g wrote:
> I just erased LM 8.0 beta 3 and went back to LM 7.2
> because i was having problems with screen resolution and
> other oddities.
>
> I haven't had the greatest experience yet with LM 7.2, and
> it could be because my pc is about 5 or 6 years old
> Dell Dimensions XPS R400
> addl 256K Ram
>
> Neither 7.2 or 8.0 beta recognizes my sound card (Crystal
> Semiconductor) or my graphics card STB nVidia ZX 8MB, get
> the message Propriatery hardware go to linux.aureal.com -
> which doesn't appear to exist.
>
> So i have to use FBDev for graphics card w/LM 7.2 (there is
> no FBDev for 8.0 Beta 3, at least that I could find) There
> is STB 128, but that fell short on the screen resolution -
> shifted to right and off top of screen
>
> I have no clue what to do about sound...Altec lansing
> speakers are now dust collectors and paper holders.
>
> Over the past 3 weeks i have installed LM 7.2 at least 30
> times, 8.0 Beta 3 at least 3 times.
>
> Alan was gracious enough to try an help with the KDE 2.1.1
> update for LM 7.2, but to know avail, all I got were pages
> of dependancy errors. So i reinstalled LM 7.2 two more
> times after that because once software updates would not
> work, and could not send email, now I think it is stable
> just a few update problems LICQ and KDElibs.
>
> It's been an interesting experience - wife and kids want to
> kill me because none of their software works (MS windows 98
> -Math Blaster and Jumpstart collections) I couldn't get LM
> 7.2 to install with Windows so i wiped out windows, oppps.
>
> i even tried to go back to windows 98 but when I go to
> format the hard drive it errors out, so i'm stuck with
> Linux until i get another computer for the kids and wife to
> put MS Windows back on.
>
> But for some unknown reason it's addictive, or maybe it's
> the challenge, not knowing anything about Unix but willing
> to stake your home life and computer on it.
>
> Total spend on my LM 7.2 forray $37, $25 for the LM 7.2
> software via Walmart, $12 for CD's so my neighbor could
> burn LM 8.0 Beta 3 for me.
>
> If anyone wants the CD's (2) of LM8.0 Beta 3, send me a
> self addressed return envelope with postage paid and i'll
> ship them to ya. They ain't doing me any good. Drop me a
> note and I'll send ya my address.
g....what size is your hard drive?
--
Alan
