Re: [lubuntu-users] installing lubuntu starting with a mini install

2017-03-18 Thread Spike
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 wrote: > Hi again Spike, > > Did y

Re: [lubuntu-users] installing lubuntu starting with a mini install

2017-03-18 Thread Nio Wiklund
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

Re: [lubuntu-users] installing lubuntu starting with a mini install

2017-03-18 Thread 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

Re: [lubuntu-users] installing lubuntu starting with a mini install

2017-03-18 Thread Nio Wiklund
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

Re: [lubuntu-users] installing lubuntu starting with a mini install

2017-03-18 Thread 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 b

Re: [lubuntu-users] installing lubuntu starting with a mini install

2017-03-18 Thread Nio Wiklund
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 i

[lubuntu-users] installing lubuntu starting with a mini install

2017-03-18 Thread 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

Re: [lubuntu-users] "Switch Input languages" and "Compose Key" keystrokes

2017-03-18 Thread Liam Proven
On 18 March 2017 at 09:01, Heima wrote: > Thank you Liam, it worked! > For switching the input languages, I kept struggling with fcitx. it turns > out the correct keystroke to set was Activate Input Method. > > As for gnome-language-selector, I tried reconfigure my locales ( > > dpkg-reconfigure l

Re: [lubuntu-users] "Switch Input languages" and "Compose Key" keystrokes

2017-03-18 Thread Heima
Thank you Liam, it worked! For switching the input languages, I kept struggling with fcitx. it turns out the correct keystroke to set was Activate Input Method. As for gnome-language-selector, I tried reconfigure my locales ( > dpkg-reconfigure locales), update them ( > update-locales ) and then