| === lynn_ is now known as gryphon | ||
| defenderoffreedo | hey anyone here? | 04:42 |
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| defenderoffreedo | so i am installing lubuntu right now | 04:42 |
| defenderoffreedo | i have a 500GB hard disk where i just installed windows 10 on a 80GB volume | 04:42 |
| defenderoffreedo | created a 4GB partition (from the windows 10 setup) for swap | 04:42 |
| defenderoffreedo | as the RAM is 4GB | 04:42 |
| defenderoffreedo | and the rest of the space is for lubuntu | 04:43 |
| defenderoffreedo | now should i go for ext4 or ext3 for the main lubuntu space? | 04:43 |
| tsimonq2 | ext4 | 04:43 |
| tsimonq2 | ex3 is really outdated | 04:43 |
| tsimonq2 | *ext3 | 04:43 |
| defenderoffreedo | do i have to format it? | 04:44 |
| tsimonq2 | Plus, swap partitions aren't really recommended anymore over a certain amount of RAM and can even be insecure | 04:44 |
| defenderoffreedo | what do i select as the mount point? | 04:44 |
| tsimonq2 | I'd *personally put /home on a separate parition then / as the main one, but for your setup you should be fine putting / in one partition | 04:45 |
| tsimonq2 | Yes, I'd format it | 04:45 |
| defenderoffreedo | i heard that the swap partition needs to be the size of the RAM if hibernation feature is required | 04:45 |
| defenderoffreedo | what's the benefit of putting /home on a separate partition? | 04:45 |
| tsimonq2 | Hibernation has been disabled as a security measure for a few releases now | 04:45 |
| tsimonq2 | If you're doing a fair bit of development it makes sure that if you have a lot of files in /home that your system is still usable if that fills up, plus you can easily do a reinstall and still have all your settings | 04:46 |
| defenderoffreedo | hmmm i think that sounds like a good idea, how do i put /home separately? another partition? | 04:47 |
| tsimonq2 | Yep, just another partition | 04:48 |
| defenderoffreedo | what sizes do you recommend for the partition? | 04:52 |
| tsimonq2 | I also do this on my systems, although on some systems with little RAM it isn't a good idea: http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2016/01/data-driven-analysis-tmp-on-tmpfs.html | 04:52 |
| defenderoffreedo | i have like 420GB in total for lubuntu | 04:52 |
| tsimonq2 | Whatever you feel comfortable with :) I'd usually put 50-100 GB for /home and the rest on / | 04:52 |
| defenderoffreedo | and as for swap, it is now recommended to not have the swap partition at all? | 04:52 |
| tsimonq2 | Right | 04:52 |
| tsimonq2 | If you really want swap, this is the most secure way to do it: https://askubuntu.com/a/248558/334829 | 04:52 |
| defenderoffreedo | what exactly is the security risk? that someone might be able to copy the swap contents and access everything on the RAM? | 04:52 |
| defenderoffreedo | also, what do i choose in "Device for boot loaded installation | 04:53 |
| defenderoffreedo | "? | 04:53 |
| defenderoffreedo | is it /dev/sda? or the partition where i will install lubuntu (/dev/sda4) or the windows 10 partition (/dev/sda1)? | 04:55 |
| tsimonq2 | defenderoffreedo: Yep, someone can read the swap contentsp | 05:03 |
| tsimonq2 | Yeah /dev/sda | 05:04 |
| defenderoffreedo | ok it's installing now | 05:07 |
| defenderoffreedo | i have lubuntu on one other machine where i was testing it and need to uninstall it there | 05:07 |
| defenderoffreedo | now lubuntu has the boot loader | 05:07 |
| defenderoffreedo | so if i remove the lubuntu partition from windows, what will happen? | 05:08 |
| defenderoffreedo | what will be the way to remove the lubuntu partition and just make it windows safely? | 05:08 |
| defenderoffreedo | any idea? | 05:10 |
| lubot | <tsimonq2> wxl? ^^^^ | 05:13 |
| wxl | tl;dr tsimonq2 ? | 05:14 |
| lubot | <tsimonq2> @wxl, Dual boot Windows and Lubuntu | 05:14 |
| lubot | <tsimonq2> Partitioning | 05:14 |
| lubot | <tsimonq2> Fwd from defenderoffreedo: <defenderoffreedo> so if i remove the lubuntu partition from windows, what will happen? | 05:14 |
| lubot | <tsimonq2> Fwd from defenderoffreedo: <defenderoffreedo> what will be the way to remove the lubuntu partition and just make it windows safely? | 05:14 |
| lubot | <tsimonq2> :) | 05:14 |
| wxl | well afaik windows needs to be on there first | 05:14 |
| wxl | windows is real greedy | 05:15 |
| wxl | assuming the file system can handle expansion, there's no reason you shouldn't be able to grow after removing a partition | 05:15 |
| defenderoffreedo | so i boot into windows, remove the lubuntu partition, format it to ntfs or something, and it should be okay? | 05:16 |
| wxl | and if it's uefi.. sheesh i don't know | 05:16 |
| wxl | i don't do windows | 05:16 |
| defenderoffreedo | what happens after it boots? | 05:16 |
| defenderoffreedo | anyway i finished installing lubuntu on this other machine | 05:17 |
| * wxl shrugs | 05:17 | |
| defenderoffreedo | it said installation finish you can restart | 05:17 |
| defenderoffreedo | but on booting... windows 10 loads again | 05:18 |
| defenderoffreedo | no option to go to lubuntu | 05:18 |
| wxl | ah yeah | 05:18 |
| wxl | welcome to uefi mode | 05:18 |
| wxl | you ideally wanted to have them set up with the same boot options | 05:18 |
| wxl | you basically have two options for booting: | 05:18 |
| wxl | 1. uefi boot | 05:18 |
| wxl | 2. legacy boot | 05:18 |
| wxl | it sounds like you have the former, but probably installed lubuntu as the latter | 05:19 |
| wxl | which means you'll need to toggle bios settings when you load up each OS | 05:19 |
| wxl | https://askubuntu.com/questions/221835/how-do-i-install-ubuntu-alongside-a-pre-installed-windows-with-uefi | 05:19 |
| defenderoffreedo | it's an old machine, like 5 to 7 years old desktop so might not be uefi | 05:19 |
| wxl | read that. they know a lot more than i do | 05:19 |
| wxl | as i said, i don't do windows | 05:20 |
| defenderoffreedo | i used this tool called easyBCD and now i'm booting into lubuntu | 05:44 |
| defenderoffreedo | it showed me the lubuntu boot loader | 05:45 |
| defenderoffreedo | and now i just see a black screen and the mouse cursor | 05:45 |
| defenderoffreedo | is it loading? | 05:45 |
| defenderoffreedo | it worked fine with the live usb boot | 05:45 |
| defenderoffreedo | booted really really fast | 05:46 |
| defenderoffreedo | installing on harddisk, i just see a blank screen | 05:46 |
| defenderoffreedo | rebooting | 05:47 |
| defenderoffreedo | looks like i'm in! | 05:48 |
| defenderoffreedo | yay! | 05:48 |
| defenderoffreedo | i see the desktop but it's not responding :( | 05:48 |
| defenderoffreedo | the mouse cursor is moving but nothing happens if i click anywhere | 05:49 |
| defenderoffreedo | any idea what could be going on? | 05:50 |
| defenderoffreedo | it worked perfectly from the live usb | 05:50 |
| defenderoffreedo | restarted again and it seems to be working but there seems to be some glitches with the graphics | 05:56 |
| defenderoffreedo | ...and it's stuck again | 05:57 |
| arktvrvs | hai question. menu > other is full of duplicates from other categories. i dont know how it got there or if it was always there, but how do i fix it.? | 08:42 |
| === CompuDesktop is now known as Compu | ||
| fishcooker | what did happen here http://vpaste.net/lsFnP | 15:04 |
| arktvrvs | hi, how do i fix or rebuild the menu? all my sound/video apps are duplicated in "Other" menu and theres wayyy to many thing to sift through. Also those generic ones like Xman, can i get rid of those? | 15:52 |
| leszek | arktvrvs: you can install a menu editor like alacarte to edit the menu | 15:54 |
| arktvrvs | thanks, or I can use pcmanfm. I mainly want to know why/how it is trashed and how to prevent this in the future | 15:57 |
| === LaserAllan is now known as Guest57528 | ||
| chrisrlink | hey having issues connecting my ps3 sixaxis via bluetooth in 17.04 | 23:52 |
| chrisrlink | anyone willing to help | 23:53 |
| ibmr50e-sylwek | yo | 23:53 |
| ibmr50e-sylwek | you using bluetoothctl? | 23:53 |
| chrisrlink | lol hang on i think it's working forgot to connect it via usb first | 23:56 |
| chrisrlink | let me configure my emulator now | 23:57 |
| chrisrlink | yeah it works sorry | 23:59 |
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