Greetings. I finally was able to get around to installing
Fisher, only to find there was a new beta. I installed
it on a laptop as a test and have a few questions/observations
(many reported as bugs to RedHat).
System info: Toshiba Tecra T8000
PII/366, 128M RAM, internal modem,
CD-ROM, external floppy, 10G HD
1024x768 SVGA with Neomagic chipset, 2M
10-T and 100-T PCMCIA NICs (4 different 3COM)
1) Should I upgrade to the later beta?
2) Can I upgrade or do I have to reload the computer
(i.e., is the Fisher to Woverine upgrade operational)?
It's a test hard disk so it's not too much trouble if I
have to reload.
3) I cannot get DNS to work. I have the EXACT same configuration
as a couple of other computers on the same net, RH 6.2 and 7.0.
They can resolve but nslookup, dig, host fail. A ping by IP
works.
4) The setup is on a Toshiba T8000 laptop with 1024x768 and
using Neomagic chipset. X got setup with a limited freq.
on for horiz and vert -- hence startx only gave me 800x600.
I had to run Xconfigurator and tell it the monitor was
1024x768 at 60 Hz -- all is OK now.
5) Kernel PCMCIA did not work at all. /etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia
did not start cardmgr. I had to build 2.4.2 from tarball,
reboot, then manually start cardmgr. PCMCIA now works and
I have networking.... Since there is a Toshiba laptop option,
I think I may be stuck with a custom kernel as a final
product anyway....
6) 7.1 appears to have removed? inetd? Where does one verify
what services are enabled/disabled without /etc/inetd.conf?
Cheers,
--
W. Wade, Hampton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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lines on the road, you'd have to buy a new car.
Occasionally your car would just die for no reason, and
you'd have to restart it, but you'd just accept this.
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