Re: gEDA: Next install CD available for testing

[jens persson <jens-at-NOSPAMpersson_dot_cx>]

Stuart Brorson wrote:

>If you are interested in trying/testing this release, please download
>it and try running the installer in the usual way.  When you are done,
>please let me know of your success or failure, as well as what Linux
>distro you used. 
>  
>
Tried it out on Ubuntu 5.10, and the problem about not finding 
pkg-config seems to be solved.

I needed to install: libgtk1.2-dev libreadline5-dev libwxgtk2.6-dev to 
get past the software check (I'm sure there is more needed that I have 
already installed since this is a lived in system :-)

The configure script for GEDA/Gaf needed guile-1.6-dev (well I had other 
versions install that the software check was satisfied by :-( )

Basically a success, everything works when installed (as far as my quick 
tests goes).

FYI. the install took about 30 min on a Pentium-4 3.00GHz 512MB doing 
desktopy things in the background

A few notes about the installer:

I got a bunch of
(installer.exe:2222): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_text_buffer_emit_insert: 
assertion `g_utf8_validate (text, len, NULL)' failed
warnings from the installer. I could not track down the problematic line 
in installer.py (2222 is an empty line).

When changing the content of the man window, it creates a new window 
that the windowmanager have to place. This leads to the window jumping 
around, hiding it self behind other windows etc. just changing the text 
would be nicer.


Best regards and thanks for all the work

/jp

PS, regarding your call for ubuntu-cds on geda-user, I would send you 
one as soon as my shipment arrives, but I think ordering your own (for 
free) on https://shipit.ubuntu.com/ will be faster (saving a roundtrip 
over the Atlantic :-)