Many thanks, I have a synology server that was working but I upgraded to 21.10 and it's not updating and I've been too busy to figure out why. That is probably what started systemd to begin with. ...
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Many thanks, I have a synology server that was working but I upgraded to 21.10 and it's not updating and I've been too busy to figure out why. That is probably what started systemd to begin with. ...
I would appreciate it if someone would explain to me what is going on with the boot up code below. It's talking about a tracker and and free desktop. I'm assuming this is just some tracking I have...
Thanks for the suggestion. It seemed to be what I need. I ran it right after I had booted up. It shows where something is looping about 29 times (dev-loop29.device). I did not see anything else...
Open VPN tried to open but gets an error and then tries again. I installed it about a week ago and it worked fine for about 5 days. I need someone to help me understand what the syslog is telling...
Additional info: Normal boot: about 1:15 minute
Blank screen: 30 seconds
Blank screen with cursor: 30 seconds
Logon screen
I found a recent post about troubleshooting bootup. It was very informative. I updated grub with
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="" and it helped me see things I can work on in the future to
make my...
I am using Ubuntu 18.04 with all the updates. I am also using a VPN that supports Ipv6. After setting up my VPN some time ago I kept getting stuff from Thailand where I live. I finally found...
Your advice was very good. I was trying to do something unnecessary. I deleted the files and started over using the default setting in Handbreak. (Mpeg4) Things went much better and using...
I'm using Ubuntu 18.04 and want to rip a Karaoke DVD and make a VCD for use on an old player. I have tried ripping with Handbrake using the Mpeg2 setting. Then I have tried to burn using K3b and...
I am using Ubuntu 18.04 with all the updates. I use Firefox primarily but sometimes Chromium too. The problem I have is that when I go to certain webpages at some point my computer seems to go...
Thanks for the help. Great thoughts. I inserted my USB stick and went into bios to try and boot from it. When I did this it booted from the HD properly. It occurred to me that maybe the bios was...
Ubuntu Desktop does not boot.
Using 18.04 with all the updates on a desktop. Asus MB H81M-K about two years old. When I turn on it beeps once like it should. Then I see the Asus logo with the ability to go to Bios. After that...
Excellent! It worked. Thanks. :p
The space was added and I get another error.
mlempenau@mlempenau1404:~$ sudo cp -i ~/Downloads/str-dfw301_a309973-active.ovpn /etc/openvpn/strongvpn.conf
cp: cannot stat...
Copy or moving file
I am trying to copy a file to another location and at the same time give it a different name. I get an error message saying I'm missing destination file operand.
mlempenau@mlempenau1404:~$ sudo...
Just bought a new Dell Inspiron 5567 with windows 10 loaded. After a couple days of burnin I turned off secure boot, selected Legacy boot list and enabled legacy option ROMs. Then I installed...
solved
I went to the systemlog and found out what the error was. Then I went through about three different support staff before someone knew how to correct the problem. Now the strongvpn connection is...
THis is from system log ...
Jul 14 14:46:05 mlempenau1404 NetworkManager[790]: <info> Policy set 'Wired connection 1' (eth0) as default for IPv4 routing and DNS.
Jul 14 14:46:05 mlempenau1404...
I have finally figured out how to import the vpn information. But now I get an error - The VPN connection 'strongvpn' failed because the VPN service failed to start. Now what do I do?
My network connections manager does not show an import export option???? I installed using the terminal as noted on the instructions. A copy of my terminal output is below...
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My purpose in this is to be able to logon to Social Security using PPTP. I just want a simple VPN connection to work. My VPN provider is StrongVPN and they have switched servers for me already. ...
I am having the same problem on two computers. One is running 12.04 and the other is 14.04. They have all the updates. I am using network connection manager. I have followed all the instructions...
That worked ... Thanks
Now if I could only remember what I did before. Your correct, this is a band-aid.
How do I find my correct user name? I thought it was mlempenau, but this didn't work. So I tried Michael Lempenau but because it's two words it didn't take it.
mlempenau@mlempenau1404:~$ cd...