Quality drop in the latest version?

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Sun, Oct 17, 2004 at 11:06:46PM +0100, Darren Wheatley wrote:

> 1. SDL sound didn't work. (needed "export SDL_AUDIODRIVER=dsp" adding to
> .gcprofile)

What is the default SDL sound driver?  It hasn't changed, so the default
must have worked for you previously.

> 2. apt-get install xmms only installed some of the libraries, leaving a
> broken xmms (needed libmikmod2 to be installed)

xmms does not require libmikmod2.  This is a bug caused by the proprietary
nvidia drivers.  You can install libmikmod2 as a workaround, but only nVidia
can fix the true bug.

> 3. ~/Documents wasn't created by the installer, so the "Home" link is
> broken. (fixed by creating the folder)

I do not think this has even been created by the installer, or otherwise.
The "Home" menu item in the Computer menu opens your home directory, not the
Documents directory.

> 4. Font installation through drag-and-dropping to the "fonts:///" folder
> doesn't work. (I had to apt-get install the core ms fonts package).

It has worked for others; perhaps you can provide more detail.

> What has happened to the quality of the distro between the previous and
> current releases?

1. Need more information
2. You installed the nvidia driver
3. Nothing changed
4. Need more information

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 - mdz