I have been reading on internet about a virus affecting Linux servers. Is there a need for antivirus on desktop Linux now?

I share files sometimes with my PPC iMac and e-mail people using Windows.

Ok I initially had problems with shutting down after I used NDISWRAPPER. I managed to change the etc/init.d/halt script and I was able to shutdown with no problems.
Then I decided that I wanted to make a shutdown icon and place it on the desktop. While I attempt this a suggestion pops up but when I try it, It gives me more options to as restart shutdown etc. So I am trying to avoid so many steps I want to shutdown directly.
So I have tested many commands to use for this on the command window and most of them hang my machine.
It does not hang when I use the GUI as I said. What is the command that is evoked when I click shutdown on the GUI?
I want to use the same one for my special OFF button.
Thanks

Hi,

I'm going from (my brain’s) memory since I can't really boot LL 1.06 now. I got a new monitor, a Neovo F-419. Dual booting XP and XP works OK with new monitor. When I booted LL the resolution was very low (icons were huge) and it worked but so big it was unusable. I have nvivida card so went into nvivida settings to increase resolutions but got a message within nvivida settings that it could not do that and said I should upgrade driver. I went into Synaptic and saw i was using driver 173 ver. I saw nvidia current as 304 and checked/installed that.  LL booted to black/blank screen, I did see a message at some point while booting that nvidia video adapter was "not found".

I then rebooted into recovery mode with most recent I have kernel: 3.2.0. 60 generic-pae . I then tried "Drop to root shell" to maybe reinstall or try another nvidia driver, or something to fix(?). But when I did that it says "Give root password for Maintenance (or type Control-D to Continue):". Password or anything I've tried does not work here, cntrl-D just takes me back to recovery menu.

I'm at a dead end. What can I do?

Thanks.

I installed Linux Lite 1.0.8 on a Emachines T2341.  I can't get any videos to work.  No YouTube or embedded videos.  I'm thinking that maybe the computer itself.  The video will start to work, a black screen, then will quickly disappear.  The old computer is very hard to find a video card that will work, ddr.  I installed Lite on a brand new 160 G HHD.  It was very speedy at first then I let Lite upgrade and it became very slow and sticky after that.

I have Lite installed on and older Acer small laptop and it works great on it.  Does anyone have any ideas how I can get Lite to work better?

Hi everyone,

I currently use Evernote on my Windows 7 PC and my Android smartphone.  I'm thinking of putting Linux Lite on my old PC that currently has Windows XP on it and completely wiping the hard drive.  If I do this, how can I use Evernote on my Linux Lite PC?  Should I use Everpad?  Do I just go to http://linux.softpedia.com/get/Utilities...6169.shtml and download the file?  If not, can someone please point me to some step by step instructions on how to do this?  Many thanks!

Hi,

Using Nvidia 304.116 drivers on Geforce 6150 LE integrated graphics.

So I started and my screen resolution was set as 1024x768, where it should be 1440x900.  I tried to manually change the resolution, but it did not show my screen resolution anymore as an option.  Even if I changed to another option, the changes didn't stick and it reverted back to 1024x768.

Then I tried both detecting the screen and manually setting the resolution in the advanced options, but no joy, it reverted back to 1024x768.

Then I tried uninstalling Nvidia drivers by going into recovery mode by holding the shift key while restarting, but it says loading Grub menu and then the screen goes blank...forever.  I can't figure out how to get into recovery mode to uninstall.

Then I tried changing to version 173 drivers and my screen resolution went to 640x480, I think, and I could no longer even get into the Nvidia configuration, nothing happened when I click the Icon.

So then I tried changing to version 96 drivers and now I can't even get into LL, screen goes blank after the BIOS screen closes.

I am only using this computer for the internet, so the only changes I have made for many months are running the updates.  I have not installed any software or made any other changes.

Not sure to what to do at this point, I'd rather not have to reinstall.  I have an old backup I could restore, but I assume I will run into the same problem when I run the updates?

Thanks for any help.

Good evening,
I live in England. I have managed to install LinuxLite on a second HDD on my PC and I can dual-boot. I wanted a system to take over from XP. So far so good... I shall probably be asking for advice as I go along. I have already posted a query in another part of this forum.

Best wishes

Hello from a newcomer to Linux
I am looking at using Linux (in this case LinuxLite 1.0.6) instead of WinXP and have installed it on my PC
My webcam is a MS Lifecam VX-2000 which attaches via the usb port.
I tried Skyping my daughter - the video works fine but she couldn't hear me. Investigating the Pulse Audio system showed the moving bar under the analog mono microphone labelled for the webcam, in "Input devices" moves as I speak but only for a few seconds, then stops and will no longer move.

Any suggestions would be welcome.
Many thanks

Hello All,
After hours of researching I was able to install or make my wireless card work using NDISWRAPPER. Its a Linksys WPC54GX ver. 2 model. I surfed the net like a pro and celebrated with a nice hot chocolate at 2am. When I went to turn the laptop off it just froze. If i pullout the wireless card from the machine it shuts down with no problem.
I am stumped. I am computer savvy but new to linux.
Please Help!

Hi all,

I have used NOIP2 many times over the past years. I just recently upgraded my system to LL 1.0.8 and this morning have tried a number of times to install noip2 from source. Every time it has failed with an error....

if [ ! -d /usr/local/bin ]; then mkdir -p /usr/local/bin;fi
if [ ! -d /usr/local/etc ]; then mkdir -p /usr/local/etc;fi
cp noip2 /usr/local/bin/noip2
/usr/local/bin/noip2 -C -c /tmp/no-ip2.conf
make: execvp: /usr/local/bin/noip2: Permission denied
make: *** [install] Error 127

Ever since ubuntu removed noip2 from the repositories, this has gotten increasingly more difficult. I would love some assistance to get noip2 installed again on LL 1.0.8

Thanks,
Ken