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The last upgrade of GNOME Flashback Metacity session went fine, but the desktop doesn’t want to start itself. Tested with Lightdm only, as it is the Sparky’s default session manager. You can fix it in few ways: Easy way: Make full system upgrade, then run APTus-> Desktop-> GNOME Flashback to reinstall all the desktop … Read moreGNOME Flashback issue
Du to issue with ‘policykit-1-gnome’ authentication agent I moved a newer version of the package from Sid to Sparky repos. Desktop environments which use the agent need to upgrade the package to the newest version and reboot to take effects. Window managers/Desktop environments available and pre-configured for Sparkers via APTus and MinimalGUI/CLI iso images … Read moreAuthentication agent issue
Today’s system upgrade breaks Sparky installation installed on the VirtualBox. There is problem with loading Lightdm/SDDM and the graphics. Solution: install ‘virtualbox-guest-utils’ before rebooting the system: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install virtualbox-guest-utils
I just moved the latest Firefox 48.0-2 to Sparky repos. Unfortunately it makes an issue with opening some web pages, such as: Facebook, Google+, etc. The error message is: NS_ERROR_NET_INADEQUATE_SECURITY and is reported already: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=833719 To fix the problem, upgrade the ‘libnss3’ package to version 3.26-1 from ‘Sid’ repos.
Reported issue: the login screen (lightdm) doesn’t start after the first boot from a hard drive, after installing Sparky. Possible reason: plymouth To temporary handle with that, edit kernel starts options via GRUB. Press ‘e’ key to edit it. Go to the end of the line started with “linux” and delete ‘quiet splash’ options. Than … Read moreLogin screen failed
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