One major problem I had last night, was that I had to suffice with just installing the first disk. After finishing the first disk, the OS rebooted, coming back up and preparing to install the rest. It asked for the next CD, but when I click on 'eject', nothing happened. I clicked it a dozen times, but nothing. So, I manually ejected the drive and inserted the next disk ( manually meaning a paper clip). The problem that resulted is that the OS did not see the disk as replaced and did not read the next one. That stunk. So, I skipped the rest of the disks and set up what was installed already. At least X works. Now to see what wasn't installed and see if I can get it to where I want it.
Regards, #jlk > I have a Sony Vaio PCG-FX140 laptop (700 MHz PIII with speedstep, which > I upgraded to 30 GB hard disk and 512 MB of RAM). It is a dual-boot > sytem with Windows ME and SuSE Linux Professional 8.0. I can connect > the old 10 GB IDE drive into the one of the PCMCIA slots (via an IDE > -to-PCMCIA adaptor). The out-of-the-box configuration instantly > recognizes it the moment I plug it into the the PCMCIA slot (it shows up > as /dev/hde1 and I mount it as vfat because the computer came with WinME > pre-installed, so that drive was vfat-formatted). > > One problem I see with my laptop is that apm does not work, which is to > be expected (it actually works half-way; apm -s puts the laptop to > sleep, but I cannot wake it up). Also, under Suse 7.3 professional, > after a long period of inactivity my laptop will go into the > battery-saving mode (the CPU clock dropped to 550MHz form 700 MHz) and I > had no way of bringing it back to full speed other than a reboot. I am > not sure if this strange phenomenon occurs under SuSE 8.0 because now I > use screen savers, so the CPU always has something to do. > > I am not a *x guru, but I hope this helped. > > CF > PS. I am not sure whether this message will make it to the board, so I > responded to each of you as well. > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >Thanks for the feedback! :) > > > >I reinstalled from scratch, choosing to NOT install > >absolutely everything. Now that the basic system is > >installed, all I need to do is configure my devices it > >wouldn't detect, or had NO driver for. > >Unfortunately, it is a laptop and Suse doesn't seem to > >like it too much. It doesn't even seem to have PCMCIA > >drivers. ***sigh*** Back to the drawing board yet > >again. > > > >#jlk > > > >>On Tue, 21 May 2002, at 11:21pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> > >>>I choose yes and go to the bottom of the log and it says > >>>that the package is not found on the cd. > >>> > >> Well, can you check the obvious, and verify that the file in question is > >>actually readable? Perhaps you have a bad CD. > >> > >> If possible, you might also try another CD drive. I have seen some drives > >>refuse to read certain CDs properly for some reason. > >> > >> Otherwise, since you did purchase it, you might want to make use of SuSE's > >>support. > >> > >> > >>-- > >>Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>| The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not | > >>| necessarily represent the views or policy of any other person, entity or | > >>| organization. All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | > >> > >> > >>***************************************************************** > >>To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. > >>***************************************************************** > >> > > > >***************************************************************** > >To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. > >***************************************************************** > > > > > > > > > ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
