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| Only scattered letters show in system menus ?. |
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Posted by: Jacky Joy - 02-21-2021, 12:23 PM - Forum: Installing Linux Lite
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Hello,
I'm trying out Linux Lite from a live DVD on a Dell Dimension 2350 that previously ran XP. Only onboard video display. I see the desktop, and I can see the desktop menus but they are unreadable because most of the letters are missing. Not only in the menus, but also file names in the file manager. But Firefox runs fine. https://krogerfeedback.nl https://talktosonic.onl https://talktowendys.vip https://whataburgersurvey.onl
I suspect the problem is that I didn't see any menus during boot, so I didn't get to choose a language. Is that plausible?
What I saw during boot:
Feather, auto boot in 8 secs
A few flashes.
Black screen w patterned rectangle top L, stayed on screen 2-3 secs.
Grey screen with Buddha profile and progress bar.
Black screen for 50 secs.
Cursor appeared on black screen, 3 secs.
Desktop, with feather , 3 icons at top L with garbled labels,and toolbar at bottom.
I have a little experience with Linux: I run Ubuntu Studio on my (much newer) laptop. But this font problem is new to me. Any suggestions? LX terminal is working, so can I fix language with some commands (if that's the problem)? Would I have the same problem if I were to install Linux Lite as dual-boot? (not sure how, since I can't understand the menus).
thanks
jackyjoy
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| Migrating from LL 3.8 to LL5.2 Can I Copy Desktop Setup |
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Posted by: mezzmer - 02-19-2021, 10:22 AM - Forum: Installing Linux Lite
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I have been using LL 3.8 very hapily for the last couple of years, but it's almost EoL, so I need to migrate to LL5.2.
Is there any easy way to keep al the work I have done setting up the desktop colors/icons?
Three is also a really nice "feather"/gold background that comes up when the system boots before I get the log in greeter screen. Any easy way to copy that over?
Thanks in advance for any assistance you can offer.
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| Cannot install Linux Lite |
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Posted by: tuckj1958 - 02-18-2021, 06:33 PM - Forum: Installing Linux Lite
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I have enjoyed using Linux Lite until a recent update. I have a Intel I9 processor and Nvidia RTX 2070 video card. I recently upgraded my drives to all NVME and now I cannot install Lite with USB of latest release. I have tried several attempts, downloaded the current ISO several times and recreated the USB install. Everything seems to install correctly until I reboot and get nothing but a black screen and blinking cursor. Other Debian, Ubuntu, and even Arch distro work fine. What is up with this?
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| New to Linux Lite |
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Posted by: Degsy - 02-18-2021, 01:50 PM - Forum: Introductions
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Hi everyone,
Have only just downloaded and installed Linux Lite on an old Dell Inspiron 6400. It had been running 2 versions of Peppermi t but have now replaced one of them with Linux Lite.
Looking forward to learning g the system, will no doubt be back with questions.
Regards,
Degsy
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| Python dist-packages problem? -- null distro/platform name |
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Posted by: HiTechHiTouch - 02-18-2021, 06:01 AM - Forum: Installing Software
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In attempting to install my HP P1606dn printer, I learned that an additional piece of code beyond the HPLIP 3.20.11 provided materials is required. To install this support module, HP provides HPLIP-3.20.11-plugin.run, a python script. This script uses platform.dist()[0] to obtain the name of the distribution. The error message is "AttributeError: module 'platform' has no attribute 'dist'".
The function is in /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages (1.4.0), and "pip install distro" reports "Requirement already satisfied: distro in /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages (1.4.0)"
Code: + hp-plugin
HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver 3.20.11)
Plugin Download and Install Utility ver 2.1
qt5ct: using qt5ct plugin
Checking for network connection...
Downloading plugin from:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/hplip/base/password.py", line 85, in get_distro_name
os_name = platfrom.dist()[0]
AttributeError: module 'platfrom' has no attribute 'dist'
The HP helper hp-plugin fails to install for many (non LL) distributions because the packager did not pick up the Python distro package, which is now required for Python 3.8+ because of code removal in 3.8.
So... I went down the chain to see that LL indeed had a usable dist-packages. All appears well, i.e. the LL distribution is NOT missing the newly required dist-packages.
However, dist-packages claims to be HIGHLY system dependent, poking around in C libraries and other places to figure out what to report. See https://pypi.org/project/distro for background. Also https:docs.python.org/2/library/platform.html section 15.15.5
So may I politely ask if the LL packager needs to do something to have dist-packages report the distribution name? (I assume it would be Ubuntu, 20.04.x, Focal Fossa).
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| LL not recognizing a specific USB stick |
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Posted by: Tyrannocaster - 02-18-2021, 02:06 AM - Forum: Hard Drives and SSDs
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I have a HP 16 gig USB drive which works fine on my Windows machine, even on my DVD player, and also on my old Mac. It is formatted FAT 32. Linux Lite refuses to admit it even exists. Plug it in and nothing; it doesn't show up with any command I can find, and I've been searching for the last half hour online. Running lsblk, for example gives nothing but the other devices I have. Ditto for fdisk -l.
Anybody have any idea what might be going on with this? The Disks program can't see it, Gparted can't see it, but these other OS systems work fine with it.
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| Updating Calibre |
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Posted by: LinuksLajt - 02-18-2021, 01:09 AM - Forum: Installing Software
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The Calibre e-book reader from supported repositories of LL 3.8 is stuck on version 2.55. Is there a reliable way of getting a newer 32-bit version? I really enjoy Calibre on my little Acer Aspire One running LinuxLite 3.8 (as opposed to a bigger laptop, not fitting into a lap). Should I run the instructions for Linux on the Calibre web site or should I add another (unknown) repository to the updates? I am not afraid of running command lines, but the numerous dependencies are off-putting. And I expect the restore points shoud guard me against disasters. NOTE: I use Calibre for open EPUB books only.
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