moving linux installs
Thomas Charron
twaffle at gmail.com
Thu Apr 24 14:27:37 EDT 2008
On 4/24/08, Ben Scott <dragonhawk at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 9:11 AM, Thomas Charron <twaffle at gmail.com> wrote:
> > For instance, dynamic reconfiguration of X.org ...
> X is kinda rough. I take it the idea of trying to use the
> run-without-a-full-config-file/always-probe-the-video-card strategy
> never worked?
'Kinda'. Resolutions would always be a bit screwy, and mouse
cursers would never quite work right.
> > ... NetworkManager ...
> NetworkManager is a crock. It happens to work sometimes, maybe even
> a lot of the time, but it's still a crock. NM either works
> automagically, or it mysteriously fails. When it works, great. When
> it fails, there's nothing you can do about it. Reminds of of MS
> Windows, actually.
It's been getting better over time. I've only really had it royally
screw up once, but an upgrade 2 days later fixed it. Perhaps the
'learn and remember' concept itself is complex enough that it's prone
to failure. *shrug*.
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-- Thomas
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