I'm having a really hard time with this new 8.1
distribution. It is very unstable and unpredictable (something
I wouldn't expect from Mandrake Linux). Anyone experienced
similar problems, say:
- kicker dies without obvious reason
- konqueror segfaults with libstdc++ errors in debug stack trace
- the X server freezes while the rest of the system works fine (say,
internet connection). However, mouse and keyboard are dead (since
they're controlled by X, of course)
- xemacs segfaults with different errors, in different states
There are some other problems as well. I'll skip pasting stack
traces, etc for now.
The strange thing is that everything works just fine after
reboot (like in windows :-). So, I'd say that either kernel or
some standard lib (glibc, libstdc++ or whatever) is
broken. Sometimes one error in say konqueror is followed by
xemacs' segfault.
I'm pretty experienced in Linux (as a user). I'm using
Mandrake since 5.x, if I remember correctly. I usually skip
over X.0 versions and though 8.1 would be fine. But it is not,
unfortunatelly.
I know this post is very undetailed, and I'd gladly post stack
traces etc if there's an interest in this group.
My current configuration:
Mandrake 8.1 - vanilla
Changed kernel to 2.4.16 (slightly better than distribution provided
2.4.8 without devfs)
DevFS turned off (This was a very bad decision by Mandrake Devel. Team
to include it by default. DevFS just doesn't work good).
So, if anyone had similar experiences, I'd gladly discuss them
and finally we could make something out.
Cheers!
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Davor Cengija
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