This one time, at band camp, oldman wrote: > Mark Jordan wrote: > > >Ok, some separate issues: > > > >1) Sometimes my OpenOffice just quits within a minute a la just > >going *poof* on an i386 FC4 machine (Pentium III). I have posted this > >as an openoffice issue but I wondered if anyone here had any > >experience with this maybe with another problem, so if this might be > >an FC4 problem. > > > >2) I have a Freecom Classic Series cd burner and I just can't get > >fedora to talk to it. It's on USB (external). Any ideas appreciated > > > >3) I have a Lexmark Z25 printer but FC4 doesn't have a driver for it. > >Linux detects it as such perfectly. Is there one? > > > > > Pretty well known that lexmark has not been helpful in getting > drivers, but try http://linuxprinting.org > > >And finally, ... > > > >4) What does the HAL dæmon do? Report error messages? <-- idle curiosity The HAL daemon is used to probe your maching and to discover things dynamically. Things like usb drives, cameras, networking and printing stuff. If you insert a usb flash disk, and HALd is running then you will notice that on your desktop there is an icon automatically created for it. > > > >Sorry for all the questions. Feel free to get annoyed at me. > > > >Mark > > > >-- > >theExile.vze.com > >www.stpaulswalsall.org.uk > > > > > > > > -- slr, ISP Systems Specialist Telkom Internet #qmail-ldap @ irc.freenode.net This message has been made from 100% recycled bits. ----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GIT/MU/E d? s+:+ a- C++++>+++++ USL++++$ P++++ !E(---)W+@ !N o?(--) K? !w(---) O- M+ V PS+@ PE Y-- PGP++>+++ !t(---) !5 !X R-- !tv b(++) DI++ !D(----) G+++>++++ e++>* h----(*) r+++ y++++ -----END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
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