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  Still no kernel updates. Help!
Posted by: Yomiz - 09-09-2020, 08:15 AM - Forum: Other - Replies (7)

LinuxLite 5.0 here.  I updated my system a few minutes ago and my kernel is still 5.4.0-33. In Synaptic I can see a lot of newer kernels (5.4.0-37, -39, -40, -42, -45 and -47).

At the same time I updated another of my systems, Xubuntu 20.04.1, and it updated from kernel 5.4.0-45 to 5.4.0-47. Is something wrong with my LinuxLite system that is not updating kernels like it should do?

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  Linux Lite 5.0 - Fragmented Work Area
Posted by: SpyHalt - 09-09-2020, 04:47 AM - Forum: Other - Replies (3)

Hello guys!
After I installed LL 5.0, my desktop is fragmented, except the mouse cursor.

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Any window is fragmented - only the mouse that is not.
The fragment happens diagonally. The window opens on one side and exits on the other side.

When changing the user, only this window is correct - after entering the user, it becomes fragmented again.

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The screen is also slightly correct when you turn off the notebook.

What can I do?
I have already reinstalled the OS and the problem continued.

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  Black Screen When Turning on Computer
Posted by: alternative1 - 09-09-2020, 12:16 AM - Forum: Start up and Shutdown - Replies (6)

Hello,

I installed Linux Lite 5.0 the other day and now I am I getting a black screen when trying to turn on my computer.

I was using Google Maps on Firefox and the computer froze up. I manually shut it down, and now I am getting the black screen.

I have tried hitting esc key and holding down the right shift key right after I turn it on and can't get anything to show up.

Any suggestions?

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  Installed legacy instead of uefi mode
Posted by: penglix - 09-08-2020, 07:22 PM - Forum: Installing Linux Lite - Replies (13)

Hello,
my laptop is running Windows 10. I installed Linux Lite. The installation went through smoothly and successful. However, afterwards I wasn't able to boot Linux Lite. I can still boot Windows 10 though. I believe I made the mistake of installing legacy instead of uefi which I have. What shall I do now? Can I just run the uefi installation and will it automatically write itself over the legacy installation?

Any help for this new Linux Lite user is highly appreciated.

Thank you!

Best regards

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  Can't login after update
Posted by: mmcglynn - 09-08-2020, 01:05 PM - Forum: Installing Software - Replies (3)

I've just updated the OS and now I can't login. Tried repeating the password up to 6 times without getting in.

This is an osboxes.org installation. Have used it for year and never had this issue.

Could this be the Ubuntu login loop? Xauthority and /tmp are correctly owned.

Any help appreciated.

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  How do you make a backup?
Posted by: jack action - 09-08-2020, 01:31 AM - Forum: On Topic - Replies (3)

SO my SSD gave up recently and I had to restore a complete backup for the first time in my life.

Fed up with available backup programs where I'm never sure what they do and not sure how they restore files, I did my own backup of the entire file system with tar. (Basically tar -cvz -g backup.snar -f backup-000.tar.gz / with a bunch of excluded directories.) This way, I at least know where my files are and how they will be restored (i.e. manually by me).

The basic principle was that if I had a problem, I could always load LL again and then blindly unzip my backup over it to regain my system. Easy.

My problem arise when upgrading from series 4.X to 5.X. In such a case, I know that I cannot blindly overwrite a fresh install of the new series with files from the old series. Some files will be obsolete and clutter my SSD, some old files would overwrite the new ones and missing new features, maybe even broke some programs.

What I did was that I installed LL 5.0, then reinstalled all programs I had (based on my memory and looking at my backup files in /bin), then unzip my backed up home directory (even partly, because some programs like Pinta are not included in LL 5.0). But there are a lot of personal files which are not in the home directory. For example, mysql stores the databases in /var/lib/mysql. Emails are in /var/mail and cronjobs are in /var/spool/cron/crontabs/. I even found a VirtualBox folder in /opt.

The worst thing I found was a theme for Notepadqq. After reinstalling Notepadqq, I lost my setting for the appearance theme. We only have a choice between a selection of themes. I remember I did something special when I configured it, but couldn't remember it. By looking at the .ini file of the program, I finally realized that - 2 years ago - I build my own .css file (which is how the themes are stored) and put it with the other themes (after looking all around for them) in /usr/share/notepadqq/editor/libs/codemirror/theme/.

Are there other forgotten files like that? I don't know. I'm keeping my old backup for a while, just in case new problems arise.

So my question is: How do you keep track of all the files that you need to restore when upgrading from one series to another? Because it seems to be a very tedious job to upgrade from one series to another, certainly not one for an inexperienced user.

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  platform-tools flash-all returns command not found, Please Help
Posted by: +Me - 09-07-2020, 11:23 PM - Forum: Other - Replies (6)

Hardware = HP EliteDesk 800 G1 DM, 2 GHz i5, 12 GB RAMemory, 1TB Sata, intel HD Graphics 4600

Fully Updated X64 bit Linux-Lite 5

I've Navigated 2 the Location of platform-tools ie. /home/linux-lite/platform-tools Checked that adb iz Running, Confirmed that it Detects the Pixel 2 Phone, I've Copied All the GrapheneOS image Files to inside the platform-tools Directory & Clicked on flash-all.bat it Opens MousePad & when I Click on flash-all.sh Nutthing happens.

From the Linux-Lite Terminal, I cd /home/linux-lite/platform-tools/flash-all it Returns command not found same w/ .bat & .sh eXtensions. Also in All cases I there's a Maroon Red Flag w/ 127 inside I don't know what this means.

Please Help!

;-)K


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  Sobre Upgrade
Posted by: Mikix - 09-07-2020, 09:14 PM - Forum: Spanish [Spanish] - Replies (16)

Hola amigos: de nuevo tengo una pregunta que quiero resolver, me explico.
Desde que instale el sistema Linux Lite no he actualizado el mismo hasta hace unos dias que he pasado de la version 4.6 a la 4.8 y cual ha sido mi sorpresa que he notado un aumento importante en el numero de archivos instalados en el sistema que es aprox un 20% mas que en la version anterior.
Mi pregunta es: es esto normal?.....cosa que me parece un poco excesiva pues el upgrade es practicamente el mismo que el sistema anterior.
¿Puede que los archivos anteriores no se hayan borrado y convivan con los nuevos?
Agradezco cualquier opinion y respuesta que me anime a seguir con tranquilidad en esta nueva actualizacion, que por lo demás no me da ningun problema.
Mi preocupacion viene dada porque el espacio reservado que tengo para la paticion raiz es escaso, y esto ma ha llevado a una ocupacion del 75% y tengo poco margen de maniobra.
Nada mas; Un saludo y estaré a la escucha.
SALUD!! 8)

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  Firefox account
Posted by: LarryB1607 - 09-07-2020, 03:11 PM - Forum: Other - Replies (3)

I have 2 PC's running Windows 7 and both have Firefox as the default browser.  I have created an account with Firefox and can log into my account on either PC with the same credentials.  I have also ser up sync and was hoping to use this to update all of my Firefox settings in LLOS 5.  I seem to recall being able to do this in LLOS 4.8.  However when I try to login to my Firefox account using the same credentials, I get "unknown account".  I have tried this many times and continue to get the error.

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  5.0 live usb screen tearing
Posted by: daniqwe - 09-05-2020, 05:51 PM - Forum: Installing Linux Lite - Replies (8)

Before installing for the first time I tried to take a look at the the live version from a bootable usb.
Why does this happen?

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