On Thursday 24 May 2001 06:59, Darrell Scott wrote:
> I recently installed LM8.0 on some free harddrive space, so I can make a
> decision as to whether I want to replace my reliable 7.2 partition.
>
> For the most part, I've been impressed (with KDE enhancements in
> particular). However, when I installed and tried out The Gimp (from the
> supplied rpm), I found it kept freezing on me! It would start fine, but
> when I selected another tool from the toolpad thingy, it didn't seem to
> want to respond any more. Sometimes it would, sometimes it wouldn't. The
> rest of the desktop remains responsive.
>
> Has anyone else witnessed this behaviour, and/or know of a remedy to get
> The Gimp working again? I was running The Gimp on KDE (this is all
> out-of-the-box-rpm setup).
>
> Incidently, I've also experienced the shutdown problem people have been
> talking about. Even using kernel magic sysrq keys to sync and unmount my
> partitions doesn't work (despite messages displayed on the terminal to the
> contrary!). Is Mandrake going to release an updated kernel to resolve this
> soon (I'm assuming it's a kernel prob).
>
> Many Thanks,
> Darrell
Let me guess, you have reiserfs partitions.
Civileme
If not, I want to know a LOT more about your hardware and installed
configuration-- http://perso,mandrakesoft.com/~civileme/snapshot.sh run it
send me the files
~/*snap
Civileme
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