Re: Eee special request [Re: [Cooker] 2008 Spring release documentation: tell the world!]

[Berthy]

Le samedi 01 mars 2008, Jean-Baptiste BUTET a écrit :
> what syles do you want ?
>
> free or one ?
>
> I prefer one...
>
> works like a charm.
>
> JB
>
> 2008/3/1, Adam Williamson <awilliamson@mandriva.com>:
> > On Fri, 2008-02-29 at 15:28 -0800, Adam Williamson wrote:
> > > So, it's that time again!
> > >
> > > As the bug mails pile up in the background, I'm taking a few days to
> > > work on the 2008 Spring release docs, since we're about to hit RC 1
> > > stage.
> >
> > Forgot to mention, a special request for anyone lucky enough to have an
> > Eee: if someone could do an install of RC1 (to get all the nice new
> > graphics) on the Eee and take some nice pics of it running - with a
> > clean configuration, showing all the hardware working - that'd be great
> > for the Tour. Thanks.
> >
> > --
> > adamw

Hi,

"works like a charm" ... well most of it actually ;-)

I haven' t tried rc1 yet on my eeepc but I'm running an up-to-date cooker on 
it so I guess my little troubles/missings are still relevant:
- battery level still not accurate and shows things like "remaining 110h47" 
which is fabulous if you really believe it...
- Fn-keys don't all work out of the box and deserve a little 
hands-in-the-grease process
- no bootsplash for that resolution or at 640x480 (ok not a big deal but makes 
it much more attractive than the booting stuff)
-  KDE Smooth scrolling is a real PITA on konqueror on eeepc and seems to be 
on by default (for the record "kwriteconfig --key SmoothScrolling --type bool 
false" was my friend)
- switching to an external screen (ie TV) deserves improvements to work like 
on the initial Xandros install
- ifplugd wifi link beat going on and off and on and off every 4/5 minutes 
even at 2 meters from the source
- sound cracking when soliciting CPU (ie moving windows under compiz when 
listening a mp3)
- ...

However, don't get me wrong, what works out of the box is the major part and I 
really enjoy it, and I don't say that what doesn't work is due to Mandriva ! 
And by the way , it's still cooker...

My point was just to stress that Mandreeeva still deserves attention like it's 
done on other distribs-that-should-not-be-named :-)

http://cpjc.free.fr/index.php/eeepc

Cheers
Berthy