[lubuntu-users] List mods??? Editing Yaboot.conf with Fortran + punch cards

@et al: This kind of post is unacceptable, in the guise of "helping" but not. Typos and language issues, attitude problems. Moderators please advise Mr Golis on how to post on this list. F On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 11:01 AM, Peter Golis wrote: > Fritz, > > There is huge

[lubuntu-users] Editing Yaboot.conf with Fortran + punch cards

@Peter: OK, very amusing; what I meant was that I don't think I had to add any boot parameters in my Yaboot.conf file in my PowerMac, and I think no xorg.conf file . . . . I have several installs on several computers, so hard to keep it all straight in my aging mind. Touche' . . . et tu Peter?

Re: [lubuntu-users] Booting into the dreaded black screen . . . pedal to the metal

@Peter: OK, thanks for the "archive" data--found it. I believe I have the "radeon.agpmode" part of it in my Yaboot.conf . . . but, the "ro resume" aspect I haven't heard of, until now. The "sda4" is to designate the "home/ext4" partition?? that would be the partition that would "resume" after

Re: [lubuntu-users] Does the computer support "suspend"?

me "miracle" it gets going with the HD switch, then I'll post back--meanwhile it's just holding up a stack of books--toasted. : - ) F On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 9:47 AM, Peter Golis <gol...@centrum.sk> wrote: > On Mon, 2016-05-09 at 08:38 -0700, Fritz Hudnut wrote: > > Hello

Re: [lubuntu-users] Does the computer support "suspend"?

On Sun, May 8, 2016 at 11:47 PM, Peter Golis wrote: > If you want to use hibernation, then please check my older emails. I had > described small how to enable it. Keyword for searching is "resume". > > > > PS: Lubuntu had not forgott hibernation. Hibernation in Linux was

Re: [lubuntu-users] Does the computer support "suspend"?

On Sun, May 8, 2016 at 3:43 AM, Peter Golis wrote: > Hello Gentlemans, > > As first, do you talk about Suspend to RAM or hibernation to disk? > > > > Suspend to ram does not have big sense on laptop which have battery older > than 10 years, but hibernation to disk will make

Re: [lubuntu-users] Does the computer support "suspend"?

On Sat, May 7, 2016 at 3:36 PM, Israel wrote: > Hey Fritz, try: > sudo pm-is-supported --suspend && (( $? == 0 )) && echo "Yeah, it works" > This will be more clear. > If it works, it will tell you :D > > I am not sure if those ATI Rage cards suspend at all... sorry. >

Re: [lubuntu-users] Does the computer support "suspend"?

On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 12:59 PM, Israel wrote: > if it returns nothing after the command run > echo $? > if you get a 0, this means YES > > In the Lu session, using those commands did not put the system to sleep, > only the display went dark . . . and it wouldn't "revive" .

Re: [lubuntu-users] Does the computer support "suspend"?

th it much.) > > > On 05/06/2016 04:18 PM, Fritz Hudnut wrote: > > Gents: Thanks for the replies, I've bounced back over to OSX side (so I > can have "sleep") . . . I'll test this out some time tomorrow when I'm back > in linux world . . . . I'll let you kno

Re: [lubuntu-users] Does the computer support "suspend"?

Gents: Thanks for the replies, I've bounced back over to OSX side (so I can have "sleep") . . . I'll test this out some time tomorrow when I'm back in linux world . . . . I'll let you know. Not holding my breath, perhaps I shouldn't even be thinking about this for the "PPC" aspect . . . it just

[lubuntu-users] Does the computer support "suspend"?

On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 5:00 AM, wrote: > You can see if the computer supports suspend by running > pm-is-supported --suspend > The hibernate command is similar > pm-is-supported --hibernate > @Israel: So, I just checked these commands in my PwrMac 3,1

[lubuntu-users] OMG . . . plz trim posts plz

To whom should know better, reminder to keep it "clean" and tidy" rather than having the toilet paper trailing after you . . . . : - Plz trim posts plz . . . . F -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at:

Re: [lubuntu-users] Lubuntu 16.04 PPC installed & doing OK on iBook G4

> Could you kindly check output of dmesg for OOM? > > PS: In Lubuntu is touchpad being handled by mouseemu service. > > Peter. > > > > On April 2, 2016 8:01:25 PM CEST, Fritz Hudnut <este.el@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> "Spoke"

Re: [lubuntu-users] Lubuntu 16.04 PPC installed & doing OK on iBook G4

ibes" and I guess it does something in "synaptics" that causes the mouse cursor to jump, and then the system crashes . . . have to shut down with power button. Reboot and it's again, "OK." F On Sat, Apr 2, 2016 at 7:48 AM, Fritz Hudnut <este.el@gmail.com> wrote: >

[lubuntu-users] Lubuntu 16.04 PPC installed & doing OK on iBook G4

just wouldn't run on this computer w/o GUI crashes . . . now U-MATE 16 will not run on the iBook, but Lubuntu seems to. F On Sun, Mar 27, 2016 at 10:14 AM, Fritz Hudnut <este.el@gmail.com> wrote: > Lu users: > > Happy Easter to all. Could someone offer a short insight into t

[lubuntu-users] Is there a difference in radeon boot params for PPC?

@Andre && Peter: Gentlemen, thanks for the replies, appreciate that. I would say that the answers ranged from TMI to not quite enough, and didn't exactly address my question about the distinctions between the two different params, why would I use one of them over the other, etc? Also, to Peter,

[lubuntu-users] Is there a difference in radeon boot params for PPC?

Lu users: Happy Easter to all. Could someone offer a short insight into the differences in using slightly different boot params for radeon fb? I used "live radeon.agpmode=-1 radeon.modeset=1 video=offb:off video=radeonfb:off" for one liveDVD session, then I used just "live" and the GUI

[lubuntu-users] Setting time zone in Lu 16

On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 10:45 PM, wrote: > On 03/26/2016 06:26 PM, Brendan Perrine wrote: > > > I think menu -> system tools -> time and date is what allows you to > > change the time zone with a GUI in lubuntu. > > Yes, it should look a bit like this: >

[lubuntu-users] Lubuntu Xenial PPC testing on iBook G4

Lu Users: So, while I was fiddling around with trying to get U-MATE 16 tested on the iBook I also downloaded the Lubuntu Daily from the 23rd . . . and I burned it to BlueRay disk After trying the MATE version, simply put, there are "issues" . . . perhaps just too much for the low spec

Re: [lubuntu-users] Lubuntu installation

Stephan: I looked at your photos, I can't do math in my head, but ***possibly your "L" partition was set up inside one of the other partitions In my OSX & linux dual boot set up, I use the OSX disk utility to set aside a certain volume of "free space" . . . formatted as fat32 if

[lubuntu-users] we need ppc testers for xenial!!!!!

On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 4:00 AM, wrote: > * we need ppc testers for xenial! Walter, et al: As I couldn't get Lubuntu to run in the GUI on my PM & iBook . . . problems with the GUI freezing . . . I have had U-MATE Xenial installed since Jan and

Re: [lubuntu-users] Any feedback on reviving a G3 iBook PPC testingmachine??

u had not just try to use x86/64 > installation CD which won't work on Power architecture. > > > > P. > > > > PS: Lubuntu PPC 16.04 is now more stable with testing repositories. > > > > ______ > > Od:

Re: [lubuntu-users] Any feedback on reviving a G3 iBook PPC testingmachine??

shot. How you had try to access > open firmware, and where is photo of your result? > > > > P. > > > > __ > > Od: Fritz Hudnut <este.el@gmail.com> > > Komu: Peter Golis <gol...@centru

Re: [lubuntu-users] Any feedback on reviving a G3 iBook PPC testingmachine??

. < herminio.hernande...@gmail.com> wrote: > add this line to your yaboot.conf > >> enableofboot > > > then reload your conf file and reboot. You should be able from yaboot now > to enter the open firmware section w/o using the keystrokes. > > Herminio > > On F

Re: [lubuntu-users] Any feedback on reviving a G3 iBook PPC testingmachine??

quot;There were problems installing the software, please restart." I took a shot of the screen showing that message . . . it's looking "terminal" . . . no? F On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 7:56 AM, Fritz Hudnut <este.el@gmail.com> wrote: > @Peter G: > > Thanks for

Re: [lubuntu-users] Any feedback on reviving a G3 iBook PPC testingmachine??

Odder than odds bodkins . . . indeed. On Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 9:58 AM, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. < herminio.hernande...@gmail.com> wrote: > and using the keystroke on boot to get into open firmware did not work > that is odd > > On Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 11:39 AM, Fri

Re: [lubuntu-users] Any feedback on reviving a G3 iBook PPC testingmachine??

propped way. For checking you can > use MAC OS X on that hardware. > > > > Peter. > > > > __ > > Od: Fritz Hudnut <este.el@gmail.com> > > Komu: Walter Lapchynski <w...@ubuntu.com>, lubuntu user li

[lubuntu-users] Any feedback on reviving a G3 iBook PPC testing machine??

Folks: Got one of those PPC machines for testing lubuntu, iBook G3 800 MHz 346 MB > Ram . . . tried to do some basic stuff like boot a CD/DVD using the c key, > and/or the option key to boot some CD or DVD or I tried a USB drive that > way as well . . . it just bypassed and rebooted into OSX

Brasero in the limited time-space continuum . . . .

Fritz, > > Some people are just more risk-averse than others. You like your > Powermac, fine for you; you look for the option on the Brasero > sort-of-menu that sort of promises what you want, and ignore all the > others and their dimly-implied possibiities, go ahead. But I'm trying to >

Brasero is just alright with me, too . . .

> > > > or a Burn image > ("project" assumed). Gathering distant and unhappy recollections, I think > these could be better headed and grouped as > Basil: Keep it simple . . . if you have an iso to burn, click on the "Burn Image" button . . . . It will then, burn the image . . . . F --

Kernel upgrade to trusty . . . but while remaining in precise???

> Simple? > > > > sudo apt-get install linux-generic-lts-trusty > > > > If you want the complete graphics/driver stack including Xorg and Mesa: > > > > sudo apt-get -s install --install-recommends > > linux-generic-lts-trusty linux-image-generic-lts-trusty > > linux-headers-generic-lts-trusty

Kernel upgrade to trusty . . . but while remaining in precise???

Folks: I've been playing around with ToriOS/JWM in my old powermac running 12.04 base install . . . but I'd like to play around with upgrading the kernel to 3.13 . . . but staying in 12.04 to see if I can get a little more "speed" out of it, as well as possibly get "suspend" or some better "power

Spotify linux preview

From: Michael Hirons > To: lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com > Subject: Spotify linux preview > I am running the Beta 2 version of Lubuntu 15.10 64 bit and have installed > the Linux preview version of Spotify from the internet as its not in the > repo.Spotify installs but will

proper way to install JWM/Tori in 15.04

> > Hi, > I use JWM so I would suggest doing something similar to what I have. > The best way to do it would be to make an xsession: > first create: > /usr/share/xsession//mysession/.desktop > Put something like: > Just want to add a "like" to the JWM/ToriOS idea. With Israel's able guidance I

Re: upgrade from Lubuntu 12 LTS to Lubuntu 14 LTS on the extremely old desktop?

On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 7:53 AM, Peter Golis gol...@centrum.sk wrote: Old iBook with 128+512M RAM (same combination as my playbook) cannot handle big JS pages like FB. Most modern web sites eat RAM. Teoretically you can install zram on that system which will enable compression in RAM, but you

Re: upgrade from Lubuntu 12 LTS to Lubuntu 14 LTS on the extremely old desktop?

. But I'm not watching FB nor any huge JS mess which eat lot of RAM. Small deviations in functionality was allready fixed as you know from my previous emails with included how to fix. __ Od: Fritz Hudnut este.el@gmail.com

Re: upgrade from Lubuntu 12 LTS to Lubuntu 14 LTS on the extremely old desktop?

suggestion On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 9:04 PM, Fritz Hudnut este.el@gmail.com wrote: @HH: Funny . . . I didn't know other people have bills . . . h, total re-think on collective life in a capitalistic society. But, when you say, run the build command . . . is this a general suggestion

Re: upgrade from Lubuntu 12 LTS to Lubuntu 14 LTS on the extremely old desktop?

, or even luakit. They use less resources than FF. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 10, 2015, at 10:39 AM, Fritz Hudnut este.el@gmail.com wrote: @et al: Just to report the continuing saga of PPC . . . last night, back over in the 933 MHz iBook w/546MB RAM, running 14.04 installed from

Re: upgrade from Lubuntu 12 LTS to Lubuntu 14 LTS on the extremely old desktop?

Greenway a...@dvorak-keyboards.com wrote: On 08/09/2015 04:37 PM, Fritz Hudnut wrote: But, this JWM for PPC has been mentioned before, perhaps by the time you have the time to do that, might be around when all support for 12.04 is dropped . . . . It's hard to work with a 450 MHz processor

Re: upgrade from Lubuntu 12 LTS to Lubuntu 14 LTS on the extremely old desktop?

gotta do, come back and you should be done :) On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 8:14 PM, Fritz Hudnut este.el@gmail.com wrote: @AG: Thanks for the emotional support, yes, sniff, it's a lonely world in linux PPC . . . nobody calls, nobody likes my posts . . . the devs don't respond to bug reports

upgrade from Lubuntu 12 LTS to Lubuntu 14 LTS on the extremely old desktop?

@Fritz I am was trying to explain not to use the 12.04 version of LXDE, sorry if that was unclear. To recap: You can install a PPA to have an up-to-date WM/DE (possibly even LXDE). So yes, you CAN stay on

upgrade from Lubuntu 12 LTS to Lubuntu 14 LTS on old desktop?

Hi, In short: Yes you can, and should. Do not use 12.04 as the version of LXDE (what Lubuntu is built on) is not supported. In Long: You can still use 12.04 if you want to use a PPA to install a different interface. But even still 14.04 is a very snappy system. I'd suggest upgrading to

Lu 14.04.2 testing on PowerMac 3,1

I think I posted this to forum under Testers wanted for 14.04 thread, but, booting Lu 14.04.2 LiveDVD spun from 2015218??? downloaded 6/26/15 using boot params live brings a clean resolution display, colors and text are rendered well . . . so far no freezing issues. However, the text in the

Window compositing in LXDE 14.04 [PPC]?

On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 5:00 AM, lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com wrote: Today's Topics: 1. Re: Window compositing in LXDE 14.04 [PPC]? (Rafael Laguna) It is command line. Actually Compton is a fork of xcompmgr. Now there's a simple GUI for configuring it, but it's easier to handle

Re: Another question-- Window compositing in Lubuntu 14.04

On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 5:10 PM, Israel israeld...@gmail.com wrote: In other words the OGs from compton stay in their hood while the OGs from XFCE stay in theirs... and things can get messed up if you try to bring compton to XFCE. @Israel: OK, I can be down wit dat . . . it seemed like you

Re: Another question-- Window compositing in Lubuntu 14.04

Hi Fritz! you can run a command from a terminal and then add *disown* after the command to disown it from the terminal. Then if you close the terminal the program will still be running. If you don't disown the program from that terminal it will close when the terminal closes. feel free

Window compositing in Lubuntu 14.04

@Israel: Thanks for the details, much more clear and even looks do-able for the GUI driver . . . . F On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 5:00 AM, lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com wrote: Subject: Re: Window compositing in Lubuntu 14.04 Message-ID: 55a13f53.20...@gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain;

Window compositing in Lubuntu 14.04

@Israel: Straight back atcha from ten or so miles outside Compton . . . thanks for the pointers. Technically speaking would that be compton disown OR compton disown?? AND/OR compton -b ??? as a separate but similar command to do the same thing as compton disown Or compton disown (or

Window compositing in LXDE 14.04 [PPC]?

Folks: I've been continuing my testing of my min-installed XFCE 14.04 for PPC, and, kind of a mixed bag . . . it's ***almost*** there in terms of a daily frontline system, seems like the kernel figured out how to do suspend . . . but still, glitchy when it comes to dragging windows and th fan

Re: Window compositing in LXDE 14.04 [PPC]?

. herminio.hernande...@gmail.com wrote: Compton is great for what you are looking for. See the ppcluddite blog for detail on how to set it up. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 9, 2015, at 11:17 AM, Fritz Hudnut este.el@gmail.com wrote: Folks: I've been continuing my testing of my min

Re: Window compositing in LXDE 14.04 [PPC]?

9, 2015 at 9:43 AM, Fritz Hudnut este.el@gmail.com wrote: Homes: Thanks for the fast reply . . . I'll check it. Is compton created by hip-hop aficionados??? I could probably drive over and pick it up . . . after traffic hours, whenever that is . . . . LA is all about the traffic

Window compositing in Lubuntu 14.04

On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 12:20 PM, lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com wrote: I think that actually compton isn't really CLI based but a grapical application that is configured with a configuration file. I think I remember seeing one or two differnt GUI utilities for compton but I don't

Lu for student accounts wifi--B. T.

On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 5:00 AM, lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com wrote: Hi Marc, Do your students' user accounts have admin privileges? Regards, Barry T Barry: The simple answers are always the most direct answers. Perhaps they could be set up as guest or whatever would provide

Re: ubuntu-15.04 PPC issues

On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 4:51 AM, Israel israeld...@gmail.com wrote: My issue running Lubuntu (and Mini and Debian Jessie) on PPC was much larger than a sound issue. There is little I can do to even boot to anything coherent. I cannot even get to a console reliably to even begin to try to

Re: ubuntu-15.04 PPC issues

10:28 AM, Fritz Hudnut wrote: On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 5:00 AM, lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com wrote: Message: 3 Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2015 18:52:18 -0500 From: Israel israeld...@gmail.com To: lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: Lubuntu 15.04 64 bit Problem with Desktop

Re: ubuntu-15.04 PPC issues

On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 5:00 AM, lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com wrote: Message: 3 Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2015 18:52:18 -0500 From: Israel israeld...@gmail.com To: lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: Lubuntu 15.04 64 bit Problem with Desktop Shortcuts Message-ID:

Re: Lubuntu 15.04 -- PPC Problems

On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 9:31 AM, Aere Greenway a...@dvorak-keyboards.com wrote: I totally sympathize with your situation, and admire your steadfast determination (in the face of huge odds) to succeed with PPC. I doubt I would have continued in the face of such odds. None of my testing was

Lubuntu 15.04 64 bit Problem with Desktop Shortcuts

On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 5:00 AM, lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com wrote: Or maybe your 15.04 installation is messed-up somehow. et al: That is a distinct possibility, it does seem like there are issues with 15.04 that aren't immediately obvious after an install. I ran into problems on

Re: Lubuntu 15.04 64 bit Problem with Desktop Shortcuts

know if that would help in this case . . . . F On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 8:40 AM, Aere Greenway a...@dvorak-keyboards.com wrote: On 06/02/2015 09:23 AM, Fritz Hudnut wrote: I decided 15.04 was too buggy to continue with it. Admittedly, I am not trying 15.04 on PPC, which seems beset by numerous

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

: Fritz Hudnut este.el@gmail.com Komu: Peter Golis gol...@centrum.sk Dátum: 17.05.2015 23:56 Predmet: Re: Lubuntu 14 U-MATE 15 installer issues [PPC] CC: lubuntu user list @Peter: Yes, my sense of humor is very sophisticated . . . very dry . . . . But, in this case I'm not using

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

. __ Od: Fritz Hudnut este.el@gmail.com Komu: Peter Golis gol...@centrum.sk Dátum: 17.05.2015 03:33 Predmet: Re: Lubuntu 14 U-MATE 15 installer issues [PPC] CC: lubuntu user list @Peter, etal: Got the /var/log/Xorg.0.log uploaded to paste.ubuntu . . . doesn't seem

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

(logs). That was what I had asked several times, but nothing was provided. If you will have it, then come back please. P. Fritz Hudnut este.el@gmail.com wrote: Peter, et al: Correct, there is no need to continue . . . first thing, you never introduced yourself to me as an installer

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

8000 lines long. Any other logs you would want to see? http://paste.ubuntu.com/11176522 F On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 7:37 AM, Fritz Hudnut este.el@gmail.com wrote: @Peter: Thanks, I'll be back shortly . . . whenever I can get a TTY to open . . . . F On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 10:57 PM, Peter

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

is error if description does not meet situation. Peter. __ Od: Fritz Hudnut este.el@gmail.com Komu: Peter Golis gol...@centrum.sk Dátum: 15.05.2015 22:37 Predmet: Re: Lubuntu 14 U-MATE 15 installer issues [PPC

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

On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 1:47 AM, Peter Golis gol...@centrum.sk wrote: Hello Fritz, I had asked how to create NewWorld bootblock (bootstrap) with different size than is supported by OFI to use for booting from it. So, what was your way how to create partition which was called by you as

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

On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 11:26 AM, Peter Golis gol...@centrum.sk wrote: Hello Fritz, Yes, I had shown to you approx. the same steps as are done by automatic installation process. But this is different was as you are describing as bug in installer. Could you please show picture of creation

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

Replies inline: On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 2:23 AM, Peter Golis gol...@centrum.sk wrote: Hello Fritz, I had seen set up a 10 MB new world boot partition in your email also with remark about deleting / from label which was followed by put osx into sleep. This is really bad handling, and the

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

@Peter: Well, the problem was replicated over 4 attempts to use manual partition install . . . 2 with Lubuntu 14.04 installer and 2 with U-MATE 15.04 . . . I don't know how else to describe what I did . . . 10 MB for New World Boot, 11GB or so for ext4, 1.6 GB for swap . . . . The installer

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

On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 11:55 AM, Peter Golis gol...@centrum.sk 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

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

On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 12:34 AM, Peter Golis gol...@centrum.sk wrote: PS: I cannot understood which error of installer did you had mean. Hooking of boot path into OFI to call yaboot and later also linux kernel is not part of manual partitioning. This is part of yaboot post installation step

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

On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 8:59 AM, Aere Greenway a...@dvorak-keyboards.com wrote: I always use the Something Else (manual partitioning) option, and it has (so far) always worked for me. The thing I see in your e-mail snippet above that makes me wonder, is your new world boot partition. One

Re: Lubuntu + MATE? Compatible? or issues?

, Apr 11, 2015 at 10:47 PM, Nio Wiklund nio.wikl...@gmail.com wrote: Den 2015-04-12 04:53, Aere Greenway skrev: On 04/11/2015 05:46 PM, Fritz Hudnut wrote: Over in my MBPro I've had numerous LM versions and out of a fair number of installs the MATE flavors have been the most stable, so I

Re: Lubuntu + MATE? Compatible? or issues?

stack to 14.04.2) will work better. Do you have time to find out what package that breaks your system? Is it a kernel upgrade, or some other package? Is it some program package in the mate meta-package? Best regards Nio Den 2015-04-11 20:34, Fritz Hudnut skrev: @AG Nio: Appreciate

Re: Lubuntu + MATE? Compatible? or issues?

problems with it - even after I re-booted (just in case). - Aere On 04/11/2015 08:46 AM, Fritz Hudnut wrote: Folks: Along these lines of inquiry . . . seems like with a recent kernel upgrade, the several month old U-MATE 14 PPC install on my iBook got corrupted . . . seems like aptitude

Re: Lubuntu + MATE? Compatible? or issues?

Folks: Along these lines of inquiry . . . seems like with a recent kernel upgrade, the several month old U-MATE 14 PPC install on my iBook got corrupted . . . seems like aptitude was removing key packages so that logging into a MATE session just showed the desktop image, no toolbars or desktop

Re: Lubuntu + MATE? Compatible? or issues?

. . . . F On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 2:40 PM, Aere Greenway a...@dvorak-keyboards.com wrote: On 04/11/2015 12:34 PM, Fritz Hudnut wrote: right now I have been sticking with LTS, so I have 14.04.2 . . . and possibly it was the upshift to the .2 that busted itself . . . due to the post ipso facto

Re: Testing Vivid PPC liveDVD on G4 Sawtooth

. but the ibook is no more than just a cloud storage and a simple internet router. Fritz Hudnut este.el@gmail.com wrote: @IA: Thanks for the reply, yes, LXDE should work as XFCE is doing fine. Getting the machine up to 2GB RAM seems to have been very good for increasing functionality. I

Re: No suspend after XFCE Power Manager added (Israel) (Israel)(Fritz)(Fritz)

But, Israel, you are saying that simply by creating a file that contains 5 short lines that the suspend/resume will be working? Again, why then are the devs not including those 5 lines in an update/upgrade patch? F Hi Fritz, I use that file in a minimal install setting. I

Re: No suspend after XFCE Power Manager added (Israel)

From: Lars Nood?n lars.noo...@gmail.com To: Lubuntu Users Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: No suspend after XFCE Power Manager added Message-ID: 5511abdc.4060...@gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 I installed Lubuntu-core on a small machine and suspend (sleep?) worked

Re: Testing Vivid PPC liveDVD on G4 Sawtooth

On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 3:09 PM, Istimsak Abdulbasir saqman2...@gmail.com wrote: If you are going to be using your machine to test Ubuntu images, then the entire machine model should be listed. Helps the developers tailor the image to suite its needs. For what I am asking are the specs from

Re: Testing Vivid PPC liveDVD on G4 Sawtooth

definitely list your PC specs when testing. The more hardware Ubuntu can be tested on the better agile it becomes. On Mar 22, 2015 8:57 PM, Fritz Hudnut este.el@gmail.com wrote: Folks/PPC testing team: Just staying in touch, making this informal report for now. The last couple of months

Testing Vivid PPC liveDVD on G4 Sawtooth

Folks/PPC testing team: Just staying in touch, making this informal report for now. The last couple of months I've been reviving my wife's old PowerMac G4 Sawtooth . . . new HD, new screen, and yesterday I replaced the old optical drive that only booted CDs with one that will boot DVDs . . .

Re: Lubuntu-users Digest, Vol 37, Issue 37

@Is: Appreciate the reply, well, that's what I was wondering, if it works to cut the installed DE's out w/o messing things up. Thanks for the insight on JWM, happy to look into that, I think we spoke about this before, or something that was waiting for PPC config . . . . Got a few too many

Working my way back . . . to adjusting fan limts

So, add LXDE, log into it, and then try to remove the U-MATE stuff? And that would get me back to the core system, more or less, with the basic lighter DE?? Easy-peasy or messed up? You may try out this first: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerPCFAQ#How_do_I_adjust_my_fan_limits.3F Good

Working my way back to you babe, or thinking about it . . . .

Folks: This might be a no-brainer if I was booted up in linux, but I'm not . . . perhaps a month or so back I was trying to follow someone's instructions about doing a persistent live USB install . . . but doing it on an external HD thru my iBook . . . and there was some issue with the installer

WOTL: Any thoughts on best value?

Folks: Thanks very much for all the great suggestions, much appreciated. I'll have to spend the time to investigate all the ideas . . . and figure out what makes sense to me now . . . appreciate it. F -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe

Re: WOTL: Any thoughts for best desktop value these days?

at 1:10 AM, Nio Wiklund nio.wikl...@gmail.com wrote: Den 2014-12-23 01:05, Fritz Hudnut skrev: Folks: So far all my computers have been Apple, but with the PPC iMac now at 12 years or so old and having an extended illness which it may or may not survive . . . I've been considering a new

WOTL: any thoughts for best desktop value?

So, you are looking for standard PC hardware, am I right? Well, where do you live? Are you loocking for Desktop or Laptop? Do you know how to setup a Desktop PC, piece by peice? Andre: Also thanks to you for the reply, standard PC is one of the options, I've looked at used '10 MacPro's

WOTL: Any thoughts for best desktop value these days?

Folks: Thanks for the added thoughts, much appreciated . . . I will give each of them consideration, no particular rush on it . . . the *only** problem with the build it myself option is that I would have to get myself organized to do that, and I've spent most of my life fighting that . . . bit

WOTL: Any thoughts for best desktop value these days?

Folks: So far all my computers have been Apple, but with the PPC iMac now at 12 years or so old and having an extended illness which it may or may not survive . . . I've been considering a new/used desktop to replace it. Since I've been fiddling with linux for a couple of years I have some

Very slo log in . . . for user

On 12/13/2014 08:26 AM, Linda wrote: I installed Lubuntu 14.04 LTS on a new HP Pavillion (500-C6) AMD A6 8GB SDRAM AMD Radeon HD 8400 Graphics. It takes quite a while to go from login user password to showing the icons on the desktop and allowing you to start a terminal window. It

Re: Lubuntu-users Digest, Vol 36, Issue 36

Hi Israel. The links you were providing me dealing with removing catalyst drivers and last message on the terminal during the boot is 'virtual Ethernet', so I guess problem with VMware. I just tried to make a log file, but failed. Dmesg ~/dmesg.log Bash: /root/dmesg.log: read-only

Re: Bug report fixed--now looking at suspend in Lu 14.04 PPC

Lu users: The bug report brought fast service, but seems like Manfred H got the fix off to me before the bug triager . . . got the user account back into service. No need to like my bug . . . . I'll be working on the suspend problem now. Suspend seems to work from the GUI desktop, but not the

Bug report filed--Cannot open my session graphically in Lu 14.04 PPC

Fellow Lu users: In the interest of trying to help get Lu 14.04 to be a better place for PPC users . . . I have filed a bug report about the problem I posted here about losing login to GUI after a normal update/upgrade procedure. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/1400967

stop dbus, new user account

On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 3:46 AM, lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com wrote: Hi Fritz, It might be worth trying to add a new user. Check if the new user has the same issues. If the new user does not have any issue, you can of course simply migrate your configurations to that account. And

LTS to LTS upgrade . . . .

On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 1:52 PM, lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com wrote: I can't yet answer that from my own experience. I know the upgrade process from one release to the next release has been very reliable, but I haven't yet tried upgrading from one LTS release to the next LTS

Re: Stop dbus. startx, update/upgrade errors?

@Is: Tried the various options . . . from the -f install command it showed 0 upgraded, 0 newly install, 0 to remove, 11 not upgraded . . . so I ran the fuser command and the prompt just returned very quickly . . . I rebooted, same problem. Ran thru the update but then after the -f install I ran

Re: Stop dbus. startx, update/upgrade errors?

I have added my issue to bug report # 1059254 Lightdm fails to start session which has been marked as invalid . . . but I used it anyway, as right now it is lightdm that is failing to start a GUI session. F On Sun, Nov 30, 2014 at 10:02 AM, Fritz Hudnut este.el@gmail.com wrote: From

Re: Stop dbus. startx, update/upgrade errors?

why this would be different than running dpkg fsck in recovery mode . . . both of which found errors but then . . . didn't fix them . . . ??? But, I'll look at moving the dbus config file as well . . . . F On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 9:23 AM, Fritz Hudnut este.el@gmail.com wrote: I have added

Stop dbus. startx, update/upgrade errors?

From: Israel israeld...@gmail.com To: lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: Stop dbus. startx, or self sabotage? Message-ID: 5478b45b.6070...@gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Hi again Fritz, The other solution I use a lot for these types of issues is to move my

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