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Great answer: Where to download Ubuntu 12.04? http://askubuntu.com/questions/125264/where-to-download-ubuntu-12-04/125269?atw=1#125269 #download

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@shanethehat Hi there, wanted to discuss the issue with your bounty

it was just a typo, and as it turns out the question is now answered

11:21 AM

is it me or are there a bunch of "can't login" questions?

surely that many people can't forget their password

I have suggested on so.meta that an edit period could avoid such flags in the future

@MarcoCeppi so sorry for the useless flag :)

@shanethehat cool, in the future you can pop in to chat and flag down a moderator. The only way to have it fixed is if the a moderator removes the bounty (refunds it) and you re-create it.

It's no problem!

yeah, ChrisF explained that as I was submitting the flag: meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/130865/…

jrg

@JorgeCastro no, most of them are actually related to permissions.

i've encountered those login issues multiple times since release day, its really weird.

@JorgeCastro - I had a hard time logging into chat this morning. Had to sign out of every SE site I had open, then log back in to askubuntu before chat would let me in.

11:36 AM

@shanethehat no we are talking about logging into the system :)

fair enough, then I have nothing further to report!

11:50 AM

I'd like to know if Ubuntu packages softwares on their own or it just copies the Debian's repo.

jrg

@harisibrahimkv It does both.

Q: Does Ubuntu import the Universe repository from Debian?

Oh. So does Ubuntu developers include Debian developers as well? Or is it such that the packages packaged by Ubuntu will be available only in the Ubuntu repo and won't be uploaded in the Debian repo?

jrg

Sorta but not really. There are some packages that won't get upstream to debian, but there are others that ubuntu imports from debian.

i think there is a question about that somewhere...

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Does Ubuntu import the Universe repository from Debian?

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Q: Who compiles all the packages that are part of ubuntu?

When an Ubuntu release is being made who compiles all the versions of the programs that are part of ubuntu and determines which version will ship with the release. For example, which version of postgres, or open office, or firefox? Do paid Canonical employees do the compiling and selection of p...

community release-management

//Checking questions.

Hmmm.. It says there are certain softwares that are packaged specifically for Ubuntu. But isn't that redundant? As in, softwares packaged for Ubuntu will have to work on Debian too right? Considering both use dpkg as well as apt and its friends for installation.

All these thoughts originated when I was trying to install the gem2deb package on m system. While it was not present in the Debian Squeeze repo (I had to build it from source), it was available in the Ubuntu repo. So I was wondering if Ubuntu had copied the packages from Debian, then it wouldn't have had gem2deb in its repo. Or is this because Ubuntu takes packages from Debian unstable too?

12:09 PM

I think Ubuntu imports the repo from the Debian unstable.

Entirely? //googling

well, 12.04's repo was imported from Debian Wheezy.

I think non-LTS imports repo from Debian unstable while LTS imports from Debian stable.

Q: nVidia 9800 GTX+ X11 fails to initialize. no unity or lightdm

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I have just upgraded my work pc to 12.04, installing updates during the install, and after everything has loaded (with no errors) and I restart I get brought to console 1 tty login. Console 7 looks like this: IIRC I did not have to finagle with my drivers on 11.10 to get this card working. If...

12.04 driver nvidia x11

@rlemon That is ugly. :O

You keep running into issues :/

this is a different pc :P

what is strange to me is

> Lastly I tried $ sudo apt-get install nvidia-current which tells me nvidia-current is already the newest version. so I ran $ sudo dpkg-reconfigure nvidia-current which says /usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: nvidia-current is broken or not fully installed.

12:19 PM

sudo apt-get install --reinstall nvidia-current then?

Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 gtk-smooth-themes : Depends: gtk2-engines-smooth but it is not installable
 libapache2-authenntlm-perl : Conflicts: libauthen-smb-perl (<= 0.96) but 0.91-4build2 is to be installed

@rlemon Why not try apt-get with -f?

$ sudo apt-get install -f --reinstall nvidia-current ?

just until -f

Yeah. sudo apt-get install -f

Hopefully, it should clear out conflicts and broken packages problems.

12:25 PM

paste.ubuntu.com/959824

looks promising

Let's not be fooled. ;)

seems like you messed up the upgrade somewhere.

Must have happened if you quit any apt-get processes in between. Or maybe you tried installing something without apt knowing about it.

@jokerdino i didn't upgrade. fresh install.

I did nothing.

I downloaded 12.04 32 bit from the site.

backed up my data

fresh installed. like i mention in the post don't i?

never mind, the problem doesn't look too serious. hopefully, we can sort this out.

> I have just upgraded my work pc to 12.04,

12:29 PM

my bad, I put a disclaimer now that this is a fresh install... i see where i was confusing

yea I consider upgrade to mean i was using 11.10, now i'm using 12.04 .. i forget there is an 'upgrade' utility

so, is the nvidia-current installed now?

looks like it. i'm going to attempt a reboot with that card enabled now.

All the best. :)

if that fails i have nvidia.com/object/unix.html and I will try the drivers from the site.

i hate developing on one monitor :<

@rlemon check the comment on the question

12:33 PM

cool. well it looks like i'm making some headway. so bb in a few gonna try this.

Prasad

Hi guys! aren't you hungry? here , fill up, it is great ha.. :-)

Huh?

nope.. nothing.

Anyone has any idea about how I can move my grub to another Ubuntu partition?

Prasad

12:39 PM

i generally transport grubs on the end of a long stick

@jokerdino your boot mountpoint or just where grub is installed

no not those!!

boot mountpoint? I don't know what that means.

/boot is where all the stuff grub looks for lives

I had grub being configured by Ubuntu. After upgrading Lubuntu, it is now handling my grub and I don't like it.

I don't know if I am clear enough. Hmm

oh. iirc you can install grub to /dev/sdXY instead of just /dev/sdX, then have one grub chainload the other.

brunolinux.com/05-Configuring_Your_System/Multiboot_grub.html

it's for old grub, but the theory remains the same

12:50 PM

not sure if that is what i want.

i don't know how to put it in words so you can understand.

Q: swap is only being recognized when trying ubuntu from live CD

it won't get ubuntu and lubuntu in the list, if would be something like ubuntu...other...memtest. when you select other, then you get the lubuntu list. that's the only way i know how to do it nicely

Prasad

hi guys, this guy got a problem with the swap

3

I recently increased space and swap space for ubuntu on my laptop. Even though the space got increased, my swap is not being recognized. It is showing as 0 bytes of space. However, interestingly, when I boot from live cd and click try ubuntu, space for swap is being recognized. What can be caus...

11.04 gparted swap

is it possible to resize swap disk when running ubuntu (swapoff-a)

ok before the grub list was like this:
Ubuntu
Windows
Lubuntu

So, if I install a new kernel, Ubuntu grub updates it.

But now, the grub list is like this:
Lubuntu
Windows
Ubuntu

I prefer using Ubuntu but if I install a new kernel, I have to boot to Lubuntu to update grub.
Can I get back the previous grub list?

if you're asking what i think you're asking change the numbers at the front of the files in grub.d that generate the menu entries

lower numbers are at the top of the list

i reckon we are going to end up in a big fight. :)

12:58 PM

i may just not be getting what you're asking, but okay

I think this is what has happened: Ubuntu's grub is overwritten by Lubuntu when I was upgrading it from 11.04 to 12.04.

what you are suggesting should work but I can't see it clearly.

i guess if i upgrade ubuntu to 12.10, then Ubuntu will overwrite Lubuntu grub and i should be happy.

blah, i suck at explaining.

yes, and it will keep happening.

so change the numbering in your lubuntu install. this way when ubuntu updates, it's how you want because it's how you want. then when lubuntu updates - the numbering change makes it not affect the order of the entries

make more sense?

ok, it is not much about the ordering itself. the problem is, if i install a new kernel version in ubuntu, the grub doesn't show that. The only way to make that happen is, if i run update-grub in Lubuntu.

would your solution allow me to do that?

and grub-install on the ubuntu side didn't already do that for you?

grub-install /dev/hdx you mean?

i don't know if i tried it yet. give me a minute

1:04 PM

i think it's sdx...at least for me

@MarcoCeppi good morning!

FLAG CITY USA

sudo grub-install /dev/sda8
/usr/sbin/grub-setup: warn: Attempting to install GRUB to a partitionless disk or to a partition.  This is a BAD idea..
/usr/sbin/grub-setup: warn: Embedding is not possible.  GRUB can only be installed in this setup by using blocklists.  However, blocklists are UNRELIABLE and their use is discouraged..
/usr/sbin/grub-setup: error: will not proceed with blocklists.

ok so trying to install the nvidia drivers from the website say I need to kill X before I can proceed? a user IvoWetzel said I just need to run sudo stop gdm but there is no job gdm

should i be worried?

@jokerdino why Grub on a partition?

1:08 PM

no, it told you it didn't do it

I mean why not just /dev/sda ?

@Takkat ok let me reboot and see if your suggestion worked.

You have no other boot-loader on /sda you want to keep, do you?

It's going to be overwritten.

that kinda worked, i think

it looks like the way i wanted it to be.

Things that look the way they should are the best we can get ;)

1:14 PM

hehe you are right.

If they did not only look like o.k. but indeed operate the way they should it would be asking for too much .P

Hello, Can you take a look over this? askubuntu.com/questions/128181/…

<-- is using mice only

But did u experienced this problem on your laptop touchpad? Just make a test :)

i did not

1:23 PM

Then is a problem only for some virtual core pointers...

workaround might be to set your scroll sensitivity lower

ok i can now confirm that the grub issue is settled. Thanks @aking1012 @Takkat
Sorry for being a difficult person this session.

Grub is difficult.

np and not a big deal

Q: Ubuntu 12.04 Software Centre really slow to install / Download apps

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Possible Duplicate: Why are updates downloading so slow? After doing a fresh install of Ubuntu 12.10 I've found that the Software Centre is really slow at downloading software / apps. My downloading of normal files in Google Chrome is fast so why is the Software Centre so slow? It's ...

12.04 software-center

vote for duplicate!

1:27 PM

too late

foss too fast.

@JorgeCastro , thanks for editing my titles :D

e = m * foss²

2

:)

I could use help fixing peoples titles

for some reason people forget how to speak english when they post on the internet

I worked there with the sensitivity but nothing, same. There are any additional softwares or something like an additional extension to touchpad options.

1:30 PM

english, grammar too bad?

Yes, Jorge, but not everyone is good at english as you are. We all are trying to improve our english :)

i was just reading your G+ post.

Q: How do I install Ubuntu-Tweak?

I would settle for a complete sentence in any language!

it's ok, we can fix them

we're only a bit behind right now

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I have heard a lot about Ubuntu-Tweak and how it is great for power users, but I don't know how to install it. How do I do that?

installation configuration ppa ubuntu-tweak power-users

can someone update this for 12.04 if they use ubuntu tweak?

Q: nVidia 9800 GTX+ X11 fails to initialize. no unity or lightdm

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I have just upgraded my work pc to 12.04 (not upgrade, fresh install), installing updates during the install, and after everything has loaded (with no errors) and I restart I get brought to console 1 tty login. Console 7 looks like this: IIRC I did not have to finagle with my drivers on 11.10...

12.04 driver nvidia x11

ok i'm stuck at 720*400!!!!

5

this is painful!

please can someone help!

@rlemon that looks so cute! :P

1:40 PM

ouch!

not at all

I cannot even see the upload picture button

I had to tab to the input then guess where I was tabbing next.

urghhhhh i'm so frustrated with 12.04 atm

stupid nvidia.

but seriously.... how do i fix my res... my only option is 720*400

that's all xrandr gives you or that's all the nvidia control panel gives you?

@JorgeCastro Updated for 12.04.

Not much of an update actually.

@aking1012 that is all System Settings -> Displays gives me

is that xrandr?

at least for me, sometimes xrandr gives me more options than displays...not options that i normally want to use, but they are there

1:56 PM

Hmm for some reason, I can't login to the site using Firefox. :/

@JorgeCastro lots of flags today

Vipul Gupta

I am facing problem in adding repository in 12.04

any help ??

Isn't there a question about mouse issues with 12.04 already? askubuntu.com/questions/127962/…

yeah

Do we know where that canonical URL is?

2:08 PM

oh wow, too many mouse problems :S

that could be gpu hangs too

would be interesting to know whether those users see their clocks continue to run in the top panel

askubuntu.com/questions/127567/… would this work?

Q: Cannot add repository due to "couldn't connect to host" error

not really, the other one says "stops working" when in that question it never seems to work right.

Vipul Gupta

i am facing a problem in adding repo.

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I am unable to add repositories in my ubuntu 12.04. I am getting an error whenever I try to add repository.following is the error I am getting: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/add-apt-repository", line 125, in <module> ppa_info = get_ppa_info_from_lp(user, ppa_name...

ppa repository add-apt-repository

@htorque askubuntu.com/… please don't get disheartened.

2:12 PM

i like this one more: askubuntu.com/search?q=mouse+12.04&submit=search :P

Looks like this computer is fuxor'd

that means we have more problems than we have mouses..

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2:39 PM

Can you answer this? How can I have xfce automatically adjust to changing available outputs? http://askubuntu.com/questions/108406/how-can-i-have-xfce-automatically-adjust-to-changing-available-outputs?atw=1 #multiplemonitors

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3:11 PM

Sup?

homie

yo

What it do G?

hmm what G?

you mean that G?

Gamma-hydroxybutyric acid?

lol

nah :D

I haven't done organic chemistry in a while...

please don't.

3:18 PM

(: wai....?

muhahaha

i don't want even my worst enemies to suffer such pain.

haha

I actually enjoyed it ^_^

that means you didn't do enough organic chem.

until people realized I was a bit too good at it and started giving me a hard time... then I burned out :/

@jokerdino no, that means, I'm a strange person :>

haha expected :P

3:19 PM

There's a reason I say I'm not human :>

Hello all

ok i didn't expect THAT.

@AmithKK lol high?

2

LOL, it must be the G.

2

@RolandTaylor Nope.. My Digital Pins seem to be low

3:20 PM

Hahaha

@Amith KK that Nitrous Oxide canister was not for you to inhale...

he is not laughing, is he?

You need to remove the space @RolandTaylor

No, I am not @jokerdino

@AmithKK what space?

@jokerdino I think he is :P

2 mins ago, by Roland Taylor

@Amith KK that Nitrous Oxide canister was not for you to inhale...

Worse - he's drifting between sleep and wake...

@AmithKK OH

3:24 PM

@RolandTaylor Hydroxide

what about it?

@AmithKK Hydroxide has a negative sign.

Its Hydro

I've never heard of NOH :P

(I don't think that would be stable...)

It wont

UOH

3:25 PM

that wouldn't exist.

Most unstable

:P

actually Kim's marriage is the most unstable.

rofl

Who's kim?

@AmithKK lol UOH?

3:26 PM

Is he a kernel dev?

Uranium Hydroxide :D?

yeah

@AmithKK Kim Kardashian, and you have made me a proud father son :')

@AmithKK say wah?

I'm so happy you don't know who she is...

3:26 PM

@RolandTaylor :P

I do

She was on the news and stuff

D:

you just...

you crushed my dreams!

I like pie

I've raised you so well and now you disappoint me like this!

LOL

No, @jokerdino is your son

3:28 PM

that sounds wrong.

He's my brother :D

Its written right here

:D

hence - your former uncle... you are no longer my son! :|

Go code in Perl and Java!

Actually.. I have to do that next year

3:29 PM

Rewrite the Linux kernel in Java until you have learned the error of your ways!

Wow I chose the right time to disown you :P

Oh and by the way no exception catching!

I hate it when @RolandTaylor is mad and stuff ;)

:D

I'm kidding ofc :D

okay I'm off to conquer the day!

bye all :D!

bye @RolandTaylor! Have fun

@jokerdino have fun with Organic Chem :D!

darn you! lol

3:31 PM

cya @RolandTaylor

thanks anyway, i need loads of encouragement.

Benzene

| Section2 = | Section7 = | Section8 = }} Benzene is an organic chemical compound. It is composed of 6 carbon atoms in a ring, with 1 hydrogen atom attached to each carbon atom, with the molecular formula C6H6. Benzene is a natural constituent of crude oil, and is one of the most basic petrochemicals. Benzene is an aromatic hydrocarbon and the second [n]-annulene ([6]-annulene), a cyclic hydrocarbon with a continuous pi bond. It is sometimes abbreviated Ph–H. Benzene is a colorless and highly flammable liquid with a sweet smell. It is mainly used as a precursor to heavy chemicals, ...

MUHAHAHAHAHA

Takes Gallium.. Heats... Puts in @jokerdino's mouth

4 mins ago, by Amith KK

Actually.. I have to do that next year

*academic

:p

how many programming languages are you good at at?

@jokerdino -1

3:40 PM

what lang is that?

I know -1 programming languages perfectly

ah :(

3:59 PM

Good night!

@jokerdino Good night

4:10 PM

ok so after I change my software sources do I need to do anything to ensure i'm pulling from the new source? relog? apt-get update?

@rlemon Hello

@rlemon apt-get update

Q: nVidia 9800 GTX+ X11 fails to initialize. no unity or lightdm

4:24 PM

3

I have just upgraded my work pc to 12.04 (not upgrade, fresh install), installing updates during the install, and after everything has loaded (with no errors) and I restart I get brought to console 1 tty login. Console 7 looks like this: IIRC I did not have to finagle with my drivers on 11.10...

12.04 driver nvidia x11

ok so after install I change software sources to main and run:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nvidia-current ( && tried nvidia-current-updates )
(reboot)
(get the error)
sudo apt-get remove nvidia-current[-updates]
sudo service lightdm restart
(get my desktop back)

@rlemon I see

@rlemon Now?

@rlemon Ah, did you try the next version drivers?

4:41 PM

what "next version drivers"

i only see those two listed.

@rlemon Ok, Open the terminal

??

@rlemon sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates

whats the package then

sudo apt-get update
??

@rlemon sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install nvidia-current nvidia-current-modaliases nvidia-settings

4:46 PM

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package nvidia-current-modaliases is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
However, the following packages replace it:
  nvidia-current nvidia-current-updates nvidia-common

E: Package 'nvidia-current-modaliases' has no installation candidate

should I try nvidia-current nvidia-current-updates nvidia-common

try that

@rlemon sudo apt-get install nvidia-graphics-drivers nvidia-settings

so don't install nvidia-current[-updates]

yes

E: Unable to locate package nvidia-graphics-drivers

does it autocomplete?

4:51 PM

does nothing.

can't find the package.

@rlemon sudo apt-get install nvidia-current-dev nvidia-settings

5:04 PM

BBT

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5:30 PM

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upgrade to 12.04 was successful

TheX

@MarcoCeppi Congratulations.

@MarcoCeppi lts-to-lts or oneiric-to-precise?

@htorque oneiric -> precise

oh, that's the boring one ;)

5:39 PM

I don't have any devices running releases < 11.10

that's how it's supposed to be! ;)

my #ubuntu crashes so often, im seriously considering going back to #windows so i can get some work done. #omgwtfbbq

Tweeted by captain_fwiffo on May 1, 2012 at 5:23 PM

@badp latest one 12.04 :( i think the problem is i dist-upgraded all the way back several versions before.. prior to #unity malware

Tweeted by captain_fwiffo on May 1, 2012 at 5:37 PM in reply to badp

>________________________________>

@badp he can gtfo :)

5:55 PM

@MarcoCeppi I now just want to know whether he concocted the idea of using dist-upgrade to downgrade on his own or he read about it on the internet

You can't down grade with dist-upgrade - it's a one way tool

(then I figured that the bug report about using past ISO releases' installers to downgrade wasn't simply shut down with a plain and simple "wtf what were you thinking why would you ever thing that'd work or be supported" and my mind boggled)

yeah, he really should have just used this: askubuntu.com/questions/58172/how-to-revert-to-gnome-classic to remove the unity-malware rather than his method

I should try and "upgrade" to Windows ME at some point.

I'm sure that'll work out great.