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[Phill Whiteside <PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hmm,

Not having the standard suite of apps does not seem right. did you install
just LXDE or lubuntu-desktop? We will be detailing the 5 (so far as we
know) options to add lubuntu to a minimal installation or in addition to an
existing flavour of the ubuntu family.

Regards,

Phill.



On 16 February 2012 13:11, UH <uhtlmk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I'm sorry, i'm so dumb. Anyway, with the today daily built (15 febr)
> the installation finally passed through :) :)
>
> I installed it on an external scsi-firewire hd (identical to the
> internal) and can now play around with it. And, if you or someone else
> has the patience to tell me how to try out and how to report, i'll try
> to do my best.
>
> Then, is there somewhere the place (here?) to express something like
> wishes? Just at a first glance, what i saw:
> - substitute the blank (black) screen with something nicer
> (Natty_Bug.png e.g. :) )
> - the Openbox configuration menu by default in Preferences (at least
> for me it didn' t appear
> - the right-click menu on the desktop comes with only 3 apps. In
> Debian wheezy + LXDE setup i have it with
>
> Applications (Xterm, pcmanfm, firefox)
> Desktop (> submenus)
> Desktop Settings
> WindowManagementSettings (obconf)
> Reload Config Files
> Exit
>
> (I know, you can build that yourself too, but at least me, as an
> average user, i'd to do a lot of bricolage to find out, where and how)
>
> Some Icons on the desktop (you can build them yourself passing through
> the wiki Lxde - if i remember correctly) but i'd find it better, if it
> would be there by default: Filesystem, Home, Trash
>
> Possibly, it would also be a good idea to insert by default lxmed
> (which is not perfect, but good and helpful; and it does not come with
> all that dependencies alacarte has).
>
> Then, booting into the Lubuntu hd, immediately i got a msg about a
> lubuntu software center crash. And this is, what the related log file
> says (only the end:
>
> --------------------------------
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
> InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 12.04 "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha powerpc
> (20120215)
> Package: lubuntu-software-center 0.0.4-0ubuntu1
> PackageArchitecture: all
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-16.25-powerpc 3.2.6
> SourcePackage: lubuntu-software-center
> Tags:  precise
> Title: lubuntu-software-center-build-db crashed with KeyError in __main__:
> 'ppc'
> Uname: Linux 3.2.0-16-powerpc ppc
> UnreportableReason:
>  Sie haben einige veraltete Paketversionen installiert. Bitte
> aktualisieren Sie die folgenen Pakete und prüfen Sie, ob das Problem
> danach noch auftritt:
>
>  gir1.2-gtk-3.0, insserv, libcomerr2, libgtk-3-0, libgtk-3-common,
> libnih-dbus1, libnih1, mountall
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
> --------------------------------
> (Translating the german sentence: "You have some outdated software
> packages installed. Please update and check, if the problem
> disappears").
>
> Oh, and then a question: Personally, i prefer blueman and wicd (which
> needs to have network-manager and network-manager-gnome to be
> uninstalled). Will that create a problem for lubuntu ppc?
>
> Ok, that's it, for the moment. I hope that was a lit better to
> understand and to deal with.
> 2012/2/16 Phill Whiteside <PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> > That sounds like a mini-iso / network install. Yes, something like that
> is
> > quite possible with lubuntu. I have forwarded this also to our head of
> > Development for him to take a look at. If you could grab as much
> information
> > as possible and add it it would assist him. Julien does not have a PPC
> Mac,
> > so he really does rely on the testers to give him information. an "it
> does
> > not work & gives lots of errors" is pretty hard to work on!.
> >
> > Following on from last nights meeting, we are going to make a start on
> the
> > mini-iso / network install section for 12.04.
> >
> > Thanks for your patience and continued testing, I know it can seem
> > frustrating at times but it is essential if we are to have a PPC release
> -
> > plus you get that warm fuzzy glow that comes with "I helped make that
> > happen" :)
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Phill.
> >
> >
> >
> > On 16 February 2012 07:26, UH <uhtlmk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> Since i'm having all kind of problems even with the latest live-cd (14
> >> febr) - gives me lots of errors already after entering the desktop
> >> (begins with `Notification daemon crashed` and then follow others . .
> >> .) and in any case the installation crashes during the process, i've a
> >> question: Is there a possibility to use the debian netinstaller (i
> >> don't know if this is the right term but you have to be connected to a
> >> router or another computer by ethernet) and then, after the boot,
> >> enter something like `install url=xxxxxx`?  I know that's the way
> >> mintppc is installed . . .
> >>
> >> TIA
> >>
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