The unofficial LMDE XFCE - startup

[Schoelje]

After installing, the "Would you like to restart now" prompt does restart.

Yes, but that's just live-installer issuing a reboot command. It has nothing to do with the greyed out buttons.
I still haven't found a solution for that.

[cwwgateway]

I noticed the menus in gtk2 apps weren't rendered correctly with bluebird, so I installed all of the gtk2-engines to fix it (I don't know which one actually did it). The update-alternatives tip worked and now I have the correct cursors.

Edit: Guest Additions also didn't work for me, but when I manually install them the installer complains that they have already been installed in a different way and to uninstall those first.

[zerozero]

regarding look&feel

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mint@mint:~$ dpkg -l | grep themes
ii  gnome-themes-standard                  3.4.2-2                              i386         Standard gnome themes
ii  hicolor-icon-theme                     0.12-1                               all          default fallback theme for FreeDesktop.org icon themes
ii  mint-x-icons                           1.1.1                                all          Mint-X Icon themes
ii  mint-x-theme                           1.0.7                                all          Mint-X GTK themes
ii  plymouth-themes-lmdexfce               1.5.0                                all          Graphical Boot Animation and Logger (LMDE Xfce theme)
ii  xfwm4-themes                           4.10.0-1                             all          Theme files for xfwm4


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zerozero@debian:~$ dpkg -l | grep themes
ii  hicolor-icon-theme                          0.12-1                             all          default fallback theme for FreeDesktop.org icon themes
ii  murrine-themes                              0.98.4                             all          themes for gtk2 murrine engine
ii  smplayer-themes                             0.1.20+dfsg-1                      all          complete front-end for MPlayer - icon themes
ii  syslinux-themes-debian                      12-1.1                             all          collection of boot loaders (theme metapackage)
ii  syslinux-themes-debian-squeeze              12-1.1                             all          collection of boot loaders (debian-squeeze theme)
ii  syslinux-themes-debian-wheezy               12-1.1                             all          collection of boot loaders (debian-wheezy theme)
ii  xfwm4-themes                                4.6.0-3                            all          Theme files for xfwm4


it's missing murrine-themes and that one will bring the engines needed

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zerozero@debian:~$ apt-cache depends murrine-themes
murrine-themes
  Depends: gtk2-engines-murrine
  Depends: gtk3-engines-unico
  Breaks: <xubuntu-artwork>
  Breaks: <xubuntu-artwork:i386>



[Schoelje]

So, if I install murrine-themes what are the consequences for the used oxygen theme (I suppose nothing at all)?

The greyed out startup and shutdown buttons issue is solved.
I had exactly the same problem with LMDE KDE a while ago.
It was related to the upgrade of xinit.
I just downgraded it to the previous version and I got my buttons back!

[zerozero]

regarding murrines-themes it will not impact oxygen (as far as i know but as soon as i install i will try it), it will just give rendering support when needed for the themes that use the unico and/or the murrine engine(s)

i kew that i saw this shutdownless problem somewhere

[GeneC]

"zz' to the rescue....

Yes, Murrine themes/engine fixes the theme issue. (to some extent.. ). Theme changes, but icons only HALF change and panel has white fonts on light grey.
Zuzkitwo theme


Some icons in Docky are quite blurry.

I logged out/in, but i"ll try a re-boot.

[cwwgateway]

Have you installed the other gtk2-engines-* from synaptic (the qtcurve one has lots of kde dependencies so I wouldn't install that)? I had to do this to make bluebird work. Besides, logging out and logging back in (which I had to do to switch to the Mint-X icons), I don't know what would fix the icons (which icon set is it?). Also, the oxygen theme works fine for me with all of the gtk2-engines-* installed.

Edit: logging out and logging back in is required after switching I think (and after installing the engines).

Edit 2: Here's a screenshot:

[GeneC]

Yes, the Mint-X icons work perfectly. The ones that I had a problem with were Faenza? This same set has worked on dozens of other distros...

Most of the themes I have tried work, render correctly (no-win95) DARK themes render correctly but light (gray in color)....

Good
Zukitwo
Gnomish Gray
Atolm-gtk3
Buebird

Dark themes that render ok, but LIGHT
elementary dark
Gnomish Dark
selene

Still something missing.

OOPS. My white fonts on light gray panel just changed to black on their own (switched a couple of themes)

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EDIT:

OK, Never mind the above. Just playing switching themes /window border/icons, et. Now dark themes work as they are supposed to (DARK).
Dont know what I did, if anything...
Its just some of the Faenza icons that are a little 'dodgy'.

I missed my nap. I am getting cranky.....

[Schoelje]

Could Xfce 4.10 have any influence on the way these themes render?

[GeneC]

Nope.

Got the same 4.10 in my old LMDE/XFCE where they all worked fine.
See my last post. Themes seem to have sorted themselves.... MAGIC...

Thanks Schoelje..
Time to watch football (American)

[GeneC]

UN/LMDE/XFCE
Nvidia 304
Selene gtk3 theme
Mint-X-Dark icons
Docky


Didn't I say something about football? I think its half time..

OH!
PDM worked fine, changed to Plymouth Theme to Debian Solar. Nice..

[zerozero]

is the path correct? FF can't find it

zerozero@un-xfce:~$ apt content mint-flashplugin-11
/.
/usr
/usr/share
/usr/share/doc
/usr/share/doc/mint-flashplugin-11
/usr/share/doc/mint-flashplugin-11/changelog.gz
/opt
/opt/mint-flashplugin-11
/opt/mint-flashplugin-11/libflashplayer.so

zerozero@debian:~$ locate libflashplayer.so
/usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so

[GeneC]

Using CHROME....
(Hard to break old habits, in this case, it pays..)

[zerozero]

yeahh i would imagine that
i'm not prepared to ditch FF yet

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on the other hand (some good news )
pae and nvidia installation were smooth
(i don't have the pae logs)
http://pastebin.com/idTpZd5p

[cwsnyder]

I also noticed that the flash plug-in was listed as not installed.

Since I normally install Google Chrome stable, I downloaded the 32-bit deb file to try in the Live DVD. Found out it was missing libcurl3 and libnss-something (I forgot to write it down) when dpkg -i was invoked to install. It is running fine now that I installed the missing packages.

Usual problems with detecting my monitor (bad EDID) yielded 1024x768 resolution on 1280x1024 monitor. xrandr was able to fix that problem, no problem with not detecting gamma of display, which is another bug which sometimes pops up on my machine.

Pepper-flash with Chrome works fine on JupiterBroadcasting, Youtube, and Farmville2. Farmville2 and my Google apps normally complained about flash being out of date.

Sound worked without fiddling, either.

[zerozero]

on look&feel
installing gtk3-engines-oxygen solves (as far as i can see) the inconsistency between gtk2 and gtk3 app
(keeping the original settings)

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and also fixes the bad rendering of lightdm

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some time after

[wayne128]

I seem to have difficulty downloading iso..

1. Download a few times, and not complete... perhaps network issue or server issue?
after many tries,, a some 6 hours later, I got the complete iso..

2. dd to USB flash, boot computer without issue

3. installed to one partition. set boot loader to install on root partition, no issue too.

4. chainload to the partition and boot OK.

5. play with default theme only , but change font to larger size to make the poor eyesight happy

6. proceed to try DDM for the first time.
one comment, extremely slow....

it shows semi- correct? on three things
a. HD5450, correctly detected, also correctly recommend to install fglrx. but i am not sure if the version 1:12 is correct, perhaps that was available in the repos.
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Cedar PRO [Radeon HD 5450]

b. BCM57788, this is wired LAN gigabit NIC
DDM detect the chip correctly.
however it thinks it is a wireless .
also it said this drive is uninstallable... this should not be true, without it (tg3) running, I wouldn't have internet access

c. PAE capable. correctly detected and correctly suggested to install pae kernel

see picture captured http://i49.tinypic.com/9bi545.png


7. so I ran the desktop for a while, some 20-30 minutes
and :::: it is the hottest!! among any other OS I used.
typically cpu temp was in 36-38degc regular usage
this installed OS showed single CPU temp at 58degC.. and the box is far too hot to touch..

I have to turn on a big blower to cool the box!!

next i choose to install fglrx.
it took a very long time to install... some 20 minutes, quite unusual... perhaps server/network or something?

8. reboot and running, glxgears show gears are running..
did not paid too much attention to it because the box is too hot to run

a quick check on menu>settings and menu>system: could not find any AMD icons that usually appear after successful ATI driver install..
not sure if fglrx is really working..

decide to install pae kernel to attempt cooling the hot box
8. reboot, now running with pae kernel 3.2.0-4-686-pae
after big fan cooling outside the box for a while, turn fan off, run for some 10 minutes..
now cpu temp reached 36-39degc

9. check glxgears on terminal, no gears moving . terminal shows
wayne@lmdexfce:~$ glxgears
X Error of failed request: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)
Major opcode of failed request: 136 (GLX)
Minor opcode of failed request: 19 (X_GLXQueryServerString)
Serial number of failed request: 12
Current serial number in output stream: 12

not sure what is it, usually it will run gears and show some terminal output.

to be continued..

EDIT..
purge fglrx driver.
back to using AMD driver's .run method directly from AMD website.
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/l ... ng=English

using AMD website's recommended driver installer: amd-driver-installer-catalyst-12.10-x86.x86_64.run

install OK.
reboot, use terminal , glxgears shows gears running with terminal output as

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wayne@lmdexfce:~$ glxgears
12568 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2513.575 FPS
15025 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3004.842 FPS
19260 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3851.732 FPS
16611 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3320.163 FPS
12671 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2534.082 FPS
12334 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2465.371 FPS
11453 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2290.480 FPS
15670 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3133.896 FPS
12910 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2581.891 FPS
12630 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2525.978 FPS
13347 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2669.311 FPS
19143 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3828.565 FPS
12826 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2565.050 FPS
14188 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2837.435 FPS
12672 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2534.279 FPS
12721 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2544.196 FPS
12499 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2499.792 FPS
12610 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2522.000 FPS
12788 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2557.498 FPS
17972 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3594.123 FPS
12755 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2550.862 FPS

run for some 20-30 minutes..
now sensors seems normal around 53degc.... ati card was around 65-68degc earlier

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wayne@lmdexfce:~$ sensors
radeon-pci-0100
Adapter: PCI adapter
temp1:        +52.5°C 

coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 0:       +37.0°C  (high = +89.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)
Core 2:       +38.0°C  (high = +89.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)


just try to check on ddm...
captured on terminal, do not understand.. but might be useful for some

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wayne@lmdexfce:~$ ddm
DEBUG     Command to execute: cat /proc/version
INFO      Machine info: Linux version 3.2.0-4-686-pae (debian-kernel@lists.debian.org) (gcc version 4.6.3 (Debian 4.6.3-12) ) #1 SMP Debian 3.2.32-1
DEBUG     Command to execute: apt-cache policy ddm | grep Installed
INFO      DDM version: 0.5.1
DEBUG     Command to execute: dpkg -s apt-listbugs | grep Status
DEBUG     Command to execute: cat /proc/version
DEBUG     Startup command: gksu --message "<b>Please enter your password</b>" python /usr/lib/ddm/ddm.py
DEBUG     Command to execute: lsof /var/lib/dpkg/lock
DEBUG     Command to execute: apt-cache policy ddm | grep Installed
DEBUG     Command to execute: cat /proc/version
DEBUG     Command to execute: cat /etc/*-release | grep DISTRIB_RELEASE
DEBUG     Command to execute: uname -r
INFO      3.2.0-4-686-pae
DEBUG     Command to execute: aptitude search linux-headers
INFO      Used graphics driver: fglrx
INFO      Used wireless driver: None
DEBUG     Command to execute: dpkg -s linux-headers-3.2.0-4-686-pae | grep Status
INFO      Installed PAE: linux-headers-3.2.0-4-686-pae
DEBUG     Command to execute: dpkg -S fglrx_drv
DEBUG     Used drivers: [['graphics', 'fglrx'], ['kernel', 'linux-headers-3.2.0-4-686-pae']]
INFO      Checking your hardware...
DEBUG     Command to execute: uname -r
INFO      3.2.0-4-686-pae
DEBUG     Initialize DriverGet
DEBUG     Command to execute: lspci -nn | grep VGA
DEBUG     Check every 5 miliseconds if thread is still active
DEBUG     Initialize DriverGet
DEBUG     Command to execute: lspci -nn | grep VGA
DEBUG     Check every 5 miliseconds if thread is still active
DEBUG     Initialize DriverGet
DEBUG     Command to execute: lspci -nn | grep VGA
DEBUG     Check every 5 miliseconds if thread is still active
DEBUG     Initialize DriverGet
DEBUG     Command to execute: lspci -nn | grep VGA
DEBUG     Check every 5 miliseconds if thread is still active
DEBUG     Initialize DriverGet
DEBUG     Check every 5 miliseconds if thread is still active
DEBUG     Initialize DriverGet
DEBUG     Command to execute: lspci | grep Broadcom
DEBUG     Command to execute: cat /etc/*-release | grep DISTRIB_RELEASE
DEBUG     Check every 5 miliseconds if thread is still active
INFO      ATI card found: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Cedar PRO [Radeon HD 5450]
INFO      03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM57788 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 01)
INFO      ATI chip serie found:  5450
INFO      Broadcom found: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM57788 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 01)
DEBUG     Command to execute: apt-cache policy fglrx-driver
DEBUG     Command to execute: lspci -n -d 14e4:
DEBUG     Command to execute: uname -r
INFO      03:00.0 0200: 14e4:1691 (rev 01)
INFO      3.2.0-4-686-pae
DEBUG     Broadcom chip set found: 1691
DEBUG     Command to execute: aptitude search linux-headers
WARNING   Broadcom chipset not supported or ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM57788 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 01)
DEBUG     Package not installed: fglrx-driver
DEBUG     Command to execute: apt-cache policy fglrx-driver | grep Candidate
INFO      ATI driver found: fglrx-driver (notinstalled)
DEBUG     Command to execute: apt-cache policy xserver-xorg-video-radeon
DEBUG     Package is installed: xserver-xorg-video-radeon
DEBUG     Command to execute: apt-cache policy xserver-xorg-video-radeon | grep Candidate
INFO      ATI driver found: xserver-xorg-video-radeon (installed)
DEBUG     Command to execute: apt-cache policy xserver-xorg-video-fbdev
DEBUG     Package is installed: xserver-xorg-video-fbdev
DEBUG     Command to execute: apt-cache policy xserver-xorg-video-fbdev | grep Candidate
INFO      ATI driver found: xserver-xorg-video-fbdev (installed)
DEBUG     Command to execute: apt-cache policy xserver-xorg-video-vesa
DEBUG     Package is installed: xserver-xorg-video-vesa
DEBUG     Command to execute: apt-cache policy xserver-xorg-video-vesa | grep Candidate
INFO      ATI driver found: xserver-xorg-video-vesa (installed)
DEBUG     Distribution: debian 1.0
DEBUG     Command to execute: uname -m
INFO      i686
DEBUG     Command to execute: dpkg -s linux-headers-3.2.0-4-686-pae | grep Status
INFO      Installed PAE: linux-headers-3.2.0-4-686-pae
DEBUG     Command to execute: apt-cache policy linux-headers-3.2.0-4-686-pae | grep Installed
INFO      Multi-core already installed: linux-headers-3.2.0-4-686-pae
DEBUG     Check loaded driver / available driver: fglrx /
DEBUG     Check loaded driver / available driver: linux-headers-3.2.0-4-686-pae /
DEBUG     Manufacturer image path: /usr/share/ddm/broadcom.png
DEBUG     Create list store eval string: gtk.ListStore(bool, str, str, str, str, int, int)
DEBUG     First item is column name (multi-column list): Activate
DEBUG     First item is column name (multi-column list): Driver
DEBUG     First item is column name (multi-column list): Version
DEBUG     First item is column name (multi-column list): Description
DEBUG     First item is column name (multi-column list): hwCode
DEBUG     Create column names: ['Activate', 'Driver', 'Version', 'Description', 'hwCode']
DEBUG     First item is column name: skip first item
DEBUG     Add data to list store: liststore.append([False, "", "", "Chipset not supported", "broadcom", 400, 10000])
DEBUG     Last visible column nr: 3
DEBUG     Create column: gtk.TreeViewColumn("Activate", gtk.CellRendererToggle(), active=0)
DEBUG     Check box found: add toggle function
DEBUG     Column added: Activate
DEBUG     Create column: gtk.TreeViewColumn("Driver", gtk.CellRendererText(), text=1, weight=5, size=6)
DEBUG     Column added: Driver
DEBUG     Create column: gtk.TreeViewColumn("Version", gtk.CellRendererText(), text=2, weight=5, size=6)
DEBUG     Column added: Version
DEBUG     Create column: gtk.TreeViewColumn("Description", gtk.CellRendererText(), text=3, weight=5, size=6)
DEBUG     Last column fills treeview: 3
DEBUG     Column added: Description
DEBUG     Hide column nr: 4
DEBUG     Add Liststore to Treeview
DEBUG     Modules for ati: ['fglrx', 'radeonhd', 'radeon', 'fbdev', 'vesa']
DEBUG     Check loaded driver / available driver: fglrx / fglrx-driver
DEBUG     Check loaded driver / available driver: linux-headers-3.2.0-4-686-pae / fglrx-driver
DEBUG     Manufacturer image path: /usr/share/ddm/ati.png
DEBUG     Check loaded driver / available driver: fglrx / xserver-xorg-video-radeon
DEBUG     Check loaded driver / available driver: linux-headers-3.2.0-4-686-pae / xserver-xorg-video-radeon
DEBUG     Check loaded driver / available driver: fglrx / xserver-xorg-video-fbdev
DEBUG     Check loaded driver / available driver: linux-headers-3.2.0-4-686-pae / xserver-xorg-video-fbdev
DEBUG     Check loaded driver / available driver: fglrx / xserver-xorg-video-vesa
DEBUG     Check loaded driver / available driver: linux-headers-3.2.0-4-686-pae / xserver-xorg-video-vesa
WARNING   Unknown driver: fglrx
DEBUG     Modules for ati: ['fglrx', 'radeonhd', 'radeon', 'fbdev', 'vesa']
DEBUG     Check loaded driver / available driver: fglrx / fglrx-driver
DEBUG     Check loaded driver / available driver: linux-headers-3.2.0-4-686-pae / fglrx-driver
DEBUG     Manufacturer image path: /usr/share/ddm/ati.png
DEBUG     Check loaded driver / available driver: fglrx / xserver-xorg-video-radeon
DEBUG     Check loaded driver / available driver: linux-headers-3.2.0-4-686-pae / xserver-xorg-video-radeon
DEBUG     Check loaded driver / available driver: fglrx / xserver-xorg-video-fbdev
DEBUG     Check loaded driver / available driver: linux-headers-3.2.0-4-686-pae / xserver-xorg-video-fbdev
DEBUG     Check loaded driver / available driver: fglrx / xserver-xorg-video-vesa
DEBUG     Check loaded driver / available driver: linux-headers-3.2.0-4-686-pae / xserver-xorg-video-vesa
WARNING   Unknown driver: fglrx
DEBUG     Clear existing list store
DEBUG     First item is column name (multi-column list): Activate
DEBUG     First item is column name (multi-column list): Driver
DEBUG     First item is column name (multi-column list): Version
DEBUG     First item is column name (multi-column list): Description
DEBUG     First item is column name (multi-column list): hwCode
DEBUG     Create column names: ['Activate', 'Driver', 'Version', 'Description', 'hwCode']
DEBUG     First item is column name: skip first item
DEBUG     Add data to list store: liststore.append([False, "fglrx-driver", "1:12", "ATI display driver (recommended)", "ati", 400, 10000])
DEBUG     Add data to list store: liststore.append([False, "xserver-xorg-video-radeon", "1:6.14.4", "Radeon display driver", "ati", 400, 10000])
DEBUG     Add data to list store: liststore.append([False, "xserver-xorg-video-fbdev", "1:0.4.2", "Framebuffer display driver", "ati", 400, 10000])
DEBUG     Add data to list store: liststore.append([False, "xserver-xorg-video-vesa", "1:2.3.1", "Vesa display driver", "ati", 400, 10000])
DEBUG     Last visible column nr: 3
DEBUG     Create column: gtk.TreeViewColumn("Activate", gtk.CellRendererToggle(), active=0)
DEBUG     Check box found: add toggle function
DEBUG     Column added: Activate
DEBUG     Create column: gtk.TreeViewColumn("Driver", gtk.CellRendererText(), text=1, weight=5, size=6)
DEBUG     Column added: Driver
DEBUG     Create column: gtk.TreeViewColumn("Version", gtk.CellRendererText(), text=2, weight=5, size=6)
DEBUG     Column added: Version
DEBUG     Create column: gtk.TreeViewColumn("Description", gtk.CellRendererText(), text=3, weight=5, size=6)
DEBUG     Last column fills treeview: 3
DEBUG     Column added: Description
DEBUG     Hide column nr: 4
DEBUG     Add Liststore to Treeview
DEBUG     Clear existing list store
DEBUG     First item is column name (multi-column list): Activate
DEBUG     First item is column name (multi-column list): Driver
DEBUG     First item is column name (multi-column list): Version
DEBUG     First item is column name (multi-column list): Description
DEBUG     First item is column name (multi-column list): hwCode
DEBUG     Create column names: ['Activate', 'Driver', 'Version', 'Description', 'hwCode']
DEBUG     First item is column name: skip first item
DEBUG     Add data to list store: liststore.append([False, "fglrx-driver", "1:12", "ATI display driver (recommended)", "ati", 400, 10000])
DEBUG     Add data to list store: liststore.append([False, "xserver-xorg-video-radeon", "1:6.14.4", "Radeon display driver", "ati", 400, 10000])
DEBUG     Add data to list store: liststore.append([False, "xserver-xorg-video-fbdev", "1:0.4.2", "Framebuffer display driver", "ati", 400, 10000])
DEBUG     Add data to list store: liststore.append([False, "xserver-xorg-video-vesa", "1:2.3.1", "Vesa display driver", "ati", 400, 10000])
DEBUG     Last visible column nr: 3
DEBUG     Create column: gtk.TreeViewColumn("Activate", gtk.CellRendererToggle(), active=0)
DEBUG     Check box found: add toggle function
DEBUG     Column added: Activate
DEBUG     Create column: gtk.TreeViewColumn("Driver", gtk.CellRendererText(), text=1, weight=5, size=6)
DEBUG     Column added: Driver
DEBUG     Create column: gtk.TreeViewColumn("Version", gtk.CellRendererText(), text=2, weight=5, size=6)
DEBUG     Column added: Version
DEBUG     Create column: gtk.TreeViewColumn("Description", gtk.CellRendererText(), text=3, weight=5, size=6)
DEBUG     Last column fills treeview: 3
DEBUG     Column added: Description
DEBUG     Hide column nr: 4
DEBUG     Add Liststore to Treeview
wayne@lmdexfce:~$

[jjaythomas]

Very good alpha
BUT
would not login till wiped partitions (with gparted under pmagic from USB Stick) and reinstalled. Although I think that's due to my hybrid SSD HD . other mints/debian have problem also installing.

1.My wireless card not seen (always seen out of box for last few years including LMDE!)
2. media not set to auto-play. Easy fix
3. DVD don't play. 'Libdvdcss2' not installed by default. Easy Fix

May want to install (by default) either 'Hardinfo'(?)(system profiler/benchmark or 'htop'
also maybe a lite web cam app (to test) camorama(??)

My computer Thinkpad x200 tablet (8g memory) wirless card 'broadcom'(? )

J.Jay
P.S. this will probably replace my sparky I used for last month1/2 (distro hopper )
and maybe my main Xubuntu (used for years)

[wayne128]

Few more tests, with the same USB flash which works well on first desktop computer

Some observations:

On NEC laptop, does not boot.
after count down 10 second, it hangs for very long.
So I hit ESC key to check display, text shown:

aborted
:boot

edit:
second attemp, with compatibility mode, it boots
seem it does not support the intel graphic???
Graphics: Card Intel Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller X.Org 1.12.4 Res: 1280x800@59.8hz
GLX Renderer Mesa DRI Mobile Intel® GM45 Express Chipset x86/MMX/SSE2 GLX Version 2.1 Mesa 8.0.4 Direct Rendering Yes


further test, no wireless on intel wifi, a bit surprise, may be non-free firmware not installed? unlikely since broadcom BCM57788 is part of non-free firmware also..
Network: Card-1 Intel Ultimate N WiFi Link 5300 driver iwlwifi v: in-tree: BusID: 05:00.0
Card-2 Realtek RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller driver r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI at port d800 BusID: 04:00.0




On Dell laptop,
after countdown 10 seconds, it goes on to boot process, when it is settled, the image shown on the dell display is that of a plain blue bakcground with the 'mouse' right at the center ( one of the old xfce wallpaper.


On an old compaq presario desktop, 10 year old, some 10 kg or 21 lbs .
( haha, sound like similar to Gene's old box??)
P4, 2.4G single core, slow machine but heavy and solid, worth keeping as backup.
surprisingly all hardware survived for 10 years, except I changed power supply more than 1 year ago.

It took very long time to boot... but it eventually boots up

will test later..

[jjaythomas]

My Bad

would not login till wiped partitions (with gparted under pmagic from USB Stick) and reinstalled. Although I think that's due to my hybrid SSD HD . other mints/debian have problem also installing.

THE USB pendrive still in rear port of dock.

Will live and install, but the install won't let me pass the 'login/greeter.