On Thu, 2015-05-28 at 14:31 +0200, Martin Bříza wrote:
On Thu, 28 May 2015 14:28:17 +0200, Martin Bříza
<mbriza(a)redhat.com>
wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> for quite a while, I've been working on implementation of a new,
> revamped UI, designed by Jakub Steiner for the LiveUSB Creator [0].
>
> Currently, me and Luke are slowly moving to merge the changes back
> into
> the master branch of the tree. Some stuff is not done, like
> descriptions
> of the images or final look of the icons but the really important
> things
> are already there.
>
> I'm writing here to ask you guys for input on what you think about
> how
> it looks like now. I've set up a Copr repository [1] and put a
> Windows
> package together [2].
> I'm open to all kinds of feature requests, bug reports, any kind of
>
> input that comes to your minds.
> The Copr version still contains just udisks support. Udisks2 will
> be
> added ASAP (when I rebase my branch against master and build the
> package
> again).
>
> Specifically, what we'd love to settle is: what to do with the main
>
> screen with the three promoted images. Obviously, putting a Server
> or
> Cloud Product on a USB drive is a nonsense. One could argue the
> tool at
> least downloads the images for you, though.
>
> Cheers,
> Martin
>
> [0]
https://github.com/lmacken/liveusb-creator/tree/feature/new-ui
> [1]
>
https://copr.fedoraproject.org/coprs/mbriza/unstable/build/94636/
> [2a]
https://mbriza.fedorapeople.org/liveusb-creator.zip
> [2b]
http://ma.rtinbriza.cz/w/liveusb-creator.zip
Also, to see it without actually installing it, there's just a little
bit
outdated screencap:
https://mbriza.fedorapeople.org/liveusb-6.ogv
It looks neat!
A few notes:
1.) There's no scrollbar to scroll the list. It only appears upon
scrolling with a mouse wheel which is kind of useless.
2.) It would be nice if the release list was configurable (think
/usr/lib/liveusb-creator/releases.d + /etc/liveusb-creator/releases.d
instead of hardcoded in releases.py). That way the default
installations could bring in the Fedora distributions while an add-on
packages could add CentOS, RPM Fusion, etc.
3.) I've launched liveusb-creator_polkit. However it doesn't seem to
employ policykit -- the UI itself runs as root! The inconvenient side
-effect is that the file picker is not entirely relevant and I have
hard time finding the ISO file I've downloaded.
4.) The dependency on udisks is missing and the error is not handled
gracefully. The following tracebacks appears on the console:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/liveusb/gui.py", line 830, in
USBDeviceEnumerationStart
self.live.detect_removable_drives(callback=self.USBDeviceCallback)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/liveusb/creator.py", line 519, in
detect_removable_drives
"/org/freedesktop/UDisks")
File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 241, in
get_object
follow_name_owner_changes=follow_name_owner_changes)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 248, in
__init__
self._named_service = conn.activate_name_owner(bus_name)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 180, in
activate_name_owner
self.start_service_by_name(bus_name)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 278, in
start_service_by_name
'su', (bus_name, flags)))
File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/dbus/connection.py", line 651, in
call_blocking
message, timeout)
dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name
org.freedesktop.UDisks was not provided by any .service files
The UI is just not able to find the flash drive.
5.) The error handling seems messed up. When I hit the write button,
there's no error in the UI, but the following is in the console:
[gui:246] (u'T', u'h', u'e', u'r', u'e', u'
', u'i', u's', u' ', u'n', u'o', u't',
u' ', u'e', u'n', u'o', u'u', u'g',
u'h', u' ', u'f', u'r', u'e', u'e', u'
', u's', u'p', u'a', u'c', u'e', u' ',
u'o', u'n', u' ', u't', u'h', u'e', u'
', u's', u'e', u'l', u'e', u'c', u't',
u'e', u'd', u' ', u'd', u'e', u'v',
u'i', u'c', u'e', u'.', u' ', u'R',
u'e', u'q', u'u', u'i', u'r', u'e',
u'd', u':', u' ', u'1', u'0', u'5',
u'6', u'M', u'B', u'.', u' ', u'F',
u'r', u'e', u'e', u':', u' ', u'7',
u'0', u'2', u'M', u'B', u'.')
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/liveusb/gui.py", line 243, in run
self.copyImage(now)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/liveusb/gui.py", line 265, in
copyImage
self.live.check_free_space()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/liveusb/creator.py", line 263, in
check_free_space
str(freebytes/1024**2) + "MB")))
LiveUSBError: (u'T', u'h', u'e', u'r', u'e',
u' ', u'i', u's', u' ', u'n', u'o',
u't', u' ', u'e', u'n', u'o', u'u',
u'g', u'h', u' ', u'f', u'r', u'e',
u'e', u' ', u's', u'p', u'a', u'c',
u'e', u' ', u'o', u'n', u' ', u't',
u'h', u'e', u' ', u's', u'e', u'l',
u'e', u'c', u't', u'e', u'd', u' ',
u'd', u'e', u'v', u'i', u'c', u'e',
u'.', u' ', u'R', u'e', u'q', u'u',
u'i', u'r', u'e', u'd', u':', u' ',
u'1', u'0', u'5', u'6', u'M', u'B',
u'.', u' ', u'F', u'r', u'e', u'e',
u':', u' ', u'7', u'0', u'2', u'M',
u'B', u'.')
[creator:548] Skipping non-usb drive: /org/freedesktop/UDisks/devices/sda1
6.) The "write image immediately after download" makes no sense for a
local ISO, yet it's present.
Thanks,
Lubo