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adamhm: It shouldn't take more than a minute or two (and only that long when using really slow DVD/flash drives). Have you tried starting Mint in compatibility mode?
In legacy mode I'm not able to get to selection screen, only getting past that choice in UEFI mode.

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blakstar: Here's one little trick that's worked for me in the past:

Try adding fbcon=map:1 as an argument to your linux kernel at boot time.

The screen may go black for a while during boot, but with any luck you should hopefully be able to get to an X session.
Hmm, I'll try this. Just pressing e at selection screen and adding the command would suffice?
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adamhm: It shouldn't take more than a minute or two (and only that long when using really slow DVD/flash drives). Have you tried starting Mint in compatibility mode?
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Hunter65536: In legacy mode I'm not able to get to selection screen, only getting past that choice in UEFI mode.

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blakstar: Here's one little trick that's worked for me in the past:

Try adding fbcon=map:1 as an argument to your linux kernel at boot time.

The screen may go black for a while during boot, but with any luck you should hopefully be able to get to an X session.
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Hunter65536: Hmm, I'll try this. Just pressing e at selection screen and adding the command would suffice?
Yes, just make sure that there are no other arguments, so that no problems arise -- you can add further arguments later, if it works!

EDIT: Just to make myself 100% clear, the line beginning with "linux" should be edited, eg.:

linux <kernel-details> root=<root stuff> fbcon=map:1
Post edited May 06, 2016 by blakstar
How can you download a program for an offline PC from a repository from another PC?
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Spectre: How can you download a program for an offline PC from a repository from another PC?
If you're just looking for a particular package, you should just be able to search for it on the Internet. Many of the distributions maintain a web interface to their repositories.

EDIT: Oops! Seems I misunderstood what you were really asking for -- sorry! I didn't realize you meant from another Linux machine, but just another PC in general.
Post edited May 06, 2016 by blakstar
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Spectre: How can you download a program for an offline PC from a repository from another PC?
Use:

sudo apt-get install --download-only <package>

The package and dependencies will be downloaded to /var/cache/apt/archives - copy them to the same directory on the target system and install them there. Also copy over /var/lib/apt/lists - this will allow you to install them on the target system through the software manager/apt-get command as if the system was online. Only do this if both systems are running the same distro

You may need to download the packages for some dependencies separately if the online system has them installed but the target system does not & you've cleared the online system's apt cache since installing them.
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Spectre: How can you download a program for an offline PC from a repository from another PC?
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adamhm: Use:

sudo apt-get install --download-only <package>
Even better, without the need to call sudo:
apt-get download <package>

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Oops, now that I think of it my method will not automatically download the dependencies.

I think you might want to have a look at the 'apt-offline' package too.
Post edited May 06, 2016 by vv221
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adamhm: Use:

sudo apt-get install --download-only <package>
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vv221: Even better, without the need to call sudo:
apt-get download <package>

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Oops, now that I think of it my method will not automatically download the dependencies.

I think you might want to have a look at the 'apt-offline' package too.
Of course, this is all assuming that a distro that supports deb is being using, as opposed to rpm, or any of the other package types.
Thank you very much Mr Adam. Since your original post, I have been using Mint 17.2 effectively both in my VirtualBox or as a Flash driver. I am experimenting with them, using different options, playing different games. Its not without problems but it works good enough.
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blakstar: Of course, this is all assuming that a distro that supports deb is being using, as opposed to rpm, or any of the other package types.
You’re right of course ;)
I just assumed that we were talking about Linux Mint because it is the distribution presented in the opening posts.
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blakstar: Of course, this is all assuming that a distro that supports deb is being using, as opposed to rpm, or any of the other package types.
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vv221: You’re right of course ;)
I just assumed that we were talking about Linux Mint because it is the distribution presented in the opening posts.
I was just covering all the bases, since I try not to make too many assumptions when trying to give assistance.

I've used so many different Linux distros over the years that I usually start by thinking "which package format's being used?" :-)
Thank you adamhm. I've been looking into transitioning from Windows to linux for some time now. I believe windows 10 will be my last MS product. Linux is the way to go.
when I heard about the Linux share stats released recently it made me feel bad about not trying harder to game on Linux.

it's largely my own fault because I'm doing it on 64-bit Debian. I got a bit tired of dependency problems. building out a chroot just so I can cross-compile libs I need for i386 when muh Microsoft is still there and perfectly functional is not the most motivating thing I guess.

still, I'll definitely be keen to keep Linux after 8.1

and if there are no games for Linux. I'll just stop playing games I spose
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johnnygoging: and if there are no games for Linux. I'll just stop playing games I spose
There’s nothing easier than gaming on Linux today ;-)
https://www.gog.com/forum/general/linux_playit_weekly_news
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johnnygoging: when I heard about the Linux share stats released recently it made me feel bad about not trying harder to game on Linux.

it's largely my own fault because I'm doing it on 64-bit Debian. I got a bit tired of dependency problems. building out a chroot just so I can cross-compile libs I need for i386 when muh Microsoft is still there and perfectly functional is not the most motivating thing I guess.

still, I'll definitely be keen to keep Linux after 8.1

and if there are no games for Linux. I'll just stop playing games I spose
No reason to feel bad. There's nothing wrong with gaming on Windows; I still use a couple of Windows machines, but I prefer to use Linux. So, when games get released in both Windows and Linux versions, I tend to opt for Linux.

It's all about choice, and if you've already got a Windows system that works well for you, there's no reason to stop using it.

And I wouldn't look so much on the bleak side; I'm sure that games will be released for Linux in future! :-)
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johnnygoging: and if there are no games for Linux. I'll just stop playing games I spose
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vv221: There’s nothing easier than gaming on Linux today ;-)
https://www.gog.com/forum/general/linux_playit_weekly_news
well tell that to my stdout spam and mystery 5 minute launch times on a fresh Debian Jessie.

edit: thanks for that! +1 I'll go through that later!

But I am talking about Steam here. Everything I've played on Linux from GOG has worked fine. but in GOG's case, that's also a lot of it running on DOSBOX.

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johnnygoging: when I heard about the Linux share stats released recently it made me feel bad about not trying harder to game on Linux.

it's largely my own fault because I'm doing it on 64-bit Debian. I got a bit tired of dependency problems. building out a chroot just so I can cross-compile libs I need for i386 when muh Microsoft is still there and perfectly functional is not the most motivating thing I guess.

still, I'll definitely be keen to keep Linux after 8.1

and if there are no games for Linux. I'll just stop playing games I spose
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blakstar: No reason to feel bad. There's nothing wrong with gaming on Windows; I still use a couple of Windows machines, but I prefer to use Linux. So, when games get released in both Windows and Linux versions, I tend to opt for Linux.

It's all about choice, and if you've already got a Windows system that works well for you, there's no reason to stop using it.

And I wouldn't look so much on the bleak side; I'm sure that games will be released for Linux in future! :-)
hopefully. I think a move to Linux support would be good for both publishers and users. it would just be good in different ways and there are other opinions of what's good besides the kind of good Linux would bring in. but as for my lack of optimism I was surprised that adoption was still that low when those numbers came out.
Post edited May 07, 2016 by johnnygoging