Would those of us who use LL2.2 benefit at all from reducing the swappiness ?

I ask only because it was a recommended thing to do in ubuntu 14.04

Hi all,

Not sure if this is the right place since it might be more of a bug type report, unless I've missed something very basic. Also I can't believe that it hasn't been reported before, but I'm blowed if I can see it mentioned.

Anyway, it's about the printer (presumably driver) crashing when you inadvertently try and print a file that does not have the correct permissions.

I was recently setting up a minidlna server on Linux Lite, and set about editing its configuration file. By default, this file is set to user and group minidlna, with read only for other users.

So I had no problem opening the file in leafpad. but problems began when I tried to print it. The first thing is the output got stuck in the spooler, so I had to delete the job. Then I got a message displayed top right saying “printer may not be connected”. Even after a system restart, the same message appeared, and no print functionality could be achieved. The only way to get the printer working again was to remove it, and add it back again, which was straightforward, but a somewhat extreme way to recover.

I'm using a networked Epson Stylus Photo PX710W setup in pass through mode. After re-adding the printer and doing a chmod 777 on the file all was well for printing and configuring the file. Incidentally, minidlna now works great, much less of a pain than mediatomb. But surely shouldn't there be something in the system as a precursor, that stops this printer crash occurring, and gives a warning message box, maybe a watchdog script somewhere.

I'm thinking with the new Xfce 4.12 coming out and Ubuntu 14.04.2 with the 3.16 Linux kernel already out that this could be a great next update to LL.

Simon Steinbeiß of Xfce announced this week that a string freeze for 4.12 would go into effect on Friday (today), in allowing translators one week to tidy up their translations. The announcement indicates that Xfce 4.12 is still gearing up to be out the door next weekend, 28 February / 1 March.

Unlike failed Xfce 4.12 plans of the past few years, it looks like this release will actually pan out in one week's time.

BM

Intel is heavily investing in the latest kernels for incrwsong the speed and features supported of their integrated graphics on the newer CPUs. Any improvement that is good for gaming is attractive to Windows switchers IMHO.


- Initial support for Cherryview, the upcoming Atom SoC update with Broadwell derived graphics.

- Support for large cursors. On HiDPI displays rather than limiting to 64x64 cursors, cursors can now be up to the hardware limit of 256x256 pixels.

- Work towards atomic page-flipping.

- Run-time Power Management is now enabled by default for new platforms.

- Universal primary plane support is now in good shape.

- Improved out-of-memory handling.

- Command parser work for some OpenGL/OpenCL features of Haswell.

- Userptr support to let user-space wrap up any malloc'ed allocations into GEM buffer objects.

- Broadwell now supports eDRAM, GPU Turbo, and VEBOX2 support.

- GPU reset improvements.

- Prep work for Dynamic Refresh Rate Switching (DRRS).

- and more...

Ikey on G+ at 3:17 PM 14/02/26 after a week away from evolve

Quote:My week is nearly up. We've been experimenting with a lot of things this week, and among the visible changes is Wayland compatibility.

First off - I LOVE Linux Lite and do my best to support the project.  As of late I'm getting more & more Win 8 machines and would like to perform dual boot's

Please Help - I've installed hundreds of Dual Boot systems Win Xp, Win 7, etc.  Seems Windows 8 and 8.1 no matter what I do with EUFI, Secure Boot etc something always goes wrong.  I REALLY NEED a  step by step to get me through this.  Please don't recommend Easy BCD I've been down that rood a ton for months.  Unless of course someone has a step by step process that actually works on multiple machines.  Easy BCD is a "God Send" for Windows 7 - not so much for Win-Blows 8 ...  JMHO ...

Thanks in advance ...

Hello,

I spotted recently on http , 'netinstall' and wondered what it was.
It was where usually 150-180MB of distro basic set up is downloaded as an iso, checked and installed directly from that downloaded iso to the hdd.
After this netinstall has been installed a window opens with some required and some optional additional downloads, completing that finishes off the install.
Thus requiring no physical external media to be available or used. eg no usb, cd or dvd.

Alternatively to the netinstall of 150MB-180MB it was multiple GB iso of the distro.

At a guess* this netinstall would be completed via a GUI point n click (or kb n click).
I make the GUI guess*  -  based upon, after reading the description of this type of netinstall although I have not installed a distro in this manner, it became apparent to me that I had completed something similar recently for my 10yo nephew on a new Toshiba laptop where it is supplied by the manufacturer this way and requires the install of windows 8.1 to be done over the net directly from M$.
You see no desktop just a black screen with Toshiba blah blah, installing....... the guide says "you must have a working internet connection plug it in then turn on the laptop for the first time and wait until it is installed over the internet from M$, it may reboot multiple times, wait for the completion screen"
Most knowing how slow M$ updates are in comparison to the lightening fast Linux updates, you can get the idea doing 8.1 this way took many hours to complete, (over 16 hours), then many hours to dl/install the bug fixes and security updates (all evening and until 4pm the next day) to complete.

Not currently available for LL it could solve the "LL on CD", and the LL on CD/vs DVD questions/debate as 150MB is Lightweight and can be burned as an iso for install if users didn't wish to do direct iso to hdd installs, and also offer an additional solution to some of the LL USB how to's, problems, issues tutorials, us Linux newbies have.

It seems interesting on a more efficient OS than M$, eg; Linux.
Numbers time hehe, it would require -
1/ a netinstall iso
2/ a tutorial to be wrote for that
3/ a GUI to be adapted/or wrote for the completion of required areas to complete the install.
4/ possibly an expansion of the additional software for netinstalls, or adding of these additional software to the GUI @ #3
5/ plenty of time to make this available.

Positives -
1/ manufacturers would like this option and its users who've used similar with MS installs would be familiar with the method, has potential for more new users of Linux.
2/ it may be a way to get LL on to new machines re #1. Or be useful in conjunction with the recently discussed by Jerry idea of offering machines with LL already on them.
3/ it may be a way to solve external media problems/requirements.
4/ it could showcase the difference in install speed, and update speed, very easily to someone who has never used Linux previously right from the start, before the OS is even installed.
eg; it wouldn't take over several days to install and update 

(ramble area) - The visual difference would be so extreme I 'vision' some videography genuis with - 2 exact same computers next to each other with 2 time clocks, where they video it for YouTube (and elsewhere), then directly after install completion the showing of MS v/s replacement Linux appz, to demonstrate the same can be done on each machine. Dispelling some of the myths about Linux as an OS.
Of course the Linux OS would require a part 2,3,n... videos to show all the extra things it can be used for after that install and how it can be tweaked, in all the ways windows cannot.
Thus concisely (unlike this post) visually displaying the efficiency of install and use of Linux v/s windows in like for like manner, the video it'd probably go viral. (especially if the greater Linux community jumped on it and made concerted efforts to ensure it did)
(end ramble)

Further ideas I offer -
1/ it could also be added/used for the assisted install paid for option.
2/ netinstalls of distro I seen I was curious so had to look for info what it was, the download was an iso only, the LL download could arrive with the tutorial on how to install the iso directly to hard drive and screenshots of what to expect, and how to use/tutorial of the follow on after install to complete the installation and add option software.
A complete 'package' but not a "package". (Linux newbie joke attempt warning, after the fact in true newbie style like I usually demonstrate).
3/ the work creating that would be balanced off by the staff time not being needed as much to do paid live installs.re #1 - paid option
4/ an unassisted free netinstall as iso only and no access to 'package' deal tutorials, could be available for experienced users to d/l. Thus the paid option is for the assisted installs as currently.

I don't know the ins/outs of the process, I have only completed one such install so far as stated above.
I do not have the knowledge to discuss the topic, it's just my suggestion in case the idea is interesting/or not for others to discuss.

This is just a thought. It may save a few headaches, if the forum posting guidelines were moved or copied to the general section on the first page of the forum. It would serve as a constant reminder of the guidelines and allow new forum users to easily find the topic and not overlook it.

i haw a ML-1670 printer from samsung an i can see that it  is not supporter by cops, i fount these http://www.bchemnet.com/suldr white a repository for my printer a there is a version there match "3.00.90"  "1.00.27 (driver2)". the ? is these a recommended repository and is there a recommended way to install the driver/repository other then the won on the hp bchemnet

I'm seriously considering installing Lite on my ASUS UX 21 Ultrabook, which has an i3 processor @ 1.40GHz, 64 GB SSD and 4 GB of RAM. So, obviously no problems there, however I'm undecided as to whether to try the 32 bit or 64 bit version of Lite. It presently has Windows 7 64 bit, but it's beginning to slow down and hang etc after 3 years. I'm no fan of Windows but I still have Windows 7 (dual boots with Ubuntu 14.10) on my desktop, so I'll still have access to it.

Can anybody offer an opinion on whether to go for 32 bit or 64 bit? I'm not a heavy user needing anything special, don't use the device for games - Lite has been a revelation for me after having installed the 32 bit version on friends' old laptops and seeing what it can do. However, do I stand to gain anything by installing the 64 bit version instead?

Thanks in advance.
Paul

After updating today which included an update to Lite Teaks shows 8.9 MB (correction on size) of package cache still to be removed after running command. This happened before in In Lite Cleaner but was fixed. http:/dfgkh547-jsdfv8.iyhkj.tk/forums/index.php?topic=977.msg5797#msg5797 (Did not find post where it had been fixed before.)