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Thread: Can't boot after today's update
Post: Re: Can't boot after today's update
| Okay. How do I read those, much less export them, when I don't have a functioning system? If you tell me where the file is, I can boot off a flash drive and find it, but I won't have an email account;... |
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Start up and Shutdown
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02-26-2021, 02:04 AM |
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Thread: Can't boot after today's update
Post: Can't boot after today's update
| System is LL 4.8. After updating today and then rebooting, the machine stuck in the spinning wheel phase. I finally got the Grub screen after messing with various options, but nothing I tried would le... |
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Start up and Shutdown
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02-26-2021, 12:11 AM |
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Thread: I'm stuck at login screen after an update fail
Post: Re: I'm stuck at login screen after an update fail
| i just updated my system and it wouldn't boot, period. Spinning wheel just spun. Nothing I tried worked, but luckily, I had a recent Clonezilla image backup and that worked, so I am typing from the pr... |
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Start up and Shutdown
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02-26-2021, 12:08 AM |
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Thread: The dreaded read-only problem
Post: Re: The dreaded read-only problem
| Plugged in a different drive and I can write to it under Linux Lite with no trouble. I looked at it in the Disks accessory, and its options are identical with the way my problem drive was before I cha... |
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Hard Drives and SSDs
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02-23-2021, 04:17 PM |
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Thread: The dreaded read-only problem
Post: Re: The dreaded read-only problem
| I copied all the settings in that instruction page, changed the Disks options to match them, and rebooted. As before, the drive let me copy one file to it and then said NO to anything else I try. If I... |
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Hard Drives and SSDs
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02-22-2021, 08:00 PM |
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Thread: The dreaded read-only problem
Post: Re: The dreaded read-only problem
| That link talks about getting a disk to mount. This one already does that, it just won't let me write to it. And it was working fine yesterday, so something changed. I will try the Disks app again lat... |
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Hard Drives and SSDs
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02-22-2021, 02:08 PM |
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Thread: The dreaded read-only problem
Post: Re: The dreaded read-only problem
| Why did it quote me instead of modifying the message? And after telling me the forum is unavailable twice, too. Hiccups in everything tonight! |
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02-22-2021, 03:11 AM |
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Thread: The dreaded read-only problem
Post: Re: The dreaded read-only problem
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Tyrannocaster link Wrote: (02-22-2021, 02:57 AM)
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I've been using an external HD to transfer files between my linux system and my windows PC. Tonight it wouldn't let me write to the disk. No matter... |
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02-22-2021, 03:08 AM |
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Thread: The dreaded read-only problem
Post: The dreaded read-only problem
| I've been using an external HD to transfer files between my linux system and my windows PC. Tonight it wouldn't let me write to the disk. No matter what I did I got errors like chown: changing ownersh... |
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Hard Drives and SSDs
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02-22-2021, 02:57 AM |
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Thread: LL not recognizing a specific USB stick
Post: Re: LL not recognizing a specific USB stick
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Moltke link Wrote: (02-18-2021, 05:06 PM)
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[quote author=Tyrannocaster link=topic=7987.msg55046#msg55046 date=1613667377]
After removing and reinserting, it no longer recognizes it. It's becoming s... |
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02-18-2021, 10:19 PM |
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Thread: LL not recognizing a specific USB stick
Post: Re: LL not recognizing a specific USB stick
| After removing and reinserting, it no longer recognizes it. It's becoming sort of amusing. :-) |
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Hard Drives and SSDs
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02-18-2021, 04:56 PM |
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Thread: LL not recognizing a specific USB stick
Post: Re: LL not recognizing a specific USB stick
| After formatting this thing with every possible choice and getting no results, I burned a linux live distro to it using Rufus on the Windows machine. THAT one is recognizable by my Linux Lite system. ... |
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Hard Drives and SSDs
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02-18-2021, 01:47 PM |
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Thread: LL not recognizing a specific USB stick
Post: LL not recognizing a specific USB stick
| I have a HP 16 gig USB drive which works fine on my Windows machine, even on my DVD player, and also on my old Mac. It is formatted FAT 32. Linux Lite refuses to admit it even exists. Plug it in and n... |
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02-18-2021, 02:06 AM |
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Thread: How do I change the default file manager?
Post: Re: How do I change the default file manager?
| That works! I had some trouble with the case sensitivity at first; it wouldn't accept Nemo but "nemo" works. Thanks so much. Now I can see if Nemo is worthwhile. |
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Installing Software
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02-16-2021, 06:39 PM |
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Thread: How do I change the default file manager?
Post: How do I change the default file manager?
| I know it's possible, because I did it a few years ago when I started using LL. I can't remember how to do it and searching the form has not given me an answer, perhaps because I didn't use the right ... |
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Installing Software
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02-16-2021, 04:01 PM |
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Thread: Unable to update OS
Post: Re: Unable to update OS
| That worked! Thanks so much. I would be lost without this forum. |
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Installing Software
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12-14-2020, 02:40 PM |
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Thread: Unable to update OS
Post: Re: Unable to update OS
| The other time I was unable to update the OS I solved the problem with sudo apt autoremove, following advice from this forum. That doesn't work this time:
sudo apt autoremove
[sudo] password for ben: ... |
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Installing Software
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12-13-2020, 10:11 PM |
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Thread: Unable to update OS
Post: Unable to update OS
| Was just unable to update the OS (Light 4. 8) . Assuming this is a temporary thing? Here is the log:
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Install Updates could not fetch the package cache information lists.
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Installing Software
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12-13-2020, 10:07 PM |
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Thread: Cherry Tree
Post: Cherry Tree
| Has anybody gotten Cherry Tree to work with LL5? I just grabbed the LL5 iso and burned a flash drive and booted fine off it, but I was unable to get Cherry Tree working. It's a must have for me to upg... |
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Installing Software
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10-29-2020, 03:07 PM |
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Thread: Are file comments possible?
Post: Re: Are file comments possible?
| Yes, that's the Mac function I was referring to. The options you came up with don't really sound like what I'm after, but they do sound useful anyway, so I'm going to look into that. Thank you.
I nee... |
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