Hi,
I haven't had a chance to try beta2, but just in case these issues from beta1 haven't been fixed yet, I thought I'd mention them: - When formatting a loopback filesystem greater than 2GB in size on a vfat partition, DrakX crashes every time. This problem existed in 8.2 as well -- it would be nice to prohibit this if vfat can't handle it. - I am unable to write on a vfat partition from which my root partition was mounted via -o loop. - freetype-tools was not installed as a dependency of drakxtools, so drakfont doesn't quite get TrueType fonts installed. (It tried to run ttmkfdir but it wasn't there.) - I still get a kernel panic on my Vaio F340 when shutting down or running "cardctl eject" with my Buslink wireless network card inserted. The workaround is to manually remove the card before suspending or shutting down, but I often forgot. - The other workaround was to switch to a different card, based on PrismII. It's faster, too... but Mandrake doesn't quite get the driver right. I noticed that Mandrake includes the prism2_plx and prism2_pci drivers from linux-wlan-ng, but not the PCMCIA driver or configuration tools. When I build the configuration tools myself from linux-wlan-ng they work great with the plx driver in the Mandrake kernel. It would be nice if Mandrake could support these card automatically. All in all I find Beta1 to be much cooler than 8.2 in several respects-- Gnome starts faster, Nautilus doesn't lock up after viewing several jpegs, and gpilotd, while not available on the toolbar, syncs my Visor on the first try when run from the command line. Keep up the great work and I'll be watching for Beta3 or Beta4 as my schedule permits. Please CC me on replies; I have the list set on nomail due to volume but I do watch the archives now and then. -- Aaron Peromsik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- For thicker oatmeal, add less water. --
