[xubuntu-users] Need Help Finishing 9.04 Installation

[Vincent]

On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 3:12 AM, Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com>wrote:

>   I bought a Toshiba Satellite L455-S6975 laptop to replace my wife's old
> Toshiba Tecra 8000. Installed 9.04 on the new one (which is what's on the
> old box, too). Have the installation and configuration almost done, but am
> stuck on three issues for which your help is needed. Listed below in order
> of importance.
>
>   1) After copying over her /home directory and some configuration files in
> /etc I rebooted the host and it recognized the wireless network, but could
> not connect to it. When I run the 'route' command there are no defined
> routes. I tried to find a network manager (rather than adding the routes
> manually, which I can always do), but it's not on the Application->System
> menu. I thought there was a GUI network manager on the menu tree but I
> cannot find it. A pointer will be very helpful.
>
>
Not sure what caused the problem (I would recommend David's suggestion of
selectively copying over data), but Xubuntu's network manager is found in
the system tray in the top right-hand corner (an icon of two monitors,
probably). Right-click it and select Edit Connections to get David's
nm-connection-editor.


>   2) I tried to shut down the system from the application menu (there
> currently is no 'halt' icon on the panel), but the attempts fail. A message
> box pops up telling me that 'the session manager must be in an idle state'
> before the system can quit. In my dozen years using Xfce I've not before
> seen such a message. How do I fix this? Running 'sudo halt' from a virtual
> console works, but it will be easier for her to put the shut down icon on
> the panel and use that.
>
>
The Actions Button is what should be on the panel. I suppose it will have
the same problem, and unfortunately I don't know how to solve that (though
perhaps Googling the exact error message will turn something up). As a
temporary workaround, however, you could add a launcher for the command
"gksudo halt" to the panel ;-)
(Oh, and also, if you still don't have an answer in a few days, perhaps you
can try the Xfce mailinglist.)


>   3) Trying to test the sound capability, I copied some .mp3 files from my
> server/workstation to the new box via a USB flash drive. On the
> Applications->Multimedia menu I find only 'Listen' for songs; no xmms2 or
> audacity present. Despite spending a bunch of time trying to get 'Listen'
> to
> see the .mp3 files and play one, I could not load any of them into the GUI
> for that application. Looked on the 'Listen' Web site, but there are no
> instructions there, either.
>
>
Double-clicking the file should turn up Totem (Movie Player) to play it. In
Listen you probably need to add files through the Music menu. I don't have
it installed here (it was removed in Xubuntu 9.10) so I can't check exactly
which item you need.

Of course, you can just install xmms through Applications->Add/Remove..., if
you prefer that.


> TIA,
>
> Rich
>
>
Best,

-- 
Vincent
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