mate-applets contains system monitor applet.stovenator wrote:Hrm. I don't see the indicator applet in mate-applets.
indicator applet need to be packaged yet... I think it will be packaged in some days
mate-applets contains system monitor applet.stovenator wrote:Hrm. I don't see the indicator applet in mate-applets.
I was looking for the System Monitor Applet. Finally got it working after upgrading everything multiple times.stovenator wrote:Hrm. I don't see the indicator applet in mate-applets.stefano-k wrote:install mate-applets packagethomas823 wrote:yeah thats really annoying.. why has it been removed? any way to get it back?
I think you might be a bit confused. There is no gnome-shell in Julia or Katya, the default desktop environment was Gnome 2.32 in both. In "Lisa"(Linux Mint 12) the choices you have is either is the default Gnome (Gnome3/gnome-shell), Fallback mode (Gnome 3 without gnome-shell) and MATE (Gnome 2.32 fork). If you're looking for the Gnome 2.32 experience on LIsa then your only current choice is MATE. MATE, which is a direct fork of Gnome 2.32, is actually quite stable and functional. There are a few things missing yet but for beta software it's very usable. Unfortunately, Gnome 2 is gone but MATE for all intents and purposes will be virtually indistinguishable from Gnome 2 within the next few months.shams wrote:My VGA driver did not work correctly with GNOME shell. Problem is posted here. So, I want to avoid Mate and use GNOME shell like in Julia or Katya. So, how can I do that?
--> Actually I know little about Linux Mint or Linux/Ubuntu based OS. You can treat me as a newbie. May be that makes me confused. However, now I am clear about GNOME Shell Thank you.kmb42vt wrote:I think you might be a bit confused. There is no gnome-shell in Julia or Katya, the default desktop environment was Gnome 2.32 in both. In "Lisa"(Linux Mint 12) the choices you have is either is the default Gnome (Gnome3/gnome-shell), Fallback mode (Gnome 3 without gnome-shell) and MATE (Gnome 2.32 fork). If you're looking for the Gnome 2.32 experience on LIsa then your only current choice is MATE. MATE, which is a direct fork of Gnome 2.32, is actually quite stable and functional. There are a few things missing yet but for beta software it's very usable. Unfortunately, Gnome 2 is gone but MATE for all intents and purposes will be virtually indistinguishable from Gnome 2 within the next few months.shams wrote:My VGA driver did not work correctly with GNOME shell. Problem is posted here. So, I want to avoid Mate and use GNOME shell like in Julia or Katya. So, how can I do that?
Is there any particular reason you want to avoid MATE?
--> How can I recover from this problem? Changing VGA or some other else?mank_in wrote:@kmb42vt ,shams problem is http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=89623
All i know some VGA driver have problem with GNOME shell not MATE
Yup, I got that but the way sham's post was worded it seemed like the preferred DE sham wanted was the Gnome 2 desktop ("...like in Julia or Katya"). Sham called the older DE gnome-shell. Either way, according to the referenced thread, the problem seems to have been solved by upgrading the 'xserver-xorg-video-intel' package?mank_in wrote:@kmb42vt ,shams problem is http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=89623
All i know some VGA driver have problem with GNOME shell not MATE
In the past versions of Linux Mint font rendering was already set at the best possible settings for LCD displays ("Subpixel smoothing", 'slight' and RGB via 'Appearance Preferences' under the 'Fonts' tab)). In Linux Mint 12's MATE DE this has not been set and has to be set by the user. 'Appearance preferences' can be accessed by right-clicking on your MATE desktop and choosing 'Change desktop background' just as in Gnome 2 (although I'm sure you know this).KBD47 wrote:I really like MATE, but one thing that needs improvement is font rendering. The fonts are no where near as nice as in Gnome 2. Are there plans to improve this?
Thanks.
KBD47
MATE is still very much a work in progress and there are still plenty of bits and pieces from Gnome 2.32 that have to be "forked" over to MATE yet. Anything that would interfere/conflict with the inner workings of Gnome 3. Once that is done then MATE can be fully "Mintified" as it were.KBD47 wrote:Thanks kmb42vt! That fixed it. I'm surprised that was not set by default. I thought there might have been a problem with a fontconfig file or something.
mate-settings-daemon-1.1.0-4 has a fix for the volume control and other keyboard shortcuts. It's currently available in the tridex repo.KBD47 wrote:I think the only thing I'm missing from MATE right now is volume control with my fn up/down buttons. I added xfce4-power-manager and put it in the startup menu to get my battery icon on the panel. So once I get volume control it will work as well as the other desktops I use.
shams wrote:My VGA driver did not work correctly with GNOME shell. Problem is posted here. So, I want to avoid Mate and use GNOME shell like in Julia or Katya. So, how can I do that?
MiAmanas wrote:
mate-settings-daemon-1.1.0-4 has a fix for the volume control and other keyboard shortcuts. It's currently available in the tridex repo.
Yes, use the Tridex repo. See here: http://wiki.mate-desktop.org/doku.php/download#ubunturon1 wrote:Is there a way that I can install the latest version of Mate with all of the fixes/patches without using the Mint repositories?
Yes, you can. They are compatible.KBD47 wrote:Can I use that tridex repo and the Mint repo at the same time? Will it mess things up?
apt-get install mate-archive-keyringKBD47 wrote:PS--when I add that repo I get:
W: GPG error: http://tridex.net wheezy InRelease: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 68980A0EA10B4DE8