Switching user

[ralcocer]

I tried switching users in Mate and as root it is so slow bringing in the Desktop that it's painful, then I tried to log out again and the screensaver logout screen came out, I like the Desktop but I usually run as Root . I have tried all the Porteus Desktops but this one is not going to beat me .

[brokenman]

Do you have the same 'slowness' when booting with the login=root cheatcode? I am guessing there is a holdup during the creation of initial cache files. I jst tested and after logging out from guest ... logging in to root was almost instantaneous. Less than 2 seconds.

[ralcocer]

I downloaded the Mate desktop again and I got it working , however trying to update the Mate desktop as root it gave me an error that was not able to download the upgrade. as guest too.

[ralcocer]

How do I edit a .desktop, they will not give me the option to open a text editor

[brokenman]

As root: leafpad /usr/share/applications/myfile.desktop

You can add a Caja right click action to allow opening .desktop files with a text editor using 'Caja actions'.

however trying to update the Mate desktop

How are you trying to update. Please state your exact steps so i can reproduce.

[ralcocer]

I am trying to make my 3D Printer modules work with Mate, I find that everything seems to work faster with it. So I might be using other things not usually used, I found that when switching user it will not work unless you press the logout button twice, most of the 3D programs need to have root access so switching users is a plus I don't have with LXDE and it might work for my purpose, also I like to use the Chrome Browser because all my bookmarks and plugins are saved in my Google account so no matter where I am by just opening my account in Chrome everything is there.

Also the update option gives me an error and is unable do download , it also does not ask me where the modules directory is (I am using a CDROM), if it works the same as in LXDE, so I guess it just doesn't know where to put it.

[brokenman]

it also does not ask me where the modules directory is (I am using a CDROM)

In this case you aren't able to update because the device is not writable. I'll check the code because it should save the updates to the /tmp folder and tell you to take care of putting them somewhere. Please download them manually from here (for 64bit): http://dl3.porteus.org/x86_64/testing/updates/

I'm not sure of your booting method but you will need to keep the updates in a folder somewhere and boot with the extramod=/path/to/my/updates cheatcode. Otherwise you will need to burn a new CD with the updates.

Thanks for reporting this potential bug.