Quality Control Suggestion

[Vladimer Sichinava]

Hello All,

On ხუთ, 2006-05-04 at 16:23 -0700, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> On Tue, May 02, 2006 at 11:17:12AM +0100, Paul O'Malley wrote:
> > Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> > 
> > >This is very interesting indeed; there are some inaccuracies in these stock
> > >answers, though, which should be corrected.
> > >
> > >Is this the master copy of this data, or is there a separate copy used by
> > >the IRC bot?  Who keeps them in sync, and how do they get updated?
> > 
> > JV got them from the bot, and just did a little more English in the web 
> > page. I take it he will poll it now and again and ask it for new 
> > answers. If you want to modify the bot work away or the wiki page let me 
> > know and I will correct the other or tell me what you don't like etc.
> > 
> > Catch me on irc "ompaul" and I can add it to my whiteboard.
> > 
> > i.e. I'll gladly work on this.
> 
> Thanks for your offer.
> 
> > Q- How do I install FireFox 1.5 on Ubuntu 5.10?
> > 
> > A- You can use firefox 1.5 by following this wiki page [WWW]
> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FirefoxNewVersion 
> 
> Has anyone talked with the backports team about getting this into
> breezy-backports instead?  This would be a much more stable and robust
> solution.
> 
> https://launchpad.net/people/ubuntu-backporters
> 
> > Q- What is a Restricted Format?
> > 
> > A- Restricted Formats are applications that are Non-Free and found at [WWW]
> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RestrictedFormats 
> 
> It's important not to confuse non-free software with patent-encumbered
> software.  There are many free software applications which are affected by
> software patents (depending on the country where they are being used), and
> this has nothing to do with their freeness.
> 
> Can we use a more precise description here?
> 
> > Q- How do I mount NTFS/Fat32?
> > 
> > A- To automatically mount your NTFS partition: [WWW]
> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AutomaticallyMountMSWindowsPartitions 
> 
> Can't this be done more easily using the System->Administration->Disks tool?

Is it possible to change mount parameters with this tool ? I mean
umask=000 for fat32 for example ?
> 
> > A- To install Mplayer please see [WWW]
> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MplayerInstallHowto
> 
> This recommends writing a custom mplayer configuration file which seems
> redundant.  The default settings in /etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf are;
> 
> vo=xv,sdl,x11
> ao=alsa,oss,sdl,esd,arts
> 
> The only differences are frame-dropping and font selection, which surely are
> a matter of preference?  I think this section should be removed entirely in
> the name of simplicity.
> 
> > Q- How do I change/fix my screen resolution?
> > 
> > A- [WWW] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FixVideoResolutionHowto 
> 
> The md5sum finagling described here has not been necessary for some time
> (since Hoary?).  dpkg-reconfigure will overwrite the existing configuration
> file and automatically make a backup.
> 
> Rather than hand-editing the configuration file, it should be much easier to
> run dpkg-reconfigure, select the "Advanced" option for monitor
> configuration, and enter the sync ranges there.  This will allow the config
> file to be managed by the packaging system during upgrades, so that changes
> to font paths, etc. will take place automatically.  The same is true for the
> DefaultDepth and "GDM uses a different resolution" advice: this can be
> configured using dpkg-reconfigure.
> 
> > Q- How do I set up a Wireless internet connection?
> > 
> > A- [WWW] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WiFiHowto 
> 
> Why does this recommend that users run iwconfig, rather than going directly
> into the GUI configurator?  Surely it's easier to avoid iwconfig altogether.
> 
> > Q- What is DMA?
> > 
> > A- Direct Memory Access/Addressing. A method of transferring data from one
> > memory area to another without having to go through the central processing
> > unit. It makes your hard disks run faster :-). DMA from the ubuntu wiki
> > guide [WWW] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DMA 
> 
> This document should be more clear about the cases where this kind of
> tweaking is necessary: in most configurations, DMA is enabled automatically,
> especially on hard drives (and mostly on CD-ROMs as well).  If they find
> that DMA is already enabled on their devices, they should do nothing (the
> document instructs them to write an hdparm.conf file anyway).  It should
> also warn the user that they should TEST their drive before making the
> change permanent, otherwise they could have problems booting the system.
> 
> The troubleshooting section doesn't make sense to me.  It should never be
> necessary to modify /etc/modules this way, and indeed, it won't have any
> effect in most configurations because the drivers for the IDE controller are
> loaded long before this file is processed.  Also, there will not be an
> "ide-cd" line in /etc/modules anymore, which is used as a point of reference
> in the document.  At any rate, any situations which could possibly be
> corrected by such changes represent bugs, and they should be reported in
> Malone instead.
> 
> I hope this helps.  I'd like to get some sort of process in place, in
> concert with the Documentation Team, to vet these kinds of answers with the
> development team before they're published to the user community as
> authoritative, and review them for each release to ensure they stay up to
> date.  Would you be willing to help with such an effort?
> 
> -- 
>  - mdz

Thank You!