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- Tue May 14, 2019 5:29 am
- Forum: Networking
- Topic: Weird FTP issue
- Replies: 2
- Views: 422
Re: Weird FTP issue
Thanks for the reply. I did find a way to ftp via command line, but it just hung. Then the wireless, although connected, refused to go anywhere. I rebooted--twice!--and it seems to be working now, but I don't know for how long. I've been using my precious connection time to google How to Tell if My ...
- Mon May 13, 2019 4:36 pm
- Forum: Networking
- Topic: Weird FTP issue
- Replies: 2
- Views: 422
Weird FTP issue
For years, I've been FTPing files between my laptop and desktop, using VSFTP and Dolphin as the GUI interface. All of a sudden, FTP has stopped working on the laptop. I enter Fish or FTP and the IP address for the desktop, and immediately a notice pops up saying it can't connect. If you know FTP, yo...
- Sun Dec 10, 2017 4:10 pm
- Forum: Software & Applications
- Topic: Cannot Connect to Wireless Router
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3512
Re: Cannot Connect to Wireless Router
Sorry, qwertz, I didn't realize you weren't the OP. But the topic's still findable with a SOLVED, so that's good. I agree the solution isn't ideal, but you've identified the culprit, which is a huge step. And if you put / (root) on a separate partition, it's only about 15 minutes to reinstall. So yo...
- Sun Dec 10, 2017 2:53 pm
- Forum: Software & Applications
- Topic: Cannot Connect to Wireless Router
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3512
Re: Cannot Connect to Wireless Router
I'm really glad you got this sorted, on behalf of all KDE users. Where KDE works, it's brilliant. But sometimes they make decisions for users without thinking it through. Please mark your first post SOLVED. Just edit the post and change the subject line. Other people will have your problem and you h...
- Sat Jul 08, 2017 2:32 pm
- Forum: Storage
- Topic: [solved] Old internal HD now external--how to access?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 906
Re: Old internal HD now external--how to access?
Hi Karl: Thanks for the quick reply. I am most embarrassed. :oops: :oops: I called the shop because it's too far to go if they were only going to fob me off (Linux support here is abysmal). The technician I spoke to swore he'd tested the drive. He had me unplug everything then plug it in again. As s...
- Sat Jul 08, 2017 1:03 pm
- Forum: Storage
- Topic: [solved] Old internal HD now external--how to access?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 906
Re: Old internal HD now external--how to access?
Hi Karl: "sudo fdisk -l" gives details about the partitions on the harddisk /dev/sda only. If I plug a USB stick in, it shows up: (Skim down to the green text) Disk /dev/sda: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders, total 488397168 sectors Units = sectors ...
- Sat Jul 08, 2017 11:44 am
- Forum: Storage
- Topic: [solved] Old internal HD now external--how to access?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 906
[solved] Old internal HD now external--how to access?
This must have been answered somewhere, but I can't find it :-( I took the old hard drive out of a dead computer and put it in a USB hard drive enclosure. Actually the tech at the shop did it for me so I'll assume nothing went wrong there. When I plug it in, it doesn't mount. The drive isn't encrypt...
- Mon May 08, 2017 5:21 am
- Forum: Hardware Support
- Topic: Recommend my new, fast-GPU Linux Mint Laptop.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 587
- Wed Apr 26, 2017 11:28 am
- Forum: Software & Applications
- Topic: KOrganizer plugins
- Replies: 0
- Views: 523
KOrganizer plugins
I suspect this problem is just me, as googling returned no results for KDE5. Just installed Mint18.1. Among several problems and disappointments, I can't figure out how to add plugins to KOrganizer. The "Configure Plugins" box is greyed out. From what I can gather, they're installed. I hav...
- Sat Apr 01, 2017 1:25 pm
- Forum: Xfce
- Topic: Set up remote screen from terminal
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1226
Re: Set up remote screen from terminal
Yes, thanks. I just left out a linerichyrich wrote:1. Boot up, wait till the HD light stops flashing.
*** Hit Fn + F5 key combo *** , then
- Sat Apr 01, 2017 12:00 pm
- Forum: Xfce
- Topic: Set up remote screen from terminal
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1226
Re: Set up remote screen from terminal
This is mostly a lack-of-progress report. She tried the Fn-F5 combination this way: 1. Boot up, wait till the HD light stops flashing. 2. Hit right arrow key once. 3. Hit Enter. She also tried with right arrow key twice and three times. No luck. Next step is to pull the laptop apart, which could tak...
- Tue Mar 28, 2017 5:09 pm
- Forum: Xfce
- Topic: Set up remote screen from terminal
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1226
Re: Set up remote screen from terminal
Marc, thanks so much for this. I've emailed a link to your post to my friend. I hope she has the courage to unscrew her laptop. I know she has the screwdrivers.
If she has success I'll mark this solved.
If she has success I'll mark this solved.
- Tue Mar 28, 2017 4:14 pm
- Forum: Xfce
- Topic: Set up remote screen from terminal
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1226
Re: Set up remote screen from terminal
Connect external monitor and reboot/power off->on computer and check if external monitor is auto detected; No, sadly. we already tried that. If nothing work you can try with a live USB image and see there if you have any result. We tried that too. this is how it look the menu if you press the Fn+Fx...
- Tue Mar 28, 2017 4:10 pm
- Forum: Xfce
- Topic: Set up remote screen from terminal
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1226
Re: Set up remote screen from terminal
Yes, her computer needs to be running before the function keys will work. Sorry, I guess I wasn't clear. I meant does XFCE itself have to be running? Because she can't log in to get it running. IOW, can she use the Fn keys while XFCE is loading? After boot-up, try the function key combo, followed b...
- Tue Mar 28, 2017 2:25 pm
- Forum: Xfce
- Topic: Set up remote screen from terminal
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1226
Re: Set up remote screen from terminal
There should be a Function (Fn) key combo for her laptop to switch between internal and external monitors. Does she have it ? Have you tried it ? OMG, neither of us ever thought of that! I shall immediately google her laptop & see what I can find. Thanks so much! LATER: Just got off the phone w...
- Tue Mar 28, 2017 1:02 pm
- Forum: Xfce
- Topic: Set up remote screen from terminal
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1226
Set up remote screen from terminal
A while back, I installed Mint18 XFCE on a friend's laptop for her. She loves it, but her laptop screen has died, and she wants to use it with a regular computer monitor. I'm a KDE user, so completely unfamiliar with XFCE commands and such. Nor have I ever had this problem myself. It seems to me we ...
- Fri Oct 21, 2016 11:26 am
- Forum: Other topics
- Topic: A new laptop for the Spouse-Unit
- Replies: 38
- Views: 5581
Re: A new laptop for the Spouse-Unit
For some reason, the pictures aren't loading for me, so I can't see the thing, but: Although HP itself is fairly careful about distinguishing notebooks from laptops, I've learned that other people are much more casual. The crucial difference is that notebooks have fans on the bottom, and therefore c...
- Thu Oct 13, 2016 8:43 am
- Forum: Software & Applications
- Topic: Accented characters in non-KDE applications
- Replies: 3
- Views: 708
Re: Accented characters in non-KDE applications
Depending how much non-English typing you're doing, it may be easier to use Compose rather than a different keyboard. As you'll see it works in FF. I don't have cryptocat so I can't test that, but I know it works in LibreOffice. For those not familiar with Compose: It's a nifty built-in program for ...
- Tue Oct 06, 2015 2:34 pm
- Forum: Software & Applications
- Topic: Fake Firefox Security Alert
- Replies: 3
- Views: 379
Re: Fake Firefox Security Alert
Thanks for the amazingly quick reply, administrollaattori.
Will do as suggested, but I guess I won't mark it as solved until I'm pretty sure that thing doesn't show up again.
Will do as suggested, but I guess I won't mark it as solved until I'm pretty sure that thing doesn't show up again.
- Tue Oct 06, 2015 2:06 pm
- Forum: Software & Applications
- Topic: Fake Firefox Security Alert
- Replies: 3
- Views: 379
Fake Firefox Security Alert
I had several tabs open in FF, but none of a web page I hadn't visited many times before. I don't think I clicked anything. In fact, I'm pretty sure I hit Ctrl-W to close the tab I was on. In any case, FF closed and when I reopened it, a voice was telling me I had a trojan, and to call a number to g...