Linux Mint 7 RC1 Bug Thread

[ESM]

Mint 7's MPlayer seems to be an old version. SM player complains in any case that it is. I can't find a newer one (or don't understand it...). But everytime I start SMplayer I get the message that I use an outdated MPlayer. Maybe someone can help?

[Dread Knight]

Jaunty sucks hard for Intel GMA video card users (most laptops out there).
So until they don't fix the crappy drivers I won't use any jaunty deviated distro.

Also, on my tablet pc, since wacom stuff works out of the box now, there's no way for me to configure my stylus so that the button right clicks. So not cool, regression for me.

[roadrash]

I have just installed Linux Mint 7 RC1 onto my little Asus eeepc & everything so far is great with one exception. Every time I boot to the desktop I am greeted with the "Welcome to mint" panel and because its bigger that the screen I am unable to see what i need to do to disable it from appearing at every bootup. Is there any way I can get Mint to let me scroll down to see the whole panel or any other way to remove it?

[emorrp1]

hi roadrash, generally speaking holding down alt will allow you to click and drag a window, even off the edge of the screen. If that doesn't work, try disabling compiz and try again.

[roadrash]

hi roadrash, generally speaking holding down alt will allow you to click and drag a window, even off the edge of the screen. If that doesn't work, try disabling compiz and try again.

Thanks a lot that worked a treat. Linux Mint 7 is absolutely perfect for the Asus eepc 4G I have. Everything Screen, audio, hotkeys & Wireless worked without any work from me. This is the first time any distro has ever done this. Well done.

[matrix164]

2 thumbs up for the linux mint team you've done it again i've been enjoying mint 7 so far can't wait until the final release the only problem i've run into is the repeat function in totem movie player does not work any ideas again great job

[WildSioux]

I read other posts writing about a problem with the 180 NVidia driver. I too have a problem with the 180 Nvidia driver when I am enabling the compiz effects on the desktop preferences. The monitor starts not responding and scrables its self like a crossword puzzle. The model of my NVidia graphics card is GF 8200M-G. Should I change the driver?

What Nvidia driver are you using? One from website or one that Mint recommends? I am on 180.51 from the Nvidia website. I have managed to make compiz work only after doing this command: The skip checks that I posted here:
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=143&t=25408&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=45#p148625

Ok! It worked, but how did this one line made it work? Doesn't that mean that it will only ask for a confirmation if I want to keep current settings?

I am not too sure. But it disables the "checks" that compiz uses to see if it can work with your computer/video card system. Not sure why it was ignoring our video drivers. But it doesn't need that in place as most newer computers/cards and drivers are able to run these effects.

EDIT: re: "screensaver" issue being activated while playing full-screen games/apps. I did some more research in the gnome-screensaver man pages. I have made a change to my script since the previous one wasn't disabling the screensaver.

Previous:

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#!/bin/bash

killall gnome-screensaver
cd ~/Games/program
python2.6 program.py %U
gnome-screensaver

New:

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#!/bin/bash

gconftool-2 --set /apps/gnome-screensaver/idle_activation_enabled --type bool FALSE

cd ~/Games/program
python2.6 program.py
gconftool-2 --set /apps/gnome-screensaver/idle_activation_enabled --type bool TRUE

This is a different method where it actually calls the gconf settings to disable and then enable it on exit. So far it has worked for me. I imagine this will work with other programs (even if its not a python based game). Hope it helps someone.

[willxtreme]

I'm back with another bug.

I've installed Gloria RC1 on my big bro's computer.
When I boot the pc, I get the message "ata1: softreset failed (device not ready)" for 2 seconds and then the computer boots normally.

(My big bro's computer got 434 MB of RAM only and was running Windows XP SP3. The problem is that too many people use that computer and there's a lot of crap often installed on it making it SLOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW. Thanks to Gloria RC1, the computer is enjoyable to use again. Linux Mint is wonderful. I'm not being called again to fix the computer. I can finally breathe thanks to Gloria)

[naesa]

MintMenu does not close after launching an application. This is so annoying i had to replace it with the Gnome menu.

[ESM]

I have two PC's here, and one of them is doing the same, the other isn't...so it seems to be hardware related somehow.

[Fornhamfred]

Update

Have re-installed and had the sharing icon under network in the control panel. Used it to change workgroup name and add file share but since changing the network manager to a static IP address the icon has disappeared.

Also on boot up and after the menu list the screen goes blank until the login screen.

The DVD problem still exists, I have two DVD drives neither of which will play DVD's, however if I put a cd or dvd in one drive and open the file and the put a film DVD in the other driver the film will play and it works either way round.

[ayonkhan]

Gnome Panel often failed to load with start up. Then I have to restart my computer again.

[tux-sven]

Tips for the eeePC!
I have read that people have the same problem I had on my eeePC 900. Some application windows are too high, so you can't klick the buttons, e.g. OK down on the lowest line. If you deselect Compiz you can move the windows uppwards i the normal way, using: ALT+LEFT. But if you open the Compiz Configurator and go to "Move Window" and unselect "Constrain Y" it will be possible to move windows over the upper line even with Compiz activated!!
I suggest that Linux Mint should come with that "Constrain Y" unselected from the beginning, to make things easier for people with small screens.

[DaJinx]

Network connection is hit or miss, sometimes it works on boot sometimes not. It's happened multiple times over the past couple days since installation. I have to reboot a second time to get connection up and running.

[alanstanley]

I think i have found a bug with the installer. I have an acer extensa 5220 with 3 / partitions of 10G (Felicia main, felicia KDE, and Mandriva) and the remainder of the drive as a Home partition and Swap. I had wanted to install Gloria RC1 on the 3rd partition to try it out and see if I could overcome the problem that I think there is with enabling Compiz with the Intel GMA X3100 on this lap-top. However the installer is telling me that 'this computer has no operating systems on it' and GParted that the entire disc is unallocated.
If anyone can tell me how to get around this I would be grateful as I really wanted to give Gloria a spin!

[Husse]

@ alanstanley
Sounds like a bad CD
Have you checked the md5sum and burned as slow as possible?

[alanstanley]

@ alanstanley
Sounds like a bad CD
Have you checked the md5sum and burned as slow as possible?

Didn't think of that. Will try again and get back to you...

[alanstanley]

@ alanstanley
Sounds like a bad CD
Have you checked the md5sum and burned as slow as possible?

Didn't think of that. Will try again and get back to you...

md5sum correct, disc is good (verified with k3b), same result....

OK. This isn't a Mint bug, it seems that my file system has become invisible to Gparted, from my installed system, from live CD's, even from parted magic. I think it must have something to do with the Mandriva installation I did this morning. I should probably move this elsewhere for help....

Problem moved here- viewforum.php?f=50

[Fifo]

congratulations! good work clem! Gloria is great but i got a few problems:

gnome-do doesn't start with login. i ticked the option several times but after reboot it's set back again. i always have to start it manually.

gnome-do plugins have evolution set as a dependency - very weird. just because you want to install the plugins (very mall) you have to install a whole email program (big) - probably a ubuntu problem.

i got a rather old ATI graphics card and they discontinued the support so the latest version (9.4) of the drivers don't work. 9.3 worked great in felicia, but it won't install on xorg 1.6. now i'm stuck with the free drivers and i have to turn off compiz all the time i want to run an openGL application. and some more compiz glitches. do you have a solution for this? very annoying.
jaunty
mintmenu hotkey conflicts with gnome-do and any other SUPER + combination. maybe it should be set to when only SUPER is pressed (released actually) (like windows)

EDIT: plus:
the Computer Temperature Monitor applet doesn't take the new theme's colour in the panel. it's the only one in my panel that has a grey background (instead of black).

there were some weird languages installed by default. i don't think many people need those...

EDIT2: i solved the gnome-do startup issue by reinstalling the package (with synaptic) now it remembers the start at login option.

[rjohn]

I also could not enable desktop effects without the fix described in the post by Wild Sioux.
I am using a Sony VAIO VGN-NR160E which uses intel integrated graphic chipset. Other than that, flash works, java works, sound files play, video plays. Mint 6 would not play well with Google Earth (esp with compiz enabled), 7RC1 does. I did have a minor installation issue-the installer hung after the partitioning when I attempted to install from the lice cd environment. Tried twice to verify. When I booted directly into the installer, it installed flawlessly.
So far, other than the compiz issue previously mentioned and easily corrected, I have found no bugs. Great job-best one yet.
RJohn

I actually do have desktop effects enabled and they seem to be running fine. My system has an Intel 4500MHD

Is anyone else having the issue of not being able to enable desktop effects?
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/desktopeffects

I am getting the "Desktop effects could not be enabled" error. Problem is, I have the Nvidia 180.51 driver installed from the Nvidia website. It even is listed in my xorg file. So it isn't recognizing my driver.

This is another post of others with the same issue
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=947670

I don't want compiz, emerald, beryl, or any of the other advanced stuff. I just want the basic. This was working on Mint 6 (8.10).

EDIT: I found a fix through some more searching.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=582207&page=11
I typed this in terminal

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echo SKIP_CHECKS=yes > ~/.config/compiz/compiz-manager

Then I was able to enable desktop effects after it checked for my driver and checked yes/ok to keep settings.

All is good there...But why do I have to have the rest of compiz + all of the extra plugins installed just to be able to use the simple stuff? KDE wasn't like that. Any idea of what I could uninstall?