More Fedora 11 progress, kickstart working again

[cpg]

Hi, another quick update on the Fedora 11 test release:

- massive amount of fixes, some new (small) features and cleanups
- the new installer defaults to auto configuration of the network. this should improve the networking configuration issues across the board
- when using the kickstart method of installation (much faster and leaner, ideal for a headless install) should NOT not "hang" any more in the end in the post scripts
- the installer has only one place now where it assumes the mysql user and password. this bring us much closer to making that part customizable

In other news, some translations are complete (not not transferred yet to the released platform): spanish, indonesian, french, dutch, and chinese ... plus new: portuguese coming up!

note - if you use kickstart to test, you have to create one user in a console window, as root login is not allowed in GDM. do this:

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ctrl-alt-f2 (to go to the console) login as root (password is hda) useradd -c 'My User Name' -g users myusername passwd myusername

then login as that username in the graphical environment. you may need to install firefox (yum -y install firefox) or other programs, as it's a fairly thin install.

here's a project for someone interested - optimize the packages for a headless install

[Lincee]

here's a project for someone interested - optimize the packages for a headless install

For a headless install, all you need is the base install, nothing more.
when amahi installs, it installs the required dependencies as well no?

[cpg]

hehe. if it's not tested, it doesn't work

good suggestion, though.

[bsk]

All went well on my kickstart install.

Had to create a user, but that will be mainstreamed, also took a very long time and for the end user, it makes them think its hung, needs progress bar on hda-install.

Had to install firefox, minor issue, also got errors when changing themes in the dashboard, this has been submitted for debug.

Will report more later when I get into it more.

[cpg]

Cool. Yeah the kickstart install method does not install firefox. It still installs the desktop and gnome.

Thanks for the debug report! That's what we need, debug!

[marcel]

I've installed Fedora 11/Amahi today and have for so far no issues at all. Installed some web-apps everythings is working. Copied a BluRay disk to my movie folder speed 50MB/Sec wow thats fast. Nice the language support. Good work people!

[cpg]

Awesome!

Working on the new installer now ...

[marcel]

Did some more testing.

- Tried to install Sabnzbd tomorrow. It is installing but does not start. The error_log give these messages:

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[Sun Nov 15 10:40:50 2009] [error] (111)Connection refused: proxy: HTTP: attempt to connect to 192.168.1.10:8080 (hda) failed [Sun Nov 15 10:40:50 2009] [error] ap_proxy_connect_backend disabling worker for (hda) [Sun Nov 15 10:40:50 2009] [error] proxy: HTTP: disabled connection for (hda) [Sun Nov 15 10:40:53 2009] [error] proxy: HTTP: disabled connection for (hda) [Sun Nov 15 10:41:03 2009] [error] proxy: HTTP: disabled connection for (hda) [Sun Nov 15 10:42:43 2009] [error] (111)Connection refused: proxy: HTTP: attempt to connect to 192.168.1.10:8080 (hda) failed [Sun Nov 15 10:42:43 2009] [error] ap_proxy_connect_backend disabling worker for (hda) [Sun Nov 15 10:43:01 2009] [error] (111)Connection refused: proxy: HTTP: attempt to connect to 192.168.1.10:8080 (hda) failed [Sun Nov 15 10:43:01 2009] [error] ap_proxy_connect_backend disabling worker for (hda) [Sun Nov 15 10:43:03 2009] [error] proxy: HTTP: disabled connection for (hda)

- Tried to install Squeezecenter. Squeezecenter is not installing. The installations hangs with this message:

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Preparing to install...

[cpg]

sab: yes, it's rpm based and we did not all rpms yet to the repo (after recompiling on f11)

the other problem ... can you look at what the /var/log/amahi-app-installer.log

however, please check (and update) the Fedora 11 page. some of us have been updating it with info on what works and what doesn't on F11.

we're not looking at fixing apps yet, hence keeping feedback is great so that we can more rapidly fix them.

[marcel]

Did take look at the /var/log/amahi-app-installer.log

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======= app install begin @ Sat Nov 14 11:59:14 +0100 2009 ========== Installing app id ku3gjw3pds under /var/hda/platform/html ENV=production NOTICE: redirected 'http://joomlacode.org/gf/download/frsrelease/10547/41305/Jo$ NOTE: file /tmp/amahi-download-cache/8daf16af892f0eef51f1e44392dd9372afcee376 w$ WARNING: this application unpacks into more than one file/dir. PLEASE contact t$ NOTE: check the unpack/ directory for all the files Your HDA services have been restarted. Your HDA services have been restarted. App: Joomla installed ======= app install end @ Sat Nov 14 11:59:41 +0100 2009 ========== ======= app install begin @ Sat Nov 14 12:02:24 +0100 2009 ========== Installing app id 9nkg8qqh62 under /var/hda/platform/html ENV=production NOTE: file /tmp/amahi-download-cache/3bb34c799a45c53fb2174f5a6fc571d721e8e958 w$ WARNING: this application unpacks into more than one file/dir. PLEASE contact t$ NOTE: check the unpack/ directory for all the files chmod: cannot access `config/.htusers': No such file or directory Your HDA services have been restarted. Your HDA services have been restarted. App: eXtplorer installed

It says nothing about the Sabnzbd or Squeezecenter install.

I will update the wikki. First i want to install the Fedora 11 / Amahi in a virtual machine (Virtualbox) so i can install the Fedora 10 /Amahi on my server and get rid of WHS. Yes i know i have a weak spot for Amahi and Linux