[expert] Set up a network from scratch

to help me regards Paul Stear Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[expert] Boot problem

Hi all, I have updated 8.1 to 8.2 and all seemed to go well except when I rebooted after update and selected linux from the menu I was left with an 'S' on the screen, the hard disk activity light a constant red and no response. I tried various things like nodevfs and just text lilo. I then

Re: [expert] Boot problem

On Friday 26 April 2002 16:54, you wrote: On Fri, 26 Apr 2002, Paul Stear wrote: Hi all, I have updated 8.1 to 8.2 and all seemed to go well except when I rebooted after update and selected linux from the menu I was left with an 'S' on the screen, the hard disk activity light a constant

Re: [expert] Problem with external modem

On Monday 24 December 2001 02:37, you wrote: Paul Stear wrote: I am using KPPP to connect and gftp for transfers and I keep getting the modem disconnected even whilst transferring data. I have not been able to find any settings about disconnect if idle. Missed much of this discussion

Re: [expert] Problem with external modem

On Thursday 20 December 2001 21:35, you wrote: I get this error when my ISP disconnects me for no usage (just sitting there, no activity online) or when My setup decides it has been idle too long. what program do you use to connect? can you find any settings about disconnect if idle for

[expert] Problem with external modem

Hi all, Happy Christmas to all, Since installing Mandrake 8.1 I have been having problems with my external modem. After a random amount of time I get pppd message saying that it has died with error 16 which I believe is the modem disconnecting. I have read the Howto's on pppd ans modems and

[expert] Help with AMI MG80649 IDE RAID Mandrake 8.0 installation

. This is the ALi M1647 North Bridge and ALi 1535D+, CMI 8738 4.1 Sound. Please help, I need my Mandrake Linux system. Thanks Paul Stear ( This message was unfortunately sent using windows)

[expert] spelling

Hi all, My spelling could be better and I use spelling checkers alot, however, I can only get the ammerican way of spelling words using any application in KDE. I know the differences are only minor like color and colour, neighbor and neighbour etc. Can somone point me in the right direction

[expert] Firewire card

Hi all, Could anybody recommend a firewire card that will work with linux so that I can download digital video from a camcorder? Thanks -- regards Paul This message has been sent using Mandrake Linux and kmail

Re: [expert] Asus P2B-D SMP and Promise UDMA66

On Fri 12 Jan 2001 8:45, you wrote: I have a SMP P3 system on a P2B-D motherboard. I have ATA-66 drives and I've purchased a Promise controller card to utilize the drives. The problem is that the system locks up when I try and install 7.2. The lockup occurs after the drives are found, the

[expert] More info on install problem

Hi, Thanks for the info so far. I still can't understand why 7.2 will not install when 7.1 installs perfectly and gives me access to all of my drives. It seems wrong for a distribution like Mandrake to produce a new version that will not work on hardware that the previous version had no

Re: [expert] pain in the arse?

I would like to be a tester, I am disabled and at home most of the time. This would give me a new chalange. If I can get Mandrake 7.2 working (see previous posts) Let me know how I can help regards Paul On Saturday 06 January 2001 12:26, you wrote: On Saturday 06 January 2001 02:08, you

[expert] IT's INSTALLED!!!!

Hi, Thanks for all your help in getting Mandrake 7.2 loaded on my machine. This is the command I had to use, the other suggestions didn't work. expert linux ide0=noautotune ide3=noautotune ide3=noautotune What a relief to have my favorite distribution working again, thanks again. civileme,

Re: [expert] For all of you with One BIG anoying Pain in the A**

connector of cable2 of ultra66 controller scsiIBM 2.2GB sda1swap sda2/home Thanks for any input or advice Paul On Friday 05 January 2001 7:41, you wrote: On Thursday 04 January 2001 20:44, you wrote: Paul Stear wrote: Hi all, Something seriously

Re: [expert] For all of you with One BIG anoying Pain in the A**

Hi all, Something seriously changed from 7.1 to 7.2 and I have not had any solution to my problem. The install of 7.1 went without a hitch and all was well in the Mandrake world and I was very pleased with the distribution. However, trying an upgrade caused problems, then a complete new

[expert] Mandrake 7.2 upgrade problem

Hi all, I have upgraded my Mandrake 7.1 to 7.2 today and have a few problems. When booting from the cdrom to upgrade the system hung half way through the boot sequence. So I rebooted into 7.1 and did the upgrade from there, all seemed to go well but the system would not boot, so again I booted

Re: [expert] FlashPath adaptor

Hi Traci, I hope this help you Get the Beta Flashpath drivers from: http://www.smartdisk.com/Downloads/Software/flashpath-0.2.1.tar.gz I have downloaded the tar file and the pdf doc. I followed the instructions and all seened to be well. However, when I try and run it I get an error message

[expert] FlashPath adaptor

Hi all, I use my linux box for most of my computing needs now, especially now I have a working Blackwidow scanner. However, I am unable to transfer pictures from my digital camera using linux. In windose I use the supplied FlashPath adaptor which takes the smartmedia card and then inserted

[expert] Black widows scanner

Hi, I hope you can help me to get my scanner working. I have a Black widow 9636PRO with their generic SCSI ISA card. I have tried getting it working when using other distributions - Suse 6.1, Red Hat 6.2 etc but to no effect. Just as an aside, this install of Mandrake 7 from PC Plus has been the

[expert] WACOM DIGITIZER II ULTRAPAD A5

Hi all, My Ultrapad is connected to my serial port, com1 and works well under the dreaded windows. I also use a ps2 mouse but would like to have my pen working as well. Can anybody help please. This is a great list, full of useful and interesting comments -- Have a nice day!