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| The dreaded read-only problem |
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Posted by: Tyrannocaster - 02-22-2021, 02:57 AM - Forum: Hard Drives and SSDs
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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 what I did I got errors like chown: changing ownership of '/media/MYNAME/STORAGE': Read-only file system
(STORAGE is the name of the disk.)
When I look in the GUI properties tab it says I have read and write access but no groups have anything but read access. However, I plainly do not have write access. I've looked online for the last hour and I know this is a common issue in linux, but I've never run into it before and so far all the terminal commands I have seen suggested don't do anything useful; the disk stays read only. I have to get this working again!
I can write to it fine in Windows.
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| Linux Lite v5.2 connection to VPN server using SSTP blocks internet access |
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Posted by: Acer5745G - 02-21-2021, 01:56 PM - Forum: Network
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Hello,
I have recently installed Linux Lite (LL) v5.2 as a dual boot with Windows 10 Home on two (out of 3) laptops and it is a pleasure using it. The installation was smooth and the available on LL website installation guide was very helpful.
Many thanks to the Linux Lite developers. My initial impression is that LL works faster than Windows 10 on my laptops and requires less RAM.
My third laptop (Acer 3023 with Sempron 3000+ and 1.25GB ram) was too old for LL, and its only OS is Debian 10 i386 with lxqt, chosen after a dozen of experiments.
Following the Linux Lite tutorials and tips from Ubuntu forums, I was able to connect all laptops and OS (Linux Lite, Windows 10 Home, Debian 10) in a small network and its work is satisfying, especially after the installation of Barrier, which allows me to use one keyboard and mouse for all laptops and OS.
I have though one problem that prevents me using LL on my ACER 5745G, 8GB, i5-460M laptop during my home office working hours.
I need to connect the laptop to my employer’s VPN server, which uses SSTP, while been able to keep the access to Internet for other applications.
I was able to connect the laptop with LL to the VPN server, but then I lost the connection to Internet. Chrome and Firefox just say there is some DNS error and refuse to work.
I have been able to establish the connection with the same laptop with Windows 10 and mapped a network drive to the company’s server, without any problems. Thus, I believe that the hardware, internet connection and user login data are tested successfully.
What I have done by now is the following:
Windows 10 Home:
1. Network Settings -> Add a VPN connection
2. Filled the Connection name, Server name, VPN type (sstp), and sign in info.
3. I entered the server IP in File Explorer address bar, selected the shared folder, and used my office network login data.
4. Mapped the shared folder and successfully used it ever after.
Linux Lite v. 5.2, following various advices and tips found on the LL tutorials and Ubuntu forums:
1. Installed CIFS-utils
Code: sudo apt update
sudo apt install cifs-utils
2. Installed libevent-2.1-7 with Synaptic PM, after an advice on Ubuntu forums that NM sstp plugin would need it.
3. Installed Eivind Naess network-manager sstp plugin:
Code: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:eivnaes/network-manager-sstp
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install network-manager-sstp sstp-client
4. Start Menu->Internet->Network Connection
Clicked on Add connection, chosen VPN, SSTP and clicked the Create button.
5. Filled the Connection name.
6. Typed in Gateway field the Server name, i.e. vpn.XXX.com.
7. Filled the VPN User name and Password
8. Clicked the Advanced button
9. Authentication methods -> clicked only MSCHAP and MSCHAPv2
10. Unclicked everything else on the dialog window and pressed OK
11. Saved the VPN connection settings
12. Network Manager (NM) tray icon -> VPN connections -> ticked the VPN connection
13. Edited the existing WiFi connection to automatically connect the VPN connection
14. A message appeared saying that the VPN connection was successfully established
15. The Ping to the VPN server seemed successful
16. In the Network File Manager address bar, I typed the VPN server's IP address.
17. Clicked on the shared folder and typed my office’s Network login data
18. I mounted the VPN server’s shared folder with:
Code: sudo mount -t cifs -o username=<my office network username>,password=<my office network password> //<Server IP>/<Shared folder> /home/<Folder on my hdd>
And I got access to the VPN server through the Devices section of the File Manager
19. I created a credentials file:
Code: sudo mousepad /etc/XXXcred
Quote:username=<my office network username>
password=<my office network password>
domain=<VPN server domain name>
then I saved it.
20. Edited the /etc/fstab file:
Code: sudo mousepad /etc/fstab
adding at the end
Quote://<Server IP>/<Shared folder> /home/<Folder on my hdd> cifs credentials=/etc/XXXcred 0 0
21. At this point I was able to mount the VPN server’s shared folder with:
Code: Sudo mount /home/<Folder on my hdd>
Code: Sudo umount –l /home/<Folder on my hdd>
The SSTP connection to the VPN server works with one BIG BUT.
When the VPN connection is established, I don’t have any other access to Internet. I mean Firefox, Chrome and Skype don’t have any access to Internet, while the File Manager has access to the VPN server. Once I disable the VPN connection, the Internet access is restored, and I am able to browse Internet again.
While the VPN connection is established, Google Chrome refuses to load any web site with the message:
Quote:<Web site> server IP address could not be found
And after some automatic troubleshooting:
Quote:DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_BAD_CONFIG
My WiFi connection settings are as follow:
Quote:Connection Name: <My WiFi name>
SSID: <My WiFi name>
Mode: Client
Band: Automatic
Channel: default
Device: wlp3s0
MTU: automatic
IPV4 Settings:
Method: Automatic (DHCP)
Everything else is blank and unchecked.
I would like to have connection to the VPN server and access to Internet at the same time, but I don’t have the knowledge and experience to find out what is the problem.
Any help will be much appreciated!
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| Only scattered letters show in system menus ?. |
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Posted by: Jacky Joy - 02-21-2021, 12:23 PM - Forum: Installing Linux Lite
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Hello,
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. https://krogerfeedback.nl https://talktosonic.onl https://talktowendys.vip https://whataburgersurvey.onl
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).
thanks
jackyjoy
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| Migrating from LL 3.8 to LL5.2 Can I Copy Desktop Setup |
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Posted by: mezzmer - 02-19-2021, 10:22 AM - Forum: Installing Linux Lite
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I have been using LL 3.8 very hapily for the last couple of years, but it's almost EoL, so I need to migrate to LL5.2.
Is there any easy way to keep al the work I have done setting up the desktop colors/icons?
Three is also a really nice "feather"/gold background that comes up when the system boots before I get the log in greeter screen. Any easy way to copy that over?
Thanks in advance for any assistance you can offer.
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| Cannot install Linux Lite |
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Posted by: tuckj1958 - 02-18-2021, 06:33 PM - Forum: Installing Linux Lite
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I have enjoyed using Linux Lite until a recent update. I have a Intel I9 processor and Nvidia RTX 2070 video card. I recently upgraded my drives to all NVME and now I cannot install Lite with USB of latest release. I have tried several attempts, downloaded the current ISO several times and recreated the USB install. Everything seems to install correctly until I reboot and get nothing but a black screen and blinking cursor. Other Debian, Ubuntu, and even Arch distro work fine. What is up with this?
Thanks
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| New to Linux Lite |
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Posted by: Degsy - 02-18-2021, 01:50 PM - Forum: Introductions
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Hi everyone,
Have only just downloaded and installed Linux Lite on an old Dell Inspiron 6400. It had been running 2 versions of Peppermi t but have now replaced one of them with Linux Lite.
Looking forward to learning g the system, will no doubt be back with questions.
Regards,
Degsy
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| Python dist-packages problem? -- null distro/platform name |
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Posted by: HiTechHiTouch - 02-18-2021, 06:01 AM - Forum: Installing Software
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In attempting to install my HP P1606dn printer, I learned that an additional piece of code beyond the HPLIP 3.20.11 provided materials is required. To install this support module, HP provides HPLIP-3.20.11-plugin.run, a python script. This script uses platform.dist()[0] to obtain the name of the distribution. The error message is "AttributeError: module 'platform' has no attribute 'dist'".
The function is in /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages (1.4.0), and "pip install distro" reports "Requirement already satisfied: distro in /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages (1.4.0)"
Code: + hp-plugin
HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver 3.20.11)
Plugin Download and Install Utility ver 2.1
qt5ct: using qt5ct plugin
Checking for network connection...
Downloading plugin from:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/hplip/base/password.py", line 85, in get_distro_name
os_name = platfrom.dist()[0]
AttributeError: module 'platfrom' has no attribute 'dist'
The HP helper hp-plugin fails to install for many (non LL) distributions because the packager did not pick up the Python distro package, which is now required for Python 3.8+ because of code removal in 3.8.
So... I went down the chain to see that LL indeed had a usable dist-packages. All appears well, i.e. the LL distribution is NOT missing the newly required dist-packages.
However, dist-packages claims to be HIGHLY system dependent, poking around in C libraries and other places to figure out what to report. See https://pypi.org/project/distro for background. Also https:docs.python.org/2/library/platform.html section 15.15.5
So may I politely ask if the LL packager needs to do something to have dist-packages report the distribution name? (I assume it would be Ubuntu, 20.04.x, Focal Fossa).
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| LL not recognizing a specific USB stick |
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Posted by: Tyrannocaster - 02-18-2021, 02:06 AM - Forum: Hard Drives and SSDs
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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 nothing; it doesn't show up with any command I can find, and I've been searching for the last half hour online. Running lsblk, for example gives nothing but the other devices I have. Ditto for fdisk -l.
Anybody have any idea what might be going on with this? The Disks program can't see it, Gparted can't see it, but these other OS systems work fine with it.
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