[NTLUG:Discuss] Mandrake X update

[Wayne Patterson]

Chuck,
I cut my teeth on Mandrake and loved it. But, every time I did an update 
it screwed up all sorts of stuff.
I quit Mandrake for this reason alone. I went to red hat and they 
decided to stick it to the little guys like me.
So I'm looking for something else.
So... the answer is No! It is not and isolated case. It happened every 
time I tried an update.


Chuck wrote:

>A friend and I both use Mandrake.  He is using 9.2 on both a laptop (Compaq 
>model 1260 500mhz) and a desktop (Pentium 1300mhz).  On monday he used the 
>Mandrake Update service to update the new install on the laptop.  This 
>included several rpm's for XFree86.  The upgrade hung part way through.  He 
>was then not able to get X to start at all.  I found that XF86Config-4 was 
>gone.  The thing is, when he did an update on the desktop, the same thing 
>happened.  In both cases it was easier to migrate the files off the drives 
>and reinstall 9.2.
>
>My worry is that my machine needs the same update, and I do not want to hose 
>XF86 when I do it.  My question:  has anyone else seen this behavior from the 
>XF86 update?  If this is an isolated instance, I will chance the update, and 
>try and fix it with urpmi if it breaks XF86.  My box is Mandrake 9.1 on an 
>Athlon 1300, Nvidia video card.
>
>Thanks.
>
>Chuck Graf
>cfgraf.com
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