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Thread: Removable flash disks open as empty text files
Post: Removable flash disks open as empty text files
| When I try to access the contents of my USB flash disks, only a text editor opens. For some reason, this does not happen on the LL live disk. Should I re-install only the OS partition or also /var, /... |
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Lite Potato |
Hard Drives and SSDs
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11-13-2017, 09:14 PM |
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Thread: GUI won't boot after installing upstart
Post: GUI won't boot after installing upstart
| After having installed upstart according to www.meowtech.com/switching-from-systemd-to-upstart-on-ubuntu (http://www.meowtech.com/switching-from-systemd-to-upstart-on-ubuntu)'s instructions. I reboote... |
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Lite Potato |
Start up and Shutdown
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09-22-2017, 10:22 PM |
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Thread: PC boots to terminal and not GUI (loosely related to updates?)
Post: Re: PC boots to terminal and not GUI (loosely rela...
| I have renamed Xauthority (with Thunar, if that matters) to no effect. How close am I to having to start over from a new account? |
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Lite Potato |
Start up and Shutdown
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12-28-2016, 12:46 AM |
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Thread: PC boots to terminal and not GUI (loosely related to updates?)
Post: Re: PC boots to terminal and not GUI (loosely rela...
| My /home settings were migrated from 2.8, I have performed chmod 755 on my user folder, and I have partially solved the "no-GUI" problem by reactivating / (root file system)'s fstab entry.
Lite now ... |
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Lite Potato |
Start up and Shutdown
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12-24-2016, 04:19 AM |
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Thread: PC boots to terminal and not GUI (loosely related to updates?)
Post: Re: PC boots to terminal and not GUI (loosely rela...
| I do not recall any installation of hardware drivers other than the ones provided by Linux Updates. |
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Start up and Shutdown
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12-24-2016, 02:12 AM |
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Thread: PC boots to terminal and not GUI (loosely related to updates?)
Post: Re: PC boots to terminal and not GUI (loosely rela...
| I have uploaded the attachments to the forum thread in four parts. Also, may I use the currently-blocked (and the only splittable with Lite's Archive Manager) 7-Zip format? Thank you. |
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Lite Potato |
Start up and Shutdown
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12-23-2016, 06:52 PM |
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Thread: PC boots to terminal and not GUI (loosely related to updates?)
Post: Re: PC boots to terminal and not GUI (loosely rela...
| The zip file was ~700KB, while the limit is 500. |
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Start up and Shutdown
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12-23-2016, 01:58 PM |
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Thread: PC boots to terminal and not GUI (loosely related to updates?)
Post: Re: PC boots to terminal and not GUI (loosely rela...
| The logs are at http://www.filedropper.com/log_10 (http://www.filedropper.com/log_10). |
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Lite Potato |
Start up and Shutdown
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12-23-2016, 03:33 AM |
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Thread: PC boots to terminal and not GUI (loosely related to updates?)
Post: PC boots to terminal and not GUI (loosely related ...
| After having installed some updates on Lite 3.0, along with some new applications, I received a GUI failure on the next boot. Do I post any logs here? |
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Lite Potato |
Start up and Shutdown
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12-22-2016, 07:30 AM |
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Thread: Ubuntu Software Conter alternative with most features?
Post: Ubuntu Software Conter alternative with most featu...
| I have reinstalled Lite 3.0, noticing, again, the lack of Ubuntu Software Center or derivatives. What would you suggest I install? |
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Lite Potato |
Other
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12-19-2016, 01:39 AM |
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Thread: Turbo ad-based support?
Post: Turbo ad-based support?
| There should be an option for users to browse the website with extra ads for supporting Linux Lite more strongly. I suggest we switch to Revcontent ads, as they allow us to choose what ads to see.
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Lite Potato |
Suggestions and Feedback
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12-03-2016, 05:29 AM |
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Thread: Home folder empty and Login Screen loop
Post: Re: Home folder empty and Login Screen loop
| My user account is having problems, even as of now. I have the Backups and Systemback programs installed for the possible event of having to restore the system files. May I have someone delete this ne... |
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Lite Potato |
Start up and Shutdown
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11,117 |
12-02-2016, 05:38 AM |
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Thread: Repair user folder or copy new one from virtual PC?
Post: Repair user folder or copy new one from virtual PC...
| When I start LL, there appears a message mentioning lightdm-session and a folder or file named "profile" in the name.
Should I keep working on repairing my settings, or should I start over from a def... |
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Lite Potato |
Other
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11-30-2016, 03:53 AM |
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Thread: Home folder empty and Login Screen loop
Post: Re: Home folder empty and Login Screen loop
| Most of my user files have been recovered with R-Studio Emergency and PhotoRec. My LL setup on the HDD is now functional. Thank you all again. |
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Start up and Shutdown
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11-29-2016, 01:53 AM |
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Thread: Home folder empty and Login Screen loop
Post: Re: Home folder empty and Login Screen loop
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LL-user link Wrote: (11-11-2016, 07:02 AM)
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* How big was your original home folder?
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The free space was the same as the system partition's; the used space was unknown to me.
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Start up and Shutdown
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11-12-2016, 02:23 AM |
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Thread: Home folder empty and Login Screen loop
Post: Re: Home folder empty and Login Screen loop
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LL-user link Wrote: (11-09-2016, 11:44 PM)
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Could you please post the output of
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sudo parted --list
df -hT
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mount | grep ^/dev
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The lists:
Code:
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Model: ATA ST380... |
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Lite Potato |
Start up and Shutdown
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11,117 |
11-10-2016, 09:34 AM |
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Thread: Home folder empty and Login Screen loop
Post: Re: Home folder empty and Login Screen loop
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LL-user link Wrote: (11-09-2016, 09:24 AM)
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The question is how and where was the separate HDD (portable?) installed/mounted?
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The device in question was an internal SATA HDD's logical sub-partit... |
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Start up and Shutdown
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11-09-2016, 11:00 PM |
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Thread: Home folder empty and Login Screen loop
Post: Re: Home folder empty and Login Screen loop
| I installed an ext3 partition for it on a separate HDD, and then I performed rsync while on LL, and, if I remember well, I booted Puppy and deleted only the contents of the OS partition's /home.
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Lite Potato |
Start up and Shutdown
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11-09-2016, 08:26 AM |
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Thread: Home folder empty and Login Screen loop
Post: Home folder empty and Login Screen loop
| After having rsync'd and deleted the original /home folder, I did not find the new copy. If Puppy Linux live CDs automatically mount fstab, this could have been the problem.
I am on the Linux Lite li... |
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Start up and Shutdown
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11-09-2016, 06:42 AM |
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Thread: 17-month user; LL forum newbie
Post: 17-month user; LL forum newbie
| Salutations to the community, and thank you for this free, lightweight treasure of an Ubuntu distro. I would have have more to say if the page did not refresh. Anyway, thank you again! |
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Lite Potato |
Introductions
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11-09-2016, 03:46 AM |
