Re: [debian-knoppix] Beta 2 report
On Sat, Jun 21, 2003 at 12:34:20AM -0700, Sean Goller wrote:
> Ok, after a brief discussion with Klaus regarding Beta 1, I'm posting about
> Beta 2 here. (Hi everyone. )
>
> The DVD boots up fine now on my Fujitsu lifebook. My previous problems with
> beta 1 where the IDE chipset causes kernels up to 2.4.20 or so to lock up
> when probing. This has been fixed in beta 2 with 2.4.21. The autoconfig
> failure seems to be fixed as well, and everything boots up fine. I was able
> to store a configuration and make a home directory cloop file on a USB key.
> One odd thing that's happening is that if I have a USB mouse connected to
> the laptop, its use doesn't seem to reset the ACPI timer, so every few
> minutes if I'm just web browsing the screen suddenly shuts off. I'm going
> to use the built in mouse for a while to see if that still happens.
The Knoppix Kernel does not use ACPI, because it's unstable on most
older machines. You could try if "knoppix noapm" helps, though. This
also changes a powermanagement setting in the X-Server.
> As a side note for either edition, boot commandline support for 16x9ish
> screens (1024x600, 1280x768 - what I have specifically) would be cool. For
> whatever reason, the ati rage driver seems to strech horizontally, messing
> up the right side if booted into 1024x768. A custom X config file readily
> fixes the problem, so it's really just an annoyance.
The screen=1024x600 options SHOULD work. If XFree4.3 has no appropriate
modeline available, it should autogenerate one. Have you tried this?
> Mozilla seems to work well, pretty speedy considering. I'll be running
> through more apps over the next few hours.
>
> Overall, this DVD edition is really awesome!
Thanks. The Beta2 is also read-optimized.
Two weak points yet:
- The first ksplash screen is delayed. I suspect this is because the
X-Server is scanning all available fonts (which are a lot on the DVD
edition). No solution yet. It's just slow. :-(
- gnomemeeting does not seem to find the soundcard. I posted this
before. Maybe someone has an idea why?
Regards
-Klaus Knopper
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