On Mon, 13 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> but at least I have learnt that the problem appears to be with Mandrakes rendition
> of the kernel.
>
> Are there any "recomended" Linux packages out there ie Corel, Slackware
> etc??
>
Hmm...you're on a MANDRAKE list, bitching about the
MANDRAKE kernel? Might I suggest you either grab a generic
kernel and make a new config from scratch (make clean, make
menuconfig/make xconfig, etc)
If you don't like the way Mandrake compiles their kernels,
then go ahead and switch to a different distro, but it's
kinda in poor taste to come asking on this list about a
distro to switch to from Mandrake!
John