LINK WORLD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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> 1. httpd (apache server) is on by default. Why?
Was a mistake (was installed during "full install"). Fixed.
> 2. dial-up networling setup is a nightmare. I still can't get it to
> work. I dual-boot in windoze and the setup is a snap here. The settings
> I need to do in Mandrake are too much for what is today a default
> requirement.
Strange, it worked for me painlessly everytime I tried it during install.
After install, "kppp" was set up with parameters I gave during install.
Upcomming 7.2 will have a wizard to help you connect to the internet via
different ways such as dialup, cable, dsl, isdn.
> 3. I spend days to get to find the 'xterm' command to allow remote
> X-Windows apps to work. Mails to mandrake expert also got me no answer.
Yep, an `expert' question. See below.
> 4. Remote printing needed changes in several 'host' files to get it of
> the ground.
Upcomming 7.2 will have a far better printing system called cups.
> 5. An 'upgrade' from 7.0 to 7.1 was estimated to take over 20 hours. I
> aborted the upgrade. In India the power situation does not allow me to
> take such risks.
It's because your 7.0 install was really big. It's a common problem,
related to failure of rpm to scale well to large databases.
> 6. During the last part of an installation if the display gets garbled
> (vga probe) there is no way to see anything and continue.
It's very uncommon without the label "warning testing can be dangerous
with this videocard", though.
> 7. I have purchased a Mandrake 'Box'. The installation guide is
> extremely sketchy. The built in user guide is even more sketchy.
?
> 8. The Mandrake Search is sooo poor that I often need to get help from
> sites of other distros.
Depends on the kind of help you're requesting. Mandrakeforum is also a
good place.
> 9. Many questions that I post to my 'free 90 days installation support'
> are rejected as these are not 'installation related'. Where do I get
> non-installation related help?
An `expert' question -- depends on what you want: are you willing to pay
for support? In the windows world you won't have much help neither if you
don't want to pay for it. If you want to pay, companies such as linuxcare
have solutions for you.
> 10. I can't get RPM Drake to work from a remote CD-ROM. This will be a
> real useful feature.
Dindin, can you include this feature?
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Guillaume Cottenceau -- Distribution Developer for MandrakeSoft
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/
