Re: [MiNT] 1.17 release

[Kåre Andersen <kareandersen@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 12:59 AM, Kåre Andersen <kareandersen@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 9:00 PM, m0n0 <ole@monochrom.net> wrote:
>>
>> Am Montag, den 13.09.2010, 20:24 +0200 schrieb Kåre Andersen
>> <kareandersen@gmail.com>:
>>
>>> JFL just reported it currently does not work on Videl (that's
>>> standard  Falcon video, not CTPCI). If this is reproducable across the
>>> board,  why would you want to release now?
>>>
>>> I'll do some testing later tonight, and I implore all Falcon users
>>> reading this to do the same.
>>
>> ...without NVDI xaaes just shows me an black screen, seems like a
>> hang.... but that was already in th previous release...
>>
>
> So, I'm testing current trunk build.
>
> It works way better than expected here! Without NVDI I get corrupted
> icons (Thing), but it does at least start up.
>
> With NVDI it works! :) I'm trying hard to reproduce a crash with the
> fileselector I got about half an hour ago, but still nothing ;)
> So ok, there is probably no need to panic just yet... Shutdown works
> fine too (Ctrl+Alt+Del works,  Halt from the Task Manager works).
>
> Important hint for those who struggle: Make sure you are running
> everything out of the /mint/1-17-0 folder, not the /mint/1-17-cur...
> Remember, xaloader lives there, so for Great Justice, make sure you
> are loading the correct xaaes for your kernel...


Ooops forgot important stuff: Machine is Falcon CT60, 16Mhz bus, 72Mhz
cpu, Videl graphics.

-Kåre