Bernhard,
Here's what it says when I type in "top" and
"M"
---
11:08pm up 13 min, 1 user, load
average: 0.08, 0.46, 0.4044 processes: 40 sleeping, 3 running, 1 zombie, 0
stoppedCPU states: 3.3% user,
Bernhard,
Here's what it says when I type in "top" and
"M"
---
11:08pm up 13 min, 1 user, load
average: 0.08, 0.46, 0.4044 processes: 40 sleeping, 3 running, 1 zombie, 0
stoppedCPU states: 3.3% user,
This is what it said when I typed in
'Free'
[root@localhost /root]#
free
total
used free
shared buffers
cachedMem: 13604
13324
280
7492
304 6448-/+
buffers/cache: 6572 7032Swap
369452 9068 360384
Hi! I think I found out what is causing Linux to
run so slow on my computer!! I typed in the stuff Bernhard mentioned and found
out that Linux thinks I only have 13MB of RAM!! I really have 128 MB of
pc100 sdram!
How do I let linux know that there's 128mb of
ram?
If it's really running
I reinstalled Linux-Mandrake and did everything you said below. My
computer hasn't hung since! It solved my shutdown/logout problem. I was
also able to configure my cable modem internet access and I can now go
online. (I would be writing this from Linux right now, but I forgot the
email addre
Thanks for the replies everyone! I'm going to
try a fresh install and installing those updated 'initscripts' Bernhard
Rosenkraenzer told me about. I'll let you guys know how it goes. By
the way, I've got 128MB of ram.
I'm hoping that I can post my next message using
Linux already!
From: Bernhard Rosenkraenzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, June 05, 1999 4:42 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] giving up
> On Sat, 5 Jun 1999, Jimmy Garcia wrote:
>
> > I've spent a week, unsuccessfully, trying to get Linux-Mandrake 6.0 to
> >
I've spent a week, unsuccessfully, trying to get
Linux-Mandrake 6.0 to work properly. After getting through the install
procedure, which went by with no real difficulty, I started Linux and was amazed
at how slow it was. It kept accessing my hard drive for almost every
little thing I did.
I've got the same problem, and now that I've gotten the info from winipcfg,
How do I get Linux to work with my cable modem? I've got a 3com Ethernet
card (set as eth01) and a Motorola Cyber surfer cable modem.
My connection isn't automatically detected. I've tried typing in NETCFG
before, but a
