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# '''Where's USB-based media?'''
# '''Where's USB-based media?'''
#* It'll be made available as soon as it's available.
#* It'll be made available as soon as it's available.
===Installation Problems===
# '''Are there hardware configurations on which the installer is known to fail?'''
#* Sadly many, I'm afraid. Our installer is neither as mature nor robust as I'd like it to be.
#* It's improving slowly, but is definitely the weak link in the SprezzOS chain. I'm sorry.
#* Please [http://sprezzatech.com/bugzilla file bugs].
# '''Why did my install fail during package installation? Don't you people test these things?'''
#* The installation media is constant for a SprezzOS version, but it fetches and installs a set of packages dependent on the current upstream repositories.
#* Some packaging bugs only manifest themselves when configured during install, and slip through.
#* Sometimes interpackage bugs (i.e., dependence on a missing package) slip through.
#* Please [http://sprezzatech.com/bugzilla file bugs]. These tend to get fixed very quickly once noted.


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Revision as of 08:15, 26 March 2013

Ask more questions, more frequently, and there'll be more FAQs!

Installation

  1. I just installed, and my machine seems broken. It just says "login" on a black screen. Ought I lose hope?
    • No; you're in the shell environment. X.org is not installed by default in SprezzOS 1.
    • If you want to run it, you'll need log in and install the xorg-xserver package, the appropriate video package, and appropriate input packages.
  2. I don't need no stinking text mode! Will you ever install X.org by default?
    • We plan to support configuration of X.org directly from the installer of SprezzOS 2.
  3. Where's USB-based media?
    • It'll be made available as soon as it's available.

Installation Problems

  1. Are there hardware configurations on which the installer is known to fail?
    • Sadly many, I'm afraid. Our installer is neither as mature nor robust as I'd like it to be.
    • It's improving slowly, but is definitely the weak link in the SprezzOS chain. I'm sorry.
    • Please file bugs.
  2. Why did my install fail during package installation? Don't you people test these things?
    • The installation media is constant for a SprezzOS version, but it fetches and installs a set of packages dependent on the current upstream repositories.
    • Some packaging bugs only manifest themselves when configured during install, and slip through.
    • Sometimes interpackage bugs (i.e., dependence on a missing package) slip through.
    • Please file bugs. These tend to get fixed very quickly once noted.

X

  1. I ran startx and just have an ugly black xterm! Where's all my crap?
  2. Can't I have a graphical login?

Misc

  1. Why does all of this suck so much?
    • Humility is endless.
    • You get what you pay for.
    • Patches are welcome.
  2. Where can I send these patches?
    • sprezzos-dev@googlegroups.com, or better yet attach them to a bug.
  3. This is awesome! How can I help?
    • Money, money, money. Please donate using the Donate button on the left.
    • Your donations keep the Project afloat.
  4. Using Facebook as a login mechanism for the wiki makes me unhappy!
    • That is a statement, not a question.
  5. Don't you know that successful large projects need consensus, not a HIC?
    • The Linux kernel and Linus Torvalds would seem to be a counterexample, but I suppose that only time will tell.


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