RE: upgrade from Lubuntu 12 LTS to Lubuntu 14 LTS on old desktop?

2015-08-09 Thread Richard H. McCullough
I did update my Dell 8200 to Ubuntu 14.04 with no problems at all.Update retained my LXDE. What is the b43 issue? Is it related to USB wireless adapter problem? I just bought Netgear WNA3100M and have not been able to get it to work. After googling I had several conflicting stories about how

Re: upgrade from Lubuntu 12 LTS to Lubuntu 14 LTS on old desktop?

2015-08-09 Thread Israel
Hi, sometimes Dell needs b43 drivers that is all... nothing big. Does your computer have b43? I didn't mean to misdirect you if I did. Some Dell computers need the b43-fwcutter firmware-b43-installer packages. It is only an 'issue' because I have to plug in to the Ethernet when setting up a laptop

RE: upgrade from Lubuntu 12 LTS to Lubuntu 14 LTS on old desktop?

2015-08-09 Thread Richard H. McCullough
I installed b43-fwcutter yesterday. I installed firmware-b43-installer just now. Output of lsusb is attached. Output of usb-devices is attached. When I uplug Ethernet cable, I get internet disconnected message. When I look at Interfaces, I see Bytes Received0 Bytes Sent

upgrade from Lubuntu 12 LTS to Lubuntu 14 LTS on the extremely old desktop?

2015-08-09 Thread Fritz Hudnut
@Fritz > > I am was trying to explain not to use the 12.04 version of > LXDE, sorry if that was unclear. > > To recap: > > You can install a PPA to have an up-to-date WM/DE (possibly > even LXDE). > > So yes, you CAN

Re: upgrade from Lubuntu 12 LTS to Lubuntu 14 LTS on old desktop?

2015-08-09 Thread Aere Greenway
Richard: The fact that it notifies you that wireless networks are available indicates the hardware is now working. I have never used any automated configuration, or the button on the wireless dongle to configure. I don't know how to make it work that way. But I have always (once it gets to

RE: upgrade from Lubuntu 12 LTS to Lubuntu 14 LTS on old desktop?

2015-08-09 Thread Richard H. McCullough
Aere, Thanks! Your info. let me solve the problem. caveats: 1) I didn't know that lower right icon was for Wireless. 2) No list of available WiFi connections. 3) Serious name problem with AT&T U-verse SSID, key, password. The right data was in the wrong slot. Does the same solution work for Bel

Re: upgrade from Lubuntu 12 LTS to Lubuntu 14 LTS on the extremely old desktop?

2015-08-09 Thread Israel
On 08/09/2015 11:13 AM, Fritz Hudnut wrote: > @Fritz > > > I am was trying to explain not to use the 12.04 version of > LXDE, sorry if that was unclear. > > To recap: > > You can install a PPA to have an up-to-date WM/DE >

Re: upgrade from Lubuntu 12 LTS to Lubuntu 14 LTS on old desktop?

2015-08-09 Thread Ian Bruntlett
Hi All, On 9 August 2015 at 19:25, Richard H. McCullough wrote: > Aere, > Thanks! Your info. let me solve the problem. > > caveats: > 1) I didn't know that lower right icon was for Wireless. > 2) No list of available WiFi connections. > That reminds me... some Dell laptops have a sliding switch

Re: upgrade from Lubuntu 12 LTS to Lubuntu 14 LTS on old desktop?

2015-08-09 Thread Aere Greenway
On 08/09/2015 12:25 PM, Richard H. McCullough wrote: caveats: 1) I didn't know that lower right icon was for Wireless. 2) No list of available WiFi connections. 3) Serious name problem with AT&T U-verse SSID, key, password. The right data was in the wrong slot. Does the same solution work for Be

RE: upgrade from Lubuntu 12 LTS to Lubuntu 14 LTS on old desktop?

2015-08-09 Thread Richard H. McCullough
Bob: Interesting info, but I don't have a Belkin router, just a Belkin wireless adapter. For the AT&T U-verse router, its address is 192.168.1.254, its router control panel is 192.168.1.254, and its DHCP assigns addresses in the range 192.168.1.x. When I look at Dell 8200 desktop running Lubun

Re: upgrade from Lubuntu 12 LTS to Lubuntu 14 LTS on the extremely old desktop?

2015-08-09 Thread Herminio Hernandez Jr.
If know how to build from source then PPAs work on PowerPC. Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 9, 2015, at 2:06 PM, Israel wrote: > >> On 08/09/2015 11:13 AM, Fritz Hudnut wrote: >> @Fritz >>> >>> I am was trying to explain not to use the 12.04 version of >>> LXDE,

RE: upgrade from Lubuntu 12 LTS to Lubuntu 14 LTS on old desktop?

2015-08-09 Thread Richard H. McCullough
Aere: My Belkin N300 wireless adapter also works now. I just unplugged the Netgear and plugged in the Belkin. Apparently I already installed the Broadcom driver that it needs. Dick McCullough Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2015 13:20:26 -0600 From: a...@dvorak-keyboards.com To: r...@pioneerca.com; israeld...@g

Re: upgrade from Lubuntu 12 LTS to Lubuntu 14 LTS on the extremely old desktop?

2015-08-09 Thread Fritz Hudnut
Gents: Appreciate the reply, yes, my whole reason for being here is because of having PPC ***complications . . . but, yeah, not looking for "difficult," although somebody at some point gave me the precise commands to run so that I could recompile the "nv" driver for my iMac . . . that was a li

Re: upgrade from Lubuntu 12 LTS to Lubuntu 14 LTS on the extremely old desktop?

2015-08-09 Thread Aere Greenway
On 08/09/2015 04:37 PM, Fritz Hudnut wrote: But, this JWM for PPC has been mentioned before, perhaps by the time you have the time to do that, might be around when all support for 12.04 is dropped . . . . It's "hard" to work with a 450 MHz processor these days. Fritz: I know (thanks to your

The theory of upgrading from 14.04 to 15.04 using /etc/apt/sources.list

2015-08-09 Thread Simon Quigley
Has anyone ever tried upgrading right to 15.04 by just editing /etc/apt/sources.list and replacing where it says trusty with vivid, then doing sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade? Does it work? If it doesn't work, why? Have a nice day, Simon Quigley Lubuntu QA Member -- Lubuntu-user

Re: upgrade from Lubuntu 12 LTS to Lubuntu 14 LTS on the extremely old desktop?

2015-08-09 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
Fritz, I would strongly encourage you getting down to the command line. It will help you so much with Linux on PPC. I think once you get started you will see that tasks like applying patches, building .deb files, even compiling a kernel are not as daunting as they may sound. You will definitely fe

Re: upgrade from Lubuntu 12 LTS to Lubuntu 14 LTS on the extremely old desktop?

2015-08-09 Thread Israel
Hi Hermino, To be honest, compiling a kernel on 450 MHZ machine is kind of daunting :) I built a kernel package on an old Compaq that took over a day to complete, that was 900MHZ with a 256MB RAM. But building a deb for a kernel on Debian is incredibly easy, but does require a very long compile p

Re: upgrade from Lubuntu 12 LTS to Lubuntu 14 LTS on the extremely old desktop?

2015-08-09 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
When I build a .deb package from a ppa I just download the source, enter the directory and run the following, "dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -us -uc" and off it goes! On my 1.42GHz IBook G4 it runs fine, but does take forever. I am think lower CPU it would be time consuming, but can be done. On Sun

Re: upgrade from Lubuntu 12 LTS to Lubuntu 14 LTS on the extremely old desktop?

2015-08-09 Thread Fritz Hudnut
@AG: Thanks for the emotional support, yes, sniff, it's a lonely world in linux PPC . . . nobody calls, nobody "likes" my posts . . . the devs don't respond to bug reports . . . . : - ( But, sure, 450 MHz is "OK" for many local tasks, it just gets totally overwhelmed in places like FB . . .

Re: upgrade from Lubuntu 12 LTS to Lubuntu 14 LTS on the extremely old desktop?

2015-08-09 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
We all got bills, just run the build command leave the computer, do what you gotta do, come back and you should be done :) On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 8:14 PM, Fritz Hudnut wrote: > @AG: > > Thanks for the emotional support, yes, sniff, it's a lonely world in linux > PPC . . . nobody calls, nobody "l

Re: upgrade from Lubuntu 12 LTS to Lubuntu 14 LTS on the extremely old desktop?

2015-08-09 Thread Fritz Hudnut
@HH: Funny . . . I didn't know other people have bills . . . h, total re-think on collective life in a capitalistic society. But, when you say, "run the build command" . . . is this a general suggestion of something to do on the computer to fill its time . . . or specific to keeping my olde P

Re: upgrade from Lubuntu 12 LTS to Lubuntu 14 LTS on the extremely old desktop?

2015-08-09 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
general suggestion On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 9:04 PM, Fritz Hudnut wrote: > @HH: > > Funny . . . I didn't know other people have bills . . . h, total > re-think on collective life in a capitalistic society. But, when you say, > "run the build command" . . . is this a general suggestion of some