[NTLUG:Discuss] Die hard SuSE fan... err... Mandrake 8.0!

[Bug Hunter]

On Wed, 2 May 2001, Steve Baker wrote:

> Chris Cox wrote:
> 
> > Having not tried Mandrake since the pre 7 days... I
> > decided to try 8.0.  WOW!
> 
> <snip>
> 

  Mandrake 8.0 sometimes allows me to use serial port com1 (/dev/ttyS0),
sometimes not, on my laptop.  It is very frustrating.  There are no error
messages.  It just works or fails to work.  If I power off an boot into
windows, no problem.

  If I reboot from Linux into Windows 98, A20 line is hung, and Windows 98
will not restart.  I listed it as a bug at mandrake, and they closed it
saying it was a windows bug.  I had no such problem with kernel 2.2, so I
know there is a code difference that is doing this.  It may be a "windows"
bug, but it can be fixed in the kernel.  Does anyone know how to report
this to the kernel writers?

  The sound card was not set up properly.  I had to do it manually.

  Does anyone know how to get into the command line mode in LILO when it
is a graphic screen?

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