On Sunday 24 March 2002 07:11, you wrote:
> John Richard Smith wrote:
> >On Saturday 23 March 2002 17:02, you wrote:
> >>John Richard Smith wrote:
> >>>How do you install Mandrake 8.2. I get only as far as stage 2 install
> >>> and the install hangs at where it would say next , "please wait while
> >>> probing serial ports"
> >>>
> >>>What am I doing wrong.
> >>>
> >>>John
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>>
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> >>
> >>You aren't doing anything wrong except not describing the equipment you
> >>are trying to install to, its history, how and where you got the CDs,
> >>what other machines you may have tried to install to, etc.
> >>
> >>Right now, it is impossible to hazard a guess with any assurance of
> >>accuracy. Most likely, the problem is with the download or with the
> >>burn (medai not reading correctly) but it could be some hardware that
> >>hangs when the probe is done in which case an
> >>
> >>F1
> >>
> >>at the splash screen
> >>
> >>and
> >>
> >>linux noauto
> >>
> >>may be the way to make it install.
> >>
> >>Or it could be a notebook which will _never_ install 8.2 or anything
> >>after 7.2.
> >>
> >>Or it could be an old 486 which MandrakeLinux does not support at all,
> >>not since a single beta iso for 7.0.
> >>
> >>We won't grumble if you give us too much information, and in general the
> >>more you give, the better we are able to help.
> >>
> >>Civileme
> >
> >Thank you for your reply.
> >
> >Before I give you chapter and verse of the full details of my equipment
> >and and it's configuration , I want to report that your suggestion,
> >Linux noauto worked, to the extent that it now goes on to reach
> > the main install window, However doing this bypasses important detection
> > processes , does it not , will this not affect the outcome.
> >
> >John
> >
> >
> >------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
> >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
>
> LOL you can do everything the install does AFTER the install. That is
> one of the beauties of linux--you rarely need to reboot to confirm changes.
>
> Civileme
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John Richard Smith
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Thankyou Civileme , ( Is this a pseudonym ? or real name ? )
I can report being on desktop in Mandrake 8.2
Not without problems though.
first boot ( I had "nobiospnp" in /etc/lilo, drakeX/lilo install allowed me)
was a Yes , Yes, Yes, Yes, to many text message questions, most of
which concerned entities I know not much about.
Unknown bridge 0: assuming transparent
INIT:Version 2.83 blah,blah,blah.
God awful blood red desktop colour ,I couldn't live with that very long.
Soon had it looking presentable
As my install was CD1 only (all I have been able to download
yet-CD2 later) I am missing much.
However there are problems, much the same as those regarding LM8.1
namely :
No sound (via 8233 MoBo chip)ALSA Driver.
I cannot find sound mixer just yet, seems to be missing.
USB printer nonfunctional. ( I suspect the source of the original
install problem in second stage install) and where as LM8.1 did
successfully detect and sometimes install printer , some of the
time during OS install , you could always
tell when it would succeed because printer drake came up with
the
/dev/usb/lp0 device line. When it failed , it comes up
with /dev/lp0
The Model=Lexmark Z53 (Cups drivers = 2no, lexmark driver =1no.)
I tried Control center(the icon with the small screen covered
in green fungus) -system--print manager and enabled all three
driver entries (removed the red mark with right-mouse/down to
enable) but alias no good.
I tried control center(big blue desktop icon)- hardware-
printer. I played around a bit in there. Doesn't seem to
do much for me. I cannot find kups , seems to be not installed,
where I usually configure print page parameters.(eg borders,
resolution and many other bits,besides affording a test page)
So then , progress of a sort. It is certainly nice to be on desktop looking at
the real thing , but still have problems to overcome. Sound is it's
perfidious self, I never really overcame the erratic nature of sound in
in LM8.1 it was not all due to mixer unmuting and never worked at all
on a straight reboot without shutdown, and so really I am not too supprized,
however I did think the printer ought to of been detected properly, I think
there is a problem with USB device detection and that perhaps the
problem I am experiencing is a symptom of a wider problem to do with USB
device detection.
One further last point I am dual booting LM8.1 with LM8.2
many thanks
John
PS. this is becoming a long thread, perhaps we could shorten it next go.
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
