[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> >
> > I'm bringing up a question or two on this because although it's not the
> > same problem, there are similarities. P200MMX, 3.3GB HDD, 160MB RAM,
> > S3Virge 86c325 graphics card with 4MB video RAM. X cannot be installed
> > in 8 at all, any version. Even doing an expert text install, along comes
> > the graphical DrakX and the whole machine freezes solid. At least a
> > graceful crash is preferable to having to hit reset and use fsck in the
> > hope of being able to rescue your data. By doing an upgrade from 7.2 I
> > can get a working X server, but I still have the freeze and rest, and
> > then the manual fsck before I can get X working.
> > When is this going to be fixed? I've used every version of Mandrake
> > since 7.0 and the only one that would install a working X server without
> > freezing was 7.2. Could somebody maybe compare the code and produce a
> > patch? This isn't only an installation problem, after installation the
> > only way to change anything that would normally use drakx is by editing
> > the conf file by hand, because drakx freezes the system any time it is
> > used.
> > I think this is my 6th time of bringing this up on cooker.
> >
> > --
> > Anna
> >
> What if you don't use framebuffer
I tried that on the 2nd cooker before the release of 8.0. The odd thing
is, I could install X in the first beta of 8.0, although with three
overlapping images. Avoid framebuffer, that's an idea. I still have a
noframebuffer lilo entry for an older kernel, I could try it on that and
hope for a more graceful exit than a freeze if it doesn't work. I don't
understand why I still get drakx in an expert text install though,
surely that should be newt?
--
Anna
