Status of the Etch-based DebianEdu
This page describes the status of the Etch-based DebianEdu distribution. The status of other Debian-stuff can be found in ["Status"].
Tips and Testing Instructions can be found at [:DebianEdu/Etch:DebianEdu/Etch]
Known bugs
This is a list of known bugs in the Etch-based DebianEdu, and please provide links to the bugs in the Debian BTS or the DebianEdu [http://bugs.skolelinux.org/ Bugzilla].
Fatal (can't make test CD with these)
Important (need to fix before release)
- Missing user administration system
[http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/AdminToolForEtch ?AdminToolForEtch]
replace with cipux? -> three blockers:
- security review of cipux (the backend) (URL?)
- automatic installation incl. configuration (in etch/sid), we need a cipux package in debian-edu!
- migration plan for existing wlus setups (Georg Damm wrote migration scripts)
- replace with lwat?
- is in debian-edu
- Missing administration tool for backup/restore
- Currently, slbackup is installed, and is usable, though without any kind of gui-interface since webmin was removed. Either slbackup needs to be replaced with something else, or we need a gui of some kind.
slbackup-php - A php-based frontend for slbackup, with most wanted features, and some screenshots are availible from http://bzz.no/~finnarne/slbackup/screenshots. The package is waiting for a sponsor to be uploaded into debian.
backuppc, which already is in debian. Nice gui for restoring data, but lacks a good configuration editor. Tested and report availible at. ["http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/BackupPC"], so that they can be discussed. The german version can be seen here ["http://wiki.skolelinux.de/BackupPC"] For getting informed about what backuppc can do for you, read this ["http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/BackupPC.html"]
- Currently, slbackup is installed, and is usable, though without any kind of gui-interface since webmin was removed. Either slbackup needs to be replaced with something else, or we need a gui of some kind.
Source CD should include source for only the binary packages included -> set SOURCE=1. then e need to check if all the source packages from the binary packages on our CD are on that CD...
- standalone install is not localised. i.e., I selected german and KDE is still english
- Wrong keyboard layout in LTSP, should be set by localization-config
- Spell checker configuration is needed (KDE to use myspell?)
USB hotplug no longer work after KDE switched from pmount to hal. [http://bugs.debian.org/377689 bug #377689] see also [http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2006/10/msg00752.html pam_group info]
- Do we Need a sane default DB_CONFIG for ldap ?
- Samba broken: needs details (testing)
Annoying (should fix if we have time)
CD is not signed -> setting SECURED=1 in CONF-$flavor.sh was not enough
- Artwork should be generally improved
- Setting up networking and Configuring network interfaces fail in the booting of ltsp clients, looks ugly.
- Anoying Artsmessages box about permision denied on /dev/dsv for each user that login. (on the thin clients? it works nicely in the standalone install)
- Adept_notifier runs on all users kde on the thinclients.
- Empty resolv.conf in ltsp chroot after installation
- Expand on the nagios v2 configuration.
- GPGerror: no debian-edu-archive-keyring for /opt/ltsp/i386 sources.list ?
- warning about problems configuring cups via debconf from debian-edu-config at the kdm-login screen after a standalone install
needs evaluation
[http://bugs.skolelinux.org/reports.cgi?product=-All-&output=most_doomed&datasets=NEW%3A&datasets=ASSIGNED%3A&datasets=REOPENED%3A&datasets=UNCONFIRMED%3A&links=1&banner=1&quip=0 bugs.skolelinux.org] lists 97 bugs, with 64 marked as new.
[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?usertag=debian-edu@lists.debian.org skolelinux bugs at debian]
Fixed
- etch-cd from 2006-11-16 partitioning doesnt work, loops forever, etch-test works.
- Access to local devices for the console user (audio, floppy, etc)
- CD image do not install because of kernel version skew between the kernel and the module udebs on the CD.
- Fail to install on a HD where lvm have been used previously, this is fixed in D-I daily builds from sid (Verified 16/10-2006 -Ronny). Migrated to etch 20/10-2006
LTSP artwork -> added to ltsp preseed, ldm artwork ok.
- Broken LTSP boot, first client attempth fail to boot, after server is restarted - fixed in initramfs-tools 0.82.
Wrong keyboard layout in some countries. [http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=319859 #319859]
- usplash in ltsp booting clients.
- slapd fail to start because /var/run/slapd is missing. It need to be owned by openldap:openldap.
- Unstable CD build, no longer build broken CD when unable to reach the apt sources.
Installer fail if running in GUI mode [http://bugs.debian.org/282147 #282147]
LDAP NSS is broken [http://bugs.debian.org/375077 #375077] We have a workaround in the current cd's.
Package manager (adept) for KDE is missing in etch [http://bugs.debian.org/388023 #388023]
- Graphical Installer fails to work while installing with nogui works as expected
Please fill in with more info and links to the BTS's in the list above.
status of amd64
- Installer now works
new features since Sarge release
- graphical installer
- boot splash with usplash
webmin removed, replaced with <foo>
things we need to upgrade in the newdriftbook
- etch in general
- the webmin replacement
[http://lists.debian.org/debian-edu/2006/12/msg00110.html sound on ltsp-thinclients]
[:DebianEdu/HowTo/LocalDeviceLtspfs: local device support with ltsp (ltspfs)]
- $anything_else
- add a short chapter how to use backports.org (i just read a mail from someone who upgraded to etch because sarge doesnt have openoffice.org2)
- barebone profile? (whats that?) via expert mode ("Again if you want to install with the debian-edu-expert mode type the following line at the boot prompt and press enter: "linux debian-edu-expert"
- manual partitioning via expert mode