rawhide (2006-01-05) install report

[dragoran]

Rahul Sundaram wrote:

> dragoran wrote:
>
>> I installed rawhide today (using raid0 this time with no problems)
>> install went fine no errors,slowdowns etc..
>> reboot
>> firstboot no problems (just could not select 1280x1024) as resultion...
>> after booting tryed to change it to 1280x1024 using xorg.conf but it 
>> gets ignored
>> why? I added "1280x1024"  but it does not work... I thought that I am 
>> stupid and forgot to save the changes to the file but they got saved..
>> is this a known bug ? or should I fill it?
>> everything else works well ;)
>
>
> I suspect the installer is being conservative but it still could still 
> offer a higher resolution in firstboot asking user to confirm on a 
> higher resolution to make sure it works or revert back otherwise after 
> a short gap.  Filing a generic RFE might help
>
>
ok
other bug/(feature?) found:
why can't root start any x clients? gedit as root shows an error 
connection refused by server
(I use gedit to edit conf files )