Re: [Tails-testers] Call for testing: let's evaluate hardwar…

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Author: intrigeri
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To: tails-testers
Subject: Re: [Tails-testers] Call for testing: let's evaluate hardware support of Wayland
Hi,

Here's a gentle ping regarding this call for testing: we would love to
have more test results about this. It's not super urgent: if you only
find time to test this later this month or even in August, it will
be useful!

Thanks in advance :)

boyska (2022-07-04):
> A future version of Tails will use Wayland instead of X.Org for graphics.
> This will fix bugs and allow us to implement accessibility and security improvements.
>
> We need you to help us discover which computers don't work with Wayland.
>
> To do so:
>
> 1. Take a computer that works with current Tails.
> 2. Download a USB image from https://nightly.tails.boum.org/build_Tails_ISO_12213-wayland-force-all-tests/lastSuccessful/archive/build-artifacts/ (that's the file whose name ends with `.img`).
> 3. Install that USB image to a USB stick, with GNOME Disks or Etcher.
> 4. Start the computer from that USB stick.
> 5. If you see the graphical *Welcome Screen* appear, you can stop here. Else, please follow the next steps.
> 6. Restart on another Linux system that works on this computer. For example, the current Tails release.
> 7. In the *Welcome Screen*, set an Administration Password.
> 8. Run these commands in a Terminal:
>     ```
>     sudo dmidecode -s system-manufacturer
>     sudo dmidecode -s system-product-name
>     sudo dmidecode -s system-version
>     lspci -nn
>     ```
> 9. Copy the output of these commands and send it to us: tails-testers@???. Also describe the symptoms you observed at step 5.

>
> Thanks a lot!