I've installed LMDE alongside Ubuntu on my HP 255 laptop. I have come across a couple of issues with some things not appearing to work. The Mint Welcome does not launch, and neither does Software Sources. this one seems to be more of an issue, so I ran in terminal and got this:
mintsources
glibtop: Non-standard uts for running kernel:
release 3.11-2-amd64=3.11.0 gives version code 199424
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintSources/mintSources.py", line 1217, in <module>
Application().run()
File "/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintSources/mintSources.py", line 537, in __init__
if self.config["general"]["use_ppas"] == "false":
KeyError: 'general'
Can anyone explain what this means and what I can do to fix it? I have little experience with Linux and class myself as an average computer user but I'm willing to learn
stuart@mintylaptop ~ $ dpkg -l |grep mint
ii apturl 0.4.1ubuntu4.1mint2 all install packages using the apt protocol - GTK+ frontend
ii apturl-common 0.4.1ubuntu4.1mint1 all install packages using the apt protocol - common data
ii firefox 29.0~linuxmint1+lmde amd64 The Firefox web browser
ii firefox-l10n-en-gb 29.0~linuxmint1+lmde amd64 British language packs for Firefox
ii grub2-theme-mint 1.0.9 all Grub2 theme for Linux Mint
ii gtk2-engines-aurora 1.5.1~pablo1-1mint1 amd64 Aurora engine for GTK+ 2.x
ii libgudev-1.0-0:amd64 204-5linuxmint1 amd64 GObject-based wrapper library for libudev
ii libopus0:amd64 1.1~beta-3mint1 amd64 Opus codec runtime library
ii libpam-systemd:amd64 204-5linuxmint1 amd64 system and service manager - PAM module
ii libsystemd-daemon0:amd64 204-5linuxmint1 amd64 systemd utility library
ii libsystemd-journal0:amd64 204-5linuxmint1 amd64 systemd journal utility library
ii libsystemd-login0:amd64 204-5linuxmint1 amd64 systemd login utility library
ii libudev1:amd64 204-5linuxmint1 amd64 libudev shared library
ii linuxmint-keyring 2009.04.29 all GnuPG key of the Linux Mint repository
ii mint-artwork-cinnamon 4.2 all Default artwork for the Cinnamon edition of Linux Mint
ii mint-artwork-debian 2012.09.11 all Default artwork for Linux Mint
ii mint-artwork-mate 1.1.4 all Default artwork for MATE
ii mint-artwork-xfce 2012.07.10.1 all Default artwork for Linux Mint
ii mint-backgrounds-debian 1.2 all The desktop backgrounds made for Linux Mint Debian Edition
ii mint-backgrounds-petra 1.4 all The desktop backgrounds for Linux Mint 16 Petra
ii mint-backgrounds-xfce 2012.06.21 all Desktop backgrounds for Linux Mint Xfce
ii mint-common 1.1.1 all Common scripts and resources for Linux Mint
ii mint-flashplugin 2011.10.19 all Metapackage for Adobe Flash plugin
ii mint-flashplugin-11 11.2.202.356 amd64 Adobe Flash plugin 11
ii mint-flashplugin-steam 11.2.202.356 amd64 Flash plugin for Steam
ii mint-info-debian-mate 2012.09.12 amd64 Necessary information about the Linux Mint release and edition.
ii mint-mdm-themes 1.1.2 all Linux Mint MDM Themes
ii mint-meta-codecs 2014.01.15.2 all Transitional package.
ii mint-meta-debian-cinnamon 2014.02.05.1 all Set of packages installed by default in the Cinnamon edition of Linux Mint
ii mint-meta-debian-codecs 2014.01.15.2 amd64 All the packages required for multimedia support in Linux Mint.
ii mint-meta-debian-core 2014.02.05.1 all Core Linux Mint packages
ii mint-meta-debian-kde 2014.02.05.1 all Set of packages required to run KDE
ii mint-meta-debian-mate 2014.02.05.1 all Set of packages required to run MATE
ii mint-meta-debian-xfce 2014.02.05.1 all Set of packages required to run Xfce
ii mint-mirrors 1.0.8 all Linux Mint Repository mirrors
ii mint-search-addon 2012.08.30.4 all Enhances the results given by Google
ii mint-stylish-addon 1.0.4 all Stylish add-on for Firefox
ii mint-themes 1.2.8 all Mint themes
ii mint-themes-gtk3 3.8-9 all Mint themes for GTK3
ii mint-translations 2013.11.26.1 all Translation files for Linux Mint
ii mint-x-icons 1.1.6 all Mint-X Icon themes
ii mintbackup 2.1.4 all Home Directory Backup Tool
ii mintdesktop 3.3.3 all Desktop configuration tool
ii mintinstall 7.5.2 all Software Manager
ii mintinstall-icons 1.0.7 all Icons for the Software Manager
ii mintmenu 5.5.1 all Advanced Gnome menu
ii mintnanny 1.4.3 all Domain blocker for Linux Mint
ii mintsources 1.2.4 all Software Sources configuration tool
ii mintstick 1.1.9 all Tool to write .img and .iso files to USB sticks. Can also format them.
ii mintsystem 7.9.1 all Linux Mint System Base Package
ii mintupdate-debian 1.0.9 all Update Manager
ii mintupload 3.9.5 all Uploads files on the Internet
ii mintwelcome 2.0.5 all Welcome screen for Linux Mint
ii mintwifi 2.0 all Collection of drivers for you to configure your wireless card through ndiswrapper without connecting to the Internet.
ii plymouth-themes-mint 1.0.3 all Linux Mint Plymouth theme
ii python-sexy 0.1.9-1ubuntu3-1mint3 amd64 python language bindings for libsexy
ii systemd 204-5linuxmint1 amd64 system and service manager
ii thunderbird 24.5.0~linuxmint1+lmde amd64 The Thunderbird email client
ii thunderbird-l10n-en-gb 24.5.0~linuxmint1+lmde amd64 British language packs for Thunderbird
ii udev 204-5linuxmint1 amd64 /dev/ and hotplug management daemon
stuart@mintylaptop ~ $ apt show mintsources
Package: mintsources
State: installed
Automatically installed: no
Version: 1.2.4
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Maintainer: Clement Lefebvre <root@linuxmint.com>
Architecture: all
Uncompressed Size: 671 k
Depends: python (>= 2.4), python (< 3), python-gtk2, python-glade2,
python-pycurl
Description: Software Sources configuration tool
Configure the sources for installable software and updates.
stuart@mintylaptop ~ $ sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for stuart:
Ign http://extra.linuxmint.com debian InRelease
Hit http://debian.linuxmint.com testing InRelease
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com debian InRelease
Ign http://extra.linuxmint.com debian Release.gpg
Hit http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/updates InRelease
Get:1 http://packages.linuxmint.com debian Release.gpg [198 B]
Get:2 http://extra.linuxmint.com debian Release [2,275 B]
Hit http://debian.linuxmint.com testing InRelease
Get:3 http://packages.linuxmint.com debian Release [16.8 kB]
Hit http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/contrib amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/non-free amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/contrib i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/non-free i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/contrib Translation-en/DiffIndex
Hit http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/main Translation-en/DiffIndex
Hit http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/non-free Translation-en/DiffIndex
Ign http://extra.linuxmint.com debian/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/updates/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/updates/contrib amd64 Packages
Ign http://extra.linuxmint.com debian/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Get:4 http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/main amd64 Packages [26.1 kB]
Hit http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/updates/non-free amd64 Packages
Hit http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/updates/main i386 Packages
Hit http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/updates/contrib i386 Packages
Get:5 http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/upstream amd64 Packages [18.1 kB]
Hit http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/updates/non-free i386 Packages
Get:6 http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/import amd64 Packages [53.6 kB]
Hit http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/updates/contrib Translation-en
Hit http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/updates/main Translation-en
Hit http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/updates/non-free Translation-en
Hit http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/non-free amd64 Packages
Get:7 http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/main i386 Packages [26.1 kB]
Hit http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/main i386 Packages
Hit http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/non-free i386 Packages
Get:8 http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/upstream i386 Packages [18.1 kB]
Get:9 http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/import i386 Packages [53.6 kB]
Get:10 http://extra.linuxmint.com debian/main amd64 Packages [20 B]
Get:11 http://extra.linuxmint.com debian/main i386 Packages [20 B]
Ign http://extra.linuxmint.com debian/main Translation-en_GB
Ign http://extra.linuxmint.com debian/main Translation-en
Ign http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/main Translation-en_GB
Ign http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/main Translation-en
Ign http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/non-free Translation-en_GB
Ign http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/non-free Translation-en
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/import Translation-en_GB
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/import Translation-en
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/main Translation-en_GB
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/main Translation-en
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/upstream Translation-en_GB
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/upstream Translation-en
Fetched 215 kB in 11s (18.2 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
stuart@mintylaptop ~ $ sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
stuart@mintylaptop ~ $ sudo apt-get -d dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
As far as I can see there's no obvious reason for this not to work but I am novice so that probably means nothing!!
You're running into troubles with MintSources because you... don't have Linux Mint.
You're clearly using Debian Testing, even if you use the repo of LMDE
For example this is what it looks like on my system:
KDB@KDB-laptop ~ $ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: LinuxMint
Description: Linux Mint Debian Edition
Release: 1
Codename: debian
You're running into troubles with MintSources because you... don't have Linux Mint.
You're clearly using Debian Testing, even if you use the repo of LMDE
I'm afraid that might not quite true. certain package in debian's repo sometimes rewrite lsb_release conf file and gives 'jessie' on the result. his package list clearly show that he's running an LMDE.
@stuslayer: in a normal condition lsb_release conf file will be overwritten by mintsystem.py and give 'LMDE' result. your lsb_release result shows that mintsystem.py doesn't work. since both mintsystem.py and mintsources.py didn't work there might be something wrong with your python. the fastest solution will be not use mintsources and manually modify your sources.list file. the other quick solution will be use he newest iso and reinstall your system. we can also try to find the problem on python and fix it will takes quite long time and I personally prefer to not choose it.
ii dh-python 1.20131021-1 all Debian helper tools for packaging Python libraries and applications
ii libboo2.0.9-cil 0.9.5~git20110729.r1.202a430-2 all python-like language and compiler for the CLI - library files
ii libboost-python1.54.0 1.54.0-3 amd64 Boost.Python Library
ii libpython-dev:amd64 2.7.5-5 amd64 header files and a static library for Python (default)
ii libpython-stdlib:amd64 2.7.5-5 amd64 interactive high-level object-oriented language (default python version)
ii libpython2.7:amd64 2.7.5-8 amd64 Shared Python runtime library (version 2.7)
ii libpython2.7-dev:amd64 2.7.5-8 amd64 Header files and a static library for Python (v2.7)
ii libpython2.7-minimal:amd64 2.7.5-8 amd64 Minimal subset of the Python language (version 2.7)
ii libpython2.7-stdlib:amd64 2.7.5-8 amd64 Interactive high-level object-oriented language (standard library, version 2.7)
ii libpython3-stdlib:amd64 3.3.2-17 amd64 interactive high-level object-oriented language (default python3 version)
ii libpython3.3:amd64 3.3.3-3 amd64 Shared Python runtime library (version 3.3)
ii libpython3.3-minimal:amd64 3.3.3-3 amd64 Minimal subset of the Python language (version 3.3)
ii libpython3.3-stdlib:amd64 3.3.3-3 amd64 Interactive high-level object-oriented language (standard library, version 3.3)
ii python 2.7.5-5 amd64 interactive high-level object-oriented language (default version)
ii python-apt 0.9.1 amd64 Python interface to libapt-pkg
ii python-apt-common 0.9.1 all Python interface to libapt-pkg (locales)
ii python-aptdaemon 1.1.1-1 all Python 2 module for the server and client of aptdaemon
ii python-aptdaemon.gtk3widgets 1.1.1-1 all Python 2 GTK+ 3 widgets to run an aptdaemon client
ii python-beautifulsoup 3.2.1-1 all error-tolerant HTML parser for Python
ii python-brlapi 4.5-3+b1 amd64 Python bindings for BrlAPI
ii python-cairo 1.8.8-1+b2 amd64 Python bindings for the Cairo vector graphics library
ii python-central 0.6.17 all register and build utility for Python packages
ii python-chardet 2.0.1-2 all universal character encoding detector
ii python-cmd2 0.6.7-2 all enhanced Python cmd module - Python 2.x
ii python-configobj 4.7.2+ds-5 all simple but powerful config file reader and writer for Python
ii python-crypto 2.6.1-2 amd64 cryptographic algorithms and protocols for Python
ii python-cups 1.9.63-1 amd64 Python bindings for CUPS
ii python-cupshelpers 1.4.3-1 all Python utility modules around the CUPS printing system
ii python-dbus 1.2.0-2+b1 amd64 simple interprocess messaging system (Python interface)
ii python-dbus-dev 1.2.0-2 all main loop integration development files for python-dbus
ii python-debian 0.1.21+nmu2 all Python modules to work with Debian-related data formats
ii python-defer 1.0.6-2 all Small framework for asynchronous programming (Python 2)
ii python-dev 2.7.5-5 amd64 header files and a static library for Python (default)
ii python-dnspython 1.11.1-1 all DNS toolkit for Python
ii python-extras 0.0.3-2 all extensions to the Python standard library (Python 2.x)
ii python-gconf 2.28.1+dfsg-1 amd64 Python bindings for the GConf configuration database system
ii python-gdbm 2.7.5-1 amd64 GNU dbm database support for Python
ii python-gi 3.8.2-1 amd64 Python 2.x bindings for gobject-introspection libraries
ii python-gi-cairo 3.8.2-1 amd64 Python Cairo bindings for the GObject library
ii python-glade2 2.24.0-3+b1 amd64 GTK+ bindings: Glade support
ii python-gnome2 2.28.1+dfsg-1 amd64 Python bindings for the GNOME desktop environment
ii python-gobject 3.8.2-1 all Python 2.x bindings for GObject - transitional package
ii python-gobject-2 2.28.6-12+b1 amd64 deprecated static Python bindings for the GObject library
ii python-gst0.10 0.10.22-3 amd64 generic media-playing framework (Python bindings)
ii python-gtk2 2.24.0-3+b1 amd64 Python bindings for the GTK+ widget set
ii python-gtksourceview2 2.10.1-2 amd64 Python bindings for the GtkSourceView widget
ii python-imaging 1.1.7-4 amd64 Python Imaging Library
ii python-ldb 1:1.1.16-1 amd64 Python bindings for LDB
ii python-libxml2 2.9.1+dfsg1-3 amd64 Python bindings for the GNOME XML library
ii python-louis 2.5.3-2 all Python bindings for liblouis
ii python-lxml 3.2.0-1+b1 amd64 pythonic binding for the libxml2 and libxslt libraries
ii python-mako 0.9.0-1 all fast and lightweight templating for the Python platform
ii python-markupsafe 0.18-1 amd64 HTML/XHTML/XML string library for Python
ii python-mate-character-map 1.6.0-2+lmde amd64 Python bindings for mate-character-map
ii python-mate-menu 1.6.0-1+lmde amd64 implementation of the freedesktop menu specification for MATE (python bindings)
ii python-mimeparse 0.1.4-1 all Parse mime-types and quality parameters - python 2.x
ii python-minimal 2.7.5-5 amd64 minimal subset of the Python language (default version)
ii python-notify 0.1.1-3 amd64 Python bindings for libnotify
ii python-numpy 1:1.7.1-3 amd64 Numerical Python adds a fast array facility to the Python language
ii python-opencv 2.4.6.1+dfsg-2 amd64 Python bindings for the computer vision library
ii python-pam 0.4.2-13.1 amd64 Python interface to the PAM library
ii python-paramiko 1.10.1-1 all Make ssh v2 connections with Python (Python 2)
ii python-parted 3.6-6 amd64 Python interface for libparted
ii python-pexpect 2.4-1 all Python module for automating interactive applications
ii python-pkg-resources 1.4.2-1 all Package Discovery and Resource Access using pkg_resources
ii python-pyatspi 2.10.0+dfsg-1 all Assistive Technology Service Provider Interface - Python bindings
ii python-pyatspi2 2.10.0+dfsg-1 all Transitional package for assistive technology Python bindings
ii python-pycurl 7.19.0-7 amd64 Python bindings to libcurl
ii python-pyinotify 0.9.4-1 all simple Linux inotify Python bindings
ii python-pyorbit 2.24.0-6+b1 amd64 A Python language binding for the ORBit2 CORBA implementation
ii python-pyparsing 2.0.1+dfsg1-1 all Python parsing module
ii python-pyudev 0.16.1-2 all Python bindings for libudev
ii python-qt4 4.10.3+dfsg1-1 amd64 Python bindings for Qt4
ii python-qt4-dbus 4.10.3+dfsg1-1 amd64 D-Bus Support for PyQt4
ii python-renderpm 2.7-1 amd64 python low level render interface
ii python-reportlab 2.7-1 all ReportLab library to create PDF documents using Python
ii python-reportlab-accel 2.7-1 amd64 C coded extension accelerator for the ReportLab Toolkit
ii python-samba 2:4.0.12+dfsg-1 amd64 Python bindings for Samba
ii python-setuptools 1.4.2-1 all Python Distutils Enhancements (setuptools compatibility)
ii python-sexy 0.1.9-1ubuntu3-1mint3 amd64 python language bindings for libsexy
ii python-sip 4.15.3-1 amd64 Python/C++ bindings generator runtime library
ii python-six 1.4.1-1 all Python 2 and 3 compatibility library (Python 2 interface)
ii python-speechd 0.7.1-6.3 all Python interface to Speech Dispatcher
ii python-support 1.0.15 all automated rebuilding support for Python modules
ii python-talloc 2.1.0-1 amd64 hierarchical pool based memory allocator - Python bindings
ii python-tdb 1.2.12-1 amd64 Python bindings for TDB
ii python-testtools 0.9.32-2 all Extensions to the Python unittest library (Python 2.x)
ii python-vte 1:0.28.2-5 amd64 Python bindings for the VTE widget set
ii python-webkit 1.1.8-3 amd64 WebKit/Gtk Python bindings
ii python-wnck 2.32.0+dfsg-3 amd64 Python bindings for the WNCK library
ii python-xapian 1.2.15-4 amd64 Xapian search engine interface for Python
ii python-xdg 0.25-3 all Python 2 library to access freedesktop.org standards
ii python-xlib 0.14+20091101-1 all Interface for Python to the X11 Protocol
ii python2.7 2.7.5-8 amd64 Interactive high-level object-oriented language (version 2.7)
ii python2.7-dev 2.7.5-8 amd64 Header files and a static library for Python (v2.7)
ii python2.7-minimal 2.7.5-8 amd64 Minimal subset of the Python language (version 2.7)
ii python3 3.3.2-17 amd64 interactive high-level object-oriented language (default python3 version)
ii python3-apt 0.9.1 amd64 Python 3 interface to libapt-pkg
ii python3-aptdaemon 1.1.1-1 all Python 3 module for the server and client of aptdaemon
ii python3-cairo 1.10.0+dfsg-3+b1 amd64 Python 3 bindings for the Cairo vector graphics library
ii python3-dbus 1.2.0-2+b1 amd64 simple interprocess messaging system (Python 3 interface)
ii python3-dbus.mainloop.qt 4.10.3+dfsg1-1 amd64 D-Bus Support for PyQt4 with Python 3
ii python3-defer 1.0.6-2 all Small framework for asynchronous programming (Python 3)
ii python3-gi 3.8.2-1 amd64 Python 3 bindings for gobject-introspection libraries
ii python3-gi-cairo 3.8.2-1 amd64 Python 3 Cairo bindings for the GObject library
ii python3-minimal 3.3.2-17 amd64 minimal subset of the Python language (default python3 version)
ii python3-packagekit 0.8.12-1 all PackageKit backend Python bindings
ii python3-pkg-resources 1.4.2-1 all Package Discovery and Resource Access using pkg_resources
ii python3.3 3.3.3-3 amd64 Interactive high-level object-oriented language (version 3.3)
ii python3.3-minimal 3.3.3-3 amd64 Minimal subset of the Python language (version 3.3)
stuart@mintylaptop ~ $
cat /etc/lsb-release
grep: /etc/linuxmint/info: No such file or directory
DISTRIB_grep: /etc/linuxmint/info: No such file or directory
DISTRIB_grep: /etc/linuxmint/info: No such file or directory
DISTRIB_grep: /etc/linuxmint/info: No such file or directory
I would like to say thanks to everyone who's helped and given input so far - although the issue isn't solved yet, your posts are helping me learn more about how my system works, which is great I'm actually happy that some things aren't quite right with my install, as it's given me this opportunity to learn and interact!
inxi -r
Repos: Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
deb http://packages.linuxmint.com debian main upstream import
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/ testing main contrib non-free
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/security testing/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/multimedia testing main non-free
deb http://extra.linuxmint.com debian main
i'm wondering if the LMDE version of 16 is perhaps a little more technical than my current knowledge allows - i'm thinking about removing and releasing with the main edition instead. This runs fine on my old desktop, so i imagine would be suitable for the laptop. I suspect something is missing/corrupted in the python installation on my machine as the problems appear to centre around this, but I don't know enough to solve it properly.
Thanks for everyone's efforts on this - i'll persever for a little longer so if anyone can offer any other pointers I'll appreciate it