Re: Mandrake Linux Cooker-i586 20020307 3:18 1. The nfs-utils rpm is still not being installed, even though nfs-utils-clients is.
2. Even though the exportfs is set up correctly, another machine on the network which is running Mandrake 8.0 will NOT connect across different kernel versions (Permission refused). It is impractical to require all the machines on a Linux network to be using exactly the same kernel version and release of Linux. By virtue of the release numbering convention 8.0 must be compatible with all later 8.n releases. This includes networking. 3. /etc/resolv and /etc/hosts and /etc/exports are still not being set up and exportfs -r is not being run (it is not even installed! See 1. above. It is in the nfs-utils RPM). Without these, networking is impossible. 4. Something is continuing to alter or rebuild, usually incorrectly, /etc/fstab. NOTHING should ever interfere with this file. 5. Changes to the exit KDE dialog no longer permit another user to log in. If autologin is installed there appears to be no way that any other user can ever log in!!! How can such a terrible and so obvious mistake have got this far in the 8.2 development cycle? The KDE emergency exit <ctl-alt-backspace> however does produce a KDE login screen at which any user can log in. 6. there is no ability to get out from KDE to a linux command line and access the <aux-F1..F12> facilities. 7. Despite a wheel mouse being indicated and tested, the necessary imwheel RPM is not being installed. The wheel therefore remains inoperative. Once imwheel is installed manually it is necessary to reboot the entire system - this violates Linux conventions. 8. /dev/fd0 is not a valid device. 9, The installer sets a kernel route table default value. When kppp sees this it does not set its own default route. This makes the internet inaccessible. The kernel default route must be deleted by the user in rc.local so that kppp can set the default to ppp0, enabling internet traffic. Alas, there is still LOTS of Mandrake work to do before we have a good 8.2 -- Ron. [au]
