Re: [Tails-dev] Please test Tails ISO with updated syslinux
Hi, Alan wrote (24 Aug 2014 21:49:52 GMT) : Please find below test results on the following system: Thanks! Cheers, -- intrigeri ___ Tails-dev mailing list Tails-dev@boum.org https://mailman.boum.org/listinfo/tails-dev To unsubscribe from this list, send an empty email to tails-dev-unsubscr...@boum.org.
Re: [Tails-dev] Please test Tails ISO with updated syslinux
Hi, Please find below test results on the following system: Handle 0x001B, DMI type 1, 27 bytes System Information Manufacturer: Apple Inc. Product Name: MacBookPro9,2 Version: 1.0 Family: MacBook Pro My apologies for the delay. On Mon, 28 Jul 2014 22:31:59 +0200 intrigeri intrig...@boum.org wrote: So, here's what I need you to do: 1. Take notes about how the hardware you have supports Tails 1.1, in terms of does it boot at all: - using a DVD Boots fine. The DVD is labeled Windows. Compatibility mode is used (the kernel use BIOS boot). Shutdown works. - using a USB device installed the good old manual (isohybrid + cat) way Boots fine. The USB is labeled Windows. Compatibility mode is used (the kernel use BIOS boot). Shutdown works. - using a USB device installed with Tails Installer Boots fine. The USB is labeled EFI Boot. Actual EFI is used. Shutdown fails. - using a USB device installed with the Universal USB Installer There are two entries in the apple boot menu: - one labeled Windows that boots fine. Compatibility mode is used (the kernel use BIOS boot). Shutdown works. - one labeled EFI Boot that does NOT boot. The display freezes on the apple boot menu as soon as the entry is selected. There is no syslinux menu displayed and kernel never starts. - all of the above, but switching from Legacy mode (MBR) to UEFI, or vice-versa This system cannot be configured to use MBR instead of UEFI as far as I know. 2. Download the latest ISO built from the experimental branch: http://nightly.tails.boum.org/build_Tails_ISO_experimental/ I used the following tails experimental ISO: 1.2 - 20140814 c183ad91bce6c0fa4a95c387c8f5c8387acf9a0c 3. Try starting Tails with a device created using this ISO, and take detailed notes of any regression or improvement compared to Tails 1.1: - using a DVD Same as with Tails 1.1. - using a USB device installed the good old manual (isohybrid + cat) way Same as with Tails 1.1. - using a USB device installed with Tails Installer Same as with Tails 1.1. - using a USB device installed with the Universal USB Installer Same as with Tails 1.1. - all of the above, but switching from Legacy mode (MBR) to UEFI, or vice-versa This system cannot be configured to use MBR instead of UEFI as far as I know. What I am *particularly* interested about is: * Regressions. None on this hardware. * Improvements. None on this hardware. * Tests with our boot menu background image re-enabled, especially on Mac. Uncomment this line in EFI/BOOT/stdmenu.cfg on the Tails USB stick: menu background splash.png Fails to boot. The display freezes on the apple boot menu as soon as the entry is selected. There is no syslinux menu displayed and kernel never starts. * Especially on Mac, same as above, but also add this line to EFI/BOOT/tails.cfg on the Tails USB stick: MENU RESOLUTION 1024 768 Boots fine. The USB is labeled EFI Boot. Actual EFI is used. Shutdown fails. Theres is however no change on the syslinux menu resolution. I also tried adding both menu background splash.png and MENU RESOLUTION 1024 768. It fails to boot. The display freezes on the apple boot menu as soon as the entry is selected. There is no syslinux menu displayed and kernel never starts. * Tests in QEMU with OVMF (if you don't know what I'm talking about, don't bother). - Boots fine. Fails to shutdown (hangs at Starting new kernel). - with menu background splash.png: boots fine. The syslinux menu is as beautiful as when booting in MBR mode. - with MENU RESOLUTION 1024 768: boots fine. The menu is smaller. - with menu background splash.png and MENU RESOLUTION 1024 768: boots fine. The menu is smaller and the background gets tiled (repeated as 2x2 tiles) which is ugly. ___ Tails-dev mailing list Tails-dev@boum.org https://mailman.boum.org/listinfo/tails-dev To unsubscribe from this list, send an empty email to tails-dev-unsubscr...@boum.org.
[Tails-dev] Please test Tails ISO with updated syslinux
Hi fellow Tails testers, I'd like to upgrade the boot loader we use (syslinux) in Tails 1.2. I need a lot of tests to be done in order 1. to get enough confidence that it does not introduce too many regressions; 2. to confirm, hopefully, that the new version fixes a few known issues. So, here's what I need you to do: 1. Take notes about how the hardware you have supports Tails 1.1, in terms of does it boot at all: - using a DVD - using a USB device installed the good old manual (isohybrid + cat) way - using a USB device installed with Tails Installer - using a USB device installed with the Universal USB Installer - all of the above, but switching from Legacy mode (MBR) to UEFI, or vice-versa 2. Download the latest ISO built from the experimental branch: http://nightly.tails.boum.org/build_Tails_ISO_experimental/ 3. Try starting Tails with a device created using this ISO, and take detailed notes of any regression or improvement compared to Tails 1.1: - using a DVD - using a USB device installed the good old manual (isohybrid + cat) way - using a USB device installed with Tails Installer - using a USB device installed with the Universal USB Installer - all of the above, but switching from Legacy mode (MBR) to UEFI, or vice-versa 4. Send us your report, ideally with WhisperBack (from a Tails system installed with the new ISO), or to me personally. If you discover unrelated regressions in this experimental ISO, feel free to report about it too. What I am *particularly* interested about is: * Regressions. * Improvements. * Tests with our boot menu background image re-enabled, especially on Mac. Uncomment this line in EFI/BOOT/stdmenu.cfg on the Tails USB stick: menu background splash.png * Especially on Mac, same as above, but also add this line to EFI/BOOT/tails.cfg on the Tails USB stick: MENU RESOLUTION 1024 768 * Tests in VirtualBox (report back what exact version of VirtualBox you're using, and on which OS). * Tests in QEMU with OVMF (if you don't know what I'm talking about, don't bother). Thanks in advance! Cheers, -- intrigeri ___ Tails-dev mailing list Tails-dev@boum.org https://mailman.boum.org/listinfo/tails-dev To unsubscribe from this list, send an empty email to tails-dev-unsubscr...@boum.org.
