I got hit with this one recently and thought I'd pass it along.

If you are downloading large media files and the target download folder is open in Thunar you may experience high CPU usage and high system temperature due to the tumblerd process becoming stuck. Closing the target download folder seems to stop the problem.

This is not a new bug, for more information go here:
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=110&t=97079
http://askubuntu.com/questions/89826/what-is-tumblerd
http://www.google.com/#q=tumblerd+high+cpu+usage

#!/bin/bash


echo -n "What is the issue number of the first Full Circle Magazine to download?"
read number

echo "Number is $number"





for  number in $number
    do
      wget  "http://dl.fullcirclemagazine.org/issue"$number"_en.pdf" --directory-prefix=/home/user/Downloads
    done

echo ""
echo "Complete!"
#Remeber to change user to your own username and make the file executable. name it for example fullcircle.sh in your favorite editor.

I'm trying out Linux Lite from a live DVD on a Dell Dimension 2350 that previously ran XP.  Only onboard video display.    I see the desktop, and I can see the desktop menus but they are unreadable because most of the letters are missing. Not only in the menus, but also file names in the file manager. But Firefox runs fine.

I suspect the problem is that I didn't see any menus during boot, so I didn't get to choose a language.  Is that plausible? 

What I saw during boot:
Feather, auto boot in 8 secs
A few flashes.
Black screen w patterned rectangle top L, stayed on screen 2-3 secs.
Grey screen with Buddha profile and progress bar.
Black screen for 50 secs.
Cursor appeared on black screen, 3 secs.
Desktop, with feather , 3 icons at top L with garbled labels,and toolbar at bottom.

I have a little experience with Linux: I run Ubuntu Studio on my (much newer) laptop. But this font problem is new to me. Any suggestions? LX terminal is working, so can I fix language with some commands (if that's the problem)? Would I have the same problem if I were to install Linux Lite as dual-boot? (not sure how, since I can't understand the menus).

I am trying to install Linux Lite on an Acer Aspire One netbook.
The installation hangs up a the 'Create user' point and never gets past it.
This is my second attempt.  The first one went on for over 24 hours before
I shut down the netbook.

The netbook does boot the LiveOS off of a USB stick perfectly well.
Linux Lite seems to run well on this little machine.

I am trying to install a dual boot configuration in order to preserve
the user files still in the XP partition.
If that is a real source of problems I could just do a full wipe and install.

Tia.

M. Kamerick

Hi all,

I have so many questions my head is about to burst ... I really want to help some elderly friends with a basic computer so they can e-mail and internet surf and was hoping i could turn my old laptop (currently sloooowly supports xp) into something that will meet their needs ... of course they are on a fixed income ... so i was hoping to donate to Linux and find some help installing it ... CAN ANYONE TELL ME IF THIS IS A GOOD IDEA OR NOT?

Thanks all,
Sam

After updating Linux Lite 1.0.8 last night, found Help Manual wanted to be opened by Thunderbird as e-mail attachment instead of Firefox. Had manual bookmarked in Firefox so was able to find in file manager. Changed properties to open with Firefox instead of Thunderbird.

Just a heads up.

Hello All,

Having partitioned and installed, which all appeared to go O.K,
I'm now at a point where I don't want to break things.
I'm trying to figure out, how to mount the partitions I created.
I'm trying to follow: https://www.linuxliteos.com/manual/install.html

In Thunar file manager, system files(/ root .?)
I see folders that correspond to the partitions/names I created:
/linwin
/myfiles
/myvms
does this mean they are mounted, just not in the right place.?
In my Linux naivety I thought they would show up as Drives.?

(First a confession, jumping the gun, I used the Menu > System > "NTFS Configuration Tool" to make the NTFS partition /linwin writable?)

if I do $ sudo blkid  I have 2 disks sdb4 is the [extended] partition

If I do $sudo leafpad /etc/fstab
I think the /dev/sdb6 looks a bit odd..?? see my confession above, have I broken sdb6)

So I'm not clear what I do next.?

In the guide it shows for:
NTFS
ext4
Do I just add /home/user in front of my:
/home/user/myfiles ext4 defaults 0 2
/home/user/myvms ext4 defaults 0 2

and the ntfs partition, given my confession.?
/home/user/linwin ntfs defaults,umask=007,uid=1000,gid=1000 0 0

changing "user" to my actual user name.?

Any help very much appreciated.

Many Thanks...
Dave

Hi.  I had trouble with VLC so have replaced it with mplayer2 which works great for me.
I have removed all VLC associated bits with Synaptic but the vlc is still showing in the multimedia button.
How do I remove it from here?  Would have thought right click and remove but no.

Thanks in advance.

Hello All,

I'm pretty new to Linux, approx 3 months, tried about 8/9 distros, mostly in Virtualbox. I do like the simplicity of Linux Lite.
I now want to install Linux Lite on my PC. I have tried more and more options & configurations with each distro I've tried.
One thing I want to do is set a partition structure that makes it easy for me do various backups without to much selection.

I plan to use the "other" option during install to set my partitions, but have some questions, I have "2" disks in the PC
The disks are completely clean now, no partitions.

The first thing is "Create Partition Table", do you do this for each disk, or is 1 selection/setting that covers both disks..??
Then create the partitions, all ext4, except swap is swap. Also remembering to make sda the boot device.

My plan is:
Disk1(sda)
/ root  @15/20GB
(leave remainder free space at present, but have a plan)

Disk2(sdb)
/ swap @ not sure on size yet, because I have not decided if I need hibernate, Linux Lite boots pretty quickly in VBox, not sure how it will be on real install)
/ home @ 5GB .??
/ data  @ 25GB (curently have @ 9.7GB of data to restore back)
/ media  @ 250GB (currently have @ 175GB of media to restore back)
(leave remainder free space at present, but have a plan)

If I create this structure during install, will the / data & / media partitions be recognised, and the mounts be created to / data & / media  .??

I want to move the "Home Folders" documents to data,  music, pictures, videos to media, I have seen Ubuntu Tweak,
I think this allows changing the location, or is there more to it...??, do I still have do edits to fstab.?
(( I just want to do it this way so I can just select more easily what and when to backup and to where I back things up ))

If this all works, I will just do do basic settings, network setup, add printer.

Then, my plan is to do another standard install into some of the free space,
I will use this install to test and do anything I'm unsure of, before doing it to the main install, hope this makes sense.?

Any comments, inputs, observations really welcome.

Thanks... Dave

[Install Partitioning & Completed - Will open NEW Topic]

Hi All,

A pretty/very new to Linux user,
been trying various distros for @ 3 months.
A Windows user since 2.0, and I wasn't young then  :o

I like the clean & simple approach of Linux Lite,
and the fact it just seems to work from the start.

Catch you on the Forums

Dave