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AlexRey

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## Re: Linux Mint 18?

Tue Jul 12, 2016 1:28 pm

WOW , i was using an old version and it still worked
When i get a chance i'll wipe Mint 18 Beta from the hardrive and start again with the Mint 18 Final and the current Refracta Tools.
AlexRey

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## Re: Linux Mint 18?

Fri Oct 07, 2016 6:52 am

Not forgotten about this thread or still had a chance to test the latest version of refracta tools yet , just been ridiculously busy.
bonez

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## Re: Linux Mint 18?

Sun Oct 30, 2016 8:53 pm

Can't get Refracta Snapshot to work in Mint 18 anymore. I successfully tried a couple/few months ago. Had no problems installing the debs (from wheezy), then installing Refracta Snapshot 9.3.4. Everything installed fine and worked fine.
Now, same machine, same partition, etc., can't get any version of Refracta Snapshot to install or run. When I try to install Refracta Snapshot 9.3.4 (after the debs from Wheezy), I get:

> * "Snapshot GUI depends on squashfs-tools (>=4.0), however package not installed"
> * "Snapshot GUI depends on xorriso (>=1.2.2), however package not installed
> * "Snapshot GUI depends on Snapshot Base (>= 9.3.4), Base is not configured yet.

Never had those problems previously with the same Mint 18 ISO, same computer, same partition. Everything the same.
Now, once I installed squashfs-tools and xorriso, I get this:

> @mint18 ~/Downloads $ sudo dpkg -i refracta*.deb
> [sudo] password for :
> Selecting previously unselected package refractasnapshot-base.
> (Reading database ... 199112 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to unpack refractasnapshot-base_9.3.4_all.deb ...
> Unpacking refractasnapshot-base (9.3.4) ...
> Selecting previously unselected package refractasnapshot-gui.
> Preparing to unpack refractasnapshot-gui_9.3.4_all.deb ...
> Unpacking refractasnapshot-gui (9.3.4) ...
> Setting up refractasnapshot-base (9.3.4) ...
> Setting up refractasnapshot-gui (9.3.4) ...
> Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3.1) ...
> Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu5) ...
> Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
> @mint18 ~/Downloads $ sudo apt-get -f install
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 39 not upgraded.

Looks like it installed correctly? But when I go to the Start Menu and click on Refracta Snapshot, I enter my password and then nothing happens. I've tried with Snapshot 9.2.2, 9.3.4, and 10.0.0. I can't get Snapshot to work at all. And each one of those is after a fresh install of Mint 18.
This all worked before without issue, and I'm at a loss right now.
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## Re: Linux Mint 18?

Mon Oct 31, 2016 12:15 am

bonez, try running it from a terminal. And if you can stand it, try running 'set -x' in that terminal before starting snapshot. (it will cause every command in the script to be echoed to the terminal)
Yes, it looks like it installed correctly.
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## Re: Linux Mint 18?

Mon Oct 31, 2016 8:20 am

Fingers crossed it can be made to work.
As much as i hate Mints Bloat and the out of date kernels it looks the best on Hi-Res screens when upscaled with the amount of work they have put into HiDPI so nothing breaks the menus.
Plus it's the closest thing a noob like me can get too point and click like windows , even more so with 18.1 when they start adding Flatpak/Snapd support.
bonez

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## Re: Linux Mint 18?

Tue Nov 08, 2016 11:43 pm

> fsmithred wrote:bonez, try running it from a terminal.

Works from terminal just fine. Got my .iso. Still baffling why the GUI doesn't work anymore. But, the GUI is not really needed anyway.
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## Re: Linux Mint 18?

Wed Nov 09, 2016 1:51 am

Uh-oh. I might not have been clear. Did you run 'refractasnapshot' or 'refractasnapshot-gui' in the terminal? If refractansaphot-gui works in the terminal but not from the menu, then the problem is with the .desktop file or the wrapper script. (/usr/share/applications/refractasnapshot.desktop or /usr/bin/refractasnapshot-wrapper.sh)
bonez

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## Re: Linux Mint 18?

Sun Nov 13, 2016 1:40 pm

> fsmithred wrote:Uh-oh. I might not have been clear. Did you run 'refractasnapshot' or 'refractasnapshot-gui' in the terminal?

I did try running 'refractasnapshot-gui' first from the terminal and nothing happened, just like clicking on it in the start menu. So I just ran the non-GUI one and got the job done.
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## Re: Linux Mint 18?

Sun Nov 13, 2016 4:44 pm

Got it!
I installed Mint 18 Mate in virtualbox.
Downloaded and installed the live-* packages:

Code:
  `wget http://distro.ibiblio.org/refracta/files/other/live-for-mint18/live-boot-initramfs-tools_3.0.1-1_all.deb
  wget http://distro.ibiblio.org/refracta/files/other/live-for-mint18/live-boot_3.0.1-1_all.deb
  ls -l /sbin/init
  wget http://distro.ibiblio.org/refracta/files/other/live-for-mint18/live-config-systemd_3.0.23-1+deb7u1_all.deb
  wget http://distro.ibiblio.org/refracta/files/other/live-for-mint18/live-config_3.0.23-1+deb7u1_all.deb
  sudo dpkg -i *.deb`

Downloaded and installed refractasnapshot 9.3.4 and dependencies:

Code:
  `wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/refracta/files/tools/refractasnapshot-base_9.3.4_all.deb
  https://sourceforge.net/projects/refracta/files/tools/refractasnapshot-gui_9.3.4_all.deb
  sudo dpkg -i refractasnapshot-*.deb
  sudo apt-get -f install`

Tried running the gui script from the menu and from terminal, and I got the same results as you: nothing happened. With a little bit of looking, I realized what the problem is. You need to install yad. It no longer works with zenity. I'll be releasing 10.0.1 soon, and support for zenity will be removed.
I did the following:

Code:
  `wget http://debs.slavino.sk/pool/main/y/yad/yad_0.27.0-1_amd64.deb
  sudo dpkg -i yad_0.27.0-1_amd64.deb`

But you can also install yad from the universe repo:

Code:
  `apt-get install yad`

Warning! I installed yad both ways, and they are not the same. With the one from universe, the window that shows you your free space is bigger than the desktop in vbox, and the buttons are off-screen. With the deb from slavino.sk, the window is smaller than the desktop, and the buttons are visible. I'm guessing it's a gtk2/gtk3 problem. It may even be documented in another thread here.
Note: With the next version (10.0.1), since zenity will no longer satisfy the dependency, yad from universe will automatically be installed when you run 'apt-get -f install' unless you install it from the slavino.sk deb first.
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bonez

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## Re: Linux Mint 18?

Sun Nov 13, 2016 7:38 pm

^ Good information to know, and thanks for taking the time to troubleshoot. Not sure if I'll even use the GUI again. Once Refracta's config files are set up, running Refracta from the terminal is all that's needed anyway.
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