Re: Lubuntu 14 && U-MATE 15 installer issues [PPC]

2015-05-13 Thread Fritz Hudnut
On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 11:55 AM, Peter Golis wrote: > Hello Fritz, > > Did you had hibernated MAC OS X with connected disks which held Linux / > yaboot and performed disk layout reorganization? I will not comment that. > > > > Regarding workarrounds, you can fix upstream kernel as is opensource.

Re: Check my upstart script code?

2015-05-13 Thread Israel
On 05/13/2015 08:52 AM, John Hupp wrote: > On 5/13/2015 8:30 AM, Israel wrote: >> ... > > Hi, Israel. Interesting thoughts. Someone on the Ubuntu list thought > that the upstart approach probably wouldn't work because 1) $HOME is > not part of the upstart environment (which I believe is true, an

Re: Lubuntu 14 && U-MATE 15 installer issues [PPC]

2015-05-13 Thread Peter Golis
Hello Fritz, Did you had hibernated MAC OS X with connected disks which held Linux / yaboot and performed disk layout reorganization? I will not comment that.   Regarding workarrounds, you can fix upstream kernel as is opensource. Network using sungem is working to me also in kernel 4.0.2 (vanil

Re: state of upstart (was: Re: Check my upstart script code?)

2015-05-13 Thread Istimsak Abdulbasir
Upstart will still be available in future Ubuntu releases until stated otherwise. That is what I have read. On May 13, 2015 10:25 AM, "Walter Lapchynski" wrote: > On 05/09/2015 03:47 PM, John Hupp wrote: Here is an improved upstart job >>> >>> > So what *is* the status of upstart? AFAIK

Re: Lubuntu 14 && U-MATE 15 installer issues [PPC]

2015-05-13 Thread Fritz Hudnut
On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 10:15 AM, Peter Golis wrote: > Hello Fritz, > > is good to hear about your successfull recovery for yaboot. > > > > Regarding mentioned other points: > > 1) Backdoor: This is normal for any OS installation which does not have > secure boot nor encrypted disks.This is not l

Re: Lubuntu 14 && U-MATE 15 installer issues [PPC]

2015-05-13 Thread Peter Golis
Hello Fritz, is good to hear about your successfull recovery for yaboot.   Regarding mentioned other points: 1) Backdoor: This is normal for any OS installation which does not have secure boot nor encrypted disks.This is not limited to Lubuntu, Linux. This can be also in Windows, OS/2, Solaris a

Lubuntu 14 && U-MATE 15 installer issues [PPC]

2015-05-13 Thread Fritz Hudnut
> Hi, > I'd also like to point out that some iBooks can boot from USB. > This most recent Lubuntu PPC image worked well for me from USB. > I haven't had enough time to really test some of my previous issues > (sound!!!). > In order to use a USB you need a tool like mkusb >

Re: Lubuntu 14 && U-MATE 15 installer issues [PPC]

2015-05-13 Thread Fritz Hudnut
On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 1:23 AM, Peter Golis wrote: > Hello Fritz, > > Did you had try to press "c" before chime will play during boot initial > sequence with loaded PowerPC bootable medium, or do you want only to > discuss about that problem without any try to fix your deleted yaboot after > you

state of upstart (was: Re: Check my upstart script code?)

2015-05-13 Thread Walter Lapchynski
> > On 05/09/2015 03:47 PM, John Hupp wrote: >>> >>> Here is an improved upstart job >> >> So what *is* the status of upstart? AFAIK we're transitioning entirely away from it and over to systemd as a default, but will upstream still be available for people that want to use it? As an Ubuntu product,

Re: Check my upstart script code?

2015-05-13 Thread John Hupp
On 5/13/2015 8:30 AM, Israel wrote: Hi John (inline) On 05/09/2015 03:47 PM, John Hupp wrote: .. Here is an improved upstart job (/etc/init/pcmanfm-ltsp.conf). The script code is tested as working when run manually as a script, but it was not effective as an upstart job. Perhaps environment va

Re: Other in Menu

2015-05-13 Thread John Hupp
On 5/12/2015 10:15 PM, Israel wrote: On 05/11/2015 10:58 PM, Istimsak Abdulbasir wrote: What does XDG mean and what dies it do? ... X Desktop Group Basically this is a freedesktop project which aims to standardize things across the diverse GNU operating systems and desktop environments. Ther

Re: Lubuntu 14 && U-MATE 15 installer issues [PPC]

2015-05-13 Thread Israel
Hi, I'd also like to point out that some iBooks can boot from USB. This most recent Lubuntu PPC image worked well for me from USB. I haven't had enough time to really test some of my previous issues (sound!!!). In order to use a USB you need a tool like mkusb

Re: Check my upstart script code?

2015-05-13 Thread Israel
Hi John (inline) On 05/09/2015 03:47 PM, John Hupp wrote: > .. > Here is an improved upstart job (/etc/init/pcmanfm-ltsp.conf). The > script code is tested as working when run manually as a script, but it > was not effective as an upstart job. Perhaps environment variables > like $HOME are not av

Re: Lubuntu 14 && U-MATE 15 installer issues [PPC]

2015-05-13 Thread Peter Golis
Hello Fritz, Did you had try to press "c" before chime will play during boot initial sequence with loaded PowerPC bootable medium, or do you want only to discuss about that problem without any try to fix your deleted yaboot after you had deleted "NewWorld bootblock"?   I will recommend Lubuntu 1