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Re: XConfigurator hangs Mandrake 7.0

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From: SiliconSmaq
Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 00:00
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Plain and simple I have the exact same issue and 3 more.
wich prevent me from ever being able to install mandrake.
Im sorry I ever bought the peice of crap.

Russ.Shaw wrote in message <391E2A42.F4D0FE8A@webaxs.net>...
>Hi all,
>
>I have just installed Mandrake 7.0 on an intel 440BX mother-board
>with Celeron 300a and 64MB ram, and integrated on-board sound-blaster
>16 sound hw (sound not setup yet). I have a pci modem plugged in, but
>not setup in mandrake. An S3 trio 765 pci video card is used and works
>in mandrake.
>
>I have used X86Setup to configure video etc.
>
>When i type XConfigurator on the command-line, a character-graphic screen
>says 'Please wait, Preparing X-Window Configuration'.
>
>At this point, everything is frozen and i have to reboot the pc.
>
>Also, when i type in kde, i get an error message like 'cannot open
>display'. But when i type kdm, then the kde desktop starts and works ok.
>
>When i installed mandrake graphically, to stop the pc from hanging, i had
>to select 'expert-mode', then select 'don't probe for pci devices', to
>prevent the hang. I think this might have something to do with
XConfigurator
>hanging.
>
>How can i make Xconfigurator not hang?
>
>--
>*******************************************
>*   Russell Shaw, B.Eng, M.Eng(Research)  *
>*   Electronics Consultant                *
>*      email: russell@webaxs.net          *
>*      Australia                          *
>*******************************************
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From: "SiliconSmaq" <SiliconSmaq@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: XConfigurator hangs Mandrake 7.0
Date: 2000/05/15
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