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    Thread: Update to LL 5 - Whisker Menu
Post: Re: Update to LL 5 - Whisker Menu

with your file-manager open, click on view and put a tick in the box Show Hidden Files. Now look in your home folder for .config folder.... all your personal customizations can be found in here. It s...
DeepThought Installing Linux Lite 7 11,851 06-17-2020, 09:22 PM
    Thread: Keyboard 10 key not working
Post: Re: Keyboard 10 key not working

Has your number pad ever worked or is it just after this new install ? If not did you select the correct keyboard layout ? try changing your keyboard layout: Menu - settings - Keyboard Click on the L...
DeepThought Other 11 21,170 06-08-2020, 12:28 PM
    Thread: System Tray weirdness
Post: System Tray weirdness

[member=2]Jerry[/member] Linux Lite 5.0 installed with no problem. I installed wine so that I can use the chat program mIRC and I have mirc set to minimise to tray when not in use and this is the wei...
DeepThought On Topic 0 3,135 06-08-2020, 06:09 AM
    Thread: Is there a way to disable trackpad clicking by touch?
Post: Re: Is there a way to disable trackpad clicking by...

Settings - Mouse & Touchpad : Where it says Device there's a dropbox next to it. Choose your trackpad/touchpad from the list and use the switch next to it to disable. :)
DeepThought Other 3 9,148 05-26-2020, 08:41 AM
    Thread: Installed CPUFREQ and computer will not boot to OS
Post: Re: Installed CPUFREQ and computer will not boot t...

You might be better off using a live cd and chroot into the old hdd, then uninstall CPUFREQ with Code: -- sudo apt purge cpufreq -- this should remove any enabled services aswell as the files. Go...
DeepThought Other 2 9,686 05-23-2020, 08:24 PM
    Thread: How to install a Linksys PCI WiFi card
Post: Re: How to install a Linksys PCI WiFi card

[member=20688]Hexeta[/member] Hi, my apologies, brain was in neutral and forgot a reboot would lose the data but the command should still work. Just means every time you reboot you would need to use t...
DeepThought Network 9 30,422 05-15-2020, 08:41 AM
    Thread: How to install a Linksys PCI WiFi card
Post: Re: How to install a Linksys PCI WiFi card

@Hexata hi, for b43 legacy firmware try the following: Code: -- sudo apt update && sudo apt install firmware-b43-installer -- You may need to reboot but that should install the firmware for: Quot...
DeepThought Network 9 30,422 05-14-2020, 10:13 PM
    Thread: 'Something Else' partitioning... unsure of disk type and BIOS settings
Post: Re: 'Something Else' partitioning... unsure of dis...

[member=20780]Mike Krall[/member] Quote: -- Always before with Win/Linux dual boots I've had Linux after all of Windows.  It just worked out that way, really, but I'm thinking there may be a functi...
DeepThought Installing Linux Lite 8 15,235 05-13-2020, 09:15 PM
    Thread: Linux Lite 5.0 RC1 Released
Post: Re: Linux Lite 5.0 RC1 Released

Quote: -- I've gone back and installed from my 32bit UEFI enabled 4.2 image using exactly the above process and that worked fine. -- [member=6968]WytWun[/member]  Maybe I'm missing something, but yo...
DeepThought Release Announcements 86 221,106 05-07-2020, 02:55 PM
    Thread: MP3 Tag Editor? [SOLVED]
Post: Re: MP3 Tag Editor? [SOLVED]

I've always used Easytag: Quote: -- https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/EasyTAG -- easy enough to use and you can tag all the files with "artist" or "albumname" in one click. It's in the repos so just: ...
DeepThought Other 4 14,837 05-05-2020, 01:48 PM
    Thread: Webcam device not found (old Acer Travelmate with USB Live! Cam)
Post: Re: Webcam device not found (old Acer Travelmate w...

This is from a 2012 post, source: Quote: -- https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2098399 -- scroll down to the last post and : Quote: -- It seems that Ubuntu recognizes the webcam and initi...
DeepThought Other 12 19,708 05-01-2020, 03:49 PM
    Thread: Webcam device not found (old Acer Travelmate with USB Live! Cam)
Post: Re: Webcam device not found (old Acer Travelmate w...

Quote: -- https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Webcam --
DeepThought Other 12 19,708 05-01-2020, 03:27 PM
    Thread: Linux Lite 5.0 RC1 Released
Post: Re: Linux Lite 5.0 RC1 Released

[member=2]Jerry[/member] Hi, I never touched lite-sources Quote: -- Screenshot of Chrome missing in Lite Software please? Did you change sources in Lite Sources? -- https://imgur.com/pgNArOcl.png ...
DeepThought Release Announcements 86 221,106 04-23-2020, 07:26 AM
    Thread: Linux Lite 5.0 RC1 Released
Post: Re: Linux Lite 5.0 RC1 Released

Running iso from hdd using grub and with persistence. Updated without a problem. Two minor points so far:     1) Google chrome supposed to replace chromium but doesn't appear in Lite-Software     2) ...
DeepThought Release Announcements 86 221,106 04-22-2020, 02:30 PM
    Thread: How to Update Filezilla in LL 3.9
Post: Re: How to Update Filezilla in LL 3.9

you could try the instructions here: Quote: -- http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2016/08/install-filezilla-client-3-20-ubuntu-16-04/ --
DeepThought Installing Software 2 11,373 04-20-2020, 07:39 PM
    Thread: Keyboard definition
Post: Re: Keyboard definition

Linux Lite enables "numlock" by default. You can temporarily disable numlock using your keyboard. Have a look at your keyboard for extra functions applied by holding the fn key down. To permanently d...
DeepThought Installing Linux Lite 2 14,116 04-08-2020, 11:35 PM
    Thread: On-screen indicator for "Num lock" and "Caps lock"
Post: Re: On-screen indicator for "Num lock" and "Caps l...

Glad to help :)
DeepThought Other 3 10,029 04-06-2020, 01:08 PM
    Thread: On-screen indicator for "Num lock" and "Caps lock"
Post: Re: On-screen indicator for "Num lock" and "Caps l...

[member=6829]Paul74[/member]  This might interest you :) Quote: -- https://www.howtogeek.com/274587/how-to-get-a-notification-when-caps-lock-or-num-lock-is-enabled-in-ubuntu/ --
DeepThought Other 3 10,029 04-05-2020, 09:44 AM
    Thread: Wifi wpa 2 personal password
Post: Re: Wifi wpa 2 personal password

Have you changed the wifi password in your router ? The password for wifi needs to be changed in the router first, then you can change the password for connection on your pc/laptop to connect.
DeepThought Network 3 17,269 03-27-2020, 10:46 PM
    Thread: How to mount second hard drive without a password
Post: Re: How to mount second hard drive without a passw...

[member=6909]johnnyboy5000[/member] Menu/Settings/Disks.... when the app opens click on the left on the drive you want to change, then on the right, under Volumes you will see cogs icon. Click on th...
DeepThought Hard Drives and SSDs 3 19,896 03-21-2020, 08:21 AM