Marc wrote: > Unstable?? Are you kidding? > > My windows installation had all kinds of problem not recoqnicing hardware, > conflicting irq etc etc. MDK 8.1 runs very smooth without any prblem at all. > So MDK 8.1 is very stable. > > > marc > > > On Monday 07 January 2002 06:59 pm, you wrote: > >>On Mon, 7 Jan 2002, 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. >>> >>Check your hardware. This sounds suspiciously like a failing CPU or case >>fan. I've been running 8.1 for about two months now and it has been >>solid. >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
Are you using standard KDE from mandrake or the souped-up version that does fast loads? It sounds suspiciously like you have one of the sensitive systems and you tried the second option. I have one 8.1 installation that would have four months uptime except that I had to move its location from room to room and shut it down for that purpose. The only things giving me trouble are mozilla and Aethera, which have to be killed periodically, Others with some interesting video cards or with video vs NIC IRQ conflicts have reported some problems, but rarely. One of the nice things about this distro is that you can set PnP BIOS to yes with most machines, but you had better set ACPI to "No" Civileme
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