Linux Mint 5 Elyssa RC2 (BETA 048) is out!

[Lantesh]

I tried installing Linux Mint with Windows Xp on a dual boot system.

First time I tried it the XP partition was squeezed to the minimum size leaving no room in XP to add any more software.

I couldn't enlarge the XP partition with the Gnome Partition Editor.

The solution I found was to start all over again and fill the XP partition with a few video files to enlarge it a bit (16Gb) before installing Mint. Then delete the video files afterwards. And then split the remaining partition to accommodate the My Docs folder from XP. Giving Mint about 20Gb to work with.

I;m sure you could come up with a better solution.

Next time you need to change partition sizes after an install try booting up the live CD, and make your changes with gParted from within the Live CD environment. Your other option is to use the manual partition option during installation, where you choose the partition sizes yourself.

[Fred]

darco,

I would not put too much stock into what the author of that article said. First off, he doesn't seem to know the difference between a firewall and a configuration utility.

Please read my post in the thread I quoted above.

Repeat over and over to yourself; "iptables is the firewall in Linux, everything else, "Guarddog," "Firestarter," "UFW," and numerous other routines are just GUI configuration utilities."

iptables is a part of the port infrastructure of Linux and is active anytime the system is running. That is as close to a Windows firewall, which is an add-on to Windows, as it gets in Linux.

Fred

[twodogs]

Hi all,

Anyone tried CNR yet? I have a small problem.

I fire up CNR and then go to their website to look for software.
When I find the software I want to install, I click the 'install' button and it does its thing.

After a few seconds the CNR installer comes up with a box saying that the software is already installed.

I have tried several different pieces of software and get same result. Am I doing something wrong?
I did install 'check gmail' and 'gFTP' without any problems whatsoever.

Also, to install packages from source (./configure, make, etc.) don't I need 'build-essential?'
Could/Should this be part of Mint by default?

Elyssa is very nice!
Thanks for your help.

[Calvin]

Just put Elyssa on my other machine, here's the changes and bugs:

The loading screen problem i had with my HP monitor where it was too small is now fixed, this is a 19in LG monitor (W1952TQ) and my HP monitor is an HP w2007 which is 20in wide screen.

My Linksys WUSB600N USB wifi adapter works after i use ndiswrapper (same as in Daryna) but when i go to network tools and try to configure it, it tells me the interface doesn't exist, but when i configure it from the networking prompt it works just fine.

[treenet]

On seeing flash on youtube the Firefox craqsh or close without any message.
Tomas

[red-e-made]

I think maybe we should put up a sticky about Firefox/YouTube crash issues, since it seems to come up a lot.

[Calvin]

It's because of flash 10 beta being included instead of the stable flash 9.

[Sakonim]

I forgot to mention, this release candidate has worked perfectly on my virtualbox so far! Excellent work guys. Next step is to do a real world installation after I buy some cdrs.

[red-e-made]

It's because of flash 10 beta being included instead of the stable flash 9.

Indeed it is (although to be honest I haven't had any issues yet).

Regarding extensions in Firefox 3, it is possible. You just have to mess about in about:config. Don't worry, though - it's safe and reversible. Here's what you do:

1. Type about:config into Firefox's address bar and click the "I'll be careful, I promise!" button.

2. Right-click anywhere. Choose New>Boolean. Make the name of your new config value extensions.checkCompatibility and set it to false.

3. Make another new boolean pair called extensions.checkUpdateSecurity and set the value to false.

4. Restart Firefox.

And that's it.

[red-e-made]

Incidentally, I'm still not able to get wireless to work. Got the blue light on, I have my wireless driver manually installed, following the same instructions I did for Daryna, but it doesn't detect any wireless networks. Any ideas?

EDIT: Scratch that, I'm a moron. Third result from searching "elyssa wireless" in this forum returned this link, everything is working fine now. It pays to search before asking what may have been asked before

[ominousluv]

Thanks Clem for Linux Mint,

I've downloaded RC 1 and 2.

One problem in RC2 is that I can't add new users,

It allows me to go through the process of adding the user but when I click the OK and Close button, then re-open the add new user dialog my new user has disappeared.

I had no problems adding them in RC1.

Any suggestions???

BUG

Same problem here. It worked for me in Beta 032, but now in Beta 048 I cannot add users through "users and groups"

[red-e-made]

Alright, just a little update here.

I've got everything working fine now, including Emerald. Had a brief problem with screen resolution, wherein my desktop background seemed to be stretched horizontally. I went to Screen Resolution in the Control Center, switched to another resolution, then back again, and restarted - that fixed it. I have no complaints. Even YouTube seems to be working fine for me. As one who uses wireless 99% of the time, I'm especially grateful for the MintUpdate "pause" at start-up. That being the case, I'm tempted to install Elyssa on my regular drive now.

Great work, everyone.

[darco]

darco,

I would not put too much stock into what the author of that article said. First off, he doesn't seem to know the difference between a firewall and a configuration utility.

Please read my post in the thread I quoted above.

Repeat over and over to yourself; "iptables is the firewall in Linux, everything else, "Guarddog," "Firestarter," "UFW," and numerous other routines are just GUI configuration utilities."

iptables is a part of the port infrastructure of Linux and is active anytime the system is running. That is as close to a Windows firewall, which is an add-on to Windows, as it gets in Linux.

Fred

Ok you got me there. I will repeat "iptables are for ubergeeks and gui's are for non ubergeeks" over and over . For what its worth, I would have posted this url https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuFirewall which MAY have added a little more credence to UFW but I could not locate the bookmark I had saved....hopefully the OP will make his own decision.
darco

[GoustiFruit]

Finally, after this morning latest updates, Firefox is localized

Here are some remaining bugs/glitches:
- Pan is still not localized !?
- MintUpdate still doesn't work as it should: the icon always shows that the system is up to date (on startup but also after several "checks") but if I open MintUpdate and click "refresh", new updates appear !
- still some repainting issues, sometimes after some Compiz effect, parts of the screen are not redrawn properly (I posted some captures in this thread a few days ago). For example when a password is asked, there is a shadow on the whole screen that won't totally disappear after the password has been accepted.
- column headers are not themed in Thunderbird
- can't remove "linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-1" from Synaptic, it appears under "Non installés (résidus de configuration)" (sorry, in french !)

[Bernie]

Thanks Clem for Linux Mint,

I've downloaded RC 1 and 2.

One problem in RC2 is that I can't add new users,

It allows me to go through the process of adding the user but when I click the OK and Close button, then re-open the add new user dialog my new user has disappeared.

I had no problems adding them in RC1.

Any suggestions???

You can add a user with the command line :

Code: Select all

sudo adduser Bernie

regards

boli

Thanks Boli, I'll give it a try...

Oh!!! Here's a warning for anyone who tries a little home remedy of their own. I decided that the problem might have been with an (assumedly) corrupt 'add user' file. My obvious solution was to delete the file and re-install it. I didn't take much notice of what was going to be deleted along with it. I pressed the delete button and watched in alarm as just about every file that made up Mint dissapear before my eyes. The taskbar and everything else just vanished until I was left with nothing more than the black and green Mint screen. At an attempted re-boot Mint was nowhere to be found, just (my) Vista OMG!!!

I'm just about to re-install it now.

As a suggestion perhaps it might be wise in future versions to make such critical files un-deletable - just in case (along with the 'add-user' fix)...

All the best
Bernie

[spas87]

got poor flash video, seems to lag a bit only the picture the sound is fine any suggestions.

[rootkowski]

@ rootkowski
Are you swedish?
omfattande > extensive
My disk is not very big - about 160 GB - but some 10 partitions
This is not good, we may have a serious bug in Hardy ubiquty (We use that for Elyssa)

I'm not swedish but I lived in Sweden long enough to learn the language

Now, when it comes to Elyssa, I gave it another try. I installed it on my desktop successfully, not a single problem as the previous time. And I must say that I have never had a system working so fast and so smoothly on my computer before! Elyssa is simply gorgeous! Everything works just miraculously fast including compiz, which was enabled automatically! Great!!! More so, even Photoshop with compiz enabled worked without problems! I haven't tested any games though.

Encouraged I even installed Elyssa on a laptop for my mother. I'm testing it right now, before giving the laptop to her, and even if it's not as fast (the hardware is a completely different story on this laptop compared to the desktop) it's very stable and it just couldn't really be faster.

I avoid youtube.com in firefox and watch videos through Totem instead. It's much more stable - no crashes as in FF3. And a tiny thingy I noticed that doesn't seem to work is that when you change size of icons in mint menu the icons look the same from size 1 to 3. Only setting it to 4 makes any difference and a big one at that.

A great thing about Elyssa is that my Logitech Cordless Desktop LX710 keyboard works great, far better than expected. Not only the multimedia buttons work (start a jukebox, play/pause, next, prev.) but even the buttons for search and email client. All that out of the box. The mouse is a different story, all the buttons work correctly in firefox only. I might try tweaking it with xbindkeys so it'll work in all apps. Anyway, for now I'm more than satisfied.

I simply cannot wait for the stable release
Thanx for the great job Clem & co.!!!

[Crasher]

I noticed that "ubudsl" program, that worked perfect on first beta now can't establish connection. Try a few times, and looks like it depends on your changes, so what do you change comparing with first beta with dial-up and possibly related things?

[Guest]

I have found one more issue. Keyboard language is changing after restart, mostly it is just changed to some kind of marks and not normal alphabet. I am using Dell Inspiron 1501 with Slovak and English keyboard settings.. Hope there won't be this issue in final.

[treenet]

OK, i have found a bug. Can anyone confirm it by following these steps:

- open terminal
- type: sudo gconf-editor
- navigate to /apps/gnome-power-manager/locks
- disable lock_on_hibernate
- disable lock_on_suspend

After disabling password after suspend, I still get asked for my password. This bug was not present in Beta 32.

Can someone confirm this error please.

After following your steps and suspending and pressing a key or power button the screen still be blank. Nothing happend except the popwer light go on. It is necessary reset the vaio notebook