On Sat, 6 Sep 2003, Benjamin Pflugmann wrote: > Hi! > > Yesterday "moderated" a test install of RC1 on a friend's computer (he > is a Windows advanced, but a Linux novice) to verify whether some > problems he had with 9.1 still exist (they never occured on my > computer). > > The good news is, the old problems network cards seem already fixed.
Which cards (out of interest)? What problems? > > > I wondered about the X11 test screen. It was simply grey with the > dialog asking whether it is okay. My friend complained that he could > not judge whether it was okay, because it had only a plain color. He > expected some test image or such (his flat panel has the misfeature of > sometimes shifting part of the screen out of the display). > > So... if it isn't already planned, can we have some test image? Even > if it consist only of some simple lines and colors, so that one can > judge whether the whole screen is shown and has correct properties? Yes, IMHO, the WindowsNT4 test screen wasn't bad, had a number of test patterns, and a few dimensions on it. > > > The other thing was autologin. Personally, I think the feature is > evil. ;-) Regardless, the install programm asked whether my friend > wanted autologin to be activated (I am not sure anymore, if the box > was activated by default or not) It is enabled by default (I have screenshots to prove it), that is the evil part ... > and although he is someone who has > passwords on everything, he chose autologin, because he got the > impression that this was what the installer suggested (and he always > did go with the defaults when he was uncertain, in order to avoid > mistakes). I think back before WindowsXP, when single-user windows machines typically didn't have passwords by default, maybe having this by default was ok, but now it's not a good idea. Especially with the problems it causes (almost every user who uses autologin asks why they sometimes get the KDE multi-option logout screen, and sometimes the 2-option one). > > So... if we must have such a feature, can it be reworded in a way that > it is less suggestive in the false way. I.e. someone without strong > preference should be motivated to disable it, not the other way > around. > It would be nice if autologin were part of drakdm, and if gdm or kdm/mdkkdm are used, they are configured for autologin, instead of using the autologin method provided by the autologin package. > > Another thing, he wanted his surround sound, and I found no way to get > even started with it. Don't hurt me - I did a lot of search, but only > found some commercial drivers (e.g. xmms, but he wanted it for xine). > So this is not a support request, but more of a feature request (or > alternatively, a request for smacking me for my ignorance). > > Hm. I think I was not very clear. Let's try again. If there is just > some HOWTO I need to read about surround sound, just tell me so, and I > am away in a sec searching again. But if not - and that was my > impression from the search I have done - my question is, what is the > current state and is it feasible for Mandrake to try to include > support for it (not for 9.2, of course). Austin, maybe you know more > about that? > > Bye, > > Benjamin. > > > PS: I know I was too unspecific about hardware info. I can only get it > when I visit my friend. So, if you need to know anything, let me > know, and I will look it up when I am next time at his house. At this time, it's almost impossible to give advice on configuring sound cards if we don't know what it is ... especially features such as surround sound which aren't implemented on many cards (even with their own Windows drivers). Regards, Buchan -- |----------------Registered Linux User #182071-----------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 ***************************************************************** Please click on http://www.cae.co.za/disclaimer.htm to read our e-mail disclaimer or send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a copy. *****************************************************************
