...and to the list! Grrr... I always click reply without checking!
On Friday 19 January 2007 10:36, Tobias Gerschner wrote: > > 1 The default smart channel is wrong it appears. Likewise, it would be > > useful for users if the installcd channel was included by default for > > those who download the full size iso rather than the slim version - then > > they can add packages directly from the cd. > > What seems to be wrong exactly ? > > It seems not to be possible to add the installcd as removable media, > which strikes me odd. At least I wasn't able to use the removable tag. > Any ideas here ? > > > 2 Although it works fine, a little more clarification may be in order > > during the install. When selecting partitions, the option to choose a > > home partition is available, but that is not a requirement for the > > install to work, so perhaps on the first screen dealing with the > > partitioning, it would be useful to explain that a root partition (and > > swap?) is all that is needed, however a seperate home partition is useful > > for keeping your own data in in case of upgrades etc. > > Ok, will do that but trying to avoid additional screens ... > > > 3 I received a few errors from udev on boot. Nothing which caused any > > issue, but perhaps worrying for users? It could be simply down to my > > using vmware to install the test iso in - but if others get these > > messages, it may need looking at. Unknown key MODALIAS is one of the > > errors I think, the other was good old suspend2. > > Those udev errors are harmless and caused by the pcmcia-udev rules > which have to be fixed of course :) . > > > The boot time seems fast - even in vmware. Much quicker than booting my > > main system in Yoper 2.x or any other distro! Nice one! > > > > I was surprised to not find smartpm-gui installed by default. I had to > > add it myself - that is something which I think a new user would need and > > should be installed during the installation of Yoper. > > If the package selection mechanism works it is part of any desktop > selection. That it was not installed is due to the not working package > installation using ftp. By the way: I updated the main yoper ftp. So > remote package installation should work again. > > > It may be nice to have a script run on first boot up into the gui, which > > explains that the package manager is smart, maybe with a simple > > explanation of how to use it. Not vital, but a nice touch for those > > coming to Yoper from other distros (or indeed the older Yoper versions or > > <shudder> windows) > > Actually it would be nice to have a nice little guide available > written in html and with some screenshots. Volunteers ? > > > Will continue to fiddle around with the install and see what else I can > > come up with before Saturday :) > > Thanks a lot. That's what we need. Input input input :) . And it's > much better than going outside at the moment I suppose. > > regards _______________________________________________ yoper-dev mailing list [email protected] https://morpheus.pingos.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/yoper-dev
