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« Reply #15 on: March 22, 2004, 10:43:26 PM »
I find that "Find Files" crashes a lot.. nothing major!
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« Reply #16 on: March 23, 2004, 09:23:11 PM »
I find that "Find Files" crashes a lot.. nothing major!

open up a terminal window and type in

#locate -U                        updates locate DB

#locate  filename
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« Reply #17 on: March 24, 2004, 09:34:04 AM »
installed 10 lastnight...major pain.
had to run the install *5* times before it would get through without any errors installing packages. sorry, but this is unacceptable.
never had any probems like this with installing Mandrake before.

I cant believe they removed the "test" feature of XFree from within the install.
have to manually edit my XFree config files tonight so I can get X to work with my vid card(matrox millenium). the install said 1600x1200 resolution at 24bit  was supported by my card but I know for a fact that it isnt...it only has 2MB ram onboard, not to mention it is a PCI card!

if I cant get it to work correctly(not that I need X for my ftp server) I'll drop back to Debian.


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« Reply #18 on: March 24, 2004, 11:59:42 AM »
yeah i had major problems with my matrox millenium and red hat years ago...  that card is currently sitting in a box at my old employer...

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« Reply #19 on: March 24, 2004, 12:04:47 PM »
this card has had no problems with other distros, including Mandrake 7.0 -> 9.2(with the same XFree86 version)!


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« Reply #20 on: March 24, 2004, 12:27:23 PM »
I had a spare box here at work and decided to 'experiment'.  I downloaded a Knoppix disc which I highly recommend to any Linux newbie.  You can actually boot from the CD and be running Linux without installing anything.  It's a good way to sample it and see what it's all about (as well as checking hardware compatibility).  I ended up permanently installing it (very easy and smooth process) which makes it a Debian setup.

The machine is pretty slow - 128MBRAM, 450mHz processor.  Any suggestions for something fun to do with it?

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« Reply #21 on: March 26, 2004, 12:12:46 AM »
Screw Linux.  I've tried installing Mandrake 3 times now today.  The 2nd time it almost got the whole way through installation and just hung.  I hit reset and could boot into windows via lilo but not linux (not surprised).  3rd time it hung while trying to read the partitions on the drive I sorta had linux installed on.  I'm installing it on it's own hard drive.  Now my boot sector is fucked up on my main drive and all I get are 99's when it accesses my boot sector.  I'll never install Linux again unless it's on a dedicated machine.

EDIT:  So booting off the XP CD and typing "fixmbr" fixed my problems.  Maybe I'll try again if that's all I need to do, but this is sooooo aggravating.
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« Reply #22 on: March 26, 2004, 02:34:50 PM »
if you have a floppy boot disc you can use that to boot up and then type "fdisk /mbr" and it will fix your problem

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« Reply #23 on: March 26, 2004, 07:43:19 PM »
i actually have a floppy disk w/ dr. dos on  it, and "fdisk /mbr" in the autoexec, from the last time i had a linux install go south.

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« Reply #24 on: March 26, 2004, 07:59:34 PM »
*sigh*
Well I actually managed to get the dual boot working :).  Now I'm trying to install mythtv... and this thing is taking a loooong time to compile.  Oh well.  One bug I'm noticing is that if I load up the hardware manager or MCC and I move my mouse I'm fucked.  Mouse completely stops responding.  So now I have to wait for mythtv to compile and then logout or reboot.  *sigh*

BTW, This forum has a lot of useful Linux information.  The stickies helped me figure out quite a few things.
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« Reply #25 on: March 27, 2004, 03:14:52 PM »
I'm running mandrake 9.2 and loving it. Working on getting a bittorrent setup going.  If anyone is running a bt tracker on linux let me know.  As for linux linx, http://www.linuxquestions.org/ is a good resource.
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« Reply #26 on: March 27, 2004, 03:35:01 PM »
Linux is tha bomb, yo! ;)

As soon as I get some cash, I'm gonna get a Micro-ATX PC and set it up with Freevo (http://freevo.sf.net) - of course on top of Debian.  Might be a while before I get that cash, tho. ;D
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« Reply #27 on: March 28, 2004, 12:07:16 AM »
I've been running Mandrake 9.2 and I'm already itching for something different.  I've heard good things about Slackware... I think that's going to get installed next.

If you're running kde, check out:
www.kde-apps.org
www.kde-look.org

How does freevo compare to mythtv?
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« Reply #28 on: March 28, 2004, 01:07:05 AM »
I'm sure they're very similar.  I have a friend who runs freevo, so I'm inclined to run it as well...  

Slackware is definitely nice. ;D
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« Reply #29 on: March 28, 2004, 02:04:32 AM »
Hey cooker, why don't you update your original post with all of the links everyone's mentioned and make it the "official ts linux thread" :)?  Or I could start a new thread if you don't want to do it.
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