[ltp] Experience from updating RH 6.2 to RH 7.0 on TP 770X

[Friedemann Baitinger]

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On 19 Nov 2000, Jon A. Solworth wrote:

> James Mckenzie <os2support@theriver.com> writes:
> 
> > Sounds like you found the solution.  Has anyone tried using XFree86
> > 4.0.1 on a 600E?
> > 
> 
>         I did (under Redhat 7.0).  It didn't suspend properly after that.
> (There was a bug report on RedHat about it, upshot was to rollback to 3.3.6.
> Under 3.3.6 X froze up several times a day under heavy use.  There was a
> bug report on that, but no resolution.)

Unfortunately at the time of my writing I had not try a suspend/resume
cycle. After I have done so I am now back to my old setup using
XF86_SVGA binary from my old RedHat 6.2 (!) installation. Reason: same
experience as yours. System didn't survive a suspend/resume cycle.

> 
>         I have decided that Redhat is very, very bad and I am now using
> debian (as per Thomas Hood's advice) and am very happy.  Haven't tried
> 4.0 again, but things seemmuch more stable under debian.

Could you elaborate? What is bad with RedHat and what does Debian do
better?


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