I originally posted posted this on the "non-sticky" LMDE RC thread (
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... 7&start=40) and figured I'd re-post it here as well just in case it might help someone that might be experiencing the same quirks as I've seen. This post applies to the new LMDE RC amd64 release and I'm currently tracking 'incoming'.
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I've run into a few quirks with the 64 bit version of the LMDE (respin) RC and found the solutions as well either from other threads, comments on the .iso test posts on the Community website or ones I discovered myself. Not all might experience every one of these quirks but for those that do:
NOTE: All the below solutions have worked for me without a hitch. Just thought I ought to put them all in one post. Will update if I found more.
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Make Flash work with Firefox: Open terminal and paste in the following:
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sudo update-alternatives --auto libflashplayer.so
It should return something like this:
"update-alternatives: warning: forcing reinstallation of alternative /opt/mint-flashplugin-square/libflashplayer.so because link group libflashplayer.so is broken."
That's it. Flash in Firefox should work now.
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No login sound:
Open Nautilus, hit 'CTRL + H' on your keyboard and navigate to
"~/.config/autostart". In the
"autostart" folder and check to see if the
"libcanberra-login-sound.desktop" file is there. If it isn't then (and leaving Nautilus open) Open the Control Center and then open
"Startup Applications" and
un-check the
"Gnome login sound" entry. Now return to Nautilus window showing the contents of the
"autostart" folder and
"libcanberra-login-sound.desktop" should appear. Once it does then you can close Nautilus, the Control Center and the
"Startup Applications" windows.
Open a terminal and type in:
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gedit ~/.config/autostart/libcanberra-login-sound.desktop
The file contents should look like this:
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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
Remove the following line: "AutostartCondition=GSettings org.gnome.desktop.sound event-sounds"
and change the last line from "false" to "true". It should then look like the following:
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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;
X-GNOME-Autostart-Phase=Application
X-GNOME-Provides=login-sound
X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=true
Save the file and close Gedit (this will automatically recheck the
"Gnome login sounds" entry in
"Startup Applications" by the way). Your login sounds now should work next time you login.
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Nautilus does not show other hard drive partitions
This is a problem with LMDE incorrectly populating the "ftsab" file during install. Or should I say it overpopulates it with unnecessary and incorrect entries? Either way the easiest solution is to delete all fstab entries that don't pertain to your install (those with mount points showing as "NONE"). The appropriate entries in most cases will be one partition showing the mount point as "/", one showing the mount point as "/home"
if you use a separate partition for your /home directory, and another mount point showing as "swap". Here's mine for example (before and after):
Right after install--Nautlius not showing other partitions:
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# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
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# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/sda1
UUID=86e25ece-f88e-4a6c-a1ef-d37590d69023 None ext4 rw,errors=remount-ro 0 0
# /dev/sda3
UUID=e49e7546-fa49-46fe-9afe-c32fe32f2ae4 None ext4 rw,errors=remount-ro 0 0
# /dev/sda2
UUID=5c19817c-e072-48e3-8efd-3e08f9240637 / ext4 rw,errors=remount-ro 0 0
# /dev/sda5
UUID=391fc593-b8e9-48e0-a212-30ac0bd134ca swap swap sw 0 0
# /dev/sda6
UUID=dfe0d0d5-e933-41b2-8850-aa56884d8023 None ext4 rw,errors=remount-ro 0 0
# /dev/sda7
UUID=f11c621d-0b56-4e19-a4d2-d2dc015882de None ext4 rw,errors=remount-ro 0 0
And after I removed extraneous entries--Nautilus now showing partition entries (I don't use a separate partition for "/home" on a test install):
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# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# /dev/sda2
UUID=5c19817c-e072-48e3-8efd-3e08f9240637 / ext4 rw,errors=remount-ro 0 0
# /dev/sda5
UUID=391fc593-b8e9-48e0-a212-30ac0bd134ca swap swap sw 0 0
Problem fixed
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For those seeing an "mt-probe" error during boot up
Open Synaptic and install "libmtp-runtime". That's it--no more "mt-probe error".
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The "Mint-X" and Mint-X-Metal" themes Mint Menu and right-click context menus not following system font settings
Commenting out line 52 (font_name = "9") in /usr/share/themes/Mint-X-Metal/gtk-2.0/gtkrc makes Mint-X-Metal honor the font size specified in gnome settings. If you use Mint-X it's the same thing except the path is /usr/share/themes/Mint-X/gtk-2.0/gtkrc
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Flash videos have distorted audio in 64 bit Firefox using 64 bit Flash
Create a file called "ld.so.preload" in '/etc'. In a terminal paste:
The add this single line:
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/usr/lib64/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc/memcpy-preload.so
Reference post:
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... 08#p432522. It's the first solution stated but the line that's added to the "ld.so.preload" file is incorrect. See the following post for the corrected line (just a few comments down from the above post in the same thread):
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... 08#p438808
That's it. No more distorted Flash audio in Firefox.
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That's it for now. If there's any I missed (and I probably did) then please don't hesitate to bring them up. And please forgive any typos in the text portion (code items shouldn't have any though).
Again, all these solutions above worked for me so they hopefully should work for you as well.
Gateway Intel Core2-Quad Q8400/4MB L2 Cache, 8GB DDR2, 1 TB HDD, Nvidia GT-430 w/1GB DDR3. Multi booting."Humph. Choice, it is the quintessential Linux delusion, simultaneously the source of it's greatest strength, and it's greatest weakness." (All apologies to The Architect)
sorry about the kmv 
