Re: So disappointed with Red-hat 7.3 !!!

[Antoine <awaco libertysurf fr>]

Le Samedi  8 Juin 2002 05:53, David Kramer a écrit :
> On Fri, 7 Jun 2002, Antoine wrote:
> > HI,
> > I was happy with Red-Hat ... until the 7.3 version.
> > With the 7.3 one, it's a shame :
> A couple of things first, and please take them in the constructive way
> they were intended.  Your first two posts you send out had almost no
> information in them besides the rant.  You may get sympathy, or
> conflicting anectdotes, but not help, without more information.
> I would not dream of installing an operating system without checking the
> hardware compatibility list and requirements before starting.  Any
> operating system.
> Where did you get your CD from?
> Did you make it yourself?
> What did you use to burn it?
> Are you sure your BIOS was configured to boot from CDROM before the hard
> drive?
> Can you read the disk in another computer?
> See previous rant about hardware compatibility.  However, just because
> your monitor is not listed does not mean it won't work.  It just means you
> need to find out the capabilities of your monitor and add them yourself.
>The internet connection = 24 hours to work properly,
> What was the problem?
> What kind of internet connection?
>IMPOSSIBLE, to print : CUPS or PRINTTOOL,
> Surely there would be more posts if it were impossible to print.  If you
> are printing "heiroglyohics", then things are "mostly working" from my
> point of view.  It is most likely not using the printer driver you think
> it is.
> What printer do you have?
> What happens if you do something like "ls > /dev/lp0" as root?
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ANSWER :
I did not say RH is not good, but "I'm disapointed by the 7.3 version"
and was happy with the before versions.
And I said : "any opinions"
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"No enough information about troubles with RH ?" :
What can I say more about DD, CD or printing ... ?
A very classical IDE DD and CD and a Hewlett-Packard 850C printer,
working perfectely with RH 7.1 under "printtool" configuration.
-As I said, I tried ALL possibilities to install my designed printer with :
cups, printtool without any results.
The HP 850C driver is listed in RH 7.3 too.
The problem does not come from the "printtool or cups" but from the LPR
port connection.
"ls > /dev/lp0" as root?" : the cursor moves under the command line and stops.
-About CDROM, why it's well recognised by 7.1 and not by 7.3 ?
-About Monitor, it's, of course, less convenient to configure it when it is 
not listed in the monitor list.
The AOC LCD monitor is a new one ... and was listed in the 7.1.
-About internet connection, it's really less convenient for configuration
compared with the 7.1., but I succeed after so many unsuccessfull tries.

So, it's a reality and an opinion too about RH 7.3 and waiting for an advice 
or opinion of the list's members, that 's did.

If some tell me "RH 7.3 works quite well" so I would be surprised anyway !

An opinion is never the truth but its an indication ...

see you

antoine