> David Hare wrote: >>> The bad is when I logout things go black and I have to press and hold >>> the >>> power button to shutdown or reboot, nothing else will work, using SMXI >>> to >>> install the nvidia driver did not help. >>> >> >> The live CD has a stock Squeeze kernel and nothing is modified in core >> system areas. Some packages might be missing though. >> Some machines might need firmware-linux-nonfree. >> >> This sounds like a "nouveau" issue (some info on smxi forums). Try >> adding "nomodeset 3" on grub kernel boot options line. It will boot >> without X, then you can run sgfxi for nvidia. >> > > > See above where I said I had already installed the nvidia driver and it > did not help! > > >>> I had to add "gksu synaptic" to the menu to get synaptic to start, just >>> using "run as a different user" did not work. >>> >> >> The kmenu was rearranged for this live build.. Root apps (including >> synaptic) are in system> root application. >> There are some kdesudo-trinity related issues (and fixes), see other >> threads. >> >> I included a (optional) post-install script to remove kdesudo >> altogether and automatically fix the menu to use kdesu >> >> >>> Using the su filemanager to edit a config file is a pain because I have >>> to >>> keep telling it what app to use and clicking the box to save the >>> settings is >>> not working. >>> >> >> kdesu/kdesudo kwrite. Has own filebrowser dialogue >> >> >>> Also, not a big problem, using wallpaper.svg is not displaying proper, >>> the >>> image is all black, possibly can be fixed by adding a svg package, I >>> don't >>> know for sure. >>> >> There is a limit to what can be squashed to 700MB! (e.g. a full >> Trinity install) . Please note also aptitude is missing, add yourself >> if wanted (I use only apt-get) >> > > > That stuff is part of a working desktop system, they are not optional > and I don't see any of those problems my Debian installs! > > >>> I know all most of this stuff is inherited from Trinity and not your >>> fault, >>> but I just can't use this system the way it is, maybe you can play with >>> it >>> and get some of the stuff fixed, if you need some info from me or want >>> me to >>> test some stuff just let me know. >>> >>> I mentioned adding http://debian-multimedia.org/ to the repos, you may >>> want >>> to add http://security.debian.org/ to the list too. >>> >> >> debian-multimedia breaks stuff (vlc....) and has legal issues.. please >> add yourself if you need it >> security.debian.org.. goes in later when Squeeze is stable >> > > > Other distros add debian-multimedia they just leave it remarked out. As > far as it breaking Squeeze, this is the first I've heard, if you have > some bugs it would help to report them! > > Security.debian is working now, volatile is what is not working the last > time I checked! > > I'm not here to have a pissing contest with you, have fun with your cd, > I won't be testing it any more! > > Regards, > > -- > Jimmy Johnson > > SimplyMEPIS 11.0 RC-1 EXT4 64-Bit at sda2 > Registered Linux User #380263 > > > Just a friendly reminder to please keep it civil on these lists. Also, I know from experience how difficult it is to squash the filesystem down to 700MB. I would recommend using deborphan to see if there are any extra libraries that can be removed. Tim