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by Roken
Sun Jul 04, 2021 6:00 am
Forum: Installation & Boot
Topic: Grub2Win Losing Default
Replies: 1
Views: 803

Re: Grub2Win Losing Default

Just set up grub2 to do it - no need for any extra packages.

Have a read through https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Dual_boot_with_Windows

Do not join the Arch forums to ask about this. The forums only support a native Arch installation and you will have any threads closed.
by Roken
Sun Jul 04, 2021 5:54 am
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: [SOLVED] Easiest way to back up TimeShift snapshots?
Replies: 13
Views: 1612

Re: Easiest way to back up TimeShift snapshots?

TS takes incremental snapshots after the first, so unless you have made a literal carp load of changes, future snapshots don't take up that much space.
by Roken
Tue Dec 20, 2016 4:44 pm
Forum: Hardware Support
Topic: UGee tablet
Replies: 0
Views: 364

UGee tablet

Hi all, long time no see. I appreciate that this is not so much a Mint problem as a "Why does Mint work" problem. I was a former Mint aficionado, and I jumped ship a couple of years ago. I will still always plug Mint to new Linux users. Anyhoo, I switched to Arch, and I plugged in a Ugee g...
by Roken
Sat Apr 20, 2013 3:12 pm
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: Teamviewer
Replies: 1
Views: 1049

Teamviewer

Hey all (long time no see). My parents are still on Mint (32 bit IIRC, no point asking them, I installed it two years ago - and count myself lucky that they are still using it). Anyway, they've hit a bit of a problem that's best solved with remote access. I figured teamviewer was the easiest way to ...
by Roken
Sun Apr 08, 2012 7:57 am
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: [SOLVED] only root may add a user or group to the system"
Replies: 6
Views: 23952

Re: "adduser: only root may add a user or group to the syste

Hey altair, why use 6 words when 200 will do, eh ;)
by Roken
Sun Apr 08, 2012 7:41 am
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: [SOLVED] only root may add a user or group to the system"
Replies: 6
Views: 23952

Re: "adduser: only root may add a user or group to the syste

When you say you are logged in as root, do you mean as the user that you created when you installed mint? If so, that's not root. You can add users with:

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sudo adduser xxxxx
Note: you can install gnome-system-tools to get the GUI option back
by Roken
Sun Apr 08, 2012 6:48 am
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: Can't pull down email from yahoo using Thunderbird
Replies: 8
Views: 1239

Re: Can't pull down email from yahoo using Thunderbird

I've been using yahoo mail with TB for years no problem, though their instructions seem incomplete. Try these settings: Server name: pop.mail.yahoo.com Port: 110 Username whatevercomesbefore "@yahoo.com" (i.e. leave "@yahoo....." off) Connection security: None Authentication Meth...
by Roken
Sun Apr 01, 2012 8:28 am
Forum: Open Chat
Topic: US Users - e-petition
Replies: 0
Views: 457

US Users - e-petition

Thought I'd mention, someone having seen my post regarding the UK petition in another forum I frequent has posted a similar petition on the US Gvt website, so you brothers and sisters from across the pond can get in on the act, too :) https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions/!/petition/migrate-linux-ba...
by Roken
Fri Mar 30, 2012 4:34 pm
Forum: Open Chat
Topic: UK residents
Replies: 0
Views: 816

UK residents

we all know that the UK Government has dallied over using Linux for government business, but they appear to stall regularly and only ever include a small subset of functions in their considerations. So, I've started a e-petition on the government website calling for a full review with a view to migr...
by Roken
Sat Feb 04, 2012 9:36 am
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: [solved] Failed at the first hurdle, or two.!
Replies: 8
Views: 1235

Re: Failed at the first hurdle, or two.!

You could also try installing via the terminal and see if it gives you more output that may point to the error. To do that, and assuming that you downloaded the file to your Desktop: cd ~/Desktop sudo dpkg -i opera-next_12.00.1272_i386.deb Change the first line to wherever you downloaded the .deb fi...
by Roken
Wed Feb 01, 2012 8:31 pm
Forum: Suggestions & Feedback
Topic: Improved Audio
Replies: 7
Views: 2319

Re: Improved Audio

I agree that pulse is a completely mixed bag and often a dog. It's limitations are most noticable when you need to run a jack server, in which case setting up pulse to work with it can be a complete nightmare. That's not the only problem with it, though. Many programs running using wine will stutter...
by Roken
Wed Feb 01, 2012 8:23 pm
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: Virtual Box and USB recognition SOLVED
Replies: 5
Views: 2092

Re: Virtual Box and USB recognition

If you have installed the extension pack, then you are halfway there.

Go to users and groups, manage groups, and add yourself to the "vboxusers" group. Logout and login again, and it should work.
by Roken
Tue Jan 24, 2012 7:13 am
Forum: Open Chat
Topic: US Assassin Drones dump Windows shift to Linux Drone Control
Replies: 4
Views: 1244

Re: US Assassin Drones dump Windows shift to Linux Drone Con

The alternative is that they use hardware controlled by virus infested Windows which will potentially blow their own troops up instead of someone else's troops. You will never stop governments killing, and your proposal would simply change the victim.
by Roken
Tue Jan 17, 2012 7:08 am
Forum: Networking
Topic: Recommend an FTP client?
Replies: 13
Views: 8831

Re: Recommend an FTP client?

+1 for FileZilla, quick and easy to use, and stable.
by Roken
Sun Jan 15, 2012 9:17 am
Forum: Open Chat
Topic: UEFI: Windows 8 will ban Linux running on ARM
Replies: 18
Views: 4384

Re: UEFI: Windows 8 will ban Linux running on ARM

I saw this over at LQ yesterday. My reaction upon reading - well, I didn't really have one. There's nothing surprising in it whatsoever. What will I do about it? Nothing. I don't buy MS stuff anyway, so I won't be buying a Windows phone, Windows tablet or anything else that says Windows on it. I bui...
by Roken
Sun Jan 15, 2012 9:12 am
Forum: Installation & Boot
Topic: Strangest Problem Ever, experts only...
Replies: 5
Views: 1157

Re: Strangest Problem Ever, experts only...

Best guess. You have installed using wubi previously. wubi doesn't write a native grub boot, but rather writes a wubi boot which chainloads a gru boot if you select Linux, hence the two boot screens that you have experienced before. This time when you installed, you did it "properly", whic...
by Roken
Sat Jan 14, 2012 6:58 am
Forum: Compiz, Conky, Docks & Widgets
Topic: Compiz eye candy and ATI issues
Replies: 1
Views: 943

Re: Compiz eye candy and ATI issues

The 3D cube is usually activated by pressing and holding ctr-alt and then left mouse button and move the mouse to rotate. This can be changed in compiz settings. I don't use gnome 3, but I understand that there may be some problems with fglrx and gnome 3. ATI say that the 12.1 update due at some poi...
by Roken
Fri Jan 13, 2012 5:09 pm
Forum: Hardware Support
Topic: screen goes blank with no way to recover
Replies: 3
Views: 1079

Re: screen goes blank with no way to recover

It should wake up on a keypress, but try this anyway to see if it stops it blanking. In a terminal:

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xset s off
If it works, simply add it to startup.
by Roken
Fri Jan 13, 2012 8:47 am
Forum: Chat about Linux
Topic: I love sed
Replies: 1
Views: 821

I love sed

Is it just me. Ever since I started playing with sed I find myself relishing those little challenging questions that pop up on forums for a sed solution to some problem, simply because it's a bit like a game and a brain teaser. Am I the only one? Edit: this is my latest - and I'm the first to come u...
by Roken
Thu Jan 12, 2012 3:32 pm
Forum: LMDE Archive
Topic: "Faux" Grub 2 SUX! Questions, Questions ......
Replies: 6
Views: 2233

Re: "Faux" Grub 2 SUX! Questions, Questions ......

You can go back to grub legacy if you want - see here http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=44056&p=269710&hilit=revert+to+grub+legacy#p269710 To answer your specific question, you can completely disable entries in grub 2 by editing /boot/grub/grub.cfg. However, direct editing...

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