Revision as of 03:10, 26 April 2008

Some BUGS Found in 5.3.1 liveDVD

Terminal Server -- Est: Sat Apr 12, 2008 Solved: Mon Apr 14, 2008

• I was wrong: the Knoppix 5.3.1 Terminal Server does work: cf: http://s94002264.onlinehome.us/grub/pxe531.jpg

Touchpad slow -- Date: 2008.04.24 Solved: 2008.04.24

• 2008.04.24 - Touchpad very slow!!! 1st off thanks to everyone who contributed to knoppix. On to the matter at hand. Same laptops running > =5.1 were used as reference. Temporary solution: edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

# to find touchpad 
$python /usr/bin/hal-device-manager
# found alps glidepoint on /dev/input/event3
# edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf 
$sudo vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf
# insert the following 
        InputDevice "AlpsGlide" "SendCoreEvents"
Section "InputDevice"
        Driver          "synaptics"
        Identifier      "AlpsGlide"
        Option          "Device"                "/dev/input/event3"
        Option          "Protocol"              "auto-dev"
        Option          "LeftEdge"              "130"
        Option          "RightEdge"             "840"Mon Apr 14, 2008
        Option          "TopEdge"               "130"
        Option          "BottomEdge"            "640"
        Option          "FingerLow"             "7"
        Option          "FingerHigh"            "8"
        Option          "MaxTapTime"            "180"
        Option          "MaxTapMove"            "110"
        Option          "EmulateMidButtonTime"  "75"
        Option          "VertScrollDelta"       "20"
        Option          "HorizScrollDelta"      "20"
        Option          "MinSpeed"              "0.60"
        Option          "MaxSpeed"              "1.10"
        Option          "AccelFactor"           "0.030"
        Option          "EdgeMotionMinSpeed"    "200"
        Option          "EdgeMotionMaxSpeed"    "200"
        Option          "UpDownScrolling"       "1"
        Option          "CircularScrolling"     "1"
        Option          "CircScrollDelta"       "0.1"
        Option          "CircScrollTrigger"     "2"
        Option          "SHMConfig"             "on"
        Option          "Emulate3Buttons"       "on"
EndSection
# save and exit gui...(i'm not sure if this is the most straightforward way)
$ sudo init 2
# press <Enter> and start gui
# init 5

Update with KNOPPIX (kpackage) never ends -- Date: 2008-04-25 Solved: n/a

• When I try to update or install software useing the liveDVD of 5.3.1 KNOPPIX 2008-03-26 with

persistent /home and system area I cannot get it to work.

If I go to the 'Knoppix penguin' > "Utilities' > 'Manage Software in KNOPPIX (kpackage)' I get Synaptic instead.

After I update, mark, and tell it to update/install it never quits. The little bar just goes back and forth and no error message. I let it go all night once.

So I tried aptitude and got PYSOL installed. Using the ROOT shell:

aptitude keep-all
aptitude update
aptitude search pysol
aptitude install pysol
aptitude install pysol-cardsets
aptitude install pysol-sound-server
aptitude install pysol-sounds
aptitude keep-all
exit

The search is so you know the spelling, and the keep-all is for safety.

Note: aptitude help does NOT show keep-all but info aptitude and man aptitude both do.

So I use the liveDVD of 5.3.1 KNOPPIX 2008-03-26 with persistent /home and system area and boot from the DVD drive and I can update my software. WOW.

GUI Hopper 04:10, 26 April 2008 (BST)

Other Comments

1. When I looked at the changelog today (2008.04.25) nothing was there about DVD 5.3.1

GUI Hopper 04:10, 26 April 2008 (BST)