Repeat question

[Mitch Golden]

Earlier, I asked the question below.  Is there someone who reads this list 
who can point me at the code for the installer, and the people/list that I 
should be talking to regarding making this fix?

   - Mitch Golden

On Sun, 1 Oct 2006, Mitch Golden wrote:

> 1) I have noticed that on two machines I've tried Dapper on, it properly
> recognizes the graphics hardware I am using but fails to put in some
> device options into the xorg.conf file that are needed to make the chipset
> work properly.  Specifically: On my Dell Optiplex GX100 I have an Intel
> i810 chipset (if memory serves) and this requires an
>
> Option XaaNoPixmapCache
>
> line in the xorg.conf file.  If it's absent I see weird
> striping/pixelation in the KDE menus.  I note that the KDE hardware
> configurer actually does add this line, but not the ubuntu installer.
>
> I ran into a similar problem on my Sony Vaio PCG-XG19, with a neomagic
> chipset.
>
> (As you may note these are both somewhat old machines.)





>
> 2) I've recently learned that on Dell laptops, the CPU fan is controlled
> by the software, not hardware.  If you run the machine without the
> appropriate software, you can fry the machine.  I believe that therefore
> the i8kmon daemon should be installed out-of-the-box on these laptops and
> should be included in some way on the installation CD.  A package exists,
> but doesn't install the appropriate files to /etc/rc*.d to start the
> daemon on bootup.  I would like to include all of that as a part of the
> install, since Dell laptops are pretty common, and having them burn up
> because of an Ubuntu install is probably pretty bad publicity!
>
>
> Can someone please point me at the right place to go so I can add these
> things to the installer scripts?
>
> Thanks.
>
>   - Mitch
>
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