sajolida wrote (20 Mar 2012 13:57:31 GMT) : > If we say that this option is mainly aimed at advanced users, and > that it requires extra manual actions, and reading the doc to be > really used, then maybe it shouldn't be enabled by default in the > first place (and could stay at the bottom of the list of course).
Yeah. t-p-s 0.9 will have "dotfiles" preset disabled by default. > By the way, I never got a /dotfiles directory created in the > persistent storage even with this options enabled. I guess that > helped me getting confused. Known issue, anonym will fix that in live-boot/live-persist. >>> 6. Right after bootstrapping a persistent storage if I try to rerun the >>> configuration it fails: >>> - the GUI says "Error: Device /org/freedesktop/UDisk/devices/sdb already >>> has a persistent volume." which is true but shouldn't prevent me from >>> changing its configuration. >>> - the CLI (tails-persistence-setup --step configure) says "Error: >>> Persistence is not enabled." >> >> Added to the todo list. Release blocker. Should be fixed in t-p-s 0.9. >>> 7. To get out of this situation I tried to delete the persistent storage >>> I just created, but the deletion step hangs when doing this sequence: >>> - bootstrap & configure >>> - delete → hangs >>> - delete again → ok >> >>> With the GUI the spinner spins (forever?), and with the CLI I get: >> >>> Working on device /org/freedesktop/UDisks/devices/sdb >>> Running step delete >>> Entering main Gtk2 loop. >>> Deleting partition /org/freedesktop/UDisks/devices/sdb2 >>> *** unhandled exception in callback: >>> *** org.freedesktop.UDisks.Error.Failed: Error locking luks device: >>> timeout (10s) waiting for cleartext device to be removed >> >> Aaaaah... *that* udisks bug :( >> >> Can you please check if it's been reported in Debian and/or upstream? >> I think that timeout may simply be too short for slow USB devices. Should be workaround'd in t-p-s 0.9, but I can't reproduce the bug to start with, so someone else will have to concur or disagree. >>> 10. It seems like you need to reboot after configuring >>> (reconfiguring as well?) >> >> Yes, as well. >> >>> the persistent storage. That should be made explicit. >> >> Duplicate. Release blocker. Done in 0.9. >>> Rebooting >>> --------- >> >>> Now when I reboot I'm proposed to use persistence in TailsGreeter! >> >>> 11. The configuration GUI now shows a custom entry for /persistent, see >>> persistent.png in attachment. >> >> Duplicate. Fixed in 0.9. Cheers, -- intrigeri | GnuPG key @ https://gaffer.ptitcanardnoir.org/intrigeri/intrigeri.asc | OTR fingerprint @ https://gaffer.ptitcanardnoir.org/intrigeri/otr.asc | Who wants a world in which the guarantee that we shall not | die of starvation would entail the risk of dying of boredom ? _______________________________________________ tails-dev mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.boum.org/listinfo/tails-dev
