-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA224 > On Thursday 04 December 2014 14.37:16 Timothy Pearson wrote: >> > On Thursday 04 December 2014 11.37:33 Werner Joss wrote: >> >> ok, >> >> here is a first short report about RC2: >> >> - installation/upgrade from 3.5.13.2 (debian wheezy) did not go >> through >> >> in >> >> one step, I had to do 'aptitude dist-upgrade' 4 or 5 times, as it >> >> stopped >> >> with dependency errors. finally, competed, though. >> >> - seems to work mostly, so far, but still some glitches: >> >> - konact works, but crashes reproducable upon exit. >> >> - some applications are missing/not available: >> >> kate >> >> kwrite >> >> kradio >> >> should I file bug reports about that ? >> >> Werner >> > >> > I also had to use apt-get dist-update to get R14 running, but only one >> > time. >> > >> > But I have another problem: On R14 I can setup a "link to device" >> (an >> > nfs >> > share here) but it's not working: once the link is created, I get four >> > tabs >> > (General, permissions, meta-info and preview) where I used to have >> five >> > ("device" is gone). >> > >> > So the link is not working (mounting per hand does work). I rely >> heavily >> > on >> > these links so R14 is not usable at this point for me. I don't know if >> > this >> > is one of the "not yet ready" elements or a "bug"? >> > >> > Thierry >> >> This sounds like something that might have slipped through testing as I >> am >> not familiar with the feature you describe. In general, ever since R14 >> RC2 all software should be ready in its final functional form (even in >> RC1 >> this was mostly true but we ran into major problems with the compositor >> for that release); the only changes between RC2 and Final are to resolve >> some remaining crashes, minor defects, updated the documentation, etc. >> >> Can you provide me with detailed reproduction instructions so that I can >> check for a quick fix? >> >> Thanks! >> >> Tim > > So, this is what I can provide: > > - two screenshots. Both show on the left the "create link" dialog (Create > New -> Link to Device -> nfs). It shows five tabs, the middle one > being "Device". > > On the right you see the properties of an existing "Link to Device". > > On the desktop of 3.5.13.2 you have the middle tab. On the desktop of > 3.5.14.0.0 it does not show. The Link does not get the correct icon and it > does not work either (although mount <mount point> works, so the nfs mount > does work). > > I also compared the Desktop Files, they are identical, so the problem is > deeper. > > Thierry Thank you for the detailed information. This is probably related to the HAL --> TDE hwlib (udev) transition; let me see if there's a fix that can be included in R14 final. Tim -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iFYEARELAAYFAlSB0fsACgkQLaxZSoRZrGE9GADdHqKPm8rdKdJ2i9xVEqnWxD8H e/DkxMVKN5pwVQDgp9Rp1qalDdGBS3/VudCBAi1povyteYPGqLL4Qg== =rVDy -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----