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| Terminal customisations (prompt, avoiding ./ and aliasing cd ..) |
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Posted by: alowe - 03-29-2018, 02:41 PM - Forum: Desktop Customization
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I'd read in several places that you're not supposed to edit ~/.bashrc but when I edited ~/.profile none of the changes worked, so using .bashrc for now until someone can explain why.
Here's some lines I appended to .bashrc after 1 day using LinuxLite:
Code: # set command prompt to Windows DOS style
PS1='$(pwd)>'
Because I don't need to know the user or the host as these will never change. Don't need to know if Terminal is opened with root access as that is obvious to the person who opened the Terminal (who is only me). Also, I don't want to see ~ as the abbreviation for the home directory as this hides information I want to know.
Code: # set PATH so that user can avoid typing ./ before running executables
PATH=.:$PATH
Because I expect the computer to understand that when the directory isn't explicitly specified then it should default to the current working directory. That to me is just common sense.
Code: # use / as Amiga style cd .. command. alias doesn't allow / so use function
function / { cd '..'; }
I'm so used to typing / to go to the parent directory that it's ingrained in muscle memory even after decades of not doing this. It's a minor hassle to force myself to type cd .. which seems so clunky by comparison. When I tried to set this using alias it kept throwing an error, so resorted to using function.
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| Stuck on Login screen |
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Posted by: Kavin - 03-29-2018, 12:48 PM - Forum: Start up and Shutdown
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Hi,
I installed linux lite on my system and everything worked fine but after updation. It is stuck on the login page. It wont let me get in even after entering the correct password.
Any help would be appreciated.
Regards,
Kavin
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| What's the right way to select Thunar as the default app for folders in Firefox? |
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Posted by: alowe - 03-27-2018, 07:43 PM - Forum: Other
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I tried the following at the Terminal:
Code: xdg-mime default /usr/share/application/Thunar-folder-handler.desktop inode/directory
But when I select the downloads icon ![[Image: download.png]](https://s9.postimg.org/7axng332n/download.png) in Firefox, then select a folder ![[Image: folder.png]](https://s9.postimg.org/mkxin2vy7/folder.png) , nothing happens.
The folder exists and xdg-mime query confirms the mime type is set. Although Firefox lists all Applications used to open files by type in its Preferences, this does not include inode/directory. That was the first place I checked.
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| broadcom wirelles card not working in other ubuntu based systems |
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Posted by: MohamedKhaled - 03-27-2018, 12:24 PM - Forum: Network
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hi guys something weird is happening with me....
i have tried installing other oses alongside LL but something weird is happening in all of them except LL.. i can't access or find any wifi network....something with drivers i guess...but i have the same options in all my oses and only linux lite is working...(i use the dont use this driver option in all of them) and btw(by the way) i have to ethernet cable so my only way to acces internet is by opening LL os ... (my wifi driver is broadcom4311) and all my oses are ubuntu base (xububtu lubuntu etc ) that the weired thing....
any help would be appreciated...really
(solved and changed the title to best fit the thread .. the solution was to connect your android mobile to internet and choose bluetoth tethering (more info down there)
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| Tutorial: cloning your Linux Lite drive using the 'dd' command. |
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Posted by: m654321 - 03-27-2018, 10:50 AM - Forum: Tutorials
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This tutorial is for those of you who: - would like to have a solid backup clone of the whole drive (SSD or HDD) containing LL
- are familiar with at least some basic use of the terminal
- can use either gparted (i.e. Partition Drives in Menu) or terminal, to check the drive designation, i.e. /dev/sda, /dev/sdb, /dev/sdc, etc
Reasons I use 'dd' for cloning and what I use it for.
It's a very simple tool for cloning LL, or any other distro, or Windows OS, including any dual- or multi-booted systems. The reason I started using 'dd' for cloning, is that I found other dedicated cloning software (e.g. clonezilla) too complicated to use: the 'dd' command only takes up one line of code in the terminal.
I have LL installed on a 250GB drive. About once-a-week, I clone it to an identical drive (same size & make), via a USB port (the important thing here is that the backup drive has a storage size that is either the same or bigger than the written space on the drive you want to clone from). I do this as I have accumulated several virtual machines, important data, packages, symlinks, etc which, if lost, would cost me a huge amount of time and energy to reinstall - doesn't bear thinking about :-[ . Should LL on the internal drive on my laptop crash irretrievably (it has done at least a couple of times due to my tinkering around and the odd silly mistake), I just take the drive out of the PC, and replace it with the backup drive. The backup drive is instantly recognised and works from the get-go.
How long will cloning it take?
Using setup 1 in my signature below as an example (an i7 laptop), where I'm cloning from a 250GB SSD to an identical external SSD (via USB 3.0 connection) it takes just under 3 hours, with a copy rate of around 23 to 27 MB/s. With older CPUs this will take longer, and it could be an activity you could just leave to run overnight. Sometimes, I clone from a 250GB SSD to a 500GB SSD - the cloning time is the same - in this case what you end up with is 250GB of cloned space and 250GB of unallocated space. I have cloned to HHDs, but the copy rate is significantly slower, as you'd expect. The backup drive doesn't need to be formatted for cloning - you can just leave it as unallocated space - cloning will overwrite it anyway. Also, don't forget to transfer any valuable data files on your backup drive before cloning to it, otherwise these will be lost !
Here's what you do to clone the whole drive:- put the back-up drive into a USB caddy and plug into the USB port on your PC
- open gparted and make a note of the /dev/sdx designation of both drives, i.e. the one you're copying from (inside your PC) , and the drive you're copying to (external backup drive), e.g. on my PC this is /dev/sda (from), and /dev/sdc (to) - if you have only one drive bay in your PC then this might be /dev/sda (from) and /dev/sdb (to)
- close gparted, then open the terminal and type the following, substituting 'x' and 'y' for the correct designation of your drives:
Code: sudo dd if=/dev/sdx of=/dev/sdy
So, if you are cloning from /dev/sda to /dev/sdb, you would enter:
Code: sudo dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb status=progress
The term status=progress, means that you are given a live on-screen progress of cloning, i.e. the cumulative number of bytes transferred, the time passed from the start of cloning (seconds) and the transfer speed (MB/s). If you leave this term out, cloning will go ahead but without any indication of progress until cloning has completed.
After entering this you'll be asked for your password - type this then hit the ENTER key to start the cloning process. When cloning is completed, the output from the terminal will have the following format:
Code: [mike@G750 ~]$ sudo dd if=/dev/sdb of=/dev/sdc status=progress
[sudo] password for mike:
488397168+0 records in
488397168+0 records out
250059350016 bytes (250 GB, 233 GiB) copied, 10865.2 s, 23.0 MB/s
In the output shown above, the internal drive that has LL installed on it (the drive that's being copied from) has the designation /dev/sdb - I just want to make the point that the designation of the drive, containing the operating system, is not always going to be /dev/sda, though it usually is.
Here's what you do if you want to clone just a specific partition, not the whole driveThe method is the same - you just need to quote the specific partition you want to clone 'from' and 'to' in the dd command.For example, if Linux Lite is installed as root on the partition /dev/sda1 on your PC, and you want to clone this to a partition on another drive named /dev/sdc1, then the command is as follows:
Code: [mike@G750-mj ~]$ sudo dd if=/dev/sda1 of=/dev/sdc1 status=progress[sudo] password for mike: 48315625984 bytes (48 GB, 45 GiB) copied, 2200 s, 22.0 MB/s[[B94373887+0 records in94373887+0 records out
48319430144 bytes (48 GB, 45 GiB) copied, 2217.25 s, 21.8 MB/s
A WORD OF CAUTION (don't say you haven't been warned)!
Should you enter the wrong /dev/sdx designation, you could risk wiping your computer clean - this is probably the reason that 'dd' is sometimes nicknamed 'disk-destroyer'. So, my advice is don't do this if you're drinking beers, distracted, or overly tired, otherwise ..! That said, I've been using 'dd' for the last three years and haven't had a problem with it. Just make sure the USB connection of the backup drive is secure (as a precaution don't move the PC or external drive during cloning). If the USB disconnects during cloning, even just momentarily, you'll have to restart the cloning process.
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| Hash Sum Mismatch error unable to update |
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Posted by: Gaurishankar - 03-27-2018, 05:17 AM - Forum: Installing Software
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Dear Sir,
I am unable to update the my Linux Lite installation. getting hash sum mismatch error. Firefox and Google Chrome is often crashing. Installed Team viewer but it is not working. Horrible experience.
unable to do productive work in Linux Lite.
Please Help
Gauri Shankar Gound
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| G'Day from Australia. |
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Posted by: kitony - 03-27-2018, 01:46 AM - Forum: Introductions
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I have been a user of Linux for years, love the ease of using, updating and in general, the feel of the majority of Distro's. Ubuntu, Mint and several others but my favorite was PCLinuxOS until they dropped the 32 byte version. My hobby is to try and resurrect old computers, then I give them away, so a Linux distro is perfect because of the minimum hardware requirements they need to operate. (My Wife says that I repair them until they are broken beyond repair)
This laptop for example is a old Toshiba NB200 which was taking the best part of 20 minutes to fully load Win XP Home and get online. Now with LinuxLite I timed it today at just over 85 seconds, that is of course without any bloatware or other crap on board.
Toshiba NB200 32bit
Intel® Atom™ CPU N280 @ 1.66GHz
Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME
RAM 1 G.
So you can see that this notebook is nothing to rave about, but with LinuxLite on board it is operating just as well if not better that most Windows PC's.
Glad to be a member of this forum and definitely very happy to have come across Linux Lite.
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| Install Linux Lite on Dell Laptop fails |
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Posted by: dleddy - 03-26-2018, 03:34 PM - Forum: Installing Linux Lite
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:'( I have tried to install Linux Lite from USB drive to Dell Inspiron 14-3542 (model number may be off) and it fails to restart /boot from the hard disk: 1) storage is eMMC ard; 2) boot is interuppted by this Dell SupportAssist message: It appears that there is difficulty in starting your system. Testing eMMC drive --[hangs]. I had previouslydisabled Windows Boot Manager in the bios. Install seemed to complete without problem. Now running from the Live version on the USB drive. Any and all help will be appreciated -- Win 10 has augered in and no help from MS. Want to try Linux on this cheap laptop.
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