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LMMS not showing up in Menu.
Hello,
I installed LMMS onto Linux Mint Cinnamon 64-bit 18.2. But LMMS is not in the Menu. I have tried to install it a few times. Software Manager shows no green checkmark for LMMS. LMMS-common (the extra files) were installed more than once and show as installed. Other music, video, CD/DVD burning programs show up.
Can I look somewhere it is installed? Linux has a different set of directories than Windows, there isn't a Program Files folder it's called something else.
Thanks.
I installed LMMS onto Linux Mint Cinnamon 64-bit 18.2. But LMMS is not in the Menu. I have tried to install it a few times. Software Manager shows no green checkmark for LMMS. LMMS-common (the extra files) were installed more than once and show as installed. Other music, video, CD/DVD burning programs show up.
Can I look somewhere it is installed? Linux has a different set of directories than Windows, there isn't a Program Files folder it's called something else.
Thanks.
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Re: LMMS not showing up in Menu.
Odd. Maybe something different between 18 and 18.2, but I just tried it out, and it installed fine.
For location, you can type
(To get a quick count on your return results, just push Ctl+A, and read totals on the bottom bar.)
ps.. it also shows up in Menu, under Sound & Video.
For location, you can type
lmms
in to Nemo's search bar, and wait for search results to return. Should see many things lmms-related. The executable is in the /usr/bin folder, simply named "lmms." My results returned 5 folders/50 items. (To get a quick count on your return results, just push Ctl+A, and read totals on the bottom bar.)
ps.. it also shows up in Menu, under Sound & Video.
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Re: LMMS not showing up in Menu.
Not in usr/bin
Nemo search bar? In the Menu at the top? Nothing. Sound and Video, nothing.
Maybe they have not updated something with a Level 4 update to the kernel?
Nemo search bar? In the Menu at the top? Nothing. Sound and Video, nothing.
Maybe they have not updated something with a Level 4 update to the kernel?
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Re: LMMS not showing up in Menu.
If it doesn't seem to be installed at all, try installing one more time, then right away go look at your
/var/log/dpkg.log
, at the tail end, and read through the details. Also, look at /var/log/apt/history.log
, at the tail end, and see what the summary of the install attempt says. Should also be able to see the installation progress log in the tail end of /var/log/apt/term.log
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Re: LMMS not showing up in Menu.
I have re-intalled more than once. Nothing in the menu.
I do nto have permission to access the log's. How do I access them?
I do nto have permission to access the log's. How do I access them?
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Re: LMMS not showing up in Menu.
Can you open any log and read it (they will normally open in read-only mode)? For example, can you open/read /var/log/sys.log, or /var/log/kern.log? If not, then perhaps you have some permissions issues.
Is your User Account Type a Standard User, or Administrator?
What groups does your user account belong to (ie; "adm", "sudo"). Go to Menu --> Administration --> Users & Groups to look and see. Can you run this-->
Here's a snippet from a /var/log list; yours should be similar, with respect to the permissions on the left, the owners, and groups.
example...
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 0 Jan 29 06:25 mail.err
First three characters= permissions for the user that owns the file, second three characters= permissions for members of the group that owns the file, third set of three characters are permissions for all other users on the system. The r-- in blue means you can read them, if you belong to group "adm".
Hopefully this isn't going off in a totally wrong direction, but it's peculiar that you can't read log files. By the way, I'm guessing you've not had issues installing other programs? Have you tried creating a different user, and logging in/installing the LMMS program?
Regards,
Eric
Is your User Account Type a Standard User, or Administrator?
What groups does your user account belong to (ie; "adm", "sudo"). Go to Menu --> Administration --> Users & Groups to look and see. Can you run this-->
ls -l /var/log
in terminal, and post results back in a Code box? Here's a snippet from a /var/log list; yours should be similar, with respect to the permissions on the left, the owners, and groups.
Code: Select all
.....snipped...
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 1015352 Jan 30 16:46 kern.log
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 5184596 Jan 28 00:26 kern.log.1
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 611938 Jan 22 07:34 kern.log.2.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 416493 Jan 14 07:34 kern.log.3.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 393402 Jan 7 07:34 kern.log.4.gz
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 294336 Jan 25 20:04 lastlog
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 0 Jan 29 06:25 mail.err
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 3607 Jan 23 08:09 mail.err.1
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 830 Jan 20 23:29 mail.err.2.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 9964 Jan 30 16:00 mail.log
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 422206 Jan 29 00:00 mail.log.1
....snipped...
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 0 Jan 29 06:25 mail.err
First three characters= permissions for the user that owns the file, second three characters= permissions for members of the group that owns the file, third set of three characters are permissions for all other users on the system. The r-- in blue means you can read them, if you belong to group "adm".
Hopefully this isn't going off in a totally wrong direction, but it's peculiar that you can't read log files. By the way, I'm guessing you've not had issues installing other programs? Have you tried creating a different user, and logging in/installing the LMMS program?
Regards,
Eric
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Re: LMMS not showing up in Menu.
Only me and a guest account at this time. Administrator, groups: adm, cdrom, dip, lpadmin, plugdev, sambashare, sudo
I double clicked the log files. Should I be using the terminal?
All other programs worked, and extra packages or add-ons. All other audio-video prograams worked.
I don't know how to make those Code boxes for the forums, how can I?
I understand the idea about permissions, someone gave me a YouTube channel in another post. But I need to learn a little more to set everything.
ls -l /var/log
I double clicked the log files. Should I be using the terminal?
All other programs worked, and extra packages or add-ons. All other audio-video prograams worked.
I don't know how to make those Code boxes for the forums, how can I?
I understand the idea about permissions, someone gave me a YouTube channel in another post. But I need to learn a little more to set everything.
ls -l /var/log
Code: Select all
total 5524
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2291 Jan 24 15:09 alternatives.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1289 Dec 31 20:12 alternatives.log.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4444 Nov 20 01:23 alternatives.log.2.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 9 13:25 apt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Dec 1 05:43 aptitude
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 226 Jun 28 2017 aptitude.1.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 11771 Jan 30 16:37 auth.log
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 68729 Jan 30 10:03 auth.log.1
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 2934 Jan 22 10:36 auth.log.2.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 4578 Jan 17 03:41 auth.log.3.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 3654 Jan 9 13:25 auth.log.4.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3884 Jan 30 15:34 boot.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 60969 Jun 28 2017 bootstrap.log
-rw------- 1 root utmp 768 Jan 30 10:01 btmp
-rw------- 1 root utmp 768 Jan 9 09:05 btmp.1
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Oct 24 2015 chkrootkit
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 9 13:25 ConsoleKit
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 30 10:06 cups
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 31 Jun 28 2017 dmesg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 349591 Jan 29 20:18 dpkg.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 248473 Dec 31 20:41 dpkg.log.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 167827 Dec 1 05:42 dpkg.log.2.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 32032 Nov 19 22:17 faillog
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6840 Nov 20 01:23 fontconfig.log
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 28 2017 fsck
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1966 Jan 30 15:34 gpu-manager.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 40 Nov 19 22:45 gufw.log
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jun 28 2017 hp
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 19 22:23 installer
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 370017 Jan 30 16:40 kern.log
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 1379261 Jan 30 10:06 kern.log.1
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 123567 Jan 22 10:36 kern.log.2.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 190586 Jan 17 03:43 kern.log.3.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 30066 Jan 9 13:25 kern.log.4.gz
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 292292 Nov 19 22:17 lastlog
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 30 10:06 lightdm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2595 Jan 30 15:35 mintsystem.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 783 Nov 19 23:23 mintsystem.timestamps
drwxr-xr-x 2 ntp ntp 4096 Apr 5 2017 ntpstats
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2550 Jan 22 10:56 pm-powersave.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8202 Jan 22 10:56 pm-suspend.log
drwxr-x--- 2 root adm 4096 May 20 2017 samba
drwx------ 2 speech-dispatcher root 4096 Feb 18 2016 speech-dispatcher
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 470623 Jan 30 16:40 syslog
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 737936 Jan 30 10:06 syslog.1
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 30645 Jan 29 09:38 syslog.2.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 111562 Jan 26 10:35 syslog.3.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 67298 Jan 24 12:54 syslog.4.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 55449 Jan 22 10:36 syslog.5.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 46980 Jan 20 16:27 syslog.6.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 55177 Jan 19 04:27 syslog.7.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 152546 Jan 30 16:40 ufw.log
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 395519 Jan 30 10:06 ufw.log.1
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 57149 Jan 22 10:36 ufw.log.2.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 27033 Jan 17 03:43 ufw.log.3.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 5157 Jan 9 13:24 ufw.log.4.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 19 2016 upstart
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 56448 Jan 30 15:37 wtmp
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 17664 Jan 9 09:05 wtmp.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 41110 Jan 30 15:35 Xorg.0.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 41863 Jan 30 15:22 Xorg.0.log.old
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Re: LMMS not showing up in Menu.
You should be able to right-click on them, and open with TextEditor or gedit if you have it. Alternatively, while in the /var/log folder, you can right-click, and then select "open in terminal." Do a
ls
command in terminal to see contents list of folders/files. Then, try sudo xed dpkg.log
, (or whatever file you want to view) enter your password, and see if it will open that way. You should be able to read these log files. Afraid I'm running out of ideas here, other than trying to install LMMS on a new user account with proper rights. Your permissions lists appears correct.Custom Antec Outside tower w/Mint 20.2
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Re: LMMS not showing up in Menu.
I will try what you are saying powerwagon75 and post the results after.
I was wondering about the permissions lists from a newbie perspective. Is my system currently more vulnerable and should I change some of the permissions? From what videos I watched and what I read, I think I should limit everyone, all other esxtra accoutns and everything down to read and write (unless default is only read), except the administrator(s). Any suggestions or tips?
I was wondering about the permissions lists from a newbie perspective. Is my system currently more vulnerable and should I change some of the permissions? From what videos I watched and what I read, I think I should limit everyone, all other esxtra accoutns and everything down to read and write (unless default is only read), except the administrator(s). Any suggestions or tips?
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Re: LMMS not showing up in Menu.
The system permissions in Linux Mint have very reasonable settings, and as such should not normally need to be modified.
Do you plan on having a lot of users on your machine that you don't know/trust? For maximum user privacy, you can follow the excerpt below to change individual users permissions to 700 (users can only access their own home folders)
For /home/your_users:
...home directories- The users' home directories are important because you do not want other users to be able to view and modify the files in another user's documents of desktop. To remedy this you will want the directory to have the drwx______ (700) permissions, so lets say we want to enforce the correct permissions on the user user1's home directory that can be done by issuing the command chmod 700 /home/user1....
(from this webpage: https://www.linux.com/learn/understandi ... ermissions )
If the other potential users are just ordinary users (browsing, file editing, email, etc...and not installing software programs), then in Menu --> Administration --> Users & Groups you can also, per-user as you see fit, make sure they are Standard users, and ensure that sudo is not listed in their Groups.
Do you plan on having a lot of users on your machine that you don't know/trust? For maximum user privacy, you can follow the excerpt below to change individual users permissions to 700 (users can only access their own home folders)
For /home/your_users:
...home directories- The users' home directories are important because you do not want other users to be able to view and modify the files in another user's documents of desktop. To remedy this you will want the directory to have the drwx______ (700) permissions, so lets say we want to enforce the correct permissions on the user user1's home directory that can be done by issuing the command chmod 700 /home/user1....
(from this webpage: https://www.linux.com/learn/understandi ... ermissions )
If the other potential users are just ordinary users (browsing, file editing, email, etc...and not installing software programs), then in Menu --> Administration --> Users & Groups you can also, per-user as you see fit, make sure they are Standard users, and ensure that sudo is not listed in their Groups.
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Re: LMMS not showing up in Menu.
Hi "SyncroScales",
As you already know "LMMS " is in the Software Manager or Synaptic Package Manager (SPM), but you can also download their AppImage file from the link below.
LMMS • Download
https://lmms.io/download/#linux
I do not know why LMMS does not show up in your menus, but you can remove it completely (purge it), then reinstall it.
Hope this helps ...
As you already know "LMMS " is in the Software Manager or Synaptic Package Manager (SPM), but you can also download their AppImage file from the link below.
LMMS • Download
https://lmms.io/download/#linux
I do not know why LMMS does not show up in your menus, but you can remove it completely (purge it), then reinstall it.
Hope this helps ...
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Re: LMMS not showing up in Menu.
This is the correct answer. I'm one of the lmms developers (used to be a mod here, years ago...).phd21 wrote:...but you can also download their AppImage file from the link below.
LMMS • Download
https://lmms.io/download/#linux
lmms-1.2 is almost done baking and the Beta, currently lmms-1.2.0-rc5, is more stable than 1.1.3 which is in most linux repoitories.
I also recommend installing appimaged which is a daemon that detects AppImages and ensures they show up in the menu.
https://discourse.appimage.org/t/new-ap ... -system/87
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Re: LMMS not showing up in Menu.
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Re: LMMS not showing up in Menu.
After installing, reboot. Some apps don't show up in the Menu until you reboot.
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Re: LMMS not showing up in Menu.
Joe2Shoe: Yes. I do this.
phd21: Thank you. I'll check it out.
dagon: I will give this a try. Does my situation have anything to do with a more recent kernel I have updated and Linux Mint Cinnamon 18.2? Or just the beta you mention and the repositories?
powerwagon75: Currently I am the only user on my machine. I am thinking about security issues and how I might have to install TeamView onto someone's machine and what I will have to do when I setup my profile (or theirs) to make it easier to access and update or fix their system. And to be able to double check someone system if I help them install Linux.
phd21: Thank you. I'll check it out.
dagon: I will give this a try. Does my situation have anything to do with a more recent kernel I have updated and Linux Mint Cinnamon 18.2? Or just the beta you mention and the repositories?
powerwagon75: Currently I am the only user on my machine. I am thinking about security issues and how I might have to install TeamView onto someone's machine and what I will have to do when I setup my profile (or theirs) to make it easier to access and update or fix their system. And to be able to double check someone system if I help them install Linux.
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Re: LMMS not showing up in Menu.
Hi
1.) For LMMS the developer is recommending downloading and using the AppImage file because they are updating that.
2.)
Alternatives to TeamViewer
viewtopic.php?f=47&t=262529
Hope this helps ...
1.) For LMMS the developer is recommending downloading and using the AppImage file because they are updating that.
2.)
There is a recent post on using Teamviewer's archive file as a portable option which workes great! Teamviewer is superb and one of, if not, the best remote control application available.SyncroScales wrote: Currently I am the only user on my machine. I am thinking about security issues and how I might have to install TeamView onto someone's machine and what I will have to do when I setup my profile (or theirs) to make it easier to access and update or fix their system. And to be able to double check someone system if I help them install Linux.
Alternatives to TeamViewer
viewtopic.php?f=47&t=262529
Hope this helps ...
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Re: LMMS not showing up in Menu.
I don't know. I haven't heard of any menu issues recently. I have lmms-1.1.3 installed from the Ubuntu repositories and it works just fine.SyncroScales wrote:dagon: I will give this a try. Does my situation have anything to do with a more recent kernel I have updated and Linux Mint Cinnamon 18.2? Or just the beta you mention and the repositories?