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hp printer problems

Posted by: mel54 - 04-04-2023, 05:44 PM - Forum: Printing and Scanning - Replies (1)

hello from the country of asterix

I'm sorry for my english, i try to do my best, google is my friend
I use linux lite since almost the standings of this operating system, while I had printers canon, epson etc etc, I never had problems, but since I changed to an hp 6000 series, it's always problems, printer not recognized, scanner not recognized, and because of that I had to replace the operating system of my main computer, but always keeping linux lite on the laptop.
do you have a solution for this type of problem? thank you in advance.

Strange keyboard behaviour with 6.2 and 6.4

Posted by: Yoru3 - 04-01-2023, 07:50 PM - Forum: Installing Linux Lite - Replies (6)

I seem to be having a few problems with my latest LL conversion from a Windows 7 to LL 6.2 and now 6.4., with some very strange keyboard behaviour.

I’m using the original machine, on which I checked the ram with Memtest86v4, and using a brand new 8TB WD Gold HDD, checked with gsmartcontrol.

I down loaded the LL6.2 from the LL support site, checked the checksum and verified the DVD burn.
And have since upgraded to LL6.4. All seemed to go well, after ignoring the usual update error message, when using the whisker menus LL Update for the first time. A second try produces success, and I ‘m now on LL6.4.

However, by LL6.2 and LL6.4 have the same problem with regard to the keyboard.

LL seems to causing the response of the keyboard output to vary. Sometimes it freezes, and sometimes it has a big delay, resulting in the cursor moving around the screen like ghostly movements, and sometimes missing characters when typing out. As if the process has lost priority, resulting in major lags and lose of response.

I have adjusted keyboard and mouse setting to the same values as a very similar machine that I have, which has been running very successfully on LL4.8 for some time.

Also another strange thing is that the Whisker Menu sometimes pops up by itself, although there might be some loose relationship to the movement of the cursor, but nowhere near the menu area.

Added to which there seems to be a conflict in the setting of the keyboard layout.
During initial installation the option of UK is given, and sure enough when you look at /etc/default/keyboard you do indeed see

XKBMODEL="pc105"
XKBLAYOUT="gb"

But the LL Terminal is set to use the US layout, with no £ and the # in a different place.

However, if you us the

Code:
sudo setxkbmap -layout gb

you get a UK layout keyboard on the LL Terminal, but that does not survive a reboot.

The ‘Control Panel/Keyboard/Layout’ is set to ‘Use System Defaults’ as per my other machine, which has a persistent UK layout on both the LL Terminal and in all Apps.

This may or may not have a bearing on the strange keyboard behaviour, but it’s certainly causing me a big headache, in not knowing what to check next.

Can anyone help please.

Linux Lite 6.4 Final Released

Posted by: Valtam - 03-31-2023, 12:59 PM - Forum: Release Announcements - Replies (10)

Release Announcement

Linux Lite 6.4 Final is now available for download and installation.

Building upon the release of 6.2, we have added a number if new changes.

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Changes:

Linux Lite Applications

Our in-house applications are starting to be repackaged using ZSTD compression for significantly faster decompression speeds and higher compression rates.

Example:

Lite Themes - old compressed package: 91.2mb
Lite Themes - new compressed package: 76.8mb

This will benefit machines from a wider range of ages. Great for slower computers when installing updates, lightning fast updates for modern machines.

Added SystemD report to Lite System Report

This addition will help a wide range of people in regards to diagnosing a variety of booting and general system inquiries. Our amazing support team on the Forums will also find this very helpful.

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Added webp support in the Thunar file manager for displaying thumbnails correctly

See below for before and after comparisons.

Before:

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After:

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The new look Thunderbird

Thunderbird gets, Redesigned Icons, Spaces Toolbar, New Address Book, Message Header Customization, Import and Export Wizard and Matrix Chat Support.

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Other Changes:

- Latest Papirus Icon Theme
- The Hardware Database now has over 80,000 submissions. 100k here we come! https://www.linuxliteos.com/hardware.php
- Latest stable versions of Chrome, LibreOffice, Lite applications etc
- New wallpapers

Plus many other tweaks and changes.

Window Theme: Materia
Icon Theme: Papirus
Font: Roboto Regular

Installation

How do I know if my Windows PC has UEFI?

In Windows Search, type msinfo or msinfo32 and launch the desktop app named System Information. Look for the BIOS Mode item, and if the value for it is UEFI, then you have the UEFI firmware. If it says BIOS Mode Legacy, then that’s the firmware you’re running.

Secure Boot is supported, but unless you know exactly how to handle it, it is a P.I.T.A. at best so I am going to say...you must disable Secure Boot to enable stress free computing.

Some helpful snippets from the latest Help Manual:

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UEFI Support link - https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/uefi-secure-boot/

Details:

Kernel: 5.15.0-69 ( custom kernels also available via our Repository for versions 3.13 - 6.2 )
Chrome: 111.0
Thunderbird: 102.9
LibreOffice: 7.4.6
VLC: 3.0.16
Gimp: 2.10.30
Base: 22.04.2

Known Issues:

Eject Media prompt is only available at the end of the UEFI install.
Desktop icons - English support only.
Dropbox: if you get an error, run the set up twice.
There is NO Grub Edit in Lite Tweaks in this Series for Linux Lite due to an unsolvable issue. Ubuntu will show in the Grub menu if you are dual or more booting. Try Grub Customizer if it annoys you.
Grub menu shows Linux Lite as 'Ubuntu'. See below for more on this.

- Open /etc/default/grub as Administrator.
- Comment out: GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian` and leave GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR='Linux Lite' uncommented.
- Should look like:
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR='Linux Lite'
#GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`
- sudo update-grub

Grub - press the ESC key whilst booting in UEFI mode after your BIOS has posted. Use the SHIFT key if running Linux Lite in Legacy mode.

OEM Install option - is broken and crashes near the end of the install. If a fix can't be found, it will be excluded from each release until a solution if found.

Other Issues

Please tell us in this thread.

Upgrading

There has been some tweaks to the Lite Upgrade code from Series 5.x. Most notably, the end dialogue has been simplified and will ask you to either Reboot, Shutdown or View Log. Also, Lite Welcome will no longer be displayed after a Reboot. Just look at Lite Widget to see if you upgraded successfully to 6.4 or do:

Code:
cat /etc/llver

in a Terminal, should return Linux Lite 6.4. The upgrade log is stored in /var/log/lite-upgrade.log for those interested in the process.

> Menu, Favorites, Install Updates (you must reboot if asked to, otherwise continue to the next step)
> Set a Restore Point - Menu, System, Timeshift
> Menu, Settings, Lite Upgrade
> Reboot

PLEASE NOTE: If you do not have Menu, Settings, Lite Upgrade do:

Code:
sudo apt-get install --reinstall lite-upgrade-series6

and, or:

Code:
rm -rf ~/.local/share/applications/lite-upgrade.desktop

then try Menu, Settings, Lite Upgrade again.

Having problems upgrading?

First thing to do is open a terminal, and make sure you have the latest version of Lite Upgrade.

Code:
apt policy lite-upgrade-series6

should return:

Code:
  Installed: 6.0-0030-linuxlite

  Candidate: 6.0-0030-linuxlite

If you've ran Install Updates and still don't have this version or greater you can either - wait 24 hours, or change to the default Linux Lite repository in Lite Sources.

Lite Upgrade - What it will do:

- New Lite Help Manual
- New Lite Themes
- New Lite Upgrade
- New Lite Welcome
- Update LibreOffice

Lite Upgrade - What it won't do:

- No changes to the user space are needed (all changes handled in the system space).

There is no upgrade path from RC to Final or from Series to Series.

Downloads:

HTTPS:

Download 64bit from here - Linux Lite 6.4 Final 64bit
MD5SUM: 7e8b96c455d1e6773eb5b1b7a19d328c
SHA256: d91c7a7ae5a0de347984aa23c9b1137cfd0399054a21965baf0c5011284eb343
Size: 2.3Gb (DVD, USB)

Checking the MD5SUM and SHA256 of the Linux Lite ISO:

MD5SUM
Open a Terminal on Linux Lite and do:

Code:
md5sum linux-lite-6.4-64bit.iso

SHA256
Open a Terminal on Linux Lite and do:

Code:
sha256sum linux-lite-6.4-64bit.iso

TORRENT: (Fastest way to download the RC)

64bit Torrent from here - linux-lite-6.4-64bit.iso.torrent
Hash: e291ba036d260a71a4a42587a221982242f13780
Size: 2.3Gb (DVD, USB)

International Mirrors (city specific) - https://www.linuxliteos.com/mirrors.php (wait for page to load, some mirrors may still be syncing with us)

Live USB/DVD/VirtualBox/Vmware:

Login is automatic, no credentials are required. The image can be written to a 4gb or larger USB stick, or a writable DVD. Alternatively, you can use the dd command: sudo dd if=linux-lite-6.4-64bit.iso of=/dev/sdx bs=4M where 'x' is the letter of your usb stick. In linux to find out the letter of your usb stick, open a terminal and type: df -h It is usually listed as 'media' or similar. Please see the built in Help Manual if you require a more detailed explanation of this procedure.

A good, simple point and click USB ISO burner is https://www.balena.io/etcher/ or https://rufus.ie/
In our testing, Etcher and Rufus (for Windows only) have proven to be the most reliable. Etcher is available for Mac, Windows & Linux.

If the screen locks during Live mode, type linux into the user box and click on the Login button (no password required)

Reviewers in a VirtualBox:

Installing Updates does work with a Live ISO (ignoring the 'CDROM' errors). All features work as they should, once you have installed Linux Lite to hardware or a VM.
Once Linux Lite has been installed, add the following for a complete reviewing experience:

Code:
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-guest-dkms virtualbox-guest-utils virtualbox-guest-x11

Don't forget the Guest Additions too!
Also, get the Extensions pack from here - https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

Minimum Recommended Specs:
1Ghz processor
768mb ram
8gb HDD/SD
VGA screen capable of 1024x768 resolution
DVD drive or USB port for the ISO image

Preferred Specs:
1.5GHz processor+
1024mb ram+
20gb HDD/SSD+
VGA, DVI or HDMI screen capable of 1366x768 resolution+
DVD drive or USB port for the ISO image

Login to the live desktop is automatic.

The first thing you MUST do after a fresh install of Linux Lite is run Menu, Favorites, Install Updates.

Thank you and enjoy Smile

Jerry and the team.

HP F 300 series

Posted by: LarryB1607 - 03-28-2023, 06:57 PM - Forum: Printing and Scanning - Replies (3)

	Printer is detected fine. This printer has a phantom paper ham. I use it to scan only. I would like to use it to scan on LL, but do not see an option to scan. Pressing the scan button on the printer itself just makes the power button blink several times.

Error Log Pls Guide Me - PPA

Posted by: Mark Van Roon - 03-28-2023, 08:20 AM - Forum: Updates - Replies (1)

updates error - dpkg was interrupted

Posted by: julianks - 03-27-2023, 07:38 AM - Forum: Updates - Replies (3)

===========================
Install Updates Error log
===========================
Install Updates could not successfully download and install available updates.
Go to https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/ and paste the log below into the Software - Support - Updates section for assistance.

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

E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.

Hello

Posted by: Darenti - 03-27-2023, 05:42 AM - Forum: Introductions - Replies (1)

	Hello all, Happy to be a new Linux Lite User. Already finding help for my noob problems here. Must say that this forum is invaluable helping this new Linux user jump the Windows Ship. Great day to you all.

No video card - just a video chip on my motherboard - is that OK?

Posted by: mraroid - 03-25-2023, 08:56 PM - Forum: Installing Linux Lite - Replies (2)

	Hello friends... I have an HP Touch Smart 520-1047C all in one computer. I am upgrading it with a Samsung SS drive and installing the largest amount of RAM I can - which is only 8 GBs. This all in one computer has no slot for a video card. It has an intel chip on the motherboard for video. I cant do anything about this. Can I still install Linux-Lite (6.4) on it? Many thanks, mraroid

Yet Another Slow Laptop...

Posted by: alloydog - 03-25-2023, 02:12 PM - Forum: Other - Replies (5)

I have googled many times for fixes, but nothing seems to relate to my set-up and also there seems to be a fair posts here where people have slow PCs/laptops, but none seem to end with success.

I have always had old laptops at least five years old (usually rescued from firms throwing them out), so never expect lightning performance, but I do feel they're slower than running the contemporary version of Windows. I have been using Linux Lite since 3.8 2.8.

My current laptop, a Dell Lattitude E5430 ran Windows 10 with no issues at all. It has a 1,8 GHz two core processor and 16 GB of RAM and SSD harddrive, so I think that the fan shouldn't roar when I watch a Youtube video, nor should Evince take nearly a minute to open a PDF. Most applications seems take a noticeable moment to open. It is definitley slower than when it ran Windows 10 with 4 GB of RAM and a regular harddrive.

I cannot see anything in the System Monitor that is eating resources either.

According to inxi, this is my machine:

Code:
System:    Kernel: 5.15.0-67-generic x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0 Distro: Linux Lite 6.2 LTS 

Machine:   Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Latitude E5430 non-vPro v: 01 serial: <filter> 

           Mobo: Dell model: 0J24KX v: A00 serial: <filter> UEFI: Dell v: A10 date: 02/06/2013 

CPU:       Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Celeron B840 bits: 64 type: MCP L2 cache: 2048 KiB 

           Speed: 1892 MHz min/max: 800/1900 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1871 2: 1773 

Graphics:  Device-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics driver: i915 v: kernel 

           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.21.1.3 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz 

           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 2000 (SNB GT1) v: 3.3 Mesa 22.2.5 

Audio:     Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel 

           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.15.0-67-generic 

Network:   Device-1: Broadcom and subsidiaries BCM43228 802.11a/b/g/n driver: wl 

           Device-2: Broadcom and subsidiaries NetXtreme BCM5761 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe driver: tg3 

Drives:    Local Storage: total: 223.57 GiB used: 139.92 GiB (62.6%) 

           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WDS240G2G0A-00JH30 size: 223.57 GiB 

           Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: MATSHITA model: DVD+-RW UJ8D1 dev-links: cdrom 

           Features: speed: 24 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram

I would appreciate any suggestions of where to look to eke out a bit better performance.

Thanks.

Upgrade Error - Could not get lock

Posted by: Marty - 03-24-2023, 02:32 PM - Forum: Updates - Replies (1)

===========================
Install Updates Error log
===========================
Install Updates could not successfully download and install available updates.
Go to https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/ and paste the log below into the Software - Support - Updates section for assistance.

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

E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend. It is held by process 5907 (apt-get)
E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), is another process using it?

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