LMDE BREAKAGES - (Tracking SID!) -{CLOSED}

[autocrosser]

I've not played with it....the defaults are working good for me, so I have resisted the urge to "optimize"

Normally when I do go down that path I b0rk something haven't done a kernel config (that worked) for a good 10 years now.....

[wayne128]

Sid want to remove vlc of my Debian-gnome.
So I hold on for a while
Don't know what could be the issue.

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The following packages will be REMOVED:
  vlc
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  grub-pc-bin grub2-common libdvbpsi7 libmission-control-plugins0
  libntfs-3g804
The following packages will be upgraded:
  aptitude debianutils gir1.2-clutter-1.0 gir1.2-gstreamer-0.10
  gir1.2-json-glib-1.0 grub-common grub-pc gsettings-desktop-schemas
  gstreamer0.10-alsa gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad gstreamer0.10-plugins-base
  gstreamer0.10-plugins-good gstreamer0.10-tools gstreamer0.10-x guile-1.8
  guile-1.8-libs initscripts klibc-utils libcdt4 libclutter-1.0-0
  libclutter-1.0-common libdrm-intel1 libdrm-nouveau1a libdrm-radeon1 libdrm2
  libgraph4 libgstfarsight0.10-0 libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0
  libgstreamer0.10-0 libgvc5 libjson-glib-1.0-0 libklibc libmysqlclient16
  libpaper-utils libpaper1 libpathplan4 libreadline6 libruby1.8
  libschroedinger-1.0-0 libstartup-notification0 libtelepathy-farsight0
  libtelepathy-glib0 libvlc5 libvlccore4 libxdot4 libxml-parser-perl
  mysql-common ntfs-3g os-prober pkg-config python-xapian readline-common
  ruby1.8 sysv-rc sysvinit sysvinit-utils telepathy-gabble
  telepathy-mission-control-5 vlc-nox vlc-plugin-notify vlc-plugin-pulse
  xserver-xorg-video-intel
62 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 25.2 MB/38.0 MB of archives.
After this operation, 3,334 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? n
Abort.

[sumski]

I agree it should be sticky as well. There seems to be a small group of us folks who like to tinker and alter LMDE to our own liking.

I have a question as well. Has anyone using the liquorix kernel ever gone into /usr/src/ and recompiled the liquorix kernel to fit their system? I've been kinda half-heartedly been going through menuconfig removing devices I know I don't have. Trying to streamline and minimize the kernel size, and set the default generic CPU setting to the one in my machine. I know it CAN be done, just curious if anyone else has done it, and if so what should I be sure NOT to remove support for in menuconfig?

Have you tried make localmodconfig + make nconfig?
You don't need go to /usr/src/.. , you can apt-get source linux-liquorix...

[TheGreatSudoku]

I found the "make localmodconfig" last night. However I ran into the following problems trying to compile:

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amitabha linux-headers-2.6.38-6.dmz.1-liquorix-amd64 # make-kpkg clean
exec make kpkg_version=12.036+nmu1 -f /usr/share/kernel-package/ruleset/minimal.mk clean 
====== making target minimal_clean [new prereqs: ]======
This is kernel package version 12.036+nmu1.
test ! -f .config || cp -pf .config config.precious
test ! -e stamp-building || rm -f stamp-building
test ! -f Makefile || \
            make    ARCH=x86_64 distclean
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.38-6.dmz.1-liquorix-amd64'
scripts/Makefile.clean:17: /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.38-6.dmz.1-liquorix-amd64/drivers/infiniband/hw/amso1100/Makefile: No such file or directory
make[4]: *** No rule to make target `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.38-6.dmz.1-liquorix-amd64/drivers/infiniband/hw/amso1100/Makefile'.  Stop.
make[3]: *** [drivers/infiniband/hw/amso1100] Error 2
make[2]: *** [drivers/infiniband] Error 2
make[1]: *** [_clean_drivers] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.38-6.dmz.1-liquorix-amd64'
make: *** [minimal_clean] Error 2

trying to make the kernel_image regardless runs into an infinite loop:

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amitabha linux-headers-2.6.38-6.dmz.1-liquorix-amd64 # make-kpkg --initrd kernel_headers kernel_image
exec make kpkg_version=12.036+nmu1 -f /usr/share/kernel-package/ruleset/minimal.mk debian INITRD=YES 
====== making target debian/stamp/conf/minimal_debian [new prereqs: ]======
This is kernel package version 12.036+nmu1.
test -d debian             || mkdir debian
test ! -e stamp-building || rm -f stamp-building
install -p -m 755 /usr/share/kernel-package/rules debian/rules
for file in ChangeLog  Control  Control.bin86 config templates.in rules; do                                      \
            cp -f  /usr/share/kernel-package/$file ./debian/;                               \
        done
for dir  in Config docs examples ruleset scripts pkg po;  do                                      \
          cp -af /usr/share/kernel-package/$dir  ./debian/;                                 \
        done
test -f debian/control || sed         -e 's/=V/2.6.38/g'  \
                -e 's/=D/2.6.38-10.00.Custom/g'         -e 's/=A/amd64/g'  \
		-e 's/=SA//g'  \
		-e 's/=I//g'				    \
		-e 's/=CV/2.6/g'			    \
		-e 's/=M/Unknown Kernel Package Maintainer <unknown@unconfigured.in.etc.kernel-pkg.conf>/g'			    \
		-e 's/=ST/linux/g'      -e 's/=B/x86_64/g'    \
                  /usr/share/kernel-package/Control > debian/control
test -f debian/changelog ||  sed -e 's/=V/2.6.38/g'       \
            -e 's/=D/2.6.38-10.00.Custom/g'        -e 's/=A/amd64/g'       \
            -e 's/=ST/linux/g'     -e 's/=B/x86_64/g'         \
            -e 's/=M/Unknown Kernel Package Maintainer <unknown@unconfigured.in.etc.kernel-pkg.conf>/g'                            \
             /usr/share/kernel-package/changelog > debian/changelog
chmod 0644 debian/control debian/changelog
test -d ./debian/stamp || mkdir debian/stamp 
make -f debian/rules debian/stamp/conf/kernel-conf
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.38-6.dmz.1-liquorix-amd64'
====== making target debian/stamp/conf/kernel-conf [new prereqs: ]======
make    ARCH=x86_64 \
                    oldconfig;
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.38-6.dmz.1-liquorix-amd64'
scripts/kconfig/conf --oldconfig Kconfig
#
# configuration written to .config
#
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.38-6.dmz.1-liquorix-amd64'
make    ARCH=x86_64 prepare
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.38-6.dmz.1-liquorix-amd64'
scripts/kconfig/conf --silentoldconfig Kconfig
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.38-6.dmz.1-liquorix-amd64'
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.38-6.dmz.1-liquorix-amd64'
scripts/kconfig/conf --silentoldconfig Kconfig
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.38-6.dmz.1-liquorix-amd64'
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.38-6.dmz.1-liquorix-amd64'
scripts/kconfig/conf --silentoldconfig Kconfig
..... (repeated until I ctrl-C-ed)

maybe I need to use the SOURCE package? though the headers should work... meh will try the source

[TheGreatSudoku]

thanks so much sunski! after adding a deb-src line to my sources.list I downloaded the source for the liquorix kernel per your insructions, compiled it and I'm booted into it as I type this!

I do have an additional question.

In order to circumvent a choppy sound issue in the flash64 plugin, I created a mymemcpy.so in my home folder. To launch firefox from a terminal I type:

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LD_PRELOAD=/home/sudoku/mymemcpy.so /usr/bin/firefox4 &

however when I tried to use this as the command line for my gnome-panel firefox shortcut I get the following error:

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Failed to execute child process "LD_PRELOAD=/home/sudoku/mymemcpy.so" (No such file or directory)

any suggestions?

[TheGreatSudoku]

answering my own question about the LD export...

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cd ~/.local/share/applications

there I created a file called "launch_ff4", and pasted in the code from my previous post:

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LD_PRELOAD=/home/sudoku/mymemcpy.so /usr/bin/firefox4

then made it executeable:

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chmod +x ~/.local/share/applications/launch_ff4

then I updated the gnome-panel shortcut for Firefox to point to ~/.local/share/applications/launch_ff4, and voila! it works as it should.

[autocrosser]

Very nice catch!!!! A Fedora bit about it: http://earth.rockinthebury.com/?p=104

I was having the problem with almost all my flash stuff---combining your post with the fedora post took care of it......

[autocrosser]

I posted this in your other thread--(Oops!) I'll post it here also.....

Speaking of code---The chroot script I use (mod to your own use)

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#!/bin/bash
sudo mount --bind /dev /mnt/MintEX/dev
sudo mount --bind /proc /mnt/MintEX/proc
sudo mount --bind /sys /mnt/MintEX/sys
sudo cp /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/MintEX/etc/resolv.conf
sudo chroot /mnt/MintEX su

I created it a couple of years ago to not have to manually mount everything each time I wanted to chroot in to do updates...mod as required & chmod it....

[TheGreatSudoku]

Breakages I noticed last night 5/26/2011:

libimobiledevice2: this package is in experimental, but hasn't made it's way to sid yet. However the following sid packages (at least on my system, there may be more) use libimobiledevice2 as a dependency and thus can not be upgraded.

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kbd:
libkcddb4:
libnet-ssleay-perl:
libntfs-3g804:
libupower-glib1:
ntfs-3g:
pnm2ppa:
python-crypto:
python-dbus:
upower:
 Depends: libimobiledevice2 (>=0.9.7) but it is not installabl

[TheGreatSudoku]

To the readers and contributors of this thread... If you'd like a separate forum for LMDE non standard (sid, experimental, alt kernels) please let your voices be herd by posting to this thread:

http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=141&t=73029

it's my personal feeling this thread has outgrown simply being a "breakage" thread, and a forum for us tinkerers would be more apt.

[craigevil]

No issues here fully updated Debian sid using kde4.

# apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

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System:    Host debian Kernel 2.6.39-1-486 i686 (32 bit) 
           Desktop KDE 4.6.3 (Qt 4.7.3) Distro Debian GNU/Linux wheezy/sid                                                     
CPU:       Single core Intel Pentium M (-UP-) cache 1024 KB flags (sse sse2) bmips 1196.22 clocked at 600.00 MHz                
Graphics:  Card: ATI Radeon Mobility M7 LW [Radeon Mobility 7500] bus-ID: 01:00.0                                               
           X.Org 1.10.1 driver radeon (loaded) Resolution 1024x768@60.0hz                                                       
           GLX Renderer Software Rasterizer GLX Version 2.1 Mesa 7.10.2 Direct Rendering Yes                                    
Audio:     Card Intel 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller driver Intel ICH ports 1c00 18c0 bus-ID: 00:1f.5                                                                                                                              
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Version 1.0.24                                                              
Network:   Card-1 Intel 82801DB PRO/100 VE (MOB) Ethernet Controller driver e100 v: 3.5.24-k2-NAPI port 8000 bus-ID: 02:08.0    
           IF: eth0 state: down speed: 10 Mbps duplex: half mac: 00:06:1b:cd:f5:82                                              
           Card-2 Intel PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI Adapter driver ipw2100 v: git-1.2.2 bus-ID: 02:02.0                   
           IF: eth1 state: up mac: 00:04:23:5b:b5:88                                                                            
Disks:     HDD Total Size: 17.2GB (70.5% used) 1: /dev/sda IC25N020ATCS04 17.2GB                                                
Partition: ID:/ size: 16G used: 12G (79%) fs: ext3 ID:/boot size: 228M used: 53M (25%) fs: ext2                                 
           ID:swap-1 size: 0.51GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap                                                                    
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 52.0C mobo: 48.0C                                                                          
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: 0                                                                                          
Info:      Processes 124 Uptime 4:30 Memory 337.6/1258.9MB Runlevel 2 Client Shell inxi 1.5.8      

[autocrosser]

To the readers and contributors of this thread... If you'd like a separate forum for LMDE non standard (sid, experimental, alt kernels) please let your voices be herd by posting to this thread:

http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=141&t=73029

it's my personal feeling this thread has outgrown simply being a "breakage" thread, and a forum for us tinkerers would be more apt.

I also have a poll going-----http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=141&t=73423

[sumski]

KDE users beware ! KDE 4.6.3 has been pushed to Sid...

[craigevil]

KDE users beware ! KDE 4.6.3 has been pushed to Sid...

No issues with it that I have noticed.
System: Host debian Kernel 2.6.39-1-486 i686 (32 bit) Desktop KDE 4.6.3 (Qt 4.7.3) Distro Debian GNU/Linux wheezy/sid

[sumski]

Did you noticed how Debian KDE team fixed this bug?

[TheGreatSudoku]

As much as I hated people telling me "RTFM" when I was a linux newb, I can't help but laugh at this bug report:

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=620386

well I did more than laugh, I replied with some harsh language saying it should be closed. Gotta laugh at the initial bug poster, and the maintainer who asked if it was an April Fools Joke. That inner-misanthropic bastard in me wants to tell the bug filer to go back to windows vista, he'll be much happier and more at home there.

But this all arose as I was using kernel_package to compile the RC of the 3.0 kernel.. been running it for days, no issues so far

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sudoku@amitabha ~ $ uname -a
Linux amitabha 3.0.0-rc1.06012011 #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Jun 1 09:39:07 EDT 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[gozer]

I seem to have run into this issue with the last batch of updates (missing window control buttons in compiz).

[TheGreatSudoku]

as a work-around emerald window decors are unaffected by the metacity-compiz bug.

[edgarkls]

Same issue here. Seems to be a bug in metacity. As a workaround, you can eitherI downgrade metacity or, as I have done, use emerald as your window-decorator.

[Oscar799]

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