ah, I hadn't realized there was an alternative iso for lubuntu too. I will test with that, thank you, if it uses the same d-i setup and not ubiquity that may be just what I need.
thank you again for your help, Spike On Sat, Mar 18, 2017 at 8:37 PM Nio Wiklund <nio.wikl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi again Spike, > > Did you try the Lubuntu alternate iso file? It uses the debian installer > (the same text mode installer as is used in the mini.iso). Maybe that > will work better. > > Best regards > Nio > > Den 2017-03-19 kl. 04:28, skrev Spike: > > I'm actually helping out with a largish amount of desktops and we need > > netinstall so I pxe boot and mount whatever iso etc. This works and > > right now I'm using the Lubuntu cd mounted remotely, however the > > Ubiquity installer (the gui installer for ubuntu) has some bugs that are > > really annoying (like problems with dmraid misreading windows disks or > > not picking up the dhcp hostname). Also the mini iso combined with the > > local deb mirror makes installs a lot faster. > > > > I tried with the server and it's the same problem. > > > > That said this may be more of a problem with sogou than anything else, > > after removing ibus, deleting all settings I could actually enable > > pinyin. However sogou is the most popular input method for chinese and > > I'm asked to support that. > > > > thanks, > > > > Spike > > > > On Sat, Mar 18, 2017 at 8:22 PM Nio Wiklund <nio.wikl...@gmail.com > > <mailto:nio.wikl...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > Hello Spike, > > > > Well, I use a European language, and I have not had any problems > setting > > the language. But now I know, that there can be problems. > > > > Is there a reason, why you start from the mini.iso instead of from a > > Lubuntu iso file (for example that you must install from a CD disk)? > > > > You could also try starting from the Ubuntu Server iso file (which is > > also small enough to boot from a CD disk). > > > > Best regards > > Nio > > > > Den 2017-03-19 kl. 04:11, skrev Spike: > > > Hello Nio, thanks for getting back to me. > > > > > > ok, I just tried on a VM and one of the differences I noticed is > that > > > language input is broken. Upon inspection I found ibus was > > installed and > > > possibly causing issues/conflicts with fcitx, not sure. I removed > > it but > > > the situation hasn't changed, I cannot basically switch to any > other > > > input method (I have. Also I use sogou pinyin for chinese input > > and that > > > works just fine when adding it on a Lubuntu install, but it won't > work > > > for some reason when adding it on a lubuntu install that came from > a > > > mini + lubuntu-desktop. any thoughts on that? there may be more > > > differences/problems that I've yet to find. > > > > > > thanks, > > > > > > Spike > > > > > > On Sat, Mar 18, 2017 at 7:57 PM Nio Wiklund <nio.wikl...@gmail.com > > <mailto:nio.wikl...@gmail.com> > > > <mailto:nio.wikl...@gmail.com <mailto:nio.wikl...@gmail.com>>> > wrote: > > > > > > Den 2017-03-19 kl. 03:43, skrev Spike: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I'm trying to set up a Lubuntu Xenial desktop starting from > > a mini.iso > > > > xenial installation. Should that be possible? is it > > sufficient to just > > > > apt-get install lubuntu-desktop or are there extra steps in > > the making > > > > of the lubuntu iso, and things you get installing from it, > that > > > are not > > > > available by simply installing the pkg? > > > > > > > > thanks, > > > > > > > > Spike > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes it is possible to do it as you describe in BIOS mode :-) > > > > > > sudo apt-get install lubuntu-desktop > > > > > > In UEFI mode (as well as in BIOS mode) you can do the > > corresponding > > > thing starting from the Ubuntu Server iso file. > > > > > > Best regards > > > Nio > > > > > > >
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