[23:38] <maxflax> iamwhoiam: the installer didn't like my partitions so I tried to fix that and in the process I had to remove my linux partition
[23:39] <c4rd3> hi
[23:39] <maxflax> iamwhoiam: wanted to try the new XCode which didn't work on my old OSX
[23:39] <iamwhoiam> maxflax: i know i konw :(
[23:39] <UBuxuBU> need help
[23:40] <UBuxuBU> dead hard drive or possible boot sector virus in a windows laptop-i want to install avast into ubuntu and scan the dead HDD to kill virus in windows
[23:41] <UBuxuBU> runnning ubuntu live right now on the dead machine
[23:41] <UBuxuBU> where in ubuntu do i find that dead HDD?
[23:41] <UBuxuBU> dont see it
[23:42] <rypervenche> UBuxuBU: Hi there
[23:42] <maxflax> UBuxuBU: you have to mount it
[23:43] <UBuxuBU> how do i do that
[23:43] <UBuxuBU> where is that part
[23:43] <rypervenche> UBuxuBU: What does "sudo lsblk" show? (put in pastebin please)
[23:43] <UBuxuBU> cuz the drive cannot be seen by windows anymore
[23:43] <UBuxuBU> can ubuntu see it?
[23:44] <skjones> is there still issues with chromium?
[23:44] <maxflax> UBuxuBU: Use Hirens boot cd. have all the tools u need.
[23:46] <OerHeks> maxflax, hirens is illegal, do not suggest it here. use UBcd instead, thanks
[23:46] <friendlyfascism> skjones, depends on who you ask and I believe it has lost support.
[23:46] <jeff_1> Hi, I cannot seem to log in via the window manager, can anyone help me with this?
[23:47] <skjones> friendlyfascism, what does "lost support" mean?
[23:48] <jeff_1> I am not sure where to start troubleshooting this problem, any help along the way would be appreciated
[23:48] <josh> Heya guys
[23:48] <maxflax> OerHeks: ok, sorry. Ultimate Boot cd is good aswell.
[23:49] <friendlyfascism> skjones,  I thought I had seen that the development was winding down.
[23:49] <OerHeks> jeff_1, after typing password, do you return to login? you might suffer this .Xauthority issue >http://askubuntu.com/questions/436925/ownership-of-xauthority-transferred-to-root
[23:50] <Guest24101> Hello Guys
[23:50] <iamwhoiam> OerHeks: an honest question, why is hirens illegal?
[23:50] <jeff_1> OerHeks: No I just checked, I have ownership permission for the .Xauthority file
[23:51] <OerHeks> iamwhoiam, there is a small xp installation on it, and some partitiontools are paid
[23:51] <jeff_1> OerHeks: And yes, after typing password, I just return to the login screen
[23:51] <OerHeks> jeff_1, then i have no clue :-(
[23:52] <jeff_1> Where might I start troubleshooting this problem?
[23:53] <jeff_1> Also this problem just emerged when I installed updates this morning, the updates were to some X11 packages
[23:55] <Maltahl> sorry for write this agian but its been over an hour: i have some problems connecting to a VPN (PPTP) on Ubuntu Server 14.04 i have tried installing the GUI to see if that helped using network-manager-pptp. but when i enter the details are provided by my VPN provider i click the On Switch and then it stays saying not connected. Then when i click the on/off button agian to turn it off it crashes the network-manager
[23:58] <maxflax> jeff_1: When it fails to start X11 it throws you back to the login screen. Had the same problem some years ago.
[23:58] <hans_> hello i have a brightness question
[23:58] <jeff_1> maxflax: how did you solve it?
[23:58] <hans_> xbacklight -set 40% wont work
[23:58] <jeff_1> maxflax: Right now I am trying to reinstall the NVIDIA driver


[00:41] <cdoublejj> that escalated quickly not only did install grub to my ssd it's broke oh well i'll just bootrec it
[03:15] <BenMcLean> hey. i was in here earlier confused cause i didn't know the difference between lubuntu-core and lubuntu-desktop
[03:16] <BenMcLean> So i did sudo apt-get lubuntu-desktop and everything is here that is supposed to be, except that it's not finding any wireless networks
[03:16] <BenMcLean> I was able to get it to detect wireless networks when I installed 12.10 the other day but I need 12.04
[03:16] <BenMcLean> on 12.04, the wireless stuff in the wireless menu is greyed out
[03:29] <holstein> BenMcLean: you can try different drivers for the wifi.. i usually plug them in wired and see if there are any restricted drivers available.. i would also just apply upgrades and see if an upgrade "fixes" it
[03:30] <holstein> could be permissions...
[03:34] <BenMcLean> no restricted drivers
[03:34] <BenMcLean> how do i set permissions?
[03:35] <BenMcLean> apparently, network manager doesn't recognize that I have a wireless device on this machine
[03:35] <BenMcLean> which i found out from nmcli
[03:35] <holstein> BenMcLean: well, you would first need to determine if its a permisions error
[03:35] <holstein> BenMcLean: when you say "wifi access points are greyed out", that doesnt sound to me like it doesnt recognize your device
[03:43] <BenMcLean> here's the results from running lspci http://pastebin.com/bupAsWcF
[03:43] <BenMcLean> i could be misidentifying something but it doesn't look like wireless is on there
[03:44] <BenMcLean> which is odd, because i installed linux using the wifi
[03:48] <BenMcLean> cat /proc/net/dev has lo: and eth0:
[03:49] <BenMcLean> what is the "lo" ?
[03:49] <holstein> BenMcLean: if it were me? i would hook it up wired... check for and apply all upgrades.. reboot, and see if the wifi is there
[03:49] <holstein> BenMcLean: lo = loopback
[03:49] <BenMcLean> ah
[03:49] <BenMcLean> already tried that holstein
[03:49] <BenMcLean> no wait
[03:49] <BenMcLean> how check for upgrades
[03:49] <BenMcLean> its plugged in wired now
[03:50] <holstein> BenMcLean: however you check.. the update manger.. sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get dist-upgrade ..whatever you do
[03:50] <holstein> might be a kernel upgrade that "fixes" it..
[03:50] <BenMcLean> found update manager aleady nvm thx
[03:51] <holstein> sure.. but you need to run it.. upgrade, and reboot into the newer kernel
[03:51] <BenMcLean> it says no updates to install
[03:51] <BenMcLean> rebooting anyhow
[03:52] <holstein> also, if its not showing in lspci, that makes me think its off... by the switch, or in the bios
[03:54] <BenMcLean> just checked bios. no
[03:55] <BenMcLean> i have not found any wifi switch on this machine
[03:55] <BenMcLean> interesting ... now it's saying "waiting up to 60 more seconds for network configuration" during boot
[03:56] <BenMcLean> now it says booting system without full network configuration
[03:57] <holstein> well, that doesnt matter to much, though it is annoying
[03:58] <BenMcLean> now network menu is completely disabled. says "network manager not running"
[03:58] <holstein> BenMcLean: i would run live CD's til everything works
[03:59] <holstein> i usually use those as a tool... otherwise, i would run the 12.10 live CD, run lspci.. and search "ubuntu 12.04 that model card"
[03:59] <BenMcLean> so basically, reinstall lubuntu. AGAIN.
[03:59] <holstein> thats not what i said.. or meant to implay
[03:59] <holstein> imply*
[04:00] <holstein> im just saying, i dont have enough information to help you.. since the wifi device is not even showing up now
[04:00] <holstein> booting a 12.10 live CD would tell you a few things.. is the wifi card still functioning properly? and what is the lspci output?
[04:01] <BenMcLean> this netbook has no optical drive. have to use usb.
[04:01] <holstein> sure.. substitute 'CD" for however you boot isos
[04:01] <holstein> i use USB mostly as well
[04:07] <BenMcLean> k well i'll see what i can do. thx and bye for now. :)
[04:30] <chromeprob> i installed the latest chrome  Version 23.0.1271.64 on 12.04 and the macromedia flash does not appear in plugins! what gives?
[16:47] <jude0> I just upgraded to lubuntu 12.10 from 12.04. My menu no longer shows the all the icons at the appropriate size. Is this a bug, or is there way to fix this? Here is a picture to illustrate also showing .desktop file: http://i46.tinypic.com/10nrebr.png
[18:09] <lucian_> i need help reinstalling windows onto my hp mini i dont have a disk drive and i do have an ISO file and im running lubuntu 11.04
[19:34] <arvislacis> Can anyone help?
[19:35] <arvislacis> With libcatr.acker package?
[20:32] <cdoublejj> i need help removing grub fro my windows install/ssd
[21:03] <hasturanhost> Hi, couldn't resume from suspend in 12.10 and now the task bar isn't displaying... had an error referring to apportcheckresume. Any help'd be appreciated!
[21:36] <cdoublejj> got it al lsorted out
[21:37] <cdoublejj> last night issues were caused by having more than hdd hooked up and not formatting thedrive before install
[21:43] <MroiZo> Hi everybody, can any one help me with a kinda odd problem? I have an external keyboard plugged into my laptop running lubuntu 12.10, but i'm not able to type "@" and other special characters until i type something (anything) on the built in keyboard... (it's an english system, with danish keyboard, lubuntu 12.10)... everything works fine on LinuxMint but as i remember i had the same problem on Ubuntu a while back
[21:44] <MroiZo> I don't even know what to search for on google...
[21:54] <jude0> MroiZo you have wrong layout most likely try: sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration
[22:06] <MroiZo> jude0, well that didn't work either...
[22:32] <jude0> MroiZo, is it possible that the mint version has a newer kernel version than the lubuntu that you are currently running, if so, maybe just trying a newer kernel could fix it
[22:35] <MroiZo> I'll have a look at it tomorrow, my girlfriend tells me it's time for bed :P but thanks