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[Israel <israeldahl@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Nio,
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On 02/06/2016 02:30 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote:
>
> ...
> In the previous version I had this problem with the progress window, but
> it works correctly for me in this version. I'm testing in my Toshiba (so
> a real computer).
Well, we will have to investigate why this occasionally doesn't work.
It may be some virtual box settings, perhaps, since the code looks at
the output of xrandr.
Via:
xrandr|grep '*'|sed -e 's/^ *//' -e 's/ .*//'

@Jack
Could you post the output of that command back here for us to see?
>>> 2) Tick box to confirm final media to install to (pop-up with all the
>>> red in) is not visible but present (I believe Nio has mentioned this
>>> before).
>> True, this is either GTK or Numix bug.  I have not gotten any response
>> on G+ I will try on github
> The modified texts helps getting around this bug.
But this bug may be fixed soon!!! :D
The Numix guys respond very quickly on github!
>>> 3) Tick area for setting keyboard map once installed (in my case from
>>> 'us' to 'gb') is not visible but present.
>> But you now can configure your locale, and does it work persistently??
> Yes, I can use the new feature to configure the locale, and it works,
> but it is very slow to scroll to Swedish with the down arrow. I found no
> quick scroll or hotkey method (page down helped a little). Please advice
> to to manage this window in an efficient way!
Not sure about this one.  I suppose making the window larger would help
right?
At least the bug is fixed.... now UX improvement, which is not a bug but
a 'feature request'
This is not a show stopper, so I think if everything else is good to go
we can release this ISO.
Of course there are other minor things to work on, so if we fix this
before release all the better!
>
>>> Cheers,
>>> JackT.
>>>
>> There is a bug in firstrun, that should be fixed in the upstream.  I
>> will wait to rebuild the baseOS again until we have all the kinks out,
>> as using export XZ_OPT=${XZ_OPT-"-e9"} takes a looooooong time to
>> compress... but it obviously was worth it, as well as the xz compression
>> (instead of gz) for the squashfs.
>> I think this would make the precise version somewhere around 500MiB
>> (since it is the pre systemd version)
> Great that you find an effient compression method and made the iso file
> within CD size :-)
>
> I think you need a good number-crunching computer for this task. If I
> remember correctly, xz can use only one thread/processor, so you need a
> fast processor.
I don't have a nice computer, I only have old computers.  I get the hand
me downs from my family that are 'too old' to be usable.
This computer I am using is from 07, so it is slow going, but effective :D
> -----
>
> * 1. But I found a bug in the OBI-installer *
>
> It works well to install the PAE kernel. The non-pae kernel is kept, and
> can be booted. Previous operating systems are detected and can be booted
> too.
Great!
> It works twice. The first time at the basic OBI level, and once at the
> advanced OBI level. But next time (at the advanced OBI level) I install
> into another ext4 partition, the previous operating systems are not
> detected and will not be available in the grub menu. I tried several
> times, and it just refuses to work. (It makes no difference if I install
> the PAE kernel or not, and no difference if I select autologin or not.)
Is this within the same session?  Or are you rebooting and trying again?
Not sure why this could happen.
> As usual the previous operating systems are found when I run
>
> sudo update-grub
>
> when booted into the installed system.
At least you can boot
> * 2. And I know of a bug in mkusb *
>
> mkusb can make live-only [USB] drives, but must be changed in order to
> create persistent live drives of ToriOS-debian. I understand that I have
> to do it, but I don't know when there will be enough time for me to
> focus on that programming effort, maybe sooner, maybe later.
> -----
If you give me a quick run down of what you think needs to happen then I
can look into it if I get a chance.

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Regards