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Problem saving LibreOffice files

Posted by: jeffvanderdoes - 08-10-2014, 08:52 PM - Forum: On Topic - Replies (3)

	All, I'm using latest download of LinuxLite under vmware (64bit). Got it loaded fine and am able to use it so far with the exception of being able to save a file with LibreOfiice. It gives a generic message that it had an error saving the file, write error. Any ideas? Thanks, Jeff

[Information] HP Laptop WiFi Connection Behaviour

Posted by: Wirezfree - 08-10-2014, 03:28 PM - Forum: Network - Replies (5)

Hi,

FYI
I found that my hardware produces some odd behaviour regarding WiFi, I have observed this with LL2 & Mint 17
It will connect to my WiFi 100% from a power on, or boot Live usb stick,
But once installed, if I just do a re-start it will only re-connect 10% of the time.!!!, WLan Card in some odd state/Driver/Timing issue.??

HP Laptop with:

Code:

dave@hp-laptop:~$ inxi -c 5 -b

System:    Host: hp-laptop Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: Xfce 4.11.6 Distro: Ubuntu 14.04 trusty

Machine:   System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP Pavilion TS 14 Notebook PC version: 0881100000305E00000620100

                Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 2161 version: 29.42 Bios: Insyde version: F.62 date: 03/06/2014

CPU:         Dual core Intel Core i5-4200U CPU (-HT-MCP-) clocked at 759.00 MHz 

Graphics:  Card: Intel Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller 

                X.Org: 1.15.1 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: [email protected] 

                GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Haswell Mobile GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 10.2.2

Network:  Card-1: Realtek RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller driver: r8169 

                Card-2: Realtek RTL8188EE Wireless Network Adapter driver: rtl8188ee 

Drives:      HDD Total Size: 256.1GB (1.9% used)

Info:         Processes: 206 Uptime: 1:27 Memory: 962.4/15825.5MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 1.9.17

Code:
dave@hp-laptop:~$ inxi -n

Network:   Card-1: Realtek RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller driver: r8169 

                 IF: em1 state: down mac: a0:48::xx:xx:xx:xx

                 Card-2: Realtek RTL8188EE Wireless Network Adapter driver: rtl8188ee 

                 IF: wlan0 state: up mac: 70:18:xx:xx:xx:xx

Maybe of interest, in case you suspect you have issues.??
Dave

How to install software

Posted by: anon222 - 08-10-2014, 02:29 PM - Forum: Tutorials - Replies (20)

Installing software with synaptic package manager:
1. Open synaptic package manager
With menu (Install/Remove Software) or with this terminal command:

Code:
sudo synaptic

2. Click Reload to to download the latest package lists from the repositories.
3. Search for software in the search box.
4. Right click each software you want to install and mark them for installation.This will mark additional dependencies automatically.
5. After marking for installation, click on Apply to start downloading an installing all the marked applications.

PPA method:
1. Search for PPA's with google. Type something like "ppa for app"
For example: ppa for qmplay2, ppa for firefox
2. Open the terminal and add PPA address

Code:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:whatever_the_address_ is

3. Update package lists from the repository.

Code:
sudo apt-get update

4. Install application with synaptic or use the terminal method.
Make sure those PPA's are trusted. For example if some sites recomend them. You don't want to install software from an untrusted source.
Also make sure to add only stable version of a PPA.
Another way to add PPA's is with GUI tool, enter:

Code:
software-properties-gtk --open-tab=1

Then click on Add and type in the PPA.

Installing applications with Terminal:
1. Open the terminal and type in

Code:
sudo apt-get update

2. Install the application, instead of 'name' type in application's package name

Code:
sudo apt-get install name

Optional: Instead of apt-get you can use aptitude (sudo aptitude install name)
If you know a certain aplication's name but you don't know the exact package name of that application so you can install it,
you can find the exact package name with apt-cache or aptitude:

apt-cache
The apt-cache command line tool is used for searching apt software package cache.
If you haven't done this allready, open your terminal and type:

Code:
sudo apt-get update

To list all the available packages, type this command:

Code:
apt-cache pkgnames

You can pipe the output of this command to less or more

Code:
apt-cache pkgnames | less

Code:
apt-cache pkgnames | more

Less allows you to scroll from within even a non-scrollable terminal, more prints a page then you press enter to bring up every line after that.
To find out the package name and it's description, use the "search" flag.
For example, you can search for gnome-mines.

Code:
apt-cache search gnome-mines

This is the output:
gnome-mines - popular minesweeper puzzle game for GNOME
gnomine - popular minesweeper puzzle game for GNOME (transitional package)
To display all packages starting with word "fire" ( you can use whatever) type:

Code:
apt-cache pkgnames fire

...

firefox

firefox-locale-zh-hant

firefox-locale-csb

firefox-locale-zu

firefox-mozsymbols

firebird2.5-super-dbg

firedns

firebird2.5-common

firehol

firefox-globalmenu

firefox-locale-ast

firebird2.5-examples

If you want to display package version number, check sums, size, installed size, category... use show:

Code:
apt-cache show firefox

To check dependencies for specific packages use showpkg.

Code:
apt-cache showpkg firefox

The stats sub command will display overall statistics about the cache.

Code:
apt-cache stats

aptitude
You can use ncurses interface (menu-like command line interface) or search through cli (command line interface).
To run aptitude with ncurses interface:

Code:
aptitude

If you don't know what you are doing don't use aptitude with NCURSES interface!
Seaching with CLI method:
This lists all avaiable packages.

Code:
aptitude search ~T | less

p -package is not installed
c -the package was deleted but its configuration files remain on the system
i -installed packages
v -virtual packages
A -package was automatically installed
This lists installed packages:

Code:
aptitude search ~i | less

This matches any package which is purely virtual: that is, its name is provided by a package or mentioned in a dependency, but no package of that name exists.

Code:
aptitude search ~v | less

This matches any installed package which can be upgraded

Code:
aptitude search ~U | less

Lists all firefox packages:

Code:
aptitude search firefox | less

This will list all packages containing word "fire":

Code:
aptitude search fire | less

This will list all installed packages containing word "fire":

Code:
aptitude search ~ifire | less

To display detailed information about package use show flag:

Code:
aptitude show firefox

Installing .deb packages:
If you downloaded .deb package from the internet there are two methods available to install software.
1. Find the .deb package double click .on it,(or type gdebi-gtk in the terminal and open the file with gdebi package manager) and click install.
2. Open the terminal,

Code:
cd path_to_the_directory_that_contains_the_.deb_file

Example: If you saved it in /home/user/Downloads type cd /home/user/Downloads
This will list all .deb files in the directory, it will help you with the next step because you will need .deb file's name.

Code:
ls *.deb

Install it with this, just change "filename" to the deb package name.

Code:
sudo dpkg -i filename.deb

Installing .run files

Code:
cd path_to_the_directory_that_contains_the_.run_file

Code:
chmod +x filename.run

Code:
./filename.run

or if it needs root permision

Code:
sudo ./filename.run

Installing .sh files

Code:
cd path_to_the_directory_that_contains_the_.sh_file

Code:
chmod +x filename.sh 

Code:
./filename.sh

if it needs root permission

Code:
sudo ./filename.sh

Installing from source code
If you downloaded .tar .tar.bz tar.bz2 or even .zip archive from the internet these archives contain source code,
and you will have to compile that source code in order to install that software.
First install build-essential

Code:
sudo apt-get update

Code:
sudo apt-get install build-essential

1. Navigate to the directory where you downloaded archive and extract the archive

Code:
cd path_to_the_archive

Use this command to extract a .tar.gz file:

Code:
tar -xzvf filename.tar.gz

Or use this command to extract a .tar.bz2 file:

Code:
tar -xjvf filename.tar.bz2

Instead of extracting the archive with the Terminal, you can open the directory with file manager and use Xarchiver or any other application to do this.
2. Enter the extracted directory, it will be the same as the archive filename.

Code:
cd filename

3. Once you’re in the extracted directory run:

Code:
./configure

If it fails, it will tell you to install the dependencies. Install them:

Code:
sudo apt-get install whatever_it_tells_you

Note that some applications may not use ./configure. Check the “README” or “INSTALL” file in the application’s extracted folder for more specific instructions.
Repeat ./configure, and if it fails again install dependencies, and so on untill ./configure completes successfully.
4. Once ./configure completes successfully, you’re ready to compile.
Compile:

Code:
make

After this command finishes, the program is successfully compiled.
5. Use this command to install it to your system:

Code:
sudo make install

6. Note: Programs you install this way won’t be automatically updated even if they contain security vulnerabilities.
it’s a good idea to stick with distribution’s official packages or the ppa.

sketchup install

Posted by: gychang - 08-10-2014, 12:59 PM - Forum: Installing Software - Replies (3)

	is there a step by step guide on installing sketchup? thanks,

Kernel & LibreOffice packages held back during upgrades

Posted by: Kirkx - 08-10-2014, 10:45 AM - Forum: Installing Software - Replies (6)

When I run:

Code:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

the kernel and LibreOffice are never updated:

[Image: Kfoama3.png]

As a result LL kernel is still 3.13.0-24, while Xubuntu on another partition is running on kernel 3.13.0.32. At the same time LL's underlying Ubuntu version has apparently been upgraded from 14.04 to 14.04.1. Is this by design or do I have some settings mixed up?

[Image: POz6E8Q.png]

Here are my repository settings:

1) http://i.imgur.com/hbrC2n6.png

2)
[Image: uZ7SG7w.png]

Seamonkey

Posted by: paul59 - 08-09-2014, 12:55 PM - Forum: Installing Software - Replies (6)

I downloaded the latest Seamonkey but it complains about a missing file when trying to start it:

Code:
error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I installed libstdc++6 (and the dev files just in case) but the error remains. I can't find the specified file on my system and can't find a fix via Google.... any suggestions please?

Paul

Add google search to your menu

Posted by: paul59 - 08-09-2014, 09:19 AM - Forum: Tutorials - Replies (1)

Just a quick way to add a google search without first opening a browser.

Right-click main menu button and choose 'Properties'
Select the 'Search Actions' tab
Click the '+' button marked '1' in the screenshot
Fill in the details at '2' in the screenshot.

The last line is only partly visible, in full it should read:

Code:
exo-open --launch WebBrowser http://www.google.com/#q=%u

To use this search function open your menu and type %g followed by your search term and hit enter. You can add a space for clarity after %g if you like, for example:

Code:
%g linux lite

Paul

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Whisker menu search actions

Posted by: paul59 - 08-09-2014, 08:54 AM - Forum: Other - Replies (3)

Wikipedia search works fine but I can't get '#' man pages or '!' run in terminal to work. I've tried using various terminal 'names' instead of Terminal Emulator, removing the string that gets passed, enclosing various parts in single/double quotes and passing the -e option for execute.

Do these searches work for other people? If so any chance you can post your command string just to check against mine?

Paul

Terminal Confusion

Posted by: paul59 - 08-09-2014, 08:48 AM - Forum: Suggestions and Feedback - Replies (3)

I'm happy enough using the terminal (having started with DOS) even though my knowledge of the 'command set' is not very broad. That said, I find the different terminals and way they are referred to somewhat bewildering. For example:

I open a terminal using the default ctrl+alt+t and a get an instance of lxterminal with a 'Command Line' title bar.

I decided to change mine to just say 'Terminal' by editing the shortcut and see it is referred to as TerminalEmulator which I believe is the xfce reference to the default program for this task, like 'WebBrowser'.

However, if I execute 'x-terminal-emulator' from the terminal i just opened I get another instance of lxterminal, with window title lxterminal.

If I execute lxterm I get an instance of 'uxterm' which looks like the 'raw' xterminal.

All very confusing (at least to me!) and I wonder if things couldn't be tidied up somehow?

Paul

Triple screen setup using NVIDIA and ATI VGAs [Help needed]

Posted by: sonic - 08-08-2014, 04:47 PM - Forum: Video Cards - Replies (2)

I create this thread to ask if there is possibility for a triple screen setup with Linux Lite.

I bought recently a PCI graphics card, ATI Radeon 9200, to accompany my NVIDIA GeForce 210 which is placed at a PCIe x16 slot. The PCI card was tested alone to see if it works properly, which it does but when I place both of them onboard, I can't use them both. I searched and found that is viable but a bit tricky to setup. The main problem is the proprietary drivers that may conflict with each other.

By the way, all this testing caused the bug at the login screen when using Linux Lite 1.0.8. (I didn't installed any driver for the ATI card. It worked with a generic one.)

The last I tried was to change from what VGA the PC will boot. PCI or PEG (PCIe). When I choose PEG only the NVIDIA seems to work all the way. When I choose PCI, it boots with PCI, at some point all the screens work (not just connected, the light at the respective buttons indicates that they show something) even those at the NVIDIA adapter but before the login screen show up the monitor that is connected to the ATI card (PCI) "goes to sleep".

I didn't tried to install a proprietary driver but I don't think that's the case because when I'm going to see the monitors setup at the Settings > Display, appear only 2, those of the NVIDIA adapter.

At the moment I connected it on the motherboard and booted with the PEG setting, but all screens worked only on boot procedure. When login screen appears, the monitor attached to ATI stops showing something and "goes to sleep" once again.

Any idea appreciated. Thanks in advance.

*****From the system report*****

Code:
===========================================================

Graphics Chip Information

===========================================================

  *-display

       description: VGA compatible controller

       product: GT218 [GeForce 210]

       vendor: NVIDIA Corporation

       physical id: 0

       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0

       version: a2

       width: 64 bits

       clock: 33MHz

       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom

       configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0

       resources: irq:45 memory:f8000000-f8ffffff memory:c0000000-cfffffff memory:d0000000-d1ffffff ioport:b000(size=128) memory:d2000000-d207ffff

  *-display

       description: VGA compatible controller

       product: RV250/M9 GL [Mobility FireGL 9000/Radeon 9000]

       vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]

       physical id: 1

       bus info: pci@0000:04:01.0

       version: 02

       width: 32 bits

       clock: 33MHz

       capabilities: pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom

       configuration: driver=radeon latency=32 mingnt=8

       resources: irq:19 memory:e0000000-efffffff ioport:d000(size=256) memory:f7000000-f700ffff memory:f6000000-f601ffff

===========================================================

PCI Information

===========================================================

[...]

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GT218 [GeForce 210] (rev a2)

04:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV250/M9 GL [Mobility FireGL 9000/Radeon 9000] (rev 02)[...]

**EDIT**: After some testing I realised that the proprietary driver is the cause of not detecting the 3rd monitor. I switched to Nouveau driver to get all of them to work. But when trying to configure them from the "Display" most of the times the PC freezes or the 3rd monitor (attached to ATI) get messed up (the screen goes crazy Tongue

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