Linus Drouhard wrote: >Hi everyone, > To open, I really like Mandrake 8.2. I've been a Mandrake user since 8.0. >It's the best out there. 8.2 installation was a breeze but for one point. > >To start, I have an AMD K6-II running at 420 MHz, in an Asus P5A motherboard, >two Maxtor 20 gig hard drives, 160 MB of RAM, TNT2 video card, SB 16 >soundcard. Also, I have an *ancient* sIDE-4HP multi-port card that I use for >a parallel port connected scanner in Windows (don't have any Linux drivers >for it), plus a Lucent Windmodem (also only for faxes in Windows). (BTW, I >hate Windows. I'm about 99.9% independent of Windows.) > >I did not have my printer connected when I installed Mandrake, "shouldn't be >a problem, I thought, I'll run Printerdrake later". I cannot get >Printerdrake to run. It starts up, asks for Disc 1, churns for about 30 >seconds and then freezes my computer solid. Only the reset button responds. >Has anyone had a similar experience? any suggestions? any thoughts on my >parallel port card? > >-Linus > >------------------------------------------------------- > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > It is not likely your parallel port card per se, but I would recommend INSTALL the printer completely before running it. It could be a problem reading the CD.
If it is your parallel port card, the thing most likely is an attempt to share an ISA Interrupt, but I would worry about 14 Megs of install first. The foomatic driver package plus CUPS plus drivers is huge. Civileme
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