Real Noob Question

[sparker781]

Hey

Thanks for stopping by. I recently dual booted Windows 7 and Linux Mint. Things are going okay with a few exceptions. I have no idea what happened to my mouse pointer...Can't seem to get it to come up. Secondly the lower right hand corner the day is in greek and the time is somehow in 24 hour format not 12 hour format. I need some help here...

Thanks

[WharfRat]

Hey

Thanks for stopping by. I recently dual booted Windows 7 and Linux Mint. Things are going okay with a few exceptions. I have no idea what happened to my mouse pointer...Can't seem to get it to come up. Secondly the lower right hand corner the day is in greek and the time is somehow in 24 hour format not 12 hour format. I need some help here...

Thanks

What kind of mouse do you have, wired/wireless and where is it plugged in.

The calendar problem is minor, but you need to right-click on it to set the preferences.

One more thing -open the terminal application and paste back the output of;

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ls -l /etc/localtime 

[sparker781]

Logitech Wireless mouse and keyboard. I can hit the CTRL key and make a little light pop up to show me where the cursor should be...How do I fix the calendar issue?

[sparker781]

Here is what came back after running htat command:

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2245 Jul 6 2013 /etc/localtime

The mouse thing seems to have corrected itself after I logged off and then back on. The english that wasn't there before is now correct however the time is still showing in 24 hour military format....

[WharfRat]

Here is what came back after running htat command:

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2245 Jul 6 2013 /etc/localtime

The mouse thing seems to have corrected itself after I logged off and then back on. The english that wasn't there before is now correct however the time is still showing in 24 hour military format....

I use the Logitech mouse/keyboard combo with my laptop - can't take the touchpad when I don't have to use it

If you right-click on the calendar applet you'll get a dialog box - click on the general tab and you'll see the choice for 12 24 hour display

Good luck

[sparker781]

Right Click doesn't seem to be an option....I right click and nothing

[WharfRat]

Right Click doesn't seem to be an option....I right click and nothing

Can you right-click on the FF mint forum page and get a context menu

[sparker781]

yes i can

[WharfRat]

yes i can

Are you using the mate or cinnamon desktop and are you sure you're clicking on the calendar applet

If you're using mate do you get a context menu when you right-click on the bottom panel near the task bar

[sparker781]

cinammon desktop. im pretty sure im right clicking on the calendar applet. when i right click on the taskbar i get the following options:

settings

troubleshoot

panel edit mode

panel settings

add applets to the panel

[WharfRat]

sparker781,

OK, just wanted to make sure the mouse was functioning properly. Apparently there's nuanced differences between the mate and cinnamon desktops.

Try menu, administration, time & date. I suspect you'll find something there

You might have to hunt around a little for other setting preferences.

[sparker781]

ok....under administration there is no date and time option...got any other ideas?

[WharfRat]

ok....under administration there is no date and time option...got any other ideas?

Sorry, since I don't have cinnamon I'm at a loss.

[Sopwith_Camel]

Hi sparker781,

Right-click on the taskbar, then left-click on Settings > All settings > Calendar (you can also get straight to here by just left-clicking on the calendar applet, then on Date and Time settings).

In Date format for the panel, change %H to %l [lower-case l] - you should then be back on the 12-hour clock.