Franki, Well then, I guess I'm just unlucky. (Un)fortunatelly I'm not the only one (misery loves company ;-)).
Oh well, I'll keep at it for a little longer. BTW, pentium Pro200 w/ 96Mbytes is _not_ crap Try a Cyrix P200+ w/ 64 MBytes and drive of 1.5 Giga for measure ! Thanx, Hugo. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Franki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Linux Mandrake Expert Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 9:53 AM Subject: RE: [expert] 8.1 Piece of Crap! > well, supermount has been gone into, so that doesn't require explanation > again. > I have no problem with Cd's, I always used mount and umount anyway, so it > made > no differce to me. > > 8.1 is fairly stable at this end, I have an uptime of 30 days, no problems. > > Its not noticably slower then 7.2 on my box here, which is an old piece of > crap > Pentium Pro200, 96MB ram... > > My sound was detected at install, and has worked ever since... > > I don't actually have any complaints right now... > > there are some annoyances, but nothing huge.. > > > > rgds > > Frank > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Hugo Ferreira > Sent: Thursday, 29 November 2001 5:34 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [expert] 8.1 Piece of Crap! > > > Ron, > > > > >> 8.1 in order to get the CDRW to work. 8.1 seems to break stuff. These > >> problems probably can be fixed but an upgrade should never break > >> stuff that's already working on an earlier version. > > > >True, and I hope that Mdk works on that. Note, though, that big, > >whole-system upgrades are fraught with peril. It's hit-or-miss > >with all OSs. Left-over libraries, changed file locations, etc., > >all conspire to make upgrades chancy. > > Then maybe you can explain (it's a question, not criticism): > 1. Why complaints are rampant in the newbie's list (I'm one of them) for > fresh > installs. > 2. Why things that seemed to work, gradually stop working (personally > happens to me, > and I'm careful not to mess around w/ "su"). > 3. Why most complaints are directed at: CDs (R or RW), floppy mounts, media > players and > the forever illusive sound. > 4. Why people complaint that machines that worked just fine with previous > versions of Mkd > are now slow. > > Hmmm, was this a vent too ? 8-0 > > Someone else said (once again it's a question): > "I must say the original Download version is somewhat buggy (compiling > etc...), but the PowerPack which I recently purchased seems to fix a lot of > the problems. Mind you it could be a marketing ploy ;-)." > > Anyone, anymore comments on this? After all I download this stuff to test > it. If it's not good > I don't want it, and if it's not available for download I can't test it. I > know, I know "good" is > so subjective... ;-) > > Ken and anyone else, I would like to compare some answers to these > questions: > > 1. What's your hardware like (an oldie, RAM)? > 2. What is your install source (iso images, bought and paid for CDs)? > 3. What type of problem do you have (initial install, upgrade, post-install > administration or just standard usage)? > > BTW, stupid question, where's the link that a newbie may report bugs to? > > Can anyone confirm/deny these problems: > > 1. Creating boot floppies generates empty initrd.img. > 2. DMA time-outs on prevouslly working Chipsets/drives. > 3. Sound card correctly detected but not working. > 4. Access to CD not correctly set-up (permissions and). > 5. Using command line configuration, KDE configuration and/or Mdk's > configuration seems to wreak havoc on the system. > > TIA. > Hugo. > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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