On Sat, July 17, 2004 10:38 pm, Carl & Sue Thompson said: > Have just been to the installfest and have Mandrake 10 installed. I > certainly appreciate all the effort for no cost that people made however I > have come away wondering what the point of it all was. I have a laptop > and > my modem (winmodem I guess) does not work with Mandrake
what driver was tried for the modem? I recall we corresponded some time ago which referred to the slmodem driver. I assume you pointed that out to the installer, and that the slmodem was tried?? what were the results? if the modem truly does not work (and that would not tie in with the results posted on the internet about this laptop, i suggest you have plenty of options: 1. wanaka has adsl;or 2. an external modem; or 3. use an old computer as a gateway to the internet at home, and put a real modem in it. > - various people > spent some time with it. My printer does not work - no drivers. You get that for buying Canon I guess. complain to them, they produce the crap. point out that you will buy HP next time so you have the option to use something other than windows. often multifunction devices _will_ still function as printers, although their other functions may not work. thats an exercise to look at. > Hence > Linux is not a hell of a lot of use to me at present. > > I live in Wanaka - does anyone know of anyone in this area who could help > - > failing that how does one unistall linux to free up space that is of no > use. > > Any help appreciated. > giving up already? keep trying. > Laptop ASUS L5800C > Canon Multifuntion MP 700 (printer -scanner) > > > Carl & Sue Thompson > 23 Sargood Drive > Wanaka > New Zealand > Ph/Fax 0064 3 443 9389 > e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
