Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Fwd: Changes in Ubuntu releases decided by the Ubuntu Technical Board

2013-03-30 Thread Nio Wiklund
since few days already :) This is my page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad If you are interested and want to join me with this HOLY MISSION (:P), you are most welcome and can contact me anytime :) On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 12:03 AM, Nio Wiklund nio.wikl...@gmail.com mailto:nio.wikl

Re: End Of Life..

2013-03-30 Thread Nio Wiklund
There is a complication to continue with Ubuntu 10.04 desktop. Those packages not included in the server edition won't receive any updates (not even security updates) which was also discussed in the following link http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1954702 Each user can select to upgrade

Re: End Of Life..

2013-03-30 Thread Nio Wiklund
rather than sad ;) I hope I explained that well :) Thanks! On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 8:02 PM, Nio Wiklund nio.wikl...@gmail.com mailto:nio.wikl...@gmail.com wrote: There is a complication to continue with Ubuntu 10.04 desktop. Those packages not included in the server edition

Re: YouTube on Lubuntu 12.04

2013-04-03 Thread Nio Wiklund
It is hard or impossible to install Lubuntu (any Ubuntu desktop flavour) from the desktop iso with less than 768 MB RAM, even if it works well to run a live session. Install from the alternate iso :-) On 2013-04-03 14:24, Tracer wrote: - Original Message - From: Ali Linx (amjjawad) Hi

Re: YouTube on Lubuntu 12.04

2013-04-03 Thread Nio Wiklund
I makes me sad, that the Ubuntu guy gave you such an answer :-( I suggest that you try updating with terminal window commands sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade and when necessary sudo apt-get dist-upgrade Good luck :-) Nio On 2013-04-03 21:17, Aere Greenway wrote: On 04/03/2013 11:44

Re: Lubuntu System Requirement

2013-04-04 Thread Nio Wiklund
tests were done on 3 different machines. The Live Session doesn't require so much RAM on my tests. Maybe, just maybe it depends on the hardware but again, I have many machines and I have tested that on each one :) On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 7:53 PM, Nio Wiklund nio.wikl...@gmail.com

Re: Lubuntu System Requirement

2013-04-04 Thread Nio Wiklund
requirement for Lubuntu 10.04 is not the same as 12.04 :) Thank you! On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 2:19 PM, Nio Wiklund nio.wikl...@gmail.com mailto:nio.wikl...@gmail.com wrote: Yes amjjawad, at least hard ;-) Maybe easy for a guru, but hard for me. My experience (with Lubuntu

Re: Lubuntu System Requirement

2013-04-04 Thread Nio Wiklund
Hi Lars! Do you mean Chrome (proprietary) or Chromium-browser or Chromium (another program)? My experience is that Lubuntu 12.04 works well with the default Chromium-browser and 1 GB RAM. Now I have 1.25 GB. But I like Firefox better (probably because I'm more used to it). We may have different

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Fwd: Help - Beta2 installation Failed

2013-04-06 Thread Nio Wiklund
Hi Ali I don't understand your problem making install USB drives. Please explain! I've done some testing of the lubuntu raring beta2 desktop 32-bit iso (and reported it to the qa tracker). I have made a CD with k3b, a live USB cloned with dd, and live/persistent live USB drives with

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Fwd: Help - Beta2 installation Failed

2013-04-06 Thread Nio Wiklund
the message Press Enter, and there, press Enter. I hope this helps. Ioannis Vranos http://www.cppsoftware.net On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 10:02 PM, Nio Wiklund nio.wikl...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Ali I don't understand your problem making install USB drives. Please explain! I've done some

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Fwd: Help - Beta2 installation Failed

2013-04-06 Thread Nio Wiklund
will help you with it. Perhaps it is Upstart's bug. Ioannis Vranos http://www.cppsoftware.net On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 10:02 PM, Nio Wiklund nio.wikl...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Ali I don't understand your problem making install USB drives. Please explain! I've done some testing

Re: Intel Graphics on 13.04

2013-04-07 Thread Nio Wiklund
Hi Aere and Ali, I'm testing the same graphics problem in an old IBM Thinkcentre with 'VGA compatible controller, Intel Corporation 82865G Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])'. The driver reported by lshw is the same as yours Ali, i915. And I have the same ugly

Lubuntu installation test

2013-04-08 Thread Nio Wiklund
Hello everybody :-) This is a short report of a Lubuntu installation from the desktop iso file (32-bit daily). The target machine was delivered in April 2008 by a small vendor of computers with Ubuntu preinstalled. It came with Ubuntu 7.10, but I soon upgraded to 8.04 LTS. See this link.

Re: Skype Problem

2013-04-22 Thread Nio Wiklund
+1 Maybe the microphone is picking up noise and turns itself down unless you turn off that automatic option. If you are using a built in microphone, try with a head-set instead. Best regards Nio On 2013-04-22 00:19, Ioannis Vranos wrote: Hi Ali, Skype has an option Allow Skype to

Re: virtual machine manager ?

2013-04-22 Thread nio wiklund
Which virtual machine manager? Did you try to change between nat and bridged internet connection? 2013/4/22 Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen kjetil1...@gmail.com I installed virtual machine manager in 13.04 raring-ringtail. Tried to install debian wheezy inside, work, except network does not work

Re: Doc: A guide for porting Gtk+ applications to Qt

2013-04-25 Thread Nio Wiklund
Hi PCMan, usb-creator-gtk doesn't work in Lubuntu Raring, but usb-creator-kde works. I tested it right now: In an installed Lubuntu Raring session, I installed usb-creator-kde, and made a persistent live USB pendrive. I tested the pendrive and it works. Is usb-creator-kde made with Qt? Do you

make new Lubuntu versions cooperate with Pentium M

2013-04-25 Thread Nio Wiklund
Hi Julien, Now, that we have launched Raring, it's time to start thinking about the future of Lubuntu :-) One thing that I hope we can achieve, is to make the next version able to cooperate with Pentium M, that has no pae flag, but still the ability to run i686-pae kernels of *ubuntu. I have

Re: Roadmap for Lubuntu

2013-04-26 Thread Nio Wiklund
On 2013-04-26 23:30, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote: 1- My Huge Plan: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/CommunicationsTeam/WOWLubuntu#The_Huge_Project_-_Start_Lubuntu Yes, I agree 'We believe that Lubuntu will be the perfect candidate to replace XP. These machines which eventually will breathe Linux

make the i386 *buntu version check for UEFI

2013-04-27 Thread Nio Wiklund
sanderj@ubuntuforums suggests 'http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop indeed says If you have a PC with the Windows 8 logo or UEFI firmware, choose the 64-bit download.. I would find it useful if the i386 Ubuntu version would check for UEFI, and if so, bail out and advice the 64-bit version. Just

Re: make the i386 *buntu version check for UEFI

2013-04-27 Thread Nio Wiklund
On 2013-04-27 10:31, Nio Wiklund wrote: sanderj@ubuntuforums suggests 'http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop indeed says If you have a PC with the Windows 8 logo or UEFI firmware, choose the 64-bit download.. I would find it useful if the i386 Ubuntu version would check for UEFI, and if so

Re: make new Lubuntu versions cooperate with Pentium M

2013-04-28 Thread Nio Wiklund
issues reported some time on the thread), is to report a bug on the kernel, so it can set properly the pae flag itself. Regards, Julien Lavergne 2013/4/25 Nio Wiklund nio.wikl...@gmail.com: Hi Julien, Now, that we have launched Raring, it's time to start thinking about the future

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] make new Lubuntu versions cooperate with Pentium M

2013-04-28 Thread Nio Wiklund
Hi Lance, Am I trying to swim in too deep water? And yes, I know that the non-pae kernel was re-activated for Lubuntu and Xubuntu 12.04, but abandoned after 12.04. I was thinking this fix could keep the Pentium Ms running for a few more years with Lubuntu. I think work-arounds like starting

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] make new Lubuntu versions cooperate with Pentium M

2013-04-29 Thread Nio Wiklund
/CommunicationsTeam/WOWLubuntu/StartLubuntu We should start discussing it. Clock is ticking :D Thank you! On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 7:22 PM, Nio Wiklund nio.wikl...@gmail.com mailto:nio.wikl...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Julien, Now, that we have launched Raring, it's time to start thinking

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] make new Lubuntu versions cooperate with Pentium M

2013-04-30 Thread Nio Wiklund
/StartLubuntu We should start discussing it. Clock is ticking :D Thank you! On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 7:22 PM, Nio Wiklund nio.wikl...@gmail.com mailto:nio.wikl...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Julien, Now, that we have launched Raring, it's time to start

Lubuntu 13.04 'Raring' for Pentium M CPUs

2013-04-30 Thread Nio Wiklund
Hello everybody, I think it will be hard to make the devs accept the small fix in the general code of *ubuntu to make it possible to install into a computer with Pentium M CPU. But it works with a system, that is installed in a modern computer, and ported to the Pentium M as a USB drive or cloned

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Lubuntu 13.04 'Raring' for Pentium M CPUs

2013-05-01 Thread Nio Wiklund
://phillw.net/isos/ On 30 April 2013 20:41, Nio Wiklund nio.wikl...@gmail.com wrote: Hello everybody, I think it will be hard to make the devs accept the small fix in the general code of *ubuntu to make it possible to install into a computer with Pentium M CPU. But it works with a system

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Lubuntu 13.04 'Raring' for Pentium M CPUs

2013-05-01 Thread Nio Wiklund
documentation, name it etc. Regards, Phill. 1. http://phillw.net/isos/ On 30 April 2013 20:41, Nio Wiklund nio.wikl...@gmail.com wrote: Hello everybody, I think it will be hard to make the devs accept the small fix in the general code of *ubuntu to make it possible to install into a computer

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Lubuntu 13.04 'Raring' for Pentium M CPUs

2013-05-02 Thread Nio Wiklund
situation. Regards, Phill. On 2 May 2013 04:19, Nio Wiklund nio.wikl...@gmail.com mailto:nio.wikl...@gmail.com wrote: [feedback] Hi Julien and Phill, I think Lubuntu 13.04 'Raring' for Pentium M CPUs is a good alternative for a fresh install (instead

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Fwd: GRUB2/ISO Boot

2013-05-05 Thread Nio Wiklund
Hi amjjawad, I use this method to boot from downloaded iso files stored on a HDD. The method works well with some iso files, for example Ubuntu 10.04 and newer. But it does not work (at least I don't know how to do it with several other iso files). I learned this method from a post by jerrylamos

preliminary Lubuntu-fake-PAE wiki page

2013-05-08 Thread Nio Wiklund
Hi Phill, Please visit the preliminary wiki page https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu-fake-PAE and tell me what you think. I have deliberately avoided to copy the full instructions to the page, because I want to show that it is preliminary (like a beta release). If you suggest that I put

Re: [Pentium M] Poll

2013-05-09 Thread Nio Wiklund
On 2013-05-09 12:52, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote: Dear all, We are running a survey/poll to find out: *How Many Users are having Pentium M CPU?* - If you are in Linux, please run this command in your Terminal to find out whether you do have a Pentium M CPU or not: cat /proc/cpuinfo

Re: Lubuntu-13.04-fake-PAE

2013-05-10 Thread Nio Wiklund
, Iberê Fernandes wrote: question: i have a celeron M 1.2 GHz (yes, i know it's almost 10 years old) with no pae and physical address size reports 32 bits. will any of the methods work for me before i start poking around my perfect working Lubuntu 12.04? tks! iberê 2013/5/10 Nio Wiklund

Instructions for Lubuntu-fake-PAE at the wiki

2013-05-12 Thread Nio Wiklund
Hello again, The instructions for Lubuntu-fake-PAE at the wiki are improved. Text is added and changed. Screendump pictures are included. Best regards Nio -- The instructions for Lubuntu-fake-PAE are at the wiki now. I have converted the README files to new wiki pages and modified the original

Re: Lubuntu Manual - Getting Started With Lubuntu

2013-05-12 Thread Nio Wiklund
On 2013-05-12 19:53, Yorvyk wrote: Anybody up for creating a Lubuntu version of http://ubuntu-manual.org/ ? The team that produce this have made a rather nice job of it and produced some useful tools to assist the process. As it's licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike we

Re: Thunderbird Mail Experience

2013-05-15 Thread Nio Wiklund
On 2013-05-15 19:33, Aere Greenway wrote: On 05/15/2013 11:28 AM, Aere Greenway wrote: On 05/15/2013 11:19 AM, Aere Greenway wrote: The only problem I have observed, is what appears in the indented line below. In that line, I selected the word bold and changed it to bold emphasis, and it

Re: Lubuntu DVD

2013-05-25 Thread Nio Wiklund
I support the idea to keep focus on a Lubuntu CD size iso file, and to make it good. Best regards Nio On 2013-05-25 16:52, Phill Whiteside wrote: I forgot about the codecs issue[1]. LXLE has the warning on the web-site about them, but he could still get complained about. Lubuntu is now the

an iso for 'all' intel/amd computers

2013-05-25 Thread Nio Wiklund
Hi everybody, I suggest that we try to make a Lubuntu iso file, that can boot in 'all' computers with intel/amd CPUs. It used to be possible with 32-bit systems, but now there are more and more UEFI systems, which need a 64-bit version to boot. Many of them can be switched between UEFI and CSM,

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] an iso for 'all' intel/amd computers

2013-05-25 Thread Nio Wiklund
On 2013-05-25 19:11, Yorvyk wrote: On 25/05/13 16:59, Nio Wiklund wrote: Hi everybody, I suggest that we try to make a Lubuntu iso file, that can boot in 'all' computers with intel/amd CPUs. Why? I fail to see any benefit from this. I think it is good to have a portable live or persistent

Re: HP Pavilion DV6 Laptop - does it hate Linux?

2013-05-31 Thread Nio Wiklund
Hi amjjawad, Can you see any difference between different versions: 12.04, 12.10, 13.04? I have a newer i5 cpu, and I see very little difference between Lubuntu and Ubuntu speed, like you do. However, I do no not notice any bad performance or overheating. Maybe the cooperation between the

Re: Chromium vs Firefox : Need testimonies

2013-05-31 Thread Nio Wiklund
On 2013-05-31 19:53, Julien Lavergne wrote: So, if you have feedback on using both browsers, please bring it to us :-) But please, keep the discussion on this topic (feedback on low spec hardware). I prefer Firefox in general (maybe because I am more used to it) but I use both. Sometimes it is

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] [LTS] I'm very confused

2013-06-06 Thread nio wiklund
Thank you for making it clear :-) 2013/6/6 Yorvyk yorvik.ubu...@googlemail.com On 06/06/13 12:34, Nio Wiklund wrote: On 2013-06-06 12:37, Yorvyk wrote: On 06/06/13 04:54, nio wiklund wrote: What is your advice in the particular case of Lubuntu 12.04? What should I recommend after

Re: zRAM

2013-06-08 Thread Nio Wiklund
On 2013-06-08 20:05, Aere Greenway wrote: On 06/08/2013 10:57 AM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote: On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 8:47 PM, Karl Anliot kanl...@gmail.com mailto:kanl...@gmail.com wrote: I honestly think zram could help during the one-time graphical installation of Lubuntu on 512MB

Re: RAM Usage During Installation of Lubuntu (was: zRAM)

2013-06-08 Thread Nio Wiklund
On 2013-06-08 22:36, Karl Anliot wrote: I've only ever had crashes when using the manual partitioner. how many of those tests were using the manual partitioner to move the swap partition? I found a user complaint in the last month about this issue (i can't prove the cause obviously):

Re: RAM Usage During Installation of Lubuntu (was: zRAM)

2013-06-08 Thread Nio Wiklund
Hi Iberê, See inline text Best regards Nio On 2013-06-09 05:54, Iberê Fernandes wrote: Hi everybody, This discussion is about *really low RAM* according to today's standards for computers. Aere, you may be right. I have been thinking that many people, who want to use

Re: RAM Usage During Installation of Lubuntu (was: zRAM)

2013-06-08 Thread Nio Wiklund
Phill and Jonathan, Excuse me for adding you to the list. But maybe you know what is counted or tracked on our wiki pages (visits, downloads ...) inline again ... Best regards Nio On 2013-06-09 06:58, Iberê Fernandes wrote: 2013/6/9 Nio Wiklund nio.wikl...@gmail.com mailto:nio.wikl

Re: zRAM

2013-06-09 Thread Nio Wiklund
+1 On 2013-06-09 09:08, leszek.les...@web.de wrote: Ok a simple suggestion from me. Why don't we decidebto enable zram (with zram-config) for the alpha version and see how itnworks out for the testers. We can disable this afterwards if the test fails. But I highly doubt that you will see

Re: RAM Usage During Installation of Lubuntu (was: zRAM)

2013-06-10 Thread Nio Wiklund
On 2013-06-10 09:44, Tracer wrote: - Original Message - From: Ali Linx (amjjawad) I have failed to produce that issue no matter how many times I have tired. I even tried below 256MB of RAM but that did not crash the installation at all. YES, the installation process was SO SLOW but

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Ubuntu Wiki - FromUSBStick

2013-06-10 Thread Nio Wiklund
On 2013-06-11 01:05, Jonathan Marsden wrote: On Mon, Jun 10, 2013, at 11:21 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote: On 2013-06-10 19:53, Jonathan Marsden wrote: Wouldn't it be more useful to provide the temporary workaround of sudo apt-get install python-gudev gir1.2-gudev-1.0 -y Your ppa makes a big

Re: Let's go with Firefox by default

2013-06-10 Thread Nio Wiklund
+1 for Firefox On 2013-06-10 23:47, Julien Lavergne wrote: Hi, I was going to prepare a long thread with advantages / disadvantages between Firefox and Chromium, but let's make it a bit short :-) If I am lazy, the logical choose is to keep Chromium, because Ubuntu (Canonical) already

Autochecking is switched off

2013-06-15 Thread Nio Wiklund
Hi everybody, I think since Precise, autochecking the automounted filesystems is switched off. I checked in an installed instance of Saucy right now, and it is still installed without autochecking. Is this intentional or has somebody overlooked it? After all, there is a sharp warning about it in

Re: Lubuntu 12.10 on AMD Athlon 1800+ XP and 1GB RAM: installation crashes

2013-06-16 Thread Nio Wiklund
On 2013-06-16 07:40, Iberê Fernandes wrote: Hi there! I had Ubuntu 10.04 LTs installed on my desktop AMD Athlon 1800+ XP and 1GB RAM. According to cat/proc/cpuinfo it supports PAE. This desktop has been turned off for 2 years and now I decided to install Lubuntu there. Before start

Re: RAM Usage During Installation of Lubuntu

2013-06-16 Thread Nio Wiklund
On 2013-06-16 20:00, Aere Greenway wrote: On 06/10/2013 02:25 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote: I think the difference is *already installed swap* and it is probably not told to the newbies clearly enough, how important it is when the RAM is low. If you start with a computer without linux

Re: zRAM and Live CD

2013-06-16 Thread Nio Wiklund
On 2013-06-16 20:13, Yorvyk wrote: As I'd just downloaded the latest daily so I could have a clean install for writing the Lubuntu Manual, I thought I'd have a go installing on a really on a low RAM machine to see if it made any difference. It appears to. Compaq Deskpro EP K450 from last

Re: RAM Usage During Installation of Lubuntu

2013-06-16 Thread Nio Wiklund
On 2013-06-16 22:40, Yorvyk wrote: On 16/06/13 21:27, Nio Wiklund wrote: See inline and end On 2013-06-16 21:36, Jonathan Marsden wrote: On 06/16/2013 11:22 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote: I think your analysis is correct, so if you have low RAM 1. Make sure there is swap and that it is active

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] [Lubuntu-wiki-docs] [Test Report 1] Minimum RAM required to install Saucy (Lubuntu 13.10) from Desktop ISO

2013-06-17 Thread Nio Wiklund
On 2013-06-17 12:52, Yorvyk wrote: On 17/06/13 01:06, Phill Whiteside wrote: @ Jluien, if Z-Ram works so well, could we drop alternate for some of the archs? NO! NO! NO! and again NO! The alternate installer is needed for those machines with unsupported video. You can install with the

Re: Minimum RAM required to install Saucy (Lubuntu 13.10) from Desktop ISO

2013-06-17 Thread Nio Wiklund
On 2013-06-17 14:05, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote: On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 3:53 PM, Leszek Lesner leszek.les...@web.de mailto:leszek.les...@web.de wrote: Am Montag, 17. Juni 2013, 12:48:27 schrieb Yorvyk: On 17/06/13 02:13, Nio Wiklund wrote: 2. Or was I doing something

Re: zRAM Live CD

2013-06-17 Thread Nio Wiklund
On 2013-06-17 15:20, Yorvyk wrote: Having carried out a few tests I think we can say zRAM does appear to make a positive make a difference to the ability to use the Live CD, although further testing may be required. What concerns me is that it remains enabled on the installed system. I

RAM needed for desktop installer reduced to half by zRAM

2013-06-18 Thread Nio Wiklund
Hi everybody, I was made aware of a typing error in the attached text file. 'RAM' should be changed to 'swap' at the end of the line: correct: Crashes at 224, 192 MB RAM also with 2 GB swap -o- Anyway, I have a short report from testing the desktop iso, that I zsynced June 16 at 17.30 Central

Re: zRAM for the Alternate Install?

2013-06-18 Thread Nio Wiklund
On 2013-06-19 01:22, Jonathan Marsden wrote: Julien, On Tue, Jun 18, 2013, at 02:44 PM, Julien Lavergne wrote: I don't really know to what mail I should answer, but if you want to know the content of the seed at any time, this is the place :

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] zRAM for the Alternate Install?

2013-06-18 Thread Nio Wiklund
Hi Jackson, I suggest that you test the desktop installer in one of your old machines at 256 MB RAM with and without swap to disk (prepared before the installer is started). It is valuable to have several test results to find good and bad properties of zRAM, and to have more data for the new

Re: Lubuntu Saucy running in a Thinkpad T42 without PAE flag

2013-06-18 Thread Nio Wiklund
Hi Jonathan and everybody else, There is new text at the end of the message comparing the default installation and the manual one 'Something else'. Best regards Nio On 2013-06-19 03:34, Nio Wiklund wrote: On 2013-06-18 23:32, Nio Wiklund wrote: On 2013-06-18 16:32, Nio Wiklund wrote: Hi

Re: Window Manager behavior

2013-06-19 Thread Nio Wiklund
On 2013-06-19 20:21, 神癒礁湖 (Rafael Laguna) wrote: I can do that just dragging a window a pushing it onto an edge. It changes automatically to the next or previous desktop leaving the window there. -- 紳癒礁湖 (Rafael Laguna) Lubuntu Artwork Team 2013/6/19 Lars Noodén

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] RAM needed for desktop installer reduced to half by zRAM

2013-06-20 Thread Nio Wiklund
Hi Jonathan, See inline comments Best regards/Nio On 2013-06-20 05:00, Jonathan Marsden wrote: On 06/19/2013 03:05 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote: Results with 'grub-n-iso-n-swap' and Pentium M indicate that using the default installation (starting from a blank drive or overwriting it) is maybe

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] RAM needed for desktop installer reduced to half by zRAM

2013-06-20 Thread Nio Wiklund
Hi everybody, On 2013-06-20 19:56, Jonathan Marsden wrote: On Wed, Jun 19, 2013, at 11:49 PM, Nio Wiklund wrote: - Would it be possible to add the Ubiquity command to the Openbox right-click menu? ... If you are techie enough to play around like that, you are probably techie enough

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] RAM needed for desktop installer reduced to half by zRAM

2013-06-20 Thread Nio Wiklund
details on usb sticks and mini-iso, nor the network manager stuff for a couple of cycles now. Thanks, Phill. On 20 June 2013 19:49, Nio Wiklund nio.wikl...@gmail.com mailto:nio.wikl...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everybody, On 2013-06-20 19:56, Jonathan Marsden wrote: On Wed

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Minimal Install (really netboot install) documentation

2013-06-20 Thread Nio Wiklund
On 2013-06-21 02:51, Karl Anliot wrote: My mother (bless her heart) always told me not to pick at scabs. This installer thing is like a scab because I can't stop pick pick picking. :) BTW, has anyone updated the wiki to say that you can't use the 32-bit ISO's on secure boot pc's? :(

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Minimal Install (really netboot install) documentation

2013-06-21 Thread Nio Wiklund
On 2013-06-21 06:31, Karl Anliot wrote: On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 9:17 PM, Nio Wiklund nio.wikl...@gmail.com mailto:nio.wikl...@gmail.com wrote: On 2013-06-21 02:51, Karl Anliot wrote: BTW, has anyone updated the wiki to say that you can't use the 32-bit ISO's

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] [Test Report 2] Minimum RAM required to install 'saucy-desktop-i386.iso' from LiveCD

2013-06-21 Thread Nio Wiklund
On 2013-06-21 12:16, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote: Thanks Karl and you are most welcome. I'm glad I'm not rusty yet and still can help :) zRAM has added a massive improvement. I have installed it on /*Test Machine1*: ASUS F3F Laptop - Intel Core Duo T2350 @ 1.86GHz with 489MB RAM/ That

Re: PGP / engimail no longer working in Saucy

2013-06-21 Thread Nio Wiklund
On 2013-06-21 12:31, Lars Noodén wrote: Today I'm running into trouble when trying to decrypt or sign messages with PGP. Previously engimail worked fine for Thunderbird. Today it gives only error messages. When I try to decrypt a message, I get something like this: OpenPGP Security Info

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] My zRAM Testing Reports - FULL List

2013-06-22 Thread Nio Wiklund
On 2013-06-22 15:37, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote: Hi, I have put all my reports on one list/post so there you go: http://amjjawad.blogspot.com/2013/06/zram-testing-reports.html http://amjjawad.blogspot.ae/2013/06/zram-testing-reports.html I still didn't have the time to

Re: [Lubuntu-comms] Fwd: [Lubuntu Official] Good news people :) I'm glad to tell you:

2013-06-23 Thread Nio Wiklund
This is great :-) Nio On 2013-06-23 23:28, Phill Whiteside wrote: This is pretty awesome news for lubuntu! @ Ali and others who I asked to hold back on our shouting out that lubuntu should wait for 13.10, I apologise! Sadly it is planned from March, I do think we should get in touch with

Re: [Lubuntu-comms] [Lubuntu-qa] [Lubuntu Official] Good news people :) I'm glad to tell you:

2013-06-23 Thread Nio Wiklund
I agree, Jackson, If 'the customer' wants it in March, we can do the best of that situation. And your idea of a special edition sounds good to me. It certainly means some extra testing, but it is a great opportunity. Nio On 2013-06-24 00:24, Jackson Doak wrote: I still think it's worth

Re: [Lubuntu-comms] Munich to distribute Lubuntu CDs to replace Windows XP

2013-06-25 Thread Nio Wiklund
On 2013-06-25 16:25, Lars Noodén wrote: Lubuntu is in the news, here is one summary out of several: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/06/germany-to-hand-out-free-ubuntu-cds-on-xps-deat A similar approach could be taken by other XP users, especially if we encourage it. Would the project be

installing Lubuntu in less than 100 seconds

2013-06-25 Thread Nio Wiklund
. #lshw -class disk $hlptxt # xterm -geometry 120x40 -title less $hlptxt -e less $hlptxt Best regards Nio Original Message Subject: One button installer for Lubuntu Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 01:42:59 +0200 From: Nio Wiklund nio.wikl...@gmail.com To: Ali Linx (amjjawad

Re: [Lubuntu-comms] installing Lubuntu in less than 100 seconds

2013-06-25 Thread Nio Wiklund
negative. I do love the energy you are showing but I'd like also to be on the same page. KISS = Keep It Simple and Short. This is the success key in our holy mission :D Thanks! On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 7:28 PM, Nio Wiklund nio.wikl...@gmail.com mailto:nio.wikl...@gmail.com wrote: Hi

Re: [Lubuntu-comms] installing Lubuntu in less than 100 seconds

2013-06-26 Thread Nio Wiklund
if a little part of the community doesn't agree. Regards, Stefano On 26/06/2013 23:00, Nio Wiklund wrote: Dear Ladies and Gentlemen! I wanted to try something that is much simpler from the ground

Re: Some Lubuntu feedback

2013-06-27 Thread Nio Wiklund
Hi Zeth, You have some very interesting points in your letter. Thanks for sharing tips and ideas :-) I have answers and comments only to a few of them, I'm sure other people with know about the other points. Best regards Nio On 2013-06-27 14:53, Zeth wrote: Hello, I installed Lubuntu on

Re: Lubuntu alternative sessions script

2013-07-04 Thread Nio Wiklund
On 2013-07-04 04:15, Federico Leoni wrote: Folks, after a consultation with other members of the list I prepared a preliminary script based on the sample offered by Jonathan to let users easily create new sessions in Lubuntu to change the visual of the DE and have a more Eye-Candy desktop

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] The Sensitivity of Touch Pad

2013-07-04 Thread nio wiklund
Then let us wait for a reply from someone who knows how to set the sensitivity :-) 2013/7/4 Ali Linx (amjjawad) amjja...@gmail.com The point is, I don't want to use a mouse ;) On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 1:31 AM, nio wiklund nio.wikl...@gmail.com wrote: I turn it off with touchpad-indicator

Re: [Lubuntu-comms] Epic Fail, Microsoft!

2013-07-12 Thread Nio Wiklund
On 2013-07-12 19:58, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote: Hi, http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/11/microsoft-nsa-collaboration-user-data *Please, NO politics talk over here* :D I'm sharing this with you so that we can use this as a tool in our campaign for Start Ubuntu! I have to start

Re: Is there a way to get scrot to capture the mouse cursor?

2013-07-16 Thread Nio Wiklund
On 2013-07-16 18:42, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote: On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 7:35 PM, Aere Greenway a...@dvorak-keyboards.com mailto:a...@dvorak-keyboards.com wrote: On 07/16/2013 01:16 AM, Lars Noodén wrote: On 07/16/2013 08:33 AM, Aere Greenway wrote: [snip]

Re: Is there a way to get scrot to capture the mouse cursor?

2013-07-16 Thread Nio Wiklund
On 2013-07-16 21:20, Aere Greenway wrote: On 07/16/2013 11:07 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote: If the program is available via the Lubuntu menu, right-click on it, select settings and check what command it is. Nio: That worked. Right-clicking on it in the menu, and choosing Properties yielded

Re: urgent help required on lubuntu livecd

2013-07-20 Thread Nio Wiklund
as installer encountered an error error when installation is tried on laptops and desktops. reg Sunita On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 4:44 AM, nio wiklund nio.wikl...@gmail.com mailto:nio.wikl...@gmail.com wrote: As Ali wrote, please describe the computers! I would like to add

Re: urgent help required on lubuntu livecd

2013-07-20 Thread Nio Wiklund
don't think it is an issue with Lubuntu or Ubuntu, but with the customisation. It runs the Ubuntu flavour plymouth dots, but the login screen and the desktop environment are Lubuntu's 12.04 style. uname -a 3.2.0.23-generic-pae #36-Ubuntu SMP ... Best regards Nio On 2013-07-21 03:00, Nio Wiklund

Re: OT: Ubuntu phone

2013-07-22 Thread Nio Wiklund
On 2013-07-22 19:40, Lars Noodén wrote: The time is now if you want to get an Ubuntu phone for 2014: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ubuntu-edge I like the ability to dock the unit with a real screen and keyboard. Any word on whether it can run Lubuntu? regards /Lars Great idea,

testing alpha 2: Lubuntu desktop 32-bit live

2013-07-22 Thread Nio Wiklund
On 2013-07-22 20:31, Phill Whiteside wrote: Hi, the lubuntu Saucy Alpha 2's have arrived http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/299/builds. Please help test them. If you're new to testing then head over to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/Activities The Lubuntu specific area for

Re: Installing 13.10 on older laptop PIII 1.14 GHz, 512 MB RAM

2013-07-23 Thread Nio Wiklund
Yes, I think most of us prefer using CD/DVD/USB, but as stated I suspect some old CD drives aren't really up to it. I know the one in this machine is somewhat erratic In such cases (and the computer has USB but cannot boot directly from it) Plop and floppy can be the solution. Best regards Nio

Fwd: The session selector and flag symbol next to it are borked the live session

2013-07-24 Thread Nio Wiklund
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 10:15:33 +0200 From: Nio Wiklund nio.wikl...@gmail.com To: Phill Whiteside phi...@ubuntu.com, Julien Lavergne gi...@ubuntu.com CC: lubuntu...@lists.launchpad.net lubuntu...@lists.launchpad.net Hi again, I continue reporting bugs concerning the *live* session ... See

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Prepping for the last upgrade test

2013-07-25 Thread Nio Wiklund
alternate iso, something more than the lack of network and lack of zRAM. Maybe this is related to what was stopping Lance, when he tried to install into his VIA computer. I hope *you* will find it interesting enough to test in your computer :-) Best regards Nio On 2013-07-25 08:03, Nio Wiklund wrote

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Prepping for the last upgrade test

2013-07-25 Thread Nio Wiklund
not work in that computer because of the PAE flag test in syslinux. Best regards Nio On 2013-07-25 08:53, Nio Wiklund wrote: [Since we started top posting in this thread I'll continue] Update: I upgraded the kernel to 3.10.0-5 and zRAM started to work in the 64-bit Toshiba laptop. Then I

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Prepping for the last upgrade test

2013-07-25 Thread Nio Wiklund
of the Lubuntu Saucy alpha 2 32-bit alternate installer and the system that it creates. And I suggest to test it in real 32-bit computers. The corresponding exercise in VirtualBox was straight-forward without any booting issues. Best regards Nio On 2013-07-25 09:14, Nio Wiklund wrote: Update

Re: Saucy fake pae image?

2013-07-29 Thread Nio Wiklund
On 2013-07-29 18:49, Jack Trice wrote: Hi Nio, Where is the image 'dd_saucy-a2-installed-system_4GB.img.gz' located? I can't find a link for it. Thanks, Jack Hi Jack, I'm sorry. Was the link bad or was it not clear? [I add a copy to the lubuntu user list to help others who might

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] USB Creator

2013-08-01 Thread Nio Wiklund
On 2013-08-02 00:07, Phill Whiteside wrote: Hi, not something I do too often, but as there are reported issues with startup-disk-creator (usb-creator / usb-creator-gtk) and I've seen issues reported with UnetBootin I'd like to share: Usb creator For anyone having problems with the startup

Re: USB Creator

2013-08-01 Thread Nio Wiklund
On 2013-08-02 00:19, Mr Wislr wrote: I've found the use of GdiskDump, DD or Pendrive Linux gives far more consistent successful results when creating a usb installer. --Ronnie Hi Ronnie, I have not used GdiskDump, I guess from the name that it clones like dd. And I use dd a lot.

Re: Video Problems - Saucy

2013-08-03 Thread Nio Wiklund
On 2013-08-03 22:09, Federico Leoni wrote: Little OT: Lucky day today! I gained an old pc from a customer, was equipped with a Pentium D 945 (one of the first Intel dual core on the market, 3.4ghz with 2x2MB cache) with 2gb ram and 160gb hdd. Motherboard dead. I put ram and processor on my

Re: Did anyone refile bug for Flash Player shows green/purple in compressed window?

2013-08-08 Thread Nio Wiklund
). You can make out an entry box that one assumes is for the password entry, but everything else is largely unidentifiable. So as a workaround it leaves a lot to be desired, unless we can also figure out how to fix the login screen. -o- Nio Wiklund wrote: This method works for me to restore

Re: Did anyone refile bug for Flash Player shows green/purple in compressed window?

2013-08-08 Thread Nio Wiklund
On 2013-08-08 23:55, John Hupp wrote: On 8/8/2013 2:58 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote: On 2013-08-08 03:01, Aere Greenway wrote: On 08/07/2013 05:04 PM, John Hupp wrote: For what it's worth, I have just found that the workaround detailed in Comment #1 in the bug report (http://bugs.launchpad.net

Re: Live Disc with Persistence

2013-08-13 Thread Nio Wiklund
On 2013-08-12 20:57, John Hupp wrote: On 8/11/2013 12:33 PM, John Hupp wrote: I have 4GB and 8GB flash drives currently serving as Live USB drives with persistence running Quantal and Saucy. For the sake of troubleshooting the Flash/LightDM-login problems more invasively, I would like to

Re: Gparted missing in installation though present on Live CD

2013-08-13 Thread Nio Wiklund
On 2013-08-12 21:38, NikTh wrote: On 2013-08-12 21:20, Federico Leoni wrote: You right John, is not present by default and I think it should be always present together with system-config-samba package for enabling share quickly on Lubuntu... F. Yes, it is not present by default. This is

Re: No sound, no volume control in system tray ( Lubuntu 13.04 fresh install on a new hardware)

2013-08-13 Thread Nio Wiklund
On 2013-08-13 21:38, Federico Leoni wrote: I agree with you. Without pulseaudio I wasn't able to enable the correct HDMI audio channel on my mediacenter. Simply it doesn't shows on audio settings panel. Em 13/08/2013 16:34, NikTh nic...@openmailbox.org mailto:nic...@openmailbox.org

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