So I decided to do an update but didn't pay attention to how much space I have left... The issue happens when I try to log into my account I get this http://imgur.com/a/oifx9
I'm using linux lite 2.6x on VMware. I've went into the recovery menu and ran the clean option, but that didn't solve the issue. In the recovery menu I can't seem to use root... It's asking for give root password for maintenance, which I have no clue what it is. I also tried to use a USB stick to see if I can boot up from the USB and clear some files but... It's not recognizing the type of USB I created. I could still potentially play around with this until I find the right application for making my bootable linux lite USB.
If I can get any help on this it is greatly appreciated! 
If you have any questions just ask.
Thanks
Last night I was updating windows 7 on one of my three desktops.
Earlier in the day I picked up a second hand 500g wd hdd for a few pounds so decided to install LL3.0 on it on another machine.
Formatted the drive installed LL 3.0 and updated.
A trouble free install as usual.
Linuxlite all done in less than an hour...........Up and running.
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Windows 7 is still updating...... : : : :
I'm unable to copy and paste files to folders - the 'paste' button is greyed out. How can I reset this.
Many thanks for your help again.
Mike
Does anyone know how to enlarge the size of the icons on the panel's window buttons? I find them too small, and spend a lot of time straining to read them. If I widen the panel it automatically jumps to two rows, leaving the icons and text (which is also pretty small) unchanged.
Thanks.
Finally I got time to do my new pc based on ASRock N3700 Mobo
Used "btrfs" and 4 X Drives for "RAID10 or 1+0" allows for 2 of 4 drive failures, Striped Mirrors.
inxi:
System: Host: asrock1 Kernel: 4.4.0-31-generic x86_64 (64 bit)
Desktop: Xfce 4.12.3 Distro: Ubuntu 16.04 xenial
Machine: Mobo: ASRock model: N3700-ITX
Bios: American Megatrends v: P1.70 date: 04/18/2016
CPU: Quad core Intel Pentium N3700 (-MCP-) cache: 1024 KB
clock speeds: max: 2400 MHz 1: 1791 MHz 2: 1929 MHz 3: 1285 MHz
4: 1174 MHz
Graphics: Card: Intel Device 22b1
Display Server: X.Org 1.18.3 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
Resolution: [email protected]
GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics (Cherryview)
GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 11.2.0
Audio: Card Intel Device 2284 driver: snd_hda_intel
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.4.0-31-generic
Network: Card: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
driver: r8169
IF: p2p1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full
mac: d0:50:99:a3:b1:81
Drives: HDD Total Size: 1000.2GB (0.6% used)
ID-1: /dev/sda model: Samsung_SSD_850 size: 250.1GB
ID-2: /dev/sdb model: Samsung_SSD_850 size: 250.1GB
ID-3: /dev/sdc model: Samsung_SSD_850 size: 250.1GB
ID-4: /dev/sdd model: Samsung_SSD_850 size: 250.1GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 466G used: 5.2G (2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda1
ID-2: /home size: 466G used: 5.2G (2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda1
RAID: No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 35.0C mobo: 42.0C
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A fan-1: 2323 fan-2: 0
Info: Processes: 222 Uptime: 23:52 Memory: 594.9/15531.8MB
Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.2.35sudo btrfs filesystem show /
Label: 'RAID10' uuid: 19d017b7-058b-4129-afc0-94d87f09d062
Total devices 4 FS bytes used 5.10GiB
devid 1 size 232.88GiB used 5.54GiB path /dev/sda1
devid 2 size 232.88GiB used 5.54GiB path /dev/sdb1
devid 3 size 232.88GiB used 5.54GiB path /dev/sdc1
devid 4 size 232.88GiB used 5.54GiB path /dev/sdd1sudo btrfs filesystem usage -H /
Overall:
Device size: 1.00TB
Device allocated: 23.79GB
Device unallocated: 976.44GB
Device missing: 0.00B
Used: 10.95GB
Free (estimated): 491.56GB (min: 491.56GB)
Data ratio: 2.00
Metadata ratio: 2.00
Global reserve: 83.89MB (used: 0.00B)
Data,RAID10: Size:8.59GB, Used:5.25GB
/dev/sda1 2.15GB
/dev/sdb1 2.15GB
/dev/sdc1 2.15GB
/dev/sdd1 2.15GB
Metadata,RAID10: Size:3.22GB, Used:220.17MB
/dev/sda1 805.31MB
/dev/sdb1 805.31MB
/dev/sdc1 805.31MB
/dev/sdd1 805.31MB
System,RAID10: Size:83.89MB, Used:16.38kB
/dev/sda1 20.97MB
/dev/sdb1 20.97MB
/dev/sdc1 20.97MB
/dev/sdd1 20.97MB
Unallocated:
/dev/sda1 247.08GB
/dev/sdb1 247.08GB
/dev/sdc1 247.08GB
/dev/sdd1 247.08GBBuilt in the smallest case I could find with a single 5.25" inch bay to take the 4 X 2.5" drive bay adaptor.((DVD Case for comparative size))
Sorry, picture not great, from my phone, you can just make out the 4 Drives bays, you can open and change drives.
![[Image: xSXH53q.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/xSXH53q.jpg)
Here's the "How I Did It" ~ Install "LL-BTRFS - RAID10 ~ 4 Disks"
This is based on info from various sources, did test in Virtualbox first.
Boot LL Live from USB/CD/DVD
First open a terminal and do a
ll /dev/sdThen
Create Disk Partition(s) (see note at end on swap**)
Open "gparted" and select 1st disk, "sda"
Then go: Device > Create Partion Table, select "DOS"
Then create a "single partitition on each of the sdX's, "DO NOT" select file system type and leave "unformatted"
repeat this for each of the disk: sdb & sdc and sdd. ((btrfs automatically created a /home))
Next
Create File System & RAID for installation.
Open a terminal. (ctrl+alt+t)
sudo mkfs.btrfs -L RAID10 -m raid10 -d raid10 /dev/sda1 /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdc1 /dev/sdd1Start installation, at the where to install, make sure to select "Other"
Just make selection "change" to install on the1st drive "sda1 = /"
>> DO NOT TICK FORMAT <<
Select use as "btrfs file system"
You only need to select the first disk partion "sda1" for "/" and "sda2" if you created "swap"
Click the "Install Now" button. ((btrfs will know to install to all 4 drives))
Click "Continue" to the various dialogue box's about partitions...
At GRUB dialogue box, you will get "Errors", select "Continue" without installing,
When install finishes, select "Continue Testing".
Then:
Open a terminal. (ctrl+alt+t)
sudo mount -t btrfs -o subvol=@ /dev/sda1 /target
sudo mount --bind /proc /target/proc
sudo mount --bind /sys /target/sys
sudo mount --bind /dev /target/dev
sudo mount --bind /dev/pts /target/dev/pts
sudo mount --bind /dev/shm /target/dev/shm
sudo cp -f /etc/resolv.conf /target/etc/resolv.conf
sudo chroot /target
grub-install /dev/sda
grub-install /dev/sdb
grub-install /dev/sdc
grub-install /dev/sdd
update-grubClose any open terminals.
Shutdown, remove the LL boot disk, and re-boot.
All being well you should now be in LL, and on Btrfs RAID 10.
"NOTE" - There is an Ubuntu bug that "may" give an error at boot on btrfs, I did not get the error, but to fix it:
gksu leafpad /etc/grub.d/00_headerEdit line that starts with: if [ -n “\${have_grubenv}
and change it to: # if [ -n “\${have_grubenv}
Then save & exit and re-boot.
To check basics, open a terminal. (ctrl+alt+t)
sudo btrfs filesystem show
sudo btrfs filesystem df /
sudo btrfs device stats /mntCarry on with your normal set-up.
**swap
If you have 4GB or more of memory, you probably don't need swap for general Desktop use.
If less than 4GB, create a swap, larger then your memory, say 1.5X or 2X memory.
Hey everyone! Is there a way to unlock my Western digital external hard drive on this OS? Thanks! Any help will be great!
Just clicked on the LL menu button: the menu window opened as usual, but I've found 'help manual' and 'install updates' on the left-hand-side (instead of on the RHS), and 'favourites', 'recently used', etc on the right-hand-side (instead of on the LHS), and the search bar at the top of the window (instead of at the bottom).
I haven't a clue how the Menu layout got changed, though it seems to have occurred following one of my children using LL. How do I reset the LL menu layout to the default setting?
Many thanks for any help on this one.
Mike
Noticed this when LL 3.0 was released but forgot about it until now when I just finished an install of LL 3.0.
When changing the IPv4 settings in a wired network connection from automatic to manual all appears well when saving.
![[Image: 37JD2lk.png]](http://i.imgur.com/37JD2lk.png)
Open up the settings again & click on the IPv4 tab and the display of the netmask shows 24 instead of 255.255.255.0 like it should.
![[Image: aAA6goS.png]](http://i.imgur.com/aAA6goS.png)
Click on the netmask entry to edit and it shows the entry being edited over on the left, partially covering the address entry instead of being in the position of the netmask entry in the middle that's being edited.
![[Image: dkq3wzP.png]](http://i.imgur.com/dkq3wzP.png)
Doesn't affect the connection at all, just how it displays in the settings.
Linux Lite 3.0 is taking more than one and half minutes to boot and show desktop...I have tried to remove any needless entries in startup, cleaned system.....etc; but in vain....very slow booting....please help to speed up boot time under 30 sec....
I have a 'new' Iomega 320GB USB2 portable hard drive, bought some time ago and not used - I kept it as a spare. Recently I thought to try it out - initially on an old Windows laptop. The power light illuminated and the drive seemed to hum and vibrate (ie it seemed to be spinning).
Windows said it had 'found new hardware' and after a moment said it was 'ready to use'. But it did not appear on the 'My Computer' screen - nor in the Windows 'disk management' screen, although it was listed under 'device manager' alongside the laptop's internal drive.
To cut a long story short, I tried connecting this external drive to other USB ports, and using another known-good USB cable. No joy. I then removed the actual drive (made by Seagate) and put it into a spare caddy which has a known-good USB PCB interface. Still no joy. I then reassembled it in its original Iomega enclosure.
Not wanting to risk a dodgy drive on my normal Linux laptop (I use Lite and Mint...) I thought I would explore it using GParted in a Live CD session of Linux Lite on my older spare computer. I happened to have an .iso of Lite 1.08, so I ran that.
Under Linux Lite, in "System Info", the external drive does not appear as a USB device. Under the Storage heading, the external drive does show up - listed as ST932032 SAS, vendor Seagate, SCSi Controller scsi2, Channel 0, ID 0, LUN 0 (I don't know what these details signify....).
But in GParted, the external drive does not appear at all: only the internal laptop ("C") drive is shown, as dev/sda.
I'm not familiar with command-line working so have not ventured down that route. But if GParted cannot see it , what does that indicate? Is this portable hard drive just dead or faulty despite the various clues that it is running? Is it a driver problem? Or something else?
As I have no data on it, the fact that it doesn't work is not a disaster. I don't want to spend ages investigating it - I am no IT expert. But it is frustrating that I cannot seem to see, far less cure, the problem. Before throwing this HDD away as a useless paperweight, is there anything further (and not too complicated!) I can do to diagnose or resurrect this new, unused portable drive?