2022-09-07 Fedora 37 GNOME 43 Final

Fedora Test Week

GNOME 43 RC

Date	2022-09-07 to 2022-09-14
Time	all day

Website	QA/Test Days
IRC	#fedora-workstation (webirc)
Mailing list	test

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If the test days have not happened yet, or have already finished, your testing is still valuable! The information on this page can still be used to test, and you can still file bugs and add results to the results section.

What to test?[edit]

This Fedora Test Week will focus on the GNOME 43 Release Candidate (RC).

Who's available?[edit]

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

Development - Kalev Lember (kalev), Allan Day (aday)
Quality Assurance - Adam Williamson (adamw), Sumantro Mukherjee (sumantrom), Kamil Páral (kparal), Thomas Garai (tcg121268), coremodule (coremodule).

Note that different from previous GNOME test days, this time we would like everybody to join the #fedora-workstation IRC channel instead of #fedora-test-day channel that we've used previously. Feel free to just come by and say hi. Everybody is welcome!

Test week setup[edit]

Testers need to have a Fedora 37 environment with the GNOME 43 RC included. There are several ways to set this up and this can include:

A new install of Fedora 37 Workstation using the dedicated GNOME 43 RC test day iso image.

Using the test day iso image from above as a live desktop session without installing.

Updating an existing Fedora Workstation installation to latest Fedora 37, making sure latest packages from the updates-testing repository are installed and include the GNOME 43 RC version.

Test installations can be on bare metal or in a virtual machine.

Files nightly builds[edit]

If you are doing exploratory Files testing, the Files nightly flatpak can be useful, since this allows running the new version of the file manager on an existing Fedora 36 installation. To install it, run the following in the terminal:

flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists gnome-nightly https://nightly.gnome.org/gnome-nightly.flatpakrepo

flatpak install org.gnome.NautilusDevel

Known bugs with this Flatpak compared with the packaged version:

In the open with dialog, the full list of apps isn't available

These issues can be safely ignored when testing.

How to test[edit]

Once you have a testing environment, set aside a block of time to carry out your tests.

Run the tests[edit]

Open the test week results page. Each column title links to a page describing a test to run through. Once you have run through a test, enter your results using the Enter result button. If you think that you have found an issue, create an issue report, and include the link to the report in the test result.

If possible, try to run through an entire category of tests (a category is an entire row in the table), rather than stopping part of the way through. You can choose to start with whichever category you prefer; try to focus on the categories that have had the least testing.

Exploratory testing[edit]

It is also useful to use Fedora 37 Workstation with GNOME 43 RC and see if you can find anything that's crashing or not working correctly.

When doing exploratory testing, take the time to focus on the new features in the upcoming release. These include:

Redesigned system status menu
- This can be accessed from the top bar, where the system status icons are
- This feature is best tested using a bare metal installation, due its high level of hardware integration
- Things to focus on:
  - Do each of the toggle buttons work as expected?
  - Can you perform your usual connectivity tasks: connect to Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, VPN, Bluetooth tethers, USB tethers.
Files (nautilus) GTK 4 port
- The default file manager has been ported to GTK 4 for GNOME 43. This is primarily a technical change, but there have been a large number of small design changes also.
- This feature is best tested through ongoing dog fooding: can you use the new Files version as your daily file manager? Does it perform well with the files and folders that you typically interact with?
- In addition to testing using the Fedora 37 package, it is also possible to test using the nightly Flatpak (see above).
Initial setup GTK 4 port
Software sources dropdown
- This dropdown is now located below the install/open/remove button on each app page
- To test this, try adding a few different types of app repository, and see how it looks and behaves for different applications

Reporting bugs[edit]

There are two places where bugs can be filed:

Red Hat Bugzilla: this is Fedora's downstream issue tracker. Bugzilla should be used to report issues with packaging, or issues that need to be tracked as part of the release process. If you think that an issue might be a blocker bug, report it in Bugzilla.
GNOME Gitlab: this is the GNOME project's upstream issue tracker. This should be used for any issue in a GNOME component, and is where GNOME issues get attention and get fixed. If you file a GNOME issue in Bugzilla that looks like it needs a code fix, please file it upstream as well, to make sure all relevant people get notified of the issue.

If you are unsure about exactly how to file the report or what other information to include, just ask on the test week chat channel in or #fedora-qa, and we will help you.

Test Results[edit]

Basic[edit]

User	Profile	Gnome Accessibility	Gnome Classic mode	Gnome Initial Setup	Gnome Lock Screen	Gnome Login Screen	Desktop update notification	References
Couchfox	Intel Core i5-7300HQ \| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 with Max-Q \| Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 500GB	warn ^[1]	pass	pass	pass	pass	pass	↑ Very occasionally, the space bar of the On-Screen Keyboard refuses to work. However, I am unable to reproduce the behavior reliably enough to raise a bug. All other Accessibility options work as expected.
Edson	Fedora 37 Workstation - Lenovo Ideapad 310-14isk - Intel Skylake 6100U Bare Metal			pass	pass	pass	pass pass
JPCarvalhinho	Virtualbox Version 6.1.38 r153438 (Qt5.6.3) (EFI and 3d on) running on a Imac 2011 with High Sierra			pass	pass	pass	warn ^[1]	↑ - Change background screen is broken as available wallpapers don't appear, instead just white boxes (already happened on previous releases) - Audio stops working after some seconds playing a sound. It looks like audio buffer fills and system goes silent. (already happened on previous releases) -clean install so no desktop update. Had 21 package to update and got no warning whatsoever I would assume my issues are with virtualbox, but I have tried many configurations and never worked. Great work!
Renault	F37 Fedora Workstation x86_64		warn pass		pass	pass
bittin	Virtualbox	pass	pass	pass	pass	pass	pass pass
bmilar	Dell Precision 3551; Intel Core i9-10885H; 32GiB RAM; Intel CometLake-H GT2 + NVIDIA GP107GLM [Quadro P620]	fail ^[1]	pass	warn ^[2] warn ^[3]	warn ^[4]	fail ^[5]		↑ RHBZ #2308 a) zoom lags with animations turned off (see the bug in gitlab.gnome.org), b) some applications (gedit, rhythmbox, ...) seem to ignore the Dark Mode; c) Sometimes I was unable to type space using the on-screen keyboard; d) typing password (to unlock screen) on HW keyboard while on-screen keyboard on, the password is always visible (letters in-stead of dots). ↑ Sorry, incorrect entry, Initial Setup not tested. ↑ OK, except the problem with on-screen keyboard described in 1d) ↑ OK, except the problem with on-screen keyboard described in 1d) ↑ Similar issue as described in 1d) - with on-screen keyboard on, password is always visible (not hidden).
condor	HP Elite 8300 I5-3470 bare metal	pass	pass	pass
condor	Raspberry Pi 4b		pass	pass	pass	pass	warn ^[1]	↑ I have not seen a notification from PackageKit. I've enabled desktop notifications from chat.fedoraproject.org and do receive those, and have following instructions for shortening the wait time.
condor	Raspberry Pi 4b	pass ^[1]						↑ I've not tested Typing Assist.
dominiksr					pass pass
dominiksr	Fedora Workstation 37 x86_64, i5-11300H, laptop	warn ^[1] pass		pass	pass	fail ^[2] pass	fail ^[3]	↑ Hight contrast changed the terminal to a bright contrast appearance and does not allow to return to dark mode for this application after disabling this feature. Kill/change preferences does not change the appearance. Only restarting helps. ↑ There is no sound after changing the user. A mute and then an unmute helps. It doesn't matter if any music was previously turned on or not. ↑ It didn't show up. I tried: https://etherpad.gnome.org/p/update-notification-test ; "Tip for shortening the waiting time to the updates notification on GNOME"
f37gnome43_test	laptop, amd r5, virtualbox		pass
geraldosimiao	F37 Work Beta 1.5 on KVM	pass	pass	pass	pass	pass
hricky	Intel® Core™ i7-4790 CPU, 32 GB RAM, Bare Metal	pass	pass	pass	pass	warn ^[1]	pass	↑ Keyboard layout does not work at all on login screen, even with multiple layouts configured. Trying to switch between user accounts without logging out of them, I am always asked for password.
pschindl	P1 Gen2	pass
raiponce	Thinkpad T470P Intel Core i5-7300HQ Nvidia 940MX	pass	pass	pass	pass	pass	pass
rduda	VM			pass	pass
remyabel	Workstation, KVM, en_US, x86_64, Fresh	pass pass		pass pass	pass pass	pass pass	fail ^[1]	↑ No notification appears.
runlevel5	Fedora 37 ppc64le	pass	pass		pass	pass	pass
steiner	Workstation on GNOME Boxes (Flatpak), pt_BR, x86_64	pass	fail ^[1]	pass ^[2]	pass	pass	fail ^[3]	↑ Settings should be in the "System Tools" category instead of "Others"; The shell uses the light theme, but the text for the current day of the week in the top bar's calendar is white instead of black, making it unreadable; The lock screen uses dark text on a transparent background for the login input, making it potentially unreadable depending on the wallpaper. ↑ The only "issue" (that I'm not quite sure if it's intentional) is that the setup doesn't allow the creation of a user without a password. ↑ No notification appeared.
thechoconut	Fedora Linux 37, AMD Ryzen 5 5500U, x86_64	pass ^[1]						↑ 1. Running zoom feature was laggy on my machine. Cursor seems to be lagging behind...
tpelka	Local VM	pass			pass	pass	pass
vbudikov	Lenovo T470s	warn ^[1]	pass	pass	pass			↑ Screen reader sometimes does not read.

Apps[edit]

User	Profile	Gnome Music	Gnome Web	Gnome Files	Gnome Software	Evince File Display	References
Couchfox	Intel Core i5-7300HQ \| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 with Max-Q \| Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 500GB	warn ^[1]	warn ^[2]	pass	pass	pass	↑ Test case may be out of date. "Play music from remote sources: Jamendo / Magnatune / UPnP sources". To my knowledge, the current version of GNOME Music cannot play from remote sources (unless I am missing something!) Rest of tests PASSED. ↑ Step 8 in test case, "Save page as web application", does not appear to exist in current version of GNOME Web.
Couchfox	Intel Core i5-8250U \| Intel UHD Graphics 620 \| ADATA SX6000PNP NVMe 256GB	pass ^[1]	pass ^[2]	pass	pass	pass	↑ Test case may be out of date. "Play music from remote sources: Jamendo / Magnatune / UPnP sources". To my knowledge, the current version of GNOME Music cannot play from remote sources (unless I am missing something!) Rest of tests PASSED. ↑ Step 8 in test case, "Save page as web application", does not appear to exist in current version of GNOME Web.
Edson	Fedora 37 Workstation - Lenovo Ideapad 310-14isk - Intel Skylake 6100U Bare Metal			pass	pass	pass
Renault	F37 Fedora Workstation x86_64	pass	fail ^[1]	pass	pass	pass	↑ Page is flickering when polaying video Video card: MSI GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Aero ITX OCV1 Driver: nouveau
bittin	Virtualbox	fail fail	pass		pass	pass
bmilar	Dell Precision 3551; Intel Core i9-10885H; 32GiB RAM; Intel CometLake-H GT2 + NVIDIA GP107GLM [Quadro P620]			pass
condor	HP Elite 8300 I5-3470 bare metal	pass ^[1]	pass		pass	pass	↑ Tested both RPM and Flatpak. Disregard this comment under Activities!
condor	Raspberry Pi 4b	pass	pass	pass	pass
condor	Raspberry Pi 4b					pass
dominiksr	Fedora Workstation 37 x86_64, i5-11300H, laptop		pass	pass	pass	pass
f37gnome43_test	laptop, amd r5, virtualbox					pass
hricky	Intel® Core™ i7-4790 CPU, 32 GB RAM, Bare Metal			warn ^[1]	pass	pass	↑ When connect to remote server (accessed via sftp) text or shell script files named without proper (.txt or .sh) extensions are recognized as Binary. Pressing Return or double clicking on them crashes nautilus. Can't resize bookmarks sidebar.
raiponce	Thinkpad T470P Intel Core i5-7300HQ Nvidia 940MX			pass	pass
remyabel	Workstation, KVM, en_US, x86_64, Fresh	warn ^[1]	pass	pass	warn ^[2] pass		↑ Rhythmbox does not seem to respect dark theme. ↑ RHBZ #2124857 RHBZ #2124869
runlevel5	Fedora 37 ppc64le	warn ^[1]	pass	fail ^[2]	pass	pass	↑ See https://paste.pics/dfaf1214a1030487339db291e54249c9 for screenshot. Expected: High res photo Actual: Low res photo ↑ Move a file by dragging it from one folder then move it to another folder -- FAILED Expected: the file get moved to the new folder Actual: It does not show any error nor any visual indication of error. The file is just not moved to the new destination
steiner	Workstation on GNOME Boxes (Flatpak), pt_BR, x86_64			pass	warn ^[1]	pass	↑ When you uninstall an app from the its page, there's no progress bar or spinner, it just shows the source selector until it reloads the page; A couple of unexpected crashes happened while uninstalling apps.
steiner	Workstation on GNOME Boxes (Flatpak), pt_BR, x86_64, Files (Nightly, Flatpak)			warn ^[1]			↑ Double tapping on a touchpad works for everything BUT opening folders and files.
tpelka	Local VM			pass	pass	pass
vbudikov	Lenovo T470s				pass	pass

Gnome Shell[edit]

User	Profile	Activities	Dash	Extensions gnome org	Extensions install	Extensions remove	Overview Search	Workspaces	References
Couchfox	Intel Core i5-7300HQ \| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 with Max-Q \| Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 500GB	pass pass	pass	pass	pass	pass	pass	pass
Couchfox	Intel Core i5-8250U \| Intel UHD Graphics 620 \| ADATA SX6000PNP NVMe 256GB	pass	pass	pass	pass	pass ^[1]	pass	pass	↑ The test case should probably mention that the extensions will disappear from the Extensions app (and `gnome-extensions list`) after a logout and log back in. The 'install' test case does mention this, the the 'remove' test case does not.
Edson	Fedora 37 Workstation - Lenovo Ideapad 310-14isk - Intel Skylake 6100U Bare Metal	pass		pass	pass	pass	pass	pass
Renault	F37 Fedora Workstation x86_64	pass	pass	pass	pass	pass	pass	pass
aday	Bare metal install	pass	fail ^[1]	pass	pass	pass	pass	pass	↑ There's no separator between running and non-running apps in the dash. Running apps are mixed together with non-running ones.
bittin	Virtualbox	pass	pass	warn ^[1]	warn ^[2]	warn ^[3]	pass	pass	↑ gnome-extensions app not installed need to be installed from gnome-software ↑ gnome-extensions app not installed need to be installed from gnome-software but works after that ↑ gnome-extensions app not installed need to be installed from gnome-software but works after that
condor	HP Elite 8300 I5-3470 bare metal	pass ^[1]	pass	pass	pass ^[2]	pass	pass	pass	↑ Tested both the RPM and Flatpak. ↑ Tested both the gnome-extensions-app RPM and Flatpak.
condor	Raspberry Pi 4b			pass	pass	pass
dominiksr	Fedora Workstation 37 x86_64, i5-11300H, laptop	pass	pass	pass ^[1]	pass ^[2]	pass ^[3]	pass	pass	↑ Extension Manager from flathub ↑ Extension Manager from flathub ↑ Extension Manager from flathub
f37gnome43_test	laptop, amd r5, virtualbox						pass
geraldosimiao	F37 Work Beta 1.5 on KVM	pass						pass
hricky	Intel® Core™ i7-4790 CPU, 32 GB RAM, Bare Metal	pass	pass	warn ^[1]	pass	pass	pass	pass	↑ Toggling on/off in https://extensions.gnome.org/local/ doesn't work on some extensions.
remyabel	Workstation, KVM, en_US, x86_64, Fresh						pass
steiner	Workstation on GNOME Boxes (Flatpak), pt_BR, x86_64	pass	warn ^[1]				pass	pass	↑ The separator between pinned and unpinned apps still bugs out sometimes when moving apps in it, making the last pinned app appear after the separator. It's been an issue since GNOME 40.
tle	Fedora 37 ppc64le	pass	pass	pass	fail ^[1]	fail ^[2]	pass	pass	↑ There is no Extensions tab in gnome-tweak-tool app ↑ There is no Extensions tab in gnome-tweak-tool
tpelka	Local VM	pass		pass	pass	pass	pass	pass
vbudikov	Lenovo T470s	pass					pass	pass

Gnome Online Accounts[edit]

User	Profile	Add Google	Add IMAP and SMTP	References
Couchfox	Intel Core i5-7300HQ \| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 with Max-Q \| Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 500GB	pass ^[1]	pass ^[2]	↑ Used Google Workspace Account via Okta SSO - all test passed. ↑ Tested with Fastmail.
Edson	Fedora 37 Workstation - Lenovo Ideapad 310-14isk - Intel Skylake 6100U Bare Metal	pass
dominiksr	Fedora Workstation 37 x86_64, i5-11300H, laptop	pass
tle	Fedora 37 ppc64le	fail ^[1] pass	fail ^[2]	↑ Once the account is added, it is NOT possible to remove the account from Online Accounts list. The app simply hang ↑ Geary app does not show anything despite the mail setting is already there

Disk Management[edit]

User	Profile	Basic	Modify	References
Couchfox	Intel Core i5-7300HQ \| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 with Max-Q \| Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 500GB	pass	pass ^[1]	↑ Used external NVMe disk over USB3.2, all tests passed.
Couchfox	Intel Core i5-8250U \| Intel UHD Graphics 620 \| ADATA SX6000PNP NVMe 256GB	pass	pass
Edson	Fedora 37 Workstation - Lenovo Ideapad 310-14isk - Intel Skylake 6100U Bare Metal	pass	pass
bittin	Virtualbox	pass
dominiksr	Fedora Workstation 37 x86_64, i5-11300H, laptop	pass
hricky	Intel® Core™ i7-4790 CPU, 32 GB RAM, Bare Metal	pass	pass
tle	Fedora 37 ppc64le	pass	pass

Exploratory Testing[edit]

User	Profile	Exploratory Testing	References
condor	HP Elite 8300 I5-3470 bare metal	pass
condor	Raspberry Pi 4b	pass
dominiksr	Fedora Workstation 37 x86_64, i5-11300H, laptop	warn ^[1]	↑ Toggle buttons for bluetooth disappear from the menu when turned off. It appears again when bluetooth is turned on in the settings.
hricky	Intel® Core™ i7-4790 CPU, 32 GB RAM, Bare Metal	warn ^[1]	↑ Clicking on Night Light button in System settings menu on the top bar in the right corner at daytime doesn't produce any result. At nighttime it switches on the Night Light mode. Settings app > Displays > Night Light displays "Night Light unavailable. This could be the result of the graphics driver being used, or the desktop being used remotely".
remyabel	Workstation, KVM, en_US, x86_64, Fresh	pass warn ^[1]	↑ RHBZ #2124719
tle	Fedora 37 ppc64le	pass

[1] Very occasionally, the space bar of the On-Screen Keyboard refuses to work. However, I am unable to reproduce the behavior reliably enough to raise a bug. All other Accessibility options work as expected.

[2] - Change background screen is broken as available wallpapers don't appear, instead just white boxes (already happened on previous releases) - Audio stops working after some seconds playing a sound. It looks like audio buffer fills and system goes silent. (already happened on previous releases) -clean install so no desktop update. Had 21 package to update and got no warning whatsoever I would assume my issues are with virtualbox, but I have tried many configurations and never worked. Great work!

[3] RHBZ #2308 a) zoom lags with animations turned off (see the bug in gitlab.gnome.org), b) some applications (gedit, rhythmbox, ...) seem to ignore the Dark Mode; c) Sometimes I was unable to type space using the on-screen keyboard; d) typing password (to unlock screen) on HW keyboard while on-screen keyboard on, the password is always visible (letters in-stead of dots).

[4] Sorry, incorrect entry, Initial Setup not tested.

[5] OK, except the problem with on-screen keyboard described in 1d)

[6] OK, except the problem with on-screen keyboard described in 1d)

[7] Similar issue as described in 1d) - with on-screen keyboard on, password is always visible (not hidden).

[8] I have not seen a notification from PackageKit. I've enabled desktop notifications from chat.fedoraproject.org and do receive those, and have following instructions for shortening the wait time.

[9] I've not tested Typing Assist.

[10] Hight contrast changed the terminal to a bright contrast appearance and does not allow to return to dark mode for this application after disabling this feature. Kill/change preferences does not change the appearance. Only restarting helps.

[11] There is no sound after changing the user. A mute and then an unmute helps. It doesn't matter if any music was previously turned on or not.

[12] It didn't show up. I tried: https://etherpad.gnome.org/p/update-notification-test ; "Tip for shortening the waiting time to the updates notification on GNOME"

[13] Keyboard layout does not work at all on login screen, even with multiple layouts configured. Trying to switch between user accounts without logging out of them, I am always asked for password.

[14] No notification appears.

[15] Settings should be in the "System Tools" category instead of "Others"; The shell uses the light theme, but the text for the current day of the week in the top bar's calendar is white instead of black, making it unreadable; The lock screen uses dark text on a transparent background for the login input, making it potentially unreadable depending on the wallpaper.

[16] The only "issue" (that I'm not quite sure if it's intentional) is that the setup doesn't allow the creation of a user without a password.

[17] No notification appeared.

[18] 1. Running zoom feature was laggy on my machine. Cursor seems to be lagging behind...

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