> -----Original Message----- > From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf Of Lane > Davis > Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 8:31 AM > To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > Subject: hello > > > > Ok, I just grabbed a copy of Redhat 7.1 from their distribution site, > burned it to CD and installed it on a laptop. > > Tell me if I'm crazy, or is it normal for Linux distributions these > days to ship with older KDE (this came with 1.1.2) and old buggy linux > kernels (2.2.16). linux-2.2.16 seems to have some odd bug with the > 3c57x controller. Weird messages appear in syslog such as "eth0: > transmit timed out", and various other Tx/Rx errors. It surprises > me that Redhat ships with this kernel. > > I'm new to the list so I was wondering what the general concensus > is with Mandrake 8.0. > > My morning rant :) > ->L ----- You definitely did not get Redhat 7.1 (seawolf) that definitely installes kernel 2.4.2 and kde 2.1.1 (redhat updates will bring that to 2.1.2 libraries) Craig