Hello All,
Just a heads-up with regards to running xscreensaver from a keyboard shortcut after upgrading from Linux Lite 2.0 to LinuxLite 2.4.
The shortcut I use is Shift+Alt+S, set for the command /usr/bin/xflock4.
On LL2.0 I used to simply hit those keys & GLSlideshow or whatever was set in Xscreensaver would start & password was required to get back to Desktop or whatever.
I had Screensaver (Launch screensaver and locker program) checked in Sesion and Startup settings in the Application Autostart entries, command: xscreensaver-no-splash.
After upgrading to 2.4 there's also Screen Locker (Launch screen locker program) set to auto start, command: light-locker.
This one takes over the usr/bin/xflock4 command & all that happens is it locks the screen & xscreensaver no longer runs the slideshow or whatever it's set to run.
Solution seems to be to terminate the light-locker process & uncheck it from the Application Autostart entries, once that's done whatever keyboard shortcut runs usr/bin/xflock4 then runs xscreensaver successfully.
I'm not complaining about it or anything, just thought I'd post that in case anyone's having the same problem getting xscreensaver to run the same as I was, might save them the hour or so I spent trying all different things, none of which worked, until I figured out light-locker was running and what it actualy did.
Cheers
Hello from Ukraine! For some time I use linux, tried different distro. Now my 2 laptops set of about 10. But most use it Lite. First, like all Xfce, secondly, I do not come across such a distro which works well as Network Manager (I use only modem internet CDMA).
However, there are problems with GRUB and multysystem, and I want to ask questions in the forum. English I, unfortunately, do not know because I use Google translator. So whether you understand me?
PS. Also installed Linux Lite on laptop friends about 1 month ago and they are very happy, though previously never even knew about Linux.
Hello Linux lite forum,
this night, I thought about to try Linux lite out. I used lubuntu before, but didn't like it, because It's impossible to use Chrome there. Get 100% CPU and will freeze after 10-20min of using it.
So I want to ask you, does this problem exist on Linux Lite with Chrome too?
I would be happy about a answer.
Cya,
dealer
LL2.4 32 bit, std kernel on HPdc7700 desktop. Been running 2.4 since update and previous versions LL. Alll has been working well enough until recently. Suddenly unable to complate install updates During the update list phase at the beginning, always hangs at /steam translation en and then grey box comes up saying could not get updates list.
Any ideas a) what has changed , and b) how to get round problem - Use Terminal ?? Thanks
BTW various laptops on LL2.4 32 bit also hesitate at the same point of update but then recover and complete.
Whenever I reboot, I have three things I have to reset. Dropbox, my mouse, and Google Chrome.
1) For Dropbox, before the indicator shows up in the panel, I get a popup saying I need to install the Dropbox Daemon. I accomplish this by either following their prompts or opening a terminal and typing in "dropbox start -i".
2) For my mouse, I'll notice after a reboot that it won't move as it would before my reboot. Then when I go to the Mouse and Touchpad settings, sure enough, the mouse is reset to Generic USB. And I have to select my actual mouse, which is a Microsoft 3 button with IntelliEye.
3) For Google Chrome, I heard about the setting for it to be one's default browser wasn't working via the following video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=defIOXTElHU. Fifteen minutes into his video he shows how to overcome this. I follow those instructions, but everytime I open Chrome, I'm still asked to set it as my default.
I have included my System Report as an attachment for the benefit of anyone who can add some help on these items.
I am committed to using Linux Lite. It is my daily driver now.
I heard Linus Torvalds say although Linux dominates in mobile phones and servers, he thinks the reason it lags in desktop is because most people don't want to install an operating system. I can do it, and I'm helping others who complain about their PCs make the switch to Linux Lite. I can see the above issues causing a thorn in their side, though, and I'd just like to be on the front end of those potential turn offs. I'm also noticing the Switch Users and Log Out options lead me to a black screen. Not just on my hardware, but in virtual machines. Suspend won't stay suspended, and Hibernate won't wake up. For the record, I have seen that Hibernate issue with other Ubuntu 14.04 based distros. Since Linux makes my reboots snappier than a Windows reboot on the same hardware, I tend to live in the Shutdown and Restart world and I avoid Suspend and Hibernate and Log Out. But again, I can see those things trying the patience of folks I'm introducing to Linux Lite.
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Howdy all:
I have an MSI Motherboard with VIA K8T890/K8M890 & VIA ®
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VT8237R / VT8237R chips.
My problem is when using any browser my screen will go all white after a bit and will not respond to any commands. I have to do a hard shut down after it does this.
This is not a Linux Lite only problem as it also happens with Mint. I have tried all versions of LL but all have the same problem. The computer is duel boot XP which runs fine.
I had an NVIDIA GT610 card that worded fine but had to put it in another computer.
This has been an ongoing problem since LL 1.0.8 now using LL 2.4 Just love it and want to simply make it work.
Thanks.
Robert
Here is how this works.
![[Image: tyUskEg.png]](http://i.imgur.com/tyUskEg.png)
You can select multiple audio files or folders.
After that this window will open.
![[Image: 7x9ir6k.png]](http://i.imgur.com/7x9ir6k.png)
Instuctions
Save the file to /usr/local/bin/zoose-audio
Setting thunar custom action:
Name: Audio options
Description : Manipulate Audio Files
Command: python3 /usr/local/bin/zoose-audio "%F"
File Pattern: *
Appearance: Directories, Audio files
# Thunar custom actions launcher for the audio files
# Milos Pavlovic 2015
# (Based on the control panel concept of Johnathan "ShaggyTwoDope" Jenkins)
#
# Save this file to /usr/local/bin/zoose-audio
# Setting thunar custom action:
# Name: Audio options
# Description : Manipulate Audio Files
# Command: python3 /usr/local/bin/zoose-audio "%F"
#
# File Pattern: *
# Appearance: Directories, Audio files
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
# MA 02110-1301, USA.
#
#
#
zoose_icons=[
["name","icon","command"],
["Audacious","audacious",'audacious'],
["Enqueue in Audacious","audacious",'audacious -e'],
["Clementine","clementine",'clementine -l'],
["Enqueue in Clementine","clementine",'clementine -a'],
["SMPlayer","smplayer",'smplayer'],
["Enqueue in SMPlayer","smplayer",'smplayer -add-to-playlist'],
["VLC","vlc",'vlc'],
["Qmmp","qmmp",'qmmp'],
["Enqueue in Qmmp","qmmp",'qmmp -e'],
["Convert","soundconverter",'/usr/bin/soundconverter'],
["Bulk Rename (Thunar)","thunar",'/usr/bin/thunar --bulk-rename'],
]
import os
import sys
import string
try:
from gi import pygtkcompat
except ImportError:
pygtkcompat = None
if pygtkcompat is not None:
pygtkcompat.enable()
pygtkcompat.enable_gtk(version='3.0')
from gi.repository import Gtk as gtk
from gi.repository.GdkPixbuf import Pixbuf
class Startup:
def destroy(self, widget, data=None):
# zoose mode
gtk.main_quit()
def valtamaction(self, widget, event, data=None):
if event.button==1:
pathinfo=widget.get_path_at_pos(int(event.x),int(event.y))
if pathinfo==None: return False
pathnr=pathinfo[0]
comm=" %s" % str(sys.argv[1])
execc="%s" % self.liststore[pathnr][2]
command=self.liststore[pathnr][2] + comm
# case for audacious, if not found displays dialog
if (execc=='audacious' or execc=='audacious -e'):
if not os.path.exists('/usr/bin/audacious'):
dialog = gtk.MessageDialog(self.window, gtk.DIALOG_MODAL,gtk.MESSAGE_INFO,gtk.BUTTONS_OK, "apt-get install audacious")
result = dialog.run()
dialog.destroy()
command=''
# case for clementine, if not found displays dialog
elif (execc=='clementine -a' or execc=='clementine -l'):
if not os.path.exists('/usr/bin/clementine'):
dialog = gtk.MessageDialog(self.window, gtk.DIALOG_MODAL,gtk.MESSAGE_INFO,gtk.BUTTONS_OK, "apt-get install clementine")
result = dialog.run()
dialog.destroy()
command=''
# case for soundconverter, if not found displays dialog
elif execc=='/usr/bin/soundconverter':
if not os.path.exists('/usr/bin/soundconverter'):
dialog = gtk.MessageDialog(self.window, gtk.DIALOG_MODAL,gtk.MESSAGE_INFO,gtk.BUTTONS_OK, "apt-get install soundconverter")
result = dialog.run()
dialog.destroy()
command=''
# case for smplayer, if not found displays dialog
elif (execc=='smplayer' or execc=='smplayer -add-to-playlist'):
if not os.path.exists('/usr/bin/smplayer'):
dialog = gtk.MessageDialog(self.window, gtk.DIALOG_MODAL,gtk.MESSAGE_INFO,gtk.BUTTONS_OK, "apt-get install smplayer")
result = dialog.run()
dialog.destroy()
command=''
# case for qmmp, if not found displays dialog
elif (execc=='qmmp' or execc=='qmmp -e'):
if not os.path.exists('/usr/bin/qmmp'):
dialog = gtk.MessageDialog(self.window, gtk.DIALOG_MODAL,gtk.MESSAGE_INFO,gtk.BUTTONS_OK, "apt-get install qmmp")
result = dialog.run()
dialog.destroy()
command=''
if command=='':
gtk.main_quit()
os.system(command+' &')
gtk.main_quit()
return True
return False
def __init__(self):
# create the window
window = gtk.Window(gtk.WINDOW_TOPLEVEL)
self.window=window
window.set_title('File actions')
window.connect("destroy", self.destroy)
window.set_border_width(5)
window.set_position(gtk.WIN_POS_CENTER_ALWAYS)
# we make the icons
it=gtk.icon_theme_get_default()
gtk.window_set_default_icon(it.load_icon("gtk-preferences",48,gtk.ICON_LOOKUP_FORCE_SVG))
window.resize(740,400)
self.liststore=gtk.ListStore(gtk.gdk.Pixbuf,str,str)
self.iv=gtk.IconView(self.liststore)
self.iv.set_pixbuf_column(0)
self.iv.set_text_column(1)
self.iv.set_events(self.iv.get_events() | gtk.gdk.BUTTON_PRESS_MASK)
self.iv.connect("button-press-event", self.valtamaction)
sw = gtk.ScrolledWindow()
sw.set_shadow_type(gtk.SHADOW_ETCHED_IN)
sw.set_policy(gtk.POLICY_AUTOMATIC, gtk.POLICY_AUTOMATIC)
sw.add(self.iv)
window.add(sw)
first=True
for line in zoose_icons:
if first:
first=False
continue
try:
if '/' in line[1]:
pixbuf=gtk.gdk.pixbuf_new_from_file(line[1])
else:
pixbuf=it.load_icon(line[1],48,gtk.ICON_LOOKUP_FORCE_SVG)
except:
pixbuf=it.load_icon('audio-speakers',48,gtk.ICON_LOOKUP_FORCE_SVG)
namen=(line[0])
self.liststore.append([ pixbuf,namen,line[2] ])
window.show_all()
def main(self):
# Cliche init
gtk.main()
# I swear zoose this better work
if __name__ == "__main__":
app = Startup()
app.main()
Hi All -
First post and linux newbie here.
I am trying to connect to VPN for my company but keep receiving a message saying 404 Not found. I have tried going through VPN Connections using the GUI and I have tried using the terminal by typing in "openconnect vpn.company.com" but the same error message comes up. FYI, I am able to connect via Windows without any issues.
Here is the entire log (replaced the vpn address and IP address for security reasons),
POST https://vpn.company.com/
Attempting to connect to server 55.555.555.55:443
SSL negotiation with vpn.company.com
Connected to HTTPS on vpn.company.com
Got HTTP response: HTTP/1.0 302 Temporary moved
POST https://vpn.company.com/
Attempting to connect to server 55.555.555.55:443
SSL negotiation with vpn.company.com
Connected to HTTPS on vpn.company.com
Got HTTP response: HTTP/1.0 302 Object Moved
GET https://vpn.company.com/
Attempting to connect to server 55.555.555.53:443
SSL negotiation with vpn.company.com
Connected to HTTPS on vpn.company.com
Got HTTP response: HTTP/1.0 302 Temporary moved
GET https://vpn.company.com/
Attempting to connect to server 55.55.555.55:443
SSL negotiation with vpn.company.com
Connected to HTTPS on vpn.company.com
Got HTTP response: HTTP/1.0 302 Object Moved
GET https://vpn.company.com/+webvpn+/index.html
SSL negotiation with vpn.company.com
Connected to HTTPS on vpn.company.com
GET https://vpn.company.com/CACHE/sdesktop/i...ies/sfinst
Got HTTP response: HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found (does not exist)
Cannot receive HTTP 1.0 body without closing connection
There is also the option of going through the FireFox browser and going to vpn.company.com, however the error message there is as follows,
First message, "Your security settings have blocked an application signed with an expired or not-yet-valid certificate from running"
It continues anyways and here is the second message,
"Access Denied
Your system failed to be validated by the Cisco Secure Desktop and will not be granted access.
Critical failure.
Cisco Secure Desktop must run and validate your system to proceed. Please verify your browser settings and configuration and retry."
Through my research, I am seeing talk about CSD wrappers and certificates. However, I do not know where to save the CSD wrapper scripts and I am having no luck finding the certificates.
When I try to copy a CSD wrapper script to the /etc/openvpn/ area, it just goes back to the original directory and doesn't copy over.
I did find some .cat files on my windows partition in the Cisco Anyconnect folder so I e-mailed myself. Now, I can't save them anywhere on my Linux partition.
Here is the blog I found for CSD wrapper. I've read the article over and over but its just not clicking for me.
http://blog.yunak.eu/2013/07/19/openconnect/
I really like Linux and want to expand my knowledge. Oh yeah, I am probably the only person at my company trying to connect with Linux so help from system admins is a struggle.
Thank you in advance, all.
- Anthony
Hi,
i tried installing linux lite 2.2 now, 3 times..
i've formatted the harddisk, created new partitions: /dev/sda ext4 mount option / and /dev/sda5 swap, also there is /dev/sda2 extended.
The installation was succesful, but linux lite isn't in the BIOS. (tried 2 times like this)
So now, in the installation process, i chose the option to delete previous OS (linux lite 2.2) and overwrite it with the same OS.
Again, installation worked fine, but still the linux lite isn't in the BIOS.
linux@linux:~$ sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders, total 625142448 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0005299a
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2048 623069183 311533568 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 623071230 625141759 1035265 5 Extended
Partition 2 does not start on physical sector boundary.
/dev/sda5 623071232 625141759 1035264 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Disk /dev/sdb: 7743 MB, 7743995904 bytes
80 heads, 16 sectors/track, 11816 cylinders, total 15124992 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xd2d14a3d
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 8064 15124991 7558464 b W95 FAT32
Can someone help to solve this?
Thanks,
Patrick
An absolute newbie thrilled to escape from Losedows XP (Windows XP). Great to be able to use LL but am finding it hard to run REMIND software. It says its loaded but I cant find it. Other software has loaded ok. Suspect I have missed some of the package?
I have been using Cute Reminder whilst in Windows but could not get Wine to recognise it.
Can anyone help a 70 yr oldbie please?