Introduction

• Add your feedback like this w/o the bold, and then use the @SIG@ at the end of your line, look at the first post for reference

• All serious issues should be still submitted as bugs!

WARNING

• Post known issues here
• There are reports of the open source ATI drivers being very slow.
  • Be sure to not have Virtual size set to high and try with XAA instead of EXA; fixes it in some cases.
• Nvidia 64 computer chipsets still cannot boot kernel without pci=nomsi option

• Connection to non-broadcasting (hidden SSID) wireless networks with the network-manager widget isn't possible bug 330811

• Qt shows repaint bugs with some but not all Intel Gfx Chips. Using EXA or UXA fixes them in some cases, but hurts performance. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/254468 is a similar bug. Where is the bug id for this one ?

• Adobe Flash Player installer doesn't refresh Konqueror's plugins. Bug #349728.

• Local hard disk drives aren't show in Kickoff. Bug #349757.

• AMD64 Desktop installation fails (at least for me). Bug #350414. -- toni-helenius 2009-03-28 17:05:38

Feedback

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• Now the beta is out It's good enough for me to using it. Unfortunately I already couldn't configure my printer, so printer-applet don't works. I can't find "printer" in system-settings or in Kickoff. It was forgotten? But it is a very important setting-applet. *solved with "system-config-printer-gnome" for meanwhile*. All in all the beta is quite stable and a milestone for Kubuntu.

  • PackageKit I never get updates-notifications after "refresh".

  • The search-panel on Systemmonitor is to small. --scholli
• oopsy at first hurdle - no app appeared in run app kde-update-notifier (nb using KDE4.2.x on 8.10). Running from shell gets process moving as described --putt1ck
  • new network manager widget didn't get added so network went from working to not working (put into non-techie experience) - and if it had been not so easy to recognise compared to old one; also didn't appear in menu when typing network in search box
  • page-up/page-down partial command line matching still not activated out of the box; as it was one of the features in SuSE that sold me Linux over Windows back in '01, kinda annoying it isn't there anymore (yes, I've heard is just a setting, but it is one that should be set by default as it is genuinely useful)
  • someone did something to the graphical stuff - lines seem cleaner? Like it anyway...
  • new splash screen beautifully understated

  • JRE not selected in OpenOffice (nb was already using 3.0 but this is now Ubuntu build from 090319)

• installed flawlessly on my HP Pentium 4 HT with Intel graphics. Love the inclusion of Kpackagekit over adept. 3D graphics work perfectly right away. So far, a very nice desktop!
• Personally I don`t like:
  • that all the panels like the one in Dolphin are unlocked by Default.
  • that switch by hoover in K-Menu isn`t Default.
  • that the windows doesn`t remember their height.
  +1 in this three points. (I am totally agree with you).
• While installing from LIVE-USB-stick the installer tells me that a /dev/sdb is mounted and if I wanted to install, I should unmount. The options are "Weiter" (continue) and "Zurück" (Back). This is very confusing. I was not sure what happens. I believe that the button "Zurück" (Back) means it will unmount the drive and then it should be named that way "Unmount". BTW: The dialoge is not translated into German.
• Had the same issue with LIVE-USB-stick install (on an Asus Eee Box B202) as above. "Weiter" (continue) does not work, you keep getting the same dialog box. Only "Zurück" (Back) continues with the installation (not showing the USB-Drive in the drive list, so this seemed to have been the actual "continue anyway" button. Anyway, after that the installation went through smoothly and so far the system seems to run ok. Even suspend to ram works! Have one little problem: there don't seem to be any ndiswrapper packages on the live CD, so I could not set up my network connection. Will have to hook up a cable to go on installing. BTW: good thing, that the task bar has the 'auto hide' feature implemented again in KDE 4.2. I missed that in Kubuntu 8.10 which was actually the main reason, why I skipped 8.10 completely. The function doesn't seem to have an adjustable hide time, yet, but as the default value (at once) is my preferred value anyway, that is ok for me! -cIdde

• Shutting down the live-CD I get a message telling me that some sessions (textconsoles, the ones you normaly read throuch <ALT>+<Fx> x=1,2,3,4...

• After starting the installed Beta, I get the notification that there are updates available. When I want to apply them I get told that I do not have the necessary rights. I am not asked for a password
• X-server still does not start/ crashes when a second monitor is attached. Works when I detach the second monitor.
• Sound does not work. I get a message after starting that my Intel ... does not work and that it is switching to. Then I get a message with says me what to do about it, but I never see it again. So I can not fix it, could not find anything by googling about it. I have a Thinkpad R50e

• I used update-notifier-kde -d to upgrade from Intrepid and it worked perfectly. I would have liked to be able to select a faster mirror instead of the default one. -- brunoqc 2009-03-28 05:49:41

• When removing a package with kpackagekit, the policykit dialog look like GTK. screen capture -- brunoqc 2009-03-28 07:16:58

• I really like they way the Qtcurve theme is used for GTK+ apps now. It really helps integrate with kde4 better than oxygen using gtk-qt. Is it also possible to configure kde3 applications to use the new Qtcurve? I tried looking for it, but it wasn't in the repositories. -- Abhinay Mukunthan
• Installation was almost flawless on Sony Vaio FW31J. After updates, the restricted driver (fglrx) for my ati card was available, and now 3d (cube effect etc) work great! On the whole, jaunty is a massive step forward for kubuntu!
  • Small issues: marble crashes immediately after startup.
  • Window resize is very, very slow.. (can't figure out why, for fglrx seems to work perfect (3d apps etc.)
• upgrade from 8.10 works pretty well. Very nice integration of kde4.2. New plasmoid for KTorrent is a good idea but display only informations about one torrent file : a summary of all torrent can be better. The task bar can be replaced with plasmoid (sound, klipper, ...). Organization of the bookmarks in kde menu cannot be user-defined yet. System seems to be stable even with manually installed NVidia driver (why the lastest version of NVidia driver is not in pre-compiled package ?). Pretty good for Dell 1530 laptop.

• Is here any possibility for change the Icons in OpenOffice and maybe in K3b, too with the default Oxygen ones? I miss the consistent with the rest. Overall in OOo. -scholli

• 3D rendering really slow compared to KDE-4.2.x on Ibex. I'm using Intel 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller. -ari197-
• Network Manager Plasma only shows a short list of access-point, Can't find a way to access the one at the bottom. -ari197-
• Little/no documentation on how to create "Mobile Broadband" connection on Network Manager -ari197-

• Worse Xorg performance (30% CPU usage at idle) - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/350844

• <--- It's true (confirming). My Notebook (intel 945gm) is very slow with 3D. --scholli

• KDE4 desktop icons positions not saved
• Kontact doesn't save the column widths of KMail folder views.

• Desktop/panel freezes when wireless network drops - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/meta-kde4/+bug/351032

• Magic Hands corrected many many things with problems. Search-panel in Systemmonitor is good now. Printer is in Systemsettings. Notifications on Tray are working. Kwin makes symbols and buttons transparent. Nvidia with 3D works fine and without crashes. Shutdown and Session-log-out is working. Reboot I think not at all ... Thanks for the fast great work! --scholli
• I think OOo is not fixable (Icons-consistence) at moment, so it's on KDE3-mode for stable-reasons. Hope it can be fixed in a near future. K3b is on work. I read it. But this is not related with Kubuntu/Jaunty and can be seen more like a wishlist for the future I want see in Kubuntu. -- scholli

* This is not directly related to this exact version of beta/alpha, but a general remark on this page. I think it would be quite useful for testers to have a better template for this page. One which has different sections like "installation", "Application issues", "Performance", "Startup", "Hardware", "Xserver" and what so soon, column for which version is tested, one for the link to the bug-report (which may be has been done), one very other users can add "me too" and one were developers mark it as registered. of course this page should stay simple and easy, but on the other hand the way it is, I find it quite confusing and I am never sure, if things have been taken care of.