The Fedora 15 announcement says<\/p>\n
A list of the problems we already know about can be seen on\nthe Common F15 bugs page,at http:\/\/fedoraproject.org\/wiki\/Common_F15_bugs<\/a>.\n\nIf you find a bug that's not found on that page, be sure it gets\nfixed before release by reporting your discovery at\nhttps:\/\/bugzilla.redhat.com\/<\/a> Thank you!<\/pre>\nBut there’s nothing on the Common F15 bugs page, and filing a bug for each of these vague comments is impossible. So here’s my brain dump. If I were a well-known reviewer, people passionate about the project would jump in and respond to these, file bugs for some of them, discuss workarounds, etc. Oh well.<\/p>\n
Boot\/device problems<\/h2>\n
Running livecd-iso-to-disk<\/tt> from the Fedora ISO on Kubuntu 10.10 seemed to work, but my PC gave me the SYSLINUX boot:<\/tt> prompt. It seems Ubuntu 10.10’s syslinux version 4.01 puts an ldlinux.sys<\/tt> on the USB that doesn’t find syslinux.cfg in a subdirectory. After I repeated syslinux command with latest 4.04, it booted up fine! (I filed Fedora bug 699554<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n
Brief flash of text console at one point.<\/p>\n
Same Pulseaudio problem with audio devices as in Kubuntu: my built-in VIA 8237 audio and Audigy ZS card are both labeled “Internal Audio Analog Stereo”, no distinction.<\/p>\n
Terminal<\/h3>\n
When I’m in the Terminal, its\u00a0 “icon” background in top menu bar looks like a rendering glitch and\/or collection of subtle window system indicators (>_)<\/p>\n
The terminal bell sound is wayy! TOO LOUD!!!\u00a0 It’s much louder than other sounds.<\/p>\n
Why no sudo?<\/p>\n
liveuser is not in the sudoers file.\u00a0 This incident will be reported.<\/pre>\nSound Settings control panel<\/h3>\n
Terminal bell sound is wayy! TOO LOUD!!!
\nChanging Sound Settings > Sound Effects > Alert volume has no effect on terminal bell volume.<\/p>\nWhen I choose an alert sound, the first ~0.2s of it repeats endlessly, and Sound Settings locks up.\u00a0 I have to Force Quit<\/p>\n
Sound Settings Output tab should have a [Test] button as KDE does.<\/p>\n
UI Toolkit<\/h3>\n
In GEdit Open Files dialog, it’s wrong that symlinks don’t appear in italics.<\/p>\n
In GEdit, how come Ctrl+Tab, Ctrl+PgUp, Ctrl+` don’t switch between tabs?!<\/p>\n
Rhythmbox music player<\/h3>\n
The first time I started it Rhythmbox warned “Cover art plug-in not found (roughly).<\/p>\n
It would be so nice if live USBs came with a few sample songs and images!!<\/p>\n
Window controls<\/h3>\n
Bottom bar<\/h4>\n
When I move the mouse to the lower right, a bar fades in with “Rhythmbox” in it.
\nIf I right-click on this, there’s an Open command.\u00a0 But:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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- If Rhythmbox is minimized, it doesn’t reappear.<\/li>\n
- If Rhythmbox is under other windows, it doesn’t pop to the top.<\/li>\n
- Basically this doesn’t do anything?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Moving windows<\/h4>\n
The blue shade for half-screen is nice, but if I move Firefox towards the edge it pops to fill the whole screen, and there’s no indication this is happening.<\/p>\n
When a window is half-screen, there’s no indication this is the case, so it’s puzzling there’s no resize cursor on the visible edge.\u00a0 And there should be a resize cursor, why not let me resize a half-screen window to be 2\/3 screen!<\/p>\n
Activities<\/h3>\n
Activities menu item at top left<\/h4>\n
Click and hold and Right-click do nothing.\u00a0 This is unlike every other icon in the top menu bar!<\/p>\n
Activities screen<\/h4>\n
Type “IRC”, nothing shows up!\u00a0 I need an IRC client! Maybe it’s Empathy.
\nType “Chat”, Empathy appears.\u00a0 But there’s no description of it.\u00a0 The KDE Start menu has the name and a few words of description, and can search on both. That’s much better.<\/p>\nWhile Activities is up, Alt-Tab to return to a different window doesn’t work.
\nCan’t use tab or Ctrl-tab to switch between Windows and Applications view.\u00a0 Are these tabs? They seem to be, so I don’t like Windows and Applications buttons sitting on the desktop.<\/p>\nActivities > Applications list<\/h4>\n
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- the font is too small<\/li>\n
- the ‘A’ in application names like Add\/looks bad, the first stroke is ragged<\/li>\n
- arrow key doesn’t move around list<\/li>\n
- No right-click menu on apps that appear in Applications.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Help<\/h3>\n
Help > Go > All Documents… where’s the Gnome Shell document?!
\nAhh, it’s Desktop help.
\nThe detailed text for Desktop help is… Desktop help. It should be “Guide to Gnome gesktop shell”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Fedora 15 announcement says A list of the problems we already know about can be seen on the Common F15 bugs page,at http:\/\/fedoraproject.org\/wiki\/Common_F15_bugs. If you find a bug that’s not found on that page, be sure it gets fixed … Continue reading