Re: [lubuntu-users] Titles Of Applications In the Taskbar

On 5/4/22 19:49, Aere Greenway wrote: In Lubuntu 22.04, is there any way to make it just show the application icon and name in the taskbar? On mine, it shows just a portion of the text of the title-bar, extracted from the middle of that text, and no icon. However, if an application

[lubuntu-users] Titles Of Applications In the Taskbar

In Lubuntu 22.04, is there any way to make it just show the application icon and name in the taskbar? On mine, it shows just a portion of the text of the title-bar, extracted from the middle of that text, and no icon. However, if an application (such as now with Thunderbird Mail), as I'm

Re: [lubuntu-users] Lubuntu 22.04 LTS is released!

On 4/21/22 16:48, Dan Simmons wrote: The Lubuntu team is excited to announce that Lubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish) has been released! Many thanks to all the contributors. You can find out more at our official blog post[1] [1] https://lubuntu.me/jammy-released On behalf of the Lubuntu

Re: [lubuntu-users] Lubuntu 22.04 LTS is released!

On 4/21/22 16:48, Dan Simmons wrote: The Lubuntu team is excited to announce that Lubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish) has been released! Many thanks to all the contributors. You can find out more at our official blog post[1] [1] https://lubuntu.me/jammy-released On behalf of the Lubuntu

Re: [lubuntu-users] Asking how long Lubuntu 18.04 supported as Ubuntu 18.04 is supported untill 2028

On 4/4/21 5:48 AM, Chris Guiver wrote: "Lubuntu 18.04.5 LTS, will be supported until April 2021. We are limiting changes to critical fixes and underlying system changes shipped with all other Ubuntu flavors for the 18.04.5 LTS release." Not all of a 18.04 system will reach EOL this month

Re: [lubuntu-users] Can I Use Other Desktops With Lubuntu

On 7/9/20 1:08 PM, Nio Wiklund wrote: Den 2020-07-09 kl. 19:31, skrev Aere Greenway: Lubuntu Users: I currently have Lubuntu 20.04 installed.  In that system, I installed the LXDE desktop, which works fine. Is it also possible to install the Gnome desktop in that system, and use

[lubuntu-users] Can I Use Other Desktops With Lubuntu

Lubuntu Users: I currently have Lubuntu 20.04 installed.  In that system, I installed the LXDE desktop, which works fine. Is it also possible to install the Gnome desktop in that system, and use that (choosing which desktop at login time)? I know it will use a fair amount of disk-space,

Re: [lubuntu-users] 18.04 LTS support length? (uninvol...@outlook.com)

orward. On Sat, May 23, 2020 at 1:44 PM Aere Greenway mailto:a...@dvorak-keyboards.com>> wrote: (my comments are bottom-posted) On 5/23/20 1:56 PM, Fritz Hudnut wrote: Always interesting to see how OPs seem to disappear on ubuntu forums, and it winds up RPs discussing

Re: [lubuntu-users] 18.04 LTS support length? (uninvol...@outlook.com)

ough all of my drives and wiped data . . . probably would have been 18.04??  And I didn't add lxde . . . but, I couldn't swear to that . . . .  : - )) On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 9:27 AM Aere Greenway mailto:a...@dvorak-keyboards.com>> wrote: On 5/21/20 8:36 AM, Fritz

Re: [lubuntu-users] 18.04 LTS support length? (uninvol...@outlook.com)

On 5/21/20 8:36 AM, Fritz Hudnut wrote: Having now used LXQt, I'm much happier with LXDE. I'd like to stick with LXDE as long as realistically possible, though I understand (I think) the difficulties around that. Can anyone clear this up, thanks @et al: I'm pretty sure that

Re: [lubuntu-users] 18.04 LTS support length?

On 5/20/20 9:27 AM, uninvol...@outlook.com wrote: Lubuntu is based on Ubuntu and I've been curious about the LTS. They announced that *Ubuntu* 18.04 would be supported for 10 years. Here's one article regarding this: https://betanews.com/2018/11/18/ten-year-support-ubuntu-18-04-lts/ From

Re: [lubuntu-users] Lubuntu 20.04 (Aere Greenway)

On 5/1/20 7:02 PM, Fritz Hudnut wrote: well anyway, I'm sure your process was done properly, I was just joshing you about being "wrong" . . . because it would be so unlikely, etc.  I'm sure you noticed that I logged in and out of the three DE options and found "chromium" in the menu . . . we

Re: [lubuntu-users] Lubuntu 20.04 (Aere Greenway)

pton to 20  that may have got some stuff "mishandled" Usually if there is some issue, even "bug report" level stuff, after a few updates they often "just disappear . . . gone . . . just like that, gone . . . ." On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 7:17 PM Aere Greenway

Re: [lubuntu-users] Lubuntu 20.04

On 4/30/20 10:39 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote: Hi Aere, Long time no see :-) Well, Lubuntu has been working so well, I haven't run into anything I haven't been able to figure out myself, so that 'long time' may be a good indicator. I have monitored the Lubuntu Users e-mails, and occasionally

Re: [lubuntu-users] Lubuntu 20.04 (Aere Greenway)

30, 2020 at 2:48 PM Aere Greenway mailto:a...@dvorak-keyboards.com>> wrote: On 4/30/20 12:15 PM, Fritz Hudnut wrote: Aere: I was running Lu 20.04 up until it was released and now I'm in 20.10 . . . I have Chromium browser installed and it is plainly in view in the

Re: [lubuntu-users] Lubuntu 20.04 (Aere Greenway)

On 4/30/20 12:15 PM, Fritz Hudnut wrote: Aere: I was running Lu 20.04 up until it was released and now I'm in 20.10 . . . I have Chromium browser installed and it is plainly in view in the "internet" menu . . .also in the drop down is "chrome apps" . . . .  It's been so long since I did the

Re: [lubuntu-users] Lubuntu 20.04

On 4/30/20 10:53 AM, Olle Wiklund wrote: Den 2020-04-30 kl. 18:49, skrev Aere Greenway: On 4/30/20 10:39 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote: Den 2020-04-30 kl. 18:21, skrev Aere Greenway: Lubuntu Users: I recently upgraded a Lubuntu 19.10 system to 20.04, and it has worked so well, I have actually made

Re: [lubuntu-users] Lubuntu 20.04

On 4/30/20 11:07 AM, Walter Lapchynski wrote: On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 11:05:51AM -0600, Aere Greenway wrote: On 4/30/20 10:57 AM, Walter Lapchynski wrote: On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 10:21:53AM -0600, Aere Greenway wrote: If I could customize the look-and-feel of the LXQT desktop more, I might

Re: [lubuntu-users] Lubuntu 20.04

On 4/30/20 10:57 AM, Walter Lapchynski wrote: On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 10:21:53AM -0600, Aere Greenway wrote: If I could customize the look-and-feel of the LXQT desktop more, I might start using that. What are you wanting to customize? The appearance of the windows, and color scheme

Re: [lubuntu-users] Lubuntu 20.04

On 4/30/20 10:39 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote: Den 2020-04-30 kl. 18:21, skrev Aere Greenway: Lubuntu Users: I recently upgraded a Lubuntu 19.10 system to 20.04, and it has worked so well, I have actually made it my production system. There were some 'rough edges', but I was able to get around

Re: [lubuntu-users] Lubuntu 20.04

On 4/30/20 10:34 AM, Parke wrote: On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 9:22 AM Aere Greenway wrote: But a big thing I notice, is that I have installed software from the Ubuntu repository (Chromium, for example), yet it doesn't appear anywhere in the application menu/launcher - not even in the Debian area

Re: [lubuntu-users] Audio stuttering/crackling in Lubuntu 18.04 (Felipe M. Vieira)

On 7/17/19 8:45 AM, Fritz Hudnut wrote: Hi everyone, I'm a long time Lubuntu user and I have been facing audio issues from a `dist-upgrade` from 16.04 to 18.04. I have detailed the question there: From:

Re: [lubuntu-users] goodbye forever, i386 (Aere Greenway)

On 7/13/19 6:41 PM, Fritz Hudnut wrote: Where my Lubuntu 18.04 i386 systems all started to no longer boot reliably, it motivated me to switch them to Debian. The things that cause me problems with Debian, so far, is that there is a long delay during the reboot after

Re: [lubuntu-users] goodbye forever, i386 (Aere Greenway)

On 7/13/19 5:05 PM, Fritz Hudnut wrote: Thanks for the suggestion.  All of my 32-bit machines are now running Debian.  I've tested both Debian 9 (stretch), and Debian 10 (buster). I use the LXDE desktop, and it is very familiar, and all tests are successful.  System updates are

Re: [lubuntu-users] goodbye forever, i386

On 6/18/19 2:18 PM, Walter Lapchynski wrote: Today the Ubuntu Engineering team announced that they will [no longer support i386][1] either for images or for packages in the repositories starting with the 19.10 release. They are, in fact, working on disabling it as we speak. Since [Lubuntu

Re: [lubuntu-users] The ending of various technological "waves"

On 6/3/19 11:21 AM, Fritz Hudnut wrote: That could very well happen. But of course, those perfectly-useful machines could eventually die a 'natural computer death', as well, rather than being junked because there is no modern OS to run on them. So far though, they are

Re: [lubuntu-users] The ending of various technological "waves"

On 6/3/19 8:57 AM, Fritz Hudnut wrote: Hi, On Sun, 2 Jun 2019 at 01:28, Aere Greenway <mailto:a...@dvorak-keyboards.com>> wrote: > Thanks for the information.  I will do that if 32-bit is still not > available in Lubuntu 20.04. > Debian is my plan B for my 32-bit netbook

Re: [lubuntu-users] The ending of various technological "waves"

On 5/30/19 12:29 PM, Samuel J. Klein wrote: "A bigger concern for me, is the ending of support for 32-bit architecture machines. When that happens, I will have several machines that are only useful as musical instruments, and (to a more limited extent) as test machines." It was announced that

Re: [lubuntu-users] Current State of Spectre and Meltdown

On 5/27/19 2:06 PM, Barry Titterton wrote: I have been doing a bit of background reading about the CPU faults nicknamed Spectre and Meltdown, and have been getting more and more annoyed by what I have read. I would like to ask you all for your opinions on whether I am justified in my feelings.

Re: [lubuntu-users] Configured directory for incoming files does not exist

On 3/13/19 6:43 AM, Marc Tremblay wrote: Hi Everyone, I’m running Lubuntu 16.04.06 LTS and I keep getting the same error message on start up. *Configured directory for incoming files does not exist.* *Please make sure that directory “/home/lubuntu/downloads” exists or configure it with

Re: [lubuntu-users]   Strange, dark, look-and-feel of qjackctl, qsynth, and      qmidiroute on Lubuntu 18.04

On 1/10/19 8:52 PM, Aere Greenway wrote: On 1/10/19 6:46 PM, Israel wrote: On 1/9/19 11:47 AM, Eric Bradshaw wrote: ... Dear Aere, The C4C Lubuntu 18.04 ReSpin now uses pkexec [https://www.freedesktop.org/software/polkit/docs/0.015/pkexec.1.html] in place of gksu. By utilizing the method

Re: [lubuntu-users] Strange, dark, look-and-feel of qjackctl, qsynth, and qmidiroute on Lubuntu 18.04

On 1/8/19 2:07 PM, Israel wrote: On 1/7/19 10:06 PM, Aere Greenway wrote: Lubuntu Users Group: (Sorry - I initially sent this from the wrong e-mail address) To mount my NFS drive on my local client systems, I needed something to get ask the user for root privilege. On Lubuntu 16.04, I used

Re: [lubuntu-users] Sunsetting i386

On 12/20/18 5:50 PM, Simon Quigley wrote: Full announcement is here:https://lubuntu.me/sunsetting-i386/ The short version is that Lubuntu 19.04+ will no longer be released on the i386 architecture. (sorry - I made a mistake in some dates I specified, in the prior e-mail) I noticed in the

Re: [lubuntu-users] Sunsetting i386

On 12/20/18 5:50 PM, Simon Quigley wrote: Full announcement is here: https://lubuntu.me/sunsetting-i386/ The short version is that Lubuntu 19.04+ will no longer be released on the i386 architecture. I noticed in the link, that Lubuntu 18.04 LTS will be supported until April 2011, which is 3

Re: [lubuntu-users] 32 bit on 64?

On 11/25/18 4:15 PM, Walter Lapchynski wrote: On Sat, Nov 24, 2018 at 07:29:38PM +, Ian Bruntlett wrote: BTW, I am running 32-bit lubuntu on a 64-bit system (Toshiba NB250-107 Netbook), due to lack of memory (only 1GiB). I'm confused here because a 64 bit kernel should be able to handle a

Re: [lubuntu-users] Desktop crashing (18.04)?

(sorry - I neglected to post this reply to the entire group) On 11/25/18 10:50 AM, Mark F wrote: Ever since I upgraded to LTS 18.04, PCmanfm crashes every 3-4 days (sometimes more than once a day. Sometimes it takes two weeks.).[1] I guess I was thinking it would be fixed, so I never said

Re: [lubuntu-users] Desktop crashing (18.04)?

On 11/25/18 11:57 AM, Mark F wrote: Thank you. I changed that preference setting to what you use. I don't think that's it. But, I'll give it time. It happens when I click on something in pcmanfm. It freezes. I drag the window around, any part that becomes covered will be grayed out (not

Re: [lubuntu-users] Activating a swap partition

On 11/24/18 11:49 AM, Ian Bruntlett wrote: Hi, On behalf of the Computer Wombling Project I am refurbishing a donated Toshiba NB250-107 netbook. It has a 64-bit CPU and 1GiB RAM. Because of that I installed 32-bit Lubuntu 18.04.1. Whenever I try to open a (small) document with LibreOffice

Re: [lubuntu-users] how to update 14.04 to 16.04 Lubuntu?

On 11/10/18 3:16 PM, Gary Knott wrote: You suggest I can use  "do-release-upgrade"  -- that must be part of an apt-get command, right? Can you tell me what the full command is I should type? I'm quite sure it's a standalone command.  You have to put "sudo" in front of it, and you may need the

Re: [lubuntu-users] how to update 14.04 to 16.04 Lubuntu?

On 11/9/18 10:45 PM, Walter Lapchynski wrote: On Sat, Nov 10, 2018 at 12:23:27AM -0500, Gary Knott wrote: I don't get any offer from the update manager to update to 16.04 (i used to, but not now) How do I update to Lubuntu 16.04? (not do an overwrite install, but do an update.) Why not

Re: [lubuntu-users] Lubuntu 18.10, no touchpad settings

On 10/28/18 6:05 PM, Israel wrote: On 10/28/18 10:11 AM, Aere Greenway wrote: On 10/28/18 8:48 AM, Israel wrote: Israel: Thank you for providing a work-around for the problem. Fortunately for me, the systems with the problem are only test-systems. Hopefully, this problem

Re: [lubuntu-users] Lubuntu 18.10, no touchpad settings

On 10/28/18 8:48 AM, Israel wrote: On 10/27/18 11:23 AM, Aere Greenway wrote: On 10/27/18 10:19 AM, Bill Hopkins wrote: I have tried Lubuntu 18.10, running as a Live Distro from a usb thumb drive. In both cases there is no "tap to click" function, to emulate a left mouse bu

Re: [lubuntu-users] Lubuntu 18.10, no touchpad settings

On 10/27/18 10:19 AM, Bill Hopkins wrote: I have tried Lubuntu 18.10, running as a Live Distro from a usb thumb drive. In both cases there is no "tap to click" function, to emulate a left mouse button click, on the touchpad. I also was unable to find any program in the Menu, to adjust the

Re: [lubuntu-users] [lubuntu-devel] Lubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish) Released!

On 10/22/18 12:54 PM, Walter Lapchynski wrote: On 2018-10-22 10:52, Aere Greenway wrote: On 10/21/18 10:13 PM, Walter Lapchynski wrote: On 10/20/18 2:13 PM, Aere Greenway wrote: 3. On past levels of Lubuntu, Thunderbird Mail was the e-mail client. Nope, it was always Sylpheed. The potential

Re: [lubuntu-users] [lubuntu-devel] Lubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish) Released!

On 10/21/18 10:13 PM, Walter Lapchynski wrote: On 10/20/18 2:13 PM, Aere Greenway wrote: 1. I usually test 32-bit systems first.  I noticed that a 32-bit DVD or USB would go a very long time without booting on a machine with 64-bit hardware. This might be a kernel issue. Since Xubuntu

Re: [lubuntu-users] Lubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish) Released!

On 10/20/18 2:13 PM, Aere Greenway wrote: On 10/19/18 11:01 PM, Simon Quigley wrote: You can find the full release announcement here: https://lubuntu.me/cosmic-released Please also take a look at the release video made by Michael from TuxDigital: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRgcsTQGvwU I

Re: [lubuntu-users] Lubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish) Released!

On 10/19/18 11:01 PM, Simon Quigley wrote: You can find the full release announcement here: https://lubuntu.me/cosmic-released Please also take a look at the release video made by Michael from TuxDigital: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRgcsTQGvwU I just want to say thanks to everyone who has

Re: [lubuntu-users] Bionic B Lu - NEXT 18.04 --how to run OS upgrade via console?

into the latest edition might seem to move it up a tad bit.  Is the -d the solution? F On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 12:32 PM Aere Greenway mailto:a...@dvorak-keyboards.com>> wrote: On 10/10/2018 12:06 PM, Fritz Hudnut wrote: > Haven't had the time to try that, but continuing to try

Re: [lubuntu-users] Bionic B Lu - NEXT 18.04 --how to run OS upgrade via console?

On 10/10/2018 12:06 PM, Fritz Hudnut wrote: Haven't had the time to try that, but continuing to try "do-release-upgrade" doesn't bring anything . . . Did you include the "-d" option on the do-release-upgrade command? -- Sincerely, Aere -- Lubuntu-users mailing list

Re: [lubuntu-users] gnome-disk-utility not working

On 09/05/2018 05:19 PM, Jerry Van Brimmer wrote: Hello, I am running Lubuntu-18.04.1, 64 bit on an Acer netbook. I can't get the Gnome "Disk Image Writer" to work. I have downloaded and checked an iso file. I right click on the iso, and chose in the right click context menu "Open with ..."

Re: [lubuntu-users] nfs drive on Lubuntu - Problems

On 07/23/2018 06:48 PM, Aere Greenway wrote: I have been following the instructions for establishing a shared (NFS) drive on Ubuntu. When I get to the point where I check the status, using ufw, it doesn't show what it is supposed to show. Instead, it shows: sudo ufw status Status: inactive

[lubuntu-users] nfs drive on Lubuntu - Problems

I have been following the instructions for establishing a shared (NFS) drive on Ubuntu. When I get to the point where I check the status, using ufw, it doesn't show what it is supposed to show. Instead, it shows: sudo ufw status Status: inactive It's supposed to show the status of the

Re: [lubuntu-users] On Lubuntu 18.04, is a 32-bit /home compatible with a 64-bit home? (Aere Greenway)

On 06/09/2018 08:15 AM, Fritz Hudnut wrote: Walter: I first tried Lubuntu 18.04 32-bit, which I got working for the most part.  My Kindle reader did not work after restoring everything.  But more critical to me, is the fact that the Eclipse development environment crashes

Re: [lubuntu-users] On Lubuntu 18.04, is a 32-bit /home compatible with a 64-bit home?

On 06/04/2018 05:31 PM, Walter Lapchynski wrote: On Mon, Jun 04, 2018 at 04:30:52PM -0600, Aere Greenway wrote: I'm thinking of switching my 32-bit Lubuntu to 64-bit, when I go to 18.04 I think this is wise. In case you haven't heard the rumblings about ubuntu-release and ubuntu-devel, there's

Re: [lubuntu-users] Lubuntu-users Digest, Vol 78, Issue 1

On 06/05/2018 10:17 AM, Fritz Hudnut wrote: -- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2018 16:30:52 -0600 From: Aere Greenway To: Lubuntu Users mailto:Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com>> Subject: [lubuntu

Re: [lubuntu-users] On Lubuntu 18.04, is a 32-bit /home compatible with a 64-bit home?

On 06/04/2018 05:31 PM, Walter Lapchynski wrote: On Mon, Jun 04, 2018 at 04:30:52PM -0600, Aere Greenway wrote: I'm thinking of switching my 32-bit Lubuntu to 64-bit, when I go to 18.04 I think this is wise. In case you haven't heard the rumblings about ubuntu-release and ubuntu-devel, there's

[lubuntu-users] On Lubuntu 18.04, is a 32-bit /home compatible with a 64-bit home?

I'm thinking of switching my 32-bit Lubuntu to 64-bit, when I go to 18.04.  The machine (in both cases - same machine) is 64-bit architecture. My idea is to restore (including hidden files) my 32-bit Lubuntu 16.04.4 /home directory, currently backed-up using deja-dup, to a new Lubuntu 18.04

Re: [lubuntu-users] favorite flavor

On 05/20/2018 09:48 AM, Walter Lapchynski wrote: Not sure if you are all on the new Ubuntu Discourse instance (you should be!) but there's now a separate category just for discussion among flavors, which is actually pretty neat. We do a lot of talking amongst ourselves but never really had a

Re: [lubuntu-users] Lubuntu 18.04 slow boot and shutdown

On 05/15/2018 10:36 AM, Fritz Hudnut wrote: Hmmm, well I don't know if that fits the same "multi-boot" scenario that I'm referring to, where the last installed system will take over the swap partition, leaving the other distros without a linked swap UUID . . . and seeming to take a lot longer

Re: [lubuntu-users] Bionic B Lu 18.04 Testing . . .

On 03/30/2018 12:48 PM, Fritz Hudnut wrote: Tried to run "apt -f install" and it showed some old kernels to "autoremove" . . . which I did; didn't try to reboot into old kernel to test, perhaps now old kernel is gone?" In my experience, the autoremove leaves at least one older kernel.  It

Re: [lubuntu-users] PCManFM default sort order

On 03/21/2018 11:11 AM, Jerry Van Brimmer wrote: Is there a way to force PCManFM to always use "Sort Files > Ascending > By Name" ? I can set the sort order to Ascending > By Name, but it doesn't stay that way. Every once in a while I'll click on some folder and it changes back to Descending

Re: [lubuntu-users] install problem on MacBook C2D 2007

On 11/29/2017 07:07 AM, Israel wrote: On 11/29/2017 07:45 AM, Stephen Soucy wrote: Greetings! I am trying to run lubuntu 17.10-desktop-amd64.iso on a 2007 MacBook, Core 2 Duo 2 GHz processor with 1 GB of RAM. I burned a dvd on my newer MacBook, and when I insert it in the old MacBook, and

Re: [lubuntu-users] Support

On 11/09/2017 07:03 PM, O Vagabundo wrote: I need help in updating lubuntu today but when I try to open any browser the system hangs O Vagabundo: Does the system hang (can't move mouse pointer, or do other things), or does the browser crash, and appear to hang as the crash-reporter

Re: [lubuntu-users] how to access sound preferences in lubuntu 16.04

On 10/14/2017 10:47 AM, salima salima wrote: somewhere i read that it cant be done. then how to set the sound preferences? the main thing i need to do is to shut off the internal speakers and plug in external speakers connected with usb to my dell inspiron 5559. or any other way to deal with

Re: [lubuntu-users] lubuntu

On 09/09/2017 08:56 AM, Mark F wrote: On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 9:58 PM, Ralf Mardorf > wrote: >>> If so, then the hard drive already was close to the end of life before you installed Lubuntu. It would have failed without installing

Re: [lubuntu-users] lubuntu

On 09/08/2017 07:22 PM, Mark F wrote: On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 12:31 PM, Aere Greenway <a...@dvorak-keyboards.com <mailto:a...@dvorak-keyboards.com>> wrote: >>> The last time I had problems with dual booting was back in 12.04 days, It's been a while since I tried t

Re: [lubuntu-users] lubuntu

On 09/08/2017 12:56 PM, Mark F wrote: I have never had good luck with dual boot. It seems like after all these years the GRUB (etc.) would be perfected. But, *every* time I've tried it I've had nothing but trouble. I always have to run the "boot-repair" tool. I would lean toward a 2nd drive

Re: [lubuntu-users] Downloading Google Chrome

On 06/22/2017 05:17 PM, Muhammad Khan wrote: Hey. I am new to Linux and I just installed Lubuntu on one of my older desktops. I want to download Google Chrome but seem to have trouble doing it. Once I open the file, it takes me to the software installer were it just loads for a long time. Any

Re: [lubuntu-users] lost start button

On 06/11/2017 09:09 AM, jb wrote: When I installed my latest ‘Lubuntu’ (17.04) I had a ‘log-on/log-off’ button at the right hand end of the panel, (bottom of the desktop). However, after I have re-arranged the panel items as I want them, I find that the ‘log-on/log-off’ button had

Re: [lubuntu-users] Using Pentium 3 Machines on Lubuntu--posting from "the top"--ode to PPC

On 05/14/2017 10:46 AM, Fritz Hudnut wrote: top posting, for clarity and relaxation . . . . I am reminded of the trials and tribulations of "PPC" by this thread, we tried to keep what was/is functioning hardware viable by using software that was "lighter" and "lighter" . . . the problem with

Re: [lubuntu-users] Using Pentium 3 Machines on Lubuntu

On 05/13/2017 03:28 PM, Ian Bruntlett wrote: Hi All, I, too, am chasing down a problem with Firefox on Lubuntu problem. It keeps on crashing with SIGILL (illegal instruction). Now it is late, I'm off to bed but I do have a couple of insights. * If you are running a GUI based programme and

Re: [lubuntu-users] Using Pentium 3 Machines on Lubuntu

On 05/13/2017 05:25 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Sat, 13 May 2017 11:32:21 +0200, Basil Fernie wrote: On Mon, 8 May 2017 20:54:00 -0600 Aere Greenway wrote: But on attempting to browse the web (using Firefox) to download my latest music software, the browser crashes! I tried Chromium

[lubuntu-users] Using Pentium 3 Machines on Lubuntu

Lubuntu Users: I noticed in the minimum system requirements for Lubuntu 17.04, that a Pentium 4, or perhaps a Pentium M is required. I have two Pentium 3 machines, on which I successfully tested Lubuntu 16.10, and later upgraded them to 17.04. These machines passed my basic sequence of

Re: [lubuntu-users] Lubuntu 17.04 New Install

On 05/08/2017 06:11 AM, Liam Proven wrote: On 7 May 2017 at 18:43, Michael Hrons wrote: Is there any reason why I cannot get WiFi working?as I have 17.04 installed on another PC and it works fine with the same USB Dongle Realtek.Problem is the Plus Net Password is not

Re: [lubuntu-users] Lubuntu 17.04 New Install

On 05/07/2017 10:43 AM, Michael Hrons wrote: Is there any reason why I cannot get WiFi working?as I have 17.04 installed on another PC and it works fine with the same USB Dongle Realtek.Problem is the Plus Net Password is not accepted? Help appreciated Thanks Michael: There is a problem

Re: [lubuntu-users] 64 Bit netbook - Acer Aspire One 722-C52rr

On 04/23/2017 02:58 PM, Leo Kolbeinsson wrote: I agree with Ralf. Windows 10 Home does not support Hyper-V. You would need Pro or enterprise versions for that. However Virtual Box runs very well on all versions of Windows 10. Cheers, Leo K On 23.4.2017 18:05, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Sun, 23

Re: [lubuntu-users] Upgraded to Lubuntu 16.10, lost monitor detection

On 11/11/2016 01:43 AM, Ben Coleman wrote: I've just upgraded one of my machines from Lubuntu 16.04 to Lubuntu 16.10, and find that my resolution has gone from 1600x900 to 1280x1024. The video adapter is an Nvidia Geforce 6200, and the monitor is an Acer K222HQL, attached via DVI. The monitor

Re: [lubuntu-users] "Software" and Ubuntu One?

On 10/19/2016 09:24 PM, Mark F wrote: The reason that we replaced this with GNOME Software in 16.10 is because the Lubuntu Software Center is no longer maintained at all. Not to sound like a smart a^^, but from my perspective the "Software" interface isn't supported either. I've

Re: [lubuntu-users] Monitor Resolution Much Reduced on Lubuntu 16.04

On 09/27/2016 02:43 AM, Stefan W. Kleyer wrote: I had a similar problem with my system. I solved it by forcing xrandr to use a higher resolution. I'm not sure, if this is a good way, but it works quite good for me. 1. Open a Terminal and type in "cvt screen_resolution": $ cvt 1680 1050 60 You

Re: [lubuntu-users] Some problems with 16.04 you might not know about

On 09/25/2016 10:31 PM, E James wrote: 2. Wireless connection. It took me several attempts, including a reboot, before I spotted the problem. I was typing my friend's wireless key as he read it to me and the system kept ignoring me - no connection, no error message. Finally I noticed that the

Re: [lubuntu-users] [lubuntu-devel] Fwd: Yakkety Yak (16.10) Final Beta Freeze

On 09/21/2016 10:09 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote: pavucontrol is started from the menu (which a good, and an improvement compared to alsamixer), but at the volume icon on the panel, nothing happens when I click on 'Sound settings...'. I found this in Lubuntu alternate amd64. Nio: On most Ubuntu

Re: [lubuntu-users] always have to use pulseaudio volume control?

On 09/19/2016 06:50 AM, Stefan Kleyer wrote: Hi, as far as I know, ALSA is working, but ALSA can only accept audio input from one stream. So if e.g. you are playing music via media player, Firefox can't play a YouTube video with audio. Pulseaudio is kind of a wrapper for ALSA, that allows the

Re: [lubuntu-users] Keyboard shortcuts

On 09/06/2016 01:31 PM, Mark F wrote: I'd like to see a shortcut for disabling/enabling the laptop touchpad. I wrote a couple shell scripts to do that.[1] One toggles it on/off and is bound to a keyboard shortcut. I call the other script from .profile to toggle the touchpad off by default.

Re: [lubuntu-users] How does hardware listed on h-node relate to Lubuntu?

On 09/05/2016 09:59 PM, Nio Wiklund wrote: Den 2016-09-06 kl. 05:26, skrev scrooya...@riseup.net: Since Aere triggered my audio brainwaves, and having access to a Macbook I want to try a few Pro-Audio USB soundcards on Ubuntu I noticed that Lubuntu uses the alsa mixer instead of pulse audio

Re: [lubuntu-users] usb tethering not working?

On 09/02/2016 06:27 AM, Marlon Ng wrote: On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 8:17 PM, Liam Proven > wrote: On 2 September 2016 at 14:11, Marlon Ng > wrote: > I understand what you're saying, but based

Re: [lubuntu-users] Fwd: Does a default Lubuntu dark theme exist?

On 09/02/2016 12:05 AM, scrooya...@riseup.net wrote: Some dialogs don't fit on a 800x600 VM screen. Remember that with Linux, you can first press and hold the "Alt" key, then left-click (and hold) anywhere in the dialog, and drag the dialog so that you can see the missing/obscured part. On

Re: [lubuntu-users] Autostart exe in wine

On 08/28/2016 11:54 AM, Mark F wrote: It's a program to display a graphic on your desktop, animate it (float around?). It looks like a watermark (transparency) that appears *on top* of any apps open on the desktop. [1] Is there anything native to Linux like that? I see Live Wallpaper[2] but

Re: [lubuntu-users] Slow WIFI Connection in linux

On 08/22/2016 09:08 PM, TheBlueTunicGuy . wrote: I've tried new drivers and wlan settings but they have't worked i was wondering if you had any other advice It would be better if you supplied more details, such as what wireless you're using. Given only generalities, all I can say, is that

Re: [lubuntu-users] [lubuntu-devel] cups not built-in ?

On 08/12/2016 04:28 PM, Jan Holtman wrote: I see your discussion. In my opinion the most important thing is that a user gets a complete working system. Probably the bottom level for Lubuntu is a P4 or a Pentium M with 512MB ram 30 or 40 GB hard-disk. Jan: I have a perfectly usable Pentium 3

Re: [lubuntu-users] cups not built-in ?

On 08/12/2016 07:02 AM, scrooya...@riseup.net wrote: Indeed, but why not just stick to the basics? The OS + tools. And leave additional software choices up to the end-user. In my opinion, the ability to print and configure printers is part of the OS and tools. Would a person new to Linux (or

Re: [lubuntu-users] cups not built-in ?

On 08/11/2016 11:49 AM, Narcis Garcia wrote: I believe that the problem is on software selection to build live/install media, and not on any software package. If live/install media hasn't CUPS, seems to be caused by a discard decision. What I don't understand is, if this decision is for CD

Re: [lubuntu-users] cups not built-in ?

On 08/11/2016 08:06 AM, Narcis Garcia wrote: My checking results with Live media: lubuntu-15.10-desktop-i386.iso CUPS working lubuntu-16.04-desktop-i386.iso No CUPS present lubuntu-16.04.1-desktop-i386.isoNo CUPS present And for my surprise, lubuntu-15.10-alternate-i386.iso fits into

Re: [lubuntu-users] cups not built-in ?

On 08/11/2016 06:17 AM, Marlon Ng wrote: Hi. I just want everyone to know that my new clean install of lubuntu 16.04.1 did not seem to have CUPS. I had to: sudo apt-get install cups which I've never had to do before. After executing the above command, system-config-printer was able to detect

Re: [lubuntu-users] 16.04.1 32 Live VBOX

On 08/10/2016 05:28 AM, scrooya...@riseup.net wrote: Im guessing VBOX's 640x480 mode is flawed. what about using 800x600 as default? Still that would then rule out any 640x480 displays for now... but is that really a problem? I mean do 640x480 displays still exist? My Windows systems in

Re: [lubuntu-users] Trouble installing 16.04 via live USB, hard drive prob?

On 08/10/2016 01:58 AM, Marlon Ng wrote: The disk is 1TB, but the partition for lubuntu installation is 40gb only. Before the installation (or right after formatting the partition to ext4), 800mb of space was already used up. I asked if the 800mb initial used space is normal. Marlon: The

Re: [lubuntu-users] using live cd to flash a bios

On 08/03/2016 05:18 AM, scrooya...@riseup.net wrote: Has anyone used a livecd to flash a bios? If yes what application did you use? I have been using USB drives instead of DVDs for the live system, in almost all cases. I have been using UNetBootin successfully, for this. I use PLOP on a

Re: [lubuntu-users] keyboard layout keeps changing when switching between aplications (undesired)

On 07/31/2016 03:58 PM, Felipe M. Vieira wrote: the problem persists. Sometimes when I switch applications the keyboard configuration changes. I only have one keyboard layout installed. Using IBUS Preferences and disabling the keyboard shortcut to change layouts (despite I only have one) makes

Re: [lubuntu-users] keyboard layout keeps changing when switching between aplications (undesired)

On 07/26/2016 08:44 PM, Felipe M. Vieira wrote: Maybe it could indicate if anything changes despite the fact that I have only one keyboard layout enabled. If you 'hover' the mouse-pointer over the keyboard layout applet, a tool-tip appears, reporting the current keyboard layout. --

Re: [lubuntu-users] keyboard layout keeps changing when switching between aplications (undesired)

On 07/25/2016 08:00 PM, Felipe M. Vieira wrote: Dear mailing list, It is annoying me the fact that the keyboard layout changes randomly between my chosen layout and some obscure one. When it does I am not able to input tilde '~' for example (other keys as well) and I have to hit ctrl + space to

Re: [lubuntu-users] Firefox playing flash

On 07/16/2016 10:43 AM, Ian Bruntlett wrote: Hi, I'm testing a system that has had problems with the i915 graphics driver in the past. At the moment it is running Lubuntu 16.04 LTS GNU/Linux and everything is fine. However, I haven't activated flash playback in Firefox, yet. In the run up

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