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Hi, I want a timer app that stays in the taskbar and pops up every 20 minutes for 20 seconds while I am working. Any help, ideas?

I had been away for some time, but I'm back and the problem persists. I tried most of the things in the thread above and searched on several forums but I could not find a solution that works for me. This is the current status: user123-HP-ProBook-4445s user123 # mount /dev/sr0 /media/cdrom mount: no ...

I am using a laptop. The drive is internal and I cannot open anything to check inside (at least right now). I would like to see if this resolves on the OS side. user123-HP-ProBook-4445s user123 # lshw -class disk *-disk description: ATA Disk product: Hitachi HTS54755 vendor: Hitachi physical id: 0.0...

Lets check some misc. things. Are you sure the cd/dvdrom works and is not corrupted? Does it work in another computer? Yes Are you sure the drive works? Do other cd/dvdroms work in it? Yes. Well there is no way to test it right now because it won't mount and like I said it's an internal drive, so I ...

After you get the error message, do dmesg | tail -10 and see if that gives us some more information about the issue. user123-HP-ProBook-4445s user123 # mount -t udf /dev/sr0 /media/cdrom mount: block device /dev/sr0 is write-protected, mounting read-only mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superb...

Is there anything on the disk you have in the drive? Yes it is an OS installation disk for Windows. Here is the Disks utility status: disks_screen.jpg Here is the etc/fstab file with the last line I added to try to fix the issue etc_fstab_screen.jpg I also did "apt-get install linux-generic&qu...

user123-HP-ProBook-4445s user123 # mount -t iso9660 /dev/sr0 /media/cdrom mount: block device /dev/sr0 is write-protected, mounting read-only mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sr0, missing codepage or helper program, or other error In some cases useful info is found in syslog...

I was previously able to open Libre Office documents but now I am unable to open any Libre Office application at all.

I recently did apt-get update and upgrade.

EDIT: This happened after I resumed my session from a Suspend state. It opens correctly after reboot. Not sure if bug.

There is some difference in old and new gmaps though, specifically in the route markers. Here's a screenshot of directions for a place in the two versions:

This worked for me as I had the same issue earlier, Mint 17, I have AMD 7640g on my laptop HP Probook 4445s http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/1501 The map displays perfectly when the fglrx driver is selected. Here is my current display info user123-HP-ProBook-4445s ~ $ inxi -G Graphics: C...

Nevermind, I figured it out. I had installed TLP for power management which was causing the problem.

I uninstalled it and the issue was solved.

I have a related problem. I am running Mint Cinnamon on an HP Probook, it crashes immediately every single time that I switch to battery power. It also starts up and crashes if running on battery power. I always have to keep it on AC power. Any suggestions? ps I tried /usr/lib/pm-utils/power.d/ wher...

System: Hp Probook 4445s, AMD A8-4500M APU, 4GB RAM OS: Linux Mint 17 Qiana 64-bit Status: Fresh Very Recent install Problem: Whenever I remove AC power, system crashes to call trace screen. It cannot be resolved until I do a hard reboot with AC Power on. It fails even if I reboot on battery power. ...

Issue solved miraculously after reboot and re-installation!

No changes were made!

The situation so far: Skill level: Complete newbie Device: HP Probook 4445s, 4GB RAM, AMD A8-4500M APU Initial OS: Windows 7 Pro 64-bit, SP1 Initial Goal: Dual-boot Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04 Process: Live DVD for 12.04 created. Live session started. Unknowingly formatted partitions sda1, sda2, sda...