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| khold | I am looking for help, I'm trying to install some progeams but my system is asking for a root pword and my login pword is not working. | 03:38 |
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| ianorlyn | khold: can you open a terminal and run groups and see if you are in the sudo group | 03:40 |
| ianorlyn | khold: also make sure caps lock isn't pressed | 03:40 |
| ianorlyn | khold if this is a virtual machine I have managed to get caps lock in the vm and the led on my keyboard out of sync | 03:41 |
| khold | won't let me into sudo group. asks for pword. Not a vm, it is the only os on my hd. | 03:42 |
| khold | also i have toggled the caps lock and tried to login with it on and off and nothing is working | 03:45 |
| khold | I have googled and searched, but I can't find a solution. Everything I read says that my login password is the root password, but when the system doesn't take my pword, I can log out and then back in, but not able to install programs. | 04:02 |
| holstein | khold: whats the error? | 04:18 |
| holstein | if you can login, then, your user is likley not in the sudo group.. | 04:18 |
| holstein | khold: there is a recovery console that will allow you root access.. | 04:18 |
| ianorlyn | unless he removed himself from the sudo group somehow and has no users in it | 04:19 |
| khold | how would i access that? | 04:19 |
| holstein | try "sudo adduser <username> sudo" and share errors | 04:19 |
| holstein | it'll either say "you are already there" or, your password wont work.. or whatever.. | 04:20 |
| holstein | you can basically, then, follow this.. if you have no admin user.. http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/resetpassword | 04:21 |
| holstein | you'll just add your user to the sudo group, instead of resetting passwords.. | 04:21 |
| khold | ok, I'm going to try that. when i try to add myself to a group it asks for a pword and mine isn't working | 04:23 |
| khold | that worked! thank you so much!!! | 04:30 |
| holstein | \o/ | 04:37 |
| Guest40483 | hello | 05:52 |
| Guest40483 | Is there a way to apt-get update offline. i'm working on broad com driver. | 06:23 |
| ianorlyn | Guest40483: do you have an ethernet port | 06:23 |
| ianorlyn | it is the easiest way | 06:23 |
| ianorlyn | also do you have two laptops? | 06:23 |
| Unit193 | !bcm | This tells you how to do it offline | 06:24 |
| ubottu | This tells you how to do it offline: Help with Broadcom bcm43xx can be found at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx | 06:24 |
| Guest40483 | no ethernet port only bluetooth | 06:25 |
| Guest40483 | havent put time into figureing out bluetooth tethering to laptop wifi. | 06:25 |
| Guest40483 | yes two laptops | 06:26 |
| Guest40483 | thanks will try | 06:26 |
| ianorlyn | argh my bridge utils idea won't work | 06:27 |
| Unit193 | And apt-offline doesn't do downloader packages. | 06:27 |
| Guest40483 | i using acer v5 122p 0869. would the up-date and or broadcom drivers be on the lubuntu 15.04 install iso | 06:30 |
| Unit193 | b43-fwcutter would be, but the actual drivers wouldn't. | 06:33 |
| Guest40483 | thanks all later | 06:58 |
| Guest40040 | whats the ubuntu equivalent of lubuntu 15.04. | 08:51 |
| Guest40040 | in terms of version number (of Ubuntu) | 08:52 |
| Unit193 | 15.04 | 08:53 |
| Guest40040 | oh thanks | 08:53 |
| Unit193 | Same repos, just different defaults/etc. | 08:53 |
| sad | hi | 11:06 |
| sad | weather in lubuntu 14.04 . is that possible ? | 11:08 |
| x1_ | how do i add a date to the taskbar | 14:29 |
| x1_ | ? | 14:30 |
| krytarik | x1_: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Documentation/CustomizingTheClock | 14:37 |
| x1_ | krytarik, thanks | 14:39 |
| SirReginald | Hey everyone! | 16:07 |
| rafaellaguna | o/ SirReginald | 16:07 |
| SirReginald | I need some opinions. I'm hoping you folks can help. | 16:08 |
| rafaellaguna | let's see :) | 16:08 |
| rafaellaguna | go ahead SirReginald | 16:11 |
| SirReginald | I am currently running an old acer laptop. Single core Celeron M 520, 1.5GB ddr2 and currently Mint Cinnamon. I'm thinking about switching to Lubuntu because of how low the specs on this dinosaur are. The opinion I need is: Is it worth keeping my SSD in this laptop (it was the only drive I had available to get it running) or would the difference be negligible if I went to a 5400 RPM and put the SSD in my desktop? | 16:11 |
| rafaellaguna | I used an SSD in a "dying" desktop computer and its performance increased a lot. Lubuntu is a very light system, but it's good if you help him a little. | 16:12 |
| rafaellaguna | But you can try. Install Lubuntu, lighter than a Cinnamon desktop, or any other Mint distro, and test it without the SSD. But I recommend to keep it. | 16:13 |
| SirReginald | I was thinking that it seems a waste to use the SSD in this laptop since it can't really use it anywhere near its potential. | 16:14 |
| rafaellaguna | Use the Live CD to check it out, so you don't have to wait to install it. | 16:14 |
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| SirReginald | I was also wondering, is there any way to save a physical copy of a repository? If I reload this laptop, I may not have internet available. I would need to be able to get the broadcom drivers (wifi never works out of the box on an acer!) | 16:16 |
| rafaellaguna | If you're a bit used to Ubuntu distros you could even try with an Alternate Install, using only Lubuntu Core components to make it lighter, without apps. | 16:16 |
| rafaellaguna | I'm on an Acer right now :) | 16:16 |
| rafaellaguna | My wifi works fine | 16:16 |
| rafaellaguna | But there're apps to save your repos, packages and everything in your setup. | 16:17 |
| SirReginald | I've had 3 acers. any time i decide to tinker with linux I have to download the wifi drivers lol | 16:17 |
| rafaellaguna | Not me. It detected the wifi fine. I also configured an HP ePrinter via Wifi. | 16:17 |
| SirReginald | might be due to the age, last acer i had was a 5720, and this one is even older. 3680-2472 | 16:18 |
| rafaellaguna | Maybe | 16:18 |
| rafaellaguna | Y-PPA Manager can save your package list, but not the physical packages. | 16:18 |
| rafaellaguna | http://askubuntu.com/questions/24022/how-can-i-backup-my-repositories | 16:18 |
| SirReginald | thanks, I'll look into it. | 16:19 |
| rafaellaguna | Downloaded packages are kept in a database. It's not safe backing them up and restoring later. You'll miss some ones for sure. Sadly, the DEB package system is highly net-oriented. | 16:20 |
| SirReginald | the only package i would need is the broadcom drivers. It's the only thing that doesnt work out of the box for me. | 16:21 |
| rafaellaguna | if it's only a DEB without dependencies you can keep. I keep some for a quick install, but they usually need dependencies. | 16:21 |
| SirReginald | the system is basically just a netflix/youtube/facebook box that i decided I could learn to tinker with linux on haha | 16:21 |
| rafaellaguna | nice use :) | 16:22 |
| SirReginald | I'll have to find the command line i used for the drivers. | 16:22 |
| rafaellaguna | yes, if you didn't do it with the Drivers tool | 16:22 |
| SirReginald | it was a sudo apt-get line. drivers tool didnt detect any issues | 16:23 |
| rafaellaguna | SirReginald, there's a nice tool, I remembered it now: Aptik | 16:24 |
| rafaellaguna | it can do both things: save packages and repos list | 16:24 |
| rafaellaguna | http://www.howtogeek.com/206454/how-to-backup-and-restore-your-apps-and-ppas-in-ubuntu-using-aptik/ | 16:24 |
| rafaellaguna | and there's AptOnCD if you want to "freeze" your current system and replicate later: http://www.howtogeek.com/110034/how-to-back-up-restore-your-installed-ubuntu-packages-with-aptoncd/ | 16:25 |
| SirReginald | awesome, I'll look into those before I reload. | 16:25 |
| rafaellaguna | good :) | 16:26 |
| SirReginald | theres no rush, I just got laid off so I have some free time to tinker haha | 16:26 |
| rafaellaguna | well, if you have then you can start playing with these :) | 16:26 |
| SirReginald | yep. I originally started looking for lightweight distros to try. I was thinking LXLE but it wouldnt install, then I tried to download Elementary but it would always get to 3% and the download would fail. finally got mint to work, but its a bit slow, so next up is Lubuntu. I mean, LXLE is just a prettied up Lubuntu anyway. may as well just go with the original right? | 16:29 |
| rafaellaguna | LXLE is Lubuntu with things on it, like LibreOffice (pretty heavy) | 16:29 |
| SirReginald | Yeah. I figure I'll go for the lightest and fastest, and then add what i need. As long as I have chrome and wifi I'm pretty much set. | 16:31 |
| rafaellaguna | Chrome will eat your memory, try Qupzilla or Midori | 16:31 |
| SirReginald | will they run netflix? the only reason I use chrome is because I thought it was the only browser to support netflix | 16:33 |
| rafaellaguna | hmm I don't think so, you're right | 16:34 |
| SirReginald | but I know, chrome is a memory hog even on my windows desktop | 16:35 |
| SirReginald | even firefox surprisingly eats a lot of ram. | 16:35 |
| rafaellaguna | Version 45 seems a bit lighter, but still RAM hungry | 16:35 |
| SirReginald | anyway, i've got to run. but as soon as I get back to some internet I'll likely log back on. IRC is so much easier that starting a thread in the forum or on reddit haha | 16:37 |
| rafaellaguna | it is, we're usually here the whole day :D | 16:38 |
| SirReginald | thanks for the help! | 16:38 |
| rafaellaguna | ok, enjoy :) | 16:38 |
| rafaellaguna | you're welcome, SirReginald | 16:38 |
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