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I have not been able to get any of the drivers to install. Here is the error msg: dpkg: error: required read/write access to the dpkg database directory /var/lib/dpkg How do change the var thingy from read only to read/write?

Ok, so under Settings - Printers I had two printers listed. I removed them and clicked the Add button and six printer options came up. I picked one that listed a local address and Bob's-yer-uncle I'm able to print. I did a Test Print and printed something random I had in Libre Office. Now in...

Sorry for the confusion, using the root command prompt and the code you suggested in post #14 brings up nothing but the root command prompt again in the next line down. No new command prompt window appears.

Sorry dcbrown73 that was after the following: Code: cat /proc/mounts | awk '/ ro,/'

Hey dcbrown73, The system in not booted from a disc but installed on the computer and is a multi-user system. After this command it shows: tmpfs /sys/fs/cgroup tmpfs ro,nosuid,nodev,noexec,size=4096k,nr_inodes=1024,mode=755 0 0 /dev/mapper/endless-image3 /usr ext4...

Hey Boltar, I tried both those commands to no effect - I just get a new command prompt in terminal. I'm starting to wonder if this is a "feature" of Endless OS being that it is intended for young/inexperienced users (like my kids - which is why I installed it in the first place) so they can't...

Hey thanks for the replies, so far, no luck. When I tried adding the 32 architecture I get this error: dpkg: error: unable to create new file '/var/lib/dpkg/arch-new': Read-only file system This error message is essentially the same error I get when installing the printer driver. So, tried...

Hi, I've been trying to use the linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.3-1 MFC-J285DW from the Brother web site to no effect receiving the above error. I'm new to Linux and trying to learn. What info do I need to share with y'all to get this problem solved? Thanks