytofly: you can install more in the repos
[18:11] <whytrytofly> yeah okay ^^
[18:11] <whytrytofly> i know that
[18:11] <whytrytofly> thanks ianorlin
[18:12] <ianorlin> yuyo-gtk-theme for example would install the theme for ubuntu-mate search for gtk2-engines will display a lot more
[21:48] <sebastian_> I cannot access the power manager when I click on it says Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
[23:18] <ianorlin> sebastian_: which versoin of lubuntu?\
[23:39] <sebastian_> the most recent
[23:39] <sebastian_> ianorlin, 14.04
[23:39] <wxl> sebastian_: that's not the most recent ;)
[23:39] <sebastian_> what was the command ont he terminal
[23:39] <sebastian_> to determine this
[23:39] <wxl> `lsb_release -a`
[23:40] <sebastian_> 14.04
[23:40] <sebastian_> which is the most recent? and how do i install it?
[23:40] <wxl> that *is* the most recent LTS
[23:40] <wxl> but 15.04 is the most recently released
[23:40] <sebastian_> how do i install that from the command line?
[23:40] <wxl> and 15.10 is in development (and technically available for install)
[23:40] <wxl> `sudo do-release-upgrade` should get you there.
[23:41] <sebastian_> command not found
[23:42] <sebastian_> it says
[23:42] <sebastian_> no release found
[23:43] <wxl> try adding the -p and/or -d switch
[23:44] <sebastian_> what?
[23:44] <wxl> `sudo do-release-upgrade -p`, e.g.
[23:44] <sebastian_> no release found
[23:44] <wxl> then try -d
[23:45] <sebastian_> no release found
[23:47] <wxl> argh
[23:47] <wxl> you're probably on lts
[23:47] <sebastian_> what does that mean?
[23:47] <wxl> !lts
[23:47] <ubottu> LTS means Long Term Support. Until 12.04 LTS versions of Ubuntu were supported for 3 years on the desktop, and 5 years on the server; since 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) LTS versions will be supported for 5 years on the desktop and server. The latest LTS version of Ubuntu is !Trusty (Trusty Tahr 14.04)
[23:48] <wxl> tl;dr it means we may have to hack our way to getting you out of lts
[23:48] <wxl> is your purpose to get the most bleeding edge release?
[23:49] <sebastian_> maybe, i need to ensure compatibility with printer and iphone
[23:49] <wxl> printer should be no problem
[23:49] <sebastian_> iphone?
[23:49] <wxl> maybe
[23:49] <wxl> i know there's upstream work that's been done on it
[23:49] <sebastian_> i cannot directly input files onto my iphone from ubuntu yet
[23:49] <sebastian_> i need to use dropbox
[23:50] <wxl> last time i tried it couldn't do everything
[23:50] <sebastian_> plus the issue with the power management option that doesn't work
[23:50] <sebastian_> gives me an error
[23:51] <wxl> sebastian_: give me the result of `grep Prompt /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades | awk -F '=' '{print $2}'`
[23:52] <sebastian_> nothing happens
[23:53] <wxl> uh
[23:53] <wxl> you sure you typed it right?
[23:53] <sebastian_> awk: line 2: syntax error at or near awk
[23:53] <sebastian_> awk: line 3: missing } near end of file
[23:53] <wxl> yeah you probably typed it wrong thenm
[23:55] <sebastian_> i copied everything
[23:56] <wxl> well you could look at the contents of /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades
[23:57] <wxl> if Prompt=lts then do-release-upgrade won't give you anything until you have a new release
[23:57] <wxl> you should set it to normal and then do-release-upgrade will do what it's supposed to