[xubuntu-users] xubuntu-users Digest, Vol 113, Issue 5

[Will]

I wish I could bring a computer with Windoz Xp
then have virtual box installed
then have MS Word installed inside VB

Is such a process possible?

On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 8:00 AM, <xubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com>
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>    1. Re:  Funny problem with VLC (Jeffrey Needle)
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> Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2016 11:52:57 -0700
> From: Jeffrey Needle <jeff.needle at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [xubuntu-users] Funny problem with VLC
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> Well, lsblk gave me the drive mounted at /media/jeff/584C11B03DEE3B5B.
> I went back to VLC, navigated to /media/jeff, and bingo! there it was!
> No idea why it wasn't there the other day!
>
> Thanks so much.
>
> On 06/16/2016 12:23 AM, JMZ wrote:
> > Hi Jeffrey,
> >
> > When a media source is plugged into ubuntu linux, the drive is
> > auto-mounted to /media.  This might not be a good place for your
> > external drive to end up.  See if remounting the drive somewhere else
> > allows you to access your external drive.
> >
> > 1) Close VLC and open a terminal window.
> >
> > 2) type 'lsblk'.   (I don't think you will need sudo, but throw a sudo
> > in there if needed.) This will give you a tree diagram of your mounted
> > drives, drive data capacities, and /dev assignments. This should help
> > you track down where your external drive is in the /dev hierarchy.
> >
> > 3) find and write down the /dev assignment for your external drive.
> >
> > 4) Y'know what, leave /media as it is.  The external drive can be
> > mounted at two places at once.
> >
> > 5) Create some directory for the /dev to point to.  You will need to
> > use 'sudo mkdir' off the root, should you wish to create a directory
> > one layer off root (your call).
> >
> > 6) mount the external drive like this:
> >
> > ------> (6a) 'sudo mount /dev/[/dev drive assignment]  /[name of
> > target directory], where [/dev drive assignment] is a code such as
> > sda1, sdb2 etc.  [name of target directory] refers to the directory
> > you have just created as a destination for the external drive
> >
> > Now try accessing your media files off the external drive with VLC,
> > drawing data from the target directory.
> >
> > Good luck and Happy Motoring,
> > Jordan
> >
> > On 06/16/2016 02:34 AM, Jeffrey Needle wrote:
> >> Hi. Just installed Xubuntu, 64-bit.  Fully updated.
> >>
> >> I prefer VLC for playing media.  For some reason, VLC isn't reading
> >> my external drive where I have the videos I want to watch.  Parole
> >> Media Player finds it just fine.
> >>
> >> Anyone have any idea how I can fix this?  I've tried navigating to
> >> the drive, but I can't find it anywhere in VLC's program.
> >>
> >> Many thanks.
> >>
> >
> >
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