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#71
Applications / Re: Persistent live USB creati...
Last post by koepcke2 - March 17, 2023, 08:41:35 AMI have the same problem, too. Is there any solution?
#72
Installation / Re: sparkylinux-2023.03-x86_64...
Last post by pavroo - March 16, 2023, 09:29:15 PMYes, its normal, the Openbox spin has not it configured, to let you do that yourself.
Anyway, isntall 'xdg-user-dirs-gtk' package, then reboot to take effects.
Anyway, isntall 'xdg-user-dirs-gtk' package, then reboot to take effects.
#73
Installation / sparkylinux-2023.03-x86_64-min...
Last post by klein5366 - March 15, 2023, 05:53:57 PMgood day all
i just installed sparkylinux-2023.03-x86_64-minimalgui.iso on a hp dv9700 laptop, and there may be a problem.
in my user dir it only created ~/Desktop and all the dot files.
is this normal? other than that it works well i haven't found any other issues.
i just installed sparkylinux-2023.03-x86_64-minimalgui.iso on a hp dv9700 laptop, and there may be a problem.
in my user dir it only created ~/Desktop and all the dot files.
is this normal? other than that it works well i haven't found any other issues.
#74
Desktops / Re: CDE apps not displaying in...
Last post by ogis - March 15, 2023, 02:05:31 PMHello. Tray running installed apps in terminal. Also, for newly installed apps, you can try creating action in CDE.
More info here
More info here
#75
Installation / Re: how to add boo/esp to flag...
Last post by sawer - March 14, 2023, 09:10:07 PMI was trying to do too much. All needed was to click on boot in the flag edit
#76
Installation / how to add boo/esp to flag
Last post by sawer - March 14, 2023, 05:47:30 PMI've been trying to install sparky7 but having an issue with adding the proper flag. I think the flag should be boot/esp. I have mount point as /boot/efi for any insight on this.
Thanks sawer
Thanks sawer
#77
Introduction / Hey, everyone!
Last post by Genaker - March 14, 2023, 05:48:24 AMI'm Genaker. I haven't actually had that much experience with lightweight distros, I've always gone with Ubuntu or Manjaro, but Sparky has been great for the 30 minutes I've been using it.
#78
Desktops / CDE apps not displaying in App...
Last post by Genaker - March 14, 2023, 05:33:32 AMI'm trying Sparky for the first time and I installed CDE. None of the pre-installed apps or the apps I installed with APTus are displaying. I'm not sure how to fix this, nothing I've searched brings me any results that match this issue.
#79
System upgrading / Re: After updating Sparky xfce...
Last post by SparkyBookworm - March 14, 2023, 03:39:58 AMThis could be related to my issue as well.. I get:
gnome polkit is installed
gnome polkit is running, exiting...
I don't know how or when I installed gnome, I no longer have it on my system, or so I don't think I do... it could have been when I was trying out the Gnome based text editor "Gedit" because it was being used on the mobile linux phone OS platforms, but it doesn't yet do code folding.. or at least last time I tried it didn't, so I wasn't enthralled. I still have Gedit installed so I prob shouldn't uninstall my gnome polkit, not sure if it is causing my kernel errors during Sparky updates that I posted in another thread. But I've tried out so much software including ubuntu's snaps. I haven't a clue really.
gnome polkit is installed
gnome polkit is running, exiting...
I don't know how or when I installed gnome, I no longer have it on my system, or so I don't think I do... it could have been when I was trying out the Gnome based text editor "Gedit" because it was being used on the mobile linux phone OS platforms, but it doesn't yet do code folding.. or at least last time I tried it didn't, so I wasn't enthralled. I still have Gedit installed so I prob shouldn't uninstall my gnome polkit, not sure if it is causing my kernel errors during Sparky updates that I posted in another thread. But I've tried out so much software including ubuntu's snaps. I haven't a clue really.
#80
Applications / Re: GRUB PROBLEM Errors During...
Last post by SparkyBookworm - March 14, 2023, 03:12:44 AMI'm NO LONGER Stuck in the Grub rut, however, the kernel issue that increased in frequency during this issue is not yet resolved or understood by me.
I'm still getting kernel 4.9.337 errors during EVERY routine Sparky update on this XFCE Sparky Semi-rolling installation. Other than that no other serious issues.
My suspicion is that the Grub problem was due to my wifi hardware failing during routine sparky updates. However, the Kernel 4.9.337 errors that became more frequent during this wifi dropping signal problem during an update is still not understood or resolved.
I am not good at managing my kernels. This is a major reason why I ditched arch linux for something far more sane to manage such as a Debian based distribution. I know I should have chosen a stable instead of a rolling or semirolling but I like the rolling model of SparkyLinux too much and have no intent to abandon this awesome distribution due to my incompetence concerning managing my kernels. I know this is something I need to learn, but can't currently devote the time to doing so. I believe I have maybe 3 kernels currently installed on this installation... and this is likely influenced by the multiple softwares I have installed... On Arch you manage your own kernels and for new user this sucks so i appreciate that Debian distributions seem to attempt to manage this issue based on the horrible software downloading practices I have chosen to make (such as installing and uninstalling various desktop environments on the same system) . I will try to figure this out on my own but can't give any guarantee I will eventually get to doing so.
My wifi hardware still sucks bad;y, but I'm almost used to old crappy hardware designed to run on a proprietary crappy windows driver that doesn't even work on Windows, lol.
I'm still getting kernel 4.9.337 errors during EVERY routine Sparky update on this XFCE Sparky Semi-rolling installation. Other than that no other serious issues.
My suspicion is that the Grub problem was due to my wifi hardware failing during routine sparky updates. However, the Kernel 4.9.337 errors that became more frequent during this wifi dropping signal problem during an update is still not understood or resolved.
I am not good at managing my kernels. This is a major reason why I ditched arch linux for something far more sane to manage such as a Debian based distribution. I know I should have chosen a stable instead of a rolling or semirolling but I like the rolling model of SparkyLinux too much and have no intent to abandon this awesome distribution due to my incompetence concerning managing my kernels. I know this is something I need to learn, but can't currently devote the time to doing so. I believe I have maybe 3 kernels currently installed on this installation... and this is likely influenced by the multiple softwares I have installed... On Arch you manage your own kernels and for new user this sucks so i appreciate that Debian distributions seem to attempt to manage this issue based on the horrible software downloading practices I have chosen to make (such as installing and uninstalling various desktop environments on the same system) . I will try to figure this out on my own but can't give any guarantee I will eventually get to doing so.
My wifi hardware still sucks bad;y, but I'm almost used to old crappy hardware designed to run on a proprietary crappy windows driver that doesn't even work on Windows, lol.