From Fedora Project Wiki

Fedora Test Days
Gnome 3.8
Date 2013-03-21
Time all day
Website QA/Fedora_19_test_days
IRC #fedora-test-day (webirc)
Mailing list test


Can't make the date?
If you come to this page before or after the test day is completed, your testing is still valuable, and you can use the information on this page to test, file any bugs you find at Bugzilla, and add your results to the results section. If this page is more than a month old when you arrive here, please check the current schedule and see if a similar but more recent Test Day is planned or has already happened.

What to test?[edit]

Today's instalment of Fedora Test Day will focus on new features in Gnome 3.8. Read more.

Who's available[edit]

The following cast of characters will be available testing, workarounds, bug fixes, and general discussion ...

Prerequisite for Test Day[edit]

  • bootable USB key or CD/DVD disk with latest Fedora 19 live image or:
  • machine or VM with updated Fedora 19

Known issues[edit]

  • There are two entries for the live image in the boot menu. This is a result of using a special non-debug kernel in the live image to make it run smoothly. I've no idea why it results in two entries on the boot menu, but never mind. Just use the one that's selected and it'll boot fine.
  • It's known that the system doesn't wake up properly from the idle time out screen blank / lock at present. On the live image, pressing 'Esc' should wake it up. On an installed system, you can only escape by restarting GNOME Shell from a console. See bug #923364. To avoid this inconvenience, you can disable screen blanking and locking from the Power and Privacy panels in the control panel.
  • If you have an Intel chipset system and find it freezes - possibly with a kernel trace visible - repeatedly during testing, try using the kernel parameter intel_pstate=disable. See bug #923102.
  • There are known to be several problems in submitting crashes via the 'abrt' automated reporting tool. If you need to report a crash, someone in #fedora-test-day should be able to help you to report it manually.

How to test?[edit]

This Test Day has two parts. First part is covered by test cases and it's focused on initial setup and getting you familiar with basic functionality. Second is exploratory testing when you are free to use software how do you like. Don't worry and try to break Gnome in various ways which you expect to work.

Update your machine[edit]

If you're running Fedora 19, make sure you have all the current updates for it installed, using the update manager. Or:

Live image[edit]

Optionally, you may download a non-destructive live image for your architecture. Tips on using a live image are available at FedoraLiveCD.

Architecture SHA256SUM
x86_64 bda651c2ddba6102cc04197b8345beef9d0e128aeb8df0074857f3a630817829
i686 191a9fd5ada686909429b6dbfcaf4bfc882c442ec3d391385dd3d8fa5cc69cc9
Installation not supported
The Test Day live image contains the Fedora installer, but Fedora 19 is in a very early (pre-Alpha!) state right now, so installing it is strongly discouraged on anything but a disposable test system. Additionally, testing suggests installation is broken on these particular Test Day images.

Software Rendering[edit]

Computers with obsolete graphics with buggy 3D drivers and VM hypervisors like KVM or VirtualBox don't have complete 3D support yet. But you can run Gnome Shell using software rendering (llvmpipe driver) on the CPU.

  • You may need to uninstall your GPU driver by running yum remove xorg-x11-drv-nouveau for example to force enable llvmpipe driver. You will need to restart X by logging out and back in for this to take effect.
  • Of lesser interest, but still worth checking, is whether GPUs already on the hardware blacklist work with their native driver instead. This can be checked by commenting out the appropriate entry from /usr/share/gnome-session/hardware-compatibility and logging out and back in to Gnome.
Check if Xorg uses software rendering, run: glxinfo and check output for string: OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 0x300). Or you can check if you are using software rendering in the Control Center -> Details (llvmpipe)

Test Cases[edit]

GNOME Shell[edit]

System Settings[edit]

Online Accounts[edit]

Applications[edit]

Test Results[edit]

If you have problems with any of the tests, report a bug to Bugzilla for the appropriate component. If you are unsure about exactly how to file the report or what other information to include, just ask on IRC and we will help you. Once you have completed the tests, add your results to the Results table below, following the example results from the first line as a template. The first column should be your name with a link to your User page in the Wiki if you have one, and the second should be a link to the Smolt profile of the system you tested. For each test case, use the result template to enter your result, as shown in the example result lines.

GNOME Shell[edit]

User Initial Setup Login Screen Activities Lock Screen Message Tray Extensions Accessibility Gnome Classic mode References
Sample User
none
none
none
none
none
Pass pass
Warning warn
[1]
Fail fail
[2]
  1. ↑ Test pass, but also encountered RHBZ #54321
  2. ↑ RHBZ #12345
vrutkovs
none
none
Pass pass
Warning warn
[1]
none
Pass pass
Pass pass
none
  1. ↑ brightness is 0 after switch users
fholec
none
Warning warn
[1]
Fail fail [2]
Warning warn
[3]
none
none
Warning warn
[4]
Pass pass
  1. ↑ Cannot change layout while logging in (not even using shortcut). Problem is when password contains characters not from current layout
  2. ↑ RHBZ #924266
  3. ↑ Option 'Brightness & Lock' is not present in System Settings
  4. ↑ System is very slow after zoom is turned on
bnater
none
Fail fail
[1]

[2] [3] [long 1] [4] [long 2]

Warning warn
[5]
Warning warn
[long 3]
none
none
none
Pass pass
  1. ↑ step 2. Keyboard layout is not the same as I have selected on login screen RHBZ #924360
  2. ↑ I'm not able to continue working after idle/screen off (live image, Esc doesn't work)
  3. ↑ Keyboard layout have to be set for login screen separately??? RHBZ #924371
  4. ↑ When I unlock "User" dialog, root account is displayed. When I add regular user, root user account disappeare. Confusing. RHBZ #924800
  5. ↑ step 6. doesn't work for Shotwell application RHBZ #924808
Jeff Bastian
Warning warn
[1] [2]
Fail fail
[3] [4]
Warning warn
[5] [6] [7]
none
none
none
none
Warning warn
[8]
  1. ↑ custom timezone setting ignored
  2. ↑ welcome video plays on every login
  3. ↑ no users on login screen due to gnome-initial-setup bug RHBZ #923994
  4. ↑ locale settings blocked by selinux RHBZ #924306
  5. ↑ showing All applications is very slow RHBZ #924396
  6. ↑ cannot create new Firefox window on new workspace RHBZ #924403
  7. ↑ Very slow with external monitor attached RHBZ #927327
  8. ↑ Gnome Classic mode is missing a pager
lzachar
none
Pass pass
[1]
none
none
none
none
Warning warn
[2] [3]
none
  1. ↑ layout selection
  2. ↑ On screen keyboard has US layout only (no way to switch)
  3. ↑ high-contrast does nothing on gdm login screen
Jan Scotka
Fail fail
[1]
Warning warn
[2]
Pass pass
Warning warn
[3]
none
none
none
none
  1. ↑ Unable to install to disc RHBZ #924229 propably EFI
  2. ↑ No created users via command adduser listed in gdm list of user, aviable only in case created password via passwd
  3. ↑ usability: Unlocking of screen is very unintuitive (no help that you have slide from bottom up)
Jaroslav Škarvada
Fail fail [1]
Pass pass
Pass pass
Warning warn [2]
none
none
none
none
  1. ↑ RHBZ #924385
  2. ↑ RHBZ #924378
Luya Tshimbalanga
Warning warn
[1]
Pass pass
Pass pass
Inprogress inprogress
Inprogress inprogress
Inprogress inprogress
Pass pass
Pass pass
[2]
  1. ↑ Resuming temporarily froze on LiveUSB
  2. ↑ A right-click for opened applications on taskbar would be nice
lbrabec
none
Warning warn
[1]
Warning warn
[2]
Warning warn
[long 4]
none
Pass pass
Pass pass
Warning warn
[3]
  1. ↑ Cannot change layout while logging in
  2. ↑ Step 6. doesn't work for Shotwell application
  3. ↑ Session selection not shown when no password is set
feonsu
none
Pass pass
Pass pass
Warning warn
[long 5]
none
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
mkyral
none
Fail fail
[1][long 6][2][3]
Warning warn
[4][5][long 7]
Pass pass
Inprogress inprogress
Pass pass
Inprogress inprogress
Pass pass
[6]
  1. ↑ In most cases, after "switch users" gdm displays just gray background with no user list.
  2. ↑ When adding/removing user in the control center module, the root user disappears from the list. Can be added back by lock/unlock
  3. ↑ Unintuitive UI for adding keyboard layouts. No way to reorder keyborad layouts once added.
  4. ↑ 6. shotwell keeps opening on first screen
  5. ↑ Tap to click and two fingers scroll shall be enabled by default as using touchpad without these two features is a pain
  6. ↑ Right click in the taskbar would be very nice.
pschindl
none
Fail fail
[1] [2]
Warning warn
[3]
Pass pass
Pass pass
none
none
none
  1. ↑ layout selection
  2. ↑ Can't change layout in gdm
  3. ↑ A little bug when moving windows in overview
jsedlak
none
Fail fail
[1] [2]
Pass pass
Warning warn
[3]
none
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
  1. ↑ Not possible to change keyboard layout in gdm
  2. ↑ Selinux denials show up after first login
  3. ↑ Needs two passwords to log in, as feonsu reported.
jskladan
Fail fail
probably [1]
Pass pass
Pass pass
Warning warn
[2]
none
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
  1. ↑ RHBZ #924385
  2. ↑ Also seeing the "two passwords" behavior.
mkrizek
none
Pass pass
Pass pass
Warning warn
[1]
none
none
none
none
  1. ↑ Need two passwords to log in
Igor Gnatenko
none
Warning warn
[1]
Warning warn
[2]
Warning warn [3]
Pass pass
Pass pass
Warning warn
[4]
Pass pass
  1. ↑ Create user with password in russian language.. In gdm there is no place to switch languages.
  2. ↑ 1. Run application; 2. Logout; 3. Login; 4. Not show application in "Recently applications"
  3. ↑ RHBZ #924816
  4. ↑ If long to increase scale - gnome crash
Wutao85
none
none
Pass pass
none
none
Pass pass
Pass pass
none
satellit
none
none
Pass pass
none
none
none
Pass pass
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ f18-netinstall x86_64 yum distro-sync --releasever=19 --nogpgcheck --skip-broken

System Settings[edit]

User System Settings Privacy Settings Sharing Settings Search Settings Color Settings References
Sample User
none
none
Pass pass
Warning warn
[1]
Fail fail
[2]
  1. ↑ Test pass, but also encountered RHBZ #54321
  2. ↑ RHBZ #12345
vrutkovs
Warning warn
[1]
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
none
  1. ↑ Bluetooth profile cannot be changed to A2DP
fholec
Warning warn
[1][2]
Pass pass
none
Warning warn
[3][long 8]
none
  1. ↑ System froze while changing background (only once)
  2. ↑ Cannot drag & drop images to background images
  3. ↑ Search query responses were displayed 4 times the same window (only once)
vbenes
Warning warn
[1]
Warning warn
[2]
none
Warning warn
[3]
none
  1. ↑ print test page doesn't work RHBZ #924329
  2. ↑ after switching oon/off stealth mode the other options state is not preserved RHBZ #924343
  3. ↑ cannot turn on/off photos search RHBZ #924303
kparal
Fail fail [1]
none
none
none
none
  1. ↑ RHBZ #924409
feonsu
Warning warn
[1][2]
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
none
  1. ↑ print test page doesn't work RHBZ #924329.
  2. ↑ I can add only network printers, not local.
jskladan
Fail fail
[1]
none
none
none
none
  1. ↑ OSD is not shown when changing volume with HW keys
pschindl
Warning warn
[1]
none
Pass pass
Warning warn
[2]
none
  1. ↑ [1] - nautilus crashes when setting background image
  2. ↑ cannot turn on/off photos search RHBZ #924303
Igor Gnatenko
Warning warn
[1]
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
none
  1. ↑ Drag'n'Drop background not working

Online Accounts[edit]

User Online Accounts - Google Online Accounts - Facebook Online Accounts - Windows Live Online Accounts - MS Exchange Online Accounts - Kerberos Online Accounts - ownCloud Online Accounts - IMAP References
Sample User
none
none
none
none
Pass pass
Warning warn
[1]
Fail fail
[2]
  1. ↑ Test pass, but also encountered RHBZ #54321
  2. ↑ RHBZ #12345
vrutkovs
Pass pass
Fail fail
[1]
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
Warning warn
[2]
none
  1. ↑ 'Internal error' on connecting to Empathy
  2. ↑ Owncloud addressbook was not added
fholec
Pass pass
none
none
none
none
none
none
lbrabec
Pass pass
Fail fail
[1]
none
none
none
none
none
  1. ↑ 'Internal error' on connecting to Empathy
feonsu
Pass pass
none
none
none
none
none
Warning warn
[1]
  1. ↑ I can't manually change smtp settings.
jskladan
Pass pass
none
none
none
none
none
none
pschindl
Pass pass
Pass pass
none
none
none
none
Pass pass
Luya Tshimbalanga
Pass pass
Fail fail
[1]
Pass pass
none
none
Pass pass
none
  1. ↑ 'Internal error' on connecting to Empathy
Igor Gnatenko
Pass pass
Fail fail
[1]
none
none
none
none
none
  1. ↑ 'Internal error' on connecting to Empathy

Applications[edit]

User Web Documents Files Empathy Empathy (audio) Empathy (video) Evolution Boxes Font Viewer References
Sample User
none
none
none
none
none
none
Pass pass
Warning warn
[1]
Fail fail
[2]
  1. ↑ Test pass, but also encountered RHBZ #54321
  2. ↑ RHBZ #12345
vbenes
none
Warning warn
[1]
none
none
none
none
none
none
none
  1. ↑ cannot zoom with numerical +/- RHBZ #924379
vhumpa
Warning warn
[1]
Warning warn
[2]
none
none
none
none
none
none
none
  1. ↑ Can't scroll to zoom GNOME#696293
  2. ↑ gnome-keyring, reported GNOME#696304
kparal
Warning warn
[1]
none
Warning warn
[long 9]
none
none
none
none
none
none
  1. ↑ gnome#696317
lbrabec
Fail fail
[1]

[2] [3]

none
Warning warn
[4]
Pass pass
none
none
Pass pass
none
Warning warn
[5]
  1. ↑ Unable to find place, where one can enable extensions
  2. ↑ Webapp can be launched from popup after creation, but no such app can be found in shell
  3. ↑ Password is saved and works, but no such entry is shown in personal data
  4. ↑ gnome#696372
  5. ↑ application is slow
jskladan
none
Pass pass
none
Pass pass
none
none
none
none
none
pschindl
none
Pass pass
none
Warning warn
[1]
none
none
Pass pass
none
none
  1. ↑ empathy is complaining about untrusted certificates when I add accounts from online accounts
Igor Gnatenko
none
Pass pass
none
Warning warn
[1]
Warning warn
[2]
Pass pass
Pass pass
none
Warning warn
[3]
  1. ↑ Empathy is complaining about untrusted certificates when I add accounts from online accounts
  2. ↑ Me don't hear
  3. ↑ Font do not installing

Applications (2)[edit]

User Clocks Photos Contacts Disks Disk Usage Analyzer Others References
Sample User
none
none
Pass pass
Warning warn
[1]
Fail fail
[2]
Pass pass
  1. ↑ Test pass, but also encountered RHBZ #54321
  2. ↑ RHBZ #12345
vbenes
Pass pass
Fail fail
[1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8]
none
none
none
Fail fail
[9], [10], [11]
  1. ↑ cannot be set as default app RHBZ #924264
  2. ↑ Crash when opening shotwell imported picture RHBZ #924273
  3. ↑ crash when organizing RHBZ #924285
  4. ↑ print does nothing RHBZ #924295
  5. ↑ favourite icon is so big and ugly RHBZ #924312
  6. ↑ no ptions bar after first right click RHBZ #924315
  7. ↑ svg not supported RHBZ #924368
  8. ↑ cannot zoomRHBZ #924376
  9. ↑ gedit crashes when scrolling RHBZ #924277
  10. ↑ evince has no quit menu RHBZ #924290
  11. ↑ combo box disapperars after first click RHBZ #924370
Martin Holec
Warning warn [1] [2]
none
none
Pass pass
Pass pass
none
  1. ↑ RHBZ #950051
  2. ↑ RHBZ #950062
vhumpa
none
none
none
none
none
Fail fail
[1]
  1. ↑ Seahorse segfaults on startup RHBZ #924392
kparal
none
none
none
none
Pass pass
Warning warn
[1]
  1. ↑ gnome#696371
lbrabec
Pass pass
none
Pass pass
none
none
none
mkrizek
Pass pass
none
none
none
none
none
pschindl
Pass pass
none
none
none
none
none
Igor Gnatenko
Pass pass
none
none
none
none
none

Long comments[edit]

  1. ↑ Sometimes when I wanted to switch between users using "switch user" no user accounts are displayed, just gray screen. Then when I press ctrl+alt+F2, lock screen of current user is displayed RHBZ #924795
  2. ↑ "User" dialog. There should be no option "enable account" when password is not set for user. When you select it, account is switched back to disabled. RHBZ #924813
  3. ↑ 1. login 2. lock screen 3. "log as another user" 4. click on currently logged user - you have to type password, then you have to type password to unlock screen again RHBZ #924816
  4. ↑ 1. login 2. lock screen 3. "log as another user" 4. click on currently logged user - you have to type password, then you have to type password to unlock screen again
  5. ↑ 1. login 2. lock screen 3. "log as another user" 4. click on currently logged user - you have to type password, then you have to type password to unlock screen again. I must type password twice, same with two logged in users and switching each other
  6. ↑ In most cases, gdm darkens display by ~50% for no reason. Darkened display prevails even in the started user session unless it is brightened manually (by shortcut. May be HW related, Asus K50IJ)
  7. ↑ AVC denial message observed during gdm keyboard configuration "type=AVC msg=audit(1363951875.563:297): avc: denied { unlink } for pid=8414 comm="systemd-localed" name="00-keyboard.conf" dev="dm-0" ino=170071 scontext=system_u:system_r:systemd_localed_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:xserver_etc_t:s0 tclass=file" RHBZ #924776
  8. ↑ Search for Users -> 'use' string search displays three items from settings (Users item is not displayed since it is 4th item, would be better if more relevant were displayed first)
  9. ↑ gnome#696368 gnome#696372 gnome#696374
Retrieved from "https://fedoraproject.org/w/index.php?title=Test_Day:2013-03-21_Gnome_3.8&oldid=416693"