[05:27] Can anyone explain to me why this thing is telling me there was an error on install? [05:28] Failed To Load "overlay scrollbar" [05:35] http://picpaste.com/20171020_003204-dXkK1s24.jpg this is my error [11:05] hi [11:05] i am having some real trouble upgrading to 17.10 [11:05] every couple packages are failing to download with "unable to connect" [11:05] i have already somehow screwed up the software update manager which either reports "up to date" or "partial upgrade" [11:05] right now i'm doing "do-distro-upgrade" or whatever it's called [11:06] but still i cannot download every package and cannot upgrade [11:06] every couple packages there are a couple packages that fail to download [11:06] with "unable to connect" errors [11:06] anyone else having this problem [11:06] ? [11:06] the internet connection is fine [11:08] redblade7, which server are you using for downloads? [11:08] the packages that it skips are not slow or anything [11:08] it skips fast [11:08] i dont know knome, whatever server do-distro-upgrade is called [11:08] for some reason the gui upgrade manager fails to work [11:08] the thing with that is [11:09] a problem i always had with software update manager is that if you enlarge the window a little there's no way to resize it [11:09] if you go to settings -> software & updates, what does the "download from" field say [11:09] so i couldnt proceed with the update and pressed esc [11:09] nothing had downloaded at all [11:09] or attempted to install at all [11:09] but somehow that wont work anymore [11:09] and i have to do that cli utility [11:10] i tried resetting the default servers in settings [11:10] didnt work either [11:11] archive.ubuntu.com the do-distro-upgrade program says [11:12] is it perhaps an anti-dos thing on the ubuntu servers which is causing the inability to download packages too fast or something? [11:12] anything is possible, but i doubt so [11:13] but if the server is the same and the internet works fine and it literally just skips over several packages with that error [11:14] "failed to fetch" it also says [11:15] "do-release-upgrade" sorry [11:15] flocculant, have you seen that stuff happen? ^ [11:16] it's apparently caching the packages with each new try so i can just keep trying until they're all in [11:17] nope - maybe set to a different server? depends where you are [11:18] how do you change the servers? [11:18] redblade7: if it stops again - set server to main in software and updates, unless you are already [11:18] from the GUI i pointed you to (under settings) [11:18] ok [11:18] first tab [11:18] i thought i tried the reset defaults button [11:18] oh [11:18] the first tab [11:19] i'll take a look [11:19] download from: [11:19] as i said... ;) [11:20] didn't read it all :) [11:20] neither did redblade7 :P [11:20] :) [11:20] i'll try flushing iptables too [11:24] everything's finally downloaded it seems and the upgrade started [11:24] good :) [11:24] but i thought it skipped a bunch the last time around [11:25] hopefully it wasnt anything important and can be upgraded later [11:25] this is using do-release-upgrade [11:25] the software update manager was refusing to start sometimes [11:26] strange though that resizing a window would cause so much trouble [11:26] being unable to resize it back [11:26] hello all [11:27] installing xubuntu 16.04 :) [11:27] xubuntu75i, hello [11:27] hi [11:27] had a issue with vagrant and libvirt in ubuntu 14.04 giving a try on 16.04 [11:29] any one here knows apache mesos setup on docker. [11:29] unable to run apps in marathaon [11:36] hi [11:36] the server was set to "main" [11:37] after i upgraded though software updater gave me the partial upgrade [11:37] so i clicked on it [11:37] it failed with the strange message "upgrading from artful to zesty not supported" [11:39] i'm gonna try synapti [11:39] c [11:42] synaptic seems to be working, but at some point got an error icon on the system tray, when right-clicking it gives "error: brokencount > 0" and mentions the need to resolve dependencies [11:43] apologies if i dont give the exact message but the linux computer is in another room and i'm going back and forth [11:47] i get a funny feeling thsi was caused after i set the default repositories when software upgrade manager was refusing to start [11:47] (it was not giving any error message it was just shutting down upon running) [11:53] synaptic is going throuhg a "Trying to recover from package failure" proedure which is allowing me to install maintainer's version of openssh, networkmanager, etc [11:53] and i have my data backed up including those config files so it isnt an issue [11:53] i'd rather not wipe everything out though [12:02] i get all kinds of dependency and sources.list errors [12:02] is there anyway to pretend going back to the original zesty sources so i can upgrade again [12:02] manually set it back [13:08] everything seems to be mostly fine now [13:20] you should not set the repositories back to the old version or you might end up with issues [13:20] keep them with the new version and simply finish the partial upgrade with "sudo apt update" and "sudo apt dist-upgrade" [13:21] well the broken dependencies had come down to iptables-persistent and i fixed it and everything is fine [13:21] software updater works [13:21] one thing though [13:21] i keep getting a message about adwaita not being found [13:21] dont know if i have to reinstall something [13:22] it works fine when set in kde system settings or xubuntu appearance [13:22] but it isnt in kde-config-gtk [13:22] and it gives that message when i try and start systemsettings5 [14:09] Where can I find info on what's new in Xubuntu specifically? [14:13] https://xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-17-10-release/ [14:13] and the release notes linked from the announcement [14:18] Thanks [15:25] What was the command for reactivating 3rd party sources that showed during installation? [15:58] HI. I am trying to install Ubuntu onto my old HP Netbook, to speed it up. I've downloaded the xubuntu 16 04 3 desktopi386 iso torrent. But my netbook can not open it. [16:03] It says "this app can't run on your pc".....hope anyone can help...thanks. [16:12] soft_: For this you need 1.) a BitTorrent client, and 2.) to create a USB stick or DVD using the resulting ISO image. [16:14] thanks krytarik. [16:16] is there a site you would recommend to download it from? [16:18] the getxubuntu page :) [16:18] https://xubuntu.org/getxubuntu/ [16:30] thank you flocculant [20:11] will something wrong happen if I execute # grep -i -a -B10 -A100 'toshiba' /dev/sdb1 > file.txt ? [20:13] it could take a while but nothing will blow up - what are you worried will happen ? [20:15] i dont know, https://superuser.com/questions/150027/how-to-recover-a-removed-file-under-linux list some other commands before that one and I dont uderstand any of them, thus I want to avoid them [20:17] you have to be in single user mode as that post says [20:18] did you use rm or delete it from the file manager ? [20:19] this is to try and recover a file in ausb stick. Somebody I know installed a live cd on it and im trying to recover a text file named toshiba [20:20] it may have been overwritten... [20:20] ok === bazhang_ is now known as bazhang