I am using Mandrake 8.1 on a Dell Inspiron 8100 (laptop) computer.
>From a terminal window, when I attempt to start harddrake I get the
following error messages:
can't open file '/dev/fd1 for reading'
Generic VGA (or unknown SVGA)
Can't open file '/proc/paraport/0/autoprobe' for reading
I am running Mandrake 8.1 and am attempting to install a
Xircom combo Modem/Network Card: Xircom "RBEM56G-100BTX"
[According to http://www.xircom.com/cda/page/0,1298,0-0-1_20-476,00.html
this uses the Linux driver "XIRC2PS_CS" (see also
http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net/ ]
With the com
Where is the "hand calculator" for Mandrake 8.1?
I'm using KDE. Both kcalc and xcalc (which I used to use in earlier
versions of Mandrake) are missing.
Moreover, although I got a copy of kcalc from the web, when I attempted to
install it there was a conflict between a library it needed and th
The new computer I just bought has Windows XP. I'd like to
re-partition my (20 GB) hard disk keeping most it for Mandrake 8.1.
Does the disk re-partitioning software that comes with Mandrake 8.1
work with a disk originally formatted for Windows XP?
Note: Partition Magic has a new version 7 for W
Is there some command line equivalent for MandrakeUpdate?
It would be very useful for a remote system I take care of,
particularly for security updates.
- Jerry
I am attempting to update from Mandrake 7.0 -> 7.2 (Powerpack Deluxe).
As usual, I made a bootdisk and ran it -- but it could not mount my
SCSI CD (although it seems to have recognized that it is SCSI).
The error message is:
"I could not mount a cd on /dev/scd0"
This surprises me
Nvidia's page:
http://www.nvidia.com/Products/Drivers.nsf/Linux.html
has new drivers (Jan. 18). However they list only drivers for Mandrake 7.1:
Mandrake 7.1, one CPU, uniprocessor kernel:
NVIDIA_kernel-0.9-6.mdk71.i386.rpm
NV
