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Help needed to install Epson XP-225 Network Printer

Sun, 21 Jun 2026 06:01:19 +0800

I think I am going to need quite a lot of help, being new to Linux Lite and somewhat new to Linux.

I went to Epson Downloads for XP-225, Linux Deb(x64)
When I clicked the Download button, a new tab opened which listed the contents of epson-inkjet-printer-escpr_1.8.8-1_amd64.deb

How can I get the file to be saved in my Downloads folder?

Linux Lite on Radeon 780M Graphics

Sat, 20 Jun 2026 15:00:02 +0800

Linux Lite on Radeon 780M Graphics

After failing many times (over 20 attempts by now...), I started scavenging the net for a solution.
The problems are described in this thread:

Linux Lite 8.0 Installer- Severe bug on Manual Partitioning
https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/showt...p?tid=9880

The idea of starting this thread is to narrow the conversation around the problem itself, rather than spreading among various theories and possible scenarios.

So, if you have anything close to this machine, subscribe to this thread and maybe we can do something about it.
I will keep updating, anyway.

Machine specs:

System:
Kernel: 6.8.0-124-generic x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: Xfce 4.18.1
Distro: Linux Lite 7.8 LTS
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 83KB v: IdeaPad Slim 3 16AHP10
serial:
Mobo: LENOVO model: LNVNB161216 v: NO DPK serial: UEFI: LENOVO
v: QACN22WW date: 03/18/2025
CPU:
Topology: 8-Core model: AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS w/ Radeon 780M Graphics
bits: 64 type: MT MCP L2 cache: 8192 KiB
Speed: 1932 MHz min/max: 400/5132 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1932 2: 400
3: 4828 4: 400 5: 1946 6: 400 7: 4814 8: 400 9: 400 10: 400 11: 400
12: 400 13: 1875 14: 400 15: 400 16: 400
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Phoenix3 driver: amdgpu v: kernel
Display: x11 server: X.Org 21.1.11 driver: amdgpu,ati
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa resolution: 1920x1200~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: AMD Radeon 780M Graphics (radeonsi phoenix LLVM 20.1.2
DRM 3.57 6.8.0-124-generic)
v: 4.6 Mesa 25.2.8-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
Audio:
Device-1: AMD Rembrandt Radeon High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
Device-2: AMD ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor driver: snd_pci_ps
Device-3: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
Sound Server: ALSA v: k6.8.0-124-generic
Network:
Device-1: MEDIATEK driver: N/A
Device-2: Realtek RTL8192EU 802.11b/g/n WLAN Adapter type: USB
driver: rtl8xxxu
Device-3: Realtek RTL8153 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter type: USB driver: r8152
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 534.67 GiB used: 63.74 GiB (11.9%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD PC SN5000S SDEPMSJ-512G-1101 size: 476.94 GiB
Message: No Optical or Floppy data was found.

Now, you can figure out at least what kind of machine creates problems.
I am not aware if this happens on other brands or machines, but it seems that the same GPU (AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS + Radeon 780M) creates (as by now) many problems on other configuratiopns too.

Here is an excerpt I found relevant on the net:

"AMDGPU, especially 780M, is not ready
The title, I genuinely regret that I confirmed another redditor on the usability of 780M, over my half a year of usage (and my partner who also purchased the same model),
amdgpu had consistently showed occasional problems that cannot be fixed via tweaking the kernel parameters, from regression to artifacts, to freeze, quite a few kernel minor versions have been released in the time lapse,
none had really solved the issue with AMDGPU.

Tbf this is not a tuxedo problem but an amd problem, but still, linux's amdgpu driver has been know for its problems, and it is specifically worse on the 780M.
So for now, do not buy a laptop that has 780M as its sole graphical processor."

https://www.reddit.com/r/tuxedocomputers...not_ready/

If you read ahead this thread, you'll find some other machines.

Is there any hope?

After failing to install and/or run 8.0 (both ways, via USB ISO and via Lite Series Upgrade), I thought that installing the previous version, LL 7.8, would do the trick.
Unfortunately, it looked like OK, but when it came to "Reboot", I got the same "Black Screen Of Death". Keyboards stopped to respond and the only way to reboot was the Power Off button.
After rebooting, the machine seemed to work some 30 - 50 minutes, but using YouTube, VLC and Zoom caused the screen freeze.

Zoom
I am using Zoom daily and what my wife tells me, is at least weird (it is her laptop and she works in Germany):
- Image gets frozen;
- Sound, working OK;
- Integrated WebCam works (I see and hear her);
- Keyboard, unresponsive.

Updating the packages
It seems that if started right after login, the Update works.
If you are running the LL 7.8, you probably know that there are frequent updates.

Yesterday's (19 June, 2026) news:

There were at least two updates that were made: 18 and 19 June.
After those updates, my wife said that the only issue she detected, was running YouTube videos.
Zoom, seems to work for now, both audio and video, without glitches (as of yesterday).

Conclusions, as of NOW:
While running LL 7.8 seems to get better, I can hope that LL 8.0 will be able to run someday soon.
Even if the kernel support is not at its best for now and the MESA drivers still need corrections, the improvements over time might solve the problems with the Radeon 780M Graphics.

I hope this info will help you somehow!

Best regards!

Blank white window in Lite Updates on the NVIDIA 470 driver

Sat, 20 Jun 2026 13:25:16 +0800

When I hit the INSTALL UPDATES icon in the tray I get this for the Fetch Updates List menu:

The bottom right and bottom left of he box are active but blank.

I have no idea what is on the list and what button I am pressing if I click on it.

?

how to install updates

Sat, 20 Jun 2026 07:57:48 +0800

Good afternoon,

i was gifted this computer and it is needing to be updated but it ask for a password. can you please advise if there is a password? or can someone get remote access to update the computer?

thank you in advance.

I"M BACK!!! (Version 3.0???)

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 10:02:04 +0800

I'm back! I'm back! I'm back! I'm back! I'M BACK! - Soul Brother #1

Trying Version 8 on a Lenovo Yoga 11e laptop for schools.
Laptop was originally Windows but SUPER (FREAK) SLOW!!!!

Much better now. Customizing a lot to see how I can eek out some performance.

asa drives do not mount

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 06:47:18 +0800

Sorry, new non-technical user, first post.

Installation was fine. I have 2 SSDs and 2 internal ata drives. 1 SSD has LL and the second has Zorin.

When using Grsynch, I noticed on LL it was slower than on Z. I asked AI. It told me to do things and I ran out of time allowed.

Final status, when I boot, I include a startup instuction "sh -c "sleep 5 && udisksctl mount -b /dev/disk/by-uuid/b69fe174-b930-47dd-add6-5f154bb35a7e && udisksctl mount -b /dev/disk/by-uuid/8f5a9fdd-9386-4752-ad0b-3e75e50a5400" otherwise Thunar will not mount the drives until I click on them. And the AI did mention something about changing the timing.

How do I get back to mounting properly without the startup instruction?

Thank you for any comments. Remember please I am a new non-technical user.

Using code tags

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:40:30 +0800

Is it just me doing something stupid or is anyone else having problems with code tagging apparently replacing LF with space ?

The code tagging appears correct when editing, but on preview and after posting, the code text is all on one line. This worked as expected until fairly recently.

Three examples of posting the same text

untagged
line 1
line 2
line 3
line 4
line 5

using Code tags

Code:
line 1
line 2
line 3
line 4
line 5

Using quote tags

Quote:line 1
line 2
line 3
line 4
line 5

Edit - Looking through some old posts it looks like it is affecting them as well. Anything with multiple lines of tagged code appears to have lost the LF.

Lite DateTime can not change time zone

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 22:52:58 +0800

Lite 8.0 comes with the timezone set to Pacific/Auckland. I have tried using the Lite Time Date tool to change this to America/New_York but the change is never applied. I needed to use the terminal to run the "timedatectl set-timezone" command in order to make this system change. This problem has been seen on all three systems that I tested Lite 8.0 on (laptop, mini-PC, and desktop PC)

Incorrect entry in Version 8.0 /etc/lsb-release

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 19:17:46 +0800

Minor issue related to version identification

The 8.0 installation includes an error in /etc/lsb-release which incorrectly references 24.04

Quote:DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=24.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=resolute
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Linux Lite 8.0"

This file is certainly used by System Restore Utility (Timeshift) causing snapshots to be marked as

Quote:Ubuntu 24.04 (resolute)

and may be used by other applications

output after login via ssh

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 13:42:09 +0800

logging into the VM via ssh itself and subitting any command causes now an (additional) output like this:

Quote:]3008;start=dd94c3be-c110-4904-7356-b348d1ad900d;machineid=55b924beaf3c4e8c567de71ed85401c1;user=user1;hostname=LL8;bootid=bc27e777-9db3-4307-95b7-57e7b6f9eb82;pid=00000000000000002971;type=shell;cwd=/home/user1\

ownership change of all files in /etc/apt/

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 13:37:27 +0800

While in LL7 all files had ownership root:root, after upgrade to LL8 all files are owned by the user that initiated the upgrade.
I came across this while trying to restore the PPA's used in LL7. Not going smoothly at all (problems with signatures). Will report after some more investigations.

XFCE wallpaper restoration after upgrade

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 13:33:03 +0800

release notes: "- XFCE wallpaper restoration after upgrade"

If that refers to the user's Xfce wallpaper being restored, it hasn't worked. The default LL7 one got replaced with the default LL8 one. (not a biggy on my end though)

unexpected/undesired changes to style, icons, theme

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 13:23:12 +0800

changes that also got mentioned by Steve (https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/showt...=63386#pid):
Appearance - Style
Appearance - Icons
Window Manager - Theme
The icon of the menu also changed.

comparison before/after in settings:

Linux Lite 8.0 Installer - multiple problems

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:24:55 +0800

10 new fails on a new laptop...

Yesterday I wanted to upgrade my wife's laptop from LL 6.6 to LL 8.0. The result was highly frustrating, to say the least!

Here are the specs:

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
System:
Kernel: 6.8.0-124-generic x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: Xfce 4.18.1
Distro: Linux Lite 7.8 LTS
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 83KB v: IdeaPad Slim 3 16AHP10
serial:
Mobo: LENOVO model: LNVNB161216 v: NO DPK serial: UEFI: LENOVO
v: QACN22WW date: 03/18/2025
CPU:
Topology: 8-Core model: AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS w/ Radeon 780M Graphics
bits: 64 type: MT MCP L2 cache: 8192 KiB
Speed: 1932 MHz min/max: 400/5132 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1932 2: 400
3: 4828 4: 400 5: 1946 6: 400 7: 4814 8: 400 9: 400 10: 400 11: 400
12: 400 13: 1875 14: 400 15: 400 16: 400
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Phoenix3 driver: amdgpu v: kernel
Display: x11 server: X.Org 21.1.11 driver: amdgpu,ati
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa resolution: 1920x1200~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: AMD Radeon 780M Graphics (radeonsi phoenix LLVM 20.1.2
DRM 3.57 6.8.0-124-generic)
v: 4.6 Mesa 25.2.8-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
Audio:
Device-1: AMD Rembrandt Radeon High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
Device-2: AMD ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor driver: snd_pci_ps
Device-3: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
Sound Server: ALSA v: k6.8.0-124-generic
Network:
Device-1: MEDIATEK driver: N/A
Device-2: Realtek RTL8192EU 802.11b/g/n WLAN Adapter type: USB
driver: rtl8xxxu
Device-3: Realtek RTL8153 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter type: USB driver: r8152
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 534.67 GiB used: 63.74 GiB (11.9%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD PC SN5000S SDEPMSJ-512G-1101 size: 476.94 GiB
Message: No Optical or Floppy data was found.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

After failing 10 times with the LL 8.0 installation (all attempts failed due to Calamares PM which refused to recognize the /dev/sda1 partition) I chose the hard way: to install LL 7.8 and perform Lite Series Upgrade.

Lite Series Upgrade., worked seamlessly, but when it came to reboot, trouble started to surface:

Bugs found so far:

-The "Reboot" sequence, gave me a black screen. Both keyboards (laptop and exernal) went unusable;
-Machine was still running and I had to use the Power button to stop it and reboot;
-After finally booting into LL 8.0, another bug surfaced: the Authentication window triggered by Apps, rejected the password. In order to start/install something, I had to use CLI. This worked.
-LuckyBackup, Bleachbit, DoubleCommander in Root mode could be started only via CLI.
-Shutdown and Restart could be performed only from Power button.
-Weird! The only App that gets the data from the Authentication window, is Synaptic Package Panager!

Conclusion, so far:
On the AMD platform, it seems that besides the Calamares PM, there are many other issues that look like being triggered by the AMD GPU.

What is very difficult to swallow though, is the fact that LL 7.8 installs great and runs great on the very same machine, without any slight change in hardware configuration, while Calamares PM fails systematically!

From the software perspective, I used the same combination as ever: GParted to edit /dev/sda1 and the LL 7.8 ISO for installation.
Now, comparing the two installations, on Dell Precision T1700 (Intel based) with the Lenovo IdeaPad 3 Slim (AMD based) becomes very clear to me that Calamares PM has serious bugs related to video drivers and it also looks like nothing is related to Linux Lite build.
Further more, it seems that the upstream Ubuntu has more bugs than only the Calamares PM.

In the end, I hope that people who have similar hardware configurations, will profit from this info and make the best decisions regarding what Linux Lite version (7.8 or 8.0) would be more appropriate to use.

Best regards!

Blacklist driver update?

Sat, 13 Jun 2026 09:19:51 +0800

How can I blacklist my Nvidia driver from updating? Now that it seems to be sorted I don't think there would be a real need for any updates... right?

And are we going to have to fill out "system specs" EVERY time we post a thread?