dropline GNOME 3.8 - ALPHA released !

saxa · 08-28-2013, 09:21 PM

PS: Another option is to use Software update (PackageKit) directly from your gnome3 install, select only libarchive, install it, after that run dropline-installer as root to get the latest updates.

saxa · 08-30-2013, 10:34 PM

About 9 new updates are up and ready.

libgdata
gstreamer1
gst-plugins-base1,good1,bad1,ugly1
gnome-online-accounts
gnome-documents
gtk+3

Please report any troubles.

saxa · 09-01-2013, 09:10 PM

We are still a bit closer to BETA: 5 new updates are up.

Enjoy !

saxa · 09-08-2013, 06:55 PM

Today we have released the BETA version of dropline gnome 3.8 desktop.

Please re-run the dropline-installer and you will have the packages updated to the beta release.

Report any troubles and problems or wishes.

saxa · 09-08-2013, 09:40 PM

There is a new installer released:

32bit:
http://www.droplinegnome.org/files/3...6-i686-1dl.txz
http://www.droplinegnome.org/files/3...86-1dl.txz.md5

64bit:
http://www.droplinegnome.org/files/3...x86_64-1dl.txz
http://www.droplinegnome.org/files/3...64-1dl.txz.md5

Fixes the showing of obsolete stuff during update and it does not download it since its obsolete.

Bazzaah · 09-12-2013, 07:20 AM

I have installed your beta 3.8 and so far all is well - the issues I had on the alpha (we conversed briefly on the other thread) all seem sorted now.

Thanks for doing this - I know 3.8 has come in for a bit of criticism, but actually I find it a pleasure to use.

Great that I can use it with Slackware now.

saxa · 09-12-2013, 07:36 AM

Hey Bazzaah, many thanks for the nice worlds. I'm really happy to see it works ok for you. We plan to release the final release really shortly. I will see if I can fix some small issues with the installer and themes and ModemManager permissions, but after all it is
all working over here too.

Thanks and enjoy.

Bazzaah · 09-12-2013, 03:35 PM

Hi Saxa

I have two small problems

First, I can't change window themes (maybe a problem with TweakTool) but it is OK in Arch.
Second, Gnome still picks up my (disabled) onboard sound and not my soundcard! Any ideas on that? I can't run alsamixer (I'll let you know the missing lib and error message).

Otherwise, all seems well!

Thanks again.

saxa · 09-12-2013, 03:37 PM

Ok, tewak tool should have some problems for sure, as I also have not the possibility to change the themes with it.
For the sound card I have no idea.

Bazzaah · 09-14-2013, 01:05 PM

Hi Saxa

I get this error when I try and run alsamixer. It's part of alsa-utils, isn't it? (I may be mistaken of course).

Code:

ALSA lib dlmisc.c:236:(snd1_dlobj_cache_get) Cannot open shared library /usr/lib64/alsa-lib/libasound_module_ctl_pulse.so
cannot open mixer: No such device or address

Is it looking for pulseaudio - should I install pulseaudio?

saxa · 09-14-2013, 07:38 PM

Hi, I have to look into this issue, as this is something related to our pulseaudio.

saxa · 09-15-2013, 08:49 PM

Ok, some new updates are up. Please re-run dropline-installer and report if any problems.

Bazzaah · 09-16-2013, 04:10 AM

Ran the updates but still get the same error message, sadly.

saxa · 09-16-2013, 04:57 AM

Yes Bazzaah, there was no work on that thing yet, I will see if I can fix that before final release.

Bazzaah · 09-16-2013, 05:14 AM

OK - I didn't see anything relevant in the updates list, but thought I'd mention it anyway!

Everything else seems fine - there seems some progress on themes in tweaktool - it doesn't seem as broken as it was (I can change the window theme at least) but it's only picking up 2 window themes.

Otherwise, it's shaping up very well. Good job.