Zesty Testing

[Snowhog]

Downloading now:

zesty-desktop-amd64.iso 01-Nov-2016 05:49 1.5G Desktop image for 64-bit PC (AMD64) computers (standard download)

Will try to install it in an Oracle VirtualBox VM. I'll report my results.

Added:

1. Downloaded fine. Verified the .iso using SHA1 (what I have available on my iMac).
2. Created a static 50GB sized VM with 4096MB of base memory and 32MB of video memory and selected the zesty-desktop-amd64.iso (Storage > Controller: IDE > IDE Secondary Master).
3. Started the VM.

Everything looks normal up through the screen just prior to when the Desktop would load (the background image is present with the K-Gear and the loading progress bar below). However, the progress bar never reaches the end; close, but no the end; then the screen goes to black. No mouse cursor, and I can't invoke any tty. I have no option but to power off the VM. I repeated the process twice with the same results.

[mparillo]

In VMware, I get a black breeze cursor, but your experience largely matches mine: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...348/comments/5

[acheron]

Live session loads here in VirtualBox, albeit with a bit more delay than might be usual (2GB RAM and 64 MB graphics set).

The installer bug is present though.

[Snowhog]

The fix to the installer problem should be in the new daily build .iso tomorrow, according to acheron.

[acheron]

That was Clive, but all the same.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...y/+bug/1637985

[NoWorries]

That was Clive, but all the same.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...y/+bug/1637985

Thanks very much for confirming my experience. I decided to download the 1 Nov iso and got the same response as before. Good to hear that this problem will be fixed shortly.

[NoWorries]

I am very pleased to report that the iso image for the 2nd November allowed me to successfully install Zesty.

Thanks to Dimitri John Ledkov who fixed it for us.

[NoWorries]

For those of you who like to take risks, you may be interested to try what I have reported in post #17 at https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showth...722#post395722.

[NoWorries]

My experience so far is that the screen refresh is the main problem. By this I mean, that when task is exited, it is removed from the Task Manager on the Default panel, but its image is still on the desktop screen. Also, when launching a task its title bar is not always present. This problem varies a bit. The main package that seems to impact this area is ibus-wayland. The packages that I have installed in this area are:



The wayland packages that I have installed are:



Finally, the grub packages that I installed are:



I have installed all my favourite application packages and the ones that I have tried all work OK.

Overall I am impressed with the progress so far and I look forward to experiencing the progress of those developing this software.

Any suggestions on what other packages I need to install will be welcome.

[NoWorries]

I know my first comment related to screen refresh being a big problem for me. Well I went out to dinner and returned to find a handful of updates and to my surprise the screen refresh was perfect. I no longer observed any shimmering either.

So all is working perfectly and this new system is a pleasure to use as there is no longer any visual annoyance.