Ben Reser wrote: > On Sat, Sep 21, 2002 at 12:51:49AM -0400, Felix Miata wrote:
> > My bigger frustration is discovering problems that survive the official > > release. I started beta testing on 8.1, then did 8.2 and now 9.0. Out of > > many problems I reported, the only replies from anyone with an > > @mandrake.com address were regarding one fix that happened only > > yesterday, the boot disk creation failure problem that began with the > > first beta I tried and lasted into even RC3. > > Regarding the mouse, no one yet on the list has even made an applicable > > suggestion. Someone did mention combining /usr onto the same partition > > as /, but I don't use a separate /usr to combine, and I seriously doubt > > that could possibly be a fix for such an essential element of a working > > Mandrake distro as an ordinary mouse. > Obviously the bug you're encountering is not a very common one. Lots of > us have PS/2 mice. So it's probably impossible to replicate. Not so obvious to me, since my original post was sent only after I had seen other problems with lost mice. > Given that... reporting it a few days before a release is very unlikely > for it to be a high priority to get resolved before release time. I reported in on 9 Sep, shortly after RC2 release. It looks like it will be at least two weeks from then until the final. > Basically you're on your own. After 9.0 is out the door someone might > have time to track down your unique issue. In the future don't wait > until the RC to report bugs you see in the betas. -- ". . . . in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you . . . ." Matthew 7:12 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/
