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Due to a wrong update of firmware, I bricked the TP-Link WDR 4300 wireless router I had. It was unused for a considerable period of time assuming that it had died due to hardware fault, with no hope of being resuscitated. Finally, got some time to investigate it further and attempted to recover or . . . → Read More: How to de-brick or unbrick or recover TP-Link WDR-4300 wireless router Ubuntu Linux installed on a Lenovo laptop randomly disables wireless networks altogether. Subsequently, it does not show any wireless networks too in Network Manager. To resolve this issue, did the following: $ sudo lshw -class network <enter> Below is the result. Notice the logical name wlp2s0b1 and the driver brcmsmac *-network description: . . . → Read More: How to restart wifi after Suspend/Resume Ubuntu Linux If you cannot access the LUCI OpenWRT page of the TP Link WDR4300 router, the below may help. Set PC ip: 192.168.1.2 and subnetmask 255.255.255.0 and gateway 192.168.1.1 Power off the router Disconnect the WAN cable Only connect your PC Ethernet cable to ETH0 Power On the router Wait for the router to start the . . . → Read More: How to reset TP Link WDR4300 router after bad install of OpenWRT LEDE Below error appears in Lubuntu 18.04 LTS bd_crypto_luks_open_blob called, but not implemented when opening Luks Encrypted volume using PCManFM, the Lubuntu File Manager. To overcome this error, open a terminal window and enter the commands below: $ sudo apt install libblockdev-crypto2 <enter> $ systemctl restart udisks2.service <enter> To add the Epson Printer Drivers for Ink Tank L 365 in Linux 1. Download drivers from the site http://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/search/01/search/searchModule 2. Enter printer model as L365 and select Operating System as Linux. Next open a terminal window and enter the commands as below: $ sudo apt install ~/Downloads/epson-inkjet-printer-201401w_1.0.0-1lsb3.2_amd64.deb <enter> $ sudo apt install ~/Downloads/epson-printer-utility_1.0.2-1lsb3.2_amd64.deb <enter> . . . → Read More: How to add the Epson Printer Drivers for Ink Tank L 365 in Linux I installed Lubuntu 18.04 LTS after it was released. Unfortunately, the CPU temperatures never were below 70 degrees Celsius. I could toast bread on the laptop. To reduce overheating: 1. Go to BIOS and change Graphics from Optimus to UMA. 2. In Lubuntu, make sure NVIDIA is disabled. The problem with Ubuntu 18.04 LTS is . . . → Read More: How to reduce overheating on Ubuntu (May also work on Xubuntu) See https://www.linuxuprising.com/2018/04/install-oracle-java-10-in-ubuntu-or.html Simply put, open a terminal window and enter following commands: $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:linuxuprising/java <enter> $ sudo apt update <enter> $ sudo apt install oracle-java10-installer <enter> After the installation is complete, you can verify that the Java plugin has been installed by starting your Firefox web browser and typing about:plugins in the URL . . . → Read More: How to install Oracle Java 10 on Ubuntu VirtualBox package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS does not successfully install Windows 10 Insider Preview. To install, you need to install VirtualBox from the Oracle website at this link: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads As instructed on that site: Open a terminal window and add the following line to the /etc/apt/sources.list file: $ sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list <enter> deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian xenial . . . → Read More: Install VirtualBox on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS to run Windows 10 Insider Preview To find out the details of every hardware component in a Linux computer, open a terminal window and enter: $ sudo lshw <enter> Display all hardware information in Linux using lshw in a shorter report $ sudo lshw –short <enter> The report generated is very detailed and precise. It can be used to help decisions . . . → Read More: Display all hardware information in Linux using lshw Laptops come with 1 Terabyte of disk space. Lots of space for Microsoft Windows 7 to use to generate and store CBS log files in C:\Windows\Logs\CBS folder. Searching on Google, revealed that this folder can get really large and leads to most space consumption on computers with little hard disk space. Unfortunately, some of us . . . → Read More: Delete CBS log files to make disk space on Windows 7 computer |
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