[wellylug] Aims or Objectives

Chris Hodgetts chris at archnetnz.com
Mon Apr 19 15:00:18 NZST 2004


Is this a Mandrake Issue do you think, or is it more of a Driver /
kernel module issue?

On Mon, 2004-04-19 at 14:30, Jamie Dobbs wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, 19 Apr 2004, Jamie Dobbs wrote:
> >> For instance I cannot get my internal PCI modem to work with Mandrake
> >> 10,
> >> meaning that if I want ot dial in to work I _must_ reboot into Windows.
> >
> > I also can't get my toaster to fry eggs - damn. I must have bought the
> > wrong type of toaster. Perhaps if I upgrade the firmware??
> 
> This is exactly the sort of attitude that makes me want to throw the whole
> thing in and not bother with Linux or the LUG any longer.
> Rather than offer constructive advice all this does is offer destructive
> criticism.
> 
> Given this feeling I will most likely only turn up for about 5-10 minutes
> tonight to take care of a couple of things then I'll go home. (Or
> alternatively if the 2 people (Plaz and Jeremy) that I need to catch up
> with tonight can meet up with me some other time then that would be
> great).
> 
> If anyone wants to actually offer some _help_ with Linux then feel free to
> offer any advice, pointers etc. (prefeably off-list as I am probably going
> to unsubscribe this evening) but if this is the attitude then perhaps I
> need to look elsewhere.
> 
> [/rant]
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