[09:48] <igor_> Hi, I need to replace XP with Lubuntu on a very old pc with a 1GB of ram. It's working fine, but it is randomly freezing with a lines on the screen. Then, I need to restart whole PC. Can someone help me with that?
[10:25] <hateball> not now that you left, no :/
[10:30] <Laurenzo> lubuntu 16.04 LTS seems unstable
[16:38] <james1138> Hello all. Can I ask for help? For some unknown reason - when I go into Synaptic Package Manager and click on "Repositories" - nothing happens.
[16:44] <wxl> james1138: do you have problems using apt-get?
[16:47] <james1138> nope
[16:47] <wxl> james1138: so you can update/upgrade just fine?
[16:48] <james1138> Yes wxl. The only thing I can think maybe the problem was installing ICECAT browser... which may added Trisquel PPA/dependiences.
[16:51] <wxl> james1138: which synaptics should have no problem with. you might try reinstalling it
[16:52] <wxl> james1138: the other thing you can try to do is to run synaptic on the command line and see if it gives you any more obvious errors
[16:53] <james1138> Starting Synaptic is no problem - just seeing the repositories or adding new PPA appears the issue.
[16:53] <wxl> james1138: that's what i'm saying to diagnose. any program run on the command line should give you additional output for debugging purposezx
[16:53] <wxl> s/zx/s
[16:56] <james1138> WARNING:root:could not open file '/etc/apt/sources.list'
[16:56] <james1138> Traceback (most recent call last):
[16:56] <james1138>  File "/usr/bin/software-properties-gtk", line 101, in <module>
[16:56] <james1138> app = SoftwarePropertiesGtk(datadir=options.data_dir, options=options, file=file)
[16:57] <james1138> app = SoftwarePropertiesGtk(datadir=options.data_dir, options=options, file=file)
[16:57] <james1138> sorry - File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/gtk/SoftwarePropertiesGtk.py", line 98, in __init__
[16:57] <james1138> SoftwareProperties.__init__(self, options=options, datadir=datadir)
[16:58] <james1138> File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/SoftwareProperties.py", line 109, in __init__
[16:58] <james1138> self.reload_sourceslist()
[16:58] <james1138> File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/SoftwareProperties.py", line 599, in reload_sourceslist
[16:58] <wxl> ok
[16:58] <wxl> got it :)
[16:58] <james1138> There is a little more...
[16:58] <wxl> don't worry about it
[16:59] <james1138> ok... sorry
[16:59] <wxl> fyi:
[16:59] <wxl> !pastebin
[16:59] <wxl> use that to do `stat /etc/apt/sources.list`
[16:59] <james1138> ahhh
[17:00] <james1138> Me rookie... <frown>
[17:00] <wxl> all good
[17:04] <james1138> <crossing fingers and toes> I hope the answer does not involved backup and resintall everything.
[17:04] <wxl> it shouldn't
[17:13] <wxl> james1138: you got that pastebin for me?
[17:14] <james1138> Oh... sorry. stepped away... working on it right now...
[17:14] <wxl> np take your time. just wanted to make sure you weren't forgotten :)
[17:15] <james1138> Done. It is asking "download as text" - is that for me or you?
[17:16] <wxl> james1138: um. all i was saying is copy the result of `stat /etc/apt/sources.list` and paste them into pastebin and then put the url here
[17:17] <james1138> stat: cannot stat ‘/etc/apt/sources.list’: No such file or directory
[17:17] <wxl> oh!
[17:17] <wxl> THAT is a problem
[17:17] <wxl> it means that your repos are gone
[17:17] <wxl> what version are you running?
[17:18] <james1138> 14.04.4 kernal 4.5.2
[17:18] <wxl> k lemme see what i can figure out here
[17:19] <james1138> Gone?! This old dog messed up big time!
[17:20] <wxl> hm
[17:20] <wxl> i have a theory
[17:20] <james1138> Anyway to rebuild file?
[17:20] <wxl> first, create the file with `sudo touch /etc/apt/sources.list`
[17:21] <wxl> then reinstall apt with `sudo apt-get --reinstall install apt`
[17:21] <wxl> then look to see if there's anything in /etc/apt/sources.list
[17:21] <wxl> you should have default stuff in there
[17:22] <james1138> Reinstallation of apt is not possible, it cannot be downloaded.
[17:22] <wxl> ok
[17:22] <wxl> let's try one other thing
[17:23] <wxl> `sudo dpkg-reconfigure apt`
[17:23] <james1138> File is there but empty
[17:23] <james1138> Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-0ubuntu6.8) ...
[17:25] <james1138> james1138@james1138-ThinkPad-T43:~$
[17:25] <wxl> k
[17:25] <wxl> now is there anything in the file?
[17:27] <wxl> if not, i have another solution. you should have a saved version of it. this should fix it: `sudo cp /etc/apt/sources.list.save /etc/apt/sources.list`
[17:27] <james1138> Sources.lst file is still empty but sources.d folder has stuff in it.
[17:28] <james1138> cp: cannot stat ‘/etc/apt/sources.list.save’: No such file or directory
[17:28] <wxl> oh jeez what did you do :)
[17:29] <wxl> there's also this idea: http://askubuntu.com/a/192388
[17:32] <james1138> Giving that a try
[17:47] <james1138> Still nothing but Y PPA Manager is showing repositories
[18:18] <swift110> hey
[18:25] <aladiah> After  a few Lubuntu 15.10 updates and a long term with out using pc, my dual boot laptop lubuntu 15.10/windows 10, keyboard dont work on login screen to insert password. On windows work perfectly. I tryed a usb lubuntu live persistent, but is same thing keyboard dont work.
[18:45] <swift110> hey al
[18:45] <swift110> anyone got a thinkpad here?
[18:51] <bioterror> I have few
[18:53] <swift110> which ones bioterror
[18:53] <bioterror> T420, T430 and I can run Lubuntu on USB pendrive on this X250
[18:54] <bioterror> and I have on L540 in my cars trunk :D
[18:54] <bioterror> one
[18:55] <aladiah> no one have same experience before ?
[18:55] <bioterror> aladiah, tried different usb port?
[18:55] <swift110> cool
[18:56] <swift110> I have a T420 which distro do you have on your's?
[18:56] <bioterror> it's one for changing
[18:56] <bioterror> lubuntu runs quite nicely on it
[18:56] <bioterror> s/changing/testing/
[18:58] <bioterror> sorry if my sentences doesnt make much sense, I slept 5 hours last night and just had 12h workday. but do you have anything else on your mind regarding lubuntu and thinkpad series laptops, swift110?
[18:58] <aladiah> bioterror yes i did
[18:59] <aladiah> and i tryed the stck on a different laptop with dualboot as well
[18:59] <swift110> yes
[18:59] <swift110> I have a T420 I plan on waiting for Linux Mint 18 to install linux on here
[18:59] <swift110> I will have completed my two week challenge on windows today lol
[19:00] <bioterror> why wait Mint 18, when you can install Lubuntu 16.04 today
[19:02] <swift110> thats true but I also dont have my ssd yet