On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 16:37, zoe wrote: > many thanks for the speedy replies > > I will ask my friend to investigate your > much appreciated recommendations. > He is def confident its fixable. > > Ram I have got 524 mb of quality memmory > so my friend agrees the swap is not needed.
For that much RAM, nowadays, I'd have swap. If you have a GB on a home machine, I'm sure that swap isn't necessary. > So me thinks Hard ware problems are more likely > or at least my linux current interface with it... Bah! Real OSs stress hardware, but there's nothing special about Linux per se. > will get my poor friend to try the signal trick. > > Libranet looks really good. > Money is short but if I get into further problems > I will def check it out thanks. Libranet is nice, especially w/ KDE. The previous version (v2.7) is available for free download. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jefferson, LA USA I can't make you have an abortion, but you can *make* me pay child support for 18 years? However, if I want the child (and all the expenses that entails) for the *rest*of*my*life*, and you don't want it for 9 months, tough luck??? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]