That's great news. Earlier this year, I installed XFree 4.0.3 thinking
that if it is a higher revision, my card would work better. In fact, it
was the opposite. I removed XFree 4.0.3 via the Software manager, set up
my display to use XFree 3.3.6, rebooted my computer and it got fixed. I
was informed by Mandrake that just because it's a higher revision it may
not apply to your card.
All in all it's a nice feeling.
Roman
Jay DeKing wrote:
>
> It's working now. The problem was the Xfree 4.0.3 graphics driver; my
> previous install had that driver loaded, and despite going through the
> Mandrake Control Center (as root) and telling it to use 3.3.6, the 4.0.3
> software was still lingering on the system. Reverting to 7.2 and upgrading
> again to 8.0 (being very careful not to allow 4.0.3 to infect my system this
> time) solved the problem.
>
> There was probably an easier way to accomplish this, but I needed to access
> my data and had been banging my head against this problem for days. The idea
> to reinstall without 4.0.3 didn't occur to me until later.
>
> Just glad to have LM8 running again with StarOffice along for the ride.
>
> Thanks for the suggestions,
> Jay
>
> On Wednesday 04 July 2001 13:17, Jay DeKing wrote:
> > I have a USB printer. No TV card, no network card. The only ISA card I have
> > is my modem (only one ISA slot, the rest are PCI and AGP). The USB is
> > integrated into the mobo.
> >
> > When the problem first manifested itself, I had the printer attached to the
> > parallel port and nothing was using the USB ports.
> >
> > I just reinstalled 8.0, taking care NOT to install the 4.0.3 Xfree driver.
> > The last time, I installed 4.0.3, and tried to go back to 3.3.6 when
> > StarOffice froze, but I think that having 4.0.3 lingering around may have
> > continued to cause problems.
> >
> > Haven't tried StarOffice yet. If it doesn't work, I'll bump Xfree up to
> > 4.0.3 and apply the patch and try again.
> >
> > Jay
> >
> > On Wednesday 04 July 2001 07:13, etharp wrote:
> > > you note that it works OK in MDK 7.2 do you have USB and do you use it?
> > > the difference may be the IRQ for USB is causing the hang up. I found
> > > that my network card, my USB and my TVcard all using the same irq caused
> > > problems with MDK 8.0 and I had to move some of the cards around for a
> > > different setup.
> > >
> > > On Wednesday 04 July 2001 02:44, Jay DeKing wrote:
> > > > On Wed, 04 Jul 2001, Jay DeKing wrote:
> > > > > On Tue, 03 Jul 2001, Romanator wrote:
> > > > > > Jay DeKing wrote:
> > > > > > > On Sun, 01 Jul 2001, Romanator wrote:
> > > > > > > > On Sunday 01 July 2001 05:42 pm, RobertLuzader wrote:
> > > > > > > > > Perhaps someone can give a newbie some advice. I recently
> > > > > > > > > purchased Mandrake 8.0 and so far I'm pretty satisfied.
> > > > > > > > > Having worked in the Windows world for the past few years
> > > > > > > > > it's great to see other operating systems coming about. The
> > > > > > > > > install went very well and over all I'm impressed with the
> > > > > > > > > ease Mandrake 8.0 loaded up, but (Here it comes,,, always a
> > > > > > > > > but) After installing Staroffice 5.2 and trying to open it my
> > > > > > > > > system hangsssss. This requires a reboot to get things
> > > > > > > > > running again. I've been to the Sun site and the only thing
> > > > > > > > > I've found is a recommendation to go back to a different
> > > > > > > > > Kernel and that StarOffice is coming out with (Who knows
> > > > > > > > > when) an upgrade. Therefore there will not be a patch....
> > > > > > > > > Has this been encountered by others? also Why would Mandrake
> > > > > > > > > include it with their system if it wouldn't run properly?
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Any guidance would be appreciated.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Robert
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Robert,
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Can you provide additional information about your computer
> > > > > > > > configuration. In the meantime, rather than rebooting, try
> > > > > > > > holding down the
> > > > > > > > CNTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE keys. Log back in again.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Roman
> > > > > > > > Registered Linux User #179293
> > > > > > > > Kmailer by Tux
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I have gone through this myself, and none of the many recommended
> > > > > > > key combinations worked - the keyboard was COMPLETELY
> > > > > > > unresponsive. The reset button was the only way out. So, I
> > > > > > > reinstalled LM 7.2 and now am using StarOffice again.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > This feels like a video driver problem to me - the mouse pointer
> > > > > > > freezes along with everything else. My video card is a Stealth
> > > > > > > III S540, which was mentioned by several individuals on the
> > > > > > > StarOffice site who are having the same problem. Since StarOffice
> > > > > > > 5.2 worked fine in LM7.2, I would say that the problem does not
> > > > > > > lie with StarOffice but with the X driver supplied with LM8. I've
> > > > > > > tried both the 4.0.3 and 3.3.6 drivers and the same thing happens
> > > > > > > with both.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Jay
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > --
> > > > > > > "You no longer change. You've changed!"
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I think you should ask Civileme. He can give you a better answer
> > > > > > about this
> > > > > > You may want try out a different kernel
> > > > >
> > > > > Also suggested by StarOffice website.
> > > > > Been there, done that (2.2.19mdk). No difference.
> > > > >
> > > > > Jay
> > > >
> > > > I downloaded a Savage4 driver patch from
> > > > http://www.probo.com/timr/savage40.html and will give that a try.
> > > >
> > > > Jay
>
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