Release Candidates :: DSL-2.2RC1

blimthorpe, you may have to try the boot cheatcode "noapic". I have to use that parameter on my laptop for any DSL release, besides the one's with the 2.4.31 kernel, for it to recognize any usb connections.

Here is my view.
Since the decision was made to go back to 2.4.26 then shouldn't it be called what it is: dsl-1.6?
If the extensions are module specific then wouldn't that make it easy to determine which extensions are for which versions. If we have two versions of dsl-2.x then the module based extensions are going to be confusing? dsl2.0 and 2.1 are 2.4.31 but 2.2 is 2.4.26.

Also, to make dsl a little more newbie friendly, why not start dsl with vga=normal and avoid all the screen hassles, and even start the resolution picker instead of dillo? Wouldn't that help? Especially on older computers which is why we went back to 2.4.26.

Quote (MakodFilu @ Feb. 01 2006,06:27)

I did an USB-HDD and an USB-ZIP Pen Drive install from an USB-ZIP 2.2RC1 pendrive, so 2.2RC1 seems fine. In fact, I have not found any issue with it yet.

I just made another pen drive from the 2.1 CD, and it works great. But, in the 2.2, it doesn't recognize the Pen drive properly on the same computers. Maybe because the kernel is older, or something. I'll try the cheatcode that another user suggested.

Quote (plinej @ Feb. 01 2006,08:45)

I will try that. I suspect it is a problem with the older kernel, because I (today) burned a Pen Drive with the 2.1 CD (again) and it works fine, no problems.

Thanks for your input.

I cant get any support for the opl3sa2 soundchip under Alsa in this release - is this to be expected? The configuration for alsa runs differently - missing the option to probe this chip?

Thanks

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