| LiftLeft | why won't my start menu app show up? | 00:36 |
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| wxl | what's a start menu app? | 00:37 |
| LiftLeft | https://hastebin.com/surilikike.ini <-- have this at ~/.local/share/applications/Eclipse.desktop | 00:37 |
| LiftLeft | *I have | 00:38 |
| wxl | LiftLeft: use `desktop-file-validate` to inform why it's an invalid desktop file | 00:38 |
| LiftLeft | how do I get a list of Categories? | 00:40 |
| LiftLeft | how do I get the list of Categories? | 00:41 |
| wxl | https://specifications.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/latest/apa.html | 00:41 |
| LiftLeft | ok that worked | 00:41 |
| lynorian | random gnumeric question how do I make a cell say +1 greataxe for example is there an escape character or something because litterally that is what I would write down on paper | 05:54 |
| lynorian | nvm it is starting the cell with a quote | 07:27 |
| taiebot | Hi I have tried to install the snap of libreoffice as per https://blog.simos.info/how-to-install-libreoffice-5-3-on-ubuntu-16-04-from-snap/ on lubuntu 16.10 but the theme used with lubuntu is weird. Do i need to install something else like gtk ? | 08:34 |
| dminca | what's up everyone | 13:43 |
| guardian_ | hi, I am having issues with the shutdown and restart functions. The system hangs while I try to shutdown or restart the system | 14:36 |
| nc__ | hey I'm trying to install lubuntu on a very old laptop dell inspiron 220 but during installation I get an error that says "Error informing the kernal about modifications to partition /dev/sda1 --Device or resource busy. This means Linux won't know about any changes you made to /dev/sda1 until you reboot --so you shouldn't mount it or use it in any way before rebooting" the options "ignore" and "cancel" aren't responding. Please help. | 15:42 |
| dminca | nc__ /dev/sda1, isn't that the USB Stick you mounted? | 15:53 |
| dminca | I mean, are you mounting the mounted Flash? | 15:53 |
| dminca | check with `df -h` which is the correct disk you have to mount | 15:54 |
| nc__ | k | 15:55 |
| dminca | I'm pretty sure flashes start with /dev/sdb# | 15:56 |
| nc__ | yeah it is | 15:56 |
| nc__ | sdb | 15:56 |
| dminca | go in `fdisk -l` and check out the letter | 15:56 |
| TheSchaf | i think its just numbered | 15:56 |
| TheSchaf | sda, sdb, sdc, etc | 15:57 |
| TheSchaf | so better check :) | 15:57 |
| nc__ | sdb1 | 15:57 |
| dminca | yes TheSchaf | 15:57 |
| dminca | is right | 15:57 |
| nc__ | dminca: says the following partitions will be formatted: partition 1 sda as ext4 partition 5 as swap | 15:59 |
| nc__ | or should I manually do the partitioning? | 16:00 |
| dminca | just go full-auto if you don't know what you're doing | 16:02 |
| nc__ | that's what lead me to the error message | 16:02 |
| dminca | if you know, then create the swap partition first, then ext4 for the / (root) then /home (still ext4) | 16:02 |
| nc__ | there's a /dev/mapper/sda5_crypt in the partitioning table from my previous linux distro | 16:04 |
| dminca | you went with the LVM installation? | 16:04 |
| dminca | that's a Logical Volume | 16:05 |
| nc__ | I know that was from when I installed gnewsense. | 16:05 |
| dminca | btw, what install are you running: the terminal one, or the GUI one? | 16:05 |
| nc__ | GUI | 16:05 |
| dminca | dayum | 16:05 |
| dminca | just delete all partitions | 16:06 |
| dminca | Manual | 16:06 |
| nc__ | k on sda right? | 16:06 |
| dminca | and create 3: swap, / and /home | 16:06 |
| dminca | I don't know which is your /dev/** | 16:07 |
| dminca | sda1 you said, right | 16:07 |
| nc__ | yeah | 16:07 |
| dminca | just follow the steps explained here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Partitioning | 16:08 |
| nc__ | leave partition 1 as primary right? | 16:08 |
| dminca | the "/" (root) must be set primary | 16:09 |
| nc__ | dimnca: I tried I got the same error message | 16:22 |
| nc__ | I partitioned everything correctly and it gave me the error about the kernal and that /dev/sda1 is busy | 16:23 |
| nc__ | it shows the next step behind the message but I can't get to it without selecting either "ignore" or "cancel' both don't work. | 16:24 |
| nc__ | any ideas that'll help me? I've been searching around nothing really relevant to help me out with this error problem. | 19:55 |
| nc__ | it's working! all I had to do was reboot | 20:10 |
| nc__ | I'm trying to install lubuntu and it says they can't install grub | 20:28 |
| nc__ | can someone help? | 20:33 |
| nc__ | wow this old laptop sucks. | 20:47 |
| nc__ | I think I'm having hardware problems which is why grub won't install | 20:48 |
| krytarik | nc__: Pretty sure that goes on Lubuntu. | 20:49 |
| krytarik | It's a common issue currently with it, that is. | 20:50 |
| nc__ | krytarik: ah well I installed gnewsense with 0 issues but the problem with that is my laptop can't use wifi on that distro | 20:51 |
| nc__ | are there any other recommendations for low end old laptops? | 20:51 |
| krytarik | Xubuntu, of course. | 20:52 |
| wxl | wait a minute. grub won't install? | 20:52 |
| wxl | which version are you trying to install and what specific output do you get? | 20:52 |
| nc__ | wxl: the latest version and on a 32bit laptop that's from 2009 or 2010. | 20:55 |
| nc__ | wxl: fsck. ext2: Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in shhort read while trying to open /dev/sda2 | 20:56 |
| nc__ | and it said something about it not being able to install grub to selected destination try another location to install grub | 20:57 |
| nc__ | and when I tried it just didn't respond | 20:58 |
| nc__ | so I rebooted and now I have lubuntu without grub and can't boot into it. | 20:58 |
| wxl | maybe your drive has failed | 21:00 |
| wxl | that could certainly cause problems | 21:00 |
| wxl | you can just try to install grub. should be trivial if the drive is fine | 21:00 |
| nc__ | wxl: how do I install grub with the terminal? | 21:01 |
| wxl | nc__: these are the basic instructions https://askubuntu.com/questions/88384/how-can-i-repair-grub-how-to-get-ubuntu-back-after-installing-windows#88432 | 21:01 |
| nc__ | wxl: k thanks I'll check it out | 21:02 |
| wxl | tl;dr use a live cd to boot. open a terminal. mount your hard drive. bind necessary directories. chroot. install grub. reboot. | 21:02 |
| wxl | though that error you showed before REALLY makes me think you're having some sort of hard drive failure, nc__ | 21:02 |
| nc__ | wxl: it might be it's a very old laptop | 21:03 |
| nc__ | I've been wanting to replace the HDD with a SSD but I haven't found any SSD that supports an inspiron 2200 dell | 21:04 |
| nc__ | wxl: it says mount: /dev/sda2 is write-protected, mounting read only wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda2, missing codepage or helper program or other error | 21:07 |
| wxl | nc__: yeah. totally bad sign. :) | 21:08 |
| nc__ | wxl: also results for dmesg | tail: http://dpaste.com/2BCDY2X | 21:16 |
| wxl | nc__: looks pretty grim. | 21:17 |
| nc__ | meh... my luck with tech really sucks ._. | 21:18 |
| nc__ | alright well thanks for trying to help anyway.. | 21:27 |
| wxl | yeah sorry man | 21:29 |
| Thedarkb | My install is hanging | 21:55 |
| wxl | Thedarkb: specifics are required to provide any help | 21:56 |
| Thedarkb | I know, I was getting to that :) | 21:56 |
| Thedarkb | It's on the "Copying files" screen in the wizard | 21:56 |
| Thedarkb | it's stuck on Glib.source_remove(self.rows_changed_id) | 21:57 |
| Thedarkb | What can I do? | 21:57 |
| Thedarkb | Anyone??? | 21:58 |
| tsimonq2 | !patience | Thedarkb | 21:59 |
| ubottu | Thedarkb: Don't feel ignored and repeat your question quickly; if nobody knows your answer, nobody will answer you. While you wait, try searching https://help.ubuntu.com or http://ubuntuforums.org or http://askubuntu.com/ | 21:59 |
| wxl | how do you know it's not just working, Thedarkb? | 22:00 |
| Thedarkb | Because it's been at this for forty minutes? | 22:00 |
| wxl | did you check the hashes of the image and check the disk at the grub boot menu? | 22:01 |
| Thedarkb | no. | 22:01 |
| wxl | i'd start with that | 22:01 |
| Thedarkb | I did use a known to be iffy burner. | 22:01 |
| wxl | well that's totally encouraging </sarcasm> | 22:01 |
| Thedarkb | wxl, restarted, worked | 23:14 |
| Thedarkb | better go | 23:14 |
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