It appears that my problems have now been resolved somehow. Thanks for your help.
On Sun, 20 Apr 2025, 1:00 pm , <dorset-requ...@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote: > Send dorset mailing list submissions to > dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > dorset-requ...@mailman.lug.org.uk > > You can reach the person managing the list at > dorset-ow...@mailman.lug.org.uk > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of dorset digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Linux Mint Unmet Dependencies (Peter Merchant) > 2. Re: Nas & NFS, stopping boot up (Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2025 13:09:38 +0100 > From: Peter Merchant <petermerch...@hotmail.com> > To: dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk > Subject: Re: [Dorset] Linux Mint Unmet Dependencies > Message-ID: > < > pavpr10mb7516277dc94ce9bc30dc9fadb3...@pavpr10mb7516.eurprd10.prod.outlook.com > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > On 04/04/2025 18:13, James Crowfoot wrote: > > Hi, I am running linux mint on an old laptop, but when I try to install > > anything via the command line I am usually met with the error as follows: > > E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt --fix-broken install' with no packages > (or > > specify a solution) > > > > What can I do to fix this problem? > 19 April: > I have installed the latest Mint on my test beastie PC, I had problems > before with UEFI and my ancient video card. I HAVE NOT updated or upgraded. > I 'sudo apt-get install thonny' and it did it. It also installed Python3. > There were some errors at the end of the script, something about a '\L' and > another. > > However, thonny did run at this point. > > So I am no further ahead in trying to resolve your problem. Sorry it has > taken awhile. > Peter M. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2025 16:50:13 +0100 > From: Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty <ham...@hamishmb.com> > To: dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk > Subject: Re: [Dorset] Nas & NFS, stopping boot up > Message-ID: <10a7aa60-1f7f-4115-9464-a56fef618...@hamishmb.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > No problem, glad I could be of help. > > Best, > Hamish > > On 19 April 2025 12:31:31 BST, Tim <t...@windriders.co.uk> wrote: > >Thanks Hamish, when I looked at the man pages for Fstab (at least the one > I looked at first), the nofail was not listed, I have now added it after > googling it as an option, hopefully I won't get an issue to test it. > > > >Tim H > > > >On 18/04/2025 20:09, Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty via dorset wrote: > >> If you use the "nofail" mount option in /etc/fstab, that should stop it > from stopping the boot process. > >> > >> Best, > >> > >> Hamish > >> > >> On 18/04/2025 19:08, Hugh Frater wrote: > >>> I access my on-prem nas (running trunas) using bookmarked ?servers? > from > >>> the gtk file manager. These then appear in a totally predictable > >>> /var/run/user/1000/.gvfs folder. > >>> > >>> I also use a laptop but run it docked at the office where it can > access the > >>> nas, and undocked when not at the office. Zero issues with boot up > hanging. > >>> I?m running Garuda. > >>> > >>> Might be something you can look into? > >>> > >>> Sent from my iPhone > >>> > >>> > >>> On Fri, 18 Apr 2025 at 17:34, Tim <t...@windriders.co.uk> wrote: > >>> > >>>> So this morning, I turned my laptop on and nothing, Keyboard lit up, > >>>> screen flashed but nothing appeared on screen and no boot process was > >>>> seen on the screen, tried some random key combinations, but nothing > >>>> changed, no flashing hard disk light, nothing seen on screen. After a > >>>> couple of minutes I pressed the on\off button. > >>>> > >>>> I re-started the laptop and it started to bootup but complained about > >>>> the UEFI partition having an error (SDA1). I used Rescatux07 a live > >>>> boot USB to resolve that. But when restarting the laptop again I got > as > >>>> far as looking for the nas. It then failed to boot up as it could not > >>>> find the nas (Nas is listed in my FSTAB to mount on bootup). > >>>> > >>>> I have checked Smart control on the disk and did not show any error or > >>>> warnings. > >>>> > >>>> Now I have had this issue in the past where the failure to see the Nas > >>>> at bootup hangs the bootup process. I had to boot from a live USB and > >>>> disable the mount option in the FSTAB to get the Laptop to boot to a > >>>> desktop (I am not aware of a way to do it from the emergency > console). I > >>>> was to find out later for what ever the reason the laptop could not > >>>> connect to the nas (2 Windows PC could). I rebooted the nas and I was > >>>> able to see it from my laptop I then re-enabled the FSTAB entry. > >>>> > >>>> To me there were two problems, one being the failure to bootup, then > the > >>>> failure to see the Nas which then breaks the bootup > >>>> > >>>> My question is, is there a way to stop the failure to find the nas at > >>>> boot up from crashing the bootup process. I have have looked at Fstab > >>>> option for mounting NFS, the only thing I can find is the intr option > >>>> but reading nfs mount details suggest that INTR is default so should > be > >>>> working now. The NAS mount under /media and does not carry any files > >>>> that are part of the main OS. The nas entry in fstab looks like this > >>>> > >>>> 192.168.18.150: volume1/Data??? /media/nas??? nfs???? defaults 0??? 0 > >>>> > >>>> Any thoughts? > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Tim H > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> ?? Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2025-05-06 20:00 > >>>> ?? 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