um...this isn't making me feel secure about installing this version of
mandrake. were these out-a the box installs or expert custom installations
that are being such a problem?
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On Mon, 23 Apr 2001, s wrote:
> I did a clean install and all went well except that many of the apps I
> selected didn't load during install, like sndconfig- I *think* anything from
> the ext-iso. But I installed from hdd, so I kinda happy <read: surprized> it
> worked at all. I just downloaded anything I noticed I needed and installed
> afterwards-like kdegames. I think a fresh install is the key.
>
> All my hardward was automagically configured and worked right out of the box!
> (Except I did need to load nvidia drivers-and had to use rpms, the tar.gz
> wouldn't load.) But I get lots more framerate than ever before. Like
> 2000fps testing with gears, 400 at full screen. (That's about 33% better).
> And gnome actually looks great now. I'm tempted to use it.
>
> No crashes, everything working. Easy, painless. Don't worry about it unless
> you have some of exotic hardware. I recommend it. Can hardly wait for the
> retail package.
>
> -s
>
> On Sunday 22 April 2001 05:17 pm, you wrote:
> > On Sunday 22 April 2001 17:23, you wrote:
> > > Its driving me crazy! Everysince upgrading from 8.0 final from 8.0 beta3,
> > > many applications segmet out where before worked. Its seems that almost
> > > all programs that did not come with 8.0 final segment fault. I have tried
> > > recompiling the ones that I could with kgcc, kg++ and the such. However,
> > > I still get most of them crashing. The binary only packages, such as
> > > vmware (workstation or gsx) are hopeless.
> > > My system is a AMD T-bird 1.2 GHz. I basically installed 99% of 8.0
> > > final. PLEASE HELP!! Its driving me crazy... TIA
>
> >--
>
> > I'm not very impressed with what people are reporting about their
> > experience
> > with the new stable release of Mandrake, version 8.0. Does anyone have
> > anything *good* to say about it? I might end up just sticking with my 7.2
> > version, which I've updated with KDE 2.1.1 already. No sense dealing with
> > unnecessary hassle.
>
> > Thanks,
> > Eric
>
>
