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Problem: Conky sometimes disappears when starting a session and / or rox pinboard produces an error
Solution: Adjust startup delay in / etc/desktop-session.conf to 2 or greater.
Problem: Installer copies files as *root* to user home resulting in the inability to run / save program settings (geany / gtk).
Solution: Move skel copy strings from installer to /usr/share/desktop-session/first-run-script
Problem: Desktop menu has only an entry for adding desktop files. There should be a remove desktop files option as well.
Solution: add remove desktop item to the desktop menu.
Problem: add desktop is maybe miss-named... open for suggestions to the name change
Solution: Change name... (add/remove items?)
Problem: Standard Items in Personal menu are not editable / do not follow user selected defaults.
Solution: edit / etc/xdg/menus/TCM-MENU.menu by commenting out / removing" <AppDir>/usr/share/desktop-defaults/defaults/</AppDir>"
add"desktop-menu --menu-file='/ etc/xdg/menus/TCM-MENU.menu' --write-out --write-out-file='personal'" to /usr/share/desktop-session/first-run-script
Problem: Spacefm Automount (pmount) fails erroring that mtab/fstab contains entry already
Solution: unknown
Problem: / etc/default/grub set wrong. No quiet mode, not as nice of a theme as previous, etc... just needs refining being the first time with grub 2.
Solution: Set proper defaults and have someone make a nice theme like 4 MX... install grub-customizer to help?
Problem: System D live boot missing"quiet" boot parameter
Solution: add"quiet" to extlinux and syslinux boot strings.
Problem: Fluxbox menu -> desktop -> session settings global does not open root text editor with config.
Solution: Remove the () around (Global)
Problem: Keys files not coherent with the other window managers
Solution: Update Keys Files
Problem: JWM Keys file opening applications as root when attempting to make capital letters
Solution: Update jwm keys file
Problem: Conky sits on top of other windows when restarting / starting
Solution: add " wmctrl -F -r"Conky ($HOST)" add,below" to conky section of desktop-session
Problem: Conky missing screen resolution
Solution: add ${color}${execi 100 xdpyinfo | sed -n -r"s/^\s*dimensions:.*\s([0-9]+x[0-9]+).*/\1/p"} to conky rcs'
Problem: Items from default desktop and personal menu are duplicated in the applications menu
Solution: add filters to xdg/menus/* or add Item to NoDisplay in the various .desktop files.
Problem: fluxbox menu has duplicated entries for updating the menu. One under update menus and the other under fluxbox settings.
Solution: remove the one from fluxbox settings.
Problem: set-screen-blank errors out first run due to lack of ~/.desktop-session/desktop-session.conf
Solution: Add ~/.desktop-session/desktop-session.conf to / etc/desktop-session/file_compare
Problem: With user protect enabled, nothing gets updated with the global counterparts when updated. Meanwhile when not protected everything is updated without knowledge.
Solution: Make intermediate option where nothing is updated and a prompt is presented as to what to update when there is an update available the user logs on.
Problem: Control-Center -> edit system moniter always opens the same conky file.
Solution: make control center read desktop session and open appropriate config ( a lib entry may be needed for desktop and control center to share )
Problem: Conky persist enabled check is too frequent
Solution: bump time value from 10 to 100
Problem: Conky root FS Used value @ 99% live
Solution: Unkown
Problem: Conky font difficult to read
Solution: Change font."xftfont DejaVu Sans:bold:size=9"
Problem: rox-fluxbox missing from alternative desktops menu
Solution: Unknown
Problem: Browser is closed when switching / reloading desktop session
Solution: Unknown
Problem: sbins not in system path for user... only root
Solution: add"PATH=$PATH:/sbin:/usr/sbin" to ~/.bashrc
Problem: Installer does not work with a gpt partitioned disk
Solution: refer to updated MX installer
Problem: Homepage differs between RD and RV versions
Solution: Unknown... ASSUME copy the config between versions
Problem: All packages in antix repo are listed twice
Solution: Comment out stable repo
Problem: RD not ejecting CD's on shutdown
Solution: Unknown
Problem: Control center lacking quick access to manipulate desktop-session settings (.conf / startup / file_compare / etc....)
Solution: add item to edit such configs in session section of control center
Problem: Add Desktop under tools no longer works...
Solution: change exec portion of menu to point to add-desktop or remove in favor of duplicate item in desktop submenu
Problem: unclear what add desktop does under the desktop sub menu
Solution: change name and update program.
Problem: Gdebi not auto updating menu as it directly utilizes dpkg not apt, therefor the apt hook does not come into play
Solution: Move /usr/bin/update-menus, Symlink /usr/bin/update-menus with apt update script, and run moved update-menus in apt script.
Problem: Menu lacking entry for synaptic
Solution: add / modify .desktop file for synaptic
Problem: Ceni will not work with wireless but wicd does
Solution: Unknown ASSUME that wicd is"taking over" in the RD version (/ var/run/wpa_supplicant existing and should be remove to run ceni)
Problem: Geany remembering the previously opened files as default
Solution: Set geany config to forget previous files on startup as default
Problem: Swap not automatically turning on in live USB
Solution: Unknown
Problem: inxi reporting false window manager identification (fluxbox ok)
Solution: Unknown
Problem: Persistance not asking to change passwords... normal?
Solution: Unknown
Problem: Personal menu does not truely accomodate for a manual configuration (similar to userprotect making all updates or no updates)
Solution: Update desktop-menu script
Problem: Persists save runs twice on reboot jamming shutdown.
Solution: Unknown
Problem: Update Menus --> Update Local Menu overwrites the global menu based on going through the symlink.
Solution: Destroy the local menu update.
**** OR ****
Destroy the symlink before writing a local menu
**** OR ****
Write a local menu to a different location.
Problem: after running add/remove desktop for personal menu items the menu is not refreshed
Solution: add"desktop-menu --menu-file='/ etc/xdg/menus/TCM-MENU.menu' --write-out --write-out-file='personal'" call in add/remove desktop scripts
Problem: Grub Repair not related to grub 2
Solution: Update utility for grub to or replace with grub-customizer if the option is there. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair used to repair.
Problem: Touchpad not working
Solution: Unknown
Problem: Cli installer failing, and reporting success
Solution: Unknown
Problem: Spacefm not showing internal drives as default. As user allowable mount is not set in fstab...
Solution: Go up to the menu bar, and Devices>Settings>Show>Internal Drives (Better spacefm default config....)
Maybe live boot scripts/installer could update for internal drives as was previously done at one point?
Problem: Boot menu lacking for selecting desktop session (usb)
Solution: add or educate on alternative desktops
Problem: Boot menu resolution not"sticking" with the save option for a custom entry
Solution: Unknown
Problem: Synaptic not starting
Solution: Probably Upstream
Problem: Shutdown / restart sometimes (with persistance AFAIK) will only drop to the CLI
Solution: Unknown
Problem: Sometimes persist-save is not running due to another running instance that does not seem to exist
Solution: Unknown
Problem: HDMI utilization is a PITA
Solution: small app to set / control HDMI video / sound output
Problem: Core 32 has long boot delay with root persistance enabled
Solution: Unknown
Problem: Change mouse settings dialog does not display current settings upon startup.
Solution: Unknown
Problem: Apparent system settings locale tab locked (need verification working for me with Enable locale -> Enable locale)
Solution: Unknown, but still should rewrite...
Problem: No mode settings for persistance while making a new persist file on clean boot.
Solution: Unknown
Problem: Lacking links/ability in the control center to edit or change desktop-session related configuration
Solution: add a new tab (or incorporate into another tab) for various buttons to update session"stuff"
Example: desktop-session.conf, desktop-defaults.conf, screen-blank, menu add/remove/update.
Problem: XDG autostart set to false in desktop-session. This can be default, or set to true as default.
Solution: Perhaps a poll to determine which should be set and why / how to overcome problems related to this.
Problem: Flash player is not installed in 32 RV
Solution: install flash-plugin / update-flashplugin
Problem: Some instances are not shutting down fulling and requiring hard reset
Solution: Unknown
Problem: Shutdown text is not displayed
Solution: Unknown
Problem: Network interfaces incrementing by 1 (wlan0 wlan1 wlan2 ) for each machine live usb is run on
Solution: rm / etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
Problem: Some systems need nomodeset"set" / intel driver not loading
Solution: add as option to boot menus?
Problem/Solution:
[quote="BitJam"][quote="james c"][code]Warning! fusbh200_hcd should always be loaded before uhci_hcd and ohci_hcd, not after[/quote]
BIG PROBLEM: Lacking info to the user on how to use stuff....
Solution: write a good howto!
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