Re: 8.2 Beta 2 problems
> >I understand the need/want, but... > >1) I don't have airport, hence it's difficult the do the installer work >for it. >2) It's too late in the development cycle now to be adding new installer >features. > i totally agree with you concerning adding new features in a beta but installer issues/bugreports like this one seem to only come up in beta testing. i was wondering if there is a little "cooker to-do" list that has such problems so the problem won't be forgotten to be addresses before 8.3/9.0 betas roll around? mike >Stew Benedict > >-- >MandrakeSoft >PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/PPC/FAQ/ > > _ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx
Re: 8.2 Beta 2 problems
On Thu, 28 Mar 2002, Michael Marcucio wrote: > >From: Justin Christopher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 08:37:15 -0800 (PST) > > > >Since many, many Macs use Airport now (and all the > >same driver, as far as I know), why not just have an > >installer item that ASKS the user if they have an > >airport card? > > > >I know 8.2 PPC is basically x86 with some tweaks, but > >does that prevent doing custom things in the > >installer? Airport is generally a standard feature on > >Macs these days, and I feel like it should get picked > >up at install time. > > > that would of made my life a lot easier!! > mike > I understand the need/want, but... 1) I don't have airport, hence it's difficult the do the installer work for it. 2) It's too late in the development cycle now to be adding new installer features. Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/PPC/FAQ/
Re: 8.2 Beta 2 problems
>From: Justin Christopher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 08:37:15 -0800 (PST) > >Since many, many Macs use Airport now (and all the >same driver, as far as I know), why not just have an >installer item that ASKS the user if they have an >airport card? > >I know 8.2 PPC is basically x86 with some tweaks, but >does that prevent doing custom things in the >installer? Airport is generally a standard feature on >Macs these days, and I feel like it should get picked >up at install time. > that would of made my life a lot easier!! mike _ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx
Re: 8.2 Beta 2 problems
On Wed, 27 Mar 2002, Peter R. Wood wrote: > Just installed 8.2 beta 2 tonight from cd's. I ran into a few problems: > > 1) Near the end of installation, when the summary of input devices, language, >locale, printer, etc > is displayed, I click on Printer to try and add a CUPS printer. Whereas this worked >fine in previous > versions, I had some trouble in this version. After installing most of the packages, >it gave me an > error that the 'qtcups' package was not found. I assume this is a qt frontend for >CUPS. In any case, > I was not able to set up a printer because of this. > Added to rpmslist. I had used the x86 list which I thought would have resolved these missing package issues. > 2) When I boot up in graphical login mode, the KDM screen is still butt-ugly/messed >up as in > previous releases. I'm assuming this is a problem that is the responsibility of KDE >developers? > Unfortunately, in the 4 machines I've had access too, I haven't yet seen this behaviour, so it's a bit hard to fix. > 3) GNOME seems to have lots of problems. It starts up somewhat okay, but I get >errors related to > 'bonobo-moniker-archiver' when I do various things, such as opening up capplets in >the Control > Center. Specifically, it's telling me that 'bonobo-moniker-archiver' has segfaulted, >and that > /usr/bin/background-properties-control has segfaulted. Are there some new >bonobo/gnome packages > that I can urpmi? > No there aren't. Unfortunately no-one mentioned any additional issue with gnome, besides the original missing libs until a couple of days ago, and the ISO's were already burnt by then. I'll look into it. > 4) Network detection during install doesn't seem foolproof, and this is more of a >general Mandrake > issue than a PPC-specific one. But nonetheless, here it is: > I've got gmac ethernet built in on my Pismo, as well as an airport card. When the >network detecter > runs, it only detects my gmac. I then must tell it that I have another interface, >and select the > Apple Airport driver, which it will then load. Obviously, this is something I >understand, but the > novice user may not know what to do. I'm not sure how to make it easier for a novice >user, but we > would definitely want the airport module to be detected. Ideally, it should be >detected along with > the gmac interface, and presented to them in a list of interfaces which can be >chosen radio-button > style. I.E. pick either gmac or airport, and give an option for advanced users to >choose both if > they want to. Most novice users, however, would not understand the concept of having >two network > interfaces operating simultaneously. I dunno. Just rambling about this a bit, so if >it seems inane, > please ignore. :-) > Good ideas, I don't think it will be implemented this time around though. Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/PPC/FAQ/
Re: 8.2 Beta 2 problems
On Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 10:30:58PM -0500, Peter R. Wood wrote: > 4) Network detection during install doesn't seem foolproof, and this is more of a >general Mandrake > issue than a PPC-specific one. But nonetheless, here it is: > I've got gmac ethernet built in on my Pismo, as well as an airport card. When the >network detecter > runs, it only detects my gmac. I then must tell it that I have another interface, >and select the > Apple Airport driver, which it will then load. Obviously, this is something I >understand, but the > novice user may not know what to do. I'm not sure how to make it easier for a novice >user, but we > would definitely want the airport module to be detected. Ideally, it should be >detected along with > the gmac interface, and presented to them in a list of interfaces which can be >chosen radio-button > style. I.E. pick either gmac or airport, and give an option for advanced users to >choose both if > they want to. Most novice users, however, would not understand the concept of having >two network > interfaces operating simultaneously. I dunno. Just rambling about this a bit, so if >it seems inane, > please ignore. :-) The airport uses a proprietary interface (i.e. not PCI, ISA, or PCMCIA). I'm not sure we know of a way to detect it at this point. -- Ben Reser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://ben.reser.org What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy? - Ghandi
