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by slipstick
Sun Jul 02, 2023 2:06 pm
Forum: Hardware Support
Topic: Video input cuts out in the middle of updating NVIDIA graphics driver (SOLVED)
Replies: 13
Views: 929

Re: Video input cuts out in the middle of updating NVIDIA graphics driver

I had the same problem installing the update to NVIDIA 535. The screen went black during the update. I waited for a while - when it became apparent that something had gone wrong, I rebooted with the reset button - did not power off and on. Started up OK and when I logged in I got a message - I didn'...
by slipstick
Sun Dec 11, 2022 2:24 pm
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: what is /var/lib/flatpak ... and can i delete it to free up space in the root directory?
Replies: 4
Views: 3179

Re: what is /var/lib/flatpak ... and can i delete it to free up space in the root directory?

I started getting the same warnings on my computer recently - noticed that /var/lib/flatpak/repos/objects folder was huge. After some searching on the forums, I found a recommendation to open a terminal and enter the command sudo flatpak repair so I did that and the objects folder shrank almost to n...
by slipstick
Sat Oct 01, 2022 1:52 pm
Forum: Open Chat
Topic: Only in Texas....
Replies: 588
Views: 71783

Re: Only in Texas....

@MurphCID Your pictures above reminded me that a couple of days ago I stumbled across a Youtube video showing the actual locations from the great book " Empire of the Summer Moon - Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History" by ...
by slipstick
Tue May 10, 2022 8:37 pm
Forum: Open Chat
Topic: What ever happened to language and Grammar?
Replies: 89
Views: 4798

Re: What ever happened to language and Grammar?

AZgl1800 wrote: Tue May 10, 2022 7:53 pm ... I was able to converse with the laborers enough that they understood what I wanted....
I can express very simple things in Spanish, but find it much harder to understand it (they really speak it "rapid-fire" around here).
by slipstick
Tue May 10, 2022 3:58 pm
Forum: Open Chat
Topic: What ever happened to language and Grammar?
Replies: 89
Views: 4798

Re: What ever happened to language and Grammar?

Actually, English is a Germanic language with a significant number of French loan words, and then a (comparative) smattering of words and ideas of how words should be spelled from a variety of other sources. For example, certain words which begin with the silent letter K (knife, knob, etc.) have a ...
by slipstick
Thu Feb 17, 2022 2:41 pm
Forum: Open Chat
Topic: How's your focus?
Replies: 29
Views: 1956

Re: How's your focus?

I use "focus follows mouse". Been doing it that way for years.
by slipstick
Tue Dec 14, 2021 2:31 pm
Forum: Open Chat
Topic: What are we reading today?
Replies: 95
Views: 13405

Re: What are we reading today?

Just finished: "Laptop from Hell: Hunter Biden, Big Tech, and the Dirty Secrets the President Tried to Hide" by Miranda Devine "Rigged: How the Media, Big Tech, and the Democrats Seized Our Elections" by Mollie Hemingway Currently reading: "Leviathan Falls (The Expanse Book ...
by slipstick
Sun Nov 14, 2021 8:15 pm
Forum: Open Chat
Topic: FYI - how I solved my cable internet upstream dropout problem
Replies: 1
Views: 1653

FYI - how I solved my cable internet upstream dropout problem

Just posting this in case it might help someone with the same problem. I've been having intermittent internet failures for a couple of months which really got bad this last 2 or 3 days. Symptoms were no internet connection - modem would lock on the downstream channels OK, but keep trying and trying ...
by slipstick
Mon Oct 25, 2021 4:38 am
Forum: Open Chat
Topic: I Don't Like the Metric System
Replies: 76
Views: 9151

Re: I Don't Like the Metric System

A little of topic To be truthful I just find the entire topic ridiculous. I have been using imperial and metric measurements pretty much my entire life and have no problems with either . . . . but then I mastered basic arithmetic at an early age. Now binary vs hexadecimal . . . . . just kidding. Bi...
by slipstick
Sat Oct 23, 2021 3:01 am
Forum: Open Chat
Topic: Off this morning for first covid 19 vaccine jab
Replies: 466
Views: 63344

Re: Off this morning for first covid 19 vaccine jab

I'm eligible for a booster shot but holding off for a bit to see if there are any reports of whether or not getting a different version of the vaccine than the original shots provides better immunity than sticking with the original. Interesting mask situation here. Most stores around here (Dallas co...
by slipstick
Mon Oct 18, 2021 6:49 pm
Forum: Open Chat
Topic: I Don't Like the Metric System
Replies: 76
Views: 9151

Re: I Don't Like the Metric System

All hail the "furlong per fortnight". :lol: And of course you have the avoirdupois, troy, and apothecary measurements with different quantities being called by the same name. 16 avoirdupois oz. per pound, but only 12 troy oz. per troy pound. An avoirdupois oz. is 437.5 grains, but a troy o...
by slipstick
Sat Oct 02, 2021 6:54 pm
Forum: Open Chat
Topic: "In the old days we...."
Replies: 275
Views: 28509

Re: "In the old days we...."

When I signed up for College classes in 'C', the "printer" punched holes in paper cards about 3 inches by 6 inches IIRC, that has been too long ago to remember. Here's my early computer experience (C was not even invented yet): https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?p=1250847#p1250847
by slipstick
Wed Sep 29, 2021 3:55 am
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: E O L message
Replies: 23
Views: 2153

Re: E O L message

What version of LM are you using? It may not really be out of date if the message comes up on your browser home page. I started receiving those messages on my Firefox browser a couple of weeks ago - think it was related to the new LM website layout. I am using LM 19.3 (Tricia) which is not EOL, but ...
by slipstick
Sat Sep 11, 2021 7:38 pm
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: (SOLVED) Migration Of Thunderbird Windows 10 (32 Bit) To Linux-Mint-Cinnamon (64-Bit)
Replies: 5
Views: 414

Re: Migration Of Thunderbird Windows 10 (32 Bit) To Linux-Mint-Cinnamon (64-Bit)

All your emails and configuration are in a folder with a name such as zxw2x4o8.default (yours will be different, but the suffix will be .default) in the .thunderbird folder. As I recall from years ago when I moved from Windows, I copied that folder and then modified the file profiles.ini , also in t...
by slipstick
Mon Aug 30, 2021 4:27 pm
Forum: Open Chat
Topic: Only in Texas....
Replies: 588
Views: 71783

Re: Only in Texas....

Link to train hitting truck carrying large wind turbine blade. Only in Texas !


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by slipstick
Tue Aug 17, 2021 3:01 pm
Forum: Open Chat
Topic: Only in Texas....
Replies: 588
Views: 71783

Re: Only in Texas....

I was working on my Utility enclosed trailer, and some Yellow Jackets had crawled through a screw hole, it was a tiny one too. He came out of the hole and hit my thumb so hard, I swear his stinger ended up in China :evil: Took a week for that to quit bothering me, took 3 days for it to subside low ...
by slipstick
Fri Aug 13, 2021 7:23 pm
Forum: Open Chat
Topic: <RANT> Affixing the French Air Quality sticker (CRIT'Air)
Replies: 12
Views: 1113

Re: <RANT> Affixing the French Air Quality sticker (CRIT'Air)

I was in TX in the late '60s to early '70s and experienced their safety inspections. Now that was a racket. Garage mechanics did the inspections and they would always find something to "fail" so they could sell you that something. Yes, for some strange reason, I always had at least one he...
by slipstick
Fri Aug 13, 2021 6:33 pm
Forum: Open Chat
Topic: <RANT> Affixing the French Air Quality sticker (CRIT'Air)
Replies: 12
Views: 1113

Re: <RANT> Affixing the French Air Quality sticker (CRIT'Air)

I hate window stickers! I have to put a registration sticker on my windshield every year - on the inside, down in the bottom corner on the drivers side. Trying to position the new one (hopefully right side up) without it "grabbing" onto the windshield before I am ready is tricky, but the w...

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