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  Can Linux LIte OS be repaired
Posted by: Colin23erk - 01-26-2016, 11:42 PM - Forum: Installing Linux Lite - Replies (10)

Can Linux Lite OS be repaired without uninstalling etc
I have a problem with Open Office Writer etc. When Writer is opened the Program Flash screen shows briefly then nothing
[/size]The only reference I found was  https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+so...tion/60838
In spite of lots of help the only solution by the OP was to reinstall Ubuntu

I have tried Purging both LibreOffice and OpenOffice and reinstalled OpenOffice but the problem still occurs,
The same problem does not occur on another Linux-lite 2.6  installation  on another computer .

I would like to avoid having to install Linux-lite from scratch

Colin

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  Missing Left Bracket
Posted by: pauloz - 01-26-2016, 03:08 AM - Forum: Other - Replies (10)

Hello.

I'm noticing when I want to type a left bracket i.e. SHIFT 9 on my keyboard, it does not display, no matter what program I'm using. I use this quite often so it's rather annoying. It was working previously when I had Linux Mint Cinnamon installed on my Asus Zenbook UX-21 for a few weeks. I had other issues with Cinnamon so decided to ditch and install LL. Everything is fine except for this little problem. Given it was working previously using Cinnamon, I don't think it's a hardware problem. Can anybody help please?

Thanks
Paul

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  Leaving Linux Lite for Manjaro
Posted by: imitchell - 01-25-2016, 11:50 PM - Forum: On Topic - Replies (1)

Hello, I've decided to leave Linux Lite for Manjaro. I would like to thank the dev team, and the community to helping me ease into GNU/Linux as a newbie.
Goodbye, and thank you,
-imitchell

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  Partition Help query
Posted by: Colin23erk - 01-25-2016, 08:32 PM - Forum: Other - Replies (2)

Following the instructions for mounting a NTFS partition
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Code:
linuxlite@linuxlite-Advent-4211:~$ sudo leafpad /etc/fstab
sudo password for linuxlite:


(leafpad:10484): IBUS-WARNING **: The owner of /home/linuxlite/.config/ibus/bus is not root!



looking it up on the Web > Ask Ubuntu


Quote:
[color=rgb(17, 17, 17)]You should always use gksudo instead of sudo to launch graphical applications otherwise the environmental variables aren't set up correctly.[/color]



Will this prevent me successfully adding
Code:
UUID=01CF855BB41CD3E0 /home/linuxlite/ntfsfiles ntfs defaults,umask=007,uid=1000,gid=1000 0 0

to the fstab instructions . I do not get any reports when I "Save & Quit " Leafpad


Must be OK just checked and my Data Partition files have appeared in the ntfsfiles folder


Does the Manual need changing  to avoid confusion ?  Even a Note to say to disregard the **IBUS-WARNING** would allay doubts if the instructions cannot be modified


Colin

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  Greetings
Posted by: wwvapors - 01-25-2016, 02:15 PM - Forum: Introductions - Replies (4)

Hello and glad to be here:
I have been using linux for a few years and pretty much just distro hopped i use linux on all my computers for home and home business looking forward to using linux lite thank you for all the work put into the distro its a great distro

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  Playing Youtube videos on my limited-resource notebook
Posted by: n1ksn - 01-24-2016, 11:56 PM - Forum: Off Topic - Replies (5)

Greetings, all.  My Gateway LT40 notebook computer runs a dual boot with LL and AntiX's MX-15.  (LL is my preferred distribution, but I like to play around with alternatives.)  Playing Youtube videos has been a challenge on this little machine. 

To avoid browser issues, I installed SMTube in both distros, with VLC being the player it calls.  Well, with this setup LL did OK playing the videos at about 80-90% CPU usage.  But MX-15 ran with 100% CPU usage and usually the image froze while the sound played.

After some bumbling around I went to the SMTube settings menu and found that it could use several different players.  I installed and tried SMPlayer with better results than VLC, but with the video lagging the audio by about 1 second in MX-15. 

Then I tried mplayer, which is a command line program.  Bingo!  With mplayer the backend to SMTube, Youtube videos played just fine in both distros.  LL still uses less CPU than MX-15, but they are both way down from using VLC or SMPlayer.  I did have to reduce the desired resolution to 360 to get the full video frame, but I blame my 1240 x 600 display for that.  Also, there are fewer controls while watching the video, but this doesn't bother me. 

In retrospect this all makes sense, because as a command line program I'd expect mplayer to use fewer resources.  But it took me a while to figure this out.  I thought I'd pass my experiences along to the LL forum in case this would help someone else.  Linux Lite could actually play the videos without changes, but by using the SMTube and mplayer combination the CPU usage is down to something like 10-15%, a big jump downward, and I like that.  If I'm playing a music video just to listen, I can minimize the video window and do other things at the same time.

Cheers,
Andy N1KSN

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  Use microphone in Chromium Google
Posted by: thera - 01-24-2016, 09:41 PM - Forum: Sound - No Replies

It works great in audacity.
i want to use it to search on chromium like "Ok Google"
i read where it was disabled in 1 form of chromium as a spyware culprit.
i can dial out in chromium gmail calls / hangouts, but no one can hear me though I can hear who I call.  i can call out in both chromium and firefox.  Both call out and i can hear them, but with no microphone for them to hear me.

I really want the gmail phone function.  how do i do this?

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  Text problem with Posts
Posted by: Colin23erk - 01-24-2016, 08:45 PM - Forum: Suggestions and Feedback - No Replies

Is it possible to stop the Font size in Posts changing in size when a correction is made - I deleted a word in the middle of a sentence and the rest of the sentence text was reduced to minimum size .


It also happens with Cut and paste within the same document .


I have been told to use "Paste as plain Text" when pasting from other sources and thought this could be made the only Paste option .


This should not happen  (deleted a mistake > got new font  size ) [size=78%]effect  deleting [/size][/size](changed text size ) within a line Colin [size=78%]
















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  Viewing Forum Posts
Posted by: Colin23erk - 01-24-2016, 08:25 PM - Forum: Suggestions and Feedback - No Replies

To help view popular Topics with a lot of Posts is it possible to have the following options  to save wading through lots of old posts

1) have the posts with the latest at the top of the list or the option to view " original post " or " latest" first

2) have the go to page dialogue  at the top of each page rather than having to scroll through a page of posts

3) have an "In" Topic search .
If I have Googled a problem etc  and been linked to a Topic I an not directed to the actual post but to the first post . I then have to read though lots of irrelevant posts to find what I want even though the relevant post is quoted in the search results. With big posts it is time consuming and frustrating
.When the post is "Solved" it would be helpfull to go directly to the Solution

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  Greetings
Posted by: Glenn - 01-24-2016, 07:33 PM - Forum: Introductions - Replies (11)

Hi everyone,

Longtime Linux user but new here. I tend to be a Debian WM user and it's been a little while since using a DE, certainly didn't think I'd enjoy a system using Xfce but must say, I'm quite impressed with Linux Lite and find it a very responsive, well organized, fast and surprisingly easy to customize distribution.

I'd like to thank the dev(s) and all involved for all your hard work! 

Smile

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