I think the problems are defects in Venus with the Kernal and initscripts so
I don't think buying another copy of Venus is the answer. I just want to
get the machine up and running fixed so I can just do work not work on it.
Anyway I am still a new user, and not really confident to replace kernal at
this time. Anyway at this point it is gone again.
Jeanette
----- Original Message -----
From: David Basham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 1999 10:49 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] More Mandrake Woe, PLEASE HELP ME
>
> I've listened to Jeanette's accounts of success and failure for some time,
and
> I just wanted to put my 2 cents in:
>
> I nabbed my copy of Venus at Sam's Club, of all places, for $25. I
installed,
> crashed, installed, crashed, oh, about 20 times, usually my fault, because
I
> like to muck around where I don't belong. What I've found is that
sometimes
> everything installs right; sometimes it doesn't. The package manager is
not
> consistent; KDE freezes in root, but over-all, I haven't had this much fun
with
> an OS in a long time. Finally got everything running pretty much the way I
want
> -- ipchains, dial-on demand, web server, FTP, user accounts, and haven't
had
> trouble in a couple of weeks.
>
> While Jeanette is waiting for a better (Cassini?) package, I would suggest
> running down to Sam's to get another copy of Venus (maybe you Do have a
bad
> copy). Try installing again. At the first sign of instability, install
again.
> Try custom installs. Try minimal installs. Etc. At the very least,
she'll
> get really good at the installation procedure.
>
> I think I remember Jeanette saying that she didn't want to spend her time
> tweeking a stupid machine, but if it's any consolation, it gets easier and
> somehow faster each time, much like installing any other OS. I think I'm
also
> learning where I don't belong, and what "close enough" means.
>
>
>
>
