Linux Mint Forums

Greetings, since the printer can be connected to a USB port, the command will be: prompt:~$ sudo ls /dev/usb/l* /dev/usb/lp1 /dev/usb/lp2 Thank you for these details. I am using a USB conx simply as a testing tool. My operations require that I use a network conx to the printer. I might can arrange ...

I guess one would kind of do what I suggested for Q1 but with the /etc/skel directory. Never tried that though. Maybe it is a starting point for you: https://www.thegeekdiary.com/understanding-the-etc-skel-directory-in-linux/ Hmmmmm. My Linux Mint 21.3 has a folder /etc/skel . Sadly, that folder ha...

Q3. How might I program short command strings to a printer? I think this works but only if the printer is connected directly to that machine (I suspect): echo "command string" > /dev/lp0 I believe that CUPS now provides all 'lp', 'lpr', etc related access to printers. That is why my origi...

Q1. Am I supposed to be able to use Settings ==> Add Printer instead of HPLIP? I just upgraded from Mint 21.1 to 21.3. In the past, I've routinely used HPLIP for my several HP printers. Q2. Have I missed something where printers and workstations are concerned? It seems that "modern" print...

It seems that the HPLIP "drivers" for my HP-7740 printer are not able to wake a sleeping printer. My Mint install has HPLIP v3.21.12 while the latest is v3.23.12. The latest supported printer is the HP-7720 while I have the HP-7740. I suspect new "drivers" will help. Further, I d...

Hmmm.... the olde KBD muscle memory bug bit me. Thanks for that observation. I simply didn't see it in the logs. I continue to be plagued by the LEFT_SHIFT launching the volume widget. I don't know how to diagnose this. I cannot find anyplace where this is configured in my user session settings. I w...

Q2. How do I configure a system-wide default end-user experience for all logins on this laptop? Perhaps you could clarify what you mean by "a system-wide default end-user experience". I hope that this clarifies what I am looking for. Consider that I want to configure 4 identical new, neve...

Q1. Which config files etc. do I copy so that USER2 has identical Cinnamon keyboard, icons and other settings? I have two logins on my laptop. I use one for tech/developer work. I use the other for everything else. I would like to have the same end-user experience for both USER1 and USER2. How do I...

This is an ancient command for resetting the keyboard setxkbmap -option This command should reset FRED, but may need to be run on startup / login every time. I qualify as "ancient" — used original AT&T® Unix™ X-11 ­— but I've never heard of either setxkbdmap or FRED (blush) that I rem...

Q1, Can anyone tell me what I might be doing wrong. So I have my "thumb drive" or other media that I can use as a boot device. Not all media devices can be configured to boot on every workstation. SD cards are notorious for this. I use 'gparted' and make several partitions ... one of whic...

keyboard.log I did the following: launch xev -event keyboard move pointer into the little X-Window after the events from the launching, touch the LEFT-SHIFT key touch the RIGHT-SHIFT key see the log file below. ~~~ 0;-} Dan keyboard.log I'll need to do the other workstation when I'm back where it l...

{snip} Can you confirm that Wilma does not get: KeymapNotify event, serial 24, synthetic NO, window 0x0, <============= SHIFT press keys: 73 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 when pressing the shift key? I'm not clear how I use xev properly... I used it in the 70's and ...

{snip} Doing a quick search in F-Droid brings up a few nice things that may or may not work - at least they are less likely to be malware ridden (hopefully) than some other app repositories: https://search.f-droid.org/?q=++computer&lang=en Although it might be worth looking for very recently up...

Q1. Is there some available away to enable android phone notifications to appear as Cinnamon DE notifications? Q2. Is there some available way to enable notifications from other Mint workstations to appear on my primary laptop? All of my mobile toys are "the latest" edition available of A...

Q1. How do I accomplish a minimum install starting with the standard full-distribution ISO? Yes, I know that I can manually bust the ISO, cherry-pick its content, create my own distro and ISO... UGH! Why do I want this? I'm really wanting to make a "thumb drive" ("key drive", &q...

Powered USB hub that includes the USB-type A connectors you need, and goes into the laptop with USB-C? Thank you for this reply... NOTE: The enclosures will also power up using a wall-wart power block. When I'm walk-about with my laptop, I already carry several power blocks. They have become like r...

Colleagues, Does anyone know of an alternative to help me deal with my "landfill" of external drives? I have too many drives that use USB connections. They are mostly USB v2,0 with a type-A male host connector and a male "mini-B" — looks like a house — enclosure connector. Sadly...

FOLLOW-UP How do I discover which user session setting is causing this? I have two user login sessions enabled on the failing system. One session (aka, FRED) exhibits the trouble that I describe and discuss above. The other session (aka, WILMA) does not. The session that fails, the FRED user, has b...

Run xev -event keyboard Then show us the output of what signal your computer receive for the left shift key and right shift key. Did my xev output tell you anything? I did a power off restart. I touched the left shift before starting any desktop apps. The volume dialog showed up. I don't find any s...

I don't have a clue. But it seems to me that if the left shift key were taken by the audio volume slider, that would make typing very difficult. Are you saying you can only use the right shift key for caps? I can use both SHIFT keys, however, I must ofter multi-click the left key to close the pop-u...