[Cooker] 7.1 (Beta-2)
I have installed beta 2 of Mandrake 7. so far the only couple of items I have seen screwed are: When I first installed X I was getting an .Xauthority problem when writting changes to it that was solved changing permissions. The second item... Missing most of the applications from the menu... try to check properties and it reads. "The menu editor is not installed" Also have to change permissions on ftp, http and a few other folders... so most of the problems (In my particular case) are permissions. Even tried to switch to diferent security levels with msec... (still the same) Sergio
Re: [Cooker] 7.1 Beta 2 comments
Greetings Well after getting Mandrake 7.1 Beta 2 installed this weekend with the cdrom.img file using a text mode installation, I wanted to make a few comments. After installing, UDMA or ata/66 was not enabled by default with the 2.2.15 kernel, and since I had prior success with 2.2.13 kernel and the ata/66 ide patch, I used that kernel. When you do a make xconfig in /usr/src/linux (the 2.2.15) kernel, it fails, but make menuconfig works fine. During installation it selected the wrong GeForce card, is selected a regular GeForce instead of DDR, this was easily fixed with DrakConf during post install though. Also an issue with XFdrake, if you run this from the command line, the max resolution you can select is like 1280x1024 at 16bit, and this would not do for me since I use 32 bit at 1600x1200. XFree86 4.0 was very easy to setup and I commend Mandrake on making it such a graceful task. Xfree86 4.0 has been ROCK solid for me since Friday night. One thing I also noticed was after Install I selected High Security via DrakConf (to basically take all the crap I didn't need in startup services), and then after that I selected Medium Security, but it failed to take out risky startup services like 7.02 does so nicely. This is not a big deal, so I just unselected everything I wanted. At anyrate, everything looks wonderful and I have used every distribution there is on the market and in my honest opinion Mandrake is the best, with Slackware 7.0 being next in my view (still use slackware as my firewall). Great work!
Re: [Cooker] 7.1 beta 2
"Eric J. Smith" wrote: > Oh, newbie question: what's a better way to keep my install up to date > with the current cooker? downloading iso's and burning them is painful. Use fmirror or rsync, then install using the hd.img floppy image. Simple and lovely. rsync will keep your local tree synchronised with the Cooker tree, downloading only the differences (see man rsync).FWIW, my rsync script (touch to create the file, edit this in, then set it executable) is: #!/bin/bash echo echo hdc11 must be mounted to /mnt/local/cdrimage !! echo for do-nothing test run, call with n parameter echo rsync -avP$1 --delete --stats \ mirror.aarnet.edu.au::mandrake-devel/cooker/ \ /mnt/local/cdrimage/hydrogen/ -- Regards, Ron. [AU] - sent by Linux.
[Cooker] 7.1 beta 2
Hi, Maybe i had a bad cd burn but when i did custom install, developer class, 100% install, when switching to the extensions cd the install hangs for me for about 3 minutes. It was in the middle of kpppsomethingorother at the time. By the way, i want to have your children. 7.1 kicks serious ass. :) Oh, newbie question: what's a better way to keep my install up to date with the current cooker? downloading iso's and burning them is painful. Thx, Eric.