Re: [Gnewsense-dev] gNewsense 4 alpha review

[TJ]

Errors on boot:

Had to write this down as fast I could so it should express the
content or the error, however, I do not think it is the complete error
message:

[Warning] Error Radeon kernel R600 or later requires non-free firmware
not installed

[Warning] Virtualbox additions not in virtual machine

Great fix on desktop-base!


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-----Original Message-----
From: Sam Geeraerts <address@hidden>
To: address@hidden
Subject: Re: [Gnewsense-dev] gNewsense 4 alpha review
Date: 03Jan2015(Sat) 00:06

> Op Thu, 1 Jan 2015 17:24:55 -0500
> schreef taiji_tao <address@hidden>:
> 
> > Tried to reinstall desktop-base 7.0.3gnewsense2 with the following
> > error: "E: Internal Error, No file name for desktop-base:amd64".
> > Strange that it shows as being installed in synaptic, however, pulls
> > an error each time I install or upgrade a program.  
> 
> Fixed it.
> 
> > Also noticed that non-free driver is still being recommended as it
> > does with Debian when loading.  Example, it notices the Radeon
> > graphics card (AMD64), and that the non-free driver is not
> > installed.  Does the same for VirtualBox?  
> 
> You mean it warns about non-free drivers at boot time? What message
> are you getting?
> 
> > As an FYI: I've kept an eye on gNewsense for some time, however, the
> > prior old packages were a deterrent.  Started with Ubuntu, then
> > Debian, Crunchbang, Trisquel (which I really liked, except I did not
> > feel comfortable with the Ubuntu additions), came back to gNewsense,
> > since it makes the most sense to base it on Debian stable!  
> 
> Thanks for sharing.
> 
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