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by MontyMan
Wed Mar 13, 2024 12:53 pm
Forum: Installation & Boot
Topic: How To Set Up Grub Boot Partition With EFI
Replies: 0
Views: 60

How To Set Up Grub Boot Partition With EFI

I bought a cheapie computer with an internal drive (mmcblk0, soldered to motherboard) and an SD card slot. I bought a fast SD card for installing Linux Mint XFCE (mmcblk1). I did get it working, but I realize it would have gone much better if I had only known the basic partition settings needed for ...
by MontyMan
Tue Aug 08, 2023 6:07 pm
Forum: Installation & Boot
Topic: [SOLVED] Does abnormal CMOS battery drain break GRUB?
Replies: 24
Views: 1023

Re: Does abnormal CMOS battery drain break GRUB?

... I know that when the battery is drained the bios will revert to defaults. I have said so multiple times in my replies.... Man I just went to my pile of old laptops because someone needs one to borrow, and my lil laptop had been unplugged long enough to drain the clock battery. The computer woul...
by MontyMan
Thu Jun 25, 2020 3:06 pm
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: Quick Cam Check Without Installing
Replies: 3
Views: 597

Re: Quick Cam Check Without Installing

Thanks Erginemr!

If there is no tool on the default live USB stick image, do we have instructions here in the forums for creating a modified image? Installing things during a live image run and doing a shutdown, do not save the changes onto the memory stick.

Thanks,
.Monty.
by MontyMan
Wed Jun 24, 2020 10:31 am
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: Quick Cam Check Without Installing
Replies: 3
Views: 597

Quick Cam Check Without Installing

I like to look at second-hand laptops and when I find a bargain, I snap it up and install Linux Mint for family members. When I boot with my handy USB live stick, what tool can I use without installing anything further, to make sure the cam is working with Mint? From other threads I see people are u...
by MontyMan
Wed Jun 24, 2020 9:48 am
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: Gaming and SSD use
Replies: 9
Views: 807

Re: Gaming and SSD use

Dear Bella, Before you wipe-out Windows for good, I hope you'll create a virtual disk image of it, and try Virtual Box. Sometimes I need to go back to the ole Windows system for things like memorized website passwords etc and though the virtual machine runs more slowly in the virtual machine, it can...
by MontyMan
Tue Jun 23, 2020 3:07 pm
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: Can I still use 17.3?
Replies: 195
Views: 16662

Re: Can I still use 17.3?

Ah, yes, a conundrum: If I was attracted to Linux because (among other reasons) so few virus and malware writers target it, then why the abject horror when someone brings up a question as to the risks involved in using an outdated system? Microsoft's continuing insistence on frequent updates has dri...
by MontyMan
Wed Jun 17, 2020 8:40 pm
Forum: MATE
Topic: Autologin Vs. Connected USB Drive
Replies: 3
Views: 547

Re: Autologin Vs. Connected USB Drive

@AndyMH
Dear Andy,

Because Mint mounts volumes automatically, I don't even know how they're mounted. Should I unmount them using the Disks program or umount, then manually mount them in a specific way, then try a restart?

Thank you
..Monty.
by MontyMan
Tue Jun 16, 2020 6:10 pm
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: Desktop Sharing
Replies: 5
Views: 464

Re: Desktop Sharing

Zoom works for me. I use it for online classes, and when I need to show my classmates my screen, it just works. HTH
by MontyMan
Mon Jun 15, 2020 6:02 pm
Forum: MATE
Topic: Autologin Vs. Connected USB Drive
Replies: 3
Views: 547

Autologin Vs. Connected USB Drive

Mint 19 MATE 64-bit installed in an old Dell Optiplex, working as a headless server. Autologin set up and working, and a VNC server, and Samba. From start, I see the Linux Mint logo, brief flash of login screen then my expected desktop. So if I shut it off, plug in a USB flash drive or USB disk driv...
by MontyMan
Sun Jun 14, 2020 4:46 pm
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: [Solved] Samba Shares Information
Replies: 3
Views: 293

[Solved] Samba Shares Information

And just like that, it's working! I got the owner and the permissions changed on the directory, and now the shares are working.

Best
..Monty.
by MontyMan
Sun Jun 14, 2020 4:31 pm
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: [Solved] Samba Shares Information
Replies: 3
Views: 293

Re: Samba Shares Information

Dear Altair, Good catch, thanks! Yes I meant "valid users," will make that change immediately. Yes that's the capitalization of my group name. But I think there's something more fundamentally wrong with my security settings in the target directory, because even in the Caja panel I'm gettin...
by MontyMan
Sun Jun 14, 2020 3:12 pm
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: [Solved] Samba Shares Information
Replies: 3
Views: 293

[Solved] Samba Shares Information

I have Linux Mint 19 installed on two computers, and I'm trying to create a Windows-compatible file share (because we have Windows computers also) on the desktop computer and connect to it from the laptop. When I attempt to connect to the file share from the laptop, I get a prompt for my user name a...
by MontyMan
Sat Jun 13, 2020 5:24 pm
Forum: Networking
Topic: Request Specific IP Address
Replies: 1
Views: 274

Request Specific IP Address

My Dell Optiplex running Mint 19.3 MATE surprised me by "just working" when I plugged in a Belkin USB WiFi device. This is going to be a headless server with Vino VNC host on it. I have that bit working; now I'd like to nail down the IP address. I would like to continue using DHCP because ...
by MontyMan
Sun May 24, 2020 4:38 pm
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: kernel 5.0 vs 5.3 question.
Replies: 8
Views: 563

Re: kernel 5.0 vs 5.3 question.

OK thanks; I switched it back. Best, ..Monty.
by MontyMan
Sun May 24, 2020 2:13 pm
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: kernel 5.0 vs 5.3 question.
Replies: 8
Views: 563

Re: kernel 5.0 vs 5.3 question.

Thanks, Joe, and very informative. Apparently the 4- series vs. the 5-series kernels are more about compatibility with the host hardware, than about performance improvements and updated OS and application software. So maybe I was better off with the 4-series one. Can anyone tell me what the major ch...
by MontyMan
Sun May 24, 2020 11:58 am
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: kernel 5.0 vs 5.3 question.
Replies: 8
Views: 563

Re: kernel 5.0 vs 5.3 question.

I am also trying to understand kernel versions. When I saw my 19 Tara MATE system was still running a 4.15 series kernel when the latest is 5.3.0-53, I immediately installed the latest kernel so I could test it with all my software and hardware. I should have read some of the negative posts I've now...
by MontyMan
Sun May 24, 2020 10:23 am
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: Free Space System Monitor vs Disks
Replies: 0
Views: 150

Free Space System Monitor vs Disks

Thanks to everyone involved in the continuing work on Mint, and the online user community! Mint 19 Tara MATE here. I show a disagreement between System monitor and Disks as to how much free space my Linux partition has. I believe the root and user data are in the same partition. System Monitor shows...
by MontyMan
Wed Aug 21, 2019 1:45 pm
Forum: Installation & Boot
Topic: What to do with free space partition.
Replies: 5
Views: 680

Re: What to do with free space partition.

While transitioning from the Windows world to Linux, I partitioned the HDD with some free space in between the Linux partition and the Windows one, so I could add space to whichever one filled up first.
by MontyMan
Thu Aug 08, 2019 3:50 pm
Forum: Networking
Topic: Looking for a NAS with awesome Linux Mint support.
Replies: 12
Views: 4122

Re: Looking for a NAS with awesome Linux Mint support.

Does anyone have a recommendation for a NAS that works on local LAN only? When I looked up the Synology (even one a few years old) the documentation says plug it into the local network, make sure it has an Internet connection, then go to a public web site and the manufacturer will "find" m...
by MontyMan
Thu Aug 08, 2019 2:13 pm
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: software - serious shortage of good board/card games
Replies: 7
Views: 1259

Re: software - serious shortage of good board/card games

Dear Minux, Years ago I found a program called PySol, which requires the installation of Python infrastructure. It stuck out because it was the only solitaire game package I could find for Linux that could handle Calculation, my favorite solitaire game. Over the years I've installed Python and Pysol...

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