LMDE BREAKAGES - tracking TESTING

[Niks]

I must admit one thing that did work fine every time was the Grub update

Can anyone tell me where,how or is there a GUI grub menu editor

[clem]

mintdesktop / mintsystem updates

After updating both mintsystem and mintdesktop, you might want to re-enable the fortunes in the terminal. To do so, launch "Desktop Settings" from the menu, click on "Terminal" and check "Show fortune cookies".

[Niks]

Nope can't find what you mean clem the option is just not there !

[Niks]

(Solved) Google chrome update problem ( it was telling me it was the newest version but I had to update it to the newest version )
Even after reinstall it with package manager it didn't fix it.
I then try the beta version
12.0.742.100 beta

Now I'm cooking again

BY the way this beta looks faster

[TBABill]

Nope can't find what you mean clem the option is just not there !

Clem may have meant "right click" on the menu, then follow the steps he outlined.

[karashata]

( solved ) The extra error line at the top of terminal

gconftool-2 --set /desktop/linuxmint/terminal/show_fortunes --type bool true

Thanks karashata

No prob, glad I could help.

[ugh]

Did a apt-get upgrade and apt-get dist-upgrade just now and have a error and broken packages:

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Error: E: /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.38-2-amd64_2.6.38-5_amd64.deb: subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 1

If this is still an issue for you try this:

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cd /var/lib/dpkg/info
mv linux-image-2.6.39-2-amd64.postrm linux-image-2.6.39-2-amd64.list /root
apt-get -f install

You can delete the two files you moved to /root if all is well.

[dawgdoc]

Nope can't find what you mean clem the option is just not there !

Clem may have meant "right click" on the menu, then follow the steps he outlined.

Or very possibly:
> Menu > Preferences > Desktop Settings > Terminal (icon in left panel)

[Niks]

Hummmm interesting
Yesterday the Icon was just not there
Installed a bunch of updates and now the terminal icon has magically appeared.

Looks like my scrambled graphics have gone too

[tux-sven]

I have Husse:s fortunes, BUT I cannot open "mintdesktop" from the menu. when I tried from a terminal window it said:

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sven@lmde-aspire-one ~ $ mintdesktop
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintDesktop/mintDesktop.py", line 301, in <module>
    MintDesktop()
  File "/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintDesktop/mintDesktop.py", line 172, in __init__
    self.init_checkbox("/desktop/linuxmint/terminal/show_fortunes", "checkbox_fortunes")
  File "/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintDesktop/mintDesktop.py", line 239, in init_checkbox
    conf = self.get_bool(key)
  File "/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintDesktop/mintDesktop.py", line 54, in get_bool
    return client.get_bool(key)
glib.GError: Felaktig inmatning: "bool" förväntades, fick "string" för nyckeln "/desktop/linuxmint/terminal/show_fortunes"

Something must be broken...

[Gerd50]

Todays update broke digiKam. dK don't work no more.

[zerozero]

Gerd50, starting digikam from the cli gives you any hint?

[Gerd50]

Hello zerozero,

please, what is the cli?

What i did is, uninstall digiKam. A reinstall is not possible. In dpkg > details i get the information 'digiKam won't work'
The same hint i got while upgrading with apt-get. 'Do you want to continue y/n/?' I hit y. I wanted to risk it, see what happens.
(apt-listbugs is installed)

What i don't understand is, in my fallback system the same version (2:1.9.0-3) is working. That system is a german distribution

http://www.conducit-project.de/wpb/

I'm running it as a purely Debian Testing. Both, Conducit and LMDE, with gnome. So maybe it is a LMDE problem is all i know
at this point.

[zerozero]

hi Gerd50,
the cli (command-line interface), terminal;

but anyway if at this point you uninstall it and can't install it again, and furthermore it works on your debian testing system we have to assume (untill someone provides better explanation) that, as you say, is a LMDE issue; just can't connect it with the last batch of updates

[Gerd50]

Ok, here is what i get if i try to reinstall dK:

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Lesen der Paketfelder ... Erledigt
Lesen des Paketstatus ... Erledigt
Laden der Fehlerberichte ... Erledigt
»Found/Fixed«-Informationen werden ausgewertet ... Erledigt
serious Fehler von digikam (-> 2:1.9.0-3) <ungelöst>
 #630628 - ABI change -> digikam not working
Zusammenfassung:
 digikam(1 Fehler)
Sind Sie sicher, dass Sie die oben genannten Pakete installieren bzw. ein Upgrade von ihnen wollen? [Y/n/?/...]

Line 5 and 6:

serious error of digikam (-> 2:1.9.0-3) <unresolved>
#630628 - ABI change -> digikam not working

This is exactly what i got at todays update.

[zerozero]

this is the bug report;
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=630628
seems fixable

[gazza]

/ "even the cheapest of all new nvidia \
| cards is like a formula 1 car compared |
| to a wheelchair" |
| |
\ Husse Sept 3 2007 /
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\
\
___
{~._.~}
( Y )
()~*~()
(_)-(_)

an fyi for those who didn't edit any fortune settings, a mass of mint specific updates came through yesterday and fortunes is back also some very nice wallpapers and a heap of other stuff

[karashata]

I only saw one new background, one based on the Mint 11 background, but tweaked for LMDE by replacing the 11 with the Debian logo.

All the other Mint updates were nice, I'm glad they pushed the updated Desktop Settings app (mintdesktop) over now, saves people from having to "fix" the mint-fortune script (especially since the proper fix was to manually add the gconf key mint-fortune was trying to check the value of... I'm surprised no one caught that earlier when the package providing mint-fortune was pushed over...)

[aljoriz]

an fyi for those who didn't edit any fortune settings, a mass of mint specific updates came through yesterday and fortunes is back also some very nice wallpapers and a heap of other stuff

Ok here's a problem. I commented the /usr/bin/mint-fortune line in bash.bashrc when those updates came.

I know I can just uncomment the line but I feel i lost those other stuff i.e. the ability to switch on/off the terminal from the desktop settings.

[karashata]

If you launch Desktop Settings, do you see the Terminal section, and in it, the check-box to enable or disable showing fortunes in the terminal? If so, you're probably safe to uncomment the line in bash.bashrc, then just uncheck the box from in Desktop Settings if you want to disable the fortunes.

If you're really unsure, you could also run 'gconftool-2 --get /desktop/linuxmint/terminal/show_fortune' (without the quotes) and see what the result is. It should show up as 'true' (or 'false', no quotes in either case) if the key is properly installed and configured, otherwise you'll get an error stating that the key doesn't exist, or some such...