I has similar problems with my Toshiba laptop until I upgraded to a PCMCIA hardware modem. Now everything works wonderfully and I spend most of my time in Mandrake Linux 9.0. I was also just able to get Ogle to play DVDs on the same machine.
On Friday 06 December 2002 06:41 am, Mark Weaver wrote: > greg wrote: > > Hi, > > I am so dissapointed with the mandrake package. It has all the looks, > > and frills, but the system itself has failed me in one of the most > > critical ways. No internet! So annoying. Windows has no probs fully > > setup first time I boot in, with no further configuration, Red Hat the > > same, didn't have to touch a single setting to get it to work, but with > > Mandrake I have tried every possible combination known to me, and set > > everything as it should be, re-installed three times, with less and less > > packages installed to see if anything was interferring with the net > > connection, but no go. It looks like I will be getting rid of it for > > good, and reverting back to Red Hat, where I can at least use the system. > > If you don't know what problems I have had, just do a search for my > > posts "internet problem & mandrake 9" for an idea. I am about to go to > > work, but I think tomorrow, if nothing has come up and I still can't get > > it to work, that will be it. > > Unbelievable! > > > > thanks to those who have tried to help, but I can't take this anymore. > > > > regards Greg > > Greg, > > How are you trying to set this up and what kind of modem have you got in > there? For the best results a hardware modem is prefered. > > Mark
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