new release vl7.1-b0.20 needs testing

[Pita]

B0-40 64-bit

I mentioned that the TUI installer does not run when trying to install
from a USB stick put on with unetbootin. That was the case already
with previous versions and 32-bit.

However, TUI installer works always when installing from a CD/DVD.

Another reason I prefer installation from DVD. Putting an iso file on a
DVD is as fast or faster as loading it on a USB stick with unetbootin.

[Pita]

Claws-mail still crashes on:

Configuration-Preferences for current account- OK > crash.

In addition I have not been able to retrieve or send mail.
Sending it returns unknown host, receiving says invalid lo-gin.

I have been using claws-mail quite a long time and more than
triple checked this time the settings. There is no mistake on my end.

[Pita]

Claws-mail still crashes on:

Configuration-Preferences for current account- OK > crash.

In addition I have not been able to retrieve or send mail.
Sending it returns unknown host, receiving says invalid lo-gin.

I have been using claws-mail quite a long time and more than
triple checked this time the settings. There is no mistake on my end.

I copied now .claws-mail from my working /home/user and can receive mail now.
However, still not ending any. The port for sending is 25. Is there a block for
this port in VL7.1?

Code:

Connecting to SMTP server: smtp.smartbro.net:25...
*** smtp.smartbro.net:25: unknown host.

[vincent2]

Claws-mail still crashes on:

Configuration-Preferences for current account- OK > crash.

In addition I have not been able to retrieve or send mail.
Sending it returns unknown host, receiving says invalid lo-gin.

I have been using claws-mail quite a long time and more than
triple checked this time the settings. There is no mistake on my end.

guess your isp blocked port 25, pls change smtp port as 465  or 587

I copied now .claws-mail from my working /home/user and can receive mail now.
However, still not ending any. The port for sending is 25. Is there a block for
this port in VL7.1?

Code:

Connecting to SMTP server: smtp.smartbro.net:25...
*** smtp.smartbro.net:25: unknown host.

[Pita]

Thanks, no my ISP has not blocked port 25 since it is used in my working box as well as in other distros. Ports 465 0r 587 don't wok.

[vincent2]

Thanks, no my ISP has not blocked port 25 since it is used in my working box as well as in other distros. Ports 465 0r 587 don't wok.

you 'd better change to riseup.net email services.

[vincent2]

install VL64-7.1-STD-B0.38  now with samsung lcd monitor,
now chose advanced , it will go forward.....now still installing.....
another bug for samsung lcd,
installer can't distinguish samsung syncmaster  920nw lcd well,which should be working at 1440x900 resolution  in standard...when installing with sync master series of lcd, installer keeps flashing,thenshut off,have to press  switch on  every 2 minutes....
anyone use samsung syncmaster lcd  for installig??

920 nw specification is in attachment hereby

now finally figure out how to  get  samsung 920nw lcd working at 1440x900 @60/75resolution  in standard,
have to edit xorg.conf again, in the Section "Monitor",
add:
ModeLine       "1440x900" 136.49 1440 1536 1688 1936 900 901 904 940 -hsync +vsync
ModeLine       "1440x900" 106.47 1440 1520 1672 1904 900 901 904 932 -hsync +vsync

then
add another line in the section "Screen"

Option         "metamodes" "1440x900_60_0 +0+0"
Option         "metamodes" "1440x900_75_0 +0+0"

[vincent2]

now downloaded latest version B041   64bit, making unetbootin pendrive usb disk, then booted , installed smoothly.
only need to change grub  menu  abit, root=/dev/sda1   not sdb1 or sdXn.......

once in xfce4 desktop, same not recognizing samsung 920nw, have to go to xvconf , making manual editing....

ALSO CAN NOT PLAY CD VCD  YET....
poweroff halt can't really turn pc off still

ALSA WAS LOADED SUCCESSFULLY AT BOOTING, BUT UNDER DESKTOP CAN'T USE ALSA  FOR SOUNDS PLAYING....ONLY OSS.....
THEN WENT ALSACONF, IT PROMPTED NO SUPPORTED CARD AVAILABLE

lsmod | grep snd
snd_seq_dummy           1375  0
snd_seq_oss            25660  0
snd_seq_midi_event      4932  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                44825  5 snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_dummy
snd_seq_device          4696  3 snd_seq,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_dummy
snd_pcm_oss            32551  0
snd_mixer_oss          12915  2 snd_pcm_oss
snd_hda_codec_realtek    27072  1
snd_hda_intel          30238  2
snd_hda_codec         119639  2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep               5709  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm                65845  3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
snd_page_alloc          6458  2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
snd_timer              16479  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd                    52143  13 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_pcm_oss,snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_device,snd_mixer_oss
soundcore               4578  2 snd

lsmod  
Module                  Size  Used by
ath9k_htc              51014  0
ath9k_common            1928  1 ath9k_htc
ath9k_hw              346094  2 ath9k_common,ath9k_htc
ath                    12209  3 ath9k_common,ath9k_htc,ath9k_hw
mac80211              412730  1 ath9k_htc
cfg80211              371306  2 mac80211,ath9k_htc
rfcomm                 29897  0
bluetooth             172827  3 rfcomm
rfkill                 14439  3 cfg80211,bluetooth
fuse                   63196  3
sg                     23003  0
snd_seq_dummy           1375  0
snd_seq_oss            25660  0
snd_seq_midi_event      4932  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                44825  5 snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_dummy
snd_seq_device          4696  3 snd_seq,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_dummy
snd_pcm_oss            32551  0
snd_mixer_oss          12915  2 snd_pcm_oss
speedstep_lib           2631  0
gpio_ich                4168  0
snd_hda_codec_realtek    27072  1
coretemp                5646  0
snd_hda_intel          30238  2
acpi_cpufreq            6632  0
kvm_intel             116166  0
snd_hda_codec         119639  2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
mperf                   1131  1 acpi_cpufreq
freq_table              2324  1 acpi_cpufreq
snd_hwdep               5709  1 snd_hda_codec
kvm                   324956  1 kvm_intel
snd_pcm                65845  3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
lpc_ich                12613  0
i2c_i801               12815  0
snd_page_alloc          6458  2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
processor              27380  1 acpi_cpufreq
ppdev                   5235  0
snd_timer              16479  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
parport_pc             18025  0
snd                    52143  13 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_pcm_oss,snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_device,snd_mixer_oss
parport                27695  2 ppdev,parport_pc
microcode               9869  0
atl1c                  29291  0
soundcore               4578  2 snd
evdev                   8860  8
vmwgfx                108130  0
radeon                657667  0
nouveau               755803  0
mxm_wmi                 1411  1 nouveau
wmi                     7603  2 mxm_wmi,nouveau
ttm                    55286  3 radeon,nouveau,vmwgfx
i915                  497871  1
video                  11486  2 i915,nouveau
button                  4696  2 i915,nouveau
intel_agp              10355  1 i915
intel_gtt              11123  3 i915,intel_agp
i2c_algo_bit            4641  3 i915,radeon,nouveau
drm_kms_helper         30380  3 i915,radeon,nouveau
thermal_sys            15471  2 video,processor
hwmon                   1289  4 coretemp,radeon,nouveau,thermal_sys
drm                   207425  7 ttm,i915,drm_kms_helper,radeon,nouveau,vmwgfx
agpgart                23958  4 drm,ttm,intel_agp,intel_gtt
i2c_core               17764  7 drm,i915,i2c_i801,drm_kms_helper,i2c_algo_bit,radeon,nouveau

lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. Device 2e30 (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. Device 2e32 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Multimedia controller [0403]: Intel Corp. Device 27d8 (rev 01)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. Device 27d0 (rev 01)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. Device 27d2 (rev 01)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. Device 27c8 (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. Device 27c9 (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. Device 27ca (rev 01)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corp. Device 27cb (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. Device 27cc (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BA/CA/DB/EB/ER Hub interface to PCI Bridge (rev e1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. Device 27b8 (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. Device 27df (rev 01)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corp. Device 27c0 (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. Device 27da (rev 01)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Device 1969:1083 (rev c0)

ALSACONF  failed to generating /etc/modprobe.d/sound.conf

like it did under vl7.0 64 bit.

any solution for get alsa  working???

[vincent2]

any fix commands and suggestion for alsa issues yet with vl7.1 developper?

[roarde]

B0.41 32-bit from CD to real hardware. Chose not to install XFCE.

Pointer is very hesitant and jerky both in installer and installed system. Cannot pass partition selection in GUI installer without using pointer.

There's no mkchroot. Yeah, I know it's mainly intended for buildslaves, which implies 64-bit. Still useful for 32-bit, though.

Lilo install works now, but lilo bmp is ugly and text is misplaced. https://bitbucket.org/roarde/lilobmp/downloads/lilobmp.tar.bz2 I'm not suggesting using this splash for lilo, just using it for a demo. I'd mentioned that each arch may need its own lilo bitmap. Now I'm not so sure. I don't have a 64-bit, maybe someone can test the bitmap and data file in the tarball on a 64 and report back. I plan to remove that repo and tarball from bitbucket fairly soon.

Some users may have trouble connecting with their wireless in their previously-installed system after testing this install. The problem is faulty interaction between both networkmanager and wicd (on old system) and the wireless driver; often it's the wireless driver itself. Settings loaded into the card aren't changed on a warm reboot. A cold boot (or one reboot thereafter) should solve this. I say it's networkmanager's and linux's problem -- not ours to solve, just to note and pass upstream.

[nightflier]

B0.41 32-bit in VB VM:

Auto install OK. Manual with lilo OK. Agree with roarde that his bitmap looks better.

Both installs would predictably stop responding to mouse clicks at the login screen if clicking on the different option buttons and cancel the resulting dialog a few times. Pressing (virtual) power button results in clean shutdown. It also happened once while at the desktop, the top menu and bottom launcher stopped responding, but right-clicking on the desktop brought up the menu.

It's subjective, but boot process just seems slow.

Maybe if it used all cores, it would do better. Or, maybe it's deliberate so we get more time to enjoy the boot splash? 

[vincent2]

strange  still no more fix release for vl7.1 64 bit yet.....
no more users're testing and using it any more,all switch to other linux distro?

[retired1af]

strange  still no more fix release for vl7.1 64 bit yet.....
no more users're testing and using it any more,all switch to other linux distro?

Beta releases come when they're ready. These aren't meant to be used as a daily use distro. You test. You wait for a new version and you test again. But to expect fixes immediately as if this were a production release is silly and unrealistic.

[vincent2]

strange  still no more fix release for vl7.1 64 bit yet.....
no more users're testing and using it any more,all switch to other linux distro?

Beta releases come when they're ready. These aren't meant to be used as a daily use distro. You test. You wait for a new version and you test again. But to expect fixes immediately as if this were a production release is silly and unrealistic.

downloading now, will install soon....
hope this release can solve malfunction of the basic commands like halt poweroff reboot....
more users tested and use it ,  vl community can release vl7.1 final  as earlier as possible.

[vincent2]

expect more users  from third world countries can post your test results here for vl7.1.