[17:22] <romare> trying to install lubuntu
[17:22] <romare> The ext4 file system creation in partition #1 of SCSI1 (0,0,0) (sda) failed.
[17:22] <romare> got this error
[17:23] <romare> what would that be? of course I googled it but no solution
[18:54] <testdr> romare: that looks like there is no partition table -- more info?
[18:58] <romare> testdr what do you mean? forgive me, I'm really new to it
[18:58] <romare> I clicked "do something else" and new there's a free space
[18:58] <testdr> romare: its what i said -- such error can be triggered if the writing is not possible
[18:58] <romare> with 40GB
[18:59] <romare> you mean it's hardware-related?
[19:00] <testdr> romare: could be - but you can create such things. If you install from an usb-stick - first dont do the install, run the live-version and try to partiition and format your medium, where you want to install later --this is to check for errors. Without errors its not necessary.
[19:02] <romare> shall I format it in what type? ext4?
[19:02] <romare> I'm running it on cd right now
[19:03] <testdr> romare: yes - and mount it then from your running ubuntu-live-version and check it works -- same goes for all your hardware if you dont know.
[19:03] <romare> I'm so sorry, what do you mean by mounting?
[19:04] <romare> ok it's formatting. gosh looks like it'll take too much time
[19:04] <testdr> romare: if you have a faulty harddisk - you may have to run a "badblocks"-check and if there are a lot of errors you may need a replacement
[19:05] <testdr> romare: if formating takes a lot of time - check the error logs like syslog, kern.log -- and if there are a lot of read/write errors and timeouts for this drive .. it may be old and defective
[19:06] <romare> it's pretty old, but I'm quite sure there's no problem with the disc
[19:06] <romare> I need to know how to check those logs
[19:07] <testdr> romare: the logs are in /var/log    and i already had a faulty drive with defect cables - changing the cables was the repair - but i too had defect drives with defect drive-head
[19:08] <testdr> romare: this is only a check - it only proves where to look for errors and maybe the cause, why the installation breaks at that point
[19:12] <romare> can't find a HFS filesystem on dev sda2
[19:13] <romare> this is what I saw couple of times in the logs
[19:15] <romare> I've tried installing arch linux a week ago, I remember I typed shitloads of commands with "sda"
[19:15] <romare> I wonder if that fucked it up
[19:33] <testdr> romare: sometimes it helps to blank the first part of harddisk and create a new partition -- you know how to blank sda with dd command?
[19:34] <romare> no
[19:34] <romare> :(
[19:34] <romare> I'm super new
[19:34] <testdr> romare:  and always remember - old data will be lost! You need a backup!
[19:34] <romare> I'm not concerned about the data. it's an old computer that I'm not using
[19:35] <osho0000> hi guys i can't get the speed of the momory of my laptop with sudo dmidecode | grep -A 15 Memory nor with sudo lshw -short -C memory
[19:36] <testdr> romare: if you dont need anything from your first harddisk sda, then you can blank it in a linux terminal/console as root (or with sudo) with this:     dd    if=/dev/zero    of=/dev/sda          and after some harddisk-action you can terminate it with   ctrl/strg-c   or use the count-option  (  count=10000 ) to stop it after such number of writen blocks
[19:38] <testdr> osho0000: check the bios settings -- and from the boot-meny try the "memtest" program -- it will display the timing it can measure
[19:39] <osho0000> so, i must go in the Bios?
[19:40] <testdr> osho0000: normaly the compute-boot will show bios-messages about such things - but if bios is set to boot quick, you have no time to read it (humans are too slow)
[20:04] <romare> testdr, thank you so much for all the answers
[20:13] <osho0000> redwolf in the bios i can't find the mhz od the ram
[20:15] <osho0000> only the size
[20:15] <redwolf> in the BIOS?
[20:16] <redwolf> well, that will depend on your computer and core version
[20:16] <redwolf> but osho0000, if you want to know your memory and other physical things about your computer use Hardware Profiler
[20:17] <osho0000> it is a program?
[20:19] <testdr> romare: if you install for a special language setting - then it may help to cut the internet during the first install and install language-parts later, after you are shure the install works
[20:23] <romare> testdr, I installed and restarted it. now it won't boot to lubuntu. it says "out of range" (it's the monitor's interface) for a while and then screen goes dark and the led of the monitor becomes orange.
[20:26] <testdr> romare: yes - could happen with some hardware. Does it work to switch to a console with      ctrl/strg alt F1   (all pressed together)
[20:27] <romare> forgive me, what is strg?
[20:28] <romare> oh oh okay
[20:28] <romare> at what screen should I press them?
[20:28] <testdr> romare: the same like "ctrl" .. some keyboards have this written on --its the key left from alt
[20:31] <romare> nothing works
[20:33] <testdr> romare:  then reboot and in the grub-boot-menu select the repair option to boot into the non-graphic-screen --- looks like your install uses a setting for a wrong monitor or graka-output. You know what graphic-card is used?
[20:33] <testdr> romare: to get into the boot-menu (if it is not enabled to pop up) press Shift-key at booting
[20:34] <Chaotic_Fear> Heya. How can I make desktop notifications play an alert sound in Lubuntu? Google has failed me.
[20:37] <testdr> romare: the menu-entry in the gub-boot-menu is in an submenu called "extended" or advanced and there it is called "recovery mode"
[20:38] <testdr> romare: if you can use google for more infos - there are web-hints with images how to get into the ubuntu recovery mode and reset drivers like a wrong graphic-card-driver
[20:48] <cimbakahn> Hello!
[20:48] <cimbakahn> Does Lubuntu come with PPAs when it is first installed?
[20:49] <cimbakahn> How fast is Lubuntu?
[20:52] <krytarik> cimbakahn: Nope.  Very.
[20:52] <Unit193> No official Ubuntu flavor does.
[20:53] <cimbakahn> You mean no official flavor in the Ubuntu camp comes with PPAs, correct?
[20:54] <cimbakahn> And it is very fast, yes?
[20:55] <testdr> cimbakahn: if you speak about 32bit-enhanced memory usage for old computers - only very old ones had it enabled, its a kernel-build thing
[20:55] <testdr> cimbakahn: a think ubuntu-10.04 or 8.04 32bit had it as default
[20:56] <cimbakahn> I just want a operating system that is lite on CPU and resorce usage.
[20:56] <cimbakahn> resource
[20:57] <testdr> cimbakahn: sorry -- what you tink is PPA -- do i understand it wrong?
[20:58] <Unit193> testdr: PPA == Personal Package Archive (or something like that.)
[21:01] <testdr> Unit193: thanks .. right -- i thought (why? dont know) its the access to extended memory in old 32bit mode
[21:01] <Unit193> testdr: Tjat
[21:01] <Unit193> Erm..
[21:01] <Unit193> That's PAE.
[21:01] <cimbakahn> A PPA is what you paste into your sources to be able to get extra programs that normally don't come with the distro.  <---- These PPAs is what i wanted to know about.
[21:01] <testdr> Unit193: yes .. thats the 3 chars .. i got into mind
[21:02] <romare> testdr I press shift but it won't work
[21:03] <romare> fuck I gotta walk my dog
[21:03] <romare> it's not a good day
[21:04] <Unit193> romare: No cursing please.
[21:05] <testdr> romare:  you have a "long way" to fix it, first check this for press SHIFT at boot: http://askubuntu.com/questions/16042/how-to-get-to-the-grub-menu-at-boot-time
[21:07] <testdr> romare:  a single press of SHIFT is not enough -- you have to keep it down or click it all the time at boot
[21:48] <romare> it's cancer. I stop now
[21:48] <romare> for a long time.