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

[Dan Ballance]

That sounds like a lot of hassle! Does Libre Office Writer not do what you
need then?

https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/writer

What features are you missing?


On Sun, 19 Jun 2016 01:05 Will, <artistnatural at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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?
>
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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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