SuSE 7.3 is better for laptops it works on mine and there are no stability problems because the software in not over optimised. there where some bug but thats down to the HP bios on my notebook. but without that it works first time. Damien Dye ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jonathan Calder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 12:21 PM Subject: Laptop grief > > Hi, > > I've been trying to configure a pair of Inspiron 8100 laptops, using > RedHat 7.2 and have encountered immense problems with stability. > Specifically, various bits of file systems are getting trashed, most > often those associated with the KDE menus, but often user data and > system data. This has meant at least one reinstall on each machine > and various refreshes of packages whose files have gone astray. > > I have a suspicion that Gnome may be partly to blame for this, but it > may also be ext3-related some problem. > > Does this ring a bell with anyone? > > Cheers, > > -- Jo Calder > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > For instructions on how to unsubscribe from the edlug list and other > announcements please look at http://www.edlug.ed.ac.uk/. > >
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