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U-lite 0.9 is Alpha

I would like to announce that U-lite 0.9 is an alpha release now. It should be in a usable state, but remember that many changes are still going to occur before the final version. Furthermore, the metapackages do not include most of the options that will be present in subsequent releases.

I do not suggest people lacking experience with Linux to use this release yet.

To install this alpha, start with a cli install of Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope.


wget launchpad.net/~ulite/+archive/nemo/+files/nemo-ulite-keyring_0.9-0ulite1~ppa1_all.deb

sudo dpkg -i nemo-ulite-keyring_0.9-0ulite1~ppa1_all.deb

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install ulite-desktop

Reboot

Post any bugs you find here: http://u-lite.org/content/u-lite-09-alpha-bugs
Post feedback you have here: http://u-lite.org/content/u-lite-09-alpha-feedback

Sun, 05/31/2009 - 18:45 | shae

1) I found that during

1) I found that during install that if you get a server 500 error with your server log indicating that it is a "SoftException in Application.cpp:252 debt consolidation: File index.php is writeable by group" error, that you need to double check that your file permissions are set to 755 for directories and 644 for files. I am not sure why the permissions got set that way after extraction, since I have never had this issue with other installs (i.e., others are always set 755/644 by default). I think there should be some error checking on this and change the permissions during install or that error may cause others problems on installs loans.

2) After logging in, get "{"result":"success"}". Have to use back arrow to get back to screen.

3) You get a fairly unfriendly error box if you try to upload a photo but do not put at least the name and title. "{"result":"error","form":"" along with variety of text in the entry fields. Users might be confused on what to do since have to hit back arrow to go to upload screen.

4)After upload of photo I get: {"result":"success","resource":"\/gallery3\/index.php\/20031208-flame-fractal.jpg","location":"\/gallery3\/index.php\/20031208-flame-fractal.jpg"} Again, have to hit back arrow to go to an active screen credit card.

5) More a theme issue, but seems like a lot wasted space for the vertical menu on the top-left portion of the screen rather than say a pop up option menu like in some Gallery 2 themes.

6) Not sure putting php_flags in the htaccess file is a good idea for a default, I know the last several shared hosts I have had do not allow php directives in the htaccess file (only in php.ini file). So might result in lots of troubleshooting forum messages since gives 500 errors (I just deleted the .htaccess file for my install). Maybe do like Joomla and have the htaccess file called "htaccess.txt" and instruct user to change if desired so at least the install is less problematic .

7) Be useful to be able to change the "admin" name at the install point

8)The database install portion, will not install if there are any tables of any kind in the database. Maybe that was by design, but not like prior where you were able to tell it to use table prefix so you can use existing database if wanted.

9) On my install, the "additional options" button that pops up over a photo results in a "loading" graphic but it never does anything (just says loading forever). Have to hit refresh to make loading graphic go away.

Maybe I need version 3 to grow on me a bit, so I will reserve some of my "comments" on the interface/feature set for later :)

Thanks for all the hard work by the Gallery team debit card.
Cheers

Thu, 11/19/2009 - 05:13 | alexdenipaul

Remember to check here

Remember to check here frequently: http://u-lite.org/content/u-lite-09-alpha-bugs

Some updates may require you to remove some configurations from your home folder. When this occurs, I will post instructions there to follow. I recently did this and thought I should inform people here.

Thu, 06/04/2009 - 01:17 | shae

gosh this is difficult to type correctly from the console

wget launchpad.net/~ulite/+archive/nemo/+files/nemo-ulite-keyring_0.9-0ulite1~ppa1_all.deb

oye!

Tue, 06/02/2009 - 15:52 | noalternative

If you want to use vmware-player to test this.

and need a machine, you can create one at http://www.easyvmx.com

use regular rather than the super simple machine creater. With regular easyvmx, you should create a bridged network rather a nat. supersimple creates a nat connection which doesn't work unless you have configured nat. It will create a machine with an active cd drive. Than you can install the jaunty alternate or mini cd image, then install the script.

vmware-player is by far the easiest linux virtual machine appliance. It is a small download relative to vmware-server, and is easier to configure than qemu or virtual box.

Tue, 06/02/2009 - 11:11 | noalternative

Kernel weight bottleneck

I'm beginning to think that with low memory resources the kernel is consuming a big part of RAM memory; am I right?

The only way to decrease the memory used by the kernel is to recompile?

Mon, 06/01/2009 - 18:21 | narcisgarcia

I believe the largest

I believe the largest consumer of ram is usually X and x applications. The kernel will get you some headway in very low ram situations, but generally there are several other places to look before the kernel.

Tue, 06/02/2009 - 04:47 | shae

cli install

does "cli install" mean this one:
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/jaunty/main/installer-i386/curren...
?

Sun, 05/31/2009 - 19:33 | staubgold

I think the easiest way is to

I think the easiest way is to use the Ubuntu Alternate CD, press f4 before chooseing to install but after selecting your language, and selecting CLI install (Commandline Install or something like that.) You can also use the mini cd and select the CLI install by typing cli at the prompt and pressing enter.

I hope that helps.

Sun, 05/31/2009 - 21:16 | shae