[00:12] <strywgr> why my lubuntu's installation isnt showing my external hdd?
[00:12] <frenchuser> fdisk -l
[00:13] <strywgr> fdisk: cannot open /dev/sda: Permission denied
[00:13] <frenchuser> sudo fdisk -l
[00:13] <strywgr> and 4 other replies
[00:15] <strywgr> /dev/sda1    4096    618495    614400   300M EFI System
[00:15] <strywgr> /dev/sda2  618496 488392064 487773569 232.6G Linux filesystem
[00:15] <strywgr> i guess its not even mounting it
[00:15] <strywgr> i remember it was showing when i tried it on live usb stick ;/
[00:15] <frenchuser> cd /
[00:16] <frenchuser> cd /mnt
[00:16] <frenchuser> mkdir sda1 && mkdir sda2
[00:16] <kc2bez> lsblk will list all block devices
[00:16] <frenchuser> mount /dev/sda1 sda1 && mount /sda2 sda2
[00:17] <frenchuser> mount /dev/sda2 sda2
[00:18] <strywgr> :/mnt$ mkdir sda1 && mkdir sda2
[00:18] <strywgr> mkdir: cannot create directory ‘sda1’: Permission denied
[00:19] <frenchuser> with sudo
[00:19] <frenchuser> sudo mkdir /mnt/sda1
[00:20] <strywgr> mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/mnt/sda1’: File exists
[00:20] <strywgr> this one exists
[00:21] <frenchuser> sudo mount /dev/sda1 sda1
[00:21] <strywgr> mount: sda1: mount point does not exist.
[00:22] <frenchuser> sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1
[00:24] <strywgr> ok did it got no replies this time
[00:25] <frenchuser> cd /mnt/sda1
[00:25] <frenchuser> ls -all
[00:26] <frenchuser> it's your internal... sda1...
[00:26] <strywgr> sudo cd /mnt/sda1
[00:26] <strywgr> sudo: cd: command not found
[00:26] <strywgr> yeah i realized by its name ;/ why my internal hdd isnt loaded
[00:27] <frenchuser> try on other pc
[00:29] <strywgr> it was working just fine on this one
[00:29] <strywgr> tho thr was a mount thing on my lxqt task bar.. i removed it.. did it cause this?
[00:31] <frenchuser> the hard drive's broken?
[00:32] <strywgr> nop it was working just fine on windows 7
[00:32] <frenchuser> ok
[00:32] <frenchuser> sudo fdisk -l show only sda ?
[00:33] <frenchuser> the external is with usb ?
[00:35] <strywgr> yes the external is with usb
[00:35] <frenchuser> sudo lsusb
[00:35] <strywgr> evice      Start       End   Sectors   Size Type
[00:35] <strywgr> /dev/sda1    4096    618495    614400   300M EFI System
[00:35] <strywgr> /dev/sda2  618496 488392064 487773569 232.6G Linux filesystem
[00:36] <strywgr> this is what sudo fdisk -l shows
[00:38] <frenchuser> sudo lsusb
[00:38] <frenchuser> ls /proc/scsi/usb-storage/
[00:39] <strywgr> ls: cannot access '/proc/scsi/usb-storage/': No such file or directory
[00:39] <strywgr> ;/
[00:39] <frenchuser> and lsusb ?
[00:43] <strywgr> https://i.imgur.com/VVwToSV.png
[00:43] <strywgr> to long to paste here
[00:57] <frenchuser> try lsusb with plug disk and without plug disk
[00:57] <frenchuser> and look diff
[01:54] <strywgr> external hdd is fine.. working fine ona windows laptop.
[03:04] <chieta> does anyone here have success story on installing lubuntu on Google Cloud Platform?
[03:09] <chieta> with an X
[03:43] <rtnd0g> hi all
[03:43] <rtnd0g> Does anyone here know anything about Virtual Packages and/or Meta Packages in apt-get?
[04:16] <rtnd0g> hi cyphase
[04:43] <strywgr> i changed os of this machine to work better and now its freezing ;/
[04:46] <rtnd0g> hi strywgr
[04:46] <strywgr> hello
[04:46] <rtnd0g> strywgr: do you know anything about Virtual Packages and/or Meta Packages in apt-get?
[04:46] <strywgr> actually i dont
[04:47] <strywgr> i did a clean install and facing just 2 problems.. everything else is working fine.
[04:47] <strywgr> the first one is that my external hdd is not showing up and the second one is this freezing randomly
[04:49] <rtnd0g> strywgr: sry 2 hear that. i hope everything works out perfectly for you.
[04:49] <strywgr> yeao hoping so
[04:50] <strywgr> so far i dont think its using any less memory thn windows 7 ;/
[04:58] <rtnd0g> strywgr: have you ever used Devuan or Debian?
[04:58] <rtnd0g> they are very similar to Ubuntu.
[04:58] <rtnd0g> but lighter weight.
[04:58] <strywgr> ive not
[04:58] <rtnd0g> and have much larger and more up-to-date repos
[04:58] <strywgr> link me for it
[04:58] <rtnd0g> i have used ubuntu, linux mint, debian, and gentoo.
[04:59] <rtnd0g> and everyones trying to get me to switch to Devuan, which I might do.
[04:59] <rtnd0g> jas
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[08:15] <sk__> hello
[11:58] <hdmdie> F
[19:16] <orion2036> many thanks to all the devs, Lubuntu is a great work, i can reuse old laptops
[21:02] <EllieTheOnly> guys, can anyone help me? i have the most annoying problem.
[21:03] <EllieTheOnly> i CANNOT access BIOS. like, at all. and i need to tell my ubuntu PC to boot from usb...
[21:03] <EllieTheOnly> is there a workaround?
[23:27] <santimir[m]> guys I'm trying to run a program that runs on ubuntu according to the developers
[23:27] <santimir[m]> but I get this error: bash: `/opt/mopac/MOPAC2016.exe: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error`
[23:28] <santimir[m]> EllieTheOnly: why you cant access the BIOS?
[23:28] <santimir[m]> is there a password?
[23:49] <santimir[m]> (I'm running focal)