On Mon, 2010-03-15 at 19:41 -0400, Tom Horsley wrote: > Using the x86_64 DVD image to do install from hard disk seemed > to work well. > > The new storage system is off the charts geeky and impossible > to use. I don't have the model numbers of my disks memorised > and stashed in my head to know which one is which. There is > absolutely no point in presenting me with a page that lists > obscure model numbers and asks which disks I want to include > in the install. The only conceivable answer is always going > to be all of them, because I can't possibly tell which is which > till I see them in the screen that lets me do formatting > and shows me pictures of the partitions on the disks. Even that > screen could use some help. I have labels on my partitions, > and if I edit the partition, it will tell me the current > label, but it would sure be handy to see the current label > in the list of all the disks and partitions as one of the columns > of info shown. > > When navigating through anaconda with the tab key, it is > virtually impossible to tell which item is "current". The > colors for merely highlighted items are nearly identical > to selected items, and the selected color actually seems to be > slightly paler than the highlighted items, thus inverting > the tradition of selected things being quite dark blue > and highlighted things being very light blue. > > During the install, the installer seemed to hang quite a > long time when it got to the "bind" package. I looked in > some of the Ctl-Alt-Fn terminals, and saw this at the > end of one screen (which I have now retrieved from > anaconda.log): > > 18:50:57,062 INFO anaconda: Preparing to install packages > 18:51:19,406 WARNING anaconda: /usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py:542: GtkWarning: gtk_progress_set_percentage: assertion `percentage >= 0 && percentage <= 1.0' failed > self.progress.set_fraction (newval) > > 18:51:33,925 WARNING anaconda: /usr/lib/anaconda/iw/progress_gui.py:67: GtkWarning: Failed to set text from markup due to error parsing markup: Error on line 2 char 32: Element 'markup' was closed, but the currently open element is 'NAME' > self.infolabel.set_markup(txt) > > By the time I finished looking around at the vterms, the > install had finally picked back up. > > Now that I've recorded that before forgetting it, I'm off > to actually let it run firstboot... Hi, Tom. I passed your mail on to the Anaconda developers. They enjoyed being called 'off the charts geeky', but aside from that thought you had some valid points =) Could you file bugs for your storage suggestions against anaconda so they don't get lost? Thanks. On the appearance, I believe that'd be down to whatever GTK+ theme Anaconda uses, but I'm not entirely sure - we didn't get to discussing that one. -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Fedora Talk: adamwill AT fedoraproject DOT org http://www.happyassassin.net -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
