Posts by NeoCORE

hey all... I am posting this in general as it is meant to solve a specific linux problem which requires help from more than the current linux base we have here and also the answer is not linux specific I have been workin on...

ok... I havent bothered to set up my pcmcia as I have no need for it on my machine... so, what I am saying is stabbing in the dark from my limited experience.. What I can say is, I take it pcmcia-cs is a driver database of card...

I would suggest checking out the vmware site... but I wuld say it i a compatability issue with xfree and vmware... my suggestion is to try out the new vmware 4.0 beta anyway... it's gonna have more features and is likely to work better...

Modules are compiled and installed by gentoo when you are doing a new kernel compile... What I would recommend doing is checking your kernel config... make sure you have the module you need selected... then do the following to remake...

Already tried mandrake 9.1rc3 (I think it's 3...) which apparently pretty much was the final release. It's good if you want a quick easy install with tonnes of apps... but I prefer to customise IMO, better than RH

After, well, messing and learning a lot about Linux through Gentoo... I am gonna give Debain a wee go... (Will I ever just settle on a distro? ) I have (been bored in work) read the apt-get howto... I have already tried installing...

My current view is that Xfree are only but too willing to support nVidia... but when I comes to ATI, we're loosing out... The ATI drivers provided for linux are literally useless comparing to their windows equilavent in most cases......

beakmyn: gentoo will take considerably long to install on a 166Mhz... actually, more like bloody ages... I can beleive it took that long, and it will be about the same for emerge... the footprint is about 1gb I believe (never really...

try nopcmcia... every linux install kernel seems to have trouble with out pcmcia NeoCORE

Why no longer a sticky... the channel is starting to take off, we have quite a few regulars/idlers (and apparently I am a lurker according to vash :P) It's a great, handy resource and I think it should be in an obvious spot so that...