Firefox and Thunderbird crash immediately after installation in 32-bit v 3.8

[firenice03]

Good to hear you have solved your browser/email dilemma..


As for the NumLock...

(apart from the numlock on problem even when you have set it to off in the BIOS)

Have you checked Lite Tweaks - there is a NumLock enable/disable option within... Perhaps this may help..

[drrdf]

Hi firenice03,

Yes it is good that I managed to find a solution, although it took quite a bit of investigation. My solution may hopefully be useful to some others who are still running older PCs.

Yes I have been through this process previously with numlock. I now accept that on my two 64 bit desktop PCs and on my two 32 bit desktop ones I have to switch numlock off every time after logging in to Linux lite. I have tried all combinations but none of them including the supposed option in Lite Tweaks have worked on these desktops. Strangely enough I did use that enable/disable facility with a laptop and it worked; but it does not work with any of my desktops. Even where you set Numlock off for boot up in the BIOS Linux lite turns it back on again after you have logged in and you have to turn it off manually. I have even tried setting numlock on in the BIOS and then using the Lite Tweaks set to off, but that does not make any difference; numlock still then stays on although it has been set in the Linux Tweaks to be off. So I have concluded that the Tweak sometimes works but mostly does not.

It may be something to do with Intel v AMD cpus. The laptop on which the Tweak works has an Intel processor; all 4 of my desktops have AMD processors.