I appreciate your kind words - but quite frankly, I'm not deep enough into the development process (and not enough of a programmer) to truly help.
I also spend an inordinate amount of time installing and re-installing and testing various scenarios out - I can identify several problems myself and fix them. As a matter of fact - the HALF-DUPLEX problem with the Xircom card - I know how to force it to FULL-Duplex after the boot - but I was confused as to WHY the card starts in FULL-DUPLEX during the Mandrake install process and not afterwords. Seeing that "other" distros never seemed to have this issue - I didn't understand the rationale for disabling this in the Mandrake development cycle. As for comparing more than one distribution against Mandrake to find out how they did it . . . This is far too involved for my tastes. I only have so many machines at home and so much time - and having a family to support I have to earn money too. Linux is a fascination and partial hobby for me - I also recognize the future potential of Linux and don't want to miss out when it becomes more mainstream. I consider myself more of a concerned consumer of Mandrake's efforts - and want to contribute where I can. Hopefully this makes sense . . . Cheers, R.Fox On Sat, 2002-09-28 at 22:21, Wes Kurdziolek wrote: > If these issues are so important to you, why don't you find out what RH does > different and submit a patch? > > Quoting Robert Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > DISCLAIMER: This is NOT intended to be negative about Mandrake 9.0 and > > please don't flame me. I am just frustrated that some of the problems > > which I saw during the Beta phase were not resolved. > > > > Mandrake 9.0 is great, no question. Although I try other distros to > > stay on top of things - I am most comfortable with Mandrake and their > > ways. I really like 9.0 - but I am a bit disappointed about two > > issues. > > > > I have been a frequent contributer to this list for quite some time - > > and I have repeatedly reported several "irritating" issues I have (more > > with notebook stuff) - I guess you can call them bugs, but not > > everybody > > will come across these problems - and experienced Linux users can find > > workarounds (except for the ATI Radeon problem) > > > > Specifically, I have TWO different notebooks - an older Gateway 9150XL > > with a Xircom RealPort 10/100 PC-Card and a CS46XX sound chipset. The > > other notebook is relatively new - a Compaq Evo N600c with an ATI > > Radeon > > M6 graphic chipset. > > > > My problems are as follows (even with the FINAL Mandrake 9.0): > > > > On the Gateway - the sound configuration after initial install > > sometimes > > is screwy and echos several times - and most boot ups it works well, > > but > > every once and a while it loads the wrong modules (OSS) instead of the > > Alsa stuff. More annoying is with the Xircom Realport card - which I > > reported many times before during the development process - During > > install it works fine, but after install it only initializes in > > HALF-DUPLEX mode. Under RedHat 8.0 , SuSE 8.0, and Winblows products > > on > > the very same machine I don't have these issues. > > > > Now for the the Compaq Evo N600c - and the ATI Radeon M6 - which I also > > reported a few times on this list. When 9.0 is installed on this > > notebook - the graphics work fine! But if I change to a console > > (Ctrl-Alt-F1) and then back to the X session (Ctrl-Alt-F7) the X locks > > up (as well as the keyboard!) and the system becomes unusable (and YES > > I > > tried the ALT-SysRQ-R magic keys without success). Even SSHing into the > > notebook and killing the X (init 3 for example) doesn't help. > > > > I just tried RedHat 8.0 on the same Compaq notebook and it works > > without > > a flaw with the Radeon Mobility M6 chipset. Also the font aliasing > > under Redhat is consistent throughout and looks very nice. > > > > I have to admit, when I use Redhat or SuSE - I don't feel at "home" - > > because I like Mandrake's offering better as a WHOLE. But because the > > ATI Radeon problem I have - I can't use Mandrake's latest and greatest > > on this particular notebook > > > > I wish some of these things were caught during the Cooker phase and I > > hope and pray they will be quickly resolved. The devil is truly in the > > details! > > > > I understand the enormous challenges of creating a solid, bug free > > distribution - but these kind of little details shouldn't slip through. > > > > I am still and remain a dedicated user (and hope to contribute to the > > next round of Cooker) > > > > I thank you all for your time. > > > > R.Fox > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Wes Kurdziolek > VT CS Lab Linux Systems Administrator > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
