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- Mon Jun 25, 2012 6:40 pm
- Forum: LMDE Archive
- Topic: [Solved] Remove XFCE? [Whooping Crane]
- Replies: 2
- Views: 8095
Re: Remove XFCE?
Just for future reference: this xfce4 itself is a meta-package that will install a default configured xfce desktop environment. In most cases the base files that comes with xfce4 are: xfconf, xfce4-utils, xfwm4, xfce4-session, thunar, xfdesktop4, exo-utils So you can do sudo apt-get purge xfconf xfc...
- Mon Jun 25, 2012 11:26 am
- Forum: Newbie Questions
- Topic: password change for admin account
- Replies: 6
- Views: 984
Re: password change for admin account
I do appreciate the replies but this is WAY TOO MUCH TROUBLE! After another day of re-installations I still have yet to have a basic desktop operating with a wireless keyboard/mouse/printer. I guess this is where the average PC user wanting to try Linux gives up and goes back to Windows. Linux is s...
- Sun Jun 24, 2012 3:30 pm
- Forum: Scripts & Bash
- Topic: Trouble with script to modify txt file
- Replies: 2
- Views: 952
Re: Trouble with script to modify txt file
Short script that does what you ask for: #!/bin/bash rm -f result.txt while read i do if [[ ${i} =~ "Category" ]] then TEMP=${i} elif [[ ${i} =~ "Question" ]] then TEMP=`echo ${TEMP} : "${i}"| sed s!\*!!` elif [[ ${i} =~ "Answer" ]] then ANSWER=`echo ${i}| awk...
- Sun Jun 24, 2012 2:59 pm
- Forum: Software & Applications
- Topic: [SOLVED] just because one package refuses to delete....
- Replies: 5
- Views: 850
Re: just because one package refuses to delete....
randall@randall-FQ582AA-ABA-SR5710F ~ $ sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq tvpvrd_3.3.5-1 [sudo] password for randall: dpkg: warning: there's no installed package matching tvpvrd_3.3.5-1 Try sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq 'tvpvrd_3.3.5-1~removed1_amd64' If that doesn't work, u...
- Sun Jun 24, 2012 12:41 pm
- Forum: Chat about Linux
- Topic: which Linux for old Laptop??
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9790
Re: which Linux for old Laptop??
Xubuntu and Puppy are good options, along with Crunchbang. The latter uses OpenBox, but as it's based on Debian as well, XFCE is really easily installed.
Regards,
Anakin
Regards,
Anakin
- Sun Jun 24, 2012 12:36 pm
- Forum: Newbie Questions
- Topic: password change for admin account
- Replies: 6
- Views: 984
Re: password change for admin account
Slowpokevtx and Recondra, Can you still use sudo su - or sudo -i ? If so, use that and run the command passwd so you can change the password to root. The reply by oobetimer was not much help as I'm not that familiar with what to do with the instructions. I already had to reinstall once due to poor i...
- Sun Jun 24, 2012 11:39 am
- Forum: Xfce
- Topic: Dual Monitors in XFCE
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7251
Re: Dual Monitors in XFCE
I use XFCE on my work-laptop, and the generic desktop config only works well with auto-detection which has its quircks. So I have created the following script to hook it up to beamers or monitors: #!/bin/bash function buildmenu() { ## First we define variables. ## Do not use Spaces in parameters for...
- Thu Apr 26, 2012 9:39 am
- Forum: Newbie Questions
- Topic: Bash Shell Help
- Replies: 3
- Views: 615
Re: Bash Shell Help
Hya Wires,
Have a look here.
There's 3 things I use most often:
Ctrl+C - Cancel the current command
Ctrl+D - Finish the current entry (works with data-entry commands like cat, sort and mail)
Ctrl+Z - Suspend the current command
Regards,
Anakin
Have a look here.
There's 3 things I use most often:
Ctrl+C - Cancel the current command
Ctrl+D - Finish the current entry (works with data-entry commands like cat, sort and mail)
Ctrl+Z - Suspend the current command
Regards,
Anakin
- Sat Apr 21, 2012 5:30 pm
- Forum: Installation & Boot
- Topic: solved help lost my little wheel thing
- Replies: 3
- Views: 497
Re: help lost my little wheel thing
I'm just taking a guess here, but I assume you mean your applications-menu? Which Session are you in? Gnome2? Right click on the panel, choose Add to Panel... and then add Menu Bar. For the time being: Is Alt-F2 working? If so, start your programmes by hand. Shutting down or rebooting can be done bu...
- Wed Feb 22, 2012 6:41 am
- Forum: Scripts & Bash
- Topic: PERL and BASH - Find packages with apt-cache and dpkg-query
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1744
Re: PERL and BASH - Find packages with apt-cache and dpkg-qu
Fair points Vincent and mph 
Will alter the script in the upcoming days, as I've made a number of changes to it myself as well.
Regards,
Anakin

Will alter the script in the upcoming days, as I've made a number of changes to it myself as well.
Regards,
Anakin
- Fri Dec 16, 2011 5:06 am
- Forum: Software & Applications
- Topic: Mint logs me off randomly on t500
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1508
Re: Mint logs me off randomly on t500
since this forum software works so great... Mate, enough with the remarks already. The forum-software is performing as it's intended but, rightfully so, limits the input to xx characters per post, most likely a couple thousand. If we were allowed to input unlimited data, we would be able to either ...
- Thu Dec 15, 2011 2:31 am
- Forum: Artwork
- Topic: Mint stickers to cover windows
- Replies: 76
- Views: 37707
Re: Mint stickers to cover windows
Hi, I got an answer from Stefano. Unixstickers went through some difficulties and they lost a lot of time. In addition to this they had to change suppliers and seek a new one, so even more time was wasted. I'm sorry this happened and I'd like to apologize, although indirectly, to everyone here who ...
- Mon Dec 12, 2011 7:13 am
- Forum: Open chat
- Topic: How did you coin your screen name
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3653
Re: How did you coin your screen name
Roken,
It's Dutch indeed, it says "smoking is lethal".
About my nickname.... You may guess once...
Regards,
Anakin
It's Dutch indeed, it says "smoking is lethal".
About my nickname.... You may guess once...

Regards,
Anakin
- Mon Dec 12, 2011 7:10 am
- Forum: Other topics
- Topic: Unwanted backslash before dolar sign in environment variable
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1194
Re: Unwanted backslash before dolar sign in environment vari
Apparently it's a bug: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6418 ... b-complete
Direct link to launchpad.
Maybe you can downgrade to an older version.
Regards,
Anakin
Direct link to launchpad.
Maybe you can downgrade to an older version.
Regards,
Anakin
- Sat Dec 10, 2011 7:23 pm
- Forum: Software & Applications
- Topic: Mint logs me off randomly on t500
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1508
Re: Mint logs me off randomly on t500
I cant post my syslog for whatever reason... the forum software says 'too few characters' then deletes my post in the input box.... just super! Any clues from the above stuff though? Thanks! Please post your output between [ code] and [ /code] minus the spaces, or put it up on http://pastebin.com/ ...
- Fri Dec 09, 2011 7:06 pm
- Forum: Other topics
- Topic: SOLVED wget or curl to download mint iso
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4264
Re: wget or curl to download mint iso
First of all: Great effort!! It only took me a few moments to catch your intentions, and I also learned a couple new tricks (the ":<< COMMENT" and "basename" were new to me)! :) I did however notice some stuff which was obsolete, didn't make sense or just not tidy (couldn't find ...
- Fri Dec 09, 2011 1:54 pm
- Forum: Newbie Questions
- Topic: Run win virtually on Mint
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1547
Re: Run win virtually on Mint
so I have to install win7 again virtually is tehre no possibility to switch OS somehow easier? The problem is that Win 7 during teh installation is very agressive to Linux or any other OS already installed. If you read my first post, you will see that it is actually possible (at least with XP, used...
- Fri Dec 09, 2011 1:42 pm
- Forum: Others
- Topic: Same Desktop for all users
- Replies: 2
- Views: 474
Re: Same Desktop for all users
This should get you on your way, for wallpapers at least.
Sorry, cannot answer the question about the desktop.
Regards,
Anakin
edit: Sorry, misread desktop for wallpapers.
Sorry, cannot answer the question about the desktop.
Regards,
Anakin
edit: Sorry, misread desktop for wallpapers.
- Fri Dec 09, 2011 1:34 pm
- Forum: Newbie Questions
- Topic: Run win virtually on Mint
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1547
Re: Run win virtually on Mint
Sorry Russ, but it is 
Never tried it before myself, but according to this it is actually possible (with windows XP in that example anyway).
Regards,
Anakin

Never tried it before myself, but according to this it is actually possible (with windows XP in that example anyway).
Regards,
Anakin
- Fri Dec 09, 2011 7:17 am
- Forum: Non-technical Questions
- Topic: LinuxMint12/Gnome3 Assessment
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4224
Re: LinuxMint12/Gnome3 Assessment
Good to read posts like this! 
