9 p.m.
A new rawhide-based live image is now available for testing. The only
image available right now is the i386 desktop (GNOME) image, mostly as a
matter of concentrating some testing. The image is based on today's
rawhide plus newer NetworkManager and selinux-policy which should land
in tomorrow's rawhide.
One of the biggest focuses of this image is to get some eyes on the new
NetworkManager version which we're landing for Fedora 8. As this wasn't
ready in time for test2, we're hoping to get some quick testing to help
ensure that it works very well for test3 and not lead to a lot of people
being entirely unable to try things out as test3.
So head on over and download it from the torrent at
http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/torrents//rawhide-i386-Live-20070925.tor...
Happy testing!
Jeremy
9:23 p.m.
On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:00:58 -0400
Jeremy Katz <katzj(a)redhat.com> wrote:
One of the biggest focuses of this image is to get some eyes on the
new NetworkManager version which we're landing for Fedora 8. As this
wasn't ready in time for test2, we're hoping to get some quick
testing to help ensure that it works very well for test3 and not lead
to a lot of people being entirely unable to try things out as test3.
Things known not to work with the new NetworkManager, vpn. Scanning
for networks may also be flakey, but there will be a new wpa_supplicant
package in tomorrow's rawhide that will make this better.
--
Jesse Keating
Fedora -- All my bits are free, are yours?
12:26 p.m.
On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 10:00:58PM -0400, Jeremy Katz wrote:
A new rawhide-based live image is now available for testing. The
only
http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/torrents//rawhide-i386-Live-20070925.tor...
1. I get an error loading libncursesw.so.5:
$ less
less: error while loading shared libraries: /usr/lib/libncursesw.so.5:
invalid ELF header
I'd like to test the media, but:
2. I have a question about the "Test media and boot Live CD" option.
It appears to boot the kernel, then test the image before booting up
all the way. I ran this option and had to leave my desk. When I got
back, the desktop was already up and running. How do I see what the
result of the media test was?
12:58 p.m.
On Wed, 2007-09-26 at 13:26 -0400, Chuck Anderson wrote:
On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 10:00:58PM -0400, Jeremy Katz wrote:
> A new rawhide-based live image is now available for testing. The only
> http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/torrents//rawhide-i386-Live-20070925.tor...
1. I get an error loading libncursesw.so.5:
$ less
less: error while loading shared libraries: /usr/lib/libncursesw.so.5:
invalid ELF header
Hrmm... I haven't seen this. Any errors in dmesg?
2. I have a question about the "Test media and boot Live
CD" option.
It appears to boot the kernel, then test the image before booting up
all the way. I ran this option and had to leave my desk. When I got
back, the desktop was already up and running. How do I see what the
result of the media test was?
If it continued, then the check succeeded. If it fails, then you get
prompted and hvae to press enter if you really want to continue
Jeremy
7:37 p.m.
On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 01:58:37PM -0400, Jeremy Katz wrote:
On Wed, 2007-09-26 at 13:26 -0400, Chuck Anderson wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 10:00:58PM -0400, Jeremy Katz wrote:
> less: error while loading shared libraries: /usr/lib/libncursesw.so.5:
> invalid ELF header
Hrmm... I haven't seen this. Any errors in dmesg?
Yes, it seems that I'm getting read errors on the CD.
> 2. I have a question about the "Test media and boot Live
CD" option.
> It appears to boot the kernel, then test the image before booting up
> all the way. I ran this option and had to leave my desk. When I got
> back, the desktop was already up and running. How do I see what the
> result of the media test was?
If it continued, then the check succeeded. If it fails, then you get
prompted and hvae to press enter if you really want to continue
Ok, but this fails:
dd if=/dev/cdrom bs=2048 count=$(($(isosize /dev/cdrom)/2048)) | sha1sum
It always seems to fail on the last sector:
dd: reading `/dev/cdrom': Input/output error
355594+0 records in
355594+0 records out
It seems that this IBM ThinkPad Ultrabay CD/DVD drive is flakey, but
why does it always fail on the last sector? I used "cdrecord
rawhide-i386-Live-20070925.iso" on an F7 system to burn it, and the
same sha1sum test above always succeeds on that system.
8:12 a.m.
Jeremy Katz wrote:
A new rawhide-based live image is now available for testing. The
only
...
One of the biggest focuses of this image is to get some eyes on the
new
NetworkManager version which we're landing for Fedora 8. As this wasn't
ready in time for test2, we're hoping to get some quick testing to help
ensure that it works very well for test3 and not lead to a lot of people
being entirely unable to try things out as test3.
On a HP compaq nx6320: boots up
OK, and logs in after countdown timeout.
Web browsing, solitaire, 4 in a row, freecell work fine.
The Network Manager notifier quickly shows the lost connection at
ethernet cable removal, and it quickly connects again when the cable is
replugged {this is a definite improvement on F7, which seems to miss
these events - which might have been my doing}.
The applet also lists the couple of wireless networks available. There
was no special prodding required to get the wireless drivers activated,
they worked out of the {live} box. Intel wireless {forget which}.
Clicking one of them disconnects the wired connection, and provides the
'the network is secured - what is the password or passphrase' prompt.
Even after typing a 60-80 characters, the dialog never enables it's
connect button, leaving only the cancel button highlighted.
It seems there may be something wrong here; I did think it might be that
the decrypt key is being actively tried as I am entering the pass/phrase
characters, and it is simply that I do not know the passphrase that
means that I don't get connected. That is : should the connect button
actually become highlighted ?
DaveT. [azureus .torrent share ratio 12.4 ;-) ]
9:23 p.m.
On 9/29/07, David Timms <dtimms(a)iinet.net.au> wrote:
Jeremy Katz wrote:
> A new rawhide-based live image is now available for testing. The only
...
> One of the biggest focuses of this image is to get some eyes on the new
> NetworkManager version which we're landing for Fedora 8. As this wasn't
> ready in time for test2, we're hoping to get some quick testing to help
> ensure that it works very well for test3 and not lead to a lot of people
> being entirely unable to try things out as test3.
On a HP compaq nx6320: boots up OK, and logs in after countdown timeout.
Web browsing, solitaire, 4 in a row, freecell work fine.
The Network Manager notifier quickly shows the lost connection at
ethernet cable removal, and it quickly connects again when the cable is
replugged {this is a definite improvement on F7, which seems to miss
these events - which might have been my doing}.
The applet also lists the couple of wireless networks available. There
was no special prodding required to get the wireless drivers activated,
they worked out of the {live} box. Intel wireless {forget which}.
Clicking one of them disconnects the wired connection, and provides the
'the network is secured - what is the password or passphrase' prompt.
Even after typing a 60-80 characters, the dialog never enables it's
connect button, leaving only the cancel button highlighted.
It seems there may be something wrong here; I did think it might be that
the decrypt key is being actively tried as I am entering the pass/phrase
characters, and it is simply that I do not know the passphrase that
means that I don't get connected. That is : should the connect button
actually become highlighted ?
I can confirm that the wireless prompt does actually work for me -
although the password is in plain text rather than the bullet points
you would expect when entering a password. Update to the latest
NetworkManager and try again
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