Screen saver & Update manager
 

hi,
how to fix Screen saver and Update manager on Linux Mint 17
I see both work yesterday , to day I lost them , I look and search every where unfortunately I can't find . I move to Linux Mint 17 4 days ago .
And I'm zero and don't understand any thing about Linux Mint 17 ,
and I know where is Terminal .
((( they disappear from menu )))
Please help
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Hi & Welcome to LQ.-;)

What's wrong with the screensaver and the update manager?

Did they disapear from your menu?

Can you please run mintupdate from the Terminal and paste the output here. Thanks.

Just out of interest, why did you move to Mint 17 when the latest version is 18.3?

hi hydrurga , I did and came this ;

bash: /usr/bin/mint-fortune: No such file or directory
user@user-Compaq-Presario-C700-Notebook-PC ~ $ mintupdate
mintupdate: command not found
user@user-Compaq-Presario-C700-Notebook-PC ~ $

Ok. Let's check your path:

and see if mintupdate is in fact installed (and is available through your software sources):

You didn't reply to the question about why you installed Mint 17 and not Mint 18.3.

hello hydrurga for I did came >>> bash: /usr/bin/mint-fortune: No such file or directory
user@user-Compaq-Presario-C700-Notebook-PC ~ $ echo $PATH
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games
user@user-Compaq-Presario-C700-Notebook-PC ~ $ apt-cache policy mintupdate
mintupdate:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 4.9.3.4
Version table:
4.9.3.4 0
700 http://packages.linuxmint.com/ qiana/main i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
user@user-Compaq-Presario-C700-Notebook-PC ~ $
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My friend about your question I'm 65 y/old and use windows 8 just to read the news websites and listen to music on youtube,I saw one day Linux Mint 17 and Linux Mint 18 and I like very much the color and design ,and I know someone tell him and he changed it, I don't know where is that person now , Linux Mint is better then windows I like it very much ,second day update icon came after update problems get start , now when I open the lab tap,The pink color of Ubuntu 17 comes in And disappears very soon after that start Linus Mint.
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well it's simple - mintupdate is not installed.
the question is, why?
because i'm pretty sure it should be there by default.
did you mess around with software? maybe pressed enter at some point without having checked what you are agreeing to?

hello ondoho , In relation to the computer I'm zero ..Please tell me what to do like 1.. go there 2... do this... 3 ...write that ..
Thanks very much

1- Go here:

https://community.linuxmint.com/soft...iew/mintupdate

2- Click the install button.

3- When it prompts you type in your password and hit the Enter key.

hello Ztcoracat , I went there when I click to Install coming this >> The address wasn’t understood

Firefox doesn’t know how to open this address, because one of the following protocols (apt) isn’t associated with any program or is not allowed in this context.

You might need to install other software to open this address.

Sorry it didn't work for you. I thought it would help.

Is mintupdate in your Software Center?

BTW, when you are prompted for your password in Linux the characters don't show.
This is normal with a lot of distributions.

Here's the instructions for the PPA--
https://www.unixmen.com/mintupdate-t...for-linuxmint/

dear (( Ztcoracat )) thanks very much my friend Update manager coming back and I update it and stay down right side of the desktop next to the clock Thank you very much ,

You're Welcome-;)

Glad to hear it is working now.

Is the screensaver working?

I try to find bout unfortunately I can't find the screensaver..

If you don't see the screensaver in your Menu.......
Sometimes you have to use the terminal to kickoff the screensaver.

Open your terminal and try:

Than press Enter. The screensaver should open.