New LMDE isos (Pos-UP4) in testing
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Re: New LMDE isos (Pos-UP4) in testing
ok, installing as i type the 64bit mate/cin rc.
first impressions:
- the default DE is mate;
- and it looks like the good'old gnome2
- one issue i just found out in the installer (never realised if it was there before or not): it stalls if you try to install in a partition that you have mounted before (so basically it fails to unmount it > as soon as i did it manually it went smooth)
first impressions:
- the default DE is mate;
- and it looks like the good'old gnome2
- one issue i just found out in the installer (never realised if it was there before or not): it stalls if you try to install in a partition that you have mounted before (so basically it fails to unmount it > as soon as i did it manually it went smooth)
Re: New LMDE isos (Pos-UP4) in testing
at least the 64bit mate/cinnamon the one we are testing have an issue, so please use them only for testing, wait for the final isos if you want to install/reinstall the system.
Re: New LMDE isos (Pos-UP4) in testing
I hope a general "UP4/new ISOs problems" thread will be created when these RC's are officially out. I'm fine with all these sudden threads with the same questions about new breakages, but we really need a place to put a little summary and maybe a little FAQ
Or does this very thread suit as such a place?
Or does this very thread suit as such a place?
Re: New LMDE isos (Pos-UP4) in testing
i hope people report the new RC issues and wonders here (makes the forum lot easier to follow for everybody)Monsta wrote: Or does this very thread suit as such a place?
Re: New LMDE isos (Pos-UP4) in testing
Yup, and the ISOs aren't even officially released yet which is why I installed thing. Catch the "pre-official-release" bugs early and all that. Found a couple other issues as well.zerozero wrote:at least the 64bit mate/cinnamon the one we are testing have an issue, so please use them only for testing, wait for the final isos if you want to install/reinstall the system.
1. No "Open as administrator" for Nautilus (Gnome3/Cinnamon--known problem).
2. Mint-X/Mint-X-Metal theme fonts (for menus mostly) for MATE still fixed at 9px so it doesn't follow system font settings (old problem). Comment out line 53 in "/usr/share/themes/Mint-X/gtk-2.0/gtkrc" and "/usr/share/themes/Mint-X-Metal/gtk-2.0" to fix this problem. Line 53 looks like this:
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#font_name = "9"
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Re: New LMDE isos (Pos-UP4) in testing
Okay, it's official.
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tried the 64bit MATE version yesterday.
the only problem i've found is that VLC won't start!
the only problem i've found is that VLC won't start!
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And they upgraded to ... semi-rolling ... ?!?
Hm, I came for rolling, I'm staying for mate ...
Hm, I came for rolling, I'm staying for mate ...
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testing (debian proper) was/is always a semi-rolling release, lmde with the UP's follows the same pattern but with a buffer for stability.äxl wrote:And they upgraded to ... semi-rolling ... ?!?
Hm, I came for rolling, I'm staying for mate ...
Re: New LMDE isos (Pos-UP4) in testing
Pseude, opt, truly, fully ...
All I know that it wasn't called semi here http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=1818
All I know that it wasn't called semi here http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=1818
Re: New LMDE isos (Pos-UP4) in testing
ahh, and lmde repos are not compatible with squeeze not anymore
Re: New LMDE isos (Pos-UP4) in testing
Fresh installed from new ISO RC (yay got before official post and server avalanche)
Installed without problem (for me )
and found no major problems (of coarse I don't use much besides browser, E-Mail, DVD playing, and stream-tuner
J.Jay
Installed without problem (for me )
and found no major problems (of coarse I don't use much besides browser, E-Mail, DVD playing, and stream-tuner
J.Jay
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Re: New LMDE isos (Pos-UP4) in testing
Here, in "open discussion"? Well... okayzerozero wrote:i hope people report the new RC issues and wonders here (makes the forum lot easier to follow for everybody)
For a start, here are the warnings right from the live cd boot:
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creating compatibility symlink from /etc/mtab to /proc/mounts. ... (warning)
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mount: according to mtab, tmpfs is already mounted on /run/lock
mount: according to mtab, tmpfs is already mounted on /run/shm
Mount point '/filesystem.squashfs' does not exist. Skipping mount. ... (warning)
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Fast boot enabled, so skipping file system check. ... (warning)
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startpar: service(s) returned failure: udev console-setup live-boot ... failed!
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No such key `show-actions' in schema `org.gnome.power-manager' as specified in override file `/tmp/gdm-gD435b/xx_upstream.gschema.override'; ignoring override for this key.
No such key `icon-policy' in schema `org.gnome.power-manager' as specified in override file `/tmp/gdm-gD435b/yy_debian.gschema.override'; ignoring override for this key.
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I think it would be a good idea to also arrange an "UP testing" with all the dist-upgrade breakages here ...
With a SEMI-rolling release maybe even a better idea since I hope most people don't re/install.
On Ubuntu I only made one dist-upgrade and I can't remember having any trouble.
With a SEMI-rolling release maybe even a better idea since I hope most people don't re/install.
On Ubuntu I only made one dist-upgrade and I can't remember having any trouble.
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Okay... now there are also some warnings on poweroff:
Now let's boot our shiny new system and see if the warnings are still here.
compatibility symlink warning: check (but gone on the next boot - obviously the symlink is created only once)
two tmpfs warnings: check
third mount warning: gone (apparently something livecd-specific)
fast boot warning: gone (fsck is turned on as it should)
startpar failure notice: gone (okay...)
org.gnome.power-manager schema errors: check
And let's also reboot it.
two umount errors: check
loop error: gone (apparently something livecd-specific)
live-boot error: gone (same here, the name tells it)
And now for a new error. Console localization horribly failed and made me remember the good old days when I've struggled with the localization in Red Hat 7.2.
It starts with these schema error messages mentioned above. They are now localized (in Russian in my case) - but half of the letters is replaced with some weird symbols. Then it's all the same with the usual programs, for example, apt-get. Or maybe it's just my VirtualBox 4.1.0 in which I'm testing this LMDE edition right now...
Fortunately, this nuisance is removed by the most vulgar and brutal solution (run this as root of course):
and the things are fine on the next boot.
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umount: /var/run: device is busy.
(In some cases useful info about processes that use
the device is found by lsof(8) or fuser(1))
umount: /live: device is busy.
(In some cases useful info about processes that use
the device is found by lsof(8) or fuser(1))
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loop: can't delete device /dev/loop1: No such device or address
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/etc/init.d/live-boot: 203: [: =: unexpected operator
compatibility symlink warning: check (but gone on the next boot - obviously the symlink is created only once)
two tmpfs warnings: check
third mount warning: gone (apparently something livecd-specific)
fast boot warning: gone (fsck is turned on as it should)
startpar failure notice: gone (okay...)
org.gnome.power-manager schema errors: check
And let's also reboot it.
two umount errors: check
loop error: gone (apparently something livecd-specific)
live-boot error: gone (same here, the name tells it)
And now for a new error. Console localization horribly failed and made me remember the good old days when I've struggled with the localization in Red Hat 7.2.
It starts with these schema error messages mentioned above. They are now localized (in Russian in my case) - but half of the letters is replaced with some weird symbols. Then it's all the same with the usual programs, for example, apt-get. Or maybe it's just my VirtualBox 4.1.0 in which I'm testing this LMDE edition right now...
Fortunately, this nuisance is removed by the most vulgar and brutal solution (run this as root of course):
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apt-get purge console-setup && apt-get install console-setup
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when I check update manager and update pack info it says
Current update pack available 4
Latest update pack used by this system is 2
i installed from the 64 bit cinnamon/mate rc iso
no updates are available i am using the default incoming not latest
Current update pack available 4
Latest update pack used by this system is 2
i installed from the 64 bit cinnamon/mate rc iso
no updates are available i am using the default incoming not latest
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You can manage that in one step I supposeMonsta wrote:Code: Select all
apt-get purge console-setup && apt-get install console-setup
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sudo apt-get -o dpkg::options::="--force-confnew" -o dpkg::options::="--force-confmiss" --reinstall install console-setup
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i remember having the same "issue" with MU right after installing; no matter what i did it refused to show UP4 as installed (i hit refresh several times, opened it and closed, opened the update pack info button, nothing ) then i pressed install updates even knowing that there was none) and voila it accepted that the last UP used in the system was 4.cpatrick08 wrote:when I check update manager and update pack info it says
Current update pack available 4
Latest update pack used by this system is 2
i installed from the 64 bit cinnamon/mate rc iso
no updates are available i am using the default incoming not latest
yeahh, i know, this sounds terribly scientific
Re: New LMDE isos (Pos-UP4) in testing
Quite a lot of problems with this RC?zerozero wrote:i remember having the same "issue" with MU right after installing; no matter what i did it refused to show UP4 as installed (i hit refresh several times, opened it and closed, opened the update pack info button, nothing ) then i pressed install updates even knowing that there was none) and voila it accepted that the last UP used in the system was 4.cpatrick08 wrote:when I check update manager and update pack info it says
Current update pack available 4
Latest update pack used by this system is 2
i installed from the 64 bit cinnamon/mate rc iso
no updates are available i am using the default incoming not latest
yeahh, i know, this sounds terribly scientific
Yup, I see this as well and I first changed my sources to point to "latest" which is, I believe, what they should have been pointed to? Either way, I did all the above (as per your most scientific post) with the exception of installing updates that weren't there--no go. Still says my system has UP2 installed which is very funny since this is a clean install of LMDE UP4. I'll have to try that phantom update-update. It may take a bit as the update server still chokes more times than not. That's the problem with being popular?
Update: All hail the great zerozero for his very scientific fix of the Update Pack 2 conundrum! Worked like a charm. And of course, the update server data downloaded just fine this time around. Must have heard me bad mouthing it.
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