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Posted: Aug. 27 2004,18:17 QUOTE

First of all, let me praise this wonderful distrobution. I enjoy every minute with it.

Now, some issues.

First is with wmnet. It doesn't show net activity at all. :(

Secondly, I burned my ISO with some themes in the root directory and some of my MyDSL apps in the optional directory, however, none of them seem to show up in a "MyDSL" menu option with the right-click or Desktop->Styles, as in 0.7.3.  Now, I hope I am just missing the location of it.

Also, it would be nice if there was a status indicator in the MyDSL GUI.





P.S. - Why don't we have Firefox 0.9.1/3 yet?
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Posted: Aug. 27 2004,19:25 QUOTE

first, I'll answer a few of your questions, them I'll add my issues.

first, are using a modem to connect to the net? if so, wmnet won't show anything, it monitors eth0.

and, the reason DSL doesn't use Firefox 9.x is because it uses gtk2, and gtk2 is rather large compared to gtk1.2.

now for my issues. don't we all just LOVE drastic overhauls?

before i get into this, the iso was md5sum'd and checked out before burned.

problem number 1. - I think this has something to do with ISOLinux, but 0.8 will boot on some computers, but not on others especially on my main desktop, which has a Plextor Premium 52-48-52. it won't even get past the "ISOLinux 2.04..." before the boot command line...

problem #2 - network card no worky. when DSL loads up it says that it sees eth0 and backgrounds for the IP address, but then, when i run netcardconfig to set up the static IP manually, it says that there are no supported cards found. the card is an integrated Broadcom 440x.

hopefully, I won't find any more bugs, but if I do, I'll put 'em here.

Now, back to testing!

-J.P.
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Posted: Aug. 27 2004,19:40 QUOTE

Thanks for the response.

I am on the net via cable modem.  My MoBo has 2 integrated network cards and I think I am connect through the eth1, I am not sure, but I will check.  As for Firefox 0.9.x and GTK2, how much bigger is GTK2 and why couldn't it be include with the *.uci or *.dsl ?  

Sorry about your other  problems J.P., maybe your problem with your network card is related to the new kernel.  

Also, has anybody else tried putting *.dsls in the ISO image before burning with 0.8 ?
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Posted: Aug. 27 2004,20:11 QUOTE

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Also, has anybody else tried putting *.dsls in the ISO image before burning with 0.8 ?


Yes I tried this on several CDs, correct MD5 etc. It fails on finding the Knoppix file system after device detection. Vanilla ISO worked great first time.

Despite that - Great release guys thanks  :cool:

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Posted: Aug. 27 2004,20:21 QUOTE

Ok, now something bad is happening.   :angry:   I changed my network cable to the eth0 port, and now when I try to boot up I get problems using the VESA server.  I saw some messages relating to modules not being found or something.  This happens in 0.8.0 (no MyDSL) and  0.8.0 (w/ MyDSL).   But 0.7.3 works fine.
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