ain e-mail
addresses. I see it probably less than 10% of the time. It has been
increasing in frequency, however. That is, more e-mail addresses that I
use are becoming subject to this bug.
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atibility. Give those developers
some time to work their magic in between all the issues life might be
throwing their way.
If you haven't checked them out yet, take a look at
http://ubuntuhandbook.org/ and http://www.webupd8.org/ for news
especially about third-party software.
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the files on the thumb drive belong to blah. If you're not blah but ugh
(or the files belong to ugh), then there are additional issues regarding
ugh trying to have access to files associated with blah.
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>> - Fans run full speed. Tried sensors-detect, which came up with little
>> more than Core Temp, which I then man
I right? Am I wrong?
What's the fix?
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ell as a Mac computer for the OS).
You should look at LibreOffice. I know MS Word inside and out, but I
HATE the ribbon and switched to LibreOffice even when I'm on Wintel
computers.
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> Yes, I can start via terminal, but I would like to have it in the panel
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>
You gain access through the Sound menu.
In Indicator, check properties and make sure the sound menu is NOT hidden.
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>
>>> root@watschel:~# dpkg -l | grep pavu
>>> ii pavucontrol 3.0-3build1
>>>amd64PulseA
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>
0n a Lenovo Dual Core 2 at 3 Mhz with 4 GB of RAM running 17.04, I'm not
seeing any delays or slowdowns. Boots take ~12 seconds: 5 seconds to get
the login screen and another 6 to get to the desktop.
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chmod 0755 /downloads
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> start -i).
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> 2017-05-03 13:11 GMT-03:00 Victor Forberger <vforber...@fastmail.fm
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> Hi all,
>
> A recent review of Xubuntu 16.04 on older hardw
dition to use is xfce4-systemload-plugin to monitor what
is happening to your memory situation.
My takeaway is that xubuntu now probably needs 3 GB of ram.
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er, and its functions and layout are like
evince under 14.04 (at least from what I recall).
In 18.04, I'm getting a find box in atril for pdf docs with C-F or the
menu command Edit | Find. It appears at the bottom of the window.
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> On Aug 3, 2018, at 4:03 AM, Peter Flynn wrote:
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>> On 02/08/18 20:48, Victor Forberger wrote:
>> atril is the new pdf reader, and its functions and layout are like
>> evince under 14.04 (at least from what I recall).
>
> I do hope that atril is adding som
owish SSD, and it runs fine. I have encryption turned on.
Granted, the boot takes about 20-30 seconds. But, booting has always been
slower with systemd (I recall my older Pentium 3 desktop with a regular HD
booted on under 10 seconds around 11.04 or 11.10 before systemd took over).
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VIDEO FIX in XUBUNTU
You can always revert to the generic video drivers by renaming/removing
the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, regardles of the installed drivers if
xorg.conf is absent the system will use the default ones.
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for doing presentations comes to mind.
>
> SteveT
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ud storage. Various
options are listed, going back several years.
I use insync. For info, see my recent post:
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2018/07/23/review-galago-pro-from-system-76-and-xubuntu-18-04-bionic-beaver/
And, FWIW, I don't like to disable my track-pad when typing. I find that
the main problem are the settings for double and triple clicking on the
track-pad rather than its sensitivity when typing. So, I have all of
those features
ackets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3004ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 4.358/4.865/6.385/0.880 ms
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> read the instructions for me.
> Tbhis is highly user unfriendlyx.
Agreed:
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and drag with the mouse to a new location.
You can move individual items in the panel around under Settings | Panel
| Items and then clicking on an item and either the up or down arrows.
See also https://docs.xubuntu.org/1804/user/C/settings-preferences.html
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> On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 12:58 PM Victor Forberger
> mailto:vforber...@fastmail.fm>> wrote:
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> On 10/31/18 1:45 PM, Sharad Mittal wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I'm new to Xubuntu. Installed it on 2 laptops. I must say I'm
> impressed
> >
you describe, however, is probably related to
power-management. Make sure your have either power manager or
light-locker in control of separate functions -- that is, that the two
don't overlap with each other in trying to control the same thing.
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re having with Atril.
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anything you change so that you can restore from a terminal if
things go haywire). You can easily screw your computer over by fussing
around in these directories.
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> programs to make use of the mDNS record cache the avahi-daemon maintains.
I have it on my computers and have had no problems.
Unless you are networking with computers or printers via zeroconf, you
can probably remove it.
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H.264 video plays fine in FireFox and Vivaldi and chromium on my 18.04
systems.
It looks to be a bug with Opera on Xubuntu and not something with Xubuntu.
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running either viewer from a terminal window and see what errors
>> show up (and post them here).
>>
>> Mark
The core dump should leave an error msg.
$ cd /var/log/
$ less syslog
Type END key to go to the end of the file. Then page up until you find
the core dump msg.
Pres
re-installing it.
$ sudo apt-get remove atril
$ sudo apt-get install atril
I have no idea what office menu means. Do you mean LibreOffice and the
File | Recent Documents command? If so, LibreOffice does not natively
open PDF docs. It has its own ODT, ODS, ODG file formats.
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(options to get pdftk to work despite deprecated libraries). I chose the
download and install older binaries option, as the library at issue was
just miss
; activated service 'org.freedesktop.hostname1'
> Dec 7 10:18:34 sentry35 systemd[1]: Started Hostname Service.
>
> Hope this helps,
> john
>
>
>
> On 12/7/18 12:45 PM, Victor Forberger wrote:
>> On 12/7/18 2:34 PM, John R. Sowden wrote:
>>> evince: seg
ging
/dev/dvd to /dev/sr0. Perhaps the developers can create a symbolic link
to /dev/dvd so these programs will work.
Start with the help section info first.
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nf.c:3750:(snd_config_update_r) Cannot access file
> /usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf
> fugio: src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c:1454: BuildDeviceList: Assertion
> `devIdx < numDeviceNames' failed.
> Aborted (core dumped)
>
> How can I solve this problem?
>
Just to be clea
;
>>> then why would I even waste more time ?
>>
>> If it really doesn't work, then it's either broken or too proprietary
>> and you need to replace it with a better device.
>>
>> P
>>
Fritz,
You kinda are ranting.
If you want help with a problem, there a
rably with the switch to systemd. But, recent
2018+ versions are again booting quite quickly.
If you have 2012 hardware, I would not try xubuntu but something like
tiny core linux: http://tinycorelinux.net/.
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rives:HDD Total Size: 730.2GB (38.4% used)
Info: Processes: 273 Uptime: 4 days Memory: 4476.9/7563.0MB
Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.3.56
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ore I can't
>> even turn the computer off, it won't turn off, I have to pull the plug
>> from the wall?
>>
>>
>> Any idea of what is going on? It scares me, the computer is only a few
>> years old and, until now, I'm happy with it.
>>
>>
>> Tha
need to pick one to manage display sleep and lock and go with that
one. The screen saver is usually the way to go with these settings.
So, adjust the screen saver settings to what options you desire.
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s.
>
> I would be grateful for some guidance as to how to investigate the
> cause. I wonder if Firefox uses more RAM (think I have 2G) and maybe
> now my PC is getting a bit old for xubuntu.
>
> thanks
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I don't think there is an on/off setting. Rather, you
re-configure/change the wifi setting from Network Manager (that is,
change hotspot to something else).
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arefully and don't click anything
> if you don't understand what it is telling you.
>
As noted above, gparted is the answer. Volume info and formatting cannot
be done from the desktop.
You may need to install additional drivers/libraries depending on your
usb stick. Gparted will prompt you
the start menu in a way
that best meets my own needs for as much window real estate as possible.
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(xubuntu 18.04 to 19.10).
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panel will be 1, next 2, and so on.
https://docs.xubuntu.org/1804/user/C/guide-desktop.html
As noted in the section on settings manager, you can see/set your panel
settings via: Settings Manager | Panel.
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separate audio cable?
I ask this question because you have not provided any info about your
audio setup and where the audio should be going.
Another option is to try restarting pulse audio. System76 has an
excellent audio trouble-shooting guide at
https://support.system76.com/articles/audio/
a connection in older versions that was
updated for 18.04 and above.
https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=xfce4-weather-plugin
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recommends connected to an app.
I would avoid installing firefox directly from a download. You will
probably be missing some essential bits.
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basic setup info.
Finally, what does kern.log and syslog say (in /var/log/)?
For viewing log files, see the terminal command discussion in
https://www.howtogeek.com/117878/how-to-view-write-to-system-log-files-on-ubuntu/
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snap update process is running separately via
Software center (which is itself a snap app).
At the command line:
to see list of installed snap apps
$snap list
# to update installed snap apps
$sudo snap refresh
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On 11/5/20 5:43 AM, tobias schwibingerr wrote:
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> the software
> which is not updating itself
> is no snap.
> sorry.
> example: claws.
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> Regards
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> Am Donnerstag, 22. Oktober 2020, 19:20:12 MESZ
bviously easier to right click on Desktop Settings when the mouse
pointer is showing on the display you want toset.
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https://daringfireball.net/2019/07/superhuman_and_email_privacy
But, I still value and use my plain text.
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Evince was changed drastically at some point, and Atril basically
replicates how the old evince functioned/appeared.
I am very happy with the switch to Atril.
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I guess you could reverse-engineer what modifications do via the GUI and
then use terminal commands to re-create those actions.
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I found the problem, I had removed the indicator plugin.
For reference, the networking app that appears on the panel is called
nm-applet.
You can run from Terminal with this command:
$ nm-applet &
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I would still hang on to the original for another year. You have a solid
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for using LibreOffice Open/Save dialogs is NOT checked).
Whether this problem is tied to newer gtk3 apps, snap apps, or gnome
apps ported to xubuntu remains to be determined.
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how to fix it than the GUI updater.
>
> 3. Type the following: sudo do-release-upgrade
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> Follow the prompts after. Hope this helps,
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I don't see an obvious problem from the logs other than essential apps
are not being upgrade
does
not really change things in the same printer series. The trick is
finding the right series for model of printer you have.
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is going on.
# To view systemd log in reverse order (newest entries first)
sudo journalctl -r
Once you have this info, start googling the entries to find the culprit.
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on new installs.
https://wiki.xubuntu.org/releases/24.04/release-notes
Or, are you talking about menu options with a live install? If a live
install, it is generally safe to hard rest a computer (usually, hold the
power for 10+ seconds).
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