It's been about 10 years since I ditched Windows for Linux and in that time I have always found solutions to any problems in the various communities.


After constant searching for about a month I haven't found any way to solve this issue.


It all started with the dreaded Resolving Host in Chromium. So I changed to Google's DNS servers as is recommended and for a day or so I was back to trouble free browsing.


But now the problem has got worse and neither Chromium or Firefox will resolve hosts and just time out with a Server Not Found error.


However if I first boot from a live USB, connect to the WIFI, change the DNS to Google, without doing so it doesn't connect; restart the network and all is good, I can then boot from the hard drive and well here I am typing this as if I hadn't gone through that whole rigmarole to get here.


The whole booting from a live stick doesn't work in persistence mode with saved IPV4 changes.


I don't own a landline, I pay to connect to BT's hotspots which are in abundance in my area.
My desktop doesn't suffer with the same problem and neither does my 10" netbook that's also an Asus.


Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. 

Hi,

I have installed linux lite onto a relative's laptop at their request.

It is a circa-2008 Sony Vaio VGN-NS230D with 3 GB RAM. It was running Windows Vista previously.

After the install, most things work. I have wireless internet, the keyboard is fine (Even though this is a European model and we are now in Canada), the trackpad works, sound and Youtube work.

But I can't get it to play a DVD. Before you ask, I installed the 'restricted extras,' and also instructed it to load codecs during the install.

When I put a commercially-purchased DVD video in the tray, it automatically reads the DVD and says "DVD has automatically been mounted."

So I can see the DVD, and it mounts on the desktop. But when I try to play it, nothing happens.

I have tried to play both the disc and individual VOB files via VLC media player, but nothing works.

VLC actually pops up automatically when I first insert the DVD. But when I tell it to play the disc, video length numbers appear as if it is about to play a video, and this lasts for about one second, but then it halts inexplicably.

Can anyone help me with this problem?

Parlons donc de l'éléphant dans la pièce,

Qui installe LL en français ici?
Je comprends que les items "Lite" reste en anglais mais quand je change la langue pour français,
je ne devrait pas avoir "Install drivers", etc. non?

Avant de me lancer des pierres, oui, le laisse seulement français et ensuite english comme dernier de la liste
dans les langues. Et oui, je fais bien "Apply-System wide" où il faut.

Je sais que ce n'est pas comparable mais je n'ai pas ce problème avec Mint et doit donc me rabattre sur cette distro pour les installations plus "sensibles".

Helloooo!

So I played around with Plymouth a bit and modified some themes with the forums and some of my own designs.
I decided to posted them on the inter-tubes for others to try and maybe even, enjoy!
I included an install script and readme file for easy install.
*Don't forget to backup before installing though, just in case.
And please don't run updates at the same time as changing Plymouth themes, that can crash your Linux... I know from experience ;-) )

Lite Dreams Progress Bar v.1.0 here :
https://www.opendesktop.org/p/1200272/



and Lite Spinner v1.0 here :
https://www.opendesktop.org/p/1200274/


Cheers!

-TheDead (TheUxNo0b)

Hello! I have this encrypted note from CherryTree, and after I scan my device for viruses. The Clam virus scanner, said "Heuristics.Encrypted.7Zip" I'm just wondering if this is a real virus or even a real threat?

I have installed LL on the device in my profile. It has an 80GB HDD that I partitioned 20 GB for LL.  The other side is Windows 7.  While I get better performance than Windows, it still is slower than I prefer.  Is there any quick tuning that can be done in settings to improve this.  I have virtually nothing else on this partition than LL, which includes the Libre software.  I want to use for internet search and occasionally reviewing a Micro. Office file, but nothing of any size will be stored there.  Any help?  TIA

I am working on a plymouth retro display. I intend to use these images sequentially from timed sprites. Just having fun.

https://imgur.com/a/gcm7k

TC

Not sure what I'm doing differently...I have added Klavaro to 5 laptop or notebooks successfully a couple months ago, but now when I add it (have tried on two different computers) I can see the package in an EDUCATION tab above in the menu, however it doesn't open up on either computer  :-\

I tried through both synaptic manager going to "install/remove programs" and when it didn't open up I tried via terminal using a sudo command.  Both "appeared" to download the package, but again when I went to it via menu nothing happens when I click on it.

I even updated one of the computers again before downloading it.

Any explanations and suggestions?

Thanks,
Janet

I'm trying to uninstall and reinstall Firefox in LL 2.8 using Synaptic Package Manager (SPM). I keep getting an error notice when trying to launch the SPM telling me that I need to make a report and run this terminal command.:-



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


When trying to run that, I'm told I need Superuser permission.  Help!!

And what are the benefits of using it?