I too had many problems with my "fresh" install of 7.2 on a previous 7.1 where I kept my /home, /opt and /usr/local and let it format my /. The menu system is a disaster with numerous duplicate entries and many that do not work, Kmail caused all my deleted messages to "re-appear" in the inbox, my hostname changed to the default "localhost@local domain", etc. I agree. An upgrade should not do this. Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Registered Linux user 183185 ----- Original Message ----- From: Jerry Sternesky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 8:37 AM Subject: [expert] 7.2 Very disappointed > I tried to upgrade a machine from Mandrake 7.1 to 7.2. Mostly I wanted > to get cups installed and working on this machine since it is a server > with a printer for all my clients. What the upgrade did was take a > working machine and in 7 ours of upgrade time render it into a useless > machine. It has taken my network configuration and completly turned it > into vapor. I hear lots of success stories, but mine is certianly not > one of them. The list of problems is way to large to go over here, but > I have been fighting with this machine all weekend to recover it, and it > looks like the only way to get it back is a fresh install. It looks as > though I will have to wipe everything clean, and roll back to 7.1 if I > want a functioning Mandrake distribution, which I am not sure I want > anymore after this experience. Hell an upgrade should not do this to a > machine. My main complaint is with what it did to netoworking, it seems > portmapper is gone, hangs at the start of NFS services (obviously) and > named errors out on boot. All things that worked well on the machine > before this debacle. The only way I can get any resemblance to > netowrking is to use ifconfig and assign the address and netmask and > bring the interface up. Hell not even the loop back is available on > boot. I am very disapoint in Mandrake for this release and think they > really blew it this time. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: > Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. >
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