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===== Fine tuning your development setup ===== | ===== Fine tuning your development setup ===== | ||
- | === Manual Partitions and Bootloader location | + | ===== Using IRC for contact ===== |
- | If you have more than one installation on your system, often the autoresize option won't be available. Or you want control over where your new install goes. Use the Something Else option and you will be shown a list of disks and partitions on your system, with any unallocated space shown as such. | + | If you do have questions regarding issues in a development version, please do ask in the Xubuntu Developer channel (chat room)- don't worry if you dont understand much of what is being discussed there - don't be put off as the community is a friendly bunch and is always happy to see more potential testers. Just ask your question and people will try to help you. |
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+ | You can access the channels most easily via the following links - just choose a nickname (preferably one that's likely to be unique - and easy to type!), the channel is already inserted for you (and ignore the Auth to services box, unless you have already registered your chosen nickname - see below) | ||
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+ | * If you want to talk to the developers choose [[http:// | ||
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+ | * If you have a more general question, for example about an issue with a package that isn't from Xubuntu, or with network configuration etc, then choose [[http:// | ||
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+ | * For non-Xubuntu questions (e.g. about IRC!) or just to chat [[http:// | ||
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+ | With IRC you will miss messages when you are not logged on, but luckily the latest [[https:// | ||
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+ | Although it's not essential, it is a good idea to register your chosen nickname for IRC, so that you can be guaranteed of always having the same recognisable identity because you can then use the same name across sessions and across the channels and people will be able to recognize you: | ||
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+ | Just enter any IRC channel via one of the links above (Remembering to choose a nickname!) and type, '/msg NickServ REGISTER password youremail@example.com' | ||
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+ | Then you will receive an email allowing you to register your chosen nickname (as long as it isn't already taken). | ||
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+ | You can also use an app for IRC, Hexchat (an Xchat fork) is popular with Xubuntu people who can help you get up and running, there is a wiki page for [[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Manual Partitions and Bootloader location ===== | ||
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+ | If you have more than one installation on your system, often the autoresize option won't be available. Or you want control over where your new install goes. | ||
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+ | Use the Something Else option and you will be shown a list of disks and partitions on your system, with any unallocated space shown as such. | ||
You can create partitions or edit existing partition sizes until you have a new partition available to install too. | You can create partitions or edit existing partition sizes until you have a new partition available to install too. | ||
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Once at the Something Else window, select the existing partition you wish to resize and then the Change button - set the partition size you wish to keep for this partition. | Once at the Something Else window, select the existing partition you wish to resize and then the Change button - set the partition size you wish to keep for this partition. | ||
- | {{edit.png?550}} | + | {{edit.png?600}} |
Now, select the resulting freespace | Now, select the resulting freespace | ||
- | {{postedit.png? | + | {{postedit.png? |
Press the + button to create your new partition | Press the + button to create your new partition | ||
- | {{newpartition.png? | + | {{newpartition.png? |
Now you can use the Change button to set the mount point for your new installation. | Now you can use the Change button to set the mount point for your new installation. | ||
- | {{setmount.png? | + | {{setmount.png? |
Once you have done that you can continue with your installation using your new partition. | Once you have done that you can continue with your installation using your new partition. | ||
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Press '' | Press '' | ||
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Once the installation has finished you can reboot as is normal, however in this case there is no way yet to boot into your new installation as your main bootloader doesn' | Once the installation has finished you can reboot as is normal, however in this case there is no way yet to boot into your new installation as your main bootloader doesn' | ||
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'' | '' | ||
- | {{grubupdate.png? | + | {{grubupdate.png? |
Reboot the machine again and your new installation will now be available in Grub. | Reboot the machine again and your new installation will now be available in Grub. | ||
- | {{newgrub.png? | + | {{newgrub.png? |
- | === Adding an ISO to Grub === | + | ===== Adding an ISO to Grub ===== |
Sometimes you might find it easier to have the development ISO available as an option in your Grub menu. | Sometimes you might find it easier to have the development ISO available as an option in your Grub menu. | ||
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It is important that the default top lines of this file are not changed. | It is important that the default top lines of this file are not changed. | ||
- | The following content works for the QA member because, the location of the ISO file (grubiso) and the hard drive setting (hd0,5) are correct for them. You need to input your ISO location and hd setting. The remaining parts should then work for you. | + | The following content works for the QA member because, the location of the ISO file (grubiso) and the hard drive setting (hd0,5) are correct for them. You need to input //your// ISO location and hd setting. The remaining parts should then work for you. |
They have 2 options available on their grub menu, one boots the ISO directly, the second loads the ISO into RAM and then boots from there. | They have 2 options available on their grub menu, one boots the ISO directly, the second loads the ISO into RAM and then boots from there. | ||
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initrd (loop)/ | initrd (loop)/ | ||
} | } | ||
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Once the file has been edited and saved, you must update grub to include your new ISO options, '' | Once the file has been edited and saved, you must update grub to include your new ISO options, '' | ||
- | {{newgrub.png?550}} | + | {{isogrub.png?600}} |
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- | If you do have questions regarding issues in a development version, please do ask in the Xubuntu Developer channel (chat room)- don't worry if you dont understand much of what is being discussed there - don't be put off as the community is a friendly bunch and is always happy (even ecstatic) to see more potential testers. Just ask your question and people will try to help you. | + | |
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- | You can access the channels most easily via the following links - just choose a nickname (preferably one that's likely to be unique - and easy to type!), the channel is already inserted for you (and ignore the Auth to services box, unless you have already registered your chosen nickname - see below) | + | |
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- | If you want to talk to the developers choose # | + | |
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- | If you have a more general question, for example about an issue with a package that isn't from Xubuntu, or with network configuration etc, then choose #ubuntu+1. [http:// | + | |
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- | or # | + | |
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- | You can also use an app for IRC, Hexchat is popular with Xubuntu people who can help you get up and running. | + | |
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- | With IRC you will miss messages when you are not logged on, but luckily the latest Xubuntu-devel [https:// | + | |
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- | Although it's not essential, it is a good idea to register your chosen nickname for IRC, so that you can be guaranteed of allways having the same recognisable identitybecause you can then use the same name across sessions and accross the channels and people will be able to reckognize you: | + | |
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- | Just enter any IRC channel via one of the links above (Remembering to choose a nickname!) and type, '/msg NickServ REGISTER password youremail@example.com' | + | |
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- | Then you will receive an email allowing you to register your chosen nickname (as long as it isn't already taken). | + | |
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- | The next time you log in using the web links above, make sure to type in your registered nickname and tick the Auth to services box and put your nickname in the Username box [I think this is correct?] and enter your password. | + | |
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+ | === QA Team Contributor Information === | ||
+ | Further, more detailed, information can be found at the Xubuntu Team's [[https:// |