On Wednesday 22 Jan 2003 9:05 pm, Marc wrote: > 1/22/03 1:17:40 PM, Benjamin Jeeves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > >On Wednesday 22 Jan 2003 7:03 pm, Marc wrote: > >> I just installed 9.0 on a old toshiba tecra 510cdt laptop > >> 133mhz P1 20GB HDD 80MB ram It acts like way too much > > operating > > >> system for this old dog. It is Slooooow and instable to say the > >> least. Almost impossible to go more than a miniute or 2 with > > out > > >> a lockup!! > >> Do you folks think 8.1 or 8.2 would run better? Or should I > > go > > >> back to a 7.x distro? > >> I have not have not had much first hand experance with > >> Mandrakes older distros so Or these older machines so I thought > > I > > >> would ask some of you that have been around the Linux world a > > bit > > >> longer than myself for some words of wisdom on witch one would > > be > > >> best. > >> Will shutting off some startup services help and if so witch > >> ones? Also this keyboard does not have a SysReq button. is it > >> possible to configure another button to take it's place? With > > all > > >> the lockups the SysReq button seems to be a must. > >> > >> I better stop This seems like too many questions for 1 > > simple > > >> message. > >> > >> I hate to addmit it but winblows 98 actually ran much better > > on > > >> this old dog but I guess 9.1 is a lot more operating system. > > The > > >> only good part is I think if I went to install microshafts > > latest > > >> and so called greatest OS on this old laptop I probably would > > not > > >> have got near this far. > >> > >> Thanks in advance for any advise > >> > >> Marc > > > >What do you mean it locks up? > >The desktop lockup if so it might be the X-Server > > When it locks up I am unable to use the mouse and there is no > hard drive activity and as of yet I have founnd no keyboard > commands that work. The display stays frozen.and I am unable to do > anything but a hard shutdown but then that goes back to the > subject of the SysReq key. > > Marc
Sounds likey a problem I had with redhat 8.0 and XFree86 4.* what version of XFree86 are you running on the laptop try a older version of XFree86 it worked for me on redhat
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