Re: [xubuntu-users] mousepad help

[fred roller]

man mousepad

Any help in here?

Fred Roller
On Feb 8, 2016 5:21 PM, "John R. Sowden"  wrote:

> cuz what read about emacs decades ago was that it was huge but 'did it
> all'. yet mousepad is small and snappy.
>
>
> On 02/08/2016 11:37 AM, Peter Flynn wrote:
>
> On 02/08/2016 07:14 PM, John R. Sowden wrote:
>
> I am looking for help for xubuntu's mousepad editor.  When I hit Help in
> the menu, I get a list of xfce programs
>
> with links to the internet?, but nothing for mousepad.  I want to assign
> key strokes to make mp similar to wordstar.
>
>
> Why bother? Emacs has M-x wordstar-mode which already does this.
>
> ///Peter
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Re: [xubuntu-users] login on boot

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Have you tried
Menu -> All Settings -> (System) Users and Groups -> [your user] ->
Change... (next to "Password")

Uncheck "Don't ask for password on login" and set your password.

HTH
Fred

On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 4:53 PM,  wrote:

> On 09/02/16 21:37, Tim Hanson wrote:
>
>> I made a mistake while installing 15.04 last month.
>>
>> When the install program asked me if I wanted a password challenge on
>> boot, I checked "no" by accident.  Now I have a wide open laptop on boot,
>> so that someone would have to merely reboot to have full access to my home
>> directory.
>>
>> What do I do to change the system to require a password on boot?
>>
>> Check out /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/60-xubuntu.conf
>
> Then when you've done that - check out upgrading to 15.10 as soon as
> possible - 15.04 went end of life last week, the repos last for a while but
> will be turned off soon. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WilyUpgrades
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Re: [xubuntu-users] login on boot

[fred roller]

Good to know the diff... thank you.

On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 2:54 AM,  wrote:

> On 09/02/16 22:36, fred roller wrote:
>
> Have you tried
> Menu -> All Settings -> (System) Users and Groups -> [your user] ->
> Change... (next to "Password")
>
> Uncheck "Don't ask for password on login" and set your password.
>
> HTH
> Fred
>
> On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 4:53 PM,  wrote:
>
>> On 09/02/16 21:37, Tim Hanson wrote:
>>
>>> I made a mistake while installing 15.04 last month.
>>>
>>> When the install program asked me if I wanted a password challenge on
>>> boot, I checked "no" by accident.  Now I have a wide open laptop on boot,
>>> so that someone would have to merely reboot to have full access to my home
>>> directory.
>>>
>>> What do I do to change the system to require a password on boot?
>>>
>>> Check out /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/60-xubuntu.conf
>>
>> Then when you've done that - check out upgrading to 15.10 as soon as
>> possible - 15.04 went end of life last week, the repos last for a while but
>> will be turned off soon. <https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WilyUpgrades>
>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WilyUpgrades
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> IIRC setting no password at install causes autologin, changing it from
> (System) Users and Groups just changes whether the password is asked for at
> the login screen- IF you see it.
>
> OP needs to remove the autologin line to stop the behaviour he sees
> currently.
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Re: [xubuntu-users] Further to "Mouse focus problem in 15.10"

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A couple of thoughts...

First, check the update logs from when you cleaned your computer out, seems
from your opening statement that's when it started... this should narrows
the list considerably.

Second, based on the last statements, sounds like a sticky button issue,
which, when swiching environments stops it until button 3 (?) is pushed
again... is there a way to monitor the mouse input live?  (i.e. for a
keyboard I just type in a text editor until the culprit sticks)

-- Fred

On Sat, Feb 20, 2016 at 12:44 PM, Petter Adsen  wrote:

> On Sat, 20 Feb 2016 17:06:22 +
> Chris Green  wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Feb 20, 2016 at 04:47:42PM +, Chris Green wrote:
> > > > > That is odd. Since gpm works the kernel driver is probably OK,
> > > > > but I don't understand why X can't see the events. Can you
> > > > > install evemu-tools and see if evemu-record can see them?
> > > > >
> > > > It's not *quite* as simple as I thought.
> > > >
> > > > Hitting button 3 of the Trackpoint buttons only ever works once,
> > > > just one event.  Having done that the bug appears (the mouse
> > > > function is stuck in one window).  However if I then go to a
> > > > console CTRL/ALT/Fn and back, without even logging in on the
> > > > console, the bug is fixed and seems to stay fixed.  So at least I
> > > > have a workaround now!
> > > >
> > > > Maybe X is seeing the Button 3 down wit no up and thus 'sticks'.
> > > > Going to a console (gpm grabs the mouse while there, even if not
> > > > logged in) clears the 'stuck' button and it stays unstuck.
> > > > Button 3 on the Trackpoint never gets unstuck even when using gpm
> > > > but that doesn't matter because there's a button 3 with the
> > > > Trackpad.
> > > It doesn't even need gpm to be installed.  Start X, get the bug,
> > > switch to a console and back (do nothing at all when there), bug is
> > > fixed.  It's simply leaving X and returning that fixes the problem.
> > >
> > I think this might very well be a related issue:-
> >
> > https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=196822
> >
> > Comment at the bottom says it's fixed in 4.3.x kernel.
>
> Should be easy to test, install a recent mainline kernel.
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/MainlineBuilds
>
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Re: [xubuntu-users] Fast and usful

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On 03/02/2016 08:06 PM, Roger Broseus wrote:
Install Ubuntu tweak and use the janitor feature. Leave at least one, 
next-to-last intrid, kernel, etc. as a fallback.


On March 2, 2016 7:41:41 PM EST, Thomas Blasejewicz  
wrote:


On 2016/03/03 8:43, Cody Smith wrote:

To expound on that, if you feel adventurous, load up a spare
machine with Xubuntu 16.04 to test for bugs and report any you
find. This is very basic, but it's REALLY needed even at this
stage after the feature freeze.


Good morning
I have been trying to use a variant = tuxtrans -> xubuntu 14 based (I
think) because I wanted to try all those translation related features.
And I tried plain and simple xubuntu too.
HOWEVER, at every second automatic upgrade I "automatically" get the
error message that "/boot is full".
(I have been asking about this several times)

Then the ONLY way (I was told) to solve that issue is to go in there and
MANUALLY delete older kernel versions (scary!).
That takes time and some
computer knowledge - and is something I have
never seen with any other linux flavors.

Is there any chance, this annoying behavior has been corrected?
Because this definitely speaks against xubuntu being fast and useful.

Thank you
Thomas


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Have you tried, from terminal:

sudo apt-get autoclean


This has cleared old kernels and other detritus for me.
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Re: [xubuntu-users] [16.04 64Bit Beta1] - Intel HD 7th Gen. GPU Support?

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If you have a spare drive; swap out the win10 drive.  Then you can play
with the beta OS without concern.  My two bits.

On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 2:35 PM, Jesse Palser <
jessepalsermailingli...@gmail.com> wrote:

> [16.04 64Bit Beta1] - Intel HD 7th Gen. GPU Support?
>
> Hi,
>
> Does Xubuntu 16.04 64Bit Beta1 fully support Intel HD 7th generation
> graphics?
> I have below motherboard and need to know before I erase Win 10:
> http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Q1900-ITX/index.us.asp
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> Thanks!
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[xubuntu-users] Curious please.

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I am looking at replacing my 17" Acer (constant freezes unresolved) with
another 17" and came across a HP Pavilion 17-g151cy.  I am interested
whether anyone has any experience with any of the HP Pavilion 17" laptops
and Xubuntu.  This page on the Ubuntu site:

http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/make/HP/

shows HP is well received; however, I am not seeing any listing for the 17"
laptops, hence, my query.  Any insight is welcome.  Thank you.

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Re: [xubuntu-users] Curious please.

[fred roller]

Thank you for your responses. I ended up with a Lenovo-17 g70 series. Look
forward to loading Xubuntu on it.

Fred Roller
On Mar 23, 2016 9:40 AM, "Yvan POSTE"  wrote:

> Fred,
>
> I do not know what you are exactly looking for, but I bought a laptop to
> this supplier: http://whyopencomputing.ch/
>
> Xubuntu 14.04 LTS is running well on it for the last 3 months.
>
> It is the
> http://shop.whyopencomputing.ch/fr/portables-why/58-portable-why-w650sz.html
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Yvan
>
>
> Yvan POSTE
> 542, rue de Rouges Barres,
> 59700 MARCQ en BAROEUL
>
> 2016-03-23 2:59 GMT+01:00 fred roller :
>
>> I am looking at replacing my 17" Acer (constant freezes unresolved) with
>> another 17" and came across a HP Pavilion 17-g151cy.  I am interested
>> whether anyone has any experience with any of the HP Pavilion 17" laptops
>> and Xubuntu.  This page on the Ubuntu site:
>>
>> http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/make/HP/
>>
>> shows HP is well received; however, I am not seeing any listing for the
>> 17" laptops, hence, my query.  Any insight is welcome.  Thank you.
>>
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Re: [xubuntu-users] toggle touchpad ON/OFF

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This should get you well on your way.  It is a good site.

http://linuxcommand.org/index.php

Where I got my start.
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Re: [xubuntu-users] toggle touchpad ON/OFF

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While working on this script part have you tried

Programs --> Settings --? Mouse and Touchpad --> Touchpad (tab)

and check the "Disable touchpad while typing" option.

That aside... sounds like the script, xinput.." command needs to query the
device id so that it grows with the OS.

Lastly, perhaps the word struggling should be changed out with
contributing.  You are correct that easier methods should be available for
many little tweaks and tricks used in any OS.  As a community, we are the
R&D department for Linux.  You are doing well to stick with it and your
efforts are appreciated.


On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 2:27 AM, Thomas Blasejewicz  wrote:

> On 2016/03/30 4:09, Steve Litt wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 30 Mar 2016 02:22:04 +0900
>> Thomas  wrote:
>>
>> On 2016年03月28日 07:49, Steve Litt wrote:
>>>
 On Sun, 27 Mar 2016 19:06:57 +0900
 Thomas  wrote:


 #!/bin/bash

 curstate=`synclient | grep -i TouchpadOff | sed -e"s/.*= //"`

 if test "$curstate" = "1"; then

 synclient TouchpadOff=0

 else

 synclient TouchpadOff=1

 fi


 What you have left now is just some troubleshooting. Start by seeing if
 the command works without a hotkey, by typing the word touchtoggle
 followed by the Enter key at the command prompt, and seeing whether it
 turns on and off the touchpad. Make sure the touchtoggle file is
 permissioned as executable by all. If it's permissioned executable for
 all and still doesn't toggle the touchpad state, you need to start
 experimenting with the individual "synclient TouchpadOff=0" and
 "synclient TouchpadOff=1" commands at the command prompt.

>>> I tried running "synclient TouchpadOff=0" in a terminal.
> That gives me the error message:
> "Couldn't find synaptics properties. No synaptics driver loaded?"
> Using Package Manager I looked for "synclient". There was ONE package
> installed
> and I added the only other apparently related package
> (xserver-xorg-input-synaptics dbg 1.8.2-ubuntu1)
>
> That did not change anything.
>
> Somebody else previously suggested using the commands:
> "xinput set-prop 14 "Device Enabled" 0 (to disable and 1 to enable)"
> THAT command actually works.
> Device ID: here "14".
> A few days ago I tried to "update" my system, made a mistake somewhere and
> ended up with an "upgrade" to 15.10.
> (lots of trouble with that one too)
> BEFORE the upgrade the same device had the ID "12". AFTER the upgrade the
> same device suddenly has the ID "14".
>
> With the above command I am supposed to create a ".desktop" file under
> /usr/local/share/applications/
> (have not yet figured out how to do that)
> and then create a shortcut (hotkey) to that file.
>
> This sounds like a real pain in the posterior,
>>
> Indeed. There REALLY should be something more easy to accomplish this
> everyday task.
>
>> but the more you do this
>> kind of troubleshooting, the more proficient you get, until, one day in
>> the near future, people start saying "Go to Thomas, he can fix
>> anything."
>>
>> Thank you for your kind words. Apparently I am not doing very well.
> I am struggling to "get friendly" with Linux for about 8 years with rather
> little success.
> The posts here make that clear I think.
> Thomas
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Re: [xubuntu-users] toggle touchpad ON/OFF

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No it is not. Focus a working script. Assigning it a key-combo is pretty
straight forward. I will explain after I get off work later.

Fred Roller
On Apr 1, 2016 5:58 AM, "Thomas Blasejewicz"  wrote:

> On 03/31/2016 05:20 PM, fred roller wrote:
>
>> While working on this script part have you tried
>>
>> Programs --> Settings --? Mouse and Touchpad --> Touchpad (tab)
>>
>> and check the "Disable touchpad while typing" option.
>>
>> That aside... sounds like the script, xinput.." command needs to query
>> the device id so that it grows with the OS.
>>
> Thank you.
> Yes, I thought of that too, but ...
> there ***IS*** no such option in xubuntu.
> At least I cannot find it.
> Under "Mouse and Touchpad" -> switch to touchpad ->
> there is a checkbox for "Enable this device" and 2-3 settings pertaining
> to speed and sensitivity.
> That is it.
>
> And .. I have tried the "Disable touchpad while typing" function on other
> computers.
> It is not very helpful and not what I am looking for.
> I want to be able to switch the touchpad ON/OFF - preferably with one
> switch (shortcut key).
> That cannot be so difficult, can it?
> Thomas
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Re: [xubuntu-users] THunar not using the right app to open files

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On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 2:38 PM, MR ZenWiz  wrote:

> 2016-04-26 0:51 GMT-07:00 Hartmut Haase :
> > Hi MR,
> >>
> >> This would be ok with me, except I have the "open with" property set to
> >> VLC.
> >
> > where did you set that?
>
> RIght click - Properties (hence my mention of the "open with" _property_).
>
> > Right click -> Open with ?
> >
> This does not set the property (although it works on a one-at-a-time
> basis).
>
> > Right click ->Properties?
> >
> This does, but it's not working.
>
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How about "Open with other Application.." option then check "Use this as
default for this type of file." option... any change in affect?
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Re: [xubuntu-users] Internet working very slow on xubuntu 16.04

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On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 10:57 AM, LibreGuarani 
wrote:

> Mmm.. I find that my Xubuntu's internet connection works faster than my
> Windows machine. What kind of computer do you have and your wifi/ethernet
> card?
>
> On 2016-04-27 10:54 AM, palansh agarwal wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have just installed xubuntu 16.04 in dual boot. While my internet works
> blazing fast in windows, it seems to be working too slow in xubuntu. Any
> help will be appreciated.
>
> Regards
> Palansh Agarwal
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Any specific information would help to troubleshoot.  Computer, nic, what
the differences are, etc.  Have you tried a speed test like at:

http://www.speedtest.net/

to see if it is in fact a speed issue are just a cache issue between the
OS's.  Info is a little too vague atm for us to help you.
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Re: [xubuntu-users] THunar not using the right app to open files

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On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 2:11 PM, MR ZenWiz  wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 1:14 AM, Petter Adsen  wrote:
> >
> > Try xfce4-mime-settings.
> >
> Interesting.  According to cdg-mime, the mp3 file type is audio/mpeg,
> which xfce4-mime-settings is showing to use VLC, but Thunar insists on
> using Audacity, even after I changed the setting to VLC and restarted
> Thunar.
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At this point I would run Thunar from cli... once open click the file and
see if it shows which config file, or such it calls to get the Audacity
option... this may or may-not reveal anything but worth a shot.  Perhaps
this will give insight to a VLC failure and is just defaulting to
Audacity.  Either way, may shed some light on the processes in your system.

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Re: [xubuntu-users] Ultimate solitaire

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On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 5:40 AM, Patrice ARNAL  wrote:

> Le 11/07/2016 16:19, Char a écrit :
>
>> My dad just bought a used laptop w/your operating system. However, all he
>> does is play ultimate solitaire. But that is a Window CD/game. What is the
>> closest solitaire game in you system yo theirs. Plz advise. Thx
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> IMHO : Solitaire Aisle Riot
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Hello, welcome to the Xubuntu community!  Glad to have you.

To find some useful games Click:

Menu button (upper/lower left) --> then Software (or Softerware Center)

This should bring up the software store/center.  Enter solitaire in the
search window and hit return.  This will yield a number of choices.  My
personal fav is AisleRiot Solitaire.  While their your Dad can look under
the games category and find several other mind exercising games he may
enjoy.  Which ever games you choose just click the "Install" button and the
system will take it from there.  You will find the games under

Menu --> Games

To uninstall any of them just go back to the same install location and
click the "Remove" button.

Hope this helps.

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Re: [xubuntu-users] Recommend Video Editing Software

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On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 8:18 PM, Robert Streeter 
wrote:

> I think that kdenlive might be able to what you are looking for. What are
> the videos of if I may ask to get a better understanding of what it is you
> are wanting to do?
>
> On Jul 20, 2016 6:37 PM, "Lee Gold"  wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Using 16.04.
>>
>> Is there any video editing software that can do this:
>>
>> I watch the video, and as I watch it I talk into a microphone and it
>> will add the sound WHILE I'm watching the video.
>>
>> Is there one application that can do all of this? I know I can add a
>> sound track to a video from a file. But I''m saying that I narrate it
>> while I'm viewing it and the sound track is added.
>>
>> Or, what's the best way?
>>
>> Thank You.
>>
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Full professional suite with Cinelerra can be found here

http://cinelerra.org/2015/

As for best way is a point of perspective. Timing would seem the issue with
the film...  you make a sound bite "while watching" then insert the bites
during editing.
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Re: [xubuntu-users] Wine is not in Menu

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On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 6:47 PM, Lee Gold  wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Using Xubuntu 16.04. I installed Wine but it is not in the menu. How do
> I fix this?
>
> Thanks
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Did you check under "All" option.. if not there you can add it via

right-click the menu -> Edit Application ->

click the Menu area you want it in...
click the + sign at the top of the window to add a launcher.
fill in the blanks and save.
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[xubuntu-users] FYI Security patch linux

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Picked this up on the Fedora list. Just passing along as it pertains to all
of Linux. I have not implemented this patch as of yet on my Xubuntu system
until I fully read the paper, some 17 pages.  Being a security issue
thought it best to at least put the info out. Discussion is more than
welcome as there seems to be some concern with increasing the ACK time.
This is not my area a specialty. Hope it helps...

\begin quote
Hi,

There is a severe security hole in TCP on the linux system.  Here are
some extracts from an abstract of the paper about the weakness.

"Instead, they identified a subtle flaw (in the form of 'side
channels') in the Linux software that enables attackers to infer the
TCP sequence numbers associated with a particular connection with no
more information than the IP address of the communicating parties. "

This means that given any two arbitrary machines on the internet, a
remote blind attacker without being able to eavesdrop on the
communication, can track users' online activity, terminate connections
with others and inject false material into their communications.
Encrypted connections (e.g., HTTPS) are immune to data injection, but
they are still subject to being forcefully terminated by the attacker.
The weakness would allow attackers to degrade the privacy of anonymity
networks, such as Tor, by forcing the connections to route through
certain relays. The attack is fast and reliable, often taking less than
a minute and showing a success rate of about 90 percent. The
researchers created a short video showing how the attacks works.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4Ns5wla9DY

"The unique aspect of the attack we demonstrated is the very low
requirement to be able to carry it out. Essentially, it can be done
easily by anyone in the world where an attack machine is in a network
that allows IP spoofing. The only piece of information that is needed
is the pair of IP addresses (for victim client and server), which is
fairly easy to obtain," Qian said.

Qian said the researchers have alerted Linux about the vulnerability,
which has resulted in patches applied to the latest Linux version.
Until then, Qian recommends the following temporary patch that can be
applied to both client and server hosts. It simply raises the
`challenge ACK limit' to an extremely large value to make it
practically impossible to exploit the side channel. This can be done on
Ubuntu, for instance, as follows:

1. Open /etc/sysctl.conf, append a command
"/net.ipv4/tcp_challenge_ack_limit = 9".

2. Use "sysctl -p" to update the configuration.

The full paper is available here as a pdf.
http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~zhiyunq/pub/sec16_TCP_pure_offpath.pdf

How soon will we see a kernel in Fedora that has this fixed?  Or is it
already fixed?

Thanks.
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Re: [xubuntu-users] Laptop failing to shut down properly

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Shut down and hit esc once the icon shows so you can watch the shut down
sequence.  See where it hangs.

Fred Roller

On Sep 23, 2016 11:36 AM, "Neil Winchurst"  wrote:

> Recently I upgraded to Xubuntu 16.04 on my desk top computer. I also have
> a laptop as backup so I installed the same on that too. Then I found that,
> when trying to shut down, the laptop did not close down properly, but just
> stayed on a screen with a circle looping round and round. I had to close
> down by holding the power button down until it all finally stopped.
>
> Looking on the internet I find that a lot of people are having the same
> problem with version 16.04. There are various suggestions for fixing it,
> some of which work for some people but not for others. My wife and daughter
> are still on version 14.04 and I was planning to upgrade their laptops too,
> but not now.
>
> Has anyone on the list had this problem too? It seems to be just with
> Xubuntu and not Xfce. I have also tested both Linux Lite and Linux Mint
> with Xfce and they were fine. My desktop mostly works, but a couple of
> times I have had the same problem with that.
>
> Any suggestions, comments, help gratefully received.
>
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Re: [xubuntu-users] Laptop failing to shut down properly

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Then try what I suggest, it should show the process that is taking good so
long. My guess is network related.

Fred Roller

On Sep 24, 2016 8:03 AM, "Neil Winchurst"  wrote:

> On 23/09/16 22:13, fred roller wrote:
>
>> Shut down and hit esc once the icon shows so you can watch the shut down
>> sequence.  See where it hangs.
>>
>> Fred Roller
>>
>>
>> Thanks. Before I tried that I thought to see if it would shut down after
> waiting for a while. I did not time it but I left it with the circle going
> round and carried on doing something else. When I looked back it had closed
> down properly.
>
> So it is not refusing to shut down, it is just taking longer than it
> should. Something must be causing this delay.
>
> More research,  sigh
>
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Re: [xubuntu-users] editing applications menu?

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On Wed, Oct 5, 2016 at 11:02 AM, Ulli Horlacher <
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> I want to modify the application menu (Xubuntu 16.04).
> When I call Setting->"Menu Editor" the program menulibre is started.
> I can modify or add new items, but I cannot remove items.
>
> For example, how can I delete the second item "Mail Reader" in the main
> list?
>
> And another problem: when I change ANYTHING with menulibre the application
> menu is gone. Neither right-click on desktop background nor "xfdesktop
> --menu" work any more.
>
> I have to logout/login to have it back.
>
> PS: Is there an offical site to report bugs like this?
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If you are simply removing items from the favorites list (assuming this is
what you mean by "main list") then right click the item and choose "Remove
>From Favorites".  Removing items from the rest of the menu sets I imagine
comes from the uninstalling of the software.  Floating over the the
"Delete" option reveals the user does not have permission and Menulibre
will not run as root.  This tells me the developers took measures to allow
the software to control it's own removal.  I am just making an educated
guess at this point and someone else may be able to elaborate.  You can;
however, choose whether the items show up in the menu by turning ON/OFF the
"Hide from Menu" option on the individual items in menulibre. HTH.

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Re: [xubuntu-users] editing applications menu?

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On Wed, Oct 5, 2016 at 11:33 AM, Ulli Horlacher <
frams...@rus.uni-stuttgart.de> wrote:

> On Wed 2016-10-05 (11:19), fred roller wrote:
>
> > > I want to modify the application menu (Xubuntu 16.04).
> > > When I call Setting->"Menu Editor" the program menulibre is started.
> > > I can modify or add new items, but I cannot remove items.
> > >
> >
> > If you are simply removing items from the favorites list (assuming this
> is
> > what you mean by "main list") then right click the item and choose
> "Remove
> > From Favorites".
>
> No , I do not mean the Xfce menu from the panel, but the application menu
> which appears when you right-click on the desktop background or run the
> command "xfdesktop --menu"
>
> In fact, I do not use the Xfce menu / favorites at all.
>
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I understand.  Then the option to turn ON/OFF the "Hide From Menus" in
menulibre should at least remove the options from view.  I had to log out
and back in because on the fly caused all the menu items to disappear when
I clicked save in menulibre, but all was fine the changes stuck once I had
logged back in.

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Re: [xubuntu-users] editing applications menu?

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On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 3:05 AM, Ulli Horlacher <
frams...@rus.uni-stuttgart.de> wrote:

> On Wed 2016-10-05 (11:19), fred roller wrote:
>
> > however, choose whether the items show up in the menu by turning ON/OFF
> the
> > "Hide from Menu" option on the individual items in menulibre. HTH.
>
> This removes ALL appearances of this item in all directories.
> I would like just to remove "Mail Reader" and "Web Browser" from the main
> directory, but keep them in "Internet" directory.
>
> This seems not possible?


In the menulibre you have to navigate to the individual item, in your case
mail reader.  Then choose turn on "HideFromMenu" option per item.  I did
this to be sure before I posted so I know it works.  Please note that after
I had to re-log because a bug that hides all items when you try on the
fly.  But once you re-log all is fine and your individual icon is hidden.
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Re: [xubuntu-users] editing applications menu?

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On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 8:57 AM, Ulli Horlacher <
frams...@rus.uni-stuttgart.de> wrote:

> Yes, I have done this. But it removes ALL items of this kind in ALL
> (sub)directories!
> I just want to hide it in the toplevel directory and keep it in the
> "Internet" directory.
>

Fair enough.  Kiyotaka seems to have a solution.  Sorry it wasn't what you
needed.  Good luck.
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Re: [xubuntu-users] Gnome Control Center

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I agree that the convenience of the adding access to the cloud services
would be nice.  Wouldn't a better request be to add the cloud services to
the current xfce settings manager.  This would avoid the gnome dependencies
and keep the OS clean.  Currently I use:


http://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-mount-your-google-drive-on-linux-with-google-drive-ocamlfuse/

to mount google-drive.  And while it works well enough, what I saw in yours
would be more user friendly.

my 2 bits.

Fred

On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 8:13 AM, Dan Juarez  wrote:

> The one problem I have with any Gnome application is that they do not
> adhere to whatever theme (specifically, Window Manager) selection is in use
> on the Xubuntu system. One of the things I love about Xubuntu (XFCE) is the
> ability to quickly and easily change the look of the entire system (using
> XFCE Theme Manager). However, Gnome apps don't respect the Window Manager
> selection. With this latest release (16.04) for example, I removed the
> Gnome Calculator in favor of Galculator so that my chosen theme would be
> used whenever I called for a calculator. I don't like Gnome apps for this
> reason. If I wanted the Gnome look, I would just switch to a Gnome based
> distro. Long live XFCE!!
>
> Thanks,
>
> On 10/18/2016 12:37 AM, caligaris wrote:
>
> Hello
>
> I would like to make a request for the next versions of Xubuntu.
>
> I believe we should have Gnome Control Center installed by default. It
> gives us access to many cloud service with a simple click. Specially for
> those who depend on Google Drive.
>
> I made a video on how to install it on Xubuntu 16.04 and I had some good
> feedback from many users.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Px_1cZZPE-Y
>
> Any opinions from anyone else?
>
> -Gio
>
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Re: [xubuntu-users] Gnome Control Center

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Gnome Control Panel is just a menu set... what program is being called and
is it install-able on Xubuntu.  If it is, should be a matter of setting up
the menu item in Settings and All Setting I would think.

On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 1:18 PM, caligaris  wrote:

> I also think designing an app to have access to cloud services for XFCE
> would be ideal, but seen how slow XFCE devs work and every Xubuntu release
> tends to be the same I don't think is a realistic scenario. That's why I
> believe Gnome Control Center is the best option and avoids re-inventing the
> wheel. Also it has great integration with most Cloud services, even better
> than Unity Online Accounts.
>
> -Gio
>
> On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 5:12 PM, Robert Streeter 
> wrote:
>
> I am all for the cloud integration into Xubuntu but installing Gnome
> Control center is not the way, I don't think that would solve this. I
> believe it would be up to the devs of Xfce they could design an app much
> like gnome online accounts and integrate it into the desktop environment.
> This is a good idea to voice to voice to the devs.
>
> On Oct 18, 2016 10:51 AM, "caligaris"  wrote:
>
>> I think you guys are getting a bit off topic.
>>
>> The main reason to use Gnome Control Center is to have easy access to
>> Cloud Services. We are moving more towards the cloud and I find a lot of
>> distros are trying to offer support to these services.
>>
>> For the ones that have been talking about Gnome apps breaking your theme,
>> that will soon change. XFCE 4.14 is moving towards GTK3 and Xubuntu 16.10
>> is already shipping with some xfce 4.14 plugins. By then most XFCE themes
>> should move to gtk3 as well.
>>
>> I think is the right time to include Gnome Control Center to future
>> Xubuntu releases.
>>
>> -Gio
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 4:43 PM, Dan Juarez  wrote:
>>
>> Right, take a look at my screenshot here:
>>
>> http://lifeseven.com/screenshots/DontLikeGnome.png
>>
>> The Mousepad app shows the correct window border where the Gnome
>> Calculator on the right, shows the Gnome window border (ugly). As you can
>> see the Gnome Calculator is not picking up and using the defined window
>> dressing. I don't like that. :-/
>>
>> Like I mentioned earlier, I just uninstalled that app and installed
>> Galculator instead which works/loooks like my other apps.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> On 10/18/2016 09:14 AM, Eric Christopherson wrote:
>>
>> How do GNOME apps ignore the widow manager theme? Do they draw their own
>> window decorations or something? (I'm not on my Xubuntu box to check right
>> now.)
>>
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Re: [xubuntu-users] dragging document icons to reposition them in the top menu-bar-type icon list apparatus

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On Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 1:24 AM, Dan Hitt  wrote:

> So, first, what is the name of the GUI element that exists along the
> very top of the screen?
>
>
The top bar with the time, etc, etc, is a Panel.  Right click anywhere ->
Panel -> Panel Preference to make adjustments to the panel itself.


> I want to arrange the icons in a different order.
>

Right click any specific icon -> Move, will unlock that icon and "glue" it
to the mouse which can then be dragged along the panel to a new position
noted by a vertical bar in the panel for placement.  Left click to release
and place the item in the new position on the Panel.

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Re: [xubuntu-users] gestore pacchetti

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2016-10-31 16:20 GMT-04:00 Alfredo Stucchi :

> Sarei grato se potete dirmi come trovare il gestore pacchetti dal menu. Ho
> installato xubuntu 16.10 32 bit con software 3.20.1 il mio pc toshiba
> 1400-503 proc.Celeron 1,33GHz , 256 mb SDRAM HD 20 GB. Grazie
> L'apertura mentale non è una frattura del cranio.
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Supponendo che si intende 16.10? Se è necessario il pacchetto direttore GUI
è il "Software" che si trova nel menu dell'applicazione, l'icona in alto a
sinistra del mouse. Si aprirà la Software Center dalla quale è possibile
vedere il software installato.

GUI tradizionale è disponibile in

Impostazione -> Software & Aggiornamenti

Naturalmente ci sono i comandi da terminale disponibili pure.

tradotta tramite Google.

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Re: [xubuntu-users] Search for files and Folders on a Mounted USB devive?

[fred roller]

On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 1:22 PM, Lee Gold  wrote:

> Hi,
>
> using 14.04 and 16.04.
>
> How to I search for files and /or folders on a USB device like a flash
> drive or a USB connected and mounted Android phone?
>
> Googled it but cannot find a definitive answer.
>
> Thanks
>

if either is already mounted it should be showing in the file manager of
either distribution:

Menu -> File Manager

If you are looking from command line then most devices mount in the
"/Media" directory.  List the directory with:

ls /Media/[username]/

example:

froller@Metis:~$ ls /media/froller/
Lexar
froller@Metis:~$

HTH

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Re: [xubuntu-users] Printer driver support info

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> I am going to buy a new printer from local computer store. There are
discounted Epson L220. I want to first ensure if this type fully supported
in my Xubuntu 16.04 machine? I gladly appreciated if anyone have >
information about this subject. Best regards.

Steps for Ubuntu on 14.04.  It gets a linux driver for the epson so should
work.  Worth a shot:

http://askubuntu.com/questions/709824/how-do-i-install-the-epson-l220-printer-driver-on-ubuntu-14-04-lts

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Re: [xubuntu-users] Printer driver support info

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Personally, if you are printing a lot of documents then the cost of a laser
printer along with cost of ownership is much cheaper than inkjet... and it
doesn't clog ;).  B/W is cheapest with the color very affordable. Also, did
the OP find a solution?

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Re: [xubuntu-users] Scroll bar behavior?

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Generally speaking pgup/pgdwn button will scroll 1 "page".  clicking in the
space above or below the scroll position indicator on the scroll bar will
page up or down respectively as well. Are you looking for something more
specific?

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Re: [xubuntu-users] removing thunar on Xubuntu 16.04

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> If it's not possible, is there a way to set a different default file
manager system wide (maybe from skel directory, for all users)?

Install file-manager of choice then:

All Settings -> Preferred Applications -> Utilities

Drop down menu for file-manager should have the available options.  I know
you can do a custom build for the skel directory but it's been too long
since I have done so to offer any sane advice.  A quick search should yield
some decent how-to's if memory serves.

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Re: [xubuntu-users] Wierd problem with gmusicbrowser, plays at double time (i.e. too fast)

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On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 11:56 AM, Chris Green  wrote:

> I have a wierd problem with gmusicbrowser.
>
> It plays audio too fast, the pitch is correct but tracks are played in
> half the time they should be, hence the output is somewhat garbled
> because 50% of it is sort of missing or at least overlapping.
>
> Does anyone have any idea what might be causing this?
>
> It's on xubuntu 16.04 running on an Acer Aspire laptop.
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Two things:

Have you tried another music player to isolate the issue to gmusic browser
and have you tried running gmusic from command line and pipe the messages
to a custom log:

gmusic 1> ~/Documents/gmb_log

not sure of the exact command because my system purges the program and I
use rhythmbox so double check.  This should start the program and if memory
serves the "1> ~/Documents/" should pipe the program messages to a file
named "gmb_log" located in your Documents folder.  Play a song long enough
to repeat the issue, stop, exit the program.  Look into the gmb_log and see
if any messages or errors stand out.  I am assuming you are familiar with
command line and apologize if you are not; I can make this a bit more step
by step if needed.  We just need to fish out some additional information
for troubleshooting.  Also might want to try different audio file types to
see if it is a decoding issue.

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Re: [xubuntu-users] Wierd problem with gmusicbrowser, plays at double time (i.e. too fast)

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>
> These commands were not found : mpg123, flac123, mpg321, ogg123
>  => these file types won't be played by the 123 output : mp3, oga, flac
>
> Is that "These commands were not found" my problem?
>
>
According to this discussion:
http://forum.ubuntu-it.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=584038

" Gmusicbrowser on the official website it was written that the program
needs two packages: perl and gtk-2."  He/she installed these programs and
seemed to clear their issue up.  Audio is not my strong suite but seems
there are some missing backend support for your audio.  I usually install
the restricted extras [be sure to understand the restrictions and
conditions] which seems to pull additional gstreamer software, I know
parole has consistently choked on gstreamer issues which is why I don't use
it.  VLC is very hardy and forgiving so it surprises me it would have
issues.  Would be curious to see what errors it has in playing [run from
command line again]; perhaps with verbose option for greater detail.

What file type is the music?  If mp[?] have you tried converting to ogg and
tried playing it?  Don't think it would make a diff because of the above
error, but you never know.
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Re: [xubuntu-users] Wierd problem with gmusicbrowser, plays at double time (i.e. too fast)

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> It's on xubuntu 16.04 running on an Acer Aspire laptop.
>

Another idea, if you are able to play on other systems; the Aspire, if it
is using the Intel chips may be using the Intel atom chipset to handle
audio/video... I had an Aspire; twice.  The first w/ AMD served well for
nearly 8 years under Linux.  The second, the replacement with Intel, froze;
complete and none responsive.  So bad it left no error logs.  To the best
of my ability to troubleshoot and research I believe the atom chipset was
responsible.  Might be worth looking into and then seeing if there are
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Re: [xubuntu-users] ...just learned a lesson that I really already knew...

[fred roller]

On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 10:50 PM, Len Philpot  wrote:

> Speaking of number lock: Is there a way to reliably and safely enable it
> at login?
>

I believe that System Settings --> Keyboard --> Behavior should have a
"Restore num lock state on startup" option.  Make sure it is checked and it
should remember from there on.  By the by, seems you did well in recovering
your system.  Thanks for sharing, should help some poor soul.  We tend to
beat our beloved *nix systems and it still patiently works as we learn.  In
remembering all the changes one is bound to slip on occasion.  Good job.

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Re: [xubuntu-users] Music player app that plays direct from files/folders and doesn't require double-click

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On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 8:34 AM, Chris Green  wrote:

> This is to use on a laptop where double-clicking (for me anyway) is
> awkward.  On my desktop I have a dedicated mouse button for double
> clicking but this isn't possible on the laptop.
>

Don't know about the file requirements right off; but, have you tried
adjusting the double-click timing?

All Settings --> Mouse and Touchpad --> Behavior

Double clicking time set to longer/higher time may make the laptop more
tolerable.  Just a thought.

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Re: [xubuntu-users] Why does Firefox persist as default browser in some contexts...

[fred roller]

Each program may/does have it's own preference setting.  Some software will
call on the system and some, like Thunderbird I believe, will set the
preference locally within itself.

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On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 7:43 PM, Len Philpot  wrote:

> ...despite not being visibly set as default? For HTML files in a volume,
> Chrome opens by default. Yet particularly from applications when opening
> HTML help, for example, they all-too-often do so in Firefox.
>
>- I have Chrome set as the web browser in Preferred Applications.
>- There are zero references to Firefox (nor Mozilla, for that matter) to
>be found in the Mime Type Editor.
>- 'exo-open --launch WebBrowser' launches Chrome
>- 'update-alternatives' shows Chrome as the "auto mode" default,
>although there's a manual mode available (not tried that yet)
>- There are no in-app preferences for default browsers in the apps
>
> What am I missing?
> Thanks.
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Re: [xubuntu-users] Why does Firefox persist as default browser in some contexts...

[fred roller]

| You're right about T-bird, it took an extension to get it to use Chrome.
But I've had it happen with software that has no such configuration. For
example, just this evening with Areca backup.

Dan,

Pulled the following default config for Areca.  Programmers may sometimes
hard code the options.  I suggest you find "fwk.properties" and amend the
"os.browsers= " to include "google-chrome-stable" I think it will resolve
this programs issue.  Caveat, I am not a programmer, just been mucking
around the Linux system for a bit and understand the beauty in it's
simplicity.  While hopefully this discussion will prompt the developers,
who are grossly under appreciated imho btw, to a more unified convention;
we can get by with these little fixes.  Hope this helps and you are able to
ferret out the other programs you are having issue with on your system.

# Miscellaneous settings
backup.debug = false
smtp.debug=false
cache.preload = false
os.browsers = firefox, opera, konqueror, epiphany, mozilla, netscape
 <<<-- these are the browsers is in order of priority presumably
sse.protocols = SSL, TLS, TLS-P, TLS-C
repository.check.consistency = true
log.default.history = 10
delta.debug = false


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Re: [xubuntu-users] partition intermittently mounts: dying hard drive or bug?

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On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 3:25 AM, JMZ  wrote:

> I'm wondering: is this a hardware or software problem?


Eliminate choices by testing... If you are comfy with cli then:

opt 1:
$ sudo fsck /dev/sdz

where "z" is the drive letter for your external drive when mounted usually
found with the "df -h" command.  "man fsck" for complete command
information.

opt 2:[1]
$ sudo apt-get install gnome-disk-utility -y

then once installed:
$ gnome-disks

which will bring up a GUI utility.  Your disk should be listed.  Click on
the disk and from the menu in the upper right choose the SMART check
option.  This should give you a status and do a disk check if you use the
option in the lower left corner.

opt 3:[1]
$ sudo apt-get install smartmontools

then once installed:
$ man smartctl

this will get you the man page for the Control and Monitor Utility for
SMART Disks.  From here you can find the options that best suits your
needs.  I have not used this myself so read carefully.


Something tells me I should just do a final backup, brick the drive, and
> just start over.


You should backup in any case.  Especially until you figure this out and
before you start running checks of software/hardware.



> Though maybe the current drive can be salvaged (it's only four years old
> -- do drives die that fast now?).


Three years is the average life expectancy but the actual life span is
measured in running hours which your disk brand's total life can be looked
up on the net.  The SMART tools will tell you how many hours your disk has
on it which compared to its operational life span will tell you if it is
time to "brick" it.  Also, being an external drive check connections and
idle functions.  If it is an older spinner then the platters may just be
spinning down and the disk going to sleep which can cause a disconnect but
that is just a wag.  Change out the cable, which if four years old too, may
have micro breaks in the line or build up on the contacts (use an eraser to
clean the leads if you can get to them.)

Another option is to back up the data and reformat the whole drive (Z out
the drive and start over).  This should reset any software issues you may
have unless you want to troubleshoot the software.  Search for firmware
updates for the disk as well.

Hope this helps and gets you headed in the right direction.

[1]
http://askubuntu.com/questions/528072/how-can-i-check-the-smart-status-of-a-drive-on-ubuntu-14-04-through-16-10

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Re: [xubuntu-users] partition intermittently mounts: dying hard drive or bug?

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On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 11:45 AM, JMZ  wrote:

> Ugh, I thought that was the case.  Magnetic storage is inexpensive these
> days.  It'd be unprofitable for a manufacturer to develop a five-year or
> seven-year hard drive. :-(
>

IMO; get the enclosure vs. a dedicated hdd... this allows for just
purchasing the drive as the enclosure will last longer in most cases.
 about $40US for the enclosure.  I recycle older drives with life left in
them which have come from laptops (i.e. I upgrade my my laptop to ssd and
now have a 1G platter drive with <100 hrs on it., etc.) for general use.
More sensitive data get put on more reliable drives which I purchase for
the enclosure or in my case I purchased a dedicated NAS of 4G.

Glad I could help. Good luck and get those back-ups done.

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Re: [xubuntu-users] partition intermittently mounts: dying hard drive or bug?

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On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 12:36 PM, fred roller 
wrote:

> 1G


*..1T...
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Re: [xubuntu-users] partition intermittently mounts: dying hard drive or bug?

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On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 4:50 PM, Peter Flynn  wrote:

> > I've got a SCSI drive with IIRC around 42 MiB.
>
> I'll raise you two 5¼" floppies and see you :-)
>
> Sitting on a shelf I have a 30Mb HardCard which is a hard disk mounted
> on a long-form ISA card. You lift the lid of your PC XT, push in the
> card, close the lid, and reboot -- presto! you have a 30Mb D: drive. No
> drivers, zero config. It still works, and on it I found a copy of
> WordStar 1512 and a copy of TeX, all in functioning order. However, I
> have not tried it under Ubuntu yet.


LOL.  I will see your ISA long form and raise you 100# two man lift best
guess 4Mb drive, IBM, I believe, that we recovered from a salvage.
Platters were LP size if memory serves.  We put it in the board room as a
drive evolution display.  That was about 8 yrs ago but it was a wild find.
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Re: [xubuntu-users] Is there a Linux Distro with MS Word Pre installed?

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Ubuntu and it's spin off distros such as Xubuntu come pre-installed with
LibreOffice which import/exports to MS Word etc.  MS Word in Linux would be
like trying to fit a Ford part in a Chevy... they simply are not made for
each other.  There are solutions available to include but not limited to a
number of word processors such as LibreOffice and OpenOffice.  My
experience in helping people start with Linux is that Xubuntu tends to be
the least troublesome most intuitive distro available for new users.  The
Software Center makes it easy to install and uninstall a variety of
applications so you can fit the system to your needs.  There are solutions
available to get MS software to work on Linux but that is a discussion for
another time but they do exist.  Good luck in your search.

-- Fred

On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 3:07 PM, Will  wrote:

> I would like to leave Windows forever but I need MS Word.  Does anyone
> know of an easy to install Linux distro with MS Word included?  By included
> I mean when installed MS word is ready to use with no involved
> configuration.
>
> Thank you
> William Tabacchi
>
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Re: [xubuntu-users] Seeking help: computer wakes to dark screen

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As a wag, have you tried booting to live usb/cd and wake from suspend? Live
tends to run broader support and may shake some answers loose. Used to do
this when WiFi was shaky at first.

On Jan 21, 2017 9:41 AM, "Roger"  wrote:

> Take a look at RAM utilisation before jumping to buying more. It's rare to
> go over using 2 GB. LINUX is very good at utilizing RAM efficiently.
>
> On January 21, 2017 12:58:15 AM EST, JMZ  wrote:
>>
>> Peter's tips on swap reminds me of another point.  2GB RAM is a bit
>> small, even for xubuntu.  Swap isn't really the same as RAM memory.
>> Generally speaking, it's a hard disk partition which emulates RAM memory
>> when the RAM is maxed out.  It's slow, and not as reliable as RAM memory.
>>
>> I've never owned any Mac, but the new Macs are very similar to PC's
>> under the hood.  I'd get another 2GB of memory at least just to make
>> sure that you aren't relying on swap to keep your system running. RAM is
>> really cheap now compared to, say, 23 years ago ($20, $30?). I remember
>> buying _2 MB_ of PC RAM for $200 ($325 today) in the early 1990s!
>>
>> Jordan
>>
>>>  On 01/20/2017 01:44 PM, Joanna Hoyt wrote:
>>>
  I just installed 32-bit Xubuntu LTS 16.04 Xenial Xerus on a
  partition of my MacBook Pro 1,2 with a 2.16 GHz Intel Core Duo
  processor and 2GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM. The brightness is fine at
  startup and during use, but after sleep the screen is very dark;
  [...] I've also seen online posts from Xubuntu users with different
  hardware reporting the same problem.

>>>
>>>
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Re: [xubuntu-users] xubuntu-users Digest, Vol 120, Issue 29

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On Sat, Jan 21, 2017 at 5:28 PM, Peter Flynn  wrote:

> Linux will technically *run* in 512MB but IMHE it will absolutely
> *crawl*, taking many minutes to respond to the mouse or keyboard. I'm on
> a 2GB laptop at the moment, and it's working OK, but occasionally slows
> down when switching from application to application. And it takes 7-8
> mins to boot.
>
> I wouldn't want to run more than 3-4 user applications (eg mail, web,
> wordprocessor, spreadsheet) simultaneously unless you have more than 2GB
> memory. But there are *lots* of other factors involved.
>

In my experience the largest culprits for slow systems is primarily the
amount of cache on the processors, ram, and these days ssd vs hdd.  Cheap
computers = low cache in most cases because lvl 1-3 cache is expensive and
1-2 are usually built into the processing chip itself (think Celeron).
Linux of most flavors tend to do well with RAM but as mentioned, some
programs will suck it all up in a flash. Montior with the cli command "top"
and you can get a good idea of what is using what. The old rule of 2x was
true but my current system has 50% (4Gb swap w/ 8Gb RAM) and barely
utilizes half of the swap.  I have 4 "desktops" with and average of 4-6
programs per desktop running on a single laptop system.  SSD has given the
most significant jump in speed since I don't have to wait for platters to
spin up to speed.  Digging into your system should reveal some tweaks to
get some speed out of it and old timer tricks like on platter drives (hdd)
you can put your boot partition and swap way up front in the sector count
and the less active data near the end of the sector count.  At this point I
realize I ramble but you get the point.  Ubuntu was originally designed for
old low end systems in Africa where they didn't have the best to work with
and the students needed access to technology.  I agree with Peter, watch
the memory hogs and if necessary use alternatives, that's the beauty of
Linux, you have choices.
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Re: [xubuntu-users] xubuntu-users Digest, Vol 120, Issue 29

[fred roller]

On Sun, Jan 22, 2017 at 1:20 PM, Ralf Mardorf 
wrote:

> You could plan for a foreseeable time, depending on the kind of
> usage, this could be much more than 10 years using the same machine, but
> even after many years you unlikely will need more RAM for this machine.
> It might be possible that you need to replace borked RAM, then it might
> be comfortable, if the machine was over-equip, assuming no trash
> computers from this generation should be available, to repair the
> computer.
>

Maybe they could finally start rolling out photonic technology and
alleviate the need for RAM and CACHE memory.  Hard drive access would be at
processor speed so no need for stepping up.  Ah the dreams of bleeding
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Re: [xubuntu-users] virtualbox issue with linux/version.h and shared folders between guest and host

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Quick question on the share...  Why not a sshfs share between the host and
guest?  Both are Linux and don't need the extra load to communicate.  Since
my guest systems are bridged nics I can link via standard practice and
sshfs has been the best generic solution with only installing the ssh and
sshfs package.  If ssh is not desired then other Linux solutions to mount
remote folders should work as well since both systems are already on the
same network.  Hypothetically using the inet (internal network function of
Vbox) should still work if security is an issue.  Pardon my ignorance, but
seems like a lot of trouble here for something that is native to Linux so I
am just curious as to why?  To be sure, these share folder options did help
when I was working on Windows guests; however, Linux to Linux seemed best
to just use the tools available.

On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 2:21 AM, Ralf Mardorf 
wrote:

> On Mon, 23 Jan 2017 07:13:25 -0800, Dan Hitt wrote:
> >Is your recommendation then to edit VBoxLinuxAdditions.run to modify
> >the build path?
>
> You could add a link to the build tree or copy it to the other pass,
> but I don't know if this solves the issue. IIRC /lib/modules/*/ is a
> link against /usr/src/*/, so just add a link linux/version.h against
> the existing version.h.
>
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Re: [xubuntu-users] Dell 5520

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I have had good success with every generation of Xubuntu on Dells I have
installed with my clients when I used to consult.  Nothing of great note
comes to mind as unsolvable obstacles on desktops.  There laptops seemed to
do good as well with the only issue tending to be WiFi, but WiFi
integration has come a long ways since.  The only issue I have found lately
has not been with Dell specifically but rather anything running the Intel
atom processor for a graphics card, generally noted as built-in graphics on
Intel boards (you have to dig a little to see it is an Atom chip.)  These
chips have (last year) consistently froze the system without warning or
error.  Brand did not matter.  HIH.

-- Fred

On Sat, May 6, 2017 at 8:26 AM, David Snyderman  wrote:

> I'm thinking of picking up a Dell 5520, preinstalled with U-16.04.
>
> Does anyone have any experience with Dells? Any issues upgrading to newer
> releases? What about using Xubuntu on it?
>
> Also, any issues installing over? I like to have an encrypted drive-- I
> think that will require a reinstall. Wondering if there are any sage words
> of advice?
>
> The decision came down to the Dell, a ThinkPad T470, or a System76
> Gazelle. While I really like my current System76 Galago, the Gazelle is
> heavier by a fair amount. The problem with the ThinkPad is that it doesn't
> come preinstalled (which leaves me concerned about support) and I can't get
> it with the drive configuration I want (SSD for OS and 2 TB HD for data
> etc.). But I'm willing to hear suggestions...
>
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>
> David
>
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Re: [xubuntu-users] Exceedingly Grateful

[fred roller]

Joao, excellent points you made.  I am not a programmer.  My intro to Linux
came when I converted my entire office (back when I had an office) to
Linux.  Trial and error, I landed here with Xubuntu as the hands down,
overall, easiest distro to deal with for new users.  My contribution is
more on the ground helping new users get to know and understand Linux.
Windows, for all it's conveniences comes with a hefty price between ad
intrusion and security practices I do not agree (i.e. default admin user
whether password is set or no.)

The Linux community has a more than functioning level of ready made
software and continues to refine the interface.  Help with Xubuntu has
always been better and faster overall than commercial.  I dare say, most of
the technology I see in use; PC, laptops, tablets, routers, phone systems,
phones, software, etc. etc. is either straight up Linux or inspired through
the work of the volunteers. Glad you are on board and hope the journey is
as fruitful for you as it has been for myself.  The key about Linux IMHO is
it opens choices; choices one must intelligently decide.

-- Fred

On Sat, May 13, 2017 at 10:45 PM, chris  wrote:

> On 14/05/17 11:59, Joao Monteiro wrote:
>
>> Hi again folks,
>>
>> Thank you for your replies and understanding, appreciated.
>>
>> Not sure this will be the right place for this reply, but it is on topic
>> (of gratefulness and history on how I got here). So please feel free to
>> move it to wherever it may be appropriate and let me know so that I
>> don’t pester anybody unecessarily again lol…
>>
>> Peter, I had my first contact with Linux actually over 15 years ago, but
>> only in the last 3 did I start to probe into it on a regular basis and
>> fidling with it more seriously. (BTW, I'm Ccing you here as well to se
>> if I do it right)
>>
>> My very first runs were with Red Hat Linux and then Suse Linux after
>> that. Bought the Red Hat Bible book in my local bookstore and used the
>> installation disk it brought. The very first thing that was instantly
>> noticeable was that I would require an awful lot of in-depth computing
>> knowledge to get it all right – loads of command line tuning for it all
>> to work fairly well.
>>
>> Same with Suse Linux; bought a box set of 5 CD’s and acompanying manual.
>> Same problems as with Red Hat.
>>
>> I am from the days of ZX Spectrum connected to the tele and a tape
>> recorder to load the programs and then moved onto PC with DOS. No
>> windows then, just the command prompt, so had a good experience using
>> it. But Linux is Unix like and Unix has by far an awful lot more of
>> commands, different syntax, structure, etc.
>>
>> So, about 3 years ago I started to seriously delve into Linux, as I got
>> an Asus eeepc 1000H off a colleague at work for peanuts. It paid off.
>>
>> Tried Debian, Red Hat again, Suse, Fedora and finally Ubuntu. All
>> versions of linux after Ubuntu have all been Ubuntu derivatives in one
>> way or another. Last year, after much reading, tried Mint and then Mate.
>> Have to say that Mate was indeed the one that prevented me from finally
>> giving up. It worked very well on the eeepc but still with glitches here
>> and there – the main one was a constant pop up notification saying that
>> something had stopped working and when I looke into it it was the Marco
>> (desktop wallpaper background?). Nothing major, in all honesty, but
>> somehow it still didn’t feel quite right. Funny thing is, I can’t really
>> say what or why it didn’t feel quite right. Perhaps it was the ongoing
>> arguing between some involved in its development/upkeeping about
>> technicalities, like placing this or that in this menu or that, or using
>> unity or not, I don’t now… something didn’t feel quite right for me. But
>> it definitely gave me hope and encouraged me to not give up. For that I
>> will always keep it at hand with gratitude.
>>
>> A few weeks ago, whilst trying to find some answers for some drivers
>> issues for it, I kept coming across references to xubuntu and to the
>> xfce desktop. So, digged into xubuntu info and found the 32 and 64 bit
>> ISOs for a bootable USB stick. Gave it a try and the rest is history.
>>
>> It was like it had been written for the eeepc. Everything worked
>> straight away without a single glitch. Mind you, Mate did work
>> exceedingly well as well, but sometimes it would hang up if I had more
>> than 3 applications open or if I tried to copy files with one
>> application while another one was downloading something at the same
>> time… stuff like that. And I didn’t know of any means to kill the
>> hanging application(s) or doing a soft reset, so had to end up pushing
>> the power button for a hard reset.
>>
>> With xubuntu xfce dsktop I even have a “Ctrl+Alt+Backspace” option for
>> an emergency soft reset if need be, which I implemented by following the
>> “10 things to do after installing xubuntu xfce”.
>>
>> Just today, prior to making my first post here, my screen started to
>

Re: [xubuntu-users] Exceedingly Grateful

[fred roller]

On Sun, May 14, 2017 at 1:52 PM, Joao Monteiro 
wrote:

> So... good documentation, well structured and explained... yup. I'm all
> for it. I think it's critical to any field of human knoledge, so that
> knowledge can be adequately preserved and passed onto future generations.
> hell, it is critical to ourselves, to build upon it improvements,
> novelties, development, progress...


I love your passion for this subject.  Can I invite you to look into the
help channel to contribute your insight.

This is the generic "Get Involved" page.  https://xubuntu.org/contribute/
 the two areas which you may be interested is the Documentation and Quality
Assurance.  We are just folks, some have incredible programming skills and
the rest of us have our own particular strength to contribute.  Hope you
can look into the help system, sounds like they could use you.

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Re: [xubuntu-users] "Couldn't create temporary file ..."

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On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 7:41 PM, Hans Schneidhofer 
wrote:

> E: Couldn't create temporary file to work with
> /var/lib/apt/lists/gd.tuwien.ac.at_opsys_linux_ubuntu_archive_dists_xen
> ial_InRelease - mkstemp (30: Das Dateisystem ist nur lesbar) --> [The file
> system is read only]
> E: Die Liste der Paketquellen oder die Status-Datei konnten nicht
> geöffnet werden. --> [The list of package sources or the status file could
> not be opened.]
> E: _cache->open() failed, please report.
>
> W: Es wird keine Sperre für schreibgeschützte Sperrdatei -->[There will be
> no lock for read-only lock file]
> /var/lib/dpkg/lock verwendet.
> *
>

Seems a permission issue somewhere.  You can check the tempfs /run/lock,
which I believe synaptic uses.  Also, might check the list file
"gd.tuwien.ac.at_opsys_linux_ubuntu_archive_dists_xen" for permission
issues as well.

My two bits,
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Re: [xubuntu-users] No indication of disk checks at login

[fred roller]

My 2 bits so take with a grain of salt.

Have you confirmed there is no indication.  If not then maybe the following
can help...

REM /etc/default/grub.conf line:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash" to
#GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"

which should disable the splash at start up and allow a clean text scroll
during boot with out all the button pushing.
Then you can reset the fsck interval to *1* for one of your drives with

tune2fs -c 1 /dev/[one of your drives]  (i.e. tune2fs -c 1 /dev/*sda*)

which will set the interval for every boot (just so we can check for the
indicator)
then reboot your system.  If the indicator you want appears with the
options you want then reset grub splash and rerun the tune2fs command with
an interval you want (30 is default).
This is assuming you have a comfortable understanding of command line and
config files, let us know if you need clarification.

If the indicator does not show, let us know and we can take it from there.

HIH,
--Fred

On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 8:46 AM, Chris Green  wrote:

> On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 06:54:01AM -0400, Istimsak Abdulbasir wrote:
> > dumpe2fs should tell how many times the disk was mounted. This may
> >give an indication of when fsck will run again.
>
> I DON'T CARE WHEN IT WILL RUN AGAIN!   :-)
>
> I just want the warning message in the GUI to appear when it *does*
> run so that I won't think something has gone wrong and hung the system
> boot process.
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Re: [xubuntu-users] Monitor switching hotkey?

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Typically the catch process for what you experienced is time.  If the
external monitor blanked because of setting conflict then the confirmation
window, which would pop up, would time out after 30 seconds I believe.  If
you have not  confirmed to keep changes then the system would revert to the
previous setting.  If this did not happen then there may be a bug.
Additionally, you should have on your laptop function keys which will cycle
monitor settings.  Mine is fn+F10 on a Lenovo.  The cycle should be
laptop, mirror, external, extended in most cases if memory serves.

-- Fred

On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 9:57 AM, Ulli Horlacher <
frams...@rus.uni-stuttgart.de> wrote:

> I have had to reboot my notebook today in my lecture, because of blank
> screen.
>
> What happend?
>
> I attached an external monitor (projector) and with xfce4-display-settings
> I selected this monitor only, instead of mirror mode. The external monitor
> was unable to handle my resolution, so it went blank and I was not able to
> reselect the internal display, because I saw nothing.
>
> Is there a hotkey to enable the internel notebook display or to switch the
> monitors?
>
>
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Re: [xubuntu-users] Marking a text file as executable

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| The text file starts with #! /usr/bin/wish

  This line is for the script itself to use the "wish" or WIndowing SHell
program to run the script.  As long as it is installed and in the /usr/bin/
directory the script should run.  As mentioned you need to set the
execution bit as described above.  And, running from the command line,
unless the script is in a predefined $PATH location you will need to
precede the command(script) with a "dot-slash" ./ if you are in the same
directory

./nameofscript

or use the absolute path to the command.

for it to execute /after/ setting the execution bit.  I bare in mind also
you are looking for a GUI solution to run the program but I don't see one
right off short of right click --> Open with other application and choose
terminal emulator way down at the bottom of the list, option.  I don't
recommend this as it may not leave the shell window open when it executes
and you may miss critical feed back from the script.  Running from CLI is
painless and better at this point IMO.

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Re: [xubuntu-users] confirmation dialog when delete files from gui (thunar/nautilus)

[fred roller]

On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 11:37 AM, Gustavo Sansone 
wrote:

> hi all,
>
> I'd like to know if it's possible to activate (from gui or config files) a
> confirmation dialog when deleting files from a file manager (I have thunar
> and nautilus installed).
> I tried all preferences dialogs in both managers but can't find any option
> to ask user before delete.
> I think is an important feature to improve usability in some cases.
>
> thanks in advance.
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Hi Gustavo,
 I have Thunar.  The move to trash option does not prompt but is
unnecessary IMO as you can retrieve it from the bin.  The Delete option,
which will permanently remove, does confirm the deletion.  Command line has
an option to prompt before removal:

rm -i or rm -I

from cli:
man rm

in the cli option you can script or create an alias to make this automatic
with say 'rc' for remove and confirm.  Here is a handy howto for aliases:
http://www.hostingadvice.com/how-to/set-command-aliases-linuxubuntudebian/

HIH
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Re: [xubuntu-users] confirmation dialog when delete files from gui (thunar/nautilus)

[fred roller]

Gustavo, thank you for the clarification.  Perhaps the Dolphin file manager
has the option you are looking.  I agree with Joao though.  Change takes
time and they will learn and adding things bloats the software.  I used to
integrate and overcoming the market training of customers just takes
patients.  That said, you have options and Dolphin appears to be one.

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Re: [xubuntu-users] No indication of disk checks at login

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On Fri, May 26, 2017 at 12:36 PM, Peter Flynn  wrote:

> There are long pauses with a blank screen and no message.


This part I can agree with on any software.  Long pauses without a
indication of activity, especially if you are used to less than a second or
two pause in any process... even the simplest of cues, like "thinking...",
are nice.
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Re: [xubuntu-users] Failure to Connect SFTP Error

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you could also try to fire Filezilla from cli with verbos turned up and
piped to a log file locally.  May uncover a clue.  Since you are connecting
via ssh you might try cli sftp connection as well to help isolate program
issue or system issue.

-- Fred

On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 6:13 PM, Peter Flynn  wrote:

> On 06/01/2017 09:27 PM, Rog wrote:
> > I rely on Filezilla to transfer files to my hosting service but it no
> > longer works. It fails at the very beginning, failing to connect. Much
> > searching w/ Google turns up no answers. Nor does a tech support
> > consultation with the hosting service. The failure is NOT due to wrong
> > username or password as I can establish ssh connections from the CLI.
>
> It's worrying when this happens, but hosting services are notorious for
> changing things which don't affect Mac or Windows users, but which may
> affect Linux users.
>
> From what you quote below it looks like it's having trouble identifying
> which key exchange (kex) algorithm to use: the server wants you to use
> diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256 but Konqueror can only use one of
> curve25519-sha...@libssh.org
> ecdh-sha2-nistp256
> diffie-hellman-group14-sha1
> diffie-hellman-group1-sha1
> This post https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2297006 (different
> circumstances and different software) explains how to find out what
> algorithms are supported, but it's a couple of years old.
>
> At a wild random guess the hosting company has changed things so that
> they only support diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256, so you'll need
> an sftp client that supports that method of key exchange. Obviously
> FileZilla doesn't.
>
> Can you try again and note the EXACT date and time, then call tech
> support and ask them to check the access logs (eg /var/log/secure) to
> find out if they can see a request coming in from your IP address, and
> being rejected.
>
> If you search Mr Google for
>filezilla diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256
> you will gets lots of pages about this problem, so it seems to be well
> known. Several posts make the suggestion along the lines of:
>
> > FileZilla's SFTP support is based on PuTTY's psftp. If you change the
> > default key exchange cipher priorities in PuTTY, it should also
> > affect FileZilla.
>
> but this may only apply to Windows clients. I'm afraid I don't have a
> solution (and I just hope my own hosting provider doesn't make the same
> move, although I only use FZ very rarely, as sftp from the command line
> is fine for my own use).
>
> ///Peter
>
>
> > Konqueror also fails to connect and gives the following, more detailed
> > error:
> >
> > The requested operation could not be completed
> >
> > Details of the Request:
> > URL: sftp:// [redacted]
> > Protocol: sftp
> > Date and Time: Thursday, June 01, 2017 04:18 PM
> > Additional Information: kex error : no match for method kex algos:
> > server [diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256], client
> > [curve25519-sha...@libssh.org,ecdh-sha2-nistp256,diffie-
> hellman-group14-sha1,diffie-hellman-group1-sha1]
> > Description:
> > kex error : no match for method kex algos: server
> > [diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256], client
> > [curve25519-sha...@libssh.org,ecdh-sha2-nistp256,diffie-
> hellman-group14-sha1,diffie-hellman-group1-sha1]
> >
> > I note that I've gone so far as deleting all Filezilla-related files and
> > re-installing it as well as deleting my known hosts file, to no avail.
> > So I turn to this list in desperation. I would really like to continue
> > to use Filezilla because it's fast and easy.
> >
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> >
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Re: [xubuntu-users] Failure to Connect SFTP Error

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...pipe outputted messages...

On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 7:54 PM, fred roller  wrote:

> you could also try to fire Filezilla from cli with verbos turned up and
> piped to a log file locally.  May uncover a clue.  Since you are connecting
> via ssh you might try cli sftp connection as well to help isolate program
> issue or system issue.
>
> -- Fred
>
> On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 6:13 PM, Peter Flynn  wrote:
>
>> On 06/01/2017 09:27 PM, Rog wrote:
>> > I rely on Filezilla to transfer files to my hosting service but it no
>> > longer works. It fails at the very beginning, failing to connect. Much
>> > searching w/ Google turns up no answers. Nor does a tech support
>> > consultation with the hosting service. The failure is NOT due to wrong
>> > username or password as I can establish ssh connections from the CLI.
>>
>> It's worrying when this happens, but hosting services are notorious for
>> changing things which don't affect Mac or Windows users, but which may
>> affect Linux users.
>>
>> From what you quote below it looks like it's having trouble identifying
>> which key exchange (kex) algorithm to use: the server wants you to use
>> diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256 but Konqueror can only use one of
>> curve25519-sha...@libssh.org
>> ecdh-sha2-nistp256
>> diffie-hellman-group14-sha1
>> diffie-hellman-group1-sha1
>> This post https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2297006 (different
>> circumstances and different software) explains how to find out what
>> algorithms are supported, but it's a couple of years old.
>>
>> At a wild random guess the hosting company has changed things so that
>> they only support diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256, so you'll need
>> an sftp client that supports that method of key exchange. Obviously
>> FileZilla doesn't.
>>
>> Can you try again and note the EXACT date and time, then call tech
>> support and ask them to check the access logs (eg /var/log/secure) to
>> find out if they can see a request coming in from your IP address, and
>> being rejected.
>>
>> If you search Mr Google for
>>filezilla diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256
>> you will gets lots of pages about this problem, so it seems to be well
>> known. Several posts make the suggestion along the lines of:
>>
>> > FileZilla's SFTP support is based on PuTTY's psftp. If you change the
>> > default key exchange cipher priorities in PuTTY, it should also
>> > affect FileZilla.
>>
>> but this may only apply to Windows clients. I'm afraid I don't have a
>> solution (and I just hope my own hosting provider doesn't make the same
>> move, although I only use FZ very rarely, as sftp from the command line
>> is fine for my own use).
>>
>> ///Peter
>>
>>
>> > Konqueror also fails to connect and gives the following, more detailed
>> > error:
>> >
>> > The requested operation could not be completed
>> >
>> > Details of the Request:
>> > URL: sftp:// [redacted]
>> > Protocol: sftp
>> > Date and Time: Thursday, June 01, 2017 04:18 PM
>> > Additional Information: kex error : no match for method kex algos:
>> > server [diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256], client
>> > [curve25519-sha...@libssh.org,ecdh-sha2-nistp256,diffie-hel
>> lman-group14-sha1,diffie-hellman-group1-sha1]
>> > Description:
>> > kex error : no match for method kex algos: server
>> > [diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256], client
>> > [curve25519-sha...@libssh.org,ecdh-sha2-nistp256,diffie-hel
>> lman-group14-sha1,diffie-hellman-group1-sha1]
>> >
>> > I note that I've gone so far as deleting all Filezilla-related files and
>> > re-installing it as well as deleting my known hosts file, to no avail.
>> > So I turn to this list in desperation. I would really like to continue
>> > to use Filezilla because it's fast and easy.
>> >
>> > --
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>> > linux@gmail.com
>> >
>> >
>> >
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Re: [xubuntu-users] Re.: Re.: Background

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When I set up a PC lab for a homeless non-profit my fix was to let them log
on with the Guest account.  The Guest account's skeleton file is what got
customized and did not require a password.  They could change things in
part but changes where lost as the Guest account reset on the next log-in.
It had the added benefit of being a lot more restricted than even the user
account.  For the volunteers I set up a LDAP access so they could log on
any system on the network.  It was a bit of a work around but worked well
enough.

Another possibility I started to play with was to cluster all the PCs and
create a thin client/server environment.  This puts permission
establishment in the user profile on the server and the PC becomes client
work stations.  Users could customize all they wanted or as little as you
let them if memory serves, the profile followed them.  You need a fairly
robust network for this option though because of the traffic requirements.

I have seen kiosk style setup where the log-in went straight to program and
when the program ended the user was logged out.  In this scenario you could
set up Moodle, an open source course ware, that the students are prompted
to log into and the underlying system is never seen.

And depending on the environment and age group of your students you could
put Sugar on the system, which is designed specifically for what you are
trying.

https://sugarlabs.org/

My two bits, HIH.

-- Fred



On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 2:30 PM, Bruno Benitez  wrote:

> what you want is kiosk mode:
> https://wiki.xfce.org/howto/kiosk_mode
>
> 2017-06-20 15:23 GMT-03:00 Ralf Mardorf :
>
>> On Tue, 20 Jun 2017 18:09:39 +, João Morais wrote:
>> >I will try to explain again.
>> >So this is for my school and we are trying to install Xubuntu 17.04 on
>> >every PC. We have a admin account to setup the permissions and
>> >everything else, and we have have the other account that will be like
>> >"normal", it won't have any admin permission. So, what I want you to
>> >help me with is: trying to set up that "normal" account to not change
>> >any background settings (wallpaper, colors, etc.). Because, as you may
>> >know the little kids are always trying to make their own "desktop".
>> >Please, if you know a way of doing this help me.
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> if they anyway should not set up their individual desktops, then for
>> what purpose do they need their own accounts? Can't they simply use a
>> guest account? If they would change something, it automatically would
>> get reset for the next session. IIUC they do not have their own
>> accounts, they share the same account, so instead of using a regular
>> user account, let them use a guest account.
>>
>> https://help.ubuntu.com/stable/ubuntu-help/shell-guest-session.html
>>
>> Hth,
>> Ralf
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Re: [xubuntu-users] Re.: Re.: Re.: Background

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On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 7:41 AM, João Morais 
wrote:

> I might just use the guest session. And so, is there a way of setting it
> up with the configurations of another account, for example, set the
> background image, the xfce panel switch, the network configs?


Though it has been awhile this link should get you headed in the right
direction.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CustomizeGuestSession

There is plenty of info out there to fully customize and restrict users.
My toughest was computer systems in a half-way house.  Half a dozen
programs for job searching and locking down surfing to trusted only sites
with a dns filter from OpenDNS.  Just so you know it can be done and the
information is out there.

Also, if you set UID to < 1000 it will not appear in the available login
list.  I used this to hide my admin accounts on client systems.  Use
"Other..." option to login into the hidden accounts.  Students would only
ever see "Guest"

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Re: [xubuntu-users] Re.: Re.: Re.: Re.: Background

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On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 1:46 PM, João Morais 
wrote:

> Thanks man.
> I will see what I can do and if I need help will you?
>
>  Mensagem original 
> Assunto: Re: [xubuntu-users] Re.: Re.: Re.: Background
> De: fred roller
> Para: Xubuntu Support and User Discussions
> CC:
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 7:41 AM, João Morais 
> wrote:
>
>> I might just use the guest session. And so, is there a way of setting it
>> up with the configurations of another account, for example, set the
>> background image, the xfce panel switch, the network configs?
>
>
> Though it has been awhile this link should get you headed in the right
> direction.
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CustomizeGuestSession
>
> There is plenty of info out there to fully customize and restrict users.
> My toughest was computer systems in a half-way house.  Half a dozen
> programs for job searching and locking down surfing to trusted only sites
> with a dns filter from OpenDNS.  Just so you know it can be done and the
> information is out there.
>
> Also, if you set UID to < 1000 it will not appear in the available login
> list.  I used this to hide my admin accounts on client systems.  Use
> "Other..." option to login into the hidden accounts.  Students would only
> ever see "Guest"
>
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Re: [xubuntu-users] Need help with needing help and support

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On Sat, Jun 24, 2017 at 9:09 AM,  wrote:

> http://www.system-rescue-cd.org/
>
> It can be booted as a live cd or installed on a USB (from a Windows
> machine as well).
>
> http://www.system-rescue-cd.org/Installing-SystemRescueCd-on-a-USB-stick/
>
> regards,


+1
I agree.  Did many-a-hard drive recoveries.  A live usb or cd/dvd would
give you all the tools you want to affect repairs or data recovery.
Another option is Wubi:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WubiGuide

which can be put on the windows machine via an .exe file.  Do what you have
to do and uninstall.  Granted this puts Ubuntu, the parent of Xubuntu, on
the system but is an option and gets us a command line.  If you need more
tools on a live boot option then the Knoppix live or SystemRescueCD would
do nicely and both have GUI:

http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html
http://www.system-rescue-cd.org/

If you have a smart phone available there is an IRC Client on
Android/Iphone.  There are at least a dozen programs available if all you
want is to get to the chat channel for help.  Ppl here are happy to help
though, we want you up and running on your Xubuntu system.

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Re: [xubuntu-users] Upgrading from 32bit to 64bit

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On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 7:46 PM, Vinzenz Vietzke  wrote:

>
> But - and that's a huge 'but'! - you should ask yourself if it's worth the
> time, headache and hassle when a simple reinstall is doable much easier.


I concur. Unless there is a compelling reason to keep the current
configuration a rebuild is the path of least resistance here.  If the data
is an issue either pull it out to an external drive or gpart a partition
for the migration where you can tuck the data you want to save. If it is
just a challenge you want to take then, well, lets have some fun.
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Re: [xubuntu-users] Rookie question on backups

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Joao, welcome to Linux and in particular Xubuntu.

If you are looking for network back-up AMANDA is an option I had good luck
with when I did such things.
http://www.amanda.org/

As Francois pointed out "rsync" is an easy solution.

for instructions from command line:
man rsync

If you need GUI then install "grsync"

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Re: [xubuntu-users] Linux & Usability (was: Re: Update failure / disk full error)

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On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 3:20 PM, Rog  wrote:

> So I continue to advocate for Linux for everyday users.


et al.,

I agree with Roger and the preceding statements he made.  I too advocate to
everyday users, especially those who can not afford proprietary systems.  I
also advocate involvement with the development of any project they may have
an interest.  Not all need to be technically inclined to have a gift to
share with the Linux community.  An active community; however, is the
pentacle of our collective success.

I can also agree with Ralf in that Linux is not for everyone.  My personal
observations suggest that is mostly a function of training by marketing of
the end user.  They expect to see proprietary environment and to try and
emulate that will only end in failing to meet that expectation. We are an
easy to use, easy to maintain distribution that does the end user to take
some responsibility and effort for there system and education.

My 2 bits
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Re: [xubuntu-users] Rookie question on backups

[fred roller]

On Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 5:27 AM, Joao Monteiro 
wrote:

> I'm trying to carve my teeth into the cli as much as possible...


As a side note this site is a good primer for the cli if you are interested
and have not already found it:

http://linuxcommand.org/

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Re: [xubuntu-users] The Devil's Advocate -- TANSTAAFL AKA "FOSS vs Proprietary"

[fred roller]

| What is needed is a common base upon which to build all that diversity.

Read:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_kernel

Linus wrote a kernel to help his students and long story short gave it to
the world.  The FOSS community adopted it and now we have diversity.  The
arguments to reduce this diversification is in error I believe.  There are
a wide variety of restaurants that serve the simple purpose of feeding us.
If you had the choice of only 2 or 3 dining out would get old and the joy
of dining with friends would soon diminish.  Having used a number of
distros and FOSS you can build with the core data segregated and allowing a
switch from this to that until you find what you like and/or go to
another.  As for the loss of support, your favorite restaurant doesn't stay
open forever, doesn't mean you stop going out or don't go looking for a new
place.  The joy of discovery is, IMO, part of the charm of Linux.

On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 5:54 AM, David Walland 
wrote:

> I'd love to get stuck in to writing/proof-reading good docs for the Linux
> community.  I've done this professionally for University Radiation
> Protection.  This the point; the writer/proof-reader needs to have an
> encyclopaedic knowledge of the subject and/or experts to correct
> misapprehensions and rookies to feed back on ease of use.  When I wrote my
> employer's Radiation Safety "Code of Practice" I had nearly 30 years of
> experience, starting as a technician and ending as Radiation Protection
> Adviser.  It still took 2 years to get it checked and double checked.  Even
> then *one* important issue was overlooked.
>
> This sort of thing is just not trivial, I'm afraid.
>

Agreed.  Having been an author of sorts myself the monumental effort that
goes into writing, esp. a technical manual for end users on a subject which
is in constant flux is no easy task.  By the time the first couple of
drafts were done it would be in danger of being obsolete. Try to understand
the necessity of word choice and document structure as similar to the
number of tweaks used in programming to make the software more efficient
and the use of resources (memory, processes, etc.) economical.  The devil
is in the details.


>
> Now I'm, like Joao, a newbie.  I manage to work my way through setting my
> (old) computers up, often simply following a list of commands, because the
> discussion as to why you should what is simply above my head!  And of
> course, right now, following the death of my wife I'm snowed under with
> work and stressed out of my mind, so trying to read it all up isn't easy
> even if I can make myself sit down and try to do it.
>

My condolences for your loss.

I am at best anymore a power user.  My introduction to Linux was back in
2005 when I removed all Windows OSs from my consulting business and
switched.  Burning the boats as it has been referred forced me to learn as
I directed that ALL solutions to our needs would be found or created within
Linux/FOSS.  We managed a high 90's percentile in finding solutions for
everything within the Linux/FOSS world.  The biggest is just finding the
information resources that get you going towards a solution.  I am bad
about pulling dated documentation by normal standards to solve issues but
they act as good springboards to finding a solution.

I have my favs for finding howtos and solutions  i.e. linuxcommand.org for
a primer/refresher on cli basics, howtoforge.com for a number of solution
across a number of distros, www.tldp.org for The Linux Documentation
Project, stackoverflow.com for the more advance solution just to name a few
resources.  The issue then is not so much a lack of effort in this segment
of help guides as it is a lack of cohesiveness.  But then again, has anyone
tried to navigate the Windows site for solutions?


> I know a lot of the guys who write the OS and apps feel that we should
> work to make our own way.  The problem is that many of us just don't have
> enough knowledge to even ask sensible questions.  We ask what we think are
> the right questions and then find that there isn't an answer or that it's
> answering the wrong question.
>

I agree.  Patience is not always apparent in the forums.  The
diversification of hardware and issues makes each issue it's own unique
problem.  This can take time to solve when you have to go through the
battery of know fixes based on assumptions just to help the OP develop
their questions to something specifically answerable.  Still, compared to
the help call centers and delay of response from propriety make our effort
more reactive and solutions tend to be faster as a whole in my experience.
I have spent the 2-3 hours on the phone, mostly on hold, waiting to be told
to restart my system.


> How do we write material that helps newbies to learn enough to take off on
> their own?  Writing that sort of material should be very good for *my*
> understanding.
>

In helping people on the ground with learning this new Linux stuff my
process is to ge

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

[fred roller]

> On related but not so related.  I really hate that 99.99% of laptops now
are pre-installed with Windows.  And part of the cost of the device came
from the OS.  5 years ago, I can still buy laptops without bundled OS and
save some $$$.  Why is it assumed that all laptop users wants MSWindows?

Because Windows pays them to put it on the system and to remove it would
actually drive up the cost. See:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundling_of_Microsoft_Windows

You could however do one of several things: Ask for the $$ when you remove
the OS (I think law requires in some cases to refund, but you have to
ask.), Just delete the disk when you build and remove ALL partitions, or my
personal fav,  Buy an extra HD (the stock one is usually too small for me
anyways.)

In the last one it has the advantage that when I remove the drive before
first start up I can save it.  If I switch to a new system in a couple of
years I can put the drive back in and sell/give it to someone and it is
like a new purchase.

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Re: [xubuntu-users] The Devil's Advocate -- TANSTAAFL AKA "FOSS vs Proprietary"

[fred roller]

> We won't achieve a "unified" system base unless and until we have.
> either a monopoly that actually runs ALL computers, or a far better
> educational system that teaches everyone how to use a computer well
> enough to learn from the real unified level (Linux kernel & GNU
> utilities) up.
 and...
> What I have been trying to figure, is a way of having a distro dedicated
of acting as a life-saver, a safe and easy to cross bridge for windows
dissidents eager to cross the waters to the shores of linux.

Android/IOS is your unified future.  As phones/tablets gain power and
popularity and technology creates integration, you will soon carry your
"PC" core in your pocket and drop it in the environment of choice for
use...

- Home: cast to tv for monitor and input devices on rf or bluetooth ( a
Microsoft product as I recall).  Also, we already have smart homes and the
accompanying apps you can load on your ... phone or tablet.
- Car: already exists to wireless-ly integrate with the modern cars'
console. and technology to retro integrate with older cars.
- Work: Conceivable and similar to Home with security access, like keys,
integrated into the phone/tablet and companies using shared workstations
activated with phone/tablet.  I had started working on similar using USB
sticks.

Phone/Tablets, like laptops, are close to outpacing our current PC/Laptop
models.  They provide the convenience of portability and ease of use.  How
many computer "illiterate" people you know can zip through their phone like
a pro.  At least Android is rooted in Linux.  How long before Google
decides to cut to the chase and put the android core on ROM to
significantly cut the lag (relatively speaking) between flash drive and
processor.  To this FOSS may migrate, if not already doing so, to the apps
development for this model.  Even the phone will have a limited life of
less than a generation if the technology for the "wrist phone" (not the
watch) develops, which projects the phone interface on your wrist and
sensors detect finger placement for touchscreen functionality.  I dare say,
this future was brought on by one teacher's desire to give the world a
functioning kernel and a dedicated group who thought information should be
freely (libre) available and accessible through freely (libre) available
software.  The proprietaries would have still been milking the PC market
IMHO.

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

[fred roller]

..hmmm,

even the apple seed dreams of being a fruitful tree one day.  That said,
know the difference between profit and greed.  And turning the wheel
sharply to come back to topic...

Proprietary OS's are extrinsically motivated in profit, power, et al.
Linux is intrinsically motivated for a community to increase it's
collective knowledge.  Why else would I be here at 3 in the a.m. partaking
in this discussion?  I gain nothing but to a) offer my view (right or
wrong) and b) to learn from the views posted.  My knowledge, whether I
agree or not with the points, will be more rounded.  This is Linux/FOSS to
me.

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Re: [xubuntu-users] cannot close a process

[fred roller]

try in cli:

killall -9 thunar

killall will except the -9 non-graceful exit option and will target all
thunar instances.

HIH,
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[xubuntu-users] OT: Work opportunity.

[fred roller]

Saw this and thought some might be interested.

Python Dev

https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=2ff1a8640400e6d4&q=Chef&l=Puget+Sound,+WA&tk=1bt11n0l1090o3j1&from=ja&alid=59e18304e4b07eabad6b9a79&utm_source=jobseeker_emails&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=job_alerts&rgtk=1bt11n0l1090o3j1

Hope it's not too out of place here on the list.

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Re: [xubuntu-users] Trying to install 16.04.3 LTS, reached a place with no way out but the power button :(

[fred roller]

| Could this be related to UEFI bios? I would try Ubuntu Desktop.
| I don't think Xubuntu has the hooks in it to support UEFI.
| Then install xfce as you mentioned.

I am on UEFI.  Have you checked the bios settings to see if there is a
disparity with the type of bios (uefi vs. legacy)?

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Re: [xubuntu-users] Dual Boot With Windows and Xuduntu !6.04 Help

[fred roller]

On Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 4:35 PM, Peter Flynn  wrote:

> On 02/01/18 20:52, leegold wrote:
>
>> in addition it says: gpt
>>
>
> All I can offer is what I found when installing on a Dell XPS 15
>
> GPT is some type of partition format, I think. I had to use gparted while
> booted from the USB in order to reformat with gpt.
>
> On Tue, Jan 2, 2018, at 11:50 AM, leegold wrote:
>>
>>> What should I know to install  16.04 64 onto a Toshiba laptop with UEFI?
>>>
>>
> I was told several times (and I had concluded anyway) that I should *not*
> use UEFI.
>
> Or should I install newest non-LTS 17.10 version (but I read there were
>>> some nasty issues with UEFI and 17.10).
>>>
>>> Do I need to disable secure boot? Assume I do.
>>>
>>
> I set the BOOS to secure boot disabled, and legacy boot enabled (ie no
> UEFI). That worked.
>
> Shrunk C: for Linux space. The HD has 5 partitions. From “left to right”:
>>>
>>>  300MB Recovery
>>>  100MB EFI System
>>>  C: 500GB “where the exiting Win10 lives”
>>>  92GB Unallocated, gained from shrinking C:, aim to put / and swap
>>> parts. there.
>>>  891MB Recovery
>>>
>>
> My assumption would be that the 4th partition is the one that needs
> establishing as GPT before formatting. But I may have misunderstood this,
> as I was using the whole disk.
>
> From what I read Grub has to “play nice” with EFI. My question is, when
>>> I install, where do I install Grub? What do I do? I see an EFI partition
>>> and don’t want to “hose” anything. There are lots of recopies and
>>> concoctions when I google.
>>>
>>
> I don't know the answer to this as it's a dual boot. I assume that Linux
> installers will see that Windows is installed, and put a working Grub on
> the boot area of the primary partition. Apparently in a single-install
> (Linux-only), the installers no longer create a boot partition but install
> Grub on the main partition.
>
> But again, this is largely guesswork on my part — as you say, the web
> pages disagree wildly.
>
> ///Peter
>
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FWI, this article should shine some light into the process:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFI

Ubuntu being the parent to Xubuntu should clear some information up.
Personally, if you had it to spare I would pull the original HDD and put
another in (any small HDD of 50GB+ would do) to at least practice the dual
boot unless you can protect the recovery partition.  In Linux avoiding it
is usually straight forward.  Wish I had more info.  I burned all my
Windows machines some time ago and went with Linux like Cortez and his
ships.  I have helped business clients build dual boot systems, though it
has been a minute. HIT.

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Re: [xubuntu-users] video problem after installation on DVD

[fred roller]

does the system live boot with video intact?


On Sat, Jan 6, 2018 at 2:43 PM, Jim Graham  wrote:

> On Sat, Jan 06, 2018 at 11:01:44AM -0800, Luke Van Dervoort wrote:
> > dude, sorry about the chemo. Mine went like a breeze this year. That
> > chemical must be nasty.
>
> OT minute...sorry: Let's put it this way  I was talking with my
> oncologists' nurse practitioner one afternoon when I had an appointment
> with them.  We were talking about advancements (and my Cancer Research
> Blogs site), and we got into chemo, then Cisplatin.  I gave her my
> description, (again, "100^% pure distilled evil in an IV bag."  She just
> looked at me and very flatly said, "Yeah, that's about right.")  And now,
> 10 years later since the worst chemo, I'm still seeing new issues because
> of Cisplatin.  Yeah, it's evil stuff.
>
> > Anyhow, here's a thought. Do you have a pc keyboard around somewhere?
> > I'm thinking if you plug that in a long with the mac keyboard you might
> > be able to switch to another tty to see what your doing. Tty is usual
> > ctrl-alt-f1 through about f8
>
> > Have you tried a later version of xubuntu?
>
> No, but I did try the latest version of Slackware, on the hopeful
> assumption that, given that its install is text-based, that it MIGHT
> work.  It didn't.  Oh well, a few minutes and one blank DVD-R spent
> on what, if it had worked, would be a nice work-around.  And just
> for what it's worth, I also saw Tux (penguin Tux, not my cat, Tux) on
> the Refit boot menu and on the screen for a few seconds before the
> screen went black (and stayed for at least five minutes before I pulled
> the cord to reboot into Mac OS X again).
>
> I'm not even sure if either has actually booted, or started to and quit.
> I've thought of asking if someone could create an iso with the drivers
> installed, but that's a LOT to ask, and I'm extremely hesitant to do so
> (mentioning it is one thing, as I'm not expecting or asking anyone to
> do so; actually asking is another, at least, IMHO).
>
> > I installed ubuntu on a mac mini about the same age, can't remember how I
> > did it ...
>
> You may have had a different graphics card.  Mac made that one of the
> options, at least when I bought mine.  If I'd known then what I'd be
> going through now because of that choice.
>
> I really hate the idea of just upgrading Mac OS X, because I didn't like
> Apple's concept of a Unix variant or X11 from day one.  I consider this
> a major upgrade away from Apple and back home.  I started out with Linux
> back when Slackware wasn't born yet (only by a month or two), building
> my own BSD-based Linux.  But that was before cancer #1.  But that's all
> ancient history now thanks to cancer #1.
>
> Either way, thanks.  And I know I've at least seen mention of people who
> apparently got xubuntu working with the AMD Radeon 6630M, but that was
> on Google, and the posts had either been moved or didn't exist anymore.
>
> Just to make sure...ubuntu and its variants do support the Intel I7 in
> the AMD64 iso, right?
>
> On a related topic, does anyone know of any Linux variant that supports
> my graphics card from the iso image?  The plan with slackware, if it
> worked, was to use it in text mode only, pull the drivers down via
> Mac OS X from the Xorg driver modules page, and then fix up my own
> distribution for xubuntu with the drivers installed.  If I can just get
> any Linux working in plain text mode, I should be able to do that.
>
> Thanks,
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Re: [xubuntu-users] Garmin sat nav updates

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Have you tried using a virtual machine? Seems the connection would bridge..
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Re: [xubuntu-users] Driver and getting Canon printer to work

[fred roller]

Any error messages? When you pull up the print que what is the status of
the documents?  In my experience Cannon took some work to get it working
correctly.  On the driver CD or in the driver package (assuming you got one
from Cannon) there was usually a Readme file to set up with Linux.  Check
for that.  Also, double check your specific model on Google with something
like "Cannon [model] printer on Xubuntu".  Someone usually has a write-up
step by step having been through this.  Without more specifics, model,
laptop, any error messages etc. our help is limited but we will help you
best we can.

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On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 4:09 PM avengethecathars 
wrote:

> Hello!
> I am trying the xubuntu freenode support channel, but I fear as it is
> Sunday night, no one is around.
> I would like to use a Canon printer, which seems (by its set up and view
> screen) to be working.
> Just not connected to my laptop.
> I use 14.04.
> Yours
> P.
>
>
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Re: [xubuntu-users] Driver and getting Canon printer to work

[fred roller]

cnijfilter2-5.00-1-deb.tar.gz

did you download this file from the link above?... What is the model number
of your printer?

>From what you showed me the file above is not being found.  Did you get the
file from the website? If so, make sure you are in the same directory as
the file or know the absolute path.  The former is easier.  If you are not
yet comfortable working from command line I suggest
http://linuxcommand.org/index.php he offers a great primer on linux command
line, gratis.  Once you have the file the rest should work; but, make sure
you match your model.  Also, how is the printer connected (wireless, usb,
network)?

On the disk, look in the Win directory and see if you can find the .ppd
file for your printer, sometimes it ships with it accessible..  If so, you
can try to copy it to a local working directory (like Download) and re-try
the add printer option.  Which, I hate to ask, did you try the add printer
from the system folder?

Menu -> Settings -> Printers

We will get you there, just building a picture in my head on what you have
tried and what is happening.  I am most familiar with network installs but
it shouldn't matter as long as the system can see your printer to install
it.

On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 6:14 PM avengethecathars 
wrote:

> Thanks.
> Laptop is Dell Vostro
>
> Following website:
>
> https://askubuntu.com/questions/648101/how-does-one-install-canon-mg-series-printer-scanner
>
> Found debian driver, extracted, but do not know how to install, since
> command is for Ubuntu, and pasted into terminal, yields "no such file or
> directory" and I do not know how to translate to Xubuntu:
>
> From the website:"Extract the tar.gz file and then run the install.sh
> file":
>
> tar -xvf cnijfilter2-5.00-1-deb.tar.gz
> cd cnijfilter2-5.00-1-deb
> ./install.sh
>
> Pasted result from my terminal:
> tar -xvf cnijfilter2-5.00-1-deb.tar.gz
> tar: cnijfilter2-5.00-1-deb.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
> tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
> rabbit-in-the-titan@rabbitinthetitan-Vostro-1000:~$ cd cnijfilter2-5.00-1-deb
> bash: cd: cnijfilter2-5.00-1-deb: No such file or directory
> rabbit-in-the-titan@rabbitinthetitan-Vostro-1000:~$ ./install.sh
> bash: ./install.sh: No such file or directory
> rabbit-in-the-titan@rabbitinthetitan-Vostro-1000:~$
>
>  rabbit-in-the-titan is 
> the name of my computer
>
> Printing yields error message:
> "Could not start printer. Please check your printer configuration"
> Print queue is blank with nothing highlighted ("greyed out") except close
> and refresh.
>
> Could not install via "Printers Local Host > Change Driver > Provide PPD
> file > selecting folders extracted from download recommended above.
>
> However, now it does say "Connected to Local Host" and when I print it
> does bring up a printer dialog box, but the printer queue is blank.
>
> The disk which came with the printer only has one folder (Win) and
> searching it yields no Readme file.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> P.
> -- Original Message --
> From: fred roller 
> To: Xubuntu Support and User Discussions 
> Subject: Re: [xubuntu-users] Driver and getting Canon printer to work
> Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2018 16:53:05 -0700
>
> Any error messages? When you pull up the print que what is the status of
> the documents?  In my experience Cannon took some work to get it working
> correctly.  On the driver CD or in the driver package (assuming you got one
> from Cannon) there was usually a Readme file to set up with Linux.  Check
> for that.  Also, double check your specific model on Google with something
> like "Cannon [model] printer on Xubuntu".  Someone usually has a write-up
> step by step having been through this.  Without more specifics, model,
> laptop, any error messages etc. our help is limited but we will help you
> best we can.
>
> -- Fred
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 4:09 PM avengethecathars <
> avengethecath...@juno.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello!
>> I am trying the xubuntu freenode support channel, but I fear as it is
>> Sunday night, no one is around.
>> I would like to use a Canon printer, which seems (by its set up and view
>> screen) to be working.
>> Just not connected to my laptop.
>> I use 14.04.
>> Yours
>> P.
>>
>>
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Re: [xubuntu-users] How can I install Apple ITunes on Ubuntu 18.01 LTS Desktop or get new software for my Apple IPad?

[fred roller]

On Mon, Sep 3, 2018 at 6:20 AM Dan Juarez  wrote:

> iTunes is made for Windows and Mac only. The only way to reliably run it
> on Linux is to install VirtualBox (virtualbox.org) - or some other
> virtualization software - and then install Windows on VirtualBox and then
> install iTunes on Windows. I have done this in the past when I used to have
> an iPhone and it works fine for syncing your library but playing videos on
> iTunes itself within the virtual machine was not pretty.
>
> You can, of course, install software and music/videos directly from the
> iPad without using iTunes at all. Updates to iPad should also be
> downloadable over the air as well.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Dan
>
> On 09/03/2018 02:44 AM, Hans Burer wrote:
>
> Is there anyone who can help me out there with the following:
>
>1. How can I  install Apple ITunes on Ubuntu 18.01 LTS Desktop or get
>new software for my Apple IPad?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Kind regards Hans
>
>
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Re: [xubuntu-users] Installation questions

[fred roller]

My experience with the hybrid hdd/SSD was to partition main storage (data
being less sought) on the hdd and, if memory serves me, put the boot
partition on the hdd. I wasn't overly concerned with boot time since I
rarely booted. What went on the SSD was anything that needs fast access etc.

Personally, I put the few extra $$ in a 10k rpm hdd to help offset a bottle
neck. Since then I moved to a pure SSD system and moved the 5 Tb of media
to a network storage device. The one I bought supports ssh mounting and ais
easily seen as just another directory.

My 2 bits. HIH.

-- Fred
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