I'm currently using pcmanfm.

I like thunar as well, and it may be the better fit since there are already some xfce apps and libraries installed.

To quote the wise man jed - "apt-get is a handy tool"

One thing you may to check into, vastone, is the status of the lxde desktop/projects. I can't imagine that it too will be falling by the wayside in the near future, but it's not like I follow the project. I doubt xfce is going anywhere soon.

Yes, both systemd and lightdm have had recent upgrade(s). I haven't had any issues with lightdm though.

@orbea add xrdb to your .xinitrc file. Something like -

xrdb -l ~/.Xresources &

that's pretty basic, and the default for xrdb, I think. Man page has a lot of other options.

Quote from: ozitraveller on September 11, 2014, 04:14:32 AM
A pint of guinness for me please! 

your stock just went way up.

"..a plug and play SID system installable and re-installable in 5 minutes"

Looks like you want to stick with the Debian default then; the repos will be coded to work with it. Stray too far from that, and you'll be running the risk of becoming a boutique distro.

Vivaldi - The Four Seasons

Not that I am aware of.

Deprecated.

dev thought he had removed that option.

I install the drivers for my nvidia card using the sgfxi script and have noticed one of the options is to install the ia32 libs so that 32-bit apps - like steam or googleearth - will run on a 64-bit system. Has anyone tried using this method?

Use to be that there were just two files needed to be installed on a 64-bit system for 32-bit apps to work, now there is the whole multi-arch method that installs a bunch of dev files. I am curious if the method using sgfxi is the smxi authors' custom build of the ia32 libs so that the old method will still work, their method of installing multi arch, or if it's something that is depricated but still part of the script.

Didn't find mention of it on their website. Any info appreciated.

libqtwebkit is used by KDE - and gpodder.

You can reinstall gpodder with apt or synaptic; will probably bring in a lot of dependencies that you didn't have before.

Maybe it's qt that's gone through a major upgrade. A word to the wise for anyone running some KDE or other qt based apps.

Edit - beat me to it.

Antonin Dvorak - Symphony #9

QuoteI am guessing SID is about to, or just did, a serious update.

I am not on KDE but yes it seems a lot of things have been updating lately, many changes.

I don't know about Sid going through a serious update, but I suspect KDE is getting a major overhaul (can't confirm, no KDE on my systems)-  Gordon and zbreaker had some recent issues. If either of you are using KDE apps (digikam, k3b etc ..) without the full KDE desktop, you may encounter some issues. Fortunately, they all have been resolvable using standard apt commands.

Which apps?
You happen to be using KDE?

I compiled 3.16.2 on my HP laptop. Takes about an hour to actually compile on the i3. Must have that muskie on the brain and borked the name to append to the kernel. Will compile it for the desktop VSIDO tomorrow. Takes about 4 hours to compile on the old single core AMD. Then I get to do the whole nvidia thing - smxi is so good for that!

some i3 -



I always forget there is an equalizer for alsamixer. Anyone use it much?

X is working, and looks like no issue with your apps.

It remains to be seen if lightdm works for you - /usr/share/doc/acpid/default.sh looks like a text file related to the acpi daemon, did you open it with a test editor?

Edit - I opened it - it's not related to lightdm, it's a script for logging acpi events.

I'm beginning to sense a purge and re-install of lightdm in your future.

here is my /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf - I haven't edited it at all so it's stock. Looks like everything is commented out, give it a try if you want:

#
# General configuration
#
# start-default-seat = True to always start one seat if none are defined in the configuration
# greeter-user = User to run greeter as
# minimum-display-number = Minimum display number to use for X servers
# minimum-vt = First VT to run displays on
# lock-memory = True to prevent memory from being paged to disk
# user-authority-in-system-dir = True if session authority should be in the system location
# guest-account-script = Script to be run to setup guest account
# log-directory = Directory to log information to
# run-directory = Directory to put running state in
# cache-directory = Directory to cache to
# sessions-directory = Directory to find sessions
# remote-sessions-directory = Directory to find remote sessions
# greeters-directory = Directory to find greeters
#
[LightDM]
#start-default-seat=true
#greeter-user=lightdm
#minimum-display-number=0
#minimum-vt=7
#lock-memory=true
#user-authority-in-system-dir=false
#guest-account-script=guest-account
#log-directory=/var/log/lightdm
#run-directory=/var/run/lightdm
#cache-directory=/var/cache/lightdm
#sessions-directory=/usr/share/lightdm/sessions:/usr/share/xsessions
#remote-sessions-directory=/usr/share/lightdm/remote-sessions
#greeters-directory=/usr/share/lightdm/greeters:/usr/share/xgreeters

#
# Seat defaults
#
# type = Seat type (xlocal, xremote)
# xdg-seat = Seat name to set pam_systemd XDG_SEAT variable and name to pass to X server
# xserver-command = X server command to run (can also contain arguments e.g. X -special-option)
# xserver-layout = Layout to pass to X server
# xserver-config = Config file to pass to X server
# xserver-allow-tcp = True if TCP/IP connections are allowed to this X server
# xserver-share = True if the X server is shared for both greeter and session
# xserver-hostname = Hostname of X server (only for type=xremote)
# xserver-display-number = Display number of X server (only for type=xremote)
# xdmcp-manager = XDMCP manager to connect to (implies xserver-allow-tcp=true)
# xdmcp-port = XDMCP UDP/IP port to communicate on
# xdmcp-key = Authentication key to use for XDM-AUTHENTICATION-1 (stored in keys.conf)
# unity-compositor-command = Unity compositor command to run (can also contain arguments e.g. unity-system-compositor -special-option)
# unity-compositor-timeout = Number of seconds to wait for compositor to start
# greeter-session = Session to load for greeter
# greeter-hide-users = True to hide the user list
# greeter-allow-guest = True if the greeter should show a guest login option
# greeter-show-manual-login = True if the greeter should offer a manual login option
# greeter-show-remote-login = True if the greeter should offer a remote login option
# user-session = Session to load for users
# allow-guest = True if guest login is allowed
# guest-session = Session to load for guests (overrides user-session)
# session-wrapper = Wrapper script to run session with
# greeter-wrapper = Wrapper script to run greeter with
# guest-wrapper = Wrapper script to run guest sessions with
# display-setup-script = Script to run when starting a greeter session (runs as root)
# display-stopped-script = Script to run after stopping the display server (runs as root)
# greeter-setup-script = Script to run when starting a greeter (runs as root)
# session-setup-script = Script to run when starting a user session (runs as root)
# session-cleanup-script = Script to run when quitting a user session (runs as root)
# autologin-guest = True to log in as guest by default
# autologin-user = User to log in with by default (overrides autologin-guest)
# autologin-user-timeout = Number of seconds to wait before loading default user
# autologin-session = Session to load for automatic login (overrides user-session)
# autologin-in-background = True if autologin session should not be immediately activated
# exit-on-failure = True if the daemon should exit if this seat fails
#
[SeatDefaults]
#type=xlocal
#xdg-seat=seat0
#xserver-command=X
#xserver-layout=
#xserver-config=
#xserver-allow-tcp=false
#xserver-share=true
#xserver-hostname=
#xserver-display-number=
#xdmcp-manager=
#xdmcp-port=177
#xdmcp-key=
#unity-compositor-command=unity-system-compositor
#unity-compositor-timeout=60
#greeter-session=example-gtk-gnome
#greeter-hide-users=false
#greeter-allow-guest=true
#greeter-show-manual-login=false
#greeter-show-remote-login=true
#user-session=default
#allow-guest=true
#guest-session=
#session-wrapper=lightdm-session
#greeter-wrapper=
#guest-wrapper=
#display-setup-script=
#display-stopped-script=
#greeter-setup-script=
#session-setup-script=
#session-cleanup-script=
#autologin-guest=false
#autologin-user=
#autologin-user-timeout=0
#autologin-in-background=false
#autologin-session=UNIMPLEMENTED
#exit-on-failure=false

#
# Seat configuration
#
# Each seat must start with "Seat:".
# Uses settings from [SeatDefaults], any of these can be overriden by setting them in this section.
#
#[Seat:0]

#
# XDMCP Server configuration
#
# enabled = True if XDMCP connections should be allowed
# port = UDP/IP port to listen for connections on
# key = Authentication key to use for XDM-AUTHENTICATION-1 or blank to not use authentication (stored in keys.conf)
#
# The authentication key is a 56 bit DES key specified in hex as 0xnnnnnnnnnnnnnn.  Alternatively
# it can be a word and the first 7 characters are used as the key.
#
[XDMCPServer]
#enabled=false
#port=177
#key=

#
# VNC Server configuration
#
# enabled = True if VNC connections should be allowed
# command = Command to run Xvnc server with
# port = TCP/IP port to listen for connections on
# width = Width of display to use
# height = Height of display to use
# depth = Color depth of display to use
#
[VNCServer]
#enabled=false
#command=Xvnc
#port=5900
#width=1024
#height=768
#depth=8


in your home directory use:

ls -la

list all the files, including dotfiles, to see if one is really large and taking up your drive space - .xsession-errors can get very large on a system that isn't working right. Try on /var/log and /var/tmp as well.

What is the output of

df -h

run it in a terminal so we have an idea of your partition scheme.

You can also clean up your system with

sudo apt-get autotemove

# and

sudo apt-get autoclean

good luck

I can't listen to "A Boy Named Sue" without nearly busting a gut. A long time ago, on some TV variety show (Carol Burnett, maybe), Frank Gorshin did his impersonation of Kirk Douglas singing that song. I still think of that skit whenever I hear that song; go figure.

You actually in a band, vastone?

Oh right, screenshots - same old vsido, fluxbox, conky, but with a new kernel. Somehow I managed to bork the name of the kernel, but what the hell, it's working: