Linus Drouhard wrote: >On Saturday 06 April 2002 07:33 am, you wrote: > >>On Sunday 07 April 2002 11:29 am, Linus Drouhard opened a hailing frequency >> >>and transmitted: >> >>>MD 8.2 and really liked it, but could not get a printer installed. >>>Whenever I ran PrinterDrake, it asked me for Disc 1 and tried to install >>>something. My computer would freeze solid during install, responding >>>only to the reset button. I tried a fresh reinstall of MD 8.2. Same. >>> >>there is a bug fix for printerdrak, but i think it only applies to HP's. >> >It's not just Printerdrake that freezes me. It's almost any package from the >CD's. I did get the printer (Epson 777) to work. > >>>Tried a fresh install of 8.1. Froze during the install. Civileme >>>suggested a bad CD. I burned a new one. Same. I tried installing from >>>a different CD-drive. Same. I pulled my soundcard and every other >>>"non-essential" card and disk drive. I was able to reinstall MD 8.2. I >>>ran PrinterDrake. It wanted to install some package again (CUPS and >>>Foomatic, I believe). Out of frustration, I just hit "cancel" and you >>>guessed it, it worked! I now have a printer. I thought I was home free. >>> Remember the soundcard I pulled? I reinstalled the card and tried to >>>run "soundcfg". Not there. I ran software manager. Froze. Solid. >>> >>just curious, but what type of conection is the printer? could your bios >>be attempting to use an IRQ for the soundcard that the printer is using on >>an lpt port? that is just shooting in the dark though as software manager >>would not freeze for that, rather you would think you simply would not get >>sound or not print. >> >I've checked for conflicts. There aren't any. > >>you say you burned a new cd, was it from the same download? did you >>checksum it? >> >Different download and I checksummed it. > >>last but not least, if it is the software manager, have you tried >>installing the needed packages from the commandline? >> > >I tried that at Civileme's recommendation. Same "cold" result. > >>not much help really, but a place to start..... >> > >Thanks for your help. But since this system used to work nearly perfectly, >I'm beginning to think that my MB is going bad a little bit at a time. > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Ummm, Before you say that,
remove each card, run an eraser over the contacts, blow out the dust, and restore. wiggle all the cables, remove and reseat. We do have workarounds for most of the chipset vs IDE/PCI load problems already within, so you are probably right about the mobo, but try all the cabling anyway--I have rescued more than a few with good old R&R (remove and reseat). Civileme
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
