Re: mandrake 10 status

On Sat, 2004-10-09 at 21:12 +0200, bliq wrote:
> i wanted just to give you info how well the mandrake10 supports tc1000. since begining (i ve bought tc1000 in july2004) i was trying just this distro and it works fine for me. yesterday i found on some page, named
> http://groundstate.ca/TC1000
> a description of mandrake 10's functionality on tc1000 with as conclusion:
> "You do not get a functional tablet. I used Windows whenever I wanted handwriting recognition, simple screen rotation, simple external display, or simple wireless."

That's my page.
I was referring to installing Mandrake and maybe a few utilities, but
without massive amounts of recompiling, custom scripts, custom kernels,
or other advanced tasks the average user wouldn't know how to do.

It's really cool if you got everything working though.

Mandrake 10.1 comes out in a week or two. Maybe you can try that?

> i disagree with such a report, because my mandrake (with default kernel 2.6.3-7mdk) is working fine :
>
> longrun support is working

Really? How can it be? I thought the kernel had to be compiled with
crusoe as the processor type? Mandrake is built for i586.

> screen rotation is instataneous with xvesa driver

Which you compiled from source?
Is the screen still blank on virtual terminals, or is that only with
xfree86?

> openGL support with nvidia driver
> pen works very well

With the precompiled driver you found on the net?

> for the wireless i can do it even now, bcause i have it in mind and it can be useful for somebody.

For sure. Lots of people sent me email about problems with wifi.

> every user of tc1000, have a nice day :)

Actually, I just sold it and bought a TC1100, but I still work for
Mandrake, so let me know if there's any way to improve support.

Austin
Received on Mon Oct 11 18:07:27 2004