Well, it took 3 tries but I finally got smxi script to work. In the previous two tries I guess I was not installing the appropriate graphics driver. This time I chose option 1 which is vanilla x.org (as I understand it). I also hit default (or no change) to etc changes. I'm not sure what I was supposed to do for that.

However, I still have a basic question. If I now dowload (using synaptic) Open office, R (stats software), bibus (bibliographic software I need), my db files for bibus, etc... will all those applications be wiped out next time I run smxi, especially if I don't dowload sid packages? or next time there is a version (like a final __{{emoticon}}__ upgrade?

Thanks Anti for your help!

Pedro

Well, I hate to continue with my ultra-newbie questions, but now Synaptic does not appear to work.
Is this because smxi is now the upgrade mechanism? So I have to update sources.list and do apt-get for whatever application I want to install?
Thanks.

plvera wrote:Well, I hate to continue with my ultra-newbie questions, but now Synaptic does not appear to work.
Is this because smxi is now the upgrade mechanism? So I have to update sources.list and do apt-get for whatever application I want to install?
Thanks.

Smxi should not have affected synaptic at all. check the sources.list to make sure everything is ok. You can still use synaptic to install packages but I would stick with smxi for dist-upgrades and graphics.

Did you get any errors from synaptic?

when I click on synaptic in control center a window pops up warning me"Granted permission without warning".

I close that window and nothing else happens.

thanks.

Try calling it from a run command"gksu synaptic". The permission thing is just a check box in gksu from the first time it was opened after boot.

Thanks Eerie! That fixed it.

Eerie:
Here's the contents of my control center bash

# File Name: controlcenter.sh
# Purpose: all-in-one control centre for antiX
# Authors: OU812 and minor modifications by anticapitalista
# Latest Change: 20 August 2008
# Acknowledgements: Original script by KDulcimer of TinyMe.
========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"http://tinyme.mypclinuxos.com"
linktext was:"http://tinyme.mypclinuxos.com"
====================================
" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false
#################################################################################################################################################

#!/bin/sh

export ControlCenter='
<window title="antiX Control Center" icon="gnome-control-center" window-position="1">
<vbox>
<notebook labels="Desktop|System|Network|Hardware">
<vbox>
<frame>
<hbox>
<vbox>
<hbox>
<button>
<input file>"/usr/share/icons/gTangish-2.0a1/32x32/apps/background.png"</input>
<action>nitrogen --sort=alpha --no-recurse ~/Wallpaper/ &</action>
</button>
<text use-markup="true" width-chars="25">
<label>"Choose Wallpaper"</label>
</text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
<button>
<input file>"/usr/share/icons/gTangish-2.0a1/32x32/apps/wmtweaks.png"</input>
<action>geany ~/.fluxbox/menu ~/.fluxbox/keys ~/.fluxbox/init ~/.fluxbox/startup ~/.fluxbox/apps &</action>
</button>
<text use-markup="true" width-chars="25">
<label>"Edit Fluxbox Settings"</label>
</text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
<button>
<input file>"/usr/share/icons/gTangish-2.0a1/32x32/apps/gnome-monitor.png"</input>
<action>leafpad ~/.conkyrc &</action>
</button>
<text use-markup="true" width-chars="25">
<label>"Edit Conky"</label>
</text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
<button>
<input file>"/usr/share/icons/gTangish-2.0a1/32x32/apps/display-capplet.png"</input>
<action>gksu /usr/local/bin/abscreen/AppRun &</action>
</button>
<text use-markup="true" width-chars="25">
<label>"Set Screen Resolution"</label>
</text>
</hbox>
</vbox>

<vbox>
<hbox>
<button>
<input file>"/usr/share/icons/gTangish-2.0a1/32x32/apps/preferences-desktop-theme.png"</input>
<action>lxappearance &</action>
</button>
<text use-markup="true" width-chars="25">
<label>"Change Gtk2 and Icon Themes"</label>
</text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
<button>
<input file>"/usr/share/icons/gTangish-2.0a1/32x32/apps/wmtweaks.png"</input>
<action>geany ~/.icewm/menu ~/.icewm/preferences ~/.icewm/keys ~/.icewm/startup ~/.icewm/toolbar ~/.icewm/winoptions &</action>
</button>
<text use-markup="true" width-chars="25">
<label>"Edit IceWM Settings"</label>
</text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
<button>
<input file>"/usr/share/icons/gTangish-2.0a1/32x32/apps/preferences-desktop-keyboard.png"</input>
<action>keyconfig.sh &</action>
</button>
<text use-markup="true" width-chars="25">
<label>"Change Keyboard Layout"</label>
</text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
<button>
<input file>"/usr/share/icons/gTangish-2.0a1/32x32/devices/mouse.png"</input>
<action>mouseconfig.sh &</action>
</button>
<text use-markup="true" width-chars="25">
<label>"Configure Mouse"</label>
</text>
</hbox>
</vbox>
</hbox>
</frame>
</vbox>

<vbox>
<frame>
<hbox>
<vbox>
<hbox>
<button>
<input file>"/usr/share/icons/gTangish-2.0a1/32x32/apps/system-installer.png"</input>
<action>gksu synaptic &</action>
</button>
<text use-markup="true" width-chars="25">
<label>"Manage Packages"</label>
</text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
<button>
<input file>"/usr/share/icons/gTangish-2.0a1/32x32/categories/preferences-system.png"</input>
<action>gksu msystem &</action>
</button>
<text use-markup="true" width-chars="25">
<label>"Configure System"</label>
</text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
<button>
<input file>"/usr/share/icons/gTangish-2.0a1/32x32/categories/gnome-applications.png"</input>
<action>gksu"geany /etc/fstab /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/slim.conf /boot/grub/menu.lst /etc/apt/sources.list" &</action>
</button>
<text use-markup="true" width-chars="25">
<label>"Edit Config Files"</label>
</text>
</hbox>
</vbox>

<vbox>
<hbox>
<button>
<input file>"/usr/share/icons/gTangish-2.0a1/32x32/apps/config-users.png"</input>
<action>gksu muser &</action>
</button>
<text use-markup="true" width-chars="25">
<label>"Manage Users"</label>
</text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
<button>
<input file>"/usr/share/icons/gTangish-2.0a1/32x32/apps/services.png"</input>
<action>urxvt -tr +sb -fg white -T"sysvconfig" -e su -c sysvconfig &</action>
</button>
<text use-markup="true" width-chars="25">
<label>"Choose Startup Services"</label>
</text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
<button>
<input file>"/usr/share/icons/gTangish-2.0a1/32x32/apps/gdm.png"</input>
<action>ln -s $HOME/Wallpaper/ Background &</action>
<action>gksu slimbackground.sh</action>
</button>
<text use-markup="true" width-chars="25">
<label>"Change Slim Background"</label>
</text>
</hbox>
</vbox>
</hbox>
</frame>
</vbox>

<vbox>
<frame>
<hbox>
<vbox>
<hbox>
<button>
<input file>"/usr/share/icons/gTangish-2.0a1/32x32/devices/network-wired.png"</input>
<action>gnome-ppp &</action>
</button>
<text use-markup="true" width-chars="25">
<label>"Dial-Up"</label>
</text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
<button>
<input file>"/usr/share/icons/gTangish-2.0a1/32x32/devices/network-wired.png"</input>
<action>urxvt -tr +sb -fg white -T"dsl/adsl" -e su -c pppoeconf &</action>
</button>
<text use-markup="true" width-chars="25">
<label>"pppoeconf Connection"</label>
</text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
<button>
<input file>"/usr/share/pixmaps/wicd_32x32.png"</input>
<action>wicd-client -n &</action>
</button>
<text use-markup="true" width-chars="25">
<label>"Wireless - Wicd"</label>
</text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
<button>
<input file>"/usr/share/icons/gTangish-2.0a1/32x32/status/connect_creating.png"</input>
<action>gksu mnetwork &</action>
</button>
<text use-markup="true" width-chars="25">
<label>"MEPIS Network Tool"</label>
</text>
</hbox>
</vbox>

<vbox>
<hbox>
<button>
<input file>"/usr/share/icons/gTangish-2.0a1/32x32/categories/applications-internet.png"</input>
<action>urxvt -tr +sb -fg white -T"pppconfig" -e su -c"pppconfig" &</action>
</button>
<text use-markup="true" width-chars="25">
<label>"pppconfig Dial-Up"</label>
</text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
<button>
<input file>"/usr/share/icons/gTangish-2.0a1/32x32/devices/network-wireless.png"</input>
<action>urxvt -tr +sb -fg sienna2 -T"Ceni" -e ceniwrapper &</action>
</button>
<text use-markup="true" width-chars="25">
<label>"Ceni Network Connection"</label>
</text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
<button>
<input file>"/usr/share/icons/gTangish-2.0a1/32x32/apps/xfce4-taskbar.png"</input>
<action>wicdtrayicon.sh &</action>
</button>
<text use-markup="true" width-chars="25">
<label>"Enable Wicd Tray Icon"</label>
</text>
</hbox>
</vbox>
</hbox>
</frame>
</vbox>

<vbox>
<frame>
<hbox>
<vbox>
<hbox>
<button>
<input file>"/usr/share/icons/gTangish-2.0a1/32x32/apps/gnome-settings-sound.png"</input>
<action>urxvt -tr +sb -fg white -T"alsaconf" -e su -c alsaconf &</action>
</button>
<text use-markup="true" width-chars="25">
<label>"Configure Sound System"</label>
</text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
<button>
<input file>"/usr/share/icons/gTangish-2.0a1/32x32/actions/stock_print-setup.png"</input>
<action>gnome-cups-manager &</action>
</button>
<text use-markup="true" width-chars="25">
<label>"Setup a Printer"</label>
</text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
<button>
<input file>"/usr/share/icons/gTangish-2.0a1/32x32/actions/document-save.png"</input>
<action>urxvt -tr +sb -fg white -T"partimage" -e su -c parted &</action>
</button>
<text use-markup="true" width-chars="25">
<label>"Image a Partition"</label>
</text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
<button>
<input file>"/usr/share/icons/gTangish-2.0a1/32x32/devices/drive-harddisk.png"</input>
<action>gksu gparted &</action>
</button>
<text use-markup="true" width-chars="25">
<label>"Partition Drive"</label>
</text>
</hbox>
</vbox>

<vbox>
<hbox>
<button>
<input file>"/usr/share/icons/gTangish-2.0a1/32x32/apps/gnome-window-manager.png"</input>
<action>gksu mxconfig &</action>
</button>
<text use-markup="true" width-chars="25">
<label>"Configure X Server"</label>
</text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
<button>
<input file>"/usr/share/icons/gTangish-2.0a1/32x32/apps/config-date.png"</input>
<action>urxvt -tr +sb -fg white -T"Clock Time" -e su -c"dpkg-reconfigure tzdata" &</action>
</button>
<text use-markup="true" width-chars="25">
<label>"Set Date and Time"</label>
</text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
<button>
<input file>"/usr/share/icons/gTangish-2.0a1/32x32/devices/drive-removable-media.png"</input>
<action>urxvt -tr +sb -fg white -T"Mountpy" -e su -c mountpy &</action>
</button>
<text use-markup="true" width-chars="25">
<label>"Mount a Connected Device"</label>
</text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
<button>
<input file>"/usr/share/icons/gTangish-2.0a1/32x32/apps/system-software-update.png"</input>
<action>grsync &</action>
</button>
<text use-markup="true" width-chars="25">
<label>"Synchronize Directories"</label>
</text>
</hbox>
</vbox>
</hbox>
</frame>
</vbox>
</notebook>

<hbox>
<button>
<label>"Close"</label>
<input file>"/usr/share/icons/gTangish-2.0a1/32x32/actions/exit.png"</input>
<action>EXIT:close</action>
</button>
</hbox>
</vbox>
</window>
'

gtkdialog --program=ControlCenter
unset ControlCenter


Thanks.
Pedro

Looks ok. It works fine otherwise?

Seems to work for other things. though I havent tested everything.
Thanks.

Perhaps try reinstalling synaptic from the cli?

john

Have you tried after a reboot?

To reinstall synaptic best to do this as root in a terminal

#apt-get remove --purge synaptic
#apt-get install synaptic

Hi Anti:

First, I realized that this thread was started in the wrong board. I've installed antix 8 (test). I apologize for that. Not sure it makes much difference but it could confuse others. Perhaps you can move the thread if you think it should be done.

Second, reboot does not fix the problem and I noticed that none of the options under System in control center work. I'm not sure if this due to smxi or a bug in antiX.
Thanks.
Pedro

Have you installed any kde apps?

If so, try kdesu synaptic in a terminal

Haven't installed any kde. gksu synaptic works, but I think the problem is more than synaptic since the other options under System in control center do not work (like Manage users).
Thanks.
Pedro

Try
apt-get remove --purge gksu
apt-get install gksu

(Check that removing gksu doesn't rip out a load of apps, and re-install sbackup if it is removed)