[02:24] <Guest_71> Umm; Ok. Newbie here. A Law & Politics Activist, I am; dedicated to promoting open-source & free software; But im seriously dysfunctional in maintaining my xubuntu system; & would apprexciate some help doing what i think should be a really simple Re-Install or Up-Date to my system here.
[02:25] <Guest_71> My name is Charles Stewart; & i am in Coleman Texas.
[02:25] <Guest_71> When any of ya-all might get around to it; no big rush or anything here.
[02:26] <Guest_71> Maybe i should explain a few details.
[02:27] <Guest_71> I downloaded the current version of xubuntu, & extracted the files in the directory it downloaded to; but when i re-boot, my ststem is still not up-dated.
[02:32] <Guest_71> Umm; really, my entire system is buggy; & i believe i need to do a complete re-install. I believe i should back-up all of my files; & copy a fersh version of xubuntu to a flash drive; & them just do a complete re-install.
[02:32] <Guest_71> Is there any-one here who might be able to help walk me thru this?
[02:35] <juno> i would direct you to a website that details the process
[02:35] <juno> for instance https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick
[02:39] <juno> it's very straightforward .. once you make your iso stick its mostly a matter ok click OK a bunch of times
[02:56] <Guest_71> Thanks Juno; I am proceeding as you have directed; will take some time here; but will communicate back on how progress is coming along.
[02:57] <juno> another option is to upgrade-in-place for example https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FocalFossa/ReleaseNotes#Upgrading_from_Ubuntu_18.04_LTS_or_19.10
[02:59] <juno> I would still backup your stuff though
[03:05] <Guest_71> Right. And i see the "up-grade in place" option requires a fully up-dated older-version to work from. My system is so buggy that i believe it would vbe better to do it from a stick.
[03:06] <Guest_71> And the question i was working on, is 20.04 the best version to re-install?
[03:33] <juno> I would go to the latest, yes .. 20.04
[03:34] <juno> as long as your machine is not 32-bit
[04:46] <Guest_71> Right; all three of my laptops are 64-bit.
[14:35] <djtravz> Hello, I need to reformat my drive to MBR. If I made a backup of my partition with gnome-disk-utility, would I be able to restore that image once I switch partition tables?
[15:06] <djtravz> im going to try other troubleshooting steps before switching partition tables, i guess
[15:10] <Mark19> Hey! Since I upgrade to 20.04 I'm not able to suspend my laptop. It basically crashes. I did tried everything to look for what's going on but I didn't found answer. I only get an error message sometimes and it says like "Task refuse to suspend". I'm kinda of noob at this so I came for help. Thanks.
[15:23] <Gwalenn> Hi, i have a bug with Xubuntu 20, to launch program at startup. Sometimes it lauchs it sometimes not
[15:23] <xu-help22w> hallo ist deutsch angesagt:-)
[15:26] <diogenes_> Gwalenn, details
[15:28] <Gwalenn> diogenes_: at first I used parameter/session&start for launching guake. Works sometimes, sometimes not
[15:29] <Gwalenn> second attempt I made a link an move it into ~/.config/autostart : not launch
[15:34] <diogenes_> Gwalenn, go to session and startup > applications autostart > add, type the command and give it like 10 seconds delay.
[15:37] <Gwalenn> diogenes_: I did not see a dealy option
[15:38] <Gwalenn> **delay
[15:39] <diogenes_> Gwalenn, add the command like thin: sh -c "sleep 15; guake"
[15:39] <diogenes_> this*
[15:41] <Gwalenn> diogenes_: I try
[15:42] <Gwalenn> diogenes_: not work
[15:43] <Gwalenn> oups, yes works
[15:43] <Gwalenn> I come back
[15:45] <Gwalenn> diogenes_: launch but after a minute
[15:46] <diogenes_> Gwalenn, we put 15 sec delay, you can put 5 and see if works.
[15:47] <diogenes_> sleep 5;
[15:55] <Gwalenn> diogenes_: I put 1 in parameters, but always needs something like 90s to launch
[15:56] <Gwalenn> diogenes_: this is not a big deal, but it is a bug
[15:57] <xu-help22w> i have bad karma, my ex boyfriend was admin, how do i end it
[15:57] <Gwalenn> diogenes_: every time I began a new session I get a pop-up windows tell me I have a software problem but nothing else
[15:59] <diogenes_> Gwalenn, is it upgrade? or fresh install?
[15:59] <xu-help22w> can someone help me please
[15:59] <diogenes_> xu-help22w, ask
[16:00] <Gwalenn> no fresh install
[16:00] <xu-help22w> i want admin rights what should i do
[16:01] <diogenes_> Gwalenn, where is the comma?
[16:01] <xu-help22w> so far only been user
[16:02] <diogenes_> xu-help22w, what admin rights?
[16:02] <xu-help22w> xubuntu
[16:03] <diogenes_> xu-help22w, what you wanna do?
[16:04] <xu-help22w> install win 7 as sacond
[16:06] <diogenes_> xu-help22w, don't do that.
[16:06] <Gwalenn> diogenes_: ?
[16:09] <xu-help22w> why not? i need win 7 to make tax declaration
[16:11] <diogenes_> xu-help22w, because the recommended way is to install win firts and linux second, otherwise it requires knowledge to install win second.
[16:11] <xu-help22w>  german general finanzial office work only with windows
[16:11] <Gwalenn> diogenes_: I try this in guake.desktop : adding quake-Autostart-Delay in my Guake.Desktop files, but do the same thing
[16:12] <diogenes_> xu-help22w, is that an exe program?
[16:13] <diogenes_> Gwalenn, no clue i never used guake.
[16:13] <xu-help22w> i try to do it via usb
[16:14] <diogenes_> xu-help22w,  i mean why you can't do taxes on linux.
[16:15] <Gwalenn> diogenes_: it is not only a problem with guake
[16:18] <xu-help22w> The tax return is made once a year and transferred to the tax office. now i am doing it for the first time with xubuntu and i cannot log in. this is only possible with windows computers
[16:20] <diogenes_> xu-help22w, what error do you get when you try to login?
[16:23] <Gwalenn> diogenes_: anyway, i came back to standard without delay and works. It stays as this. Thanks
[16:23] <xu-help22w> I need five different encryption keys to identify myself. Only then can I transfer my data, so it is easier to install win 7
[16:24] <xu-help22w> I wanted to do that somehow, now I have to
[16:24] <diogenes_> xu-help22w, you don't need administration password to install win.
[16:25] <xu-help22w> nice:-) and what shell i do
[16:26] <diogenes_> xu-help22w, do you have usb with win?
[16:29] <xu-help22w> formated and unetbootin-windows-677.exe
[16:30] <diogenes_> xu-help22w, you need a windows iso.
[16:31] <xu-help22w> is downloaded on laptop
[16:34] <diogenes_> xu-help22w, this is how you do it https://itsfoss.com/bootable-windows-usb-linux/
[16:35] <diogenes_> after that you create some free space on HHD and that's it.
[16:35] <diogenes_> i need to go niw, good luck.
[18:04] <v1adimir> not tested yet, some new bootable-USB tool: https://www.ventoy.net/en/
[18:05] <v1adimir> (although nothing beats the good ol' Rufus. :))
[18:07] <v1adimir> WHOA, since *when* did Etcher get to be +100MB :o https://www.balena.io/etcher/
[18:07] <v1adimir> ??
[20:05] <coconut> Hi. I bought myself an new thinkpad with uhd screen. Booted xubunt 20.04 with an usb, but anything on the screen is way to small with it. Anything i can do about that?
[20:45] <v1adimir> coconut: yeah, on Windows for example there's "Scale and layout", however on *nix this can be a pain!..:) https://ibb.co/ymzTs50
[20:47] <v1adimir> perhaps there's an answer in a query like this, https://duckduckgo.com/?q=xubuntu+equivalent+of+windows+graphics+scale+and+layout
[20:48] <v1adimir> *with xorg: 1) https://askubuntu.com/questions/472262/adapt-ubuntu-to-a-high-dpi-resolution-screen && 2) https://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?id=7734
[20:50] <well_laid_lawn> he left
[20:50] <v1adimir> jesus.
[20:51] <v1adimir> .. I swear I had checked. :/
[20:51] <well_laid_lawn> !tab
[20:51] <v1adimir> ^^ right, yes! I did. xD
[20:51] <v1adimir> hm
[20:51] <well_laid_lawn> I use the tab key to check
[20:52] <v1adimir> (ugh, that first line - he was still around. pfft. :))
[20:53] <v1adimir> plus, I have a script.. wonder why it didn't trigger. :f
[22:29] <RoadRunner> Problems with creation of persistent live usb drives.  Tried with mkusb; the usb drive produced boots win comps but not a dual boot win/xubuntu comp. Tried with diogenes_ instructions from here: http://dpaste.com/2KV47GY and got these errors: https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/YG29Pr2XQz/ help?
[23:35] <n-iCe> hi
[23:41] <Celso> hello