On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 8:21 AM, Adrien Aubourg <[email protected]> wrote: > Le samedi 23 juin 2012 19:47:46 Paul Tagliamonte a écrit : >> Howdy, -desktop, > > Hi ! > >> >> Hopefully we can contain the flame to the other thread. >> >> desktop-base/7.0.0~exp2 has been accepted into experimental, for testing >> by y'all (and generally interested folks) for feedback and testing >> before pushing to unstable. >> >> I urge y'all to give it a try and provide feedback on issues that you >> may run into. >> >> You can overlay experimental on any unstable install, and install >> desktop-base by running: >> >> $ sudo apt-get -t experimental install desktop-base >> >> For more information on using experimental, check out the wiki[1]. > > One thing so far I noticed. There is a black border around the grub > background. I have it on my tests laptop, and on a VM with VirtualBox. Grub > configuration remains untouched from a vanilla installation.
I see that here as well. I'll look at exactly why after things calm down (that'll be a minor fix) > >> >> If you would care to test out the plymouth bootsplash, here's the short >> version of how to get it running: >> >> 1) Install plymouth via apt ($ sudo apt-get install plymouth) >> 2) Set the theme to use `joy' ($ sudo /usr/sbin/plymouth-set-default-theme >> joy) 3) Edit the file /etc/default/grub, and add >> "splash" to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT >> 4) update your initramfs ($ sudo update-initramfs -u) > > It seems the plymouth look stronly depends on the resolution. The size of the > waiting circels and the space between them seems to be absolute. In addition > to that, the circles seem blurry at low resolution while the swirl logo looks > nice. I ACK this. Let's talk after we start getting it polished (this is a rough cut ;) ) > > Beside these two things, I've got nothing to say, thank you ! Thank you for testing! > > Adrien > >> >> Here's the full list of changes from the version in unstable: >> >> desktop-base (7.0.0~exp2) experimental; urgency=low >> >> * Remove GConf defaults, they are not used anymore. >> * Remove the GDM3 settings, since the configuration format for GDM >> change again, yay. >> * Add a dconf file for the new-style GDM3 configuration. >> * Add a XML file describing the available resolutions for the >> background (for use with GNOME). >> * postinst: use a higher priority for the 1920x1080 background. >> * Cleanup postinst/prerm/postrm. >> * Add a new alternative: desktop-background.xml. >> * Use it from the gsettings override. >> * Reload gdm3 after installation/removal. >> * Drop old libgnome2-common hack. >> * Clean up an alternative that is no longer available. >> >> -- Josselin Mouette <[email protected]> Sat, 23 Jun 2012 23:28:15 +0200 >> >> desktop-base (7.0.0~exp1) experimental; urgency=low >> >> [ Paul Tagliamonte ] >> * Adding myself as a maintainer >> * We've got a new theme -- `joy' by Adrien Aubourg. Thanks, Adrien! >> - Theme added to backgrounds. >> - Theme added for Grub >> - Background changed for GDM3 >> - Theme added for KDM & changed that to default. >> - Theme added for ksplash & changed to default. >> * Standards bump to 3.9.3 >> * Pre-Dependency added for dpkg (>= 1.15.7.2~), since we use dpkg >> helpers in our preinst. >> * Add in Jonathan Carter's Plymouth theme. >> >> [ Jonathan Carter ] >> * Remove splashy theme since it's no longer available in archives >> >> [ Yves-Alexis Perez ] >> * Install emblem in the correct folder. >> >> -- Paul Tagliamonte <[email protected]> Sat, 23 Jun 2012 13:00:47 >> +0200 >> >> I thank all of you dearly for putting up with this, >> Paul >> >> [1]: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianExperimental > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/3655763.1QQLzYtJGF@adau > -- All programmers are playwrights, and all computers are lousy actors. #define sizeof(x) rand() :wq -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cao6p2qttfcfuf2ng8dqatue-8dnbqk6puu_r1xzozcewu3b...@mail.gmail.com
