Mandriva Cooker : The Inside Man V

Original version can be found at 
http://www.linux-wizard.net/index.php?id_blog=113


Here is "Cooker the inside man V". 


o Nvidia/ATI vs Xorg 7.2  : Since Xorg 7.2 ( x11-server-1.2 ), Nvidia users 
were having issues when trying to use 3D desktop. The issue was track down by 
Kjel Oslund in the libGL module loading by xorg[1]. Indeed it seems that full 
path for module loading are now ( silently ) ignored by xorg. So, to load 
nvidia glx module, you need to add the path where the nvidia glx modules are 
located in the xorg.conf in the "Files" section[2].
 For example, in 32bits, you will have to add the following lines ( in order ) 
in the "Files" section :
 ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia"
 ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/"  Then just use in the "Module" section 
Load "glx"Note : 64bits users just need to replace /usr/lib by /usr/lib64 in 
the paths. 
 +--- [1] http://archives.mandrivalinux.com/cooker/2007-01/msg02140... 
 +--- [2] http://archives.mandrivalinux.com/cooker/2007-01/msg02152... 
 
o Testing Metisse in cooker : Scott Chevalley.asked how to test Metisse under 
Cooker[1]. Olivier Blin gave the procedure to do it manually as drak3d didn't 
have Metisse support yet[2]. Here is a quick summary of the procedure : 
Install the Metisse packages : urpmi metisse
Tell the system to load the Metisse server at startup by 
editing /etc/sysconfig/compositing-server like this :
  COMPOSITING_SERVER_START=yes
 COMPOSITING_SERVER=Xmetisse 
Then tell the system to start the Metisse window manager at session start by 
editing /etc/sysconfig/compositing-wm like this :
  COMPOSITING_WM_START=yes
 COMPOSITING_WM=metisse-start-fvwm 
Now log in your prefered desktop. 
 +--- [1] http://archives.mandrivalinux.com/cooker/2007-01/msg03341... 
 +--- [2] http://archives.mandrivalinux.com/cooker/2007-01/msg03345... 
 
o 64 vs 32 bit Cooker  : Robert Fox asked whereas it was advised to use 64 
bits version of Cooker[1]. Indeed, 64bits version of Cooker used to lagged 
behind 32 bits, and many plugins/things were/are not working so well ( Flash, 
OpenOffice.org in 64bits, ... ). Stéphane Téletchéa and Giuseppe Ghibò told 
him that with 64bits Cooker packages, he may have better performance as the 
packages are more optimised ( SSE support for example )[2]. Colin Guthrie 
pointed out the fact that with the new build system 64 bits Cooker was nearly 
in sync with 32 bits Cooker, and on top of that, with proper libification, it 
was easy to install 32bits and 64bits application side by side[3]. Note : 
I've just upgrade my system for an AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ with 1.5Go of RAM, 
but I install the 32bits version :) 
 +--- [1] http://archives.mandrivalinux.com/cooker/2007-02/msg00291... 
 +--- [2] http://archives.mandrivalinux.com/cooker/2007-02/msg00346... 
 +--- [3] http://archives.mandrivalinux.com/cooker/2007-02/msg00327...  


o Migration to cdrkit  : Mandriva replace cdrtools package by cdrkit. cdrkit 
is a fork of cdrtools initiated by debian after that Jörg Schilling change 
the licence of cdrecord to CDDL[1]. It contains also equivalent for mkisofs 
and cdda2wav. Whereas compatible with cdrtools, applications need to be 
ported in order to use it[2]. A package providing compatibility symlinks may 
be provided in the future to ease transition. 
 +--- [1] http://cdrkit.org/ 
 +--- [2] http://archives.mandrivalinux.com/cooker/2007-02/msg00502... 
 
o Testing RandR 1.2  : Adam Williamson was willing to test RandR 1.2 with his 
Intel chipset[1]. RandR 1.2 is the next evolution of RandR which is supposed 
to be integrated in Xorg 7.3, and which will allow better multi-monitor 
support, hotplugging and resize. Colin Guthrie proposed to help doing 
packages in the hope they will be available in Cooker contrib[2]. 
 +--- [1] http://archives.mandrivalinux.com/cooker/2007-02/msg00568... 
 +--- [2] http://colin.guthr.ie/randr/ 
 
o Mandriva presence at FOSDEM  : Few people may know it, but Mandriva will be 
present at FOSDEM the February 24th-25th 2007[1]. Mandriva will have a 
private room where contributors and Mandriva developers could have a meeting 
together. Frederic Crozat will also give a presentation of Metisse in GNOME 
room on Sunday at 9h15[2]. More informations are available on the wiki[3]. 
 +--- [1] http://archives.mandrivalinux.com/cooker/2007-02/msg00739... 
 +--- [2] http://archives.mandrivalinux.com/cooker/2007-02/msg00762... 
 +--- [3] http://wiki.mandriva.com/Community/Events/2007/Conference... 
 
o 2007.1 Errata created  : Adam Williamson posted a news on the Cooker ML to 
inform people about the creation of the Errata for the 2007.1, the next 
version of Mandriva due to be out in April[1]. For this, he just copied the 
most outstanding issues of the 2007.0 release. Vincent Panel asked also if 
the releases note could be made up-to-date too[2]. 
 +--- [1] http://archives.mandrivalinux.com/cooker/2007-02/msg00829... 
 +--- [2] http://archives.mandrivalinux.com/cooker/2007-02/msg01967... 
 +--- [3] http://wiki.mandriva.com/Releases/Mandriva/2007.1/Errata 
 
o Warly Departure  : Florent Villard, known as Warly, announced on the cooker 
ML his departure[1]. Warly was the one managing the mirrors, and also the 
release manager. He will be missed by many people : Good luck for your new 
life Warly ! However, now that Warly leaved, someone needs to be in charge of 
the mirroring process. Olivier Thauvin, known as Nanar, may be seen as the 
one the best placed to take this responsability, especially as he used to 
work on gendistrib/genhdlist. On top of that, Olivier is working on a new 
project named MMM[2] which aims to simplify mirror management. People willing 
to help are welcomed and should join the MMM ML. Note : The mirroring process 
is broken with hdlist/synthesis files not in sync with the mirrors content. 
So things may be hard for the Cooker users during the transition period. 
 +--- [1] http://archives.mandrivalinux.com/cooker/2007-02/msg00872... 
 +--- [2] http://mmm.zarb.org/ 
 
o Using PulseAudio as default in 2008.0  : Adam Williamson proposed on the 
Cooker ML to use PulseAudio as default sound server for 2008.0[1]. Indeed 
PulseAudio have ALSA and OSS support, allow to mix sound input, have fine 
grained control over volume level per application and support network. 
Frederik Himpe was more incline to use gstreamer instead, but Adam pointed 
out tha fact that porting applications to gstreamer was somewhat unrealistic. 
Fabrice Facorat asked if PulseAudio was really needed if all ALSA drivers 
could have dmix support[2]. On top of that most things done by PulseAudio 
will be available in KDE 4 ( fined grained volume control per application, 
device hotplugging ). Kjel Oslund and Colin Guthrie pointed out the fact that 
Gnome integration with PulseAudio was not perfect and that there was issues 
like high latency in some applications and mplayer support. Still there's 
many time left before 2008.0 released, and so the situation may improved a 
lot meanwhile. 
 +--- [1] http://archives.mandrivalinux.com/cooker/2007-02/msg01771... 
 +--- [2] http://archives.mandrivalinux.com/cooker/2007-02/msg01850... 

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