Redhat 8 troubles
 

I've been having some serious problems with redhat 8.

1) Something wrong with X windows. GNOME/KDE/WindowMaker all have these very annoying bands 3/4 of the way down the screen.
http://members.lycos.co.uk/coma0/scrnsht.png
http://members.lycos.co.uk/coma0/scrnsht2.png
I have installed the latest linux drivers for my video card and still no change. :(

2) Why does it freeze so much!? :confused: I can't leave it on for more than 3 hours before it freezes. I have plenty of harddrive space/RAM. Please don't tell me to change the distro/version.

I'm totally frustrated and will graciously accept any help that I can get. Thanks in advance :)

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KptnKrill

Boy sounds like you have some major issues here. It definetly should NOT be freezing every 3 hours. You probably have some serious hardware issues. I noticed you have some updates available. May I ask what updates are available? Many time you just need to update to the newest software to get things working correctly especially if you are using a newer machine.

Just a thought...

8 sucks, try 9 or 7.3

I agree... Red Hat 8 really sucks.... Red Hat 7.3 and 9 are the best versions of Red Hat so far...

Well thanks everybody. Thanks for reminding me Crashed but updating still didn't help. :( It seems if linux is so rock stable then I got the limestone of linuxes. I guess that I'm just gonna have to change the version. Which if you ask me it's kind of pathetic that a whole version of linux doesn't work, it's also really disappointing.

I didn't have any big issues with 8.0 but thats just me. Maybe I just got lucky. Just download 9.0, throw the disc in and choose Upgrade. It may solve are your problems.

nicely explained Crashed_Again... :)

Really? I was just giving some advice. I found that upgrading helps a lot sometimes. Once, sendmail was not working at all and I was not about to troubleshoot those crazy sendmail configuration files. I upgraded and it was magically fixed!

ahhh...the power of upgrades.

sorry 'bout that... i mean nice advice.... :)

oh no...I thought you were saying that I was an idiot. lol...its okay though I am. Check out my screenshot.

RedHat 8.0 unstable
 

how about mentioning what your running for hardware?

Hardware
 

Sorry I didn't mention this before. And once again thanks everyone for your help, but it looks as though I'm gonna end up upgrading. :(

Hardware:
512 DDR RAM
2.4 Pentium 4
64 MB Intel Video Card
CD-RW
DVD-ROM
60 GB WinXP
20 GB Redhat 8.0