[ale] More problems with Mandrake 8.2

[John LaPierre]

Kevin - 

Try this - I had the same problem once when installing on a network with a M$ 
Win 2K DHCP Server. 

Install again. When you get to the network card config, do not choose DHCP. 
Give a good static IP and netmask, or skip it and configure it later. Also, 
just to rule out an X problem, be sure to boot into run level 3, not 5.

Hope it works... 

John L 



On Friday 19 April 2002 03:18 pm, you wrote:

> I did a fresh install of Mandrake 8.2 on my desktop because the first one
> was really dodgy.  This time I installed KDE and Configuration in the "big"
> package selection, and did not remove anything during the individual
> package selection.  (I don't think I removed anything last time, but this
> time I made sure.)
>
> Computer boots fine.  Sound doesn't work, but I expected that.  KDE works
> fine, until I try to shut it down.  It hangs forever.  CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE.
> Now KDE doesn't start right.  It hangs on "Initializing Peripherals" for a
> while, then the startup spalsh screen goes away and the panel appears, but
> I have no desktop.  I try to open a terminal.  The window appears but it
> remains a black screen.  I try to close it.  It won't close.  XKill.  Try
> to exit KDE.  CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE.  Try to su so I can reboot the machine.
> Hangs after typing the password.  CTRL-ALT-DELETE.  At least that gets
> trapped properly and the machine shuts down gracefully.
>
> My conclusion is that Mandrake 8.2 is a disaster.  I know some of you have
> had success with it, I know at least two of you has not, and I have tried
> three installs on two different machines now with entirely different but
> equally unusable results.  Mandrake 8.1 has always been rock solid and I
> have never had problems installing or using it.  What they released as 8.2
> was a bad snapshot of a beta test still in progress.  Publisher deadlines
> suck.  The betas I tried were better than the final.  I just hope this
> isn't the version that ends up in the 8.2 box, or MandrakeSoft is going to
> be hurting.
>
> Krum
>
>
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