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From: M0E L. <m0...@gm...> - 2009-09-17 14:01:32
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I dont think we need to do the XKB thing in /etc/sysconfig/vector The user's locales settings from the user's home *should* override the ones from xorg.conf. and about .bash_profile.. Can somebody send me a valid block of content for this file? or am I just adding the language settings there? |
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From: Robert L. <vec...@ya...> - 2009-09-17 08:33:54
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I just tried A1.28 also lots of good news here: using grub I now have a bootsplash first time since we started this run many moons ago. We have a new VL-Theme package installed but its not setup to be default at this point suggest tweaking your advanced\login manager and ksplash settings should get you there..............:) there is some overlap in the text with the new theme in gui mode during bootup I'm sure Masta will fix this. (hint Masta...:) ) vasmcc package still broken...........Uel said he fixed it twice not sure on that and it is still broken in .28 The regional setting can be done but MOE needs to export them to a user .bash_profile file as .bashrc is not read by xsession but works when done in .bash_profile. No need to link them together they work ok as is. Uel I suggest we source /etc/sysconfig/vector and look for something like XKB=1 that instructs vxconf to skip the keyboard setup so its not done twice, MOE this means you need to output XKB=1 >> /etc/sysconfig/vector from installer when all is done if there are changes to keyboard otherwise we leave keyboard at us default I think we are ready to go public with a few tweaks opinions and discussion are welcome Cheers, Robert Robert Lange vec...@ya... http://www.vectorlinux.com --- On Thu, 9/17/09, Newt <gen...@gm...> wrote: > From: Newt <gen...@gm...> > Subject: [Vectorlinux-devel] SOHO-A1.28 > To: "Vector Linux developer's list" <vec...@li...> > Received: Thursday, September 17, 2009, 12:39 AM > Hello All, > > I just got done installing the new 1.28 ISO with r808 > installer. Again, this just > keeps getting better and better. I'm down to just the > nit-picking at this point; > mostly minor things. > > First, the 'Keep regional settings' option doesn't seem to > work as I would expect > it to because the user is required to go through the same > keyboard mapping steps > again upon first reboot. If the user were in fact able to > keep the regional > settings used in the installer (i.e. keyboard mapping) then > this would be a > fabulous feature, but it just doesn't work as expected. > > Second, A few minor issues I noticed after installation: > -vasmCC still fatal errors on Utilities > -spanish locale was installed but not used by default for > user 'test'; not a big deal and to be expected > -vburn-iso does not start > -missing gambas and gimp > -printing and manage printing kde menu option both do > nothing although I have no local printer attached > > Last, just some comments on the various themes and > overlap/consistency issues. Of > course, they are just my humble opinion. > > Good work to all. Maybe next week for a public alpha/beta? > > cheers, newt > > -- > Best regards, > Newt > mailto:gen...@gm... > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Come build with us! The BlackBerry® Developer > Conference in SF, CA > is the only developer event you need to attend this year. > Jumpstart your > developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to > market and stay > ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9-12, 2009. > Register now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconf > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > _______________________________________________ > Vectorlinux-devel mailing list > Vec...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vectorlinux-devel > __________________________________________________________________ Ask a question on any topic and get answers from real people. Go to Yahoo! Answers and share what you know at http://ca.answers.yahoo.com |
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From: Masta M. <mas...@gm...> - 2009-09-17 05:26:32
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Burned and installed. Everything seemed to have went good up to the boot selector. I got a red box saying no OS was found yada yada, so it wanted to do the failsafe thing. In the prompt it told me that I could then make changes in control center. That would be ok, but GRUB loaded into recue mode and from there I am at a command prompt where no commands seemed to do squat. By the way, I selected LILO back at the fail safe prompt screen from the 3 buttons of choice, why it decided to do GRUB is beyond me. can't test any further from here. |
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From: Newt <gen...@gm...> - 2009-09-17 04:39:46
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Hello All, I just got done installing the new 1.28 ISO with r808 installer. Again, this just keeps getting better and better. I'm down to just the nit-picking at this point; mostly minor things. First, the 'Keep regional settings' option doesn't seem to work as I would expect it to because the user is required to go through the same keyboard mapping steps again upon first reboot. If the user were in fact able to keep the regional settings used in the installer (i.e. keyboard mapping) then this would be a fabulous feature, but it just doesn't work as expected. Second, A few minor issues I noticed after installation: -vasmCC still fatal errors on Utilities -spanish locale was installed but not used by default for user 'test'; not a big deal and to be expected -vburn-iso does not start -missing gambas and gimp -printing and manage printing kde menu option both do nothing although I have no local printer attached Last, just some comments on the various themes and overlap/consistency issues. Of course, they are just my humble opinion. Good work to all. Maybe next week for a public alpha/beta? cheers, newt -- Best regards, Newt mailto:gen...@gm... |
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From: Newt <gen...@gm...> - 2009-09-16 21:46:20
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Hello, Regarding KDE language packs: I do not find them anywhere on 1.26 CD2 which would certainly explain them not being installed. Then again, maybe I've just overlooked them somewhere. Cheers, newt -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Monday, September 14, 2009, 2:22:42 PM, you wrote: ML> We may need to modify something somewhere.. ML> I can tell you I have no intention of jacking with vxconf or ML> /etc/X11/xorg.conf from the installer... It's just not a viable ML> option. ML> I think what's happening is just an old xorg rule. The values in ML> xorg.conf override what's in the user's bashrc... I'm not sure, but I ML> think that may be the case. ML> I'm only doing modifications at the user's home level in .bashrc. I ML> know KDE follows the LANG setting from there, and when language packs ML> are installed, it works flawlessly. (I have not tested keybd mappings ML> yet) ML> I need to figure out why the language packs are not getting installed. ML> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ML> Come build with us! The BlackBerry® Developer Conference in SF, CA ML> is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your ML> developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ML> ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9-12, 2009. Register now! ML> http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconf ML> _______________________________________________ ML> Vectorlinux-devel mailing list ML> Vec...@li... ML> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vectorlinux-devel |
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From: Robert L. <vec...@ya...> - 2009-09-15 03:02:17
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I think the problem is that the default xsession does not read .bashrc only .bash_profile or .profile if we create a .bash_profile and have it source .bashrc problem maybe solved. cheers, Vec Robert Lange vec...@ya... http://www.vectorlinux.com --- On Mon, 9/14/09, M0E Lnx <m0...@gm...> wrote: > From: M0E Lnx <m0...@gm...> > Subject: Re: [Vectorlinux-devel] bug report VLSOHO1.26 - more > To: "Vector Linux developer's list" <vec...@li...> > Received: Monday, September 14, 2009, 4:22 PM > We may need to modify something > somewhere.. > I can tell you I have no intention of jacking with vxconf > or > /etc/X11/xorg.conf from the installer... It's just not a > viable > option. > > I think what's happening is just an old xorg rule. The > values in > xorg.conf override what's in the user's bashrc... I'm not > sure, but I > think that may be the case. > > I'm only doing modifications at the user's home level in > .bashrc. I > know KDE follows the LANG setting from there, and when > language packs > are installed, it works flawlessly. (I have not tested > keybd mappings > yet) > > I need to figure out why the language packs are not getting > installed. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Come build with us! The BlackBerry® Developer > Conference in SF, CA > is the only developer event you need to attend this year. > Jumpstart your > developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to > market and stay > ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9-12, 2009. > Register now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconf > _______________________________________________ > Vectorlinux-devel mailing list > Vec...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vectorlinux-devel > __________________________________________________________________ Make your browsing faster, safer, and easier with the new Internet Explorer® 8. Optimized for Yahoo! Get it Now for Free! at http://downloads.yahoo.com/ca/internetexplorer/ |
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From: M0E L. <m0...@gm...> - 2009-09-14 20:22:52
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We may need to modify something somewhere.. I can tell you I have no intention of jacking with vxconf or /etc/X11/xorg.conf from the installer... It's just not a viable option. I think what's happening is just an old xorg rule. The values in xorg.conf override what's in the user's bashrc... I'm not sure, but I think that may be the case. I'm only doing modifications at the user's home level in .bashrc. I know KDE follows the LANG setting from there, and when language packs are installed, it works flawlessly. (I have not tested keybd mappings yet) I need to figure out why the language packs are not getting installed. |
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From: Newt <gen...@gm...> - 2009-09-14 20:15:24
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Hello,
1.26, r802:
I did a little more testing with regional settings and languages in mind. Here are
a couple issues I came across:
-kde language packs do not get installed (i.e. not on cd1 or cd2)
-Installer options that don't seem to affect KDM/KDE:
-Regional Settings: used spanish installer, latin america keyboard mapping, 104 keyboard
-At user creation: checked the "use regional settings for user" option
-First boot: configuration using vxconf asks about keyboard mapping/layout even though I
chose the 'use regional settings for user' option mentioned above. I went ahead and chose
default us/102 keyboard.
-kdm uses new vxconf settings (us/102 keyboard mappings)
-kde uses new vxconf settings for user (us/102 keyboard mappings)
-In other words, the 'use regional settings for user' option at user account creation does
not seem to have any effect. Either that, or it's overwritten during vxconf configuration.
-I would expect that if a user checks the "use regional settings for user" option that they
would not like to have to repeat that step during the first boot.
-I can certainly understand the complexities of making all of these little things work
as a user may expect, especially when user expectations may be misguided. I'm only bringing
this up because I've seen posts in the past related to this (especially keyboard mappings).
Cheers, newt
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From: Newt <gen...@gm...> - 2009-09-14 16:57:01
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Hello, 1.26, r802: Aside from a few mostly minor issues related to installing lilo, the install went very smooth. I was prompted for the 2nd cd as usual (vmware using iso as mounted cdrom). During bootloader, I cannot make the bootloader use 'initrd.old'. I CAN select it as an option, but regardless of it's selection 'initrd' will be used in lilo.conf or grub.cnf. LILO: -text-mode lilo entry is still missing 'read-only' from lilo.conf -timeout still does not respect user setting for lilo -label issue (15 characters) persists for lilo -wifi-rader service fails to start during boot, showing two failed messages. This has been the case since the first alpha I ever tried. -root still does not get a default icon for KDM -analog clock is orphaned outside viewable desktop at 800x600 -missing icons in KDE menu, as already mentioned That's pretty much it. All are very minor issues. Cheers, newt |
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From: M0E L. <m0...@gm...> - 2009-09-14 12:49:55
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When both ISO's are in the same location, it will not prompt you. It will detect it and mount it and try to match it all on its own. If it does not match the first one or if the second ISO is in a different location, it will prompt you to point it out. Did you have both on the same location? |
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From: uel a. <ue...@gm...> - 2009-09-14 03:22:26
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I can confirm the bug here. I used older 1.18 ISO to boot from, made sure the installer was updated to 800 then selected the 1.26 ISO I had on a partition selected a few pkgs from 2nd ISO and started installing. I did not even get a prompt for he second ISO On 9/13/09, Robert Lange <vec...@ya...> wrote: > > Nothing on cd2 was installed as the installer for some strange reason did > not pick up the cd2 iso for processing. I haven't used physical cd's for > sometime as the iso option has worked pretty flawlessly till now. I'll try > it again see if it was a glitch of some kind. Uel says he has some packages > fixed so I might wait and see if we get new iso's with the fixes. > > Cheers, > > R > > Robert Lange > vec...@ya... > http://www.vectorlinux.com > > > > --- On Sun, 9/13/09, M0E Lnx <m0...@gm...> wrote: > > > From: M0E Lnx <m0...@gm...> > > Subject: Re: [Vectorlinux-devel] bug report VLSOHO1.26 > > To: "Vector Linux developer's list" < > vec...@li...> > > Received: Sunday, September 13, 2009, 10:49 PM > > > Not sure I understand what you're > > saying. > > I have installed this in 3 machines... 2 laptops one > > desktop. Install > > went as smooth as can be. > > All of my software is installed, I burned the ISO's and the > > cd trays > > even ejected at the prompt. > > > > The only thing It did not install were the language packs, > > I'll have > > to check that again. > > > > Here is the installation log for one of my installs > > http://nopaste.com/p/aeGGXFb70 > > > > You can see where packages like koffice and openoffice > > where > > installed, these are on the second disc. > > Can you check and see if those where installed from your > > ISO? > > I've ran tests using iso's on uel's box and it does work... > > I'm curios > > why yours is failing. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal > > Reports 2008 30-Day > > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and > > deployment - and focus on > > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's > > new with > > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > > _______________________________________________ > > Vectorlinux-devel mailing list > > Vec...@li... > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vectorlinux-devel > > > > > > __________________________________________________________________ > Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your > favourite sites. Download it now > http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus > on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > Vectorlinux-devel mailing list > Vec...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vectorlinux-devel > |
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From: Robert L. <vec...@ya...> - 2009-09-14 03:10:48
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Nothing on cd2 was installed as the installer for some strange reason did not pick up the cd2 iso for processing. I haven't used physical cd's for sometime as the iso option has worked pretty flawlessly till now. I'll try it again see if it was a glitch of some kind. Uel says he has some packages fixed so I might wait and see if we get new iso's with the fixes. Cheers, R Robert Lange vec...@ya... http://www.vectorlinux.com --- On Sun, 9/13/09, M0E Lnx <m0...@gm...> wrote: > From: M0E Lnx <m0...@gm...> > Subject: Re: [Vectorlinux-devel] bug report VLSOHO1.26 > To: "Vector Linux developer's list" <vec...@li...> > Received: Sunday, September 13, 2009, 10:49 PM > Not sure I understand what you're > saying. > I have installed this in 3 machines... 2 laptops one > desktop. Install > went as smooth as can be. > All of my software is installed, I burned the ISO's and the > cd trays > even ejected at the prompt. > > The only thing It did not install were the language packs, > I'll have > to check that again. > > Here is the installation log for one of my installs > http://nopaste.com/p/aeGGXFb70 > > You can see where packages like koffice and openoffice > where > installed, these are on the second disc. > Can you check and see if those where installed from your > ISO? > I've ran tests using iso's on uel's box and it does work... > I'm curios > why yours is failing. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal > Reports 2008 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and > deployment - and focus on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's > new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > Vectorlinux-devel mailing list > Vec...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vectorlinux-devel > __________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com. |
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From: M0E L. <m0...@gm...> - 2009-09-14 02:56:24
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Not sure I understand what you're saying. I have installed this in 3 machines... 2 laptops one desktop. Install went as smooth as can be. All of my software is installed, I burned the ISO's and the cd trays even ejected at the prompt. The only thing It did not install were the language packs, I'll have to check that again. Here is the installation log for one of my installs http://nopaste.com/p/aeGGXFb70 You can see where packages like koffice and openoffice where installed, these are on the second disc. Can you check and see if those where installed from your ISO? I've ran tests using iso's on uel's box and it does work... I'm curios why yours is failing. |
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From: uel a. <ue...@gm...> - 2009-09-13 21:30:28
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I fixed grub so it would ignore the initrd.old file, and I have fixed the VL-Theme pkg and the vasmCC pkg I am running tests here to see what I can tell about the 2nd CD, I will let you know what I find. Uel On 9/13/09, Robert Lange <vec...@ya...> wrote: > > Hi Guys, > quick bug report on soho1.26 > this was not announced on mailing list but I found it in the admin irc > channel > critical bug: the cd2 iso image is no longer installed the packages from it > are recognized but not installed. This is the first time I have seen this so > must be a oversight due to recent work on improving the installation of > actual second cd media. > minor bugs: > VL-theme pkg is causing problems with grub as its generating a initrd.old > file .........this package needs to be fixed or removed as it is not working > . > vasm package is missing a desktop icon coming up with no icon in kde menu > vasmcc package needs fixing missing icons are causing it to crash at the > utilities section > some of these have been around for awhile but thought i would relist just > to jog the fixit department (which includes me) > other wise all went well but need to fix the no install of cd2 via iso > image. > > Cheers, > Vec > > Robert Lange > vec...@ya... > http://www.vectorlinux.com > > > __________________________________________________________________ > Connect with friends from any web browser - no download required. Try the > new Yahoo! Canada Messenger for the Web BETA at > http://ca.messenger.yahoo.com/webmessengerpromo.php > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus > on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > Vectorlinux-devel mailing list > Vec...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vectorlinux-devel > |
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From: Robert L. <vec...@ya...> - 2009-09-13 09:14:59
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Hi Guys, quick bug report on soho1.26 this was not announced on mailing list but I found it in the admin irc channel critical bug: the cd2 iso image is no longer installed the packages from it are recognized but not installed. This is the first time I have seen this so must be a oversight due to recent work on improving the installation of actual second cd media. minor bugs: VL-theme pkg is causing problems with grub as its generating a initrd.old file .........this package needs to be fixed or removed as it is not working . vasm package is missing a desktop icon coming up with no icon in kde menu vasmcc package needs fixing missing icons are causing it to crash at the utilities section some of these have been around for awhile but thought i would relist just to jog the fixit department (which includes me) other wise all went well but need to fix the no install of cd2 via iso image. Cheers, Vec Robert Lange vec...@ya... http://www.vectorlinux.com __________________________________________________________________ Connect with friends from any web browser - no download required. Try the new Yahoo! Canada Messenger for the Web BETA at http://ca.messenger.yahoo.com/webmessengerpromo.php |
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From: Newt <gen...@gm...> - 2009-09-12 05:55:22
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Hello, r800 installer: I'm super-pleased with this installer and KDE installation. Everything was installed very smoothly with only a few mostly minor installer bugs I've noticed (bugs are logged with tracker) - mostly just some minor bootloader installation inconsistencies but no show-stoppers. One thing I keep noticing but forget to mention is that the 2nd package selection screen only lists gutenprint. I feel like there's an entire "step" dedicated to selecting or unselecting one package. Could it possible be included on the last package selection screen. 1.25 ISO: I've mostly focused my testing on the installer so I cannot compare a whole lot between ISOs, however there are a few little things that IMO could use sprucing. -VasmCC still crashes when selecting Utilities -VasmCC should be added to the KDE menu Favorites -Gslapt should be added to the KDE menu Favorites -At <1024 resolution width the analog clock is orphaned out of the viewable space. I had to zoom out of the desktop and drag it into the viewable space to get it back. -Some KDE menu options are missing icons (e.g. Opera, wpa_gui, browser, vburn) -Flash is not working in Opera (I've always needed to install the v9 plugin to get proper flash functionality in opera >9.63) -GIMP is missing. Granted I can understand that not everything can be included but I would guess that more folks would use GIMP than Inkscape or Scribus. Since this release has pushed well into a second CD I think including gimp would be work the extra space. -Kpackage still requires SMART package manager to function properly. -CUPS cannot be started from VasmCC -SAMBA cannot be started from VasmCC (perhaps these issues are related to vasmCC??) -The grass-blade-with-water-droplet wallpaper is stunning, but my inclination is that it is a bit color saturated. Most of these things are pretty minor. Overall, I think this 1.25 iso with the r800 installer is a great combination. Cheers, newt -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Friday, September 11, 2009, 12:58:56 AM, you wrote: RL> new ISO RL> new installer RL> fixed initrd RL> fixed kernel install bug in installer RL> Please test this one it is really close to public release as an Alpha RL> Cheers, RL> Robert RL> ftp://vectorlinux.osuosl.org/pub/vectorlinux/Uelsk8s/test/VL6.0-SOHO-A1.25.iso RL> ftp://vectorlinux.osuosl.org/pub/vectorlinux/Uelsk8s/test/VL6.0-SOHO-A1.25-CD2.iso RL> Robert Lange RL> vec...@ya... RL> http://www.vectorlinux.com RL> __________________________________________________________________ RL> Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now RL> http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com. RL> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ RL> Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day RL> trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on RL> what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with RL> Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july RL> _______________________________________________ RL> Vectorlinux-devel mailing list RL> Vec...@li... RL> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vectorlinux-devel |
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From: M0E L. <m0...@gm...> - 2009-09-11 20:18:58
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My installation results are similar VM with 512MB ram emulating single core Install process takes about 20-25 minutes from formatting partitions to lilo screen. KDE always crashes when you start it, unless you install VBOX guest additions, then you actually get to use the desktop. Always been like that, I dont know why. I still have to bush out the bug where if the user does not click the button, no face icon is used... Been busy with more serious bugs, but I'll get it there. The root face icon you can do with the package. |
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From: Masta M. <mas...@gm...> - 2009-09-11 20:14:42
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Tested this first in Virtual Box, installer was rather slow there, but went well. KDE crashed repeatedly before the desktop finished loading. Might be due to the VM, since this is first time running this particular one. Installed to actual hardware. Kernel seemed to install good for Lilo. KDE didn't crash here, but I think that the indexing thing is a waste of load time, and I do not see much of a difference with it on or off, as far as performance on desktop. Installation went well, I am not seeing lagging / sluggishness on my end (only in VMs of course). On this particular machine it seemed to go rather fast comparing to previous installations. One note during installation was after setting up user. Seems I got 2 different prompts saying the same thing with different wording. I'll pay closer attention on next test install to get details to give. KDM's root icon should be fixed when a new theme package is up. I think it can be done via installer too, if user selects an icon, installer could write to kdmrc and appoint an icon for root automatically. It might be good to build it into the icon selection section, where the icon button is clicked? Otherwise theme package could handle it. |
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From: M0E L. <m0...@gm...> - 2009-09-11 12:44:30
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Thanks vec As far as the cosmetic bug goes, I think the right way to address this is to modify the bulk description in VINSTALL.CONF The description for that bulk is just too long and I think it's an overkill. It should be short, since when the user un-checks it, the installer will throw a warning explaining what it is and why you should install it. |
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From: M0E L. <m0...@gm...> - 2009-09-11 12:42:43
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@Vec, Can you pastebin your grub.cfg? I dont see how you're getting double entries. You should get 2, one of them for a normal boot and 1 for recovery mode. |
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From: Robert L. <vec...@ya...> - 2009-09-11 07:25:15
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only one real bug and one cosmetic bug in installer ;cosmetic bug has to do with text explaining X11 install to long or something cuts off at the bottom. :grub bug good news it gets all the partitions now the bad news it does them twice in the /boot/grub/grub.cfg file. I will clarify that to say all that are detected by the /etc/rc.d/grub.d/10_linux script get double entries. The base install partition for grub is good as get install and recovery. M0E just a moment to thank you for all your hard work its starting to see the light now!! You also asked if we saw any performance hits since the change I really didn't notice anything except the install progress seemed much more accurate in regards to the size of the package being installed. Great job M0E!! please everyone if you haven't tried give this one a go. Thanks again, Robert Robert Lange vec...@ya... http://www.vectorlinux.com --- On Fri, 9/11/09, Robert Lange <vec...@ya...> wrote: > From: Robert Lange <vec...@ya...> > Subject: [Vectorlinux-devel] SOHO-A1.25 is up and ready for testing > To: "vector develope" <vec...@li...> > Received: Friday, September 11, 2009, 2:58 AM > new ISO > new installer > fixed initrd > fixed kernel install bug in installer > > Please test this one it is really close to public release > as an Alpha > > Cheers, > Robert > > ftp://vectorlinux.osuosl.org/pub/vectorlinux/Uelsk8s/test/VL6.0-SOHO-A1.25.iso > ftp://vectorlinux.osuosl.org/pub/vectorlinux/Uelsk8s/test/VL6.0-SOHO-A1.25-CD2.iso > > Robert Lange > vec...@ya... > http://www.vectorlinux.com > > > > __________________________________________________________________ > Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and > bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now > http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal > Reports 2008 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and > deployment - and focus on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's > new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > Vectorlinux-devel mailing list > Vec...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vectorlinux-devel > __________________________________________________________________ Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! http://www.flickr.com/gift/ |
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From: Robert L. <vec...@ya...> - 2009-09-11 06:59:14
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new ISO new installer fixed initrd fixed kernel install bug in installer Please test this one it is really close to public release as an Alpha Cheers, Robert ftp://vectorlinux.osuosl.org/pub/vectorlinux/Uelsk8s/test/VL6.0-SOHO-A1.25.iso ftp://vectorlinux.osuosl.org/pub/vectorlinux/Uelsk8s/test/VL6.0-SOHO-A1.25-CD2.iso Robert Lange vec...@ya... http://www.vectorlinux.com __________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com. |
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From: Newt <gen...@gm...> - 2009-09-10 20:44:51
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Hello Masta, Thanks again for you help. Once I explicitly selected a user icon they worked, at least the user icon worked - no root icon. I tried to duplicate the issue relating to changing themes and cannot. Perhaps it was just a fluke, or something in KDE 4.3.0, or a combination of various things. Regardless, it's working as expected now! Also, I had reported that sound was not working in my previous 1.24 install attempt. For whatever reason, it's working this time just like it always had. I don't put a ton of faith in the virtual testing scenario due to the obvious reasons - it's not real hardware. So when something like this happens (ie. it doesn't work but next time it does) I just assume it's a virtual-bug :D Thanks again! Cheers, newt -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Thursday, September 10, 2009, 11:35:36 AM, you wrote: MM> KDM user icons will not show unless you select an icon during user setup. MM> Otherwise the installer assumes that you do not want to use icons. And, the MM> theme has to support user icons... just a note that the final theme will MM> support them. MM> If you forget to select a user icon during installation, you can log in MM> root @ KDM and open System Settings/Advanced tab/Login Manager/Users tab/ MM> ..then under "User Image Source" and "User Images", you can select an icon MM> for your users there and apply. MM> The Blebd theme for desktop does look nice. I use on my desktop while MM> testing. However, I am not able to duplicate the issues described while MM> changing settings and themes. Perhaps some systems might need to logout MM> after changes? The menu not showing up, might be due to graphics driver. Try MM> using the 16 color mode instead of the 24 color mode during installation (or MM> edit xorg.conf instead) to see if this brings back the menu. If this is the MM> case, the classic menu will work for you via right click on the menu icon. |
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From: Newt <gen...@gm...> - 2009-09-10 20:16:51
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Hello Masta MCF, Thanks for the info about user account icons. I'm finishing up a test install right now and will choose a user icon to see if the problem resolves. There are two points of confusion that may have been tricking me the whole time: 1) When I get the user creation page. It actually shows a user icon in the button itself (i.e. little schoolboy with blue cap and red tie). I guess I've always assumed that would be the default user icon if the user doesn't change it. If that's not the case the perhaps that user icon preview should show a 'No Picture Selected' message instead to notify the user that there is in fact no user icon selected. 2) It's not totally obvious that the user icon button is actually a button. Don't get me wrong, _I_ know it's a button but it wouldn't expect that everyone would know it's a button. Perhaps some kind of indicator to that fact would be helpful (i.e. a raised look, a message to 'click here' to change icon, or simply a sentence in the 'Help' file for this page). I'll try to repeat the theme switching/kde menu breaking problem in this virtual test. If I can, then I'll try your suggestion on 16bit color mode. I'll also pay attention to this issue when I do more testing on real hardware to see if the problem persists. You're probably right, it's probably just a driver problem especially since I'm testing in vmware right now. Overall, it's not a big problem since a reboot fixed the issue until I messed with the themes again. Funny, what I ended up inadvertently doing last time was installing the KDE menu widget to the desktop though I didn't know it was there until I closes the widget installation window. The desktop KDE menu worked fine but the normal panel-docked kde menu did not. Well, maybe not so funny :D Cheers, newt -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Thursday, September 10, 2009, 11:35:36 AM, you wrote: MM> KDM user icons will not show unless you select an icon during user setup. MM> Otherwise the installer assumes that you do not want to use icons. And, the MM> theme has to support user icons... just a note that the final theme will MM> support them. MM> If you forget to select a user icon during installation, you can log in MM> root @ KDM and open System Settings/Advanced tab/Login Manager/Users tab/ MM> ..then under "User Image Source" and "User Images", you can select an icon MM> for your users there and apply. MM> The Blebd theme for desktop does look nice. I use on my desktop while MM> testing. However, I am not able to duplicate the issues described while MM> changing settings and themes. Perhaps some systems might need to logout MM> after changes? The menu not showing up, might be due to graphics driver. Try MM> using the 16 color mode instead of the 24 color mode during installation (or MM> edit xorg.conf instead) to see if this brings back the menu. If this is the MM> case, the classic menu will work for you via right click on the menu icon. |
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From: M0E L. <m0...@gm...> - 2009-09-10 20:07:00
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Yeah. Aparently the bug still persists. My test install ran for 2-1/2 hours though... it's a shame. Are you guys experiencing performance hits with the new installer on real hardware or is it just me? |
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