<div dir="ltr">I am not a computer geek. I am a Linux user and fan. Were both Lubuntu and Ubuntu 14.04 released long before they were ready for the masses? It appears that I should continue using 12.04 for quite a period of time yet.</div> <div class="gmail_extra"> <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 5:20 AM, <<a href="mailto:lubuntu-users-request@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">lubuntu-users-request@lists.ubuntu.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Send Lubuntu-users mailing list submissions to <a href="mailto:lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users</a> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to <a href="mailto:lubuntu-users-request@lists.ubuntu.com">lubuntu-users-request@lists.ubuntu.com</a> You can reach the person managing the list at <a href="mailto:lubuntu-users-owner@lists.ubuntu.com">lubuntu-users-owner@lists.ubuntu.com</a> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Lubuntu-users digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Getting special keys to work (John Hupp) 2. Re: Getting special keys to work (Israel) 3. Re: Encryption of installation - 2 questions (Nio Wiklund) 4. Re: Encryption of installation - 2 questions (<a href="mailto:farinet@arcor.de">farinet@arcor.de</a>) 5. lubuntu 14.04 ppc errors (<a href="mailto:farinet@arcor.de">farinet@arcor.de</a>) 6. Re: lubuntu 14.04 ppc errors (<a href="mailto:farinet@arcor.de">farinet@arcor.de</a>) 7. Re: Encryption of installation - 2 questions (Nio Wiklund) 8. Re: Encryption of installation - 2 questions (Nio Wiklund) 9. Re: Encryption of installation - 2 questions (<a href="mailto:farinet@arcor.de">farinet@arcor.de</a>) 10. Re: lubuntu 14.04 ppc errors (Lars Nood?n) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 20:48:21 -0400 From: John Hupp <<a href="mailto:lubuntu@prpcompany.com">lubuntu@prpcompany.com</a>> To: <a href="mailto:lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Subject: Getting special keys to work Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:535EF6D5.5020800@prpcompany.com">535EF6D5.5020800@prpcompany.com</a>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed I was trying to watch Netflix on a laptop (with Lubuntu) connected to a TV by S-Video connection. I found out that Fn-F7 was not working to select the external VGA or S-Video displays. Subsequently I found that Fn-F4 does not put the laptop to sleep, and Fn-F5 does not toggle the WiFi radio on/off. (The other common special keys work OK.) So I'm trying to get those keys working that way via entries in lubuntu-rc.xml. With 'xev -event keyboard' I found out that Fn-F7 produces the keysym 'XF86Display' but I still need to know what command to bind that to. So that's my first question. Fn-F4 and Fn-F5 does not produce any keysym's, so I'm currently at a loss for how to proceed next with those. ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 20:03:21 -0500 From: Israel <<a href="mailto:israeldahl@gmail.com">israeldahl@gmail.com</a>> To: <a href="mailto:lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Subject: Re: Getting special keys to work Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:535EFA59.4060708@gmail.com">535EFA59.4060708@gmail.com</a>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On 04/28/2014 07:48 PM, John Hupp wrote: > I was trying to watch Netflix on a laptop (with Lubuntu) connected to > a TV by S-Video connection. I found out that Fn-F7 was not working to > select the external VGA or S-Video displays. > > Subsequently I found that Fn-F4 does not put the laptop to sleep, and > Fn-F5 does not toggle the WiFi radio on/off. (The other common > special keys work OK.) > > So I'm trying to get those keys working that way via entries in > lubuntu-rc.xml. > > With 'xev -event keyboard' I found out that Fn-F7 produces the keysym > 'XF86Display' but I still need to know what command to bind that to. > So that's my first question. > > Fn-F4 and Fn-F5 does not produce any keysym's, so I'm currently at a > loss for how to proceed next with those. > > Hi, you can use arandr to make a shell script to switch the display to a certain mode. Plug in the monitor and use arandr to make a setup you want, and save that. Then open your config file for openbox and set the keyboard shortcut for your display key (i.e. XF86Display) to execute the <command> /bin/bash /path/to/scriptname.sh </command> while scriptname.sh is whatever you saved the setup as with the correct path. arandr is a front-end for xrandr. So the script is actually using xrandr to modify your display settings. I hope this helps. -- Regards ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 06:58:52 +0200 From: Nio Wiklund <<a href="mailto:nio.wiklund@gmail.com">nio.wiklund@gmail.com</a>> To: <a href="mailto:farinet@arcor.de">farinet@arcor.de</a>, lubuntu user list <<a href="mailto:lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a>> Subject: Re: Encryption of installation - 2 questions Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:535F318C.7080307@gmail.com">535F318C.7080307@gmail.com</a>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 2014-04-29 02:35, <a href="mailto:farinet@arcor.de">farinet@arcor.de</a> skrev: > 1. > On a samsung whereto in installed lubuntu 13.10 (upgraded then by > do-release-upgrade to 14.04) i chose encryption and i got someting like > a 64 characters key. I wrote that down, as suggested. Do i understand > correctly that the encryption is somewhat "silently" done? And the need > of that key would only come up in case of some kind of "havary" of the hd? > > In any case, unfortunately, i lost that key by moving inside my house > (very likely it ended in the poubelle :-( ). Now what should/could i do? > Actually, i do not have any problem, i can access all my data and > programs without any problem. But i would not like to have a bad > experience in the future if/when there is going something wrong. > > 2. > On the powerbook with a fresh lubuntu-ppc installation i chose > encryption as well. But there before logging in i'm asked the pswd i > gave in for the encription. Apparently there was no key generation (but > may be i missed that, since i had no control *DURING* the installation > (see my other msg)? Is that something new in 14.04 or is that a > difference due to the specific of ppc? > > > Maybe this link will help you find it (if you are using 'encrypted home') <a href="http://bodhizazen.net/Tutorials/Ecryptfs/" target="_blank">http://bodhizazen.net/Tutorials/Ecryptfs/</a> ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 08:30:41 +0200 From: <a href="mailto:farinet@arcor.de">farinet@arcor.de</a> To: Nio Wiklund <<a href="mailto:nio.wiklund@gmail.com">nio.wiklund@gmail.com</a>>, lubuntu user list <<a href="mailto:lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a>> Subject: Re: Encryption of installation - 2 questions Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:535F4711.8020706@arcor.de">535F4711.8020706@arcor.de</a>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Am 29.04.2014 06:58, schrieb Nio Wiklund: > Maybe this link will help you find it (if you are using 'encrypted home') > > <a href="http://bodhizazen.net/Tutorials/Ecryptfs/" target="_blank">http://bodhizazen.net/Tutorials/Ecryptfs/</a> Thanks for the link! But it's not really what i need. Actually, i'm mainly preoccupated for the samsung (on which i lost the passphrase). So, my question is: Is there a way to a) establish if encryption is active or not? b) to annulate the encryption (i think that might be possible for me, als logged in user, since i presume the passphrase is somewhere stored in the key; since i'm logging in automatically - as user. TIA ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 08:45:29 +0200 From: <a href="mailto:farinet@arcor.de">farinet@arcor.de</a> To: lubuntu user list <<a href="mailto:lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a>> Subject: lubuntu 14.04 ppc errors Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:535F4A89.90501@arcor.de">535F4A89.90501@arcor.de</a>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 I sucessfully installed lubuntu 14.04 ppc. That's great. By far less great is the experience with. Below i list the errors i noticed at a first glance (the machine is a pb g4, 1,3 ghz + altivec with 2 gb ram): - Suspend does not work. It only blanks the screen and from that it's impossible to wake the pb up. - the restart in the logout menu of lubuntu does not work - <Alt><F2> does not work. And alot of other shortcuts as well. - The macintosh 3rd level chars are not accessable. I did a sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration (i tried as keyboard Apple and Apple Alluminium; may be i should try another one? Which?) - The combination of xkeyboardmap setting and ibus setting is somewhat confusing. Which overrules which one. (On an amd laptop i turned the ibus off with no harm, apparently ...). - Moving windows, even with low charged cpu is dead slow (the windows follow the grab like in slow motion (generally the pb is feeling absolutely not snappy; in comparison an even older and slower thinkpad feels like jet) - network manager works not correctly. I substituted it by ceni, which at least correctly recognizes the b43legacy (eventhough up to now, for some reason it does not store the settings and i have to configure it newly at any restart. ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 08:51:48 +0200 From: <a href="mailto:farinet@arcor.de">farinet@arcor.de</a> To: lubuntu user list <<a href="mailto:lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a>> Subject: Re: lubuntu 14.04 ppc errors Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:535F4C04.8090202@arcor.de">535F4C04.8090202@arcor.de</a>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 I forgot: On boot i'm getting this error (which might be related to powermanagement settings): Failed to register i2c client keywest ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 08:52:38 +0200 From: Nio Wiklund <<a href="mailto:nio.wiklund@gmail.com">nio.wiklund@gmail.com</a>> To: <a href="mailto:farinet@arcor.de">farinet@arcor.de</a>, lubuntu user list <<a href="mailto:lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a>> Subject: Re: Encryption of installation - 2 questions Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:535F4C36.7040801@gmail.com">535F4C36.7040801@gmail.com</a>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 2014-04-29 08:30, <a href="mailto:farinet@arcor.de">farinet@arcor.de</a> skrev: > Am 29.04.2014 06:58, schrieb Nio Wiklund: >> Maybe this link will help you find it (if you are using 'encrypted home') >> >> <a href="http://bodhizazen.net/Tutorials/Ecryptfs/" target="_blank">http://bodhizazen.net/Tutorials/Ecryptfs/</a> > > Thanks for the link! But it's not really what i need. > > Actually, i'm mainly preoccupated for the samsung (on which i lost the > passphrase). So, my question is: Is there a way to > > a) establish if encryption is active or not? Log in as another user (for example as root via recovery boot) or boot from an external drive, and look at your home directory. It should be encrypted. > b) to annulate the encryption (i think that might be possible for me, > als logged in user, since i presume the passphrase is somewhere stored > in the key; since i'm logging in automatically - as user. > > TIA > I don't know the way to do this. I think you can find it in or via Bodhi Zazen's tutorial or at some other web page, that you find if you browse for 'ubuntu encrypted home' or 'ecryptfs howto' or something like that. -o- There is always a crude way to do it: While logged in so that you see the files and directories, copy them to another directory (outside your home directory), and they will remain without encryption. Good luck :-) Nio ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 09:14:12 +0200 From: Nio Wiklund <<a href="mailto:nio.wiklund@gmail.com">nio.wiklund@gmail.com</a>> To: <a href="mailto:farinet@arcor.de">farinet@arcor.de</a>, lubuntu user list <<a href="mailto:lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a>> Subject: Re: Encryption of installation - 2 questions Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:535F5144.2010208@gmail.com">535F5144.2010208@gmail.com</a>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 2014-04-29 08:52, Nio Wiklund skrev: > 2014-04-29 08:30, <a href="mailto:farinet@arcor.de">farinet@arcor.de</a> skrev: >> Am 29.04.2014 06:58, schrieb Nio Wiklund: >>> Maybe this link will help you find it (if you are using 'encrypted home') >>> >>> <a href="http://bodhizazen.net/Tutorials/Ecryptfs/" target="_blank">http://bodhizazen.net/Tutorials/Ecryptfs/</a> >> >> Thanks for the link! But it's not really what i need. >> >> Actually, i'm mainly preoccupated for the samsung (on which i lost the >> passphrase). So, my question is: Is there a way to >> >> a) establish if encryption is active or not? > > Log in as another user (for example as root via recovery boot) or boot > from an external drive, and look at your home directory. It should be > encrypted. > >> b) to annulate the encryption (i think that might be possible for me, >> als logged in user, since i presume the passphrase is somewhere stored >> in the key; since i'm logging in automatically - as user. >> >> TIA >> > I don't know the way to do this. I think you can find it in or via Bodhi > Zazen's tutorial or at some other web page, that you find if you browse > for 'ubuntu encrypted home' or 'ecryptfs howto' or something like that. > > -o- > > There is always a crude way to do it: While logged in so that you see > the files and directories, copy them to another directory (outside your > home directory), and they will remain without encryption. > > Good luck :-) > Nio > Maybe this link will help you <a href="http://serverfault.com/questions/160277/ubuntu-how-to-decrypt-home-directory-swap-basically-everything-without-reins" target="_blank">http://serverfault.com/questions/160277/ubuntu-how-to-decrypt-home-directory-swap-basically-everything-without-reins</a> Rememeber to backup your system before trying, because it is risky! Best regards Nio ------------------------------ Message: 9 Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 10:29:06 +0200 From: <a href="mailto:farinet@arcor.de">farinet@arcor.de</a> To: Nio Wiklund <<a href="mailto:nio.wiklund@gmail.com">nio.wiklund@gmail.com</a>>, lubuntu user list <<a href="mailto:lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a>> Subject: Re: Encryption of installation - 2 questions Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:535F62D2.5050808@arcor.de">535F62D2.5050808@arcor.de</a>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Am 29.04.2014 09:14, schrieb Nio Wiklund: > Maybe this link will help you > > <a href="http://serverfault.com/questions/160277/ubuntu-how-to-decrypt-home-directory-swap-basically-everything-without-reins" target="_blank">http://serverfault.com/questions/160277/ubuntu-how-to-decrypt-home-directory-swap-basically-everything-without-reins</a> > > Rememeber to backup your system before trying, because it is risky! > > Best regards > Nio Thanks a lot for your efforts!!! I'll try the way you suggested .... Cheers! ------------------------------ Message: 10 Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 13:19:59 +0300 From: Lars Nood?n <<a href="mailto:lars.nooden@gmail.com">lars.nooden@gmail.com</a>> To: Lubuntu Users <<a href="mailto:Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a>> Subject: Re: lubuntu 14.04 ppc errors Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:535F7CCF.2090504@gmail.com">535F7CCF.2090504@gmail.com</a>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On 29.04.2014 09:45, <a href="mailto:farinet@arcor.de">farinet@arcor.de</a> wrote: > I sucessfully installed lubuntu 14.04 ppc. That's great. > > By far less great is the experience with... We definitely need more testers. The PPC had further set backs this time around because bugs preventing installation of the Live DVD(CD) were present from around the end of November until quite recently when a work-around was discovered. So it got a lot less testing than it needed. Much of the testing and review goes on over on the QA list. It might get better results to go through the bugs there. Regards, /Lars ------------------------------ -- Lubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users</a> End of Lubuntu-users Digest, Vol 28, Issue 72 ********************************************* </blockquote></div> </div>