INSTALL: After doing an "expert upgrade" and selecting the packages, i got an
error "Error-- rebuild rpmrebuilddb.9 already exists!" (to resolve alt/ctrl/f3
or f4 or something to command and del/rm the file within the given folder
location). Installs fine after i del/rm the file.
INSTALL: Minor bug =- graphical install bar showing current install ratio is
incorrect when doing a hdd (hd.img) install (guess the install goes much faster
than the bar is calculated for..used to slow cdrom speed...lol)
SCSI Detection: my scsi card aha152x (1520b) is having problems with detection
in all cd.img installs. including when trying initiate the install from the dos
cdrom boot files. so tried cd.img/cdrom dos/blank.img and still no-go. (the
blank.img simple blanks my screen on a graphical and think the results were teh
same when finding the aha152x from the blank.img as well...did use my own
kernel img (or vmlinuz/bzimage). (guess your right, would be nice to do a
ls120 image diskette maybe with all modules as well...lol)
KDE/KFM: When opening kfm (kde folder) to /mnt with an audio cdrom inserted (in
my scsi cdrom...probabely ide as well), the enter o/s will freeze when opeing
the /mnt folder! (think most who work with audio already know about
this....something with the kernel needing re-compile to include support for the
audio file formats).
MICE: Would be nice to see both ps2 and usb mice configured on
install/upgrade. (usb mouse has a wheel on it)
LS120: Umsdos file support is available on default kernel upgrade.
#> mount /dev/hdc /mnt/ls120
/dev/hdc: Input/output error
mount: you must specify the filesystem type
#$@#$@#...guess i have to recompile my kernel here to include ls120
support again....(ide-floppy...think it was). as such, ls120 (ide-floppy)
doesn't work on install. (fyi: tried vfat,ext2,msdos as well...this looks like
the upgrade didn't take notice of my ide-floppy...as usual, will probabely
rebuild my kernel sometime to fix)
Overall, I am highly impressed with the speed at which mandrake is improving.
this version (of course installed using the "expert > xfree40 option when
presented....(got's a geforce!)) is much peppier than the last 7.0. The
xfree4.0 does flash several times abnormally @ startx (i have the o/s starting
it automatically). Also, it detected my Saitek usb mouse which is connected
via an externel (not-self powered, generic) usb hub. This mouse is part of the
G2 gaming pad (www.saitek.com) and is connected to the G2 pad via a custom
cable and then G2 is connected to the generic usb hub. The copy/paste mouse
menus are nice.
The kernel also detects the Umax 2200 scanner via scsi connection. Whether or
not it works, i still have to find out.
The re-working of the KDE Menus is nicely done and more organized then what the
defaults are! only thing is, i was much use to finding all the prgs within the
confusing menu. Glad to see somebody finally took the initiative to
re-organize (so that newbies will have an easier time learning at the least!).
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