[13:00] <Ughh> Hi everyone, I installed Xubuntu on my new laptop and now I get a boot error on restart and I can't get back in.
[13:01] <Ughh> Gave up waiting for root file system Device. Common problems:--boot args (cat /proc/cmdline)
[13:02] <Ughh> --check rootdelay= (did the system wait long enough?)  -missing module ( cat /proc/modules; last dev
[13:03] <diogenes_> Ughh, could be something with the HDD
[13:03] <Ughh> It's a brand new laptop really this happened to my last laptop too
[13:03] <Ughh> I've tried xubuntu on two laptops now and both have given me this problem
[13:04] <diogenes_> is it lenovo?
[13:04] <Ughh> First one was this new one is axer
[13:04] <Ughh> Acer
[13:05] <diogenes_> is it legacy bios or uefi?
[13:05] <Ughh> Uhh I think both but I only got it to boot under uefi
[13:05] <Ughh> I set it to uefi if that's what you're asking
[13:06] <diogenes_> try to re-install but with legacy bios, uefi off, because uefi is known to create problems on some systems, also backup data first and format HDD to mbr instead of gpt
[13:06] <Ughh> Uhh
[13:06] <Ughh> The later, formatting to MBR instead of gpt
[13:06] <Ughh> Can you elaborate? Never heard of that or those terms
[13:08] <diogenes_> Ughh, first backup data and then go to bio and which CSM or uefi off and turn on legacy bios, then go ahead installing and in the installer you pick Create new partition table and pick msdos instead of gpt, that;s about it.
[13:09] <diogenes_> s/bio/bios*
[13:09] <Ughh> Okay so I'm in bios right now I'm changing to legacy and will make boot order to DVD first as that is what I'm using to instal
[13:09] <diogenes_> ok
[13:16] <Ughh> Diogenes_ I pick use LVM all the same xorreco
[13:16] <Ughh> Correct?
[13:16] <diogenes_> Ughh, you want an encryped partition?
[13:16] <Ughh> Yes fde
[13:17] <diogenes_> then yes but honestly i never encrypt anything so not a great deal of experience with LVM
[13:18] <Ughh> At no point have I ever seen the options you mentoment either
[13:18] <Ughh> Both times installing zubutux
[13:19] <Ughh> I'm guessing it will come up later then ?
[13:19] <Ughh> Mentioned earlier* sorry
[13:19] <diogenes_> Ughh, what options?
[13:20] <Ughh> The msdos instead of gpt
[13:21] <Dojomojo> I have problem in my xubuntu installation... Initially it was working fine but now it has regular issues of keyboard not working .... Touchpad not working and an error message flashes every time i boot into .... Can anyone help
[13:21] <Ughh> Diongenes_ I'm installing now if you gotta help him I can wait
[13:26] <Ughh> Diogenes_ I can't thank you enough by the way for the help you've helped me twice now and we're so patient
[13:26] <Ughh> Were* sorry typing from phone is harder than I thought
[13:27] <diogenes_> Ughh, so it's installing?
[13:28] <Ughh> Yes sir and I did some reading while sitting here I see what you're saying someone else seems to have reported similar issue on Ubuntu forum saying he had to install 2 instances on legacy mode after it failed in uefi after rebooting few times which is what happened to me
[13:30] <Ughh> Diogenes_ I know this is a long shot but you don't think the problem could be me trying to install the .10 version instead of the .4 LTS release ?
[13:43] <diogenes_> Ughh, no clue, i think 10 version should be working fine too.
[13:43] <Ughh> Thanks install is almost done
[13:44] <Ughh> Done!
[14:19] <Ughh> Diogenes_ you here by chance
[14:19] <diogenes_> Ughh, yes
[14:20] <Ughh> Installed updates said it had to restart it did so now black screen on boot :'(
[14:21] <diogenes_> Ughh, try to boot a different kernel
[14:21] <diogenes_> the previous one
[14:21] <Ughh> Sorry ?
[14:22] <diogenes_> Ughh, as you reach grub, go to advanced and there you will be given  list of kernels
[14:22] <diogenes_> pick the one with the lowers version number
[14:22] <diogenes_> and hit enter
[14:23] <Ughh> Ok
[14:25] <Ughh> Diogenes_ believe it or not that worked
[14:25] <Ughh> I had to pick the .10 kernel ?
[14:25] <diogenes_> Ughh, then the newest kernel is no good for your hardware
[14:26] <Ughh> Does that mean I need the .4 release sir ?
[14:26] <Ughh> Sorry I'm still new to Linux
[14:27] <diogenes_> that means you can use whatever release you want but the kernel version must be the one you are running right now, to find it ut run: uname -r
[14:27] <Ughh> Ok
[14:27] <Ughh> How do I always make sure I use this kernel even in future releases
[14:27] <Ughh> Will I have to go-to advanced and manually pick it each time
[14:28] <diogenes_> Ughh, install grub-customizer and there you can setup which kernel you want your system to boot from
[14:28] <Ughh> Seriously thank you so much diogenes_ for all your help
[14:29] <Ughh> One last thing, is using an older kernel though mean my system is less secure or won't support future of?
[14:29] <diogenes_> Ughh, no problem.
[14:29] <Ughh> Os?*
[14:29] <diogenes_> Ughh, not at all, your kernel is having the latest patches so no worres and it's even possible that the further releases will even fix the issue your are facing with that kernel which doesn't work at the moment
[14:30] <Ughh> 4.8.0-10 it is thanks
[14:30] <diogenes_> you're welcome
[14:39] <Ughh> Hey diogenes_ I don't mean to bother but what about using sudo apt-get purge to remove the other kernels and headers
[14:39] <Ughh> Wouldn't that force xubuntu to use proper kernel
[14:41] <diogenes_> Ughh, you can do that but as you have little experience with that, you might get in troubles but in any case, that's how we all learn, 9 times we do things wrong and then finally the 10th time we learn how to do things right.
[14:41] <diogenes_> so no problem with that.
[14:41] <Ughh> I love the way you think!!
[14:41] <diogenes_> :)
[14:42] <Ughh> So diogenes_ I restarted how do I get to the grub loader it does not load automatic
[14:42] <Ughh> I have to hard reset to get it
[14:43] <diogenes_> Ughh, while booting keep the shift key pressed down
[14:43] <diogenes_> and grub should appear
[14:49] <Ughh> Diogenes_ so do I do purge Ubuntu, with Linux 4.18.0-16-generic
[14:49] <Ughh> Cause I got an error unable to locate package Ubuntu with and Linux lol
[14:51] <Ughh> Disregard
[14:51] <Ughh> I had to do linux-image-4 18.0-16-generic
[14:52] <diogenes_> yep
[14:53] <Ughh> Diogenes_ do I need to do a second one to rid recovery mode
[14:54] <Ughh> Disregard
[14:54] <Ughh> Trial by fire prevails again lol
[14:57] <furioness> Hello guys. On 18.10 release is written that have place bug with system tray when u could see 2 network manager icons. So, here on 18.04 I have something that sounds relative - sometimes I don't get all icons. First time (when I had no idea about) I added another sys tram plugin so I could get 2 copies of same icons (and still sometimes 0 some specified), but now I'm using just xfce4-panel/systray
[17:08] <salamanderrake> I don't have/can't find my usb thumb drive, so I first tried to install the install iso onto a partition, then I tried to just put the iso on the partition and mount the iso, the install process was fine until It said I need to unmount /cdrom, why the hell does it need to unmount a partition its not using?
[17:08] <salamanderrake> that whole physical disk/drive isn't being formatted
[17:09] <salamanderrake> I just have my /home partition on it
[17:09] <salamanderrake> and swap
[17:09] <salamanderrake> and now I'm stuck with the installer that won't let me go back or continue or restart the install process over again.
[17:53] <xubuntu22w> hello xubuntu community
[17:54] <xubuntu22w> i'd like to know how to auto login at the start in xubuntu
[17:55] <xubuntu22w> i modified "60-xubuntu.conf" file with "autologin-user=MyAccountName"
[17:55] <xubuntu22w> but it still ask me to login when i restart my computer
[17:56] <Spass> hello xubuntu22w, you need to edit "/etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf" file
[17:57] <xubuntu22w> Thank you for your reply Spass
[17:57] <Spass> and under "[Seat:*]" add "autologin-user=xxx"
[17:57] <Spass> where xxx is your username
[17:57] <Spass> then it should work
[17:57] <xubuntu22w> thanks a lot !
[17:58] <xubuntu22w> btw i'm using xubuntu 18.04
[17:58] <Spass> yes, it should work on that just fine :)
[18:28] <xubuntu22w> Hey Spass , so i create lightdm.conf file because it wasn't there and i wrote the same content of "60-xubuntu.conf" in it and it still doesn't work
[18:29] <xubuntu22w> [Seat:*]
[18:29] <xubuntu22w> user-session=xubuntu
[18:29] <xubuntu22w> autologin-user=MyUsername
[18:29] <xubuntu22w> 3 lines
[18:30] <Spass> this is how it looks on my machine - http://dpaste.com/1HXHCJY
[18:30] <Spass> replace "xxx" and try that
[18:30] <xubuntu22w> you're using xubuntu 18.04 ?
[18:30] <xubuntu22w> i'll try that thank you
[18:31] <Spass> right now 18.10, but it worked on 18.04 too
[18:35] <Spass> and maybe revert your changes in "60-xubuntu.conf" to defaults, so just two lines - "[Seat:*]" and "user-session=xubuntu"