Re: [lubuntu-users] [lubuntu-devel] Final push

Hi Phil, On 20 April 2016 at 21:51, Phill. Whiteside wrote: > the alternate images have now had their final re-spin. Please give these a > test while we await the desktop images to land. > Downloaded it. Details:- Checked iso integrity with MD5SUM.

[lubuntu-users] Configuring X-Screen saver

Hi All, I've got a friend who interprets a blank computer screen as a crashed system. So I started playing about with xscreen-saver on Lubuntu 14.0.4.4 32-bit. Decided that adding "screen saver" to the text of the GLText screen saver would be a good idea. So I did that. However, I have three

Re: [lubuntu-users] iso replacement for LibreOffice Base?

Hi There, In the off chance you don't know about the free documentation for LibreOffice, I'm passing on this link:- http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/documentation/ BW, Ian -- -- ACCU - Professionalism in programming - http://www.accu.org -- My writing -

Re: [lubuntu-users] iso replacement for LibreOffice Base?

Hi, SQL is something I intend to study in more detail so I've kept an eye out for SQL info on the Internet. I only have one suggestion so far, for learning SQL:- http://www.w3schools.com/sql/ HTH. Ian -- -- ACCU - Professionalism in programming - http://www.accu.org -- My writing -

Re: [lubuntu-users] [lubuntu-devel] Fwd: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) Final Beta released

Hi All Forgot to mention a cosmetic bug with LibreOffice:- *LibreOffice – the labels for the top level menus etc sometimes joined together. Bit of a problem. Cosmetic. Happens in Writer, Calc, Impress, Base, Draw* BW, Ian -- -- ACCU - Professionalism in programming - http://www.accu.org --

Re: [lubuntu-users] [lubuntu-devel] Fwd: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) Final Beta released

Hi Phil, On 26 March 2016 at 20:31, Phill. Whiteside wrote: you could not burn B2 onto a CD. it is oversize. Boss has been told. I knew it looked big. I ran Brasero, opened the iso and Brasero was happy to burn it onto CD-R for me. The CD-R was produced by Memorex

Re: [lubuntu-users] [lubuntu-devel] Fwd: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) Final Beta released

PS... ​ Oops. Forgot to mention I was using the "Lubuntu" iso. Hope I haven't forgotten anything else. -- 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] [lubuntu-devel] Fwd: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) Final Beta released

Hi Phil, On 25 March 2016 at 05:56, Phill. Whiteside wrote: > and for all those outside of the USA, please also be aware of bug > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/casper/+bug/1549529 which will > cause you issues every time. > I've burnt the Xenial Xerus Beta 2 iso

Re: [lubuntu-users] lubuntu and printers

Hi Richard, On 29 February 2016 at 17:03, Richard H. McCullough wrote: > I originally built HPLIP from source. > When I executed the System Tools/Software Updater menu in Lubuntu 14, > one of the updates was HPLIP, and the update crashed. > It looked to me like it was

Re: cdrdao extremely slow

Hi Basil, On 19 December 2015 at 01:09, Basil Fernie wrote: > What I am looking for is a distro I can confidently install and maintain > on old skinny hardware owned by pensioners who want to avoid the Win10 > vortex but must escape from the XP bugtrap. Lubuntu ticks a lot of

Re: cdrdao extremely slow

Hi Sansebar, On 16 December 2015 at 19:37, Sansebar wrote: > > 3) I don't use cdrdao directly, I use Brasero. Could you consider >> installing that and seeing how it fares? >> > As far as I know Brasero does not work with Lubuntu, right? I assume, you > run Brasero in

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] regular IRC meetings

Oops! I apologise for sending my previous message to you, by accident. I'll try not to do it again. -- -- ACCU - Professionalism in programming - http://www.accu.org -- My writing - https://sites.google.com/site/ianbruntlett/ -- Free Software page -

Re: isotesting

Hi Nio, With a bit of persistence, I got your fix working on my NB. Now it boots to a text mode login screen. I can login OK but I'm left at the shell prompt. Is that what you were expecting? BW, Ian -- -- ACCU - Professionalism in programming - http://www.accu.org -- My writing -

Re: isotesting

Hi All, NetBook used for testing: Samsung NC10, 32 bit Laptop used for emails etc: lenovo ThinkPad T420, 64 bit. I've attempted to install and run Xenial Xerus 20151030 on my Samsung NC10 NetBook. Installation media - USB flash drive. Tried (twice) to use GPartEd (to wipe the drive) and Startup

Re: isotesting

Hi Nio et al, On 31 October 2015 at 15:02, Nio Wiklund wrote: > And then you were hit by bug #1511376, which Phill and I have discussed > how to work around today. I think you can try 'my recipe', > - > Running in a *real* computer I booted from the install pendrive,

Re: Spotify linux preview

Hi Michael, 1. Could you give the actual command you typed in? 2. Type in to a terminal this command:- which apt-get If apt-get is installed you should get some output like this:- usr/bin/apt-get HTH, Ian -- -- ACCU - Professionalism in programming - http://www.accu.org -- My writing -

Re: Opening Word Documents

Hi Eric et al, On 16 October 2015 at 13:47, Eric Bradshaw < ericbrads...@computers4christians.org> wrote: > If you don't have these fonts available, go to Menu --> Accessories --> > LXTerminal > Type (or copy and paste): > sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer[Enter] > > You will be

Re: file copy problem: filename too long

Hi Tom, On 25 September 2015 at 23:04, Tom Cloyd wrote: > I'm baffled by a problem which I'm having on my Lubuntu install [15.04] on > my Dell Inspiron which is NOT occurring on my HP Mini 110 netbook. The OS > installation on the HP netbook is identical to that on the

Re: upgrade from Lubuntu 12 LTS to Lubuntu 14 LTS on old desktop?

Hi All, On 9 August 2015 at 19:25, Richard H. McCullough r...@pioneerca.com wrote: Aere, Thanks! Your info. let me solve the problem. caveats: 1) I didn't know that lower right icon was for Wireless. 2) No list of available WiFi connections. That reminds me... some Dell laptops have a

Re: lubuntu

Hi Zungo, On 23 July 2015 at 21:30, ZUNGU O BONGANI zungu.bong...@yahoo.com wrote: i have moved to linux recently and found lubuntu as a perfect start for me in the linux space,something i found to be a problem is the filesystem structure really different from windows It is different. If you

Startup Disk Creator

Hi, I carry around a LinuxVoice DVD with Ubuntu / Kubuntu / Xubuntu / lubuntu 14.04 on it. I also carry a 1GB USB flash drive so, in an emergency, I can install lubuntu 14.04 LTS (32 bit). Its formatted as FAT32. I decided to rewrite the flash drive using a 14.04 lubuntu 32 bit image. I used

(Was UI Idea - Which mailing list)

Hi, I use both Ubuntu and lubuntu. And so do my friends. The problem that I am trying to explain, is, basically when it comes to software packages, us Linux users are spoiled for choice. Personally I believe in divide and rule. When I'm running Ubuntu, the Launcher pretty rapidly fills up. I'd

UI idea - Which mailing list?

Hi, I've got an idea for a UI tweak that I think could prove very useful. However, I am unsure which mailing list(s) to send it to because it is relevant to both Ubuntu and lubuntu. And possibly other xbuntus as well. I've looked at ubuntu-users and it distinctly states it is Ubuntu user

Re: Recent stability issues with *buntu 14.04?

Hi John, On 11 May 2015 at 19:30, John Hupp lubu...@prpcompany.com wrote: Has anyone else with a similar configuration noticed any stability issues recently? Am using 15.04 on a lenovo ThinkPad T420 that I did a distro upgrade from 14.10. The kernel is OK but I managed to crash Firefox

Re: Installation problem with 15.4

Hi, On 27 April 2015 at 13:57, Subhradip Das mailsubhradip...@gmail.com wrote: If you are getting input/output error[Errno.5], you may have have some bad sectors on your HDD or maybe the file you have downloaded has some problems. Can you please check once more with another image? You can

Re: Keeping track of isos.

Hi Aere. On 19 April 2015 at 17:32, Aere Greenway a...@dvorak-keyboards.com wrote: *If you insert/mount the media (CD/DVD/USB), and look at it in the file browser, you will find the following directory:* snip! Thanks for that. I always carry two USB flash drives with me - one for data I want

Keeping track of isos.

Hi, I've got a collection of Ubuntu CDs, isos and USB flash drives. I was wondering:- 1. If I have an iso file and I forget the full iso filename details, can I somehow get those details from the iso file? 2. If I have Ubuntu on CD/DVD/flash drive and I forget the full iso filename details,

Re: System program error detected

Hi Marc, On 26 February 2015 at 14:05, Marc Tremblay mtremb...@lbpsb.qc.ca wrote: We have received 37 Toshiba NB 525 netbooks to convert to Lubuntu from windows 7. Congratulations :) I am installing version 14.10 because we are unable to connect to our enterprise WPA2 WIFI network with

Re: IRIScan Express 3 Lubuntu

Hi There, On 7 February 2015 at 14:58, assubeda assub...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I'm Pietro (Peter) and i need help for my scanner installation on Lubuntu. The scanner is portable mini.scanner IRIScan Express 3 and I don't know how connect it to my portable PC on which Lubuntu is installed.

Re: How to open some files based on extension rather than mime type?

Hi All, On 15 January 2015 at 15:17, Andre Rodovalho andre.rodova...@gmail.com wrote: You can set this at* lxsession-default-apps* *Menu Preferences LxSession Default Apps* I've had to do this for a couple of friend's systems. After installing LibreOffice, I find that I usually have to

Re: WOTL: Any thoughts for best desktop value these days?

Hi Fritz, On 23 December 2014 at 00:05, Fritz Hudnut este.el@gmail.com wrote: So far all my computers have been Apple, but with the PPC iMac now at 12 years or so old and having an extended illness which it may or may not survive . . . I've been considering a new/used desktop to replace

Re: output 'mount'

Hi German, On 13 December 2014 at 16:59, German gentger...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for suggestion Ian, however no matter if the tablet is plugged in USB port or not, the output of 'mount' stays the same. I have two suggestions:- Run the command mount and email the results to this list. Run

Re: output 'mount'

Hi German, On 14 December 2014 at 13:24, German gentger...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Ian. The reason why I want to locate my tablet on crashed lubuntu is exactly to do just that - email dmesg.log to the list. But to do that I need to transfer .log file to the tablet. :-) OK.. could you provide

Re: output 'mount'

Hi German, On 14 December 2014 at 13:57, German gentger...@gmail.com wrote: Here is the thing, Ian. I just plugged USB stick and can't locate it either. It is weird because my external 2 tb drive appears in /media. So it seems to me that neither my tablet nor USB stick isn't mounted. What is

Re: Can't boot after an update

Hi, On 13 December 2014 at 00:42, Andre Rodovalho andre.rodova...@gmail.com wrote: Can you reach GRUB menu? To do it, you need to press several times and very fast ESC or Shift just after the boot process begin. For me ESC works better... I have found that you can press SHIFT down very early

Re: Lubuntu-users Digest, Vol 36, Issue 36

Hi All, Here is some advice I have regarding finding out where USB drives are mounted. There is a chance that the mount command may be of use to you. Run the command man mount for more details. So, starting with a PC that does not have the USB connected, type in the command mount:-

Re: Best local backup program for upload to cloud?

Hi All, The core of my backups is the use of tar and USB memory sticks, tied together with a shell script. The script takes parameters that either specify individual tar files to be created (stuff, extra etc) or the complete set of tar files (all). Before it creates a tar file, it appends info

Good News - Dell Optiplex GX60

Hi, I can confirm that lubuntu 14.10 alternate i386 runs on this computer, using kernel module agpart-intel for graphics. First I had to install RAM and replace the DVD writer with a CD-ROM drive. Then the install CD-R kept on hanging just after the scanning CD-ROM screen appeared. Tried it

Re: mkusb PPAs for vivid (Phill Whiteside)

Hi, On 17 November 2014 13:04, Phill Whiteside phi...@phillw.net wrote: I take it that this is an attempt to blow my brain up? :P In the words of Jon Luc Piccard make it so... aka, get it done :) In the words of GNU make... ian@rutherford:~$ make it so make: *** No rule to make target

Good news - Dell Dimension 2400 - Intel Graphics

Hi, I'm refurbishing an old Dell Dimension 2400. Whilst it has other, non-lubuntu, issues, I can confirm that the GUI is fine. Details:- Dell Dimension 2400 768MiB RAM Intel Pentium 4 2.8GHz hostname banks Graphics: Intel 82845G/GL, kernel module i915 BW, Ian -- -- ACCU - Professionalism in

Re: Good news - Dell Dimension 2400 - Intel Graphics

Hi Nio, On 15 November 2014 19:04, Nio Wiklund nio.wikl...@gmail.com wrote: Which version of Lubuntu are you running, 14.04.1 LTS or 14.10? Oops - forgot to mention that I am running lubuntu 14.10 :) BW, Ian -- -- ACCU - Professionalism in programming - http://www.accu.org -- Free

Re: Lubuntu ISO prototype, build with LXQt, available for testing

Hi, About Aere's problems... I have some old Dell Optiplex desktop PCs with Intel i810 chipsets in them. I don't want to throw them away. I am working on chasing down the problem and finding a fix to it. I'm good with C, rusty with x86 assembler and don't know much about Linux Device driver

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