Re: Donate

2014-11-21 Thread Steven Duckworth
erely, Steven Duckworth ZA -- -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users

Re: Donate

2014-11-21 Thread Steven Duckworth
Thank you Phill, Glad to be on board. Will assist in whatever way possible. Regards to all, Steve On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 6:15 PM, Phill Whiteside wrote: > Hi folks, > > as per Steven's request, he now has the email account of > ste...@linuxpadawn.net So, he's a little borg drone now - just ne

Deleting old/unused files

2014-12-03 Thread Steven Duckworth
uncluttered would be a bonus! I did read an article on the net some time back, but thought it best to check with the Lubuntu tech team.[?] Thanks in advance, Steven Duckworth South Africa -- [image: web button 125x50.png] -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings

Re: Lubuntu-users Digest, Vol 36, Issue 4

2014-12-03 Thread Steven Duckworth
date/upgrade errors? (Fritz Hudnut) >2. Re: Stop "dbus." startx, update/upgrade errors? (Israel) >3. Re: donate (Rafael Laguna) >4. Deleting old/unused files (Steven Duckworth) >5. Re: Deleting old/unused files (Leszek Lesner) >6. Re: Deleting old/unused file

Re: Lubuntu-users Digest, Vol 36, Issue 8

2014-12-04 Thread Steven Duckworth
ed help > > sometimes. > > > > And if you need help making a script for something don't feel bad > > asking. There are more than one of use that write scripts here. And > > there are some nice tools (like zenity) to make the script look like a > > 'normal' program for people that do not like

Bootup Message

2014-12-10 Thread Steven Duckworth
Hi everyone, When booting up my laptop (Fujitsu Siemens Intel Celeron M, Amilo) I get this message at the top of the black screen: " [21.792244] via-ircc :00:11.0: device not available - (can't read [io 0x4000-0x407f]) " It then goes on to bring up the normal Lubuntu logo and startup pa

Bootup Message (correction)

2014-12-10 Thread Steven Duckworth
Hi everyone, When booting up my laptop (Fujitsu Siemens Intel Celeron M, Amilo) I get this message at the top of the black screen: " [21.792244] via-ircc :00:11.0: device not available - (can't reserve [io 0x4000-0x407f]) " It then goes on to bring up the normal Lubuntu logo and startup

Re: Lubuntu-users Digest, Vol 36, Issue 27

2014-12-11 Thread Steven Duckworth
You could also try a USB adaptor such as this:- > > > http://www.amazon.co.uk/USB-Stereo-Sound-Card-Adaptor/dp/B003UR9B8M/ref=pd_bxgy_computers_img_y > > You can see that it has a microphone input option so, if the output from > your cassette player is too much and fries the adapt

Re: Lubuntu-users Digest, Vol 36, Issue 27

2014-12-11 Thread Steven Duckworth
U throttle 4020-4023 ACPI GPE0_BLK 8100-810f VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge 8100-8107 vt596_smbus fe00-fe00 pnp 00:05 fe10-fe11 pnp 00:05 On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 10:36 AM, Steven Duckworth wrote: > I used the command *dmesg* and it brought up a lot of log info. > However I am hav

Chromium Browser Uninstall; Extracting a tar.gz file

2014-12-12 Thread Steven Duckworth
1) In order to avoid the rather large updates for Chromium, I would like to uninstall it (I use Firefox anyway). I have tried the following two commands, but with no joy. sudo apt-get purge google-chrome-stable and sudo dpkg -r chromium 2) Also: how do I extract a tar.gz file? Thanks, Steve

Re: Lubuntu-users Digest, Vol 36, Issue 32

2014-12-12 Thread Steven Duckworth
;s Topics: > >1. Re: Can't boot after an update (John Hupp) >2. Re: Can't boot after an update (German) >3. Re: Can't boot after an update (Israel) > 4. Re: Can't boot after an update (German) >5. Chromium Browser Uninstall; Extracting a tar.gz fil

Chromium Browser Uninstall; Extracting a tar.gz file

2014-12-12 Thread Steven Duckworth
Ok, I found "Google-Chrome" and not "Chromium-Browser" in Synaptic, and deleted it, which freed up 184MB of disc space. My apologies. -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users

GUI update for ClamTk Antivirus

2015-01-04 Thread Steven Duckworth
Greetings for 2015 to all Lubuntu users! I recently installed the ClamTk antivirus engine from the Lubuntu Software Centre, but the GUI won't update. It simply says* "a newer version is available". *It is currently showing version 4.45 Previously, when using Windows XP I used Clam Antivirus which

Opening Word documents with Lubuntu

2015-01-06 Thread Steven Duckworth
I am having difficulty opening Word documents which have been downloaded as Gmail attachments. Using Firefox browser I choose "save" to downloads, and when I go to "downloads" in Lubuntu I can't open the doc. If I right-click it will say "open with Firefox" and a web window opens with an unreadable

Opening Word Docs

2015-01-06 Thread Steven Duckworth
​Thank you Leszek for your lightning-fast reply! The solution was to open Abiword first, go to *"file, open"* and then scroll to *"downloads"* where the relevant document was found. This, I should have known! (kicking myself...)​ -- [image: web button 125x50.png] -- Lubuntu-users mailing list L

Wi-fi network icon is duplicated

2015-01-08 Thread Steven Duckworth
​Greetings, For some time I have had two network icons appearing at bottom right task bar (4 vertical bars). In the beginning when installing Lubuntu there was only one. Why is this duplicated, and how do I make only one appear? Thanks, Steve​ -- [image: web button 125x50.png] -- Lubuntu-users

Operating System Missing when booting with flash inserted

2015-01-23 Thread Steven Duckworth
Hi everyone. Recently I've noticed that if I boot up with a flash drive inserted, I get the message "Operating System Missing" (quite scary!!). Normal booting occurs when the flash is removed. Any ideas why this is happening? I am using my laptop - a Fujitsu-Siemens Intel Celeron M (Pentium III)

Re: AW: Operating System Missing when booting with flash inserted

2015-01-24 Thread Steven Duckworth
...@web.de wrote: > > Hi, > > Seems like it wants to boot from usb. Just check the bootpriority in > your bios and change it to be harddrive first instead of usb devices. > > Greetings > Leszek > >*Von: *Steven Duckworth > *Gesendet: *Freitag, 23. Januar 20

Image orientation using g-Thumb

2015-02-03 Thread Steven Duckworth
Dear Lubuntu users, Perhaps some of you have come across the problem of the orientation of images stored using gThumb. If I use "Tools" and "rotate right/left" to make the image vertical, it then appears vertical, but it still uploads (using Firefox) in the sideways (horizontal) position (but not

Re: Lubuntu-users Digest, Vol 38, Issue 18

2015-02-23 Thread Steven Duckworth
Re: Lubuntu Trusty Tahr 14.04.2 now available Will this version be available via automatic updates, or do we have to downlaod it through a link? And: if I wish to change from 14.04.1.LTS to 15.04 what is the easiest way to do it? Thanks, Steve On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 2:00 PM, wrote: > Send L

Midori Private Browser

2015-03-16 Thread Steven Duckworth
Having decided to give Midori a try (as an alternative to Firefox), I downloaded it and it seems to be working well. However while on a website I often use, a warning popped up saying that the technology was outdated and there were security issues, and that I should use either: Chrome, Internet Exp

Add to desktop (menu icons)

2015-03-17 Thread Steven Duckworth
Greetings all! When I first installed Lubuntu the "add to desktop" function worked. Now it doesn't. This is when I click on the Lubuntu button on bottom left, mouse over an item and right click to add the icon to the desktop. I also notice that when I want exit this roll up menu, it freezes for a

Re: Add to desktop (menu icons)

2015-03-18 Thread Steven Duckworth
Aere, John, thanks so much for your feedback. I will experiment with various fuctions, and let you know of any progress. Kind regards, Steve On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 11:12 PM, Aere Greenway wrote: > On 03/17/2015 02:49 PM, John Hupp wrote: > >> I regard it as bug, and I vaguely recall seeing a

Midori Private Browser

2015-03-18 Thread Steven Duckworth
Thanks for the feedback everyone. It appears that the version I had was the older version 0.4.3 in Lubuntu Software Centre, so I deleted it and went to the Midori official website ( http://midori-browser.org/download/ubuntu/) and installed the latest version, 0.5.8-1 i386_deb (1.7mb) It also says

Games - downloading but not appearing

2015-04-07 Thread Steven Duckworth
Having looked through some of the old arcade games available from Lubuntu Software Centre, I have successfully downloaded 'Open Invaders' (a good remake of the classic Space Invaders), plus a couple of chess games, etc However, on downloading 'Pong2' I can't find it. It appears as a download in

Wi-Fi signal dropping

2015-06-10 Thread Steven Duckworth
Hi all, I am using a 3G Wi-Fi router with SIMcard on my Fujitsu-Siemens Pentium III Celeron M laptop, and occasionally the signal drops and I have to reboot to get it back. Sometimes I am lucky and after unticking the Wi-Fi network connection icon and then re-ticking it, it reconnects, but most of

Getting Chromium/Chrome to work.

2015-06-24 Thread Steven Duckworth
Greetings! I am having some trouble trying to extract Google Chrome browser and getting it to work. Initially it was downloaded from the software centre (as Chromium) and then more recently I downloaded it directly off Google's Chrome website (not recommended I know!). Today my software update inc

Re: Lubuntu-users Digest, Vol 42, Issue 21

2015-06-24 Thread Steven Duckworth
st at > lubuntu-users-ow...@lists.ubuntu.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Lubuntu-users digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > >1. /dev/disk/by-id and usb connections (Nio Wiklund) >

Chrome

2015-06-24 Thread Steven Duckworth
Thanks Andre, Unfortunately Chrome does not appear on the 'Internet' pop-up menu ( I have Firefox and Midori there), and I don't have it as a desktop shortcut either... I am figuring out how to get it to those two places, although it should appear under 'Internet' by default after installation. S

Chrome

2015-06-26 Thread Steven Duckworth
Success! Thanks Eric/Andre for your suggestions. I followed Eric's advice and deleted Chrome in Synaptic; however on the re-install it said "same version already installed" (i386.deb); so that wasn't the problem. I then went into: '/usr/share/applications' and copied the Chrome icon onto the desk

Handy tip to free up some memory...

2015-09-09 Thread Steven Duckworth
Hi everyone, If you are looking to free up your harddrive of some precious memory, besides using tools like bleachbit and "autoclean" commands, you can do so by accessing Synaptic Package Manager, clicking the "Status" section, and at top left there may be some unused files or programs which can b

Serious Problem Encountered

2015-10-02 Thread Steven Duckworth
Please help! An exclamation mark suddenly appeared on my taskbar next to the network indicator, and on clicking it I received the following: 'An error occurred, please run Package Manager from the right-click menu or apt-get in a terminal to see what is wrong. The error message was: 'Error: Openi

Re: Lubuntu-users Digest, Vol 46, Issue 2

2015-10-03 Thread Steven Duckworth
am catch up with Community Council (Walter Lapchynski) >2. Re: Lubuntu Team catch up with Community Council (Israel) >3. Serious Problem Encountered (Steven Duckworth) >4. Re: Serious Problem Encountered (Leszek Lesner) > > > --

Opening Word Documents

2015-10-15 Thread Steven Duckworth
​Greetings all! I am having trouble opening Word documents (specifically Word 2007 .docx​). After saving to "Downloads" and right clicking "open with", several options come up (including "document.XML" , none of which are able to open it. Also, after opening Abiword and trying to access the docume

Ubuntu on cell phones/tablets

2015-10-31 Thread Steven Duckworth
Greetings! I would dearly love to install the Ubuntu OS on my cell phone, but am aware that there are only certain models which are currently compatible, besides the Aquaris phones available to purchase (only available in certain countries http://www.ubuntu.com/phone/devices). Have any Lubuntu/Ubu

Ubuntu Tweak/ WiFi

2015-11-30 Thread Steven Duckworth
Dear Lubuntu friends, After a period of weeks of being slow to open web pages, and slow mouse pointer, panic hit when my laptop (Intel Celeron M Pentium III) wouldn't boot properly and started giving drive error codes, etc... After spending most of Saturday troubleshooting the problem and doing mu