I've installed Mandrake9.0 on IBM T20. I've already
tried ask few questions here, have not gotten much
help so I had to go through a lot of searching and
reading as I don't like to give up easy :). Issues I
have faced so far:
1. T20 wouldn't boot from CD (may be my burner let me
down)
2. Sudden system lock up (I believe I fixed this one,
issue was Mandrake install has detected my T20 display
as plug-n-play, I found few XF86config out there with
'generic' so I have changed it and since it didn't
lock up yet)
3. hot swap not working - I can probably live with
this and do it after I suspend the laptop. I found
this after few days looking everywhere in my free time
as I had to do my job too (didn't get much sleep :).
The issue here is, Mandrake sometimes doesn't survive
even 2 suspends in a row and leaves display out of
sync so the only way to get it work is to reboot.
4. I boot Mandrake fresh, hit a reboot button and
nothing happens ... i have to do it again but then
during a boot I get a message file system was not
dismounted properly and have to go through fixing it.
I have to hit log as different user twice too.
5. Today experience, as other PC I have at home was
occupied, my wife wanted to check her email on mine so
she opened Mozilla typed www.hotmail.com logged in and
... Mozilla died and all my web sites I had opened
died too ... I couldn't even kill it doing kill -9.
6. I talked to friend about Linux and he suggested to
check my video board performance using glxgears ...
I'm getting only ~80 - 100 pps and he said it's way
too slow, I've checked drm and it says no and it seems
to be it. I don't know yet how to make it work but
trying to get as much info as possible.
Martin
--- mycal62 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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Martin , what did you try linux on ? and what
version ??
Since this is a help list ask a specific question and
let us try to help.
You said "
getting help from Linux gurus isthe same hassle as
getting help for MS issues.
"
This is simply untrue , especially when you ask for
opinions instead of help;-)
Let us help
an "m" also
m wrote:
As a newbie (I'll consider myself newbie till I'm
ableto compile my own kernel and that won't happen
anytime soon, as PC is just a tool for me and I
don'thave time for it) I've decided to try Linux as
hearingall that how great it is made me curious. So
far itdidn't give me anything I couldn't do with
Windows,stability is out of question as my laptop is
freezingmore often with Linux then Win2k, things I
like verymuch e.g. suspend or hot swapping of my cdrom
withfloppy ain't working to the same extend as
withWindows (sometimes after wakeing it up,
displaywouldn't get in sync at all etc etc), fonts in
sayMozilla sucks comparing what it is in Windows.
Thereis still a lot of software I need in my day to
daybusiness not available for Linux too, so the
onlybright side is I can do my expect/tcl script on my
PCinstead of login to some of the corporate Sun
serversand I LOVE xterm ... getting help from Linux
gurus isthe same hassle as getting help for MS
issues.When I buy a PC it comes with Windows and I
dont haveto pay anything extra, right? So ... what's
the pointto do format c: and go for Linux?Hope I
didn't upset anybody, just like to hear
youropinion.Martin--- Lanman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Hmmm,...I'll try to keep this under 10 pages!Reasons I
like Linux;1) I'm fed up with paying for something
that doesn'twork as advertised!2) I'm fed up with
buying products from companiesthat don't back up what
they sell, without chargingfor the service. Imagine if
new cars weresold/leased the way Microsoft products
are!3) If I wanted to lease an O/S, I'd fill in a
leaseagreement, not have one forced down my throat.4)
If I wanted to lease something, at least I get totake
it for a test drive BEFORE signing the lease.5) I'm
fed up with big companies trying to controlwhat I can
do with my property. When I buy gas formy car, Shell
doesn't tell me where I am allowed todrive, or how
fast, or in what lane!6) In the same analogy, Shell
doesn't try toprosecute me if I pour fuel additives in
my gas tankmade by STP. But if I want to try to
improveWindows, I can't, unless I replace it with
Linux!7) I detest the way Microsoft treats computer
userslike morons. Since they don't provide free
supportto back up their products ( Yeah, we know we
soldyou a piece of crap, but you'll have to pay us
tofix it!), they should at least let me peek under
thehood to try and fix it myself!8) I'm a bit of a
rebel.9) I detest monopolies10) I happen to like the
fact that there's a LinuxCommunity, where people help
each other simply forthe pleasure of helping each
other, and not alwaysfor the Almighty Buck! I like the
fact that thiscommunity is global and simply bypasses
a lot of thecrap that politicians dictate to us. It
renews myfaith in what humanity can accomplish when
they arefocussed towards a common goal. Sure I'm
amidealist! What's your point?Done.Lanman***********
REPLY SEPARATOR ***********On 3/30/2003 at 5:16 PM
David Williams wrote:
On Sunday 30 March 2003 09:45 am, Zariyan Zephyr
wrote:
As a Linux newbie, I don't really understand why
people in Europe and
North America has chosen Linux for daily use. I
think people in Europe
and North America can afford Microsoft Windows
and application
softwares under Windows. It isn't about money, is
it ?.
ZZ
I converted last year to Linux (at home). I did it
for choice and because
Iwanted to find and support an alternative to
Microsoft (the possiblity of
Paladium and the lockdown on XP scared the heck
out of me). I have not
looked back. I have found replacement software that
was as good if not
betterfor everything I was doing on Microsoft and
Linux
is significantly more
stable. Case in point - I went to use my wifes PC
(Win98) this afternoon
(forthe first time in months) and I had to reboot 3
times before I could
finishwhat I was doing. I haven't had to rebooted my
Linux box in about 4 months
now and I'm not sure I had to reboot when I
did.David--( ) ( ) ( 0 0 )---( )-------o----"Linux
is not The Answer. Yes is the answer. Linux
is The Question"
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