Problems with Mandrake

[adlep]

Hi!
I just have installed Mandrak 7.2 on my system. So far everything works good, now I am able to triple boot between win2k server, win 98 se and linux...
Anyhow, I have a problem. Everytime when I try to open DrakConf and go to "Hardware Configuration" menu in KDE, linux just hangs, the screen just goes blank. The only way out is to press ctr+alt+del, which kills KDE and restarts the system. It only does it when I try to access this particular menu. I know it's kind of strange, but...
I believe that I have some hardware issue cause I use Abit's KT7RAID which, as I can read from the message groups all over the internet is very tough to configure...
I have also voodoo 4500 AGP which might be a problem as well (maybe?)
Help,
Regards,
adlep

 

[noninterleaved]

I had the same problem with a Voodoo 5500 (no RAID here)

I figured it might have something to do with the voodoo card.
Maybe you should try updating the drivers for your 3dfx card. I think the ones at www.3dfx.com are more up to date than the ones that ship with XFree.

Might clear things up...

 

[kylef]

Which XFree86 server are you running? Try 3.3.6 if you're running 4.0. They've already released 4.0.3 if I remember correctly, so you could also try to upgrade that way.

I don't know if they've fixed that specific issue, but it's just an idea.

When your machine "hangs", can you Alt-Ctrl-F1/F2/etc to another terminal? If so, then it's definitely just the X server hanging...