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
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