Installed microwatt, multiple issues

[n_spect_r]

I am not familiar with openbox yet.  I've tried the live USB and it is very responsive.  I am tempted to install as there are no mouse or touchpad issues in that distro.  I need to be able to run Libreofffice, wine, Audacty, and Xiphos.  My initial assumption is that the core OS is still the same so it should run all DEB software, I just want to be sure before switching over.

[blaze]

Your assumption is right, and you can always test it from the live one first if you want to be absolutely sure.

[BALLOON a.k.a. Fu-sen.]

Microwatt(Openbox) can introduce a package same as LXDE version basically.
But, please be careful about the menu of Openbox not reflecting an installation package.
One of the means to solve the problem is right here:

http://planetwatt.com/newforum/index.php?topic=13.0

[biffster]

Everyone is correct here.

As long as you use synaptic, or apt-get, gdebi, they should pull in any dependencies needed.

I actually run a completely different desktop from everyone (most everyone ) on wattOS (I use i3 WM) and I run Libreoffice, truecrypt, pcmanfm, and a myriad of programs without any problems.

Enjoy, and feel free to ask any questions.

biff

[n_spect_r]

I took the plunge and did the install but Synaptic package manager will not let me in.  I am trying to do some installs from terminal.  I have been able to install some stuff through terminal, apt-get but there are still issues.  I need to add some dependencies and can't access synaptic package manager.  I also have an isue with an extra partition not being accessible.  When I try to mount I get "Not authorized to perform this operation".  Maybe I need to edit fstab file.  Will play with it later.  If I can't get it by tomorrow I'll go back to R5 that worked.

[BALLOON a.k.a. Fu-sen.]

This work is necessary to use Synaptic in wattOS R8:
http://planetwatt.com/newforum/index.php?topic=15.0

[n_spect_r]

I solved the access problem in synaptic, from digging the forums I found the bug in gksu-properties set to su instead of sudo.  Now the only real issue is mounting the second drive partition.

[n_spect_r]

I screwed with this for a while, edited the fstab file with no luck. From terminal I could sudo mount /media/storage (what I named it in fstab) then could get in from the file manager but could not write. On a wild hair I tried sudo pcmanfm from terminal then typed the location, /media/storage in the browser window and I have all access.  Clunky but at least I can get to my old files.  Irritating that USB drives have no problems at all.