Installing Lubuntu circa may 2014

Wed May 21 17:24:28 UTC 2014

If nothing happens with Alt + F2, you can click on "menu" or launch then
"run".

For a permanent fix of nm-applet, see:
http://www.webupd8.org/2014/04/fix-lubuntu-1404-network-manager.html

2014-05-21 14:14 GMT-03:00 Andre Rodovalho <andre.rodovalho at gmail.com>:

> First things first... Did you configure your network connection with
> nm-applet??
>
> On a Live Lubuntu or a Installed 14.04 (LTS), you can run it with Alt+F2
> shortcut. Just type "nm-applet" and click OK.
>
> The networks manager will be shown as a "tray" icon...
>
>
> 2014-05-20 20:57 GMT-03:00 brendanperrine <walterorlin at gmail.com>:
>
> On Tue, 20 May 2014 18:58:16 -0400
>> Gary Knott <garyknott at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Questions about installing Lubuntu.
>> >
>> > I downloaded an iso for lubuntu (- for some reason it uses AMD in the
>> > title at the web-site.  This is sure to confuse some people.)
>> > I burned a CD, and used the "live" feature to
>> > run gparted and repartitioned my disk, leaving a
>> > set of 3 win7  partitions and setting up swap, /, home and boot
>> > as 4 logical partitions.
>> >
>> > Then I used the CD again, choosing the install
>> > option.  The install program tried to find our wifi
>> > with dhcp connection to the net, presumably
>> > to fetch other files needed to complete the installation.
>> > It annouced it had failed, which is correct, because
>> > I do not even have a wireless card;
>> > I have a wired local network with fixed ip numbers
>> > manually assigned to each machine and to
>> > our gateway router.
>> >
>> > question 1: The install process did NOT drop into a
>> > state where it would ask for my
>> > ip number, gateway ip-number, netmask, etc.
>> > Why not?  This seems to be a terrible oversight.
>> > (And as i recall KDE did ask a few years ago.)
>> > And did I just not hit some magic key or something that
>> > would have caused the install to behave properly?
>> >
>> > After installing, I powered-off, restarted and selected
>> > ubuntu from the grub menu.  The boot worked okay.
>> > I did not set up our net connection (yet) but just shutdown.
>> >
>> > Then I restarted and booted win7.  It worked okay.
>> > Then I restarted and booted ubuntu.  The boot
>> > started, the 5 dots appeared, and the screen then went full blue and
>> > nothing happened.  I though maybe this hanging was due to looking for a
>> > wifi connection, but remember I booted successfully before.
>> >
>> > question 2: what is happening in this state?
>> >
>> > Then I powered down, and rebooted and selected
>> > the "advanced ubuntu" option from the grub menu.
>> > This gives a menu from which I can select disk checking,
>> > single-user mode (under another name), etc.
>> > I just selected "resume normal boot".
>> >
>> > Now the boot worked fine, (except screen resolution was
>> > degraded to some lower resolution.)
>> > I then immediately shutdown.
>> >
>> > Then I restarted and selected the normal ubuntu
>> > boot option from the grub menu.
>> > Now the system booted fine and with the correct
>> > resolution!  (and now I could configure my network
>> > connection if I wished.)
>> >
>> > question 3:  What happened here?  Why did this
>> > "work", and what issue was overcome, and how?
>> >
>> > question 4: Can you predict what will happen when I
>> > boot win7 again?  [The answer is the win7 anomaly
>> > does not re-occur. - But still, what happened?]
>> >
>> > question 5:  what should I do to finish my lubuntu
>> > installation?  I need TeX, Gcc, emacs, etc, etc.
>> > Is there a graphical update program in my CD install
>> > that will get  me a full-fledged system without too much grief?
>> >
>> > [Answer, there is something called the Software Center Manager, or
>> > something like this.  When I ran it, it had a very few programs one
>> > could select from a dozen categories to download. I could get Emacs
>> > though. I then ran the synaptic program - this was much better and i
>> > was able to get teX, but it is still deficient - I like the Software
>> > Center Interface (sort-of,) because it has categories, but it needs to
>> > have "everything" available.
>> >
>> > Later I read a web-site that said to execute the commands:
>> > sudo -i
>> > apt-get install lubuntu-desktop
>> > apt-get dist-upgrade   (This does the downloads and takes awhile.)
>> > apt-get autoclean
>> > rm /var/cache/apt/archives/*.deb
>> >
>> > But there was no description of what each step does, or why i want
>> > to do it.   (But I did it, and it worked.  I still don't have
>> > gcc or a bunch of other stuff however.)
>> > ]
>> >
>> >
>> > So I would like to suggest that the install program
>> > be fixed to ask me for my net-connection, or at
>> > least that the Lubuntu manual on installation that i found via a
>> > google search be expanded to explain in more detail
>> > what different kinds of users might expect to see happen
>> > when they install.
>> >
>> >
>> > question 6:  If I ran the "live" version of Lubuntu
>> > off the CD,  and then set-up my net-connection =
>> > ip-number, gateway, DNS server ip Numbers, etc.,
>> > and THEN ran the install program in an xterm,
>> > would my install be more civilized?  And what is the
>> > name of the install program and in what directory is it
>> > in?  I would need to know that in order to run it.
>> >
>> > If this is a good way for people like me to install,
>> > maybe it should be in the manual, and described in
>> > options when booting the CD.
>> >
>> > I will try installing the so-called LTS Lubuntu system
>> > in a few weeks, since i don't want to struggle with
>> > installing every 10 months or so.
>> >
>> > --------------------------------------------
>> >
>> > --
>> > Lubuntu-users mailing list
>> > Lubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
>> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at:
>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users
>>
>> This is a small bug in the release notes that the nm-applet is on by
>> start which you just need to run and then you can click on it as a GUI. Yes
>> you need to install Tex but not everyone knows what you want synaptic has a
>> search feature.
>>
>> Also lubuntu comes with two GUI package managers the old synaptic and
>> lubuntu software center.
>>
>> On my 14.04 install I just set up a network connection through ethernet
>> with nm-applet.  I think you will need to connect to the internet to get
>> apt to work or there was apt-offline.
>> --
>> brendanperrine <walterorlin at gmail.com>
>>
>> --
>> Lubuntu-users mailing list
>> Lubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
>> Modify settings or unsubscribe at:
>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users
>>
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lubuntu-users/attachments/20140521/dc0df893/attachment-0001.html>