My computer has two HDDs. The first is a Linux drive with LL5.4, with separate "/" and "/home" partitions and a swap space.
The second, "dev/sdb," is a dos disk I don't have access to (or don't know how to access).


I want to use that second one to store Timeshift restore points and an iso of my existing system (made with Systemback). But I can't write to the drive until it is formatted from dos to ext4 or something Linux can use.


How can I access and format that second hard drive?


Sorry for the "rookie question," but I'm stumped.

Found below log file after trying to install updates:
===========================
Install Updates Error log
===========================
Install Updates could not fetch the package cache information lists.
Go to https://www.868212.xyz/forums/ and paste the log below into a new or existing thread for assistance.

============ Log ===========

Hit:1 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu focal InRelease
Ign:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/pj-assis/ppa/ubuntu focal InRelease
Hit:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal InRelease
Hit:4 http://packages.microsoft.com/repos/code stable InRelease
Hit:5 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security InRelease
Hit:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates InRelease
Hit:7 http://repo.linuxliteos.com/linuxlite emerald InRelease
Err:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/pj-assis/ppa/ubuntu focal Release
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.95.85 80]
Get:9 https://repo.skype.com/deb stable InRelease [4,502 B]
Hit:10 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports InRelease
Hit:11 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease
Err:9 https://repo.skype.com/deb stable InRelease
  The following signatures were invalid: EXPKEYSIG 1F3045A5DF7587C3 Skype Linux Client Repository <[email protected]>
Reading package lists...
E: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/pj-assis/ppa/ubuntu focal Release' does not have a Release file.
W: GPG error: https://repo.skype.com/deb stable InRelease: The following signatures were invalid: EXPKEYSIG 1F3045A5DF7587C3 Skype Linux Client Repository <[email protected]>
E: The repository 'https://repo.skype.com/deb stable InRelease' is not signed.

Hello there. I added a file to my X11 config so it would minimize screen tear on intel graphics. I went away for a few hours then came back to boot up the system. Everything went fine, up until the very last moment when I heard the oh-so pleasant sound of the Linux Lite startup but without any indication I had made it to my desktop. In fact, I was still stuck on the "ASUS" loading screen (normally my computer does "ASUS", *standard LL loading* and finally "ASUS" again before showing the desktop; in this case i'm stuck on the very last "ASUS" screen).

So I removed the added file with a live session, no changes. I played around with the recovery mode, and reinstalled my nvidia drivers (btw they're not the open source ones).

TL;DR - My system loads until the very last moment when video freezes but I can still hear the startup sound. Tried messing around with recovery and drivers, nada. Any help is appreciated

And for the curious ones this was the file I added and then removed to my /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel-graphics.conf

Hi. Just got this Install Updates Error Log Below:
===========================
Install Updates Error log
===========================
Install Updates could not fetch the package cache information lists.
Go to https://www.868212.xyz/forums/ and paste the log below into a new or existing thread for assistance.

============ Log ===========

Hit:1 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu focal InRelease
Hit:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal InRelease
Hit:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates InRelease
Hit:4 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security InRelease
Hit:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports InRelease
Hit:6 http://repo.linuxliteos.com/linuxlite emerald InRelease
Reading package lists...
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_focal_universe_binary-i386_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

(Thanks in advance for your help!)

Hello. The LibreOffice is not working. Everything else seems ok. I did a Fresh install of LL 5.4. I can't find any error but when I try to open Writer, I get this message box "LibreOffice 6.4 Document Recovery" Due to an error, LibreOffice crashed. All The files you were working on will now be saved...etc... with Calc & Impress, they open when I click to create new doc. But Calc cannot open any spreadsheet file... I followed the manual to uninstall, checked the repositories, reload for update and re-installed LibreOffice 6.4 but still the same...

This laptop, I already had LL 5.4 with all the packages running well but I recently replaced the HDD with SSD to make it faster. The files I was trying to open, I saved in external HDD before I changed the hard drive. I can open all those files without problem in my other computer with Windows even those saved in odf... Please help, I've spent 2 days already trying to find answers in the forum.

I tried fresh reinstalling LL 5.4 a few times too hoping it would solve the problem, but remained the same.
I'm not tech savvy. I just came to appreciate LL when I first installed it in the old hard drive because everything worked well. I submitted LL System Report, if info would help, file:///home/cherrylinux/Desktop/sysreport-Thursday-26-August-2021-18:13:17.html.

I use this for work. Thank you very much for all your help in advance.

I am trying to wirelessly print to my Brother MFC 3170, I've installed the drivers from Brother, seem to have done everything correct, but still cannot connect and print to it. The driver shows as installed, location is displayed "network dnssd://Brother%20HL-3170CDW%20series._ipp._tcp.local/?uuid=e3248000-80ce-11db-8000-30055c78d182"

Getting messages that printer may not be connected

I have install cheese .After installation tried to run cheese from terminal .No Device Found is prompted.  And below code is seen in terminal:
** Message: 19:22:10.596: cheese-application.vala:214: Error during camera setup: No device found


(cheese:5967): cheese-CRITICAL **: 19:22:10.629: cheese_camera_device_get_name: assertion 'CHEESE_IS_CAMERA_DEVICE (device)' failed

(cheese:5967): GLib-CRITICAL **: 19:22:10.629: g_variant_new_string: assertion 'string != NULL' failed

(cheese:5967): GLib-CRITICAL **: 19:22:10.629: g_variant_ref_sink: assertion 'value != NULL' failed

(cheese:5967): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 19:22:10.629: g_settings_schema_key_type_check: assertion 'value != NULL' failed

(cheese:5967): GLib-CRITICAL **: 19:22:10.629: g_variant_get_type_string: assertion 'value != NULL' failed

(cheese:5967): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 19:22:10.629: g_settings_set_value: key 'camera' in 'org.gnome.Cheese' expects type 's', but a GVariant of type '(null)' was given

(cheese:5967): GLib-CRITICAL **: 19:22:10.629: g_variant_unref: assertion 'value != NULL' failed

** (cheese:5967): CRITICAL **: 19:22:10.629: cheese_preferences_dialog_setup_resolutions_for_device: assertion 'device != NULL' failed

Hi, I am recently having an issue with updates, here's what I am getting:

===========================
Install Updates Error log
===========================
Install Updates could not successfully download and install available updates.
Go to https://www.868212.xyz/forums/ and paste the log below into a new or existing thread for assistance.

============ Log ===========

Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
Calculating upgrade...
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libllvm12 libllvm12:i386
Use 'apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libllvm11 libllvm11:i386
The following packages will be upgraded:
  firmware-manager-notify firmware-manager-shared grub-common grub-pc
  grub-pc-bin grub2-common libfirmware-manager libssl1.1 libssl1.1:i386
  openssl shim-signed skypeforlinux teamviewer
The following packages will be DOWNGRADED:
  gnome-settings-daemon gnome-settings-daemon-common gnome-shell
  gnome-shell-common gnome-shell-extension-prefs libegl-mesa0 libgbm1
  libgl1-mesa-dri libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 libglapi-mesa libglapi-mesa:i386
  libglx-mesa0 libglx-mesa0:i386 libosmesa6 libosmesa6:i386 libxatracker2
  mesa-va-drivers mesa-va-drivers:i386 mesa-vdpau-drivers
  mesa-vdpau-drivers:i386 mesa-vulkan-drivers mesa-vulkan-drivers:i386
13 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 22 downgraded, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
E: Packages were downgraded and -y was used without --allow-downgrades.


Any help with sorting this out would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!


UPDATE!! 29-08-2021
I sorted it out. I went to Software & Updates>Other software>*unchecked* this "http://ppa.launchpad.net/system76/pop/ubuntu", and it worked.

I don't like Firefox stable!I like Firefox ESR super stable!Can I uninstall Firefox stable and install Firefox ESR super stable?

Hi! This is my first time installing linuxlite and I ran into an error in the installation process, my system is a 32 bit one and so I installed the 3.8 32 bit version. I got this error log:

===========================
Install Updates Error log
===========================
Install Updates could not successfully download and install available updates.
Go to https://www.868212.xyz/forums/ and paste the log below into a new or existing thread for assistance.

============ Log ===========

Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
Calculating upgrade...
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libllvm5.0 libpango1.0-0 libpangox-1.0-0 libqmi-glib1 libqpdf17
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  amd64-microcode distro-info intel-microcode iucode-tool libllvm6.0
  libqmi-glib5 libqpdf21 libsnapd-glib1 libwebpdemux1 libyaml-0-2 libzstd1
  linux-headers-4.4.0-210 linux-headers-4.4.0-210-generic
  linux-image-4.4.0-210-generic linux-modules-4.4.0-210-generic
  linux-modules-extra-4.4.0-210-generic python3-distro-info python3-yaml
  ubuntu-advantage-tools
The following packages will be upgraded:
  accountsservice apparmor apt apt-transport-https apt-utils apt-xapian-index
  aptdaemon aptdaemon-data archdetect-deb aspell autopoint avahi-daemon
  avahi-utils base-files bash bind9-host binutils blueman bluetooth bluez
  bluez-cups bluez-obexd bsdutils btrfs-tools busybox-initramfs busybox-static
  bzip2 ca-certificates compiz compiz-core compiz-gnome compiz-plugins-default
  console-setup console-setup-linux cpio cpp-5 cups cups-browsed cups-client
  cups-common cups-core-drivers cups-daemon cups-filters
  cups-filters-core-drivers cups-ppdc cups-server-common curl dbus dbus-x11
  debconf debconf-i18n desktop-file-utils dh-python distro-info-data dkms
  dmidecode dns-root-data dnsmasq-base dnsutils dpkg dpkg-dev e2fslibs
  e2fsprogs evince evince-common evolution-data-server-common file file-roller
  firefox flashplugin-installer fonts-opensymbol friendly-recovery g++-5 gcc-5
  gcc-5-base gettext gettext-base ghostscript gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0
  gir1.2-gst-plugins-base-1.0 gir1.2-ibus-1.0 gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.0
  gir1.2-networkmanager-1.0 gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0 gir1.2-soup-2.4
  gir1.2-webkit2-4.0 glib-networking glib-networking-common
  glib-networking-services gnome-accessibility-themes gnome-disk-utility
  gnome-keyring gnome-themes-standard gnome-themes-standard-data gnupg gpgv
  grub-common grub-efi-amd64-bin grub-pc grub-pc-bin grub2-common
  gstreamer1.0-plugins-base gstreamer1.0-plugins-good gstreamer1.0-x gvfs
  gvfs-backends gvfs-bin gvfs-common gvfs-daemons gvfs-fuse gvfs-libs hdparm
  hicolor-icon-theme hwdata ibus ibus-gtk ibus-gtk3 ifupdown imagemagick
  imagemagick-6.q16 imagemagick-common initramfs-tools initramfs-tools-bin
  initramfs-tools-core iproute iproute2 isc-dhcp-client isc-dhcp-common
  keyboard-configuration kmod krb5-locales libaccountsservice0
  libapparmor-perl libapparmor1 libapt-inst2.0 libapt-pkg5.0
  libarchive-zip-perl libarchive13 libasan2 libaspell15 libasprintf-dev
  libasprintf0v5 libatomic1 libavahi-client3 libavahi-common-data
  libavahi-common3 libavahi-core7 libavahi-glib1 libavcodec-ffmpeg56
  libavformat-ffmpeg56 libavutil-ffmpeg54 libbind9-140 libblkid1 libbluetooth3
  libbsd0 libbz2-1.0 libc-bin libc-dev-bin libc6 libc6-dev libcaca0
  libcamel-1.2-54 libcapnp-0.5.3 libcc1-0 libcilkrts5 libcomerr2
  libcompizconfig0 libcups2 libcupscgi1 libcupsfilters1 libcupsimage2
  libcupsmime1 libcupsppdc1 libcurl3-gnutls libdb5.3 libdbus-1-3
  libdecoration0 libdjvulibre-text libdjvulibre21 libdns-export162 libdns162
  libdpkg-perl libdrm-amdgpu1 libdrm-common libdrm-intel1 libdrm-nouveau2
  libdrm-radeon1 libdrm2 libebackend-1.2-10 libebml4v5 libebook-1.2-16
  libebook-contacts-1.2-2 libedata-book-1.2-25 libedataserver-1.2-21
  libegl1-mesa libelf1 libevdocument3-4 libevview3-3 libexif12 libexpat1
  libfaad2 libfdisk1 libfontembed1 libfreerdp-cache1.1 libfreerdp-client1.1
  libfreerdp-codec1.1 libfreerdp-common1.1.0 libfreerdp-core1.1
  libfreerdp-crypto1.1 libfreerdp-gdi1.1 libfreerdp-locale1.1
  libfreerdp-primitives1.1 libfreerdp-utils1.1 libfreetype6 libgbm1
  libgcc-5-dev libgcrypt20 libgd3 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-common
  libgettextpo-dev libgettextpo0 libgfortran3 libgif7 libgl1-mesa-dri
  libgl1-mesa-glx libglapi-mesa libgles2-mesa libglib2.0-0 libglib2.0-bin
  libglib2.0-data libgnutls-openssl27 libgnutls30 libgomp1 libgs9
  libgs9-common libgssapi-krb5-2 libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0
  libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0 libgstreamer-plugins-good1.0-0 libhogweed4
  libibus-1.0-5 libicu55 libisc-export160 libisc160 libisccc140 libisccfg140
  libitm1 libjasper1 libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 libjpeg-turbo8 libjson-c2
  libk5crypto3 libkmod2 libkpathsea6 libkrb5-3 libkrb5support0 liblcms2-2
  liblcms2-utils libldap-2.4-2 libldb1 liblouis-data liblouis9 liblwres141
  libmad0 libmagic1 libmagickcore-6.q16-2 libmagickcore-6.q16-2-extra
  libmagickwand-6.q16-2 libmm-glib0 libmount1 libmpx0 libmspack0
  libmysqlclient20 libnettle6 libnm-glib-vpn1 libnm-glib4 libnm-util2 libnm0
  libnss3 libnss3-1d libnss3-nssdb libopenexr22 libp11-kit-gnome-keyring
  libp11-kit0 libpackagekit-glib2-16 libpam-gnome-keyring libpam-modules
  libpam-modules-bin libpam-runtime libpam-systemd libpam0g libpcap0.8 libpci3
  libperl5.22 libplymouth4 libpng12-0 libpolkit-agent-1-0
  libpolkit-backend-1-0 libpolkit-gobject-1-0 libpoppler-glib8 libpoppler58
  libpostproc-ffmpeg53 libprocps4 libproxy-tools libproxy1v5
  libpulse-mainloop-glib0 libpulse0 libpulsedsp libpython2.7
  libpython2.7-minimal libpython2.7-stdlib libpython3.5 libpython3.5-minimal
  libpython3.5-stdlib libqmi-proxy libqt5core5a libqt5dbus5 libqt5gui5
  libqt5network5 libqt5widgets5 libquadmath0 libraptor2-0 libraw15
  libreoffice-avmedia-backend-gstreamer libreoffice-base-core libreoffice-calc
  libreoffice-common libreoffice-core libreoffice-draw libreoffice-gnome
  libreoffice-gtk libreoffice-gtk3 libreoffice-impress libreoffice-math
  libreoffice-pdfimport libreoffice-style-elementary libreoffice-style-galaxy
  libreoffice-style-tango libreoffice-writer librsvg2-2 librsvg2-common
  libsane libsane-common libsasl2-2 libsasl2-modules libsasl2-modules-db
  libsdl-image1.2 libsdl1.2debian libseccomp2 libslang2 libsmartcols1
  libsmbclient libsndfile1 libsnmp-base libsnmp30 libsoup-gnome2.4-1
  libsoup2.4-1 libsqlite3-0 libss2 libssh-gcrypt-4 libssl1.0.0 libstdc++-5-dev
  libstdc++6 libswresample-ffmpeg1 libswscale-ffmpeg3 libsystemd0 libtasn1-6
  libtiff5 libtomcrypt0 libubsan0 libudev1 libunity-protocol-private0
  libunity-scopes-json-def-desktop libunity9 libuuid1 libvncclient1
  libvorbis0a libvorbisenc2 libvorbisfile3 libvpx3 libwavpack1
  libwayland-client0 libwayland-cursor0 libwayland-egl1-mesa
  libwayland-server0 libwbclient0 libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37
  libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37-gtk2 libwinpr-crt0.1 libwinpr-dsparse0.1
  libwinpr-environment0.1 libwinpr-file0.1 libwinpr-handle0.1 libwinpr-heap0.1
  libwinpr-input0.1 libwinpr-interlocked0.1 libwinpr-library0.1
  libwinpr-path0.1 libwinpr-pool0.1 libwinpr-registry0.1 libwinpr-rpc0.1
  libwinpr-sspi0.1 libwinpr-synch0.1 libwinpr-sysinfo0.1 libwinpr-thread0.1
  libwinpr-utils0.1 libx11-6 libx11-data libx11-dev libx11-doc libx11-xcb1
  libxatracker2 libxcursor1 libxkbcommon-x11-0 libxkbcommon0 libxml2
  libxslt1.1 linux-base linux-firmware linux-generic linux-headers-generic
  linux-image-generic linux-libc-dev lite-software lite-sources locales login
  lshw menu mesa-vdpau-drivers modemmanager module-init-tools mount
  multiarch-support mysql-common network-manager network-manager-vpnc
  network-manager-vpnc-gnome ntfs-3g ntp ntpdate nvidia-common openjdk-8-jdk
  openjdk-8-jdk-headless openjdk-8-jre openjdk-8-jre-headless openssh-client
  openssl openvpn p11-kit p11-kit-modules p7zip p7zip-full passwd patch
  pciutils perl perl-base perl-modules-5.22 plymouth plymouth-label
  plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text plymouth-themes plymouth-x11 policykit-1
  poppler-utils ppp procps psmisc pulseaudio pulseaudio-module-bluetooth
  pulseaudio-module-x11 pulseaudio-utils python-apt python-apt-common
  python-aptdaemon python-aptdaemon.gtk3widgets python-crypto
  python-cryptography python-imaging python-ldb python-libxml2 python-openssl
  python-pil python-psutil python-renderpm python-reportlab
  python-reportlab-accel python-requests python-samba
  python-software-properties python-urllib3 python2.7 python2.7-minimal
  python3-apt python3-aptdaemon python3-aptdaemon.gtk3widgets
  python3-aptdaemon.pkcompat python3-distupgrade python3-lxml python3-pil
  python3-renderpm python3-reportlab python3-reportlab-accel python3-requests
  python3-software-properties python3-uno python3-update-manager
  python3-urllib3 python3-xdg python3.5 python3.5-minimal qpdf resolvconf
  rfkill rsync rsyslog samba samba-common samba-common-bin samba-dsdb-modules
  samba-libs samba-vfs-modules sane-utils sensible-utils shared-mime-info
  smbclient software-properties-common software-properties-gtk squashfs-tools
  sudo systemd systemd-sysv tar tcpdump thunderbird tzdata ubiquity
  ubiquity-frontend-debconf ubiquity-frontend-gtk ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu
  ubiquity-ubuntu-artwork ubuntu-drivers-common ubuntu-keyring ubuntu-minimal
  ubuntu-mono ubuntu-release-upgrader-core udev uno-libs3 unrar unzip
  update-manager-core update-notifier-common ure ureadahead user-setup
  util-linux uuid-runtime vim-common vim-tiny virtualbox-guest-dkms
  virtualbox-guest-utils virtualbox-guest-x11 wget wireless-regdb
  wpasupplicant x11-common xdg-user-dirs xdg-utils xfce4-settings xorg
  xserver-common xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-input-all
  xserver-xorg-video-all xterm zlib1g
579 upgraded, 19 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 600 MB of archives.
After this operation, 512 MB of additional disk space will be used.
E: You don't have enough free space in /var/cache/apt/archives/.