Re: [Vectorlinux-devel] First beta rollout of SOHO 6.0 (testing) B1.6

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

Hello,

I found time to give B1.6 a try and it seems to be working much better. The
default gbr2 installer still hangs when looking for ISO install source and I have
to kill the pid. However, the gambas IDE installer runs fine and finds the source
at the root of an ntfs partition just fine.

Also, I can still reproduce that strange installer bug I mentioned a while back
regarding the 'Search Again' button losing it's ability to find the install media.
The way I make the bug show is to click next until you get to the step where you
create new partitions or use existing partitions. Then I click back to go back to
the install source step. Then I click 'Search Again' a couple times. After about
the 2nd or 3rd time it can no longer find the install source ISOs. However, I
don't think this is a big deal because 1) it takes a strange set of steps to make
it happen, and 2) I recall that M0E could not reproduce the bug so it could very
well be limited to my system/scenario (ISO install method, iso's sitting on ntfs
partition, multiple mixed hard drives sata and ide).

All of the other bugs I mentioned in my B1.2 test have been resolved: lilo labels
are correct, proprietary nvidia driver installs and works, no more left and right
kdm vertical bars, kde responsiveness was great - no sluggishness, kde menu
displays normally. It all seems to have installed correctly.

One thing I noticed is that my audio did not work. lspci identifies it as intel
high definition audio, while windows identifies it as sigmatel high definitial
audio. Perhaps they are synonymous? Anyway, I tried playing several of the system
sounds and nothing actually made any sounds. I checked the mixer volume and mute
setting, and both appeared to be set correctly. I didn't investigate beyond this.

Last, I noticed that the KDE menu 'Favorites' do not list the VL-specific tools
anymore. I imagine they'll be added back before the final but just thought I'd
mention this.

I did not do any application testing.

Cheers, newt