Re: [newbie] Hardware Questions

2004-12-19 Thread David E. Fox
On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 14:30:15 -0800 Amy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: specific information about if I might encounter any trouble trying to use any of the following with Mandrake? Asus p4s533 motherboard p4 1.6 GHz processor geforce ti4200 agp video card Doubtful you would have problems.

[newbie] Hardware Questions

2004-12-10 Thread Amy
REMEMBER I AM A GMAIL USER, CHECK THAT RESPONSES ARE GOING TO THE LIST. THANKS. Hey guys, a quick question. A friend of mine gave me some hand me down hardware. He's recently upgraded his computer, and knew I was sorely in need of an upgrade, so he offered to give me his old stuff. He's

Re: [newbie] Hardware questions

2002-06-16 Thread Anne Wilson
dfox wrote: 1) In /dev there is an entry scanner, which is flashing red. What does this mean? It may be connected with the fact that my CanoScan Flashing red usually indicates a broken link. /dev/scanner should point (link to) to the proper /dev/ entry for the scanner, which depends

Re: [newbie] Hardware questions

2002-06-16 Thread Anne Wilson
FemmeFatale wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: Two problems, possibly related: 1) In /dev there is an entry scanner, which is flashing red. What does this mean? It may be connected with the fact that my CanoScan FS2710, a scsi film scanner, is recognised at boot-up, but that is as far as I

[newbie] Hardware questions

2002-06-14 Thread Anne Wilson
Two problems, possibly related: 1) In /dev there is an entry scanner, which is flashing red. What does this mean? It may be connected with the fact that my CanoScan FS2710, a scsi film scanner, is recognised at boot-up, but that is as far as I have got with it. 2) Problem 1 came to

[newbie] Hardware questions

2001-05-22 Thread CBoy168
I checked the list of compatiable hardware and i'm putting together a new linux machine that is going to run mandrake 8.0. I'm currently considering a voodoo 5 5500 or more likely a geforce 2 or 3, but neither of those is on the list..should i consider something else? Also, i have a yamaha