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by AE2100A
Mon Mar 25, 2024 8:54 pm
Forum: Cinnamon
Topic: nemo fails and then can't be restarted without reboot
Replies: 6
Views: 122

nemo fails and then can't be restarted without reboot

Nemo fails and then can't be restarted without reboot. I would like to be able to restart without reboot. I have tried: ps aux | grep nemo getting the process id issuing a "kill -9 <pid> pstree -p <pid> insuring that all process tree items are also killed. mv ~/.config/nemo ~/.config/nemo_backu...
by AE2100A
Sun Sep 25, 2022 5:11 pm
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: Where is the new Mint 21 Process Monitor?
Replies: 11
Views: 1229

Re: Where is the new Mint 21 Process Monitor?

I came to this post precisely because I am looking for a better understanding of the "process monitor" which is touted as a Linux Mint 21 feature. Since upgrading, I have had a few occassions where I felt the system was slowing and I was looking to see the litte gears icon used for the &qu...
by AE2100A
Sun Feb 13, 2022 7:36 pm
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: virtualbox blocking attempts to load php
Replies: 10
Views: 643

SOLVED: virtualbox blocking attempts to load php

Finally, it worked. Thanks for your help!

I was able to load the virtualbox extension pack.
by AE2100A
Sun Feb 13, 2022 8:07 am
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: virtualbox blocking attempts to load php
Replies: 10
Views: 643

Re: virtualbox blocking attempts to load php

whereis $SHELL fish: /usr/bin/fish /etc/fish /usr/share/fish /usr/share/man/man1/fish.1.gz cat /etc/shells # /etc/shells: valid login shells /bin/sh /bin/bash /bin/rbash /bin/dash /usr/bin/sh /usr/bin/bash /usr/bin/rbash /usr/bin/dash # chsh -s /usr/bin/fish Password: chsh: PAM: Authentication failu...
by AE2100A
Sun Feb 13, 2022 1:00 am
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: virtualbox blocking attempts to load php
Replies: 10
Views: 643

Re: virtualbox blocking attempts to load php

Here is the response from virtualbox when the correct extension pack is attempted to be installed.

The installer failed with exit code 127: The value for the SHELL variable was not found the /etc/shells file

I don't know what would be wrong with the SHELL variable. Any thoughts?
by AE2100A
Fri Feb 11, 2022 8:17 am
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: virtualbox blocking attempts to load php
Replies: 10
Views: 643

Re: virtualbox blocking attempts to load php

Thanks RIH for considering my issue. Your post said "...Not sure why you are trying to install virtualbox extension pack 6.1.32 from the repositories". So, all I am trying to do is re-install php (sudo apt install php7.4), it is just that when I do, the installation proceedure fails and st...
by AE2100A
Wed Feb 09, 2022 7:28 pm
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: virtualbox blocking attempts to load php
Replies: 10
Views: 643

virtualbox blocking attempts to load php

I have found myself not being able to uninstall virtualbox "sudo apt-get remove --purge virtualbox" because virtualbox can't install the extension pack: Here is what I get when using the command above: Setting up virtualbox-ext-pack (6.1.26-2~ubuntu1.20.04.1) ... virtualbox-ext-pack: downl...
by AE2100A
Sat Jan 15, 2022 3:42 pm
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: Fish Shell as LM Cinnamon 20.3 Default
Replies: 1
Views: 816

Fish Shell as LM Cinnamon 20.3 Default

I want to change my default terminal to be Fish Shell. Thought it would be easy. Followed the instructions here: file:///usr/share/doc/fish/index.html#default-shell You can make fish your default shell by adding fish's executable in two places: - add /usr/local/bin/fish to /etc/shells - change your ...
by AE2100A
Wed Jan 05, 2022 11:59 am
Forum: Cinnamon
Topic: jiggle - make mouse bigger on shaking the mouse
Replies: 3
Views: 863

jiggle - make mouse bigger on shaking the mouse

I have heard about a gnome extension that can make the mouse bigger when shaking the mouse. This would be a great feature for me and likely others. You can see what I am talking about at https://github.com/jeffchannell/jiggle. I tried to use the extension to build and compile in order to use in Cinn...
by AE2100A
Sat Dec 12, 2020 7:23 pm
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: gdevilspie
Replies: 1
Views: 651

gdevilspie

I have appreciated devilspie and more importantly, gdevilspie for a few years. However, now on Linux Mint 20, devilspie works but gdevilspie is not available, at leat not without some serious modifications. I have been looking around for an alternative, but it seems that many of the other alternativ...
by AE2100A
Fri Nov 20, 2020 5:38 pm
Forum: Cinnamon
Topic: Import and Use Windows 10 Cursor
Replies: 1
Views: 543

Import and Use Windows 10 Cursor

I am using Linux Mint 20. I have cursors I have created and use in windows. I want to use them in Linux Mint. I have looked around the internet in an attempt to discover some useful instructions on how to convert and how to implement. However, I have found nothing that seems useful. Anyone have inst...
by AE2100A
Thu Jun 25, 2020 11:28 am
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: live resolution bump in Virtualbox
Replies: 2
Views: 271

Re: live resolution bump in Virtualbox

If anyone has seen a video which illustrates the new feature, I would like to see it as well. Do you have any link to a video for this?
by AE2100A
Thu Jun 25, 2020 11:26 am
Forum: Printers & Scanners
Topic: PDF prints to printer All Black instead of Text
Replies: 4
Views: 607

Re: PDF prints to printer All Black instead of Text

No, just the one which uses the canon driver.
by AE2100A
Wed Jun 24, 2020 7:39 pm
Forum: Printers & Scanners
Topic: PDF prints to printer All Black instead of Text
Replies: 4
Views: 607

Re: PDF prints to printer All Black instead of Text

I downloaded the driver from Canon.
by AE2100A
Tue Jun 23, 2020 10:50 pm
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: live resolution bump in Virtualbox
Replies: 2
Views: 271

live resolution bump in Virtualbox

Linux Mint version 20 boasts "live resolution bump in Virtualbox". Can someone explain what the function of a bump is? What is "live resolution". Do these terms "live resolution" and "bump" go togehter? Is there a website which might explain what this function...
by AE2100A
Tue Jun 23, 2020 10:40 pm
Forum: Printers & Scanners
Topic: PDF prints to printer All Black instead of Text
Replies: 4
Views: 607

PDF prints to printer All Black instead of Text

First off, I tried to search for my issue which is "pdf printing solid black page except for about 1 inch of dots at top" When I searched for this in "linux mint forum" I got this: Searched query: +black +print ignored: pdf Ok, I have installed evince document viewer, qpdfview, x...
by AE2100A
Mon May 04, 2020 8:52 pm
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: mount all without sudo
Replies: 11
Views: 2606

Re: mount all without sudo - SOLVED

I revised /etc/fstab with the suggestion from altair4: //192.168.1.107/backup /mnt/xbackup cifs guest,uid=nobody,iocharset=utf8,noperm,noauto,x-systemd.automount 0 0 eliminating my previous "user" statement and replacing that statement with "noauto,x-systemd.automount". I then te...
by AE2100A
Sun May 03, 2020 11:15 pm
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: mount all without sudo
Replies: 11
Views: 2606

Re: mount all without sudo

I tried both options, but neither seem to work. Option 1) Modify /etc/sudoers 1) sudo visudo 2) add "tommy ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /bin/mount" 2a) this is the third line in the "User privilege specficiation" section 2b) first line in section "root ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL" 2c) se...
by AE2100A
Fri May 01, 2020 7:10 pm
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: mount all without sudo
Replies: 11
Views: 2606

Re: mount all without sudo

AndyMH point is to be sure to use sudo still....good point. so, DON'T do "/usr/sbin/iotop" DO do "sudo /usr/sbin/iotop" Here is a portion of the sudoers file # User privilege specification root ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL tommy ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/iotop tommy ALL=(root) NOPASSWD...
by AE2100A
Fri May 01, 2020 4:09 pm
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: mount all without sudo
Replies: 11
Views: 2606

mount all without sudo

I am running Luckybackup, storing backup data from 1 computer to another. I have been trying to get to where I don't have to have the second (receiving) computer on except when I am doing backups. This appears to be feasible by using "wake on lan". However, I am pointing Luckybackup destin...

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