[01:52] <jefferoonie> Hello, has anyone seen where the the only audio available is "Dummy Output", unless I reinstall pulseaudio?  This only lasts until reboot.
[12:17] <Wietse> Hi, I installed Xubuntu on my Macbook pro 2012 but I get a Moklistrt error. From internet I found the following code: sudo su -cd /boot/efi/EFI/ubuntucp grubx64.efi shimx64.efireboot
[12:19] <Wietse> However, I'm booting from a USB, not a CD and the terminal says there that there's no such file. What's the code I need to put in the terminal to solve the MoklistRT error? I'm a total beginner with Linux
[12:22] <diogenes_> Wietse, maybe try this: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair
[14:08] <xtao> i've done a brand new install of 20.10, so there is no old cruft left over from the previous version. a lot of the time when it boots up all you get is a black screen. i have to reboot it several times before I get the login screen. when this happens there is always a .crash file for lightdm-gtk-greeter. and systemd logs show it constantly crashing over and over until it gives up and stops. does ...
[14:09] <xtao> ...anybody else see this behavior? it worked fine on 20.04.1
[14:09] <xtao> i can't see that the issue is user related, as we're talking about lightdm greeter before login even happens
[14:12] <xtao> the log file for the greeter always mentions things like "failed to create scaled font, out of memory" from pango. but it should have more than enough memory unless there is something with a gigantic memory leak using up all the memory as lightdm starts up
[14:12] <xtao> works fine if i reboot it a few times. and right now it has 2.6GB free with xfce, firefox, and xfce-terminal running
[18:12] <jamesprada> Hello. I got some questions. I bought a good laptop (2013) Toshiba P100 but with Windows 7.
[18:12] <gnrp> !question
[18:12] <gnrp> jamesprada: hi^^
[18:13] <jamesprada> Should I install Xubuntu?
[18:13] <jamesprada> !question
[18:14] <diogenes_> jamesprada, it's up to you.
[18:15] <gnrp> jamesprada: I would definitely recommend you to install *something* else than Windows 7. Something with security updates...
[18:15] <jamesprada> But is Windows 7 is as good as Xubuntu?
[18:16] <gnrp> Xubuntu is definitely much better than Windows 7 since it still has support. I would run Windows 7 only if I had a computer that is not connected to the internet
[18:16] <jamesprada> What is oldes machine you saw with Xubuntu?
[18:17] <gnrp> with a 20.10 I haven't seen anything because I did not try. But hardware requirements did not really change over the last 10 years
[18:17] <jamesprada> Mu computer has to be connected because I am web developer.
[18:17] <gnrp> if you have 2G of RAM, the machine should be able to run xubuntu properly
[18:17] <Maik> jamesprada: if it's a 64 bit laptop with a dual core processor and at least 4GB of RAM you should be fine
[18:17] <gnrp> I guess 1G of even 512MB is also fine, somebody else might jump in here
[18:17] <Maik> 32 bit isn't supported anymore
[18:18] <Maik> gnrp: not if you want to run 64bit
[18:18] <jamesprada> I am not sure. Core Duo... It's rather 32bit.
[18:18] <Maik> make sure
[18:19] <jamesprada> I can install older version. I don't need support.
[18:20] <Maik> why would you want to do that, you can't even go on the web with a unsupported old version
[18:20] <Maik> it's just nonsense imho
[18:21] <Maik> if you don't want support and go with a unsupported old version you just could keep going on using W7
[18:22] <Maik> jamesprada: since it's a laptop from 2013 it could be a 64 bit machine
[18:23] <Maik> jamesprada: just give us the system specifications
[18:23] <Maik> CPU, how much RAM, graphics card
[18:27] <gnrp> Maik: To be fair, an unsupported Linux is still so much safer than an unsupported Windows
[18:27] <Maik> never
[18:27] <gnrp> Maik: Ah, ok, didn't know. I totally lost track of 32bit...
[18:28] <xu-irc28w> when trying to install xubuntu 20.10 At the end of the installation, it gives an error: "The command 'grub-install / dev / sdb' could not be executed. This is an unrecoverable error".
[18:28] <xu-irc28w> what can be done about it
[18:29] <jamesprada> Duo Processor T2400 (2M Cache, 1.83 GHz, 667 MHz FSB)
[18:30] <jamesprada> what do you think about this architecture?
[18:30] <jamesprada> It's 32-bit.
[18:31] <Maik> jamesprada:  can you provide us all the system specs asked for?
[18:32] <Maik> jamesprada: or at least which Toshiba P100 it is, there are various versions out there
[18:33] <Maik> xu-irc28w: it's similar to this one i guess https://askubuntu.com/questions/1249410/clean-ubuntu-20-04-installation-failure-executing-grub-install-dev-sda-failed  and all the others that pop up when searching for it.
[18:34] <jamesprada> I am not sure what version it is. I bought it for 35£. I think I did good deal.
[18:35] <Maik> jamesprada: on the bottom of the laptop?
[18:35] <Maik> there's always info to be found there which type it is and even serial numbers
[18:35] <jamesprada> Xubuntu 18.04 is an LTS release which was released in April 2018. LTS means 3 years... And it supports 32.
[18:36] <jamesprada> I don't have the laptop with me yet.
[18:37] <Maik> jamesprada: 18.04 support at xubuntu ends in April 2021
[18:38] <Maik> and looking at the processor it's 32bit indeed, all you can do is switching to Debian.
[18:38] <Maik> bad buy i guess
[18:40] <jamesprada> Debian? Why?
[18:40] <Maik> because they still support 32 bit
[18:40] <jamesprada> Xubuntu 18 also.
[18:41] <Maik> jamesprada: what did i tell you...
[18:41] <Maik> jamesprada: again... 18.04 support at xubuntu ends in April 2021
[18:41] <jamesprada> I forgot.
[18:41] <Maik> scroll back
[18:41] <Maik> just said it again
[18:41] <jamesprada> Okey. And then what... It will disappear?
[18:42] <Maik> then it's over
[18:42] <Maik> no possibility to upgrade, nada, nothing
[18:42] <jamesprada> Can I plug VR helmet to Xubuntu?
[18:42] <Maik> now you're trolling aren't you
[18:43] <Maik> good luck
[18:43] <jamesprada> I am just curious. I will show you what guy who sells this Toshiba on eBay wrote about that.
[18:44] <Maik> no thanks
[18:46] <jamesprada> https://www.irccloud.com/pastebin/QCvwqAos
[18:48] <jamesprada> What's are stress cracks?
[18:49] <Maik> jamesprada: seriously?
[18:57] <jamesprada> No i know that it has 2mb of ram.
[18:57] <jamesprada> Sorry. 1gb
[18:59] <Maik> forget it
[19:00] <Maik> as i said, bad buy... I would have saved my money for something better. good luck with it
[19:01] <jamesprada> Something better? What you mean.
[19:03] <Maik> you spend 35 on a laptop which you can't use anymore, that's a waste of money. Money which you could have saved, put aside some more and then buy a new machine instead.
[19:07] <Maik> but that's offtopic banter and has nothing to do with support with Xubuntu.
[21:59] <iifytxt> i cant change my screen brightness
[22:06] <iifytxt> hello?
[22:55] <jamesprada> hi again
[22:56] <jamesprada> Can I order pendrive with certain version of Xubuntu straight from Xubuntu headquoters?
[22:58] <pleia2> no, we partnered with hellotux.com for this in the past but they don't sell them anymore
[22:59] <pleia2> we're just a bunch of volunteers on the internet, we don't really have HQ or resources for such things ourselves :)