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[Israel <israeldahl@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Nio,
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On 04/12/2016 05:10 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote:
> Den 2016-04-12 kl. 04:09, skrev Israel:
> > Hey everyone,
> > zsync the Debian ISO for testing please!!
>
> Hi Israel,
>
> I'm testing in my Toshiba laptop as usual and connected the target 
> drive, an SSD, via USB 3. This works well with other linux distros and 
> versions, for example Ubuntu and Debian.
THANK YOU!!!
> A. The live session looks good. I noticed two minor issues.
>
> Bug 1 (small). The computer name of the live session is 
> 'dahl-desktop'. Dahl means valley in Swedish. It is a nice name, but 
> maybe you should provide a more generic computer name ;-)
Ah... Dahl is my last name, and does indeed mean Valley and is indeed of 
Swedish origin :D
This must be from how I am trying to handle the systemd way of things to 
change the live name... I will revert to the less formal way.
> B. Installing at the advanced OBI level
>
> First I selected to installed the PAE kernel (and it was installed). 
> Then I selected to stay with the non-pae kernel.
>
> Bug 2 (small). The two progress windows overlap each other (in the 
> center of the desktop). Please displace one of them upwards or downwards.
ahhh... I think I can address this easily (i hope :D )
> Bug 3 (medium). There was no 'heads up' when the computer will tell 
> you to remove the live drive and press Enter to reboot into the 
> installed system.

Hmmm.. not sure about this one.....
> C. I booted into the installed system.
>
> Bug 4 (big). After the grub menu I arrived at a text screen (no 
> graphical desktop) and a read-only file system :-(
This must be the fstab issue encountered earlier, I will check to see 
what I can find... it is the cause of most of those issues
> This system is seriously broken (with and without the PAE kernel).
>
>
> D. Installing at the basic OBI level
>
> Bug 3 (medium). The target drive is busy, when I want to install it. 
> The OBI should unmount all partitions and swapoff all swap partitions 
> except on the live drive.
Unless you are installing a tarball from a mounted USB :)  The fix for 
that may have not been specific enough, or something else might have 
happened.  I will check.
I might just make something that ASKS to unmount if an uncertain drive 
exists.
> I unmounted manually, and the installer could continue.
>
>
> E. I booted into the installed system.
>
> The first time I rebooted, I arrived at the graphical login screen, 
> and could continue into the desktop.
>
> The second time I rebooted, I had a kernel panic. (It looked good at 
> the grub menu.
>
> The third time I rebooted, I had a text based grub menu, and I arrived 
> at the graphical login screen, and could continue into the desktop.
>
> The fourth time I rebooted, things were well behaved.
>
> I did not test much in the installed system, but what I tested works 
> (for example the wired network and the shutdown menu, the terminal 
> window and the menu system.
This is the earlier mentioned issue... probably a wrongly identified 
fstab...
> F. I connected the SSD internally (in the same Toshiba computer) and 
> installed again at the advanced OBI level.
>
> Now it was more successful, and I could login into the graphical user 
> interface :-)
So there is a major issue installing to USB mounted drives still.  I am 
not entirely sure how to address this.  Does the UUID stay the same 
despite being a USB drive?
I will look into this issue more.
> *. Conclusions and questions
>
> - I notice that there is no 'real' web browser and I could not find 
> any GUI tool to install program packages from the repositories (like 
> synaptic). I could install iceweasel via apt-get.
There is a program included, but possibly is not on this one.  I will 
rebuild.
It is an indicator that allows searching and installing software from an 
icon indicator on the panel.
> - Is this because there is no space within CD size?
yes.
> - I suggest that there is a very clear instruction how to install 
> program packages, because users may click away the 'firstrun' menu.
I will rebuild with the indicator
> - The tarball seems functional, but I hope other people test other 
> things, for example that it works to connect via wifi.
it has worked well for me in my network testing, however I will have to 
test on real hardware soon.
> - I think there is a problem with the advanced OBI installer, that 
> causes the installed system to fail, when the target drive is 
> connected via USB.
Yes, we had this problem in precise too.  I will look into it now.
> Best regards/Nio
> Nio


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