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

[Daniel Hauck]

The 2.4.3 kernel is VERY buggy.  Upgrade to 2.4.4

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Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 8:48 AM
Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Die hard SuSE fan... err... Mandrake 8.0!


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> On Wed, 2 May 2001, Steve Baker wrote:
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> > Chris Cox wrote:
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> > > Having not tried Mandrake since the pre 7 days... I
> > > decided to try 8.0.  WOW!
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>   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.
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>   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?
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>   The sound card was not set up properly.  I had to do it manually.
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>   Does anyone know how to get into the command line mode in LILO when it
> is a graphic screen?
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