JauntyUNR

Revision 36 as of 2009-01-16 10:30:13

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  • Launchpad Entry: unr-handling-jaunty

  • Created: Monday 05 January 2009

  • Contributors: Michael Casadevall, Steve Kowalik, Michael Frey, Neil Patel, Bill Filler, David Mandala

  • Packages affected:

Summary

This is an overview of the direction of taking Ubuntu Netbook Remix for Jaunty, and what we wish to implement for it.

The open source components of Ubuntu Netbook Remix (UNR) will be fully integrated into the Jaunty release. An installation image will be created by the distro team using the standard distro tools (ubiquity). The UNR Jaunty image will have the following requirments:

Requirements

Image Format

  • Install/Live DVD (.iso). A combined install/live DVD will be created to allow you either to install UNR permanently on a computer, or (by entering 'live' at the boot prompt) to try UNR without changing your computer at all.
  • An equivalent image in .img format will be optional
  • Image size installed must be 2.5GB or less, to support 4GB minimal disk requirement
  • Image must be runnable in virtual machine (requires mods to netbook-launcher)

Hardware Supported

  • i386 (not lpia)

  • Intel Poulsbo and Callistoga graphics support

  • Netbooks currently shipping with UNR (enthusiast upgrade case)
  • ASUS eeePC (models?)
  • Acer Aspire One (models?)

Pre-installed Software

  • A modified Ubuntu Desktop seed will be used to populate the default image.

  • This will include a new set of UNR specific packages that need to be integrated into Jaunty.

  • The image will also include standard Ubuntu packages that were modified by the OEM Services Group (where applicable) to improve the user expierence on Netbooks. These can be categorized as follows:

  • Kernel modifications were made by OEM Services Group for the Hardy-based LPIA kernel. Support for the functionality added in this kernel needs to be integrated into the Jaunty kernel.

Implementation/Task List

Modification Details

New UNR Packages

The source is available for most of these packages at https://code.edge.launchpad.net/unr. Some packages have not yet been added, but will be shortly. 

netbook-config           # bfiller default UNR configuration (gconf settings, etc..)
netbook-launcher         # njpatel UNR launcher
desktop-switcher         # njpatel switch between UNR desktop and gnome
human-netbook-theme      # njpatel default UNR theme
maximus                  # njpatel window maximizer daemon
window-picker-applet     # njpatel window picker panel applet
go-home-applet           # njpatel go home panel applet
webfav                   # bfiller firefox extension to save bookmarks to UNR launcher

UNR seed diff relative to 8.04 Ubuntu Desktop seed

Added:

netbook-config           # bfiller default UNR configuration (gconf settings, etc..)
netbook-launcher         # njpatel UNR launcher
desktop-switcher         # njpatel switch between UNR desktop and gnome
human-netbook-theme      # njpatel default UNR theme
maximus                  # njpatel window maximizer daemon
window-picker-applet     # njpatel window picker panel applet
go-home-applet           # njpatel go home panel applet
webfav                   # bfiller firefox extension to save bookmarks to UNR launcher
icedtea-gcjwebplugin     # java plugin for browser (not sure if needed anymore)
mtp-tools                # Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) library tools?
language-support-en      # default English lang packs
language-pack-en 
language-pack-gnome-en 
ttf-liberation           # default font for web browser
cheese 
stardict 
stardict-gnome 
stardict-plugin 
stardict-plugin-spell 
python-gtkglext1 
python-opengl 
libzlui-gtk 
binutils
powermanagement-interface # needed for reboot-from-update-notifier to work

Removed:

deskbar-applet
evolution-exchange
gimp
gimp-gnomevfs
transmission-gtk
gnome-pilot-conduits
ekiga
nautilus-cd-burner
brasero
sound-juicer
tracker
libdeskbar-tracker
tracker-search-tool
xsane
tsclient
vinagre
gimp-python
diveintopython

Applications/Desktop Package Modifications

mterry:

  • f-spot 0.4.3.1-0ubuntu1netbook1
    • 10_600_CDExport.glade.dpatch: patches glade file to hardcode different height request (RESOLUTION)

    • 10_fix_export_crash_FlickrRemote.cs.dpatch: catches some exceptions instead of crashing, seems easily upstreamable

      • Paul says "should be already in f-spot upstream and both Jaunty", but I don't see it in Jaunty's f-spot 0.5.0.3-0ubuntu5

    • 10_fix_export_crash_PicasaWebExport.cs.dpatch: same

      • Paul says "should be already in f-spot upstream and both Jaunty", but I don't see it in Jaunty's f-spot 0.5.0.3-0ubuntu5
  • gcalctool 5.22.3-0ubuntu0.1netbook1
    • 01_fit_1024x600_gtk.c.patch: hardcodes new layout for bit editor to fit 600 pixels. code change (RESOLUTION)
  • gnome-cards-data 1:2.22.3-0ubuntu2netbook1
  • gnome-games 1:2.22.3-0ubuntu2netbook1
  • gnome-games-data 1:2.22.3-0ubuntu2netbook1

    • 04_no-black-square-in-svgs.patch: already upstream & jaunty via #553458

    • 80_glchess_opengl.py.patch: small patch to fix "random crash when playing". see LP bug 270534.

    • 80_iagno_ggz_fix.patch: hardcoded to add scrollbars to iagno ggz screen (which only show up if needed) (RESOLUTION)
    • 80_iagno_scale.patch: hardcoded to scale down size of iagno tiles to 5/8 of normal (RESOLUTION)
  • gnome-menus 2.22.2-0ubuntu2netbook1unr1
    • 22_netbook-hide-apps.patch: Hides a bunch of applications from the launcher/menus. Not something for the desktop, possibly upstream UNR wouldn't want us to futz with this either.
    • 11_merge-last.patch: Lets system builders that drop menu files in the /etc folder remove menu items as well as add them. GNOME upstream is not interested in this, it should probably go away then.
  • gnome-panel 1:2.22.2-0ubuntu1.1netbook2
  • gnome-panel-data 1:2.22.2-0ubuntu1.1netbook2

    • 20_respect_expand.patch: Small patch to fix adding applets when there's an expandable applet already there. This would be good to have, since UNR has that setup. GNOME hasn't applied yet, but we should.

    • 81_disable_movement_by_default.patch: Changes gconf defaults to disable moving panels by dragging by default. If UNR wanted this (but not upstream Jaunty), might be better as part of a UNR gconf-defaults package rather than this package itself?
  • gnome-screensaver 2.22.2-0ubuntu1netbook0unr1

    • 06_fix_blank_screen_preview.patch: Fixes bug where blank screensaver preview shows a white screen. Seems easily upstreamable. See LP: #283525.

  • language-installer 0.1-0netbook19
    • Not a package upstream wants. This controls language (and adobe reader) installation after oem-config. Distro uses their own language setup.
  • metacity 1:2.22.0-0ubuntu4.netbook1
  • metacity-common 1:2.22.0-0ubuntu4.netbook1
    • 017_resize_and_move_on_undecorate.patch: Make sure windows are resized after undecoration. LP: #262721
    • 015_desktop_in_tab_list.patch:
      • Add desktop to alt-tab switcher (possibly UNR-specific, since normal Ubuntu doesn't have such an interesting desktop)
      • Fix application switcher to be able to show desktop window. LP: #269023. May just be an intrisic part of above change, but was added later as a bug fix.
      • Hardcode the alt-tab switcher icons to be 48x48, instead of 32x32 (which is also probably UNR-specific)

    • 018_lame_client_gconf_switch.patch: Adds a gconf key to turn off the 'Some windows won't be restored when you next login to your session' dialog. The key is still off by default and never turned on in UNR. Upstream didn't like the patch, so this is pretty droppable.

    • 016_stop_compiler_optimising_out_colours.patch: Fix gcc optimization bug that resulted in pink windows. See GNOME bug 478886. May not be needed, since Jaunty appears to use a gcc version (4.3.2) that may fix this (according to mdz's comment in that bug).

  • bluez-gnome 0.25-0ubuntu2~804um1msg9

    • properties-desktop-file-onlyshowin.patch: Patch by mobile team to add Mobile to OnlyShowIn line for properties applet

    • 06_audio_ui.patch: Adds the ability to pair BT headsets from services/audio UI. The UI for this may have already changed in bluez 4.0
    • 08_wizard.patch: Adds a setup wizard, accessible by the applet's context menu. The bluez guys went ahead with a different wizard in 4.0. So this is largely droppable, but it does have a couple niceties that I don't think are in the 4.0 version: a cute pulsing progress bar while user waits, and a checkbox when you pair a headset that lets the user immediately change default gstreamer audio sink to use the bluetooth headset.
    • 12_reset_gstreamer.patch: When the last audio device is removed via the preferences dialog, reset the gstreamer audio sink to 'autodetect' if it was in bluetooth mode. This is a natural pair with the checkbox mentioned above, but is useful even without that checkbox. The two of them together make the user, in theory, not have to ever change their audio sink manually.
    • 10_browse_phones.patch: Change wording of "Browse Devices" to "Browse Phone Devices" to avoid user confusion

    • 16_left_click_applet.patch: If the applet isn't blinking because it wants to display a password dialog, make a left click on the applet do the same thing as a right click. Less confusing to users who may be used to left click menus from, say, the NetworkManager applet.

    • 14_translate_service_names.patch: A relatively gross hack to translate Service tab names from the bluez-utils package. Done here, rather than there because bluez-utils is system daemon and doesn't know user's language. Shouldn't be needed anymore, I hear bluez 4.0 moved those strings into this package already.
    • 85_merge_pos.patch, 86_belmont_pos.patch, and 87_unr_pos.patch: Together, these are various po file patches to flesh out translation support for de, es, fr, hu, it, ja, pl, pt_BR, ru, zh_CN, zh_TW (and more?).

paul:

  • evolution 2.22.3.1-0ubuntu1netbook8
    • 10_600_contact-editor.glade.patch: hardcoded to add scrollbars and minimal height/width to contact editor (RESOLUTION)
    • 10_600_e-shell-folder-title-bar.c.patch: Remove some empty space in folder title bar
    • 10_600_e-shell-settings-dialog.c.patch: hardcoded request size of setting dialog
    • 10_600_e-shell-window.c.patch: don't set status bar height so it can be smaller
    • 10_600_e-sidebar.c.patch: Remove spaces around buttons and scale down the icon
    • 10_600_e-task-bar.c.patch: Remove spaces around task bar and don't set the height of task bar so it will be smaller.
    • 10_600_e-timezone-dialog.glade.patch: Re-layout the timezone setting
    • 10_600_em-account-editor.c.patch: Add scrollbars into email account editor
    • 10_600_mail-config.glade.patch: Add scrollbars to mail config dialog
    • 10_600_startup-wizard.c.patch: hardcoded height for startup wizard.
  • evolution-data-server 2.22.3-0ubuntu1netbook1
    • 50_fit_1024x600_e-name-selector-dialog.c.patch: change the requested size of contact list.
  • pidgin 1:2.4.3-0ubuntu1~hardy1netbook3
    • 60_fit_1024x600_gtkaccount.c.patch: Add scrollbars to account settings
    • 60_fit_1024x600_gtkpounce.c.patch: Add scrollbars and minimal height of pounce window.
    • 60_fit_1024x600_gtkprefs.c.patch: Add scrollbars to preference setting dialog.
  • rhythmbox 0.11.5-0ubuntu8netbook1
    • 07_fix_import_error.patch: When the remember path is not exist when import, try to open user's music directory.
      • seems good for upstream
  • cheese 2.22.3-0ubuntu1usg7
    • 75_suspend_resume.patch: Add handlers to close/re-open gstreamer pipe by suspend/resume signals.
      • seems good for upstream
    • 50_fit_1024x600_cheese.ui.patch: reduce default height to fit 1024x600
    • 70_fix_audio_sync.patch: Fix audio sync problem.
      • Upstream already has this fix. Should be already in Jaunty too.
    • 50_video_recording_freeze.patch: fix the UI freeze that
      • occurs when stopping a video recording.y
      • Upstream already has this fix. Should be already in Jaunty too.
    • 55_video_thumbnails.patch: fix the bug where video thumbnails
      • are not being generated after completing a video recording (LP: #243179)
    • 60_no_webcam_found_dialog.patch: displays a user-friendly
      • message to the user when a webcam is not found (LP: #246446)
  • evince
    • Don't build against hildon on LPIA
  • gnome-control-center
    • 99_fit_1024x600_sound.patch: Add scrollbars, default height, re-design UI to sound properties dialog
    • 99_fit_1024x600_mouse.patch: Add scrollbars, default height, re-design UI to mouse properties dialog
    • 99_sound_bluetooth_support.patch: Add Bluetooth device support.
    • We remove rotate function because it didn't work in most of our projects
  • system-config-printer
    • 31_provide_printer.rejecting_default_value.patch: Fix when printer object's rejecting attribute being used yet its value had not be set.
      • good for upstream
  • network-manager-applet
    • hide-ad-hoc.patch: disallow to create new ad-hoc networks
    • move-edit-networks.patch: Move "Edit Wireless Networks" to left click menu

    • use-gtk-not-egg-tray.patch: port EggTrayIcon to GtkStatusIcon

    • translation: de, es, fr, hu, it, ja, pl, pt_BR, ru, zh_CN, zh_TW
    • 50_fit_1024x600_applet.glade.patch: Add scrollbars and default height to network manager dialog
  • gnome-system-tools
    • 27_roaming_to_automatic.dpatch: Use "Automatic mode" instead of "Roaming mode"
    • 50_fit_1024x600_users.ui.patch.dpatch: Add default height and scrollebars to user dialog.
  • yelp
    • 08_gconf_sets_Help-Topics_button_target.patch: Fix locale for yelp application Help Topics button.
  • nautilus 

evolution       2.22.3.1-0ubuntu1netbook7
evolution-common        2.22.3.1-0ubuntu1netbook7
evolution-plugins       2.22.3.1-0ubuntu1netbook7
pidgin  1:2.4.3-0ubuntu1~hardy1netbook3
rhythmbox       0.11.5-0ubuntu8netbook1
cheese  2.22.3-0ubuntu1usg6
evince  2.22.2-0ubuntu1usg1
gnome-control-center    1:2.22.1-0ubuntu4.1usg4
libgnome-window-settings1       1:2.22.1-0ubuntu4.1usg4
system-config-printer-common    0.7.81+svn1976-0ubuntu9netbook1
system-config-printer-gnome     0.7.81+svn1976-0ubuntu9netbook1
network-manager-gnome   0.6.6-0ubuntu3usg6
gnome-system-tools      2.22.0-0ubuntu9usg2
yelp    2.22.1-0ubuntu2.8.04.3.1netbook1
capplets-data   1:2.22.1-0ubuntu4.1usg4
nautilus        1:2.22.3-0ubuntu2netbook1
nautilus-data   1:2.22.3-0ubuntu2netbook1

Out of box experience package modification

  • gdm 2.20.7-0ubuntu1.1netbook2

    • 76_no_swap_no_hibernate.patch: If no swap, don't offer hibernate option. I opened dialog with upstream about this, but no response.

    • 74_1024x600.patch: Some reasonably drastic modifications to god-awful preferences dialog. (RESOLUTION)
      • Move the auto-login options under General tab, not Security.
      • Remove 'Behavior' options from non-themed style choices (stuff like, 'yes, I want the text box to jiggle when I enter wrong password').
      • Remove 'Menu Bar' options from local panel.
      • Move 'Configure XDMCP' button up a bit.
    • 72_two_entries.patch: Add ability for gdm themes to offer two entry boxes at once (instead of enter name, entry box becomes password box, enter password). I already passed this off recently to Kenneth Wimer, who asked me for it. He indicated he was going to hand integration of this off to Mirco. So this may already be somewhat integrated. Need to follow up with Mirco. It wasn't the cleanest of patches going in. Maybe Mirco made it awesome.
    • debian/gdm.postinst, debian/gdm.dirs, debian/rules, debian/gdm.upstart: Use upstart, not runlevels to control gdm. This is supposed to give boot time improvements.
  • usplash 0.5.19netbook4
    • debian/rules, 50-speed-startup.patch: Add patch rules to debian/rules and added this patch to not sleep for a second and pulsate, in order to save some boot time.
    • debian/usplash.init: Backport init script from Intrepid or Jaunty (don't remember which) that fixes an issue with upstart not always coming up on shutdown. This can be safely dropped, since it was just a backport.
  • usplash-theme-ubuntu 0.18ubuntu0netbook1
    • debian/rules, 50_reset_palette_usplash-theme-ubuntu.c.patch: Added quilt for this patch. When shutting down, resets the colormap at certain points. Came from private LP bug 252837, but may be a fix for public LP bug 43223.
  • oem-config 1.37.2netbook12
    • debian/rules: Added quilt for below patches, shouldn't need quilt if we're making mods upstream
    • auto-login.patch: Add auto-login option. Already integrated upstream.
    • focus-username.patch: Focus username entry when page appears. Already integrated upstream in more generic way.
    • show-later.patch: Don't show window until it's at final size, to avoid jitter. Already integrated upstream.
    • set-lang.patch: Be more forceful about setting LANG in /etc/default/locale. Already integrated upstream.
    • fix-default-timezone.patch: Fix how oem-config chooses default timezones for some languages. Already integrated upstream.
    • unencrypted-keyring.patch: This is a super gross detail of the UNR setup -- we install an unencrypted keyring by default as part of user setup, so the user (if they chose auto-login) doesn't get asked for a password to connect to net, thereby defeating the purpose of auto-login (these are NETbooks after all). Upstream likely will balk.
    • debian/oem-config.upstart, upstart.patch: Goes hand-in-hand with gdm patch above to use upstart. Uses upstart for oem-config, and toggles gdm on/off via upstart.
    • hostname.patch: Sets system hostname to user's name. Easy way to avoid having thousands of netbooks with the same hostname.
    • add-langpacks.patch: Probs unwanted by upstream. This goes hand-in-hand with language-installer. It calls language-installer when oem-config is done.
    • unr-pos.patch: Updates translations.
    • username-blacklist.patch: Blacklists the 'oem' username. oem-config doesn't like it. LP: #273282.
    • fix-country-name.patch: Fix parsing of iso_3166.tab to allow spaces. Not needed upstream, they don't seem to parse that file anymore.
    • no-lang-scroll-resizing.patch: Futzes with layout to specify a minimum width for the language label. This prevents the widgets from resizing as the user selects different languages. LP: #300353.

System package modification

acpi-support    0.109netbook0unr1
belocs-locales-bin      2.4-2.2ubuntu7netbook1
bsdutils        1:2.13.1-5ubuntu2netbook1
gdebi   0.3.8netbook1
gdebi-core      0.3.8netbook1
gnome-power-manager     2.22.1-1ubuntu4netbook4
gnome-utils     2.20.0.1-1ubuntu5netbook0unr1
gnome-volume-manager    2.22.1-1ubuntu6netbook4
grub    0.97-29ubuntu21netbook3
hal     0.5.11~rc2-1ubuntu8.2netbook2
initramfs-tools 0.85eubuntu39.2netbook1
jockey-common   0.3.3-0ubuntu8netbook1
jockey-gtk      0.3.3-0ubuntu8netbook1
libsmbios1      0.13.10-1ubuntu1.1netbook1
lsb-base        3.2-4ubuntu1netbook1
lsb-release     3.2-4ubuntu1netbook1
mount   2.13.1-5ubuntu2netbook1
procps  1:3.2.7-9ubuntu1netbook0unr3
update-notifier 0.70.9netbook1
update-notifier-common  0.70.9netbook1
util-linux      2.13.1-5ubuntu2netbook1
util-linux-locales      2.13.1-5ubuntu2netbook1
xserver-xorg-input-kbd  1:1.2.2-3ubuntu1netbook1
xserver-xorg-input-mouse        1:1.2.3-2netbook1
libpolkit-gnome0        0.7-2ubuntu1.1usg2
policykit-gnome 0.7-2ubuntu1.1usg2
sysklogd        1.5-1ubuntu1usg2
ssl-cert        1.0.14-0ubuntu3~msg1
xserver-xorg-input-synaptics    0.14.7~git20070706-1ubuntu4msg1
libdrm2 2.3.0.16-0ubuntu2~804um1

System Packages Not Being Integrated

belocs:

  • Repos: ubuntu-netbook
  • Change: Add --lang option to locale-gen to treat argument as a language code (LP: #267489 and LP: #23435)
  • Change made by: Michael Terry
  • Reason to not integrate: UNR Jaunty will not be using oem-config

gdebi:

  • Repos: ubuntu-netbook
  • Change: Add 10_force_arch.patch, which allows us to install i386 .debs on lpia (LP: #262890)
  • Change made by: Michael Terry
  • Reason to not integrate: Jaunty UNR will be i386
  • Notes: Package includes gdebi-core deb as well

gnome-utils

  • Repos: ubuntu-unr
  • Change: fix LP: #297556 so gnome-screenshot window get managed correctly by maximus/UNR
  • Change made by: Bill Filler
  • Reason to not integrate: Not appropriate for all Jaunty images

grub

  • Repos: ubuntu-netbook
  • Change: Suppressed all grub output
  • Change made by: Debbie Beliveau
  • Reason to not integrate: Not appropriate for all Jaunty images

initramfs-tools

  • Repos: ubuntu-netbook
  • Change: Reduce output generated by initramfs
  • Change made by: Debbie Beliveau
  • Reason to not integrate: Not appropriate for all Jaunty images

jockey-common, jockey-gtk:

  • Repos: ubuntu-netbook
  • Change: Do not install xdg/autostart files we do not want notification on netbooks
  • Change made by: Michael Frey
  • Reason to not integrate: Not appropriate for all Jaunty images

libdrm:

  • Repos: ubuntu-netbook
  • Change: Update patch 01_psb_headers to include shared-core/psb_drm.h which is version 2.3.0.32L.0029
  • Change made by: Michael Frey
  • Reason to not integrate: UNR Jaunry is i386 and Poulsbo/Menlow not supported in i386 kernel
  • Notes: Includes libdrm2 deb

libsmbios:

  • Repos: ubuntu-netbook
  • Change: Built for LPIA
  • Change made by: Debbie Beliveau
  • Reason to not integrate: Jaunty UNR will be i386

lsb:

  • Repos: ubuntu-netbook
  • Change: Suppress init script output unless INITOUTPUT is set to yes in /etc/default/rcS
  • Change made by: Debbie Beliveau
  • Reason to not integrate: Not appropriate for all Jaunty images
  • Notes: Includes lsb-base and lsb-release debs

procps:

  • Repos: ubuntu-unr
  • Change: vm.mmap_min_addr change that has since been reverted
  • Change made by: Bill Filler
  • Reason to not integrate: Change reverted

ssl-cert:

  • Repos: ubuntu-netbook
  • Change Fix installation failure when no previous version is installed (LP: #43987)
  • Change made by: Steve Magoun
  • Reason to not integrate: Fixed in intrepid

sysklogd:

  • Repos: ubuntu-netbook
  • Change: Minimize logging configuration for MIDs/Netbooks
  • Change made by: Tony Espy
  • Reason to not integrate: Not appropriate for all Jaunty images

update-notifier:

  • Repos: ubuntu-netbook
  • Change: Add powermanagement-interface to Depends (LP: #254912)
  • Change made by: Michael Terry
  • Reason to not integrate: LPIA-specific change. UNR Jaunty will be i386 arch and i386 should include powermanagement-interface
  • Notes: Package includes update-notifier-common deb as well

util-linux:

  • Repos: ubuntu-netbook
  • Change: Remove hwclock --hctosys call from /etc/init.d/hwclock.sh. It is already run from hwclockfirst.sh and from a udev trigger, which is more than sufficient to set the system clock correctly. Running it again here can result in a race condition where two instances are running at the same time. (LP: #263196)
  • Change made by: Matt Zimmerman
  • Reason to not integrate: This change is a workaround. Underlying problem should be fixed by Platform team (Scott James Remnant has identified a bug in udev rules)

xserver-xorg-input-kbd:

  • Repos: ubuntu-netbook
  • Change: Remove sleep on VT switch to reduce X start-up time
  • Change made by: Debbie Beliveau
  • Reason to not integrate: Not including Hardy boot-time reduction changes in UNR Jaunty. Also, Jaunty includes a newer xserver that may have already resolved this issue.

xserver-xorg-input-mouse:

  • Repos: ubuntu-netbook
  • Change: Remove some ps2 related sleeps to reduce X start-up time
  • Change made by: Debbie Beliveau
  • Reason to not integrate: Not including Hardy boot-time reduction changes in UNR Jaunty. Also, Jaunty includes a newer xserver that may have already resolved this issue.

xfree86-driver-synaptics xserver-xorg-input-synaptics:

  • Repos: ubuntu-netbook
  • Change: Added LPIA to debian/control
  • Change made by: Michael Frey
  • Reason not to integrate: UNR Jaunty will be i386
  • Notes: Package includes xfree86-driver-synaptics deb

System Packages To Integrate

acpi-support

  • Repos: ubuntu-unr
  • Change: Added debian/patches/01_power_pre_post.patch to run pre and post scripts for power.sh, similar to lid.sh approach
  • Change made by: Bill Filler
  • Reason to integrate: Appropriate for all Jaunty images

policykit-gnome:

  • Repos: ubuntu-netbook
  • Change: Parse the pw_gecos field to only include user's name, not a bunch of commas
  • Change made by: Michael Terry

  • Reason to integrate: Improves appearance of policykit's dialog and is appropriate for all Jaunty images. Upstream bug: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=541945

  • Notes: Package includes libpolkit-gnome0 deb as well

System Packages Still Under Review

gnome-power-manager

  • Repos: ubuntu-netbook
  • Change 1: Allow policy action to occur even if a low-accuracy profile is detected
  • Change 1 made by: Debbie Beliveau
  • Change 2: Fix for battery indicator not changing when plugged in (LP: #261953). Workaround for when unit reports that is_discharging = TRUE and is_charging = FALSE even when AC is plugged in.
  • Change 2 made by: Bill Filler
  • Notes: Probably safer not to integrate given how fragile gnome-power-manager's code can be and since these 2 changes are really workarounds for hardware/BIOS issues. Also, is gnome-power-manager being replaced in Jaunty?

gnome-volume-manager:

  • Repos: ubuntu-netbook
  • Change 1: Re-enable automount of drives as default
  • Change 1 made by: Michael Frey
  • Change 2: Fix for SD cards on an SDIO bus
  • Change 2 made by: Michael Frey
  • Change 3: Add 10_mimic_nautilus_autobrowse.patch to act like nautilus wrt browsing inserted media and not try to browse if nautilus is already running. Fixes LP 250435.
  • Change 3 made by: Michael Terry
  • Notes: gnome-volume-manager is Deprecated in standard Ubuntu

hal:

  • Repos: ubuntu-netbook
  • Change 1: When probing capabilities on a video4linux device, if v4l2 probing works, there's no need to still try to probe with v4l.
  • Change 1 made by: Steve Magoun
  • Change 2: Fix for initialisation of info.subsystem property
  • Change 2 made by: Michael Frey
  • Change 3: Fix for mmc bus detection while under SDIO
  • Change 3 made by: Michael Frey
  • Change 4: Fix for SD cards on an SDIO bus
  • Change 4 made by: Michael Frey
  • Change 5: Added smbios depends for LPIA arch
  • Change 5 made by: Michael Frey
  • Notes: Change 1 and 2 already exist in Jaunty and change 5 is not needed since Jaunty UNR is i386. Need to decided whether change 3 and 4, however, need to be integrated into Jaunty.

Kernel modifications

The current Netbook Kernel , based on 2.6.24, is maintained on zinc. The full set of patches can be determined from there.

Release Note

Open Issues

  • How will out-of-box experience change from current UNR? oem-config is used by UNR but isn't used on Live CD. What is it's replacement and how (if at all) does it need to be modified.
  • Build infrastructure: OEM team needs to migrate to standard Ubuntu build tools (i.e. not Moblin Image Creator) to be compatible with Jaunty UNR builds. This is a major effort. A plan needs to be made for how to progress.

BoF agenda and discussion

  • UNR isn't in main; we want to fix that
  • Currently there is an UMPC distro image and an UNR OEM image
  • UMPC image has the UNR packages, but no patched apps
  • mainline UNR upstream is still Clutter 0.6 while intrepid is 0.8
  • netbook name would best be avoided but we might have to stick with the UNR "brand"
  • moblin-image-creator usage
    • Dropping it would make us use the same infrastrcuture
      • Too complex a change to discuss in this session
    • The distro built image should use standard distro tools (ubiquity)
  • Translations
    • UNR "upstream" hosted in a Launchpad project
    • langpacks might include UNR
    • Is not required to be done upstream
  • Patches (about 43 modified packages)
    • Strings
    • Make applications fit on 1024x600 (now 1024x576 (which still is not enough
      • for touchscreen driven panel sizes where you i.e. need 36 or 48 pixel sized panels))
    • Usability changes (adding UI components e.g. in Bluetooth)
    • Boot time speedups (Anything we can learn from moblin's patched kernel to enhance boot time?)
    • Enhanced Out of Box User Experience
  • Different package sets in Ubuntu desktop seed and in UNR
    • Some additional packages (e.g. desktop-switcher, theme, aircraft-mode)
    • Goals of original UNR seed
      • Usable netbooks
      • fits on screen
      • makes sense to use on a netbook (e.g. no Gimp)
      • Simplicity (don't clutter the screen -- pun intended) / hiding complex stuff
        • such as network proxy settings, but only hidden /by default/
      • reduce disk size
      • remove components not appropriate for netbook usage
  • Do we keep the GNOME customizations of UMPC image? There's the
    • desktop-switcher tool which would allow having multiple desktops in the same image
    • desktop-switcher backups and changes the key gconf settings which allow
      • using UNR or the regular desktop
    • In current UMPC image, the virtual keyboard is cellwriter; it may also do
      • character recognition, but it's disabled because it was buggy in intrepid
    • UNR launcher currently sees some work to be more touchscreen friendly;
      • human-icon-theme is patched to enlarge scrollbars
    • probably we'll merge great ideas from UMPC but try to offer as little
      • different UIs as possible
  • Choice of translations
    • OEM images are factory installed and lang is picked on first boot
      • (oem-config)
    • distro images are live and as many langpacks as possible are included, and
      • removed upon install (ubiquity)
    • probably will remain as is for these two use cases
  • Clutter requires 3D
    • We don't always have Poulsbo drivers
    • KVM doesn't have 3D
    • Some customers want vmware images
    • Even on poulsbo on large screens, it can be dog slow
    • Action Item: make launcher auto-detect GL capabilities of system it is running on, and use minimal set in VM/Limited environments
  • Hardware targets
    • i386 (not lpia) as not all are atom
    • poulsbo and non-poulsbo
    • Netbooks currently shipping with UNR (enthusiast upgrade case)
    • ASUS eeePC (models?)
    • Acer Aspire One (models?)
  • Information needed
    • debdiffs relative to 8.04 for all modified packages.

    • List of remaining non-8.04 packages to be added. List complete, details here.

    • seed diff relative to 8.04. Diff available here.

    • list of kernel patches. Patches available here.

    • What gconf defaults are set to populate a -default-settings meta-package. (bfiller - the defaults will be set from the netbook-config package).