Re: [lubuntu-users] SiS Graphics problems - lubuntu 18.04.3 LTS 32-bit

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi Walter,

On Mon, 10 Feb 2020 at 20:38, Walter Lapchynski  wrote:

> A weird one, though. If I hadn't been searching for other things related
> to my reply I wouldn't have even noticed that. I guess the default
> module has either poor support or poor support for some cards. That
> seems to be the feeling I got when looking over things. I also got the
> feeling that using vesa wasn't ideal, so I'm not sure what other
> drawbacks there may be to it. Glad you're satisfied, though. :)
>

Drawbacks:
1. Poor video playback from YouTube videos
2. "window tearing" when moving a window about on screen.

Advantage:
1. It works :)

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Re: [lubuntu-users] SiS Graphics problems - lubuntu 18.04.3 LTS 32-bit

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Hi Walter,

The advice to use vesa was useful and is currently working :)

Thanks for all of your help.

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Re: [lubuntu-users] SiS Graphics problems - lubuntu 18.04.3 LTS 32-bit

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Hi Walter,

Thanks to your reply, I am much more familiar with cvt and xrandr. I used
them to create a higher resolution mode but when I tried to activate it
from the lubuntu GUI... nothing happened! It stayed in low-res mode.

On Wed, 29 Jan 2020 at 21:09, Walter Lapchynski  wrote:

> > When I boot from installation media, Lubuntu appears with a screen
> > resolution of 1280 x 1024 and a Refresh rate of 0.00. Other
> > resolutions (1024 x 768, 800 x 600, 640 x 480) are available.
>
> What kernel module is being used here versus on the installed system?
> The issue may lie in there.
>
> Assuming they are the same, running `modinfo` against the kernel module
> (i.e. `modinfo -p sis_agp`) should give a whole list of available
> settings. Check to see if there are differences. If there are, set the
> installed system to match the live system. It's possible something has
> changed since 18.04 was released.
>

OK, I'm not familiar with this sort of thing. How do I change the installed
system to match the live system? Is it only kernel module settings or other
things as well? I've never had to change a kernel module's settings before).

Also, is there anything else I should read as background material?

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[lubuntu-users] SiS Graphics problems - lubuntu 18.04.3 LTS 32-bit

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi,

When I boot from installation media, Lubuntu appears with a screen
resolution of 1280 x 1024 and a Refresh rate of 0.00. Other resolutions
(1024 x 768, 800 x 600, 640 x 480) are available.

When I boot from hard drive which was set up from the aforementioned
installation media, Lubuntu appears with a screen resolution of 640 x 480
and a Refresh rate of 73.00. Other resolutions are not available.

I would like to increase the resolution. I've tried going into Preferences
-> Monitor Settings but only a resolution of 640 x 480 is available.

Other details:
Elonex ProSentia Tower PC.
AMD Athlon XP3000+ 2.17GHz
RAM: 2GiB, some shared with graphics
ASUSTek motherboard with onboard graphics
VGA Controller: SiS 661/741/760 PCI/AGP or 662/761Gx/ PCIe VGADisplay
Adapter
Graphics kernel module: sis_agp

Any ideas? I can provide more details on request.

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Re: [lubuntu-users] new software needs testing

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Hi,

Did more testing
* System pauses a lot after typing password in at login. Maybe there should
be a "Password OK" message?
* Firefox - Watched & made notes whilst viewing YouTube video OK - "Bad
ass: Making Users Awesome" (Kathy Sierra).
* Could not find equivalent of "Software Updater" - looked in "Muon Package
Manager", did a check for updates & it listed too much - it included stuff
about "Not installed software".
* Accessories->Compton slowed down the GUI. Am not a fan of windows or
menus fading in/out
* Leave->Shutdown "Do you want to really switch off your computer?" even
when no applications are running.

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Re: [lubuntu-users] new software needs testing

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Hi Walter,

On Sun, 18 Aug 2019 at 21:27, Walter Lapchynski  wrote:

> For 19.10, there's two pieces of software that we're considering getting
> in:
>
>  1. sddm-config-editor, a GUI for the display manager configuration
>  2. a more updated, featureful fork of our compositor, compton
>


*Monday, 19th August 2019.*
Walter - thank you for the testing instructions.


*Using this hardware:*Dell Inspiron 530 - franklin (for 64-bit Lubuntu
testing)
Intel Core 2 6600, 2.4GHz, 64-bit; 2GiB RAM, 466GiB hard drive, DVD RW
optical drive, Ethernet connection


*Using this software*4ef27debaa7342df727e80b41c71739b
*eoan-desktop-amd64.iso

This is a full-blooded install of lubuntu 19.10 onto bare-metal hardware,
running from internal hard drive.


*Summary*Did all that was asked of me. System works with a few quirks.


*Install experiences** Chose "manual install" (it had a previous install on
it)
* When the installer showed what the 'before' and 'after' hard drive
partitioning would look like, they were identical. Which is strange but the
install worked


*Login screen*Before any key is pressed, the screen shows that keyboard
layout is 'US'. As soon as I started typing a password, the layout would be
displayed correctly as a British keyboard.

Not sure what to test for - not having experimented with graphics much.

Tried Accessories -> Compton. Hard drive whirred for a while. Nothing else.

As per instructions, installed new compton from ppa:wxl. No problem.
Rebooted and used system to install SuperTux. No problem

Used provided share.riseup.net URL to download sddm-config-editor. Did a
chmod +x on it and ran it directly from ~/Downloads directory. Wasn't sure
what to test so decided on setting "General->Initial NumLock state" to
"on". Quit it. Ran it again - "General->Initial NumLock state" was still
"None". Rebooted. Noticed that "NumLock" is ON but sddm-config-editor does
not reflect this.


*By the way...*Lubuntu looking and running better than before. Well done!

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[lubuntu-users] USB flash drive filesystem

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi,

I bought a USB flash drive and was wondering what filesystem I should be
using on it.

I think it is formatted as exFAT but am not sure.

Any ideas?

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Re: [lubuntu-users] The ending of various technological "waves"

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Hi,

On Sun, 2 Jun 2019 at 01:28, Aere Greenway 
wrote:

> Thanks for the information.  I will do that if 32-bit is still not
> available in Lubuntu 20.04.
>
Debian is my plan B for my 32-bit netbook :)

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Re: [lubuntu-users] 19.4 installer has 8gig minimum disk requirement

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Re: [lubuntu-users] 19.4 installer has 8gig minimum disk requirement

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Hi Ralf,

On Thu, 25 Apr 2019 at 17:29, Ralf Mardorf 
wrote:

>

I don't have seen a lot of Atari ST, TT etc. without modifications, but
> probably thousands with modifications, most of them for sure with a

hardware QL emulator. It was another time when we used this machine and
>

I programmed on the Sinclair QL for a long time. I have a webpage where I
lhost some of the software I wrote, an article I wrote about the Qjump
Pointer Environment. There is also a spare copy of the source code of the
enhanced version of Qdos by the QView MegaCorporation (Lau Reeves and
friends)

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[lubuntu-users] Tetris recommendations

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Hi All,

I am looking for recommendations for a Tetris game for a friend who isn't
particularly computer literate (but he is learning!).

I've installed tint on his laptop but I don't think he'll cope very well
with having to go into a terminal to run the game.

Any recommendations?

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Re: [lubuntu-users] Testing LTS-Bionic-Beaver-18.04/Ubuntu/20190205 - Installer fails

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Please ignore my incredibly irrelevant message...

On Wed, 6 Feb 2019 at 18:47, Ian Bruntlett  wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I downloaded the 20190205 iso, put it on USB flash drive using "Startup
> Disc Creator" and set about installing it on my Dell Dimension E520 Tower
> PC (64 bit).
>
> This is what happened. Booted from flash drive and its LED started
> flashing, indicating activity. Then, at the bottom of the screen, a picture
> of a keyboard and a person appeared. Drive's LED light continued to flash,
> with the screen eventually switching to all black.
>
> This is what I was trying to install:-
> 9657b34d039b6f8ab57932d59afca495  bionic-desktop-amd64.iso
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Ian
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[lubuntu-users] Testing LTS-Bionic-Beaver-18.04/Ubuntu/20190205 - Installer fails

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi,

I downloaded the 20190205 iso, put it on USB flash drive using "Startup
Disc Creator" and set about installing it on my Dell Dimension E520 Tower
PC (64 bit).

This is what happened. Booted from flash drive and its LED started
flashing, indicating activity. Then, at the bottom of the screen, a picture
of a keyboard and a person appeared. Drive's LED light continued to flash,
with the screen eventually switching to all black.

This is what I was trying to install:-
9657b34d039b6f8ab57932d59afca495  bionic-desktop-amd64.iso

Any suggestions?

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Re: [lubuntu-users] GIMP 2.8.x resizing for printer

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Hi Basil,

I hope I've understood your problem correctly...

When faced with problems like this, I import the image into LibreOffice
Draw, set the page to Portrait / Landscape, resize the image appropriately,
and print it from there.

To set the page to Portrait or Landscape, load LO Draw and go Format ->
Page Properties and then choose the appropriate Portrait / Landscape radio
button.

The above approach is used in a charity, Contact, that I volunteer in and
works for me :)

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Re: [lubuntu-users] Activating a swap partition

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Hi Liam,

On Sun, 25 Nov 2018 at 20:59, Liam Proven  wrote:

> FWIW, it takes up to 2GB...
>
> http://www.toshiba.co.uk/discontinued-products/toshiba-nb250-107/
>
> ... and you can probably pick up a 2GB SO-DIMM for peanuts. E.g. £1.50
> from CEX:
>
> https://uk.webuy.com/search?stext=2gb%20ddr3
>

I had a dig around and found a 2GiB SO-DIMM, fitted it this evening - and
ran memtest86+ with no errors.

Did some testing of LibreOffice. Basically, it is a Java problem. If I go
to Tools -> Advanced in, say, LibreOffice Calc, I can disable the use of a
JDK and once that it set, LibreOffice Writer starts working again.

Thanks for the CEX tip. Looked at the website and it was very interesting.

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Re: [lubuntu-users] Desktop crashing (18.04)?

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Hi Aere,

On Sun, 25 Nov 2018 at 19:41, Aere Greenway 
wrote:

> I usually like to see if the removable drive is actually ejected (no
> longer in the left pane), so I change PCManFM's behavior
> (Edit...Preferences) so that instead of terminating any tabs viewing the
> removable drive, it switches to viewing the home folder.
>

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Re: [lubuntu-users] Activating a swap partition

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FIXED!

>From :
https://askubuntu.com/questions/927859/libreoffice-writer-crashes-on-start

I got this advice:
*First, start Libreoffice, click on Tools, click on options and under
Libreoffice section click on Advanced. Deselect "Use a Java runtime
environment"* and problem solved.

BTW, I am running 32-bit lubuntu on a 64-bit system (Toshiba NB250-107
Netbook), due to lack of memory (only 1GiB).

I think the problem might be due to the use of a 32-bit system. Maybe the
32-bit Java Runtime Environment is buggy? Because I can run LO Writer fine
on a ThinkPad T420 (64 bit CPU, 64-bit Ubuntu).

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Re: [lubuntu-users] Activating a swap partition

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P.S.

I have since found https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SwapFaq

I checked /etc/fstab and the swap partition was listed in it.

I ran this command:
sudo swapon --all --verbose

And got the output:
swapon: /dev/sda1 already active - ignored

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[lubuntu-users] Activating a swap partition

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Hi,

On behalf of the Computer Wombling Project I am refurbishing a donated
Toshiba NB250-107 netbook. It has a 64-bit CPU and 1GiB RAM. Because of
that I installed 32-bit Lubuntu 18.04.1. Whenever I try to open a (small)
document with LibreOffice Writer, the hard drive whirs a bit, some of the
LibreOffice window appears... and then LibreOffice closes.

I think it is running out of memory. I've put a 2GiB partition on the hard
drive but that does not seem to be used. Here is the output of the swapon
--summary command:-

FilenameTypeSizeUsedPriority
/dev/sda1  partition19988440-2

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Re: [lubuntu-users] number of desktops in 18.10

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Hi Walter,

On Wed, 31 Oct 2018 at 21:08, Walter Lapchynski  wrote:

> If you like needlessly installing extra things that are intended for
> desktop environments you don't have (GNOME) and that will pull in a
> bunch of totally unnecessary dependencies, do this.
>
> Otherwise:
>  1. Open the menu
>  2. Mouse over Preferences
>  3. Mouse over LXQt settings
>  4. Click on Openbox settings
>  5. Click Desktops
>  6. Change the value of "Number of desktops"
>

Oops... sorry. I use Ubuntu and Lubuntu and forgot I was answering a
Lubuntu question.

Thank you, Walter, for providing the right answer.

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Re: [lubuntu-users] number of desktops in 18.10

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Hi,

On Tue, 30 Oct 2018 at 18:10, James  wrote:

> The number of desktops defaults to 4.
> How do I change the number?
>

Install gnome-tweaks. Run it, go to "Workspaces" and take it from there :)

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Re: [lubuntu-users] [lubuntu-devel] lubuntu 32-bit 18.10

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Hi Walter,

Doing my best to reduce the workload of the bug fixers...

Yesterday I printed and studied the notes you recommended. There was a typo
in the notes, however, it contained a link written as "How to Write Bugs
Effectively". It should read "How to Report Bugs Effectively". As an on and
off programmer, I have never needed a guide to introducing bugs :)

This evening I downloaded and installed the 18.10 32-bit release of lubuntu
via USB flash drive:-
38e0bf05b6bfc3faa700f779e94cc1b7  lubuntu-18.10-desktop-i386.iso

*In a nutshell:*
I don't think it is a calamares bug - from what I understand, calamares is
the installer.
The problem is something to do with window management. When a window is
created, whatever is creating the window does not take into account that
the taskbar takes up vertical pixels. The result is that you sometimes end
up with some windows that have some of their contents hidden by the taskbar.

*Hardware details:*
Samsung NC10 Netbook, hostname: hawking
Intel Atom N270, 1.66GHz, 32-bit, 2GiB RAM, 149.05 GiB hard drive, no
optical drive, Ethernet and WiFi connections, lubuntu typically installed
via USB flashdrive
https://gist.github.com/21b61903871ee685fc79
Screen dimensions: 1024 x 600 pixels, 270 x 158mm
Resolution: 96 x 96 dots per inch

*Notes from this evening's install of 18.10*
Installing from USB flash drive onto netbook.
The "Welcome to the lubuntu installer" window's buttons - e.g. "Next" &
"Cancel" are obscured by the taskbar. Maximising this window not only fixes
the problem for this screen but for quite a few following screens (that is
"Location","Keyboard", "Partitions","Partitioning").
When I chose to edit a partition, the resulting subwindow had to be
maximised for me to see the "OK" and "Cancel" buttons which appeared to be
obscured by the taskbar.

*Conclusion*
I don't know whether this is a window manager (openbox) issue or if it is a
problem with the display manager (sddm). What do you think?

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Re: [lubuntu-users] [lubuntu-devel] lubuntu 32-bit 18.10

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Hi Walter,

On Mon, 22 Oct 2018 at 07:05, Walter Lapchynski  wrote:

> Which leaves me a little baffled. I need to do some more research on
> this. Could you file a bug against calamares so I can track this and
> otherwise keep everyone updated? Bonus points if you do it on bare
> metal.
>

I am under the weather - nursing a cold and not feeling so clever.
How do I go about filing a bug against calamares?
I always do tests on bare metal. I'm sure there's a joke hiding in that
sentence :)

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[lubuntu-users] Qt Games

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Hi All,

In a previous conversation discussing LxQt, I complained that there was
only one entry in the Games menu for Lubuntu.

In my wanderings I found https://wiki.qt.io/Qt_Based_Games which in turn
took me to https://www.linux-games.org/

It isn't a perfect catalogue. Have a play with them, if you feel inclined.
Let people know if you find something that should be on the install iso or
maybe referred to in a meta-package to conveniently install a bunch of
games.

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Re: [lubuntu-users] About scanning for and turning wifi on/off

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Hi All,

About disabling wifi.

1. A friend of mine has a Dell laptop with a Wifi on/off slider switch on
the side. Every so often, she would unknowingly brush the switch and WiFi
would stop working.

2. The BIOS screen may have an option to enable/disable WiFi.

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Re: [lubuntu-users] [lubuntu-devel] Taking a new direction

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi Simon,

On 27 July 2018 at 19:49, Simon Quigley  wrote:

> https://lubuntu.me/taking-a-new-direction/
>

I was particularly interested in the clause:
"Lubuntu will create and maintain complete documentation which will be
included by default in the operating system, and can guide anyone from
beginner to expert on how to use Lubuntu to its full potential and
contribute to the further development of it."

I've been running a computer refurbishment scheme for over 10 years now,
and lubuntu has been a big part of that. I take in old computers, refurbish
them and they are given away to people with mental health problems or their
families. Initially I taught people how to use things on a 1:1 basis. Then
I created an illustrated guide to using lubuntu - 7 pages crucial, the
other 7 pages in case they are needed. It gets provided as both paper and
PDF copies.

So, when a refurbished computer is passed on, I put on the Desktop 1) a
folder of the PDFs available from the LibreOffice site 2) GIMP user guide
from the GIMP website and 3) a PDF of my illustrated guide/

There are some other works out there than might be worth considering for
inclusion:-
http://www.catb.org/esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/
http://www.catb.org/esr/writings/taoup/html/
http://www.dealingwithdisrespect.com/
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/fsfs/rms-essays.pdf
https://www.linux.com/publications/how-participate-linux-community

And the GNU manuals can be found online here:-
https://www.gnu.org/manual/manual.html

I am in the process of learning Python, with the hope of writing useful
stuff.

Just thought I'd inform the mailing list as well.
>
Thank you.

Please do spread the word :)
>
Done :)

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[lubuntu-users] Tested today's image

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi There,

*Tested this iso:*
$ md5sum bionic-desktop-amd64.iso
826000c217c497f0dc49bdce0f0ac90b  bionic-desktop-amd64.iso

*On this hardware:*
Dell Dimension E520 - joliet-curie.
Intel Core 2 (6300), 1.86GHz, 64-bit, 3GiB RAM, 160GB hard drive, DVD RW
drive, Ethernet connection.
Printer - HP LaserJet M1132MFP (Laser Printer / Scanner).

The OS behaved fine. Installed and ran LibreOffice (just Writer) and GIMP
OK.

Printing and scanning took a bit of effort but worked in the end:-

Ran sudo hp-setup from the terminal to install my HP LaserJet M1132MFP
(Laser Printer / Scanner). hp-setup complained about missing packages
(PyQt4 and PyQt5). Used Synaptic Package Manager to install python3-pyqt4,
python-pyqt5 and python3-pyqt5. Re-ran hp-setup. Rebooted and was able to
print and scan an image.

*I've logged the results* on
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/392/builds/177827/testcases/1302/results

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Re: [lubuntu-users] [lubuntu-devel] This Week in Lubuntu Development #7

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Hi Simon.

On 16 July 2018 at 07:16, Simon Quigley  wrote:

> https://lubuntu.me/this-week-in-lubuntu-development-7/
>
> Please note the notice about i386 images.
>

I have one 32-bit lubuntu system - a Samsung NC10 Netbook - still in
"serious" use and am able to test future isos when needed - if there is
something 32-bit and important that you want it tested, if you don't mind
sending me an email I'll do my best to test it for you.

For 18.04, I was concentrating on Ubuntu 64-bit because of a problem with
the HPLIP drivers recognising my HP LaserJet printer but not its built-in
scanner (I use both Ubuntu and Lubuntu).

I've also been busy working/experimenting on a friend's Lubuntu system,
getting audio-video working on her laptop using Cheese.

I did try experimenting with lubuntu LXQt.

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Re: [lubuntu-users] Tower PC, lubuntu and Qt

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Hi Ralf,

On 30 June 2018 at 21:18, Ralf Mardorf  wrote:

> On Sat, 30 Jun 2018 20:38:23 +0100, Ian Bruntlett wrote:
> >Or do something else?
>
> Please reply to the mailing list.
>
Oops. Sorry about that.

Thanks for your help...

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Re: [lubuntu-users] Tower PC, lubuntu and Qt

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Hi Ralf,

On 30 June 2018 at 21:18, Ralf Mardorf  wrote:

> On Sat, 30 Jun 2018 20:38:23 +0100, Ian Bruntlett wrote:
> >Or do something else?
>
> Please reply to the mailing list.
>
Oops. Sorry about that.

Thanks for your help...

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[lubuntu-users] Tower PC, lubuntu and Qt

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi,

I have a tower PC that I had refurbished for a friend who turned out not to
have enough room for it in her new flat.

So it is knocking around, not doing much. Thought it might be interesting
to try LxQt - is it still called that or is it now officially Lubuntu Next?

I've done some Googling, done some askubuntu.com searches and am still not
100% sure how to go about installing LxQt. Suggestions, anyone?

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Re: [lubuntu-users] [lubuntu-devel] consistent QA help really needed

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi Walter,

On 10 March 2018 at 23:59, Walter Lapchynski  wrote:

> Howdy folks,
>
> Lubuntu really needs you right now.
>
>

Your thoughts on these matters would be most appreciated and our
> gratitude for your help will be abundant.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Walter
>

I take testing Lubuntu very seriously. I do my best as a volunteer to help
out but sometimes (as in this case) I had other demands on my time that I
could not drop at short notice.

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Re: [lubuntu-users] How to display all boot msgs during boot

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Hi Harry,

On 27 January 2018 at 19:01, Harry Putnam  wrote:

> How can I cause the boot msgs produced when lubuntu boots up to be
> displayed on the boot screen
>
> Pressing `esc' causes some to show but I can see that some have
> already flew by.
>
> I want to see everthing from grub screen all the way to final login
> screen.
>

The Linux Kernel has a Ring buffer of messages.

To see it, try this command:-
dmesg | less

To find out more about that command try:
man dmesg

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Re: [lubuntu-users] Test

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Hi James,

On 18 January 2018 at 12:58, James Freer  wrote:

> Just to test - having just joined the group as a new user. Previously used
> Xubuntu since 2008. So far since joining the list I haven't seen any posts.


This is a quiet list that gets more traffic around April (release on 4th
month) and October (release on 10th month).

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[lubuntu-users] Recent iso not found.

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Hi There,

On 5 January 2018 at 23:58,  wrote:

> A new build of Lubuntu Alternate i386 is ready for testing!
> Version: 20180105
> Link:
> http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/385/builds/164215/testcases
>
> Testcases:
>   - Alternate Install (Entire Disk)
>
Followed that link.

Ended up on http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/385/
builds/164215/downloads

Which linked to: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/daily/20180105/artful-
alternate-i386.iso

And yielded this error message:
Not Found

The requested URL /lubuntu/daily/20180105/artful-alternate-i386.iso was not
found on this server.
--
Apache/2.4.18 (Ubuntu) Server at cdimage.ubuntu.com Port 80

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Re: [lubuntu-users] No sound

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Hi Dennis,

On 24 December 2017 at 01:56, Simon Quigley  wrote:

> On 12/23/2017 07:50 PM, Dennis Castanos wrote:
> > Lubuntu 17.10 is not picking up my sound card on my Dell 6410 laptop.
> > Works in Windows. Device manager reads it ‘High Definition Audio Device
> > Controller Microsoft Windows’
> >
> > Any help would be great. -Dennis
>
> Have you tried opening pavucontrol and tweaking things there?
>

Any help?

1. A friend that benefited on a refurbished laptop from the Computer
Wombling Scheme had a sound problem. It was fixed by clicking on the
loudspeaker icon on the bottom right of the screen and selecting "unmute"
(IIRC).

2. Ensure the PulseAudio package is installed.

3. Check the kernel log. I use the dmesg command for that. Not sure how
comfortable you are with that. You could try this command. (You can change
the word sound for more relevant search terms):-
dmesg | grep -i -A 4 sound

That runs the command dmesg which outputs the kernel ring buffer and sends
it to the grep command. I use the -i parameter to make the search
case-insensitive and the -A 4 parameter to print 4 lines per successful
search.

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Re: [lubuntu-users] Bionic Beaver -Apport

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 Hi Fritzm

On 7 December 2017 at 21:07, Fritz Hudnut  wrote:

> Yes, to actually use apport, it can start in the console, but then to get
> to Launchpad it needs a browser to log into LP and then I believe you go
> back to the console to send the "apport."  I don't think the OP was saying
> he doesn't have a GUI??
>

I've looked up the appropriate journal that describes what I did to get
debugging info sent to launchpad for the bug where 80% of the screen is
black and you are unable to use apport because of that...

On the computer with the graphics problem I did this:-
apport-cli -f -p linux --save 32-bit-graphics.apport
The above command gathered debugging information and put it in the file
32-bit-graphics.apport
I then copied that file to USB flash drive and copied it to a computer to
report it.

On the working computer I did this:-
ubuntu-bug -c 32-bit-graphics.apport

Apologies if this information is at a bit of a tangent. My motive is to get
this information out into the open.

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Re: [lubuntu-users] Bionic Beaver -Apport

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Hi All,

On 7 December 2017 at 15:59, Fritz Hudnut  wrote:

>
> He could also run "apport" in the console and if nothing happens, "sudo
> apt install apport" . . . and if it's already installed it will say so,
> otherwise it will install it.
>
I think apport needs a working GUI. When I was gathering information to
report a device driver bug, I had to use the apport-cli command to generate
the debugging information, copy that information to a working computer and
then submit a bug report that way. Sadly, I can't remember which command I
used for that.

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Re: [lubuntu-users] netboot failing to install

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Hi Walter,

On 25 November 2017 at 21:44, Walter Lapchynski <w...@ubuntu.com> wrote:

> On November 25, 2017 12:14:56 PM PST, Ian Bruntlett <
> ian.bruntl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >When the computer is "Loading additional components" I get the error
> >message:-
> >"The installer failed to install a file from the mirror".
>
> Get the logs (try another virtual terminal) and confirm which one it is
> and confirm that file exists at the mirrors. It could be the folder
> hierarchy has changed. Unlikely, but possible.
>
Thanks for that. This is what I saw (amongst other things):-
DEBUG: retrieving nic-firmware 1.157.13
Cannot write to /var/cache/anna/nic-firmware_1.157.13_all.udeb (No such
file or directory)

The hard drive had been recently wiped - not even the partition table
remained. This was why I said I could not run apport. Maybe it is
worthwhile coming up with an apport live CD? One idea I had was to use a
GPartEd Live CD to create a partition table and a swap partition and then
try to run the install.

I _think_ the installer ran out of memory. I have a second system to work
on some time and will see if I can find out more.

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[lubuntu-users] netboot failing to install

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Hi,

When I try to install the netboot disc for Ubuntu/lubuntu 16.04 LTS 32-bit
on CD-R, I have a problem.

When the computer is "Loading additional components" I get the error
message:-
"The installer failed to install a file from the mirror". I *suspect* the
missing file is "nic-firmware" and I have tried these three mirrors:-
archive.ubuntu.com
gb.archive.ubntu.com
fr.archive.ubuntu.com

Should I get a bug number for this bug? Obviously I can't run one of the
apport commands so if you can point out a web page with relevant help would
be really appreciated :)

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Re: [lubuntu-users] Support

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Hi Ralf,

On 12 November 2017 at 16:54, Ralf Mardorf 
wrote:

> Smartctl is not perfect, but another link in the chain, even unplugging
> SATA cables and connecting them again is important and so on and so
> forth...
>
On a system I refurbished recently, memtest86+ passed and dban failed. I
booted into a live CD, queried smartctl and was told everything was OK.
After some research I was told that modern hard drives tend to fail
suddenly.

I removed the hard drive, put a replacement in, installed lubuntu on it and
then used it on and off for a while as my final testing. It has now been
given to its new home.

Just running one test, especially the free as in beer Memtest release
> gains absolutely nothing, at least taking a look at /var/log,
> journalctl and Co in combination with software testing hardware and
> remounting, cleaning, etc. should be done. More experienced users could
> use coolant spray etc. ...
>

I agree - to a point - I have found memtest86+ to be useful - as the first
part of a testing process.

When I answered the previous question with info to run memtest86+, I was
not advocating _only_ running memtest86+, just that I believed it would be
helpful to run the test and that the questioner would be able to get back
to this list with the results and then people (such as yourself) could
offer further advice.

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Re: [lubuntu-users] Support

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Hi Ralf et al,

On 12 November 2017 at 14:45, Ralf Mardorf 
wrote:

> Apart from this, it might have been a BIOS issue and maybe the RAM
> wasn't bad. Memtest is _not_ reliable. Using Memtest makes sense, but
> you shouldn't trust it.
>
> If RAM shouldn't pass Memtest you need to rule out other issues, at
> least you should replug the RAM bars.
>

Given personal experience of refurbishing computers for the Contact
Computer Wombling/Refurbishing Project, I have found that when a computer
I'm working on fails to run memtest86+ , that computer is not reliable
enough for normal use. After a memtest86+ test has been passed, I wipe the
hard drive using dban. If that fails, it is a strong indication that I'm
going to have to change the hard drive.

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Re: [lubuntu-users] Support

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Hi All,

On 11 November 2017 at 15:56, Aere Greenway 
wrote:

> Does the system hang (can't move mouse pointer, or do other things), or
> does the browser crash, and appear to hang as the crash-reporter takes a
> long time (and system resources) to gather information about the crash?
>
> Are you updating to (or installing) 17.10?
>
> On 17.10 (as it was on 17.04), if you have a Pentium-3 machine, it will
> update to the new level just fine, and you can do other things, but every
> time you try to run an Internet browser (any Internet browser), the browser
> will crash.
>
That reminds me... Lucas Dias gave me this advice for running Firefox on
old computers...








*Do you trying to use Firefox ESR? There is a PPA for Firefox 52
ESR:https://launchpad.net/~jonathonf/+archive/ubuntu/firefox-esr
In:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/your-hardware-no-longer-supported
*
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Re: [lubuntu-users] Support

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Hi,

On 10 November 2017 at 02:03, O Vagabundo  wrote:

> I need help in updating lubuntu today but when I try to open any browser
> the system hangs
>

One thing to do is check for memory problems.

With lubuntu already installed,
* Switch computer on
* Press and hold down both SHIFT keys
* You should get a black and white menu.
* Use the down arrow key to select "Memory test (memtest86+)
* Press ENTER
* You should get a blue and white screen and the computer will start
testing memory
* If you get any error from the memory testing, you need to get someone to
help you with your hardware

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Re: [lubuntu-users] [lubuntu-devel] Help! I can't report bugs

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi Simon et al,

Discovered there is a way to report a bug when the test system is awkward:-

Also, because of screen problems, I might have written the filename as
32-bit-graphics-apport

apport-cli -f -p linux --save 32-bit-graphics.apport # this gathers
debugging info and saves it as a text file

Then you copy the above created file ("32-bit-graphics.apport") to a USB
flash drive and copy it to a computer in order to file a bug, using this
command:-
ubuntu-bug -c 32-bit-graphics.apport # this takes the debugging info copied
from the other system and passes it on to bugs.launchpad

After doing some processing, it opened a page on Firefox. Logged in as
usual, typed in some extra info about the bug. The bug was then filed OK.

Bug #1724639

I've added an attachment with a photo of the display corruption.

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[lubuntu-users] Help! I can't report bugs

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi,

Yesterday I received from qatrac...@stgraber.org a notification of a new
release and that I can get it from here:-
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/383/builds/158971/testcases

I downloaded the iso, created install media on a USB flash drive  and ran
into a graphics device driver problem. I reported the problem on
lubuntu-devel and got no reply.

I have tried logging in to Ubuntu One / Launch Pad and that works OK. I can
find info on how to report bugs - everything seems to be about using
apport. Given that I am having hardware problems, running apport usefully
is out of the question.

So, I have a question for you:- How do I report the bug I found? I can find
web pages that discuss bugs but the actual way to report bugs is completely
overlooked.

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Re: [lubuntu-users] Lubuntu Artful Aardvark Final Beta has been Released!

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi Leszek,

On 29 September 2017 at 18:01, Leszek Lesner  wrote:

> Did someone test it before releasing.
> I am under the impression no one tested this.
>
Yes, I tested it on Wednesday night. I immediately found a graphics
problem, running on a Samsung NC10 Netbook (32-bit). Whenever there is a
new lubuntu iso made available for testing, I always test it out. I
reported the problem to this (and other) mailing lists. I even have a list
of checks I perform on new isos.

On Thursday, I performed more tests, with a view to helping anyone trying
to fix the problem. At the end I took some rather blurry photos of the
graphics problem and emailed them to the lubuntu-devel mailing list.

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Re: [lubuntu-users] [lubuntu-devel] Call for testing: Artful Aardvark Final Beta

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi Simon,

On 28 September 2017 at 12:09, Simon Quigley  wrote:

> Was this present with 17.04 or any other 17.10 milestones?
>
This is the first time I have experienced it.

I always test pre-release isos when asked on lubuntu-devel on this
particular netbook (Samsung NC10, 'hawking')  so it is probably safe to say
this is a new problem.

The graphics PCI devices are:-
VGA compatible controller : Intel Corporation Mobile 945GSE Express
Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Display controller : Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML
Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)

Here is what I believe might be going on:-

There is a graphics issue. I think the kernel parameters "splash quiet"
somehow result in the graphics subsystem is somehow put into the wrong
mode, resulting in the wrong piece of memory being used for part of the
display, resulting in 80% of the screen being junk and 20% of the screen
being perfect.

It appears that booting from being switched off completely, with the kernel
parameters "quiet splash" removed, prevents the problem from happening in
the first place.


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Re: [lubuntu-users] [lubuntu-devel] Call for testing: Artful Aardvark Final Beta

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi Simon,

On 27 September 2017 at 18:38, Ian Bruntlett <ian.bruntl...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Because of the junk on screen I was unable to login and perform further
> tests.
>
> Is there a launchpad page you'd like me to put this information on?
>

Still testing! Booted system again. When Samsung BIOS screen appeared
again, pressed down both SHIFT keys. Used GRUB to edit the parameters to be
passed to the kernel - removed the parameters 'quiet' and 'splash'. System
booted, with plenty of text messages (as expected). As the system continued
booting, there was _no_ screen corruption. I logged in OK and am about to
perform other tests.

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Re: [lubuntu-users] [lubuntu-devel] Call for testing: Artful Aardvark Final Beta

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi Simon,

Downloaded this iso - artful-alternate-i386.iso -  and put on a USB flash
drive. Checked its integrity
ba4544fa8728c195505660e6980e7123  artful-alternate-i386.iso

Installed it on this hardware with no errors:-

Samsung NC10 Netbook - hawking
Intel Atom N270, 1.66GHz, 32-bit, 2GiB RAM, 149.05 GiB hard drive, no
optical drive, Ethernet and WiFi connections, lubuntu typically installed
via USB flashdrive
https://gist.github.com/21b61903871ee685fc79

Rebooted. When booting, I saw a dark blue screen with a smear of white
pixels on it. Eventually reached the login screen. Unable to login because
of junk on screen. 80% of the left hand side of the screen was black with
two smears of pixels - one white, one blue. The remaining 20% of the screen
on the right hand side was OK.

Because of the junk on screen I was unable to login and perform further
tests.

Is there a launchpad page you'd like me to put this information on?

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Re: [lubuntu-users] Greetings from Cuba!!!

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Hi Ludwig,

On 15 September 2017 at 20:33, Ludwig Causilla <
ludwig.causi...@cfg.jovenclub.cu> wrote:

> Hello to everybody on this mail list, greetings from Cuba.

Hello from England.

Here is an Lubuntu 16.04.3 LTS user...
>
> ¿Can someone tell me if i can use Spanish on the list?

You would probably get more replies and suggestions if you use English.
There might be some Spanish-specific mailing lists out there.

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Re: [lubuntu-users] lubuntu

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Hi All,

On 9 September 2017 at 15:56, Mark F  wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 9:58 PM, Ralf Mardorf 
> wrote:
> >>> If so, then the hard drive already was close to the end of life before
> you installed Lubuntu. It would have failed without installing
> Lubuntu, too. <<<
>
> That could be. It just seemed strange that it happened twice (and to
> others). But, I suppose randomness means that could happen.
>
This is a long shot, but... try running memtest86+ on systems that fail to
install lubuntu.

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Re: [lubuntu-users] Lubuntu-users Digest, Vol 64, Issue 2

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi There,

On 11 April 2017 at 13:30, oldmarathonrunner 
wrote:

> I do not want to seem unhelpful, but I am an ordinary user . Is there
> anywhere one can actually get proper answers to problems other than have
> you tried this or that which then reverts into a nerds discussion of what
> they did or did not do. As ordinary people do not understand any of this I
> wonder if Lubuntu and Linux have absolutely no interest in normal users. I
> am very often directed to Ubuntu help and forums which are just the same
> and more often than not tell me the question has already been answered and
> direct me to a non existent page.
> I do not expect an answer with any meaning to it as I have been asking for
> years!
>

Try searching for a local Linux User Group (LUG). Because they will have
the advantage of being able to look at your problem and do the technical
things to fix it, it might be a really good idea.

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Re: [lubuntu-users] [lubuntu-devel] Call for testing: Lubuntu 17.04 FINAL images

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi All,

Did a few more tests.

Using personal test list, "Lubuntu - Additional things to test for".
* Installed HP LaserJet.
* Went OK but got a "Sorry, Ubuntu 17.04 has experienced an internal error"
/usr/share/hplip/systray.py
* Installed LibreOffice. Opening a .odt file runs AbiWord. Shouldn't it run
Writer?

I've attached my personal test list as a PDF, in case someone is interested.

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Re: [lubuntu-users] Bootable clone app for Lubuntu

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Hi Fritz,

I'm not sure I understand your question but I'll try to answer it.

In particular http://clonezilla.org/ might be of interest to you. I haven't
tested it though,

There are some Linux "live" disks available that might be of interest to
you and I have links to them on this web page:-
https://sites.google.com/site/ianbruntlett/home/free-software

For backing up personal files, I use a shell script that invokes tar. I
then copy the resulting tar files to an external flash drive using the
standard file manager.

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Re: [lubuntu-users] Using Pentium 3 Machines on Lubuntu--posting from "the top"--ode to PPC

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi All,

On 15 May 2017 at 15:19, Lucas Dias  wrote:

> Do you trying to use Firefox ESR?
>
> There is a PPA for Firefox 52 ESR:
>
> https://launchpad.net/~jonathonf/+archive/ubuntu/firefox-esr
>
> In: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/your-hardware-no-longer-supported
>
> "Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR)
>  will continue to work
> with older processors but will not receive updates beyond ESR version 52.
> Firefox ESR version 59, scheduled for release in March 2018, will no longer
> be supported."
>

Thanks. I've also been asking questions and getting help on accu-general.
I'll work on this one evening this week.


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Re: [lubuntu-users] Using Pentium 3 Machines on Lubuntu--posting from "the top"--ode to PPC

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi All,

Regarding the Firefox crash. Using Synaptic Package manager I installed the
Firefox debug symbols package firefox-dbg.

I then ran Firefox 3 times in gdb. It consistently crashes in a function
being called by:-
/build/firefox-wWifUV/firefox-53.0.2+build1/js/src/jit/BaselineJIT.cpp:157

I've attached more detailed files to this message.

I believe that Firefox is creating object code on the fly that is not
always compatible with some 32-bit systems.

Before I can prove that I'll have to learn how to use gdb a bit better,
look at the Firefox source code first and also brush up on my assembly
language.

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jules@verne:~$ lscpu
Architecture:  i686
CPU op-mode(s):32-bit
Byte Order:Little Endian
CPU(s):1
On-line CPU(s) list:   0
Thread(s) per core:1
Core(s) per socket:1
Socket(s): 1
Vendor ID: GenuineIntel
CPU family:6
Model: 8
Model name:Pentium III (Coppermine)
Stepping:  6
CPU MHz:   647.186
BogoMIPS:  1294.37
Flags: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov 
pse36 mmx fxsr sse
jules@verne:~$ free -h
  totalusedfree  shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:   493M 80M247M2.3M164M388M
Swap:  952M 44M908M
jules@verne:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS
Release:16.04
Codename:   xenial
jules@verne:~$

jules@verne:/usr/lib/firefox$ less firefox.sh
jules@verne:/usr/lib/firefox$ file firefox
firefox: ELF 32-bit LSB shared object, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), 
dynamically linked, interpreter /lib/ld-linux.so.2, for GNU/Linux 2.6.32, 
BuildID[sha1]=b7e07ebbac37c15d1d764c45a45ceb1710622671, stripped


jules@verne:/usr/lib/firefox$ gdb firefox
GNU gdb (Ubuntu 7.11.1-0ubuntu1~16.04) 7.11.1
Copyright (C) 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later 
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.  Type "show copying"
and "show warranty" for details.
This GDB was configured as "i686-linux-gnu".
Type "show configuration" for configuration details.
For bug reporting instructions, please see:
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Find the GDB manual and other documentation resources online at:
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For help, type "help".
Type "apropos word" to search for commands related to "word"...
Reading symbols from firefox...Reading symbols from 
/usr/lib/debug//usr/lib/firefox/firefox...done.
done.
(gdb) run
Starting program: /usr/lib/firefox/firefox 
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
Using host libthread_db library "/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1".
[New Thread 0xb15d7b40 (LWP 2591)]
[Thread 0xb15d7b40 (LWP 2591) exited]
[New Thread 0xb15d7b40 (LWP 2593)]
[New Thread 0xae9deb40 (LWP 2594)]
[New Thread 0xae1ddb40 (LWP 2595)]
[New Thread 0xad9dcb40 (LWP 2596)]
[New Thread 0xacfffb40 (LWP 2597)]
[New Thread 0xac7feb40 (LWP 2598)]
[New Thread 0xabffdb40 (LWP 2599)]
[New Thread 0xab7fcb40 (LWP 2600)]
[New Thread 0xaaffbb40 (LWP 2601)]
[New Thread 0xaa7fab40 (LWP 2602)]
[New Thread 0xa9affb40 (LWP 2603)]
[New Thread 0xa92feb40 (LWP 2604)]
[New Thread 0xa8afdb40 (LWP 2605)]
[New Thread 0xa80ffb40 (LWP 2606)]

Thread 1 "firefox" received signal SIGILL, Illegal instruction.
0x3b93e26c in ?? ()
(gdb) backtrace
#0  0x3b93e26c in ?? ()
#1  0x3b9304d9 in ?? ()
#2  0xb4177dd5 in EnterBaseline (cx=0x0, cx@entry=0xad0c7000, data=...)
at 
/build/firefox-wWifUV/firefox-53.0.2+build1/js/src/jit/BaselineJIT.cpp:157
#3  0xb417bab7 in js::jit::EnterBaselineMethod (cx=0xad0c7000, state=...)
at 
/build/firefox-wWifUV/firefox-53.0.2+build1/js/src/jit/BaselineJIT.cpp:195
#4  0xb3c09930 in js::RunScript (cx=0xad0c7000, state=...)
at /build/firefox-wWifUV/firefox-53.0.2+build1/js/src/vm/Interpreter.cpp:396
#5  0xb3c09d38 in js::InternalCallOrConstruct (cx=0xad0c7000, args=..., 
construct=js::NO_CONSTRUCT)
at /build/firefox-wWifUV/firefox-53.0.2+build1/js/src/vm/Interpreter.cpp:478
#6  0xb3c0a6bb in InternalCall (args=..., cx=0xad0c7000)
at /build/firefox-wWifUV/firefox-53.0.2+build1/js/src/vm/Interpreter.cpp:505
#7  js::Call (cx=0xad0c7000, fval=..., thisv=..., args=..., rval=...)
at /build/firefox-wWifUV/firefox-53.0.2+build1/js/src/vm/Interpreter.cpp:524
#8  0xb3eea6b0 in js::Wrapper::call (
this=0xb5e1f11c , cx=0xad0c7000, 
---Type  to continue, or q  to quit---q
Quit
(gdb) quit
A debugging session is active.

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Re: [lubuntu-users] Using Pentium 3 Machines on Lubuntu

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi All,

I, too, am chasing down a problem with Firefox on Lubuntu problem. It keeps
on crashing with SIGILL (illegal instruction). Now it is late, I'm off to
bed but I do have a couple of insights.

* If you are running a GUI based programme and it fails to start correctly,
fire up a terminal and run it from there. You might see some useful error
messages.

* If you are left without a functioning web-browser, do a "sudo apt-get
install lynx" in a terminal (removing the quote marks) and then use lynx, a
text based web browser, to access the Internet.

* If Firefox is giving problems, start it in a terminal with the command
"firefox --debug" (again, removing the quotes). This starts it in a
debugger. I'm going to explore this further tomorrow and will try to
provide more helpful info about this.

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Re: [lubuntu-users] 64 Bit netbook - Acer Aspire One 722-C52rr

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi Denny,

On 23 April 2017 at 19:00, Denny  wrote:

> Sorry I rambled.  I do that when I'm hungry.
>
No problem. Thanks for your help :)

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Re: [lubuntu-users] 64 Bit netbook - Acer Aspire One 722-C52rr

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi Leo,

Denny: Had a quick peek on the Internet. I don't think my copy of Windows
10 supports virtualisation.

On 23 April 2017 at 18:49, Leo Kolbeinsson  wrote:

> Why not try Lubuntu on a live-USB drive first? If you are happy with it
> you could then back up the Windows 10 system and then install dual-boot.
>
Good idea. Will do that.

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Re: [lubuntu-users] 64 Bit netbook - Acer Aspire One 722-C52rr

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Hi Denny,

On 23 April 2017 at 18:41, Denny  wrote:

> If you just want to test Lubuntu why don't you run it in a VM?  IMO, if
> you aren't ready to ditch W10 that is your better option.  You can always
> dual boot later after you've tested.
>
Never installed an O.S. on a VM. Where should I look for initial
information?

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[lubuntu-users] 64 Bit netbook - Acer Aspire One 722-C52rr

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi,

I have acquired an Acer 64-bit netbook, to test Lubuntu 64-bit on. I was
wondering, does anyone know about this sort of thing? It has Windows 10 on
and I was thinking of setting it up to dual boot.

Currently 16.4GB of 297GB the hard drive is in use. I suppose before I try
to install Lubuntu I should back that up, somehow (probably Clonezilla).

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Re: [lubuntu-users] [lubuntu-devel] Call for testing: Lubuntu 17.04 FINAL images

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Hi Simon,

On 12 April 2017 at 04:56, Simon Quigley  wrote:

> We have a respin on the way, so we need to test once more.
>

Downloaded and installed:-
9cda70e7a48a6c8b1193c63d6d0b4d81  zesty-alternate-i386.iso

Followed test instructions from:-
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/series/60/testsuites

Install worked fine. Will now move on to do more personal tests.

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[lubuntu-users] Downloading YouTube videos on lubuntu.

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi,

I am trying to sort out something for a friend. He downloads YouTube videos
on Windows 7 and his laptop was rootkitted a couple of weeks back. I was
hoping to put something together using lubuntu on an old PC tower with the
hope of him not getting rootkitted. He'll need something with a GUI.

I am also trying to sort out something for myself, using Ubuntu to download
YouTube video clips. Typically programming stuff. I've done some research
and discovered that there is a Python programme called youtube-dl available
from the Synaptic Package Manager. Any recommendations/suggestions before I
install it? (I have done a backup of data files this afternoon). I am
comfortable with the bash command line.

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Re: [lubuntu-users] [lubuntu-devel] Lubuntu Zesty Zapus Alpha 2 has been released!

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Hi Nio,

On 28 January 2017 at 20:27, Nio Wiklund  wrote:

> Yes, I think it is a known bug, even reported at the QA-tracker,
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/light-locker/+bug/1656399


Thanks for that. Have added a comment with details to help with debugging
Bug #1656399.

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Re: [lubuntu-users] [lubuntu-devel] Lubuntu Zesty Zapus Alpha 2 has been released!

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Hi Simon et al,

Something (big) cropped up. When I returned to my NetBook, the screen had
locked. Typed my password in. System then (visually) unlocked itself,
paused briefly and then locked me back out again. You can test this more
quickly by using the keyboard shortcut of CTRL+ALT+l

Naturally I thought I'd got the password wrong. Tried typing in the
password in upper case and it didn't do the above - it gave a red error
message, pretty much expected.

The only way I could get into a locked system again was to chose a
"Shutdown" menu option.

Played around with it for a bit. Managed to unlock the NetBook successfully
once - then it resumed its unhelpful behaviour.

Is there a LaunchPad bug for this?

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Re: [lubuntu-users] [lubuntu-devel] Lubuntu Zesty Zapus Alpha 2 has been released!

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Hi Simon,

Taking a break from household things. Take a look at my install notes and
let me know if you want me to put any of this stuff on LaunchPad.

On 28 January 2017 at 02:55, Simon Quigley  wrote:

> Lubuntu Zesty Zapus Alpha 2 (soon to be 17.04) has been released!
>
OK. Used your link and downloaded MD5SUMS and zesty-desktop-i386.iso. Ran
md5sum and it checked out OK:-
1c3f420bb80754bc3b31eb479d77e3b5  zesty-desktop-i386.iso

Used Startup Disc Creator on a 4GB USB flash drive.

Hardware used to install iso on:

Samsung NC10 - hawking
Intel Atom N270, 1.66GHz, 32-bit, 2GiB RAM, 149.05 GiB hard drive, no
optical drive, Ethernet and WiFi connections
Full details see here:- https://gist.github.com/21b61903871ee685fc79

Booted install media without Ethernet cable connected. Had to reboot system
after connecting Ethernet cable before it was happy to continue the update.
Opted for "Download updates while installing Lubuntu" and "Install
third-party software". Chose option to wipe hard drive and install Lubuntu
on top of it. Put in a hostname of "hawking" for this NetBook. Installer
said there was already another system on the network called "hawking".
Decided not to argue so named the system "hawking2".

Install completed successfully and asked for the (installation) storage
medium at a suitable time.

Rebooted system, logged in. The start/swift menu icon isn't present. Ran
Software Updater OK. Saw an email on lubuntu-devel complaining about
Firefox not working. On my NetBook, ran Firefox (version 50.1.0) ran fine
and I Googled "Hello World".

Normally I only use the "alternate" iso images and in the install I
repartition the hard drive manually. For some reason I did it a little
differently this time :)

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Re: [lubuntu-users] using lubuntu

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Hi Nripinder,

On 5 November 2016 at 10:25, Nripinder Singh 
wrote:

> i have downloaded lubuntu. how do i start using it on my xp machine. i
> prefer to use it side-by-side with xp so that I can get used to it.
> Nripinder Aulakh
>

There are a couple of ways to do this more easily.

1. Get a friend to install it on an old computer that they have knocking
around somewhere.

2. Get that friend to install it on your computer.

It is worthwhile using a search engine to find out about ( local ) Linux
User Groups as they will gladly help you get started.

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Re: [lubuntu-users] [lubuntu-devel] Security on Lubuntu PCs/Laptops

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Hi Nio,

On 23 October 2016 at 15:19, Nio Wiklund  wrote:

> I suggest that you read this somewhat old but still correct link
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BasicSecurity
>
> and the sticky threads at the Ubuntu Security Forum
>
> https://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=338


Wow! That is very useful and helpful, thank you. I have read the above
articles and some more that they referred to and added a new section on
"Security and Good housekeeping" on my scribbles website Linux page (
https://sites.google.com/site/ianbruntlett/home/free-software/linux)

Previously my reaction to networking was to run away screaming :)


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[lubuntu-users] Security on Lubuntu PCs/Laptops

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Hi,

(Intro)
I refurbish old PCs and laptops that people give me to refurbish and pass
on (free) to people with mental health problems, their carers or their
children. People give me unwanted hardware so I can do that. Sometimes I
scrounge parts. Sometimes I buy parts and pay for them personally.

(Refurbishing a computer)
I run memtest86+ on it to check the memory. Then I use dban to
comprehensively wipe the hard drive. Then I put Lubuntu on it. Also
installed are:- my illustrated guide to Lubuntu, LibreOffice, GIMP,
lubuntu-restricted-extras, gnome-games.

(Actual question)
Paul Chapple, one of my long-term lubuntu on a Dell laptop users asked me
about viruses on Linux. I do know that Linux server computers sometimes get
hacked over the Internet. I did a bit of research and found
https://www.linux.com/learn/myth-busting-linux-immune-viruses . After that,
is there anything else I should be aware of?

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Re: [lubuntu-users] "Software" and Ubuntu One?

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Hi,

On 22 October 2016 at 16:38, Mark F  wrote:

> I have used apt-get a lot. If I know what I need to install, I do it that
> way. But, when looking for things to install, I like a "software center"
> which narrows the choices. The Synaptic package manager is nice as a UI to
> the command line. But, it shows a lot of stuff you're not normally
> interested in. (Searching for GIMP produces a lot of output to wade through
> when all you want is GIMP.).
>

I might have a solution to that problem. Start Synaptic Package Manager
(SPM), click on "Search". On the resulting dialogue box (marked "Find"),
there should be an option labelled "Look in", probably with the value
"Description and Name". Click on it and select "Name". Doing that on my
system for GIMP generates 37 results instead of 122.

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Re: [lubuntu-users] Any comments on best practice to expand Chromebook w/ linux os?

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Hi Liam,

On 19 October 2016 at 18:55, Liam Proven  wrote:

> Currently I use an X200 I bought for GBP £125 in 2014. I am
> considering an X201 as they are down to about the same price now.
> Ubuntu works flawlessly -- even the fingerprint reader.
>
Where from? What model of processor?

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[lubuntu-users] Yakkety-Yak t-shirt

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi,

I decided to see if the Yakkety-Yak t-shirt is available and what it looked
like.

Went to www.ubuntu.com and clicked on "Shop" and was confronted with
"Ubuntu Advantage".

Found the actual shop here:- shop.canonical.com

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Re: [lubuntu-users] [lubuntu-devel] red bug in Lubuntu alternate i386

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi Nio,

TL;DR I've done some testing and failed to install 32-bit and 64-bit
lubuntu. As asked, wrote it up at
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debian-installer/+bug/1632675

DETAILS:-
This is what I reported on launchpad:-

Happened to me, too - on both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures:-

I used Startup Disc Creator on a 64-bit Ubuntu laptop to write the isos to
USB flash drives.

When installing lubuntu on either of the 2 systems detailed below, I got a
fatal error.

This is what I tested, 32-bit :-
md5sum yakkety-alternate-i386.iso
812a19293dadd4bdb0c6cb3d02489535 yakkety-alternate-i386.iso

Hardware details:-
Dell Dimension 8400 - herschel (for 32-bit Lubuntu testing)
Intel Pentium 4, 3GHz, 32-bit, 512MiB RAM, 74.5GiB hard drive, DVD RW
optical drive, Ethernet connection.

I got an error message during install - "Load installer components from CD
- No kernel modules were found... etc". I first tested the 32-bit system
and I eventually gave up when I got a red screen complaining about not
finding network interfaces".

This is what I tested, 64-bit :-
md5sum yakkety-alternate-amd64.iso
e142cff24db65349ce5582ba41d56149 yakkety-alternate-amd64.iso

Hardware details:-
Dell Inspiron 530 - franklin (for 64-bit Lubuntu testing)
Intel Core 2 6600, 2.4GHz, 64-bit; 2GiB RAM, 466GiB hard drive, DVD RW
optical drive, Ethernet connection
I got the same error message about no kernel modules so I gave up on that
install.

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Re: [lubuntu-users] Startup Disc Creator

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Hi All,

I've added a "me, too" to the bug report, and some more information in case
it is needed :)

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[lubuntu-users] Keyboard shortcuts

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Hi,

I like the short-cut ALT+x keypress which alternately maximises the window
or returns it to its previous size.

However, I have noted with things like a terminal emulator (in which I use
bash) or emacs, quite often I end up manually making their windows either
as tall as possible or wide as possible.

Would other people find such shortcuts useful? Do they already exist?

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Re: [lubuntu-users] Fwd: [lubuntu-devel] [Lubuntu-admins] Lubuntu Yakkety Yak Beta 1 has been released!

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi Walter,

On 28 August 2016 at 20:34, Walter Lapchynski  wrote:

> Just use the ubuntu-bug command.
>
Could you give me more details? I've looked at the man page for ubuntu-bug
but am none the wiser.

> Also, I don't these bugs are exclusive to Lubuntu. You should try to
> reproduce in Ubuntu to confirm.
>
That might take some time.

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Re: [lubuntu-users] [lubuntu-devel] [Lubuntu-admins] Lubuntu Yakkety Yak Beta 1 has been released!

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Hi All,

The bug where "man mkdir" failed has now gone. man is on the path and I can
access the mkdir man page. Looks like someone has fixed it.

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Re: [lubuntu-users] [lubuntu-devel] [Lubuntu-admins] Lubuntu Yakkety Yak Beta 1 has been released!

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Hi All,

I'm still getting used to the user interface on bugs.launchpad.net

However, I have filed 2 reproducible bugs related to lubuntu next:--
 #1617776 emacs row of icons does not appear
 #161 hplip-gui does not show window

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[lubuntu-users] Fwd: [lubuntu-devel] [Lubuntu-admins] Lubuntu Yakkety Yak Beta 1 has been released!

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi All,

In the heat of the moment, I neglected to send this message to pretty much
everyone. Here it is, just to keep you informed...

-- Forwarded message --
From: Ian Bruntlett <ian.bruntl...@gmail.com>
Date: 28 August 2016 at 17:12
Subject: Re: [lubuntu-devel] [Lubuntu-admins] Lubuntu Yakkety Yak Beta 1
has been released!
To: Nio Wiklund <nio.wikl...@gmail.com>


Hi Nio & Walter,

Note: If someone is testing an iso, should it be a requirement that they
run Software Updater, just in case they spot bugs that have been recently
fixed?

Walter: I agree - only reproducible problems should be logged as bugs. Is
this page the right page for me to file bugs - https://bugs.launchpad.net/
lubuntu ?

Nio,
I've been doing more testing. I'm currently running memtest86+ to make sure
the hardware is OK. It has been OK in the past, I'm just checking. Will do
a bit more testing and then see what reproducible bugs I have spotted and
then file them on the above mentioned launchpad page. A friend wants me to
type up and print a letter for him tomorrow. Will see how that turns out on
this test system :)

On 28 August 2016 at 15:47, Nio Wiklund <nio.wikl...@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> You get this when another process is doing similar things. Maybe the
> automatic updating program was working in the background. When it finished
> the lock (file) was removed, and Synaptic could work.

Yes.

Started SPM again & it opened OK.
>> Started installing LibreOffice.
>> ! During that, another (error) window appeared, stating "The application
>> Network Connections has closed unexpectedly." Apport started sending
>> details away - another (error) window appeared, stating "Problem in
>> Network-Manager-Gnome", complaining that old packages were installed."
>>
>
> I don't know about this one. Temporary network error inside or outside
> your house?
>
A mystery.

Maybe the hplip libraries are not yet updated for Yakkety.
>
> Someone using HP printers and hplip, please help :-)
>
The crash information mentioned a .py file. That file extension is what a
Windows developer would give to a Python script file. Not a big Python
expert but I believe Python 3 is a breaking change from v2 to v3. On my
Ubuntu laptop I get this:-

ian@turing:~$ which python python2 python3
/usr/bin/python
/usr/bin/python2
/usr/bin/python3
ian@turing:~$

So if someone is doing a #!/usr/bin/python in a script requiring a
particular version (e.g. 3) then they use this as the first line of their
script:-
#!/usr/bin/python3

OK, memtest86+ 5.01 has finished testing the Netbook and there are no
memory errors.

Off to do more testing :)

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Re: [lubuntu-users] [lubuntu-devel] [Lubuntu-admins] Lubuntu Yakkety Yak Beta 1 has been released!

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi there,

Decided to keep testing Bata 1 today.

This is what I set out to do:-
Install LibreOffice package
Install hp-gui package
Install HP LaserJet printer
Print a letter from LibreOffice Writer

Needless to say, it didn't go according to plan. I have one A5 page worth
of notes in a logbook. Would those notes be of interest? If so, I'll type
them up and post them here.

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Re: [lubuntu-users] [lubuntu-devel] Lubuntu Yakkety Yak Beta 1 has been released!

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Hi All,

On 25 August 2016 at 23:46, Simon Quigley  wrote:

> Lubuntu Yakkety Yak Beta 1 (soon to be 16.10) has been released!
>
OK, thanks to erratic sleep patterns, I'm late to the party :)

Downloaded the iso, detailed below:-
5b3b043538121f3959a80deec0ddb742  lubuntu-16.10-beta1-alternate-i386.iso

Installed it on my Samsung NC10 Netbook (32-bit Intel Atom CPU, 2 GiB RAM,
320GB hard drive), further hardware details can be found here:-
https://gist.github.com/21b61903871ee685fc79

OS. Install
* Had a look at the papercuts listed on [1]
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/YakketyYak/Beta1/Lubuntu
* As usual, for an install iso too big for a CD-R, I used Startup Disc
Creator to create USB install media.
* Installed with no errors, using an Ethernet connection.
* Rebooted OK, logged in OK/

Using the O.S.
* Did a man mkdir command and got the error message "bash: man: command not
found"
* Which man revealed that man command not on path
* Checked the keyboard for programmer specific keys - in particular double
and single-quotes work fine.

Ruby
* Used Synaptic Package Manager (SPM) to install ruby, ruby2.3-doc
* Tried commands irb, ri
* Installed emacs using SPM
* When editing a (Ruby) text file in emacs, noticed 2 mysterious blank
lines between "File" etc at the top of the windows and the first line of a
text file. Further investigation revealed that the usual icons that are
usually near the top of the emacs windows weren't present, resulting in
blank space.

etc.
* Installed gnome-games (SPM) and it worked fine.

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Re: [lubuntu-users] [lubuntu-devel] Lubuntu Yakkety Yak Beta 1 Call for Testing

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Hi Nio,

On 25 August 2016 at 20:14, Nio Wiklund  wrote:

> Well, that is the current version, but a new debugged version is in the
> pipeline. We hope that the network bug will be completely squashed in that
> version. It would be great, if you can keep checking in the QA ISO tracker,
> and get the new version as soon as possible.
>

Good news. Will test the new iso as soon as practical. Will you be
announcing it on the lubuntu-devel / lubuntu-users mailing lists as usual?

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Re: [lubuntu-users] [lubuntu-devel] red bug: the installer failed in alternate i386 beta1

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Hi All,

On 24 August 2016 at 11:32, Nio Wiklund  wrote:

>
> Bug #1616400: Running Lubuntu's Yakkety alternate i386 beta1 installer
> fails.
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debian-installer/+bug/1616400
>
> Please mark 'affects me too' if it does. I think we need that kind of
> confirmation. Otherwise there will be no debugging.
>

It affects me, too, and I have posted details on this page -
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debian-installer/+bug/1616400

The text I posted was:-










*This bug affects me, too.The iso I tested was the 20160824 spin of 32-bit
Lubuntu, here are the details:-Output from md5sum, running on the iso I
installed with:-675238603d60670aa681f34e3dfd1ad6
yakkety-alternate-i386.isoI am using a Samsung NC10 Netbook (32-bit Intel
Atom CPU, 2 GiB RAM, 320GB hard drive), further hardware details can be
found here:- https://gist.github.com/21b61903871ee685fc79
I managed to install the O.S.
by selecting "Continue" on the red screen complaining about not seeing
network interfaces. However, after booting the installed system, I was
unable to access the Internet either by cable or by Wi-Fi (however, the
networking applet could see the Wi-Fi networks nearby to me).*

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Re: [lubuntu-users] Panel Settings and Power Manager problem?

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Hi Marlon,

On 15 August 2016 at 11:04, Marlon Ng  wrote:

> Anyway, the problem is that when I log back in, the mouse pointer becomes
> invisible; it's still there, but I just can't see it.  I know this because
> when I attempt to move the mouse pointer towards the panel, the objects
> light up, for instance when I move the mouse pointer over the objects in
> the Application Launch Bar.  The problem is that the pointer is invisible.
>
This is a pet peeve of mine.

There is a work around - when the mouse pointer disappears, press the CTRL
ALT F1 keys altogether. This should take you to a black and white text
screen. Then press CTRL ALT F7 keys altogether. This should take you back
to your main screen and your mouse pointer should now be visible.

A friend of mine has a strange keyboard - he has to press FN LOCK first
before this approach will work.

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Re: [lubuntu-users] [lubuntu-devel] LXQt Transition

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi Simon,

On 13 August 2016 at 20:20, Simon Quigley  wrote:

> For those of you who are curious about our LXQt transition, I recently
> wrote a blog post about it. Here is a link:
> http://tsimonq2.net/blog/2016/08/13/
>
> Let me know what you think.
>
As requested, I read your blog post.

1) To quote you, "I've been using LXQt for a while now, and it has a lot of
advantages not only in applications, but the desktop itself". Yes, I'd like
to read more about that.

2) Let me know when the isos will be ready. Time permitting I'll test it on
various systems. And then I'll be helping friends use it on their systems.

3) Once I've got to grips with Lubuntu using LXQt I will create an updated
version of my brief illustrated guide to Lubuntu for friends to use when
they upgrade their Lubuntu installs.

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Re: [lubuntu-users] [lubuntu-devel] cups not built-in ?

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi Andre,

On 12 August 2016 at 21:30, Andre Campos Rodovalho <
andre.rodova...@gmail.com> wrote:

> If a computer can't boot DVD or USB (or does not worth to upgrade). How
> useful is this computer?
>
> People can actually work with a computer on this conditions? This
> discussion is also about focus...
>
> IMHO people who aim to install Linux on ancient machines must apply all
> efforts to accomplish the mission. There is an alternate installation CD.
> The additional time should be counted as fun time...
>

I have a 32 bit laptop in Contact. I use it for internet access, emacs,
bash and Ruby. It isn't the fastest machine in the world but it is
invaluable for me to try things out as I learn the Ruby programming
language.

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Re: [lubuntu-users] [lubuntu-devel] cups not built-in ?

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi All,

On 12 August 2016 at 19:42, Nio Wiklund  wrote:

> I think it is time to give up, and let Lubuntu grow beyond the CD size,
> and to take the opportunity to improve the selection of program packages.
>

As long as Netboot is supported (http://cdimages.ubuntu.com/netboot/) it
will still be possible to install Lubuntu from CD-R. The only disadvantage
of exceeding the capacity of a CD-R is that the Lubuntu Live disc will have
to be DVD rather than CD.

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Re: [lubuntu-users] cups not built-in ?

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi there,

On 11 August 2016 at 19:00, Aere Greenway  wrote:

> On 08/11/2016 11:49 AM, Narcis Garcia wrote:
>
>> I believe that the problem is on software selection to build
>> live/install media, and not on any software package.
>> If live/install media hasn't CUPS, seems to be caused by a discard
>> decision.
>>
>> What I don't understand is, if this decision is for CD space reasons,
>> why Lubuntu ISOs are still over 700MB.
>>
> I would be very surprised if cups were intentionally discarded for space
> reasons.
>
> The ability to print is a necessity for any computer you do actual work
> with (in my opinion).
>
> If things are that desperate space-wise, the goal of fitting it on a CD
> should be abandoned, and defeat admitted.


It currently doesn't fit on a CD. To install one of the Ubuntus, go to
http://cdimages.ubuntu.com/netboot/ and download the relevant iso. From
what I see there, 32-bit Ubuntus can be installed by putting a 48M iso onto
CD-R and choosing options - e.g. Ubuntu or Lubuntu packages - at install
time. I've been using a NetBoot CD-R for some of my 32-bit installs.

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Re: [lubuntu-users] Trouble installing 16.04 via live USB, hard drive prob?

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi Marlon.

On 9 August 2016 at 05:26, Marlon Ng  wrote:

> Is the problem hard drive or live USB?
>
> I would have told the installer to format the partition. You can check for
hard drive problems by trying to run gnome-disks and looking at the
"Assessment" section for your hard drive.

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Re: [lubuntu-users] lubuntu 16.04.1 Live CD

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi Neill,

On 8 August 2016 at 23:01, Neill Rutherford gmail <
neill.rutherf...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'll try to get my point over ONE MORE TIME My computers work unless i try
> to run lubuntu 16.04.1 LIve CD.
>
> Xubuntu 16.04 works Lubuntu 14.04 works. Please concentrate on ONLY the
> Lubuntu live CD 16.04.1
>
Do you realise that typing messages in UPPER CASE are akin to shouting and
therefore poor etiquette?

Can I get my point over, one more time? Any live CD needs more resources to
run from CD/DVD than it does to run from hard drive. Your problem may
simply be that your computer doesn't have enough resources to run a Lubuntu
live CD/DVD. OTOH, there are various isos for Lubuntu - there is
"alternate" which is used only for installs, never as a live CD/DVD - are
you trying to use "alternate"? If so, please try using the "desktop" iso as
that is intended to act as a live CD/DVD, if required.

I thank you but it sounds like there will not be a corrected LIVE CD
> produced for some time,  may be never
>
OK

> THIS IS A BAD ADVERT FOR LUBUNTU
>
I doubt it.

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Re: [lubuntu-users] lubuntu 16.04.1 Live CD

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi Neil.

I haven't had Lubuntu fail to install. I tend not to use it as a live CD as
the computers I work on are rather old and not really suited for that task.

I refurbish old PCs on behalf of a mental health charity, Contact, and they
are given to Contact's members, their carers or families.

What kind of processor is being used? What make and model of graphics card?
How much memory is available to Lubuntu?

It might be worthwhile running memtest86+ to verify that the system's RAM
is OK.

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Re: [lubuntu-users] Can live USB version number be included at boot?

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi scrooyahoo,

On 1 August 2016 at 05:22,  wrote:

> I now have several sticks
>
> 16.04.0 32, 64 bit
> 16.04.1 32 bit and pae
>
> But when they boot they all look the same.
>
> It can save many people a lot of time if this is displayed BEFORE loading
> into the live environment.
>
> I put stickers on them, and still it is a hassle.
>

I have a collection of multi-coloured USB flash drives from Amazon that I
use to put operating systems / live boot images on, kept in a transparent
pencil case. I have a piece of notepaper for each flash drive that states
what the contents of a particular flash drive are. It is useful when
dealing with Lubuntu "daily" release images :)

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Re: [lubuntu-users] Vintage TI travelmate 4000 anyone? SX486. :-) Save this puppy from the shredder

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi scrooyahoo,

On 30 July 2016 at 06:53,  wrote:

> I have a fully working Texas Instruments Travelmate 4000 + PSU and Modem
>
> can be had by anyone for the price of the shipping cost.
>
> Else it's plastic will be donated to www.preciousplastic.com
>
> Can eventually be traded against a working netbook. :-)


I refurbish old computers with Lubuntu. I'm a volunteer at Contact, a local
mental health charity and I donate the refurbished PCs to them. They get
given to Contact's members, their carers or families.

So you could try a local charity or a local Linux User Group, if there are
any near you.

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Re: [lubuntu-users] Firefox playing flash

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi All,

On 18 July 2016 at 14:56, John Hupp  wrote:

> I wasn't the original poster, but I wanted to salute the comprehensive
> review.  Nice, Eric!
>
Oops. I was the original poster. Thanks, too, Eric!

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Re: [lubuntu-users] Firefox playing flash

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi Aere & Jorn,

On 16 July 2016 at 18:55, Aere Greenway  wrote:

> There is a package in the Ubuntu repository called flashplugin-instcaller,
> which (after you install it) will install the flash-plugin version for
> Linux on your machine, which then works in FireFox.
>
> I have been using that successfully on all of my machines, and to my
> knowledge, with no problems.
>

Thanks for that.

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[lubuntu-users] Firefox playing flash

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi,

I'm testing a system that has had problems with the i915 graphics driver in
the past. At the moment it is running Lubuntu 16.04 LTS GNU/Linux and
everything is fine.

However, I haven't activated flash playback in Firefox, yet. In the run up
to Firefox 47 (I think), I was led to believe that Flash files would be
natively handled using HTML5.

That doesn't seem to have happened. I've looked in Firefox's Tools ->
Add-ons and searching for "Shockwave Flash" yields 98 results.Not too sure
which one to try.

For security reasons, I disabled Flash playback on computers.

Can anyone advise me what to do next?

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Re: [lubuntu-users] [lubuntu-devel] Let us discuss: Lubuntu alternate iso files are oversized for CD disks

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi Nio,

On 1 June 2016 at 12:57, Nio Wiklund  wrote:

> Hi Lubuntuers,
>
> Let us discuss the problem that the current Lubuntu alternate iso files
> are oversized for CD disks. I filed a bug report about it, but it has not
> generated much heat.
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lubuntu-meta/+bug/1572429
>
> Do you want to make an effort to create a CD sized alternate iso file, or
> is it time for Lubuntu to abandon those old computers, that only boot from
> CD?
>

When it comes to old systems, as time goes by, I have fewer and fewer older
systems to deal with that demand an O.S. image that fits on a CD. Being
able to boot from CD is helpful but I have an external USB DVD writer that
I currently use to install Lubuntu on a Samsung NC10 NetBook that doesn't
even have a CD drive.

Being able to use an old system is still important to me. So the "386" isoe
are vital for the Samsung NC10 and 2 friend's laptops that have Pentium M
processors in them.

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[lubuntu-users] Keyboard shortcuts to run arbitrary programs

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi,

I use both Ubuntu and Lubuntu.

On Ubuntu I can use Super+1 to run the first program on the panel on the
left of the screen.

On Lubuntu, I can add programs onto the "Task bar" - added GNU emacs today,
to accompany the icons to 1) start PCManFM and 2) start a web browser. I'd
like to have a keyboard shortcut to run these options so I don't have to
use the mouse to start one of those programs.

Any ideas?

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Re: [lubuntu-users] Lubuntu (and / or other flavours) on Acer Aspire One ZG5 AOA110 AOA150

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi Friet,

On 28 April 2016 at 13:32, Friet Pan  wrote:

> It turns out to be very difficult to get Lubuntu running on the ZG5 models
> and when it runs it is extrelmely unreliable.
>
Try running memtest86+ on it. You can download the iso from
http://www.memtest.org/

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