[Debian] ANNOUNCE: Easy Debian Turbo-Charged Edition! - Page 45 - maemo.org

qole | # 441 | 2008-12-23, 03:22 | Report

paule8: It seems to me that you have a damaged or corrupt '/media/mmc2/debian-final.img.ext2' file. Use the 'Close Debian' icon, delete the file, and then download it again using the installer.

Smudge: see this thread for your solution.

Last edited by qole; 2008-12-23 at 19:40.

paule8 | # 442 | 2008-12-23, 14:58 | Report

Hey Qole.
It was the image file. . . i reinstalled it and it works now .
thankssssss

niv | # 443 | 2008-12-24, 07:02 | Report

I am taking a introduction to computer science course, how can I compile and run java applets using this image?

paule8 | # 444 | 2008-12-24, 12:06 | Report

However. Qole as soon as installed one thing there was an error sign saying 'error' and that i had to manually type something in. . . so i did so . . and look , . . .

chroot set up already!
Everything set up, running chroot...
[root@Debian: /]dpkg --configure -a
Setting up mpd (0.13.2-1) ...
Starting Music Player Daemon: mpdE: shm.c: shm_open() failed: Permission denied

and now the synaptic app manager wont open

So im going to need help one more time

Paule 8

bdraws | # 445 | 2009-01-03, 00:31 | Report

Qole, thanks for this! It really expands the possibilities of the tablet. I love being able to use Midori for more graphics-intensive websites; they load much faster than in Micro b. And running GIMP on this little machine is a hoot.

This is probably a bit newb-ish for this forum, but I thought I'd share how I tweaked the theme for the apps I added to make them easier to use. Specifically I wanted to increase the size of the scrollbars in Midori to make them easier to grab, bump up the font sizes in general, and add a little eye candy.

1. If Personal Menu is installed, go to "Edit Personal Menu" and make a new command entry:

Code:

debbie lxappearance

Give it a name like "Change theme." If you don't have Personal Menu, just run

Code:

debbie lxappearance

in X-Terminal.
2. Open Personal Menu and launch the entry that you just added to open LXAppearance. There should be several theme options available in the list; more can be downloaded in Synaptic Package Manager under the "Graphics" section. Choose whichever theme/font/font size works for you.
3. Launch the LXDE environment.
4. Launch ROXTerm and type

Code:

sudo leafpad

5. Once Leafpad has launched, open ~/usr/share/themes/Your_Chosen_Theme_Folder/gtk-2.0/gtkrc for editing.
6. To widen scrollbars (both vertical and horizontal, unfortunately), edit the line

Code:

GtkRange     ::slider_width =

The default setting was 15; I bumped it up to 25.
7. Save the file.
8. Logout/close fullscreen LXDE and enjoy your new eye candy.

NOTE: to change the theme for Synaptic, run

Code:

debbie lxappearance

in the Debian chroot.

qole | # 446 | 2009-01-03, 02:53 | Report

bdraws:

Thanks very much for that tutorial!

Unfortunately, your solution did not work for me. However, your tutorial made me do some searching, and I found this post over at the Ubuntu forums that gave me a working solution.

In OS2008, or in LXDE, edit /home/user/.gtkrc-2.0.mine (using leafpad or whatever you want) to have the following:

Code:

style "wide-scrollbars"
{
	GtkRange       ::slider_width      = 25
	GtkRange       ::stepper_size      = 25
}
class "GtkRange"  style "wide-scrollbars"

This changes the scrollbars for all GTK apps in LXDE and in OS2008.

PS: Thanks to another tip elsewhere in these forums, I also have my scrollbars on the left-hand side, because I am a left-hander. This can be accomplished with the following line in the same file:

Code:

gtk-scrolled-window-placement=top-right

Last edited by qole; 2009-01-03 at 03:45. Reason: found a working solution

bdraws | # 447 | 2009-01-03, 03:53 | Report

Hey Qole, I'm glad you got it working. (I should have been more specific and said I used that technique to change the apps' appearance in OS 2008.) Your solution is more elegant.

The Ubuntu forums are a gold mine of info, aren't they? That's what put me on the right track for the gtk edit. If I can find i again, I'll link to the post.

speedmartini | # 448 | 2009-01-15, 09:35 | Report

I too will join in the accolades for qole (et al.) - Thanks! You've helped me to wipe the dust off my N800 and get back to carrying it around instead of my 14 lb notebook!
I've installed the LXDE desktop, and OpenOffice, Midori etc. work great.
I also installed MPlayer from the debian repository, and am having a problem playing xVid .mp4 videos (which are, I believe, native for the N800). I get an error (in the LXDE environment only) that says "xVid is not supported for your video card", and videos will not play. I couldn't find any references to this problem so -any ideas on how to address this? I really want to play my videos in the LXDE environment and not have to switch back and forth. Any direction will be most welcome.

Last edited by speedmartini; 2009-01-15 at 10:08.

Matan | # 449 | 2009-01-15, 10:51 | Report

Are you sure that the problem is not "Xvideo not supported for your video card"?

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qole | # 450 | 2009-01-15, 17:13 | Report

Originally Posted by speedmartini View Post

I really want to play my videos in the LXDE environment and not have to switch back and forth.

Your best bet is to use my "LXDE as Replacement Desktop" package, and use the maemo mplayer.

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