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Article #78Re: XConfigurator hangs Mandrake 7.0
From: SiliconSmaq
Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 00:00
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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