Well, I just upgraded my 7.1 system at home to 7.3 lastnight and I have yet to have any issues. Everything worked. But as was suggested..please send us your machine config and what your doing exactly. We can hazard a guess..but nothing is certain with any software. -----=====-----=====-----=====-----=====----- Ben Rosenberg mailto:ben@whack.org -----=====-----=====-----=====-----=====----- "Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal" -AE

On Friday 09 November 2001 03:16 am, you interfaced in analog form:

Harry,

Out of interest (I'm always looking at accounting systems under Linux) what software are you trying to run?

Regards,

Jethro

I am setting up another business in S. Florida for very small companies (1-20 users) to get them computerized, networked, etc. and want to push Linux as much as possible. Accounting software is one product that will always need a distributor, as long as our tax laws are so freakin' complicated. End users need an accounting to verify the data (= profit) and someone to fix it when it breaks, as most small companies don't have the knowledge on how to fix it (profit again). The package can One package that I am using is Appgen. The have several decent sized packages from personal management, to small users (MyBooks. $99.00 and 5 seat license!) to huge corps, and it is easy to move up in packages, as they all use the same "base" system/programming. software. www.appgen.com Also, I am looking at one called Quasar. Again, $99.00, but is a bit light in comparison to MyBooks, but is much easier to fix mistakes. www.linuxcanada.com The problem is in MyBooks, and all the other business accounting packages, once you print an invoice, it can't be changed, deleted or anything except reprinting even before posting. Same with adding inventory items. I have one charge called MC (Mileage Charge) and accidentally entered the unit of measurement as HR (Hour) instead of MI (Miles), and can't change it. You can't delete it either unless it has not been accessed in any form. I also have a lot of experience with Oracles on line accounting, but there isn't a linux browser that works well with it (dang IE compliant sites!). It is very powerful, and pretty easy to use, and you can access it form anywhere you get a internet connection. It also runs on Linux servers. www.oraclesmallbusiness.com I have also used Cougar Mountain under W$ for over 12 years, but preferred the DOS version (personal preference). It is good and reasonable for a W$ accounting package. Quickbooks sucks. I have also had experience with some high end packages, like Great Plains,etc. but they are all W$ packages, and quite expensive. Feel free (anyone) to email me directly with any questions. I will be glad to help. Harry G

On Friday 09 November 2001 10:31, you wrote:

On Friday 09 November 2001 05:02, Harry G wrote:

...

After weeks of fighting with RedHat 7.2, I am going out and getting another distro that doesn't take weeks to get working correctly.

Have any of you (who are a regular Linux user) been happy with 7.3?

I've used RedHat 6.0, Mandrake 7.0, Mandrake 7.2 (which admittedly only stayed on the machine for a few hours because it was crap), and Debian 2.2 over the last few years.

SuSE 7.3 is reasonably, but probably the buggiest of the lot.

The 2.4.10 kernel crashes on my AL440LX motherboard on shutdown.

I've reported this to bugs@suse.de, but not heard anything back yet.

There's a typo in /sbin/mk_initrd script which prevents mounting root as ext3.

I read on linuxtoday that there is a fix for this. It should be on the FTP site somewhere.

Those were my main problems.

The YaST 2 installer is very robust though, although has one or two minor bugs.

Just about all of the bugs are possible to work around though.

I think I would recommend SuSE 7.3 however.

No doubt. This was the smoothest install I've had in a while. Mike -- Powered by SuSE 7.3, Kernel 2.4.10 KDE2.2.1 Kmail 1.3.1 For a great linux portal try http://www.freezer-burn.org

All you would have to do is download it..and as root do this. 1. cd /sbin 2. mv mk_initrd mk_initrd.bk 3. cp /tmp/mk_initrd /sbin/mk_initrd /tmp or where ever you download it to. It's pretty simple. It's just a fix for 1 script. -----=====-----=====-----=====-----=====----- Ben Rosenberg mailto:ben@whack.org -----=====-----=====-----=====-----=====----- "Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal" -AE