I wish I could bring a computer with Windoz Xp then have virtual box installed then have MS Word installed inside VB
Is such a process possible? On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 8:00 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Send xubuntu-users mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of xubuntu-users digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Funny problem with VLC (Jeffrey Needle) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2016 11:52:57 -0700 > From: Jeffrey Needle <[email protected]> > To: Xubuntu Support and User Discussions > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [xubuntu-users] Funny problem with VLC > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed > > Well, lsblk gave me the drive mounted at /media/jeff/584C11B03DEE3B5B. > I went back to VLC, navigated to /media/jeff, and bingo! there it was! > No idea why it wasn't there the other day! > > Thanks so much. > > On 06/16/2016 12:23 AM, JMZ wrote: > > Hi Jeffrey, > > > > When a media source is plugged into ubuntu linux, the drive is > > auto-mounted to /media. This might not be a good place for your > > external drive to end up. See if remounting the drive somewhere else > > allows you to access your external drive. > > > > 1) Close VLC and open a terminal window. > > > > 2) type 'lsblk'. (I don't think you will need sudo, but throw a sudo > > in there if needed.) This will give you a tree diagram of your mounted > > drives, drive data capacities, and /dev assignments. This should help > > you track down where your external drive is in the /dev hierarchy. > > > > 3) find and write down the /dev assignment for your external drive. > > > > 4) Y'know what, leave /media as it is. The external drive can be > > mounted at two places at once. > > > > 5) Create some directory for the /dev to point to. You will need to > > use 'sudo mkdir' off the root, should you wish to create a directory > > one layer off root (your call). > > > > 6) mount the external drive like this: > > > > ------> (6a) 'sudo mount /dev/[/dev drive assignment] /[name of > > target directory], where [/dev drive assignment] is a code such as > > sda1, sdb2 etc. [name of target directory] refers to the directory > > you have just created as a destination for the external drive > > > > Now try accessing your media files off the external drive with VLC, > > drawing data from the target directory. > > > > Good luck and Happy Motoring, > > Jordan > > > > On 06/16/2016 02:34 AM, Jeffrey Needle wrote: > >> Hi. Just installed Xubuntu, 64-bit. Fully updated. > >> > >> I prefer VLC for playing media. For some reason, VLC isn't reading > >> my external drive where I have the videos I want to watch. Parole > >> Media Player finds it just fine. > >> > >> Anyone have any idea how I can fix this? I've tried navigating to > >> the drive, but I can't find it anywhere in VLC's program. > >> > >> Many thanks. > >> > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > -- > xubuntu-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users > > > End of xubuntu-users Digest, Vol 113, Issue 5 > ********************************************* > -- *Will * [email protected] á é í ó ñ ú ¿ ¡ Á, É, Í, Ó, Ú Ñ
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