Re: [xubuntu-users] Any problems upgrading from 22.04 to 24.04.1?

2024-09-02 Thread Wiebe van der Worp
On 02-09-2024 22:51, Jeffery Small wrote: I had some very serious problems when upgrading from 20.04 to 22.04 and just wanted to ask here if people who have now upgraded to 24.04.1 have seen any significant problems or whether things went smoothly? Thanks for asking this, I'm quite hesitant my

Re: [xubuntu-users] No display on boot-up

2024-06-17 Thread Wiebe van der Worp
With interest I am following this thread, thanks so far for clarification. On 17-06-2024 12:01, David Wright wrote: Does the noacpi affect anything else, like fans? This question has my attention because I run an off grit network. For those interested: https://vanderworp.org/labora-energy-acc

Re: [xubuntu-users] Fwd: Slightly OT: Can't boot Win10 VB guest on Xubuntu 22.04

2024-06-12 Thread Wiebe van der Worp
On 12-06-2024 03:17, MR ZenWiz wrote: Yesterday I ran some updates for VirtualBox to release 7.0.18, and my long-time running Windows 10 VM suddenly won't boot at all. I remember at some point I had to force VB to upgrade to a 7.0 version. Current setup: VirtualBox 7.0.12 (!) guest Windows 10

[xubuntu-users] Left Ctrl-Shift didn't work...

2021-04-28 Thread Wiebe van der Worp
Left Ctrl-Shift didn't work... And that is more than annoying... Paste text without formatting - Ctrl-Shift-V Select cell ranges in a spreadsheet - Ctrl-Shift-Down And many, many more. The solution: Don't use Left Ctrl-Shift for keyboard layout switching. I am now using left win-key. After so

Re: [xubuntu-users] Keep display on permanently

2021-01-03 Thread Wiebe van der Worp
On 03-01-2021 15:07, David Wright wrote: *Update* - on an earlier attempt to keep the screen on, I'd set the screensaver/system idle time to 180 minutes.  Even though the screensaver was subsequently disabled, it seems this 3 hour time was still having some affect, as the screen was indeed goi

Re: [xubuntu-users] No keyboard, no mouse. Inactivity timer drives me nuts!

2020-11-02 Thread Wiebe van der Worp
On 29-10-2020 12:58, Dani wrote: Also Disable screen saver from start session and # xfce4-screensaver-command --exit Thanks Dani I've updated https://vanderworp.org/en/amd-pro-4650g-workhorse/#Solving_mouse_and_keyboard_semi_frozen_state and made links to askubuntu and this list there. Wo

Re: [xubuntu-users] No keyboard, no mouse. Inactivity timer drives me nuts!

2020-10-29 Thread Wiebe van der Worp
On 29-10-2020 09:58, Wiebe van der Worp wrote: While working, using the mouse and or keyboard, everything works fine. However, after a short period of minutes without activity, mouse clicks and keyboard strokes are blocked. Whatever I click or type: nothing happens. The mouse can be moved and

[xubuntu-users] No keyboard, no mouse. Inactivity timer drives me nuts!

2020-10-29 Thread Wiebe van der Worp
While working, using the mouse and or keyboard, everything works fine. However, after a short period of minutes without activity, mouse clicks and keyboard strokes are blocked. Whatever I click or type: nothing happens. The mouse can be moved and the keyboard reacts to numlock and capslock. If

Re: [xubuntu-users] XFCE destroyed IV

2020-04-21 Thread Wiebe van der Worp
On 21-04-2020 13:26, whyskyh...@yahoo.de wrote: How about $ rm .cache/session/* Black desktop without icons? Log out Ctrl-Alt-F1 Log in rm .cache/session/* exit (Log out) Ctrl-Alt-F7 Log in I tend to use rm -r .cache/session/* -- xubuntu-users mailing list xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com M

Re: [xubuntu-users] Xubuntu 19.10, Settings power management for screen overruled or ignored

2019-10-29 Thread Wiebe van der Worp
On 28-10-2019 15:54, Victor Forberger wrote: On 10/28/19 4:44 AM, Wiebe van der Worp wrote: I've described it globally at https://vanderworp.org/en/the-linux-bricscad-pages-part-4-tuning-linux/#Screensavers_power_management So, adjust the screen saver settings to what options you d

[xubuntu-users] Xubuntu 19.10, Settings power management for screen overruled or ignored

2019-10-28 Thread Wiebe van der Worp
Hi all, I've updated from 19.04 to 19.10. Seems to work fine but I haven't figured out yet why "XFCE Power Manager" settings are ignored. System turns off monitor and asks for password - which I turned off in 19.04 and worked fine then. Situation "XFCE Power Manager" now: Security tab: Never

[xubuntu-users] CADRe: The Devil's Advocate

2017-07-13 Thread Wiebe van der Worp
On 12-07-17 21:45, Joao Monteiro wrote: > I have been using Turbocad for nearly two decades and rely heavily on it > for my electric schematics. Sadly, the software authors/company never > provided any drivers for linux. And after a fairly deep search for > alternatives, the odd couple of them avai

Re: [xubuntu-users] Xubuntu 16.04 Status

2016-11-17 Thread Wiebe van der Worp
On 17-11-16 03:09, Keith Bainbridge wrote: About the icons in Dolphin What would happen if you quit Dolphin, deleted the config file/s and restarted? like in: "apt purge dolphin" and "apt install dolphin"? No icons. After "apt purge dolphin" doing "find . -name "*dolphin*" and removing what

Re: [xubuntu-users] Xubuntu 16.04 Status

2016-11-15 Thread Wiebe van der Worp
On 15-11-16 17:56, Kim Briggs wrote: I am a little confused at the status of the file manager Thunar in Xubuntu 16.04. This release has a description of "Long Term Support", but as far as I can tell, the file manager has been crashing when renaming files for about a year now!? For years I love

Re: [xubuntu-users] showing disk space used

2016-05-13 Thread Wiebe van der Worp
On 13-05-16 20:51, John R. Sowden wrote: There is a program in DOS called hog. It shows me the amount of disk space consumed by each of the current directory's subdirectories in a pie chart with different colors. I an instantly see where I am consuming disk space. Is there something like that f

Re: [xubuntu-users] Using a 4k TV as a monitor

2016-04-18 Thread Wiebe van der Worp
On 18-04-16 19:04, MR ZenWiz wrote: I have an ASRock Z97 Pro4 m/b with the on-board video and an i7-4790K 4GHz CPU. I'm running Xubuntu 14.04.4 on it with all the latest updates and the 15.10 kernel (4.2.0-35). i'm wondering if this combination can support a 4k monitor resolution (3840x2160) wi