Re: [newbie] System Getting Sluggish

2002-03-19 Thread jquandt3
i may have a penny to add to this thread. but before i start babbling, i have a question for everyone getting a sluggish system after a while. are you all running KDE? see ya. Damian = Yes, Jeff Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www

Re: [newbie] System Getting Sluggish

2002-03-17 Thread jquandt3
Well, I have the same problem on occasion. I cannot say if it is related to being online since I have a cable connection, but RAM is not my problem. I have 512 MB DDR and my system never touches the swap file. I intentionally tried to make it hit the swap file and had a hard time getting it bel

Re: [newbie] Athalon 1700+ running on Dragon Plus MB

2002-03-09 Thread jquandt3
From: "Gerald Waugh" > This MB has no jumpers, everything is setup in the setup screens. > Well the MB has a 266 Mhz FSB, but I guess that when the bus speed is set to > 133 the DDR RAM bus is running at 266??? > the overcloking feature only affects the FSB (Front Side Bus) it goes up in 1

[newbie] resizing partitions mishap

2002-03-03 Thread jquandt3
Ok I used DiskDrake to resize my swap partition and created a new partition, /data, with the extra space.  Now when I reboot I get an error and lockup.  It says fsck: bad superbolck in /dev/hdb6 (the new partition)   I get an option to correct the errors with yes/no selects, but it locks up