13 Oct
2009
13 Oct
'09
4:34 a.m.
On Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:14:01 +0200
Fons Adriaensen <fons(a)kokkinizita.net> wrote:
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 07:30:27PM +0100, Chris Cannam
wrote:
Glad to hear that it's going well so far.
Sounds like Arch is worth a look.
First of all (a late) thanks to all who responded.
Today I installed ArchLinux on a spare box, and it
went very well. It took me around 1/3 of the time
(compared to a previous F11 install) to get the
machine how I wanted it. I just had to adapt to
having to install things I wanted rather than
having to remove or modify those I didn't want.
From power-on to the XDM login takes just 24s,
and the hard disk footprint is a fraction of what
I'm used to. There's only only problem I've not been able
to fix:
when using apps that frequently update pixmaps or
send Ximages, the mouse pointer gets corrupted with
that data. It happens with Ardour, jkmeter, japa,
and others. No idea where to start... Driver is
the 'ati' module, probably it needs some parameters.
Ciao,
I haven't heard of that problem, and I'm using the nvidia nv driver
myself.
I recommend asking on arch-general or some other general list.
They are usually nice and helpful (while IRC often is a bit
rude).
Regards,
Philipp