Re: [MandrakeMove] some first experiences with MM

Le lun 12/01/2004 à 16:48, Guillaume Cottenceau a écrit :
> Simon Oosthoek <[email protected]> writes:

> > Then I downloaded the -key version for silver members, this version uses the
> > proprietary drivers from nvidia, so it was able to work with my setup
> > better, but still it ran at 800x600 by default (probably safe, but not very
> > pretty).
> 
> This is based on detection of videoram and size of screen, but it
> doesn't always work, unfortunately.

I've got the same problem at home ( GF + IIYAMA A901HT )and i notice
that my monitor was not correctly detected and thus I need to select my
monitor in the list in order to have higher resolution.


> > I had a lot of problems getting the pendisk in the right format (it wasn't
> > empty, but that shouldn't matter, should it?). Finally I made a backup of
> 
> No, it should not. Only requirement is to be VFAT formatted (most
> keys come preformatted with VFAT, and the rest will be VFAT
> formatted for good performance on any Windows OS).
> 
> > it and formatted it (didn't know which format to use). ext2/3 didn't work,
> > then I tried vfat. the usbdisk still wasn't detected, so I manually mounted
> > it using the options I saw on tty-3. Then it suddenly was detected???? and I
> > went on.
> 
> We have many problems with some kinds of USB keys. Regis, what
> are the progresses with the page dedicated on that matter?


There should be a list of USB keys tested and their status.
In fact we need a page only for mdkmove giving tips, doc, errata and
hardware feedback ( in fact just generated a table from the hardware db
)

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