Frequently Asked Questions and How To's

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1. How to report bugs to Mandriva

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2. FAQ's Table of Contents

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3. SI: Software Installation

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4. RPM: About rpm usage (urpmi, rpmbuild...).

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5. IM: Installing and Configuring Mandrake

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6. HW: Hardware, drivers...

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7. KC: Kernel Compilation

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8. NT: Networking

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9. XD: XFree86, desktops, Gnome, KDE...

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10. CL: Command Line Questions

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11. GQ: General questions not covered in the other sections

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12. BL: Bootloaders

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13. GE: Games-Emulation

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14. LT: Laptops

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15. TR: Troubleshooting

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16. WM/DE: Window Managers and Desktop Environments

    By liquidzoo, July 8, 2004
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17. SE: Security, firewalls...

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18. About the FAQ Forum (Please Read)

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19. BQ: Board Questions

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20. SI-01: How do I install tar.gz's and RPM's?

    By Tuxiscool, January 6, 2004
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21. SI-04: How To build your own Live CD with mklivecd

    By chris:b, January 17, 2004
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22. RPM-02: How to use Urpmi & solving dependencies

    By iphitus, January 5, 2004
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23. SI-05: HOWTO: Personal Video Recorder

    By devries, May 11, 2004
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24. NT-06: How-To set up Samba Networking

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25. HW-01: How to install the nVidia driver

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26. LT-01: PCMCIA wireless access for your Laptop

    By liquidzoo, May 31, 2003
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27. GQ-05: WTF does WTF mean? *profanity warning*

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28. IM-13 How To Make a Boot CD

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29. CL-05: How do I check if my cd/iso is not corrupted(md5sum)?

    By ramfree17, April 21, 2003
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30. SE-02: Linux Security Overview

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31. CL-10: Basic Shell Scripting

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32. BL-03: GRUB configuration

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33. GE-02: How to install winex from cvs

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34. HW-02: Using Hauppauge WinTV PVR with Mandrake 10

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35. IM-03: How do I get more software for Mandrake?

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36. WM/DE-05: Fluxbox

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37. HW-03: Lucent Winmodem drivers mdk10 Kernel 2.6

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38. KC-01: How do I compile a kernel?

    By aru, April 19, 2003
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39. TR-04: umount says: "device is busy"

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40. NT-04: How to configure Shorewall (the default firewall)?

    By MottS, April 24, 2003
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41. IM-06: read and write permission on Windows partition

    By MottS, May 6, 2003
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42. GQ-09: What are the benefits of / Why use Linux?

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43. RPM-03: synthesis.hdlist.cz and hdlist.cz

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44. BL-01: LILO Configuration

    By Tuxiscool, January 5, 2004
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45. What does ... mean?

    By arctic, October 20, 2005
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46. SI-03: How do I install JAVA ?

    By MottS, April 17, 2003
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47. NT-05: How to permanently set the hostname with MCC

    By Cannonfodder, May 12, 2003
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48. GQ-08: How to Create an ISO Image From a CD

    By HJ, December 14, 2003
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49. WM/DE-02: KDE

    By illogic-al, August 11, 2004
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50. SE-03: Using applications needing root privileges

    By ramfree17, September 29, 2004
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