Posts by Ratha@PCTorque

myrkat, yay! glad to hear you found a way out of your dilemma! I love samba - it is so easy to set up and it is amazing that a linux machine can just participate in windows sharing like that. I'm going to keep knoppix in mind for...

cris, OK, so it sounds like you succeeded with the install using the boot prompt option, but now that you are trying to start your new system, you are getting stuck? Often, linux installers will plop in whatever kernel it is that the...

Well, sticky threads don't scale well. I was thinking something along the lines of a Wiki. Something that could be dynamically updated by participants. So when person A puts up their skeletal howto of Redhat 9 on the 4060, and person...

Quote: Originally posted by xiphux our laptops are weird with linux. some people have all sorts of problems with redhat, some people have no problems at all. same people can install mandrake perfectly, some can't. it's...

cris, I had issues like these a while ago when installing linuces on my 4760. I believe I had this with Slackware. What I did was disable the firewire startup (I had to boot on CD and mount my HD to do this) and then the startup got...

I found a link that might help: http://www.the-it-mercenary.com/foru...osts/5120.html Let us know how that works for you.

Quote: Originally posted by notatechie also I keep getting emails just popping up on my screen from people I have no clue about.. (they seem to be ads..) is that windows messaging.. I think I disabled that in the...

Quote: Originally posted by xiphux i was able to fix radeonfb for 2.6. i had to tweak the support for the M9 (mobility 9000. NIIIICE!!! Quote: another note: _make sure_ that the mode you choose is...

Thanks for such a clear explanation. Quote: Originally posted by phubar WXGA = 1280x768 WSXGA = 1600x1024 WSXGA+ = 1680x1050 WUXGA = 1920x1200 If this is true, then is the 4760 (at 1440x900) not...

Willy, You are probably going to need to use the boot parameters "noprobe nopcmcia nousb". As soon as the RH cd boots up, first thing, it should give a prompt that says "boot:" and ask if you need to specify any...