[huskerlug] Re: Beryl on PCLinuxOS_2007 (which is just out in beta)
- From: Jim Worrest <jworrest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: huskerlug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2007 06:44:55 -0600
I hope you passed along info about this problem? This what beta releases
are for. ---Jim
GreyGeek wrote:
> 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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