Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9.0 wishlist :-)
Boxed sets that come with a complete set of RPMs would be nice. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] 3Com/USR Professional Message Modem
Hi, I've finally found a way around the USR Professional Message Modem's inability to negotiate a successful ppp connection with the PMM answer machine facility disabled. As it happens this was done within two separate terminal sessions, though there's no reason (with the second ATZ removed) why it can't be accomplished within a single session: ATZ ATF1+MCA=0 ATW ATMCW ATZ ATS0=0 ATW AT+MCW Michael Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] The 56K Professional Message Modem in Mandrake 8.1
A sort of pre-sales query -- I've got a 3Com/US Robotics 56K Professional Message Modem, which worked fine with Mandrake 7.2, SuSE 7.0 and 7.1, and currently (on the same PC) with Windows 98 s.e, but not SuSE 7.2. In SuSE's default dialler kinternet (much like kppp except for the security vulnerabilities), a successful connection that progesses beyond the modem handshake is apparently impossible. The same is true of wvdial; rather than a usable connection, xconsole merely reports linux pppd [] Couldn't release PPP unit: Inappropriate ioctl for device. kppp sometimes obtains a successful connection as opposed to a time-out, but not on a reliable basis. It should be pointed out that when the Message Modem is replaced by a Diamond 56e Pro, using the same settings, no problems arise. So I was wondering what results people were experiencing with their Professional Message Modems in Mandrake 8.1... Thanks in advance, Michael Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] A fault with sound in Mandrake 8
Hi, I've been encountering a rather peculiar fault with sound in Mandrake 8. Following an entirely fresh reinstallation which correctly detected the card's chipset as Trident Microsystems 4DWave NX, I noticed that kscd was mute. Opening kmix, turning up all of the faders to maximum (while checking none had been set to mute), saving the configuration as the new default and rebooting, I then noticed that while kscd was working properly, RealPlayer, Noatum (the KDE media player) and xmms were mute, despite the files' output being displayed on the analyser/oscilloscope. HardDrake configuration tool's 8-bit sample was, unsurprisingly, also silent. It's enough to make you want to go out and buy SuSE 7.2. [joke] Michael
Re: [newbie] Registered users
If Linux is a free operating system under the GNU/GPL License, etc., etc., why do people insist in showing the rest that they are registered users? For the reason that, as a freely redistributable operating system, the scale of its use can't be determined by sales figures alone; the less Linux is perceived as the specialist preoccupation of a handful of hackers, the more hardware manufacturers, for example, will be inclined to extend their official support. Michael
[newbie] Most appropriate driver for the HP DeskJet 930C
Civileme wrote: Choose another driver. There are many for each printer, so you can achieve the best quality/speed tradeoff for yourself. In which case, is anyone familiar with a suitable driver for the HP DeskJet 930C (I suppose such a driver would also cover the 932C, if not the entire 900 series). I'd be looking for something compatible with the version of CUPS shipping with 8.0, and capable of providing the kind of speed and 600dpi output familiar from Windows. Michael
[newbie] Asshole alert
In reply to my earlier message [newbie] Most appropriate driver for the HP DeskJet 930C, wang ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) has emailed me offlist with a malicious attachment, docs.scr. Assuming that he/she is a member of this list, perhaps the list administrator could remove him/her forthwith. Michael
[newbie] Unusably slow printing in 8.0 using 'official' HP DeskJet drivers?
I was wondering whether anyone using 8.0 is experiencing prohibitively slow print-outs with the bundled HP DeskJet drivers. I'm currently running 7.2, and while eager to upgrade I've heard horror stories about the downloadable version's use in conjunction with other distros. Thanks in advance, Michael
