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thanks all! i ordered the upgrading and repairing pcs book and followed some of the links

this suggested script is from 2017 but i will try it when i have time: https://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?id=11558

in windows manager tweaks i selected "at the centre of the screen" on the placement tab but windows are not opened centred. I have another machine running MX where it works however. I give the QSI for the machine where it is not working, thanks

System: Kernel: 5.10.0-23-amd64 [5.10.179-1] x86_64 ...

i want to buy this book because it seems to be widely used: Upgrading and repairing PCs, Scott Mueller.

I wonder how dependent it is on Windows though (I am not using windows and have no interest in it). Eg, the stuff on diagnostics and testing.

There is a linux edition of the book but it has ...

i see the following in the log:
[16:01:53] Creating new snapshot...(RSYNC)
[16:01:53] Saving to device: /dev/mmcblk2p1, mounted at path: /run/timeshift/133026/backup
[16:01:53] E: Error creating directory /run/timeshift/133026/backup/timeshift/snapshots/2023-06-03_16-01-53: Read-only file system ...

About your missing "Python.h" header file, if you look at the list I posted, it does have python3-dev. I don't know why you didn't follow it.


yep, thanks. I noticed the issue before i saw your post and i wanted to spell it out so it's clear that python.h header issue is related to python3-dev ...

Buck Fankers wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 8:10 am Again, have you tried:

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pip install --user vimiv
pip install --user git+https://github.com/karlch/vimiv-qt/

damn, that was easy, thanks :) just had to install python3-pip first from MX package installer

cheers, i'll try it in the next days and see how it goes

interesting, it isn't enabled on the computer where it is immediately accessible. The quick system info for that computer follows. I will enable it though thanks

System: Kernel: 5.16.0-5mx-amd64 [5.16.14-1~mx21+1] x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.16 ...

thanks, but how :) i checked the help and it doesn't say: https://mxlinux.org/wiki/help-files/help-disk-manager/

i have another computer with mx linux and the disk is immediately accessible after connecting. I opened disk manager on that computer and it is no different to how it appears on the ...