Mandrake 7.1

[al plant]

Nelson Garcia wrote:
> 
> Sorry Al, this is not really going to solve your problem but I am running
> Mandrake 7.2 and noticed that it was much better at picking up hardware than
> 7.1.  I haven't decided to try 8.0 yet but the trend suggests that it should
> be even better.
> 
> I tried looking for a file with screen saver settings under some of my
> users' home directories but I didn't notice anything obvious. The are some
> dot files such as .Xdefaults but I didn't see anything there. Are you
> looking to prevent users from setting the screen saver? or are you talking
> about just turning it off for your session?
> 
> As far as the sound, look in /etc/rc.d/init.d/sound and see if that tells
> you anything. To me it looks like you can specify a module in
> /etc/modules.conf. I don't have sound in my Mandrake box, so I'm guessing.
> 
> I know, a long email for being no help at all..
> 
> Later,
> Nelson
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: alp at pele.WURLDLINK.NET [mailto:alp at pele.WURLDLINK.NET]On Behalf Of
> al plant
> Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2001 5:22 PM
> To: Linux & Unix Advocates & Users
> Subject: [luau] Mandrake 7.1
> 
> Hi Linux Gurus,
> 
> We are experimenting with a Mandrake installation.
> 
> Does anybody know in which file the settings for screen
> saver are located in in Mandrake 7.1?
> I want to disable it.
> 
> Also the sound card, a PCI, won't detect under HardDrake on
> the setup we are trying. Anybody know if  there is any way
> to set the driver for the sound card manually as a module in
> this version? Or if anybody has another reason it may not be
> picking up I'd appreciate the suggestions.
> 
> The PrinterDrake worked fine to setup our network printer.

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Thanks,


I cannot get 8.0 Mandrake to run on this motherboard there
are a multitude of issues with it so I found out from other
guys and the Mandrake List.

Maybe the sound issue is why I have found nobody yet who has
it on a MAndrake box.

I will try your suggestions.

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