[newbie] unsupported! try your luck!
Hi, I was introduced to Linux-Mandrake 6.0 last June and I managed to install it myself after spending almost 6 hours. This is because first I didn't know that Mandrake doesn't support the newest brand of hardware out there, especialy top brand video, audio and modems. My machine is a PII 400 Mhz,Asus 440BX slot1 MB,6.4 Gig hard disk, Creative 3dfx Voodo card, Yahama XG, and a Motorola chip modem. All of this combinations of hardware is unfortunately isn't supported by except for a few. After painstakingly combing the net, I finally found a beta version driver for the graphic card and I also found a commercial driver(hence $$)for the sound card. But my joy was short lived, as a few weeks after that the hardware went kaput one by one. Starting from my 32 Mb SDRAM, next the soundcard, and then finally my graphic is a bit crazy now(fuzzy lines at 600*480 and at 1024*9800). This of course will need about $300 to replace. However, I cannot attribute the breakdown of the machine to Mandrake wholly but somehow I feel that during the many hours of trying to adjust(espcially the graphic, XF86setup) the system I couldn't remember just how many times I rebooted the machine. And I couldn't set aside the probable tear and wear of my machine. So, that's why I am sharing this with you'all. I just want to warn potential users of Mandrake(newbie) to be wary about the potential dangers here. Lastly, does anybody know the exact hardware supported by Mandrake 6.1? If anybody know then feel free to mail me. __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] unsupported! try your luck!
LJrebooting your machine is not harmful, only irritating and boring. The supported hardware list is accessible from the Linux-mandrake web page but below is the direct URL to it: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/fhard.php3 Alan Lovister LJ wrote: Hi, I was introduced to Linux-Mandrake 6.0 last June and I managed to install it myself after spending almost 6 hours. This is because first I didn't know that Mandrake doesn't support the newest brand of hardware out there, especialy top brand video, audio and modems. My machine is a PII 400 Mhz,Asus 440BX slot1 MB,6.4 Gig hard disk, Creative 3dfx Voodo card, Yahama XG, and a Motorola chip modem. All of this combinations of hardware is unfortunately isn't supported by except for a few. After painstakingly combing the net, I finally found a beta version driver for the graphic card and I also found a commercial driver(hence $$)for the sound card. But my joy was short lived, as a few weeks after that the hardware went kaput one by one. Starting from my 32 Mb SDRAM, next the soundcard, and then finally my graphic is a bit crazy now(fuzzy lines at 600*480 and at 1024*9800). This of course will need about $300 to replace. However, I cannot attribute the breakdown of the machine to Mandrake wholly but somehow I feel that during the many hours of trying to adjust(espcially the graphic, XF86setup) the system I couldn't remember just how many times I rebooted the machine. And I couldn't set aside the probable tear and wear of my machine. So, that's why I am sharing this with you'all. I just want to warn potential users of Mandrake(newbie) to be wary about the potential dangers here. Lastly, does anybody know the exact hardware supported by Mandrake 6.1? If anybody know then feel free to mail me. __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] unsupported! try your luck!
Check the HCL (Hardware Compatibility List). One should always check this before changing operating systems. It's in most new user Linux books and on some Linux web sites. -- Chip Wiegand Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly Robert F. Kennedy On Wed, 24 Nov 1999, you wrote: Hi, I was introduced to Linux-Mandrake 6.0 last June and I managed to install it myself after spending almost 6 hours. This is because first I didn't know that Mandrake doesn't support the newest brand of hardware out there, especialy top brand video, audio and modems. My machine is a PII 400 Mhz,Asus 440BX slot1 MB,6.4 Gig hard disk, Creative 3dfx Voodo card, Yahama XG, and a Motorola chip modem. All of this combinations of hardware is unfortunately isn't supported by except for a few. After painstakingly combing the net, I finally found a beta version driver for the graphic card and I also found a commercial driver(hence $$)for the sound card. But my joy was short lived, as a few weeks after that the hardware went kaput one by one. Starting from my 32 Mb SDRAM, next the soundcard, and then finally my graphic is a bit crazy now(fuzzy lines at 600*480 and at 1024*9800). This of course will need about $300 to replace. However, I cannot attribute the breakdown of the machine to Mandrake wholly but somehow I feel that during the many hours of trying to adjust(espcially the graphic, XF86setup) the system I couldn't remember just how many times I rebooted the machine. And I couldn't set aside the probable tear and wear of my machine. So, that's why I am sharing this with you'all. I just want to warn potential users of Mandrake(newbie) to be wary about the potential dangers here. Lastly, does anybody know the exact hardware supported by Mandrake 6.1? If anybody know then feel free to mail me. __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
