Hi all,
This my report after a fresh install in pcmcia+nfs mode of cooker
(package of 27/09) and update (package of 28/9) on an HP 4150 laptop.
First impressions
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GREAT, I'm very glad to see how the linux-mandrake distro has been
improved :
wheel mouse detect and configured, pcmcia network start correctly,
framebuffer are automatically installed, modem setting ... and so on.
The install :
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1/ During the install, at he network modem setting, i switch to console
with Alt-F[1-5], because i doesn't known where the kernel find my modem
(ttyS" or ttyS4), and when i go back to the installer by Alt-F7, the
install crash with a message:
install exited abnormally
reboot...
I need to boot again go to the rescue mode to finish install with some
difficulties :
i need to mount by hand my partition and some step are bypassed.
The bugs:
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2/ Sometimes XFree 4.01 have a fading problem : console are fader and
the kdm screen have loose some color. I need to swith between X and the
console to get the right color. This bug reproduce after logout kde or
gnome session because X restart. My chipset is a neomagic.
3/ Sawfish crash with the Xinerama error for me too
4/ LinuxConf doesn't start from DrakConf. Process are here, but no
window comes. It start normally from an xterm, but crash if i select
"networking" then on the new window if i select another setting. The
error is :
"Error message from remadmin : X Error of failed request: BadWindow
(invalid Window parameter)"
Then i need to type CTRL-C to stop linuxconf.
5/ Configure screensaver under Kcontrol crash with the signall 11 error.
KDE bug ?
6/ I have some pb to configure my soundcard. Harddrake detect it has an
magic media 256 av (this is true). Hardrake try to install the nm256
module, but it failed with the traditionnal ressource or device busy.
Sndconfig detect it too and say that it doesn't support it. Because this
card work fine in WSS or SB emulation, i'm unable to configure it with
hardrake or sndconfig in this mode. I need to grab an old sndconfig say
0.35 to configure it has an WSS card.
7/ My laptop have a removable drive bay to insert floppy or cd-rom. When
my laptop is docked, the floppy work fine on the parallele port but
failed when i put it into the bay. I can't access it and the command
mount never stop and i'm unabble to kill it. If the laptop is undocked,
the floppy work fine in the drive bay.
8/ I have sound working expected with kde. It seems that arts, the kde
audio server, grab /dev/dsp and doesn't work. Never kde native sound
work, sow or over complain that /dev/dsp is busy. I need to kill arts to
play with the sound. Esd work fine, gnome too.
9/ Kudzu is not compatible with Aurora. When i remove my cdrom, kudzu
detect it, but it can't open a screen and output characters to aurora
and failed after the timeout.
10/ file auto.master reference a file named /etc/auto.net that doesn't
exist.
11/ My laptop doesn't power down when i shutdown. Need '-p' option for
the halt command in the kdm sessions..
12/ Why KDE need lestiff ???
I hope this help you to improve this great beta release.
Olivier
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