LMDE BREAKAGES - tracking TESTING

[zerozero]

andrew,

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sudo apt-get remove kexec-tools

will solve that

[andrew5859]

Ok..Thanks zero...I'll give that a try and get back to you

[viking777]

I'm not sure if this goes here, but I noticed that after updating to update pack 2 with all the xserver stuff?, my system/laptop doesn't reboot all the way down to the cmos level....it just goes out of the OS, to black screen textboot process, then back into LMDE....also?...my lcd screen glitches when opening and/or changing between windows or opening anything like dropdown screen from FF when looking for or through favorites. Let me know if this goes someplace else...thank you for listening.


Cheers
Andrew

It don't think it belongs here Andrew because this is (or at least was originally) the thread for those tracking the Debian Testing Repositories not those using update packs. Having said that I agree that the whole situation has become so confusing at the moment that I don't think I could find a place to put your bug report either! I can find an Update Pack 1 bug thread, but not one for Update Pack 2 - maybe you need to start one?

[viking777]

In the EXTREMELY unlikely event that anyone else is interested I should report that the latest update to pmount has broken mount-gtk (what? I hear you ask ). Version 1.0.8 no longer works, and although there is an updated version available on this page: http://mount-gtk.sourceforge.net/ The source code is mired in a fairly impenetrable web of dependency hell (I have tried it!) and is therefore not worth bothering with at the moment. Another case of patience being needed I think.

In the meantime the pmount and pumount commands work normally, but you probably don't even have those installed as they are not there by default (at least I don't think so).

The trouble is that LMDE is so reliable that I have to report obscure findings like this or you will all think I have died

EDIT. And today it works again

Nothing I have updated today could possibly have had anything to do with that change, so I can only put it down to some kind of glitch yesterday. The Linux Gods are in a frivolous mood and I am the target for their pranks

[zerozero]

viking, the update pack 2 feedback thread is here > viewtopic.php?f=187&t=77583

[viking777]

I thought there should be one, but like Andrew, I couldn't find it.

[andrew5859]

Hey zero,

Followed the instructs you left a couple of posts ago....it now reboots down to cmos, but still have some minor glitches in video still when switching windows....if you need info on the type of video card i'm running, look at my signiture...ATI Mobile Redeon X600....don't know if that helps....or is relavant

[andrew5859]

vi

I thought there should be one, but like Andrew, I couldn't find it.

viking.....the thread for update pack 2 is here: viewtopic.php?f=187&t=77583

marking it your favorites &/or subscribe to the thread

[viking777]

vi

I thought there should be one, but like Andrew, I couldn't find it.

viking.....the thread for update pack 2 is here: viewtopic.php?f=187&t=77583

marking it your favorites &/or subscribe to the thread

Thanks for that Andrew, but I don't use that version of LMDE so having that link as a bookmark/subscription wouldn't be much use to me - I was only trying to answer your original post - and obviously failing miserably - such is life

[andrew5859]

You didn't fail viking....just thought you could use that link just in case....we're all here to help each other....

Cheers

[Helmsdeeper]

To fix the reboot issue you described uninstall "kexec".

[zerozero]

the forum member ginjabunny posted a solution for the lost of login sound in another thread, i tried it and it works (well at least here)

I installed LMDE last week and noticed no login sound, been having a play today, it looks like a bug and I can't see how to fix it properly BUT I have a workaround.

open terminal
run

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gnome-session-properties


untick "Gnome Login Sound" and close it

then run

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gedit '.config/autostart/libcanberra-login-sound.desktop'


you should see

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[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=GNOME Login Sound
Comment=Plays a sound whenever you log in
Exec=/usr/bin/canberra-gtk-play --id="desktop-login" --description="GNOME Login"
OnlyShowIn=GNOME;
AutostartCondition=GSettings org.gnome.desktop.sound event-sounds
X-GNOME-Autostart-Phase=Application
X-GNOME-Provides=login-sound
X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=false


delete the line starting "AutostartCondition=" and change the last line to true, then save it.

then run

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chmod +x '.config/autostart/libcanberra-login-sound.desktop'


it should now work.

Two things to consider
1. if you tick the "Gnome Login Sound" box again it destroys everything you just did.
2. you could save it as something else and it should work as well, e.g. my-login-sound.desktop then chmod +x it.

Background
I noticed that when you untick something in Startup Application Preferences it put a non-executable .desktop file in the autostart folder, but when you tick it then it disappears but I can't figure out where it stores it! I found out the other day when playing with LXDE to run commands at login you can create an executable .desktop file in that folder.

[wyrdoak]

ZeroZero

That fixed my logon sound.

[twa]

zerozero,
logon sound now fixed !!
many thanks to U and ginjabunny.

[zerozero]

hey i'm just the messenger
all the credits to ginjabunny

[kmb42vt]

the forum member ginjabunny posted a solution for the lost of login sound in another thread, i tried it and it works (well at least here)~~

~~Two things to consider
1. if you tick the "Gnome Login Sound" box again it destroys everything you just did.
2. you could save it as something else and it should work as well, e.g. my-login-sound.desktop then chmod +x it.

Background
I noticed that when you untick something in Startup Application Preferences it put a non-executable .desktop file in the autostart folder, but when you tick it then it disappears but I can't figure out where it stores it! I found out the other day when playing with LXDE to run commands at login you can create an executable .desktop file in that folder.

Interesting. I managed to get my login sound back following these directions but with a bit of modification since the file that's mentioned ('.config/autostart/libcanberra-login-sound.desktop') did not actually exist. There were 3 other ".desktop" type files in the .conf folder, one for compiz which was set to true, a second for "Visual assistance" which was set to "false" and "mintwelcome" which was also set to "false".

Since I have compiz installed and checked in "Startup Applications" on my LMDE install and Visual Assistance and Mint Welcome un-checked these three would pan out but why there's only 3 files in there and no "libcanberra-login-sound.desktop" is beyond me (I removed Pulse Audio 2 weeks ago which solved all my few sound problems except for the login sound, btw).

What I ended up doing was to create the "libcanberra-login-sound.desktop" file and paste the text shown in your quoted post into it then make the recommended changes, etc. Now the login sound works as usual. Never would have figured that out myself that's for sure.

[zerozero]

kmb, maybe was the pulseaudio removal, but anyway tks for reporting that workaround to the workaround

in the meantime i was thinking about this and this problem is solved in sid/experimental; my concerns are what kind of implications this modification can have on future updates?

[kmb42vt]

kmb, maybe was the pulseaudio removal, but anyway tks for reporting that workaround to the workaround

in the meantime i was thinking about this and this problem is solved in sid/experimental; my concerns are what kind of implications this modification can have on future updates?

I wouldn't worry too much about future updates at this point to be honest about it. The current build of LMDE has been through all sorts of changes since it was first released 8 months ago Once the respin is out and considering the new vetting process the updates are going to go through, I would have to guess that we'd be on a much more stable footing than we are now.

That being said, perhaps it might be a wise thing to repost your work around post on the "Update pack 2 feedback" thread? At least Clem will be aware of the problem?

[zerozero]

that's a wise advise

[swordfish]

I have a serious breakage this morning. I updated everything using mint-update and now I have no X11.

I'm running LMDE under VirtualBox and it reports being unable to load VirtualBox Guest Additions. StartX says it can't start because a server is already running and suggests deleting /tmp/.X0-lock, which does not appear to exist.

I'm backing up and preparing to roll back to an old snapshot, but I would prefer to recover gracefully, if I can.