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Inkyfingers (talk | contribs) Request for help - is this a Debian bug? |
Inkyfingers (talk | contribs) In common no Debian installer, Aptitude reports no problems. |
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I have seen this behaviour several times in Debian, I now have it reproduceable in two instances. | I have seen this behaviour several times in Debian, I now have it reproduceable in two instances. | ||
Previous instances have been fixed or ameliorated by adding further packages in a haphazard way till the problem is eliminated. | Previous instances have been fixed or ameliorated by adding further packages in a haphazard way till the problem is eliminated. | ||
These two instances have in common that Debian installer has not been used. | |||
Similar behaviour (different cause - GTK3) is described with a fix here: [[Community/Distributions/Debian#GTK3_in_Debian_Testing]] | Similar behaviour (different cause - GTK3) is described with a fix here: [[Community/Distributions/Debian#GTK3_in_Debian_Testing]] | ||
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As this seems to me to be a hurdle to Debian users, I am asking for help in resolving: | As this seems to me to be a hurdle to Debian users, I am asking for help in resolving: | ||
Is this a symptom of either, partially installed, or partially accessible libraries. If so which libraries and why? | ==== Definition of Bug / problem ==== | ||
One variant of Sugar launches with errors, while trying another variant in the same environment results in invisible icons,''' | |||
''Is this a symptom of either, partially installed, or partially accessible libraries. If so which libraries and why?'' | |||
==== Instance 1. ==== | ==== Instance 1. ==== | ||
The login manager is SLiM and desktop environment Openbox. | |||
A fresh install of Debian Squeeze with Sugar installed from Debian repos, via Synaptic, sugar-0.88, sugar-session-0.88, and sucrose-0.88 | |||
Aptitude reports no problems. | |||
This, from Sugar environment: | This, from Sugar environment: | ||
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==== Instance 2.==== | ==== Instance 2.==== | ||
There is no login manager (startx) desktop is LXDE. | |||
A new install of sweets on a Raspberry pi | A new install of sweets on a Raspberry pi | ||
OS: a Debian clone, ''rpi_pisces'' Hard Float (armhf), testing, image from http://www.raspbian.org/PiscesImages | OS: a Debian clone, ''rpi_pisces'' Hard Float (armhf), testing, image from http://www.raspbian.org/PiscesImages | ||
Aptitude reports no problems. | |||
This, from Sugar environment: | This, from Sugar environment: | ||