The main things I'm running into are a poor X setup (that
might've been me not understanding how Mandrake is setup, but Mandrake is
definitely bad for KDE on a small, low-quality monitor) and probs with
the admin packages. LinuxConf does what it's supposed to (for the most
part), but generally dumps core when it exits. Guess that counts as
exiting :).
rpmdrake is massively hosed and won't work. Several regexps in
/usr/sbin/urpmi.addmedia won't work. It's calling wget with illegal URLs
[1]. rpmdrake doesn't allow for specifying where on a CD to find the
repository, but /usr/sbin/urpmi.addmedia needs that info to
function. There are also several other errors I haven't looked at. They
could be in another function, but they cause rpmdrake to not work.
I've run into several other probs, but don't know if they're Mandrake
being buggy or me not understanding how Mandrake's setup
>From: Patti Wavinak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.1 ....too many bugs
>Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 22:09:58 +0000 (GMT)
>
>John, I'm a bit curious when you say that a lot of LM 7.1 "is just too
>buggy and not thoroughly tested..." what bugs are you referring to? I
>have installed LM 7.1 and haven't had a single problem with it other than
>from my own carelessness or, for lack of a better word, my own stupidity.
>I did my homework, asked questions (and listened to answers), read books,
>absorbed how-to's, went to websites, etc.
>
>LM 7.1 has found my printer (Canon BJ-6000), my soundcard (SB Live), my
>video card (ATI All in Wonder Pro), my network (DSL with a 3 Com ethernet
>card and I am on a LAN). I have a SCSI hd, a DVD/CD Rom, a CDRW, a Zip
>Drive -- everything is right there on my desktop and accessible. I am
>able to upgrade my applications, I have no problems with my KDE, Star
>Office OR Netscape. So I don't find it "buggy" at all - if it works for
>me then it should work for you...depending on your setup.
>
>Keep smiling,
>Patti -- Registered Linux User #184611
>
>"A wise person learns by the experience of others. An ordinary person
>learns by his or her own experience. A fool learns by nobody's
>experience."
>
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>
>On 9/21/00, 12:40:34 PM, John W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding
>[newbie] Mandrake 7.1 ....too many bugs:
>
>
> > My opinion of Mandrake 7.1 is that alot of the applications/services are
> > just to buggy and not thoroughly tested before release. I would suggest
>if
> > you like Mandrake to get a copy of 7.02 and alot of problems will go
>away.
> > Perhaps 7.2 will address these bugs without creating even more.
> > John
> >
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