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- Tue Jun 20, 2017 10:15 am
- Forum: MATE
- Topic: Recent documents list does not work as a FIFO structure
- Replies: 0
- Views: 221
Recent documents list does not work as a FIFO structure
I noticed an issue with the recent documents plugin that is displayed on the MATE Menu after you enable it in the Menu preferences. The plugin should show 10 most recent documents opened through Caja, LibreOffice and other compatible apps. One would expect that the list of recent documents works as ...
- Sun Dec 14, 2014 3:50 pm
- Forum: Installation & Boot
- Topic: Upgrade from 17 to 17.1 issues
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1753
Re: Upgrade from 17 to 17.1 issues
dnswhite, Upgrading the Linux kernel to the latest version could be helpful in your case (upgrade from Linux Mint 17 to 17.1 does not automatically upgrade the kernel, as explained on How to upgrade from Linux Mint 17 to 17.1 ). You can do that with the following command: sudo apt-get install linux-...
- Fri Dec 12, 2014 12:18 pm
- Forum: Installation & Boot
- Topic: Upgrade from 17 to 17.1 issues
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1753
- Thu Dec 11, 2014 7:07 pm
- Forum: Installation & Boot
- Topic: Upgrade from 17 to 17.1 issues
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1753
Re: Upgrade from 17 to 17.1 issues
Try to also add the xforcevesa parameter in /etc/default/grub : GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash nomodeset xforcevesa" (the line must be uncommented, that is without "#" characters at the beginning of the line). Then run sudo update-grub which updates the /boot/grub/grub....
- Thu Dec 11, 2014 5:21 am
- Forum: Installation & Boot
- Topic: Upgrade from 17 to 17.1 issues
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1753
Re: Upgrade from 17 to 17.1 issues
Did you also run in the terminal window?
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sudo update-grub
- Wed Dec 10, 2014 2:50 pm
- Forum: Installation & Boot
- Topic: Upgrade from 17 to 17.1 issues
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1753
Re: Upgrade from 17 to 17.1 issues
Hi dnswhite! Your /var/log/kern.log file contains the following lines which show options used for booting linux kernel: Dec 7 12:44:44 dns-XFX kernel: [ 0.000000] Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.11.0-12-generic root=/dev/mapper/mint--vg-root ro quiet splash Dec 7 12:59:25 dns-XFX kernel: [ 0.000...
- Mon Dec 08, 2014 7:47 pm
- Forum: Installation & Boot
- Topic: Upgrade from 17 to 17.1 issues
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1753
Re: Upgrade from 17 to 17.1 issues
It looks like an issue with video driver. You should provide additional info about your system which you can get with some commands in the terminal window: Get info about running kernel: uname -a Install lshw package in case you don't have it already: sudo apt-get install lshw Get info on your video...
- Sat Jul 19, 2014 5:13 am
- Forum: Printers & Scanners
- Topic: HP printing problems ( SOLVED)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3196
Re: HP printing problems ( SOLVED)
I also had this issue with HP LaserJet 1200 on newly installed Linux Mint 17 Cinnamon x64. It was solved by installing HPLIP 3.14.6 as suggested by PatH57. But, I noticed that the new hplip is not recognized by the packaging system, which I would prefer. As Ubuntu 14.10 has hplip 3.14.6-1 (while LM ...
- Sun Jun 08, 2014 7:34 am
- Forum: Newbie Questions
- Topic: Has anyone been able to connect iphone s5 ios 7.xx yet?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2341
Re: Has anyone been able to connect iphone s5 ios 7.xx yet?
Gary, this bug has been fixed in libimobiledevice package ver. 1.1.5+git20140313.bafe6a9e-0ubuntu1 (see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libimobiledevice/+bug/1207812/comments/185) which is available in Ubuntu 14.04 and Linux Mint 17. I connected iPhone 5 with iOS 7.1 to Linux Mint 17 Cinna...
- Wed May 28, 2014 10:05 am
- Forum: Releases & Announcements
- Topic: Linux Mint 17 "Qiana" Cinnamon RC is out!
- Replies: 68
- Views: 24793
Re: Linux Mint 17 "Qiana" Cinnamon RC is out!
Can anyone point me to a list of applications/software included with this version? As Linux Mint 17 is based on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, you can install software packages available for Trusty: http://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/ Also, Linux Mint 17 uses additional packages built for Cinnamon and/or MATE de...
- Mon May 19, 2014 5:13 pm
- Forum: Software & Applications
- Topic: can't apply any effect in cheese 3.8.3
- Replies: 4
- Views: 661
Re: can't apply any effect in cheese 3.8.3
According to some comments in GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 719692 it seems that this issue in Cheese may be related to Clutter graphics library. On Linux Mint 16 Cinnamon I have the following version of libclutter: $ dpkg -l | grep libclutter-1.0 | gawk '{print $1, $2, $3}' ii libclutter-1.0-0:amd64 1.14.6-...
- Sat Apr 19, 2014 9:14 am
- Forum: Cinnamon
- Topic: [SOLVED] require password twice from screensaver
- Replies: 2
- Views: 842
Re: require password twice from screensaver
Please, give the output of the following command:
I guess you use Linux Mint 16. Is it a clean install or upgraded from previous version?
-- rpr.
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$ ps -elf | grep -i screen
-- rpr.
- Sat Apr 19, 2014 8:53 am
- Forum: Cinnamon
- Topic: cinnamon-screensaver does not activate
- Replies: 14
- Views: 27570
Re: cinnamon-screensaver does not activate
Lukfi, I wrote a script (attached) that can turn on the Cinnamon screensaver and lock the screen without turning the screen off, which can be useful for the displays you mentioned. The script is written in Tcl language (my favorite for scripting) and so you have to install the tcl package (available...
- Sun Mar 30, 2014 5:43 pm
- Forum: Newbie Questions
- Topic: Has anyone been able to connect iphone s5 ios 7.xx yet?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2341
Re: Has anyone been able to connect iphone s5 ios 7.xx yet?
I was able to access files on iPhone 5 with iOS 7.1 from Linux Mint 16 Cinnamon adm64 by following advice at http://askubuntu.com/questions/414490/ubuntu-13-04-13-10-wont-trust-iphone/414491 The issue has been solved by libimobiledevice v. 1.1.6 (which supports iOS 7) but it is not yet available in ...
- Sun Mar 30, 2014 3:17 pm
- Forum: Software & Applications
- Topic: can't apply any effect in cheese 3.8.3
- Replies: 4
- Views: 661
Re: can't apply any effect in cheese 3.8.3
Regarding this issue I've upgraded Cheese to ver. 3.10.2, which is available in ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3 , but to no avail. When I run Linux Mint 16 MATE amd64 live DVD on the same hardware cheese 3.8.3 doesn't have this issue. It's such a pity that this funny tool doesn't work well on Cinnamon any mo...
- Thu Feb 20, 2014 8:37 pm
- Forum: Software & Applications
- Topic: Using Remmina from USB to Windows 7
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2187
Re: Using Remmina from USB to Windows 7
So, you want to use Remmina on Linux Mint to connect to MS Windows 7/8 on your home network using the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). To be able to configure such a connection you have to have basic understanding of Internet Protocol . In that connection the configuration of Remmina on Linux Mint is ...
- Wed Feb 19, 2014 7:48 pm
- Forum: Software & Applications
- Topic: can't apply any effect in cheese 3.8.3
- Replies: 4
- Views: 661
can't apply any effect in cheese 3.8.3
I have an issue with Cheese 3.8.3 on a Linux Mint 16 Cinnamon amd64. In cheese I see video stream from the camera and I can take photos but I can't activate any effect: (1) click Effects to show the grid with effects (2) click an effect (e.g. Flip) to apply it but nothing happens - the cheese doesn'...
- Wed Feb 19, 2014 7:31 pm
- Forum: Software & Applications
- Topic: < SOLVED> LibreOffice New Default Paragraph Style
- Replies: 1
- Views: 270
Re: LibreOffice New Default Paragraph Style
Nathan, when LibreOffice Writer creates a new document it uses a template file which defines the default styles in the new document. By default Writer uses the blank template that is installed with LibreOffice. You can also create your own templates and set one of them as the default template for Wr...
- Wed Feb 19, 2014 6:38 pm
- Forum: Software & Applications
- Topic: Using Remmina from USB to Windows 7
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2187
Re: Using Remmina from USB to Windows 7
Pteroduck, please provide additional info:
PC-work - operating system and its version
PC-home - operating system and its version
From the subject of your question I guess one of the systems is Windows 7 and probably the other one is Linux Mint. But which PC runs which OS?
-- rpr.
PC-work - operating system and its version
PC-home - operating system and its version
From the subject of your question I guess one of the systems is Windows 7 and probably the other one is Linux Mint. But which PC runs which OS?
-- rpr.
- Mon Jan 27, 2014 7:29 pm
- Forum: Cinnamon
- Topic: Changing language via "Regional Settings" vs via "Languages"
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1024
Re: Changing language via "Regional Settings" vs via "Langua
Zam, a question similar to this one was recently asked in Cinnamon 2: Change default language . The behaviour you noticed is a bug in mdmgreeter (a component of MDM display manager) which displays the login window. If you change the language option in mdmgreeter it restarts itself with the chosen lo...