Re: [lubuntu-users] PCManFM hidden files/dirs

2016-06-26 Thread J. Van Brimmer
ny > letter or digit in the 'alphabetical order' of the character set. > > In the e-mail I sent last, the table may not have appeared in table > form without the e-mail being viewed in HTML form. > > - Aere > > > On 06/23/2016 10:46 PM, J. Van Brimmer wrote: >> I thi

Re: [lubuntu-users] PCManFM hidden files/dirs

2016-06-25 Thread J. Van Brimmer
t last, the table may not have appeared in table > form without the e-mail being viewed in HTML form. > > - Aere > > > On 06/23/2016 10:46 PM, J. Van Brimmer wrote: >> I think in the end, I'll just have to either install a file manager >> that I'm comfortable with, or

Re: [lubuntu-users] PCManFM hidden files/dirs

2016-06-23 Thread J. Van Brimmer
<a...@dvorak-keyboards.com> > wrote: > > Jerry: > > I sent a detailed explanation, but it exceeded the maximum size of an > e-mail for this list, so it 'bounced'. > > Hopefully, the person in charge of the list will make a decision > regarding it. > > - Ae

Re: [lubuntu-users] PCManFM hidden files/dirs

2016-06-23 Thread J. Van Brimmer
> On Thursday, June 23, 2016 12:54 PM, Israel <israeld...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 06/23/2016 10:40 AM, J. Van Brimmer wrote: > >> Hello folks, >> >> I am trying, really I am, to like Lubuntu and to stick with it. But one > thing really bugs me, th

[lubuntu-users] PCManFM hidden files/dirs

2016-06-23 Thread J. Van Brimmer
Hello folks, I am trying, really I am, to like Lubuntu and to stick with it. But one thing really bugs me, the way PCManFM sorts files. Can somebody please explain to me the logic of sorting hidden files and directories *before* normal files/dirs? For example, take a look at this image:

[lubuntu-users] Xfburn & External USB Burner

2016-06-04 Thread J. Van Brimmer
Hi folks! I am running Lubuntu 16.04 64bit on a Lenovo X140e with the "AMD A4-5000 APU with Radeon(TM) HD Graphics" CPU, and a 500GB hard drive. I am having a problem with Xfburn seeing my ASUS SDRW-08D1S-U external USB 2.0 CD/DVD burner. When I connect it to the laptop, it shows up in Devices.

[lubuntu-users] PCManFM sorting of hidden files

2016-05-14 Thread J. Van Brimmer
I have noticed that both PCManFM here in Lubuntu, and Thunar in ubuntuStudio, sort hidden files/folders before regular files/folders. Since this happens in two different file managers in two different distributions, I am assuming that this is in some common configuration file somewhere. But,

Re: New Lenovo Netbook (broadcom wireless)

2014-10-10 Thread J. Van Brimmer
On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 2:00 PM, Israel israeld...@gmail.com wrote: Great! Well, either way I am glad you have wireless :) Glad you have a working Lubuntu Laptop!! Feel free to drop us a line anytime you have an issue! -- Regards Here is my new issue with Lubuntu. When I go to logout,

Re: New Lenovo Netbook (broadcom wireless)

2014-10-09 Thread J. Van Brimmer
On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 5:02 AM, Israel israeld...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jerry, I forgot about the option of using ethernet during install to detect and install the needed drivers :) I have had issues where sometimes it installs the packages you indicate, and those cause issues with the

Re: New Lenovo Netbook (broadcom wireless)

2014-10-09 Thread J. Van Brimmer
Great! Well, either way I am glad you have wireless :) Glad you have a working Lubuntu Laptop!! Feel free to drop us a line anytime you have an issue! -- Will do, thanks! -- -Jerry- -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at:

Re: New Lenovo Netbook (broadcom wireless)

2014-10-08 Thread J. Van Brimmer
On Sun, Oct 5, 2014 at 5:41 AM, Israel israeld...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, No Ubuntu distro will recognize the wireless out of the box. I think Puppy will, and possibly even some Ubuntu based distros like mint... however you can search for broadcom wireless drivers in your package manager of

Re: New Lenovo Netbook

2014-10-04 Thread J. Van Brimmer
save the image to a hard drive, a network share, or a *large* USB flash drive. Or use something other than the native Windows tool if you want to burn to DVD's. On 10/4/2014 12:24 AM, J. Van Brimmer wrote: That's what I intend to do once I get the DVDs created. I was having trouble

Re: New Lenovo Netbook

2014-10-04 Thread J. Van Brimmer
leave it as is. This leaves me with over 300 Gb for Linux. I like installing 2 or 3 different distributions, just for fun. On Oct 3, 2014 10:30 AM, J. Van Brimmer jerry...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I have just acquired a new refurbished Lenovo X140e netbook. tI has Windows 7 Pro on it. The first

Re: New Lenovo Netbook

2014-10-04 Thread J. Van Brimmer
this thread with interest, but I've always been advised to make windows resize it's own stuff. Glad that patience is paying off! Do let me know how many primary partitions you have free Regards, Phill. On 4 October 2014 16:58, J. Van Brimmer jerry...@gmail.com wrote: Well, I just completed a Disk

Re: New Lenovo Netbook

2014-10-04 Thread J. Van Brimmer
Yes, I have just started recording the first DVD+R disc. I'm using the Lenovo tool called Create Recovery Media. It did not tell me how many discs it's going to take. The first disc just finished. It was the boot disc. Data disc1 recording now. Well, I completed the system backup,

New Lenovo Netbook

2014-10-03 Thread J. Van Brimmer
Hello, I have just acquired a new refurbished Lenovo X140e netbook. tI has Windows 7 Pro on it. The first thing I did after booting it up was to go into Partition Management to shrink the C partition to make room for Lubuntu. I was shocked to discover that the partition manager would only shrink

Re: New Lenovo Netbook

2014-10-03 Thread J. Van Brimmer
, Oct 3, 2014 at 11:23 AM, John Hupp lubu...@prpcompany.com wrote: On 10/3/2014 1:30 PM, J. Van Brimmer wrote: Hello, I have just acquired a new refurbished Lenovo X140e netbook. tI has Windows 7 Pro on it. The first thing I did after booting it up was to go into Partition Management

Re: New Lenovo Netbook

2014-10-03 Thread J. Van Brimmer
shrink C down to 100 Gb, I'd leave it there. On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 2:40 PM, Aere Greenway a...@dvorak-keyboards.com wrote: On 10/03/2014 11:30 AM, J. Van Brimmer wrote: Hello, I have just acquired a new refurbished Lenovo X140e netbook. tI has Windows 7 Pro on it. The first thing I did

Re: New Lenovo Netbook

2014-10-03 Thread J. Van Brimmer
if you contact Windows support... Give it a try. If you have any problems, you restore that. Better now that you have nothing on your Windows than later... PS: Windows 7 requires 20GB for 64bits architecture. 2014-10-03 20:26 GMT-03:00 J. Van Brimmer jerry...@gmail.com: It has a 500Gb hard

Re: New Lenovo Netbook

2014-10-03 Thread J. Van Brimmer
booted a live CD (yes the drive did work), and voila... everything was working. On 10/03/2014 08:15 PM, J. Van Brimmer wrote: Yeah, I understand that it's a loaded question. I was just wondering if anyone here had tried it before. After I get my DVD images complete and tested, I'm going

Re: LibreOffice under Lubuntu

2014-09-26 Thread J. Van Brimmer
Peter, While reading over this thread, it reminded me of a similar situation I've had. The problem was the theme widget I had selected. Changing the theme widget fixed it. You might try that, if you haven't yet. On Sep 24, 2014 12:58 PM, Peter Hillier-Brook p...@hbsys.plus.com wrote: Hello All,

Re: 7 problems (-1) (+1)

2014-08-22 Thread J. Van Brimmer
On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 1:44 AM, spir denis.s...@gmail.com wrote: 7 problems Hello, === numlock at startup === The honorable numlock-at-startup issue is back! I did the usual procedure of installing numlockx and check corresponding files (/etc/X11/Xsession.d/55numlockx ~/.xinitrc) but