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Re: LMDE BREAKAGES - read here first - Update 12 april 2011
mine is a single-hdd with 5 OSes on it and the upgrade went fine, apart from one small annoyance: i had Debian's sid grub controlling the boot and this upgrade over-wrote the MBR
but could be worst, i can boot all of them, so no harm done
but could be worst, i can boot all of them, so no harm done
Re: LMDE BREAKAGES - read here first - Update 12 april 2011
My amd64 wouldn't boot with the new kernel, I figured it was because of the proprietary ATI Catalyst video driver. I waited for the new driver to come out (they do every month), but when I installed it today, I still couldn't boot the new kernel.
So, I followed my next option, which was to uninstall the proprietary driver, and install the open source one, following instructions which I found a couple of places. Sure enough, it now boots the new kernel just fine.
For anyone wanting to try the same, these were the commands:
sudo su
/usr/share/ati/fglrx-uninstall.sh
apt-get remove --purge fglrx*
apt-get remove --purge xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-radeon
apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-ati
apt-get install --reinstall libgl1-mesa-glx libgl1-mesa-dri xserver-xorg-core
dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf
reboot
Then, of course, reconfigure the monitor for the desired resolution.
So, I followed my next option, which was to uninstall the proprietary driver, and install the open source one, following instructions which I found a couple of places. Sure enough, it now boots the new kernel just fine.
For anyone wanting to try the same, these were the commands:
sudo su
/usr/share/ati/fglrx-uninstall.sh
apt-get remove --purge fglrx*
apt-get remove --purge xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-radeon
apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-ati
apt-get install --reinstall libgl1-mesa-glx libgl1-mesa-dri xserver-xorg-core
dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf
reboot
Then, of course, reconfigure the monitor for the desired resolution.
Re: LMDE BREAKAGES - read here first - Update 12 april 2011
Tried to do a fresh install and the update takes 8HOURS
Re: LMDE BREAKAGES - read here first - Update 12 april 2011
Yeah, we'd really need a new ISO.
Re: LMDE BREAKAGES - read here first - Update 12 april 2011
Or a copy of Clonezilla.amina wrote:Yeah, we'd really need a new ISO.
Re: LMDE BREAKAGES - read here first - Update 12 april 2011
Why not code the installer to check for and install updates as you install LMDE?
You wouldn't need to keep updating the iso then
You wouldn't need to keep updating the iso then
Re: LMDE BREAKAGES - read here first - Update 12 april 2011
We really need to "re-spin" the ISOs. Imagine new users of LMDE gnome or xfce trying to update and realize there's 1gig worth of updates?
Re: LMDE BREAKAGES - read here first - Update 12 april 2011
You are right, the Clonezilla trick doesn't work for new users of course, although the original complaint was about reinstalltion where it certainly does work.aljoriz wrote:We really need to "re-spin" the ISOs. Imagine new users of LMDE gnome or xfce trying to update and realize there's 1gig worth of updates?
Re: LMDE BREAKAGES - read here first - Update 12 april 2011
New users are one (big) problem with the Clonezilla method.
Besides, as far as I know it clones your whole drive. I have a / partition that's larger than 10 GB and I do not want to have it all backed up on my PC. And then you regularly have to clone the partition. I think this is not a solution, just a workaround and a quite inconvenient one.
(I have not checked out Remastersys, is it able to do just a CD/DVD-sized ISO I can install the system from? If so, it is better, but still not very convenient on the long run.)
I can imagine that Clem is busy, and Ikey left so I do not want to say I blame them but it is almost 5 months since the last re-spin, in my opinion this is way too much to not to be considered a problem.
Besides, as far as I know it clones your whole drive. I have a / partition that's larger than 10 GB and I do not want to have it all backed up on my PC. And then you regularly have to clone the partition. I think this is not a solution, just a workaround and a quite inconvenient one.
(I have not checked out Remastersys, is it able to do just a CD/DVD-sized ISO I can install the system from? If so, it is better, but still not very convenient on the long run.)
I can imagine that Clem is busy, and Ikey left so I do not want to say I blame them but it is almost 5 months since the last re-spin, in my opinion this is way too much to not to be considered a problem.
Re: LMDE BREAKAGES - read here first - Update 12 april 2011
I changed the default mirror on the sources.list to a closer mirror to my location.. Japan, and the update is now faster than ever.
Re: LMDE BREAKAGES - read here first - Update 12 april 2011
After a clean update from a fresh install tried to install skype via
and I get this:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package skype is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
its a 64bit debian mint xfce.
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sudo apt-get install skype
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package skype is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
its a 64bit debian mint xfce.
Re: LMDE BREAKAGES - read here first - Update 12 april 2011
No it clones whatever you like, it just isn't user friendly that is its only problem.Besides, as far as I know it clones your whole drive
I have been using it for years and I have never cloned a whole drive yet, always partitions.
Re: LMDE BREAKAGES - read here first - Update 12 april 2011
it seems the install of mint 64 lxde does not include skype on the repos... was it removed?
solved by:
downloading skype and installing the dependencies by:
sudo dpkg -i skype*.deb
then sudo install -f
solved by:
downloading skype and installing the dependencies by:
sudo dpkg -i skype*.deb
then sudo install -f
Re: LMDE BREAKAGES - read here first - Update 12 april 2011
I don't know is there some licensing issue at work here? Maybe the Japanese repo doesn't hold it for some reason. It is available on the repo I use http://packages.linuxmint-fr.net/ but I wouldn't suggest you use a French repo from the Philippines all the time, maybe just change it to get Skype then switch back again?aljoriz wrote:After a clean update from a fresh install tried to install skype viaand I get this:Code: Select all
sudo apt-get install skype
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package skype is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
its a 64bit debian mint xfce.
Re: LMDE BREAKAGES - read here first - Update 12 april 2011
odd really oh well as long as it works
a few more querries question:
after the update the grub loader was cluttered various MemTest+ options... are these really useful? if not, how can I remove them from the grub loader menu?
a few more querries question:
after the update the grub loader was cluttered various MemTest+ options... are these really useful? if not, how can I remove them from the grub loader menu?
Re: LMDE BREAKAGES - read here first - Update 12 april 2011
Sorry, I meant partitions.viking777 wrote:always partitions.
Re: LMDE BREAKAGES - read here first - Update 12 april 2011
Can't recall the exact blog post/comment but Clem stated that LMDE will "respun" after "Katya" is released. Considering all the surgery that has to be done with Katya I'm sure it's taking all of Clem and Co's time right now.aljoriz wrote:We really need to "re-spin" the ISOs. Imagine new users of LMDE gnome or xfce trying to update and realize there's 1gig worth of updates?
"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)
Re: LMDE BREAKAGES - read here first - Update 12 april 2011
I went into Synaptic/settings/repositories, clicked on the download location, and selected "other" it gave me the option to "Select best server". It picked one in Canada (I'm in Colorado), but that server is about 5 times as fast as the default one I was using. I'm guessing most people just stick with the default, and it is overloaded.aljoriz wrote:I changed the default mirror on the sources.list to a closer mirror to my location.. Japan, and the update is now faster than ever.
Re: LMDE BREAKAGES - read here first - Update 29 april 2011
eventually, if
appears in yours updates today in MU and it is set to levels 1-3, it has to be unchecked in the first round of updates, or it will try ti uninstall pidgin, its libs, mint-meta-codecs and mint-meta-debian;
apply all other updates and then reopen MU and apply this one;
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gstreamer0.10-plugins-good (0.10.24-1) to 0.10.28-3
apply all other updates and then reopen MU and apply this one;
Re: LMDE BREAKAGES - read here first - Update 12 april 2011
Thanks zerozero, NOW it worked for me!
Before it wanted to uninstall Amsn and Pidgin...
Before it wanted to uninstall Amsn and Pidgin...