Hi, After the first initial positive impression of 8.2 and KDE 3.0 I start being annoyed about things that worked in 8.1 but don't work in 8.2 (same hardware of course).
Let me give 2 exemples: 1. EURO sign In 8.1 I had to tweak /etc/sysconfig/i18n to get the EURO sign working in all apps including text based apps like mc. This doesn't work anymore in 8.2. With german locale and default charset set to 8859-15 I get the EURO sign in all HTML-based apps like Konqueror, Mozilla, and Galeon and also in OpenOffice (that's where I need it most) but not in Kwrite, Kate, or any text based apps. If I use the tweak propagated on MandrakeUser.org (de_DE@EURO) I cannot start OpenOffice because I get an error: 'OpenOffice does not support locale entry LANG=de_DE@EURO. Closed.' I could not get the EURO sign working in XEmacs in 8.2 and *that* has not changed in 8.2! Would have been surprised, though.... 2. Sound Now this IS annoying! I have a notebook with the infamous SiS 630 chipset but I got sound working (alsa) in 8.1. Now, with the same settings it just sits there and is quiet as a fish. It gives no errors in the logs and alsa gets started without error. I also checked the mixer settings (alsamixer) but no sound. It looked like it was with 8.1, 'play foo.wav' looked like it is playing the file but no sound. In 8.1 I changed the mixer settings through alsamixer and that was it. But not in 8.2. modules.conf: -------------- alias usb-interface usb-ohci alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-trident above snd-card-trident snd-pcm-oss alias eth0 sis900 aplay /usr/share/sounds/scream.wav ------------------------------------ Aplay: version 0.5.10 by Jaroslav Kysela <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Using soundcard 'SiS 7018 PCI Audio at 0xd400, irq 11' Playing WAVE '/usr/share/sounds/scream.wav' : Unsigned 8-bit, Rate 11025Hz, Mono and then: quiet. After the normal duration of the wav I get back my prompt. There are a few other things like ugly fonts but I think I'll manage that in due time. wobo -- Registered Linux User 228909 Powered By Mandrake Linux 8.1 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Microsoft, Windows, Bugs, Lacking Features, IRQ Conflicts, System Crashes, Non-Functional Multitasking and The Blue Screen of Death ("BSOD") are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp., Redmond, Washington, USA.
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