a few questions bout configuring linux

[multigl]

i cant seem to change my mouse to the logitech mouseman+. i want mouse scroll (if that allows it). i have a logitech optical mouseman, plugged into the PS/2 port with an adapter. also, why cant i stay in 32bit colour mode? it detects my radeon and all, but wont let me goto 32 bit and stay.

[Shaun_Dark_Lord]

The linux config tool thingy on the desktop should allow you to change the mouse - If not, use linuxconf.
And as far as the Radeon goes, I had the same problem - I think telling it not to test the res, and then restarting did the trick - If you get really stuck, go back to the console as root, and type "xconf"

[Madd Frog]

MultiGL, were you able to put the whole os together from FTP? If so mind throwing a link or 2 my way?

[Shaun_Dark_Lord]

Just go to www.mandrake.com (http://www.mandrake.com) and check the downloads section - I found that the swedish servers were both the fastest, and most reliable.
But two ISO's, both 640mb isn't the sort of thing you should attempt on 56k - It could take a while.
And make sure you have a download manager that supports resuming - I used getright, But I've head good things about Download Accelerator.

[Madd Frog]

Shaun_Dark_Lord, thanks for the link,I will go there now and check it out, I have DSL, so I should be okay.

[multigl]

allow me to directly link you:

ftp://ftp.uasw.edu/pub/os/linux/mandrake/dist/iso/

i got a solid 300-400KBps from there, and if you use DL accelerator, you can pause and resume (only server fast enough i found that supported it).

[Madd Frog]

Thanks, and MultiGL, how did you finally get the ISO burning down?

[multigl]

yeah, i picked up a copy of Easy CD Creator, and it works. turn out the problems i had burning the ISO within Easy CD Creator were due to a bad ISO. but i found that site i linked you to, DL it in under an hour, burned, installed, enjoyed. :D :D