Martin Dougiamas

Hyphens should be working in 1.0.8.1 or later ... ? In fact I just created an account on your server with a hyphen in it ...

Strange. On my Redhat system the locales are part of the standard rpm glibc-common-2.2.5-40 ... so I don't understand why your system doesn't have them. Maybe you can reinstall that rpm from CD-ROM.

As for the quiz thing, you HAVE to use the 'save grades' button with Moodle 1.0.8.1 when creating a quiz. Fixed in 1.0.9.

I recommend copying the database first, then the files.

You may find the database is too big for phpmyadmin and your browser to handle (though try it first). In this case you can use the command-line programs mysqldump and mysqlimport.

I use mysqldump every day on my home machine to make an automated backup of the moodle.org database.

Great idea! I could really use something like that for moodle.org too.

(In related news, the Moodle FAQ is being expanded, John Captain is doing some work on it.)

After going to the variable settings page where you see gdversion, make sure you save the changed settings on that page (using the button at the bottom).