I put in a standard LM-7.2 setup from a 4 CD set. I didn't know anything so
let it install default settings for the most part.
First it took two weeks to figure out what was wrong in fstab so I could mount
the CDROM (and Mandrakesoft couldn't help), AND finding a place to put
mem=56K so the shared video ram would work.
Still no one can tell me how to use a USB modem. The kernel supports it, my
modem is listed as a supported modem (linux-usb org), LM-7.2 put in a huge
amount of USB files and recognized two USB ports.
I still get a Aieee kernel panic, swapper no syncing error if I boot in
anything but graphical mode. Failsafe mode is not!
Corel Photo loads but won't run because Fonttastic is missing. The Mandrake
help page gives directions to install it from the Mandrake Install CD, but it
is not on the Mandrake Install CD. (I checked all FOUR cd to be sure).
Corel WP-8 won't install, not from the Webesite, not from two different CD's,
one of them a Mandrake 6.5 CD. FIrst error is 'integer expected' then 20 or
so lines of directory not found.
Windows may crash a lot, but at least it WORKS in between crashing. What good
is Linux not crashing, if you can't get anything working?
I'm new to Linux, but not to computers. I do tech support for modems. I can
follow instructions, but when it says (man 8 mount) to look in
/linux/fs/filesystems.c for a list of supported filesystems, when /linux/fs
directory doesn't exist how can you do anything???
When it tells you to load 'fonttastic.... rpms' from the Install CD and it
doesn't exist what can you do???
Don
Don Hinds - photo, motorcycle, misc.
http://www.wyzards.com
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