Call for testers, Jade desktop

@codesardine
i once again tried the webdad install on a different VM with 4 gb mem allocation. still the installer [after zipping up to 95%] it just halts as the same shot i shared earlier.
alternatively if i choose architect install, its a breeze but i cant find JADE ! i wish to test drive jade on vm first

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I have exactly the same issue.

Welcome to the forum.
Will wait for @codesardine s feedback. Maybe an issue with calamares facing problem in build and install?
Jade is not in the repos. If Yes we could have installed from architect

Run ( sudo -E calamares -d ) the installer needs a internet connection.

Let me know what the output is.

will do :+1: desktop is at home and my laptop has to adjust with max 2gb RAM i can allocate ! will update once i am done

EDIT: After almost an hour… the situation is the same. calamares seems to be frozen at 95% with bottom left saying “Install Packages”
but the top screen seems alive with rotational display as defined on the manjaro system. this is on my laptop running virt-manager on manjaro host, with 2g ram dedicated to vm

Calamares downloads the packages and upgrades the installation, could be that only 2gb or a slow internet speed makes the download process very slow.

cant say on 2gb ram but i have downloaded a 5gb iso in less than 6 minutes ! will test out with 4gb ra on vm !

further, i had always opted for “Erase disk” to use the total vdisk and auto partition. i was unable to choose the manual [the vdisk was not listed in manual mode]

@codesardine
yesterday night i downloaded fresh iso, tried again to install and i left the desktop as it is presuming the install will be over with sunrise !

here is the error i got !

There is a new build available.

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this build just works… [only glitch, i deselected chromium and selected firefox during install, which didnt happen… nonetheless, i installed firefox via pacman :slight_smile:]

installed via gnome-boxes, host is manjaro-i3. i allocated 2gb ram to the vm…

suggested requests…

  1. clicking search icon opens search window, it has to be re-clicked below on the icon to make it close. would be nice if it closes by either clicking else where OR Esc button.

more doubts…

  1. unable to find the power button [how do i logout/reboot or poweroff]. i am testing as VM so i usetheVM menu to do this.

  2. display resolution once set from monitor is not saved. i need to run xrandr after every boot and the wallpaper doesnt re-adjust to the new resolution

  3. how do i add launchers [bottom left icons]

Settings/panel manager/launcher

For logout right click icon on systray.
logout

You should have lxranr in settings, if not install it from repos.

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suggestion for ease of use, can you add a “power” icon that indicates and operates on-click ?

Is only visible if you have a battery VM does not have one.

aha ! got it ! the power-manager fails to load in vm ~? just curious, desktops too dont have battery ?!

It uses lxqt battery app.

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Hi everyone another major release is here with:

  • Drag and Drop

  • UI Rework

  • Bug Fixes

  • Desktop Tour on first run

  • Auto start pre defined applications per workspace

https://osdn.net/projects/manjaro-community/storage/webdad/0.4.0/

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Desktop tour is impressive, I don’t think any UI have that.

Great work.

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Not that I know off, something like this would be hard to implement on current toolkits.

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I just installed it and it is running smoothly fine so far. I will leave my laptop features so it can help you and others. I will be testing and posting how it goes once a week if I notice any changes.

Resumen

System: Host: webdad-inspiron5459 Kernel: 5.4.75-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.4-x86_64 root=UUID=dbf2ee11-3a3b-4e66-9a87-7da5a59f7f16 rw quiet apparmor=1
security=apparmor bootsplash.bootfile=bootsplash-themes/manjaro/bootsplash
Desktop: N/A wm: gala dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Manjaro Linux
Machine: Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Inspiron 5459 v: N/A serial: <superuser/root required> Chassis: type: 10
serial: <superuser/root required>
Mobo: Dell model: 0TNRDT v: A00 serial: <superuser/root required> UEFI [Legacy]: Dell v: 1.7.0 date: 05/10/2019
Battery: ID-1: BAT0 charge: 28.8 Wh condition: 29.7/41.4 Wh (72%) volts: 17.1/14.8 model: Panasonic DELL 78V9D6A
type: Li-ion serial: 3572 status: Charging
CPU: Info: Dual Core model: Intel Core i5-6200U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Skylake family: 6 model-id: 4E (78)
stepping: 3 microcode: D6 L2 cache: 3072 KiB
flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 19204
Speed: 1214 MHz min/max: 400/2800 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1747 2: 1682 3: 1772 4: 1799
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: Split huge pages
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling
Type: srbds status: Vulnerable: No microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics: Device-1: Intel Skylake GT2 [HD Graphics 520] vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0
chip ID: 8086:1916
Device-2: Microdia Integrated Webcam HD type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus ID: 1-5:3 chip ID: 0c45:6712
Display: x11 server: X.org 1.20.9 driver: intel unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa
resolution:
Message: Unable to show advanced data. Required tool glxinfo missing.
Audio: Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl
bus ID: 00:1f.3 chip ID: 8086:9d70
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.75-1-MANJARO
Network: Device-1: Intel Wireless 3160 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: f040 bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 8086:08b3
IF: wlp1s0 state: down mac: ce:ab:c6:9b:5c:0a
Device-2: Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet vendor: Dell driver: r8169 v: kernel port: e000
bus ID: 02:00.0 chip ID: 10ec:8136
IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: 18:db:f2:4f:b3:b5
Device-3: Qualcomm Atheros AR9271 802.11n type: USB driver: ath9k_htc bus ID: 1-3:2 chip ID: 0cf3:9271
serial: 12345
IF: wlp0s20f0u3 state: up mac: f8:d1:11:1b:95:68
Drives: Local Storage: total: 448.99 GiB used: 6.45 GiB (1.4%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: SanDisk model: Ultra II 480GB size: 447.13 GiB block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B
speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: 173040421585 rev: 20RL scheme: MBR
ID-2: /dev/sdb type: USB vendor: Kingston model: DataTraveler 2.0 size: 1.86 GiB block size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B serial: 000FEAFEF8D4F911251100E9 rev: 1.00 scheme: MBR
Partition: ID-1: / raw size: 28.15 GiB size: 27.58 GiB (97.98%) used: 6.45 GiB (23.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda4
Swap: Alert: No Swap data was found.
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 45.0 C mobo: 37.0 C sodimm: 33.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0
Info: Processes: 187 Uptime: 46m Memory: 3.55 GiB used: 1.17 GiB (33.0%) Init: systemd v: 246 Compilers: gcc: N/A
Packages: pacman: 1067 lib: 313 flatpak: 0 Shell: Zsh v: 5.8 running in: guake inxi: 3.1.08

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