Re: [Tails-dev] Please test Tails 0.12.1-rc1 [was: Please te…

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05/07/12 15:18, bertagaz@???:
> On Wed, Jul 04, 2012 at 02:52:10PM +0200, anonym wrote:
>> Below you can find my results from today's testing. All looks well so
>> far except that the whisperback HS seems to be down (?). At the bottom
>> you can also find a list of the remaining tests (for the convenience of
>> any one that want to help with the testing).
>
> Been a long night but have done much of the rest of the tests.
> Haven't been able to test with DVD/CD medias, only bare metal USB.


Thanks a bunch for this!

> Whisperback worked fine.


Great!

> Language selection and admin password bug seems to be gone.
>
>
> # Memory erasure feature seems broken compared to a 0.12:
>
> - in 0.12, I was able to see smem's output after the kernel is loaded,
> when installed both manually or using the usb creator, with or without
> persistence.
> - in 0.12.1-rc1, none of them seems to work, in any way I installed the system.
> Haven't tested using the long process, but as the machine simply shutdown a
> very few seconds after the "loading kernel" message, in place of displaying
> smem's output, it doesn't seem so much functionnal.
>
> Memlockd and udev-adm are started and seems to care about the right
> device.
>
> In 0.12, there is a "live-boot: caching reboot files" message right before
> that the memory erasure feature starts and display its message. It isn't
> displayed in the 0.12.1-rc1, and I suspect it is responsible for the bug
> but have no clue why.


I have run the full "erase memory on shutdown" test using the
"virtualbox dumpguestcore" method and got the same results as in Tails
0.12, so at least on that (virtual) hardware it works as expected. I've
also seen the screen become filled with garbage on a laptop whose
graphics card steals its memory from RAM, so it seems to work on that
hardware too.

Unless you can perform the full test on your machine I don't think
there's much more to say about this => not a blocker (for now :)).

> # /var/log/gdm3/:0-slave.log
>
> Ends after Network manager message with multiple lines saying:
>
> /etc/gdm3/PostLogin/Default: line 48: [: eq: binary operator expected


Err... that script does string comparisons using the -eq operator, which
is for integers only. Fixed in commit 933c584 in the tails-greeter git repo.

> # Remaining tests:


I did all of these, and all was ok except:

>  * Running `getTorbuttonUserAgent` should produce the useragent set by the                                                                       
>    Torbutton version installed and used in Iceweasel.
>  * Boot and check basic functionality is working for every supported                                                                             
>    language.                                                                                                                                     
>    - The chosen keyboard layout must be applied.                                                                                                 
>    - The virtual keyboard must work and be auto-configured to                                                                                    
>      use the same keyboard layout as the X session.                                                                                              
>    - The iceweasel search engine must be localized (for languages we                                                                             
>      ship a localized searchplugin for).


Out of the listed languages, all work just fine except Spanish and
Portugese which get Google as default search enigne in Iceweasel. Out of
the "Other..." languages I tried a bunch (obviously not all) and I
noticed that 'Norsk bokmål' only get the 'USA' keyboard layout, and not
'Nor' (which is available and can be added through the keyboard
properties. Not a blocker imho.

Unless someone objects and think some of the above are blocking, I'm
gonna release 0.12.1 tomorrow.

Cheers!