On Monday 25 March 2002 01:16 am, you wrote: > 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
I'm not sure what you mean to "INSTALL" the printer before running it. That's what I thought I was doing. Is there another way to install the printer other than Printerdrake? Do you mean to do a reinstall of Mandrake? TIA, -Linus
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