On Wednesday 22 October 2003 23:15, Greg Meyer wrote: > On Wednesday 22 October 2003 04:58 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > I downloaded the 9.2 Powerpack CD's, and went on an adventure. > > > > Well, 9.2 has several annoying install issues especially with a broken > > KDE install. > > For example: > > -consoles don't get installed properly > > What exactly do you mean. The menu entries for alternative consoles will > no longer show up, for instance gnome-terminal will no longer show up in > KDE and Konsole will not show up in GNOME. This is not a bug but a design > choice. If you want them, you have to add them yourself. > > Also, when you find your KDE menus disappearing, that is not a bug in KDE, > but a bug in RPM. Just run update-menus -v as root to restore them. > > > -old nvidia video drivers don't get overwritten with the new one > > for 9.2 kernel, when you do an upgrade from 9.1 > > - and more > > They never will as the nvidia modules are related to a kernel, not the > distribution. You have to reinstall them for each kernel you are running. > > > I think the official 9.2 release should be delayed a little for these > > things to get fixed. Experienced > > users should have no problems fixing these install isues, but for new > > users it would be a big dissapointment. > > Unfortunately, it is too late. FiveStar has been sent to the manufacturer.
Oy Greg, Have some mercy on the poor sods that find typing "e:\install.bat" a CLI experience.......the man's right; a warning is called for, so as not to put off real Newb's too much. They are the targeted consumer group, aren't they? Good luck, HarM -- Registered Linux User #197998 FSF Associate Member #901 ICQ #146191606 Mandrake HowTo's & more: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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