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by Nick Payne
Thu Aug 01, 2013 9:18 pm
Forum: Hardware Support
Topic: nVidia drivers.... need help
Replies: 19
Views: 5478

Re: nVidia drivers.... need help

One of the moderators on the nVidia dev forums has just posted a msg saying that support for 3.10 kernel is in the next driver release:

https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topi ... el-3-10-0/
by Nick Payne
Thu Aug 01, 2013 2:35 am
Forum: Cinnamon
Topic: How to get consistent action of scrollbars
Replies: 3
Views: 780

Re: How to get consistent action of scrollbars

According to System Settings, I'm using the stock Linux Mint theme. The only other theme installed is Cinnamon (I haven't added any myself), and changing to that makes no difference to the inconsistency in scrollbars. Any idea what theme I can install/use to fix the problem?
by Nick Payne
Wed Jul 31, 2013 7:39 am
Forum: Cinnamon
Topic: How to get consistent action of scrollbars
Replies: 3
Views: 780

How to get consistent action of scrollbars

How can I change the scrollbars to be consistent across all applications. In virtually all applications I use, the scrollbar has an arrow at the top and bottom to go up or down one line, and clicking above or below the position of the cursor in the scrollbar takes you up or down one window's worth. ...
by Nick Payne
Tue Jul 30, 2013 4:36 am
Forum: Hardware Support
Topic: nVidia drivers.... need help
Replies: 19
Views: 5478

Re: nVidia drivers.... need help

If you have a look at https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/board/98/linux/ , you will find quite a number of threads dealing with the incompatibility of current nVidia drivers and the 3.10 kernel. There are some patches available to allow various versions of the driver to be built against the 3.10 ker...
by Nick Payne
Thu Jul 25, 2013 7:30 am
Forum: Installation & Boot
Topic: Cinnamon crashes on kernel 3.10.1
Replies: 4
Views: 1002

Re: Cinnamon crashes on kernel 3.10.1

Even the latest beta 325.08 driver, released 1 July, requires the source to be patched before build to be compatible with 3.10 kernel. See, for example, https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topi ... inux-3-10/.
by Nick Payne
Thu Jul 25, 2013 3:02 am
Forum: Installation & Boot
Topic: Cinnamon crashes on kernel 3.10.1
Replies: 4
Views: 1002

Re: Cinnamon crashes on kernel 3.10.1

Ditto problem with 3.10.2 kernel. From looking at various logs, it looks like nVidia closed source drivers (I'm running 313.30) are presently incompatible with 3.10 kernel, so the system falls back to the VESA driver at a lower resolution, which shows me the login screen, but as soon as I login, Cin...
by Nick Payne
Tue Jul 16, 2013 3:11 am
Forum: Installation & Boot
Topic: Cinnamon crashes on kernel 3.10.1
Replies: 4
Views: 1002

Cinnamon crashes on kernel 3.10.1

As I have a spare 2nd SSD, I thought I would try kernel 3.10 as it includes bcache, which allows an SSD to be used as cache for a larger slower spinning drive. So I installed kernel 3.10.1 from [url]http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.10.1-saucy/[/url]. However, as soon as I boot into i...
by Nick Payne
Wed Jul 10, 2013 3:09 am
Forum: Other topics
Topic: Kernel 3.9!!!!
Replies: 11
Views: 2276

Re: Kernel 3.9!!!!

Here's the script I used earlier today to update to 3.9.9 kernel. Copy the script, save it somewhere, open a command prompt, and run sudo sh <whateverfilenameyousavedthescriptas> When new kernels are released to [url]http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/[/url], you can update the script wit...
by Nick Payne
Mon Jul 01, 2013 8:27 am
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: reconmend a Two TB Hard drive
Replies: 7
Views: 883

Re: reconmend a Two TB Hard drive

Depends what external connectors your PC has. If you only have USB2 ports on your PC, then a 2Tb drive will be pretty much a waste of time with the slow transfer speed of USB2, as it would take about two days to copy 2Tb of data. I Have both eSATA and USB3 ports and external drives. With eSATA I can...
by Nick Payne
Sat Jun 15, 2013 6:26 pm
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: Can't add new PPAs because of JSON error
Replies: 14
Views: 29138

Re: Can't add new PPAs because of JSON error

On my machine (Mint 15 amd64 Cinnamon), adding a ppa via the GUI works fine. Open Software Sources, click on PPAs, click on Add a new PPA, enter the PPA name (I used ppa:dhor/myway as a test), click OK twice, and the PPA is added to your sources.
by Nick Payne
Sun Jun 09, 2013 2:45 am
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: Can't add new PPAs because of JSON error
Replies: 14
Views: 29138

Re: Can't add new PPAs because of JSON error

I keep getting his error when trying to add a PPA: Cannot add PPA: 'No JSON object could be decoded'. I've tried adding PPAs through the command line and the new graphical Software Sources and get the same thing so it isn't a problem with the new GUI. Here are some examples of a PPAs I tried to add...
by Nick Payne
Sat Jun 08, 2013 12:26 am
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: Google Earth 7 north africa problem
Replies: 10
Views: 1427

Re: Google Earth 7 north africa problem

The previous (7.0) version of GE is available from the download page at [url]http://www.google.com/earth/download/ge/agree.html[/url]. Click on the link where it says "Customize your installation of Google Earth with advanced setup", and choose the older version.
by Nick Payne
Thu Jun 06, 2013 4:19 pm
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: Google Earth 7 north africa problem
Replies: 10
Views: 1427

Re: Google Earth 7 north africa problem

I tried it using two types of graphic drivers "nvidia-310" and "xserver-xorg-video-nouveau". Both with same result. Also tried this version on Mint 14 before shipping to 15 and same problem occured. Maybe it's related to some types of graphic cards. I'm using GeForce GFX 550 Ti....
by Nick Payne
Tue Jun 04, 2013 3:21 pm
Forum: Cinnamon
Topic: Greeter application appears to be crashing
Replies: 121
Views: 33780

Re: Greeter application appears to be crashing

I switched to the "nvidia-313-updates" driver (I was using the recommanded "nvidia-310")... I did not get any error for the past 3 reboots... Is this helping anybody else ? No, that's not a fix here. I'm using the same nvidia-313-updates driver, and although I can sometimes boot...
by Nick Payne
Fri May 31, 2013 1:19 am
Forum: Cinnamon
Topic: Greeter application appears to be crashing
Replies: 121
Views: 33780

Greeter application appears to be crashing

Yesterday and again today when booting up Mint 15 amd64, before the login window appears I get a dialog on screen saying " The Greeter application appears to be crashing. Attempting to use a different one." When I ok the dialog, the normal login window appears a couple of seconds later, an...
by Nick Payne
Sat Apr 27, 2013 2:29 am
Forum: Installation & Boot
Topic: Change logon screen resolution? pre-define username?
Replies: 1
Views: 1068

Re: Change logon screen resolution? pre-define username?

In answer to your first question, if you are using the Nouveau driver, you can create /etc/X11/xorg.conf to specify the resolution for the login screen. This is the one I created for my two monitor setup with one monitor rotated. However, I have since switched to the nVidia binary driver, which does...
by Nick Payne
Tue Apr 23, 2013 1:41 am
Forum: Hardware Support
Topic: Nouveau driver periodic hang
Replies: 1
Views: 1015

Nouveau driver periodic hang

Running Mint 14 amd64 with an nVidia GTX650 Ti video card. Maybe once every couple of days, the GUI locks up. Sometimes I can still Ctrl+Alt+F1 to a console and login and reboot, but usually even that doesn't work and I have to power cycle the machine. When this problem happens, if I look at syslog ...
by Nick Payne
Tue Mar 19, 2013 4:11 am
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: [SOLVED] grub unable to boot after installing 3.8 kernel
Replies: 9
Views: 1096

Re: [SOLVED] grub unable to boot after installing 3.8 kernel

I've found that since kernel 3.7.6 onwards, I've had to modify my kernel installation. After downloading the kernel files from http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/ : 1. Install the downloaded files. e.g. sudo dpkg -i ~/temp/kernel_v3.7.10/*.deb 2. Crete a symlink. e.g. sudo ln -s /usr/src/...
by Nick Payne
Mon Mar 11, 2013 5:00 pm
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: Will LibreOffice 4 eventually make it onto Software Manger?
Replies: 1
Views: 516

Re: Will LibreOffice 4 eventually make it onto Software Mang

Just add the libreoffice ppa to your repositories. Open terminal and execute the following commands:

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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa

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sudo apt-get update

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sudo apt-get upgrade
by Nick Payne
Thu Feb 07, 2013 1:53 am
Forum: Installation & Boot
Topic: Cinnamon won't run with kernel 3.7.6
Replies: 5
Views: 883

Re: Cinnamon won't run with kernel 3.7.6

I used the same script to install...when I checked after running it, all four packages were indicated as successfully installed.

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