David Eastcott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Been trying out the 8.1b2 and I come across a few things:
>
> When I generate the auto install disk from the Mandrake Control Center, there
> is no selection for replay/manual disk partitioning and it always forces a
> manual disk partition when the auto_install is run. Was this intentional?
Yes. You didn't read the explanation in the first screen. It explains just
that :-).
Basically, this is too dangerous to provide an easy and graphical way to
shoot your harddrive.
With the non-graphical auto install, many people yelled at us when they
saw that it cleared the partitions in some cases when they didn't notice.
Even if there was a message at beginning. So now the message is in red
blinking color ;p.
> The printer definition in the auto_inst.cfg file seems a bit big (900+
> lines). Is this just for diagnostics? I installed a HP-990C printer that
> was located on a Win98 box and it worked after the GUI install (using XPP).
> However, the printer was not installed after the auto install completed. Is
> this known/been reported? I haven't had time to track it down yet.
No, this was not known :-((. I'll try to see.
> Looking in the auto_inst.cfg file that is generated at the end of the GUI
> install, there seems to be a whole bunch of statements after the
> initial $o = {...}; similar to:
> $o->{'printer'}{'configured'}{'lp'}{'args'}[0]{'vals'}[0] =
> $o->{'printer'}{'configured'}{'lp'}{'args'}[0]{'vals_byname'}{'3x5'};
>
> An oops?? The auto_install.cfg.pl in /root contains these extra lines, but
> the auto_inst.cfg file created by the Mandrake Control Center does not.
What do you mean? The auto_inst.cfg created on the floppy by the Auto
Install floppy generator of Mandrake Control Center?
This is surprising since they should be the same.
> Tried out the display=linux1:0 to have the graphics show up on my main
> computer, Nice. New for 8.1? Noticed that when the wheel mouse test screen
AFAIK, here for aaaaaages ;p.
> comes up, I have to depress the wheel and hold it depressed while rotating
> the wheel to get the wheel display to move. Is this a problem with my main
Uh ?? Damien ?
> computer's setup? One other thing, if I maximize the information panel at
> the bottom of the screen while packages are being installed, the package
> installation stalls until I bring the packing details panel back into focus
> and press enter.
Known and ignored, according to Pixel ;p.
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Guillaume Cottenceau - http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/
