| bill_lx | Having trouble loading 15.04 onto Microsoft Surface (Not Pro). Installing from usb get a few lines on screen then nothing. I have checked around abit and found a few similar cases on non-Surface machines. Would appreciate help because Surface is a nice machine - too good for windows. | 02:01 |
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| holstein | bill_lx: you can look for other GPU drivers.. i will try lots of options til i can get the live iso working on new hardware | 02:07 |
| holstein | sometimes, the compromises can be challenging to deal with.. since linux is not supported | 02:07 |
| holstein | bill_lx: a lug member has the suface (not pro) and said he creates his own kernel for it | 02:08 |
| bill_lx | I can get debian jessie to install but have to load windows, then boot out and load as device - ugly | 02:09 |
| bill_lx | I don't have skill or know-how to build own kernel - can read - so know where can get instructions? | 02:11 |
| holstein | bill_lx: well, thats the thing.. all the "instructions" are for what is supported for the hardware.. windows | 02:11 |
| holstein | so, it'l just be up to you to decide how you want to deal with providing support.. for me, i always keep the vesa driver on the table | 02:12 |
| holstein | but, i know, i have personally just avoided that hardware for this reason.. i was surprised when the LUG member had one.. | 02:12 |
| bill_lx | Do you know how he did it - or how i can contact to find out for myself | 02:14 |
| holstein | bill_lx: sure, but, he is using fedora.. | 02:14 |
| holstein | its just available as whatever the fedora equivalent is of a PPA | 02:14 |
| holstein | bill_lx: i am asking the user if you can speak to them.. | 02:16 |
| bill_lx | Ok - :-D | 02:16 |
| holstein | bill_lx: the person is shvr in #wnclug and i have told him you would be asking.. | 02:17 |
| bill_lx | Thank you - lots | 02:17 |
| holstein | you can /j #wnclug he is there now | 02:18 |
| tachibana | hi xubuntu | 03:06 |
| tachibana | it took a while to get used to xfce4 for some reason and i thought i was really missing a quicklauncher | 03:06 |
| tachibana | but now i realize a quicklauncher would be one small step away from probably being an Unity bloat replica anyways | 03:07 |
| holstein | use a lighter dock.. if you want | 03:08 |
| holstein | you can replicate a dock looking thing with an xfce panel.. | 03:08 |
| tachibana | I kind of feel like just going to lxde | 03:08 |
| tachibana | that mouse-dog looking blue thing is a weird logo too | 03:09 |
| Kapello | Hey guys. I'm having trouble installing, anything really.. It gives me an E:/ (or something like that) error, I'm considering a re-install, but figured I'd try to fix it first, any of you know a solution? | 08:25 |
| Kapello | Alright I'm going to ehm.. Install Mint XFCE and see how that works out. | 08:30 |
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| xubuntu51w | Hi, can someone tell me will my files get deleted if I boot older version of kernel from grub? thank you | 19:53 |
| xubuntu51w | anyone? | 19:56 |
| Snicksie | they will not be deleted xubuntu51w | 19:56 |
| xubuntu51w | thanks, new to everything in linux and i cant lose files. | 19:58 |
| liquidsnake | anyone have trouble installing java? | 21:46 |
| liquidsnake | i need it for a chat group i'm in | 21:47 |
| knome | why not ask the real question you have about installing java? | 21:47 |
| liquidsnake | i think i may have found a workaround but have yet to test it | 21:47 |
| holstein | !java | 21:47 |
| ubottu | To just use java you need a "Java Runtime Environment" (JRE) and/or a browser plugin. If that is not sufficient you will need a "Java Development Kit" (JDK) aka "Software Development Kit" (SDK). Please see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Java about how to install one of three current implementations. | 21:47 |
| liquidsnake | ok ty | 21:47 |
| liquidsnake | ok i downloaded the java tar.gz file. Now how do i install it? The installation instructions didn't help | 22:02 |
| liquidsnake | is there a command i can use in terminal | 22:02 |
| knome | liquidsnake, why aren't you installing java from the repositories? | 22:03 |
| liquidsnake | how do i do that? | 22:03 |
| knome | install openjdk-7-jre ? | 22:03 |
| knome | did you read the java wiki page at all? | 22:03 |
| liquidsnake | yeah but it doesn;t make any sense to me | 22:04 |
| morf | default-jre default-jdk | 22:04 |
| morf | it's simle to remember | 22:04 |
| liquidsnake | so are those commands to enter in terminal | 22:04 |
| morf | :) | 22:04 |
| morf | more like apt-get install default-jre default-jdk | 22:04 |
| knome | liquidsnake, well then you should ask.. not go elsewhere and start installing software that is from untrusted sources | 22:04 |
| liquidsnake | ok | 22:04 |
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| jjlava | Hi all | 23:51 |
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