Hello,
Quite all is in the title.
I am very motivated to search for bugs of Libertine. I have already found and commented some of them in the Support category.
However, I think that it would be good to group the topics that are going to bloom about Libertine in order to make the work easier for the people in charge of its development, so that they can at least say if it is necessary to create an issue or not.
BR
Pulsar33
Hello,
Here is the abstract of the install process made for my daugther on a BQ E5 Ubuntu Edition
To succeed, we widely did otherwise than explained in the official informations.
This is why I think that this could be usefull for you.
We started here and had a close look to this video. We (hardly, because it's fleeting) got a false information about how to go in bootloader mode. We have known later that this was not usable for BQ E5 ... But let's tell the story.
According to this, that, then that, and finally that we didn't know what to load. We finally found this. Well ! Having Mint 18.3, we downloaded ubports-installer_0.1.12-beta_amd64.deb and tried to launch. But my desktop is 32 bits, not 64 so it failed. I tried also Appimage and looked to snappy without succes. So I decided to install a Mint 18.3 64 bits fresh disk and was able (some time later) to install the deb file ...
What did not work :
Following the instruction of UBports installer, keeping in mind the video seen above, there was no detection. We tried a manual selection, launched the install process but were not able to switch to bootloader mode. As we discovered later here we switched in Factory Mode instead.
What is not clear too in the video is if the device must be on or off when connecting it.
We tried several times without luck, and saw that the "Developper Mode" was not persistent after some reboot so beware about that.
What succeeded (with UBports-installer and Mint 18.3 64 bits) :
Hope this can help
Pulsar33
I don't like scopes and never used them.
I want a desktop with only my favorite picture(s).
I'd be very happy if the background image could be a slideshow, switching every 10 or 15 minutes (for example)
It's exactly what I have for my Desktop PC with Cinnamon. No garbage on the screen and powerful menus
BR
Pulsar33
This is a following of a @ublique request in Administering the router and firewall on your phone while usb tethering ...
@ublique said :
So @pulsar33 could you briefly outline the steps for an average linux user to get your Libertine container set up and working? Anything would be helpful.
After some disappointments following the documentation about the shell commands with OTA-18, I came to the following :
My best suggest is to use the Preferences/Libertine GUI as many as possible. In order to succeed, my second suggest is to always look at the messages scrolling during the installation. The spinning wheel only says that it is not ended but can let think that something was wrong. Often, it is just not ended and we are too impatient.
As it was my spare BQ E5, I was able to reinstall it freshly and I suggest to do so if you can (save your data if needed). At the very least, if you have a container in the GUI, remove it to (try to) avoid any residual problem. Swipe the name of the container to the right and hit the "trashcan". When you see "Get started" create a new container and let it do its job. To see what's happening, swipe the container name to the left and hit "information" then "view" if necessary and go down to see the log. Wait until completion ...!
Once it's over, the GUI shows the name that you proposed but you have now a clean container named "xenial". The name you proposed is ignored, as well as the root password if you defined it (I'm not sure). Here is your new container :
root folder : ~/.cache/libertine-container/xenial/rootfs/
data folder : ~/.local/share/libertine-container/user-data/xenial/
You must be aware that you are running applications as root, but inside the container, except for some home folders.
Install for example gnome-system-monitor (good tool to see what's happening on you phone). Hit the spinning wheel to see the log as above and wait until completion ...!
At this time, I don't think that Libertine Tweak Tool is usefull and I suspect that changing the dpi has a bad impact on the sensitivity of widgets in the right part of the screen. see comments here
According to me, you should preferably set the font to the right size in each software you install (this option generally exists).
Here is the list of what I've installed after gnome-system-monitor. All this works despite a few drawbacks.
If you compile your code from your source, you can put the launcher in :
/home/phablet/.cache/libertine-container/xenial/rootfs/usr/share/applications/ and in
/userdata/user-data/phablet/.cache/libertine-container/xenial/rootfs/usr/share/applications/
Keyboard :
it is better to remove the automatic correction in the general keyboard settings. When using a Bluetooth keyboard, it is also better to disable the software keyboard
Windowed mode if you don't have UTTT :
In the UBtouch Terminal (not in Libertine), type :
gsettings set com.canonical.Unity8 usage-mode Windowed
gsettings set com.canonical.Unity8 launcher-width 6
gsettings set com.canonical.Unity8 autohide-launcher true
Can launch but unusable or quite :
nemo (FM), emelFM2 (FM), spacefm (FM), caja (FM), Xfe (FM), Xfe-i18n (FM), gentoo (FM), scite (edit), xterm (term), sakura (term), gpsprune, gpsbabel ...
Doesn't launch :
htop, gnome-terminal, freeplane, filezilla, fs-uae, thunar (FM), pcmanfm-qt (FM), Konsole (term), Terminator (term), xsensors
Doesn't install :
Konqueror (FM), Dolphin (FM), Polo (FM), Pantheon (FM), 4pane (FM), fman (FM), peazip (FM)
Wireshark (NPA) is a special case. When installing from the GUI, the process asks a question and you can't answer it, unfortunately. So the installation process never ends. And if you try to install it otherwise, you can't create the Wireshark group that is required for it to work. it's really a shame.
Here is another list of applications published by @TotalSonic in Running desktop applications on UBTouch
I hope all this will be usefull and without (too many) errors !
BR
Pulsar33
OTA-19 : install libtls-padding0 via the Preferences/Libertine GUI works well
BR
Pulsar33
@dtarrant mispellings ...
Use
gsettings set com.canonical.Unity8 usage-mode Windowed
gsettings set com.canonical.Unity8 launcher-width 6
gsettings set com.canonical.Unity8 autohide-launcher true
The opposite of Windowed is Staged
BR
Pulsar33
Hi
From the security point of view, just one remark ...
... and two questions : isn't it dangerous or at least a limitation that :
Why do developpers always want to change what is working fine ?
is there not enough things to repair ?
BR
Pulsar33
Yes, this forum is for discussion and this is your opinion.
Many people have another feeling. I don't want anything polluting my background picture
And moreover, I would like that this background picture can change automatically.
This is why I created an issue (but nobody seems to have time to work on it)
BR
Pulsar33
@xqqy said in Add more modern and popular devices to offical supported list:
Maybe is time to drop some old device to newer one.
This is a totally irresponsible idea at a time when the danger of destroying the planet through over-consumption is so high and finally recognized by a growing number of people.
Desperate 
Pulsar33
@peter-gamma you should read this and check that ...
@Lakotaubp : can you please move this thread to Libertine categorie ?
BR
Pulsar33
@cliffcoggin I have destroyed the container several times and never had this problem, sorry
BR
Pulsar33
Hello,
Why do you use Terminal to manage Libertine ?
@pulsar33 said in Gently setup a Libertine container and some applications:
My best suggest is to use the Preferences/Libertine GUI as many as possible. In order to succeed, my second suggest is to always look at the messages scrolling during the installation. The spinning wheel only says that it is not ended but can let think that something was wrong. Often, it is just not ended and we are too impatient.
[...] if you have a container in the GUI, remove it to (try to) avoid any residual problem. Swipe the name of the container to the right and hit the "trashcan". When you see "Get started" [...]
BR
Pulsar33
@pranishres have a look to the Libertine sub-forum ...
BR
Pulsar33
@dln949 you should have read this and check that before posting ...
@Lakotaubp : can you please move this thread to Libertine categorie ?
BR
Pulsar33
@peter-gamma : Well, I didn't install LibreOffice myself but @FakeShell said he did it in this thread. I don't know on which phone as he didn't say that. I hope he will see this post and try to help you ...
BR
Pulsar33
@pulsar33 said in Libertine Tweak Tool:
I am not saying that these errors are due to LTT but simply that LTT highlights them and in some cases the applications become unusable
An issue exists since 3 years !
However, my understanding described above is not exactly the same as @dobey or @rodney
@pulsar33 said in Libertine Tweak Tool:
In fact, the dead zone is not dead, there is an offset between the mouse position and the widget grid of the application. And this depends on the Xdpi setting.
It seems to me that there's only a mismatch between the "display grid" and the "mouse grid"
Best regards
Pulsar33
@xircon I don't know which tutorial you followed ...
You should have read this and checked that before posting ...
BR
Pulsar33
@dtarrant mispellings ...
Use
gsettings set com.canonical.Unity8 usage-mode Windowed
gsettings set com.canonical.Unity8 launcher-width 6
gsettings set com.canonical.Unity8 autohide-launcher true
The opposite of Windowed is Staged
BR
Pulsar33
@peter-gamma you should read this and check that ...
@Lakotaubp : can you please move this thread to Libertine categorie ?
BR
Pulsar33
@doniks Hello
In this topic, I raised some doubts about the usefulness of Libertine Tweak Tool regarding the Xdpi setting that allows (among other things) to increase the graphical representation of applications running in the Libertine container.
I was about to say that I was wrong when I first discovered Libertine and LTT. Indeed, I just redid some screenshots with LXTerminal and I saw that the dead zone on the right in landscape mode does NOT depend on the Xdpi setting of LTT as you can seen here :
With this application, the behavior (selection of a line of text with the mouse in this case) seems identical for an absence of Xdpi setting and for a forcing of Xdpi at 180
However, I also did some testing with Gedit (and with my CheckLog application) and I saw the following:
In fact, the dead zone is not dead, there is an offset between the mouse position and the widget grid of the application. And this depends on the Xdpi setting.
I thought the problem was limited to landscape mode but I also saw with Gedit that there are also problems in portrait mode as you can see here :
The action bar at the bottom seems to be framed on the right and in this case, we lose widgets on the left while at the top the two buttons are positioned normally, one on the left, one on the right. The left-framed menu bar loses items on the right. This happens when the Xdpi setting of 180 is the right one for other applications but not for this one.
Finally, I couldn't try again in windowed mode because I can't find the com.canonical.Unity8 schematics anymore (switch to OTA-22 or change on my part?) Find it again. Could be able to make more tests ...
I am not saying that these errors are due to LTT but simply that LTT highlights them and in some cases the applications become unusable. I think that not all applications take into account the dpi setting (especially my CheckLog application programmed only "in pixels") and Gedit obviously has big problems on this side.
This is why I considered at the time that a single dpi setting was not the solution and that it was better to set the graphic size of each application with its own menus when possible (Font size for example).
BR
Pulsar33