Update Pack 4

Gnome 3

If you're using Gnome please be aware that Update Pack 4 will upgrade your desktop to Gnome 3. If you don't like Gnome 3, you have the following options:

• MATE: Gnome 2 was renamed, forked and is now maintained by a new project called MATE. To install MATE install the "mate-desktop-environment" package.
• Cinnamon: The Linux Mint team developed its own desktop called Cinnamon. It uses the same technologies as Gnome Shell but a similar layout than Gnome 2. To install Cinnamon, install the "cinnamon" package.
• Gnome2-frozen: If you want to keep Gnome 2, you can point your APT sources to "gnome2-frozen" instead of "latest" (by doing so you will basically stay at Update Pack 3).

Update Pack 3

Multimedia and Security repositories

Starting with Update Pack 3, your APT sources should not point to the Security and Multimedia repositories directly, as these are now part of the Linux Mint Update Pack.

In /etc/apt/sources.list, make sure to replace:

• security.debian.org with debian.linuxmint.com/latest/security
• debian-multimedia.org with debian.linuxmint.com/latest/multimedia

If you're running a recent version of the Update Manager (1.0.4 or later), you will see an error in this window if your repositories aren't configured properly.

Gstreamer

The package mint-meta-codecs features an update which should prevent you from experiencing this issue. For information, and in case you are faced with a conflict between gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad and gstreamer0.10-plugins-really-bad, simply remove the gstreamer0.10-plugins-really-bad package. It is maintained by debian-multimedia.org and currently conflicts with the Gstreamer packages maintained by Debian.

nVidia/ATI drivers

Update Pack 3 features the new 3.0 kernel. If you are experiencing issues with the new kernel, you might want to purge and reinstall your drivers. For instance, for the nvidia-glx driver:

apt-get remove nvidia-kernel-dkms nvidia-glx

then reboot...

apt-get install nvidia-kernel-dkms nvidia-glx

then reboot again...

CUPS Printers

After updating CUPS, if your printers (or the PDF printer) no longer work, simply launch Menu->Administration->Printing, remove and re-add your printers.

Gnome 3

The Linux Mint theme is now compatible with GTK3 and the issue present in Update Pack 2 is solved.

Update Pack 2

MESA and nVidia/ATI drivers

The binary drivers are now compatible with MESA and the issue present in Update Pack 1 is solved.

Gnome 3

Gnome 3 continues to replace Gnome 2 in Debian Testing. This results in some applications not following your chosen GTK theme and looking ugly. In Update Pack 2, if you want to avoid upgrading these applications ignore updates for the following packages:

• gdebi
• gdebi-core
• gnome-terminal
• gnome-terminal-data
• gnome-themes-standard
• gnome-system-monitor

Update Pack 1

MESA and nVidia/ATI drivers

If you are using a binary nVidia/ATI driver, be careful when upgrading MESA packages. If the update requires the removal of your driver, ignore it for now and wait for Update Pack 2 to update MESA. In particular, be cautious with the following package updates:

• libgl1-mesa-dri
• libgl1-mesa-glx
• xserver-xorg-core

Gnome 3

Gnome 3 started to replace Gnome 2 in Debian Testing. This results in some applications not following your chosen GTK theme and looking ugly. In Update Pack 1, if you want to avoid upgrading these applications ignore updates for the following packages:

• gnome-terminal
• gnome-terminal-data
• gnome-themes-standard
• gnome-system-monitor

Firefox

After updating Firefox, if some of your add-ons are not working anymore or if you are missing the Linux Mint search enhancements (which provide links to additional search types above the Google results), you need to clean your Firefox configuration. Make a backup of your bookmarks, close Firefox, and in a terminal type:

mv ~/.mozilla/firefox ~/.firefox-backup

Flash

If Flash doesn't work anymore. Simply open a terminal and type:

sudo update-alternatives --auto libflashplayer.so

Kexec

If you're experiencing problems rebooting your computer, remove the package "kexec-tools".