Re: Kalyxo-Live 0.9 / German

> > -during boot, a lot of error messages appear, which do not look nice.
> > Hardware
> > was detected correctly exept for my Creative Infra 1800 CD-ROM's
> > infrared
> > remote (would require lirc 0.7 to be installed and maybe a special
> > kernel)
> could you tell me more bout the error messages ?

The first problem is, that immediately after loading the kernel, the machine 
say something like "you passed an undefined video mode number. press return 
to select or space to continue..". That is although OK, since it seems to be 
an issue with a lot of livecds and it is not a showstopper.

The errors I was wondering was things like "STARTDISTCC set to NO in xxx", 
"unable to start PostgreSQL", some kernel errors and then this 
"etherconf/hostname does not exist". They come just before X loads, so I 
don't have time to seem them well and write down, and since X loads, the 
shift+pageup does not work anymore when returning to console 1.

> I vote for a grafical bootprocess. For the most users the
> linuxbootprocess looks
> ugly. For a devoloper its interessting to know whats going on. The
> default
> should be grafical, with an option, text-boot.

Yes, I like the Morphix grapical "press F2 for textmode" system..
http://www.morphix.org/modules/xoopsgallery/view_photo.php?xoops_imageid=608&id=qemu_morphix2

> > -after KDE has loaded, the GPL-license-page has a big picture which is
> > not
> > shown. Apparently the entire pics/-directory is missing under
> > cdrom/BFD/.
> loading the GPL page was just a example, it can be also HOWTO, FAQs
> whatever.

I think emphasizing the GPL is a good thing. On the other hand, it could be a 
portal-like page, with links to the GPL, KDE manual, some music/video demos, 
and other stuff that can be used to demonstrate the features of KDE.

> > -konqueror:
> > * bookmarks could include something else than just Credativs homepage
> > (kalyxo's, debian's, knoppix's homepages and a few others would be
> > nice)
> whats about the KDE one ? Which one i should link, to which url ?

Here are some ideas. Pick your favorites..

http://kalyxo.org/
http://www.kde.org/
http://dot.kde.org/
http://www.kde-look.org/
http://www.kde-apps.org/
http://www.openoffice.org/
http://europa.eu.int/ISPO/ida/jsps/index.jsp?fuseAction=showChapter&chapterID=452&preChapterID=0
http://www.debian.org/
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-desktop/
http://people.debian.org/~debacle/refcard/
http://wiki.debian.net/
http://debian-enterprise.org/
http://www.desktoplinuxconsortium.org/
http://www.freedesktop.org/
http://www.fsf.org/
http://www.opensource.org/

> > * flash does not work. I realize it must be installed from the
> > KDE/Credative/-menu (due to license issues), but does a normal user
> > understand that? Should we make konqueror give a more informative error
> > message?
> > * streaming real audio/video does not work at all. How about a similar
> > installer like the Macromedia Flash has..?
> good point, i vote for a clean CD without any non-free software. We

My vote for that also. But we should definately still make it easy to install 
non-free stuff, since in the real world people do need flash and realplayer 
support - at least for now.

> > * I didn't figure out any way to get root access from KDE. On the
> > other hand,
> > when I log out from KDE, I do get a root console but automatic
> > shutdown alá
> > knoppix would be much better..
> sudo su -

In the menu "system > other > root shell" it should not ask for root password, 
but just launch "sudo su -". that should be an easy thing to fix.

> > * WHERE IS THE INSTALLER..?
> cvs and a newer version in my homedir.
> There is a general problem, i have to keep kalyxo and cvs uptodate,
> that means double work. Is there any possibility for a easy sync ?
> Or i should put all things to cvs and we point on the webpage to there ?
> Who takes care about it ?  Who take care about the webpages ?

Please include it in the next version. I have a clean hd waiting and would 
very much like to test it...



Once again, keep up the good work!

-Otto