Alan Shoemaker wrote:
>
> 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
Whoa, Alan! And I thought MY experiences were bad.
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Daniel T. Sampsel
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