On Thu, 2006-06-29 at 13:40 -0700, Eric Harrison wrote: > On Wed 28 Jun, James P. Kinney III wrote: > > > I had python "issues" installing beta 9 (i386 version). The anaconda > > would crash complaining about a gui library issue. It happened 2 times > > at about the same spot (disk 2). I was not able to capture the exact > > error as that machine had no working floppy drive. I was able to install > > with the text method. > > > The yum update process cause gdm issues. The k12ltsp version removed the > > file that controls the graphics display mapping and gdm would no longer > > start. I pulled an older version over and renamed it for the new gnome > > version and recovered. (can't locate notes on this event at the moment > > for the file name... Hmm.) > > No GDM issues here. Let me know if you can repeat the problem & if you > can let me know what file fixed it. The file that vanished was /etc/gtk-2.0/gdk-pixbuf.loaders. I'll be testing the update process again later tonight. > > I had a problem with the latest font server upgrade (xorg-x11-xfs) > on my laptop, but I chalked that one up as my problem (heavily abused > computer + I ran out of disk space right about the same time as the > font server issue). All of my other upgrades went fine. I'm doing > a series of tests today, I'll keep my eyes open. I also hope to have full test of the x86_64 version this weekend. As a side note, the google earth for linux crashed immediately on my dual opteron machine. I have not tested with a 32 bit machine yet. > > > Many of the yum updates in the k12ltsp repo failed to successfully > > complete post-install scripts. The default setting in yumex (and yum) > > was to remove after install so the package was no longer around to work > > by hand. Add to this the gui for yumex no longer worked after the > > update. I used rpm -e to remove it (yumex), turned off the k12ltsp repo > > and reinstalled yumex from the Fedora repo. > > The yumex package in the K12LTSP repo is the same package as the Fedora > repo. I'll double-check the MD5SUM to make sure it is 100% identical. There are other things that are python related that are broken after that first update. The network config gui won't run. I don't recall if there was a library update in the process or not. I do recall that most of the post-install scripts failed. Unfortunately, I don't have a list of what was getting updated. Hmm. I'll check the yum logs. > > > Please note: these were mostly minor issues for me (except the lost > > gnome that threw me for a loop for hours!) I have tested this on several > > different TC system and it works very well. An impromptu demo was a nice > > surprise as sound "just worked". > > > > Release date on v5 final? > > Probably pretty soon. I hope to have a close-to-last beta release out > today. I'm working on a number of minor packaging refinements that won't > make a difference to most people + doing a lot of testing. > > There is a known bug in the new USB thumbdrive access feature. If Jim > doesn't put out an official update real-soon-now, I'll bug him for a > patch ;-) > > -Eric > > _______________________________________________ > K12OSN mailing list > K12OSN redhat com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn > For more info see <http://www.k12os.org> -- James P. Kinney III \Changing the mobile computing world/ CEO & Director of Engineering \ one Linux user / Local Net Solutions,LLC \ at a time. / 770-493-8244 \.___________________________./ http://www.localnetsolutions.com GPG ID: 829C6CA7 James P. Kinney III (M.S. Physics) <jkinney localnetsolutions com> Fingerprint = 3C9E 6366 54FC A3FE BA4D 0659 6190 ADC3 829C 6CA7
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