Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9.0 wishlist :-)

2002-06-14 Per discussione Michael Carr
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

2001-11-19 Per discussione Michael Carr
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)

[newbie] The 56K Professional Message Modem in Mandrake 8.1

2001-11-01 Per discussione Michael Carr
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

[newbie] A fault with sound in Mandrake 8

2001-07-08 Per discussione Michael Carr
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

Re: [newbie] Registered users

2001-06-04 Per discussione Michael Carr
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

[newbie] Most appropriate driver for the HP DeskJet 930C

2001-05-31 Per discussione Michael Carr
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

[newbie] Asshole alert

2001-05-31 Per discussione Michael Carr
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?

2001-05-30 Per discussione Michael Carr
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,