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try ubuntu vs install ubuntu

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Is it possible with ISO_Builder to get the "try ubuntu" vs "Install Ubuntu" dialog to be displayed when the live CD first boots up?

Anybody any ideas how this is actually implemented on a standard 'buntu live CD?

TV Shows/Movie Thumbs for Nemo/Nautilus

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First download and install Filebot from here: http://www.filebot.net/#download

Place the .deb in your home and run:

Code:
sudo dpkg -i *.deb

Next install Java: http://www.webupd8.org/2015/02/install-o...linux.html

Set the correct java:

Code:
sudo update-alternatives --config java

Select "0"

You want to select /usr/lib/jvm/java-9-oracle/bin/java as Filebot doesn't work with OpenJDK.

Next install cover-thumbnailer:

Code:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:flozz/flozz
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cover-thumbnailer

Once installed, to edit the default cover thumb preview run:

Code:
sudo mv /usr/share/cover-thumbnailer/other_fg.png /usr/share/cover-thumbnailer/other_fg.png.old
sudo wget http://pinguyos.com/files/other_fg.png -O /usr/share/cover-thumbnailer/other_fg.png

Next open the Cover Thumbnailer app and make sure Others is selected.

Image

Now install the script:

For Nemo

Code:
wget http://pinguyos.com/files/Video-Organizer
chmod +x Video-Organizer
mv Video-Organizer ~/.gnome2/nemo-scripts

For Nautilus

Code:
wget http://pinguyos.com/files/Video-Organizer
chmod +x Video-Organizer
mv Video-Organizer ~/.local/share/nautilus/scripts

For Caja

Code:
wget http://pinguyos.com/files/Video-Organizer
chmod +x Video-Organizer
mv Video-Organizer ~/.config/caja/scripts

For other file browsers just add the script to the script folder.

To use right click on a folder with the media files and select Scripts > Video-Organizer

(Can take awhile to organize if you have a lot of files. You will end up with two folders inside the directory. Movies & TV Shows)

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The script will also download the subs.

To be able to download the subs create an account at OpenSubtitles.org and add the account details to FileBot.

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Old demo to give you idea on how it works:


TIP:

To generate thumbnails faster use ffmpegthumbnailer.

ppa:mc3man/trusty-media is for 14.04 only.

Code:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mc3man/trusty-media
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ffmpeg ffmpegthumbnailer

Code:
ln -s /usr/share/thumbnailers/ffmpegthumbnailer.thumbnailer ~/.local/share/thumbnailers

Then restart the file manager.

Example:

Code:
nemo -q

error displayed after setting picture

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using pinguy-gtk 4.3.3-all (the latest) on ubuntu 16.04

set a picture for live cd and boot screen (a .png)

after the ISO was created the following error was seen in the terminal:

Code:
Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
./PinguyBuilder_gtk.py:684: GtkWarning: Attempting to store changes into `/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: Failed to create file '/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel.0ROBEY': No such file or directory
dialog.run()
./PinguyBuilder_gtk.py:684: GtkWarning: Attempting to set the permissions of `/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: No such file or directory
dialog.run()
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./PinguyBuilder_gtk.py", line 265, in on_button10_clicked
msg_info(_("%(filename)s has been copied to %(grub_bg)s and is the default background for grub. Click OK to update grub with the new settings so you can see your picture on the next boot.") % ({'filename':filename, 'grub_bg':grub_bg}))
File "./PinguyBuilder_gtk.py", line 681, in msg_info
msg
TypeError: GtkMessageDialog.__init__() argument 5 must be string without null bytes or None, not str
./PinguyBuilder_gtk.py:755: GtkWarning: Attempting to store changes into `/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: Failed to create file '/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel.WJ7GEY': No such file or directory
gtk.main()
./PinguyBuilder_gtk.py:755: GtkWarning: Attempting to set the permissions of `/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: No such file or directory
gtk.main()
bu

possible dpkg-scanpackages issue with 32bit ISO creation

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Hi,

if you have a look at the attachment - the highlighted part is a 64bit ISO creation.

When I create a 32bit ISO I don't get the override and the list of packages being written into the Packages file.

Instead I just get "write 0 entries to output Packages file".

Is this an issue to worry about?
ubuntu xenial 64bit minimal (Snapshot 1) [Running] - Oracle VM VirtualBox_164.png
File Type: .png
Downloaded: 3 times
Size: 102.6 KB

How to create offline installable iso, both UEFI and not?

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I thought I had the answer, but, it is too risky so I've deleted my suggested workaround and am asking if anyone has a way to do it that isn't so risky.

If you run Pinguy Builder on a system with a legacy bios or a UEFI bios but in legacy mode to create your build and not connected to the internet during the install of that build, you won't be able to install the system you created with Pinguy Builder on a UEFI system in UEFI mode. It will fail to install grub.

The opposite is true if you run Pinguy Builder on a UEFI system (in UEFI mode) and try to install on a legacy system.

The necessary (grub) files are in /pool, but, they don't seem to do any good.

(fixed with 3.3-5) How to create offline installable iso, both UEFI and not?

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I thought I had the answer, but, it is too risky so I've deleted my suggested workaround and am asking if anyone has a way to do it that isn't so risky.

If you run Pinguy Builder on a system with a legacy bios or a UEFI bios but in legacy mode to create your build and not connected to the internet during the install of that build, you won't be able to install the system you created with Pinguy Builder on a UEFI system in UEFI mode. It will fail to install grub.

The opposite is true if you run Pinguy Builder on a UEFI system (in UEFI mode) and try to install on a legacy system.

The necessary (grub) files are in /pool, but, they don't seem to do any good.

PinguyOS 14.04.4-1 & Pinguy Builder Update

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This is just a quick update.

I have updated the Pinguy Builder so it now has full support for UEFI on 32-bit distros. This includes off-line install of the UEFI Grub. Version 4.* has beta support for 16.04. This is still very much a work in progress.

Because of the update and people having issues with off-line install with Pinguy OS, I have updated and repackaged all the ISOs with the new Pinguy Builder. So if you had issues installing in the past, this is now all fixed.

If you are already running Pinguy OS 14.04.4 there is no need to install this. The update is just for people that couldn’t get the OS to install while off-line.
Pinguy_OS_14.04.4-1-LTS_i686.iso.torrent
File Type: .torrent
Downloaded: 5 times
Size: 25.6 KB

grub-efi-amd64-signed failed to install into /target/

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Ok,

I'm getting the infamous "grub-efi-amd64-signed failed to install into /target/" error when budgie-remix (16.04 based) is being installed into a EFI virtual machine (tick the EFI box in virtualbox virtual machine settings).

Someone pointed this out to me:

" I noticed this difference between budgie-remix beta and ubuntu 15.10 64 bit isos:

/casper/vmlinuz in budgie-remix-beta
/casper/vmlinuz.efi in ubuntu 15.10

I just booted ubuntu 15.10 and budgie-remix-beta on VM and confirmed linux-signed-image-generic to be preinstalled in Ubuntu, but not in Budgie Remix.
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So - does the isobuilder script install the correct signed linux kernel ... or should I first install the signed image kernel before running PinguyBuilder-gtk ?

CLI Install of dist ISO

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Hey guys is there any way I can start the installation of the iso from CLI? I have created a custom iso for Ubuntu Server. However, when I boot into the "Install" grub entry, it obviously just boots into the CLI. Is there any way I can install the iso to my hard-drive without installing a Desktop Environment?

Fix Conky Weather

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Yahoo has stopped making the wearther api free.

This means that conky can't gather the weather info anymore.

To fix this you will need to register for a private API key on OpenWeatherMap to get weather data.

Next download Harmattan conky theme.

And copy:

Code:
Harmattan-master/.harmattan-assets/icons/#fff__32

to

Code:
~/.conky-weather/icons

Next open .conkyrc

Code:
gedit ~/.conkyrc

Delete everything in the file and replace it with this:

Code:
# Conky settings #
background yes
update_interval 1
double_buffer yes
no_buffers yes
imlib_cache_size 10

# Window specifications #
alignment top_right
gap_y 0
minimum_size 268 620
maximum_width 268
own_window yes
own_window_type normal  # other options are: override/dock/desktop/panel
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorate,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager,below
border_inner_margin 0
border_outer_margin 0
#alignment middle_middle
#own_window_argb_visual yes
#own_window_argb_value 0

# Graphics settings #
draw_shades no
default_shade_color AAAAAA
draw_outline no
default_outline_color AAAAAA
draw_borders no
draw_graph_borders no
default_graph_size 26 80
show_graph_scale no
show_graph_range no

# Text settings #
use_xft yes
xftalpha 0
xftfont Droid Sans:size=8
text_buffer_size 256
override_utf8_locale yes

# Useful shortenings #
short_units yes
pad_percents 2
top_name_width 7

# Color scheme #
default_color FFFFFF
color1 FFFFFF
color2 FFFFFF
color3 FFFFFF
color4 FFFFFF
color5 FFFFFF
color6 DCDCDC
color7 FFFFFF
color8 FFFFFF

#====================================
#   API Key
#====================================
template6 "Place  OpenWeatherMap API key"


#====================================
#   City ID
#====================================
template7 "Place City number here"


#====================================
#   Temp Unit (default, metric, imperial)
#====================================
template8 metric


#====================================
#   Locale (e.g. "es_ES.UTF-8")
#   Leave empty for default
#   Leave the quotes
#====================================
template9 ""


###################################################
###################################################
TEXT

${execi 300 l=${template9}; l=${l%%_*}; curl -s "api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/forecast/daily?APPID=${template6}&id=${template7}&cnt=5&units=${template8}&lang=$l" -o ~/.cache/forecast.json}\
${execi 300 l=${template9}; l=${l%%_*}; curl -s "api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?APPID=${template6}&id=${template7}&cnt=5&units=${template8}&lang=$l" -o ~/.cache/weather.json}\
# Various images #
${image ~/.conky-weather/assets/Zukitwo-v2/God-Mode/top-bg.png -p 20,30 -s 228x61}\
${image ~/.conky-weather/assets/Zukitwo-v2/God-Mode/bottom-bg.png -p 20,492 -s 228x99}\
${image ~/.conky-weather/assets/Zukitwo-v2/God-Mode/bg-1.png -p 20,177 -s 228x86}\
${image ~/.conky-weather/assets/Zukitwo-v2/God-Mode/bg-2.png -p 20,263 -s 228x105}\
${image ~/.conky-weather/assets/Zukitwo-v2/God-Mode/bg-3.png -p 20,368 -s 228x110}\
${image ~/.conky-weather/assets/Zukitwo-v2/God-Mode/bg-4.png -p 20,478 -s 228x14}\
${image ~/.conky-weather/assets/Zukitwo-v2/God-Mode/bg-5.png -p 20,478 -s 228x14}\
${image ~/.conky-weather/assets/Zukitwo-v2/God-Mode/bg-6.png -p 20,91 -s 228x86}\
${image ~/.conky-weather/assets/Zukitwo-v2/God-Mode/fav-color.png -p 20,91 -s 228x86}\
${image ~/.conky-weather/assets/Zukitwo-v2/God-Mode/border.png -p 20,30 -s 228x561}\
${image ~/.conky-weather/assets/Zukitwo-v2/God-Mode/separator-v.png -p 95,185 -s 1x76}\
${image ~/.conky-weather/assets/Zukitwo-v2/God-Mode/separator-v.png -p 172,185 -s 1x76}\
${image ~/.conky-weather/assets/Zukitwo-v2/God-Mode/separator-h.png -p 21,369 -s 226x1}\
${image ~/.conky-weather/assets/Zukitwo-v2/God-Mode/separator-h.png -p 21,269 -s 226x1}\
\
# The days of the forecast #
\
${color1}${voffset 172}${alignc 77}${execi 300 LANG=${template9} LC_TIME=${template9} date +%^a}${color}
${color1}${voffset -13}${alignc}${execi 300 LANG=${template9} LC_TIME=${template9} date -d +1day +%^a}${color}
${color1}${voffset -13}${alignc -77}${execi 300 LANG=${template9} LC_TIME=${template9} date -d +2day +%^a}${color}
\
# The temperatures of the forecast #
\
${color2}${voffset 51}${alignc 77}${execi 300 jq -r .list[0].temp.min ~/.cache/forecast.json | awk '{print int($1+0.5)}' # round num}°/${execi 300 jq -r .list[0].temp.max ~/.cache/forecast.json | awk '{print int($1+0.5)}' # round num}°${color}
${color2}${voffset -13}${alignc}${execi 300 jq -r .list[1].temp.min ~/.cache/forecast.json | awk '{print int($1+0.5)}' # round num}°/${execi 300 jq -r .list[1].temp.max ~/.cache/forecast.json | awk '{print int($1+0.5)}' # round num}°${color}
${color2}${voffset -13}${alignc -77}${execi 300 jq -r .list[2].temp.min ~/.cache/forecast.json | awk '{print int($1+0.5)}' # round num}°/${execi 300 jq -r .list[2].temp.max ~/.cache/forecast.json | awk '{print int($1+0.5)}' # round num}°${color}
\
# The "conditions" section of the conky #
\
${goto 36}${voffset -172}${font Droid Sans :size=36}${color3}${execi 300 jq -r .main.temp ~/.cache/weather.json | awk '{print int($1+0.5)}' # round num}°${font}${color}
${goto 46}${voffset 14}${font Droid Sans :size=12}${color3}${execi 300 jq -r .weather[0].description ~/.cache/weather.json | sed 's|\<.|\U&|g'}${font}${color}
${color3}${alignr 52}${voffset -73}${execi 300 jq -r .main.pressure ~/.cache/weather.json | awk '{print int($1+0.5)}' # round num} hPa
${color3}${alignr 52}${voffset 7}${execi 300 jq -r .main.humidity ~/.cache/weather.json | awk '{print int($1+0.5)}' # round num} %${color}
${color3}${alignr 52}${voffset 7}${execi 300 jq -r .wind.speed ~/.cache/weather.json | awk '{print int($1+0.5)}' # round num}${if_match "$template8" == "metric"} m/s${else}${if_match "$template8" == "default"} m/s${else}${if_match "$template8" == "imperial"} mi/h${endif}${endif}${endif}${color}
\
# Clock + calendar #
\
${voffset -105}${font Droid Sans Mono :size=11}${alignc}${color2}${pre_exec cat /etc/issue.net} $machine${font}${color}
${voffset 6}${font Droid Sans :size=10}${alignc}${color6}Kernel: ${kernel}${font}${color}
\
# Cpu, memory, uptime, and load graph #
\
${voffset 294}${goto 40}${color5}Cpu:${color}
${voffset 4}${goto 40}${color5}Mem:${color}
${voffset 4}${goto 40}${color5}Uptime:${color}
${voffset -47}${alignr 39}${color6}${cpu cpu0}%${color}
${voffset 4}${alignr 39}${color6}${memperc}%${color}
${voffset 4}${alignr 39}${color6}${uptime_short}${color}
${voffset -47}${alignc}${color2}${cpubar 5,36}${color}
${voffset 4}${alignc}${color2}${membar 5,36}${color}
${voffset 29}${goto 40}${loadgraph 26,190 FFFFFF FFFFFF -l}
\
# The processes section #
\
${voffset 26}${goto 40}${color5}${top_mem name 1}${color}
${voffset 4}${goto 40}${color5}${top_mem name 2}${color}
${voffset 4}${goto 40}${color5}${top_mem name 3}${color}
${voffset 4}${goto 40}${color5}${top_mem name 4}${color}
${voffset 4}${goto 40}${color5}${top_mem name 5}${color}
${voffset -81}${alignc}${color2}${top_mem mem 1}%${color}
${voffset 4}${alignc}${color2}${top_mem mem 2}%${color}
${voffset 4}${alignc}${color2}${top_mem mem 3}%${color}
${voffset 4}${alignc}${color2}${top_mem mem 4}%${color}
${voffset 4}${alignc}${color2}${top_mem mem 5}%${color}
${voffset -81}${alignr 39}${color6}${top_mem mem_res 1}${color}
${voffset 4}${alignr 39}${color6}${top_mem mem_res 2}${color}
${voffset 4}${alignr 39}${color6}${top_mem mem_res 3}${color}
${voffset 4}${alignr 39}${color6}${top_mem mem_res 4}${color}
${voffset 4}${alignr 39}${color6}${top_mem mem_res 5}${color}
${voffset -104}${goto 40}${color1}Proc${color}
${voffset -13}${alignc}${color1}Mem%${color}
${voffset -13}${alignr 39}${color1}Mem${color}
\
# The network section #
\
${if_existing /proc/net/route ppp0}
${voffset -227}${goto 40}${color5}Up: ${color2}${upspeed ppp0}${color5}${goto 150}Down: ${color2}${downspeed ppp0}
${voffset 10}${goto 40}${upspeedgraph ppp0 26,80 FFFFFF FFFFFF}${goto 150}${downspeedgraph ppp0 26,80 FFFFFF FFFFFF}
${voffset 9}${goto 40}${color5}Sent: ${color2}${totalup ppp0}${color5}${goto 150}Received: ${color2}${totaldown ppp0}
${else}
${if_existing /proc/net/route ppp1}
${voffset -240}${goto 40}${color5}Up: ${color2}${upspeed ppp1}${color5}${goto 150}Down: ${color2}${downspeed ppp1}
${voffset 10}${goto 40}${upspeedgraph ppp1 26,80 FFFFFF FFFFFF}${goto 150}${downspeedgraph ppp1 26,80 FFFFFF FFFFFF}
${voffset 9}${goto 40}${color5}Sent: ${color2}${totalup ppp1}${color5}${goto 150}Received: ${color2}${totaldown ppp1}
${else}
${if_existing /proc/net/route wlp2s1}
${voffset -253}${goto 40}${color5}Up: ${color2}${upspeed wlp2s1}${color5}${goto 150}Down: ${color2}${downspeed wlp2s1}
${voffset 10}${goto 40}${upspeedgraph wlp2s1 26,80 FFFFFF FFFFFF}${goto 150}${downspeedgraph wlp2s1 26,80 FFFFFF FFFFFF}
${voffset 9}${goto 40}${color5}Sent: ${color2}${totalup wlp2s1}${color5}${goto 150}Received: ${color2}${totaldown wlp2s1}
${else}
${if_existing /proc/net/route wlp2s0}
${voffset -266}${goto 40}${color5}Up: ${color2}${upspeed wlp2s0}${color5}${goto 150}Down: ${color2}${downspeed wlp2s0}
${voffset 10}${goto 40}${upspeedgraph wlp2s0 26,80 FFFFFF FFFFFF}${goto 150}${downspeedgraph wlp2s0 26,80 FFFFFF FFFFFF}
${voffset 9}${goto 40}${color5}Sent: ${color2}${totalup wlp2s0}${color5}${goto 150}Received: ${color2}${totaldown wlp2s0}
${else}
${if_existing /proc/net/route wlan0}
${voffset -279}${goto 40}${color5}Up: ${color2}${upspeed wlan0}${color5}${goto 150}Down: ${color2}${downspeed wlan0}
${voffset 8}${goto 40}${upspeedgraph wlan0 26,80 FFFFFF FFFFFF}${goto 150}${downspeedgraph wlan0 26,80 FFFFFF FFFFFF}
${voffset 9}${goto 40}${color5}Sent: ${color2}${totalup wlan0}${color5}${goto 150}Received: ${color2}${totaldown wlan0}
${else}
${if_existing /proc/net/route wlan1}
${voffset -292}${goto 40}${color5}Up: ${color2}${upspeed wlan1}${color5}${goto 150}Down: ${color2}${downspeed wlan1}
${voffset 10}${goto 40}${upspeedgraph wlan1 26,80 FFFFFF FFFFFF}${goto 150}${downspeedgraph wlan1 26,80 FFFFFF FFFFFF}
${voffset 9}${goto 40}${color5}Sent: ${color2}${totalup wlan1}${color5}${goto 150}Received: ${color2}${totaldown wlan1}
${else}
${if_existing /proc/net/route eth1}
${voffset -305}${goto 40}${color5}Up: ${color2}${upspeed eth1}${color5}${goto 150}Down: ${color2}${downspeed eth1}
${voffset 10}${goto 40}${upspeedgraph eth1 26,80 FFFFFF FFFFFF}${goto 150}${downspeedgraph eth1 26,80 FFFFFF FFFFFF}
${voffset 9}${goto 40}${color5}Sent: ${color2}${totalup eth1}${color5}${goto 150}Received: ${color2}${totaldown eth1}
${else}
${if_existing /proc/net/route eth0}
${voffset -318}${goto 40}${color5}Up: ${color2}${upspeed eth0}${color5}${goto 150}Down: ${color2}${downspeed eth0}
${voffset 10}${goto 40}${upspeedgraph eth0 26,80 FFFFFF FFFFFF}${goto 150}${downspeedgraph eth0 26,80 FFFFFF FFFFFF}
${voffset 9}${goto 40}${color5}Sent: ${color2}${totalup eth0}${color5}${goto 150}Received: ${color2}${totaldown eth0}
${else}
${if_existing /proc/net/route enp0s0}
${voffset -331}${goto 40}${color5}Up: ${color2}${upspeed enp0s0}${color5}${goto 150}Down: ${color2}${downspeed enp0s0}
${voffset 10}${goto 40}${upspeedgraph enp0s0 26,80 FFFFFF FFFFFF}${goto 150}${downspeedgraph enp0s0 26,80 FFFFFF FFFFFF}
${voffset 9}${goto 40}${color5}Sent: ${color2}${totalup enp0s0}${color5}${goto 150}Received: ${color2}${totaldown enp0s0}
${else}
${if_existing /proc/net/route enp0s1}
${voffset -344}${goto 40}${color5}Up: ${color2}${upspeed enp0s1}${color5}${goto 150}Down: ${color2}${downspeed enp0s1}
${voffset 10}${goto 40}${upspeedgraph enp0s1 26,80 FFFFFF FFFFFF}${goto 150}${downspeedgraph enp0s1 26,80 FFFFFF FFFFFF}
${voffset 9}${goto 40}${color5}Sent: ${color2}${totalup enp0s1}${color5}${goto 150}Received: ${color2}${totaldown enp0s1}
${else}
${voffset -311}${goto 40}${color8}Network disconnected${color}
${image ~/.conky-weather/assets/Zukitwo-v2/God-Mode/offline.png -p 44,284 -s 16x16}
${endif}${endif}${endif}${endif}${endif}${endif}${endif}${endif}${endif}${endif}​
\
# Various images including the icons of the forecast #
\
${image ~/.conky-weather/assets/Zukitwo-v2/God-Mode/pressure.png -p 224,95 -s 16x16}\
${image ~/.conky-weather/assets/Zukitwo-v2/God-Mode/humidity.png -p 224,115 -s 16x16}\
${image ~/.conky-weather/assets/Zukitwo-v2/God-Mode/wind-2.png -p 224,136 -s 16x16}\
${execi 300 cp -f ~/.conky-weather/icons/#fff__32/$(jq .list[0].weather[0].id ~/.cache/forecast.json).png ~/.cache/weather-1.png}${image ~/.cache/weather-1.png -p 41,207 -s 32x32}\
${execi 300 cp -f ~/.conky-weather/icons/#fff__32/$(jq .list[1].weather[0].id ~/.cache/forecast.json).png ~/.cache/weather-2.png}${image ~/.cache/weather-2.png -p 119,207 -s 32x32}\
${execi 300 cp -f ~/.conky-weather/icons/#fff__32/$(jq .list[2].weather[0].id ~/.cache/forecast.json).png ~/.cache/weather-3.png}${image ~/.cache/weather-3.png -p 195,207 -s 32x32}${font}${voffset -120}\

Now edit template7 with your city ID, that you can find here.

Then edit template6 with your API Key.

And lastly install jq

Code:
sudo apt-get install jq

That should be it. Weather should now be working in Conky.

Possible to get laptop lid treated exactly like sleep button?

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Every OS with *buntu under the hood treats the the laptop lid differently than the sleep button or sleep from any menu with a sleep option even though the power manager is configured to suspend when the laptop lid is closed.

I can put my my laptop and many other laptops to sleep with no issues whatsoever as long as I don't do it by closing the lid...... closing the lid on the other hand frequently causes the desktop to freeze up when coming out of suspend. PinguyOS is no exception, though nowhere near as bad as when I use XFCE with Compton (where I can replicate the problem almost every time).

Even *buntu 16.04 beta 2 has this problem (though I don't recall beta one having it).

If you visit any Ubuntu forum or Mint forum, you will find numerous threads on the subject with no solutions other than this or that display driver helps reduce or eliminate the desktop freezing up. The "solutions" are not a fix but rather a workaround, a fix would be to stop treating the lid differently than all the other methods of putting the computer in suspend.

Fix OverScan on HDMI HDTV (Screen not fitting monitor)

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If the screen is not fitting your TV this is due to Overscan.

You can fix this with xrandr.

Start with disabling overscan:

Code:
xrandr --output HDMI-0 --set underscan on

You can change HDMI-0 to HDMI-1 if it doesn't work.

In most cases this will be all that you need to do, but for others (like me) you may have to tweak the settings a bit to get the screen to fit.

For me, this worked:

Code:
xrandr --output HDMI-0 --set "underscan hborder" 35 --set "underscan vborder" 18

Modify the values to your needs. 35 does the width & 18 does the hight. Smaller the number, the larger the area is.

Once it is all correct create a startup script.

Code:
gedit ~/.ScreenArea

Code:
#!/bin/bash
xrandr --output HDMI-0 --set underscan on
xrandr --output HDMI-0 --set "underscan hborder" 35 --set "underscan vborder" 18
exit 0

Code:
chmod +x ~/.ScreenArea

Now create the startup script:

Code:
gedit ~/.config/autostart/.ScreenArea.desktop

Code:
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Exec=./.ScreenArea
Hidden=false
NoDisplay=false
X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=true
Name=FixRes
Comment=Fix the screen not fitting the monitor

To help with screen tearing add this to /etc/environment

Code:
sudo gedit /etc/environment

Code:
CLUTTER_PAINT=disable-clipped-redraws:disable-culling
CLUTTER_VBLANK=True

Removing NVidia splash from boot

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Hi all,

I've installed NVidia driver as I was having some issues with the free one. I would like to remove the NVidia logo splash screen from the boot sequence.

I've looked up on Ubuntu forums and they suggest altering the xorg.conf file but I can't find it on my computer (although there is an X11 folder).

Could you help, please?

hello everyone

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hi, I am Shobana from India. This my first post in Pinguyos and love to participate in forum discussion. Hope everyone here doing well..

having android browsers identify as a desktop

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OK here in the states most TV shows can be watched free of charge on a desktop or laptop. However they require android users to use an app. The apps usually require entering your identity and a password of your local cable provider.

Well, we do not have a cable provider, so we need to spoof one. I tried a couple of agent changers and they did not work. They require flash. I side loaded google chrome and firefox (my is an amazon tablet) and dolphin, none worked. I know you are really into android Pinguy, any ideas. I have set up my windows box as a server with potato server and it lags so bad on the tablets it is unwatchable. I am currently upgrading the router and modem and all wifi cards that I can to the new AC standard. I can say the parts I have upgraded have seen huge increases in data transfer speed, so that may fix it. However that may not always be practicle. So spoofing the browser and with flash would be nice.

gksu not accepting password 16.04

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To fix run:

Code:
gksu-properties

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Pinguy Builder removes Nvidia driver from OS

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First, I really want to thank you for this builder. RemasterSYS stopped working right for me a long time ago and I was glad to see this released. I used 3.3-7 on Linux Mint 17.3 (14.04 based of course) and the remaster live dist worked fine. I did not install it however.

I rebooted back into my OS after testing the live ISO and noticed the Nvidia driver had been removed. I noticed some messages happening during the build of the live ISO regarding Nvidia as well but blew it off. Now I know the builder actually uninstalled my Nvidia driver from my installed working system. No big deal as I simply reinstalled it.

But why does this happen? In the remasterSYS days I was able to remaster an ISO with the Nvidia driver intact on the live ISO and it certainly did not uninstall it from my OS during the build process.

Again, not a huge deal...just wondering why it needs to do this.

Not possible to choose Multiple GUI sessions on live install

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Hi,

Has somebody tried several graphical session environments installed in the same distro?

My personalized distro (http://XJubuntab.xjesus.net) has xubuntu-desktop + ubuntu-desktop and also testing unity8-Mir-desktop but when I select any of them from the live install session, I only log into the XFCE session...

Can somebody give me some advice to correct this? Is this something in my distro config or PinguyBuilder not supporting this?

Thanks for your help!

Pinguy 14.04 - Owncloud-client does not start / not work => symbol lookup error

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Hi there,

I have been suffering several issues with the owncloud client in Pinguy OS 14.04.4.

General: Owncloud-client Starts only as SUDO
I did manage to install it and it did not work or start. By accident I found out when start it from the terminal as admin with sudo it does start etc.

General: Passwords are not remembered
I thought that it keeps its passwords in the key ring - but it started to ask for the password each time at start up.
Why is that? Or is that normal ?


Showstopper: Owncloud client 2.1.1 does not start at all

sudo owncloud results in this:

symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libowncloudsync.so.0
undefined symbol: _ZN9QKeychain15ReadPasswordJob6setKeyERK7QString

That's it - ever since I managed to get a update to the system. I did removal, reinstall etc. - no luck yet.
Any suggestion?

Any help is appreciated!
Thanks,

LNT

Blank Screen upon booting Pinguy 14.04 on HP Notebook

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Hello all! I have just installed Pinguy 14 64bit onto my new 15 inch HP Notebook (AMD processor). I have Windows 10 preinstalled and am keeping it, because, well, it's there if I need it--hence the problem I'm about to explain (typing from my Windows 10 OS).

I have successfully changed the boot order and was really excited to see the Grub screen come up with the first option being to load Ubuntu 14 (no, it doesn't say Pinguy 14.04, and I don't know why..probably because it's based on Ubuntu?). So, I hit Enter and the screen is blank. I've searched the www for an answer, but have only seen very complicated and confusing answers, given my limited knowledge of the terminal/bash/grub (but i love tinkering and learning!!)

I'm not terribly new to Linux operating systems, but I haven't used it in a long while so I'm a little rusty...I don't shy from technical terminology, but please do spell things out as I may have forgotten even some simple processes or commands.

Thanks for any help!
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