Linux Lite 8.2 RC1 Released - Click here to read



Posted by: elconguero
11-16-2014, 12:52 PM
Forum: Other
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I am writing about something I came across which worried me.  Its to do with connecting a digital camera to Linux Lite.  Once the USB cable was connected from the digital camera to Linux Lite the pictures in the camera are viewable on the monitor to look at.  What I wasn’t aware of was that the pictures are automatically erased from the digital camera in the process.  So once I finished watching the pictures I then disconnected the camera from the PC as I wanted to leave the pictures in the cameras memory.  I was shocked to find that the pictures had been erased from the camera and as I had not saved the pictures that I looked on the monitor - these were lost as well. 
I have since learned that when connecting a camera to Linux LIte you must immediately save these onto your PC - if not you have lost all those memories.  Is there a command that can be invoked to ensure that when a camera is connected that the pictures are not erased from the camera? Or that it asks if you want to transfer the pictures to the PC?



Posted by: norid
11-16-2014, 11:31 AM
Forum: Other
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Left-click on the speaker icon in the taskbar and select 'Sound Settings' should open the 'Volume Control' window, but... now it open the System Settings window...



Posted by: ChrisL
11-16-2014, 02:21 AM
Forum: Games Support
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Hi folks,

I was tryingt to run a game from: http://www.web-adventures.org/

These are old text style adventure games like Adventure (Colossal Cave), Zork, etc. so I figure they were a sure thing.  When on Firefox though I got a message when trying to start any of them:

Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Please contact the server administrator, [email protected] and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log.
Apache/2.2.22 (Debian) Server at www.web-adventures.org Port 80


Huh ... then I tried on Chrome and it ran fine.  Is there something I need to add to my system or Firefox to run this (on Firefox)?  Also, I am uncertain where/how to view the server error log mentioned in the error message.

Thanks,
                  Chris



Posted by: valtam
11-16-2014, 01:45 AM
Forum: Suggestions and Feedback
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What do you think? Cleaner, lighter. Text has indentation effect.

[img height=451 width=800]http://i.imgur.com/x4vAUpq.png[/img]



Posted by: mdavies5
11-16-2014, 01:23 AM
Forum: Suggestions and Feedback
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The Notification area contains a very basic battery and Network item and an invisible volume control. This problem is solved by deleting it from the panel and adding the "Indicator Plugin". This provides a volume control with access to Sound settings and a network applet which includes wireless connections.



Posted by: mdavies5
11-16-2014, 01:10 AM
Forum: Suggestions and Feedback
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When starting xfburn the message "Failed to initialise Gstreamer encoder. Falling back to basic implementation" appears then it starts ok. I have tried installing Gstreamer components from Synaptic but it does not solve the problem. I have used xfburn on other distros with xfce desktop with no problems.



Posted by: mdavies5
11-16-2014, 01:00 AM
Forum: Suggestions and Feedback
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I normally use Conky with the option "own_window_type desktop". This works fine and appears on all workspaces but disappears immediately I click on the desktop. If I comment out this option and default to the conky window then it will not disappear but it must be loaded on each workspace individually.
I suspect this is not a Lite issue but a feature of xfce as it works fine in other distros using Gnome or Cinnamon desktops.



Posted by: mdavies5
11-16-2014, 12:50 AM
Forum: Suggestions and Feedback
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At end of install I was displaying details of files and saw message in terminal "Source ID44234 was not found when attempting to remove glib.source_removal.rows_changed...". Then a message box "Error. You may have to re-install software".
Then the system locked up with no message to remove installation device so I did a manual reset and the new install booted ok.



Posted by: mdavies5
11-16-2014, 12:43 AM
Forum: Suggestions and Feedback
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1. Set Calculator Hotkey to Galculator. I know it can be setup but setting it as default would be nice.
2. Make login screen lighter to fit in with default theme. Currently the black screen is not very welcoming.
3. Make default installation similar to Live ISO. My live ISO had panel at the bottom, welcome screen, wallpaper and attractive fonts. The full install had the panel at the top, no welcome screen, no wallpaper and spidery fonts. Booting the live ISO was impressive but I felt very disappointed when booting into the full install for the first time.



Posted by: mdavies5
11-16-2014, 12:23 AM
Forum: Suggestions and Feedback
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I love to test and review new Distro Releases and compare them to my default Mint LMDE. I was really happy with Lite because it was not a bloated download. You made a good choice of essential apps while leaving users to install their own preferences. The simple thing that impressed me initially was the light theme. Most new distros seem obsessed with black themes and grey fonts and some don't even give you a light choice. I appreciate this is a beta version so will try and help by posting any problems I found. I won't issue a list but post each problem individually as I'm sure this will be easier for you to keep track.
Congratulations to all involved Smile