On Sat, 13 Apr 2002, sharon wrote:
> I started testing back a 8.2b1 but had to stop because of time > constraints. Finally got some time last night so did a clean install of > 8.2b2 and updated XFree with Dave's reworked X4.2.0. > > System: > G4 tower DP/450 (Gigabit Enet model) > ATI 128 Rage Pro AGP > Apple Studio Display 17" (Graphite CRT with ADC connector) > 384 ram > Drive 0: 20 gig IDE, OS9/OSX separate partitions > Drive 1: 10 gig IDE, Mandrake > > This video card/monitor seems to be either very picky or just screwed up > because I had a hell of a time getting X to start. I still have to > start it manually but I am now happily running X at 1024x768x16. I'll > do another post on the video issues because I have to sort them out and > remember what I did. :) > > There are a few sound issues but I will mess with them when I have time. > For the record, 8-bit sound works in KDE as I get the start up > tune. Sound is not a priority for me on this box. > > By the way, this beast is dual processor, how do I check to see if both > are being used? It is speedy enough, but figured I should check. > You need the SMP kernel for starters. cat /proc/cpuinfo Should show both processors once you install it. I've never had an SMP machine to try it. > As for the rest of my hardware, everything works: > > (IDE) CDRom/DVD. At first, I was getting all kinds of odd errors trying > to access this through the desktop or manually mounting. I linked the > devices (ln -s /dev/hdc /dev/cdrom), made a new icon and the problems > went away. I never really understood the supermount stuff so don't > know if that will break something else, but for now, it is working fine. > > (USB) Epson Stylus 740i. Works well. It didn't autodetect in control > center but when I manually picked it from the list, it showed right up. > Did a photo test print and it worked perfectly with the colors just a > tweak or two away from dead-on. Just wonderful! > > (USB) Zip 250 autodetected and mounted as /dev/sda4 on /mnt/zip. I made > a desktop short-cut, and one click opens the drive in Konqueror. I'm > pretty sure the disk in there was formatted on a PC but I can read/write > to it just fine. This really made my day. > > (USB) Logitech Optical Trackman Wheel. Works as advertised. > > (SCSI) Adaptec 2906 - never had a problem, always recognized. > > (SCSI) Mustek MFS-6000CX Flatbed 3-pass scanner hanging off the 2906. > Will wonders never cease!?! This scanner was my main reason for trying > Mandrake on this box as it is unsupported in OSX. Not only was this old > workhorse auto detected by name at boot, it worked in Kooka the first > time I tried it! > > Some little oddities here and there, but I haven't really spent enough > time on it to troubleshoot or go through the archives here for known > fixes. As it is, I got my scanner, got my GIMP and got my Zip so I'm > very happy. > > Stew, you da man! Thanks. > Thank You ;^) Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/PPC/FAQ/
