[xubuntu-users] xubuntu-users Digest, Vol 87, Issue 27
Ryan K.
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Fri Apr 18 15:04:27 UTC 2014
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>Today's Topics:
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> 1. Re: Disable screen saver in 12.10 (G?rald Jean)
> 2. Re: Xubuntu 14.04 released! (Steve)
> 3. Xubuntu 14.04 doesn't boot (Lutz Andersohn)
> 4. Re: Xubuntu 14.04 doesn't boot (Pasi Lallinaho)
> 5. Re: Xubuntu 14.04 doesn't boot (Lutz Andersohn)
> 6. Re: Xubuntu 14.04 doesn't boot (Lutz Andersohn)
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>Message: 1
>Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 08:00:50 -0400
>From: G?rald Jean <gerald.jean at videotron.ca>
>To: pcgarminmap at gmail.com, Xubuntu Support and User Discussions
> <xubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>Subject: Re: [xubuntu-users] Disable screen saver in 12.10
>Message-ID: <535113F2.40508 at videotron.ca>
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>Hello,
>
>Don's approach didn't work for me, I had tried it before I wrote to the
>
>list. As suggested by Ralf I created an xorg.conf file with his
>Serverflags section, then setted the screen tab of the power manager to
>
>?never? and it worked fine.
>
>Thanks, great community!!!
>
>G?rald
>
>Le 17/04/2014 08:47, kelmark a ?crit :
>> In settings, I just set Screensaver Preferences (Blank Screen Only)
>> Blank After= 360 minutes, Cycle After 60 minutes.
>> Don
>>
>> On 04/16/2014 08:00 AM, xubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com wrote:
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>>> Today's Topics:
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>>> 1. Re: Xubuntu 12.04: one of my users can't use bash ??
>>> (Fabrice Delente)
>>> 2. Re: White Screen at CD Boot (Wee Dram)
>>> 3. Re : Re: Disable screen saver in 12.10 (G?rald Jean)
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>>> Message: 1
>>> Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 19:46:48 +0200
>>> From: Fabrice Delente <delentef at gmail.com>
>>> To: Xubuntu Support and User Discussions
>>> <xubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [xubuntu-users] Xubuntu 12.04: one of my users can't
>use
>>> bash ??
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>>> Sorry, I should have been more precise, the account is not local,
>>> authentication is done with PAM to an LDAP server.
>>>
>>> The bash-impaired account can authenticate in lightdm and get to its
>>> desktop, so authentication is valid. It is only sh that doesn't
>start
>>> for him.
>>>
>>>
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>>> Message: 2
>>> Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 16:09:31 -0700
>>> From: Wee Dram <a3c63608 at telus.net>
>>> To: Xubuntu Support and User Discussions
>>> <xubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [xubuntu-users] White Screen at CD Boot
>>> Message-ID: <44B64815-CD1D-4027-B153-8FDFB5006E41 at telus.net>
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>>> After getting advice on the Ubuntu Forum, I decided to try Lubuntu
>instead of Xubuntu. I was successful in booting a CD into a LiveCD
>session and was able to access the internet and the forum to announce
>my success. That's it so far and my next step will be to try actually
>install it on the hard drive.
>>> Thank you to everyone who made suggestions here on xubuntu
>discussions.
>>> Regards,
>>> Ross
>>>
>>>> On Apr 9, 2014, at 9:38 AM, "Wee Dram" <a3c63608 at telus.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>> I am trying to install Xubuntu on my old laptop. It is a Toshiba
>Satellite 5000 running a Pentium III at 1.10 Ghz with 512 MB RAM and a
>37.5 GB Hard-drive. It is presently running XP. It has a NVIDIA
>GeForce4 440 Go (Toshiba) video card.
>>>>
>>>> I want to first try it without installing but I?m having problems
>getting past the first steps.
>>>>
>>>> In summary: I burned a CD. I tried it on the computer but the
>screen went white after a few moments. I tried the CD on a newer
>Toshiba and it seems to work fine. After checking various help sources,
>I was able to get to the boot menu on the older computer and try a few
>options there:
>>>> Deleting the ?quiet splash? command
>>>> Choosing the nomodeset
>>>> Adding the following, individually, to the boot options lineAdding
>i915.modset=0
>>>> xforcevesa
>>>> fb=false
>>>> vga=771
>>>>
>>>> The final result of doing each of these was the same: a white
>screen with lots of CD activity for several minutes (as if the whole
>process is proceeding) and then no CD activity.
>>>>
>>>> I am a total novice with this kind of thing so any and all
>suggestions of next steps are welcome.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Ross
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>>> Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 07:56:50 -0400
>>> From: "G?rald Jean" <gerald.jean at videotron.ca>
>>> To: Xubuntu Support and User Discussions
>>> <xubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>>> Subject: [xubuntu-users] Re : Re: Disable screen saver in 12.10
>>> Message-ID: <77309b1330ad.534e37c2 at videotron.ca>
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>>> Thanks to G?rard and Ralf,
>>>
>>> I didn't even know the power manager was used to manage the screen
>in that manner. I changed the settings as suggested by G?rard but
>didn't have time yet to test it. On the other hand I tried to look up
>the xorg.conf file as suggested by Ralf but there is no "/etc/x11/"
>directory in my installation??? Could the file be somewhere else??
>>>
>>> Thanks again,
>>>
>>> G?rald
>>>
>>> Le 15/04/14, Gerard Bekhuis <odemarus at gmx.de> a ?crit :
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hallo G?raldJean.
>>>> You have to go to the settings manager, open this.
>>>> Than you open the power manager.
>>>> You take the 2button, that you open.
>>>> Aktivity:
>>>> The first one you say "never" to the left.
>>>> Monitor
>>>> Under monitor you must take 3x "never" to the left.
>>>> Thats all.
>>>> G?rard.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Am 15.04.2014 13:46, schrieb "G?rald Jean":
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> I am running Xubuntu 12.10 on an Asus notepad, works great!!!
>Lately I connected it to and HD TV through an HDMI cable to watch
>movies in streaming. Works perfectly well, out of the box.
>>>>>
>>>>> The only glitch I have is that I can't figure out how to prevent
>the screen from going to sleep and every 10-15 minutes the screen goes
>black and I have to play with the mouse to get it back, which is a
>little anoying while watching a movie!!! I went into Parameters >
>Screen Saver and setted it to ?Disable Screen Saver?, didn't work, I
>also tried all other settings with a refresh time of over 400 minutes,
>doesn't work either???
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyone has a clue on how to prevent the screen from going black,
>or any other pattern, for an extended period of time???
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> G?rald
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>Message: 2
>Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 08:07:17 -0400
>From: Steve <verner.steven at gmail.com>
>To: Xubuntu Support and User Discussions
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>Subject: Re: [xubuntu-users] Xubuntu 14.04 released!
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>I keep a plop Cd in my toolkit always just for this reason.
>
>On 04/17/2014 10:28 PM, Fred Roller wrote:
>> On 04/17/2014 05:59 PM, Peter Flynn wrote:
>>> On 04/17/2014 10:13 PM, MR ZenWiz wrote:
>>>> It appears from the size of thees images that we are now beyond CD
>>>> capability?
>>>
>>> That would be a great pity. I regularly encounter machines that will
>
>>> run Xubuntu but which have a BIOS that has no USB-boot option, so a
>>> CD is required.
>>>
>>> ///Peter
>>>
>> same here. I deal with introducing linux to under privileged
>> community , via xubuntu, and the machines they have access to often
>> don't boot usb which at that age means no dvd but cd. The cure I end
>
>> up with is burning a Plop cd which will find the usb thumbdrive for
>> installation. For those interested in this approach:
>>
>> http://www.plop.at/en/bootmanager/index.html
>>
>> Handy tool. Still wish there was a <700 mb version or will they
>> release a net install iso Xubuntu?
>>
>> Fred
>>
>>
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>Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 08:45:43 -0500
>From: Lutz Andersohn <landersohn at gmail.com>
>To: Xubuntu Development Discussion <xubuntu-devel at lists.ubuntu.com>,
> Xubuntu Support and User Discussions <xubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>Subject: [xubuntu-users] Xubuntu 14.04 doesn't boot
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>Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 17:03:10 +0300
>From: Pasi Lallinaho <pasi at shimmerproject.org>
>To: lutz.andersohn at gmail.com, Xubuntu Support and User Discussions
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>Subject: Re: [xubuntu-users] Xubuntu 14.04 doesn't boot
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>On 18/04/14 16:45, Lutz Andersohn wrote:
>> I just tried to boot from the Xubuntu 14.04 64 bit DVD on my laptop
>> (HP Pavillion dv6, i7 CPU, hybrid graphics) and I get nothing:
>> booting starts, I get the little keboard symbol at the bottom on the
>> screen and then blackness. I don't get the screen selecting between
>> "Try" and "Install".
>> The same DVD installed fine on a Dell Inspiron tower earlier.
>>
>> Pls help!
>>
>> --
>> *Lutz Andersohn*
>>
>> lutz.andersohn at gmail.com
>> (925) 784 1565
>> D-19318, AFF-I
>>
>> http://www.linkedin.com/pub/1/b65/2b6 Public key ID: 0x9620D1A6
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>>
>Let's keep this thread in the xubuntu-users list, no need to spam the
>developer list with support questions.
>
>Pasi
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