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["Jack T." <jackt@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, September 6, 2014 12:19 pm, Nio Wiklund wrote:
> Den 2014-09-06 09:45, Jack T. skrev:
>
>> On Fri, September 5, 2014 10:15 pm, Israel wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Jack,
>>> We don't have a program installed to change the localization.
>>> I have been asking on here for a viable option.  I have never used any
>>>  program, so I do not know which ones are good, or even which ones
>>> are available. Did WiFi work for you in the Live version?? I have not
>>> fully gotten to the WiFi issue.  Hardwired network should work fine.
>>>
>>> Let me know what programs are out there and which ones work best.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 09/05/2014 03:56 PM, Jack T. wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Fri, September 5, 2014 6:48 pm, Nio Wiklund wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Den 2014-09-05 19:45, Jack T. skrev:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, September 5, 2014 1:49 pm, Israel wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>>> here it is! md5sum = edf6be7ddb8d436517f559728aeb1932
>>>>>>> http://torios.org/ISO/ToriOS-alpha-rc1.iso
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 09/04/2014 07:15 PM, Israel wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>>>>> OBI has been fixed!
>>>>>>>> There are some things that will need to be tweaked to make
>>>>>>>> everything better, such as changing the tarball name to
>>>>>>>> something more indicative of what it is. And the OS that
>>>>>>>> gets installed will need to be updated substantially before
>>>>>>>> we are ready for a Beta release... But we need testers to
>>>>>>>> test localization of the menu, and look for any bugs they
>>>>>>>> can find anywhere. Keep a good list, and report back here!!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'll upload this to the web page and update it with the new
>>>>>>>>  info. I need to do a quick rebuild to fix one minor issue
>>>>>>>> (I didn't run
>>>>>>>> update-menus when I changed some of the things).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks everyone!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Israel,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Results inside VirtualBox...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1) Installed apparently okay except near the end step:
>>>>>> Bootloader,
>>>>>> I
>>>>>> get a 2 minute loop of "sudo: unable to resolve host torios"
>>>>>> messages but then it continues and finishes the install with no
>>>>>>  further error messages BUT...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2) On booting from the installed OS on the VB hdd, just get a
>>>>>> blank black screen; waited 10 minutes but no change...tried
>>>>>> multiple boots but same result.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Let's see how others do, eh?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> JackT.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Jack,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Maybe the installed system has a PAE kernel. Try to enable PAE in
>>>>> the VBox virtual machine.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I had to do that in the previous version (a few days ago).
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Best regards
>>>>> NIo
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I checked I had PAE set, so that wasn't any problem.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ran it again in VB and finally got the GRUB screen up and booted to
>>>> the JWM desktop.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 1) I could not get my WiFi to work with wicd.
>>>> 2) Wasn't sure how to get locale/keyboard/timezone localised to
>>>> UK/GB.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Jack T.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Regards
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Hi Israel,
>>
>>
>> Ah, okay, thanks for clarifying about localization status...sorry but I
>>  have no knowledge in that area...
>>
>> WiFi works okay using the LiveCD...
>>
>>
>> JackT
>>
>>
> Hi everybody,
>
>
> I'm testing ToriOS-alpha-rc1.iso in my IBM Thinkpad with Pentium M.
>
>
> The live system installed nicely and runs well in the desktop (with the
> non-pae kernel 3.2.0-68-generic)
>
> The network is OK, not only the IP numbers, but also names are resolved
> now :-)
>
> And the installer works / the tarball's name is still ball :-)
>
>
> -o-
>
>
> The installation was good. We know that the installed system is lagging
> behind, there are bugs to be squashed and features to be tweaked, but it
> works.
>
> -o-
>
>
> A comment about style: The borders of the xterm windows are not
> different enough from the background, it is hard to tell two overlapping
> windows apart.
>
> A general comment: Congratulations to good progress Israel :-)
>
>
> Best regards
> Nio
>
>
> ps/
>
> I tested the bleeding edge mkusb version 9.0 via
>
>
> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mkusb/unstable sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get
> install mkusb
>
> and it works (except that the font is bigger, so the Welcome and Warning
> window must be made slightly wider). The desktop file is hardcoded in the
> live session, so you should start the new one with
>
> rox /usr/share/applications/mkusb.desktop
>
> otherwise the old desktop will be used. The shellscript mkusb 9.0 will run
> in both cases, but the console windows will be different.
>
> This should be no problem in an installed system with a working network,
> but I wanted to test it here to find out if the new version of mkusb works
> with ToriOS.
>
> /ds
>
>
Hi All,

Finally got WiFi working inside VB on the installed system...

I went into wicd manager preferences and changed the network interfaces
names to 'wlan1' and 'eth1'...and bingo WiFi connected and tested using
Midori...phew...

JackT.