[Sheflug] mandrake 7.1 weirdness

["Paul Sims" <nospam [at] lombard.co.uk>]

Why oh why (sorry Points of View!) do Mandrake installs always seem to foul 
up at the last moment?

Yet again a fresh install fails at the last hurdle (X config). A reboot 
actually started the system, so far  so good, but running xf86config 
reveals errors in the card database with Trident cards. I can't believe 
this is an actual database screw-up, otherwise it'd be spotted at build 
time. I have had other random installation failures with the 'Drake, so 
I'll chalk this one down to experience.

However, stranger is the failure of Supermount, reporting non-support in 
the kernel.

Time to dig round the CDs to find the xf86 rpms, then a full reinstall I 
suppose if no joy.

Has anyone else tried 7.1 yet and experienced installation problems ? 

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