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I've recently installed Linux Mint Mate 19.1 64 bit on laptops and desktops and had a peculiar message appear whilst addressing the / partition installation, which on both occasions ha been formatted as ext4 file system & /. The 1st occurrence of peculiar message, which referred to shrinking the par...

Early in April I needed to review and email I'd sent and discovered I had NO Sent emails as all! I'm not in the habit of turning back to Sent emails, hence I've got no idea how long this situation has been present. However I did not that Thunderbird was updated on 29 March 2019. I've been able to es...

Thanks fabien85 & hcentaur13, much appreciated

G'day! I've got a problem in establishing a Folder on an external hard drive formatted in ext4 which auto mounts. I can establish a Folder in the same situation that's formatted in Fat32 just by clicking on the panel. However I can't achieve that simplicity with a partition formatted in ext4. So, ho...

Hi phd21 Well no. Have sorted out a few issues and have now got The ext HDD auto booting with a Laptop_BU folder. However I now have the following issue - Backup Failed Permission denied when trying to create '/duplicity-full.2018102T062448Z.vol1.difftar.gz I'm struggling with cdmod permission expre...

Hi phd21 Sorry to worry you, it's only the Windows data in the $ sudo lsblk -a, $ sudo lsblk -f and $ sudo fdisk -l outputs that I deleted - just to keep the size down. :twisted: Of the 9 partitions, 6 are Windows: sda1 Basic data ntfs sda2 EFI system fat32 /boot/efi sda3 Microsoft reserved unknown ...

Hi PHD21 I have Linux Mint 18.3 MATE 64 dual booted with Windows 8, hence the 9 partitions. As requested: I've removed the Windows info from each. ~ $ sudo lsblk -a NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT loop1 7:1 0 0 loop sdb 8:16 0 298.1G 0 disk └─sdb1 8:17 0 298.1G 0 part /mnt/wwn-0x50014ee2ad5f...

PHD21 - as requested current output of: ~ $ cat /etc/fstab # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a # device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices # that works even if disks are added and removed. See f...

Thanks pdf21 for the intro to this aspect of Disks abilities. However, I haven't been successful in gaining access to the ext HDD, in fact am getting deeper into a hole. When I respond to Deja-dup's request for the ext HDD to be connected, on doing so I get the message: Device /dev/sdb1 is already m...

Having some fun and games trying to setup a backup using Deja-dup with an external hard drive formatted in ext4. When Deja-dup high lights a backup is required, I plug in the external hard drive, that mount auto and after a delay I receive the following message: Permission denied when trying to crea...

Thanks sdibaja & WhalfRat, much appreciated. Couldn't see the wood for the trees

How can I determine the UUid for a disk and / or partition?

I was running Linux Mint 18.3 64 bit and relying on WiFi from a mobile phone hot spot. Looks like I was a bit quick in determining I had no access to the internet. I used Firefox which didn't indicate it was looking for a server, hence my conclusion - no access to the internet. However, I later acce...

Thanks AZgl1500 and catweazel for the feedback, much appreciated.

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catweazel wrote » Sun Sep 16, 2018 1:06 pm In the short term that might be ok just to get you going, but longer-term you'll expose yourself to security issues. It would be best if you got the latest kernel functioning properly with your hardware. Catweazel, you have my attention! Went from kernel 4...

Thanks AZgl1500 for the feedback.
I've got it sorted by stepping back through kernel until I've found one that is compatible with my WiFi.
All good.

Have booted this laptop from a live Ubuntu 16.04 64 bit USB ( kernel 4.4.0-21-generic #37 ) and established WiFi via a mobile phone hot spot. I've run JeremyB's Wireless Script with results at http://termbin.com/bjf1 all from live Ubuntu 16.04, ie accessing Linux Mint Forums and updating same. So, w...

For a permanent fix you need to remove the higher numbered kernel so that your now functional kernel is top of the list and will be selected auto when you boot. For starters in Terminal uname -a note the kernel number - write it down. Select Update Manager > View > Linux kernel > Note Caution > Cont...

The notebook sees the available WiFi sources but doesn't provide the login box to allow log on, yet with a hot spot WiFi source it provides the log in box but I still can't access the internet. I running Linux Miint 18.1 Cinnamon. HP-Pavilion-dm1-Notebook-PC ~ $ inxi -Fxz System: Host: HP-Pavilion-d...

by AZgl1500 if you delete the last used connections, you should be able to click on the WiFi signals showing and asked for a password. as that is an Intel Wireless adapter, it should have the drivers in the kernel. Back from kernel 4.4.0-134 to 4.4.0-133. No change. No WiFi site showing up & 1: ace...