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| <Sort of solved> "Unable to find a medium containing a live file system" |
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Posted by: smhardesty - 06-22-2017, 10:53 PM - Forum: Installing Linux Lite
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I hope this is the correct place to post this problem. I'm attempting to install Linux Lite 3.4 64 Bit on my wife's laptop. It is a Lenovo B50-45. Hardware is an AMD A6-6310 APU, 4 GiB RAM, with AMD Radeon R4 Graphics. The hard drive is 500GiB and she has absolutely nothing saved on it. Her main use is email and some Internet surfing.
I'm sure the problem I'm having is actually related to the stupid UEFI. I say I'm sure, but I guess if I was sure I'd have solved the problem. Anyway, I have tried both the 32 bit and 64 bit versions of Lite, WattOS, and Xubuntu installs. The exact same problem occurs with each of the different distros. The laptop doesn't have an optical drive so I'm attempting to install from a USB stick. I have created the Live stick using both MintStick and UNetBootin. I never even get the Live stick running. It locates the USB stick, gives me the first splash screen with options to boot live, boot in safe mode, etc, then with Lite I get the yellow splash screen with the feather on it for approx 45 seconds, then that leaves and I have a black screen with command line messages.
The first message that pops up is: (initramfs) Unable to find a medium containing a live file system
Then there are 5 errors and the final message is: [ 158.248149] usb usb3-port1: unable to enumerate USB device
Then it just hangs there. I have tried different settings in the BIOS, or UEFI, or whatever it's called now. I know that at some point I was able to figure the thing out because it's running Mint 17.3 Rosa right now. I'm sure I wouldn't have changed any settings in the BIOS between the last time I loaded Mint and now so I should have been able to load a Live stick now. Maybe it's in the way I'm creating the USB stick. I format the stick before every time I write an image to it. And the stick loads up just fine on the G50-45 that I use.
Anybody have any ideas? I'm sure open to any suggestions. Thanks in advance.
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| VIA CN700/P4M800 Pro/P4M800 CE/VN800 Graphics |
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Posted by: pemartins - 06-22-2017, 04:15 PM - Forum: Video Cards
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I'm having a video display issue, i.e. fullscreen display on Youtube having choppy image even at 144p and Vlc video having what looks like a blue filter. It's an old pc so of course I'm not expecting to watch HD or something alike, I'd just like to ask for your help to check if something could be done to improve. If not no problem at all, Linux Lite brought this old machine back to life so I really couldn't ask for more.
I already updated mesa to the latest 17.1.2 but it didn't help. Here is the output of inxi -Fxxx:
Code: $ inxi -Fxxx
System: Host: melo-pc Kernel: 4.4.0-82-generic i686 (32 bit gcc: 5.4.0)
Desktop: Xfce 4.12.3 (Gtk 2.24.28) info: xfce4-panel dm: lightdm
Distro: Ubuntu 16.04 xenial
Machine: Mobo: MICRO-STAR model: MS-7222 v: 2.00
Bios: Phoenix v: 6.00 PG date: 07/25/2006
CPU: Single core Intel Pentium 4 (-HT-) cache: 1024 KB
flags: (lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3) bmips: 5999
clock speeds: max: 2999 MHz 1: 2999 MHz 2: 2999 MHz
Graphics: Card: VIA CN700/P4M800 Pro/P4M800 CE/VN800 Graphics [S3 UniChrome Pro]
bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 1106:3344
Display Server: X.Org 1.18.4 drivers: openchrome (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
Resolution: [email protected]
GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 4.0, 128 bits)
GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 17.1.2 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio: Card VIA VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller
driver: snd_via82xx port: e400 bus-ID: 00:11.5 chip-ID: 1106:3059
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.4.0-82-generic
Network: Card: VIA VT6102/VT6103 [Rhine-II]
driver: via-rhine port: e000 bus-ID: 00:12.0 chip-ID: 1106:3065
IF: enp0s18 state: unknown speed: 10 Mbps duplex: half
mac: 00:16:17:c6:41:79
Drives: HDD Total Size: 40.0GB (54.9% used)
ID-1: /dev/sda model: ST340014A size: 40.0GB serial: 5JX157XQ
Partition: ID-1: / size: 37G used: 21G (59%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
ID-2: swap-1 size: 0.47GB used: 0.19GB (40%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda5
RAID: System: supported: N/A
No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Unused Devices: none
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 55.0C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 157 Uptime: 37 min Memory: 255.8/428.2MB
Init: systemd v: 229 runlevel: 5 default: 2 Gcc sys: 5.4.0 alt: 4.8
Client: Shell (bash 4.3.481 running in x-terminal-emul) inxi: 2.2.35
I'm attaching a report. I read in the forum posting guidelines that only txt files could be attached but since when I was about to post I noticed that more file types where available and html format was much easier to read, I'm posting the generated html file. I apologize in advance if I'm doing wrong and if so let me know so I can remove it.
Thank you in advance.
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Posted by: pemartins - 06-22-2017, 03:42 PM - Forum: Introductions
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Hi all,
I'm Paulo from Portugal, being using Linux for some time now and I after I tried Linux Lite 3.4 on a VM it ended up in an old Pentium 4 desktop I have and I must say, it works way better than I was expecting! It really brought that machine back to life!
Congrats to the team, keep up with the awesome work!
Cheers!
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| Virtual Box problem |
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Posted by: then00b - 06-22-2017, 03:59 AM - Forum: On Topic
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Hello!
Is there a way to make Virtual Box run smoother? It's very laggy, and it freezes whenever I use it. What is the best settings that I could use to make it run smoother?
P.S: My plan is to run windows 8.1 on it
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| 100% CPU usage on both cores. Synaptic fails to fully load. Virtual keyboard . |
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Posted by: rokytnji - 06-21-2017, 01:02 PM - Forum: On Topic
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I learned something new yesterday . Broke out my Dell XT2 and dist-upgraded my old install.
Code: harry@harry-Latitude-XT2:~$ inxi -zv7
System: Host: harry-Latitude-XT2 Kernel: 4.2.0-linuxlite i686 (32 bit gcc: 4.8.4)
Desktop: Xfce 4.11.8 (Gtk 2.24.23) info: xfce4-panel dm: lightdm
Distro: Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS
Machine: System: Dell (portable) product: Latitude XT2 Chassis: type: 8
Mobo: Dell model: 0HJ48R Bios: Dell v: A01 date: 05/07/2009
Battery BAT0: charge: 29.2 Wh 78.0% condition: 37.5/38.0 Wh (99%)
volts: 11.7/11.1
model: Sanyo DELL H986H98 Li-ion serial: 2121 status: Discharging cycles: 0
CPU: Dual core Intel Core2 Duo U9600 (-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB
flags: (lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 6379
clock speeds: min/max: 800/1601 MHz 1: 800 MHz 2: 1601 MHz
Memory: Using dmidecode: you must be root to run dmidecode
Graphics: Card: Intel Mobile 4 Series Integrated Graphics Controller
bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:2a42
Display Server: X.Org 1.15.1 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
Resolution: [email protected]
GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Mobile Intel GM45 Express x86/MMX/SSE2
GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 10.1.3 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio: Card Intel 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller
driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:293e
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.2.0-linuxlite
Network: Card-1: Intel 82567LM Gigabit Network Connection
driver: e1000e v: 3.2.5-k port: efe0
bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:10f5
IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
Card-2: Intel WiFi Link 5100
driver: iwlwifi bus-ID: 0c:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:4232
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
WAN IP: <filter> IF: eth0 ip-v4: N/A ip-v6: N/A
IF: wlan0 ip-v4: <filter> ip-v6: <filter>
Drives: HDD Total Size: 180.0GB (30.1% used)
ID-1: /dev/sda model: D2CSTK181M11 size: 180.0GB serial: OCZ-OQ3UU619XQCH1EJ6
Optical: No optical drives detected.
Partition: ID-1: / size: 8.6G used: 5.7G (70%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
label: N/A uuid: 99517a34-0f9f-42d4-af4c-82ae817fb057
ID-2: /home size: 157G used: 45G (31%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
label: N/A uuid: 52dc4336-761c-4976-ac02-0851fa022abc
RAID: System: supported: N/A
No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Unused Devices: none
Unmounted: ID-1: /dev/ram0 size: 0.07G label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-2: /dev/ram1 size: 0.07G label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-3: /dev/ram2 size: 0.07G label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-4: /dev/ram3 size: 0.07G label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-5: /dev/ram4 size: 0.07G label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-6: /dev/ram5 size: 0.07G label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-7: /dev/ram6 size: 0.07G label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-8: /dev/ram7 size: 0.07G label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-9: /dev/ram8 size: 0.07G label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-10: /dev/ram9 size: 0.07G label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-11: /dev/ram10 size: 0.07G label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-12: /dev/ram11 size: 0.07G label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-13: /dev/ram12 size: 0.07G label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-14: /dev/ram13 size: 0.07G label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-15: /dev/ram14 size: 0.07G label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-16: /dev/ram15 size: 0.07G label: N/A uuid: N/A
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 50.0C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 182 Uptime: 45 min Memory: 841.2/5004.5MB
Init: Upstart v: 1.12.1 runlevel: 2 default: 2 Gcc sys: 4.8.4
Client: Shell (bash 4.3.111 running in x-terminal-emul) inxi: 2.3.0
harry@harry-Latitude-XT2:~$
I had not used this net-book for a long while. So to give you a idea of how long ago. I had chromium 58 on here when chromium still supported 32 bit systems. So part of my cleanup on this net-book was un-installing chromium.
I use onboard keyboard on this netbook
Code: harry@harry-Latitude-XT2:~$ apt-cache policy onboard
onboard:
Installed: 1.0.1-0ubuntu1
Candidate: 1.0.1-0ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 1.0.1-0ubuntu1 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
1.0.0-0ubuntu4 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main i386 Packages
Which I had auto-starting in startups after a login.
My synaptic problem after my dist-upgrade was due to onboard auto-starting and running in the background <even closed>
So I quit onboard using the menu option in taskbar in the onboard icon location in the taskbar.
I unchecked the onboard box in my startup services after login.
I added a manual onboard in my taskbar icons section where my file manager icon sits in taskbar . Only difference is now I do not auto-start and start onboard manually when I want to use it.
Synaptic now opens normally again.
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| Kernel Install/Remove issue with a kernel later than what LL provides |
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Posted by: humdinger70 - 06-21-2017, 12:21 AM - Forum: Installing Software
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The default kernel in LL 3.4 is the 4.4 family. Just for the heck of it, I installed a much later kernel (4.11.0) and it's my default boot kernel. It works fine so far.
Issue comes with updates - I'm seeing updates to the 4.4 kernel family, but nothing for the 4.11 family (and there have been updates to it, per the news page at lwn.net). Also, the kernel removal tool only sees the kernels that LL knows about. Removing the 4.11 kernel is not provided as an option.
Can this be fixed? If I wanted to remove the 4.11 kernel and go back to the 4.4 series as default, what needs to be done?
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| LiteUpdate tweak |
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Posted by: humdinger70 - 06-21-2017, 12:16 AM - Forum: Linux Lite Software Development
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I was the one who suggested the installation of the MintUpdate system from Linux Mint into LinuxLite. As far as I'm concerned it works great. It's nice to see the icon in the panel and to know immediately whether or not I have updates.
A suggested tweak or two to the tool:
1) When it does the log of updates being applied, it closes that window immediately upon finishing (so you don't get to see the results of the update. MintUpdate has an option to close the window, if that option is selected (that should be the default, good enough for most people). If it's unchecked, then it remains open and a 'Close' button is made available. This way one can review the changes applied and the messages from the upgrade process before closing the process.
2) Please add a 'maximize' button on the top of window tool bar so it can be resized to a full screen (hard to see the scrolling text in such a small window.
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