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[QUOTE=Confuzzed Otto;37798457]No idea how I load the Live CD. Tried to use PowerISO, that didn't work out. Also I don't have any discs..[/QUOTE] Just use unetbootin and a spare flash drive.
Doesn't let me write to external harddrive only the internal. Ugh.
[QUOTE=Confuzzed Otto;37799107]Doesn't let me write to external harddrive only the internal. Ugh.[/QUOTE] Have you correctly mounted the hard drive?
The only thing I've done is plugging in my external harddrive, my flashdrive wich I have the LiveCD thing on and started up the computer, then trying to install it. [editline]25th September 2012[/editline] I pull out the flashdrive and start the computer. Says there's no configuration file or something. Help. [editline]25th September 2012[/editline] Alright. Gonna put a complete description of how I want it now. I have a flashdrive (16GB) and a harddrive (300GB free) and I wish to install Lubuntu on one of them. Why? Because I'm not allowed to install anything on my school computer but I want the OS, so this is a way to void the rule. A good description how I want it might be like I want it like a LiveCD, but you can save and edit the things, instead of it reseting-ish all the time. Basicly a plug in and out Lubuntu that I can put in the school computer and other computers if possible. One of the problems might be that I don't have any CDs and not egible to buy any either, so I wonder if it's possible to do this using one of the external drives as a LiveCD during install or something? I need an answer as quick as possible because I need to get the computer working for school tomorrow.
[url]https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/1055766[/url] lol [editline]26th September 2012[/editline] "grep -R doesn't automatically search amazon"
Found a good guide. Followed it and thought I had managed to install Lubuntu on my flashdrive. When I opened a folder I noticed that I had 160GB for the OS and 160GB free. On the internal harddrive. I got my hands on a disc. Does anyone know how I do this properly?
Hello fellow Linux users! I've got a strange problem (I, at least, find it strange). So yesterday X.org stopped working on my netbook for some reason. After I rebooted it, the xdm service didn't start, and the output of X.org (when startx is run) leads me to believe some sort of kernel/driver module problem, but I haven't made changes in those at any time. So, for a bit of information, here's the output of cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log followed by the output of dmesg: [url]http://pastebin.sabayon.org/pastie/10676[/url] [url]http://pastebin.sabayon.org/pastie/10677[/url] I'm using Sabayon, which is a Gentoo based system.
[code] [ 141.116] (EE) No drivers available. [/code] It can't find any drivers. reinstall vesa/any other graphical driver you use.
[QUOTE=kaukassus;37805870][code] [ 141.116] (EE) No drivers available. [/code] It can't find any drivers. reinstall vesa/any other graphical driver you use.[/QUOTE] I reinstalled the ati-drivers package just yesterday, a few hours after the problem in hope it would load them up. As seen in the dmesg file, fglrx is loaded just fine. [editline]26th September 2012[/editline] I'll try re-emerging the xf86-video-ati package. [editline]26th September 2012[/editline] Done emerging the xf86-video-ati package. Did not seem to fix the problem with X.org starting. The error remains the same.
[QUOTE=T3hGamerDK;37805875]I reinstalled the ati-drivers package just yesterday, a few hours after the problem in hope it would load them up. As seen in the dmesg file, fglrx is loaded just fine. [editline]26th September 2012[/editline] I'll try re-emerging the xf86-video-ati package. [editline]26th September 2012[/editline] Done emerging the xf86-video-ati package. Did not seem to fix the problem with X.org starting. The error remains the same.[/QUOTE] [code]$ uname -r <Should give the kernel version, like "3.5.4-gentoo"> $ eselect kernel list <Should give a list of available kernels, make sure the one marked with the asterisk is the same version>[/code] It's possible AMD's kernel module needs to match the X.org driver version exactly, and your selected kernel sources don't match the kernel you're running, so AMD's compiling the kernel module for the wrong version. NVidia requires perfect matches, but it at least throws a visible error when the matching fails.
yeah amd's drivers have to match the xorg version you're running (like nvidia), but they do a much shittier job of supporting newer versions than nvidia does.
[QUOTE=lavacano;37811409][code]$ uname -r <Should give the kernel version, like "3.5.4-gentoo"> $ eselect kernel list <Should give a list of available kernels, make sure the one marked with the asterisk is the same version>[/code] It's possible AMD's kernel module needs to match the X.org driver version exactly, and your selected kernel sources don't match the kernel you're running, so AMD's compiling the kernel module for the wrong version. NVidia requires perfect matches, but it at least throws a visible error when the matching fails.[/QUOTE] Versions match up perfectly, and I'm running at-drivers-12.8
[QUOTE=usa;37804419][url]https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/1055766[/url] lol [editline]26th September 2012[/editline] "grep -R doesn't automatically search amazon"[/QUOTE] If Canonical didn't see this coming, then damn they're just getting worse at making Linux for the average Joe.
So, Steam for Linux beta releasing next week [URL="http://blogs.valvesoftware.com/linux/"]http://blogs.valvesoftware.com/linux/[/URL] Phoronix has said that it'll be next week ( [URL="http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTE5MzI"]http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTE5MzI[/URL] ), not sure if the blog post resembles so.
[QUOTE=TheCreeper;37788911]Any reason for using GRUB over Syslinux?[/QUOTE] UEFI support.
[QUOTE=Ol' Pie;37820730]So, Steam for Linux beta releasing next week [URL="http://blogs.valvesoftware.com/linux/"]http://blogs.valvesoftware.com/linux/[/URL] Phoronix has said that it'll be next week ( [URL="http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTE5MzI"]http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTE5MzI[/URL] ), not sure if the blog post resembles so.[/QUOTE] [B]Internal[/B] beta next week. As in. Valve only.
A L4D2 blog post said middle of October, so perhaps then.
[QUOTE=nikomo;37759716]Yeah, TF2 will come, but if he stopped playing with WINE and just waited for the Linux version, we're talking about a 2-5 month wait here.[/QUOTE] Ok but its locked to ubuntu, or does anyone know if they have plans to allow us to build steam ourself's on different destros
[QUOTE=MickeyCantor;37822972]Ok but its locked to ubuntu, or does anyone know if they have plans to allow us to build steam ourself's on different destros[/QUOTE] When they say it's on Ubuntu, they mean they'll let you download a .deb Pretty sure that a .deb is just a tarball, so just open it up and use it like any program that you'd download in a tarball, or you can just convert it to whatever package format your distro is using.
[QUOTE=nikomo;37823076]When they say it's on Ubuntu, they mean they'll let you download a .deb Pretty sure that a .deb is just a tarball, so just open it up and use it like any program that you'd download in a tarball, or you can just convert it to whatever package format your distro is using.[/QUOTE] .deb is some popular archive format that also contains the DPKG metadata required to install and uninstall the package [editline]28th September 2012[/editline] Also I'm fairly sure it means their binaries are going to be built against Ubuntu's libs.
Useragent test. [editline]27th September 2012[/editline] Does anyone have the facepunch user agent code lying around?
[QUOTE=nikomo;37823076]When they say it's on Ubuntu, they mean they'll let you download a .deb Pretty sure that a .deb is just a tarball, so just open it up and use it like any program that you'd download in a tarball, or you can just convert it to whatever package format your distro is using.[/QUOTE] I keep dpkg installed (even though I use Gentoo) so I can easily uninstall things later.
So Today I decided to install linux. I partitioned my drive, grabbed a copy of arch and instaleld it. Then spent a total of like 3.5 hours configuring it and figuring out wtf i'm doing. Got done installing the DE (tried both Xfce and GNOME) and got all my drivers instaleld and all my shit working, felt rather proud of myself seeing as that's the first time (technicaly second) that I ever used linux. Then I thought to my self "Why am I putitng myself through this?" wiped arch off and installed ubuntu. Edit: But don't worry, once I break myself in into linux and figure out how all of your fancy 1337 shit works, I'll go back to arch and make myself the ultimate hax0r os (hopefully)
I prefer Ubuntu over Lubuntu, just because how sexy it looks and Steam is coming out for Ubuntu (Or maybe it will work for Lubuntu too). But Lubuntu is so much faster and the computer I have it on is quite slow. Any way to make my lubuntu look as sexy as the normal Ubuntu?
fast and good looking pick one [editline]28th September 2012[/editline] also Steam will work fine under Lubuntu
Just noticed the humble bundle games doesn't work in Lubuntu. Damnit.
[QUOTE=Confuzzed Otto;37829944]Just noticed the humble bundle games doesn't work in Lubuntu. Damnit.[/QUOTE] Which ones, and why?
Humble Bundle V. LIMBO, Amnesia and those. When I try to download them via the store, as in they try to open a link, it doesn't open a link to the Lubuntu store. Infact, nothing happens.
[QUOTE=Confuzzed Otto;37829966]Humble Bundle V. LIMBO, Amnesia and those. When I try to download them via the store, as in they try to open a link, it doesn't open a link to the Lubuntu store. Infact, nothing happens.[/QUOTE] If the Lubuntu store is not the same as Ubuntu store, or you haven't bound the protocol to open it, then it'll fail. Have you tried downloading them from the site directly and run them?
Not really, but those wouldn't be optimised for Linux, would they?
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