[ale] More problems with Mandrake 8.2

[Kevin Krumwiede]

My DHCP server is my Linux firewall/router.  I always use runlevel 3.

I tried installing Mandrake 8.2 once again.  It did the same screwy
things it did the last time I tried installing it on this machine.  So I
installed Mandrake 8.1 and tried 8.2's "upgrade" and "upgrade packages
only" options.  Both complained about being unable to install most of
the new packages (no reason given).  After verifying my checksums one
more time, I threw the 8.2 CDs in the trash where they belong.

I ended up doing another install of 8.1 with KDE, leaving out GNOME and
all the GNOME apps I love so well.  Then I did a net install of Ximian
GNOME Desktop.  After figuring out that my /var partition was too small
to hold all the temp files, it installed very nicely.  Now I have the
latest and greatest versions of Evolution and all that stuff.

Unfortunately, Evolution did not work out of the box.  After a little
research on Google, I figured out that I was missing
gnome-gtkhtml-editor.  I got the Mandrake Cooker version of gtkhtml
(along with its dependency, libcapplet1) and now everything seems to be
running perfectly.

There have been lots of bug fixes since 8.1 so I still have some work to
do.  I've set MALLOC_CHECK_ in rc.sysinit to protect against the recent
zlib bug.  I'm guessing that doesn't cause a significant performance hit
for a workstation.  (Just a slight hit whenever an app frees some heap
memory.)

I'm very satisfied with my installation, finally!

Krum


On Fri, 2002-04-19 at 18:47, John LaPierre wrote:
> 
> 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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