On Thu, 2003-01-02 at 00:33, Craig Toenes wrote: > I started out with an intel830M chipset which > necessitated the loading of an advanced x windows > leading > to a kernel upgrade 2-4-19 opp18 leading to a > defective > xmms downloading rpms to fix this broke the installer > and package manager leading to an apt install and a > synaptic install neither of which work leaving me > after nine weeks > with a machine that's great for surfing the net,but > can't > run a GUI install or check dependencies or conflicts > and > a scanner that remains undetected. If the aim of 8.0 > was > to entice simpletons like myself with an easy, > functional > OS, then it was more a trial by fire than a success. > My > tech support aside from the generous at the psyche- > list > was four messages telling me that my tickets had > expired. > Other than fixing my updates, there was, in effect no > official support whatsoever. Mabey I'm expecting too > much. The next thing is to scrounge around for obscure > modules to try and detect my scanner and firewire > card. > It's not boring, but as much as I passionately hate > microsoft, I'm still spending a lot of time just > getting simple things to just work. I hope there will > come a day where I can say RH, it works! Even > Libranet > sent me instructions on what module to install to > enable my PCMCIA card. I'd really like to see RH > triumph as an OS. My point is that I should be > enjoying > this OS and all I'm doing is jumping through hoops to > get it to do basic things that one would think would > just work. ----- I don't believe that the chipset is supported by the psyche distribution. Certainly X-windows wasn't. I didn't see a question here but you should realize that not all motherboards/chipsets/video sets are supported by linux distro's. As for firewire...there was a great thread on it on Tuesday, Dec 31st. Craig -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
