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  1. [ubuntu_mate] Lenovo Trackpoint (red button) erratic movement ...

    I have a Lenovo Thinkpad laptop T470s.
    The red button Trackpoint does not work as it should - the screen arrow movement is erratic and unusable.
    The square Trackpad though operates as it should.
    ...
  2. [ubuntu] Re: Prepping to install Ubuntu, now I can not boot laptop ...

    I found the solution:
    "Hold down the power button for 10-15 seconds to do a hard reset on your laptop or PC and reboot your computer. "
    Then reboot and press F12 to enter BIOS where I enabled...
  3. [ubuntu] Prepping to install Ubuntu, now I can not boot laptop ...

    Got a used Lenovo T470s laptop off Ebay.
    It contained Windows 10, and I went and resized the Windows partition using the Windows utility.
    Now I cannot boot Windows 10, nor my Ubuntu 22.04 thumb...
  4. [ubuntu] Syslog entries when your laptop is on Battery vs AC Power ...

    Is there a way to get entries in the syslog when a laptop is placed on AC Power and when removed from AC Power?

    I've scanned /var/log/syslog for entries but cannot decipher them.
    I have found...
  5. Removing packages marked "deinstall" ...

    I have a number of packages marked "deinstall" when I execute: $ dpkg --get-selections | grep -i deinstall

    I read that one can remove all packages marked "deinstall" via:
    Removes all packages...
  6. [ubuntu] Re: Suggestions on how to replace NVMe SSD in laptop with larger

    These are great tips and advice.
    I do have a rather "built up" 22.04 Ubuntu OS, and a fresh install as you recommend seems the way to go.
    I do have my /home in a separate partition too.

    I have...
  7. [ubuntu] Suggestions on how to replace NVMe SSD in laptop with larger

    Looking for suggestions on how I can replace my 256GB NVMe SSD in my laptop with a larger NVMe
    and transfer my Ubuntu OS and /home to the new NVMe.

    I really want to save my OS root partition...
  8. [ubuntu_mate] Re: How do I discern which Partition has Grub and boot record ...

    Thanks @oldfred. I put that information in my Ubuntu notes file.
  9. [ubuntu_mate] How do I discern which Partition has Grub and boot record ...

    How do I discern which Partition has Grub and boot record?

    The reason I am asking is that I have 3 hard drives:
    /dev/sda, /dev/sdb, and /dev/sdc

    My bootable partition is /dev/sda4

    I had a...
  10. [ubuntu] Re: DVDs will not play on 2 of my Ubuntu OS, but will on another ...

    I found the problem ... replaced the SATA cable and DVD player is working fine on my desktop PC.
    Thanks all for the help and insites.

    Now, the other computer, my older laptop, I'll have to...
  11. [ubuntu] Re: DVDs will not play on 2 of my Ubuntu OS, but will on another ...

    Replaced the DVD Player from yet another PC ... still the same problem.
    I really think its not the DVD hardware but instead some odd configuration issue.
  12. [ubuntu] Re: DVDs will not play on 2 of my Ubuntu OS, but will on another ...

    This is wierd.
    I use to be able to use my Grub Repair and Clonezilla DVDs and those don't work anymore too.

    Is there a way to remove the device DVD and then reinstall???
  13. [ubuntu] Re: DVDs will not play on 2 of my Ubuntu OS, but will on another ...

    Under /dev I do not have a "dvd", but I do have "cdrom -> sr0"



    $ ls -l /dev | grep -i cdrom
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Aug 22 14:00 cdrom -> sr0
    crw-rw----+ 1 root cdrom ...
  14. [ubuntu] Re: DVDs will not play on 2 of my Ubuntu OS, but will on another ...

    Still will not play. Its a home made DVD I made from a VCR tape. Not commercial.
    It will play properly on a DVD player attached to my Television, but not on the DVD players on two of my Ubuntu...
  15. [ubuntu] DVDs will not play on 2 of my Ubuntu OS, but will on another ...

    For the life of me I cannot figure out why I cannot play DVDs on two of my Ubuntu PCs.
    All are running Ubuntu 22.04 Mate.

    I've tried various players. With mplayer it just dies. With SMPlayer it...
  16. [ubuntu] Re: Ubuntu Mate and Codeblocks - any screen issues ...

    I've purchased a cheap nVidia video card off Ebay to replace my Radeon video card to see if that is the cause.

    After I receive it I'll post the results.
  17. [ubuntu] Re: Ubuntu Mate and Codeblocks - any screen issues ...

    I've installed the latest from source.



    $ apt policy libwxbase3.2-0-unofficial libwxbase3.2unofficial-dev libwxgtk3.2-0-unofficial libwxgtk3.2unofficial-dev wx3.2-headers wx-common
    ...
  18. [ubuntu] Re: Ubuntu Mate and Codeblocks - any screen issues ...

    product: Turks PRO [Radeon HD 6570/7570/8550 / R5 230]
    vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]


    No updates for driver since 2015. Running latest driver.

    No other issues except...
  19. [ubuntu] Re: Ubuntu Mate and Codeblocks - any screen issues ...

    $ inxi -Gxx | grep compositor
    Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.3 compositor: Compiz v: 0.9.14.1

    Currently running Compiz but I get same screen corruption when I run Marco and its variants.
  20. [ubuntu] Re: Ubuntu Mate and Codeblocks - any screen issues ...

    Thanks 1fallen.
    Sure would like to get CodeBlocks working properly.
  21. [ubuntu] Re: Ubuntu Mate and Codeblocks - any screen issues ...

    I've tried wxWidgets 3.2, 3.1, 3.0, and 2.8.

    I've tried CodeBlocks from the repositories and just download, compiled and installed the latest version from source.
    Same problem.

    Could it be x11...
  22. [ubuntu] Re: Ubuntu Mate and Codeblocks - any screen issues ...

    Here is a Screen Recording demonstration this screen corruption in the IDE:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTPA1602rfQ
  23. [ubuntu] Re: Ubuntu Mate and Codeblocks - any screen issues ...

    I tried that command but no joy:

    $ gsettings set com.canonical.desktop.interface scrollbar-mode normal
    No such schema “com.canonical.desktop.interface”
  24. [ubuntu] Ubuntu Mate and Codeblocks - any screen issues ...

    I'm getting some crazy display issues while running CodeBlocks 20.03 and wxWidgets.
    Not finding any help searching the Internet so I'm wondering if there might be some clues here.
    My 22.04 Ubuntu...
  25. [ubuntu] Laptop docked and undocked entries in /var/log/syslog

    I have two Lenovo laptops (W510 and T470s) and each have docking stations.
    My older one, the W510, makes entries in syslog indicating when that laptop docked and when it undocked.

    I've been...
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