Alan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[...] > > > 1) When you select "development" as an option, all devel packages get > > > installed by default. It is a royal pain in the ass to have to go back > > > and find devel packages later on when you are trying to get a piece of > > > code to build. > > > > No, development gives a few base development packages such as autoconf, > > automake, gcc, binutils, plus additional development packages for each > > group you selected. > > I said "should". There needs to be some sort of option that will > automatically install development packages as part of the install. Finding > out that you missed one is a real pain when you are in the middle of a > compile. (Or dealing with users who have a low frustration level.) Sorry for not understanding. "All" devel packages is a vague notion and we can't decently install "everything" that is more or less related to devel. Additionally, I've never seen any problem with installing one devel package for one given library *after* the installation. It's not a "royal" pain since I can do "urpmf gtk--.h" and then "urpmi libgtkmm1.2-devel" and basta, when a file is missing the header. > > > 2) Something to configure multiple monitors/cards in X. (Also a way > > > to go back and reconfigure a monitor when you buy a new one because > > > the old one let out the magic smoke.) > > > > Via Xinerama or not you may configure two monitors when you have two cards > > or you have one card with dual head. This was introduced in 8.0 or 8.1, > > not sure. > > I am speaking of a graphical Xinerama config option at install. I can do this > by hand, but I have been dealing with users who have never mucked with an > XF86Config-4 file in their life. I'm not a specialist for this, but I think during install it's handled. > I have a Matrox G400 Max card with dual heads. I have set them up before. > Users who have similar set ups with Windows are probably wondering why Linux > does not set things up to see the second monitor. It should. If not, there is a bug. > > > 3) If SMP is detected, don't assume that it is a 686. (The > > > firewall-on-a-disc does this. My dual Pentium Pro 200 was not amused.) > > > > Uh? SMP means using kernel-smp, which is a i586 kernel AFAIK. > > Well then it locked up for some other reason. I will have to investigate > further when I have time. Sometimes related to misdetection of amount of RAM. -- Guillaume Cottenceau - http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/
