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[Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Israel,
[inlines]
Best regards
Nio

Den 2015-02-24 15:13, Israel skrev:
> Hi Nio!
> (inlines)
>
> On 02/24/2015 07:38 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote:
>>
>> Exec=xterm -fa default -fs 13 -e /usr/share/OBI/starter
>>
>> in the file /Desktop/obi.desktop
>>
>> There is also an icon for it (to tell it from the full screen version),
>>
>> Icon=/usr/share/OBI/02_obi-splash-icon.png
>>
>> (to tell from 02_obi-hi-res-splash-icon.png)

> I do have this fix, but I was also waiting to hear if you wanted a
> gxmessage/xmessage dialog for opening the 3 docs

Yes, please

>> 2. *Improved help* 'partition-help.txt'
>>
...
> Thank you, this is indeed what I wanted.  I am all over the place trying
> to make things work nicely.  And I cannot test OBI on the fly as much.
> I edit things in a live session, and then make changes on my computer...
> so sometimes I do not get everything.

...

xterm -fa default -fg black -bg beige -fs 13  -geometry 80x26 -title
"Help to partition" -hold -e fold -sw 80 ~/partition-help.txt

>> The size of the window should be made big enough for the whole text. The
>> current text fits in 26 lines (including the final line feed). Modify
>> the size if you change the file.
>>
>> or if you prefer zenity
>>

zenity --window-icon="info" --title="Help for partitioning" --width=800
--height=600 --text-info --filename ~/partition-help.txt

>> It is possible to control fonts and high-light text in zenity (as I do
>> with mkusb).
>>
>> I can tweak partition-help (text and display method) for the display
>> alternative that you decide to choose :-)
> Yes please do this!!  That would be a huge help!

OK, I'll do it with *xterm* (as per you other email).

>> 3. *nano is borked* segmentation fault
>>
>> I removed and installed it with
>>
>> sudo apt-get remove nano
>> sudo apt-get install nano
>>
>> and it started working. But now the help text wants to be shown by less
>> (xdg-open). So you need to do something (according to 2d.)
> I know about this.  I think it is because I install without recommends
> (slims the image to CD size).
> Not entirely sure why, but I think I can make it work by installing it
> separately with recommends.

Try by adding the two commands after the other things are installed (in
the script to create the iso file)

sudo apt-get remove nano
sudo apt-get install nano

>> 4. *Desktop settings*
>>
>> The desktop is black in the live session. Is that by intention or a bug?
>> I cannot change it. Nothing happens when I click on the icons to 'get
>> there'.
> hmmm... There is no wallpaper?

Yes, the wallpaper was there in the beginning, but it disappeared. I
don't remember exactly when it disappeared, I tested a few things, but
could not make it disappear again.

Now (after a reboot in the same computer) it even works to change to the
9w background (82 kB). Remove it! You can also remove the big
default.png file:

Remove

9w-bg.png (81 k, not compressible)
default.png (726 k, not compressible, way too much)

and use either your background file with bamboo

default.jpg (188 k)

or
default_1600x1200_character.png (30 k)
or maybe
default_1920x1200_character.png (30 k)
if you think it will be used a lot with wide screens.

echo $((81+726+188-30))

This way you can save 965 k (almost one MB) for more important things,
and still be within CD size in the live system. Maybe you can do
something similar in the tarball.

>> 5. Description of OBI is on the desktop, but not the other two help
>> texts (OBI-quick-start-manual.pdf and README.pdf). Is that by intention?
>> That you think that help text is relevant, but not the other texts. I
>> realize that there is the ToriOS manual too.
> This is a side effect of using pcmanfm to put icons on the desktop per
> Ali's suggestion.
> OBI installs those to the Desktop folder of the Live user (i.e.
> /root/Desktop in our case)
> We can add in whatever we want to there, and remove the bottom panel.

So my question is: do we want them or not?

>> *Installed system*
>>
>> 1. *Slow boot*
>>
>> It was unually slow to get ready after installing in my IBM Thinkpad T42
>> with Pentium M. I thought it was borked, but finally it arrived at the
>> login screen. There was some information that it needed 'extra 60
>> seconds to configure the network'. I don't know, if this was a temporary
>> error, or if something has changed concerning network in the installed
>> system (the tarball that comes with the beta2 iso file). But without a
>> working network.
> I may have to edit the /etc/network/interfaces file and comment all the
> other stuff out.

It is important to have a tarball that is portable, that the network
works in most computers, at least the wired connection.

>> I started it with
>>
>> sudo NetworkManager
>>
>> and started the panel applet with
>>
>> nm-applet
>>
>> (I know it can be started with a menu option too.)
>>
>>