Bernhard Rosenkraenzer wrote:
>
> On Wed, 2 Jun 1999, Tom Berger wrote:
>
> > I made a short digest of the trouble postings made to this list and put it
> > up at the mentioned address.
>
> Just a couple of things:
>
> * Fails to unmount the root device during shutdown
> Edit /etc/inittab and remove the #-sign before the /sbin/update
> line. There is also an updated initscript-rpm available, but there
> have been reports that it doesn't solve the problem.
>
> The updated initscript rpm has only one change, which is removing the #
> sign before the /sbin/update. ;)
I concluded that from this post by Bob Gilley:
[quote]
Subject: Re: [expert] 6.0 problems
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 22:51:29 -0400
[...]
Ok, I un-commented /sbin/update line in /etc/inittab and the unmount
problem went away.
[...]
Then I downloaded the update files and instlled the .rpm file thinking
it may contain more fixes that just un-commenting the line per above
statement. The original problem returned [!! T.B.]. Thankfully a backup of
the
original file was created (one by me and a second by the install
program). I'm going to rename the backup file to the original name and
proceed from there.
[...]
[end of quote]
Indeed that seems to make no sense but he encountered it anyway :-).
> If removing the # sign is the correct fix (and I'm rather sure it is, the
> initscripts RPM solves it.
>
> * 'su' fails to start program within KDE ('broken pipe', 'not able
> to open display :0')
> Type 'xhost localhost' on a term prompt. Should probably be put in
> .bashrc.
>
> This is a general X thing (security feature, not bug by the way. It
> prevents people from telnetting into your machine and popping up 500
> xclocks while you're trying to work ;) ), not just in KDE.
Oh, thanks. Will be moved to another section.
> * 'make menuconfig' doesn't work, 'make xconfig' does
> Has been reported once. Yet not confirmed. No solution yet.
>
> I've tried everything and can't reproduce it. I presume the person
> reporting the problem did a custom install without selecting the
> ncurses-devel package, which is required to build the menuconfig
> program.
> Can you give me any more details?
[quote]
Subject: Re: [expert] More 6.0 problems
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 10:30:50 -0400
From: "Al Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
[...]
First
make menuconfig
doesn't work it hangs after the parssing stage. I need to open a new
terminal
and kill the process. But make xconfig works just fine.
[...]
[end of quote]
> * SOX is broken
> Modify the spec file to not override the cflags parameter and than
> compile again. Or use an older version. (sox-12.14 has been
> reported to work)
>
> We've released an updated RPM for 12.15 yesterday.
Looks like you read the 'old' version of the page. Changed that right away
after your mail about this issue.
> * Sound doesn't work with GNOME
> Works after first login but then never again. No solution yet.
> * kaudioserver can't be terminated
> Possibly related to the 'failing to unmount root device' error.
> Using isapnptools-1.15a and sox-12.14 has been reported to solve
> this problem. Looks like especially SB AWE 64 owners are
> threatened.
>
> I'm rather sure these two problems are the same, because KDE and GNOME use
> rather similar ways to access sound. I think the new initscripts should
> solve both, but I can't be 100% sure. I've never had the problem.
Will watch that.
> * "Why are there so many bugs?"
> Major version releases are always prone to errors. I still
> remember the fuss when RH 5.0 came out. 'Venus' is - unlike RH 6 -
> a cutting edge release, it's at least one release ahead of all
> other distros. Nothing's going to stop you continuing to use M 5.3
> and jump on the wagon with M 6.1.
>
> Or 6.0-2. We've decided to have a bugfix-only release before starting to
> add new features.
Great idea! Guess the official distro pack will be delayed then? Just
pondering what you will call this release, maybe 'Venus de Luxe'? *grin*.
NOM.
Thanks a lot for your comments! It's a pleasure 'working for' Mandrake
*grin*.
tom
> LLaP
I always wondered what that means BTW...
> bero
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