[01:17] So I'm having an issue with my second internal HDD [01:18] It automounts on boot, but I can't seem to access it [01:18] It has my music collection on it, I need tuneage [01:21] Quantos: what filesystem is on it? [01:22] also what format is the music [01:22] The music is in various formats [01:23] Okay, just located it in GParted, it's an ext4 [01:25] Quantos: did you have mulitple user accounts on that intenral hdd [01:25] also might be a permissions issue [01:26] or probably is [01:26] No, I haven't [01:26] How do I check the permissions of a drive? [01:26] no of the folders on the drive [01:27] or is the drive encrypted? [01:27] It shouldn't be encrypted [01:27] does it mount in pcmanfm? [01:27] does it appear in /media/ [01:28] It shows up in the folder of Medai [01:28] Media even [01:29] can you change to that folder [01:29] Nope [01:29] Keeps going back to home [01:30] Quantos can you try unmounting that folder? [01:30] and then maybe try mounting it in pcmanfm [01:30] It won't seem to unmount [01:30] or is this on KDE ? [01:30] This is KDE [01:30] this is #lubuntu [01:31] ianorlin: he's the madman using kde in lubuntu [01:31] Yeah, [01:31] if it won't unmount it's probably a permissions issue [01:31] It actually won't work in Gnome either [01:31] i'd open it all up with the can opener (terminal) [01:32] Okay, I'll just partition it and restore from backup [01:33] Quantos: check the backups have it first [01:33] They do [01:33] They were made before I installed [01:33] I'm religious about that [01:34] Ah, got it to unmount, but it throws an error when I try to mount it [01:36] Hmm, it gave me ext3 as a default option on the new partition [01:37] Not ext4, would that have been the problem? [01:38] what error specifically? [01:38] Oh, just that it wasn't able to mount it [01:38] No error code or anything [01:39] That's a sound that I haven't heard in a long time, the HDD is spinning [01:40] Well, I can access it now, going to try putting some files on it [01:42] Okay, now I get an error, it says permission denied when I try to copy a file [01:44] check permissions [01:44] check permissions [01:44] etc. [01:44] . [01:44] . [01:44] . [01:44] It won't let me change them [01:45] sheesh [01:45] LOL [01:45] what are the permissions that you know you want to change them? [01:46] I opened the file manager and click on the drive, mount it and then right click the folder [01:46] It won't let anyone but the owner copy files to it [01:46] yeah you should try doing this all in terminal [01:46] I'm not sure why I'm not the owner [01:48] And I do that in term how? [01:48] ls -alh /path/to/mountpoint ought to be fairly telling [01:49] to unmount: sudo umount /path/to/mountpoint [01:49] and to mount: sudo mount /path/to/device/file /path/to/mountpoint [01:50] ls can't acess /path/to/mountpoint [01:50] um [01:51] I'm not sure what I'm supposed to change that value too [01:51] to even [01:51] to the place where it's mounted to [01:51] you can use the `mount` command to figure that out [01:51] as an example, i on my machine, i have a secondary drive [01:51] whose device file is /dev/sdb1 [01:51] mounted on /foo [01:52] if you need to find out the device files, you can use `sudo fdisk -l` [01:52] Mines sdb2, but I still don't know the mount point [01:52] mount | grep sdb2 [01:52] that should find it [01:52] No return [01:53] No error either, but no return [01:53] then either: [01:53] it's not mounted [01:53] the device file is not sdb2 [01:53] just run `mount` [01:54] Hmmm [01:55] In file manager it shows it mounted [01:55] I don't see anything in term stating it is though [01:55] then it's probably lying if it's not reported by `mount` [01:55] remember all GUIs are a front end to those terminal tools [01:55] Yeah, I know that [01:55] so if they don't agree, i would not trust the file manager [01:56] you can manually mount it yourself though [01:56] first make a directory somewhere [01:56] you could even do it in your home folder if you wanted [01:56] `mkdir ~/foo` [01:56] then mount it [01:56] `sudo mount /dev/sdb2 ~/foo` [01:57] jas, brb [01:57] welp, i'm headed home [01:59] Sorry about that, my pills make me sick sometimes [02:07] Okay, it's letting me access it now [19:56] Whoop whoop... installed Lubunto onto an old Athlon 900MHz, 256Mb RAM, 32Mb Graphics, and 20GB HDD. Runs at a nice speed once booted which takes a minute or two. only beef I have now is that the screen resolution is 640x480, and there are no other options available. Now I know for a fact that that graphics card and monitor can do up to 1024x768. any ideas? [19:57] I'd stop x/lightdm and run x -configure to generate an xorg conf file. [19:57] !xorgconf [19:57] The /etc/X11/xorg.conf file is deprecated, but sometimes may still be needed to pass values to specific drivers. See `man xorg.conf` for file structure and syntax. | Generic xorg.conf generation: http://ubottu.com/y/xorgconf | ATI proprietary driver specific: http://ubottu.com/y/atiamd | Nvidia proprietary driver specific: http://ubottu.com/y/nvidia [19:59] Unit193: how do I stop the X? [20:00] Switch to a TTY, `sudo service lightdm stop` [20:06] Unit193: Taking forever to do anything after I authenticated [20:08] Unit193: Okay, that did nothing... and now nothign works. [20:09] Ascavasaion: After that returns to the prompt, sudo Xorg -configure and it'll give you a new file that you can edit and/or drop to /etc/X11/xorg.conf. To get the GUI back, sudo service lightdm start [20:11] Unit193: Does nto go to command prompt... it just freezes. [20:13] Did it actually turn off anything? ps aux | grep lightdm [20:13] Ctrl+c it and try to flip back to tty7. [20:13] It froze, I had to hit reset [20:13] Even the mouse froze [20:14] ...Did you open a terminal and type that rather than switching to a TTY? [20:14] yes [20:15] oops [20:15] Also, you can change the boot options in grub adding 'text' to get to the same text prompt. [20:15] Yep, that's the rpboelm, [20:15] I presumed TTY was terminal; [20:15] Erm, problem. [20:15] !tty [20:15] To get to the TTY terminals 1-6, use the keystroke ctrl + alt + F1-F6 respectively (Alt+F7 will get you back to your graphical login). To change the resolution for your TTY, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ChangeTTYResolution [20:15] TTY? [20:15] Okay, thank you. [20:18] x-configure gives command not found [20:18] x -configure I mean [20:20] Ascavasaion: Look again at the command given. [20:26] Unit193: "x -configure" [20:27] X or Xorg [20:27] !xorgconf [20:27] The /etc/X11/xorg.conf file is deprecated, but sometimes may still be needed to pass values to specific drivers. See `man xorg.conf` for file structure and syntax. | Generic xorg.conf generation: http://ubottu.com/y/xorgconf | ATI proprietary driver specific: http://ubottu.com/y/atiamd | Nvidia proprietary driver specific: http://ubottu.com/y/nvidia [20:32] Sigh, no xorg.conf file in /etc/X11 [20:33] i had this once before... when I tried dual monitors with two graphics cards... I eventually just gave up. [20:33] If you did the x -configure, the xorg.conf file will be in the dir you ran that [20:34] genii: thank you :) [20:35] Let the Googling begin hehe [21:02] no luck... hehehe [21:03] this is beyond me... maybe it is just past my bedtime. Will try agai tomorrow. As it is no I have bombed it completely. Deleted the xorg.conf file in home directoy and in /etc/X11, and startx does nothing. *sigh* night night [21:03] sleep well. === nighttime is now known as daytime