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Posted by: spiff66
06-02-2017, 08:53 PM
Forum: Installing Linux Lite
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Hi everyone,
after installation, i change my uid and gid.
After that, if I mount devices (hd partitions or usb stick) with thunar, the device results mounted, but it is empty in thunar (inaccessible), probabily it's a permission problem (udisk2? polkit?)

otherwise
if i use mount command from terminal
sudo mount /dev/sda5 (or other partition)
the partition results correctly mounted and accessible.

any suggestions?
ty all
Smile



Posted by: JesusLinux
06-02-2017, 08:19 PM
Forum: Games Support
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Hi Everbody!

I recently intalled MAME for some old school gaming. however I need some light and tips on config and running games.
I know you have to download Roms (games) to specific folder...
Can anyone show me how it's done?
I don't know much about using the terminal. I tried searching for folders in MAME but cant's find any!

is anyone using MAME to play games on LL?

Thanks



Posted by: valtam
06-02-2017, 11:09 AM
Forum: On Topic
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I'm currently building a collection of peripheral Hardware on our Buy Linux Hardware page that people can choose from.

http://www.linuxliteos.com/buylinuxhardware.html

I'm looking for feedback on what hardware you have that works out of the box, especially Printers or Scanners.

It must have the following criteria:

INCLUDES:

Network Adapter PCI/PCI-X/PCI-E
Printers
Scanners (standalone, not part of a printer or multifunction)
Multifunction printers
TV Tuner/Card
Webcams
Wireless Network Devices

1. You bought it in the last 2 years brand new.
2. It must have worked out of the box on Linux Lite 3.x Series only with, no drivers, no extra fiddling, scripts or configuring.
3. If it is a Multifunction center, everything must work out of the box, copy, scan and print.

All we need is the make and model, no extra details eg. Brother HL-2170W or Intel PWLA8492MT

Thank you all in advance Smile



Posted by: valtam
06-02-2017, 03:19 AM
Forum: Security & Bug Fixes
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A high-severity vulnerability has been reported in Linux that could be exploited by a low privilege attacker to gain full root access on an affected system.
The vulnerability, identified as CVE-2017-1000367, was discovered by researchers at Qualys Security in Sudo's "get_process_ttyname()" function for Linux that could allow a user with Sudo privileges to run commands as root or elevate privileges to root.

1. Make sure to run Menu, Favorites, Install Updates.

2. Open a terminal:

Code:
apt policy sudo

should show the patched version for Series 3.x:

Code:
apt policy sudo sudo:   Installed: 1.8.16-0ubuntu1.4   Candidate: 1.8.16-0ubuntu1.4

should show the patched version for Series 2.x:

Code:
apt policy sudo sudo:   Installed: 1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1.4   Candidate: 1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1.4

Sources:

https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-sec...00367.html

http://thehackernews.com/2017/05/linux-s...-hack.html



Posted by: peter-j
06-01-2017, 08:18 PM
Forum: Introductions
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Hello everyone, I'm Peter, I've just started out with Linux Lite 3.4 on my old Toshiba M200 tablet PC. This machine was destined for the local recycling center but I decided to give it one last try with a different OS - and I am so glad I did!

Linux Lite not only supports the hardware it even made the WACOM tablet build into the screen function! This is the first OS that has successfully achieved this, I can even stream online videos which is also a first (albeit a little choppy but perfectly watchable). I've tinkered with the system to get over some initial problems, I've modified the hardware so I can keep it in tablet mode all of the time and I've got a really nice set up on it that does everything I wanted to achieve (so far Smile )

My idea is to mount the Toshiba tablet PC in my office and have my web-based work calendar, tasks and also local contact lists. I am also thinking to have social media notifications.

Thank you so much for creating a distro so good! Smile Smile Smile



Posted by: JesusLinux
06-01-2017, 01:06 PM
Forum: Other
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Hi guys!

I have Nokia 7230 phone that I use as mp3 player.
Just bought 16GB micro SD card for it (which is max. capacity it can handle) and I'm unable to copy mp3 files to it!
It copies 3 songs and then says:

libmtp error.
Could not send object info...

Can anyone help?
Thanks



Posted by: maciaccio
06-01-2017, 02:06 AM
Forum: Installing Software
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After install on HP-dv8000 laptop, I installed a couple prog's through SPM. I installed Chrome browser thru command line found on LL forum.

Next day when opening Synaptic Pkg Mgr, I get an "error occurred" msg box filled about 20 errors:

"W: Target Packages (main/binary-amd64/Packages) is configured multiple times in etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list:3 and  etc/apt/sources.list.d/google.list:1"

and

"W: Target Translations.......etc, etc, etc...."

All the errors are related to Google Chrome. Do you need the entire log posted?

What is this, and does it require a fix? If so, please advise.

Thanks



Posted by: JohnD
06-01-2017, 01:27 AM
Forum: Other
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I've collected data from different linux installations, and I've asked some linux specialists for their opinion, how many hard disk space is needed for the directory or partition of "/opt".

Because there are some very different statements on what is necessary, I would like to collect some data from the real world. What is going on in fact, not in theory?

Therefore I request everybody to check what's going on at his own linux system. You only have to put the following command in your terminal and post the result here.

Code:
sudo du -h -d 1 /opt

On my current linux installation it looks like this:

Code:
johnd@linux-system:~$ sudo du -h -d 1 /opt 21M    /opt/sublime_text 16K    /opt/lost+found 221M    /opt/pt 241M    /opt johnd@linux-system:~$

If you like to say, which programs are installed under /opt, I would apprechiate it.

(I'm sure, I've some misspellings. Sorry for this!)

Regards
JohnD



Posted by: skippy95
05-31-2017, 06:46 PM
Forum: Other
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Questions:
Is fsck already configured to run after a certain amount of time or number of mounts?
If so, what command will show this?
If not, how do I configure fsck to run and fix errors after a certain number of mounts?
Is fsck configured to run and fix errors after a forced shutdown?
If not, how do I configure fsck to to run and fix errors after a forced shut down?
Should fsck be configured to run for these cases on a separate /home partition?


What I want to accomplish:
-  fsck to auto run on /dev/sda1 and /dev/sda3 after so many boots and automatically fix errors.
-  fsck to auto run on /dev/sda1 and /dev/sda3 after a forced shut down and automatically fix errors.


I'm running linux lite 3.4. I've been trying to figure out if fsck is already comfigured to run for the above cases, but I'm just not sure.
Also, my thinking is that, since /sda3 is a data partition with its own file system, and it mounts at boot, then fsck should be run on this part as well - please correct me if I'm wrong.
I don't know if it's necessary, but I'm including some output I've been looking at. All output is default from installation, I haven't change anything.
I'm still a newbie at this, and your help and information is greatly appreciated as I want to learn, and I want to learn to do it right.


Contents of /etc/init/mountall:

Code:
script     . /etc/default/rcS || true     [ -f /forcefsck ] && force_fsck="--force-fsck"     [ "$FSCKFIX" = "yes" ] && fsck_fix="--fsck-fix"     ... end script


Contents of /etc/default/rcS:
Code:
# automatically repair filesystems with inconsistencies during boot #FSCKFIX=no


Contents of /etc/fstab:
Code:
# / was on /dev/sda1 during installation UUID=...    /    ext4    errors=remount-ro    0    1 # /home was on /dev/sda3 during installation UUID=...  /home    ext4    defaults    0    2


Contents of /proc/mounts:
Code:
/dev/sda1    /    ext4    rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered    0    0 /dev/sda3    /home    ext4    rw,relatime,data=ordered    0    0


Output of tune2fs -l /dev/sda1:
Note: Last checked date value equals date and time of installation.
Code:
Errors behavior:  Continue Mount count:  91 Maximum mount count:  -1 Last checked:  Mon May  8 08:12:12 2017 Check interval:  0 (<none>)


Output of tune2fs -l /dev/sda3
Note: Last checked date value equals date and time of installation.
Code:
Errors behavior:  Continue Mount count:  98 Maximum mount count:  -1 Last checked:  Mon May  8 08:12:12 2017 (during installation) Check interval:  0 (<none>)


Contents of /var/log/boot.log:
Note: boot.log shows a modified date of today.
Code:
/dev/sda1: clean, 217267/1638400 files, 1317759/6553600 blocks



Posted by: peter-j
05-31-2017, 06:05 PM
Forum: Start up and Shutdown
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Hello

First post here and I just want to say that Linux Lite has made an otherwise useless piece of junk completely usable so thank you kindly to everyone involved for all your dedicated hard work.

My formerly useless piece of junk is a Toshiba M200 tablet PC. I have managed to get around majority of the issues except one. Being a tablet PC I tend to turn the screen around and lay it flat to the keyboard which also happens to be where the lid close switch is hidden, this causes the power management to suspend the system. I've changed the power management settings in XFCE and when logged in and at the desktop turning it into its tablet mode seems to have no effect and the machine doesn't suspend.

However on startup, if it is in tablet mode then the laptop will get so far then suspends. Powering on again just causes it to get a bit further then suspends again and this will continue 2-3 times before it crashes the system and I have to forcibly turn it off.

I have been into /etc/systemd/logind.conf and changed the option #HandleLidSuspend to ignore and restarted the service. I have also edited /etc/UPower/UPower.conf and set IgnoreLid to true. Is there anywhere else I need to look or change? Ideally I'd like to completely disable the lid close button.

Thanks in advance