Linux Mint Debian Edition

Linux Mint Debian (LMDE)

Release Announcement

(these are copied from that site)

   * All Mint 10 features
   * 64-bit support
   * Performance boost (using cgroup, the notorious “4 lines of code better than 200″ in user-space)
   * Installer improvements (multiple HDDs, grub install on partitions, swap allocation, btrfs support)
   * Better fonts (Using Ubuntu’s libcairo, fontconfig and Ubuntu Font Family) and language support (ttf-wqy-microhei, ttf-sazanami-mincho, ttf-sazanami-gothic installed by default)
   * Better connectivity and hardware support (pppoe, pppoeconf, gnome-ppp, pppconfig, libgl1-mesa-dri, libgl1-mesa-glx, libgl1-mesa-dev, mesa-utils installed by default)
   * Better sound support (addressing conflicts between Pulse Audio and Flash)
   * Updated software and packages

[http://mint.ez.by/linuxmint.com/debian/ Direct download link]

NOTES

• LMDE uses rolling updates; so once installed it becomes current version each time it is updated.

Use linuxmint-debian-201101-gnome-dvd-i386.iso older versions (including torrents) were bad

• Make USB Installer Stick

We actually made the ISO compatible with unetbootin so you may have more luck there.
http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/

https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/+bug/636625

Notes for Installation on VirtualBox 4.0

Use gparted on Live DVD to format the 8-10 GB Virtualbox HD

/boot ext4 500 /7000 ext4 swap=balance

Install to HD

edit partitions to format as ext4 and as /boot; /; and swap

Finish installation and reboot

• Note this same procedure works to install to a 8GB USB

2GB Live USB

A Fast (ADVANCED) Method

Great for Netbooks without a CD/DVD drive

1. Boot Netbook from this non-persistent Live USB to test linuxmint-debian-201101-gnome
2. Use it to Install to HD

• tested from DL; boots fine (satellit 01/04/2011)

Download: linuxmint-debian-201101-gnome-dvd-i386.img

How to write to USB;

Download to desktop

Use "mount command to see USB address: ie: /dev/sdb; /dev/sdc; /dev/sdd....etc

Or use gparted to see USB address

dd command is VERY DANGEROUS; if you use wrong address you will distroy your Hard Drive with no warning.

In root terminal #:

cd Desktop
dd if=linuxmint-debian-201101-gnome-dvd-i386.img of=/dev/sd(x)

How to Make a 2GB Installer USB

Use the 32 bit version to make a 32 bit USB and 64 bit to make 64 bit USB

• From Virtualbox4.0 Appliance (either 32 or 64 version)

1-)Start Virtual Appliance

2-):Download linuxmint-debianxxx.iso to desktop http://mint.ez.by/linuxmint.com/debian/

Use i386 version with intel PC and AMD 64 Version on AMD PC

3-)in root terminal:

su
password:_____
#
aptitude install unetbootin
(Install occurs)

4-)Right click on Desktop>create launcher/application/name:unetbooin/Command: unetbootin/OK

Click on unetbootin icon to start application:

unetbootin/password

[x]Diskimage/[...]/file system/home/(user)/Desktop/xxxx.iso

5-) Insert 2GB USB -(it will show in Type "USB Dive" "Drive": drop down window) <OK>

6-)"Installation Complete Reboot <exit>

7-) Shutdown VirtualBox Appliance

• Use USB to boot PC and choose Install

AMD 64 USB will ONLY Boot on AMD 64 PC

i386 USB Boots all of the rest.

Add Sugar 0.88.1

• Note errors "no xpcom server"

sugar does not work on i386 version

However if build is done with the 64 bit version on an AMD64 PC; you can export it; import it and run it on a MacBook Air

(DVD will not start on the MacBook Air with VirtualBox 4.0.1)

Import does not run on Acer Aspire One

https://wiki.debian.org/Sugar

(these are copies from that site)

in root terminal:

Use one of the following on Squeeze/Sid to install officially available parts of either Sugar branch:

(these are copied from that site)

aptitude install sucrose-0.84
aptitude install sucrose-0.86
aptitude install sucrose-0.88

Downloads

32 bit

[http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=1614 LMDE 201101 32-bit re-spin] Read First

http://www.linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=66

Use this link :linuxmint-debian-201101-gnome-dvd-i386.iso

Do Updates after install (177 updates on 01/10/2011) satellit

• Note errors "no xpcom server"

sugar does not work on 32 bit

after 177 updates get same errors:

Xephyr on :30.0 starts on click to change color but no arrows <- or -> to go back or proceed to desktop

The installer is running now. Let's see what the fun will be after the reboot.

64 bit AMD

http://www.linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=75

http://blog.linuxmint.com/torrent/linuxmint-debian-201012-gnome-dvd-amd64.iso.torrent

Browse does not start

64 bit loads sugar correctly

Bugs

• Screensaver will not turn off in 64bit LMDE install

In terminal

sudo su
password____
xset -dpms
xset s off
exit
restart

https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/+bug/696564

32 bit linuxmint-debian sugar-desktop fails with "aptitude install sucrose-0.88"

http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=62471&p=358943#p358943

Re: Black screen in lmde on nvidia cards , how to fix.

Postby ahulsbos on Sun Dec 26, 2010 8:25 am I ran into the same problem with my Compaq nc 8000 laptop, which sports an ATI Mobility Radeon 9600. Just adding "nomodeset" before the "--" in the boot line didn't help. However, in compatibility mode the "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" file yielded a clue:

(EE) VESA: Kernel modesetting driver in use, refusing to load

It turned out the "radeon" driver was being loaded as well as the "vesa" one (you could see it happening as the font of the terminal changed). So this enabled me to start the installation process: edit the compatibility mode boot line to add both "nomodeset" and "radeon.modeset=0".

Reviews

http://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/398287-a-look-at-linux-mint-debian-edition

References

squeeze release notes

Install of linux-mint-debian-edition

Install xxx.iso to USB Stick

Enabling support for WiFi devices based on Broadcom 4311/4312/4313/4321/4322/43224/43225 chipset

"initial release of a fully-open Linux driver for it's latest generation of 11n chipsets. The driver, while still a work in progress... supports multiple current chips (BCM4313, BCM43224, BCM43225) as well as providing a framework for supporting additional chips in the future."