Over the past few days, I have been attempting to install Mandrake
8 on a system which will only use mandrake. After all downloads (i am
doing it via ftp) complete without a problem, the last step, configure
x, causes drakx to lock up. I have tried to install several different
times with varied results. The freeze happens usually after I select
the video card and monitor, and then when it goes to test the selected
resolution, the mouse freezes in place, the keyboard is unresponsive,
the menu on the left disappears, and the text box in the middle
disappears. The only exception to this was the last time I attempted
installation, and when it tried to test it, drakx gave an error that
/dev/mem was not found. Since I am a complete newbie at linux, any help
would be appreciated. Thanks!
