On Wednesday 03 September 2003 08:01 pm, David Rankin wrote: > Joeb penned: > > Since .2 releases are supposed to be the most stable of the > > series (7.2, 8.2 and now 9.2) I hope Mandrake would let the release > > date slip if needed for improved stability. > > I whole-heartedly agree and encourage a slip to foster stability and a > polished release if required. I have tried virtually all version of mdk > since 7.0. I am still running 7.2 as a server because of the problems that > have been left in all releases since 7.2. To call 8.2 a victory in polish I > think misses the mark. But to be fair, 8.2 was born during the fight to go > from gcc 2.96 to the 3.0X variety that gave all of the major packages > headaches or hangovers depending on how you look at it. > > Bottom line, forget focusing on just getting the next number release > out to stay ahead in the numbers game, get the next release out right. I've > said it before and I'll say it again, if 9.2 is as clean and reliable as > 7.2 was/is, the mdk folks will have hit a home run. > I would second that, however when I merely suggested the above, I was snarled at. ??? I really think if they could do the above, some big corp might take them under their wings like SUSE got. ? Just a thought.
> -- > David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. > RANKIN * BERTIN, PLLC > 510 Ochiltree Street > Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 > (936) 715-9333 > (936) 715-9339 fax > > "...the right to trial by jury, that palladium of civil liberty and only > safe guarantee for the life, liberty and property of the citizen." Texas > Declaration of Independence (March 2, 1836) > > It's your bill of rights - Vote NO to Prop. 12 on September 13 > -- > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joeb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 7:51 PM > Subject: Re: [expert] dm in 9.2RC1 dying... > > > Mark wrote: > > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > >Hash: SHA1 > > > > > >On Tue, 2 Sep 2003, Joeb wrote: > > >>Mark wrote: > > >>>Hi all, > > >>> > > >>>Is anyone else seeing this happen? What I mean is the system boots > > >>> just fine to the GUI login screen, but after I've logged out of my > > >>> Xwindows session it doesn't remain in init 5, but drops to init 3, > > >>> and the > > console > > > >>>login appears. In order to get the GUI login screen back I've got to > > drop > > > >>>to init 1 and then go to init 5. > >>> > >>>------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >>> > > >>>Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > >>>Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > >> > > >>There's already been a bug report submitted on it. I think you can > > >> also get the dm back by logging in at the console prompt and typing: > > >> service -f dm (you will need to be root or su to root). After that, > > >> you won't get kicked out of the dm until you reboot and logout the > > >> first time. Hopefully, it will be fixed for RC2. > > >> > > >> > > >>Joeb > > > > > >Awesome...thanks Joeb. By the way...when is the scheduled release date > > > of RC2? > > > > > >- -- > > >Mark > > > > Hopefully, not until it's finished! It seems that the RC introduced a > > bunch of problems that weren't in the last beta. Most, but not all seem > > to be cleared up in cooker. I haven't actually heard of a release > > date. Since .2 releases are supposed to be the most stable of the > > series (7.2, 8.2 and now 9.2) I hope Mandrake would let the release > > date slip if needed for improved stability. > > > > Joeb > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- ---- > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
