F10 Beta Problems

[Aioanei Rares]

On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 3:22 PM, Leslie Satenstein <lsatenstein at yahoo.com>wrote:

>   I have the following issues:
>

Most of your problems are PEBKAC-related, no offense intended.

>
> Annaconda
> My monitor can go to 1600 by 200, Annaconda selects it. My eyes cannot go,
> even with glasses, to 1600x200,  Why not select 1024x768, so that one can
> watch the progress with crt monitor or with wide aspect ration flat Panel?
> Before giving the go-ahead to start the installation, it would be nice to
> tell the user how many files will be installed and to allow a review. (The
> right click on details to choose all is dangerous (and not documented as a
> great feature) -- After right clicking my areas of interest, I ended up with
> 2700+ files, and many hours of downloads. All went well.)
>
> Anaconda detects your hardware, including monitor capabilities, and acts
accordingly.

>
> Default Display Screen Size.
> After DVD removal and reboot to create users, again resolution is painfully
> small.
>
> System Time Update
> I chose to use automatic time update, but Selinux blocks it. Actually, user
> network is not up until later in his logon. I am not certain what that
> means.
>

You can instruct SELinux to allow that, but I admit it's generally a major
PITA.

>
> No Init_1
> During boot, all displays take place on the initial display (I call it
> ctl-alt-F1).  I have not found the way to watch the log roll by, or to do a
> step by step startup. (I may require bypassing a module, and StepByStep is
> important)
>
> Setting Screen Resolution (user Preferences)
> I have a 21 inch monitor, but I want to use the first 4/3 aspect ratio
> above the 1024/768. Fedora switches to it ok, but I need a full set of
> refresh rates, so I can properly align the display in the window (The
> setting I chose works with UBUNTU on the same system).
>
> Shutdown system, and ctl-alt-Fx  virtual consoles
> Resolution is 400x200 on black screen instead of a suitable terminal
> resolution. No information about how to set the console display resolution
> to at least 120 characters lines per line.
> This is the default chosen for the asus video card (ATI). My installation
> currently is "Out of the box--No Rawhide" and will be waiting for the
> released version later this week. (It is already pushed to the mirrors for
> tomorrows opening of floodgates)
>
>
> Using Gnome, I am blocked from logging directly to root.
> Most of the time, I find it faster to do things via gui interface then via
> commandline. Since I cannot log to the system with Root privledges,
> functionalty is lost.
>
> You can set up Gnome to accept root logins (although not recommended).

>
> Audio feedback when system is booted.
> From poweron to logon screen ready, Fedora used to provide a System ready
> sound configuration. Now, deadly silence. One has to watch the screen,
> instead of waiting to hear the ready signal. (Works correctly with UBUNTU).
>
> Hope that these are teething problems only. Otherwise I don't know what I
> would do.
>
>
> Leslie
>
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