Call for Testers: Cinnamon SlackBuilds

01micko · 04-10-2014, 03:10 AM

Yep, confirmed working

. The account details now works, I can also add work spaces and whatever other applets if desired.

Only bad thing I have seen in nearly 21 hrs running is that sometimes the panel doesn't start after waking up, need to logout and back in.

willysr · 04-10-2014, 05:18 AM

Suspend/hibernate?

01micko · 04-10-2014, 05:50 AM

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Originally Posted by willysr

Suspend/hibernate?

Just simple screen blank, however since the python-pam update it has not occurred. I'll keep you informed if it happens again.

willysr · 04-10-2014, 06:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Drakeo

on the 64 bit build it is placing these directories in /usr/lib

Hi Drakeo
after retesting again, it seems that this is the correct location for Cinnamon and cinnamon-control-center packages
Both are hardcoded to use this path, so i'm changing those two packages to /usr/lib, even on x86_64

willysr · 04-10-2014, 06:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 01micko

Just simple screen blank, however since the python-pam update it has not occurred. I'll keep you informed if it happens again.

python-pam update fixed the cinnamon-settings, so it's possible that it fixed your problem

willysr · 04-11-2014, 07:12 PM

I compiled binary packages for those who wanted to test Cinnamon without compiling them from source.
These binaries are compiled on a clean installation of Slackware 14.1 (32/64) with the latest update from official repository

You can grab the binaries here : http://repo2.ukdw.ac.id/csb-test/

01micko · 04-12-2014, 05:41 AM

I hit a snag building cinnamon in multilib installation. Naturally I updated everything before starting.

Everything went well until I got to gst1-plugins-good. Seemed it was trying to link against the 32 bit gobject-2.0. Here is the error.

Code:

make[3]: Entering directory `/tmp/csb/gst-plugins-good-1.2.3/ext/wavpack'
  CC       libgstwavpack_la-gstwavpack.lo
  CC       libgstwavpack_la-gstwavpackcommon.lo
  CC       libgstwavpack_la-gstwavpackdec.lo
  CC       libgstwavpack_la-gstwavpackenc.lo
  CC       libgstwavpack_la-gstwavpackstreamreader.lo
  CCLD     libgstwavpack.la
/usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so: could not read symbols: File in wrong format
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make[3]: *** [libgstwavpack.la] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/tmp/csb/gst-plugins-good-1.2.3/ext/wavpack'
make[2]: *** [wavpack] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/csb/gst-plugins-good-1.2.3/ext'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/csb/gst-plugins-good-1.2.3'
make: *** [all] Error 2
root@work-horse:/home/mick/csb/gst1-plugins-good#

I could have probably worked around it but it wouldn't be reproducible so instead I downloaded the pre-built package for gst1-plugins-good and installed it then carried on with my build. Cinnamon so far is running just fine. Of course with the added complexity of multilib I can't say if it has or hasn't affected other stuff for some days to come - hopefully all is well.

willysr · 04-12-2014, 10:45 AM

What if you add "LDFLAGS="-L/usr/lib64" inside an if ... fi block for x86_64 ?

01micko · 04-12-2014, 05:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by willysr

What if you add "LDFLAGS="-L/usr/lib64" inside an if ... fi block for x86_64 ?

Of course that works just fine

, thanks.

willysr · 04-12-2014, 09:28 PM

Cinnamon 2.2.0 has just been released, but i'm afraid it will not be part of my CSB since it requires new GTK+3-3.10 which is not yet available in Slackware 14.1.

For those who are curious and wanted to see the changes in Cinnamon 2.2.0 and willing to risk of upgrading their GTK+3 library by themselves, i have pushed a separate branch for that: 2.2.0 in the github repo
Cinnamon 2.2.0 requires a new package: cinnamon-menus which should be fine to be installed together with gnome-menus

kikinovak · 04-13-2014, 04:18 AM

Just tested it in a VM. Even with Guest Extensions installed, Cinnamon complained about my insufficient video card and then made a feast of all my CPU and my RAM.

willysr · 04-13-2014, 04:39 AM

You do need hardware acceleration enabled for your guest OS

willysr · 04-15-2014, 10:24 AM

Thanks to Darren Austin, CSB binary packages are now available here: http://slackware.org.uk/csb/

Woodsman · 04-16-2014, 09:51 PM

Is there a way to add 'Run Application' to the menu? There is Alt+F2, but I want to find a way to add the command to the menu.

willysr · 04-16-2014, 11:26 PM

Cinnamon currently doesn't have their own menu editor. I will see if i can add alacarte to my CSB