I am sorry but I have to tell you that COMPAQ SUCKS!! They are the Microsoft of the hardware world. They make their hardware proprietary and most of the time incompatible with everyone else. > -----Original Message----- > From: Trevor [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2000 6:51 AM > To: Mandrake Mailing List > Subject: [newbie] Mandrake 7 on Compaq Presario 1610 Laptop > > Hi: > > I'm brand new to Linux, and I just installed Mandrake 7 on my Compaq > Presario 1610 laptop. I'm having some issues(to say the least!) and need > some assistance. Here's what's up: > > 1)I have X running with an extended SVGA monitor setting which works just > fine, except something weird keeps happening. If I leave my machine > unattended for a brief period of time, instead of the screensaver kicking > in, the screen funks out. Two horizontal lines appear on a black screen. > They don't disappear completely! Have I set something wrong and f$&!*ed > up > my LCD display permanently?!?!?!? > > 2)I have a D-Link 10/100 DFE-660TX PCMCIA ethernet card installed. It is > supposedly supported by Linux as it was on the list at RH, Caldera, etc. > It > detects it, and gives the following message under LOTHAR: DEC chipset > DC-21142(43) I/O 220 IRQ 5. But during installation it said the "tulip" > driver failed to intialize(?) How do I get this working. This leads to > number 3 > > 3)I have a sound card which gets detected as a generic soundblaster16 card > under LOTHAR, but it has the same I/0 and IRQ as my ethernet card. When I > test it, it gives the following message, "modprobe 821 parse error in > dependency file." What does that mean, and how to I fix it. > > 4)Finally, when I first run LOTHAR, I get this message concerning the > mouse: > "The mouse configuration file is corrupt, you should use LOTHAR to create > a > new file" When I select mouse, it doesn't offer that option to correct > it. > So, what do I do here? > > I appreciate all the help on this. Thanks:) > > Trevor J. Mahan
