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by gbWilly
Thursday 11th May 2023 7:41pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Lenovo Thinkbook issues installing Linux
Replies: 18
Views: 13006

Re: Lenovo Thinkbook issues installing Linux

It seems to be a Windows application.
I'm not running any Windows, just Linux.

Except of course for the Lenovo, that runs Windows.
I'll give it a try, see what happens.
I guess it is a matter of pointing the linux iso to the proper usb and make sure UEFI boot is possible.

Thanks.
by gbWilly
Thursday 11th May 2023 7:35pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Linux Mint Users - Upgrade to 21.1 Vera - FYI
Replies: 6
Views: 5348

Re: Linux Mint Users - Upgrade to 21.1 Vera - FYI

Thanks, that worked smoothly and the IDE now works as should.
Good to know.
by gbWilly
Thursday 11th May 2023 4:26pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Lenovo Thinkbook issues installing Linux
Replies: 18
Views: 13006

Lenovo Thinkbook issues installing Linux

Hi All, A friend of mine recently bought a Linovo Thinkbook and asked me if I could install it with linux. Once in the BIOS I noticed there was only UEFI boot, no legacy boot. I enabled the option to boot from USB, but the USB doesn't show in the boot menu as an option to boot from. After some onlin...
by gbWilly
Thursday 11th May 2023 4:15pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Linux Mint Users - Upgrade to 21.1 Vera - FYI
Replies: 6
Views: 5348

Re: Linux Mint Users - Upgrade to 21.1 Vera - FYI

Have you tried using the IDE the old way? (using QT instead of gtk3) , it might fix the problem. i have no problems with procedure collapsing the way i do it, but maybe you do it differently as there are probably different ways. I have expierienced trouble with the IDe as well in more recent versio...
by gbWilly
Saturday 16th July 2022 1:13pm
Forum: Web
Topic: gb.web on a server
Replies: 11
Views: 9196

Re: gb.web on a server

BruceSteers wrote: ↑ Wednesday 13th July 2022 12:35pm Can anyone tell me why if i make a link and point it to my gambas cgi app when clicking it all it does is download the cgi not run it? TIA Bruce Never mind I figured it out :) I now have gb.web things working :) Hi Bruce, could you explain why i...
by gbWilly
Sunday 10th July 2022 2:37pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Renting a VPS
Replies: 7
Views: 7919

Re: Renting a VPS

Thanks for the info Cogier. The cost for me is about $6.00 a month for a "droplet" (£5.00), this depends on usage As I understand a 'droplet' is a VPS. They advertise with fixed amounts, so how does usage influence your cost? Do you have full root access to your VPS 'droplet' so you can in...
by gbWilly
Friday 8th July 2022 2:58pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Renting a VPS
Replies: 7
Views: 7919

Renting a VPS

Hi all, I'm looking to rent a VPS. I want to revamp my 'How to Gambas' and 'Gambas Learning' projects as they kind of ended when Sholzy quit hosting the Whiteislands forum. I have a lot of spare time atm. since I recently lost my job. Sidenote: I actually worked for a company where I setup a Debian ...
by gbWilly
Wednesday 30th March 2022 4:56pm
Forum: Component
Topic: barcode scanner component
Replies: 4
Views: 6173

Re: barcode scanner component

Hi, I run into this same problem a while ago. First of all, forget SerialPort, it is way more simple (as Cogier already stated). The USB barcode scanner acts as keyboard input. Make a form with a TextBox (let's call it tbxBarCode) and a Label (let's call it lblScannedBarCode) Next apply following co...
by gbWilly
Tuesday 1st February 2022 1:05pm
Forum: General
Topic: Barcode scanner
Replies: 6
Views: 5414

Re: Barcode scanner

I used to just monitor a TextBox for keyboard entry, something like this: Private Sub txbBarCodeInput_KeyPress() If Chr(13) Then ' This is the last non-text character from BCreader ' Put Code here EndIf End Sub This is just from memory but hopefully will give you an idea to work from. Make sure the...
by gbWilly
Tuesday 1st February 2022 1:03pm
Forum: General
Topic: Barcode scanner
Replies: 6
Views: 5414

Re: Barcode scanner

Hi gbWilly, long time no hear! I have written barcode reading programs, but I have always used a USB reader, which is seen by the computer as a keyboard. Once the gun has read the code, it sends the text to the keyboard with a newline on the end. Hi Cogier, I am using a USB reader and reading your ...