Re: [Vectorlinux-devel] First beta rollout of SOHO 6.0 (testing) B1.2

[Newt <gen...@gm...>]

I updated my ISOs to B1.2 and began the installation. It hung at the same point
with the included installer. I tried running the installer from the gambas IDE and
got the same error message as with B1.1 (something about missing images).

I then updated the installer (as suggested) and noticed that the update process
spit out a bunch of 'restored image' messages plus it updated a few installer
files from SVN. I re-ran 'gbr2 /root/speedy/vinstall...' and the same problem
occurred - the installer hung when searching for install media. Again, I tried the
gambas IDE and this time it worked - the restored images much have fixed the error
message I was receiving earlier. Additionally, I was able to complete the entire
installation this time (running the installer from the IDE allowed it to get past
the 'finding media' stage).

I did a pretty straight-forward install without testing the installer
functionality and all seemed to work well (re-used and re-formatted partitions,
custom but only unchecked ATI driver, lilo bootloader to bootsector, new users,
etc).

Upon reboot, I noticed that the label for my windows partition was not as I chose
during the install. During the installation the label was 'window-sda1' but the
lilo boot entry shows 'MicrosoftWindow' (not a big deal but not what I
specifically chose).

During configuration I chose to install proprietary Nvidia drivers. This
immediately failed with a message indicating it could not find the kernel source,
however I DID choose to install it. Since it failed xorg must have been configured
with the 'nv' driver by default because that's what was being used when X started.

I have a widescreen monitor (1680x1050), and when KDM displayed there are left and
right vertical areas that are not covered by the KDM theme. These areas display
with various 'crap'. The first boot they are being displayed with the equivalent
of 'black-and-white ants' only multicolored. The second boot they displayed with
some multicolored ants and what looked like window controls (i.e. a partial
windows with titlebar and icon along with a blue background). Again, not a big
deal but not pretty by any means. A KDM theme that can cope with widescreens would
be preferred but black vertical bars would suffice.

When KDE started, everything was very sluggish. Responsiveness was delayed by 1+
seconds for everything. Right-click on desktop and I have to wait 1-2 seconds for
the menu to be displayed. Move the analog clock, and I have to wait ~2 seconds
after letting go of the mouse button for it to actually move. Worst of all, I
could not see the KDE menu. I would click on the menu and the outline of the menu
would show but nothing else (i.e. I could still see the desktop background where
the menu should be showing), not to mention that it would take a couple seconds
for the menu outline to even display. I'm betting that these issues (display and
responsiveness) are somehow related to the display driver issue I had, but perhaps
not.

Overall, it was not a very successful test. I could not use KDE in any kind of
productive way so I was unable to test anything else. Also, I did not put the
installer through any kind of tests this go-round. I'm looking forward to the next
beta.

Cheers, newt

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Thursday, November 5, 2009, 6:00:25 PM, you wrote:

ua> I didnt have any troubles with it.
ua> try updating the installer code: cd /root/speedy; svn up

ua> On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 5:35 PM, Newt <gen...@gm...> wrote:

>> Hello,
>>
>> I was going to give B1.1 a shot but could not get past finding the media
>> step. For
>> some odd reason the installer just stalled at the screen indefinitely. I
>> attempted
>> to run the installer from gambas but it could not run the project - an
>> error
>> message about 'could not find image' stalled it's progress. In the end, I
>> was not
>> able to do anything with B1.1.
>>
>> My installation was on real hardware using an ISO install method.
>>
>> Anyone having troubles with b1.1?
>>
>> Cheers, newt