[lubuntu-users] installing lubuntu starting with a mini install
Spike
spike at drba.org
Sun Mar 19 03:49:03 UTC 2017
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.wiklund at 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.wiklund at gmail.com
> > <mailto:nio.wiklund at 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.wiklund at gmail.com
> > <mailto:nio.wiklund at gmail.com>
> > > <mailto:nio.wiklund at gmail.com <mailto:nio.wiklund at 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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