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@Rovanion: 2.6.32

And it looks like it's fixed :)

Uploading the ISO now, give it 12 hours or so and it should be ready :)

What kernel is currently running in the Debian Edition?

According to my findings around the net the 2.6.34 should contain the driver.

We finally identified the bug faced by Suhana, it's a critical one and it's reproducible. grub-mkconfig fails to set Grub up. No solution was found yet. I doubt the ISO will be ready tomorrow.

I'm still making sure, but at first sight, it looks like I managed to fix all known bugs. Expect a new ISO in about 24 hours.

License on Atheros drivers seems to prevent us from distributing them... sorry.

Ok, one more ISO and we should be OK. I'll tackle these bugs asap.

Summary of problems found:

• Live Desktop dir belongs to root
• Wrong colors in live terminal: Bash RC overwritten by unwanted live /home/mint/.bashrc
• About me doesn't start (about-me isn't properly packaged in Debian, missing dep on evolution-data-server)
• Audio CDs launch VLC instead of Rhythmbox
• Firefox auto-completion in addressbar is fugly: Missing shiki fix
• Include Atheros R10 Ethernet driver at http://partner.atheros.com/Drivers.aspx?
• In the installer, changing partition FS type doesn't have any effect if format checkbox isn't selected.

@Suhana: Yes, about the colors, that's ok, it's a simple fix for the live-session, it'll be done in the next ISO.

@Suhana: That looks like a working-case output:

1. Generating grub.cfg ...
2. Found Debian background: linuxmint.png
3. Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-686
4. Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-686
5. done

All Applications, all launched accept for About Me. Could not luanch from run either. File is in use/bin and shows as allow executable. Not sure why it will not run.

When CD loaded system launched VLC. Got this error.

• <!--StartFragment--> Your input can't be opened:
• VLC is unable to open the MRL 'cdda://sr0/'. Check the log for details.

After that launched Rhythmbox and ripped audio tracks as MP3. MP3's playback was good.

<!--EndFragment-->

Flawless DVD playback. :-) ALmost could not stop watching Avatar. :-)

Terminal log of install incase it is needed, now rebooting and crossing fingers.

mint@mint:~$ sudo live-installer                      
** Message: console message: file:///usr/share/live-installer-slideshow/slides/link/prototype.js @988: TypeError: Result of expression 'container' [undefined] is not an object.

** Message: console message: file:///usr/share/live-installer-slideshow/slides/index.html#?locale=en @113: TypeError: Result of expression 'element' [null] is not an object.
 

mount: you must specify the filesystem type
 ## OVERVIEW
 Language: en_US
 Timezone: America/New_York
 Keyboard layout: USA
 Keyboard model: Generic 105-key (Intl) PC
 Real name: Marc
 Username: ems
 Hostname: fq582aa-abasr5710f-desktop
 Install bootloader in /dev/sda
 Format /dev/sda5 (38222) as ext4
 Mount /dev/sda5 as /

## INSTALLATION
 --> Installation started
mke2fs 1.41.12 (17-May-2010)
Filesystem label=
OS type: Linux
Block size=4096 (log=2)
Fragment size=4096 (log=2)
Stride=0 blocks, Stripe width=0 blocks
2449408 inodes, 9784832 blocks
489241 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
First data block=0
Maximum filesystem blocks=0
299 block groups
32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group
8192 inodes per group
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
    32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208,
    4096000, 7962624

Writing inode tables: done                            
Creating journal (32768 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done

This filesystem will be automatically checked every 35 mounts or
180 days, whichever comes first.  Use tune2fs -c or -i to override.
 --> Mounting partitions
 --> Indexing files
 --> Copying files

Removing user `mint' ...
Warning: group `mint' has no more members.
Done.
 --> Removing live-initramfs
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  live-initramfs* live-installer*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 191 not upgraded.
After this operation, 2,122kB disk space will be freed.
(Reading database ... 105625 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing live-initramfs ...
Purging configuration files for live-initramfs ...
insserv: warning: script 'K01mintsystem' missing LSB tags and overrides
insserv: warning: script 'mintsystem' missing LSB tags and overrides
Removing live-installer ...
Purging configuration files for live-installer ...
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-686
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for menu ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus ...
 --> Adding new user
 --> Writing fstab
 --> Writing hostname
 --> Configuring GDM
 --> Setting the locale
Generating locales (this might take a while)...
  en_US.UTF-8... done
  en_US.UTF-8... done
Generation complete.
 --> Setting the timezone
 --> Localizing Firefox and Thunderbird
 --> Setting the keyboard
 --> Configuring Grub
Installation finished. No error reported.
Generating grub.cfg ...
Found Debian background: linuxmint.png
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-686
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-686
Found Windows 7 (loader) on /dev/sda1
done
 --> Unmounting partitions
umount: /source: device is busy.
        (In some cases useful info about processes that use
         the device is found by lsof(8) or fuser(1))
 ## INSTALLATION COMPLETE
mint@mint:~$
 

Firefox Brading:

• error 404 not found on home page

For the Jamendo/Magnatune test did not have any issue with either one, ran in live session.

sources.list only has 4 entries. Should update test ifno to reflect this for future testers. As should apt policy, they differ from other Versions of mint.

Apt policy passed but I am asuming no references for this Version of Mint will have 750.

ISO Linux options test all worked accept compatibility mode.

Attempted plymouth text theme and system booted to terminal, no X-session.

@clem: Sorry, passed out halfway through testing "All Applications".  I'll test synaptic again when I do a localized install later today.

@Rovanion: You're right about the address bar being fugly, but I did find the Linux Mint information in the "About" dialog after increasing the window size a little bit.

@Kendall: Synaptic works fine, both after a French connected and an Irish non-connected installation. Should try a French non-connected install to force failure on the APT install of the French Firefox/Thunderbird to see if it causes that.

Problems so far:

• Live Desktop dir belongs to root
• Bash RC overwritten by unwanted live /home/mint/.bashrc

Oh and also:

For what ever method of getting propitary drivers to the users, you should include the Arthros R10 ethernet drivers. They are for the wired networking card in some laptops, specifically my Acer Aspire 5820TG. Without that driver included on the CD I'm also unable to venture out on the net to get other propitary drivers such as the Broadcom wireless driver :P

Here's a link to the driver: http://partner.atheros.com/Drivers.aspx

Firefox branding test failed due to:

• About page does not contain the Linux Mint name
• The colors are off in the awesomebar/adressbar. The blue link color does not do well against the black background. I suggest making the background white since the awesomebar is white instead of changing the blue link color.

The system instealler failed due to:

• When selecting what partition to install Linux Mint on it is impossible to switch partition file system. The filesystem never changes after pressing OK in the double-click dialoug.
• FAT not being a possible choice of filesystem.
• The partition view behaving oddly when Windows are being dragged over it: http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm167/Rovanion/Screenshot.png

Another note:

• The desktop-folder for the liveCD-user mint is owned by root.

I just realized the installer could be run by simply typing:

sudo live-installer

@Suhana: What's happening exactly? Also, can you send me a pastebin of the installer's output, I'm hoping it should contain some valuable info around the step where it installs and configures grub.

Yep, /home/mint/.bashrc was still there. Will be fixed in next ISO.

Trying to open Synaptic I get the following:

E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

Jamendo loads and plays fine.  I had no luck with Magnatune.  The plugin is there and loaded, but 15 minutes of waiting and it still doesn't register anything.

On another note, I didn't install the bootloader (I have LVM partitions and I don't want to have to redo anything).  The installer worked fine in that regard... just sayin'.

Multimedia playback marked as success, but mp3 and ogg audio formats opened by default with Brasero.  Not sure if this is cause for concern or not.

Just curious, is there any particular reason why Rhythmbox thinks all "unknown" songs are "Let your body go" by Tom Wilson? ;)

Inserting a CD launched VLC instead of Rhythmbox with the error:

Your input can't be opened:

<!--StartFragment--> VLC is unable to open the MRL 'cdda://sr0/'. Check the log for details.<!--EndFragment-->

I tried this with both normal CD's and with burnt CD's and got the same result. Also, where is the option to rip to MP3?

Correction, User terminal prompt was not green in the live image but is so after installed.  Marking this one as a warning.

User terminal prompt is not green, everything else in that department checks out ok.

Reporting success on "apt sources" as what's listed is pretty much all inclusive though it's not reflective of what's listed in the test.  Perhaps make a note in the test that the Debian edition has different standards for this sort of thing?

Changes since last ISO:

Critical fixes:

• Added os-prober to detect other OSes
• Added wireless-tools (iwconfig..etc)
• Added firmware for most known chipsets (doesn't include Broadcom B43 due to copyright nor Nvidia/ATI due to GPL)
• In installer, user creation now works with space chars in real name.
• Grub was cleaned and should now install without problems.

Other fixes:

• CD Audio launches Rhythmbox
• Anticipated release number (201009) appears in isolinux and ISO label
• Added MP3 encoder
• Removed Debian Unofficial from sources.list
• Added python-gi (fixes erratic "import gi module" errors in python programs)
• Added build-essential

Note: Installer should be run in terminal with "sudo /usr/lib/live-installer/main.py" to get as much info as possible.

Happy testing ;)

Clem.