Solved: Several questions/issues

[67GTA]

Welcome to Linux Mint. This version of Mint is still in development, so try to keep that in mind.

5. There is a bug in Gnome pertaining to this, so the sound settings method doesn't work. You will have to blacklist your PC speaker module. After installing, open a terminal window, and run

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sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

then add

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blacklist pcspkr

to the end of the file.

4. This is supposed to be fixed in the final version.

3.This is supposed to be fixed also.

2. Not sure. Most distros are switching to Pulseaudio, so I am lost now. Alsa isn't used by default. Try switching to pulseaudio in the sound settings.

1. Run

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nvidia-settings

as root. Set your desired settings, and select the "Save to X configuration file" button. This will merge the settings into the xorg.conf file. The newest version of xorg is still a little shaky. It attempts to auto configure your settings now at each boot. Xorg.conf is basically a reference file now. You can even boot without one.

I ran across this page a few days back while searching for something else. It will answer your last two questions. Just search for "Global Hotkeys" and "Dock Window". Avant is already in the repos. http://priyank.co.in/readarticle.php?article_id=18

[67GTA]

The new xorg has auto detection built in. There is no way to turn it off. It will get better as more work is done to it. Since you are using the nvidia driver, the nvidia-settings tool is the easiest way to make the res/refresh rates stick. I am completely lost with pulseaudio. I haven't learned to configure it yet. I have been used to configuring alsa. You might get some better help with it if you make a separate post in the hardware section. Someone will know more than I do about it. The deskbar window moving is weird. Do you have compizconfig-settings-manager installed? There are several window related options there to set window positions, etc. You might try playing with that. Compiz can cause all sorts of things to go haywire.

P.S. I know that it's only a RC but working with this distro has been a real pleasure so far anyway. These are minor quibbles that don't make the OS unstable or unusable in any way. Basically one of the criteria I judged all the distros by was how little (or how much) configuration they require. Not because I couldn't ask or figure out how to configure them but because it just goes to show how much thought and work has been put into relieving clueless users of major pains. ^^

That is one of Clems goals. Make Mint more user friendly.

[67GTA]

Now that I think about it, there was a bug with the nvidia driver that makes the refresh rate be incorrectly reported. It may still be hanging around. You can add

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Option "TwinView" "False"

to the "Device" section of xorg.conf to make X report this correctly after a reboot. My 19" monitor refresh rate was reported as 50 until I added this to xorg.conf.

[67GTA]

Yep, that's it. It works for me. That is weird. You can try setting it with xrandr. The new xorg is fed the info it needs by dbus and hal, and xrandr at each boot. Xrandr detects and sets the monitor info. Just run

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xrandr

in aterminal to see what your current settings are. Run

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xrandr -help

for options. Try

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xrandr --refresh 75

. That might force it at each boot.

[Lantesh]

4. The LiveCD usplash was working perfectly - I checked the parameters on my monitor and it was running in 1280x1024 mode. However, after I installed NVIDIA drivers I get a black border around the loading screen - it is centered and the screen is running at 1280x1024 but the image itself is too small. I tried editing usplash.conf (which appeared to be setup correctly) and running update-initramfs -u but that didn't help. Lowering the resolution only made usplash move to the upper left corner... Adding the vga=795 parameter in grub.conf only made the text-mode boot sequence display correctly.

Try changing the virtual resolution setting in xorg.conf to 1024 x 768. That's how I fixed it on my box.

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Section "Screen"
	Identifier	"Default Screen"
	Monitor		"Configured Monitor"
	Device		"Configured Video Device"
	Defaultdepth	24
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth	24
		Virtual	1024	768

[Lantesh]

Ok in getting Elyssa Stable set up I realized that my above statement was incorrect. The virtual resolution setting in xorg.conf only changes the logon screen res. To change the res on the Mint progress bar screen install the program "startupmanager". It's a GUI, and it has a res setting that effects this boot screen. I changed mine to 1024 x 768, and the black borders are gone. It looks much better.

[Lantesh]

Lim-Dul, I'm glad to hear startupmanager worked for you. I can see your point about Vista being paid for, and if you need it for your job then you need it. Given time, maybe five years, I think you will see Linux's market share grow significantly. If it gets upwards of 15% then developers will certainly take notice. That's when things will get interesting.