Some have you may have seen my thread about creating a designated partition for data (documents, music, video, pictures, downloads) to be shared by three operating systems (auto-mount question).  I was trying to use this procedure:


http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/1609


(which I just noticed recently was written by our very own gold-finger some time ago).  At any rate with some help, I got through the mounting process and now have a partition that is auto mounted at start-up with fstab additions (at least in LL so far).


gold-finger's tutorial references another thread for binding the directories in my new partition to those in my home directories.  However, now that I am mid-project I am wondering if it will accomplish what I intended (or not) and had a few questions.  I have tried to research this on-line with not a lot of luck as any search with "binding" seems to yield results concerning servers and networking (or sewing  ).


1) If I bind a home folder to a folder in the new partition folder - and I save a document (for example) is it physically saved only on the new partition (in Document folder), or on the new partition and in the home folder ("Documents" in home in this example)?


As I understood it (or thought I did) initially, it would be saved on the new partition only, but with the binding, it would appear in my home folder "documents" as if it were actually there, but I saw something that made me question that and the project would be less helpful if that is the case.


2) So far, I am able to bind my LL folders to the folders in the new partition but I am clueless about how I might do this in my Windows 7 O/S.  Or maybe this is unnecessary and I can/should just navigate documents/downloads/etc. to be saved in the new (ntfs) partition?


Any clarification appreciated!  Thanks folks!


Chris

When I'm installing daily updates through the lxterminal, it is still titled "Linux Lite 2.0 Updates" even though I'm running the 2.2 version. No biggie but is this happening to any other users??

Hi group,

I am completely baffled by this turn of events. I had LL 2.2 installed on an older Dell Inspiron B130 and everything was working fine for months. This morning I wanted to test a mini usb wifi dongle to check if the 5370 Ralink was now supported. It worked immediately without any issues and I was excited to find that out.

However, upon removing the dongle...my onboard wifi was no longer available AT ALL. I tried a number of terminal commands to locate the device, drivers, etc....nothing worked. So finally, I decided it would be faster to simply re-install LL 2.2 on the machine. Booting from the USB stick....I still did not have the onboard wifi anymore???

I then deleted the hard drive partition and tried again with the USB stick boot.....still no wifi. Next, I loaded Puppy Linux....just to see if ANYTHING would see it......Puppy picked up the wifi just fine and I browsed the internet with no issues. So....the wifi card IS working on the computer......

Back to LL 2.2....I rebooted again and LL 2.2 still does not see the onboard Broadcom 43XX wifi card that was working prior to the 5370 trial. Even with a brand new fresh load of LL.......

Any ideas?

Ken

Hi,

A new install of LL 2.2, all appeared to be O.K, System info at the end.
I have to admit, I didn't check WiFi with a Live Boot. (naughty boy )
I always do the installs connected via cable.

After install & Updates I found I did not have WiFi. It is based on Realtek "rtl8723be"
Long story short after lot's of Googling, it appears lots of people have issue with this chipset.

I found a solution that appeared to work, but after 2/3 hours lost the WiFi until I did a re-boot.
Then
I found lots of reference to it being fixed in Kernel 3.16.
So I tried kernel 3.16, the WiFi appeared to work, but I then had a video ripping/tearing issue.

I tried 3.17, WiFi O.K but still had a video ripping/tearing issue.
I tried 3.18, NO WiFi, and also had a video ripping/tearing issue.

I have found possibly another option, but don't fully understand "back-ports"??
I found a thread on what, If I understand it, is installing the the latest drivers used in 3.16, but on to 3.13.?
Post 16 in: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2243978

Quote:Please install the kernel headers and build-essential beforehand -

Code:

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic build-essential

Then follow these steps to download and install the backported driver -
1) Download the "backports-3.16.2-1" package from here : http://drvbp1.linux-foundation.org/~...tml/backports/
2) Copy the downloaded archive to your Desktop > Right-Click > Extract here.
3) Open a terminal (Ctrl-Alt-T) and run these commands to build and install the driver -

Code:

cd Desktop/backports-3.16.2-1
make defconfig-rtlwifi
make
sudo make install

hi,
i just downloaded linux lite 2.2, this is the first time i'm trying linux. i'm quite excited to learn how it works, tommorow i will fetch myself a newbie guideline from the library.
though, for learning linux, i would like to start with a decently working os.
the installation wasn't really a problem, updating the system was also working, but every additional software i want to install is giving an error, skype cannot be installed (example).
any tips to solve this problem?

greetings,
patrick

problem solved thanks to an amazing forum,
thanks people, tomorow i'll be studying

I currently have a small SSD (128Gb) with LL 2.2 on it and which I use for my normal /primary drive/OS. 


I have a second convention hard drive (1T) on the machine with Windows 7, Linux Mint Mate and a 500+ Gb partition (ntfs) labeled "Data" that I hoped to store photos/videos, etc. and make them available to all three operating systems.  The default boot is LL 2.2 and at the boot menu I can select the others, which works fine.


I was trying to follow this method:


http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/1609


I went through the commands to create mount point, take ownership, create directories, find UUID# and then add the fstab additional entries to auto mount.  When I boot into LL however, it stops while booting and says "disk drive for 2DEB175417534C94 is not ready or present enter W to wait S to continue or M to manually recover". 


(2DEB175417534C94 is the UUID# for my Data partiton) if I Wait, nothing happens, if I Skip it boots fine and then Data shows up on my Desktop and I can mount it there, it shows as "Removable Volume mounted in "/media/chris/Data".  If I open it I also don't see the folders I created, but if i try and recreate them in terminal it says they already exist.


If I look at the partitioning in GParted I see /dev/sdb3 (which contains /dev/sdb7 the Data partition) and /dev/sdb7 show up with a set of keys next to them which would seem to indicate they are locked?  Is this the issue with the "disk drive not ready or present" or what am I missing here?


Any thoughts?


Chris

When listening to an already downloaded podcast, using the Clementine media player that comes with the LL2.2 bundle, LL will somewhat annoyingly log-out automatically with regularity, i.e. ~ every 5 min, and the LL login-screen will then appear.  When this happens, the podcast continues playing but it can't be heard – this means that when I re-login, I find that I have missed some of the podcast and have to rewind to catch up on what has been missed.  What setting do I need to adjust to prevent LL2.2 from logging out automatically when listening to audio.

Many thanks for your help
Regards
Mike

Hello,

I offer here the first of my health tips. If they seem to be of interest I will add more threads over time.
My hope is at least 1 person finds this useful for themselves, a family member, or a friend.

Portion Size

When sitting to eat your main meal of the day, take an apple with you.
You need the apple at the table near to you , or if using a tray or lunchbox on the tray with your meal.

1/ Immediately after swallowing your last mouthful of your meal begin to eat the apple, as if it were the next mouthful of your meal. No 5 minute breaks allowed.
2/ You MUST eat all of the apple,  do NOT take your tray away, plate away or move from your seat until you have eaten the apple.

NB: I personally use the apple as desert.

Results

If you feel -

a/ very bloated soon after completing the apple, your portion sizing is too big and you need in future to reduce it.

b/ very hungry /hollow feeling soon after completing the apple, your portion sizing is too small and you need to increase it.

To Do

Increase or decrease your portion size, and this will vary upon the particular type of meal until you have educated yourself as to your exact requirements of portion size and meal type.

Considerations

An individual may with some foods feel hollow even though it is a portion size they usually eat, if this persists after 1 hour they should eat something. THIS is not a failure, it is part of your learning about a healthy diet.
This would then be a time to consider what exactly the meal consisted of and why it was insufficient for your body, and how exactly it was unbalanced for you personally.

Concluding

The purpose of the apple eating is to learn to listen to your own body, and be able to determine what it is saying to you correctly.
Eating healthily is not a diet, it's about being as healthy as you can.

This method is successful in learning to decrease weight, increase weight, and to maintain stasis/balance.
It is also very useful when eating new recipes or foods as your portion sizes will vary and it can help you prevent weight gain, or loss, from the beginning in yourself and those around you.

Hi.  Here's what I want to do.  I want to be able to press the Super key (the one with the Windows logo on it) and have it bring up the menu that lists my apps.  This will simulate how other distros work.  It's really convenient.  Can someone help me in getting this set up, if it's possible?  Thanks.

Is there software available for screen readers for the blind that is easy to install.  I'm trying to help a person out with this.