Another couple changes I found, the first being the notification bar. With 12.2 and 12.1, you tap the bottom right corner for the notification bar to appear. Now, you hold your cursor against the bottom of the screen until it comes up which is very nice since I remember accidentally bringing it up when I don't want it. The notification bar also shows up when you tap the top left or hit activities.
The other change is that the workspace preview bar is mostly hidden to the side except for a little bit, so when you move your cursor over there, it slides out showing you the entirety of it. Quite nice, since there's not much of a point to show you something you're probably not looking at.
I forgot I had FGLRX installed for both Mei-chan and Melty, so when I went to append to fstab and something else on Mei-chan, I was greeted with a broken wallpaper and broken GNOME 3 interface. Everything still worked fine, just looked bad. Looked for updates that weren't there, and tweaking then rebooting with no avail. Looked it up online and read on one of them that they didn't have a problem any more after installing FGLRX. (I was quite determined it was a GNOME 3 problem since none of it was broken when I logged in as root.) Installed it and then the background was fine, but I was in mirrored mode. Tried getting it set back up right, and couldn't... Then I remembered about catalyst. Did a bit of configuring/rebooting until I got it set up right, but the bar was on the wrong screen, and I was hoping that I wasn't gonna have to reboot again... I was about to use catalyst to turn the wrong monitor off temporarily, and then I thought to give the regular display option a go first, which was very successful.
After that, I went to backup whatever from Melty before installing and looked to see if I had FGLRX installed, so I would know ahead of time if I needed to install it or not (and I did). Hardly had any problems, minus making simple mistakes since I was still a bit sleepy. It went by decently quick (about 2.5 hours) for preparing, installing, updating, and configuring compared to a fresh installation of windows which took me all day or longer from what I remember... *rolls eyes*
Now I just need to update Lie-chan, though I hardly touch her at all :x
13 May 2013
10 May 2013
Updates, ugh... Part 2
Well, I thought it was the theme that broke it, so I moved it to where it was supposed to be, but it didn't do anything, so I deleted it, which didn't do anything either. I looked at the log file and couldn't really figure out what was going on, so I'm going to have Mei-chan be the first official installation of 12.3. Hopefully it all goes well.
Updates, ugh... Part 1
Well, I did an update for Mei-chan a couple days ago and X broke... so badly in fact, that I couldn't even get to the login screen to change GUI. I thought it was the same problem I had with Melty a while ago, but after installing
Unfortunately, I can't remember the name of the theme I borrowed to make my custom one, and the fact that I didn't post it also bothers me... I think I got it from DeviantArt, so I'll look there when I have the time.
If I can figure out how to switch themes, X might work again... Perhaps deleting the theme itself might help (or it might break it even more XD)
Luckily, it's only Mei-chan that's affected right now, so it's not a huge deal, just annoying.
I think that's all for now.
unico and mist, it wasn't fixed. I saw "gtk-fallback.css" a number of times in the error log, so I'm thinking it might be my custom theme?
Unfortunately, I can't remember the name of the theme I borrowed to make my custom one, and the fact that I didn't post it also bothers me... I think I got it from DeviantArt, so I'll look there when I have the time.
If I can figure out how to switch themes, X might work again... Perhaps deleting the theme itself might help (or it might break it even more XD)
Luckily, it's only Mei-chan that's affected right now, so it's not a huge deal, just annoying.
I think that's all for now.
27 March 2013
openSUSE 12.3 Part 2
I'm too lazy to edit, but I forgot to add that LTS is no longer in effect... ALL openSUSE versions have the same lifespan of 2 versions + 2 months. I suppose it makes it easier on the development team (or whoever) to only have 3 (if I'm doing my maths right) versions out instead of 4, the fourth of which would be getting old kinda quick.
openSUSE 12.3 Part 1
I finally got around to installing it on the test partition on Triela. I like a lot of the changes, but for some reason, I can't get access the internet... not even ifup is working to get me online :/
Instead of there being two tabs under activities for windows and applications, they moved the additional programs in the favourites bar at the bottom. This accomplishes two things, (1) it gets rid of the trash can to remove as favourites, and (2) it removes the lag when loading the list of applications after the first time (I guess this was fixed for 12.2 as well, I just never noticed; 12.3's version is a bit cleaner IMO).
The lock screen is different, you have to drag the time up before you can type your password in, I'm assuming this is for tablet/touchscreen users.
The "advanced settings" tool is renamed as "tweak tool" and features more options. there's more options in the trackpad/mouse section as well, including a switch to turn the trackpad on/off.
That's about all for now, I'll have to test it with Melty later in live mode and see if I can use the internet. If not, I might have to wait :/
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I tested the live version on Melty and the ethernet worked just fine :D
Looks like my old GTK 2.x window bar theme doesn't work in 12.3... I guess the compatibility for anything pre-GTK 3.x is dropped, so I gotta poke around for something that might work better... or maybe find a way around it XD (perhaps the latter)
Everything else seemed fine, so I think I can install it on at least Melty for now (I'd have to do the Wifi-testing with Mei-chan to see if it's something with the laptop's hardware, or if 12.3 is just being weird. I'm going to tinker with the theme first before installing on Melty... Not to mention, I need to stuff Rhythmbox's preferences before I lose it (there's also the need to Firefox sync afterwards too :/)
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I download the full install DVD and the ethernet and wireless worked on the laptop after reboot; must have been some sort of glitch or something I dunno. I tried some GTK 3.x themes and none of the window bars worked, so something's not working right; the default one, Adawatta or something like that, looks fine, but is just larger than i like my window bars (I like it at about 24px). I'm just gonna have to deal with it I think.
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I found a nice theme I like (called Mire for future reference), and while searching for themes, I learned that I'm supposed to put them in /usr/share/themes and not ~/.themes like back in the day with GTK2. I tried this out on the Dell (which is my test-bed now), and the window bar came up for my custom theme! Even though it works now, I like the theme I found better, even though the window bar is the same size as the default one. I could use my custom one, but it doesn't look as good (not to mention the highlight colours don't match either).
Instead of there being two tabs under activities for windows and applications, they moved the additional programs in the favourites bar at the bottom. This accomplishes two things, (1) it gets rid of the trash can to remove as favourites, and (2) it removes the lag when loading the list of applications after the first time (I guess this was fixed for 12.2 as well, I just never noticed; 12.3's version is a bit cleaner IMO).
The lock screen is different, you have to drag the time up before you can type your password in, I'm assuming this is for tablet/touchscreen users.
The "advanced settings" tool is renamed as "tweak tool" and features more options. there's more options in the trackpad/mouse section as well, including a switch to turn the trackpad on/off.
That's about all for now, I'll have to test it with Melty later in live mode and see if I can use the internet. If not, I might have to wait :/
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I tested the live version on Melty and the ethernet worked just fine :D
Looks like my old GTK 2.x window bar theme doesn't work in 12.3... I guess the compatibility for anything pre-GTK 3.x is dropped, so I gotta poke around for something that might work better... or maybe find a way around it XD (perhaps the latter)
Everything else seemed fine, so I think I can install it on at least Melty for now (I'd have to do the Wifi-testing with Mei-chan to see if it's something with the laptop's hardware, or if 12.3 is just being weird. I'm going to tinker with the theme first before installing on Melty... Not to mention, I need to stuff Rhythmbox's preferences before I lose it (there's also the need to Firefox sync afterwards too :/)
(edit)
I download the full install DVD and the ethernet and wireless worked on the laptop after reboot; must have been some sort of glitch or something I dunno. I tried some GTK 3.x themes and none of the window bars worked, so something's not working right; the default one, Adawatta or something like that, looks fine, but is just larger than i like my window bars (I like it at about 24px). I'm just gonna have to deal with it I think.
(edit)
I found a nice theme I like (called Mire for future reference), and while searching for themes, I learned that I'm supposed to put them in /usr/share/themes and not ~/.themes like back in the day with GTK2. I tried this out on the Dell (which is my test-bed now), and the window bar came up for my custom theme! Even though it works now, I like the theme I found better, even though the window bar is the same size as the default one. I could use my custom one, but it doesn't look as good (not to mention the highlight colours don't match either).
20 February 2013
Upgrades (Round 2) Part 2
I upgraded the sound card for Melty, since I thought that's what was causing an audible choppiness every now and then... and turns out it's Sound Blaster's surround engine just failing for that particular case...
Anyway, the new sound card isn't compatible in openSUSE, so I made a switch box to switch between the sound card and the onboard audio.
I might have returned the card had I known it was the surround engine at fault... Though there's a fun piece to the sound card where it can modify your voice to sound much different, which works pretty well, and in most cases is quite uncanny.
Anyway, the new sound card isn't compatible in openSUSE, so I made a switch box to switch between the sound card and the onboard audio.
I might have returned the card had I known it was the surround engine at fault... Though there's a fun piece to the sound card where it can modify your voice to sound much different, which works pretty well, and in most cases is quite uncanny.
Network Attached Storage 1
I got my NAS a couple weeks ago, and it's nice having it, now that have a redundant copy of my files in a centralized location.
It was a roller-coaster learning it though... After the initial setup, I did the quick setup which I couldn't figure out how to set up RAID1 and it ended up setting it up with the "Synology Hybrid RAID" whatever that is. After that I figured it out and deleted the hybrid RAID and set up RAID 1 like I wanted. It had to do some sort of disk/parity check even though it was RAID1... took a few hours to complete, but luckily, I was setting it up before work, so I just let it do it's thing while I went to work.
I attempted to fiddle with the settings to try to make it accessible over the internet, but to no luck. I'm not horribly concerned about it, since I mainly want to access it via LAN.
I had also set up the blocking feature, where I thought would just block IPs with bad logins.... but it turns out that it also blocks a login with a different IP/OS combo... In other words, the first instance I was making users for each of the computers (since you can't log "user a" on multiple computers at the same time), from Mei-chan. After making the first one, I got booted out and couldn't log back in as the admin... So I had to boot Melty back on to get into it and make a secondary admin account and unblock Mei-chan. Second time it happened, I was in openSUSE with Melty, and was trying to access the files and it locked me out, both admin accounts. Rebooting to windows didn't help, so I had to boot up Mei-chan and clear out the block and turn the feature off. If it had worked like I wanted, it would've been nice, but it was more of a hassle than it was worth. (By the way, I had it set to 1 login attempt within a 10 hour period with a 1 day lockout)
The on/off schedule is nice as well, I set it to be off while I'm at work, since there's no point for me to have it on when I'm not accessing it.
It was a roller-coaster learning it though... After the initial setup, I did the quick setup which I couldn't figure out how to set up RAID1 and it ended up setting it up with the "Synology Hybrid RAID" whatever that is. After that I figured it out and deleted the hybrid RAID and set up RAID 1 like I wanted. It had to do some sort of disk/parity check even though it was RAID1... took a few hours to complete, but luckily, I was setting it up before work, so I just let it do it's thing while I went to work.
I attempted to fiddle with the settings to try to make it accessible over the internet, but to no luck. I'm not horribly concerned about it, since I mainly want to access it via LAN.
I had also set up the blocking feature, where I thought would just block IPs with bad logins.... but it turns out that it also blocks a login with a different IP/OS combo... In other words, the first instance I was making users for each of the computers (since you can't log "user a" on multiple computers at the same time), from Mei-chan. After making the first one, I got booted out and couldn't log back in as the admin... So I had to boot Melty back on to get into it and make a secondary admin account and unblock Mei-chan. Second time it happened, I was in openSUSE with Melty, and was trying to access the files and it locked me out, both admin accounts. Rebooting to windows didn't help, so I had to boot up Mei-chan and clear out the block and turn the feature off. If it had worked like I wanted, it would've been nice, but it was more of a hassle than it was worth. (By the way, I had it set to 1 login attempt within a 10 hour period with a 1 day lockout)
The on/off schedule is nice as well, I set it to be off while I'm at work, since there's no point for me to have it on when I'm not accessing it.
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