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Working on pre-release ISOs
- Choose which ISO you will test.
- Please use rsync to get the ISO. The initial transfer will be faster as it is compressed during transfer and, when the ISO is updated, rsync will only download the changed parts of the ISO and not the whole thing. This is especially important if several test ISOs are built. It's not just your bandwidth it will save: think of the load on our test servers!
rsync -avHP <host>/<path_to_iso>/<iso> <local_path>
- Report your results here and on bugzilla if needed.
How to read/fill those reports
The idea is to have a very easy to read page for reports.
So, using a color code is the simplest way. For each entry, you have to edit it to put it red or green, depending on the result of your test. If all is working as expected it's just great, otherwise, just add the number of your bug report in the case.
Example
| Product 1 | Product 2 | |
| Test 1 | (1) | (1) |
| Test 2 | (1) | (2)#42 |
(1): style="color:black;background-color:green;"|
(2): style="color:black;background-color:red;"| [http://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42 #42]
Results of isocheck
| Dual CD | 32-bit DVD | 64-bit DVD | KDE Live | KDE Live | KDE Live | KDE Live | GNOME Live | GNOME Live | GNOME Live | GNOME Live | |
| Valid(1) | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / |
(1): log soon available online
Global Reporting
| # | Product | Media | Name of the ISO | md5sum | Tester | Status |
| 1 | Dual | CD | x | x | x | |
| 2 | 32-bit | DVD | Mageia-2-beta1-i586-DVD.iso | 641a8b3936b09f8578356d5d1f846c5d | dams | |
| 3 | 64-bit | DVD | Mageia-2-beta1-x86_64-DVD.iso | 2e1827884f0a65581f56c449f64ebfee | dams | |
| 4 | KDE Live | CD | x | x | x | |
| 5 | KDE Live | CD | x | x | x | |
| 6 | KDE Live | CD | x | x | x | |
| 7 | KDE Live | CD | x | x | x | |
| 8 | GNOME Live | CD | x | x | x | |
| 9 | GNOME Live | CD | x | x | x | |
| 10 | GNOME Live | CD | x | x | x | |
| 11 | GNOME Live | CD | x | x | x |
Testing ISOs
Dual and DVD
gfxboot and its entries
| Dual CD | 32-bit DVD | 64-bit DVD | |
| Theme of gfxboot | |||
| Version of Mageia | |||
| Boot from Hard Disk | |||
| Arch detection | |||
| Install Mageia X | |||
| Boot on "Install" by default | |||
| Rescue System | |||
| Memory Test | |||
| Hardware Detection Tool | FIXED #4543 | FIXED #4543 | |
| [F1] | |||
| [F2] | |||
| [F3] | |||
| [F4...F7] |
The installer
| Dual CD | 32-bit DVD | 64-bit DVD | |
| Theme of the installer | |||
| Displayed Release | |||
| Logo of the product | |||
| Display of the help | |||
| Display of the release notes | |||
| Good kernel for the installer | |||
| Good selection of media | |||
| Add a network media | |||
| KDE installation by default | |||
| LXDE installation by default | |||
| Good ads displayed during installation | |||
| "guest account" checked | |||
| Updates installation | |||
| Reboot of the system | |||
| Eject of the cdrom | |||
| Check that I can dump(1) the ISO on a USB stick then install it (isohybrid) |
(1): $ dd if=/path_to/ISO_file.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=1M
Other checks after the installation
| Dual CD | 32-bit DVD | 64-bit DVD | |
| gfxboot theme on boot | |||
| [F1-3] on gfxboot | |||
| Product name on gfxboot | |||
| Theme of plymouth while booting | #4559 | #4559 | |
| Theme of plymouth while shutting down | |||
| Good firsttime when off-line | |||
| Good firsttime when on-line | |||
| Mount of a pendrive/cdrom | |||
| Check that you can print a page | |||
| Check that the kernel-*-latest is installed by default | |||
| Check that kernel-desktop-latest can be installed from the CD/DVD | |||
| Check that kernel-desktop-devel-latest can be installed from the CD/DVD | |||
| Check that kernel-server-latest can be installed from the CD/DVD | |||
| Check that kernel-server-devel-latest can be installed from the CD/DVD | |||
| Check that kernel-desktop586-latest can be installed from the CD/DVD | |||
| Check that kernel-desktop586-devel-latest can be installed from the CD/DVD | |||
| Check that wireless-tools can be installed from the CD/DVD | |||
| Check that wpa_supplicant can be installed from the CD/DVD | |||
| Check that mesa-demos can be installed from the CD/DVD | |||
| Check that msec is installed by default | |||
| Check that shorewall is installed by default | |||
| Check that ssh-server can be installed from the CD/DVD | |||
| Check that Virtualbox can be installed from the CD/DVD | |||
| Check that "nonfree" media can be add | |||
| Check that a "nonfree" package can be installed | |||
| Can you install updates on your computer | |||
| Can you install a package via Internet, having DVD and Internet media | |||
| Check that /etc/product.id is the good one | |||
| Check that /etc/mageia-release is the good one | |||
| Under Windows, check that autorun is working |
Desktops (GNOME/KDE/LXDE/XFCE/...)
| Dual CD | 32-bit DVD | 64-bit DVD | |
| Check that a Display Manager is installed (KMD or GDM or LXDM) | |||
| Check that the xguest account is enable by default | |||
| Check that you can log under xguest with no password | |||
| Check that mcc is installed by default | |||
| Check that mcc is usable | |||
| Check that the good theme is installed | |||
| Check that the screensaver is the good one by default | |||
| Check that Mageia is displayed in the KDE menu | |||
| Check that firefox is installed by default | |||
| Check that firefox is localized | |||
| Check that libreoffice is installed by default | |||
| Check that libreoffice has the right theme | |||
| Check that libreoffice is localized | |||
| Check that compiz can be installed and used |
LiveCD
gfxboot and its entries
LiveCD review
For full testing procedures please refer to the QA process for testing installations
