RC2 feedback

[chrispop99]

How do I put file manager on taskbar (Kicker/Panel)? Was very convenient in previous versions of M-14 betas...

JR

You can add anything that is in the Whisker menu by right-clicking it, and selecting 'Add to Panel'.

Note that it will be at the bottom of the panel by default. To move it where you want, right-click it, select move, and drag the red line along the panel.

Chris

[Eadwine Rose]

I install google chrome (not chromium!) by using a downloaded file google-chrome-stable_current_i386.deb, which so far has always worked. Install using gdebi, then start synaptic and it becomes updatable, works like a peach

Bit further on in the install, vlc loses its audio upon start, fix: right click in the screen - audio, audio device, select sound there.

[muskt]

Dld, Burned to USB stick, Installed to desktop & Laptop this AM.

Desktop was flawless.

Laptop took a bit of tinkering to get wireless set up--Took none (zero) on RC1--Only a small amount--Working OK, now.

Created Public folders on both machines, set permissions, connected via Samba first time--Whoopee!!

Still observing the incorrect size of the install partition on the desktop box (post 332895)

A big "Two Thumbs Up".

Thanks folks.

Jerry in Anchorage

[james c]

MX-14 rc2. Cd booted fine this time and install went perfectly.No problems yet.

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james@mx1:~
$ inxi -F
System:    Host: mx1 Kernel: 3.12-0.bpo.1-686-pae i686 (32 bit) 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.10.2 Distro: MX-14_13.99_386-xfce RC2 09 March 2014
Machine:   Mobo: ECS model: GeForce7050M-M version: 1.0 Bios: American Megatrends version: 080014 date: 05/30/2008
CPU:       Dual core AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (-MCP-) cache: 1024 KB flags: (lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 svm) 
           Clock Speeds: 1: 1000.00 MHz 2: 1000.00 MHz
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA C68 [GeForce 7050 PV / nForce 630a] 
           X.Org: 1.12.4 drivers: nouveau (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1440x900@59.9hz 
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on NV67 GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.5
Audio:     Card: NVIDIA MCP67 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel Sound: ALSA ver: k3.12-0.bpo.1-686-pae
Network:   Card: NVIDIA MCP67 Ethernet driver: forcedeth 
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: 00:1e:90:fe:92:50
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 250.1GB (-) 1: id: /dev/sda model: ST3250318AS size: 250.1GB 
Partition: ID: / size: 16G used: 2.4G (17%) fs: ext4 ID: swap-1 size: 6.40GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 30.0C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A 
Info:      Processes: 129 Uptime: 4 min Memory: 214.4/3793.7MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 1.9.18 
james@mx1:~

Now on to some testing.......

[james c]

Installed Chromium,Nvidia 304.xx driver and a few other packages...... everything going rather smoothly.

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james@mx1:~
$ inxi -F
System:    Host: mx1 Kernel: 3.12-0.bpo.1-686-pae i686 (32 bit) 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.10.2 Distro: MX-14_13.99_386-xfce RC2 09 March 2014
Machine:   Mobo: ECS model: GeForce7050M-M version: 1.0 Bios: American Megatrends version: 080014 date: 05/30/2008
CPU:       Dual core AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (-MCP-) cache: 1024 KB flags: (lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 svm) 
           Clock Speeds: 1: 1000.00 MHz 2: 1000.00 MHz
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA C68 [GeForce 7050 PV / nForce 630a] X.Org: 1.12.4 driver: nvidia Resolution: 1440x900@59.9hz 
           GLX Renderer: GeForce 7050 PV / nForce 630a/integrated/SSE2/3DNOW! GLX Version: 2.1.2 NVIDIA 304.117
Audio:     Card: NVIDIA MCP67 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel Sound: ALSA ver: k3.12-0.bpo.1-686-pae
Network:   Card: NVIDIA MCP67 Ethernet driver: forcedeth 
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: 00:1e:90:fe:92:50
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 250.1GB (-) 1: id: /dev/sda model: ST3250318AS size: 250.1GB 
Partition: ID: / size: 16G used: 2.9G (20%) fs: ext4 ID: swap-1 size: 6.40GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 30.0C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A 
Info:      Processes: 131 Uptime: 4 min Memory: 196.8/3793.7MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 1.9.18 
james@mx1:~

[Jerry3904]

There is a post on the Xfce forum asking why Skype can't be run on Xfce, so I thought I would report that direct download of 4.2.0 from the Skype site installs and runs beautifully in MX-14 on my AAO 722.

[muskt]

I am almost ashamed to admit that after all the fussing with Samba on MX, I think that I have it figured out. I had reported earlier that I was able to look both ways between my desktop and laptop running any combination of Windows 7 & MX. I do not now think that that was true.

When attempting to access MX from Windows (from either box), I was getting a log-in box requesting a password. I tried everything I could think of with no success. Spent a few hours on the web, & finally stumbled on to how to add a user to Samba. Seems frightfully obvious, now; but, not before.

Here is what to do to allow a Windows box to see an MX box.

On the MX box, obtain Root in terminal.
enter: "smbpasswd -a <username>" & enter.
Mx will then ask for a new password==enter one.
Repeat entering the password.
A reboot is not required, but won't hurt.

While thinking about this, I attempted to create another login for a fictitious user for Samba. Won't work! More research revealed that there must be a user for the machine before becoming a Samba user--Oh Well, so much for me thinking that I had it figured out. Back under my frozen rock.

Again, I appreciate all the assistance given to me, and the efforts of the group for creating this distro.

Jerry in Anchorage

[dolphin_oracle]

My only problem with RC2 is that not only do I suck at Chromium B.S.U., I'm also not that hot at lbreakout! (yet strangely addicted to both).

[Stevo]

Downloaded 32 bit Debian Google Chrome, did not install: Error: Dependency is not satisfiable: libxss1 (X11 Screen Saver extension library)

I opened synaptic found the missing dependency & installed. Afterwards was able to install Google Chrome version: 33.0.1750.146

JR

Where did the dependency come from? Did you have to add any other repo?

It's in the stock Wheezy repo, and there's just one version--no wheezy backports or updates versions to confuse apt. Perhaps the apt update had not been run yet to fill out the apt database?

[Stevo]

I install google chrome (not chromium!) by using a downloaded file google-chrome-stable_current_i386.deb, which so far has always worked. Install using gdebi, then start synaptic and it becomes updatable, works like a peach

Bit further on in the install, vlc loses its audio upon start, fix: right click in the screen - audio, audio device, select sound there.

Yes, I noticed that, too. I went into the VLC audio settings dialog and set it permanently there.
SMPlayer started out on pulse audio (that's what the developer has it set for) and I had to change it to alsa.