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  How to repair grub
Posted by: AposChatz382 - 05-28-2022, 01:30 PM - Forum: Tutorials - Replies (1)

Hello everyone,

I would like to make this a topic that covers most of the basic grub problems and how to repair them

Your GRUB loader might have broken for a couple of reasons:

  • You messed with the boot partition
  • You installed Windows after GNU/Linux
  • Or something else...

Fortunately grub is easy to fix and it's not very complex. If you follow these simple steps it should be fixed in no more than 30 minutes(including USB loading):

First of all boot from a Linux Lite image to live mode.

Then open terminal and type:
Code:
sudo fdisk -l
Now you need to note down two things. First the disk directory "/dev/sd[letter]" and then the Linux partition "/dev/sd[letter][number]"
Example:
/dev/sda - Disk
/dev/sda4 - Partition
Next you need to create a temporary directory
Code:
sudo mkdir /mnt/lnx
Now mount the partition to that directory:
Code:
sudo mount /dev/sda4 /mnt/lnx

Now for the final part:
Code:
sudo grub-install --root-directory=/mnt/lnx /dev/sda

In case you broke grub by using Daz Windows Loader (im not promoting illegal stuff here) just make sure you check "Preserve boot code" and repatch.

I used part of this thread: link
and if you want to learn more about --root-directory option: link

Let me know if i missed something. Also comment if you have some other tips.
Have fun  :003: :048:

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  Update Error dpkg was interrupted - Spud9
Posted by: stevef - 05-27-2022, 11:28 AM - Forum: Updates - Replies (2)

Quote:New to Linux, can anyone point me in right directio to fix this error?

Apologies for starting new thread - there is currently a problem with the forum software which prevents opening threads if there is an apostrophe the subject.

To fix this, following the instructions will usually work, but you need to prefix the command given with 'sudo'.  Open a terminal window by pressing Ctrl Alt T.  Then in that window enter

Code:
sudo dpkg --configure -a

followed by return.  Enter your password when asked and then run updates again.

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  E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run dpkg --configure -a to correct
Posted by: Spud#9 - 05-27-2022, 10:00 AM - Forum: Updates - Replies (1)

New to Linux, can anyone point me in right directio to fix this error?

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  GC Star Query - devoman
Posted by: stevef - 05-26-2022, 05:23 AM - Forum: Installing Software - No Replies

Quote:My original post about not being able to install "Puddletag" has been solved. But I am unable to see any replies from my original posted question. I've tried logging in and out of my Linux Lite Forum account and can't see any replies as it just returns me to the post listings.

In any case, let me explain how I got it to install. Initially, I had looked through the Package Manager and "Puddletag" was nowhere in sight. So I opened up a terminal and did a search of Flatpak for it. It returned a "not found" message. Around midnight I thought maybe I'll try looking through the Flatpak "Software" GUI program. At first, I couldn't even see where I would enter a search term and began just looking through categories. But then I realized the screen was kind of set up like the way Gnome 3 is. I spotted a magnify glass icon at the top left corner and entered "Puddletag".

Lo and hold, there it was! But it showed "puddletag-snap" which I would assume means it's a snap package (does anyone really like snaps?). I installed it without a hitch though. Let's call that chapter closed for now. Thanks for anyone who tried to help me with my original post. Sorry I can't read your reply.

On a similar note though, I was looking forward to installing GCstar collection database and can't find that either in the original Linux Lite package manager or in Flatpak. I have a very large music collection I was hoping to catalogue this summer. This is another example of the original author's website saying "do this and do that" but it looks to involved to be worth it.

Anyone else have GCstar installed on their Linux Lite installation (5.8)? (I hope I can see your replies this time around!)


Devoman
Apologies for starting a new topic on your behalf.  There is a problem with the forum software at the moment which means that topics with an apostrophe in the Subject line cannot be opened properly so reading and responding to posts doesn't work.

Jerry did respond to your original topic on puddletag with
Quote:Looks like puddletag was left out of Focal (Series 5x) by Ubuntu. Reference: https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?suite...=Puddletag

You could try installing the 'all' version from bionic in that link. There's no telling how that would end up, so the smart thing to do is try it in a VM first. Good luck.

Sent from my Mobile phone using Tapatalk

but you may not have been able to read it.

I can't help with GCStar, other than to say it appears the last release was in 2016 and it has been dropped from ubuntu repositories. Maybe someone who has used it can reply to this thread.

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  Can't See Any Way To Install Puddletag (Part 2)
Posted by: devoman - 05-26-2022, 02:27 AM - Forum: Installing Software - No Replies

My original post about not being able to install "Puddletag" has been solved. But I am unable to see any replies from my original posted question. I've tried logging in and out of my Linux Lite Forum account and can't see any replies as it just returns me to the post listings.

In any case, let me explain how I got it to install. Initially, I had looked through the Package Manager and "Puddletag" was nowhere in sight. So I opened up a terminal and did a search of Flatpak for it. It returned a "not found" message. Around midnight I thought maybe I'll try looking through the Flatpak "Software" GUI program. At first, I couldn't even see where I would enter a search term and began just looking through categories. But then I realized the screen was kind of set up like the way Gnome 3 is. I spotted a magnify glass icon at the top left corner and entered "Puddletag".

Lo and hold, there it was! But it showed "puddletag-snap" which I would assume means it's a snap package (does anyone really like snaps?). I installed it without a hitch though. Let's call that chapter closed for now. Thanks for anyone who tried to help me with my original post. Sorry I can't read your reply.

On a similar note though, I was looking forward to installing GCstar collection database and can't find that either in the original Linux Lite package manager or in Flatpak. I have a very large music collection I was hoping to catalogue this summer. This is another example of the original author's website saying "do this and do that" but it looks to involved to be worth it.

Anyone else have GCstar installed on their Linux Lite installation (5.8)? (I hope I can see your replies this time around!)

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  Linux Lite 5.8 - Lite Widget
Posted by: klaus150 - 05-25-2022, 07:59 AM - Forum: Installing Software - Replies (10)

Hi,
after the today update (done over "Install Updates") and the reboot, the Lite Widget did not have changed his status: it is still "15 days since your last update".
Some help?
Regards,
Klaus

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  Can't See Any Way To Install Puddletag
Posted by: devoman - 05-25-2022, 03:19 AM - Forum: Installing Software - Replies (1)

Hello folks,

I inherited my sister-in-law's ancient (circa 2007) HP Compaq Presario tower. I've installed Linux Lite on a couple of other computers before and always found it difficult to locate the software I needed. I find the Package Manager lacking in audio-oriented programs.

I've gotten around some of these limitations with this latest installation, and even had to install Flatpak to get at least a few "groovy" apps. But I'm at a real impasse with trying to install my fav music tagging program "Puddletag". It isn't in the currently installed Package Manager (which kind of shocks me) and it's not available as a Flatpak either.

The only advice the Puddletag website states about install it is:

Installing on Ubuntu
You can install puddletag from the Software Centre in recent versions of Ubuntu.


Errrrr... no. Sorry. For me, Puddletag is the de facto music file tagger. I've tried all the others of the years and they all suck balls. "EasyTag" is alright, but has quirks that drives me nuts and is limited in features.

Am I screwed here? I don't want to install from source and mess things up as I've worked hard to get this Linux Lite to where I have it now. It just boggles my mind that the package manager knows nothing of this great piece of software. I have "Puddletag" on a couple of other machines in my home but I don't want to deal with moving music files here and there just to tag the darn things.

Any advice that might help me get this app installed on Linux Lite? (Thanks in advance.)

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  install updates error log
Posted by: duskymoko - 05-24-2022, 08:10 PM - Forum: Updates - Replies (2)

===========================
Install Updates Error log
===========================
Install Updates could not fetch the package cache information lists.
Go to https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/ and paste the log below into a new or existing thread for assistance.

============ Log ===========

Hit:1 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal InRelease
Hit:2 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates InRelease
Get:3 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports InRelease [108 kB]
Get:4 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security InRelease [114 kB]
Hit:5 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu focal InRelease
Get:6 http://repo.linuxliteos.com/linuxlite emerald InRelease [2,122 B]
Reading package lists...
W: Skipping acquisition of configured file 'partner/binary-amd64/Packages', as repository 'http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu focal InRelease' doesn't have the component 'partner' (component misspelt in sources.list?)
W: Skipping acquisition of configured file 'partner/binary-i386/Packages', as repository 'http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu focal InRelease' doesn't have the component 'partner' (component misspelt in sources.list?)
W: Skipping acquisition of configured file 'partner/i18n/Translation-en_GB', as repository 'http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu focal InRelease' doesn't have the component 'partner' (component misspelt in sources.list?)
W: Skipping acquisition of configured file 'partner/i18n/Translation-en', as repository 'http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu focal InRelease' doesn't have the component 'partner' (component misspelt in sources.list?)
W: Skipping acquisition of configured file 'partner/cnf/Commands-amd64', as repository 'http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu focal InRelease' doesn't have the component 'partner' (component misspelt in sources.list?)
E: Repository 'http://repo.linuxliteos.com/linuxlite emerald InRelease' changed its 'Origin' value from 'Ubuntu' to ''
E: Repository 'http://repo.linuxliteos.com/linuxlite emerald InRelease' changed its 'Label' value from 'Ubuntu' to ''
E: Repository 'http://repo.linuxliteos.com/linuxlite emerald InRelease' changed its 'Codename' value from 'focal' to 'emerald'

can anyone help?

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  Intel_backlight not detected. Brightness not working
Posted by: Georgios Chav - 05-24-2022, 07:37 PM - Forum: Other - Replies (2)

I have an intel 1135g1 lenovo laptop. I live usbed a Kubuntu 22 distro and the backlight worked just fine. It had created an intel_backlight folder to control the brightness.

I installed LL 5.4 but it did not detect an intel backlight nor adding boot commands like acpi_backlight=vendor solved the issue. Hardware or software keys could not change the brightness.

How could I add the drivers from the Kubuntu usb or otherwise solve my issue?

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  Linux Lite 5.8 - Neofetch
Posted by: klaus150 - 05-24-2022, 11:50 AM - Forum: Installing Software - Replies (2)

Hi together,

klaus  ~  neofetch
            .-/+oossssoo+/-.              klaus@AORUS-5-MB
        `:+ssssssssssssssssss+:`          ----------------
      -+ssssssssssssssssssyyssss+-        OS: Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS x86_64
    .ossssssssssssssssssdMMMNysssso.      Host: AORUS 5 MB
  /ssssssssssshdmmNNmmyNMMMMhssssss/      Kernel: 5.4.0-109-generic
  +ssssssssshmydMMMMMMMNddddyssssssss+    Uptime: 27 mins
/sssssssshNMMMyhhyyyyhmNMMMNhssssssss/    Packages: 2716 (dpkg), 3 (snap)
.ssssssssdMMMNhsssssssssshNMMMdssssssss.  Shell: bash 5.0.17
+sssshhhyNMMNyssssssssssssyNMMMysssssss+  Resolution: 2560x1440
ossyNMMMNyMMhsssssssssssssshmmmhssssssso  DE: Xfce
ossyNMMMNyMMhsssssssssssssshmmmhssssssso  WM: Xfwm4
+sssshhhyNMMNyssssssssssssyNMMMysssssss+  WM Theme: Adapta
.ssssssssdMMMNhsssssssssshNMMMdssssssss.  Theme: Adwaita-dark [GTK2], Adwaita 
/sssssssshNMMMyhhyyyyhdNMMMNhssssssss/    Icons: Papirus-Adapta [GTK2], Adwait
  +sssssssssdmydMMMMMMMMddddyssssssss+    Terminal: xfce4-terminal
  /ssssssssssshdmNNNNmyNMMMMhssssss/      Terminal Font: Droid Sans Mono 12
    .ossssssssssssssssssdMMMNysssso.      CPU: Intel i5-10200H (8) @ 4.100GHz
      -+sssssssssssssssssyyyssss+-        GPU: NVIDIA 01:00.0 NVIDIA Corporati
        `:+ssssssssssssssssss+:`          GPU: Intel Device 9ba4
            .-/+oossssoo+/-.              Memory: 1955MiB / 31809MiB


By the release announcement of Linux Lite 5.8
https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/relea...-released/

Jerry has under Neofetch as OS Linux Lite 5.8, while I have Ubuntu 20.04.

Could you please take a look and give me hint why / due what?

Thanks and best regards,
Klaus

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