On Monday 25 March 2002 11:19 pm, you wrote: > Linus Drouhard wrote: > >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 > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > urpmi cups > urpmi foomatic > > Should do it > > Civileme
cups was already loaded. It froze on foomatic. What else should I try/look at? Thanks, Linus
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