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[Israel <israeldahl@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Nio
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On 01/23/2016 02:37 PM, Nio Wiklund wrote:
> Den 2016-01-22 kl. 01:59, skrev Israel:
>> ...
> Hi Israel and the other developers :-)
>
> I have some time now for testing, first in my Toshiba with an Intel i5
> processor and 4 GB RAM.
>
> Live:
>
> 1. You forgot to treat the iso file with isohybrid, so I had to do that
> in order to make it work when flashed with mkusb into a pendrive.
>
>
> 2. The information about the version according to
>
> uname -a
>
> is a little confusing (i586 or i686?). It does not handle more than 2 GB
> RAM well, which indicates a non-pae kernel. I will check it in my IBM
> Thinkpad with an Intel Pentium M later.
i586 is non PAE i686 is PAE

> Installing:
>
> 1. At the basic OBI level: The window 'Select device - and continue' is
> too small (should be wider to accomodate all the text)
I e-mailed you about this already, but here is the general info:

I am working to dynamically calculate the size of text and size the
window accordingly.
I have tested this and after a few edits I now have a working version
(at least on my VM)

> 2. For some reason the SSD drive connected via eSATA is shown twice in
> this menu (minor bug but confusing).
not sure where to look for this.... that is definitely part of your
original OBI code somewhere... I might be able to track it down....
> 3. There is no box to check in the 'Final warning' window. But you can
> click on the text 'Check this box ...' - maybe it should be changed to
> 'Click on this line to get it checked, if you are ready to go'. I think
> this is a zenity bug (or bad cooperation between zenity and jwm).
I think this is either a Zenity bug OR a bug in the Numix gtk theme, OR
it is another 'feature' Gnome has built into GTK :P
> Installed system:
>
> 1. Apparmor init failed for me too.
It fails at first, but then gets things right.  I think apparmor is an
upstart based thing... not sure what it is for but it is in the standard
Ubuntu minimal or standard packages.
> 2. A start job is running ... (waiting for 90 s: systemd problem?)
This is a systemd issue.  Basically the /etc/fstab had the cdrom (sr0)
in it from the Debian Installer.  Then, when OBI recreates the fstab we
get a funky thing where the installed OS is looking for a non-existent
device for like 90 seconds.
> 3. The tick boxes in ztweaks is missing, you have to click on the white
> space where it is supposed to be in order to activate it. The same
> zenity bug as before. In this case it does not work to click on the
> text, so it is really confusing.
I did change some of the text in other dialogs... but I am not sure with
this.  We will have to test multiple themes to check this out.  Maybe
file a bug with zenity/gtk/numix or whatever is causing the problem.
> 4. The colours of the prompt in the terminal window are not green and red.
:(
I am not sure if I create the bashrc correctly in Debian, or possibly it
doesn't get fully copied?  Not sure about that one.
> 5. The panel icon for audio is bad, or should I say, the app behind it
> does not work correctly. I cannot open the mixer. I have to select
> preferences and show slider, otherwise it is mute. 'Open mixer' just
> flashes by - does not leave anything open.
as I told Jack, alsa-utils was not installed... but will be in the new
ISO which will be ready when OBI is ready.
> 6. The wired network works. I can use ssh. But I have to 'sudo ping'
> (maybe this is a feature of debian, different from ubuntu).
hmm... not sure if that is a feature or a bug.  They are very similar
and VERY different.  But I like this ToriOS version it is the best of
both worlds, IMO
> Installing:
>
> 1. At the advanced OBI level: The checkbox is missing (the same zenity
> bug as before).
> IBM Thinkpad with an Intel Pentium M
> 2. I tried to install the PAE kernel this time. But
> uname -a
> and
> free -m
> seem to display the same as before. Are you sure that there is a
> difference - that different kernels are installed?
This IS a bug.  Thank you.  I think this will be fixed in the next version.
The PAE kernel installer should also leave a log file in
~/pae-kernel-install.log
For us to check more.
> 3. I tried again and installed a third time, (to a third ext4
> partition), making sure I installed the 'PAE kernel'. This time the
> installed systems grub did not display the previous versions as lines in
> the grub menu. But it worked to run
I think this is a problem with the bug.
> sudo update-grub
>
> to get them.
>
> Still the same result from uname -a and free -m, so I think it is the
> same kernel all the time.
>
> Pentium M:
>
> *. The live system and the installed system work in the IBM Thinkpad
> with an Intel Pentium M, and the the kernel is a non-pae kernel.
>
> It seems that we get a non-pae kernel also when we select to install a
> PAE kernel (in computers allowing it). So [I am almost 100% sure] this
> is a bug.
>
> -o-
>
> There are some bugs, but considering the short time you have been
> converting ToriOS to debian, I think you have done a very good job. Most
> things work :-)
Thanks Nio.
> Best regards
> Nio


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