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    [ubuntu] Re: Blanking on login screen How to stop?

    Thank you for your reply. Unfortunately that doesn't work, tried on Jammy kubuntu and Victoria XFCE mint. That was one of the very first things I tried.

    Cheers Tony.
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    [ubuntu] Blanking on login screen How to stop?

    I have googled and searched and been unable to find any fix for this.

    I want the login screen to stay on permanently and not blank at all.

    All display managers have this annoying trait, I've...
  3. [SOLVED] Mythtv ACPI automatic wakeup/shutdown how-to

    I have spent many hours on this after updates kept breaking this function. The polkit changes are the ones that had me tearing out my hair. Many thanks to the Archwiki community for their polkit...
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    Re: Howto make USB boot drives

    I did do a Googling of zenity TUI and YAD. I haven't done any programming since writing my own service programme in Database3 + in the 1980's for my Video wall/projector repair and installation...
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    Re: Howto make USB boot drives

    How many pixels: width x height do you use? 3840 x 2160 or higher resolution? How big is the monitor?

    1920 x 1080 It is screened on a 55" Samsung tv Model no. QE55QN95BATXXU in my living room (I...
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    Re: Howto make USB boot drives

    OK well I had a go today with an 8gb microsd through a trancend usb adaptor.

    My system:-
    $ inxi -F
    System:
    Host: linuxmint Kernel: 5.15.0-84-generic x86_64 bits: 64
    Desktop: KDE Plasma...
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    Re: Howto make USB boot drives

    Will do, next available spare time to do it will be Sunday! Equipment and ubuntu flavour in my signature.
    Tony.
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    Re: Howto make USB boot drives

    I use this on a regular basis, it works well.

    At the very end, an information box pops up with a font that is so tiny it is unreadable. It does not affect usage, but I wonder if anyone else has...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Content of Ubuntu 22.04 LTS installation

    No worries, just ensure you install a browser of some sort (via apt or .deb) BEFORE you remove the snap ecosystem!
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    [ubuntu] Re: Content of Ubuntu 22.04 LTS installation

    Regarding snaps- when I do an install the very first thing I install is a .deb package of Firefox or Opera, then the next thing to do is to remove the complete snap ecosystem.

    The snap system...
  11. Re: Easy install MYTHTV on 23.04 Lunar lobster

    Hi Fu, Yes, you are right LTS and stability is crucial, but idiots like me like to fiddle and try out all the latest an greatest - I do it on a trial machine kept for just that purpose.

    I know...
  12. Easy install MYTHTV on 23.04 Lunar lobster

    I did an easy install with gotchas for earlier flavours the last was Focal so here is one for Lunar:

    Add mythtv repository of your choice replace the XX with 33 for latest stable version:

    sudo...
  13. [ubuntu] Re: Blocking Samsung's TV firmware update domains

    I've gone the other way. I had a dedicated home theatre room in OZ but here in the UK I'm in a granny/grandad flat, so 55inch is the biggest I can fit and that was an uphill battle and involved lots...
  14. [ubuntu] Re: Blocking Samsung's TV firmware update domains

    The tv was absolutely flooding my network with calls to the mother ship. I decided the safest and most effective way to counter this was to pull the RJ45 plug altogether.
    Wow, what a reaction. ...
  15. [ubuntu] Re: Blocking Samsung's TV firmware update domains

    Absolutely, agree 100%.
  16. [ubuntu] Re: Blocking Samsung's TV firmware update domains

    I feel your pain. Since brexit a great many of the Eastern European skilled workforce have repatriated and we now have bricklayers earning £250,000 a year. Getting plumbers and sparkies is pot...
  17. [ubuntu] Re: Blocking Samsung's TV firmware update domains

    @TheFu
    In my mate's shed I found an old TP-Link Archer VR2800 router that will run open wrt so I may have a go at that. I really don't want the hassle of using a dedicated pc or raspberry, there's...
  18. [ubuntu] Re: Blocking Samsung's TV firmware update domains

    @1fallen
    Thanks again for this. I will snoop on each one as the tv tries to auto-update and see which are relevant. Samsung are so sneaky with this. They build-in so many crappy apps that I...
  19. [ubuntu] Re: Blocking Samsung's TV firmware update domains

    @ifallen - Thanks for this suggestion-just tried it but it does not recognise any of them as valid addresses. I may have to remove the wildcards and list each and every one. May take some time...
  20. [ubuntu] Blocking Samsung's TV firmware update domains

    I have recently moved from my BT copper broadband to Virgin fibre.

    The BT router has been sent back to BT. It had an easily configurable firmware which allowed the blocking of selected domains to...
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    Re: What is going on with Ubuntu Cinnamon?

    I moved from Mandriva then Linux mint to Kubuntu as the mint devs in their infinite wisdom decided to remove KDE from their offerings. KDE has blazed the trail for the most configurable and...
  22. [ubuntu] HP multi-function no scanner printing works

    For anyone struggling with this, try installing libsane-hpaio from the repositories-I use Synaptic and it fixed my no scanning issue.

    I think that depending on which is installed first, hplip or...
  23. Re: Find linux version on old drive without booting it.

    Impavidus - thanks for the reply, I'll check it out.

    Tony.
  24. Re: Find linux version on old drive without booting it.

    Thanks for the reply, this method is what I was trying to avoid. Check out deadflowr's post.

    Tony.
  25. Re: Find linux version on old drive without booting it.

    Deadflowr - You nailed it for me.

    That's a nice quick and easy way to find the flavour, no booting, messing about with chroots, a quick file inspection and there it is. thank you.

    Tony.
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