[opensuse-factory] 10.3 Beta3+ KDE Live
Hi, Just tried out the Live CD. Pretty much everything in the Live CD itself works, the only thing I wonder is if it's worth launching opensuse-updater-kde on the live session; it's really as if a user can update things from in there. I tried out the live installer, and it has a lot of rough edges; might be a bad idea to have the icon on the desktop (and instead wait for 11.0). Anyway, for the install (let me know if any of these require bug reports): * After you initially press "Next", why doesn't it go straight to the "Change Installation Settings"? The screen it provides gives a very loose summary of what's happening, and _very_ important text like formatting your whole hard drive is written in regular sized black text. This is a serious issue. * It lists "Keyboard" but there's nothing below it (not even en_US) or whatever. * Changing the keyboard layout (I tried en_UK) seems to have no effect on the installed system. * I got two big green YaST errors: ** "Calling the YaST module 'inst_fam' has failed" ** 'inst_live_cleanup' later fails too ** My yast logs: http://francis.giannaros.org/temp/y2logs.tar.bz2 * KInternet tray icon (as well as KNetworkManager) is started up on initial boot for some reason. Issues that would be great to have but are probably impossible for 10.3: * Selection of repositories before install * All the install in one go (so when you reboot, you start the first session straight away) It is super-speedy though; time flies when you can browse the web/irc at the same time. This is definitely the way forward :-) Kind thoughts, -- Francis Giannaros http://francis.giannaros.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
Am Friday 14 September 2007 schrieb Francis Giannaros:
Hi,
Just tried out the Live CD. Pretty much everything in the Live CD itself works, the only thing I wonder is if it's worth launching opensuse-updater-kde on the live session; it's really as if a user can update things from in there.
There are several reasons why we want to have the live CD as close as possible to a real system even though it doesn't make sense on exactly that medium. - we use the same config also for USB images - you can install the CD - you can try the real system. After all you _can_ update on the CD, it will just eat up all your memory :)
I tried out the live installer, and it has a lot of rough edges; might be a bad idea to have the icon on the desktop (and instead wait for 11.0). Anyway, for the install (let me know if any of these require bug reports):
* After you initially press "Next", why doesn't it go straight to the "Change Installation Settings"? The screen it provides gives a very loose summary of what's happening, and _very_ important text like formatting your whole hard drive is written in regular sized black text. This is a serious issue.
* It lists "Keyboard" but there's nothing below it (not even en_US) or whatever.
Please file these. We may delay the live CDs till we have these issues ironed out, so if you report them early there might be no reason to wait for 11.0, but just two additional weeks :)
* Changing the keyboard layout (I tried en_UK) seems to have no effect on the installed system.
That's a known limitation. The keyboard switch is just for the running session.
* I got two big green YaST errors: ** "Calling the YaST module 'inst_fam' has failed" ** 'inst_live_cleanup' later fails too ** My yast logs: http://francis.giannaros.org/temp/y2logs.tar.bz2
There were already reported and fixed.
* KInternet tray icon (as well as KNetworkManager) is started up on initial boot for some reason.
kinternet? Hmm, that's bad. The live CD contains all packages that are on the CD, but of course not all of them are usually installed. So I guess I need to block some that create a problem - like kinternet.
Issues that would be great to have but are probably impossible for 10.3:
* Selection of repositories before install
The install will just copy the live CD content. You need to reboot into the system and then install other software. So this would be rather complex to do. Thanks for testing. Greetings, Stephan --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
On 9/15/07, Stephan Kulow <coolo@novell.com> wrote:
Am Friday 14 September 2007 schrieb Francis Giannaros:
Hi,
Just tried out the Live CD. Pretty much everything in the Live CD itself works, the only thing I wonder is if it's worth launching opensuse-updater-kde on the live session; it's really as if a user can update things from in there.
There are several reasons why we want to have the live CD as close as possible to a real system even though it doesn't make sense on exactly that medium.
- we use the same config also for USB images - you can install the CD - you can try the real system. After all you _can_ update on the CD, it will just eat up all your memory :)
Alrighty, it may well be a good idea then.
I tried out the live installer, and it has a lot of rough edges; might be a bad idea to have the icon on the desktop (and instead wait for 11.0). Anyway, for the install (let me know if any of these require bug reports):
* After you initially press "Next", why doesn't it go straight to the "Change Installation Settings"? The screen it provides gives a very loose summary of what's happening, and _very_ important text like formatting your whole hard drive is written in regular sized black text. This is a serious issue.
* It lists "Keyboard" but there's nothing below it (not even en_US) or whatever.
Please file these.
Sure; done. Thanks. Kind thoughts, -- Francis Giannaros http://francis.giannaros.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
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