RE: Simple configuration question...

[bob cs csoft net]

On Wed, 24 Nov 1999, Gregory Leblanc wrote:

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> > From: bob@cs.csoft.net [mailto:bob@cs.csoft.net]
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 1999 3:25 PM
> > To: Gregory Leblanc
> > Cc: 'Marcelo J. Iturbe'; gnome-list@gnome.org
> > Subject: RE: Simple configuration question...
> > 
> > > This is not a GNOME issue, but an X Window System issue.  You
> > > should look at your /etc/X11/XF86Config file, and find the
> > > POINTER  
> > section. 
> > > It should list your pointer there, and I tend to find that
> > > "imps/2" works, but you could also try a more generic "PS/2". 
> > > I'm sorry you had to choose RedHat 6.1, they did not bother to do
> > > any quality 
> > 
> > 
> > WHAT?!? Please dont make such dumbass comments here. (I know 
> > I am having
> > to make one now, but it has to be said). I find that rh6.1 has
> > great quality.   
> 
> O.K., perhaps I was a little harsh.  However, I've discovered three
> distinct bugs in the text mode setup, and probably a dozen things

Give them a break. they just created the graphical setup trying to make 
it easier on everyone and first releases often have a fiew bugs. (just
check out gnome 1.0 :)

> that they've mucked with in RPMs and dependancies.  I.E.  You can't
> installed gnome-core without also installing enlightenment.  I found

Thats allways been the case. 6.0 had the same problem.

> redhat 6.0 to be generally less quirky than 6.1, and certainly easier
> to install.  They also removed some of the functionality from their

6.1 installed perfictly for me the first time.

> expert mode install, as well as from their text mode install.  

Hmm. I dont know. Maybe. It is posible that there was a problem with it
that they had to remove. Ask the redhat people to see why it was removed
and if they could add it back.

> 	Greg
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