Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] IRC and Documentation

2010-09-23 Thread Zach Kriesse
On 9/22/2010 6:13 PM, Phill Whiteside wrote: Hiyas gang Before I start this long email, I wish to put on record my gratitude to Nathan (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/nhandler) who along with others does the 'behind the scenes' stuff generally and helps me and the project so much. (hints to

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] UI in French?

2010-09-23 Thread Leszek Lesner
Am 22.09.2010 23:34, schrieb Gilles: At 23:21 22/09/2010, Leszek Lesner wrote: Here are commands summed up. 1. DD (2GB Persistency Image): dd if=/dev/zero of=/media/your_path_to_usbstick/casper-rw bs=1024 count=2000 2. Format the persistent image mkfs.ext2

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Installing Gparted to running USB key?

2010-09-23 Thread Leszek Lesner
Am 23.09.2010 14:03, schrieb Gilles: Hello I need to resize an NTFS partition that contains XPSP3. Since I have a working Lubuntu live USB key, I was wondering if I could just run apt-get to install Gparted and its dependencies, instead of burning the Gparted live ISO?

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] UI in French?

2010-09-23 Thread Goh Lip
On Thursday 23,September,2010 08:55 PM, Leszek Lesner wrote: Persistency(with casper-rw) will save all the changes to files comparing with the live system data. So applications that you installed later with apt-get and even configuration files you created in your home folder. How about kernel

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] UI in French?

2010-09-23 Thread Leszek Lesner
Am 23.09.2010 15:23, schrieb Goh Lip: On Thursday 23,September,2010 08:55 PM, Leszek Lesner wrote: Persistency(with casper-rw) will save all the changes to files comparing with the live system data. So applications that you installed later with apt-get and even configuration files you created

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] UI in French?

2010-09-23 Thread Gilles
At 15:23 23/09/2010, Goh Lip wrote: How about kernel upgrades (as in 2.6.35-22-generic from 2.6.35-21-generic), does that keep that too? If not, how to endure it does or at least how to make sure the new kernel boots up the next time? Apparently, the kernel (vmlinuz + possibly initrd.(lz/gz))

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] UI in French?

2010-09-23 Thread Goh Lip
On Thursday 23,September,2010 09:29 PM, Leszek Lesner wrote: Kernel changes will be also changed but only in the persistency file. As the bootloader normaly searches for a vmlinuz and initrd on the fat32 portion of a usb stick, you need to replace the old vmlinuz and initrd files on your usb

[Lubuntu-desktop] BUG: 10.10 Beta1: MAJOR GRUB ISSUE

2010-09-23 Thread Pierre Yahoo
Hi all, Grub does not detect all partitions possibly because a system has both a rescue partition and a main partition for Windows. Happened to me on 2 Vista machines. Reinsalling Vista did not fix the problem. Also tried to reinstall GRUB and update it without success. Also tried and

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] UI in French?

2010-09-23 Thread Goh Lip
On Thursday 23,September,2010 09:36 PM, Gilles wrote: Apparently, the kernel (vmlinuz + possibly initrd.(lz/gz)) live outside the live root file system filesystem.squashfs, so must be copied manually in \casper after mounting the USB key in the running Lubuntu. I'd also like to know if the

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] UI in French?

2010-09-23 Thread Gilles
At 15:46 23/09/2010, Goh Lip wrote: Hopefully there is no need to do a update-initramfs -u, but I'll watch out for it. What does update-initramfs -u? Wonderful, you gave me an idea. I'll have to give it a try next time. - My Lubuntu is a 'real install' on a usb stick, but I am not

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] UI in French?

2010-09-23 Thread Gilles
At 16:30 23/09/2010, Goh Lip wrote: But just to add or elaborate, what I did was to install Lubuntu like to a hard disk but it is to a usb stick instead. That's the whole explanation. The advantages are that, of course, there is no need for persistent or casper-rw, and things should process

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] UI in French?

2010-09-23 Thread Bob Trevithick
Sounds good. However, the image that is sent to the USB key is the current Lubuntu ISO, while I need to remove most of the items in the Menu, add a couple of applications, so I guess this is not what I need, and I should look at remastering the ISO from the customized, running USB key. I'm

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] UI in French?

2010-09-23 Thread Goh Lip
On Thursday 23,September,2010 10:44 PM, Gilles wrote: Sounds good. However, the image that is sent to the USB key is the current Lubuntu ISO, while I need to remove most of the items in the Menu, add a couple of applications, so I guess this is not what I need, and I should look at remastering

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] UI in French?

2010-09-23 Thread Goh Lip
On Thursday 23,September,2010 10:30 PM, Goh Lip wrote: Giles, if you need further information, please let us know. Ah, I've found an old post that might help... http://www.mail-archive.com/lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net/msg01347.html Regards - Goh Lip

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] UI in French?

2010-09-23 Thread Leszek Lesner
Am 23.09.2010 16:44, schrieb Gilles: At 16:30 23/09/2010, Goh Lip wrote: But just to add or elaborate, what I did was to install Lubuntu like to a hard disk but it is to a usb stick instead. That's the whole explanation. The advantages are that, of course, there is no need for persistent or

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] UI in French?

2010-09-23 Thread Leszek Lesner
Am 23.09.2010 16:49, schrieb Bob Trevithick: Sounds good. However, the image that is sent to the USB key is the current Lubuntu ISO, while I need to remove most of the items in the Menu, add a couple of applications, so I guess this is not what I need, and I should look at remastering the ISO

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] BUG: 10.10 Beta1: MAJOR GRUB ISSUE

2010-09-23 Thread Goh Lip
On Thursday 23,September,2010 09:52 PM, Pierre Yahoo wrote: Grub does not detect all partitions possibly because a system has both a rescue partition and a main partition for Windows. Happened to me on 2 Vista machines. Reinsalling Vista did not fix the problem. Also tried to reinstall GRUB

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Can't login through LXDM but console login *does* work [SOLVED!]

2010-09-23 Thread Hilco Wijbenga
On 19 September 2010 15:44, Hilco Wijbenga hilco.wijbe...@gmail.com wrote: I have installed Lubuntu 10.04 on a laptop and since upgraded it to 10.04.1. At the time that I installed it, I noticed that login didn't work so I set it up to do autologin (i.e. I bypassed the whole LXDM login

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] BUG: 10.10 Beta1: MAJOR GRUB ISSUE

2010-09-23 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Pierre, It's not actually Windows fault on this one (which I know is rare). More and more manufacturers are using hidden partitions as it saves them shipping out a recovery CD / DVD. For the re-installation of the Vista / Win7 MBR and also grub2 have a read of