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Posted by: trinidad - 02-11-2017, 05:39 PM - Forum: Security & Bug Fixes
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This is not a bug, just a brief mention of a recent test with a dual boot (Windows 10, LL) machine. The Ubu rescue disk does not pick up the LL description entry in grub correctly. Had to enter it manually after I purposely crashed Windows 10 into BSOD by interrupting updates with a hard shutdown in order to make it necessary to reinstall Windows boot to MBR to get out of recovery mode. Don't recommend Ubu for recovery for LL lost boot on dual boot Windows 10. Also LL live disk method recovers LL boot but only reverts to BSOD boot for Windows 10. Supergrub 2 (Rescatux) recovered LL boot correctly but also sent Windows back to BSOD (pointed to stalled recovery again.) Made me chuckle at myself a little at that point, realizing immediately both had actually recovered the grub menu. In dual boot certain Windows BSOD situations, those that require restoring Windows MBR, even though grub still remains there, most users will have to enter grub entries for LL manually from the grub menu, or a terminal if they want their Windows boot to remain unchanged. Rescue disks will only muck things up. It is easier for new users to keep a copy of the LL grub config file to refer to. I have often thought that a minimal fat32 partition could be setup at installation to store grub text entries for later use by inexperienced users with dual boot situations. Even though I can edit grub from Windows 10 if necessary new users of course would not be able to. I don't think the most commonly used rescue disks are good for new users dual booting with Windows 10 when BSOD situations occur with Windows because their failure will generally cause the users to purchase unnecessary Windows repair tools in order to fix their systems. I don't think we should recommend methods that encourage more income for MS. Also since Windows 10, most of the advice about mounted partitions and flags is bunk and changing them with NTFS tools from Linux will not pull Windows 10 out of BSOD recovery mode boot, just reproduce it infinitely. BSOD mode is a post grub menu, switched MBR mode. All that is needed is a Windows 7,8, or 10 install disk to reinstall the MBR which it finds immediately, not more MS purchases, but of course that ruins the LL grub boot menu entry because Windows does not recognize ext4 partitions though it does recognize the grub menu already there in its MBR. Easiest to keep a copy of LL's grub menu entry. Also root continues to be a nuisance in Ubu recovery instances, and the no passwd root terminal does not work anymore. There is a certain insane paranoia about personal (in the room) security seizing developers these days for no good reason. Makes sense for some countries I guess, but it is an absolutely false and trivial suggestion that taking away these normal nix repair tools is an improvement to OS security. Nothing is better than encryption period. Everything else is a waste of time, and becoming a nuisance for IT people, and one that costs ordinary users more money. Desktop Linux should get off the stupid in the room security bandwagon altogether, and just advise encryption for security. What can the inexperienced user do with Ubu, but create a root user and password in advance, and of course that scares away most users because of the error messages when doing so. LL should get on its own bandwagon and eliminate this issue in its distro. It is simply NOT a security issue for Desktop Linux.
TC
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Posted by: artemka - 02-11-2017, 02:19 PM - Forum: Other
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I am hoping someone can help me
I have an Asus Eee PC netbook which, between being nagged by Microsoft into a failed Windows 10 upgrade and then being abandoned by Asus, had no OS or desktop - the device was essentially dead. I ran 'Darik's Boot and Nuke' overnight which wiped the entire hard drive of everything, that got me a functioning machine - I burned Linux Lite onto a DVD using another computer, plugged in a USB DVD player into the netbook and quickly installed Linux Lite. I moved flawlessly onto the internet for updates, optional software etc and was really happy
However, when I restart it keeps asking me to plug in bootable media and hit any key. The boot up settings in BIOS are the hard drive first then the USB port. If I plug in the DVD drive 'bootable media' it reinstalls the Linux Lite from the start. So at the moment it only works until I switch the netbook off, then I have to start over
It seems that the Linux Lite has, somehow, not become bootable from the HDD ... any ideas ? I am certain I have done something wrong somewhere but have no clue on how to progress
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| Scanning Software Fails To Scan |
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Posted by: PinStripe - 02-10-2017, 07:57 PM - Forum: Installing Software
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Hello,
I have an HP Laser Jet Pro MFP M225DW and today I went to scan a document and it says Failed To Scan - Unable to connect to scanner.
The printer works fine. Why is it that I cannot scan a document?
Please help
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| Microphone Base Silence? |
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Posted by: Chev - 02-10-2017, 02:55 AM - Forum: Sound
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So I'm running multiple machines with Linux Lite and all of them we're having issues getting the microphone base silence to remain static; if it gets too loud, it jumps up to try to compensate for it - this is incredibly counterproductive for what we're trying to do. The machines are all generally POS, but they work just well enough for what we want them to do.
We're running 3.2, but I'm not positive if it's Final or not. Does anyone know how to force the Silence base to remain where we want it?
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| File Manager Search Utility |
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Posted by: seasoned_geek - 02-09-2017, 04:19 PM - Forum: On Topic
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It would be nice if the powers that be would dump whatever the current file manager is and adopt _any_ other file manager. Dolphin would be my preference since it has anything. Catfish seems to have less than a 60% chance of actually finding anything, especially if what you need is on a WD MyCloud or other network storage device. Dolphin seems to always find it. At any rate, having to open a different application just to search for a file is cumbersome.
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Posted by: transadd - 02-09-2017, 10:47 AM - Forum: Suggestions and Feedback
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Hi
Thanks to all who made it possible with Linux Lite 3.2 to keep my original MBR and install grub on the boot directory.
Regards
John
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Posted by: Learning - 02-09-2017, 04:10 AM - Forum: Introductions
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Hello,
My name is Dan. i was thirty years a furniture maker, so I did not grow up with computers. Eventually I taught myself AutoCAD so i could start designing furniture instead of spending my days on the workbench, though I truly loved working the bench. When the industry tanked and I had to look for a living elsewhere, with no college degree and little money, I decided to go into computers as there are computers in every industry and profession. Thus, I studied and earned MCP, MCSE, and MCOE certifications from Microsoft. Now I am working as one of two IT personnel in a company that uses about 220 computers and servers, all one version of Windows or another from 2000 through Windows 10 and Server 2012.
I have played with Linux a little here and there; used Ubuntu a little and Linux Mint a couple of times; always on a very slow and old laptop with 512 RAM or less. Have tried to learn bash shell commands but have not been very successful....yet. Have played with MAC some because our website guy uses one and I have to make it work with our Windows servers, etc.
Thlis laptop I ended up with when doing a data xfer for someone and they were going to toss it to the garbage because it had Vista. I took it and loaded LL 3.2 on it and here I am, hoping to learn, and to become Microsoft free, at least in my personal life. I am tired of being nickle/dimed by MSFT, and having them monitoring every keystroke and have Cortana tell me "she" can do everyting for me.
So i picked "Learning" for my moniker because that is what I hope to be doing here!
Oh, BTW-If you haven't noticed...I can be a little verbose...
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