Thought you all might be interested to read this news. Of course this isn't a new concept to Linux users since we have been re- purposing and customising older laptops for years! Hence me having a Macbook Pro running on Ubuntu, and in the past I had an older HP laptop that Mark Greaves helped me put Peppermint onto.


https://frame.work/

I think you are right:

This package automates the process of launching downloads of the source   ?
 ? files for libdvdcss2 from videolan.org, compiling them, and installing    ?
 ? the binary packages (libdvdcss2 libdvdcss-dev).                           ?
 ?                                                                           ?
 ? Please run "sudo dpkg-reconfigure libdvd-pkg" to launch this process for  ?
 ? the first time.                                                           ?
 ?                   

I just put in those commands and not sure what I have to do now. This is the messages that came out of the terminal:

[email protected]:~$ sudo add-apt-repository multiverse
[sudo] password for avon:
'multiverse' distribution component is already enabled for all sources.
[email protected]:~$ sudo apt install libdvd-pkg
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.
[email protected]:~$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure libdvd-pkg
/usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: libdvd-pkg is broken or not fully installed.
[email protected]:~$

I would not win a prize for coding lol.

Well I´m using the Macbook again! My Chromebook is second hand and some sites have updated Chrome and they are not supporting it. Very annoying. I have another post about that.

I´m getting given another scanner off a local bloke this coming week, so it might work better on the Macbook. I will post about that when I have it. In the meantime the Peppermint netbook works the scanner I already have very well.

Matilda wiping Ubuntu and installing Peppermint won't fix the problem, Peppermint is Ubuntu, don't be disheartened there's a few other firmware files we can try, The one I tried was the one I thought most likely to work but maybe I was wrong, so if you're prepared to stick with me I'm prepared to keep trying

What do you want to do ?


Graeme

I've used this scanner so many times over a period of about 7 years on Peppermint and no problems with it. I didn't have so many firmware installation issues with Peppermint. It's not just the scanner but also the DVD package. That won't work either, but it works on the Peppermint netbook.

Peppermint works differently to Ubuntu. It is simpler and easier to use the software manager etc. I hardly have had any problems getting packages uploaded in the past using Peppermint. Mark always said it was the best distro for netbooks and laptops!

I've put the MacBook away for now. I'm having a think if I even want to keep it because it has some keys that stick, and a screen so reflective it is like a mirror! I can't really use it to watch anything (which is a shame cos of the big screen) unless it is a dim day or evening, and it needs to be plugged in all the time as the battery doesn't have much charge. Now, the netbook also needs to be plugged in, but it isn't big and heavy like the MacBook and it also gets very hot, so I got it a cooling mat which works, but doesn't stay as cool as the Chromebook does.
I might give it to my mate Dave to do his typing on (he writes zines). I already have the netbook and my Chromebook which between them, do all I want them to do.

I'll let you know in a couple of days what I've decided to do. Thanks for your help so far.

Ok that looks good to me

Try your scanner now



Graeme

Okay- I will go and get it from the hessian bag I keep it in, in my bedroom. Yeah--I need some sort of desk for all my computer stuff lol.

You do know that the software is called document scanner on Ubuntu and not simple scanner as in Peppermint? It is not the same one.