On 26 Dec 1999, Pixel wrote:
> Axalon Bloodstone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > On Sun, 26 Dec 1999, David Hart wrote:
> >
> > > Ok, installed tonight's mirror of oxygen over a completely stock LM6.0.
> > > The only changes I had made on the 6.0 were to start-up services.
> > > 1. No option for "Emulate 3-buttons" in the mouse setup? I realize it
> > > went ahead with the emulation, just seems odd for the option not to be there
> > > (maybe somebody actually disables it?).
> >
> > It should have gone with what ever you setup in the prior install, and
> > should be toggleable in expert
>
> I removed it since everybody uses it with a 2-button mouse.
> And nobody understand the question for a 3-button mouse.
Ahhh, well uh maybe they shouldn't be in expert if they didn't understand
"emulate 3 buttons". Who whined we're breaking their kneecaps ;)
> > > 2. Network card setup is a tad confusing when you've got 2 NIC's. My
> > > PCI card was detected fine, and adding my ISA worked fine. But when I got to
> > > configuring the network, it would have been nice if I didn't have to guess
> > > which card I was setting up. I just got the same dialog twice in a row, filled
> > > out the first like I wanted eth0, the second like I wanted eth1. Worked fine,
> > > just would have been nice if it said "Adapter 1", etc. for each card (maybe for
> > > 7.1). Strangely, looking at the setup in linuxconf, the cards were setup on
> > > Adapter 2 and 3, instead of 1 and 2.
> >
> > :) I know the feeling
> >
>
> Yeah that's quite bad, but it's real hard on a linux kernel to know which card
> corresponds to each device (parsing dmesg only. Insmoding a module can provide
> more than one device.
> I'll try to do better.
Instead of identifing them as "adapter#" or "eth#", just like hey i think
i found a "blah" network card
> > > 3. Setup my parallel port zip drive during install, choosing ppa.
> > > Seemed to work fine, but on the first reboot I got errors something like this:
> > >
> > > /lib/modules/2.2.14-11mdk/scsi/ppa.o: unresolved symbol
>parport_enumerate_Rbc6d420a
> > > /lib/modules/2.2.14-11mdk/scsi/ppa.o: unresolved symbol
>parport_unregister_device_Rfa973b06
> > > /lib/modules/2.2.14-11mdk/scsi/ppa.o: unresolved symbol parport_claim_R7d06c772
> > > /lib/modules/2.2.14-11mdk/scsi/ppa.o: unresolved symbol
>parport_register_device_R6b29a231
> > > /lib/modules/2.2.14-11mdk/scsi/ppa.o: unresolved symbol parport_release_R9ea0a43b
> > >
>
> The problem comes from DrakX adding an alias scsi_hostadapater for ppa. The
> result is mkinitrd putting it in the initrd (and creating one even if not
> needed). The main problem is mkinitrd not handling dependencies (so no parport
> in initrd)
>
> >
> > > 4. Getting into KDE, had an ugly desktop :) There was no icon for the
> > > new DOS_hda1 kdelink. Also, XKill and KPPP kdelnk's only had the kde "?" icon.
> > > The other ugly bit was all the *.kdelnk.rpmorig files. I realize this is just
> > > rpm trying not to overwrite anything important, but it in this case it'd be
> > > nice to get rid of them.
> >
> > I thought there was a script to clean these up. Pixel? KDE type
> > persons? :)
>
> Taht's francois who took care of this (the upgrade stuff).
> Alas he is on holidays (offline?).
> I'll try something maybe...
Then we should assume its there, just gotta find it ;)
