Re: Another Raspberry Pi data point

2021-02-11 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On Thu, Feb 11, 2021, at 15:21, Leo Famulari wrote: > On Wed, Feb 10, 2021 at 10:34:17PM -0600, Jonathan Marsden wrote: >> Just knowing that is useful info! I wasn't sure if it was "supposed" to >> work. >> I have not found a list of which aarch64 SBC boards G

Re: Another Raspberry Pi data point

2021-02-10 Thread Jonathan Marsden
one on the list (or in that "issue")? Many thanks, I am encouraged to see others interested in getting Guix System working on the Raspberry Pi! Jonathan -- Jonathan Marsden

Status of Guix System on Raspberry Pi?

2021-02-08 Thread Jonathan Marsden
are specified. The "root" ;; account is implicit, and is initially created with the ;; empty password. (users (cons (user-account (name "pi") (comment "Raspberry Pi") (group "users") ;; Adding the account to the "wheel" group ;; makes it a sudoer. Adding it to "audio" ;; and "video" allows the user to play sound ;; and access the webcam. (supplementary-groups '("wheel" "audio" "video" "lp" "netdev" "input" "cdrom"))) %base-user-accounts)) ) -- Jonathan Marsden jmars...@fastmail.fm

[Bug 1308853] Re: Battery info returns: sh: 0: -c requires an argument

2014-04-30 Thread Jonathan Marsden
(1) Lack of the link URL is not caused by these error messages in hardinfo's output. Neither pastebinit nor clipit care what text you provide them as input. See whether something as simple as date |pastebinit |clipit -c works for you. (2) The bug generating the unwanted output "sh: 0: -c req

Re: [Lxde-list] Looking for someone interested in security for a potential lxde project

2013-10-01 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On 09/30/2013 07:39 AM, Jerome Leclanche wrote: > I'm looking for someone who would be interested in implementing a gui > around key generation and management around pgp. Gtk or Qt both fine. > Mor active details to follow but please email me directly if you are > curious about this. Plenty of su

Re: [Lubuntu-wiki-docs] Lubuntu Manual status

2013-09-28 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On 09/28/2013 06:22 PM, Phill Whiteside wrote: > 13.10 manual is a "not going to happen". What you have done, as I > pointed out in a previous email, is set up the structure for a > manual. Right; so the existing team could if they so choose create a manual for it, after the fact. It won't be o

Re: [Lubuntu-wiki-docs] Lubuntu Manual status

2013-09-28 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On 09/28/2013 06:22 PM, Phill Whiteside wrote: > 13.10 manual is a "not going to happen". What you have done, as I > pointed out in a previous email, is set up the structure for a > manual. Right; so the existing team could if they so choose create a manual for it, after the fact. It won't be o

Re: [Lubuntu-wiki-docs] Lubuntu Manual status

2013-09-28 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On 09/28/2013 03:46 PM, Phill Whiteside wrote: > if we put down 13.10 to experience (the methods of having such a > manual set up etc.) I do not think it was wasted exercise. IMHO, I'd > have hated to start on this project at the start of 14.04 without us > and the manual team having met, discusse

Re: [Lubuntu-wiki-docs] Lubuntu Manual status

2013-09-28 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On 09/28/2013 03:46 PM, Phill Whiteside wrote: > if we put down 13.10 to experience (the methods of having such a > manual set up etc.) I do not think it was wasted exercise. IMHO, I'd > have hated to start on this project at the start of 14.04 without us > and the manual team having met, discusse

Re: [Lubuntu-wiki-docs] Lubuntu Manual status

2013-09-28 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On 09/28/2013 03:14 PM, Sergio Meneses wrote: > There is a Lubuntu Manual Team or something?... maybe we can do a > preview for the next cycle. "Teams" seem to generate a lot of talk and "politics", but do not always result in actual work being done. The original idea was that we would do a 13.1

Re: [Lubuntu-wiki-docs] Lubuntu Manual status

2013-09-28 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On 09/28/2013 03:14 PM, Sergio Meneses wrote: > There is a Lubuntu Manual Team or something?... maybe we can do a > preview for the next cycle. "Teams" seem to generate a lot of talk and "politics", but do not always result in actual work being done. The original idea was that we would do a 13.1

Lubuntu Manual status (was: Re: keymapping (was Re: Evince image viewer cannot view PNG))

2013-09-28 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On 09/28/2013 08:55 AM, Phill Whiteside wrote: > Hi Pierre, > > I've not caught up with Jonathan lately (been busy iso testing and > chasing a nasty bug up). It is planned to have a lubuntu manual out for > 14.04, with me now concentrating more on wiki / docs I'll be along for > the ride this tim

[Lubuntu-wiki-docs] Lubuntu Manual status (was: Re: keymapping (was Re: Evince image viewer cannot view PNG))

2013-09-28 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On 09/28/2013 08:55 AM, Phill Whiteside wrote: > Hi Pierre, > > I've not caught up with Jonathan lately (been busy iso testing and > chasing a nasty bug up). It is planned to have a lubuntu manual out for > 14.04, with me now concentrating more on wiki / docs I'll be along for > the ride this tim

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Lubuntu 13.10 beta - zram and hardware

2013-09-22 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On 09/22/2013 01:13 PM, Lars Noodén wrote: > On 09/22/2013 08:51 PM, JM wrote: >>> It should be registering an Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU. I'm not up >>> on hardware enough to know whether that is dual core or dual cpu. >>> But either way, both should be the same. Looking at >>> /proc/cpuinfo shows

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] [Bug 1227202] Re: Unexpected freezes Saucy

2013-09-21 Thread Jonathan Marsden
lso working on creating a test ISO with Joseph's kernel in it, PLEASE say so, so we can avoid duplicated work, and so I can relax a little! My current script (that fails as described above, perhaps because it does not update the initrd.lz) is attached, in case it is useful to anyone. Jonathan

Re: Evince image viewer cannot view PNG

2013-09-20 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On 09/20/2013 09:12 PM, Phill Whiteside wrote: > I'd like this discussion to continue, as it just makes sense to > do it that way. One issue is what Win98 does, if that is your target audience for this... it just uses program names, as far as I know. If you install 7zip you don't get a menu item

Re: Evince image viewer cannot view PNG

2013-09-20 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On 09/20/2013 08:30 PM, Phill Whiteside wrote: > by the same argument, does a new comer want to see "Use this for > documents" and "use this for spreadsheets"... a new comer will look at > the menu and look for "What it does". I do believe this discussion > should be taken further as we are expect

Re: Evince image viewer cannot view PNG

2013-09-20 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On 09/20/2013 10:19 AM, Phill Whiteside wrote: > it is a matter of not confusing people... Would a new comer to lubuntu > know what gpicview was? Or, indeed, would they care? That it is called > Image Viewer does make it clear what it does. But, then we have the > entry "mtpaint Graphic Editor"...

Re: "Hand of Thief Trojan targets all common Linux distributions"

2013-09-07 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On 09/07/2013 08:50 AM, John Hupp wrote: > On 9/6/2013 10:29 PM, Jonathan Marsden wrote: >> MY SUMMARY: Someone is building a new commercial trojan for Linux, >> which doesn't actually work yet, and there is no known way to >> infect anyone with it anyway, except

Re: "Hand of Thief Trojan targets all common Linux distributions"

2013-09-06 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On 09/06/2013 11:26 AM, John Hupp wrote: > I understand that with a standard Ubuntu/Lubuntu installation not > running Wine, it is believed that there are no active threats that would > responsibly require resident anti-virus protection. > > That may still be true today, but perhaps it won't be f

Re: [Lxde-list] ALT-Tab won't work (LXDE in Lubuntu 12.04.2)

2013-09-02 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On 09/02/2013 08:55 AM, Wolfgang Stief wrote: > My problem is: ... On my notebook (with the old $HOME configs), > switching apps with ALT-Tab didn't work at all from the beginning. (1) Boot this machine from Lubuntu LiveCD and verify Alt-Tab works as designed that way, just to confirm it isn't so

Re: [Lubuntu-comms] Lubuntu scores 3 out of 5 in evaluation of five Ubuntu derivatives

2013-08-08 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On 08/05/2013 09:25 AM, Lars Noodén wrote: > TechRadar has "Ubuntu derivatives: 5 of the best Ubuntu-based distros" > where Lubuntu is evaluated. It gets a total score of 3 out of 5: > > http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/ubuntu-derivatives-5-of-the-best-ubuntu-based-distro

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Prepping for the last upgrade test (32bit virtualization)

2013-07-25 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On 07/25/2013 08:05 AM, Phill Whiteside wrote: > it is to ensure there are no 64 bit instructions in the 32 bit version. > To err is human, to mess things up completely requires a computer :) > > Whilst this may seem like over kill, it is a 100% sure fire way to > ensure that should the unthinka

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Prepping for the last upgrade test (32bit virtualization)

2013-07-24 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On 07/24/2013 06:07 PM, Phill Whiteside wrote: > I think that everyone missed what I mentioned. That is the > virtualisation of a 32 bit processor from a VM running on a 64 bit > host. In kvm, i can choose from various pentium models, basic kvm32 > etc. etc. And whilst VM's can never take the pla

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Prepping for the last upgrade test

2013-07-24 Thread Jonathan Marsden
Lance, On Wed, Jul 24, 2013, at 11:50 AM, Lance wrote: > So, I need to figure out if it's the kernel or X ... that > could take a while. Boot and install Ubuntu Server. If that works, the kernel is OK :) You could also use the mini.iso if you prefer. Jonathan --

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Prepping for the last upgrade test

2013-07-24 Thread Jonathan Marsden
need to do anything special to install and run a 32bit x86 OS under 64bit amd64 VirtualBox. It just works. Jonathan -- Jonathan Marsden jmars...@fastmail.fm -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa Post to : lubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://la

Re: urgent help required on lubuntu livecd (CUSTOMIZED livecd)

2013-07-20 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On 07/20/2013 04:45 PM, Sunita Barve wrote: > The livecd was basically configured using uck. > > For creating livecd ubuntu 64 bit installation was used to create > base iso and then small edits required were done on laptop with 8 GB > RAM and 1 TB disk space and CD was finalised. OK. So this l

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1133794] Re: Printer not detected by system-config-printer 1.3.11 in Lubuntu 13.04

2013-07-18 Thread Jonathan Marsden
Solution #25 (hack the config file) will not detect network printers out there on your LAN automatically, of course, which solution #23 (adding avahi-daemon) will, if they speak the avahi/bonjour protocol. "Best" is always subjective. My thinking is that adding avahi-daemon is the most functional

[Bug 1133794] Re: Printer not detected by system-config-printer 1.3.11 in Lubuntu 13.04

2013-07-18 Thread Jonathan Marsden
Solution #25 (hack the config file) will not detect network printers out there on your LAN automatically, of course, which solution #23 (adding avahi-daemon) will, if they speak the avahi/bonjour protocol. "Best" is always subjective. My thinking is that adding avahi-daemon is the most functional

Re: editing with nano

2013-07-07 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On 07/07/2013 09:41 PM, Andre Rodovalho wrote: > That file was generated by the script, right? maybe this -e came from > that... > > I searched for the other autostart files on the existing profiles, the line: > @/usr/lib/policykit-1-gnome/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1 -e > has no -e parame

Re: LxKeymap - Make Changes defintive

2013-07-07 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On 07/07/2013 09:36 PM, Andre Rodovalho wrote: > I would like to know, if there is anything I can set, to make the apply > behavior of lxkeymap permanent on log in and log out? Put @lxkeymap --autostart in your autostart file? Is that what you mean? Jonathan -- Lubuntu-users mailing list L

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Packaging new software

2013-07-07 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On 07/06/2013 04:07 AM, Hannie Dumoleyn wrote on ubuntu-motu: > Five months ago, I asked on developer.ubuntu.com to add the Dutch > translation of The Ubuntu Manual "Getting started with Ubuntu" to the > Software Center. ... > I am currently trying to learn how to package, create a PPA and uploa

Re: editing with nano

2013-07-07 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On 07/07/2013 11:07 AM, Andre Rodovalho wrote: > 2013/7/6 Jonathan Marsden > I am guessing you used nano, and it word wrapped for you. ... > No, I edited with leafpad... OK, I guessed wrong! Leafpad has a wordwrap option, but it should be turned off by default, so in that case,

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Bazaar under Windows 8

2013-07-06 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On 07/06/2013 08:58 AM, Mehmet Kani wrote: > With a lot of work I think I have worked it out except for the > above. It might be less work to install VirtualBox on Windows 8, and run Ubuntu in a virtual machine? Then you can just use the pkgs/ubuntu-manual-dev.sh script to install everything you

editing with nano (was: Re: Lubuntu alternative sessions script)

2013-07-06 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On 07/06/2013 11:34 AM, Andre Rodovalho wrote: > I edited /etc/xdg/lxsession/lubuntu-osx ; it was like this... > @/usr/lib/policykit-1-gnome/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1 > -e @compton -cC -r 16 -l -24 -t -12 > Then I moved this -e, and now loads great... I am guessing you used nano, and

Re: Lubuntu alternative sessions script

2013-07-05 Thread Jonathan Marsden
s of a script that any other, and so is no more or less dangerous than any other. Treat it as you would any other script found online -- read it first, only run it if you understand it. It is suitable for experimenters, not the general public, at this stage. Jonathan -- Jonathan Marsden jmars.

Re: Lubuntu alternative sessions script (was removed)

2013-07-05 Thread Jonathan Marsden
a bug handling .sh files, rename the script to create-alternate-session.sh.txt and upload that, and document the need to rename it after downloading it in the wiki. But that really should not be necessary! Jonathan -- Jonathan Marsden jmars...@fastmail.fm -- Lubuntu-users mailing

Re: Lubuntu alternative sessions script

2013-07-05 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On Fri, Jul 5, 2013, at 03:44 PM, Mr Wislr wrote: > it should simply be two options Why? Who are you to say how many options other people will want to create, or will want to have available? If they are good, and can be added to Lubuntu without using too much disk space or RAM or effort from th

Re: Lubuntu alternative sessions script

2013-07-04 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On 07/04/2013 06:47 PM, Andre Rodovalho wrote: > I'm reading this late... Whatever it is, package or script, I'm waiting > to test it! Why are you waiting?? https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu%20alternative%20sessions Download the script, chmod +x it, and run it :) And let us know how well (or b

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] The Sensitivity of Touch Pad

2013-07-04 Thread Jonathan Marsden
Ali, I wrote: >> Can you be sure this is Lubuntu-specific? On 07/04/2013 03:39 PM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote: > Yes. As you know, I've been using Lubuntu for years. ... But then you say: > I can't remember when was the last time I've used Ubuntu :D since > Unity, I'm keeping myself away. So,

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] The Sensitivity of Touch Pad

2013-07-04 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On 07/04/2013 02:51 PM, nio wiklund wrote: > Then let us wait for a reply from someone who knows how to set the > sensitivity :-) Huh? Start -> Preferences -> Keyboard and Mouse That lets you set both Acceleration and Sensitivity. These settings are stored in the file ~/.config/lxsession/Lub

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] The Sensitivity of Touch Pad

2013-07-04 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On 07/04/2013 02:51 PM, nio wiklund wrote: > Then let us wait for a reply from someone who knows how to set the > sensitivity :-) Huh? Start -> Preferences -> Keyboard and Mouse That lets you set both Acceleration and Sensitivity. These settings are stored in the file ~/.config/lxsession/Lub

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] The Sensitivity of Touch Pad

2013-07-04 Thread Jonathan Marsden
Ali, On 07/04/2013 02:01 PM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote: > Can we, *_by default_*, reduce the sensitivity of the Touch Pad for a > Laptop? > Honestly, the Touch Pad do things even before I touch it. Whenever I use > Lubutnu, I can NOT use it without a mouse. Using Lubuntu on any Laptop > is a hug

Re: Lubuntu alternative sessions script

2013-07-04 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On 07/04/2013 09:29 AM, Phill Whiteside wrote: > if you want some where to host the script whilst you get it into a > PPA (which is the best place), I can add it to my server which is a > mirror for the lubuntu (and other) ISOs [1]. Um. PPAs host *packages*. Not scripts. When this work is refi

[Bug 1193716] Re: Monitor turns off after 10 minutes of inactivity despite the fact that XScreensave has been removed from Suacy Build

2013-06-30 Thread Jonathan Marsden
Please provide the output of the command: xset q You might also want to try: xset s off which is the way I usually disable the screensaver. Jonathan -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bu

Re: [Lubuntu-comms] DE customization

2013-06-29 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On 06/29/2013 04:39 PM, Federico Leoni wrote: > When I wrote "... nor I can get autostart file to work" I meant the > autostart file (located in > /home/effe/.config/lxsession/LubuntuCMP/autostart) doesn't start > programs inserted with @ like on the other file on Lubuntu folder. > In fact, thi

[Lubuntu-comms] DE customization (was: Re: [Start Ubuntu]Need to create different kind of sessions on LightDM to reach more users )

2013-06-29 Thread Jonathan Marsden
toppanel-session.sh -- creates an Lubuntu-toppanel session type # Author: Jonathan Marsden SUFFIX=${1:-toppanel} # So session will be named is Lubuntu-toppanel by default, Lubuntu-$1 if $1 supplied # Creat new xsession .desktop file sed -e "s/\([Ll]\)ubuntu/\1ubuntu-$SUFFIX/g" /usr/sh

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Glossary issue

2013-06-29 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On 06/29/2013 10:51 AM, Kevin Godby wrote: > On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 12:35 PM, Jonathan Marsden > wrote: >> Is it worth our emailing the package maintainers and letting them know >> of our preference for using their work and our needs, so they are >> "encouraged&q

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Glossary issue

2013-06-29 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On 06/29/2013 10:33 AM, Kevin Godby wrote: >> I'm biased towards continuing to allow package use, since it is what we >> told our Lubuntu folks to do, as well as my personal preference in >> general for software management on Debian/Ubuntu machines. > I would prefer to use the Ubuntu packages, to

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Glossary issue

2013-06-29 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On 06/29/2013 02:52 AM, Kevin Godby wrote: > It looks like the glossaries package provided by upstream TeX Live has > been updated and the PDF compiles just fine without the workaround. > > So now we have to make a decision: > > 1. Leave the workaround in place until the Ubuntu/Debian packages g

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Alpha 1 upgrade tests

2013-06-29 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On 2013-06-29 02:48, Jonathan Marsden wrote: >> Is the upgrade testing a suitable candidate for automation, so the >> "much testing" doesn't need "much human tester time" to accomplish? On 06/29/2013 02:45 AM, Nio Wiklund replied: > I guess the proble

[Ubuntu-manual] Glossary issue (was: Re: Installation of TexLive on Saucy alpha 1 )

2013-06-28 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On 06/28/2013 07:22 PM, Kevin Godby wrote: > The glossaries package has a bug in it that prevents the manual from > compiling. I've written some code to work around the bug (but > apparently haven't uploaded it from my laptop—I'll do this soon). I got the same result from my Saucy install, I th

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Installation of TexLive on Saucy alpha 1

2013-06-28 Thread Jonathan Marsden
Kevin, On 06/28/2013 08:12 PM, Kevin Godby wrote: >> Version: 2013.20130530-1 > On May 30, 2013, though, the upstream TeX Live was still 2012. So that > doesn't really clarify things much. > > What does "pdflatex --version" print? pdfTeX 3.1415926-2.5-1.40.14 (TeX Live 2013/Debian) kpath

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Installation of TexLive on Saucy alpha 1

2013-06-28 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On 06/28/2013 07:24 PM, Kevin Godby wrote: > On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 9:22 PM, Jonathan Marsden > wrote: >> The script was testing for "upstream" texlive by looking for tlmgr! >> But the new texlive packages in Ubuntu include that utility, so the >> script co

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Installation of TexLive on Saucy alpha 1

2013-06-28 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On 06/28/2013 06:56 PM, Jonathan Marsden wrote: > On 06/28/2013 05:15 PM, Jim Connett wrote: >> Has anyone attempted to install TexLive on 13.10 Alpha1? ... > There seems to be a problem. The last line of the install-pkgs.log file > reads: > > cannot setup TLPDB in /h

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Installation of TexLive on Saucy alpha 1

2013-06-28 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On 06/28/2013 05:15 PM, Jim Connett wrote: > Has anyone attempted to install TexLive on 13.10 Alpha1? ... There seems to be a problem. The last line of the install-pkgs.log file reads: cannot setup TLPDB in /home/jonathan/texmf at /usr/bin/tlmgr line 5300 I'll play with getting that script t

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Alpha 1 upgrade tests

2013-06-28 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On 06/28/2013 05:44 PM, Erick Brunzell wrote: > I think it's very possible but much testing is required :^) Is the upgrade testing a suitable candidate for automation, so the "much testing" doesn't need "much human tester time" to accomplish? Jonathan -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~l

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Upcoming Virtualbox IRC classroom session (has a wiki page)

2013-06-28 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On 06/28/2013 05:03 PM, Phill Whiteside wrote: > AFAIK there is not ARM emulation? There most definitely is ARM emulation in QEMU. I used it years ago. The question is whether there is armhf emulation. There is, now, it was added in 2012 I think. http://packages.ubuntu.com/qemu-system-arm >

Re: [Bug 1029212] Re: System Profiler and Benchmark 2 blank gui boxes closing the small one results in the system info to be displayed.

2013-06-28 Thread Jonathan Marsden
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuBackports Jonathan -- Jonathan Marsden jmars...@fastmail.fm -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1029212 Title: System Profiler and Benchmark 2 blank gui boxe

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Upcoming Virtualbox IRC classroom session (has a wiki page)

2013-06-28 Thread Jonathan Marsden
m/2013/06/28/%23ubuntu-classroom.html and did not see any mention of QEMU, ARM or PPC. Am I missing something? Where is this fabled QEMU classroom session? Jonathan -- Jonathan Marsden jmars...@fastmail.fm -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa Post to : lubuntu-qa@l

[Lubuntu-qa] QEMU for ARM and PPC (was: Re: Upcoming Virtualbox IRC classroom session (has a wiki page) )

2013-06-28 Thread Jonathan Marsden
any of the issues we are seeing seem to be related to specific hardware (video cards, sound cards, NICs) on older Apple machines. Do you think it would really be useful to do ISO install testing of Lubuntu PPC on a QEMU PPC emulated machine? Jonathan -- Jonathan Marsden jmars..

Re: ssh: Received disconnect from 127.0.0.1: 2: Too many authentication failures for XXXX

2013-06-28 Thread Jonathan Marsden
Lars, On Fri, Jun 28, 2013, at 11:27 AM, Lars Noodén wrote: > On 06/28/2013 09:19 PM, Jonathan Marsden wrote: >> Is there an existing Launchpad bug report for this issue? If not, and >> the issue can be confirmed, let's get one opened. > Which package should it be filed

Re: ssh: Received disconnect from 127.0.0.1: 2: Too many authentication failures for XXXX

2013-06-28 Thread Jonathan Marsden
entally, I confess I do not possess more than six SSH keypairs so I would never come across this issue in real usage. I suspect that is true for most users :) Anyway, if you can test on Ubuntu 13.04 and report whether the bug exists there, as well as in Lubuntu, that would help. Jonathan -- Jonath

Re: I think Lubuntu is selling itself short (Lubuntu as a server base OS??)

2013-06-27 Thread Jonathan Marsden
d manage it from their workstation(s). It is likely they will install Ubuntu Server 12.04 if they are into using Ubuntu on servers. What benefit does Lubuntu have as a real server OS over Ubuntu server?? Jonathan -- Jonathan Marsden jmars...@fastmail.fm -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubu

[Lubuntu-qa] Upcoming Virtualbox IRC classroom session (has a wiki page)

2013-06-27 Thread Jonathan Marsden
you can make it, see you on IRC in less than two hours :) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/Activities/Classroom/Saucy Jonathan -- Jonathan Marsden jmars...@fastmail.fm -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa Post to : lubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https

Re: [sword-devel] eBible.org OSIS files regenerated again

2013-06-26 Thread Jonathan Marsden
https for David? Jonathan -- Jonathan Marsden jmars...@fastmail.fm ___ sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page

Re: [Pkg-crosswire-devel] BibleTime 2.9.2

2013-06-26 Thread Jonathan Marsden
one else does it first. Probably not for a few days at least, though. Jonathan -- Jonathan Marsden jmars...@fastmail.fm ___ Pkg-crosswire-devel mailing list Pkg-crosswire-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-crosswire-devel

[Lubuntu-qa] Installer bugs and ubiquity vs debian-installer

2013-06-24 Thread Jonathan Marsden
the bug against debian-installer instead, because that is what Alternate CD images use. I'd guess the same holds for the netboot (mini.iso) installer, too. So the Install_Bugs page is probably in need of an update. Jonathan -- Jonathan Marsden jmars...@fastmail.fm -- Mailing list: ht

[Lubuntu-qa] Windows XP support period (was: Re: [Lubuntu-comms] [Lubuntu Official] Good news people :) I'm glad to tell you: )

2013-06-23 Thread Jonathan Marsden
Ali, On 06/23/2013 03:31 PM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote: > For how many years now, a Windows XP Users has been using XP? Potentially since 2002 (technically, since 31 Dec 2001). So up to 10.5 years. > Do they really update it? Yes, usually automatically via Windows Update. You can use Windows

[Lubuntu-comms] Windows XP support period (was: Re: [Lubuntu Official] Good news people :) I'm glad to tell you: )

2013-06-23 Thread Jonathan Marsden
Ali, On 06/23/2013 03:31 PM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote: > For how many years now, a Windows XP Users has been using XP? Potentially since 2002 (technically, since 31 Dec 2001). So up to 10.5 years. > Do they really update it? Yes, usually automatically via Windows Update. You can use Windows

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] My zRAM Testing Reports - FULL List

2013-06-23 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On 06/23/2013 01:21 PM, Nio Wiklund wrote: > So to have a high success rate you recommend > > 1. Wipe the target drive before starting the installation. > 2. Boot from CD > 3. Try Lubuntu from the desktop iso > 4. Install Lubuntu from the alternate iso or the mini iso. Well, sort of. In practic

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] [PPC] Saucy Daily Build for 6/21 hangs on Plymouth Text Screen

2013-06-23 Thread Jonathan Marsden
Keith and James, On 06/23/2013 05:12 AM, ke...@refaceplace.net wrote: > Don't worry about dragging the team down. As far as I can tell, the PPC > testing team is very small. All help is appreciated. +1 (or +100)! Anyone with a PPC machine who is willing to help test Lubuntu on it is *very* valu

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] My zRAM Testing Reports - FULL List

2013-06-23 Thread Jonathan Marsden
I wrote: >> I wish we had better luck at 256MB on real hardware with the >> desktop image. I'm not really sure why it works so well down even >> below 224MB on VirtualBox, but apparently not on real machines. On 06/23/2013 01:46 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote: > Well, when carefully prepared, the desk

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] My zRAM Testing Reports - FULL List

2013-06-22 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On 06/22/2013 02:43 PM, Nio Wiklund wrote: > On 2013-06-22 15:37, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote: >> I think Phase 1 of testing is done. ... >> So, what is next? Testing zRAM on Alternate installs, once it is enabled in them :) > I added some testing today for compatibility. I think it is similar

Re: R statistics (correction)

2013-06-21 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On 06/21/2013 08:28 PM, Jonathan Marsden wrote: > R 3.0.1 will be available for Lubuntu 13.01 when it is released in > October 2013. In case it is unclear: I introduced a typo in the Lubunbu version number, 13.10 was intended! So that should have said: R 3.0.1 will be available for L

Re: R statistics

2013-06-21 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On 06/21/2013 01:15 PM, Wilbert Heeringa wrote: > Why is still R version 2.15.2 in the repositories? It isn't, for the current development release 3.0.1-3 is in the repositories now. > Today version 3.0.1 is available and I tried to download and install > it from http://cran.rstudio.com/ . Why?

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Low RAM Testing wiki page

2013-06-21 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On 06/21/2013 03:08 AM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote: > 1- Add a link of "from where" to download the daily build. If you don't know that, you are not a regular QA tester :) I can add a link, but I hope everyone on lubuntu-qa knows where the ISOs are by now! > 2- I see some contents on the table t

[Lubuntu-qa] Low RAM Testing wiki page

2013-06-20 Thread Jonathan Marsden
I just created a wiki page at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/LowRamTesting for documenting the results of low RAM Lubuntu installation tests. Please read it and then add your results to the table! Thanks, Jonathan -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa Post to :

[Ubuntu-manual] Choosing software tools (was : Re: A wine application for editing tex files. )

2013-06-20 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On 06/19/2013 04:21 AM, Patrick Dickey wrote: > In a couple of threads, people were discussing GUI-based editors for > tex files. If you've got Wine installed, you can install Notepad ++ > and it supports LaTeX highlighting. The only issue you might run into > is whether it uses the same carriage

[Lubuntu-qa] Network configuration, and very low RAM installations (was: Re: RAM needed for desktop installer reduced to half by zRAM )

2013-06-20 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On Thu, Jun 20, 2013, at 05:41 PM, Nio Wiklund wrote: > On 2013-06-21 02:21, Jonathan Marsden wrote: >>> And I noticed that the network installation by the mini iso is not >>> portable like the one by the desktop iso. >> Do you mean it set up a static IP addr

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Minimal Install (really netboot install) documentation

2013-06-20 Thread Jonathan Marsden
retained. BTW, to cut email clutter I tend to remove lubuntu-users from the cc list :) Jonathan -- Jonathan Marsden jmars...@fastmail.fm -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa Post to : lubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa More help

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] RAM needed for desktop installer reduced to half by zRAM

2013-06-20 Thread Jonathan Marsden
bout this recently -- if it is easy to add, we'll get it added so we can test it. Jonathan -- Jonathan Marsden jmars...@fastmail.fm -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa Post to : lubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

Minimal Install (really netboot install) documentation (was: Re: [Lubuntu-qa] RAM needed for desktop installer reduced to half by zRAM )

2013-06-20 Thread Jonathan Marsden
age you to edit the page to document that approach, rather than the command-based approaches currently described. Jonathan -- Jonathan Marsden jmars...@fastmail.fm -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users

[Lubuntu-qa] Minimal Install (really netboot install) documentation (was: Re: RAM needed for desktop installer reduced to half by zRAM )

2013-06-20 Thread Jonathan Marsden
age you to edit the page to document that approach, rather than the command-based approaches currently described. Jonathan -- Jonathan Marsden jmars...@fastmail.fm -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa Post to : lubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://laun

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] RAM needed for desktop installer reduced to half by zRAM

2013-06-20 Thread Jonathan Marsden
ght work, for people who know what they are doing and have less than 256MB. The same goes for workarounds for unsupported video chipsets, etc... we document them, but on the wiki only and not in the main documentation path we expect newcomers to use. So that people who don't need t

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] RAM needed for desktop installer reduced to half by zRAM

2013-06-20 Thread Jonathan Marsden
ght work, for people who know what they are doing and have less than 256MB. The same goes for workarounds for unsupported video chipsets, etc... we document them, but on the wiki only and not in the main documentation path we expect newcomers to use. So that people who don't need t

Re: Fwd: Shutdown and Reboot buttons do nothing

2013-06-19 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On 06/19/2013 09:13 PM, Iberê Fernandes wrote: > Just be carefull because I reported on a bug that sudo shutdown now on > Lubuntu 13.10 daily 20130618 was leading to land at root@lubuntu user. > > I'm not sure about sudo shutdown -r now... need to test. But be carefull > with what you do on your

Re: Fwd: Shutdown and Reboot buttons do nothing

2013-06-19 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On 06/19/2013 03:46 PM, John Kim wrote: > This one too. Can somebody help? Thanks. There is a bug report about this, so it will be or is being addressed. Please do note that Saucy is in Alpha test, so bugs should be expected and fully reported using Launchpad. If you can't deal with that, you

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] RAM needed for desktop installer reduced to half by zRAM

2013-06-19 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On 06/19/2013 03:05 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote: > Results with 'grub-n-iso-n-swap' and Pentium M indicate that using the > default installation (starting from a blank drive or overwriting it) is > maybe slightly smoother than a complicated manual partitioning at the > 'Something else' page. Good :) L

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] RAM needed for desktop installer reduced to half by zRAM

2013-06-19 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On 06/19/2013 03:05 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote: > Results with 'grub-n-iso-n-swap' and Pentium M indicate that using the > default installation (starting from a blank drive or overwriting it) is > maybe slightly smoother than a complicated manual partitioning at the > 'Something else' page. Good :) L

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] [Test Report 2] Minimum RAM required to install 'saucy-desktop-i386.iso' from LiveCD

2013-06-19 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On 06/18/2013 05:59 PM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote: I'd much prefer a test using the default install type. ... >>> With all due respect, this will make no difference whatsoever, >>> IMHO. What this has to do with RAM Usage and zRAM and stuff like >>> that? >> It is possible that one path th

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] [PPC] My Mac Mini stats for the Testing Page on the Wiki

2013-06-18 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On 06/18/2013 02:44 PM, James King wrote: > I just realized I hadn't sent any info about my computer. I had to install > pastebinit and clipit, and I considered editing the wiki myself, but I have > this irrational fear of doing something hideously destructive and setting > off some NORAD-style ch

Re: [Lubuntu-wiki-docs] [Lubuntu-qa] [Test Report 2] Minimum RAM required to install 'saucy-desktop-i386.iso' from LiveCD

2013-06-18 Thread Jonathan Marsden
Ali, On Tue, Jun 18, 2013, at 05:31 PM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote: > On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 4:14 AM, Jonathan Marsden >> I'd much prefer a test using the default install type. ... > With all due respect, this will make no difference whatsoever, IMHO. > What this has to d

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] [Test Report 2] Minimum RAM required to install 'saucy-desktop-i386.iso' from LiveCD

2013-06-18 Thread Jonathan Marsden
Ali, On Tue, Jun 18, 2013, at 05:31 PM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote: > On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 4:14 AM, Jonathan Marsden >> I'd much prefer a test using the default install type. ... > With all due respect, this will make no difference whatsoever, IMHO. > What this has to d

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] [Test Report 2] Minimum RAM required to install 'saucy-desktop-i386.iso' from LiveCD

2013-06-18 Thread Jonathan Marsden
Ali, On Tue, Jun 18, 2013, at 05:31 PM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote: > On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 4:14 AM, Jonathan Marsden >> I'd much prefer a test using the default install type. ... > With all due respect, this will make no difference whatsoever, IMHO. > What this has to d

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] zRAM for the Alternate Install?

2013-06-18 Thread Jonathan Marsden
e end up with an Lubuntu install that works, but in which about all you can do is run LXTerminal... maybe we'll decide not to leave it there :) But let's find out, unless it is costly (in developer time) to do so. Jonathan -- Jonathan Marsden jmars...@fastmail.fm -- Mailing list:

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] [Test Report 2] Minimum RAM required to install 'saucy-desktop-i386.iso' from LiveCD

2013-06-18 Thread Jonathan Marsden
t like a newcomer, stick to the default choices wherever possible. Having said that, the result was really encouraging! I don't *think* this would have affected the result... but it would be good to *know*. Jonathan -- Jonathan Marsden jmars...@fastmail.fm -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lu

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] [Test Report 2] Minimum RAM required to install 'saucy-desktop-i386.iso' from LiveCD

2013-06-18 Thread Jonathan Marsden
t like a newcomer, stick to the default choices wherever possible. Having said that, the result was really encouraging! I don't *think* this would have affected the result... but it would be good to *know*. Jonathan -- Jonathan Marsden jmars...@fastmail.fm -- Mailing list: https://launch

Re: [Lubuntu-wiki-docs] [Lubuntu-qa] [Test Report 2] Minimum RAM required to install 'saucy-desktop-i386.iso' from LiveCD

2013-06-18 Thread Jonathan Marsden
t like a newcomer, stick to the default choices wherever possible. Having said that, the result was really encouraging! I don't *think* this would have affected the result... but it would be good to *know*. Jonathan -- Jonathan Marsden jmars...@fastmail.fm -- Mailing list: http

[Lubuntu-qa] zRAM for the Alternate Install? (was: Re: RAM needed for desktop installer reduced to half by zRAM )

2013-06-18 Thread Jonathan Marsden
ult during an alternate install too? I think it might be worth trying, since the results of zRAM on the ubiquity install have been so positive so far. Thanks, Jonathan -- Jonathan Marsden jmars...@fastmail.fm -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa Post to : lubuntu-qa@list

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