----- Forwarded message from Atul Chitnis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- >>>Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 20:39:05 +0530 (IST) >>>From: Atul Chitnis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>Subject: Re: [blug-tech] USB mouse not being detected in PCQ RH8.0?? >>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>>On 20 Mar 2003, pramod george wrote: >>> >>>> I think this problem is the first of its kind in this >>>> distribution. >>> >>>I havent seen the distro, but in general it is a bad idea to upgrade >>>between major versions of RHL - and for good reason: there are usually >>>fundamental changes that dont lend themselves to upgrades. An infintely >>>upgradable distro (Linux/Windows/whatever) will slowly acquire a lot of >>>kruft (dead/old configs/programs). >>> >>>If you were running 7.x before, back up your data, and reinstall from >>>scratch. Most probably your problem will go away. >>> >>>If it doesn't, it may have something to with the fact that while RHL 8.0 >>>was a nice distro, extremely well done, it was nevertheless a x.0 release. >>>While far stabler than most RHL x.0 releases (anyone remember the RHL 5.0 >>>nightmare I unleashed on people in '98 through PCQ? ;), it nevertheless >>>acquired almost a CD full of updates in the few months that it has been >>>around. I am told that the PCQ guys merged updates until sometime end Jan >>>or early Feb, there have been tremendous updates since then. And then >>>let's not forget that this distro has been changed by PCQ in some ways >>>which may have upset some configs. >>> >>>Finally, and without wanting to sound vain, or dismissive of the PCQ >>>effort, I really need to say this: >>> >>><rant> >>> >>>There are a lot of people writing in to us (me personally or the team at >>>Exocore) with problems they are facing with the issue. May I use this >>>opportunity to point out that this is the first PCQ Linux Issue/Distro >>>that hasn't been done by me and my team? We honestly have no clue what >>>goes on inside there. Writing to us with complaints or nasty comments >>>isn't really going to fix anything for anyone - we have nothing to do with >>>this. >>> >>>We has clearly told PCQ that releasing an distro based on RHL 8.0 made >>>sense only late last year (like around LB/2002) - not a couple of weeks >>>before RHL 8.1 is released. In the end, PCQ decided to do it alone (which >>>is commendable, considering that most of them were completely new at >>>this), so in all likelihood there will be startup problems for the new PCQ >>>Linux team. If this effort doesn't really rock your world, then give them >>>a chance - it took us oldies a few years to get it right. The next one >>>(and *no*, I have no clue if/when that will happen) will probably be >>>better. >>> >>></rant> >>> >>>Thanks for understanding. I know that this had nothing to do with the >>>original question, but this is the first query I have seen related to this >>>distro in any mailing list, and I needed to get this off my chest. >>> >>>Atul >>>
PS: My request to all Free Software enthusiasts is to keep away from all such experimental distros and stick to some really stable distro, if you really wish to have a usable system. Regards -- .''`. Dileep M. Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' : http://www.kumarayil.net `. `'` `- Debian GNU/Linux - Choice of the Freedom Lovers ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Tablet PC. Does your code think in ink? You could win a Tablet PC. Get a free Tablet PC hat just for playing. What are you waiting for? http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?micr5043en _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
