> 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?
There can be no doubt. That's the only plausable explanation for not including the kernel souce. -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. RANKIN * BERTIN, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 (936) 715-9333 (936) 715-9339 fax -- ----- Original Message ----- From: "H.J.Bathoorn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 4:26 PM Subject: Re: [expert] Install issues with 9.2 > 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 > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > 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
