RE: [newbie] Matrix screensaver-stick to Debian
Before you wipe off Debian, make a disk image, you may be going back to it. I recently installed 9.2 ( last week ) onto my laptop which loved MDK8.2. I wanted to know what this wonderful new version had to offer. So I ticked everything. On reboot, it wouldn't set-up my video or network. It gave me three games, yes 3!. And when I did a security update it said there was 179Mb to download, then I did a software update, that said there was 110mb to download. And after all that I went back to 8.2, installed no prob, set-up me video and network by itself. Anybody tried Knoppix, why can't MDK be anything like their install ? It set up my onboard LAN with dhcp, my wireless pcmcia via dhcp, set the correct screen resolution, all my external usb devices AND ALL THIS RUNNING FROM A CD. with NO user intervention. Now if Knoppix did a disk install version ( yes I know it can all be copied from the cd to the HD ) it would be the biz :o) -Original Message- From: Lexx [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 11 February 2004 10:50:pm To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Matrix screensaver Before I go ahead and wipe Debian off my laptop and replace it with MDK I'd like to know if I can use the rather nice Matrix screensaver that is in KDE, if not where can it be found? I seem to have a rather basic graphics card and it can't handle most of the screensavers in kdeartwork. I downloaded xscreensaver-4.12-1mdk.i586.rpm, but I'm not sure if (a) I already have it or (b) it's going to contain more high-graphic content. Any help would be appreciated Thanks in advance Lexx -- The world is not #00 and #FF more a muted #CC Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Matrix screensaver-stick to Debian
On Thursday 12 February 2004 12:46, Ken Walker wrote: Before you wipe off Debian, make a disk image, you may be going back to it. I recently installed 9.2 ( last week ) onto my laptop which loved MDK8.2. I wanted to know what this wonderful new version had to offer. So I ticked everything. the installer doesn't work like that anymore -it expects some user intervention as the amount of options has grown. On reboot, it wouldn't set-up my video or network. It gave me three games, I bet your laptop was using Xfee86 version 3 in 8.2. You have to configure it yourself or set the default reolution down to the resolution you need. It's set too high for older hardware. yes 3!. And when I did a security update it said there was 179Mb to download, then I did a software update, that said there was 110mb to download. Yeah that sucks but then you don't have to download 'em all, just the ones you need/use. And after all that I went back to 8.2, installed no prob, set-up me video and network by itself. Yeah, 8.2 was/is the only one ever that recognized ISA soundcards during install. All the others require sndconfig and isa-pnp to be installed. Anybody tried Knoppix, why can't MDK be anything like their install ? It set up my onboard LAN with dhcp, my wireless pcmcia via dhcp, set the correct screen resolution, all my external usb devices AND ALL THIS RUNNING FROM A CD. with NO user intervention. Now if Knoppix did a disk install version ( yes I know it can all be copied from the cd to the HD ) it would be the biz You can install from the knoppix CD too you know, once you have it running. Not just CD copying. There's a script hidden somewhere (don't remember where) called something like hd_install or the likes. Works a charm:) BTW; Tried Mandrake-Move yet?? Good luck, HarM -- Registered Linux User #197998 FSF Associate Member #901 ICQ #146191606 Mandrake HowTo's more: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Matrix screensaver-stick to Debian
Yep, non-member download version doesn't have the usb pen bit, and it doesn't do any network set-up or video set-up or etc that works on my lappy. I would have bought it for the usb bit but the set-up from CD is just useless. And if I have to set everything up by hand, what's it going to be like going somewhere else, running it on another desktop or lappy, and having to set everything up again, and again, and again. It's not a scratch on Knoppix. Ken many thanks for your comments :o) BTW; Tried Mandrake-Move yet?? Good luck, HarM -- Registered Linux User #197998 FSF Associate Member #901 ICQ #146191606 Mandrake HowTo's more: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Matrix screensaver-stick to Debian
On Thursday 12 February 2004 15:16, Ken Walker wrote: It's not a scratch on Knoppix. Ken Agreed, personally I think the slackware live version does a better job than Move.faster too. Though I must say, the Chines Dictionary and the games are exceptionally cool on knoppix/freeduc:) Still as somebody stated it's a one nice to test hardware when one's buying and wondering how Mandrake will run on it. Good luck, HarM -- Registered Linux User #197998 FSF Associate Member #901 ICQ #146191606 Mandrake HowTo's more: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Matrix screensaver-stick to Debian
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thursday 12 February 2004 7:49 am, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Thursday 12 February 2004 15:16, Ken Walker wrote: It's not a scratch on Knoppix. Ken Agreed, personally I think the slackware live version does a better job than Move.faster too. Though I must say, the Chines Dictionary and the games are exceptionally cool on knoppix/freeduc:) Still as somebody stated it's a one nice to test hardware when one's buying and wondering how Mandrake will run on it. Good luck, HarM I've been using Knoppix or pclos to test hardware for new systems, depending on what the end user is planning to run after assembly. PCLOS is based on Mandrake 9.2 and, to my mind, is more functional than Mandrake Move. Not quite so minimalist. It's also installable. Regards; Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User #244963 at http://counter.li.org Mandrake Linux release 10.0 (Cooker) for i586 kernel 2.4.25-0.pre7.3mdk 10:05:24 up 2 days, 19:32, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 It's God. No, not Richard Stallman, or Linus Torvalds, but God. (By Matt Welsh) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAK7MMZqvqlrLPr5YRAvu1AJwPctF4ZFx7BC0VdAQduFERN4iTHACcCYmp 1eKfdUdxBj2+UvnGN1q9CJ8= =c9wo -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
