Re: [lubuntu-users] Startup Disc Creator
Hi All, I've added a "me, too" to the bug report, and some more information in case it is needed :) BW, Ian -- -- ACCU - Professionalism in programming - http://www.accu.org -- My writing - https://sites.google.com/site/ianbruntlett/ -- Free Software page - https://sites.google.com/site/ianbruntlett/home/free-software -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users
[lubuntu-users] I've Lost My Desktop Menus
2) I can't access a terminal, because the alternate command to do it, ctl, alt., F1, requires me to input my username and password,.but I can't remember them. I found some solutions in Google, but they don't seem to work. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated (I'm fairly new to Linux (Ubuntu), so not really familiar with all the command, etc. Thanks! Georgia & Pat Georgia & Pat, You've got some great advice already about how to get those *Desktop Menus* back. My post will be about how to get your username back and get your password reset (to something you'll remember). Note: I'll use brackets [ ] to show a keyboard key. To change the password for a Lubuntu user, you must boot, or re-boot into Recovery Mode. Note: Lubuntu is referred to in GRUB as "Ubuntu." 1. Upon booting, or re-booting the computer; hold the [Shift] key down until you see the Boot Menu (GRUB). 2. Arrow down to Advanced Options for Ubuntu[Enter] 3. On the second GRUB page, arrow down to Ubuntu, with Linux X.X.XX-XX-generic (recovery mode)[Enter] Note: if there is more than one recovery mode line, select the top (latest) one. 4. Arrow down to Drop to a root shell prompt[Enter] 5. Hit [Enter] for maintenance 6. Type: mount -o rw,remount / Note: this will make your hard disk drive *read-write* instead of read-only. 7. To see your username, type: ls /home[Enter] 8. Type: passwd username[Enter] Note: username is your username you found in step 7. Also notice no "r" or "o" in that word passwd. 9. Without asking for the old password, Lubuntu will prompt you for the new password, then press [Enter]. After you've typed in the new password once, Lubuntu will ask you to retype the password. Press [Enter]. Notes: The minimum password length is 4 characters and you *won't* see your password as you type it (but, Lubuntu will alert you if they don't match). 10. Type: sync[Enter] 11. Type: reboot -f[Enter] That's it! Eric -- Thank You, God Bless You, Comouters4Christians http://Computers4Christians.org/-- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users
Re: [lubuntu-users] Startup Disc Creator
Den 2016-09-11 kl. 12:34, skrev Nio Wiklund: Den 2016-09-08 kl. 20:14, skrev Nio Wiklund: Den 2016-09-08 kl. 20:12, skrev Nio Wiklund: Den 2016-09-08 kl. 19:55, skrev Alberto Salvia Novella: Ian Bruntlett: The flash drive is not being recognised. To quote GPartEd, "Unable to detect file system!". Does anyone else have this problem? Yes, I have. I thought the device was broken. Please open a new report about it, and I will confirm and triage it for you. Thanks Hi Alberto, This is by intention: This way to create USB boot drives, cloning, is very robust, and it solves the long-lasting problem of bugs that has plagued the Ubuntu Startup Disk Creator (I think since 2011, Ubuntu 10.10 was still good). There are other things to consider: - this kind of boot drive is read-only [1] - it is more complicated to restore a standard storage drive [2,3] - there is no way to create a persistent live drive built into this Ubuntu Startup Disk Creator. (So users who want that must use other tools, for example [4]. [1] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/mkusb [2] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usb-creator/+bug/1549603 [3] https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2314875 [4] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/mkusb#Persistent_live_systems Best regards Nio Hi again, Or are you suggesting to file a bug against gparted? Then I am with you :-) Best regards Nio Hi Ian and Alberto, *Done* I created the bug report #1622313, "gparted does not recognize the iso9660 file system in cloned Ubuntu USB boot drives" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gparted/+bug/1622313 I did it from Xenial daily 'looking at' its own iso file as cloned. Please mark 'affects me too', if it affects you. It would also be valuable to check in other versions of Ubuntu, particularly in Trusty alias 14.04.x LTS, because many people will install fresh Xenial systems from old Trusty systems. Best regards Nio Hi again, gparted in the amd64 alias 64-bit versions are worse than the i386 alias 32-bit version, that I am running most of the time (because I have middle-aged and old computers). After some more testing, I found that the amd64 versions are really acting up: in Xenial but even worse in Trusty. See the attached screenshot in the bug report #1622313, comment #5 (trusty) and comments #6-7 (xenial). Best regards Nio -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users
Re: [lubuntu-users] Startup Disc Creator
Den 2016-09-08 kl. 20:14, skrev Nio Wiklund: Den 2016-09-08 kl. 20:12, skrev Nio Wiklund: Den 2016-09-08 kl. 19:55, skrev Alberto Salvia Novella: Ian Bruntlett: The flash drive is not being recognised. To quote GPartEd, "Unable to detect file system!". Does anyone else have this problem? Yes, I have. I thought the device was broken. Please open a new report about it, and I will confirm and triage it for you. Thanks Hi Alberto, This is by intention: This way to create USB boot drives, cloning, is very robust, and it solves the long-lasting problem of bugs that has plagued the Ubuntu Startup Disk Creator (I think since 2011, Ubuntu 10.10 was still good). There are other things to consider: - this kind of boot drive is read-only [1] - it is more complicated to restore a standard storage drive [2,3] - there is no way to create a persistent live drive built into this Ubuntu Startup Disk Creator. (So users who want that must use other tools, for example [4]. [1] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/mkusb [2] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usb-creator/+bug/1549603 [3] https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2314875 [4] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/mkusb#Persistent_live_systems Best regards Nio Hi again, Or are you suggesting to file a bug against gparted? Then I am with you :-) Best regards Nio Hi Ian and Alberto, *Done* I created the bug report #1622313, "gparted does not recognize the iso9660 file system in cloned Ubuntu USB boot drives" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gparted/+bug/1622313 I did it from Xenial daily 'looking at' its own iso file as cloned. Please mark 'affects me too', if it affects you. It would also be valuable to check in other versions of Ubuntu, particularly in Trusty alias 14.04.x LTS, because many people will install fresh Xenial systems from old Trusty systems. Best regards Nio -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users
Re: [lubuntu-users] I've Lost My Desktop Menus
(assume that you don't see both desktop icons and bottom panel) This procedure resets them: [Alt]+[F2] lxterminal sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install lubuntu-desktop rm -fr ~/.config/lxpanel rm -fr ~/.config/lxsession rm -fr ~/.config/pcmanfm sudo reboot El 11/09/16 a les 05:50, Pat Brand ha escrit: > At boot up today, I received a system error message. My desktop looked ok, > but I had no menu along the left side of the screen. I googled the problem, > found some solutions, but have two issues at this point: > 1) I need to get into a terminal screen to write the relevant commands, > because supposedly the issue of missing menu items is not unusual. And I > could probably do the fix if I could access a terminal, but can't using > ctl/alt/T. > But 2) I can't access a terminal, because the alternate command to do it, > ctl, alt., F1, requires me to input my username and password,.but I can't > remember them. > > I found some solutions in Google, but they don't seem to work. > > Any assistance would be greatly appreciated (I'm fairly new to Linux > (Ubuntu), so not really familiar with all the command, etc. > > Thanks! > > Georgia & Pat > -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users
