New syslinux graphical screen looks AWESOME! Booted into alternate boot method from CD1.
Everything normal until actually started installing packages. SLOW SLOW
SLOW. Machine only has 128 Megs RAM, so could have something to do with
it. Most likely it has something to do with the fact this is a newer
MSI mobo.
Bootsplash looks AWESOME too!
Machine running very sluggish so I shut it down to add more RAM. Well
it takes a different type of RAM than I have so I powered it back up.
Network card does not work (8139too module). lspcidrake recognizes it.
modules.conf is configured properly. The machine is configured for
DHCP. I see it sending out DHCP discover requests to the DHCP server,
and the DHCP server is sending out replies, but the Beta box doesn't
get them. This machine worked good with 8.2 so I didn't think it was a
hardware issue, so I tried to install Cooker with a network install. It
did the same thing using DHCP and Static IP. The port on the switch
lights up when the cable is plugged in. I used a different cable
plugged into a different port, no good. Maybe something weird happened
when I was trying to put the memory in. I installed 8.2 earlier today
(OEM package) and it was working fine, so I decided to reinstall it the
OEM again. Install worked just fine and after reboot, networking worked
properly. It appears that something in Cooker and Beta 1 is doing
something weird. Unknown if it is the 8139too module or something else
system-wide. I haven't seen anybody else complain about anything close
to this.
Kpersonalizer starts every time you login.
In Konsole, pressing Ctrl-Shift-{Cursor} moves the selector between the
open windows, but the text window itself does not change. You can click
on the respective icon and it changes. It's been like that in Cooker
for a week or so that I've noticed.
With no network access, I didn't test too much more.
/root/drakx/* results available at
http://us.mandrakesoft.com/installs/AR523
Blue skies... Todd
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Todd Lyons -- MandrakeSoft, Inc. http://www.mandrakesoft.com/
UNIX was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things, because
that would also stop you from doing clever things. -- Doug Gwyn
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