Hi all , or in dutch , Hoi ieder .
That will tell straight away I'm a , dutch , old fool . But I'm also using , old and fool on purpose . Please let me explain . As a 60 year old , former teacher , I had my education in the early 80's and started out as a male kindergarden teacher . So most of my carierre I spent between , lets call it , pre-computer age children ( maybe not anymore , but it was back then ) and later , when I started teaching older children , for example , computer-lessons , the 12 year olds were way more computer-savvy then I ever was ! So for these lessons , the teacher/pupil part was utterly turned around ( offcourse for a good teacher , teaching and learning is always a two or more way process , or even better , a way of life and it never stops ) and made my computer-education lets say , scetchy at best , since the 12 year olds , back then didn't know mutch about computers either . Now this was not really ever a problem , for , then there was Windows and not even the teacher needed to know anything about computers any more and you all now know , why , I use the word , fool
If only windows had not turned out being a problem in it self , then there would not have been a cloud and no silver lining , in the form of meeting this community .
Linux so far , has saved me from the continous frustration of my windows years , but also made clear the gaps in my computer knowledge .That and the fact that you are never to old to learn , is what brings me to this forum .
Cherish your inner child , or in dutch , koester het kind in jezelf .
Antoon .
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there is no such thing as an "old fool" - just those who won't learn new stuff.
& there is also lots of Ex Windows Users about these parts.
Please edit your original post title to include [SOLVED] - when your problem is solved!
and DO LOOK at those Unanswered Topics - - you may be able to answer some!.
Thanks Pierre ,
Offcourse there is no such thing as an "old fool" , but it is my way off telling , that the gaps in my knowledge are more or less profound and sometimes even astounding , For example , I learned how to , copy/paste , only just the other day ! But I'll be fine , no worry's .
Antoon .
Welcome aboard antoona! You sound like a bloody good teacher! I'm sure your charges, over the years still look back on their time with you fondly. Welcome to the world of Linux.
Fully mint Household Out of my mind - please leave a message
Welcome Antoon from an even older fool. I have been retreaded (an old auto tire saying) a few times and now learning C++, Python and Linux (in retirement).
antoonna wrote: ⤴Tue Jan 01, 2019 9:39 am Please let me explain . As a 60 year old , former teacher
Old? When you grow up and become old you'll know how to do things Why so rude? Being a decade and a half older, and possibly greyer too I've got to feel superior - Sorry, just flaunting what's left of my grey hair. At your age it was Susie or Knoppix for me and I had to wait for Mint to come along and be a totally versatile bit of software.
As for Windows, unless you were working on machine code (yes, did that) Windows was basically the only thing in town - as they say.
Computers - think of it (and software) as a way of keeping the brain active, mental exercise. That or crossword puzzles.
Copy and paste, I suggest learning a maximum of 5 things (a handful) Ctrl X, Ctrl C, Ctrl V - cut, copy, paste. The other two things? Possibly Ctrl Z to go back a step - when you didn't want to do what you did. And the fifth one? Any suggestions?
Hoi WharfRat, ( or RollyShed , or Anybody ? )
It completely escapes me what is so rude about calling myself an idiot , espescially when I explain , I just , feel , like an idiot , when trying to convey my problems in a language that is not my mother tongue and being a windows addict . Meaning I have had NO prior experience , what so ever with , any form of computercode .
Now , being new to Linux , Firefox , Mozilla and Hexchat , I'm experiencing mayor problems ( nothing works well in Firefox , not even e-mail ( protonmail ! ) and it is getting worse by the minute ) and when I try to get help on Hex ( for weeks now ), nobody seems to take any reponsibillity for helping me , more then 3 minutes . Witch offcourse is just not long enough . And when I ask somebody : Sorry , but , do you have to go in the next few minutes ? ( Witch at that point happened more then 5 times allready )The answer was , GO TROLL SOMEWHERE ELSE ! Now I'm NOT an idiot and I do know what that means . ( btw I've not been warned or anything , by a moderator ) Then the 2d issue I'm experiencing , is the fact that , in this "3 minutes" , that people have time for me , I also have to explain , my problem(s) over and over again , for they are new people every time , or , because they are chatting on 5 different sites at the same time , to 10 different people . And then last but not least , by calling myself an idiot , I was also trying to provoce , lets just say , the simplest answer first . Now I have to admit , there I failed miserably as well . But I DO NOT KNOW the simplest answer , now do I ? And I'll give you an example . My first try on Hex , I said , Can somebody , please , help me , my YouTube video's are stopping and going all the time , it drives me mad . ( btw not just YouTube but , films , tv , live-streaming , everything keeps on stopping and going , ON Firefox ) Now , people where very nice and helpfull , even patient with me , learned me , how and where to put in computercode and stuff , Gave me all sorts off commands to try out , but the problem kept getting worse ( I have 100 or more pages , faults logged by now , I've learned that to ) , but no one told me , " just download , Google chrome and play YouTube in there " , witch by now , I've learned myself , is the simplest and only , working solution to my stop and go problem . In Google , ( btw , my 5th suggestion , as RollyShed asked ) YouTube works fine , I even have the subtitles back , witch is very important to me , for I'm also a deaf person by now . ( not just , an idiot ).
Oke , RollyShed , WharfRat , thank you for your reaction , sorry for not knowing who , Susie and Knoppix are , thanks for teaching me a alternative way off , copying and pasting , But could you , please , tell me , where or how , I get help with a total computer clean up ? Or , where or how , do I get rid off , all these pages with faults , that by now , are even invading Google ! And by now I also know I should not use capitals , BUT I NEED HELP ! I'm getting desperate !
So , thanks , all , for giving me a warm welcome , here below . I am very sorry to have to dampen your enthusiasm for Linux , Firefox , Mozilla and Hexchat ,
but by now , I am in bigger trouble then I ever was , in bloody windows AND I am getting less and worse help with my computer problems , then from a bloody indian/microsoft/callcenter !
Deep , deep . sigh !
Hello Antoon,
As you found out, the IRC chat (that can be reached though Hexchat) is not the best option for cases that take a little longer to solve. You'll get better results from posting your questions on this forum.
Suse and Knoppix are different distributions (= versions) of Linux.
Can you tell us about 'all these pages with faults' on your computer? Where are you seeing them?
If your issue is solved, kindly indicate that by editing the first post in the topic, and adding [SOLVED] to the title. Thanks!
Hoi Moem ,
Toen ik die pagina's zag in de hectiek van Hex , had ik ook nog maar net kennis gemaakt met de terminal , zelfs net wat commando's gekopieerd ,
Ik dacht dus dat ik ze , daar had gezien en dat zorgde voor de nodige paniek bij mij . Ik dacht dat er echt niks meer aan te doen was , tenminste voor mij .
Nu , in alle rust , blijkt het , de logboeken , te zijn . Die zijn ook enig sinds te lezen , voor mij , niet alleen maar computercode en dan blijkt het toch allemaal minder erg . Je ziet ook wat de laptop gewoon al moet doen , van minuut tot minuut en daarom dacht ik dus met meer dan 100 pagina's problemen te zitten .
Ik probeer de bladzijde's , belangrijk , te downloaden , dat lukt denk ik maar bij 1 . Die ga ik nu hier proberen toe te voegen
Geen flauw idee of en wat er gelukt is , ik kan niks meer terug vinden , hier . Als het goed is heb ik alles wat ik kan vinden , aan downloads van nu vanmiddag 2x meegestuurd , maar ik , kan ze niet hier meer vinden . Even voorbeeld kijken .
Dat voorbeeld kijken pikt , de site , niet en als ik hem indien , gooit hij de tekst een beetje door elkaar , dus ik heb hem nu weer "terug genomen" en ik ga nu het hele proces , belangrijke pagina's downloaden in bestand , bestand als bijlage meesturen , gewoon nog een keer doen , want ik kan nergens die eerdere bestanden , hier meer vinden .
Nou voor een derde keer weer een beetje anders geprobeerd , maar ik zie hier maar niks aankomen .
Ik weet het niet meer , maar geen paniek , ik ga nu maar rustig , jouw/iemands reactie afwachten en blijf de site checken , laturs jongens .
Husselt de site de ingediende tekst , opnieuw ... koester het kind in jezelf
Voor de 4 de keer terug , wat de site nu ( of mijn laptop ? ) doet is , mijn in het Nederlands geschreven tekst vertalen in het Engels en daarna in mijn voorbeeld het weer in het Nederlands terug vertalen . ( ik snapte dat husselen al niet ) , maar ik kan nu echt niet meer beoordelen , wat voor een tekst , jullie nu te zien gaan krijgen , dus nu maar gewoon ... hapje eten ... Koester het kind in jezelf ... Antoon .
Dag later opnieuw geprobeerd die fout pagina´s toe te voegen , maar ik zie ze hier maar niet verschijnen , kan iemand me vertellen wat ik fout doe ?
De gehusselde tekst was gewoon aan en uit springende Google vertaal , is nu uit , maar ik weet niet waarom die dat deed ?antoon@antoon-Compaq-CQ58-Notebook-PC:~$ inxi -h
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2 Networking card (-N), Machine (-M) data, if present, Battery
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version
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info line (kernel support,read ahead, raid events). If present,
adds unused device line. Resync line, shows progress bar.
-S Display manager (dm) in desktop output, if in X (like kdm, gdm3,
lightdm).
-w -W Humidity, barometric pressure.
-@ 11-14 Automatically uploads debugger data tar.gz file to
ftp.techpatterns.com. EG: inxi -xx@14
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not short form):
-B chemistry, cycles, location (if available).
-m Width of memory bus, data and total (if present and greater than
data); Detail, if present, for Type; module voltage, if
available.
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-w -W Location (uses -z/irc filter), weather observation time, wind
chill, heat index, dew point (shows extra lines for data where
relevant).
-y Required extra option: integer, 80 or greater. Set the output line
width max. Overrides IRC/Terminal settings or actual widths. If used
with -h, put -y option first. Example: inxi -y 130
-z Security filters for IP/Mac addresses, location, user home directory
name. Default on for irc clients.
-Z Absolute override for output filters. Useful for debugging networking
issues in irc for example.
Additional Options:
-h --help This help menu.
-H This help menu, plus developer options. Do not use dev options
in normal operation!
--recommends Checks inxi application dependencies + recommends, and
directories, then shows what package(s) you need to install to
add support for that feature.
-V --version inxi version information. Prints information then exits.
Debugging Options:
-% Overrides defective or corrupted data.
-@ Triggers debugger output. Requires debugging level 1-14 (8-10 - logging
of data). Less than 8 just triggers inxi debugger output on screen.
1-7 On screen debugger output
8 Basic logging
9 Full file/sys info logging
10 Color logging.
The following create a tar.gz file of system data, plus collecting the
inxi output to file. To automatically upload debugger data tar.gz file
to ftp.techpatterns.com: inxi -xx@ <11-14>
For alternate ftp upload locations:
Example: inxi -! ftp.yourserver.com/incoming -xx@ 14
11 With data file of tree traverse read of /sys.
12 With xorg conf and log data, xrandr, xprop, xdpyinfo, glxinfo etc.
13 With data from dev, disks, partitions, etc., plus /sys tree
traverse data file.
14 Everything, full data collection.
Advanced Options:
-! 31 Turns off hostname in output. Useful if showing output from servers etc.
-! 32 Turns on hostname in output. Overrides global B_SHOW_HOST='false'
-! 33 Forces use of dmidecode data instead of /sys where relevant (-M).
-! 34 Skips SSL certificate checks for all downloader activies
(wget/fetch/curl only). Must go before other options.
-! 40 Will try to get display data out of X. Default gets it from display :0.
If you use this format: -! 40:1 it would get it from display 1 instead,
or any display you specify as long as there is no space between -! 40
and the :[display-number].
-! 41 Bypass curl as a downloader option.
-! 42 Bypass fetch as a downloader option.
-! 43 Bypass wget as a downloader option.
-! 44 Bypass curl, fetch, and wget as a downloader options. Forces Perl if
HTTP::Tiny present.
antoon@antoon-Compaq-CQ58-Notebook-PC:~$
Ik heb maar iets gedaan uit de regels van het forum , inxi -h , moest iets opleveren waardoor iemand zou begrijpen wat er mis was , ik vond het al knap van mezelf dat ik dat hier op de pagina heb weten te krijgen , maar ik weet mijn god niet wat ik er mee aan moet , wat het voorstelt , of iemand er iets mee kan , en al helemaal niet of ik er mee van mijn problemen af kom ?
Als ik systeem informatie probeer op te halen met , als hierboven beschreven , -S , zegt hij , command not found
Er moest inxi voor .
Host: antoon-Compaq-CQ58-Notebook-PC Kernel: 4.15.0-43-generic x86_64
bits: 64
Desktop: Cinnamon 3.8.9 Distro: Linux Mint 19 Tara
De volgorde zal wel niet kloppen , maar ik weet niet hoe ik de tekst van volgorde kan veranderen , kan iemand me helpen ?
Koester het kind in jezelf , antoon .
Weer een latere poging
Als het goed is volgt er nu iets uit de logboeken
[pulseaudio] bluez5-util.c: GetManagedObjects() failed: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
Uit het hoofdstukje , belangrijk , maar mij zegt het niets
antoon .
