Modem on the iBook2/500 does not work. This is fixable by tweaking the PPP modem timeout values. These values are known, but this fix has not been applied to the installer. Thus, even though the fix is known, the installer still puts in PPP values that will not work.
Sleeping an iBook2 by closing the lid or using the 'snooze' command does not work. When you awaken the computer, it does not accept keyboard or mouse input. Colin Ward has the same problem so it's not just me. By default the CDROM drive cannot be opened by right clicking (no permissions), nor by clicking the keyboard eject key. I bet 90% of people who complete the install process can't figure out how to put another cd in to install more packages without a trip to google. Frankly, in a modern GUI I don't feel I should have to open a terminal and type "cd mnt/cdrom, eject" to open a cd rom drive! There is a known problem with selecting "do you want to start the connection at boot" in the installer. This is a huge bug, and you blew me off by saying "I'm not familiar with this" despite the fact that I provided you with an outline of steps to reproduce the problem. If the user says "yes" to "Do you want to start this connection at boot?" a line shows up in the boot process called "checking for internet connections to start at boot". This line appears after "getting IP info for eth0" and "getting IP info for eth1". If getting IPs fails, the boot process will hang on the "checking for internet connections to start at boot" line forever. To my knowledge that problem has not been addressed, despite the fact that it can easily cause a newbie to end up with an unbootable system. Gnome is so unstable I would not call it usable. I do not experience this problem on x86, so something else is wrong. It's my opinion that a PPC-specific distribution should offer to configure an Apple Airport card during the install. They are all the same, there is only one driver - there should be a prompt for network name, encryption key, password, and whatever else is needed to connect. In the installer, why should the user have to choose between OHCI and UHCI USB interfaces? I only know I have USB, I don't even know what those are? At this point in the installer, you have already autodetected my USB mouse, so shouldn't the installer know what to load? Finally, I still feel strongly that DHCP should be able to retrieve IPs from an Apple Airport base station after the default install (especially on a Mac-specific distribution) although I understand your position about not worrying too much about a specific piece of hardware. Please understand that none of this is a commentary specifically on you, Stew. I don't understand how you manage to get so much done by yourself. (The fact that you're reading the list on a Sunday speaks for itself). But it's also clear to me that Mandrake has pretty much shown their opinion of PPC by not giving you help in the form of employees or the hardware you need. When I installed RedHat 7.2 on a Dell Inspiron, everything worked flawlessly with no post-install tweaking. I would like to see PPC reach that level (especially since there are only a couple hardware types to support, it would seem to be possible). But it is not there yet. > I guess I'm not aware of the many problems. I > believe I've addressed most > everything reported here on the list. > > Stew Benedict > > -- > MandrakeSoft > PPC FAQ: > http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/PPC/FAQ/ > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/
