Linux Lite 2.6 Suggestion Thread

[TMG1961]

sorry Jerry.

[Jerry]

At this point, you two should perhaps either pm each other, or start a new thread for this issue so as not to go to much more off topic in this 2.6 Suggestion thread. Thank you

[TMG1961]

I still havent been able to get gmail working, keeps telling me that password or username is wrong. Not using two-factor authentication with gmail, just username and password. When i use them on the website it works but it doesnt with mail watch. My other emailadress works fine with it.

[Shady]

Tried it but i can't get it to work with gmail. My other email works fine but it keeps telling me my username or password is wrong for gmail. Both checked and both correct.

I use Gmail and it works just fine, so you might be doing something wrong.

[TMG1961]

@TMG1961,

If you're using two-factor authentication with Gmail, I think you need to use their "application specific password" with email clients like Thunderbird.  This link might help:  https://support.google.com/mail/answer/1173270?hl=en.

thanks, will have a look into that laters

[torreydale]

@TMG1961,

If you're using two-factor authentication with Gmail, I think you need to use their "application specific password" with email clients like Thunderbird.  This link might help:  https://support.google.com/mail/answer/1173270?hl=en.

[TMG1961]

Suggestion

How about adding Xfce Mail Watch to Linux Lite.

Here's a link to it explaining what it is:
http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/panel-plugins/xfce4-mailwatch-plugin

I use it with Thunderbird, which already comes with Linux Lite.

It works well and it's really useful.

Tried it but i can't get it to work with gmail. My other email works fine but it keeps telling me my username or password is wrong for gmail. Both checked and both correct.

[Shady]

Suggestion

How about adding Xfce Mail Watch to Linux Lite.

Here's a link to it explaining what it is:
http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/panel-plugins/xfce4-mailwatch-plugin

I use it with Thunderbird, which already comes with Linux Lite.

It works well and it's really useful.

[UltraCookie]

Ya I know how that works. Problem is with the alignment of the monitor. Lite automatically aligns the top border of the two screens. If I want the bottom borders to align I have to go into the settings editor. And since I often switch between the second monitor at work and at home it messes up the settings a lot and I have to fiddle with the settings each time before I can work again.

[avj]

@UltraCookie If you look in the help manual under "Hardware" you will see a topic called "Dual Monitor Setup Instructions" it explains how to do this with the display setting manager located at menu>settings>display.

[UltraCookie]

A gui for configuring multiple screen would be really nice. something simple like this:

[paul1149]

If there's one thing I would concentrate on, it would be making the installer absolutely bulletproof. I think the installer is already very good, yet I had problems with each of my two installs. One was a mess about which partition actually would be the target of the install. I could have deleted the old Windows partitions first and avoided the uncertainty, but that shouldn't be necessary, or at least should be mentioned during the install, and a summary screen of exactly what the installer is going to do before you sign on the dotted line is a must.


On the second install I had video problems, whereby the display was divided into four columns and the welcome screen was about 4 times as large as the screen (14" laptop). I had to search the Web to find the nomodeset flag to add to advanced boot options, which solved the problem.


There should at least be a built-in help page on the installer to help the user know about these options if something goes wrong or if there is confusion. He should know exactly what's happening without searching the Web.


The installer has already come a long way, but especially if you're targeting new converts from Windows, and your goal is to provide them with a turnkey alternative, it really is important to make the installer failsafe.


Blessings,
Paul

[N4RPS]

Hello!

Can you explain what fixes need to be done? And show me what the fixes need to be. Either here or via email would be fine. (I'm off to bed as of the post, but I'll look into it for sure in the morning.) Any info you can give me on this issue tho would be great.

It's posted here: https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/network/%28solved%29-enabling-full-bluetooth-support-in-linux-lite/

Even if this is added to 2.6, I'd still like to leave the thread for it intact, as it also helps those using other forms of Ubuntu besides LL..

73 DE N4RPS
Rob

 

[shaggytwodope]

Hello!

Is there any way to incorporate the Bluetooth fixes into the 2.6 LiveCD and 2.6 installs? Having to patch it every time I do an install is beginning to wear on me.

This is something EVERYONE who wants Bluetooth in Ubuntu to work for them will need to do to get it. Unless Ubuntu or one of the other OSes gets around to fixing this first, Linux Lite 2.6 would be the only Ubuntu-based OS (AFAIK) with Bluetooth support out of the box...

73 DE N4RPS
Rob

Can you explain what fixes need to be done? And show me what the fixes need to be. Either here or via email would be fine. (I'm off to bed as of the post, but I'll look into it for sure in the morning.) Any info you can give me on this issue tho would be great.

[N4RPS]

Hello!

Is there any way to incorporate the Bluetooth fixes into the 2.6 LiveCD and 2.6 installs? Having to patch it every time I do an install is beginning to wear on me.

This is something EVERYONE who wants Bluetooth in Ubuntu to work for them will need to do to get it. Unless Ubuntu or one of the other OSes gets around to fixing this first, Linux Lite 2.6 would be the only Ubuntu-based OS (AFAIK) with Bluetooth support out of the box...

73 DE N4RPS
Rob