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My PII 300 Intel Chipset works pretty fine with MDK 8.1. But with some others computers (mainly new ones with Via chipset) I had some difficults and back to MDK 8.0. On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, Ashley Reynolds wrote: > Windows ME was truly Microsoft's *worst* operating system. > > Kindest Regards, > Ashley (aka ze0). > > |----------------------------------------------------------| > | Ashley Reynolds (aka ze0) [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | http://www.botepidemic.com Ph: +61 404 140 163 | > | | > | Registered Linux User: #254073 | > |----------------------------------------------------------| > > On Mon, 7 Jan 2002, Gary A. Garibaldi wrote: > > > I installed Mandrake 8.1 in about 45 minutes since it became available and if > > I wouldn't have moved this pass week it would have been up for over 3 months > > with out a hitch. I can't say the same about WinME. I spent 12 hours > > yesterday with my son-inlaw getting his system reinstalled because of > > multi-virui. I had multiple problems with sound and modem, and only after > > searching the internet I found the drivers and was able to get the basic > > system installed. Today he is installing all the other programs that he uses. > > > > Gary > > > > On Monday 07 January 2002 16:06 pm, you wrote: > > > 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 > > > > > > > -- ----------------------- Alan Wilter S. da Silva ----------------------- Laborat�rio de F�sica Biol�gica Instituto de Biof�sica Carlos Chagas Filho Universidade do Brasil/UFRJ Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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