[Debian] Gnome for Debian beta4
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Who says you can't get full-blown gnome onto your internet tablet! :D Firstly, i would like to thank fatalsaint and Stskeeps for helping, thank you. :) Currently their are two ways to install Gnome Option 1 is to install Gnome thrue Stskeeps installer (currently nit-env-gnome-basic is available) and Option2, thrue theas instructions. (If you want to install full blown Gnome, follow theas instructions, I am currently busy with nit-env-gnome-full and will update this post when it is complete.) Also, two screenshots are provided at the bottom of this post with the last one being my costom desktop with the marrine gtk theme engine. :D What works~ *Power management- even login/logout in gdm *wierless- in Debian beta4 *the powermenu will launch with the power button! *sound ~ (unconfermed for me) *Basicly allmost everything :D:D:D what needs work: Gnome splash screen manager ~ (Refuses to install other splash themes.) How to: Minimum requirments: *At least a 4gig memory card *Debian beta4 (for less memory consumion i'd use "nit-evn-x") *Extreme pashints (depending on your connection, this may take a verry long time (4-5 hours), i'd recomend to start this early in the morning because it may not be done until around noon.:p installation: Step1 Read the instructions on Stskeep's website and download/run the Debian installer making shure that you have all dependincys installed. Step2 If the install went well, run "chroot /mnt/nit-debian" If the install did not go well, run "chroot /mnt/nit-debian" before continuing and then run "apt-get -f install". Step3 Now it's time to install gnome :D, if you wish to get gnome with a full blown office sute and media sute (gimp, openoffice, Abiword, Xournal, ect..) With everything installed, run "apt-get -f install gnome", this will take up about 1.5 gb of memory. However, if you just want a desktop environment, just run "apt-get -f install gnome-desktop-enviornment", this will take up about 700-900 mb of memory. Step 4 Now we need to edit the /etc/gdm/gdm.conf file so we can use the desktop with the touch screen, just add theas to the file, also, the "AutomaticLogin=user" would be your user password: [daemon] # Automatic login, if true the first attached screen will automatically logged # in as user as set with AutomaticLogin key. AutomaticLoginEnable=true AutomaticLogin=user [server-Standard] name=Standard server command=/usr/X11R6/bin/X -audit 0 -mouse tslib -nozap -dpi 96 -wr -nolisten tcp flexible=true Step 5 Now to install the matchbox-keyboard so we can type in gnome, Just run "apt-get -f install matchbox-keyboard" Step6 run "exit" and "umount /mnt/nit-debian" and reboot. |
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Awesome! How fast does it run?
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It runs pritty well, infact it is just as fast as kde in maemo:D
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This is really awesome :)
Just wish I was smart enough to boot Debian. |
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Haha...congrats b-man. Only thing i suggest is you dont actually need this:
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#USERNAME=`cat /etc/tablet_user` Code:
start_daemon $DAEMON |
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Thanks!, i applyed the changes;).
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Noticed your sig.. rotation already should work.
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#!/bin/sh |
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b-man: Another thing to look at .. found this little gem:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=298835 A minimal Gnome... more lightweight and theoretically "snappier" if you just install: Code:
apt-get install gnome-core gdm gnome-media gnome-system-monitor gnome-system-tools gnome-volume-manager gnome-utils gnome-app-install synaptic iceweasel Code:
apt-get install evince file-roller gdebi alacarte totem sound-juicer http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=89491 has some suggestions on disabling startup options as well that I'll be going through. Being that Gnome ran decently (once I starting mounting my swap) as a full Desktop (slower than IceWM still though).. maybe with these enhancements you can get a Gnome desktop that moves almost as quickly as the "lightweight" XFCE-types. |
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(substitute "iceweasel" for "firefox" of course! This is Debian, not Ubuntu ;) )
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Also, since the reload.. Gnome looks nearly the same.. seems to be a few differences in the task bar area and of course a lot of the software isn't there (which was sort of the point).. but it's running great.. pretty nifty to see a "heavy" desktop run fairly well on the tablets... I kinda went overkill on my Swap though.. 600mb Swap with the 128mb internal memory. I'd say this isn't much slower than XFCE, speedwise, but definitely not as quick as IceWM. Total for my system is 1.8GB on the card... including Xchat, Pidgin, Kazehakase, mpd, gmpc, and a few other apps. Not too bad - but seems to be equivalent to the "gnome-desktop-environment".. maybe a little smaller. Edit: OK.. to install "Gnome-Desktop-Environment" over my current setup would take an additional 98 packages @ 364MB of additional space on the drive. So I guess it is a bit smaller. |
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