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This applies to ff 2.0.0.14 in 2007. FF has imported once, but refuses to repeat the process. I certainly can't find any way of importing except, well...., import. B) Is this a known problem and, if so, does anyone know of a work-around? Thanks.

No, I hadn't thought of trying the konsole approach , so I did, and got the following:

[lawrence@localhost ~]$ audacity
/home/lawrence/.gtkrc-2.0:56: Clearlooks configuration option "menuitemstyle" is not supported and will be ignored.
/home/lawrence/.gtkrc-2.0:57: Clearlooks configuration option "listviewitemstyle" is not supported and will be ignored.
/home/lawrence/.gtkrc-2.0:58: Clearlooks configuration option "progressbarstyle" is not supported and will be ignored.
/usr/share/themes/Clearlooks/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:42: Invalid symbolic color 'fg_color'
/usr/share/themes/Clearlooks/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:42: error: invalid identifier `fg_color', expected valid identifier
cannot write to jackstart sync pipe 4 (Bad file descriptor)
jackd: wait for startup process exit failed
Expression 'ioctl( stream->capture->fd, SNDCTL_DSP_SETDUPLEX, 0 )' failed in 'src/hostapi/oss/pa_unix_oss.c', line: 1115
Expression 'PaOssStream_Configure( stream, sampleRate, framesPerBuffer, &inLatency, &outLatency )' failed in 'src/hostapi/oss/pa_unix_oss.c', line: 1228
Expression 'paInvalidSampleRate' failed in 'src/hostapi/oss/pa_unix_oss.c', line: 1044
audacity: src/hostapi/oss/pa_unix_oss.c:1122: PaOssStream_Configure: Assertion `component->hostChannelCount > 0' failed.
Aborted

However, I also get (up to and including) "jackd: wait for startup process exit failed" on my Thinkpad-T42 and Audacity starts on that, so I assume that the problem lies somewhere in the remaining messages. Sadly, these mean absolutely nothing to me; any further tips? Thanks.

I've just installed Audacity into 2007 but it won't start (or, at least, it asks for the language in the box 'Audacity First Run', but then dies). I assume that there's a log somewhere, containing a bit more information on this behaviour; could someone tell me where this is? Thanks.

Many thanks, tutto va bene

Having become addicted ;) to KDiskFree I'm slightly disappointed at not finding it in 2008. Can't find it using MCC -> Manage Software, either :unsure: . Is this simply a mirror problem, or has it really been removed?

During a mirror-update using easyurpmi, the process crashed while updating plf-nonfree

urpmi.addmedia --update plf-free ftp://mandriva.cointech.net/pub/plf/mandriva/free/2006.0/i586 with synthesis.hdlist.cz

Now I am informrd "urpmi database locked".

I'm reluctant to simply delete the database; could someone tell me how else I am likely to solve the problem? Thanks.

You've done it again, Jim; many thanks for the decisive tip which solves the final problem. After looking briefly into your initial suggestions I decided to go for the final one - selecting a different editor. Now gedit is the default; it prints correctly and has the advantage of providing more facilities than kwrite. Great advice. Once again, many thanks. :D

Many thanks, Jim, that was exactly it. :thumbs: The printer now operates almost correctly, at least I'm pretty sure that the fact that kwrite won't print is not the driver's fault. Kword and Open-office can print, but not kwrite; an entry appears in KJobViewer for a few seconds, then disappears, followed by ... nothing. Perhaps CUPS needs to be set up, or kwrite (can't find any relevant point in the latter's configuration-page). Unfortunately (this is my wife's machine) I can't be sure that kwite has ever been able to print, but I assume that it used to , otherwise I'd have got some complaints ;) . Very strange; any tips? Thanks.

Am still having problems with this bl...y DX7400 driver. Can't find any printer bearing any resemblance to it in the entire list. It seems that a .ppd file is necessary, which needs to be generated by a 'pipslite-install' program/script. According to 'readmelite-cups', this 'pipslite-install' : "After installation, is located at the following path: /usr/bin/pipslite-install". Well, that may be the normal case, but not on my box, mate . So, back to square one; this time I tried to install the package manually, with the following result:

[root@192 EpsonDX7400]# rpm -i pipslite-cups-1.0.*-*.i386.rpm
	file /usr/bin/ekpstm from install of pipslite-cups-1.0.3-1 conflicts with file from package pips-gtk2-3.0-1
	file /usr/lib/cups/backend/ekplp from install of pipslite-cups-1.0.3-1 conflicts with file from package pips-cups-3.0-1

This is becoming a nightmare. On my wife's laptop, running XP, the printer was up and running about 6 min. 40 sec. after inserting the setup-cd. I probably should have checked to see which level of support was offered (in Mandy) before buying the printer; silly me. :wacko: :wacko:

Anyway, mini-rant over; still need help, possibly with removing the above conflicts. Any input greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Many thanks, Jim, I did as you suggested and found the driver for the DX7400; this (pipslite-cups-1.0.3-1.i386.rpm) I also downloaded and installed. No complaints fron the system, either. ;) So far, so good. Now, however, when I try to 'add another printer' with MCC -> Hardware -> Set up printers... , MCC detects that the printer is attached but refuses to set it up, i.e. gives me 'raw printer' and the DX7400 is not in the printer-list :unsure: . Could you possibly help me further? Thanks.

I'm trying to install an Epson Stylus 7400 on an mva2006 box, but it's not in the printer-database. Epson has a linux-driver (epson31411eu.zip), which I've downloaded, but I don't know how to point Printerdrake at it. Could someone help me out, please?

Still less than happy about this cpu-loading problem. :huh: Is it possible to identify the process associated with a zombie and which process is 'kded' (permanently consuming in excess of 90%), exactly?

  PID USER	  PR  NI  VIRT  RES  SHR S %CPU %MEM	TIME+  COMMAND
6336 lawrence  15   0  436m 303m  10m S 96.3 60.3  20:45.21 kded

Thanks

Well, the culprit seems to be firefox (v1.5.0.7). I've got 7 tabs open but all sites have been completely loaded (if that's the right expression, i.e. everything seems to be static). Nevertheless, 'top' is telling me that firefox is consuming beween 75 and 85% of cpu-time, even when (as now) the LAN is down. About 10 seconds in every 45, firefox-load decreases to between 15-25%, then shoots back up to 75-85%. Apart from firefox I've got system-monitor (1-2%), a konsole (for 'top', 1-2%) and kwrite (for this report, <1%) open. Seems mighty strange to me, surely this can't be normal; any ideas about what's going on?

Thanks, Ian. Forgot to mention that I'm on Virgin-cable, which is why I picked those two. BTW, do you know anything about the Linksys WRT54G Wireless Cable/DSL Router (version 5.0)?

I want to connect 3 machines to a DSL modem; 2 via cable and one via wifi. Could you comment on the suitability of either/both of these units?

D-Link DWL-922 Wireless router

D-Link DKT-110 Wireless router

Thanks

How do I access stats on these other processes (top only displays 25)?

Also, what is a zombie?; I've done a search but all relevant hits assume that you know what it is. Thanks

Thanks, Ian. Is the following of any interest ? (it's the 'header' of top):

top - 19:55:33 up  3:39,  3 users,  load average: 1.97, 1.66, 1.75
Tasks: 105 total,   2 running,  93 sleeping,   0 stopped,  10 zombie
Cpu(s): 87.5% us,  3.3% sy,  0.0% ni,  8.9% id,  0.0% wa,  0.3% hi,  0.0% si
Mem:	514868k total,   426636k used,	88232k free,	14620k buffers
Swap:  1638588k total,	 4804k used,  1633784k free,   155784k cached

Don't quite know where the '3 users' comes from, all I could see were myself and root. :unsure:

And, are the zombies significant?

Thanks

I've just spent the last 10 minutes watching the CPU-history graph (Gnome System-monitor), on my Tosh Sat Pro 4600 box running mva 2006. Interestingly :unsure: , the CPU load is around 90% for about 45 seconds every minute. Only firefox, kwrite and system-monitor are running, the LAN is down (cable even removed) and, according to my understanding of computers/OS's, the machine should be just idling along at about 5-10%. If this were Windoze I'd be panicking and reaching for the AV, but that, according to this post https://mandrivausers.org/index.php?showtop...p;hl=anti-virus,

is unnecessary in a linux setup. Am I becoming paranoid, or somthing? How likely is it that I've got some 'uninvited friend' ;) running about in the box?

If anyone could provide to this simple soul an explanation of what's going on (which might also reduce my state of concern), that would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Thanks to you all for the info. Wifi is now on the critical path because the wife has just bought a new box and wants it like...yesterday :unsure: . Just a couple more points, therefore:

WRT disabling SSID, I've just read a wiki @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSID, which tends to disagree with this. Being a beginner in this field, I'm somewhat confused; could one of you give me some more details, please?

Also: is mac-filtering achieved in the wireless-adapter and, if so, is it a standard feature of all/most devices or do only certain ones have the facility?

Thanks, scarecrow, that was the answer. :D I have a distro of mva2008, so I booted from that, went into recovery-mode and mounted the required USB-partition manually. The rest was dead easy. Great software as well as great advice. Once again, many thanks. :thumbs:

I'd like to copy the entire contents of a partition (containing mva2006) onto a partition of separate physical disk. However, when I try to attach this target disk to my laptop via USB, the system refuses to recognise it. Since another (ext3-formatted) disk with a single partion can successfully be mounted, I'm assuming that the problem lies with the fact that the target (USB) disk contains multiple partitions. :unsure:

If this is the problem, is it possible to configure the USB-subsystem to deal with multiple partitions? Thanks.

Many thanks, coverup, nice to hear an IBM-supporter after reading all that depressing fault-stuff.

BTW, how old is 'one of the last IBM made ones' likely to be (can't remember when Lenovo took over)?

Thanks again.

Thanks, Ian, I'll try the USB-keyboard when my adaptor arrives.

Further on down the line....... This is becoming a bit of a nightmare. I've spent the last day reading (with horror) the info on

http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:T42

There are 12 "Problem categories", including what appear to be pretty serious ones, such as

* Problem with fan noise

* Problem with garbled screen

* Problem with hard drive clicking

* Problem with high pitch noises

* Problem with high power drain in ACPI sleep

* Problem with video output switching

Could anyone help me by putting this into context, because I have difficulty believing that a company like IBM would produce a machine with faults like these? Looks to me like a device to be avoided at all cost.

Or am I missing something here? :unsure: :mellow:

Thanks for all your help.

I've narrowed my search down to one of Thinkpad T42 or T43, and have a few queries:

- Has anyone any experience using Mandy on either of these machines?

- Neither seems to have a PS2 connector; is this true, and does a USB (external) mouse/keyboard combination work OK?

- Is it possible to hotplug the UltraBay, e.g. an extra hdd for archiving (would be useful)?

Thanks

Thanks to you both. Following up on this, I've been doing some searching for info on the IBM ThinkPad Port Replicator II (models 74P6733, 74P6734, 74P6735; not quite sure of the significance of these numbers :huh: ) for use with a Thinkpad T42, and came across a site which said that "The ThinkPad Port Replicator II does not support LINUX." Seems a bit of a strange statement; could either of you (or anyone else) tell me what it means? Thanks.