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	rebhana	2010-06-03 , 10:06
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Originally Posted by niqbal

i have just started to download easy debian, haven't used it before. now does the image loads three programs by default, how can i go about so only open office installs? are there any workarounds for that

The Debian image contains a lot more programs than three. I guess you mean the application icons "OpenOffice", "Iceweasel Web B" and "Synaptic Pkg Mg"? If you don't like the last two shortcuts, just delete "/usr/share/applications/hildon/iceweasel.desktop" and "/usr/share/applications/hildon/synaptic.desktop".

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	anandv76	2010-06-03 , 10:22
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thanks rebhana! unfortunately, no response to my emails to the chap. havent lost hope yet

Originally Posted by rebhana

Good that it proved to be no more than a fluke apparently!

I watched the video on that post - that's amazing: a financial guy talking about Easy Debian helping him run software for his trade. He also says he would answer e-mails about how to do that, could he not be reached? I'm certainly incompetent here - I'm just a theoretical physicist and financially illiterate.

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Sash	2010-06-03 , 12:07
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I'm trying out the new Debian version in Testing but I'm still having trouble with the keyboard once I run another Maemo application.

I tried hitting the power button and then tapping outside the menu, but then it makes it worse as I'm unable to access the control panel. And then there's no way to exit LXDE other than rebooting my phone as pressing Ctrl+backspace doesn't do anything.

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	rebhana	2010-06-03 , 13:54
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Originally Posted by Sash

I'm trying out the new Debian version in Testing but I'm still having trouble with the keyboard once I run another Maemo application.

I tried hitting the power button and then tapping outside the menu, but then it makes it worse as I'm unable to access the control panel. And then there's no way to exit LXDE other than rebooting my phone as pressing Ctrl+backspace doesn't do anything.

The power button trick no longer works. Indeed, it now has the reverse effect of removing the keyboard focus and even disabling Ctrl+Backspace (which is still there usually when keyboard focus is lost after coming back from the task manager)! However, in such situations, I can still tap on the LXDE menu with the stylus and shut down LXDE regularly. I remember having once also lost the touchscreen, even with the power button menu frozen, where I had to do a hard shutdown. But that was prior to PR1.1.1 I think. So avoid the power button when in LXDE!

EDIT: Just discovered a way to get to the Task Manager when everything else fails: Open the camera lens and close the camera app again!

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	anandv76	2010-06-03 , 14:14
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i had to revert to this to be even able to kill lxde the "ugly way"...not upgrading to 0.9.50 yet, happy with ver.49 for now...

Originally Posted by rebhana

EDIT: Just discovered a way to get to the Task Manager when everything else fails: Open the camera lens and close the camera app again!

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	rebhana	2010-06-03 , 15:15
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Originally Posted by anandv76

i had to revert to this to be even able to kill lxde the "ugly way"...not upgrading to 0.9.50 yet, happy with ver.49 for now...

In fact, using the camera trick, you shouldn't have to kill LXDE the ugly way, since then you should be able to go back to LXDE with restored keyboard. Except if the stylus stopped working because of some weird cosmic ray event...

Upgrading to 0.9.50 is no sweat at all since you don't have to change anything in the image. If you have done some configuations of LXDE, you could however backup the directory /home/user/.config to be able to quickly revert any changes to that.

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MaltedVomit	2010-06-03 , 16:28
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I installed 0.9.50 this morning, at first everything was fine. i set up my panel the way i like it, shut down, then opened easy debian back up. this time the panel loads then closes in a continuous loop. this makes it unusable. is anyone else having this problem?

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	rebhana	2010-06-03 , 16:31
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Originally Posted by MaltedVomit

I installed 0.9.50 this morning, at first everything was fine. i set up my panel the way i like it, shut down, then opened easy debian back up. this time the panel loads then closes in a continuous loop. this makes it unusable. is anyone else having this problem?

Never seen such a behavior. To start all over, you won't have to reinstall the image. Just de-install Easy Debian through the application manager and re-install.

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	anandv76	2010-06-03 , 16:32
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yesterday, i couldnt get keyboard focus on lxde at all as the top panel wasnt working first and then disappeared completely...

Originally Posted by rebhana

In fact, using the camera trick, you shouldn't have to kill LXDE the ugly way, since then you should be able to go back to LXDE with restored keyboard. Except if the stylus stopped working because of some weird cosmic ray event...

Upgrading to 0.9.50 is no sweat at all since you don't have to change anything in the image. If you have done some configuations of LXDE, you could however backup the directory /home/user/.config to be able to quickly revert any changes to that.

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	qole	2010-06-03 , 16:37
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MaltedVomit:

It would be useful to me if you started LXDE from the terminal, instead of the icon. At the terminal, enter:

Code:

debbie xephwm5

I'm hoping that when the panel goes into the continuous open/close loop, that there will be some messages sent to the terminal that we can use to determine what's going on.

It looks like I get "Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/..." a few times, then "unrecognised device identifier!" twice, and then things are quiet.

Could you see if you get any more messages than that?

Also, I find closing the chroot really can fix a lot of problems. Use the "Close Debian" icon before starting again.

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