[lubuntu-devel] Lubuntu Xenial Xerus 16.04 LTS Beta 1 milestone images available, due Thursday 25 Feb

[Nio Wiklund]

Den 2016-02-24 kl. 00:16, skrev Walter Lapchynski:
> Images for the Beta 1 milestone of Lubuntu Xenial Xerus 16.04 LTS are
> now available on the [QA tracker][1].
> 
> If your computer has a battery, whether you're using a VM or bare metal,
> note that there's a [global problem][2] with ubiquity crashing (perhaps
> due to upower or dbus), so the desktop images are not working unless you
> remove the battery.
> 
> There is some suggestion that the desktop image's check for media
> defects does not work. This has been reported in GNOME and Lubuntu, but
> we were not able to verify it in Xubuntu. Please check every single
> architecture you can and report what you find on the [bug report][3].
> 
> Those are some annoying things to deal with, especially with release of
> the milestone being only days away, so please help in any way you can.
> 
> Also, PPC folks, don't forget this is an LTS. This is your time to help!!!!!
> 
> If we can make it through this, maybe we can push some upstream LXDE
> fixes through so we can make this a really nice LTS.
> 
> [1]: http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/357/builds
> [2]: http://launchpad.net/bugs/1547793
> [3]: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/casper/+bug/1547302
> 
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> 

Hi everybody,

I found a new version of Ubuntu Gnome dated 20160224.1, but Ubiquity is
still failing with the same symptom as before in my Toshiba laptop with
a battery.

And yes, in this same Ubuntu Gnome version there is a black screen when
checking for media defects.

Best regards
Nio