harleymick wrote:I have 80GB PS3, firmware 2.53 and installed YDL 6.1 recently after several retrial.
Everything is running as it should however there are a few little problems which are really annoying. Those problems seem to be quite common and may be its a good idea to summarize them. So here they are:
1) Hardware clock problem at the start up and shut down of linux
2) when returning to game OS, the PS3 has to be powered up and down to get the Dual shock controller synchronised again
3) When shutting down YDL it says that it takes longer due to problems terminating some applications, but I have nothing up and running.
Thats it for me-
These are all known issues.
1. No workaround. You can't access the hardware clock directly due to hypervisor restrictions. This message will always appear. Your time should be correct though, right? Just FYI - Linux on the PS3 runs under a virtual machine hypervisor - much like VMWare. The hypervisor is present to translate the oddball PS3 hardware into something resembling a modern computer.
2. This is a known issue and Sony is working on it. If you don't need bluetooth in Linux, you can prevent this by disabling a couple of services. As
root user, issue the following commands from the terminal:
chkconfig bluetooth off
chkconfig hidd offand then shutdown and restart Linux.
3. Again - known issue. No workarounds at this time. This generally happens in E17 (Enlightenment) because Nautilus is running. Nautilus provides the "file manager" for the Enlightenment window manager. Quick Linux lesson - Linux has no graphics per se. We run a windowing system called X Windows. However - X Windows only knows how to draw a window. Everything else - like scroll bars, close buttons, title bars, etc. - what we call "decorations" - requires a separate program called a Window manager. There are a plethora of X Windows window managers. Most do not include any kind of file manager. YDL uses the Enlightenment window manager by default - which doesn't have a file manager. Instead, YDL uses the Nautilus file manager from a desktop environment called GNOME. That's what puts the icons on your desktop. When Enlightenment shuts down, it doesn't know how to tell Nautilus to shut down. Thus - you get an error message. It's harmless - but if it really bugs you, you should consider switching to GNOME. You can do that from the YDL login screen - select Session then select GNOME.
Cheers,
Paul