--- Davey Brain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > I just got Linspire 4.5 installed on my laptop (HP > Pavilion ze4805). I > had originally blew away all partitions, cut the > hard drive into several > partitions and loaded Win2KPro, WinXP and Ubuntu > Linux. (A side effect > was that unfortunately I now have about 30 days to > activate XP which I > didn't originally have to do.) > > I was disappointed with Ubuntu in general; no > specific reasons but it > just seemed to get on my nerves quickly. Since my > family was asking me > to try out Linspire and let them know how EZ (TM) it > worked I did. > Everything seems to work until I try to start the > "Linspire Internet > Suite" (based on Mozilla). It trys to start, puts up > the splash screen > and then after about 4 seconds it stops leaving the > splash screen (on > all pager desktops). The only way to get rid of the > splash screen is to > log-off and log-in again. This occurs no matter what > part of Mozilla I > try (browser mail, composer, whatever) and whether I > am logged in as > root or user. > > So I am looking for suggestions on how to solve this > problem. What log > file(s) should I be looking at? Should I blow this > away and re-install > Linspire again? Could it be because I didn't yet > set-up my networking? > (I can try setting it up but I need to be able to > access the browser > when I am offline to test the web pages I'm working > on.) > > Since 90% of my job involves working with the > internet and web page > programming this makes Linspire absolutely useless > to me. So I need to > solve this problem or move to something else. > Overall Linspire wasn't > too bad. I liked the look and it was snappy and > responsive. But it was a > bit thin on apps (I'm coming from a Redhat and SuSE > background) and was > missing 75% of the needed libraries for most common > apps. And of course > it didn't have a compiler. I'm investigating how to > use debs instead of > (pay for) CNR packages using dpkg to help those > problems. > > Please, no comments on changing to "my favourite > distro" or the "distro > of the week". I am testing Linspire for a specific > reason and I only > have 14G of hard drive space to do it. I can add any > needed info and can > copy logs here if needed. I will also take > suggestions on other groups > such as a Linspire specific one. > > TIA, > WarpDavey > > A fun side note: With both Ubuntu and Linspire > (Debian based distros) > everything was detected on install including the > video, sound card, > network card and winmodem! This is much better than > Win2KPro & XP did. I > STILL don't have a working sound driver for Win2K > and I spent over an > hour installing the drivers for WinXP. In fact it > took me as long to > install the XP drivers AFTER the XP install as it > did to INSTALL all of > Linspire. You go Linux! db > -- > Davey Brain > Due to political oppression I'm seeking a Canadian > or European > spouse...any takers? > > "It is dangerous to be right when the established > authorities are wrong" > - Voltaire > > This OS/2 uptime is 14 d 10 h 00 m 36 seconds >
Hi, I used Linspire 4.5 and if memory serves it was like Mepis and WinXP to auto-detect if you're behind a DSL router that hands out the info needed to get on line. Maybe it's because Linspire has moved onto the new 5.0 or perhaps Mozilla wouldn't respond because it's an older version, too. I know Firefox is like this sometimes for security reasons. Good luck, Joan ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12hj181te/M=362335.6886445.7839731.1510227/D=groups/S=1705006580:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1123704051/A=2894361/R=0/SIG=13jmebhbo/*http://www.networkforgood.org/topics/education/digitaldivide/?source=YAHOO&cmpgn=GRP&RTP=http://groups.yahoo.com/";>In low income neighborhoods, 84% do not own computers. At Network for Good, help bridge the Digital Divide!</a>.</font> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
