Desktop/Testing

Desktop Testing

This page is meant as a starting point to collect useful information about testing the Fedora desktop.

XFCE

Automatic testing

There are multiple projects that aim to automate testing of desktop (specifically UI) functionality.

• dogtail
• LDTP

Basic Sanity Checks

A list of tests for basic desktop functionality.

• Handling of USB sticks:
  • insert a usb stick
  • verify that nautilus opens a window showing the contents of the sticks toplevel directory
  • verify that the stick shows up in the nautilus "computer" window, and in the panel "places" menu
  • open gedit, open the file chooser dialog, verify that the stick is represented in the left pane and you can open a file