| xu-irc18w | Hi. I'm installing Linux on a Chromebook for a friend. It doesn't seem to have enough RAM for the GUI installers. I was trying to install Ubuntu-mate first, but I can't figure out how to get into a text mode installer. Does Xbuntu have a text installer? | 03:42 |
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| xu-irc18w | PS I didn't see any users in the #Ubuntu-Mate room | 03:43 |
| repencha | Gday boys | 08:29 |
| repencha | So I am currently installing Xubuntu, and am finding that the installer seems to either be really reall slow, or pause randomly during installation | 08:29 |
| repencha | I started installing around 11am, and it is now 4:30pm, still installing | 08:30 |
| repencha | This installation is a partition onto a 64gb thumb-drive | 08:31 |
| bodiccea | Which usb level do you have ? PS port and thumb-drive ? | 08:34 |
| bodiccea | PC | 08:34 |
| repencha | How do I find out? And do you just mean a standard blue usb port?\ | 08:37 |
| pmjdebruijn | repencha: are you sure the thumbdrive you're installing too is ok? | 08:37 |
| pmjdebruijn | repencha: blue usually means USB 3.0, but that doesn't matter if the thumbddrive is 2.0 | 08:38 |
| pmjdebruijn | repencha: did you check 'dmesg', to see if there are any weird messages there? | 08:39 |
| repencha | So the USB I am partitioning onto is called a Cruzer Blade 64gb (USB 2.0) | 08:42 |
| pmjdebruijn | repencha: so it's an older slower drive | 08:45 |
| repencha | https://pastebin.com/raw/Q6d2tkHq | 08:45 |
| repencha | I apologies for using pastebin but this version has no ads | 08:45 |
| pmjdebruijn | no prob | 08:45 |
| pmjdebruijn | that looks fine, ish... i'm not that familiar with nouveau | 08:46 |
| repencha | So you guys think the problem is the outdated usb? I mean it's been going for 5 hours, usually it takes about 30 minutes | 08:52 |
| bodiccea | On same key ? | 08:57 |
| repencha | What does that mean? | 08:57 |
| bodiccea | you said usually it takes 30 min, on same thumb drive ? | 08:58 |
| pmjdebruijn | repencha: 5 hours is excessive on anything really | 08:59 |
| pmjdebruijn | repencha: but how old is that thumbdrive? just because dmesg doesn't show anything doesn't mean the drive is reliably/fast | 09:00 |
| repencha | Usually takes 30 minutes to install to a standard SSD, I have never attempted to install xubuntu onto this thumb-drive before | 09:00 |
| repencha | Could you please reword that pmj? "dmesg doesnt show anything doesnt mean the drive is reliable/fast" | 09:01 |
| repencha | I did post the pastebin | 09:01 |
| pmjdebruijn | the dmesg does not show your usb drive is broken in an obvious way | 09:02 |
| pmjdebruijn | but that doesn't mean it's not broken | 09:02 |
| pmjdebruijn | if you're used taht drive a lot already, it may be toward the end of it's lifecycle, and thus now performing poorly | 09:03 |
| pmjdebruijn | also, have you tried installing on a diferent usb drive? | 09:03 |
| repencha | I bought it fresh from the store at the start of the year | 09:03 |
| pmjdebruijn | at least then you know whether it's the drive or not, or whether you're hitting some generic installer bug that only shows up with usb drives or something | 09:03 |
| repencha | I don't currently have any other 64gb USB's available to stress test this problem on | 09:03 |
| pmjdebruijn | installing to a usb drive is not exactly common | 09:03 |
| pmjdebruijn | you don't need a 64gb drive to test this | 09:04 |
| pmjdebruijn | 16 would probably would too, i'm guessing | 09:04 |
| repencha | Uploaded file: https://uploads.kiwiirc.com/files/24587ee78d6f690cfc09d04388285c2d/image.png | 09:04 |
| repencha | Can you guys just pray to the tech gods this stops taking for ever | 09:06 |
| pmjdebruijn | again installing to a usb drive isn't exactly the most common usecase | 09:07 |
| repencha | I am very poor, I have to pay for all my dental bills and landre addiction, I can't exactly afford a second Hard-drive | 09:10 |
| pmjdebruijn | why do you think you need a second harddisk, you can just partition the one you have | 09:19 |
| pmjdebruijn | though that must be done rather carefully | 09:19 |
| pmjdebruijn | if there's adata on it ofcourse | 09:19 |
| pmjdebruijn | the other option would be to run xubuntu in a VM in your other OS, as opposed to running it on bare metal | 09:21 |
| opios | hi | 11:06 |
| opios | i want to hide the menubar of my terminal, i can make it disapear but when i open new terminal its still there | 11:07 |
| bodiccea | which terminal? In Gnome Terminal, it is in Preferences/General | 11:42 |
| opios | bodiccea: yes but i doesnt keep the setting | 11:49 |
| opios | if i open new gnome terminal i still have menubar | 11:49 |
| diogenes_ | opios, first you need to close all the instances of the terminal and re-open a new one. | 12:00 |
| opios | i have one open to change the config , then close it and reopen and i still have the menu bar | 12:00 |
| bodiccea | opios, diogenes_, strange. I did not have to close all terminals: As soon as I did uncheck the options in prefs, new terminals did not have menubar. | 12:12 |
| opios | bodiccea: it seems to be working now | 12:12 |
| bodiccea | I mean "real new terminal", not new window from a terminal. | 12:13 |
| opios | i might be doing something wrong | 12:13 |
| bodiccea | ok. | 12:13 |
| opios | how can i use xterm font in gnome terminal? | 12:13 |
| bodiccea | I don't know this font. If it is in list, yes. | 12:16 |
| bodiccea | Just for info, I use "DejaVu Sans Mono Book", which is nice (for me). | 12:17 |
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| bloompa | hello | 17:04 |
| charles | hi | 21:42 |
| charles | who is there | 21:43 |
| juno | I lost my network indicator in the main panel (panel 0) .. How do I get it back? I don't see it in 'Add New Items ...' | 22:45 |
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| krytarik | juno: That would be "nm-applet" | 23:02 |
| juno | krytarik, interesting .. ps shows that running but I don't see it | 23:24 |
| krytarik | juno: Did you relogin since? Otherwise, try killing and restarting it. | 23:27 |
| juno | krytarik, so I just added a new notification area to the panel and the applet is now visible on the new panel .. strange | 23:31 |
| juno | well it works now .. thank you for the help | 23:32 |
| krytarik | Okey dokey. | 23:33 |
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