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by alb
Sun Jan 31, 2021 6:15 pm
Forum: Bugs and Non-Package Requests Forum
Topic: MX Snapshot v21.x - a couple of issues [Solved]
Replies: 18
Views: 2368

Re: MX Snapshot v21.x - a couple of issues [Solved]

Yes - Fixed.

First class support, as usual - you guys really are the dog's doodahs, it's one of the many things that make MX so great (along with being able to avoid systemd, of course - at least for now :eek: )
by alb
Sun Jan 31, 2021 3:52 pm
Forum: Bugs and Non-Package Requests Forum
Topic: MX Snapshot v21.x - a couple of issues [Solved]
Replies: 18
Views: 2368

Re: MX Snapshot v21.x - a couple of issues [Solved]

Sorry, but still reports 0 free space. But at least I've now discovered Gdebi !! (via the excellent User Manual, of course.) 1st logfile is starting GUI and accepting all defaults. 2nd is starting GUI and selecting the same path, but via "Select a different snapshot directory" [General] co...
by alb
Sun Jan 31, 2021 2:18 pm
Forum: Bugs and Non-Package Requests Forum
Topic: MX Snapshot v21.x - a couple of issues [Solved]
Replies: 18
Views: 2368

Re: MX Snapshot v21.x - a couple of issues [Solved]

My normal snapshot directory (as set in mx-snapshot.conf) is /media/Tosh8TB/--Backups--/MXsnapshotISOs/ and so a snapshot would be e.g. /media/Tosh8TB/--Backups--/MXsnapshotISOs/snapshot-20210131_xxxx.iso and this has been running fine with pre-21.x With /etc/mx-snapshot.conf 'snapshot_dir' set to '...
by alb
Sun Jan 31, 2021 11:59 am
Forum: Bugs and Non-Package Requests Forum
Topic: MX Snapshot v21.x - a couple of issues [Solved]
Replies: 18
Views: 2368

MX Snapshot v21.x - a couple of issues [Solved]

I normally take a snapshot once a week into a sub-directory (which I have set in mx-snapshot.conf) of /media/Tosh8TB/ (an internal hard drive) and all was well until v21.x There are now two problems: 1) MX Snapshot 21.x (currently 21.1.02) reports 0 space available on that drive, so I've been saving...
by alb
Mon Jan 11, 2021 3:06 pm
Forum: MX Respins
Topic: Virtualbox upgrade issue
Replies: 14
Views: 2494

Re: Virtualbox upgrade issue

Same VB problem here after yesterday's (partial) updates - some packages updated to 6.1.16, others remained at 6.1.6; VB's 'about' showed 6.1.6; wanted "liblzf1 >= 1.5". MXPI's 'Test Repo' tab listed 'virtualbox', 'virtualbox-ext-pack', and 'virtualbox-qt' all still at 6.1.6 and so upgrada...
by alb
Wed Mar 06, 2019 10:34 am
Forum: General
Topic: list active monitors
Replies: 14
Views: 2205

Re: list active monitors

Three displays all on one video card. Second video card unused at present. HDMI is primary display. $ xrandr --listactivemonitors Monitors: 3 0: +*HDMI-0 1920/510x1080/290+0+1080 HDMI-0 1: +DVI-0 1920/510x1080/290+1920+1080 DVI-0 2: +VGA-0 1920/477x1080/268+1920+0 VGA-0 $ xrandr --listmonitors Monit...
by alb
Sun Mar 03, 2019 12:00 pm
Forum: Package Requests/Status - MX 17/18
Topic: MX 17/18 Repository: The LibreOffice Thread
Replies: 10
Views: 2168

Re: MX 17/18 Repository: The LibreOffice Thread

Installed OK. I've been running Calc (the only part of LO that I use) for a couple of hours and all OK.

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