tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8781383461061929571.post4690781403873656651..comments2024-03-14T09:08:19.035-04:00Comments on OR in an OB World: Upgrading Linux MintPaul A. Rubinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05801891157261357482noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8781383461061929571.post-70782360920767813952011-06-10T14:44:52.058-04:002011-06-10T14:44:52.058-04:00More on reordering icons: Another temporary fix is...More on reordering icons: Another temporary fix is to change the size of the panel. Bumping the size up or down by 1 pixel lets you reorder icons. The catch is that none of these fixes outlive my login.<br /><br />Also, while I tested the Mint 11 upgrade briefly on my laptop (just long enough to verify that WiFi worked and nothing weird appeared to be happening), it turns out I perhaps should have tested longer. Since the upgrade, I've had two spontaneous system reboots, a couple of instances where a cold boot died either immediately before or immediately after the login screen, and one instance of a total system freeze (couldn't even kill the X server -- only way out was the power button). Driver issues?Paul A. Rubinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05801891157261357482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8781383461061929571.post-8946803449089227662011-06-07T17:47:27.704-04:002011-06-07T17:47:27.704-04:00The inability to reorder application icons (last b...The inability to reorder application icons (last bullet of the original post) showed up on my laptop, too, and this time I experimented a bit. Turning the expand option off and back on was not enough, but turning it off, closing the properties dialog (and thus causing the panel to actual shrink to a custom fit), then turning it back on did enable drag-and-drop reordering of the app icons.Paul A. Rubinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05801891157261357482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8781383461061929571.post-5418000215349693152011-06-07T15:03:13.295-04:002011-06-07T15:03:13.295-04:00I'm applying the same upgrade to my laptop, an...I'm applying the same upgrade to my laptop, and in addition to the business about repositories I bumped into another bit of hilarity. Per various recommendations (and common sense), I ran Katya off the DVD to start with, and in particular tested whether it would support my WiFi card (about the only peripheral on the laptop for which there would be any question). I had to activate the proprietary Broadcom STA driver (which required a wired connection to download), but then it worked fine.<br /><br />So I went ahead and installed Katya, and near the end of the installation I received a message that something (unspecified) had gone wrong, but that it was forging ahead. Installation complete, the laptop rebooted, and packages updated (using a wired connection). Then I tried to activated the Broadcom driver.<br /><br />At first, clicking on the Additional Drivers icon in the control panel did nothing. Eventually it opened up the dialog that lets me activate the STA driver ... except activation failed. The log file was a bit cryptic (but I saw "blacklisted" multiple places, generally not a good thing).<br /><br />Google came to the rescue. It turns out that I needed to reinstall the bcmwl-kernel-source package, after which the driver activated and all was well. (I also installed broadcom-sta-common, but I don't think that influenced the outcome.)<br /><br />It's a bit odd that it worked in "evaluation" mode but balked after the installation.Paul A. Rubinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05801891157261357482noreply@blogger.com