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by br1anstorm
Sat Feb 03, 2024 7:10 pm
Forum: Printers & Scanners
Topic: Canon MP560 printer - gets stuck on "processing"
Replies: 4
Views: 289

Re: Canon MP560 printer - gets stuck on "processing"

Thanks @AZgl1800... Do I deduce from your response that you have a dual-boot arrangement with Windows and Linux Mint on the same computer, and that installing the printer with Windows then somehow renders it "visible" in Mint? And what exactly do you mean by "locking it to a WiFi sign...
by br1anstorm
Wed Jan 31, 2024 8:02 am
Forum: Printers & Scanners
Topic: Canon MP560 printer - gets stuck on "processing"
Replies: 4
Views: 289

Canon MP560 printer - gets stuck on "processing"

I have recently been suffering problems when trying to print on my Canon MP560 from my computer (running LMDE5, and previously Mint 19.3). The printer is connected via my router using wifi, and has a fixed URL. It is driven using the CUPS printer drivers, and the Mint scanner app, and has for many y...
by br1anstorm
Sat Nov 18, 2023 5:45 pm
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: White screen of death on Lenovo T430 laptop
Replies: 22
Views: 1442

Re: White screen of death on Lenovo T430 laptop

Yes, Andy , I've been a member of the thinkpad forum for a while too. Signed up soon after I gave up relying on Dell and acquired my first Thinkpad (which coincidentally was around the same time as I got fed up with Microsoft/Windows and went over to Linux...). That thinkpad forum is good especially...
by br1anstorm
Sat Nov 18, 2023 8:47 am
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: White screen of death on Lenovo T430 laptop
Replies: 22
Views: 1442

Re: White screen of death on Lenovo T430 laptop

AndyMH ... as you've kindly stayed with me on this "journey" so far, this is an update on a couple of the issues, just for your info. First, the challenges of getting the external display monitor which I'd plugged into the faulty T430 to actually show a working screen. I'd managed to boot...
by br1anstorm
Fri Nov 17, 2023 6:23 am
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: White screen of death on Lenovo T430 laptop
Replies: 22
Views: 1442

Re: White screen of death on Lenovo T430 laptop

bin wrote: Fri Nov 17, 2023 3:15 am In order to avoid cracking and as general all round useful tools when working on laptops, these are very useful https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B072QLCN4T
Ahhh... and there I was thinking I could make do with an out-of-date credit card, a guitar plectrum, a toothpick and a paintbrush!
by br1anstorm
Fri Nov 17, 2023 6:20 am
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: White screen of death on Lenovo T430 laptop
Replies: 22
Views: 1442

Re: White screen of death on Lenovo T430 laptop

AndyMH wrote: Fri Nov 17, 2023 5:14 am
Note: Beware of sellers selling “compatible” displays, especially ones claiming to have a matte version of this display. A matte version does not exist!

From the modding guide.
Aha .... the world is full of villains, shysters and rogues!
by br1anstorm
Thu Nov 16, 2023 6:30 pm
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: White screen of death on Lenovo T430 laptop
Replies: 22
Views: 1442

Re: White screen of death on Lenovo T430 laptop

Andy.... replacement screens and hens' teeth? I'm not yet ready to buy a new screen for my T430, but I went looking for the part numbers you mentioned. As well as the "standard" replacement screen listed as "Lenovo...FRU 04W3331 MATTE" to which you linked in a previous post, it s...
by br1anstorm
Thu Nov 16, 2023 1:08 pm
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: White screen of death on Lenovo T430 laptop
Replies: 22
Views: 1442

Re: White screen of death on Lenovo T430 laptop

Hello again Andy , and thanks for that very helpful guidance. I've been pondering further on the question of an alternative laptop to bring into action in place of the faulty T430. Sadly I don't have a spare or second T430 (I wish I did!). As mentioned in my earlier posts, I had intended to shift to...
by br1anstorm
Tue Nov 14, 2023 7:18 pm
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: White screen of death on Lenovo T430 laptop
Replies: 22
Views: 1442

Re: White screen of death on Lenovo T430 laptop

Andy... Thanks for those further comments. Faced with these headaches, it's good to know that one is not alone! [EDIT - and PS: didn't understand the Edit in your post about cinnamon/monitors, nor the ref to resetting display defaults and arandr] Just to add one more fragment of evidence regarding t...
by br1anstorm
Tue Nov 14, 2023 6:02 pm
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: White screen of death on Lenovo T430 laptop
Replies: 22
Views: 1442

Re: White screen of death on Lenovo T430 laptop

Hello AndyMH ... I recognise the name from various forum conversations over the years. Having not needed to post help-requests in the forums for some considerable time, I'm now having to pursue detailed dialogue both in the Mint forums and on the thinkpad.com forum. By the way I'm in the Scottish Hi...
by br1anstorm
Tue Nov 14, 2023 1:41 pm
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: White screen of death on Lenovo T430 laptop
Replies: 22
Views: 1442

Re: White screen of death on Lenovo T430 laptop

Oh dear... Things have just taken a turn for the worse. I booted into Mint 19, and opened the display settings to see what they were for the external monitor and the laptop screen. As I recall they were set to "mirror", and both laptop and monitor screens were shown with (IIRC) the laptop ...
by br1anstorm
Tue Nov 14, 2023 1:12 pm
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: White screen of death on Lenovo T430 laptop
Replies: 22
Views: 1442

Re: White screen of death on Lenovo T430 laptop

If you can get in to Mint via external monitor that's great. What you are seeing is common when you connect an external monitor as it is spreading things across 2 different displays. Once you're in there go to the Display settings and set the external monitor as Primary Display and disable the Lapt...
by br1anstorm
Mon Nov 13, 2023 7:54 pm
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: Salvaging Firefox bookmarks
Replies: 5
Views: 242

Re: Salvaging Firefox bookmarks

Thanks both to AZgl1800 for his good intentions.... and to xenopeek for setting him - and me - straight! The problem is indeed that I can't log in directly into LMDE where my Firefox profile exists. But I can access the LMDE files, including the hidden .mozilla ones, by booting up into Mint 19 which...
by br1anstorm
Mon Nov 13, 2023 6:03 pm
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: Salvaging Firefox bookmarks
Replies: 5
Views: 242

Salvaging Firefox bookmarks

I am currently trying to salvage and recover files and other data from a laptop whose screen (or screen connection) has failed. I've posted the details of that problem separately. With the help of an external monitor and forum members' advice I have managed to narrow down the likely cause of the pro...
by br1anstorm
Mon Nov 13, 2023 5:04 pm
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: White screen of death on Lenovo T430 laptop
Replies: 22
Views: 1442

Re: White screen of death on Lenovo T430 laptop

Thanks, @bin, it's good to have wise advice from someone who has suffered similar problems. I can offer a few more clues which may help with the troubleshooting process. I managed to plug in an old external monitor screen, n and (thanks to Fn/F7) when I switched on the T430 laptop although the main ...
by br1anstorm
Sun Nov 12, 2023 6:26 pm
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: White screen of death on Lenovo T430 laptop
Replies: 22
Views: 1442

White screen of death on Lenovo T430 laptop

I'm posting this in the Beginner forum because this is the first time I have encountered such a problem and I have no idea whether it is software or hardware related ... and as explained below, I can't easily provide the basic system info to help with troubleshooting. I have a Lenovo T430 laptop whi...
by br1anstorm
Tue Aug 08, 2023 6:54 pm
Forum: Other Topics & Open Discussion
Topic: Crack Open Linux Desktop?
Replies: 7
Views: 1332

Re: Crack Open Linux Desktop?

My reaction to the original post was on similar lines to Pjotr's. But the ZDNet article to which a link was subsequently provided did advance an interesting point of view which relates to the whole Linux 'family', not LMDE or Mint. The writer advocated the creation of an "official" Linux d...
by br1anstorm
Tue Aug 08, 2023 6:23 pm
Forum: Installation & Boot
Topic: [SOLVED] Locked Lenovo Thinkpad
Replies: 4
Views: 253

Re: Locked Lenovo Thinkpad

I have several Lenovo ThinkPads, all bought second-hand, some years ago. This reference to "locked" ThinkPads rang a faint bell. I can't now remember the details, but one problem with buying "used" or ex-business lease Thinkpads is that some have embedded software called "Co...
by br1anstorm
Mon Jun 12, 2023 1:57 pm
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: Using Windows software - Faststone Image Viewer - under Wine
Replies: 13
Views: 1852

Re: Using Windows software - Faststone Image Viewer - under Wine

... I can't see exactly what to do if I only want to remove comctl32.dll. Did you look at the Libraries tab? As I said, that seems to be what it's for. As I also said, though, I've never done it. Well I'll be doggoned! Sometimes the simplest answer is the right one. It's just a matter of knowing wh...
by br1anstorm
Mon Jun 12, 2023 4:32 am
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: Using Windows software - Faststone Image Viewer - under Wine
Replies: 13
Views: 1852

Re: Using Windows software - Faststone Image Viewer - under Wine

Thanks again to both nachlese and linux-rox. I'm working my way through this.... I've tried the latter's suggestion to run winecfg in the terminal. That does two things. It immediately opens up a Windows-type window headed "Wine configuration" with a set of tabs, one of which is titled &qu...

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