Guest gs1150es Posted December 22, 2007 Report Share Posted December 22, 2007 Another note: Linux did nothing to your screen, anymore than any other operating system can/would do something to your screen. I suspect that we are dealing with multiple issues including some hardware failures. B) A "driver" is a software layer which a device uses to communicate to your system software layer. A driver from Linux in no way affects a driver from windows. Your XP installation, if you did not touch it, is the same software prior to running a "Live" Linux system. Your Sony laptop had a hardware problem which manifested at this particular time. If you must, blame Sony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gs1150es Posted December 22, 2007 Report Share Posted December 22, 2007 Mandriva 2008 free did not install correctly and display on my HP ze1230 no longer works. This is bad software Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted December 22, 2007 Report Share Posted December 22, 2007 Please provide us with more details so that we can help you with your problem. I split your post from the other thread because the same symptoms do not mean the same problem. If a computer will not boot, for example, it could be a software init problem, a bios problem, or it may need to be plugged in! Same symptom, different problems. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted December 22, 2007 Report Share Posted December 22, 2007 Mandriva Free is, as it says, FREE software, thus if you have hardware that relies on proprietary drivers, don't blame Mandriva for not shipping them because of legal concerns. Blame the hardware vendor for giving poor support. Download the proprietary drivers that you need (e.g. nvidia or ati drivers) and configure your system accordingly. A bit of searching on the board will do miracles at times. ;) Mandriva is NOT bad software, only because you didn't get your system up and running in a minute. For millions of users, Mandriva works perfectly, so please stop flaming. Side note: Linux is not responsible for drivers/modules. Linux is only the basic-system kernel upon which modules and such are built/integrated, depending on the distros goal and policy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakish Posted December 22, 2007 Report Share Posted December 22, 2007 Seconded! So many people here use Mandi successfully and we cannot all be wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted December 23, 2007 Report Share Posted December 23, 2007 A failing OS/software is usually the combination of less than stellar code with even less than stellar users (normally described as the PEBCAK bug). Are you sure this bug is not present in your case? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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