On Monday 04 May 2009 18:34:56 [email protected] wrote: > > Just upgraded. Seems OK, however > > > > 1. Wants to remove inputs, i.e. keyboard and mouse, x drivers. Managed to > > keep them. However, listchanges says they are now ignored. What's the > > story here? > > > If everything works you don't need to worry, but if you're curious read > this > > http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/InputHotplugGuide > > > 2. Along the bootup init, the screen font gets changed to a sans-serif > > 16pt font. The upgrade config said this was the default. Looks nice, OK, > > but far too big. Want to get the smaller font I had. Where in /etc... is > > this specified or must I run dpkg-reconfigure (on what package?)? > > If you mean the text on the console that it's > > dpkg-reconfigure console-setup > > and the font you see is called Terminus. Apparently it was created for > easy reading. Nice font (actually I had the fixed marked) but too big. Got my 8pt VGA back. > > > 3. This upgrade did restore dri for my matrox g200 clunker. However, > > since the firmware was moved off the kernel to its own package, using dri > > immediately hangs the machine. Any workaround until someone fixes > > this:-)? > > I don't understand, you installed the firmware and it still hangs or you > can't find the firmware? If the later its firmware-linux (according to > the description), available in non-free. Firmware-linux is installed, the appropriate firmware is "requested" and loaded successfully, enabling the DRI. Any attempt to use that, i.e. a game or googleearth, hangs the system.
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