On Mon, 25 Feb 2002, Arto Leskinen wrote:
> Hi all, > > I just tested the new beta, and when it is finished, it is really > worth considering. Many things that did not worked with 8.0 are now > there. But Beta seems to have quite a few problems left. I have to do > some checking but first try was like follows: > I have G4mp with 2 450 Mhz processors and adaptec scsi card with no > devices added at a moment. And Finnish keyboard which seems to be > working now. Thanks. > - When installing, cups printing system complained about missing RPM. > Have to check that cd image is correctly downloaded. More than likely an RPM I did not include onthe ISO's. > - I had to write setenv boot-device by hand, this was also with 8.0. > No problem really. Ongoing issue. Installer tries to do it, doesn't always take. > - Only failsafe kernel booted. Default gave following mesages at end: > Kernel free SCB list 1 0 > Untaggged Q(1): 2 > DevQ(0:1:0):0 waiting > qinpos = 0 SCB Index 3 > Kernel Panic: Loop 1 > Rebooting in 180 s Hmm, need more info here. Perhaps because of SMB? > - When I started KDE, there was no sound. Known problem - should be fixed in newer packages. > - When I tried to set up Display with Control Center and after that > by hand, I got error > that could not read V_Bios 5 or something like that. Can't check right now. r128? Someone else posted a similar report earlier today - r128 still has problems > - Next time I tried to start X, it did not started. I tried to return > old configuration, > but at a moment x wopnt start. Maybe I will update from install CD. > It propably fixes this easiest. > - When I tried to use Package Manager, I was able to crash it > repeatedly by selecting new > packages and clicking +/- sign in list (there were no new packages). > I haven't used Package Manager lately, but I've seen issue with it on main cooker too, so this may be consistant with that. > Should I report these more closely? > Sure - can you run it from a term and see what is displayed when it crashes? > If I get this working, I'll try to install smp-kernel. > > Thanks to everyone working with this distribution. I think it is > good,when finished. > We try - thanks for the kind words. Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft OH/TN, USA http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~sbenedict/ PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/PPC/FAQ/
