[ale] More problems with Mandrake 8.2

[Kevin Krumwiede]

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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