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by Ranthe
Fri Sep 22, 2023 9:23 pm
Forum: Installation & Boot
Topic: [SOLVED / Redundant] Advice requested on planning partitions across SSD + HDD for new machine
Replies: 2
Views: 79

Re: [SOLVED / Redundant] Advice requested on planning partitions across SSD + HDD for new machine

Closing this out as Solved - well, actually it's redundant as I've subsequently come into possession of a new machine with a single 2TB hard drive :D
by Ranthe
Sat Jul 15, 2023 3:24 am
Forum: Installation & Boot
Topic: [SOLVED / Redundant] Advice requested on planning partitions across SSD + HDD for new machine
Replies: 2
Views: 79

[SOLVED / Redundant] Advice requested on planning partitions across SSD + HDD for new machine

Greetings, I'm planning on shortly decommissioning my current 2007-vintage desktop PC and moving everything onto a new setup, and the plan is to have the new machine run Linux Mint straight away. My challenge is that while my current 'potato' so-old-it-originally-came-with-Windows-Vista machine curr...
by Ranthe
Sun Sep 05, 2021 12:43 am
Forum: Other topics
Topic: My PC thinks it's hundreds of miles away
Replies: 16
Views: 1824

Re: My PC thinks it's hundreds of miles away

I'm in Illinois, and my computer, from time to time, thinks it's in La Vista, Nebraska. Why there, I have no idea, but I did look it up, seems like a nice community. I can do better - I'm in New Zealand, but due to the configuration of $VERYBIGCO's intranet gateway to the outside world, my work com...
by Ranthe
Sat Jul 10, 2021 3:11 am
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: LM 20.2 sticky is not starting
Replies: 9
Views: 870

Re: LM 20.2 sticky is not starting

I have the same problem with Sticky Notes not starting. Here's what I get when I run Sticky Notes from Terminal: terry@Vixen-IV-L ~ $ sticky Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/sticky/sticky.py", line 625, in do_activate self.load_notes() File "/usr/lib/sticky/sticky.py&...
by Ranthe
Sat Jul 10, 2021 3:05 am
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: Sticky Notes as replacement for GNote - How?
Replies: 25
Views: 3553

Re: Sticky Notes as replacement for GNote - How?

I just did the upgrade from 20.1 to 20.2 and I was looking forward to seeing what Sticky Notes would be like - but I couldn't get it to work at all! All that happens (after an initial prompt to migrate Gnote data to Sticky Notes) is an icon to come up on the taskbar, a constellation of sticky notes ...
by Ranthe
Mon Jan 28, 2019 2:39 am
Forum: Cinnamon
Topic: [SOLVED] mockturtle Weather applet no longer working (bug report raised)
Replies: 9
Views: 2386

Re: mockturtle Weather applet no longer working (bug report raised)

A new developer has taken over the Weather App, and it's now fixed (you have to register for a free OpenWeather API key to use it).
by Ranthe
Fri Jan 18, 2019 6:16 pm
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: Issue with the weather app?
Replies: 18
Views: 2453

Re: Issue with the weather app?

Update from the applet author on GitHub:
mockturtle wrote:I won't have time to fix this in the foreseeable future. I'd be happy to see it adopted by the Mint team, or whoever is interested in maintenance.

I'm using the bbcwx@oak-wood.co.uk desklet (with OpenWeatherMap) as an alternative.
by Ranthe
Fri Jan 18, 2019 6:13 pm
Forum: Cinnamon
Topic: [SOLVED] mockturtle Weather applet no longer working (bug report raised)
Replies: 9
Views: 2386

Re: mockturtle Weather applet no longer working (bug report raised)

Update from the applet author:
mockturtle wrote:I won't have time to fix this in the foreseeable future. I'd be happy to see it adopted by the Mint team, or whoever is interested in maintenance.

I'm using the bbcwx@oak-wood.co.uk desklet (with OpenWeatherMap) as an alternative.
by Ranthe
Fri Jan 04, 2019 7:29 pm
Forum: Chat about Linux Mint
Topic: Why did you decide to install Linux Mint?
Replies: 146
Views: 18635

Re: Why did you decide to install Linux Mint??

Why did I decide to install Linux Mint four years ago? Primarily because Windows Vista was approaching end of life, a simple upgrade to 64-bit Windows 8 at the time wasn't possible (because I have wound up with 32-bit Vista on a 64-bit machine for what seemed like good reasons at the time), and I fi...
by Ranthe
Fri Jan 04, 2019 6:44 pm
Forum: Cinnamon
Topic: [SOLVED] mockturtle Weather applet no longer working (bug report raised)
Replies: 9
Views: 2386

[SOLVED] mockturtle Weather applet no longer working (bug report raised)

In case anyone was wondering why the "Weather" (weather@mockturtl) Cinnamon applet is no longer working as of Friday 4 January, it's possibly due to the Yahoo! API the app uses no longer being supported. https://developer.yahoo.com/weather/?guccounter=1 Important EOL Notice: As of Thursday...
by Ranthe
Thu Jan 03, 2019 2:40 am
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: Clementine icons look horrible
Replies: 1
Views: 485

Re: Clementine icons look horrible

I found the same thing when I installed the non-flatpak Clementine off the Mint Software Manager. The only solution I found was to uninstall that version, and install the Flatpak version. All the icons now look the way they should - but now album art doesn't appear in the taskbar Sound app. (I think...
by Ranthe
Mon Dec 17, 2018 3:28 am
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: Making a desktop launcher for "cd" + bash script
Replies: 1
Views: 345

Making a desktop launcher for "cd" + bash script

Occasionally I do art streaming on Picarto, and I have a nifty little CLI utility "grab-song" which allows me to pass details of the currently playing song (from Rhythmbox or Clementine) into a text file that I can then display in my stream. The commands I use to run grab-song are: cd grab...
by Ranthe
Sat Jul 07, 2018 8:02 pm
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: Gimp 2.10.4 has no maximize button.
Replies: 8
Views: 2694

Re: Gimp 2.10.4 has no maximize button.

I've found a simlar thing with GIMP 2.20 installed via flatpak - I first found it in LM18.3 MATE, and it persisted into LM19 Cinnamon. For me, the single mode window was maximised far beyond the screen resolution, resulting in the bottom buttons of panels not being visible. Switching between themes ...
by Ranthe
Wed Jan 10, 2018 4:03 am
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: [SOLVED] flatpaks running in "superuser" mode - is this OK?
Replies: 3
Views: 1774

[SOLVED] flatpaks running in "superuser" mode - is this OK?

I've been trying out various flatpak applications(1) on Mint 18.3 MATE, and I've noticed that all the flatpak apps run in "superuser" mode. 1) Is this normal and/or intentional? 2) Is this a good idea? 3) Can flatpaks be run as a normal user, and if so, how? Having successfully adapted to ...
by Ranthe
Sun Jan 07, 2018 3:03 am
Forum: Open Chat
Topic: Dogs?
Replies: 67
Views: 6005

Re: Dogs?

We have two Shetland Sheepdogs - a 10 year old girl that we bred ourselves (Sophie), and a 3 year old re-homed boy (Anton).
by Ranthe
Thu Nov 30, 2017 7:20 pm
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: Appimages in path - how?
Replies: 12
Views: 10895

Re: Appimages in path - how?

and I did not know there was an install option Most of the AppImages I have used asked to be installed. I think that is the norm, and from an end-user stand point it makes sense to do it that way. Interesting. The AppImages for Krita that I've been using have never asked to be installed when I run ...
by Ranthe
Sat Apr 22, 2017 4:10 am
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: any timer software out there similar to this for windows?
Replies: 4
Views: 715

Re: any timer software out there similar to this for windows?

Which desktop are you using - Cinnamon, MATE, or something else? If you're using MATE there's a Timer applet you can add to the panel, which can be configured to display a popup notification. Right-click on the panel, select "Add To Panel", then select the Timer applet and select "Add...
by Ranthe
Sun Apr 16, 2017 4:02 pm
Forum: Printers & Scanners
Topic: [SOLVED] Brother DCP-J125 receiving data but not printing
Replies: 8
Views: 5709

[SOLVED] Brother DCP-J125 receiving data but not printing

Got a call from my father last night - he reran the printer installer tool, answered "Y" to specify the Device URI, then selected "USB". Everything is working fine now.
by Ranthe
Fri Mar 24, 2017 7:21 pm
Forum: Installation & Boot
Topic: "The 'grub-efi-amd64-signed package' failed to install into /target/."
Replies: 35
Views: 42464

Re: "The 'grub-efi-amd64-signed package' failed to install into /target/."

Try installing without an Internet connection (disable any wifi connection / disconnect the network cable). There is an issue affect some users where GRUB fails to install when connected to the Internet. Yes, this works! I did this after umpteen failed attempts at installing with the network in pla...
by Ranthe
Fri Feb 17, 2017 9:44 pm
Forum: Printers & Scanners
Topic: [SOLVED] Brother DCP-J125 receiving data but not printing
Replies: 8
Views: 5709

Re: Brother DCP-J125 receiving data but not printing

My father has the 64-bit installation of Mint 17.3 Cinnamon - that's what was on the LiveDVD I gave him:-) And we did use the printer driver tool from the Brother website, I walked him through the process and watched him on a shared desktop session on Skype. (Still trying to work out how to do the r...

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