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intel gma 4500mhd

2010-09-03T03:31:19Z

does that card have drivers installed by default?
because my cousin installed ubuntu on a system with that card and it acted rather strange, every once in a while the screen would bring up a black line for like a fraction of a second and then go back to normal
does anyone else experience weird behaviour under using the gma?

Sharing connection between machines.

2010-09-03T02:25:42Z

I have two crunchbang machines that I want to share an internet connection between. One is connected to the wireless network and I need the ability to use an ethernet cable from the machine without internet to the machine with internet to give both access through one wireless card.

I can give more information if needed...

Thanks for the help in advance :)

#! Themes

2010-09-03T01:32:48Z

I'm new in these parts so if this has been discussed before and rejected then just ignore me...

Should CrunchBang get it's own themes? I'm lazy and can never decide what my computer should look like so would like some sort of system that could change GTK, Openbox/Xfce, Tint2, Nitrogen and Conky configs though a single click or a few commands in a script.

One of the things that's awesome about CrunchBang is how good the default theme is and how much care people on these forums put into creating new looks. Wouldn't it be great to be able to save and distribute these designs and quickly and easily switch between them? We could also then set up some sort of repository for awesome looking themes and include a few of the very best with Statler.

Is this something worth thinking about or should I just go setup a system for switching looks that works for me and ignore future expansion and other peoples requirements?

I love Statler.

2010-09-03T00:54:32Z

I've got it installed on both of my machines, including a netbook, and this comes as close as it gets to the perfect linux distro.. for me. I'm a distro hopper so I've moved around a bit, but I think I'll be sticking with #! for a while. I think the move to Debian was a great idea. I would think it would provide more flexibility, since Debian can be made into just about anything you want it to be. Of course I could always move to Debian myself but why should I when you've gone to the trouble of configuring it so nicely.

Thanks!

Hello from Hellsinki, Finland

2010-09-03T00:52:06Z

Greets to all crunchbangers,

I'm long time debian/ubuntu user. Started with debian 3.0 and moved to Ubuntu after my wife installed 5.04 on her computer. I found crunchbang just couple of weeks ago browsing distrowatch and now I'm a happy user :) Btw I'm 35, work in logistics and living in Helsinki area, Finland. I like to ride and build bicycles, go hike w/ our awesome rottweiler and also love photography.

Very fast, lighweight distro - Many thanks to responsible!

See you on the forums.

Problems Installing 9.04

2010-09-03T00:51:28Z

I tried to install #! on my home PC this morning, on a new 1 TB WD Green HDD. It got 5% through the partition process and stopped. I thought it might me a dodgy drive, so tried another new HDD of the same size and brand, with the same results. I've Googled for compatibility issues but can't find anything.

I know the install disc is fine because I've used it to install #! on a work PC, and it'll also boot to the Live environment on the home PC I am having issues with.

Any ideas?

Hai

2010-09-03T00:48:42Z

Hello #!

I've found CrunchBang thanks to the ineptness of Ubuntu... Yes, Ubuntu lead me to CrunchBang. Ubuntu 10.04 killed me, what with the bug reports that came flooding in thanks to the kernel patches that caused freezing.

So, I've landed on CrunchBang Statler. After a small kernel update, I'm up and running on the poor Dell Latitude C600 that I use.

Its not the most efficient setup, but It works.

I've grown to like tint2, and I really quite like the flexibility of Conky.

If ubuntu overwrites your mbr (Grub 2)

2010-09-02T23:30:12Z

A minor annoyance with a simple fix - I'm posting it in case it saves someone from having to use something more powerful and dangerous like a live disk.

I've got Ubuntu on a different partition from Statler, and an update the other day from Karmic to Lucid ended with the Ubuntu version of the Grub2 menu written onto my Master Boot Record. It's no big deal - the Crunchbang entry is still there, but it's no longer the default choice and the Statler "powered by Debian" splash image is missing. Googling around brought up lots of solutions involving booting from a live disk and reinstalling Grub, but Ubuntu had rewritten the mbr from a normal session and Statler's Grub was in perfect working order so I figured Crunchbang ought to be able to reclaim the mbr in the same way. Finally found it.

First run

sudo fdisk -l

to make sure of the name of the drive the mbr should be on. For a lot of people it will be /dev/sda but check anyway.

Now do this:

sudo grub-setup /dev/xxx

where xxx is replaced with your drive. That will rewrite your mbr. Don't add a partition number like /dev/sda1, you want the whole drive.

That's it. It ought to work if you've had your mbr overwritten by some other distro while hopping, as long as you can still boot into Crunchbang and as long as there's nothing wrong with your Crunchbang Grub setup. Don't try to fix a broken Grub this way!

New wallpaper ! (2in1)

2010-09-02T23:04:11Z

Hi !

There are 2 new wallpapers, minimal and quite dark.
http://d-arthwound.deviantart.com/#/d2xr6ov

Sorry for the .zip file instead of a .tar.gz, Deviant-Art doesn't recognize it for wallpapers submissions.

CD Drive not working.

2010-09-02T22:46:08Z

I was just trying to play stuff on my computer but my CD Drive doesn't seem to be working on #!. I installed lshw and this is what I got at CD-Rom:

*-cdrom
description: DVD reader
product: CDW/DVD TS-H492A
vendor: TSSTcorp
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/cdrom1
logical name: /dev/cdrw1
logical name: /dev/dvd1
logical name: /dev/scd0
logical name: /dev/sr0
version: hp03
capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd
configuration: ansiversion=5 status=ready
*-medium
physical id: 0
logical name: /dev/cdrom1

Help Please!

Messed up my system

2010-09-02T21:42:09Z

So I was trying to backup my whole system to my external HD. Upon selecting the directory where the backup would be placed, I noticed there were some files on the HD I don' t need anymore. Thus, I moved them to trash. But, since these files were large (75 / 80 Gb total), my / partition got full.

That' s easily solved; just empty the trash. I did that two times (so removed 60GB's of my HD).
When my / got full for the 3rd time, I tried to open Thunar as root to empty the trash again. This time, I got a message saying something about my .Xauthority file. (don' t know the exact error message).

Now, instead of searching for this issue I thought I could reboot - and here is where I was dead wrong. Upon booting, Xorg gave me a message saying it can't wright to /tmp, which is obvious, because my whole / partition is full. Secondly, I can' t login: another error with .Xauthority I guess.

So there's two problems:
1. How can I "retrieve" or fix my .Xauthority;
2. Solved! How can I clean my / partition?

Please note that at the moment I can' t boot into the system. Currently I'm typing this from my Statler LiveCD.

Please, please help me guys. I was almost done setting up my minimal Ubuntu install (only had to back everything up :( ) and I don't want to start all over again!

My New Wallpaper

2010-09-02T21:26:03Z

I was just playing with Gimp and came up with this. I copied the logo from some other wallpaper. Please feel free to criticize I am not emotionally attached to it.:cool:

Has "KrunchBang#!" been considered?

2010-09-02T21:10:15Z

I've messed around with sidux a bit, and like that sidux has managed to use a "stripped down" version of KDE to keep the system light and uber easy to use. Has there been any consideration to use a light, minimal KDE for CrunchBang? Is this something that users of the distro would be interested in exploring for existing or new users?

How to make a persistent statler live USB key

2010-09-02T21:02:41Z

Boot from the live CD.

Make two partitions on your USB key, one big enough to hold the live CD image and the other the rest of the stick.

# fdisk -l /dev/sda

Disk /dev/sda: 8000 MB, 8000110592 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 972 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x667d2bec

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 262 2104483+ b W95 FAT32
/dev/sda2 263 972 5703075 83 Linux

Format the first partition as FAT 32, the second as ext2.

# mkdosfs -F 32 /dev/sda1
# mkfs -L live-rw /dev/sda2

Install unetbootin.

# aptitude update
# aptitude install unetbootin

Do unetbootin magic.

# unetbootin

For the source, choose the live cd (/dev/hdc on my system).
For the destination, choose /dev/sda1.

Once unetbootin finishes, reboot on the USB key. Choose live and then hit TAB to edit. Add the parameter "persistent" to the end of the line and all changes you make to the system will be saved to the live-rw filesystem on /dev/sda2! I also change the username and hostname, but that's optional.

I think this is the ultimate USB portable debian distro!

September 2010 Screenshot thread

2010-09-02T20:58:00Z

Greetings Earthlings :D

Due to omns leaving us for a break, I have taken over the setting up of this popular thread. We hope to see as many excellent contributions as we have had in previous months' threads.

Please ensure that you use thumbnails when linking to the larger image to help those of us with slow connections. An example of the code needed is below (courtesy of omns!). Most image hosting sites will automatically generate this for you as well.

Cheers

Becky