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#1

Applications / Re: Several Sparky Apps sudden...

Last post by AxL - November 12, 2025, 03:14:25 PM

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desktop is Xfce, but now the situation is extrem critical. Yesterday I reinstalled another disappeared app. Today I found out that another app (I don't know the name of the app, but it is thge one like notepad) wich I really need urgently. But what is realy critical: Today the whiskermenu has disappeared ...

  I don't know what the problem you have with the menus may be.
Personally, I have checked in my XFCE installation and their menus were perfectly correct.

So, I recommend that you check out the specific XFCE forums.
Good luck !!





Cheers !!

#2

Applications / Re: Several Sparky Apps sudden...

Last post by Sparkyphone - November 11, 2025, 11:05:15 PM

Hello,
desktop is Xfce, but now the situation is extrem critical. Yesterday I reinstalled another disappeared app. Today I found out that another app (I don't know the name of the app, but it is thge one like notepad) wich I really need urgently. But what is realy critical: Today the whiskermenu has disappeared. This means, I cannot use the computer in a normal way. I work hard with my computer every day. now there is no time for any reparation works anymore. I will draw the emergency break and reiinstall the whole computer with another OS - I think I will choose debian 13. What I think, there must be a real reason for such big problems, maybe a virus or something else. I never had this in the last 25 years of computing. Sorry

#3

Applications / Re: Several Sparky Apps sudden...

Last post by AxL - November 10, 2025, 03:03:10 PM

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because several apps suddenly disappeared from the menu, and I have no idea, why this happened and if they are gone completely or only from the menu ...

 Well, it seems like the first question is obvious. Which desktop (KDE, LXQt, Mate, Xfce)
 or window manager (Openbox, Fluxbox ... etc) are you using?   





Cheers !! 

#4

Applications / Several Sparky Apps suddenly d...

Last post by Sparkyphone - November 10, 2025, 01:53:55 AM

Hello,
I'm writing this, because several apps suddenly disappeared from the menu, and I have no idea, why this happened and if they are gone completely or only from the menu:
The first one was Aptus - the Sparky installation tool, gone a few months ago, okay there is Synaptic
The second one was Atril, the pdf-Viewer, I reinstalled it with Synaptic
Today I found out, simple scan is no more there, I mean in the menu
What is that ?
As I do not know what is the exact name of these apps, I cannot try to start them from the terminal
Does anybody have an idea ?
greets,
Armin

Supplement:
Together with Aptus, the update(called "upgrade")-app disappeared also. Before the update-app was displayed sometimes two times a day, or at least every three days, now nothing happenes (or perhaps I do not see it).

[Lagrange]

#5

Suggestions / Re: Your Apps Suggestions

Last post by AxL - November 09, 2025, 01:43:44 PM

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• Lagrange - A desktop GUI client for browsing Geminispace
  
  
  
  

To whom it may concern:


Some time ago, I changed my options/preferences, about Lagrange (because it has a lot of bugs).

Right now, I use kristall and amfora (both available in the debian testing repositories, which is a real guarantee)













Cheers !!

#6

System upgrading / Jump from Sparky 6 to 8 ? [SOL...

Last post by Changala - November 08, 2025, 11:20:59 PM

Found answer to paul74, August 26, 2023

#7

System upgrading / Jump from Sparky 6 to 8 ? [SOL...

Last post by Changala - November 08, 2025, 03:34:53 PM

Is it safely possible to upgrade version directly from 6 to 8 (changing the repos from "bullseye" to "trixie", without stepping through "bookworm") ?
Thank you

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#8

Installation / Re: Password requirements just...

Last post by nevertheless - November 05, 2025, 04:37:43 PM

It is simply highly recommended,

I don't mind recommendations. It was not letting me continue with the install until I chose a password it agreed with.

That seems overbearing, doesn't it? As you said, I can change the password after install. So, why be so controlling during the install?

It sounds like you're saying it lets you do what you want. But, that wasn't my experience.

[Edit: My original post was using Sparky stable lxqt. I just tried Sparky stable xfce thinking perhaps I was confused in my first experience, or it was limited to just that edition. I got the same thing. It won't let me proceed to install until I satisfy its password requirement.

The way you spoke to me, it sounds like that's the last thing you'd expect it to do (that I was complaining about a mere suggestion about password strength). I assume this change wasn't intentional. I just wanted to report it. As I said in my first try: I've seen this once before. It was Linux Lite, and they said it was a calamares setting they weren't aware of, or got turned on by accident.

It would be more friendly if Sparky could go back to just suggesting strength like other distros using calamares. This is the only one I've run into that won't let you proceed with the install until your password is sufficiently strong. Not only does this seem antithetical to the philosophy of linux, but as Axl pointed out: I can change it later to be anything I want. Why can't I just do that during install? It doesn't make sense. It's a hoop to jump through that isn't friendly, inviting, etc. I only pointed it out because I think Sparky is a good distro, and this could be a turn off for people. It is for me.]

#9

System upgrading / after upgrade from 7.8 to 8 no...

Last post by Dietmar - November 01, 2025, 12:55:06 PM

Dear all
today I upgraded the system from 7.8 Orion Belt to 8.0 Trixie
No errors occured during upgrade. After restart, the system starts as expected, but the KDE Menustarter does not have any entry. Everything is empty.
Also new was, that I must enter my password at startprocess although I set it up in the past without it.
How can I solve this issue?
Thanks for support
Best regards
Dietmar


Soleved: Started kmenuedit with Alt + F2 and pushed "Build Standard Menu" - than Menu Entry are visible.

[Enabled:yes]

#10

System upgrading / Re: Sparky 8 to 9 - Updates .....

Last post by penguin - October 29, 2025, 11:43:02 AM

The Enabled:yes addition to allows you to set Enabled:no disabling that repository. The repository is enabled without it.

Do you see any errors in the terminal when you run sudo apt update after changing to the deb822 format (the new way)?

NOTE: If deciding to manually change to the new format, ensure to rename the old sources.list files to .bak ; using debian command sudo apt modernize-sources does this automagically (without the Enables:yes).

I use Sparky Testing for years. I do not remember, since what time. The latest Sister version (Test) was updated through old format version. When I decided to  upgrade to tiamat version, I did not noticed the changing names post (as pavroo suggested). So I have used the way, I described in my 1 post. I have created debian and sparky souce repo files manually , de activating the Synaptic sources(or inserting the # in front of each line)

I do not see any error in the terminal. The difference is that the new way repo files does not catch updates and the old one yes.

Anyway... I will continue to continue Sparky Testing using old repo way.