Thousands of cache files clutter ...
How crucial are the thousands of cache files cluttering up our computers? /home/joe/.cache/google-chrome/Default drwx 3 4096 Apr 4 2019 Storage empty drwx 4 4096 Jan 21 2020 Code Cache/js 6290 files drwx 3 471040 Jan 24 2022 Cache /.cache/google-chrome/Default/Cache/Cache_Data *** 14197 files from 2023 to a week ago. Is there any risk in deleting all this clutter? What is the command syntax to selectively delete files between certain dates and/or all those older than a certain date? == searching for advice, I found this: https://www.zdnet.com › Business › Google Apr 3, 2020 — These hidden cache files are bloating your Google Chrome. Google Chrome could be storing a hundred thousand cached files on your computer ... Q: Is it safe to delete Google cache files? A: Clearing your browser cache does not delete those excess files. by: zdnet ~ April 3, 2020 = --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: Does anyone use ventoy ?
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 working. I will try hitting F1 to see if I can get to a boot prompt. In the past I was a just a little bit more competent, but at age 84 I have lost more cognitive acuity than I like to admit. --- 2406-21 at 3:49 PM ~ Rusty Carruth wrote (in part): I have no experience with it, but I actually read your query and have some suggestions. First, let me try to straighten out my confusion. You say someone installed Linux Mint on your laptop, but then you say it boots windows. So I'm a bit confused. In any case, I've used T470 laptops, and you should turn it on and IMMEDIATELY start hitting F1 as fast as you can until it either beeps once or actually gets into the BIOS. From there you should be able to set the boot device. (If F1 doesn't work (after trying multiple times!), try 'enter', THEN F1 once it says something). I found this verified by searching using DuckDuckGo 'lenovo t470 enter bios' (see https://pcsupport.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-t-series-laptops/thinkpad-t470/solutions/ht500222-recommended-ways-to-enter-bios-boot-menu-thinkpad-thinkcentre-thinkstation ) = --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Does anyone use ventoy ?
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 on my older thinkpad laptops. So I downloaded Ventoy from https://ventoy.net ... hoping to install kubuntu to get those valuable KDE capabilities that I need. When I tried to install Ventoy, the system said: "Congratulations! Ventoy has been successfully installed to the device" ... However, the USB is blank. So, I purchased a Ventoy USB from ebay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/364756232958 But it came with no instructions, and I cannot figure out how to get it to boot on the used thinkpad t480 that I purchased with win-10 installed. I use Linux exclusively and have zero experience with windblows. j...@actionline.com === --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: Linux distro options ...
Thanks Ryan. That is what I hope to do. --- 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. --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: Linux distro options ...
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 --- 2405-18 Rusty via PLUG-discuss wrote: I prefer Linux mint, because it's goal as a distribution is "to just work" --- 2405-17 joe wrote: 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. = --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: Linux distro options ...
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. --- 2405-17 at 6:40 AM ~ Stephen Partington wrote (in part): To follow up on Alexander ... set up an Rsync to a single system so all of the others will sync to that system, or some of the other roaming profile options. I went with KDE on Garuda (Gaming centric) but Arch might be better for your needs. I like the current state of KDE Plasma. consider one that will let you keep updating from old to new or a good stable rolling release. --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: Need help updating linux mint (or) ...
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 version 20.1 Ulyssa #4 T530 Linux Mint version 19.1 Tessa #1 is my primary computer and the only one on which (almost) everything works the way I want it to work. But the OS is now too old so it cannot be updated. Every week, I back up all of my data to the other three, but each of them have various deficiencies; including, I cannot get 4 virtual desktops to work with unique screen backgrounds on each desktop. I am considering replacing my old Thinkpads with T460's or T470's or T480's like these: https://upquick.com/walmart-thinkpads.jpg Which would you recommend, and would KDE be better to install than Linux Mint? j...@actionline.com ~ 480-325-5055 855 South 77th Place East Mesa AZ --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: Linux Mint update questions ...
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 version is 19.1 Tessa #1 is my primary computer and it is the only one on which everything (mostly) works the way I want it to work ... although it has several problems because the OS cannot be updated. Every week, I back up all of my data to the other three (3) and each of them have various deficiencies and need to be updated. For more than a year, I tried to get #3 to work in all respects as well as #1, but I was unable to get four (4) virtual desktops to work with unique screen backgrounds on each one. Now, #3 has developed problems because so many things that had been working fine, no longer work after I was coerced to do the latest update. Among the problems, I got an error message that said there was some defective program somewhere on the system, and it said I should use some program to find which program was defective, but I cannot find how to do that. I would be willing to pay someone (hopefully someone in the East Valley) to help me get this mess cleaned up and get all of my old Thinkpads working the way they once did before blank blank updates screwed up everything. j...@actionline.com ~ 480-325-5055 855 South 77th Place East Mesa AZ --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
OT: Need pro help upload to youtube ...
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 --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: wine installed need panel link ...
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 trouble finding where the psp.exe was for my latest install, but once I found it at ~/media/joe/something/psp.exe the installation went smoothly. Now, I need to create a launcher icon on the panel. How can I do that? Second issue, when I search Synaptic for a program like wine to install, and it lists many dozens of options; how can one capture and download the list of optins that displays? CTRL A does not work for that. Third question: Where can one find a list of all programs installed from Synaptic (or apt get) and the dates of last installation for each? Thanks again for your help!! Joe --- 2302-06 Vikriti D'Vita via PLUG wrote: After installing wine, you should be able to double click to run .exe files. What windows program are you trying to run with wine? On 2/6/23 joe via PLUG wrote: 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 "A" highlights everything, but I cannot copy what is listed. = --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: How to restart ssh? SOLVED
Thank you Vikriti ... You were correct. The IP address had changed, so I updated my script and all worked fine. ~Joe --- 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 randomized by your router. Check the ip address before connecting, it probably changed. Joe asked: 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: = --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
How to restart ssh?
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 it working? Joe --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
How to get wine installed and working?
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 "A" highlights everything, but I cannot copy what is listed. === --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
webp is a nuisance
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? --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: Google Fi ?? Thanks for the helpful responses ...
Thanks to all who provided helpful responses. --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Anyone use Google Fi ??
Does anyone here use Google Fi ?? How good or how bad is it? --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Thank you Brian ... plus a question ...
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 up for it to work. What settings can I change to get it to work again with the lid closed? Also, I have another Thinkpad running Linux Mint onto which I rsync backup all of my files; and I'd like to be able to do that to that second device without having to lift the lid and sign in in order to do my backups. Thanks PLUG friends. ~Joe --- --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Why "no such file" error ??
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, this error appears: "/home/joe/bin/readin: No such file or directory" That is weird because 'readin' is actually present in my directory: /home/joe/bin I have uploaded copies of the applicable files here: *** https://vsiq.com/data/count/ *** In one of the files named: why-no-such.pdf I have tried to explain and demo the problem. Someone suggested replacing 'readin' with "read -n1" and that works in the small "count" example ... however, it does not work in most of the other important shell script applications in which I need 'readin' to work. So the question remains, why that error message appears when the named file is actually present in /home/joe/bin? === --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
"No such file or directory" error message ???
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 successfully on several of my computers for many years; however when copied on to the new Mint 20.1 install, and invoked, it does not work. Instead, when executed, I see an endless stream of the following four (4) lines repeating, and I have kill the window to stop the endless repeating: ZIP temp >>> /home/joe/bin/j: line 29: /home/joe/bin/readin: No such file or directory Basic ZIP options are: ead ail rite rint uit for more options The utility "readin" actually is in: /home/joe/bin/readin So why does the computer keep saying "No such file or directory" I wonder if the problem has something to do with .bashrc === --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Invalid Context= error
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 is just a short example of the first dozen msgs: Why and what can fix this? joe@t460:~/bin$ kwrite file.txt qt5ct: using qt5ct plugin Hspell: can't open /usr/share/hspell/hebrew.wgz.sizes. sonnet.plugins.hspell: HSpellDict::HSpellDict: Init failed qt5ct: D-Bus global menu: no Invalid Context= "Apps" line for icon theme: "/usr/share/icons/Mint-Y/apps/16/" Invalid Context= "Apps" line for icon theme: "/usr/share/icons/Mint-Y/apps/16@2x/" Invalid Context= "Mimetypes" line for icon theme: "/usr/share/icons/Mint-Y/mimetypes/16/" Invalid Context= "Mimetypes" line for icon theme: "/usr/share/icons/Mint-Y/mimetypes/16@2x/" Invalid Context= "Apps" line for icon theme: "/usr/share/icons/Mint-Y/apps/22/" Invalid Context= "Apps" line for icon theme: "/usr/share/icons/Mint-Y/apps/22@2x/" Invalid Context= "Apps" line for icon theme: "/usr/share/icons/Mint-Y/apps/24/" Invalid Context= "Apps" line for icon theme: "/usr/share/icons/Mint-Y/apps/24@2x/" Invalid Context= "Mimetypes" line for icon theme: "/usr/share/icons/Mint-Y/mimetypes/24/" Invalid Context= "Mimetypes" line for icon theme: "/usr/share/icons/Mint-Y/mimetypes/24@2x/" Invalid Context= "Apps" line for icon theme: "/usr/share/icons/Mint-Y/apps/32/" Invalid Context= "Apps" line for icon theme: "/usr/share/icons/Mint-Y/apps/32@2x/" [snipped] === --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: Falling SSD prices ~ good evidence ;)
Re: Falling SSD prices ~ good evidence ;) Pretty good evidence to refute all the noise about inflation and shortages. --- 2206-29 at 7:38 am Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: Re: Falling SSD prices I was looking at SSDs because I want to buy another one. About 6 years ago I bought a 1TB Samsung SSD for $300 I like the Samsung EVO SSDs. Today on Good Egg I saw: 250GB is $49 500GB is $59 1TB is $99. These have come down a bunch. * === --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
how to get filezilla or best option ...
Today, I tried to install filezilla on my linux laptop and it did not work. What is the best option? I can ssh from one of my linux laptops into another one on my home network, but I don't know the syntax to ftp from one to the other. And I don't know any other way to send to or retrieve from one to the other. I tried 'scp' but don't know the correct syntax. === --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re:: Libre Office pdf fill in form ...
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 once, but as soon as I move to the next field, the "X" that I got there temporarily vanishes. google: libre office fill in pdf form How to convert a PDF document to a fillable form in LibreOffice ask.libreoffice.org How to fill in a PDF in LibreOffice? Convert a PDF document to a fillable form in LibreOffice 1 Click “View → Toolbars → Form Controls” 2 Add your input fields. 3 Click “File → Export as PDF” 4 Select checkbox “Create PDF Form” 5 Click “Export” === --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: Used computer sources ...
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 anything up yet consider this another pointer to the folks listed below. I happened to have an appointment a while back that put me right in Feature Marketing's neighborhood and swung by to pick up a small Dell desktop. It was a reasonable price, included the power cable (so no charging extra fees for necessities), and they opened it up in front of me to confirm it was set up as advertised. On 4/12/22 17:11, Phil Waclawski via PLUG-discuss wrote: I have picked up used laptops from "feature marketing" in the past. https://featuremarketing.com/product-category/laptops-notebooks-tablets/ --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Thanks to Todd Cole and Phil Waclawski ...
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. --- 2204-12 at 5:11 pm, Phil Waclawski wrote: I have picked up used laptops from "feature marketing" in the past. https://featuremarketing.com/product-category/laptops-notebooks-tablets/ === --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Still hoping for advice from Plug ...
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 best options? (3) Which is the best version of Linux Mint to install on a Thinkpad to run 24/7 with an external monitor, keyboard, and mouse? I want long term stable and not the latest experimental version. PS: I found this article to be very interesting and informative: 50 Best Linux Distros for 2022: https://linuxhint.com/best-linux-distros-2022/ === --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Best place to buy used Thinkpads in Arizona
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? === --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Seeking recommendations from the Plug brain trust:
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 hardware "boxes" years ago and switched to using Thinkpad laptops exclusively; all running different versions of Linux Mint: two T-420s, two T430s, one T530. All are kept running 24/7 (all but one in sleep mode) and none of them have ever "failed" or had a major problem, until now. Thinkpads seem to be amazingly reliable. I work mostly on one of the T-420s with an external monitor, keyboard, and mouse ... and I rsync backup all of my data to each of four other Thinkpads weekly. However, I have never been able to get any of my backup Thinkpads to work as completely as that one old-reliable T420 with Linux Mint 17.2 based on Ubuntu 14:4 ... which is no longer supported. So, I am now considering purchasing a refurbished T460 ... but I am open to consider other models. And, I need to decide which version of Linux Mint (or what alternative distro) to use. Also, I am no longer inclined to try to do the installation myself because I remember almost always hitting obstacles when trying to complete a new installation, and having difficulty getting everything that I need to work correctly. So, I hope that I can "hire" one of my Plug friends to install whatever y'all recommend as the best version of Linux Mint (or some alternative) and help me get everything that I need working. In addition to what is included in a standard install, I want it to start without requiring a password required every time I restart and without that startup "wallet" nuisance. The apps that I use most are: kwrite, Libre Office, Google docs (mostly Writer), Firefox, Chrome, Apache, and Wine with which I use Paint Shop Pro 7.0. And, I want 4 desktops with different wallpaper on each one (so I know where I am). That I was only able to get to work on my one old T-420 with KDE and it is something that I have been unable to get to work on my four backup Thinkpads. I will also want all of the other applications that I currently have on my old T420 installed and working; and I need to know how to extract list of what all is installed. Please tell me your recommendations and questions; and contact me privately if you would be so kind to provide a quote to help me build a new system. PS: Whatever happened to installfests? (covid seems to be mostly a non-issue now.) j...@actionline.com === --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: How to refresh the list of updates?
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 version of the failed index will be used. Otherwise the repository will be ignored. Check your network connection and ensure the repository address in the preferences is correct. Failed to fetch http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu/dists/trusty-getdeb/apps/binary-amd64/Packages gnutls_handshake() failed: Handshake failed Failed to fetch http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu/dists/trusty-getdeb/apps/binary-i386/Packages gnutls_handshake() failed: Handshake failed Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead. The application launcher just "blinks" and does not open, so I cannot access anything there. So, I tried this: t420: sudo synaptic ... [sudo] password for joe: ... and got these error messages: ** (synaptic:2749): WARNING **: Error retrieving accessibility bus address: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.a11y.Bus was not provided by any .service files Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/50-user.conf", line 14: reading configurations from ~/.fonts.conf is deprecated. please move it to /home/joe/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf manually (synaptic:2749): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_widget_hide: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed And ... now I have no sound and I am seeing a variety of weird problems, including the size of the display changes (fonts increasing in size) arbitrarily and spuriously in some applications. So, I have to CTRL - repeatedly to reduce the contents image size. --- 2203-26 Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss wrote: It says you have a duplicate entry for your google chrome repository in your sources.list file, which could be in just /etc/apt/sources.list or in a file in /etc/apt/sources.list.d or any combination of the two. I'd check it with: cd /etc/apt; grep -r chrome sources.list* and see which files it come back as having a match and then just delete one of the lines in the file, or the whole file if it's only has one repository line in it. === --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
How to refresh the list of updates?
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/ chrome/deb/ stable/main amd64 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/ dLgoog|e.com_linux_chrome_deb_dists_stable_main_binary- amd64_packages). Encountered a section with no package: header, Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/ archive.getdeb.net_ubuntu_dists_trusty— getdeb_apps_i18n_Translation-en, The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. How can I get this fixed? === --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Can't get update to work ...
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 error message I see: Could not refresh the list of updates WzDuplicate sourcesJist entry http://dl.google.comllinux/ chrome/deb] stable/main amd64 Packages (/var/lib/aptllists/ dLgoog|e.com_|inux_chrome_deb_dists_stable_main_binary- amd64_kckages). Encountered a section with no mckage: header. Problem with MergeList Ivar/lib/aptllistsl archive.getdeb.net_ubuntu_dists_trusty— getdeb_apps_i18n_‘ll'anslation-en, The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. === --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
How to get the correct battery?
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 battery: TZ32R2112C ~ B053R015-2022 TIS 2217-2548 ~ 10.8V 4200mAh ~ N14608 I.T.E.Accessory 8G04 ~ E204007 Micr: 11S45N1042Z1ZM4X2CV82N ~ KC 2012.12 How can I make sure to get the right one? --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
How to make a pdf read only?
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. --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
OT How to change icon on android phone?
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 work, including: 1. Long-press and hold the app shortcut you'd like to edit. 2. Drag the icon up to Edit. (This does not work) 3. Swipe up the menu to reveal the list of sources for your icon. Source: Android Central. 4. Tap My photos. (This also does not work, because when I try to upload either a jpg or a png of my custom icon, it just vanishes.) 5. Navigate to and select your custom icon. 6. Return to the home screen to enjoy your new icon. Source: Android Central. Sep 21, 2020 --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: Libre office prints some docs, not others.
Thanks to Joseph Sinclair's tip to use: sudo apt-get clean I have plenty of space now, but I still can't print an .odt document with an image in it ... but I can print .odt docs with text in them okay. HL2270DW-2760 joe 331776 Sat 13 Mar 2021 01:38:00 PM MST HL2270DW-2767 joe 114688 Mon 15 Mar 2021 12:20:33 PM MST And the .odt document is not even that big: -rw-r--r-- 1 joe 202472 Mar 13 13:23 pat-counter.odt Here is my current df with plenty of available space: t420: df Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on udev 40066444 4006640 1% /dev tmpfs 805480 1568803912 1% /run /dev/sda1 19091584 7087224 11011492 40% / none 40 4 0% /sys/fs/cgroup none51200 5120 0% /run/lock none 402739228100 3999292 1% /run/shm none 102400 20102380 1% /run/user /dev/sda6 101787928 33536444 63057760 35% /home overflow1024 44 980 5% /tmp --- On 2021-03-15 12:34 am, Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss wrote: If your root drive is still almost completely full the print job is probably not printing because the print system is trying to write a temp file with the print job in your printers native language which can be quite large and running out of space to write it. You're probably seeing small and simple print jobs succeed while larger print jobs with images are failing. I once had someone complaining that her 22 page document was taking a very long time to print to a network attached printer. It turned out that the 22 page document because of some bad formatting and large embedded images had to be turned into an 800+ meg file in order to be printed and then that file was having to be sent over a 100Mb connection which just plain took a few minutes to complete the transfer of the entire document to the printer, making for a very slow print. Since it was a document that would be printed a lot, the fix was to recreate the document in a way that minimized 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. And Libre office, which was knot working, has started working again, again, even though I made no changes. But now Libre office will print .odt documents with plain text in portrait mode, but it will not print an .odt document in landscape with an image in the document. PS: I have Mint 17.2 Mate with Brother printer HL2270DW --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Libre office prints some docs, not others.
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 I made no changes. But now Libre office will print .odt documents with plain text in portrait mode, but it will not print an .odt document in landscape with an image in the document. PS: I have Mint 17.2 Mate with Brother printer HL2270DW - On 2021-03-14 8:26 pm, John Seberg via PLUG-discuss wrote: It shouldn't be too hard to figure out how to change the background image of your desktop. Let us know which version of Mint you're currently running: --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: Why I hate updates ... Thanks to you all !!
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 computers mainly). I rsync back up most of my system to 3 other newer Thinkpads about weekly, but I can't get any of the newer systems to do things that my old Mint 17.2 system is able to do. I rely on multiple desktops with different screen backgrounds on each one (so I know where I am ;) but I don't know of any system other than Mint 17 that can do that. And now that capability is gone from my Mint 17 system as a result of the last update. Frustrating. -- On 2021-03-13 3:34 pm, Joseph Sinclair wrote: Joe, I would recommend running a couple simple cleanups to get some space back for now. Keep in mind this will be a temporary fix; you will run out of space again fairly quickly if you cannot remove some programs or otherwise permanently clear some space on the root partition. --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: Why I hate updates ... Thanks Michael ...
Thanks Michael. Yes, I do realize that I probably need to build a completely different system, but for now, I just have to find ways to keep my old system working. Now, after a reboot, I have most everything working again, but for now, I mainly just need to find out how to unlock Libre Office documents. -- On 2021-03-13 at 1:58 pm, Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss wrote: This is why I stopped using physical partitions and LVM instead entirely. If you fill your physical partition, it really doesn't like it, and all hell breaks loose, as you see. Boot from a boot cd, clear some space, and reboot. Start with "sudo du -h --max-depth=1", figure out what is filling your disk, and delete some. Reboot. Usually logs, updates, packages, etc cruft - kill it all. When it's sane, move to a more agreeable FS structure, use LVM, I can fill a disk and stay up, much less impact if/when this occurs. I break /var and /var/log into separate partitions always, these are typically what fill and break. Keep them separate with LVM's, much happier to recover if any one fills up. I normally keep /usr with debians separate too, but arch installs hate this. Also I keep /home separate, as I fill this commonly, which breaks anything running in userland if/when occurring. Funny, I do this because this is how we installed solaris this way with slices like +20-some years ago to not blow up, but over-simplification these days ignores fun facts like these. -mb On Sat, 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. Also, I tried to download a pdf file which should have gone to sda6 and I got a message "No space available." What can I do to remedy this nightmare? I am willing to pay for help if one of my PLUG friends would be willing to help me fix this. Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on udev 40066444 4006640 1% /dev tmpfs 805480 1560803920 1% /run /dev/sda1 19091584 18141912 0 100% / none 40 4 0% /sys/fs/cgroup none51200 5120 0% /run/lock none 402739225920 4001472 1% /run/shm none 102400 20102380 1% /run/user /dev/sda6 101787928 33524948 63069256 35% /home --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Fwd: Why I hate updates ... partially fixed ...
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 805480 1560803920 1% /run /dev/sda1 19091584 18141912 0 100% / none 40 4 0% /sys/fs/cgroup none51200 5120 0% /run/lock none 402739225920 4001472 1% /run/shm none 102400 20102380 1% /run/user /dev/sda6 101787928 33524948 63069256 35% /home After reboot: Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on udev 40066444 4006640 1% /dev tmpfs 805480 1496803984 1% /run /dev/sda1 19091584 18088620 10096 100% / none 40 4 0% /sys/fs/cgroup none51200 5120 0% /run/lock none 402739221624 4005768 1% /run/shm none 102400 20102380 1% /run/user /dev/sda6 101787928 33518772 63075432 35% /home overflow1024 32 992 4% /tmp After reboot, some things that had quit working, now work again. Libre office works somewhat. I tried to reinstall Libre office writer from synaptic and now I can print a text document, but a document with an image inserted in it will not print. t420: lpstat HL2270DW-2760 joe 331776 Sat 13 Mar 2021 01:38:00 PM MST Why? A text only document sent to the printer AFTER this one printed fine, but -2760 is still stuck. What can I do to get it to print a document stuck? --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Why I hate updates ...
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 gone to sda6 and I got a message "No space available." What can I do to remedy this nightmare? I am willing to pay for help if one of my PLUG friends would be willing to help me fix this. Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on udev 40066444 4006640 1% /dev tmpfs 805480 1560803920 1% /run /dev/sda1 19091584 18141912 0 100% / none 40 4 0% /sys/fs/cgroup none51200 5120 0% /run/lock none 402739225920 4001472 1% /run/shm none 102400 20102380 1% /run/user /dev/sda6 101787928 33524948 63069256 35% /home --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: Help! a major catastrophe with my Linux Mint installation ...
Thanks Michael and Stephen ... Got it working again (mostly) although it seems that the last update I did changed some things and took away some features and functions. I still have 4 desktops, but each one has the same background, whereas before I was able to have a different background on each screen (to keep straight where I was ;) Really miss that feature. Other features and functions are also gone. I hate system updates. - On 2021-03-04 6:04 pm, Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss wrote: Sounds like gpu died, or drivers did. If you have another laptop or anything to ssh from, see if you can get into the box via ssh and troubleshoot that way. I've popped video cards to die before, and they work, but only headless. Try to 'cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log' to see if your card died, or updated perhaps unexpectedly. Sadly updating some minor 3rd party crap would occasionally break my whole update and os, ubuntu or arch really. Last time I upgraded my arch it broke nvidia binary support with too new a kernel, luckily I never use the nvidia gpu as prime is a basketcase anyways, so it uses intel normally anyways. Above old laptop example worked if I disable nvidia drivers and used only intel, as the gpu fried. Yours might have if video is just dead, but otherwise seems alive. If only intel, your software may have just gotten hozed - try a different user profile if you can get any video out of it. -mb On Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 1:13 PM Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss wrote: You may have something off in your settings for cinnamon, This is for arch, but it can give you a great place to start from. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/cinnamon But my first thought would be to rename the config files for your window manager and reboot to see if it is part 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 finally found a way to get to the command line and all of my data appears to be there, but none of my utilities in my home/bin file work. Recently, I read that Linux Mint was threatening to coerce users to upgrade to a newer version. This would be unconscionable and reprehensible! Is this what they have done. I hope someone can help me figure out how to get my system working again. --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Help! a major catastrophe with my Linux Mint installation ...
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 there, but none of my utilities in my home/bin file work. Recently, I read that Linux Mint was threatening to coerce users to upgrade to a newer version. This would be unconscionable and reprehensible! Is this what they have done. I hope someone can help me figure out how to get my system working again. Please help. --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
How to eliminate password prompt after lid up?
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 password for the root account. I enter the admin password then to "Preferences" and "Login Windows" then followed the prompts but could not find a way to eliminate the password. Next, I went here: https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=71680 And found this: enable auto login so that you don't need a password to log in. Go to the Administration menu/Login screen and set up an auto login for a user. But again, following all the prompts did not give me the desired solution: System Settings > Administration > Login Window > Users > Automatic login > Username [joe] What am I doing wrong? How can I eliminate this annoying requirement to enter a password again every time I shut the lid and open it again? --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
why executable file 'readin' not found but it is there
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 is a proprietary binary file named 'readin' that functions like a "hot key" It works fine on my other Linux boxes, but since I copied my entire 'bin' directory onto another Linux machine, I can't get 'readin' to work on this machine. In fact, it cannot even be "found" even though it is certainly there in /home/joe/bin ... but when I type readin at the command line, I get this message: joe@drifter:~/bin$ /home/joe/bin/readin bash: /home/joe/bin/readin: No such file or directory Hope someone can explain why 'readin' is not found when it is actually there. --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
How to set up PATH ??
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 shells. # This file is not read by bash(1), if ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bash_login # exists. # see /usr/share/doc/bash/examples/startup-files for examples. # the files are located in the bash-doc package. # the default umask is set in /etc/profile; for setting the umask # for ssh logins, install and configure the libpam-umask package. #umask 022 # if running bash if [ -n "$BASH_VERSION" ]; then # include .bashrc if it exists if [ -f "$HOME/.bashrc" ]; then . "$HOME/.bashrc" fi fi # set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists if [ -d "$HOME/bin" ] ; then PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH" fi === Also, I cannot find where to add desktops (workspaces) in this version of linux. --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: After Linux Mint update, numerous problems ...
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 well. Best, Joe - 2009-03 Steve Litt wrote: If I were in your situation, I'd first try Chromium instead of Chrome, and if the symptom remains, I'd just wait a couple months until Chrome/Chromium fixes itself. This stuff happens all the time with browsers: Several are always broken. What I'd avoid right now is these extreme package manager maneuvers that might bork a lot of stuff. Here are some alternatives to Chromium and Firefox: dillo edbrowse eolie epiphany falkon flinks icecat links luakit midori netsurf otter-browser qutebrowser surf vimb One other observation. Earlier in the thread you expressed concerns about speed, number of processes running, and resources in general. You seem quite proficient at Linux. Maybe it's time you move away from coddling type distros like Mint, Ubuntu, and to a lesser extent Debian. If you were to switch to the Void Linux distro (https://voidlinux.org/), there would be far fewer levels of abstraction on your machine. If you switch to Void, I think all your resource problems would go away or at least have obvious root causes. This isn't to say you wouldn't have other problems with Void. A few marginal programs aren't packaged in Void: You'd use a Mint VM to run those. And Void's not going to have the "we work with all hardware" kind of capability that Mint and Ubuntu have, but if your hardware is more than a year old, that shouldn't be a problem on any distro. I've been using Void Linux since early 2015 (switched from Debian in 2014 and Ubuntu 2008-2013) and I still love using Void. You might want to consider it. Steve Litt --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: After Linux Mint update, numerous problems ...
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 old very of your OS. It's essentially saying that you need an Extended support contract in order to continue to get updates to your OS https://ubuntu.com/blog/ubuntu-14-04-esm-support I also noticed that you have "apt list --upgradable", but it's spelled "upgradeable", so that's probably why you got the list of options instead of a list of upgradeable packages. --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: After Linux Mint update, numerous problems ...
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. --- 2009-03 6:31 AM, Stephen Partington wrote: It appears chromium knows about this? https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=340138 --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: After Linux Mint update, numerous problems ...
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 Infrastructure ESM. To see these additional updates run: apt list --upgradable See https://ubuntu.com/advantage or run: sudo ua status Then I ran sudo apt list --upgradable and got the long list of options that one sees when running sudo apt full-upgrade But I don't know which of those options I should try to use or how to use them (in what sequence). --- I did the apt dist-upgrade and got these error messages: Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 4.4.0-148-generic (x86_64) Error! Module version 4.3.40_Ubuntu for vboxguest.ko Error! Module version 4.3.40_Ubuntu for vboxsf.ko Error! Module version 4.3.40_Ubuntu for vboxvideo.ko Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 4.4.0-148-generic (x86_64) I captured and could post the entire process, but noticed these errors as the process scrolled by. And, after running all this, chrome still opens to a blank or black screen but with the title bar showing the page to which it opened. Everything was working fine before I did the first regular update/upgrade yesterday. Bummer. --- 2009-02 Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss wrote: apt upgrade only does a partial upgrade on your system and if that's all you do, your system can get into a place where dependencies get out of wack and the system breaks. instead do: apt full-upgrade or apt dist-upgrade --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: After Linux Mint update, numerous problems ...
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 all unused packages build - Build binary or source packages from sources build-dep - Configure build-dependencies for source packages changelog - View a package's changelog check - Verify that there are no broken dependencies clean - Erase downloaded archive files contains- List packages containing a file content - List files contained in a package deb - Install a .deb package depends - Show raw dependency information for a package dist-upgrade- Perform an upgrade, possibly installing and removing packages download- Download the .deb file for a package dselect-upgrade - Follow dselect selections held- List all held packages help- Show help for a command hold- Hold a package install - Install/upgrade packages policy - Show policy settings purge - Remove packages and their configuration files recommends - List missing recommended packages for a particular package rdepends- Show reverse dependency information for a package reinstall - Download and (possibly) reinstall a currently installed package remove - Remove packages search - Search for a package by name and/or expression show- Display detailed information about a package source - Download source archives sources - Edit /etc/apt/sources.list with nano unhold - Unhold a package update - Download lists of new/upgradable packages upgrade - Perform a safe upgrade version - Show the installed version of a package This apt has Super Cow Powers So I tried this: sudo apt dist-upgrade And it ran for a long time and showed a lot of action, but afterword, chrome still has the same problem. -- 2009-02 at 6:23 PM, Brian Cluff wrote: apt upgrade only does a partial upgrade on your system and if that's all you do, your system can get into a place where dependencies get out of wack and the system breaks. instead do: apt full-upgrade or apt dist-upgrade They both do the exact same exact thing, except full upgrade is the new name for dist upgrade option becuase too many people only did upgrade because they were afraid that dist-upgrade would actually upgrade their distribution to the new version... it doesn't. It just tells your system to upgrade all the packages, where plain old upgrade tells the system to only upgrade packages that don't require any additional packages to installed or uninstalled which can leave security problems on your system if the update requires additional packages to be installed. If you've been doing only upgrade for a really long time; be prepared for some broken dependencies that wouldn't have happened if you had done dist-upgrades instead Hopefully apt's dependency calculator will just take care of it for you and all will be good with the world again. --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: After Linux Mint update, numerous problems ...
Thanks Brian (and everyone) ... I did the apt dist-upgrade and got these error messages: Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 4.4.0-148-generic (x86_64) Error! Module version 4.3.40_Ubuntu for vboxguest.ko Error! Module version 4.3.40_Ubuntu for vboxsf.ko Error! Module version 4.3.40_Ubuntu for vboxvideo.ko Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 4.4.0-148-generic (x86_64) I captured and could post the entire process, but noticed these errors as the process scrolled by. And, after running all this, chrome still opens to a blank or black screen but with the title bar showing the page to which it opened. Everything was working fine before I did the first regular update/upgrade yesterday. Bummer. --- 2009-02 Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss wrote: apt upgrade only does a partial upgrade on your system and if that's all you do, your system can get into a place where dependencies get out of wack and the system breaks. instead do: apt full-upgrade or apt dist-upgrade They both do the exact same exact thing, except full upgrade is the new name for dist upgrade option becuase too many people only did upgrade because they were afraid that dist-upgrade would actually upgrade their distribution to the new version... it doesn't. It just tells your system to upgrade all the packages, where plain old upgrade tells the system to only upgrade packages that don't require any additional packages to installed or uninstalled which can leave security problems on your system if the update requires additional packages to be installed. If you've been doing only upgrade for a really long time; be prepared for some broken dependencies that wouldn't have happened if you had done dist-upgrades instead Hopefully apt's dependency 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 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. Firefox works fine, but I still hope to get chrome working. Any other suggestions? -- 2009-01 Michael Butash wrote (in part): I've had ibus break, which tends to break everything. Would be worth using journalctl -f as root while launching to see what the system is complaining about > Have you tried a clean user profile? Ibus tends to be user dependent ... to test just to log in as another user Aug 31, 2020 joe wrote: After a Linux Mint update today, I seem to have numerous problems that I did not have before the update. ** Chrome browser won't open at all. --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: After Linux Mint update, numerous problems ...
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. --- 2009-02 Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss wrote: Apt purge chrome and drop the chrome repo. Download fresh and rename/purge the chrome profile? That's a little scorched earth I know but it would help you sort out root cause. --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: After Linux Mint update, numerous problems ...
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. Firefox works fine, but I still hope to get chrome working. Any other suggestions? -- 2009-01 Michael Butash wrote (in part): I've had ibus break, which tends to break everything. Would be worth using journalctl -f as root while launching to see what the system is complaining about > Have you tried a clean user profile? Ibus tends to be user dependent ... to test just to log in as another user Aug 31, 2020 joe wrote: After a Linux Mint update today, I seem to have numerous problems that I did not have before the update. ** Chrome browser won't open at all. --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
After Linux Mint update, numerous problems ...
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 file to text editor ... Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/50-user.conf", line 14: reading configurations from ~/.fonts.conf is deprecated. please move it to /home/joe/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf manually Bus::open: Can not get ibus-daemon's address. IBusInputContext::createInputContext: no connection to ibus-daemon ** Even opening the terminal command line is slow. ** Chrome browser won't open at all. ** Lots of seemingly extraneous processes running. root 1 0 0 15:07 ?00:00:01 /sbin/init root 2 0 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [kthreadd] root 3 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [ksoftirqd/0] root 5 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [kworker/0:0H] root 7 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:05 [rcu_sched] root 8 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:01 [rcuos/0] root 9 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:01 [rcuos/1] root10 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:01 [rcuos/2] root11 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:01 [rcuos/3] root12 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [rcuos/4] root13 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [rcuos/5] root14 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [rcuos/6] root15 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [rcuos/7] root16 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [rcu_bh] root17 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [rcuob/0] root18 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [rcuob/1] root19 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [rcuob/2] root20 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [rcuob/3] root21 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [rcuob/4] root22 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [rcuob/5] root23 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [rcuob/6] root24 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [rcuob/7] root25 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [migration/0] root26 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [watchdog/0] root27 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [watchdog/1] root28 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [migration/1] root29 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [ksoftirqd/1] root31 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [kworker/1:0H] root32 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [watchdog/2] root33 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [migration/2] root34 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:01 [ksoftirqd/2] root36 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [kworker/2:0H] root37 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [watchdog/3] root38 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [migration/3] root39 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [ksoftirqd/3] root41 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [kworker/3:0H] root42 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [khelper] root43 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [kdevtmpfs] root44 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [netns] root45 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [khungtaskd] root46 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [writeback] root47 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [ksmd] root48 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [khugepaged] root49 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [crypto] root50 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [kintegrityd] root51 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [bioset] root52 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [kblockd] root53 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [ata_sff] root54 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [khubd] root55 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [md] root56 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [devfreq_wq] root60 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [kswapd0] root61 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [fsnotify_mark] root62 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [ecryptfs-kthrea] root74 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [kthrotld] root75 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [acpi_thermal_pm] root77 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [ipv6_addrconf] root97 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [deferwq] root98 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [charger_manager] root 147 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [irq/16-mmc0] root 148 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [firewire] root 149 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [firewire_ohci] root 150 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [kpsmoused] root 153 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [scsi_eh_0] root 154 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [scsi_tmf_0] root 155 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [scsi_eh_1] root 156 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [scsi_tmf_1] root 157 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [scsi_eh_2] root 158 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [scsi_tmf_2] root 159 2 0 15:07 ?00:00:00 [scsi_eh_3] root 160 2 0 15:07 ?0
After Linux Mint update, Chrome browser fails ...
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 processes running, even when I do not have anything running. The list looks really abnormal. --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
