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Well I can't understand it. I have the plf repos enabled and have from the start , neither win-32 codecs nor mplayer are showing. However Kaffeine is so I downloaded that and it plays the video fine so I'm OK. I'd still like to know why I can't find those things...because I am on 64 bit maybe? Thanks for all your help. Viva Kaffeine!
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In 64 bit KDE Kaffeine I can play everything fine (the suggested gstreamer packages when it first opens seemed to do the trick.) However in Gnome I can play most commercial DVD's but not a first jump skydiving video which was probably made on a Windows computer at the dive centre. The introduction is obviously commercial and that plays but the rest doesn't. I have lib64dvdcss2 installed but don't know if the win32-codecs are since I can't find them. As far as I can tell all the gstreamer stuff is installed.
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Thankyou. I successfully loaded in text mode. Then I installed with the bootloader going to sda6 the root partition. Copied the boot info to the menu.1st of my booting distro as I always do but on selecting Mandriva I get an Error 2: File system or Folder error I think it is called. Here is my menu.ist info: title Mandriva 2009 32 bit (sda6) kernel (hd0,5)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=Mandriva_2009_32_bit_(sda6) root=UUID=0839d419-034e-4975-8fcd-11a87537e14c resume=UUID=a0277cd5-8eb1-41c7-b3b2-9802da939097 initrd (hd0,5)/boot/initrd.img Edit: I found in searching some problem with older GRUBs so I tried to update grub in my boot sector but it seemed the latest available. Then with reluctance allowed Mandriva to overwrite the MBR and this got me past ERROR 2 but still didn't load the xserver...fiddled about with ctrl-alt-f1 but couldn't startx. Checked xorg.config which seemed OK. Gave up, reinstalled my original MBR and reinstalled Mandriva for the fourth time but back to ERROR 2 having now spent three days on this and no desktop. I have Mandriva Powerpack on it's way by mail but I suspect the same thing is going to happen. So if there are any suggestions out there...please help.
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md5 checksum is correct, slow burn verified. When the live cd gets to the point of the x server it stalls with two lines at the top of the screen each starting with the word audit. I have tried ctrl-alt-f1, becoming root and startx but I get error messages saying it can't find the xorg.config file among other things. Eventually I tried the disc on my wife's computer and it worked flawlessly. Her machine is 32 bit with a Viewsonic FP and mine is AMD 64 with Dell FP. What else should I try? Thanks
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I can't connect with Ktorrent. AMD 64, Mandriva 2008, two computers hard wired to a router which as far as I know has no firewall set up. One computer has a Windows partition and the router disc was used but nothing set up. Does Mandriva have a native firewall which I may have set up on installation a year ago and forgotten about? Guarddog is not installed. Ktorrent seems to set up correctly but doesn't download...as if being blocked. All plugins have been enabled. My connection is a fixed IP. Don't know what to try. [moved from Software by spinynorman]
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Well yes, that's what I've always done but I couldn't find it this time. http://www.mandriva.com/en/download
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Bad download then. Thanks Ken. Where did you find the checksum?
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My Mandriva 2009 live cd freezes. How can I check the md5 sum? I suspect a download problem but can't find a checksum.
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Is there a 64 bit 2009 available yet? Dying to try KDE 4...so much controversy!
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So easy! Thankyou.
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My new flashdrive opens Konqueror when attached and works fine. However there is no desktop icon to use 'Safely Remove'. I have been using 'umount media/disk' and that works. Mandriva 2008 AMD 64. I am not sure if I should be editing fstab or not. I have two SATA drives so sdc would be what I use I guess? I have been searching but there is so much stuff on this I am more confused than when I started.
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I've got it....my own stupid fault! I had put /dev/lp0 instead of /dev/usb/lp0, so it was trying to use the parallel port. I have a very red face! Thanks for your time and sorry to have wasted it! Sandy
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hplip-model-data-2.7.12-2mdv2008.0 hplip-2.7.12-2mdv2008.0 hplip-hpijs-2.7.12-2mdv2008.0
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This printer has installed without issue in about 50 distros, including Mandriva in previous incarnations. It is a software problem. What could I be missing? I can't use the distro without the printer, so please, somebody suggest something. I don't know where to begin.
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This printer appears to be set up correctly and accepts print jobs but won't print. I have never had a problem with it before so I don't know what to try. As far as I can tell all the cups packages are installed.
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Where do I go to change the number of times a partition will be checked?
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How do I match the login manager? I just installed today and have used nothing but Gnome...but no shutdown button
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Thanks. For big downloads I haul my computer into town and use the ethernet hookup at my local computer store. You are right though I'll probably just get the gnome-desktop.
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I have installed Mandriva mini but can't live with xfce. If I download and install the big one can I transfer my repos information? I know about sources lists but do I need anything else?.../var/...etc? (on dialup and it makes a big difference). Thanks
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How do I make one of these in Gnome? I can do this in KDE with 'kdesu konqueror' as the command line but 'gnomesu nautilus' doesn't work.