Here is a list of a few problems I get with Mandrake 7.1b. I don't know
exactly what beta it is, as I built the iso from a ftp site
(ftp.ciril.fr). The last iso I tried was built yesterday, so I guess it
is up-to-date (last package from May 28).
- my graphic card (Elsa Gloria Synergy) is not detected, and lspci gives
me a "Texas Instrument TVP4020 Permedia 2". Anyway, I couldn't get any
resolution to work, with XFree86 3 or 4. It works very well with 6.0,
6.1, and 7.0 Mandrake (XF86_3DLabs server, but the card is still
detected as the TI thing).
- when trying XFree86 4.0 setup at install, it doesn't work because it
tries to write some logs in /var/log/XFree86.0. I had to ln -s
/mnt/var/log /var/log before going on.
- the printer configuration doesn't allow for a direct postscript network
printer, or did I miss something ? I have a nice printer plugged-in my
switch, and it would be nice to configure it upon installation.
- on a Dell Latitude CPt laptop (celeron), using XFree86 4.0 is much
better than 3.3.6, but when it goes into suspend (apm), I lose the
graphic display when I come back (tty black, nothing happening).
Sometime everything is blocked. Needed a hard reboot.
- BTW, the isomake.sh would be better with the folowing patch (allows to
relaunch the thing in case there is a problem) :
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< mkdir -p $mdkLOCALROOT/cd1
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< mv $mdkLOCALROOT/mirror/* $mdkLOCALROOT/cd1
---
> mv $mdkLOCALROOT/mirror $mdkLOCALROOT/cd1
and I had also to change:
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< lftp -c "open $mdkFTPSITE ; cd $mdkFTPDIR ; mirror"
---
> lftp -c "open $mdkFTPSITE\; cd $mdkFTPDIR\; mirror"
maybe because of my lftp version ?
# rpm -qf /usr/bin/lftp
lftp-2.2.0-2mdk
Let's stop here. Anyway, I'm very positive about Mandrake 7.1, and if
XFree 4.0 works well, and ReiserFS too (seems to work currently), then it
will be perfect.
--
Xavier
