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Re: ANNOUNCE: Easy Debian For Everyone! OpenOffice, Firefox 3, Java, AbiWord, IceWM,

I am sorry, but how do you use this the only thing that opens at all is icewm thing I have never used anything like this before so I have no idea could you please help with iceweasel and the other things

Re: ANNOUNCE: Easy Debian For Everyone! OpenOffice, Firefox 3, Java, AbiWord, IceWM,

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Originally Posted by jbb (Post 201128)

Run Debian chroot first. It opens a terminal window and runs the chroot setup. After that all the other Debian programs will open in a window in Maemo without running icewm.

Icewm is a window manager with an interface that works similar to MSWindows. The debian button works the same as the Windows Start button. Click it to get a list of installed programs to run.

Re: ANNOUNCE: Easy Debian For Everyone! OpenOffice, Firefox 3, Java, AbiWord, IceWM,

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Originally Posted by jbb (Post 201128)

Iceweasel will take a very long time to open in Maemo if you select it from the menu. You have to be patient. It doesn't have a splash screen with a progress bar like OpenOffice, and it takes at least as long to open.

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Originally Posted by possessedskier (Post 201245)

Run Debian chroot first. It opens a terminal window and runs the chroot setup. After that all the other Debian programs will open in a window in Maemo without running icewm.

Actually the Debian chroot setup runs any time you click on a Debian icon in Maemo, you shouldn't have to open the terminal window at all.

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Originally Posted by possessedskier (Post 201116)

I killed cupsd and started cupsd in chroot then ran localhost:631 in iceweasel. No printers or print jobs were listed. I tried installing the printer and it eventually asks for a user or root password. Neither root/rootme or user/rootme worked. What should I use for a username/password?

The password info is copied into Debian from Maemo. So whatever your root password is in Maemo, that should work here too. If you have never set up a root password, you really should....

Re: ANNOUNCE: Easy Debian For Everyone! OpenOffice, Firefox 3, Java, AbiWord, IceWM,

I launch ICEwm, but all I get is a Tree background with the Debian logo in the center. Is ICEwm broken?

Re: ANNOUNCE: Easy Debian For Everyone! OpenOffice, Firefox 3, Java, AbiWord, IceWM,

Don't you have a menu/taskbar in the bottom ?

Re: ANNOUNCE: Easy Debian For Everyone! OpenOffice, Firefox 3, Java, AbiWord, IceWM,

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Originally Posted by skibur (Post 201319)

I launch ICEwm, but all I get is a Tree background with the Debian logo in the center. Is ICEwm broken?

There should be a menu/task bar across the bottom, no?

If there's anything weird going on, try a reboot and see if things run better.

Re: ANNOUNCE: Easy Debian For Everyone! OpenOffice, Firefox 3, Java, AbiWord, IceWM,

I don't see the menu/taskbar at the bottom. It seems like if it can go into full screen, I might be able to view it. Right now its not in fullscreen. How do I make ICEwm into full screen? The fullscreen button doesn't seem to have an affect on it.

Re: ANNOUNCE: Easy Debian For Everyone! OpenOffice, Firefox 3, Java, AbiWord, IceWM,

You have definitively a problem because fullscreen is the only mode available for me.

Re: ANNOUNCE: Easy Debian For Everyone! OpenOffice, Firefox 3, Java, AbiWord, IceWM,

I had this problem once, not sure why, I reboot the Tablet and it has been working fine since. Not sure if this will fix yours or not but it worked for me.

Re: ANNOUNCE: Easy Debian For Everyone! OpenOffice, Firefox 3, Java, AbiWord, IceWM,

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Originally Posted by skibur (Post 201344)

Yeah, if the window isn't going fullscreen, you should definitely try a reboot. The bottom bar is there, but it is hidden because you shouldn't be seeing it in a window.

Ah, I have an idea! Do you have python2.5 and python2.5-gtk2 installed? Because I use a tiny Python script to open the window that the IceWM starts in. If you don't see the window pop open, with instructions about logging out before closing the window, you probably need the Python stuff.