Re: [Vectorlinux-devel] Vl-Dyn-5.9.8.9 bug report - UKB

[Jose J. R. <jo...@gm...>]

Got a few things to say about Dynamite by now, though I've not really
had a chance for extensive testing, but before I forget....

On 8/5/06, John B <joh...@gm...> wrote:
> UKB,
>
> LTNS! Thanks for your feedback. I'll intersperse my replies with your comments.
>
> John
>
> On 8/5/06, HQX Net <hq...@gm...> wrote:
> > Vl-Dyn-5.9.8.9 bug report
> >
> > I got the latest iso, very nice indeed, great packages selection (as usual)
> >

Agreed...

>
> > ---- FIRST BOOT - X CONFIGURATION ----
> >
> > ** I _think_ I was asked to select my keymap twice. Not the usual
> > installation/configuration stages but twice at the config stage.
> >

Once for the console and once for X. However, like I posted before
about 5.9.7.4, I still have problems getting the spanish keymaps to
take on 5.9.8.9.

> >
> > ** The installer didn't detect my monitor's Sync values, so X testing
> > failed during the install and could start without further
> > configuration. The process kept on fine beyond that.
> >

Inside qemu, the X autoconf would lock up the VM and I had to do a
system_reset on the qemu console after I got tired of waiting ;). On
reboot, I had to manually run vasm autoconf after unselecting X config
so the full configuration session was performed. A fully manual text
mode xorgconfig then did it for X.

On the physical hardware install, X autoconf ran through normally and
gave a working config for the ATI X600 (no 3D of course). Native LCD
resolution was correctly recognized using the last option ("let X
handle it").

> >
> > ** Bootsplash. At 800x600 the progress bar doesn't, well... progress.
> >

I didn't go for the bootsplash, so I could see if something obviously
wrong scrolled by in the messages, so I tried standard text mode in
qemu and framebuffer 1024x768@256 in the physical install. Both
worked, however, for cosmetic reasons, we should really look into
loosing the many "cat /proc/splash   file not found" messages when not
using the bootsplash.

> >
> > ** If the system boots stright to runlevel 4 the keymap is wrong,
> > AltGr doesn't work and I cant switch to tty2 by pressing Ctl+Alt+F2.
> > It does work if I Kill the Xserver > init 2 > startx  0_o
> >
>
> Could the inability to switch tty's be an /etc/inittab error?
>
> >

Hmm... forgot to test this in 5.9.8.9!

> >
> > ---- XFCE Menu ----
> > ** Found many apps are missing from the menu. As they aren't mentioned
> > anywhere else either, they are not noticed and, what's worse, the
> > distro seems to use too much space for few apps.
> > - Missing: d4x, dillo, grsync, putty, knocker, LinNeighborhood, medit,
> > epdfview, xpdf, xchm, lmms, xcdroast, Aterm,  mrxvt.
> > - Misplaced: xchat, gmplayer, xine.
> >
>
> For the missing apps, it's just a matter of a .desktop file being put
> into /usr/share/applications to add the app to the menu. For the other
> apps, it's a matter of correcting the .desktop file in
> /usr/share/applications so that they show up in the right places.
>
> >

Yes, but just a little point to keep in mind when we do the KDE stuff
for SOHO 5.8: Any KDE Desktop icons that don't work or don't make
sense in XFCE should have the "OnlyShowIn=KDE" or the "NotShowIn=XFCE"
switch in them.

> >
> > keep up the excelent work!
> > Kudos :)

Indeed!

Regards,
Joe1962