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[Jack Trice <jackdtrice@xxxxxxxxx>]

​Hi israel,​

​Also one minor observation on the LiveCD session...seems that the Sakura
terminal was not present; maybe that is not there to save space on the CD
or ??​

​JackT.​



On 16 September 2015 at 17:08, Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Israel,
>
> Testing again, with today's iso file
>
> 2d76cb6637168f11c1f7d0da5bb2039a  ToriOS-daily.iso
>
> and I will write comments inline in the report from the previous iso file.
>
> Best regards
> Ni0
>
>
> Den 2015-09-12 kl. 14:05, skrev Nio Wiklund:
> > Hi Israel,
> >
> > I tested the current ToriOS-daily.iso in my Toshiba with Intel i5 and 4
> > GB RAM 'as usual'.
> >
> > A. Live system
> >
> > - nm-applet shows and error (white x on red circle), but wired network
> > started automatically.
>
> The same problem: nm-applet shows and error (white x on red circle)
>
> > - ztweaks does not start from the menu, but it starts from a terminal
> > window.
>
> fixed: ztweaks starts from the menu
>
> > - mkusb needs grub-pc in order to install 'persistent live'. It can find
> > it and prompt for installing, but maybe it should be included in ToriOS
> > live.
>
> grub-install (the package grub-pc) is not installed
>
> > - mkusb wants wmctrl in order to install 'persistent live'. It can find
> > it and prompt for installing, but maybe it should be included in ToriOS
> > live.
>
> I think this worked in the previous version, but now I cannot install
> with apt-get.
>
> 'No file name for e2fslibs', and it does not help with
>
> apt-get -f install  # which is recommended
>
> > B. Installation
> >
> > - The installation with the OBI-installers seemed to work well. I
> > selected the PAE kernel.
>
> But the pae kernel can be installed (the chroot works)
>
> > C. Installed system
>
> I can install programs into the installed system.
>
> > - Rebooting 'directly' was extremely slow (ten times slower that what is
> > normal in this computer). But finally it arrived at the log in screen.
>
> Boots normally now
>
> > - The network was not connected. This is probably causing the long time
> > during reboot. I did not find any easy way to connect the network, and
> > didn't try any advanced or difficult methods, only with the menus.
>
> The network is on, and nm-applet looks OK too :-)
>
> > - The touchpad works only partly and in a strange way. I cannot move the
> > cursor (except in the very beginning), but I can scroll in terminal
> > windows, A tap gives the same response as a right-click. This has not
> > happened before.
>
> The touchpad works better now :-)
>
> > - During the installation update-grub (or something similar) found
> > Ubuntu 14.04.2 (in /dev/sda5) but not a previous installed system of
> > ToriOS (in /dev/sda1). This is better than before, but not good. After
> > installation update-grub found both previous systems.
>
> It seems that the other operating systems were not found when
> update-grub was run via chroot during the installation. It works now, in
> the installed system. This is like it was in the previous version.
>
> > Summary
> >
> > Several problems have been solved or at least improved. But it is too
> > bad that ToriOS is losing functions, that have been working quite well
> > before.
>
> One big improvement and some minor improvements :-)
>
> One new problem detected: I cannot install packages into the live system
> (which mkusb wants, and needs to make persistent live drives). This also
> affects nano, that needs installation. Now there is segfault again.
>
> > Best regards
> > Nio
> >
> > Den 2015-09-12 kl. 06:27, skrev Nio Wiklund:
> >> Hi all toriosadores,
> >>
> >> I could zsync the current ToriOS-daily.iso file from phillw.net and it
> >> checked OK. I have also uploaded it to my tempororary google drive to
> >> help you download the current version and nothing else ;-)
> >>
> >> It is time for testing ToriOS again :-)
> >>
> >> Best regards
> >> Nio
> >>
> >> Den 2015-09-12 kl. 03:15, skrev Israel:
> >>> Hi everyone, here is the latest link...
> >>> https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0efnGFjgPchWjVlLWNKcG1UWDg
> >>>
> >>> As you all know Phill's server is back up, and i have been uploading
> for
> >>> a while.
> >>>
> >>> *TIME TO ZSYNC!!*
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Notable changes (per program):
> >>> *OBI*
> >>> Check for spaces in password, and make the user re-enter the password.
> >>> I added an experimental dialog output for all the OBI logging in the
> >>> user configuration process.  If you like it, I will add it to the other
> >>> programs.
> >>> *JWM*
> >>> Too much to list here.  But, the main reasons to use this version deal
> >>> with the menus
> >>> *jwm-menu/jwm-places*
> >>> Totally new menu written in C++ which dynamically outputs from the
> >>> desktop files.  You can right click the menu for an 'update menus item'
> >>> Also some fixes if there is no language variable set.
> >>> The shutdown menu has been removed, and I simply added the dialog I
> made
> >>> that has shutdown,suspend,restart,logout
> >>> These are all now controlled by a dialog so, logging out is coherent
> now.
> >>>
> >>> the places menu now has the ability to open folders one deep.
> >>> It checks various things, and will make a menu if the user has xdg data
> >>> dirs, gtkbookmarks or nothing other than $HOME set.
> >>> it is much more robust, and works like the applications menu
> >>> *jwm-settings-manager*
> >>> visual improvements
> >>> many fixes
> >>> still some work to go here..
> >>> *live session*
> >>> switch to something similar to starttorios to get more functionality
> >>> built in
> >>> added gettext in order to let the dialogs be translated
> >>>
> >>> *torios apps*
> >>> all the shell scripts (not OBI) that run (screen shot, shutdown,
> logout,
> >>> apthandler, restart, etc...) are ready for translations.  This has not
> >>> been tested yet, so if you speak a different language and would like to
> >>> help, this is something I *REALLY* need help with!!  I might test it
> >>> with my elementary language skills in other languages, but I am not
> >>> fluent so I would not endorse my tests as the final product :)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Regards
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
>
>
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