Thanks Rusty ... Your comments are very helpful!
To clarify Linux Mint got installed on
one of the two "new" (used) thinkpads
that I just bought (for $150/each)
Both had win-10 installed.
Mint was installed on the t470 and
the t480 still has windows running
with Ventoy downloaded, but not
Does anyone on the PLUG list
have experience using Ventoy?
A friend used his Ventoy USB flash
stick to install Linux Mint on a
used thinkpad t470 that I purchased.
But I then discovered that the newer
Linux Mint version that he installed
does not have many KDE capabilties
that I have always had
Thanks Ryan. That is what I hope to do.
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2405-18 Ryan Jones via PLUG-discuss wrote:
Hi Joe, Have you considered installing KDE
on Linux Mint and then having your Display
Manager boot to it by default? I find it
strange that Mint does not offer a KDE edition.
I agree Linux Mint is my preference;
but I want to get it installed with KDE,
and I'm searching for options on how best
to get that done ~ investigating these:
https://upquick.com/linux
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2405-18 Rusty via PLUG-discuss wrote:
I prefer Linux mint, because it's goal
as a distribution is
Thanks to Dale, Alexander, Stephen, and all.
I'm still investigating distro options.
I have zero interest in "gaming".
Just picked up a "like-new" T470 for $150.
Plan to also add a T480 and do new installs
on both.
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2405-17 at 6:40 AM ~ Stephen Partington wrote (in part):
To
PLUG Friends ...
I need help and I will be glad to pay
someone to help me get my out-of-date
Linux systems updated.
I have four (4) Thinkpads with these
old versions of Linux Mint installed:
#1 T420 linux Mint version 18.1 Serena
#2 T430 linux Mint version 18.1 Serena
#3 T460 Linux Mint
PLUG Friends ... Need help updating:
(I hate updates and updating!)
I have four (4) IBM/Lenovo Thinkpads with
these versions of Linux Mint installed.
#1 T420 linux Mint version is 18.1 Serena
#2 T430 linux Mint version is 18.1 Serena
#3 T460 Linux Mint version is 20.1 Ulyssa
#4 T530 Linux Mint
I need professional help with trying to
make and upload videos to youtube.
Any of you good plug friends experts?
Or can you recommend someone?
Youtube online help is too confusing for me.
I'm willing to pay for help.
j...@acitonline.com
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Thanks Vikriti for your help.
Two three new questions about this:
I finally did get Paint Shop Pro installed
and it works almost flawlessly via wine on
my latest Linux Mint installation. I now have
the same OLD PSP version 7 (from 2001) installed
from CD-rom disk on several Linux laptops.
Had
Thank you Vikriti ... You were correct.
The IP address had changed, so I updated
my script and all worked fine. ~Joe
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2302-06 Vikriti D'Vita wrote:
No route to host means there you aren't on the
same network. Make sure the IP address is correct.
It looks like your IP address is getting
When I try to ssh or rsync from one of my
linux units to another, most of the time it
works, but sometimes I get this error message:
ssh: connect to host 192.168.0.56 port 22: No route to host
I have tried 'sudo service ssh restart'
but that no longer works.
How can I get it restarted and keep
I think I have 'wine' installed via synaptic
but I am unable to find how to start and run it.
Synaptic shows a long list of packages, a few
of which show as being installed. But how can
one download the list of files that display
when one does a search for 'wine' and the long
list displays? CTRL
webp is a nuisance (imho).
I tried to: sudo apt install webp
so I could convert them to jpgs
and that did not work.
It is also not in synoptic.
Any suggestions?
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Thank you Brian for solving the issue of missing
PLUG email messages. All is well now.
Linux Mint on Thinkpad laptop used to run fine
24/7 with the lid closed as I use an external
monitor, keyboard, and mouse. But recently
something changed (and I don't know what) but
now, I have to have the lid
Recently I purchased a used Thinkpad T460 and I did
a fresh install of Linux Mint 20.1 that works ... except:
I also installed a "C" program called 'readin' that I have
used successfully for more than 30 years on several Linux
installs; but it does not work on on this Mint 20 install.
Instead,
Just did a fresh install of Mint 20.1 on one of my
thinkpads and this is the 2nd of some issues to resolve:
On my other computer, I have a small c program
called "readin" that works like a "hot-key" to select
options in an html menu called ZIP with a keystroke.
This program has been working
Just did a fresh install of Mint 20.1 on one of
my thinkpads and have a few issues to resolve:
On my other computer on the command line, I can
type: kwrite file.txt and the file opens fine.
But on this new install, when I type the same,
I see a long list of 50+ "Invalid Context" messages.
Below
Today, I tried to use Libre Office to fill in
a pdf document form and I managed to get the
text filled in, but I was unable to get the
checkbox to work. Any help out there?
I uploaded a screen shot example here:
https://upquick.com/temp/pdf-in-libre.jpg
I managed to get an "X" in a text box
Thanks Steven ...
I did find a good Thinkpad T-460 on craigslist
but I agree that Feature Marketing looked like
one of the best local sources for used computers.
-
On 2022-04-19 3:39 pm, Steven via PLUG-discuss wrote:
A little late of a response, but if you haven't picked
Thanks to Todd Cole and Phil Waclawski for used laptop source
suggestions.
Resell Electronics does not have any info online (that I could find),
but FeatureMarketing.com seems to be a very good local source.
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2204-12 at 5:11 pm, Phil Waclawski wrote:
I have picked up used
A few days ago, I asked Plug for advice on used
laptops and Linux distro options ... but I got no
comments, so I'm asking a slightly different way:
(1) Where is the best place in Mesa and/or in the
Phoenix area to buy used laptops (i.e. Thinkpads)?
(2) Or are ebay, amazon, or backmarket the
Other than Ebay, where is the best local place
to buy a used or refurbished Thinkpad in Arizona?
How does a Lenovo G500 compare to a T460?
Which are the best Thinkpad model options to run
24/7 with an external monitor, keyboard, and mouse?
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Dear Plug friends ...
After using older versions of Linux Mint for many years,
I now need to "build' a new system. Because, what I have
relied on, and what has worked perfectly for many years is
now causing some problems.
So, I am seeking your recommendations for system choices.
I quit using
Thanks Brian ... Followed your suggestion (quoted below)
and finally got the update to work (sort of) ... but with
these error messages (and a bunch of other problems):
The repository may no longer be available or could not be contacted
because of network problems. If available an older
How to refresh the list of updates?
I have a Thinkpad T420 running an older version
of Linux Mint as my main computer ... however,
I have been unable to update it because I get
this error message:
Could not refresh the list of updates
WzDuplicate sources.list entry http://dl.google.com/linux/
I can't get my Linux Mint version 17.2 to update:
DISTRIB_ID=LinuxMint
DISTRIB_RELEASE=17.2
DISTRIB_CODENAME=rafaela
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Linux Mint 17.2 Rafaela"
I tried both of these: from the command line:
sudo apt update ; sudo apt -f install
sudo apt full-upgrade
This is the text of the
I just ordered a replacement battery from Amazon
for my old Lenovo Thinkpad T-530 laptop, and the
one I received does not fit. Comparison:
https://upquick.com/temp/t530-battery.jpg
There are lots of numbers on the original battery,
but how can one figure out which is a defining #?
Numbers on
How to make a pdf read only?
I'm sure I've done this in the past,
but can't remember how. Searched the
net but found no solution.
Do not want to convert to an image
but just want a read-only pdf.
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I created a shortcut to a website on my Note 9
Android phone but I cannot find a way to change
the default icon to one that I made.
I have tried a dozen of the "icon changer" apps
in the play store, but none of them work.
Google search results give many step-by-step
how-tos, but none of them
the actual print
file size.
Brian Cluff
On 3/14/21 8:40 PM, joe--- via PLUG-discuss wrote:
Thanks John (and all) ...
Now the display of different backgrounds on different
desktops (which had stopped working) has mysteriously,
and spontaneously started working again, even though
I made no changes
Thanks John (and all) ...
Now the display of different backgrounds on different
desktops (which had stopped working) has mysteriously,
and spontaneously started working again, even though
I made no changes.
And Libre office, which was knot working, has started
working again, again, even though
Thanks to you all !!
The system is working again (mostly).
All of the tips are tremendously valuable and
much appreciated !!
I would still like to "hire" someone to help
me build a new system because I am 81 now and
I just can't remember how to do everything that
I need to do (with my
at, Mar 13, 2021 at 12:57 PM joe--- via PLUG-discuss
wrote:
Yesterday, I did another update on my Linux Mint 17 system
and today numerous things that previously worked fine
no longer work, including Libre Office.
And, I now see that all the space on sda1 is filled
so I have zero space available
Yesterday, I did another update on my Linux Mint 17 system
and today numerous things that previously worked fine
no longer work, including Libre Office.
Before reboot:
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
udev 40066444 4006640 1% /dev
tmpfs
Yesterday, I did another update on my Linux Mint 17 system
and today numerous things that previously worked fine
no longer work, including Libre Office.
And, I now see that all the space on sda1 is filled
so I have zero space available.
Also, I tried to download a pdf file which should have
of those settings.
On Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 11:09 AM joe--- via PLUG-discuss
wrote:
I have been running Linux Mint 17 on several computers
24/7 for a very long time with very reliable performance.
This morning, when I turned on the monitor, the panel
had vanished and I no way to do anything.
I
I have been running Linux Mint 17 on several computers
24/7 for a very long time with very reliable performance.
This morning, when I turned on the monitor, the panel
had vanished and I no way to do anything.
I finally found a way to get to the command line and
all of my data appears to be
On my Linux 19 Cinnamon thinkpad, when I lift the lid, it always
requires a password. How can I eliminate that?
I have tried two proposed solutions that I found from searching,
but the unwanted password prompt is still there.
(1) Open terminal and type "sudo passwd root". It prompts for
a
In my /home/joe/bin directory, I have hundreds of
shell scripts that I use for various utilities.
Recently, thanks to advice from Matt Graham, I added these
lines to .bashrc which got most of those utilities to work:
export PATH=/home/joe/path:$PATH
However, one of the files in /home/joe/bin
My backup computer system has this version:
Linux Mint 19.1 Tessa
How can I edit .profile so it will find all
of my shell script utilities in /home/joe/path ??
I tried adding the 4 "set PATH" lines shown below, but it does not work:
# ~/.profile: executed by the command interpreter for login
Thanks Steve. Really appreciate all of the things you
(and others) have suggested and I may just follow your
tip to "wait a couple months" because sometimes things
fix themselves ;) And, I may also try some of the things
that Brian suggested. I did add the browser "slimjet" and
it seems to work
Thanks again Brian ... I'll recheck everything you mentioned
and keep trying. -Joe
2009-03 8:40 AM Brian Cluff wrote:
There is a line on the output of your command that reads:
"197 additional updates are available with UA Infrastructure ESM"
It appears that you are running a very
Thanks for the link, Stephen ...
I read the whole article and comments, but it is talking
about chromium on windows, not chrome on linux, and I did
not see any recommended action or solution in that article.
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2009-03 6:31 AM, Stephen Partington wrote:
It appears chromium knows
So I ran: sudo apt dist-upgrade again and got this result:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
197 additional updates are available with UA
Brian ... When I tried to do sudo apt full-upgrade, I got this result:
t420: sudo apt full-upgrade
[sudo] password for joe:
apt
Usage: apt command [options]
apt help command [options]
Commands:
autoclean - Erase old downloaded archive files
autoremove - Remove automatically
calculator
will just take care of it for you and all will be good with the world
again.
Brian Cluff
On 9/2/20 3:04 PM, joe--- via PLUG-discuss wrote:
Thanks to Matthew and Michael Butash for suggestions.
I did a new system update:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
And I have tried
Thanks Stephen ...
I did everything that you suggested and I still get
a black window or blank window when I open the Chrome
browser. The title bar shows a web page open, but
there is nothing in the open window.
Meanwhile, I installed Slimjet and it works fine.
Firefox works fine.
Thanks to Matthew and Michael Butash for suggestions.
I did a new system update:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
And I have tried removing and reinstalling chrome,
but it still won't work.
Everything else seems to be working okay now.
Not sure how to do the "journalctl" thing.
After a Linux Mint update today, I seem to have numerous
problems that I did not have before the update.
** The k-write text editor that prefer to use is now failing
in multiple ways, failing to save files, locking up, shows
this error message whenever I try to open a text file:
... loading
After doing the latest update on my Linux Mint
system, the Chrome browser fails, will not load.
cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=LinuxMint
DISTRIB_RELEASE=17.2
DISTRIB_CODENAME=rafaela
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Linux Mint 17.2 Rafaela"
Should I uninstall and reinstall it?
Also, ps -ef shows 203
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