From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ray Olszewski Subject: Re: Mandrake 8.1?? Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2003 20:30:05 -0800 Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.1.20030308202102.01f6ed30@celine> References: <200303090415.h294F6PX003541@pyxis.wanadoo.be> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: In-Reply-To: <200303090415.h294F6PX003541@pyxis.wanadoo.be> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org At , Heimo Claasen wrote: [...] >(It's a drag with Debian, where you get the [typically wrong] result >only after the whole installation procedure and after starting X; or >rather, after failing to get somewhere then. And in addition, there are >real nuisances built-in there: the value to enter for video RAM _must_ >be given wrong in order to get a right result; or, the [screen] >"modules" default would most certainly result in failure, while there's >not the least meaningful indication which choices would be appropriate. >Sheer horror this, can make you waste days on end without getting the >specific combo of card/monitor to work ever in its best way. The Mdk >procedure is way ahead.) Hoiw recently have you done a Debian install of X, and what version of Debian were you using? (And what installation method were you using? dselect? apt?) My experience with X on Debian has been nothing like what you describe, not ever, and I've been installing Debian systems (Slink, Potato, Woody, and Sid) for several years now. The only problem I have ... unless I'm doing something eccentric that requires VERY non-standard X configuration (like accessing TV-out on a video card that supplies it) ... is that Debian installs always assume you want to use xdm, not run x from a console using startx, so I usually have to disable that "feature" by hand. The latest setup dialog is, to my eye, very slick and reliable. Not being a Mandrake user, I cannot speak to the *relative* merits of the two installers, of course. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs