GIR
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Alrighty, I have an absolute doozy of a question. You'll love this.
I've been using (Linux Mint 13 MATE, v1.4.2) for a while until they updated to (Linux Mint 13 MATE, v1.6). The people behind MATE (the desktop environment) screwed up the update, so I had to do a fresh install. No problem, right?
Here's the situation: The last time I downloaded the full .jar for KoL Mafia was version 16. Now the the new version 16.2 was out. Yay, download, set permissions for execution, choose open with OpenJDK Java 7 Runtime, double click, set up .kolmafia, and then run Updatemafia10_0. Smooth as I've always done it.
The familiar login window came up.
After I hit tab to move from username to password, my username would disappear.
I typed in the password, and it asked for my username.
Retyped in my username, clicked on the password, username disappeared.
Okay.
Typed in password first, then typed in username, clicked login.... Invalid login as my username disappeared again.
I thought that it was something the Mint people did to my system. Okay, reinstall (Linux Mint 13 MATE, v1.6) all over again, same issue. Try another MATE-based linux. I found (Point Linux 2.2, MATE v1.4.2) - a MATE based Linux without any GNOME stuff mixed in, this will be good. Install (Point Linux 2.2, MATE v1.4.2), download 16.2, type in username....wait for it....hit tab.....my name stayed. Whew. Went though the whole downloading, updating, customizing Point Linux, ran UpdateMafia10_0, type in my user name, and it disappears.
I thought, okay, this is my fault for downloading piles of stuff - we're going to try this on the core installation, and do nothing else. I re-install Point Linux, download the new 16.2, and without touching UpdateMafia10_0, my username still disappears from the line.
In frustration, I go downstairs to my media tower, running (Linux Mint 13 MATE, v1.6). I download 16.2 directly from sourceforge, and double-click. Type in user name....and it stays.
My questions are as follows: What have I done wrong, what has changed within Mafia that I'm not aware of, has my Linux-fu gone rustier than the barbed wire of my childhood?
And sitting to my right, just to taunt me, is my Windows 7 laptop, with Mafia running without a hitch.
I think I'm safe in assuming that I was foolish enough to think that the Desktop Environment of any Linux would have anything to do with this. As my Javas are all up to date, I can only assume that something must have been changed inside KoLMafia. I've tried it both with and without the MafiaUpdate10_0 (I know it's old), and the results are still as random as possible.
Please and thank yous for your time, even if it is just to laugh at my situation.
GIR
I've been using (Linux Mint 13 MATE, v1.4.2) for a while until they updated to (Linux Mint 13 MATE, v1.6). The people behind MATE (the desktop environment) screwed up the update, so I had to do a fresh install. No problem, right?
Here's the situation: The last time I downloaded the full .jar for KoL Mafia was version 16. Now the the new version 16.2 was out. Yay, download, set permissions for execution, choose open with OpenJDK Java 7 Runtime, double click, set up .kolmafia, and then run Updatemafia10_0. Smooth as I've always done it.
The familiar login window came up.
After I hit tab to move from username to password, my username would disappear.
I typed in the password, and it asked for my username.
Retyped in my username, clicked on the password, username disappeared.
Okay.
Typed in password first, then typed in username, clicked login.... Invalid login as my username disappeared again.
I thought that it was something the Mint people did to my system. Okay, reinstall (Linux Mint 13 MATE, v1.6) all over again, same issue. Try another MATE-based linux. I found (Point Linux 2.2, MATE v1.4.2) - a MATE based Linux without any GNOME stuff mixed in, this will be good. Install (Point Linux 2.2, MATE v1.4.2), download 16.2, type in username....wait for it....hit tab.....my name stayed. Whew. Went though the whole downloading, updating, customizing Point Linux, ran UpdateMafia10_0, type in my user name, and it disappears.
I thought, okay, this is my fault for downloading piles of stuff - we're going to try this on the core installation, and do nothing else. I re-install Point Linux, download the new 16.2, and without touching UpdateMafia10_0, my username still disappears from the line.
In frustration, I go downstairs to my media tower, running (Linux Mint 13 MATE, v1.6). I download 16.2 directly from sourceforge, and double-click. Type in user name....and it stays.
My questions are as follows: What have I done wrong, what has changed within Mafia that I'm not aware of, has my Linux-fu gone rustier than the barbed wire of my childhood?
And sitting to my right, just to taunt me, is my Windows 7 laptop, with Mafia running without a hitch.
I think I'm safe in assuming that I was foolish enough to think that the Desktop Environment of any Linux would have anything to do with this. As my Javas are all up to date, I can only assume that something must have been changed inside KoLMafia. I've tried it both with and without the MafiaUpdate10_0 (I know it's old), and the results are still as random as possible.
Please and thank yous for your time, even if it is just to laugh at my situation.
GIR