A followup with some more information and problems:
Randy Kramer wrote:
> I just tried to install 8.0 beta 3 for the first time.
>
> (System is a Matsonic 8308 with on-board video, sound, ethernet, 700
> MHz Duron, 192 MB Ram. On board ethernet is disabled to use a 10 mbit
> Coax ethernet (Realtek 8029)
Corrected Realtek number above.
I cannot configure the X-Server. The Matsonic 8308 is based on an SiS
chipset with an SiS 630 video chip and "SiS 630 GUI Accelerator plus
3D". When I get to that section of the install I only get the choice to
install XFree86 3.3.6 (?) or 3.3.6 with experimental 3D support, but not
XFree86 4.0.3.
(This may be appropriate -- there is some confusion on the XFree site,
it may be that the driver for 4.0.2 supported the SiS 630 but the driver
for 4.0.3 does not. That seems strange, but may be the case -- I've
written to them about that. This is not the main problem, but if you
are interested, see these two web pages:
http://xfree86.org/4.0.2/Status30.html#30
http://xfree86.org/4.0.3/SiS1.html#1
)
The main problem is that, whichever option I choose (3.3.6 or 3.3.6 with
experimental...) I quickly get to an error message that says:
An error occurred
Can't call method "set_active" on an undefined value
This also happened when I tried to install Mandrake 7.2 on this system.
Is there a solution? I was expecting that in either case (Mandrake 7.2
or Mandrake 8.0 beta) I would be given an option to use the "plain"
VGA/SVGA driver, but saw no way to choose that.
Thanks,
Randy Kramer
The previous list of problems (unresolved):
>
> 1. I configured a local printer which worked fine (almost -- I'll come
> back to this), then I went to configure a remote printer using the SMB/
> option. At this point the installation hung. Based on the message at
> the bottom of the screen, the system might have been looking for the
> printer. The computer with that printer was on, that printer was on,
> and the network was and is working. (The machine I am installing on is
> a dual boot with Windows -- networking and sharing of the printer is
> working fine in windows.) (I don't know whether the system really tries
> to look for the remote printer or not.)
>
> 2. The configuration of the local printer went fine on the second
> install attempt. (The installation hung at the SMB printer install on
> both attempts.) On the first attempt to install the local printer, I
> tried a printer driver that turned out to be the wrong printer driver,
> and it dumped a ton of garbage to the printer that printed multiple
> pages (of garbage). Is there a way to kill a bad print job like that
> within the installation, or must I shut off the printer and computer,
> reboot, and restart the installation?
>
> 3. Also, after selecting packages, it told me I was about to install 3
> servers, (cups, postfix, and webmim, IIRC) and asked me if I really
> wanted to. I answered no because I did not want postfix installed, but
> there was no additional choice after that -- presumably it didn't
> install any of the three. (I don't know the final result, because the
> installation failed at the printer install -- when I started a reinstall
> I said yes at that point.)
To clarify, I would have liked to have the chance to select which
servers to install and which not to install.
> Don't have any more comments at this point -- in the midst of the third
> installation attempt -- this time I will not attempt to install the
> remote printer.
>
> Randy Kramer
