2011-02-03 GNOME3 Alpha

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Fedora Test Days

GNOME 3 (pre-F15 Alpha)

Date	2011-02-03
Time	all day

Website	http://www.gnome3.org
IRC	#fedora-test-day (webirc)
Mailing list	test

Can't make the date?
If you come to this page before or after the test day is completed, your testing is still valuable, and you can use the information on this page to test, file any bugs you find at Bugzilla, and add your results to the results section. If this page is more than a month old when you arrive here, please check the current schedule and see if a similar but more recent Test Day is planned or has already happened.

What to test?

Today's instalment of Fedora Test Day will focus on GNOME 3. This is the first of three Fedora 15 Test Days focusing on GNOME 3. The goal of these events is to test as much as possible of the functionality of GNOME 3 to ensure that it works correctly and provides the necessary basic features for a day-to-day usable desktop.

Big changes ahead
Remember, this ain't your momma's GNOME - the overall user experience of GNOME 3 is very different from GNOME 2. It's fine to ask about the changes and make feature requests, but before filing a bug on something that's 'missing' from GNOME 2, please ask in the channel to make sure it's not an intended change. There should always be someone there who can answer your question. Thanks!

Who's available

The following cast of characters will be available testing, workarounds, bug fixes, and general discussion ...

Development - Matthias Clasen (mclasen)
Quality Assurance - Adam Williamson (adamw)

Prerequisite for Test Day

An updated Rawhide (tips on installing Rawhide below), or a nightly live image
Your hardware profile uploaded to Smolt according to these instructions

Smolt not working?
Is smolt crashing or otherwise not working in Rawhide? A temporary fix is available to address bug#673015. Packages are available in the koji build system. To upgrade the smolt package(s), with root permissions, type:

yum update "http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/getfile?taskID=2745512&name=smolt-1.4.3-2.jlaska.fc15.noarch.rpm" \
  "http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/getfile?taskID=2745512&name=smolt-firstboot-1.4.3-2.jlaska.fc15.noarch.rpm" \
  "http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/getfile?taskID=2745512&name=smolt-gui-1.4.3-2.jlaska.fc15.noarch.rpm"

For most testing, a graphics adapter capable of compositing: we are aiming to support all NVIDIA GeForce adapters, all Intel adapters except for GMA 500 (Poulsbo) and pre-i915 (i8xx) adapters, and all ATI/AMD Radeon adapters. Virtual machines without 3D acceleration pass-through support will not be suitable for most testing. However, if your adapter does not meet these criteria, you can still help us with fallback testing - see below

Also helpful, if you have or can get them:

Additional displays (monitors, TVs...)
As many storage devices as you can access
Optical media (burned, commercially pressed, and blank burnable, CDs, DVDs and Blu-Rays)
Graphics adapters, virtual machines, or driver configurations not capable of compositing, to test fallback support (see below)

How to test?

As this event comes before the release of Fedora 15 Alpha, you will need a Rawhide installation or live image to perform the testing.

Live image

You may download a non-destructive Rawhide live image for your architecture. Tips on using a live image are available at FedoraLiveCD. Live images can be found here. This is likely the easiest way to participate in testing for most people. Or:

Update your machine to Rawhide

If you want to try Rawhide, see the instructions on the Rawhide page on the various ways in which you can install or update to Rawhide.

Perform testing

Please perform as many of the test cases listed as you have the time and the resources to complete, and fill out your results in the table below. You do not need a Fedora account to fill in the table.

Test Results

If you have problems with any of the tests, report a bug to Bugzilla. If you are not sure of the appropriate component, please check in IRC before filing, there are many possibilities. If you are unsure about exactly how to file the report or what other information to include, just ask on IRC and we will help you. Once you have completed the tests, add your results to the Results table below, following the example results from the first line as a template. The first column should be your name with a link to your User page in the Wiki if you have one, and the second should be a link to the Smolt profile of the system you tested. For each test case, use the result template to describe your result, following the examples in the Sample user row.

User	Smolt Profile	Sample test 1	Sample test 2	Sample test 3	Sample test 4	References
Sample User	HW	none	pass	warn ^[1]	fail ^[2]	↑ Test pass, but also encountered RHBZ #54321 ↑ RHBZ #12345

User	Smolt Profile	Desktop Browser	Desktop Login	Audio Basic	Desktop Automount	Desktop Menus	Desktop Keyring	References
David Le Sage (Red Hat)	HW	pass	pass	none	pass	pass	pass
kenda	HW	none	warn ^[1]	pass	pass	fail ^[2]^[3]	none	↑ blank entry in gdm for users without a real name. ↑ Using the live image of 31.01. there is a 'Other' menu. ↑ System Settings -> Network has no icon.
Doron	HW	pass	none	pass	none	none	none
japafi	HW	pass	none	pass	pass	warn ^[1]^[2]^[3]	pass	↑ Character map application RHBZ #669891 ↑ Gedit RHBZ #673674 ↑ tested: Accessories, Graphics (excl simple scan), Internet
kato	HW	pass	none	fail ^[1]	pass	none	pass	↑ No Sound from the Sound Card. I tried to modifiy Sound Setting but when I tried to test the Speaker it crash RHBZ #669037 and RHBZ #669279
andreskru	[]^[1]	warn ^[2]	none	pass	pass	none	none	↑ smolt doesnt work "ImportError: No module named devicelist" ↑ when i do alt+f2 i cant input text in text box "please enter a command"
HUK	HW^[1]	pass	pass	pass	pass	warn ^[2]	pass	↑ smoltSendProfile gives error ImportError: No module named devicelist ↑ All the applications disappeared after installing some additional program(chrome and vlc). They only came back after relogin

[1] Test pass, but also encountered RHBZ #54321

[2] RHBZ #12345

[3] try in gdm for users without a real name.

[4] Using the live image of 31.01. there is a 'Other' menu.

[5] System Settings -> Network has no icon.

[6] Character map application RHBZ #669891

[7] Gedit RHBZ #673674

[8] tested: Accessories, Graphics (excl simple scan), Internet

[9] No Sound from the Sound Card. I tried to modifiy Sound Setting but when I tried to test the Speaker it crash RHBZ #669037 and RHBZ #669279

[10] smolt doesnt work "ImportError: No module named devicelist"

[11] when i do alt+f2 i cant input text in text box "please enter a command"

[12] smoltSendProfile gives error ImportError: No module named devicelist

[13] All the applications disappeared after installing some additional program(chrome and vlc). They only came back after relogin

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