Lately I've been using Mate instead of Gnome-shell on Debian Sid, just to be able to use it around some of the beauties of Compiz . Mate Once installed, there are a lot of things that will bother them. For the moment I can think of two. The first covers virtually the menu with its duplicate entries, while the second concerns Synaptic, you can not keep the root password for the session. The resolutions are pretty simple:

Duplicate entries:

go to System-Preferences-boot applications, and clear the duplicate entries that link to Gnome.

go to System-Preferences-Main Menu, and browse the categories and clear the voices of the dual programs.

Storing passwords Synaptic:

always go to System-Preferences-boot applications, and clear the secret archive service that aims to enable Mate and one that points to Gnome. Now we go to kill mate-keyring-daemon, possibly using htop, at which point you will store the password. Maybe later you can choose to uninstall mate-keyring.

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A year and a half ago I had a guide divided into two parts, here and here , on how to speed up boot time and performance on Debian Squeeze, after some time I tried the solution e4rat (Reducing Access Times), which promises to speed up the boot 3 times. This is a tool that deals with the reallocation of blocks of programs loaded at startup, and preload frequently used programs. This is a simple guide, which is made of 3 phases:

1. e4rat-collect - collect information about uploaded files (default 120 seconds)
2. e4rat-realloc - reallocated files
3. e4rat-preload - preload programs

Download and install e4rat_0.2.3_amd64.deb or e4rat_0.2.3_i386.deb

$ Sudo nano / boot / grub / grub.cfg

and after ro quiet pass the following parameter to the kernel:

init = / sbin/e4rat-collect

save and restart. You now have 120 seconds to use the programs that interest you, and while e4rat collect the information / var/lib/e4rat/startup.log. If 120 seconds is not enough for someone, you can change by editing the file / etc/e4rat.conf. Now we have to go to remove the previous parameter entered, and then:

$ Sudo init 1

enter the root password, and then issue the command:

# E4rat-realloc / var/lib/e4rat/startup.log

Once finished reallocozione:

init 2

login and enter the parameter permanently e4rat-preload:

$ Sudo nano / etc / default / grub

and change the string in this way:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT = "init = / sbin/e4rat-preload"

save, update grub and reboot:

$ Sudo update-grub

$ Sudo init 6

that's all.

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This error happened to me just now, after installing Debian GNU / kFreeBSD testing, but it can happen with any distro using apt. The full error appeared in the terminal, is as follows:

E: dynamic MMAP out. Increase the size of APT :: Cache-Limit. The present value is: 25165824 (man 5 apt.conf).
Reading package lists ... Error
E: dynamic MMAP out. Increase the size of APT :: Cache-Limit. The present value is: 25165824 (man 5 apt.conf).
E: There was an error processing GRCM (NewFileDesc1)
E: Problem with MergeList / var/lib/apt/lists/debian.fastweb.it_debian_dists_wheezy_main_i18n_Translation-pt
E: The package lists or status file could not be read or opened.

resolves:

# Rm / var / lib / apt / lists / *-vf

# Apt-get update

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A few days ago I made ​​a guide for solving the problem of high CPU consumption using Mate + Compiz . In this regard there is a less crude way to solve the problem, namely that of open-mateconf editor and go in the path-desktop-session mate-components-required-windowmanager, and change the key mark in compiz.

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Using recently Compiz with Mate on Debian Sid, I noticed that there is the problem of personalization of the window border. To work around this problem we must go and change the options of Compiz, and then click directly to him our favorite board. Then go to the options of Compiz window decoration and-Effects-enter the command that points to our topic:

  gtk-window-decorator - replace - metacity-theme "Hacked-Dark" 
 

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I noticed recently that starting Compiz with Mate , the CPU had the high peaks, so I decided to see things clearly. What I realized is that the fault of Mark, and that is the equivalent of Metacity in Gnome. What you have to do is block mark the start of session. So like this, go to System-Preferences-boot applications. The repo Mate for Debian are below:

deb http://packages.mate-desktop.org/repo/debian/ wheezy main

then:

$ Sudo apt-get update

$ Sudo apt-get install mate-archive-keyring

$ Sudo apt-get install core mate-mate-desktop-environment

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DraftSight is a Free CAD software. Wheezy to install on Debian / Sid, you must download the deb from the site   and then install some dependencies:

# apt-get install libdirectfb-extra libxcb-render-util0 ia32-libs ia32-libs-gtk

and force the installation:

# dpkg -i --force-architecture,depends draftSight.deb

This happens pretty much in the shell:

dpkg: Dassault-systemes-DraftSight: dependency problems, but is also configured:
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends on libexpat1 (> = 2.0.1-4).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends on libglib2.0-0 (> = 2.22.3-0).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends libpcre3 (> = 7.8-3).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends libselinux1 (> = 2.0.85-2).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends on zlib1g (> = 1:1.2.3.3. dfsg-13).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends on libc6 (> = 2.10.1-0).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends on libx11-6 (> = 2:1.2.2-1).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends libxau6 (> = 1:1.0.4-2).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends libxcomposite1 (> = 1:0.4.0-4).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends on libxcursor1 (> = 1:1.1.9-1build1).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends libxdamage1 (> = 1:1.1.1-4).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends libxdmcp6 (> = 1:1.0.2-3).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends on libxext6 (> = 2:1.0.99.1-0).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends libxfixes3 (> = 1:4.0.3-2build1).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends on libxi6 (> = 2:1.2.1-2).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends on libxinerama1 (> = 2:1.0.3-2).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends on libxrandr2 (> = 2:1.3.0-2).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends on libxrender1 (> = 1:0.9.4-2).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends on libatk1.0-0 (> = 1.28.0-0).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends on libcairo2 (> = 1.8.8-2).
Dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends libdirectfb-extra (> = 1.2.7-2).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends on libfontconfig1 (> = 2.6.0-1).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends on libfreetype6 (> = 2.3.9-5).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends on libgtk2.0-0 (> = 2.18.3-1).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends on libpango1.0-0 (> = 1.26.0-1).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends libpixman-1-0 (> = 0.14.0-1).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends on libpng12-0 (> = 1.2.37-1).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends on libxcb-render0 (> = 1.4-1).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends libxcb1 (> = 1.4-1).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends libcomerr2 (> = 1.41.9-1).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends on libdbus-1-3 (> = 1.2.16-0).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends on libexpat1 (> = 2.0.1-4).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends on libgcc1 (> = 1:4.4.1-4).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends on libgcrypt11 (> = 1.4.4-2).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends on libglib2.0-0 (> = 2.22.3-0).
Dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends on libgpg-error0 (> = 1.6-1).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends libkeyutils1 (> = 1.2-10).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends libpcre3 (> = 7.8-3).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends libuuid1 (> = 2.16-1).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends on zlib1g (> = 1:1.2.3.3. dfsg-13).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends on libc6 (> = 2.10.1-0).
Dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends on libgl1-mesa-glx (> = 7.6.0-1).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends on libglu1-mesa (> = 7.6.0-1).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends on libice6 (> = 2:1.0.5-1).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends on libsm6 (> = 2:1.1.0-2).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends on libx11-6 (> = 2:1.2.2-1).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends libxau6 (> = 1:1.0.4-2).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends libxdamage1 (> = 1:1.1.1-4).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends libxdmcp6 (> = 1:1.0.2-3).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends on libxext6 (> = 2:1.0.99.1-0).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends libxfixes3 (> = 1:4.0.3-2build1).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends on libxrender1 (> = 1:0.9.4-2).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends on libxt6 (> = 1:1.0.5-3).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends libxxf86vm1 (> = 1:1.0.2-1).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends libaudio2 (> = 1.9.2-1).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends on libavahi-client3 (> = 0.6.25-1).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends on libavahi-common3 (> = 0.6.25-1).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends libcups2 (> = 1.4.1-5).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends libdrm2 (> = 2.4.14-1).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends on libfontconfig1 (> = 2.6.0-1).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends on libgnutls26 (> = 2.8.3-2).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends libgssapi-krb5-2 (> = ~ 1.7dfsg beta3-1).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends libk5crypto3 (> = ~ 1.7dfsg beta3-1).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends libkrb5-3 (> = ~ 1.7dfsg beta3-1).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends libkrb5support0 (> = ~ 1.7dfsg beta3-1).
Dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends on libstdc + +6 (> = 4.4.1-4).
Dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends on libtasn1-3 (> = 2.2-1).
dassault-systemes-DraftSight depends libxcb1 (> = 1.4-1).
Configuration of Dassault-systemes-DraftSight (2012.1.1177) ...
September application as default for the user = edmond
September application as default for the user = edmond
September application as default for the user = edmond

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