The Linux.uk Community Forum

OMG!  Another one lost for words here  What sad news.

As many others, I came to Linux some years ago, actually from a Unix background, but I had forgotten most of that.

Mark was always brilliant, patient and super helpful, and I will miss him. I rarely needed to post a question as most of them had already been asked by some other poor confused user - and nearly all answered by Mark.

Thinking of his family and friends at this time.

RIP Mark.

  - marked as solved - thanks again.

That works ! = how very strange

Having hovered over the "stored" top sites icon in the new tab screen on FF - it has a great load of guff after the link you gave - which pesumably is corrupt in some way ??

Thanks very much for your help, once again

Thanks for the reply 

FF says:-

"Hmm. We're having trouble finding that site.

We can't connect to the server at outlook.live.com.
If that address is correct, here are three other things you can try:

    Try again later.
    Check your network connection.
    If you are connected but behind a firewall, check that Firefox has permission to access the Web."

Perceived wisdom on the web, from a search, seems to be that this is a common issue, and a few folk have cured the problem by clearing their cache, and disabling / removing add-ons - which I tried with no success 

Hi Folks, as the title says - have removed all two add-ons, and cleared the cache as recommended on both the ubuntu, M$, and Mozilla forums, and yet it still no worky 

I'm drugged up on Tramadol at the mo, so any help much appreciated

Thanks

Ah!! No worries - Thought I was losing the plot !!

Any idea what caused this? ( and does it matter ??! )

thanks again for your help.

Well, it worked !! Thanks ever so much Mark. You're a star 

triggered 138 Mb of updates too !

Of course I'll spare you the details of how I typed in less than half of the commands and "all hell broke loose" .... and how I felt a complete plonker when I scrolled down and saw the rest of your post  - I mean, honestly I just can't get the "staff" ..... oh, er...., wait..... yeah - I am the "staff"       

Thanks again 

I'll mark this as solved 

Hi mark, and Thanks for the reply 


EDIT:- I didn't see your entire post  - I'll "do" the rest of the commands and come  back to you. Sorry 


TIA

Hi Folks, So, here's a new one on me.... neither SPM nor Software manager are working....

SPM, having asked for, and received my pwd,  gives the following errors:-

E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/gb.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_trusty_main_i18n_Translation-en
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

Sotware manager asks for my pwd, and is given it, and then closes the window (!!)

So..., I did a manual update:-

[email protected] ~ $ sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for sim:
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty InRelease                                 
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease                                 
Get:1 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates InRelease [65.9 kB]         
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty InRelease                                 
Get:2 http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty Release.gpg [72 B]                       
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main amd64 Packages                       
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty Release                                   
Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security InRelease [65.9 kB]           
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main i386 Packages                         
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main Sources                               
Get:4 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports InRelease [65.9 kB]       
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main amd64 Packages                       
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main Translation-en                       
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main i386 Packages                         
Get:5 http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty Release.gpg [316 B]                     
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty Release                                   
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty Release                                   
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex             
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex               
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main amd64 Packages                       
Get:6 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main Sources [127 kB]         
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main i386 Packages                         
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en_GB                     
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en                       
Get:7 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty Release.gpg [933 B]                 
Get:8 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/main Sources [393 kB]       
Get:9 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/restricted Sources [4,637 B] 
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main Translation-en_GB                     
Get:10 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe Sources [50.3 kB] 
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main Translation-en                       
Get:11 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/multiverse Sources [3,203 B]
Get:12 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main amd64 Packages [594 kB]
Get:13 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/restricted Sources [5,911 B]
Get:14 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/universe Sources [175 kB]   
Get:15 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/multiverse Sources [7,513 B]
Get:16 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages [963 kB]
Get:17 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/restricted amd64 Packages [13.4 kB]
Get:18 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/restricted amd64 Packages [16.4 kB]
Get:19 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe amd64 Packages [154 kB]
Get:20 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/universe amd64 Packages [402 kB]
Get:21 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/multiverse amd64 Packages [4,143 B]
Get:22 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main i386 Packages [553 kB] 
Get:23 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages [14.0 kB]
Get:24 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/main i386 Packages [924 kB]
Get:25 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/restricted i386 Packages [16.2 kB]
Get:26 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/universe i386 Packages [403 kB]
Get:27 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/restricted i386 Packages [13.1 kB]
Get:28 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe i386 Packages [155 kB]
Get:29 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/multiverse i386 Packages [14.4 kB]
Get:30 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/main Translation-en [474 kB]
Get:31 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/multiverse i386 Packages [4,292 B]
Get:32 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main Translation-en [325 kB]
Get:33 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/multiverse Translation-en [7,340 B]
Get:34 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/restricted Translation-en [3,847 B]
Get:35 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/universe Translation-en [212 kB]
Get:36 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/main Sources [9,712 B]   
Get:37 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/restricted Sources [28 B]
Get:38 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/universe Sources [35.3 kB]
Get:39 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/multiverse Sources [1,898 B]
Get:40 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/main amd64 Packages [13.3 kB]
Get:41 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/multiverse Translation-en [2,201 B]
Get:42 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/restricted amd64 Packages [28 B]
Get:43 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/universe amd64 Packages [43.2 kB]
Get:44 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/restricted Translation-en [3,357 B]
Get:45 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/multiverse amd64 Packages [1,571 B]
Get:46 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/main i386 Packages [13.3 kB]
Get:47 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe Translation-en [90.2 kB]
Get:48 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/restricted i386 Packages [28 B]
Get:49 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/universe i386 Packages [43.2 kB]
Get:50 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/multiverse i386 Packages [1,552 B]
Get:51 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/main Translation-en [7,503 B]
Get:52 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/multiverse Translation-en [1,215 B]
Get:53 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/restricted Translation-en [28 B]
Get:54 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/universe Translation-en [36.8 kB]
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty Release                               
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty Release                               
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main Sources/DiffIndex                 
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted Sources/DiffIndex           
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Sources/DiffIndex             
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse Sources/DiffIndex           
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex         
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted amd64 Packages/DiffIndex   
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe amd64 Packages/DiffIndex     
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse amd64 Packages/DiffIndex   
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex           
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted i386 Packages/DiffIndex     
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe i386 Packages/DiffIndex       
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse i386 Packages/DiffIndex     
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en_GB                 
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en                   
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse Translation-en_GB           
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse Translation-en             
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted Translation-en_GB           
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted Translation-en             
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Translation-en_GB             
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Translation-en               
Get:55 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main Sources [1,064 kB]             
Get:56 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted Sources [5,433 B]       
Get:57 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Sources [6,399 kB]         
Get:58 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse Sources [174 kB]         
Get:59 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main amd64 Packages [1,350 kB]     
Get:60 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted amd64 Packages [13.0 kB]
Get:61 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe amd64 Packages [5,859 kB] 
Get:62 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse amd64 Packages [132 kB] 
Get:63 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main i386 Packages [1,348 kB]       
Get:64 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted i386 Packages [13.4 kB] 
Get:65 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe i386 Packages [5,866 kB]   
Get:66 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse i386 Packages [134 kB]   
Fetched 28.9 MB in 58s (493 kB/s)                                             
Reading package lists... Error!
W: GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 4DF9B28CA252A784
W: GPG error: http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 40976EAF437D05B5 Ubuntu Archive Automatic Signing Key <[email protected]>
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/gb.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_trusty_main_i18n_Translation-en
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
[email protected] ~ $

any idea please TIA

Another vote for peppermint from me - but what is this "cloud" of which you speak?

I don't have anything in the cloud - nada, zilch, zero... etc., ( Internet  in the sticks is too slow for such modern concepts )

the thing we love about Peppermint is the fact that the whole thing is completely customizable to your preferences - we've been running it for a good while now - Linux for even longer - NEVER going back to microbrain/micro$oft and the other more offensive "names" for Mr gates' rubbish 

Quote from: Osmond on September 18, 2016, 01:19:09 PM
Greetings to all advisors,
Ministry of Freedom offer laptops withTrisquel GNU/linux pre-installed and with a wide choice of Ram and storage. The processor is Core 2 Duo P8400 2.2GHz. Is this the kind of set-up to suit a beginner like....

Osmond?

I ran an HP core2duo machine for donkeys years -   initially with Ubuntu 10 on, and then moved to peppermint.   It was so good, i used it for more or less everything, and literally "wore it out"    - I replaced it with a more modern machine, but am still running linux - peppermint 6 currently ( of course!).

Linux is very easy to get on with now - I have switched many of our friends over to it too!! none of have gone back, one went to Apple ( he's got too much money!) the remaining friends running windross ( not many, thankfully ), seem to have too many problems for my liking - and always "moaning" about something called "antivirus"  

I'd try and stick to a mainstream distro for your first experience of linux.... my choice would be peppermint, but there are several other good suggestions above 

Thanks for the reply.  I expected it to "just" work - and still don't know why it didn't.   I do wonder if something has happened to the network side of the printer.  I'll set a static IP, and try to ping it - once I get that to work, I'll see if it will play the rest of the game 

I'll be back !!

Well, until you asked the question, I was sure - but now you ask the question, I can see why - resetting the thing will have reset that bit too. Ooops! 

I'll try and get it back to a fixed IP..

Any advice on the next steps please?

Sorry,  and thanks 

Aye, the printer is turned on ! works fine over USB from the desktop....

IP and subnet of printer:-

192.168.1.245 subnet 255.255.255.0 ( I tried to use the top of the range after reading the FAQ on TalkTalks forum and reserving 240 to 255 out of the DHCP table - it didn't work )

IP and subnet of router:-

192.168.1.1 subnet 255.255.255.0

IP and subnet of PC:-

[email protected] ~ $ ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 74:d4:35:e2:9c:85 
          inet addr:192.168.1.3  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0

I can't even ping the dell!! process just sits there until I ctrl+Z it (!)

I have tried setting the IP to a fixed IP within the Huawei 633 router ( as above ) - no joy, then setting the IP to x.x.1.4 - still no joy, installed snmpwalk, and tried
[email protected] ~ $ snmpwalk -Cc -v 1 -c public 192.168.1.4 | tee snmpwalk.log
Timeout: No Response from 192.168.1.4
[email protected] ~ $

same command directed to the HP's IP works instantly

So I tried arp, which gives:-

[email protected] ~ $ arp
Address                  HWtype  HWaddress           Flags Mask            Iface
192.168.1.245                    (incomplete)                              eth0
192.168.1.4              ether   08:00:37:2a:96:af   CM                    eth0      <--- supposedly the Dell
192.168.1.1              ether   58:7f:66:b1:52:77   C                     eth0        <-- router
192.168.1.2              ether   dc:d3:21:aa:7a:1f   C                     eth0        <---
192.168.1.6              ether   c4:85:08:e5:43:40   C                     eth0       <--- set top box
192.168.1.7              ether   00:14:38:d1:e9:02   C                     eth0       <--- HP3392
[email protected] ~ $

The x.x.1.245 was deleted using arp -d - but remains in the list for some reason (?) the MAC address at x.x.1.4 is the Dell's MAC

I've tried reseting the Dell, and more or less every permutation of protocol I can think of - still works fine over USB - would you like a test  page - i have "several" spares free to a good home!!

lost? you betcha!

TIA

Thanks for the reply.

No new printers are found in CUPS on both the wireless connected laptop (P6), or the hardwired desktop running P6.