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> 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
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