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Benjamin__Hi, Im about to ask, my machine aspire one acer running the version of lubuntu 17.04, and lately its getting fast hotter than usual, is there any advice for me to look around anything inside her? thanks in advance :)00:26
Felix__Hello, Hello?01:25
Felix__Is this the place to get help with lubuntu?01:26
tsimonq2Felix__: Yes it is.02:29
Felix__Trying to put lunbuntu on  brand new acer with win10. Made a live USB which works on my other machine. When I try it on the acer, comes up with a blank screen.02:32
Felix__Past the bios, where you'd expect to see all the report text generated with startup, nothing at all. Not a character on screen.02:34
tsimonq2Felix__: How long have you waited at that screen and are you 100% sure that you're booting off of the USB?02:35
tsimonq2Felix__: Also, is that machine i386 (32-bit) or amd64 (64-bit)?02:35
Felix__A few minutes, more than three but less than 10. Pretty sure, Used f12 menu to choose it, there are only two choices and the other is windows boot mgnr. 64 bit system.02:37
tsimonq2Ah, ok.02:37
tsimonq2Felix__: What graphics card is in it?02:37
Felix__... Integrated? It's basically a netbook. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B071Y5SZYR/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 <- link to where I bought it02:38
Felix__tsimonq2: Test?02:40
tsimonq2Felix__: Looking02:42
Felix__No rush, just playing with the chat. Thanks for looking!02:42
tsimonq2Felix__: Hm, I'm not entirely sure what it would be. Try in #ubuntu? :)02:43
Felix__Yeah it's  such a weird problem I don't even know how to describe it to google. I'll check there!02:44
Felix__It was also doing this with parrot linux.02:44
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NinjaKirbyAny one have any advice on multi-monitor setup on Lubuntu 16.04.2 64bit with NVidia Drivers? If I do seperate Xscreens, I can't seem to wallpaper both monitors (and it also duplicates the icons on both screens), and if I do a single Xscreen, a wallpaper will tile across successfully, but the computer boots without the secondary monitor enabled.07:00
NinjaKirbyStruggling to find a combination that just works.07:00
NinjaKirby*Disabled, correction, the secondary monitor is disabled.07:00
NinjaKirbyThat's just thrown more confusion, I said Boots without... so to restate, again; the computer boots without the second monitor enabled. My goodness.07:02
NinjaKirbyUnbelievable, restarting X11VNC annihilates my PC into the equivalent of BSODing.07:39
tsimonq2!nvidia07:41
ubottuFor nvidia and matrox graphics cards, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VideoDriverHowto . For AMD/ATI graphics cards, see « /msg ubottu ati » and « /msg ubottu fglrxmissing »07:41
tsimonq2!nvidia | NinjaKirby07:41
ubottuNinjaKirby: please see above07:41
tsimonq2:)07:41
tsimonq2NinjaKirby: You could also try #ubuntu, those people are smarter than me when it comes to NVIDIA drivers ;)07:41
NinjaKirbyThanks for the support, no joy with the Help documentation sadly. I'll pop over and interrogate them, heh.07:54
dusthow to install the lastet realtime kernel?17:30
Felix_AmoreHi all, I'm struggling to install lunbuntu on my new acer spin1. Made a live usb with rufus and test it on my main pc. Works just fine. In the acer it goes to the boot screen, but the usual text that flashed by on boot doesn't appear.17:53
wxlFelix_Amore: first things first: did you check the hashes of the iso and also check the media integrity?18:02
Felix_AmoreNo and no, I'll go do that.18:03
Felix_Amorehashes of the ISO match on the MD5 & SHA512 level (first time doing that), and used media checker. Both are good.18:13
wxlyou do get the GRUB menu right? where you can choose to check the media, boot the ISO, install, etc?18:17
Felix_AmoreNo GRUB menu. Press f12 to choose the right option from the bios, then nothin.18:21
wxlthat's strange.18:21
wxlit's on a usb?18:21
Felix_AmoreYeah, and works in my other machine.18:21
wxlhave you tried other usb ports?18:21
Felix_AmoreYeah, but I'll try it again.18:22
Felix_AmoreTried on all ports, then booted into windows to be sure it saw the USB. It did without issue. Also I'm 100% fine with just wiping the entire hard drive.18:25
wxlwell it's like it's not responding to the usb in some way18:25
wxldo you have another bootable usb, preferably store bought?18:26
Felix_AmoreNo, but I can make another one? I wasn't even aware you could buy pre-made bootable usb's.18:26
wxlthere's various software out there, not to mention people that offer it for linux18:27
wxli mean even ubuntu has them for sale18:27
wxleverything points at something being wrong with the hardware. i've seen issues where people could get tge GRUB screen but nothing else and that can be solved by tweaking graphics settings but this is different than that18:28
wxlmaybe it's taking a long time to boot????18:28
Felix_AmoreLeft it on the final screen for four hours ish. Nothing at all.18:28
wxljeez18:28
wxlthat's nuts18:28
Felix_AmoreWhat would happen if the hardware doesn't meet minimum lubuntu requirements?18:29
wxlyou should still be able to boot18:30
wxli'm not sure if PAE would cause a problem18:30
Felix_AmoreMhm.18:30
Felix_AmoreIt's a netbook with a 1.1gighertz processor and 4 gigs of ram.18:31
wxlyeah not an issue then18:32
Felix_AmoreI'm really irritated because the hard drive is 32 gigs, shown capacity is 28 and the free space is 18 gigs. And it's brand new! thats 10 gigs of stuff that  I didn't put there!18:33
Felix_AmoreI wanna wipe it and put linux on it.18:34
wxlwell18:34
wxloh wait18:34
Felix_Amore?18:34
wxldoes it have that new garbage windows came up with where you have to have signed software to boot? if so, turning on legacy booting in the bios will help18:35
wxlUEFI18:36
Felix_AmoreCan't find the legacy option in the bios, but did disable secureboot. I'll go look for a legacy option (again)18:36
wxlhttps://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFI18:36
wxlthat said18:36
wxlhere's the crazy idea:18:36
wxlpull out the hard drive. use a USB to SCSI/SATA (depending on what you have) adapter to hook it up to your desktop, then boot the installer on the desktop and when you choose drives to install on, put it on the USB drive18:37
Felix_AmoreIt's a laptop, so I'd like to leave opening it as the last option taken.18:38
wxli hear you18:38
Felix_AmoreWeird weird weird. Works fine on my other machine.18:48
wxlthat's why i'm saying it's likely a hardware issue of SOME kind18:49
wxlmay be related to BIOS, but we can still call that a hardware issue18:50
wxltl;dr it's not a lubuntu issue18:50
Felix_AmoreWell, have any other channel for me to bother then?18:51
wxloh well you're probably just as good here as anywhere else :)18:51
wxlthe only thing i could suggest beyond that is either a channel with more people (#ubuntu or ##linux) or find some support that relates directly to that piece of hardware18:52
wxlbut again, most problems i see with system requirements or driver issues will occur AFTER the GRUB menu. if you're getting that, and you KNOW that the ISO/media checks out, then there's no reason to believe it's related to the software itself18:53
Felix_AmoreYeah, I don't get to the grub menu.18:53
wxlmost weird issues people have relate to hashes and such. so if you got that, you can verify that you have what's been tested as bootable and functional18:53
wxli guess we could have something wrong in the latest dailies, but i assume you're trying to use a released version?18:54
Felix_AmoreYeah18:56
wxlyeah so that's what i'm saying-- it's been tested and the hashes of what we tested are published, so if you're hashes match, you're running what we tested which pretty much removes the likelihood of a software problem18:57
wxlwhich is unlikely to be the issue anyways since it works on your other machine!18:57
Felix_AmoreSo it's just a hardware thing to overcome. Crap.19:01
wxlpretty much, yeah19:01
wxli have to say this is a weird one19:01
wxli've seen cases where certain ports don't work19:01
wxlbut you've checked all those19:01
wxli've seen cases where the boot is super slow but again you checked that19:01
Felix_AmoreI have a history of weird issues booting linux.19:01
wxli guess there's some weird remote possibility that there's some funkiness to the usb that makes it only boot on certain machines but that just seems freaking weird19:02
wxli have seen a lot of diversity in usb hardware, though19:02
wxli know it's supposed to be universal and all, but..... ;)19:02
Felix_AmoreI've tried two USB's now. I suppose I'll try a third laptop?19:03
wxlahahahah19:03
wxltwo different usbs, too, wow19:03
wxldifferent manufacturers/models?19:03
wxli guess if you have another laptop you can verify it on, then pretty much puts the nail in the coffin about it being related to the specific hardware19:03
Felix_AmoreYeah, one is about a year old and one is years old.19:04
wxlis there windows on the netbook?19:04
Felix_AmoreYeah, win10.19:04
wxlhm19:04
wxlmight be UEFI related some how19:04
wxl"if the other systems (Windows Vista/7/8, GNU/Linux...) of your computer are installed in UEFI mode, then you must install Ubuntu in UEFI mode too. "19:05
Felix_AmoreMaybe. I even used the win10 recovery boot from usb method of choosing the usb and had the same result.19:05
wxlyou must use a 64 bit boot19:05
wxland yeah you're supposed to disable all that quickboot BS19:05
Felix_AmoreTried using rufus with the gpt setting, and did download the 64bit version of lubunut19:06
Felix_AmoreNo quickboot, but did disable secureboot.19:06
wxlyeah whatever they call it19:06
wxlwhat about Intel Smart Response Technology (SRT). ?19:07
Felix_AmoreDon't think so, but I'll look again.19:07
Felix_AmoreNot on this machine. It almost looks like it doesn't even get to the bios...19:09
wxlthat's super weird19:09
Felix_AmoreBut when I push the bios button nothing happens.19:09
wxlbut you can, at some point, get to the BIOS?19:09
Felix_AmoreYeah. Press power button, tap f2 and I get bios. Press power button, wait ten seconds, press f2, nothing.19:10
wxlhuh19:11
wxlBIOS is so weird with UEFI19:11
TheSchafdon't blame uefi for everything :P19:11
wxlif the USB is not in, can you get somewhere that will allow you to select a drive?19:11
wxlTheSchaf: i blame uefi for you not shushing it ;)19:11
Felix_AmoreYup. Get into bios as normal.19:12
wxlcuz maybe leave the USB out until you actually select the drive?19:12
Felix_AmorePowered on (USB not plugged in), into bios, choose boot order (USB before windows boot mngr), plug in usb. Nothing.19:14
wxlharumph.19:14
wxli'm stumped, honestly19:14
Felix_Amorehttp://i.imgur.com/1Wvvlvo.jpg <- here's what it looks like, if it helps.19:16
Felix_AmoreThe little blur is a single underscore. Typing does nothing, have to hold the power button to shut it off.19:18
wxlthat's the sort of thing i've seen with a bad download/copy19:20
wxlso to be totally sure, how did you check the integrity of the media itself (i.e. check against a bad copy)?19:20
Felix_Amorehttps://www.ghacks.net/2007/03/26/check-media-integrity/ Followed these directions19:22
wxlhm19:23
wxltry doing this:19:23
wxl 1. boot on your desktop19:23
wxl 2. get to the grub menu19:23
wxl 3. select the option to "check disc for defects" or whatever it is19:23
wxlif THAT succeeds, then i can be sure19:24
Felix_AmoreOkay, thats the machine I'm talking to you from. Be back soon.19:24
wxlkk19:24
Felix_AmoreWould formatting the whole drive maybe make it work better?19:35
wxlhard to say. if it's BIOS-level, no19:38
Felix_AmoreSigh.19:42
Felix_AmoreDoes it matter that the device has flash memory and not some other kind?19:42
wxlshouldn't, no19:42
wxldid you do the check as aforementioned btw?19:43
Felix_AmoreWorking on it. I'm re-making the live USB with rufus and having it check for bad blocks then I'll try again.19:44
Felix_AmoreOn my other laptop, got grub and did disk check and no errors20:02
wxlwell there ya go20:03
wxlhardware :20:03
wxl(20:03
Felix_AmoreNow I have to decide if I want to return it and get a new one...20:04
tester_hello peple20:41
tester_is anybody here =)20:41
wxl!ask20:42
ubottuPlease don't ask to ask a question, simply ask the question (all on ONE line and in the channel, so that others can read and follow it easily). If anyone knows the answer they will most likely reply. :-) See also !patience20:42
tester_ok! i've got oldy nx6310 Compaq with Windows xp sp3. And i've tried to install 32 desctop Lubuntu via CD with downloaded image of it. But computer doesn't see the image, nor via CD nor via flash USB20:45
wxldid you check the hashes of the downloaded iso?20:46
tester_no20:46
wxlwell, then you have no way of knowing that you didn't run into some download errors20:46
wxlthat's always the first step20:46
wxlthis should help:20:46
wxl!md5sum20:47
ubottuTo verify your Ubuntu ISO image (or other files for which an MD5 checksum is provided), see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToMD5SUM20:47
tester_e98bd5f4b750888bcc77f16df79bc77520:50
tester_E:\Downloads\lubuntu-17.04-desktop-i386.iso20:50
tester_is it normal that it's called desctop for notebook?20:51
tester_=)20:51
tester_e98bd5f4b750888bcc77f16df79bc77 should be, but mine is just different on last digit: e98bd5f4b750888bcc77f16df79bc775 / Should i download one more time?20:56
tester_sorry, hash is ok, i checked it. What is the next step?20:57
tester_I tried this version on Virtual box it workes greate!20:59
tester_thank u peple for anwers, at least smth =)21:00
wxltester_: you need ot check for copy errors now.21:03
wxlmy guess is that's what's happening. a bad copy.21:05
wxlhow did you do this?21:05
tester_hash is ok21:06
wxlgot that21:06
wxlthat checks for download errors21:06
wxlcopy errors are different21:06
wxlunless you've checked the hash of the copied image21:06
tester_the hash on the CD is the same21:14
tester_also i tried to load the disk and USB on my Desctop PC, it doesn't load21:15
tester_so it works only on Virtual box21:15
wxlwhat method did you use to copy the iso to the physical media?21:16
wxlalso, how did you check the hash on CD21:16
tester_nero burning21:16
tester_winMD5 sum21:16
wxlyeah i'm not sure it works with windows :/21:16
wxlcan you use the USB or CD to boot on VirtualBox?21:17
tester_yaes21:17
tester_yeas21:17
wxlthen it sounds like the problem isn't the iso and it isn't the media21:17
wxldoes this have a legacy boot option? have you turned off secure boot and all that business?21:18
wxlhow do you know that it doesn't recognize the media? what actually happens upon attempting to boot?21:18
wxlare you sure bios is set up to boot from that device and not some other device first?21:18
tester_right now i also tryed alternative version, checked it's hash, check via Virtial (all works), but not wia my Desctop PC nor via notebook nx6310 nor via flash nor via cd on both mashines21:23
tester_i choose the CD and flash like the 1 and 2, when loading on both machines i see: on nx6310 nothing at all and then loading HDD after 2 min of rolling the CD21:26
tester_and on my new DEsctop PC i see: No  system try another disk21:26
wxlthe only thing i'm not sure of is the tools that you used21:30
wxlyou should be doing a bit by bit copy, not copying the file over to an existing filesystem on the media21:30
wxli.e. the resulting media should be an EXACT copy of the iso file21:30
tester_ok look21:34
tester_https://prnt.sc/g4i0a121:34
tester_on the screenshot can be seen: 1)the checked hash of iso on CD; 2)the loaded VM from that iso from that CD21:39
wxlyeah that's the ISO on the CD21:42
wxlnot the CD composed of only the ISO21:42
wxlrather i should say that the CD should be composed of only the contents of the ISO21:44
wxlto check the image you need to do a hash of the entire media, not just a file on it21:44
wxlif your cd or flash drive or whatever, when you open it up, has a file on it that is the ISO file, you've done something wrong21:46
tester_but 1) how to do such CD/USB and 2) why Virtual Box works fine which that CD??21:55
wxl1. i don't know. ask at ##windows maybe for a bit by bit copy tool? i've heard of people using rufus, but i don't know. dd works best in linux.21:56
tester_and on the screen u can see there only iso nothing else21:56
wxl2. probably because you're not booting from the cd image but booting from the iso file on the image21:57
wxlthe iso is an image. you can think of it like a zip file.21:57
wxlif you see the iso on the cd, then you don't have the contents laid out on that cd.21:57
wxlthe one way it's not a zip file: it contains a filesystem21:57
tester_i booting from disk on VB21:58
tester_look http://prntscr.com/g4iban22:00
wxlright. see the ".iso" at the end?22:01
wxlthat's booting from the iso file which happens to be on the cd22:01
tester_ok maybe22:11
tester_...22:11
tester_QOworks22:21
tester_wxl THANNK U MAN22:21
tester_rufus works22:21
wxlnp22:22
tester_its my 1 lynux22:23
wxlyou're bootin on linux finally? :)22:23
TheSchafso what was his issue?22:23
wxlTheSchaf: UEFI. always UEFI.22:24
TheSchafhehe22:24
tester_wxl u my hero https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6IQ_FOCE6I22:26
tester_have luck!22:27

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