[Mageia-discuss] mga2b3 installation from GNOME CD summary

Claire Robinson eeeemail at gmail.com
Tue Apr 24 10:44:43 CEST 2012


On 23/04/12 23:05, Len Lawrence wrote:
> Just a quick summary of recent experiences on test machine.
>
> Alienware X51 : i7-2600 : 8Gb : nVidia GTX 555 : SATA 1 TB
>
> grub boot in legacy mode OK
> ethernet = Realtek RTL8111/8168B Worked out of the box
> wireless = Atheros AR9285 Worked with some problems
> Too flaky to continue with. Drops
> out at inconvenient times
> like in the middle of an update.
> display = Geforce GTX 55 (OEM) XFdrake, nvidia 295.40 worked fine
> login = GNOME Classic OK, but skipped on reboots
> Feature or bug?
> optical drive is a Bluray combo CD/DVD works out of the box
> Other functions not tested
>
> Logins and reboots are very fast
> Session properties not accurately remembered over reboots
> GTK2 versus GTK3 perhaps?
> Mounted media do not show up on the desktop (as icons)
>
> ssh works fine
>
> Len
>

Autologin sounds like it is bug #5488


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