Re: [PLUG] Getting preferred browser to work in Xubuntu 20.04

2022-03-16 Thread Bill Barry
On Wed, Mar 16, 2022 at 4:58 PM Dick Steffens wrote: > > On 3/16/22 14:45, Rich Shepard wrote: > > On Wed, 16 Mar 2022, Dick Steffens wrote: > > > >> Yes, but it won't let me change it, nor let me uncheck the "check to see > >> if Firefox is the default browser." > > > > Dick, > > > > If you open

Re: [PLUG] Getting preferred browser to work in Xubuntu 20.04

2022-03-16 Thread Dick Steffens
On 3/16/22 14:45, Rich Shepard wrote: On Wed, 16 Mar 2022, Dick Steffens wrote: Yes, but it won't let me change it, nor let me uncheck the "check to see if Firefox is the default browser." Dick, If you open the Brave browser and go to preferences it should ask you if you want to make it

Re: [PLUG] Getting preferred browser to work in Xubuntu 20.04

2022-03-16 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 16 Mar 2022, Dick Steffens wrote: Yes, but it won't let me change it, nor let me uncheck the "check to see if Firefox is the default browser." Dick, If you open the Brave browser and go to preferences it should ask you if you want to make it the default. They all want to be the

Re: [PLUG] Getting preferred browser to work in Xubuntu 20.04

2022-03-16 Thread Dick Steffens
On 3/16/22 14:36, Rich Shepard wrote: On Wed, 16 Mar 2022, Dick Steffens wrote: I started using Brave as my browser in Xubuntu 20.04. Most of the time it just works. However, when I click on  a link in an email, it opens in Firefox. I went to the Preferred Applications control and it shows

Re: [PLUG] Getting preferred browser to work in Xubuntu 20.04

2022-03-16 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 16 Mar 2022, Dick Steffens wrote: I started using Brave as my browser in Xubuntu 20.04. Most of the time it just works. However, when I click on  a link in an email, it opens in Firefox. I went to the Preferred Applications control and it shows Brave as the preferred web browser. Is

[PLUG] Getting preferred browser to work in Xubuntu 20.04

2022-03-16 Thread Dick Steffens
I started using Brave as my browser in Xubuntu 20.04. Most of the time it just works. However, when I click on  a link in an email, it opens in Firefox. I went to the Preferred Applications control and it shows Brave as the preferred web browser. Is there another place to change the

Re: [PLUG] Of scanners and taxes...

2022-03-16 Thread Chuck Hast
HP, used to work every time I installed it, now it is a nightmare. In fact it is calling for QT5 stuff that should not be needed as far as I know. I have never seen that before in all of the instances where I have installed hplip... I am running Ubuntu Mate, I have found that it allows me to do

Re: [PLUG] USB-A port colors and speeds

2022-03-16 Thread Tomas Kuchta
On Wed, Mar 16, 2022, 14:52 Rich Shepard wrote: > On Wed, 16 Mar 2022, Tomas Kuchta wrote: > > > esata are standard cables like usb 1, 2, 3, 4. You can just buy them for > a > > few $$ in your local AMZN store. > > Tomas, > > It's SATA, not eSATA. on the Mediasonic Probox. > > > You keep

Re: [PLUG] USB-A port colors and speeds

2022-03-16 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 16 Mar 2022, Tomas Kuchta wrote: esata are standard cables like usb 1, 2, 3, 4. You can just buy them for a few $$ in your local AMZN store. Tomas, It's SATA, not eSATA. on the Mediasonic Probox. You keep repeating that your cable is white - Are you expecting someone else to chip

Re: [PLUG] USB-A port colors and speeds

2022-03-16 Thread Tomas Kuchta
esata are standard cables like usb 1, 2, 3, 4. You can just buy them for a few $$ in your local AMZN store. You keep repeating that your cable is white - Are you expecting someone else to chip in and comment beside earlier advice from to connect some USB 3 device with the cable and see what speed

Re: [PLUG] USB-A port colors and speeds

2022-03-16 Thread Rich Shepard
On Tue, 15 Mar 2022, John Jason Jordan wrote: I have a Mediasonic box that I formerly connected with its USB 3.0 port with a 3.0 cable (everything blue). John, Well, my four-year-old Mediasonic has a white USB cable; I don't know where I put the eSATA cable. I mention this experience just

Re: [PLUG] Of scanners and taxes...

2022-03-16 Thread elcaset
I've found Knoppix to be very good at supporting old scanners & printers. On Sun, Mar 13, 2022 at 7:39 PM Chuck Hast wrote: > I just realized that those parts that are failing are > for QT5... Saw something about it in a google, > but it was not clear. > > On Sun, Mar 13, 2022 at 9:22 PM Chuck