Fedora 20

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Download Fedora-Live-SoaS Beta TC-2

08-Oct-2013

• Beta -TC-2

https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage/20-Beta-TC2/Spins/x86_64/Fedora-Live-SoaS-x86_64-20-Beta-TC2.iso

https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage/20-Beta-TC2/Spins/x86_64/Fedora-Live-SoaS-x86_64-20-Beta-TC2.iso

Seems identical to remix listed below:

SoaS_86_64-dm (remix)

click on link ^ for details

09/23/2013

• Remix using livecd-tools and a Custom Kickstart file in f20

http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/fedora-livecd-soas-lightdm.ks

With soas naming changed in ,ks

• Based on:

http://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org//work/tasks/5707/5925707/fedora-livecd-soas-f110c70.ks

Edited with this addition and the Software lines shown below:

-gdm
lightdm

09/15/2013

• Boots directly to (name_____)

(Bypasses lightdm Liveuser login)

Software 
 Sugar on a Stick 10 (lightdm-Remix)
 Fedora release 20
 Sugar 0.99.0

• New 9/23/2013

http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/SoaS_x86_64-dm2.iso

Anaconda 20-18-1 installs to USB HD

2 GB .img file to write to USB with dd

http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/SoaS-dm.img 1.9G

• Built with liveusb-creator (F20) with 820 persistence file
• 2 GB firefly USB

dd if=SoaS-dm.img of=/dev/sd(x)

IMPORTANT Use 'mount" command to get device name for the mounted USB /dev/sdb;/dev/sdc; /dev/sdd etc

You can overwrite your hard-drive with no warning if you enter this incorrecly.

Fedora-qa Testing

• Installation Tests

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_20_Alpha_RC4_Install?rd=Test_Results:Current_Installation_Test

• Test Page Non-releasing desktops

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_20_Alpha_RC4_Desktop#Non_release-blocking_desktops:_x86_.2F_x86_64

• Testing Spins signoff page

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/20/Spins

Important to be filled out as "YES" in Alpha Beta Final columns or the spin will not be released.

• Read this:

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel/2013-August/188004.html

Sugar Test cases

• http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Fedora_19-sugar_test_cases

wayland

To run gnome-shell under Wayland, execute the following command in a terminal:

gnome-session --session=gnome-wayland

Sugar in arm devices

• Installation

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/F20/Installation

• SoaS

https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage/20-Alpha-RC4/Images/armhfp/Fedora-SoaS-armhfp-20-Alpha-4-sda.raw.xz

https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage/20-Alpha-RC4/Images/armhfp/

• ARM

More ARM-Info

Gnome Initial Setup

• Screenshots of gnome3 initial setup with explanatory text

Sugar-Desktop in Gnome

10/03/2013

Sugar-desktop does not start properly in F20-Beta TC-1

the xserver and DE do not start (see below)

Workaround

• {ctrl} {alt} f2 (Console logon)

Login:
liveuser 
blank password
su            (log in to sudo root)
yum install @sugar-desktop
shutdown -h now

• reboot

enter user name and select sugar (little wheel icon under password line)

password

• Sugar starts

Fedora-20 anaconda 20.12-1 installer

• Note also same installer on F20-DVD

https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage/20-Alpha-TC5/Fedora/x86_64/iso/Fedora-20-Alpha-TC5-x86_64-DVD.iso

• Install Destination

• Install Destination select disk and [Back]

• Installation Options

Choose type of formatting

• Begin Installation

• Installation finished

• Reboot returns to console boot

login as User and password
startx

• Sugar Starts

NOTE yum install lightdm installs files but the lightdm DE does not start on reboot