MX-17.1-RC1 Release Candidate Feedback

[chrispop99]

Is there any possibility to change folder color as like in mate and cinnamon

AFAIK this is a limitation of XFCE, and not something the MX team will address.

My workaround is to add an emblem to a folder I want to stand out.

Chris

[asqwerth]

2) Is there any possibility to change folder color as like in mate and cinnamon we can change the color of the folder will it be possible to add color pallet to folder properties so that we can select any color and can change it like changing XFCE panel color

That is dependent on XFCE development.

MATE and Cinnamon have that functionality to change folder colour from within file manager without needing to change to a different icon set/variant. But that is a feature of those DEs themselves.

Unfortunately, XFCE doesn't have that feature.

[vamsi]

That is dependent on XFCE development.

MATE and Cinnamon have that functionality to change folder colour from within file manager without needing to change to a different icon set/variant. But that is a feature of those DEs themselves.

Unfortunately, XFCE doesn't have that feature.

Thanks for the reply in the suggestions i have made any of them are possible in the near future

Thanks..

[Jerry3904]

Looks pretty darned good so far.

One minor item: when the Welcome screen comes up, if I click an icon/link the screen disappears for a second--and then pops back up.

Do you mean if you click, say, the Manual icon, the Welcome screen 'blinks' very quickly?

If so, that happens for me on MX-17 also.

Chris

Yes. It should just disappear.

[asqwerth]

That is dependent on XFCE development.

MATE and Cinnamon have that functionality to change folder colour from within file manager without needing to change to a different icon set/variant. But that is a feature of those DEs themselves.

Unfortunately, XFCE doesn't have that feature.

Thanks for the reply in the suggestions i have made any of them are possible in the near future

Thanks..

You should start a different thread on this, for suggested new features. This is the feedback thread for the 17.1 RC, to ascertain if there are any problems or bugs.

[vamsi]

You should start a different thread on this, for suggested new features. This is the feedback thread for the 17.1 RC, to ascertain if there are any problems or bugs.

ok..

[dolphin_oracle]

No rush to sort this for me.

On the current install (jan snapshot) I use both pulseaudio and alsa. Alsa just for tvtime.

I don't mess with any of the settings (if I do I am greeted with a hum that I cannot get rid of).

To regulate the sound I use amixer -c 0 set Line toggle, amixer -c 0 set Line 1%- and amixer -c 0 set Line 1%+ assigned to keycombos.


In this install (see siggie) when I turn off tvtime (as in quit the program) the sound mutes and the icon in the notification area gets an X. Things like VLC,browser, anything that gets regulated with pulseaudio is muted. To fix this all I have to do is slide the slider in the icon down and up to unmute.

Not quite so in the RC1. It's the same behavior, muting sound upon quitting tvtime, but the icon doesn't show the X. So instead of being able to fix it by grabbing the slider (which now does nothing) I have to start tvtime again.

I haven't tested it by turning tvtime off and then rebooting to see if the sound is back then to be honest, but this is the one issue I run into.


Again no rush, there are more important things, but I wanted to throw it out there. :)

literally nothing has changed in the alsamixer/pulseaudio setup, with the possible exception of any driver stuff at play in the kernel. its obvious to me though that the alsamixer channels are being muted, but not necessarily the pulseaudio master channel. volumeicon dislays the pulseaudio-master channel by default.

[asqwerth]

For what it's worth, Eadwine Rose, I found that the volume was off after a real metal install of MX17 (Virtualbox install was fine). Somehow the mute function was enabled in Pulseaudio by default . Happened that way in 2 separate installations of MX17 on my desktop PC.

It was hard to spot because the mute button in the pulseaudio interface is so faint and innocuous, at least when using the default greybird theme.

MX15-16 did not have that.

Have not tested 17.1RC yet.

[dolphin_oracle]

In thunar right click on the downloaded iso and choose compute md5sum. If it reads 07ca304647a611b65b7aafc79a718c15 MX-17.1-RC1_x64.iso it is correct. That checks the down loaded file.

OK. Thanks. It's correct. I tried a live session again and there is still no panel and only the standard XFCE wall paper. I right click on the desktop and the only items that respond is the terminal and log out.

what brand/model/speed(usb1, 2 or 3) of usb stick do you have.

and could you try making the stick using "dd" mode of live-usb-maker.

the symptoms seem to match a missing xfce configuration in the home folder and/or xfce4-session not starting correctly. Why you are getting it and no one else (so far anyway) is the mystery.

[Paul..]

Ran live installed via Live USB Maker. Perfect.

Gotta be the brand of USB stick, Mauser.