Re: [Vectorlinux-devel] Vl-Dyn-5.9.8.9 bug report - UKB

[John B <joh...@gm...>]

UKB,

LTNS! Thanks for your feedback. I'll intersperse my replies with your comments.

John

On 8/5/06, HQX Net <hq...@gm...> wrote:
> Vl-Dyn-5.9.8.9 bug report
>
> I got the latest iso, very nice indeed, great packages selection (as usual)
>
> These are the bugs I hit (mostly minor, didn't make any strechting of
> the installation either):
>
> ---- INSTALL ----
> ** Some typos and grammar in the Readme:
>  - The first paragraph is odd, has "flavour" too many times.

I think that can be fixed. ;-)

>  - When mentioning the kernel source/headers says "for your hacking
> convenient", wich sounds as a typo to me.

Agreed. It should probably read "for your hacking pleasure." ;-)

>  - In "New libraries" > Multimedia > "mesh with" should be "mess with"?
>  - in "Acknowledgments" >  "of cource" should be "of course".
>
>

Correct on both counts.

> ---- FIRST BOOT - X CONFIGURATION ----
>
> ** The console didn't fit well in the graph behind it, so it
> overlapped the frame at the right side. I guess it was 1 or 2 columns
> too wide.
>
> ** I _think_ I was asked to select my keymap twice. Not the usual
> installation/configuration stages but twice at the config stage.
>
> ** The installer didn't detect my monitor's Sync values, so X testing
> failed during the install and could start without further
> configuration. The process kept on fine beyond that.
>
> ** Bootsplash. At 800x600 the progress bar doesn't, well... progress.
>
> ** If the system boots stright to runlevel 4 the keymap is wrong,
> AltGr doesn't work and I cant switch to tty2 by pressing Ctl+Alt+F2.
> It does work if I Kill the Xserver > init 2 > startx  0_o
>

Could the inability to switch tty's be an /etc/inittab error?


>
> ---- PACKAGES -----
>
> ** Xpdf is missing libt1.so.1
> ** gyachi is missing libltdl.so.3

The t1lib package changed from VL 5.x to the current dynamite. We
should definitely build xpdf against the glibc, etc., in the current
dynamite. As far as gyachi goes, IIRC, the package was a prebuilt
binary against another Linux. Kocil, please correct me if I'm wrong.
>
> ** LinNeighborhood seems to be missing the patch that makes it samba 3
> compatible:
> http://www.bnro.de/~schmidjo/faq/index.html#faq17
>
> Btw, I have seen distros where the full samba is NOT required for
> LinNeighborhood to be able to browse and share mounts.
>

Good point. BTW, I think the only reason we've included a full samba
is that some folks use their VL boxes for sharing with Winderz boxen.

>
> ---- XFCE Menu ----
> ** Found many apps are missing from the menu. As they aren't mentioned
> anywhere else either, they are not noticed and, what's worse, the
> distro seems to use too much space for few apps.
> - Missing: d4x, dillo, grsync, putty, knocker, LinNeighborhood, medit,
> epdfview, xpdf, xchm, lmms, xcdroast, Aterm,  mrxvt.
> - Misplaced: xchat, gmplayer, xine.
>

For the missing apps, it's just a matter of a .desktop file being put
into /usr/share/applications to add the app to the menu. For the other
apps, it's a matter of correcting the .desktop file in
/usr/share/applications so that they show up in the right places.

>
> keep up the excelent work!
> Kudos :)
> UKBill