PCLinuxOS Openbox Bonsai 2010.11<s>.13</s> who wants to test ?

[jlf001]

For information:

I added man, man-pages, and removed nss and libnss3 (without any damage). The installed size is stable at 935 MB vs 938 MB before I remastered the RC1. All the Synaptic logs are still in there ! So if interested you can review the packages installed (and some removed) since the beginning.

Removing nss and libnss3 on the next remaster will help to reduce the ISO size.  Also, it will be added back if people need it, like when installing the flash player.

Jeff

[melodie]

Hi,

Remastering RC1.5 now.

Could someone give pcmanfm testing a try in his machine ? I'd like to know if it manages desktop and icons... and if installing gvfs along with it makes it allow access to volumes, usb sticks, cdroms, and other partitions as well... if possible to test that.

[jlf001]

Hi,

Remastering RC1.5 now.

Could someone give pcmanfm testing a try in his machine ? I'd like to know if it manages desktop and icons... and if installing gvfs along with it makes it allow access to volumes, usb sticks, cdroms, and other partitions as well... if possible to test that.

Installed and just rebooted.  I have my finger crossed!!

Jeff

[jlf001]

Hi,

Remastering RC1.5 now.

Could someone give pcmanfm testing a try in his machine ? I'd like to know if it manages desktop and icons... and if installing gvfs along with it makes it allow access to volumes, usb sticks, cdroms, and other partitions as well... if possible to test that.

Installed and just rebooted.  I have my finger crossed!!

Jeff

Upon reboot there is no icon and no wallpaper.  The Panel is there and PCMan opened automatically to the home/user folder on logon.  As for access to volumes, usb sticks, cdroms and other partitions, all worked well.  I'm also able to use Detailed List View and open folders correctly.

Jeff

Edit:  While I was able to unmount the usb stick, I was unable to eject the cd.

[melodie]

Upon reboot there is no icon and no wallpaper.  The Panel is there and PCMan opened automatically to the home/user folder on logon.  As for access to volumes, usb sticks, cdroms and other partitions, all worked well.  I'm also able to use Detailed List View and open folders correctly.

Jeff

Edit:  While I was able to unmount the usb stick, I was unable to eject the cd.

Very interesting. Have you checked the preferences in "Menu > Edit > Preferences > tab desktop or such", regarding desktop and management icons ?

[nixer]

Am I right ? Is your keyboad a US layout ?

Yes it is Melodie.
I have not tried to mess with PCmanFM, yet.  I have been busy doing other things.

On my machine I am having a problem with Midori crashing with a segmentation fault whenever I click on the dropdown box in the address bar.  Can anyone confirm this?

[jlf001]

Upon reboot there is no icon and no wallpaper.  The Panel is there and PCMan opened automatically to the home/user folder on logon.  As for access to volumes, usb sticks, cdroms and other partitions, all worked well.  I'm also able to use Detailed List View and open folders correctly.

Jeff

Edit:  While I was able to unmount the usb stick, I was unable to eject the cd.

Very interesting. Have you checked the preferences in "Menu > Edit > Preferences > tab desktop or such", regarding desktop and management icons ?

None of the options seem to have an effect on the desktop.  The options only effect the display within PCMan.  By the way, there is a Trash icon in PCMan now and I don't recall that before.

Jeff

Edit:  I uncommented the feh line in your autostart.sh file and logged back in.  The wall paper is now showing.  I'm still trying to figure out the icon part.

[jlf001]

On my machine I am having a problem with Midori crashing with a segmentation fault whenever I click on the dropdown box in the address bar.  Can anyone confirm this?

I can confirm this,

Jeff

[Was_Just19]

On my machine I am having a problem with Midori crashing with a segmentation fault whenever I click on the dropdown box in the address bar.  Can anyone confirm this?

I can confirm this,

Jeff

That is not peculiar to the test ISO .......  it hapens on my KDE4 install also.

[melodie]

I fear Midori is a bit too unstable. A suggest to pick up another Web browser ?

[gseaman]

I understand if Midori crashes you may want to use another browser, but it has been stable for me since at least the most recent upgrade, if not longer. And it is fast. (It is very evident on a slow machine.)

Galen

[nixer]

I understand if Midori crashes you may want to use another browser, but it has been stable for me since at least the most recent upgrade, if not longer. And it is fast. (It is very evident on a slow machine.)

Yes, even with this crash it is still very usable.  For the installed size (very small indeed), it is still very, very functional.  If you deviate from Midori the next browser options are either barely functional with no java capabilities, and more, or very large programs with their installed size - iron or epiphany.  Both iron and epiphany are close to 37 and 42mb installed.

I say to keep Midori, since it is not a OB mini problem - thanks Johnboy!

[Was_Just19]

Would Arora be suitable as a replacement? (if thought necessary)
I have no idea about size or capabilities ....  have used it a few times and it seems good.

[melodie]

Would Arora be suitable as a replacement? (if thought necessary)
I have no idea about size or capabilities ....  have used it a few times and it seems good.

Yes its good but it pulls in qt.

$ apt-cache show arora
Package: arora
Section: Networking/WWW
Installed Size: 4156223
Packager:
Version: 0.10.2-2pclos2010
Depends: task-qt4, glibc >= 2.10.1, libstdc++6 >= 4.4.1, libc.so.6, libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0), libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3), libgcc_s.so.1, libgcc_s.so.1(GCC_3.0), libgcc_s.so.1(GLIBC_2.0), libQtCore.so.4, libQtGui.so.4, libQtNetwork.so.4, libQtScript.so.4, libQtSql.so.4, libQtWebKit.so.4, libstdc++.so.6, libstdc++.so.6(GLIBCXX_3.4)

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I will perhaps keep Midori... (Who wants Dillo ? )

[Texstar]

You will be happy to know that Midori has been updated from git and it fixed the dropdown menu crash.