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

[Vanger <fa...@gm...>]

Well, my feelings about new version are mixed. While 5.9.7.4 could be used  
to live and work with, this release is more buggy. But it is a step  
forward.

Installation was really speedy and bugless. Can't say this about  
configuration - net configuration scripts are not working. I'll tell more  
later.

I very like that booting speed has increased - 5.9.7.4 booted in three  
times more slowly then XP. This is about 1.3 times ;) .

The bulk idea was finally realised - it is very handy too.

Great packages selection - I would never believe, that iso is less then  
400M ;) .

But the bugs are now in usability..


I was really disappointed, that there is no fluxbox. Xfce didn't impress  
me by anything, exept of absence of xmms in the Menu - Multimedia. There  
are several cool features, but whole DE is not comfortable for me. Yes,  
that is IMHO.
It is the main thing, that spoiled me all the joy from new version -  
orientation only on xfce. I started using VL, that time a Dynamite4, just  
because it was speedy, had fluxbox and some great themes for them.

I'm really disappointed with that DNS checking on the start of WM and "If  
you don't have internet connection, you may have troubles". That is why I  
installpkged the flubox, it does not such a stupidity, sorry.

On Tue, 08 Aug 2006 06:24:52 +0400, HQX Net <hq...@gm...> wrote:
> Another thing on X Server
I found, that there is no FontPath in xorg.conf for  
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic . It is bad.
But there are decent Cyrillic fonts, working by default. It is good ;) .

More about xorg.conf - there already exist "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7" and  
VL's configuration adds one more "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

> In /etc/fonts/fonts.conf , around line 27 there are entries missing
> for the fonts, such as
> <dir>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi</dir>
> <dir>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi</dir>
> <dir>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc</dir>
By the way, is it possible by configuring fonts.conf make programs,  
instead of "Tymes New Roman Cyr" or "Aryal Cyr", to use "DejaVu Serif"?  
I'm tired to ctrl+a and then change fonts for all Russian texts I want to  
read..

About that net configuration scripts bug - they just simply fail to work.  
They say
/sbin/vinetset: line 329: /etc/rc.d/rc.inet: No such file or directory
/sbin/vinetstart: line 85: /etc/rc.d/rc.inet: No such file or directory
I've tried doing symlink and hard link from /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 to  
/etc/rc.d/rc.inet , but this didn't solve the problem. The scripts now  
work without any errors, but rc.inet simply does not change, I have to set  
up my caonnection manually.
And even after correction rc.inet1 fails to set up right routes.
I just deleted it all and started using ifconfig eth0 192.168.111.2 &&  
route add default gw 192.168.111.1 . That is both simple and working.

These all are just minor issues, but they spoil all fun. I need a set of  
my packages, just to make system usable for me. fluxbox, unrar, leafpad..  
That's just sad.

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