Recently (though I didn't notice until upgrading today) I had an update to LibreOffice Writer fail and stick me between LL series versions and cause today's upgrade to fail though I didn't realize anything had failed to update previously and the update notifier said my system was reported as up to date before I attempted the upgrade. So I ran apt policy to see where I was and yes LibreOffice writer was stuck between versions because LibreOffice core had already updated to 18.04.9 while Writer was at 18.04.7 thus sticking LL between version candidates 4.0.0030 and 4.0.0040 because LO Writer wouldn't install to 4.0.0040. Apt had held the update to LibreOffiice Writer without my noticing and LL update notifier had just reported my system as up to date. I like to use the LL GUI applications to repair things just to make sure they work for most people in most circumstances though I know the commands they run. This was a dpkg problem those generic commands could not fix and when they didn't work a ran them all from the CLI including removing apt lists and updating them over again. I didn't really expect them to work since LibreOffice is not a simple package, but I also had no intention of reinstalling LibreOffice either because there is a very good chance I could end up with the same error if it was some small non-internal to LO python or interpreter error. Okay. Time to read through some lines in /var/lib/dpkg/status about 49,000 or so, but that is easier than it sounds, if the first thing you look for is file corruption with bad characters. Within a few minutes I narrowed it down to three small python packages linked to IDNA (international domain name association) files: python-idna, python3-idna, and python-lockfile. I then just reinstalled the three small packages, updated the system, finished the hung LO Writer upgrade to 4.4, then upgraded to 4.6. I have yet to guess what messed up those little idna packages, and why update notification said my system was up to date though I expect that is because apt held back the upgrade to Writer singly as reported by apt policy and allowed the rest of the updates. Comments welcome.
TC

I've recently installed Lite 3.6 32 bits and when I run install update I get this message:
===========================
Install Updates Error log
===========================
Install Updates could not successfully download and install available updates.
Go to https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/ and paste the log below into a new or existing thread for assistance.

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

Lendo listas de pacotes...
Construindo árvore de dependências...
Lendo informação de estado...
Calculando atualização...
Os seguintes pacotes foram instalados automaticamente e já não são necessários:
  libllvm4.0 libqmi-glib1 libqpdf17
Utilize 'sudo apt autoremove' para os remover.
Os NOVOS pacotes a seguir serão instalados:
  amd64-microcode gir1.2-networkmanager-1.0 gir1.2-nma-1.0 intel-microcode
  iucode-tool libdrm-common libllvm6.0 libqmi-glib5 libqpdf21 libwebpdemux1
  linux-headers-4.4.0-161 linux-headers-4.4.0-161-generic
  linux-image-4.4.0-161-generic linux-modules-4.4.0-161-generic
  linux-modules-extra-4.4.0-161-generic lite-upgrade-series4
  ubuntu-advantage-tools
Os pacotes a seguir serão atualizados:
  cups-filters cups-filters-core-drivers gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.0
  gir1.2-webkit2-4.0 libdrm-amdgpu1 libdrm2 libegl1-mesa libgbm1
  libgl1-mesa-dri libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 libmm-glib0 libqmi-proxy
  libwayland-egl1-mesa libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37-gtk2
  libxatracker2 linux-generic linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic
  mesa-vdpau-drivers modemmanager qpdf ubiquity ubiquity-frontend-debconf
  ubiquity-frontend-gtk ubiquity-ubuntu-artwork ubuntu-minimal
27 pacotes atualizados, 17 pacotes novos instalados, 0 a serem removidos e 0 não atualizados.
É preciso baixar 7,146 B/127 MB de arquivos.
Depois desta operação, 348 MB adicionais de espaço em disco serão usados.
Err:1 http://sft.if.usp.br/linuxlite citrine/main i386 lite-upgrade-series4 all 4.0-0030-linuxlite
  404  Not Found
E: Falhou ao buscar http://sft.if.usp.br/linuxlite/pool/main...te_all.deb  404  Not Found

E: Impossível buscar alguns arquivos, talvez executar apt-get update ou tentar com --fix-missing?

Installed Brother HL2360DW printer in Linux Lite 3.8 32 bit. I choose Brother 1200 cups as there is no 2360DW driver in list. Decided to change driver to find one that will print on both sides. Deleted printer to start over. Decided to check Synapatic package manager to see if other Brother packages exist. Got this message after I selected and tried to installed other Brother packages.

E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

Please help me fix this?

Just like seeing these in my feed..  Kudos [member=2]Jerry[/member]


https://zcom.tech/ubuntu-based-linux-lit...lable.html

Well I am still using Lite 3.8 because it is based on 16XXX Ubuntu...
It gives me lightning fast boot and all 18XXX Ubutu troubles are gone...
As I did use Lite on a 18XXX Ubuntu base first with a lot of problems
as arrow keys not working, graphic files hanging, even system hanging
for some time... and whatever....
But using 3.8 cannot load updates anymore and giving errors...
and the question is... is 3.8 a total updated system so updates not needed ?
Using Lite 4.2 or 4.4... is still having all the Ubuntu 18XXXX problems...
And yes they are Ubuntu problems as all those problems I did find on
Ubuntu and Peppermint also... pity Lite didn't build further on the 16XXX Ubuntu
But ok... I am happy with 3.8 as it is top and better than 4.xxx Lite... but
I miss the upgrades for 3.8...
Anyway... this is very personal... but t is a fact... and perhaps the reason a lot
are migrating to MXlinux... so leave Ubuntu 18XXXX and its problem far behind...
Lite is/was top... but it's base is build on a bad Ubuntu now...
Don't shoot at me... this is very personal

I still use Lite after all... the retro one

hello again i have one problem here. Ι want to use obs studio on my laptop but when i run it i take that massege
<<Failed to initialize video.  Your GPU may not be supported, or your graphics drivers may need to be updated.>>

my gpu is intel 945gm and i look for drivers but i did not found any drivers for the gpu  :-\ in intels specs pdf i see that my gpu support open gl .... for obs studio

any ideas

sorry for my English

For multiple versions now, Linux Lite does not recognize Corsair k70 MK.2 keyboard.
Love Linux Lite and love that keyboard.
Not a problem with at least 6 other distros I'm running.
Any help appreciated,

    Cheers,
Kees Schouten

Hi.
I have installed the program GSmartControl 1.1.3 so that I can extract health data from any harddrives connected to the computer.
After I installed the program, the procedure to get HDD smart data is to open the program, navigate to correct tab and from there I can select and copy the smart data from any given harddrive.The question is : Is there any way to use Terminal to output the smart-data from a given disk?

I was thinking whether "Do Not Track" option, available in most modern web browsers, actually does make any difference, since as far as I know, it only asks the websites to kindly not treat the visitor with all the roentgen stuff, which the request could be perfectly ignored. Furthermore, I was thinking, if somebody is asking to not be tracked - while the statistical majority is ignorant of the feature, therefore wishes to be tracked - it could bring a paradoxical result, in which such a visitor would be monitored extra, because of the neon sign.