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[Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Israel and everybody else,

This sounds great, I'm really looking forward to something to test,
whatever name you prefer, even 'The FINAL TESTING ISO before Beta' :-D

Did you solve the problem with grub-install? Or do you (still) need some
workaround or the old method for it?

Best regards
Nio

Den 2014-10-09 23:32, Israel skrev:
> Whew....
> Ok, so the way I fixed the issue was studying
> ConsoleKit/DeviceKit/upower etc...
> I eventually realized I probably just needed a polkit rule to make this
> happen.
> And that was the case.
> 
> I tried this using SLiM, and it worked. (finally)
> So... what does this mean?  It means we are almost ready for The FINAL
> TESTING ISO before Beta.
> Since Paul has a Jam coming up, I will try to get this out soon :)
> Thanks for being patient everyone, and believing in this project, it is
> really getting close now.
> 
> 
> On 10/07/2014 09:27 PM, Ali Linx wrote:
>>
>> On 10/08/2014 01:07 PM, Israel wrote:
>>> Hey everyone,
>>
>> Hello everyone,
>>> I have been fighting a problem for a while trying to get everything just
>>> right... and I finally found out...
>>> I cannot fix this current issue with the current setup.
>>>
>>> Issue: XDM doesn't support consolekit  (please correct me if I am wrong)
>>>
>>> Solution: SLiM? or back to the console login, or upload a version on XDM
>>> which supports consolekit
>>>
>>> What do you guys think?
>>>
>>> The reason this is important (mainly) is shutting down.
>>> For a normal user to shut down the computer (safely) without requiring a
>>> password we need consolekit to start the session
>>> in the console login I use ck-launch-session jwm
>>> Consolekit is part of Upstart, this will all change with systemd  (no
>>> idea what we need there... but that is quite a way off fortunately)
>>
>> I think that we should NOT just depend on ourselves and our very small
>> team but also ask other people for help and support. I know some of
>> you may not know so many people like myself or Phill (for example) but
>> I am 100% sure that if we seek help somewhere else rather than this
>> list, I am sure we will get some help and I am also sure some people
>> might be interested and join us.
>>
>> The odd problem that we currently have is beyond what Israel has just
>> explained.
>>
>> This project is VERY active when it comes to development and
>> communications but it is very INACTIVE when it comes to contributions.
>> Of the the ideas to break this and change this fact is to ask for
>> external help. This is the best idea that I could think of.
>>
>> While our brave and great friend Israel is doing his very best ...
>> putting tears, sweat and blood into this ... other people can help. I
>> have asked that billion of times already. We could do two things at
>> the same time, it is not an overkill at all. Really, I don't need to
>> remind you about that.
>>
>> Israel is going the extra miles here since day one. He deserves more
>> help. So, I am asking everyone here if we got stuck somewhere, we need
>> to seek external help.
>>
>> ALSO, those who are doing NOTHING at all, if you are seriously
>> consider yourself part of ToriOS, then prove it :) following up with
>> the emails is NOT helpful AT ALL. You have to do something ...
>> whatever you do is helpful but you need to 'do' ...
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>
>> Sadly, I know nothing about development. However, I know that it is
>> all about marketing and communications.
>>
>> Here is the plan:
>> We carry on with what we do to build ToriOS
>>
>> IF we got stuck somewhere THEN
>>         we seek external help
>> ELSE
>>        we shall have hard time (more energy, more time, more .. etc)
>>
>> No excuses from my side. No promises either. Everyone knows that I
>> have moved for the 3rd time in 15 months and I'm looking for a job.
>> Also, I want this project to go beyond the current status.
>>
>> We need to come up with a work plan ... we can make it, I am sure but
>> it is taking more time and more energy ... it should be more smooth
>> and easy.
>>
>> @Israel
>> Have you tried t seek external help?!
>>
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