[huskerlug] Beryl on PCLinuxOS_2007 (which is just out in beta)
- From: GreyGeek <jkreps@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: HuskerLug <huskerlug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2007 16:14:18 -0600
I downloaded the iso and burned the CD.
It booted nicely on my m675prr Gateway laptop with an ATI 9700 video chip.
I went to the configuration tool and activated Beryl. It ran
beautifully, for the most part. There are some circumstances where the
desktop pauses during updates. Grabbing the title bar to a Konqueror
window and moving it back and forth produced the famous jello effect.
However, dragging the bottom of the frame down resulted in a jumpy
behavior, as does grabbing and dragging the side of the frame. Using
Ctrl+Alt plus one of the arrow keys snaps the desktop between numbers.
Apps snap open, and close more slowing by shrinking.
All in all, Beryl in PCLinuxOS_2007 is very nice. But, it comes at a
cost for my laptop. PCLinuxOS p93a allowed me to easily configure my
broadcom 4306 wireless chip. Not so with the new release. It's
built-in driver bcm43xx doesn't fire my chip and it cannot be rmmoded
because ieee80211 needs it. You can't remove ieee80211 becuase bcm43xx
needs it. Catch-22, which blocks my ability to connect to the internet,
even using ndiswrapper.
While looking at the lsmod listing I noticed that PCLinux)S_2007 comes
preconfigured for about every video capability Linux offers, so even if
I was able to remove ieee80211 there were five or six other drivers
which required bcm43xx and visa-versa. TextStar has created a real
problem for himself.
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