Test Day:2009-09-08 Fit and Finish:Sharing

DATE	TIME	WHERE
2009-09-08	From 12:00 to 21:00 UTC (8am -> 5pm EDT)	#fedora-fit-and-finish)

What to test?

The topic of this Fedora Test Day will be sharing of various things over the network. This includes files, and music, but also remote desktop functionality.

Who's available

The following people have agreed to be available for testing, workarounds, bug fixes, and general discussion: Matthias Clasen, Bastien Nocera, Tomas Bzatek, Lennart Poettering.

Prerequisites for Test Day

• Two computers, connected by a network, or a computer and a device capable of interoperating with the tested functionality
• A good mood. Remember; while we are poking into things that may make us angry or frustrated, we are doing it to make things better
• An up-to-date rawhide installation. See the instructions on the Rawhide page on the various ways in which you can install or update to Rawhide. If that feels too risky to you, we also have recent rawhide live images available that allow you to participate without risking your existing installation. Tips on using a live image are available at FedoraLiveCD.

Architecture	SHA1SUM	Size
i686	a4bc6f683f4891a32565f71fdbab0f5de2f266a4	667942912
x86_64	88622edf89f522ee49efc63a5cff014359aedd7e	668991488

Finally, if you don't have a rawhide installation and don't want to download an iso, your input will still be valuable if it is based on F11.

How to test

Sharing and discovery of shared resources in local networks often uses mDNS as provided by the avahi package. Unfortunately, the default firewall configuration does not allow this to work, so you will have to turn off the firewall using system-config-firewall or simply by running

/sbin/service iptables stop

for most of these tests.

Here are some things to look at:

• Simple file sharing
• File sharing
• Music sharing (DAAP) and Music sharing (UPNP)
• Remote Desktop Viewing
• Desktop Sharing via Empathy

Issues that were identified

Tester	Description	Bug references	Status
mclasen	nautilus could handle 'Public' better	#594091 #558244	Fixed in rawhide
mclasen	make 'Public' accessible from the capplet	#587114
tbzatek	password prompt not displayed when sharing set to ask on write	#590007
tbzatek	high gvfsd-dav memory consumption when copying large files	please open new bug if repro
tbzatek	delays showing up the new share in network:///	please open new bug if repro
hadess	UPNP share not appearing on remote device (selected VPN interface instead of local)	N/A	configuration option in Rhythmbox git
mclasen	Annoying error dialog in nautilus	#594495
mclasen	Consider readonly sharing	#594496
mclasen	Confusing password dialog	#594497
mclasen	timeout of password dialog	#594500
mclasen	Open network share when mounted	#497631
mclasen	doesn't notice if shares go away	#594507
mclasen	vino preferences link doesn't work	#521886	Unreproducable
mclasen	rhythmbox doesn't list shared music	#594517
mclasen	vinagre password dialog improvements	#594519
mclasen	mysterious option not explained	#594521
mclasen	vino statusicon improvements	#594523
mclasen	readonly checkbox should reflect connection status	#594524	Can't fix, limitation of vnc protocol
mclasen	upnp sharing in rhythmbox doesn't work	#594529
mnowak	Could not connect to shared music: "Cannot connect to destination" but shared source is present	#594503
mnowak	Menu option "Disconnect" is present on DAAP share even for disconnected shares	#594505
mnowak	Rhythmbox shows shares which are not present anymore	#594509
mnowak	"Share my desktop" attempt sent but not received on the other side of chat	#594640

Things that work alright

Tester	Description
mclasen	Copying a large file to a dav share
mnowak	VNC was quite fine
mclasen	yeah, VNC was awesome