3 Different issues with Zorin 12

As the title says, i am having 3 different issues with Zorin 12. The first is that, i set up an Epson XP 320 printer, and no matter what i do, it only prints blank pages. It works fine using my phone, or an old Win7 laptop, but i am trying to set this PC to run strictly on Linux, and, if i can figure out the bugs, get rid of windows completely on all my systems. Epson said to add something called LSB, which i did, then unistalled and reinstalled the drivers, and still nothing. I have tried printing with a direct USB connection, as well as through the network, and neither work.

The second issue deals with trying to use a netgear wna 3100 wireless USB adapter. When it connects, it only stays connected about, at most, 5 minutes. So far though, i cant even get it set up to even connect to a wifi network, and, cant figure out why.

The third, and most annoying, is about the desktop, and Nvidia (possibly) issues. I have an Nvidia Geforce GT 730 graphics card, and, the first issue, i have to manually reset the screen resolution every time i restart the system, or the icons are beyond huge. That worked fine for about 4 days, now, i get a weird screen, but only after i manually reset the resolution, but i have no idea why. I did install DesktopNova tray, so that i could set it to rotate through a series of pics that i added, on the desktop, at a preset interval. It worked fine for about 4 days, now, it almost looks like i have 2 separate desktops, one behind the other. I added a screen shot to give an idea what i mean.


My system specs are as follows:

Machine: Mobo: MSI model: 760GMA-P34(FX) (MS-7641) v: 5.0
Bios: American Megatrends v: V25.1 date: 04/20/2015
CPU: Quad core AMD FX-4300 (-MCP-) cache: 8192 KB
flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm) bmips: 30398
clock speeds: max: 3800 MHz 1: 1800 MHz 2: 2600 MHz 3: 1800 MHz
4: 1400 MHz
Graphics: Card: NVIDIA GF108 [GeForce GT 730] bus-ID: 01:00.0
Display Server: X.Org 1.18.4 drivers: nvidia (unloaded: fbdev,vesa,nouveau)
Resolution: 1280x720@60.00hz
GLX Renderer: GeForce GT 730/PCIe/SSE2
GLX Version: 4.5.0 NVIDIA 378.09 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio: Card-1 NVIDIA GF108 High Definition Audio Controller
driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 01:00.1
Card-2 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:14.2
Card-3 Pinnacle Systems Dazzle DVC100 Audio Device
driver: USB Audio usb-ID: 001-003
Card-4 Logitech Webcam C270 driver: USB Audio usb-ID: 002-002
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.4.0-59-generic
Network: Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: c800 bus-ID: 02:00.0
IF: enp2s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Card-2: NetGear WNA3100(v1) Wireless-N 300 [Broadcom BCM43231]
driver: ndiswrapper v: 1.59 usb-ID: 001-004
IF: enxa42b8c53a69b state: N/A mac: N/A
Drives: HDD Total Size: 5491.1GB (27.4% used)
ID-1: /dev/sda model: WDC_WD10EZEX size: 1000.2GB
ID-2: /dev/sdb model: SSD2SC240G1CS175 size: 240.1GB
ID-3: /dev/sdc model: ST9250315AS size: 250.1GB
ID-4: USB /dev/sdd model: My_Book_1230 size: 4000.8GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 213G used: 9.4G (5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb1
ID-2: swap-1 size: 8.59GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sdb5
RAID: No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 7.9C mobo: N/A gpu: 0.0:31C
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 219 Uptime: 55 min Memory: 918.6/7979.9MB
Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 5.4.0
Client: Shell (bash 4.3.461) inxi: 2.2.35


These specs are actually from when i had Mint MATE installed, but, every time i try to get the system info from Zorin sysinfo, it abruptly quits. Nothing in the system has changed though, since i installed Zorin about a week ago.

At end of lunch break - will get back to you later.

1. Printer issues

OK, did you get to this page?

http://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/du/02 ... 66f846fdd9

Scroll down and then click on 'Accept' - You then get some further choices to make - if you haven't got it installed already, download Gdebi Package Manager (this should be present in the OS by default - I've been asking long enough! Open a terminal (Menu | Utilities | Terminal) and enter:

Code:

sudo apt install gdebi

You will be asked for your login password and you won't see any asterisks - part of the security setup. You only get 3 attempts before being back at being a 'normal' user instead of 'root' (administrator)

Now we need to know if you are running 64-bit or 32-bit - if the latter, download the i386.deb package, if 64-bit then the 64-bit.deb package. Install the .deb package with Gdebi first, then run the Printer install option. You will also need the other two packages as I understand this is an all-in-one. Again, any .deb packages should be installed first.

2. Wireless issues
Before going any further, can you connect using ethernet cable, install Synaptic Package Manager from Software (right side of Menu) and launch Synaptic and then look for 'ndiswrapper' - there may be a dkms package that needs installing. I did post a WNDA 3200 driver courtesy of madvinegar but that was for 64-bit, but before we continue, please do what I have asked.

3. Graphics issues.
Interesting thread here - would be interested to know if the advice given in last post at the bottom of the page (no responses) works as it is allegedly from official nvidia support:

http://askubuntu.com/questions/816168/n ... untu-16-04

Keep us posted!