On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 5:20 PM, Denis Heidtmann <denis.heidtm...@gmail.com>wrote:
> I installed Ubuntu 11.10. It comes with Unity. After some exposure to > Unity (see wireless comments below) I decided that Unity with its huge > icons and slow behavior does not suit a minimalist machine. I should try > Xfce. So I downloaded the meta-package xfce4. I really like it--fast and > does not fill up my small screen with stuff, but some of the function keys > do not do what is intended, the battery state is not available, the power > controls are absent, it does not suspend on closing the lid, and I suspect > there are other things I would find troubling if I continued. > > My first question is would starting over with a clean install of Xubuntu > 11.10 behave any better? Is it possible that there is an interaction > between the gnome/unity stuff on the thing causing a problem? I have done > some googling on xfce-ubuntu but have not found this problem exactly. I > see in the package manager that xfce4 is listed as "Canonical does not > supply updates for xfce4" yet xubuntu comes from Canonical and xubuntu uses > xfce! This is confusing. > > With Unity, after some considerable effort following the wireless trouble > shooter I got the wireless to work. I am not sure what fixed it since the > trouble shooting send me on a long path through various checks (lshw, > lsmod, iwconfig). But it worked after rebooting. The issue was that it > seemed to be using a driver (Ralink) for a 2800 card; it has a 3090 card. > My hesitation with starting over with Xubuntu is having to go through all > the wireless hassles again. > > Advice welcomed. > > -Denis > >From http://askubuntu.com/questions/82086/why-cant-i-run-xfce4-power-manager "Its a known bug. You can fix it by getting the package from 12.04 or by downloading the source and compiling it." How do I use 12.04 packages? -Denis _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
