Hello, been away for a while and decided to test LL5 on a few old Windows-handicapped laptops before installing it later on my office PC running an old version of LL. I have had two failures on the old laptops and am perplexed as I have never had install problems with LL before.


To take the first problem, which is on a fairly old Toshiba Satellite:
The CD checks out and the OS works on the laptop hardware - though it does display a few error messages very quickly that screen upwards before the CD loads the OS for testing. Once loaded, absolutely everything works smoothly running LL5 from the CD.
The full erasure install hung a few times but eventually claimed a successful install. The machine does not boot at all though. I just get a flashing cursor in the upper left corner. I have gone through the install process via the CD several times, it claims success, but the machine performs like a brick now.


I have no idea what I should be looking out for or what alternatives I can try to get an install. The machine does not have any UEFI listing in the BIOS, the only useful parameter I can find is boot order.


Any advice gratefully welcomed.

(Dang originally posted in the wrong section, as I didn't classify this as a hardware problem. That's ASD for you.)

LL3.4 : Hp 15 notebook, quad core.

Ran updates Ok a couple of days ago. needed to reboot for some to take effect. It rebooted through 'safe' mode &then wouldn't connect to my wifi so shut down & logged back on all OK. Been on standby when not in use for last couple of days. Accidentally pressed on/off button tonight briefly & went into standby - I think. Pressed start button again to get back in & it shut down. now reboots to 'safe' (selects LL by default if left 30 secs.) I get the feather but his takes longer than normal to clear. then goes to command line login request. Accepts this OK with password & goes to command line $ after some messages inc:

usr/lib/ubuntu-release-upgrader/ release-upgrade-motd: 39: usr/lib/ubuntu-release-upgrader/release-upgrade-motd: cannot create /var/lib/ubuntu-release-upgrader/release upgrade available: read-only file system
usr/lib/update-notifier/update-motd-fsck-at-reboot: 33: usr/lib/update-notifier/update-motd-fsck-at-reboot: cannot create /var/lib/update-notifier/fsck-at-reboot: read-only file system
cat: /var/lib/update-notifier/fsck-at-reboot: no such file or directory
run-parts: /etc/update-motd.d/98-fsck-at-reboot exited with return code 1

What do I do now ?

Hi all, LL5 on Lenovo G50-30 Notebook taking a long time to load  - this seems to be the important bit.  Any help greatly appreciated.
[  43.868289] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3[  43.868292] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast
[  43.868300] Bluetooth: BNEP socket layer initialized
[  43.927832] NET: Registered protocol family 38
[  48.587704] Generic FE-GE Realtek PHY r8169-300:00: attached PHY driver [Generic FE-GE Realtek PHY] (mii_bus:phy_addr=r8169-300:00, irq=IGNORE)
[  48.707804] r8169 0000:03:00.0 enp3s0: Link is Down
[  54.261819] wlp2s0: authenticate with a6:91:b1:4f:36:55
[  54.265366] wlp2s0: send auth to a6:91:b1:4f:36:55 (try 1/3)
[  54.266403] wlp2s0: authenticated
[  54.274207] wlp2s0: associate with a6:91:b1:4f:36:55 (try 1/3)
[  54.275404] wlp2s0: RX AssocResp from a6:91:b1:4f:36:55 (capab=0x1011 status=0 aid=2)
[  54.285296] wlp2s0: associated
[  55.323135] wlp2s0: Limiting TX power to 36 (36 - 0) dBm as advertised by a6:91:b1:4f:36:55
[  55.324024] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlp2s0: link becomes ready
[  58.726326] kauditd_printk_skb: 19 callbacks suppressed
[  58.726332] audit: type=1400 audit(1594720343.759:31): apparmor="DENIED" operation="capable" profile="/usr/sbin/cups-browsed" pid=983 comm="cups-browsed" capability=23  capname="sys_nice"
[  78.132780] Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
[  78.132793] Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized
[  78.132810] Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.11
[  89.806872] logitech-hidpp-device 0003:046D:4062.0006: HID++ 4.5 device connected.
[  110.106504] logitech-hidpp-device 0003:046D:405E.0005: multiplier = 8

LL3.4 : Hp 15 notebook, quad core.

Ran updates Ok a couple of days ago. needed to reboot for some to take effect. It rebooted through 'safe' mode &then wouldn't connect to my wifi so shut down & logged back on all OK. Been on standby when not in use for last couple of days. Accidentally pressed on/off button tonight briefly & went into standby - I think. Pressed start button again to get back in & it shut down. now reboots to 'safe' (selects LL by default if left 30 secs.) I get the feather but his takes longer than normal to clear. then goes to command line login request. Accepts this OK with password & goes to command line $ after some messages inc:

usr/lib/ubuntu-release-upgrader/ release-upgrade-motd: 39: usr/lib/ubuntu-release-upgrader/release-upgrade-motd: cannot create /var/lib/ubuntu-release-upgrader/release upgrade available: read-only file system
usr/lib/update-notifier/update-motd-fsck-at-reboot: 33: usr/lib/update-notifier/update-motd-fsck-at-reboot: cannot create /var/lib/update-notifier/fsck-at-reboot: read-only file system
cat: /var/lib/update-notifier/fsck-at-reboot: no such file or directory
run-parts: /etc/update-motd.d/98-fsck-at-reboot exited with return code 1

What do I do now ?

Ans: post this in the 'hardware support' section, even though I don't class this as a hardware problem, that's where the start up / shut down subforum is.

i need some help while installing game controller in Wine but it's not going through


my game controller model is g uf13a

my desktop PC upstairs is a 64bit , i have linux lite 5.0 64bit. its not linux, its my power switch that is the problem.

my problem is a mechanical  problem with the power button that turns the pc on, ha ha , i have to reach inside the pc with one hand and gently push forward with one finger and press the power button with the other finger on the front, lol, i made a funny video of it , but have yet to upload it. in the mean time i either need to replace the switch(i think thats what one calls it) if its replaceable, or buy a new desktop PC.

this is why i am looking for a portable email client, that works from a USB only,
for example "thunderbird portable",
https://portableapps.com/apps/internet/t...d_portable

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the question is , what portable email client you suggest i try ?. 
i dont want to use the thunderbird email client already installed with this linux lite, for security reasons, in case the method i am using to power the pc on every morning no longer works (i turn the pc off before i go to bed)

Hi, new to Linux Lite, not new to linux; I'm trying it out as a replacement for my Slackware stuff.
Would love to have xed as text editor, but can't get it installed (tried several things, including the install instructions from the Linux Mint page (which is kind of strange as Lite is also based on Ubuntu..)).

Any tips on how to add the right PPA or another solution?

Thx!
Aernoudt

Hi Linux Lite forum,

I need some help from you.

I don't have the "auto-tile" when I put my windows with the mouth on one side or the other of the screen even with my only workspace.
I have tried a couple of combinaison of ticked box in the windows manager/tweak tool but no success at all.

Moreover, I cannot have the tiling working with Keyboard shortcuts (<Super>Left, <Super>Right...). Additional information, when I press the Super key, the Menu pulls-up (which is generally speaking cool, but not in that case :p ).

Do you have any tips/idea to help please?

Best regards,
Romrom54

Hi Linux Lite forum,

This is my first post here, so HELLO [Linux Lite] WORLD  ;D.

I would need some help in order to solve a little issue that I am facing.

I can't find the Minimize button at the top of my windows. I only have the maximize and Close buttons that appear.
In the Windows Tweak settings, I have kept/selected a classical [ Title | Minimize | Maximize | Close] order but only maximize and close appear.

I have already check:
https://www.linuxliteos.com/manual/custo...tml#themes

And my Title bar looks the same than the one below (coming from the manual  ??? )


Do you know how can I do to find the lost button please? Any idea of some try the I can do?

Thanks a lot community. Cheers,
Romrom54

Relative newbie. Cannot update this evening and advised to post error log in forum. Looks like this is the appropriate forum. Thanks.

===========================
Install Updates Error log
===========================
Install Updates could not fetch the package cache information lists.
Go to https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/ and paste the log below into a new or existing thread for assistance.

============ Log ===========

Reading package lists...
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/apt/lists/lock. It is held by process 2934 (apt-get)
E: Unable to lock directory /var/lib/apt/lists/