Hi , yes I've had similar experiences with mdk 8.1, I now have two motherboards which have one or two very subtle faults. On the other two machines absolutely no problem with stability. I found 8.1 more demanding on resources than 7.2, so if there's a hardware problem its going to show up very quickly.. Bear in mind the way pc hardware gets handled, its no wonder things die a little when pushed hard. ESD handling and dealers seem to be mutually exclusive to each other.. HTH BG richard
On Mon, 2002-01-07 at 17:23, Davor Cengija wrote: > 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! > > -- > Davor Cengija > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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