[64studio-devel] [a-users] some 64studio questions

[Daniel James]

Hi Dave

> 1) I've installed Fluxbox and it shows up as a login choice. However, 
> when I try using it the screen is completely white (no background) and 
> the pop-up menu is completely empty.

I'll admit we haven't tested fluxbox since we switched to Gnome. Try 
copying over an old ~/.fluxbox/ directory from your other machine to get 
you started. Then you should be able to run fluxconf or fluxmenu.

> 2) The current video module is vesa, and I'd like to switch to an nVidia 
> driver (either nv or nvidia). I tried the nvidia driver and wound up 
> with a screen divided into a white half and a black half, but I used 
> Debian's installer. I'm willing to try nVidia's own routine. Again, 
> anyone here running 64Studio with an nVidia chipset ?

Some people do run the binary-only drivers, but of course it's very 
difficult for us to support that. Not to mention the trust implications. 
If the vesa driver is giving you problems, I'd suggest you try nv before 
the binary drivers, as long as nv supports your chipset.

> 3) If I remove ardour-gtk I also have to remove 64studio-themes, which 
> then leaves the start-up and the GNOME desktop rather bare. Is it 
> necessary to ties those two packages together ?

I can't remember if that was on purpose or not - it just might be the 
bug of the day :-)

> I'm enjoying the system and will put it through some real tests over the 
> next week or so. Meanwhile I'll be adding a brief account of experience 
> to my blog at LJ.

Reviews are most welcome, but we'd appreciate if you point out to the 
readers that 0.9.4 is still a pre-release version. 1.0 should follow 
swiftly after we get the 2.6.18-rt kernel to behave properly at boot time.

Cheers!

Daniel