: [expert] 8.1 - very unstable
i think there was a problem with the download edition, I have downloaded it
3
times for 3 different computers, on each computer is was slooow and very
unstable ( i was lucky to have a 1 day uptime ). I think we should take a
vote to figure out what is wrong, Tell me
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Subject: Re: [expert] 8.1 - very unstable
for server environment?? ...I would use a unix instead of linux..being
that linux isnt really geared toward the server
environment.
BSD rulZ
B
Franki wrote:
I have both the download edition and the powerpack
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, 7 Jan 2002, Davor Cengija wrote:
I'm having a really hard time with this new 8.1
distribution. It is very unstable and unpredictable (something
I wouldn't expect from Mandrake Linux). Anyone experienced
similar problems, say:
- kicker
Ken Hawkins wrote:
I posted a rant on this very subject about 1 month ago. My laptop
continues to run just fine on 7.2, after a looonng day of attempting
to install 8.1 I KNOW its not hardware because I haven't had a hiccup
at all, and 7.2 autodetected all components, which 8.1 failed to
Mark D'voo wrote:
I tried also to increase linux awareness by giving away cd's, but my story is
more funny. A couple of months ago some dumbass rep from microsoft came to
talk to the computer club at my university about .NET. A bunch of people
showed up because they were giving everyone a
On Tue, 08 Jan 2002 22:41:00 -0600
mycal62 [EMAIL PROTECTED] scribbled in frustration:
major snippage
But let's be candid and and admit we are all waiting for a distro with
everything
that's just right, otherwise we would not upgrade.
==
Yes..., and I'd like
Michael Scottaline wrote:
Yes..., and I'd like rainwater to be beer ;-)
Mike
If that happens in your area, please e-mail directions... grin
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Ronald J. Hall wrote:
Ron Marriage wrote:
I agree, I order the power packs and always find them easy
to install, no problem.
I also feel better about myself. I don't support with code,
so do so with dollars.
Ron
I enthusiastically agree here. For multiple reasons:
1. In
On Thursday 10 January 2002 12:29 am, you wrote:
Ronald J. Hall wrote:
Ron Marriage wrote:
I agree, I order the power packs and always find them easy
to install, no problem.
I also feel better about myself. I don't support with code,
so do so with dollars.
Ron
I
Not necessarily true. I spent 5 and then an additional 20 on an order to
Mandrake (with the honest intention of supporting the group) and had problems
with the installation:
a. several times the installer returned a message indicating problems with
the install CD (probably just a
Great idea! I will follow the recommendation.
On Wednesday 09 January 2002 12:51, you wrote:
Ron Marriage wrote:
I agree, I order the power packs and always find them easy
to install, no problem.
I also feel better about myself. I don't support with code,
so do so with dollars.
On Mon, 7 Jan 2002, Ken Hawkins wrote:
Maybe I missed the response, but is this a downloaded ISO image? If so,
did you perform a checksum test? All it takes is one bad source file to
ruin a good ISO.
Very good point, Ken! Yes, this is a downloaded ISO image, and
I'm not quite
Windows ME = Winblows More Errors
My PII 300 Intel Chipset works pretty fine with MDK 8.1. But with some
others computers (mainly new ones with Via chipset) I had some difficults
and back to MDK 8.0.
On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, Ashley Reynolds wrote:
Windows ME was truly Microsoft's *worst*
On Monday 07 January 2002 10:37 pm, you wrote:
On Mon, 2002-01-07 at 16:52, Davor Cengija wrote:
So, concensus would be that I have some hardware related
problems, which is quite unusual since Mdk 7.2 worked just
fine without any problem.
Not necessarily PROBLEMS; just that
On Tuesday 08 January 2002 10:20 am, you wrote:
Windows ME = Winblows More Errors
My PII 300 Intel Chipset works pretty fine with MDK 8.1. But with some
others computers (mainly new ones with Via chipset) I had some difficults
and back to MDK 8.0.
I have some problems with MDK 8.1 and I
Me too :-) In the MDK control centre- services. Deselect alsa on
boot option. Reconfigure the card with sndconfig and reboot.
Nick.
Harold Hartley wrote:
the sound mixer doesn't work properly until you do a modprobe of the sound
card.. and I have been running a sound card thats been linux
On Monday 07 January 2002 12:52 pm, Davor Cengija wrote:
As far as I can see, CPU and fan are working fine.
Is there any hardware stress/testing tool available for Linux
(or even for Windows)?
The best, cpuburn, both windoze and Linux versions
On Mon, 7 Jan 2002, Davor Cengija wrote:
On Mon, 7 Jan 2002, Ken Hawkins wrote:
Maybe I missed the response, but is this a downloaded ISO image? If so,
did you perform a checksum test? All it takes is one bad source file to
ruin a good ISO.
Very good point, Ken! Yes, this is a
We are going nowhere. People are addicted to Windblows, they will experiment
with Linux on a marginal box, and then, because it is so much better, move
it to a more powerful box. If the marginal box part craps out, no powerful
box for you... Microsloth wins.
mg
On Monday 07 January 2002
i think there was a problem with the download edition, I have downloaded it 3
times for 3 different computers, on each computer is was slooow and very
unstable ( i was lucky to have a 1 day uptime ). I think we should take a
vote to figure out what is wrong, Tell me if 8.1 is giving you
On Tue, 2002-01-08 at 08:45, Mark D'voo wrote:
i think there was a problem with the download edition, I have downloaded it 3
times for 3 different computers, on each computer is was slooow and very
unstable ( i was lucky to have a 1 day uptime ). I think we should take a
vote to figure
Everyone is so hung up on free, that they spend time
downloading an iso image from the internet, knowing that a
single bit of data can cause the whole thing to go sour.
Then they burn this image onto a CD, again where one little
error makes the whole thing a mess.
People, spend $5 and buy a
Personally, and this is just me, I don't load a distro on my box unless I
threw some coin (usually $60-$80) into the collection plate.
On Tuesday 08 January 2002 22:25, Ron Marriage wrote:
Everyone is so hung up on free, that they spend time
downloading an iso image from the internet,
I agree, I order the power packs and always find them easy
to install, no problem.
I also feel better about myself. I don't support with code,
so do so with dollars.
Ron
mike wrote:
Personally, and this is just me, I don't load a distro on my box unless I
threw some coin (usually $60-$80)
I posted earlier, and just wish to mention, that in all fairness,
some people will have issues which will be unresolveable, despite buying
a distro,
having New hardware and having some experience with Linux.
I have always paid for a boxed set including mandrake 7.0, 7.1, 7.2,
8.0, and 8.1,
as
I am running Mandrake 8.1, the Download Edition, which I ordered from
EverythingLInux (http://www.everythinglinux.com.au) on pressed CD's. It
works outstandingly well. :)
Kindest Regards,
Ashley (aka ze0).
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Ken , the one thing that laptops do and furtively is to drop the clock
speed to reduce power, I've a Toshiba sat 4000cds, and it lies about its
clock speed. To increase battery life its very common to power down
parts of the motherboard when the're not in use.
my 2 penneth
BG richard
On Mon,
Unstable?? Are you kidding?
My windows installation had all kinds of problem not recoqnicing hardware,
conflicting irq etc etc. MDK 8.1 runs very smooth without any prblem at all.
So MDK 8.1 is very stable.
marc
On Monday 07 January 2002 06:59 pm, you wrote:
On Mon, 7 Jan 2002, Davor
On Mon, 7 Jan 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Check your hardware. This sounds suspiciously like a failing CPU or case
fan. I've been running 8.1 for about two months now and it has been
solid.
Thanks for your reply (and thanks to Richard, as well).
At first I thought it was
Currently running 8.1 on three desktops and one laptop. I've yet to have a
problem with stability. One machine is a generic (everything built on board)
pc that I use everday to work on Window machines (HEHE Using Linux to work on
Windows), and it has never failed me. This machines runs for
Maybe I missed the response, but is this a downloaded ISO image? If so,
did you perform a checksum test? All it takes is one bad source file to
ruin a good ISO.
Ken
Davor Cengija wrote:
On Mon, 7 Jan 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Check your hardware. This sounds suspiciously like a failing
On Mon, 7 Jan 2002, Marc wrote:
Unstable?? Are you kidding?
Why would I? Have other problems on my mind...
My windows installation had all kinds of problem not recoqnicing hardware,
conflicting irq etc etc. MDK 8.1 runs very smooth without any prblem at all.
So MDK 8.1 is very
On Monday 07 January 2002 16:52, you wrote:
On Mon, 7 Jan 2002, Marc wrote:
Unstable?? Are you kidding?
Why would I? Have other problems on my mind...
My windows installation had all kinds of problem not recoqnicing
hardware, conflicting irq etc etc. MDK 8.1 runs very smooth
On Mon, 7 Jan 2002, Davor Cengija wrote:
On Mon, 7 Jan 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Check your hardware. This sounds suspiciously like a failing CPU or case
fan. I've been running 8.1 for about two months now and it has been
solid.
Thanks for your reply (and thanks to Richard,
On Monday 07 January 2002 04:52 pm, you wrote:
On Mon, 7 Jan 2002, Marc wrote:
Unstable?? Are you kidding?
Why would I? Have other problems on my mind...
My windows installation had all kinds of problem not recoqnicing
hardware, conflicting irq etc etc. MDK 8.1 runs very smooth
Marc wrote:
Unstable?? Are you kidding?
My windows installation had all kinds of problem not recoqnicing hardware,
conflicting irq etc etc. MDK 8.1 runs very smooth without any prblem at all.
So MDK 8.1 is very stable.
marc
On Monday 07 January 2002 06:59 pm, you wrote:
I installed Mandrake 8.1 in about 45 minutes since it became available and if
I wouldn't have moved this pass week it would have been up for over 3 months
with out a hitch. I can't say the same about WinME. I spent 12 hours
yesterday with my son-inlaw getting his system reinstalled because of
Windows ME was truly Microsoft's *worst* operating system.
Kindest Regards,
Ashley (aka ze0).
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On Mon, 2002-01-07 at 16:52, Davor Cengija wrote:
So, concensus would be that I have some hardware related
problems, which is quite unusual since Mdk 7.2 worked just
fine without any problem.
Not necessarily PROBLEMS; just that Mdk 8.1 is more STRICT, and won't
tolerate
One of the virtues of Linux over Windblows was that the hardware requiremtns
were less stringent, no?
mg
On Monday 07 January 2002 22:37, Michael Leone wrote:
On Mon, 2002-01-07 at 16:52, Davor Cengija wrote:
So, concensus would be that I have some hardware related
problems,
On Mon, 2002-01-07 at 23:03, mike wrote:
One of the virtues of Linux over Windblows was that the hardware requiremtns
were less stringent, no?
There's a difference between less stringent and marginal.
mg
On Monday 07 January 2002 22:37, Michael Leone wrote:
On Mon, 2002-01-07 at
I can report two conditions I've seen 8.1 do these kinds of things.
One like is said by Richard. The changing clock speeds which really
isn't handled well by the linux kernel. According to an article I
remember but can't find I disabled this feature in Bios on the laptop
I was on and pf
James Sparenberg wrote:
I can report two conditions I've seen 8.1 do these kinds of things.
One like is said by Richard. The changing clock speeds which really
isn't handled well by the linux kernel. According to an article I
remember but can't find I disabled this feature in Bios on the
Just a punt but the docs mention 2.4 kernels are more aggressive with the
swap file. Did you use an existing partion sheme from a 2.2 based distro. You
might want to perform a drive integrity test as well as the mem test.
Just a guess as I said - any comments ?
Rob
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