[02:15] I am having trouble installing Xubuntu 16.04 from a USB on my Dell Inspiron 1501. I first wiped the entire drive with DBAN. I than downloaded the Xubuntu 16.04 64-bit torrent from the Xubuntu.org website. Thereafter, IO used BitTorrent to create my torrent, which I than installed on my USB drive using RUFUS. For some reason the Dell does not want to boot from the USB. Gives me some errors re: APCI, etc. than screen essentially go [02:24] xubuntu33w: Do you have access to another Linux PC? [02:47] I do not. Why do you ask? [02:48] xubuntu33w: It might have been a cleaner way to prepare the USB flash drive [02:48] I don't know what options Rufus provides. [02:49] ...I'm guessing you want something equivalent to "dd", where it just dumps the image block-for-block onto the USB flash drive. [02:52] Not sure what I'm looking for:-). Somewhat of a newby. I had this old Dell around that was not running well and thought I would rehab it for my kids. Did some reading and came across Linux/Xubuntu, so here I am. I have never installed/used a Linux system previously. [02:53] I basically wanted to install Xubuntu onto the Dell, and thought the procedure I noted in my original post was the way to go, but am hitting a wall. I even tried a different USB stick, as I had read that some people have had success swapping one for another. [02:56] Xubuntu is a great choice for young PC users in my experience. [02:56] I've just put it on my daughter's PC again. [02:58] I know. That is what I have read. Which is why I am all the more frustrated:-). I'm no techie . . . but not an idiot either! Maybe Rufus is not the way to go . . . or maybe not BitTorrent?? If you are aware of another procedure/protocol for installing Xubuntu I am more than willing to try. ? Link [03:00] It sounds as though you did this on Windows and I don't have any Windows PCs around to try things on. Let me see whether I can get a checksum for the .iso image, at least. [03:03] Yes . . . I did this on a Windows 10 machine. Not sure what a ' [03:03] "checksum" is . . . [03:03] It's a way to tell whether a file reached you intact. [03:04] or how it would help me, that is [03:04] The larger the file, the more chance there is for something to go wrong during the download (though if you used bittorrent, that may be less of an issue) [03:04] Oh . . . ok. [03:05] ...but then you're on Windows and I have no idea what, if any, checksumming tools that ships with. [03:06] When you launch Rufus, what does it ask you? [03:06] Oh! On the Dell, did you press F12 when you saw the Dell splash screen? [03:11] As you know . . . I wiped the hard drive completely clean with DBAN, soooo . . . When I power it on, I get some DOS text telling me "PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable. PXE-MOF: Exiting Broadcom PXE Rom. Operating sytem not found." Than seems to get hung up a bit [03:12] That's just the Dell trying to boot from the network. [03:12] F12 should give you the option of a boot menu. [03:15] Yes it does. And when I choose USB drive, it looks like it is about to do something (little image of a USB stick and man at the bottom) but than displays some DOS text re: ACPI parse method error . . . or something like that - before screen transitions to black with vertical multicolor lines [03:29] * ball nods [03:30] You may need to change an option in the CMOS setup program but without that in front of me, it's not easy to guess where you'd have to look [03:31] What processor's in the laptop? [03:35] AMD Turion 64 x2. This link seems to describe my problem exactly: https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2283568. Only problem is I do not understand how to implement to proposed solution. [03:39] If Xubuntu has an "alternate" (non-graphical installation) image, you could try that. [03:39] ...otherwise there seem to be incantations you can type at boot: https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1743535 [03:40] Have you considered a newer version? [03:42] Xubuntu no longer carries the alt ISOs, best bet for that route is mini. [03:44] What do you mean a newer version? A newer version of Xubuntu? And what is 'mini'? [03:46] Thanks Unit193 [03:52] Unforunately have to go. Thank you for your help, ball. [03:55] xubuntu33w: You're welcome. Check back here because you're bound to find someone who has more answers. [04:01] xubuntu33w: Ah sorry, that's the minimal installation disk, it downloads everything off the net during install rather than unsquashing a squashfs (compressed filesystem) [17:07] Hi! After upgrading to LibreOffice 6.0.3.2 the LibreOffice Start Center disappeared. Using Xubuntu 16.04. Any solution to get it back? [17:43] tu można po polsku ? :) [19:13] is there anybody that can give me a little hand? [19:28] brian_wilson, try asking the real question and find out? [19:29] that could work, let's see: [19:29] since I've installed xubuntu, I have noticed strange transparent borders on a couple of windows (not all of them), and it's really bugging me, I wish I could understand why it is happening, and maybe fix it... can I send a print that I've posted on imgur here? [19:30] absolutely [19:30] https://imgur.com/a/yo384 [19:30] the calculator is one of the few that has this problem [19:30] which gtk theme are you using? [19:30] this is numix [19:30] nono [19:30] sorry [19:30] just a sec [19:31] Adwaita [19:31] and your xubuntu version is what? [19:32] just realized it disappears if I change it to Raleigh [19:32] 17.10 [19:32] no, I'm sorry, it doesn't actually [19:32] it just gets really small [19:32] i'm pretty sure this happens with gtk3 apps [19:32] I see [19:33] do you have something in ~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css? [19:33] nothing [19:34] I mean, there isn't a gtk.css file [19:35] i'm pretty sure this is essentially the same issue as https://github.com/numixproject/numix-gtk-theme/issues/206 (link has ideas for fixes) [19:35] though it's *really* weird that it happens with adwaita since it's the default gtk3 theme [19:36] do you have some PPAs or have you done any modifications to your system that might be related in any way to this appearance issue? [19:36] no, I really haven't, I installed the system it's been a month or so [19:37] perhaps the file I need to change is the one in /usr/share/themes/Adwaita/gtk-3.0/? [19:37] no [19:37] the one i referred to is a user-specific override file [19:37] the one you are mentioning is the one provided by the theme [19:38] in case there is ever an update for the theme, then you would lose your changes [19:39] besides, doing the change in ~ is better when you want to try if any of the proposed workarounds even work :) [19:40] alright, makes sense ahahahah [19:44] ok, the change didn't immediately fix it, I'm gonna try rebooting [19:48] knome, just to let you know, after rebooting, the problem persists [19:48] it just changed the window borders a bit [19:49] but that transparent border's still there [19:49] but I won't bother about that anymore hahah [19:53] brian_wilson, you could also see if it happens with greybird, the default theme [19:55] same thing [19:55] sorry, I always forget to answer mentioning your username, knome [19:56] no problem [19:56] brian_wilson, what is your window manager theme? [19:57] greybird [19:57] ochosi, ping [19:58] knome, I tried changing it to whatever other theme I had and made no difference [19:58] as well [19:59] I thought this could be something really simple, but I think I'm ready now to live with it, it's not that much of a deal [20:00] it'd be nice to know what is causing that so we do not have it appear again [20:00] maybe if i was able to summon ochosi it could be a quick fix.. [20:03] I'll show up some other time to talk to him, then. I'll have to leave now, gotta go to college [20:03] thanks for the help [20:04] and the attention [20:04] no problem and have a nice day [20:04] thanks, you too [20:24] knome: pong [20:26] ah right, the screenshot [20:26] not a theming issue for sure [20:27] i dunno what version of xubuntu that should have been, but it looks like xfwm4 before it got support for client side decorations [20:38] dipping in a toe for the first time [23:26] I have a question iso is the same as iso archive correct ? [23:27] what's an iso archive? [23:28] noob, you can open it as an archive yes [23:28] it is empty lookin into it after extracting it [23:29] noob, are you in ubuntu? [23:29] noob, you can mount it [23:29] in thunar [23:29] right click and select mount [23:29] no windows try to set it up on a pendrive using rufus [23:29] oh dear [23:30] i just did that in xubuntu, it was a PITA [23:31] 7-zip will let you see it inside, mounting it in windows i think you need daemontools [23:31] so if create a bootable drive using rufus that will work ? [23:32] The iso archive [23:33] if you opened it using 7-zip and it was empty, then the file is probably empty [23:34] looked insideht boot file there is "efi.img" [23:34] try a hash check first [23:37] i downloaded it from a mirror [23:39] its bootable [23:40] https://tutorials.ubuntu.com/tutorial/tutorial-create-a-usb-stick-on-windows#0 [23:42] ahhh looked it up archive is the same a iso image [23:43] thank you for the link [23:43] you're welcome, i had to since i cant help [23:43] yeah I am learning too [23:44] i'm learning from another way XD [23:44] I am trying to install linux on a labtop i5 i think 3000 somthing I forgot the specs [23:44] as in, trying to install windows from ubuntu using a pendrive [23:45] how are you doing it going to the windows creation tool ? [23:45] the specs are the most important part noob [23:46] it has 4 gbs of ram so I was looking it up amd64 iso was the recommanded one [23:46] it is taking so long to make teh pen drive [23:46] i decied to let it check for bac sectors [23:47] i had to install ms-sys, format it as ntfs, set it as bootable, use ms-sys to create the boot manager or... w\e its called and select the correct OS, then i had to install VMBOX because i got tired of rebooting the device to see if it worked, which was another headache its hard for vmbox to mount a physical pendrive on a virtual machine [23:48] well, it could have 4gb of ram installed, the question is if it runs with em [23:48] vm wouldnt that use quite a bit of resource ? [23:48] how will I know if it does is their a terminal command or will it tell me once it starts up from the pen drive ? [23:49] it does, but if you want to see if the pendrive actually worked (quickly), you gotta use it [23:49] but that's if rufus doesnt work, which i doubt will fail [23:50] xubuntu has less bloatware on it compared to ubuntu right ? [23:50] are you wiping the PC you're using now? [23:50] it is leaner yes [23:51] nope trying a labtop [23:51] I saved the windows key jsut in case [23:51] mm [23:51] if the key is the preinstalled one, its not going to work [23:51] my old techy friend ripped me off with labtop but it is good to learn with [23:52] what do you mean ? [23:52] i do hope someone corrects me on this, but preinstalled windows keys only work on that preinstalled windows [23:52] i used a program called keyfinder [23:53] it is different from the actualy one on the labtop which is weird [23:53] well, hopefully it works [23:54] now got ot figure out how to launch from usb haha [23:54] just put it on, reboot, press f12 and select boot from usb [23:55] if it boots you're good if not then something got messed up [23:56] it worked but an error showed up first [23:56] what was it? [23:57] disappeared [23:57] oh well, unimportant then [23:58] 3would you recommand lvm for install ? [23:59] mm [23:59] dont know what that is [23:59] ask in #ubuntu [23:59] it is all good I do not need anything from the labtop anyways