[Mageia-dev] help with update/testing needed / freeze exception for me-tv

Tue May 15 22:56:13 CEST 2012

Am 11.05.2012 15:14, schrieb Wolfgang Bornath:
+> 2012/5/11 Wolfgang Bornath <molch.b at googlemail.com>:
+>> 2012/5/9 Florian Hubold <doktor5000 at arcor.de>:
+>>> Am 09.05.2012 12:44, schrieb Colin Guthrie:
+>>>> 'Twas brillig, and Wolfgang Bornath at 05/05/12 21:06 did gyre and gimble:
+>>>>> 2012/5/5 Wolfgang Bornath <molch.b at googlemail.com>:
+>>>>>> 2012/5/5 Florian Hubold <doktor5000 at arcor.de>:
+>>>>>>> Am 05.05.2012 21:04, schrieb Wolfgang Bornath:
+>>>>>>>> 2012/4/4 Florian Hubold <doktor5000 at arcor.de>:
+>>>>>>>>>
+>>>>>>>>> But as me-tv development was suspended, and now restarted
+>>>>>>>>> (2.0 branch was complete rewrite, with differing features, f.ex.
+>>>>>>>>> server/client based) so that 1.4 branch is the followup to what
+>>>>>>>>> we have in cauldron: https://launchpad.net/me-tv/+announcement/9377
+>>>>>>>>>
+>>>>>>>>> FWIW, me-tv-1.3.6 in cauldron was built last time beginning of last july.
+>>>>>>>>> I'd like to get some sort of freeze exception for me-tv, but primarily
+>>>>>>>>> help with testing this in cauldron, i've just pushed a rebuild of it,
+>>>>>>>>> could all who possess a DVB-receiver and a physical cauldron
+>>>>>>>>> installation please test it, should be available soon, rebuild went
+>>>>>>>>> through.
+>>>>>>>> And as the developer says that new 1.4 branch is still buggy, i'm
+>>>>>>>> updating me-tv to 1.3.7 and hope it'll fix the issue. *fingers crossed* 
+>> Bug fixed here with new package 1.3.6-4mga2
+>>
+>> But another is opened:
+>> After starting me-tv it starts in a small window and displays the
+>> first station in the list.
+>>
+>> Right after start the window and the icons in the window are not
+>> responding to any mouse action. Closing the window via close button
+>> results in a crash message from kwin.
+>> Funny thing: while the window and buttons are not responding, the
+>> display of the tv signal is still working including sound.
+> Arf!
+>
+> Starting again and letting the window alone for a minute, then clicked
+> on "Maximum" and it worked. Other buttons are working as well.
+> A minute later it freezes again. It's very unstable.
+>
+As already told in forum thread, i've locally prepared some packages
+for me-tv-1.4.0.9 which is the latest version upstream currently,
+and it at least starts.
+
+If somebody wants to try those out or wants to help with testing
+in between, just contact me or ping me on IRC.
+
+Otherwise suspending this until after the mga2 release.
+