On Thursday 19 April 2001 21:41, sukrit rsdgdas wrote:
> well thats where (hacking) lies the weakness of linux.
But on linux you *can* hack! Look at Windoze from that perspective. If
something is broken, it's broken. There's no 2 ways about it. On Linux, most
things *are* logical and funcional. The machine hangs rarely - if ever. If a
program doesn't work, you can rule out the OS as the cause almost 99% of the
time. Compare that to Windoze, where crashes happen arbitarily. You're never
really sure if the application is broken, or the OS.
> i would consider myself a relatively knowledgeble user
> of the computer. even though i'm rather new to linux,
> i've done a bit of research into my problem. in fact i
> went to IT.COM (bangalore) last november just to get a
> copy of RHL7 and get my i810 working. at the expo
> people from this list were demonstrating how to
> configure i810 on RHL7. it worked perfectly there. but
> when i got home and went through the same procedure it
> didnt work.
> so i contacted Archan Paul who was kind enough to
> gimme a copy of mandrake7.2. again i got home and
> installed it. my videao card worked fine. but the
> sound card workied from time to time (literally). and
Is it possible that you have a conflicting IRQ/DMA ?
> i could never get my net connection to work.
> whatever help i got from this list was of no use as
> nothing seemed to work. i knew there was something
> wrong but i didnt know what. i had got the very same
> modem to work on the very same net connection with
> redhat6.2. the soundcard worked from time to time.
I have a very bad feeling that you're using a faulty motherboard or
something.
> now if there cant be a distro that cant get this
> working where does the future of this OS lie? if it
> lies only in the hands of "geeks"... then i dont see a
The future you see is from your persective. From where I stand, ever since I
stopped using Windoze, *my* productivity has gone up sharply. Now I only
reboot my machine when *I* want to! :) Look, you really don't need to be a
'geek' to use Linux. It's nice. Linux is one OS that actually is 'logical'.
Like a reboot won't make the problem go away. I can't convince you. It's your
choice. The people on the list aren't here to really 'propogate' linux. It's
their choice as well. We're here because we find that Linux is good and hope
that we can help you enjoy this OS the way we do.
> bright future for it. however much i want to be part
> of this movement i cant!
> this is not a problem i've faced for a short while.
> its one that i've faced since PC quest gave their
> first copy of linux.
Maybe it's time you looked a bit critically at your hardware.
> Now based on my experience as narated in my long
> mail, please suggest me a distro that will get me a
> working linux without making me stay up all night
> "hacking" it.
You can get a copy of Mandrake 8.0 7.2 is great and if that is still flaky
with your hardware, maybe 8.0 can fix it. But if your hardware is really
flaky, then no distro can fix it - no matter what. So before you go about
blaming the OS, please make sure that your hardware is functional - proper.
> Thanks in advance... Sukrit.D.
> PS: here's my configuration : i've got an i810 based
> board. 128mb of ram, 20GB HDD, win ME on 7GB, 6 GB
> fat32 data storage, 7 for linux(currently with
> mandrake 7.2), and a D-link 56k external modem...
BTW, a D-link 56k external modem should work perfectly! Try using wvdial
(with wvdialconf for auto configuration)
Yes, I'm also aware that your WindowsME might be working perfectly. So your
hardware is good. We're no wizards here. We help the way we can. The rest you
have to do on your own. If you can't use the help you get here, maybe you
need to get someone over who's confident enough to kick your computer's butt
and get the bloody thing to work. I'm sure that's possible. If you're in
Pune, I'll be glad to come over and fix your computer for you - if only to
prove to you what a cool OS Linux really is!
This is a long mail - I know, but I couldn't help it. Sorry.
-Faisal.
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