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meandean

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## 606_beta3 observations

Sun Nov 20, 2011 7:49 pm

Did the installer ask for the password? I thought that was changed so it wouldn't do that?
WebBrowser still seems to point to firefox? Needs to be changed in settings>>preferred applications to point to debian-sensible-browser I think
I think gdm is still complaining about no /var/log/gdm although it functions fine. Maybe just create a blank to get it to shutup. I will check and report back.
Oh and did I mention I hate xfce, but a basic gnome install is only a 43mb download away so no worries. Its all good!
Thats it.....for now....
Oh, and what about the installer saying "installation finished" ? I thought we figured out something about that but I swear I seen it when I installed.
meandean

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## Re: 606_beta3 observations

Sun Nov 20, 2011 7:59 pm

> meandean wrote:WebBrowser still seems to point to firefox? Needs to be changed in settings>>preferred applications to point to debian-sensible-browser I think

I think the default user is fine afterall.
The problem may just be newly created users, it pulls in /etc/skel/.local/share/xfce4/helpers/custom-WebBrowser.desktop which still points to firefox

> meandean wrote:I think gdm is still complaining about no /var/log/gdm although it functions fine. Maybe just create a blank to get it to shutup. I will check and report back.

yep a quick mkdir /var/log/gdm seems to fix that
not complaining or criticizing honestly, just wanted to report my observations so you can do something about them if you wish to do so
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## Re: 606_beta3 observations

Mon Nov 21, 2011 2:05 am

Oops! I made those changes in the installer, but I forgot to install it.

Code:
  `sudo dpkg -i /home/github/refracta/refractainstaller-*.deb`

> /etc/skel/.local/share/xfce4/helpers/custom-WebBrowser.desktop

Thanks. I missed that one.
I probably missed something else, too. Tell me, and I'll fix it.
meandean

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## Re: 606_beta3 observations

Mon Nov 21, 2011 2:12 am

Ima lookin...
so far that is all that jumps out
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## Re: 606_beta3 observations

Mon Nov 21, 2011 2:21 am

For /var/log/gdm, there needs to be an edit in /usr/lib/refractasnapshot/snapshot_exclude.list. Like this, to preserve c for clamav and g for gdm. Any others need to be saved?

Code:
  `- /var/log/[a-b,A-Z]*
  - /var/log/[d-f]*
  - /var/log/[h-z]*`

meandean

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## Re: 606_beta3 observations

Mon Nov 21, 2011 2:45 am

nice...
that was the only thing I seen during boot
dzz

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## Re: 606_beta3 observations

Mon Nov 21, 2011 11:07 am

Good work. Not got round to a proper install yet, just the iso in vbox so only first impressions
I like the boot help menu. In my opinion a slightly darkened bohem6 is the best default wallpaper but you can't please everyone!
One thing I forgot to mention before, console-data is not installed (can't set the console keyboard to other than US)
Th panel keyboard switcher is good but still needs multiple clicks to change (gui) layout, only US is available. The most common few (e.g. de,fr,es,uk,it,pt) would be a nice addition for instant switching from the panel
I actually do like xfce, I think it's the way to go now gnome2 has the death sentence. I use also (for my personal install) a minimal Trinity desktop (but that's not "mainstream") Gnome3/kde4 will never be installed here.
No problems here with iceweasel instead of firefox. There are backports for newer versions. I'm not so pleased to see non-free (flash) in the ISO...
I'm still looking at whether enabling some live-config options (locales, keyboard, ...) will conflict with a preconfigured user setup.
I haven't noticed a problem with missing log files before except with clamav. The rsync-excludes seems to get more and more complex. I wonder if, the few problem ones were just touched during install (or snapshot) would work?
fsmithred

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## Re: 606_beta3 observations

Mon Nov 21, 2011 4:02 pm

Right-click on the "us" next to the date in the panel. Properties, Keyboard layouts, Add. There should be enough choices. I just added console-data, so it will be in the final release.
Sorry about the non-free flash. I added it so the live-CD would be useful for banking (one of my banks requires flash for their website to work. Maybe the better option would be to change banks. Seriously...)
I'd like to hear more about live-config options. Maybe we can do that in another thread.
meandean

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## Re: 606_beta3 observations

Tue Nov 22, 2011 10:52 pm

> dzz wrote:I actually do like xfce, I think it's the way to go....

I agree, just having trouble accepting it
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## Re: 606_beta3 observations

Wed Nov 23, 2011 2:00 am

The isohybrid command didn't work, so beta3 is just a plain iso, like the others. I have to fix the snapshot script. If you want to dd the iso to a flash drive, you have to make it an isohybrid first. Run (as root)

Code:
  `isohybrid refracta-6.0.6_beta3.iso`

And to fix the script locally, in case you can't wait:

Code:
  `sed -i 's/isoyhbrid/isohybrid/g' /usr/bin/refractasnapshot-gui`

(same for /usr/bin/refractasnapshot.)
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