Simpi
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As of October 18, Simpi is running Athena 10, as opposed to Debathena (starting summer '08) and Athena 9 (before summer '08). Athena 10 is in beta (official release around IAP '09; deployment to clusters around summer '09), and while it is a significant improvement over Athena 9 there are lots of usability issues that need to be ironed out. People should report these issues here.
I (Meeg) will be checking this page roughly daily. If I can find a workaround, it will be added to the hall computer how-to. If the issue is specific to our hardware or setup, I'll fix it as best I can. If the issue is a general problem with Athena 10, I will report it to the testers list. In any case I'll make a note on this page.
Depending on how this goes, I may switch Simpi back to Debathena, in which case this page will still be used for help requests with Simpi.
Issues - Athena 10
- Too much shiny desktop effects (chrome); login is slow. Meeg 20:52, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
- Turn off the effects in System/Preferences/Appearance. Meeg 20:52, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
- Sound does not work - speakers make noise when plugged in. Meeg 16:09, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
Issues - Debathena
- Default browser is Epiphany, which sucks. Meeg 20:52, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
- Run Firefox (see below) and set preferences to make it your default browser. Meeg 20:52, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
- Can't find Firefox. Meeg 20:52, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
- Firefox is called Iceweasel and is in Applications/Internet. Alternatively, run it from a terminal, where "firefox" is aliased to Iceweasel. Meeg 20:52, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
- Screen resolution settings may be screwed up by changing them on other Debathena machines. Meeg 20:52, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
- Use the "set as default on this computer only" option when changing resolution. Meeg 20:52, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
- Package manager prompts for updated packages, even for users without admin privileges. Meeg 20:52, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
- Turn off notifications. Meeg 20:52, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
- Don't know how to log out. Meeg 20:52, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
- System menu. Meeg 20:52, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
- Can't find Terminal. Meeg 20:52, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
- Applications/Accessories. Meeg 20:52, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
Configuration
Swapped in: Athena 10 on Ubuntu 8.04 (i386), using official Athena 10 installer. Options: workstation, csoft
- Local users: meeg
Swapped out: Debathena on Debian Lenny (i386), using official Debathena installer to install debathena-workstation.
- OpenAFS modules built locally with module-assistant (must be rebuilt for new kernel version).
- Custom ALSA configuration: sound card is device 0, integrated is device 1.
- Darkice stream from microphone on sound card to Icecast2 on mrbigstuff.
- Disabled kerneloops and NetworkManager daemons.
- Installed mplayer, screen
- Local users: meeg
Hardware: Pentium 4, 768 MB RAM, ATI graphics, integrated sound and separate sound card. Two hard drives, one for each distribution (swap in as needed) - BIOS is unhappy with two hard drives for some reason.
Outside resources
- Official Athena 10 page: http://athena10.mit.edu/
- Official Debathena page: http://debathena.mit.edu/
- Athena 10 testers list: testers@mit.edu (blanche yourself on if you like)