RC2 feedback

[Stevo]

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.

That may have been on 64-bit, I know the 32-bit Skype may have problems on upstream 64-bit Debian, if it depends on ia32-libs, which is gone upstream.

I installed from my persistent USB onto my original 2008 Acer A150 netbook over M11, saving home, and it went very well. I just had to delete my custom .asoundrc file, otherwise all my changes and new programs carried over from the USB install persistence. So very cool...

You know, I see lots of beginners on the Debian forums breaking their install adding Ubuntu PPAs to try and get netflix-desktop working. For those outside the US, Netflix is a streaming video service that takes up to 33% of Internet bandwidth during peak evening hours (Youtube about 20%), and uses MS Silverlight. I see a lot of quotes from Linux users that the only reason they keep Windows on their machines is to use Netflix...and our netflix-desktop and wine combo seem to work perfectly out of the box so far, so maybe we should push this as a feature.

The netflix-desktop build also provides for some similar services in other markets, these are Katsomo, Lovefilm, Maxdome, Redbox, and Sumo-TV2.

[Eadwine Rose]

Stevo, where exactly did you set it so it would stick permanently.. I cannot find it hehe.

[dolphin_oracle]

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?

did you use dpgk or gdebi to do the install?

[Stevo]

Stevo, where exactly did you set it so it would stick permanently.. I cannot find it hehe.

It's in Tools--Preferences--(Audio Button on Left)

If audio output's on Automatic, you don't have any options, but changing it to alsa will give you the option of choosing which ALSA device to use. Then you can Save the preference.

[ko]

I ran into much the same problem as namida12, trying to install chromium (v32.xx) using synaptic. No changes had been made to the default repos as I had just installed MX-14 RC2 on my testsystem. See details below.
I changed the debian (US) repos to debian (NL), reloaded in synaptic and then installed chromium and the 3 dependencies without problems.
I suspect that there was some sort of availability problem connecting to the us debian repositories. Anyway, it's solved here.

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$ inxi -Fxxx
System:    Host: lappy Kernel: 3.12-0.bpo.1-686-pae i686 (32 bit, gcc: 4.6.3) 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.10.2 (Gtk 2.24.10) info: xfce4-panel dm: lightdm Distro: MX-14_13.99_386-xfce RC2 09 March 2014
Machine:   Mobo: MEDIONPC model: MS-7708 version: 1.2 Bios: American Megatrends version: A7708MLN.105 date: 09/21/2010
CPU:       Quad core Intel Core i5 CPU 760 (-MCP-) cache: 8192 KB flags: (lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 22348.1 
           Clock Speeds: 1: 1200.00 MHz 2: 1200.00 MHz 3: 1200.00 MHz 4: 2801.00 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Redwood [Radeon HD 5670] bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:68d8 
           X.Org: 1.12.4 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1440x900@59.9hz 
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on AMD REDWOOD GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.5 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card-1: Intel 5 Series/3400 Series High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:3b56 
           Card-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Redwood HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 5000 Series] 
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:aa60 
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.12-0.bpo.1-686-pae
Network:   Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller 
           driver: r8169 ver: 2.3LK-NAPI port: e800 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: 6c:62:6d:94:91:64
           Card-2: IMC Networks Mediao 802.11n WLAN [Realtek RTL8191SU] driver: r8712u usb-ID: 004-004 chip-ID: 13d3:3306
           IF: wlan0 state: down mac: 48:5d:60:19:3f:22
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 4040.8GB (-)
           1: id: /dev/sda model: INTEL_SSDSA2M040 size: 40.0GB serial: CVGB038502W6040NGN 
           2: id: /dev/sdb model: ST32000542AS size: 2000.4GB serial: 5XW185RB 
           3: id: /dev/sdc model: HD204UI size: 2000.4GB serial: S2HGJ9BB202014 
Partition: ID: / size: 38G used: 2.8G (8%) fs: ext4 ID: swap-1 size: 2.09GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 35.0C mobo: N/A gpu: 66.0 
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A 
Info:      Processes: 160 Uptime: 29 min Memory: 328.3/4039.3MB Runlevel: 5 default: 5 
           Gcc sys: 4.7.2 alt: 4.6 Client: Shell (bash 4.2.37 running in xfce4-terminal) inxi: 1.9.18

[Jerry3904]

Warren on RC2:

You all have something to be proud of.

[Gaer Boy]

Warren on RC2:

You all have something to be proud of.

Too true, Jerry - my thanks and admiration for those of you who have done the heavy lifting.

Phil

[uncle mark]

Warren on RC2:

You all have something to be proud of.

Just don't quit now.

[DBeckett]

Warren on RC2:

You all have something to be proud of.

Just don't quit now.

Oooo, that was cold.

[malspa]

Warren on RC2:

You all have something to be proud of.

Too true, Jerry - my thanks and admiration for those of you who have done the heavy lifting.

Phil

Indeed. Not only those who have done the heavy lifting, but I'm impressed by the way the entire community has come together on this project. Very nice to see.