Linux Mint 13 "Maya" RC released!

[xenopeek]

Cinammon works great, but why is there no file manager? Could it be something to do with my old setup? I have installed Nautilus and Gnome Commander but neither work so I will have to choose between Dolphin, Thunar, PCManFM or Xfe.

Trying launching Nautilus from the terminal, to see if it gives any errors. Open a terminal and run:

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nautilus

Configuration files for Nautilus you can find with the following command. Maybe temporarily rename those folders, to see if that is the problem.

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find ~ -iname nautilus

[zoli62]

Is there someone here who has used for the installation the apt-get dist-upgrade method ?

[xenopeek]

Is there someone here who has used for the installation the apt-get dist-upgrade method ?

Yes, from Linux Mint 10, with undesired result: viewtopic.php?p=580669#p580669. Don't do a dist-upgrade if you are coming from a Gnome 2 installation. The recommended way of upgrading is by doing a fresh install (http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/2).

[DrTeeth]

You can install any additional desktop environments that you want. You can add Cinnamon to a MATE installation, or vice versa (or add KDE, Xfce or whichever you want ).

Many thanks, your advice is much appreciated.

DrTeeth

[DrTeeth]

I really like MDM, but it is VERY annoying, when changing a DE, to get a 'do you want it is default or just for this session, or cancel dialogue'. PLEASE let me get rid of it.

DrTeeth

[xenopeek]

DrTeeth, see moorewarner's comment: viewtopic.php?f=60&t=102278#p580635. Apparently there is an issue on the RC of installing Cinnamon on MATE or vice versa

[zoli62]

Is there someone here who has used for the installation the apt-get dist-upgrade method ?

Yes, from Linux Mint 10, with undesired result: viewtopic.php?p=580669#p580669. Don't do a dist-upgrade if you are coming from a Gnome 2 installation. The recommended way of upgrading is by doing a fresh install (http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/2).

Thank you, i 've readed this tutorial. What's wrong with the Gnome 2? There is no problem using Mate as desktop environment?

[zerozero]

DrTeeth, see moorewarner's comment: viewtopic.php?f=60&t=102278#p580635. Apparently there is an issue on the RC of installing Cinnamon on MATE or vice versa

Vincent, i saw that error in my trials

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(Reading database ... 432257 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking mint-info-cinnamon (from .../mint-info-cinnamon_2012.05.02_amd64.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/mint-info-cinnamon_2012.05.02_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/etc/linuxmint/info', which is also in package mint-info-xfce 2012.05.02
No apport report written because MaxReports has already been reached
                                                                    Unpacking mint-info-kde (from .../mint-info-kde_2012.05.02_amd64.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/mint-info-kde_2012.05.02_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/etc/linuxmint/info', which is also in package mint-info-xfce 2012.05.02
No apport report written because MaxReports has already been reached
                                                                    Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/mint-info-cinnamon_2012.05.02_amd64.deb
 /var/cache/apt/archives/mint-info-kde_2012.05.02_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install.  Trying to recover:

asked Clem about this and the answer was:
you are only supposed to have one mint-info-[whichever-DE] installed at any time, you can have as many DE's but only one mint-info-[DE], the one that comes pre-installed, and that identifies your distribution.

so in this situation, because i believe the OP has now a broken package, the fix is to uninstall the mint-info-[DE-you-are-installing]
all the other required pkgs should install fine.

[ankbhdk]

I tried to install it on my HP Pavilion ZE2347EA (Which is currently running LM12 with cinnamon flawlessly).
It won't boot in neither normal or compatibility mode, but boots for a while, and once it is trying to switch to graphicsmode the screen goes blank. (I tried both a USB stick and a DVD)
My graphics card is an ATI XPress 400.
Any clue to what I can do?

[ChrisOfBristol]

I am assuming of course that the default file manager in Mint 13 Cinammon is Nautilus.

Trying launching Nautilus from the terminal...
Configuration files for Nautilus...

This makes good sense.

I can launch Nautilus from the terminal no problem.
I renamed the configuration files
I logged out and in again.

Nautilus did not appear on the menus, unfortunately it hadn't occurred to me to right-click on the menu button at this stage to edit the menu so I don't know whether that would have worked.

I then decided I could safely delete those files and directories and reinstall Nautilus, purging the configuration files if anything still existed:

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apt-get remove nautilus --purge
apt-get install nautilus

and belatedly had the idea of right-clicking on the menu button - I was able to add it to the menu.

You gave me good clear expert advice, thank you.

Mint 13 "Maya" RC..........Kernel Linux 3.2.0-23-generic..........GNOME 3.4.1..........Cinammon 1.4

[georgetom]

Installed amd64 cinnamon in Dell Vostro 3400. While booting into the live usb, I got the terminal instead of the login page first and it got stuck here. Rebooted the PC and then installation went fine. No issues after installation either. Super work!

[aloysius]

Can’t boot 13RC Cinnamon/64 bit on my machine
(Intel P43/e8400 nvidia 9800gt video card).
Boot hangs with a black screen, can get some info if I switch earlier to the first console.
Compatibility mode:

Default mode:


Any suggestions?

[Zikco]

Bug #671210 rears its head again.

I was installing playonlinux in Mint 13 RC through the Software Manager when it stopped at "Waiting for config file prompt", as shown in the attached image.

[abd_bela]

Hi,
I tried the mate 13 version (i386), I got several pbs:
1. first time it ran on my laptop , a second time, the graphic card is not configured correctly,
I had to remove the /etc/X11/xorg.conf, after that it ran

2. Th sound is disabled, when i cklicked on volume control, I got "waiting for sound system ..." and
waited for long time no thing happed!!!

NB: on the same laptop the previous version mint 12 and LMDE both worked correctly!!!

3. No login desktop sound
4. I wanted to add new login theme, there is problem in the name, the menu gave
file not a tar or tar.gz ???? while it is of course !!!!!
I solved it by renaming the GdmGre... to
MdmGreeterTheme.desktop, and add the theme directly in the folder /usr/share/mdm/themes/linuxmint/

( theses 2 last problems exist in previous version too) /usr/share/mdm/themes/linuxmint/)


Any way thanks for the big work you are doing !!

best regards
abd_bela

[drumBE]

Just installed Maya 'cinnamon'64bit in dualboot with SolusOS and everthing was ok.
No problem at all.

[AlbertP]

@ aloysius: This is bug #950295. I hope it gets fixed soon.

[seneq]

I have a strange bug. When i want to watch a flash video , it just fast forwards ... it plays the video really fast ... 1 minute in 5 seconds...

[CK7]

Im running LM 12.
I wanna to try LM 13.
But I cannot boot into installation screen ( all edition ).

[aloysius]

Im running LM 12.
I wanna to try LM 13.
But I cannot boot into installation screen ( all edition ).

I've been told that in my case it's a problem with the kernel version and my broadcom wifi card.
Perhaps it's the same for you?

[mfctyro]

If I install the release candidate do I have to install the release version? Or does the RC transmute into the release version if I keep updating?

Another Dave