This is day 2 of the finishing of Ubuntu Eee 8.04.1. If you haven’t read what happened day 1, please take a look here.

All times are UTC+1.

MD5sum of the release candidate: f5ce1516e2b05425eb3fd96e8630b7fe

Marie with coffee

Ubuntu Eee 8.04.1 RC starting up

Ubuntu Eee 8.04.1 RC

22:53

Ok, my connection sucks way to much to complete the upload to Sourceforge. Download the release candidate with Bittorrent now!

Going to bed – good night :)

22:44

Progress: [=========>Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ]Â 34.5% of 651517952 bytes
failed:
Could not send request body: SSL socket write failed
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21:21

Uploading ubuntu-eee-8.04.1.iso to `/r/ra/ramvi/uploads/ubuntu-eee-8.04.1.iso’:
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21:07

Uploading a RC of Ubuntu Eee 8.04.1 to sourceforge:

Uploading ubuntu-eee-8.04.1.iso to `/r/ra/ramvi/uploads/ubuntu-eee-8.04.1.iso’:
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20:56

My internet connection is working at 1kb/s or something. But I think Ubuntu Eee 8.04.1 is ready! Reinstalling policykit fixed the permission problem.

19:32

Marie (gf) has a friend over and I had to set up the projector and stuff. Still working on the policy / permission problem…

17:47

I think this can fix the login problem:

chmod a+w /tmp

The problem with nm-applet is still there when installed though, so it has be fixed. When trying to start network-admin I get:

The configuration could not be loaded
You are not allowed to access the system configuration.

17:24

Been to the store and bought a pizza. Anyway, the problem:

When trying to run nm-applet on the livecd, it returns:

** (nm-applet:9592): WARNING **: <WARNING> nma_dbus_init ():
nma_dbus_init() could not acquire its service.
dbus_bus_acquire_service() says: ‘Connection “:1.86″ is not allowed to
own the service “org.freedesktop.NetworkManagerInfo” due to security
policies in the configuration file’

When trying to log in after installation, I get this message:

View details (~/.xsession-errors file):

/etc/gdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup…
…
…
mkdtemp: private socket dir: Permission denied

Anyone out there got any tips?

16:53

Nope, the permission problem is still there after installing. Crap

16:21

Seems we have a permission problem with the livecd user. While that sucks, it’s not going to hold us back from releasing. It may mean there’s no internet connectivity on the livecd. The permission problem is probably gone when it’s installed. I’m going to test that now. If it looks ok, I’m going to release a release candidate. If the permission problem or any other important bug can be fixed within 24 hours, the RC won’t go gold. If there’s no quick fixes, the exact same version as the release candidate goes gold.

15:58

The installation now automatically starts when booting the livecd. But I seem to have forgotten to add the notification area (where the battery applet etc are) or something’s wrong..

15:33

New problem: The livecd user have lost it’s permission to install. Google…

15:20

I’m now going to test it on my Asus Eee 701. I’m using the great unetbooin application by Geza Kovacs to move it to a memory card.

15:13

I know several people are following this post. So I made another post where you can contribute some of your time, if you’d like :) How to translate Ubuntu Eee into my language

15:05

Looks great in the virtual machine. The panel is all set up but the installation didn’t autostart. I tried starting it with

ubiquity

instead of

ubiquity –desktop %k gtk_ui

Let’s try again :) I’m also afraid that when the OS is installed, and it’s trying to start ubiquity it’s going to wait for the to time out, since it can’t find it, and there’s half a minute waiting. Which of cause isn’t ok..

14:14

Just woke up. Unfortunately,Â Deco’s wake up call didn’t wake me up. Marie (girlfriend) have made me coffee and here I am, in my bathrobe, ready to finish 8.04.1. I’m going to start by customizing the panels. Remove the bottom one and edit the top one.

212 thoughts on “Ubuntu Eee 8.04.1 release – live – Day 2”

Nice! put it out there, and I will help seed :)

I’m gonna have to blow the dust of my eee :)

You’re doing great, Jon. Don’t let your gf get in the way :p

I’ve got my fingers crossed for this rls, because i use the 901, and need to get rid of Xandros NOW! :p

Hello Jon! Great project!
Where and when I can help translate into German?

Other possibility from searching web is that the problem is with pam. There are some suggestions though that incorrect /etc/pam.d/common-session causes problems with networkmanager.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NetworkManager#Issues

(that page looks a little out of date though, not sure if you want to copy the settings it gives exactly).

Status report?? It’s been an hour in the making.

James, thanks!

network manager problem sounds like a problem with dbus permissions.

On my suse system these are set up by the files in /etc/dbus-1/ – probably something similar in ubuntu but I can’t check.

I *think*, and i’m not an expert on dbus, the file /etc/dbus-1/system.conf sets up the base configuration for the “system” bus, and (on suse) there’s another file /etc/dbus-1/system.d/NetworkManager.conf, which sets up permissions for the nm tool itself.

Now, how you fix this, I’m not exactly sure, maybe this thread I found is useful:

http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dbus/2007-January/006877.html

Not sure though

Hey Jon

Just logged on and I’m glad to see that you’re hard at work at 8.04.1 again.

Hope the permissions problem is fixed soon and that the rest is plain sailing.

Will

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=421881&page=4

Googled your error, found two forum websites talking about the same thing changing tmp directory with a sudo command.

http://mihirknows.blogspot.com/2008/06/mkdtemp-private-socket-dir-permission.html

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=288053

Don’t give up :)

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=288053

What specifically is the problem? We might be able to help!

USB Key is formatted, ready, and waiting to test! :)

I’m very curious to see this release. I tried several distributions on my 701, an none of them cinvinced me.

I’ll test on my 2GB Surf and report back any problems. Looking forward to testing and thanks Jon (and others) for the hard work!

Well.. The permission problem sucks a little bit, but lets hope it’s only affecting the live user. Great that you’re releasing it anyways, since the majority of users will do a direct install…

John, nope, we don’t have an official irc channel :/

Thanks for all the hard work. Keep it up, Jon! We’re all waiting to see the result :)

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Great to see your up at it again! come to irc.freenode.net #eeepc to discuss

So close!

Steve at eeebuntu said his <2GB version will be ready ‘early next week’. Here’s hoping you beat him!

good to know that u are alive.
do ubuntu eee have a irc channal ?

so we ( the fans ) can chat and stuff like that.

// sweden

Go Jon and thanks for your great work!
I use your customized OS since June and find it the best I used on the eee so far. Really looking forward to this relee .-)

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Thomas on August 24, 2008 at 8:01 pm said:

Nice! put it out there, and I will help seed :)

I’m gonna have to blow the dust of my eee :)
Thomas on August 24, 2008 at 6:58 pm said:

You’re doing great, Jon. Don’t let your gf get in the way :p

I’ve got my fingers crossed for this rls, because i use the 901, and need to get rid of Xandros NOW! :p
Katzenstreu on August 24, 2008 at 6:35 pm said:

Hello Jon! Great project!
Where and when I can help translate into German?
James on August 24, 2008 at 5:57 pm said:

Other possibility from searching web is that the problem is with pam. There are some suggestions though that incorrect /etc/pam.d/common-session causes problems with networkmanager.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NetworkManager#Issues

(that page looks a little out of date though, not sure if you want to copy the settings it gives exactly).
Midnite Mac on August 24, 2008 at 5:51 pm said:

Status report?? It’s been an hour in the making.
Jon Ramvi on August 24, 2008 at 5:50 pm said:

James, thanks!
James on August 24, 2008 at 5:29 pm said:

network manager problem sounds like a problem with dbus permissions.

On my suse system these are set up by the files in /etc/dbus-1/ – probably something similar in ubuntu but I can’t check.

I *think*, and i’m not an expert on dbus, the file /etc/dbus-1/system.conf sets up the base configuration for the “system” bus, and (on suse) there’s another file /etc/dbus-1/system.d/NetworkManager.conf, which sets up permissions for the nm tool itself.

Now, how you fix this, I’m not exactly sure, maybe this thread I found is useful:

http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dbus/2007-January/006877.html

Not sure though
Will on August 24, 2008 at 5:06 pm said:

Hey Jon

Just logged on and I’m glad to see that you’re hard at work at 8.04.1 again.

Hope the permissions problem is fixed soon and that the rest is plain sailing.

Will
Fred B on August 24, 2008 at 5:02 pm said:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=421881&page=4
pko on August 24, 2008 at 4:53 pm said:

Googled your error, found two forum websites talking about the same thing changing tmp directory with a sudo command.

http://mihirknows.blogspot.com/2008/06/mkdtemp-private-socket-dir-permission.html

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=288053
Anonymous on August 24, 2008 at 4:48 pm said:

Don’t give up :)
Fred B on August 24, 2008 at 4:47 pm said:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=288053
Alex B on August 24, 2008 at 4:02 pm said:

What specifically is the problem? We might be able to help!
Patrick on August 24, 2008 at 3:51 pm said:

USB Key is formatted, ready, and waiting to test! :)
Edepopede on August 24, 2008 at 3:46 pm said:

I’m very curious to see this release. I tried several distributions on my 701, an none of them cinvinced me.
Patrick on August 24, 2008 at 3:44 pm said:

I’ll test on my 2GB Surf and report back any problems. Looking forward to testing and thanks Jon (and others) for the hard work!
Thomas on August 24, 2008 at 3:37 pm said:

Well.. The permission problem sucks a little bit, but lets hope it’s only affecting the live user. Great that you’re releasing it anyways, since the majority of users will do a direct install…
Jon Ramvi on August 24, 2008 at 2:37 pm said:

John, nope, we don’t have an official irc channel :/
Edward on August 24, 2008 at 2:15 pm said:

Thanks for all the hard work. Keep it up, Jon! We’re all waiting to see the result :)
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John on August 24, 2008 at 2:03 pm said:

Great to see your up at it again! come to irc.freenode.net #eeepc to discuss
Tom on August 24, 2008 at 2:01 pm said:

So close!

Steve at eeebuntu said his <2GB version will be ready ‘early next week’. Here’s hoping you beat him!
henrik on August 24, 2008 at 1:54 pm said:

good to know that u are alive.
do ubuntu eee have a irc channal ?

so we ( the fans ) can chat and stuff like that.

// sweden
ongofongo on August 24, 2008 at 1:29 pm said:

Go Jon and thanks for your great work!
I use your customized OS since June and find it the best I used on the eee so far. Really looking forward to this relee .-)
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