Yikes. Sounds dreadful. I wonder did the bugfix releases clivejo and I worked on get uploaded? I have been so distracted with my KDE CI I have lost touch :( Scarlett
On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 8:54 AM, Rick Timmis <[email protected]> wrote: > Kubuntu 16-04 Beta2 amd64 testing notes > --------------------------------------- > > Platform: Samsung R710 Intel centrino 3Gb RAM, SSD Drives, NVidia > Graphics > > Summary > ------- > > Good solid start, with many of the features working, which includes > resolution to some problems I had been having on 15.10. I did manage > to find some elements that I believe require attention. > > Testing Notes > ------------- > > 1 - Live ISO burnt to USB, and booted fine, but the Kubuntu Installer icon > on the desktop was very small, and you could not see what it was, nor > read what it said. I was also unable to resize this. There for there was no > way of knowing what the was for, which would be a bad experience for > new users wanting to install Kubuntu. > > 2 - At the end of the installation, the reboot dropped me to a black screen > with a mouse arrow, and just sat there forever. In the end I had to resort > to power cycling the machine. > > Some application problems > > Kicker > Applications > Graphics > Display and edit image files (Image > Magick) - There is no icon, and it does not launch. My advice would be to > remove this, as we have Gwenview sitting 2 entries below. > > Instant Messenger Contacts ( KDE-Telepathy ) > -------------------------------------------- > > Kicker > Applications > Internet > Instant Messenger Contacts : I tried to > connect an account, which offered me Telegram as an option, but it does > not work, looks like a missing dependency > > "This IM Account cannot be created - a Telepathy Connection Manager > named 'morse' is missing or it cannot handle protocol 'telegram'. Please > try installing morse with your package manager." > > Also Video and Audio calling buttons are Greyed out - I read an article in > Linux User and Developer about this, which suggests the problem is due > to :- > "Further, most users will have their Video call buttons greyed out, simply > because either the telepathy-kde-call-ui or the Farstream Gstreamer > codec, or its QT bindings, will be missing." > > We really should fix this :-D > > Kicker > Applications > Internet > KDE Instant messenger log viewer : I > am a bit confused as to why we want this included in the base install > > Kicker > Applications > Internet > PIM Settings exporter has no icon set > > Kicker > Applications > Internet > SSH AskPass has no icon and does not > launch, this should probably be left as a command line tool, and removed > from this menu > > Kicker > Applications > Internet > Web Browser ( Firefox ) - I suggest this > be placed at the top of the menu list, or if you want to maintain > alphabetical consistency, then name it Firefox ( Web Browser ) and place > it below Feed Reader > > Kontact > ------- > > Attempting to click on the Feeds icon in Kontact, results in a Crash of > Akregator. When you then attempt to report the bug, you get the > following. > > "The problem cannot be reported: > > You have some obsolete package versions installed. Please upgrade the > following packages and check if the problem still occurs: > > gstreamer1.0-plugins-base, libboost-system1.58.0, libboost-thread1.58.0, > libcups2, libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0, libgstreamer1.0-0, libpcre16-3, > libpcre3, libxerces-c3.1, ucf" > > Which appears to be an issue with Apport > > Activities > ---------- > > I setup a new Activity called Test, with a keyboard shortcut Ctl+Alt+1. The > shortcuts do not work. I tried also setting a short cut for the default > activity to Ctl+Alt+d but that did not work either. I think Activity > keyboard > shortcuts have been broken for a while > > Plasmoids > --------- > > I tried loading the CPU Monitor, and Network monitor, they appear on > the desktop, but there are no configuration handles, resizing handles, > and no graphics. > I tried the digital which did show the time, and clicking would display > calendar, but the same problem exists with configuration and resizing. > > Hope this is useful > Rick Timmis > > -- > kubuntu-devel mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-devel >
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