ilia_kr

Thanks for the reply......

 

Whats a GUI? ;)

Also should i type startx after alistair@localhost~]$?

GUI = graphical user interface

you should type

[alistair@localhost~]$ startx

hit enter

alistair@localhost~]$followed by the flashing curser - is a linux console.

alistair - current system user

localhost - your computer's network name, 'localhost' is a default if you didn't specify another name

As i understand, after choosing 'Linux' you don't get a GUI? If this is the case, try this: type startx. This should start the X window server (the GUI).

The "passed" or "failed" checklist - shows you what services linux is loading and whether it succeeded or not.

Can you tell us what services failed to load?

An interesting article i found at: Theo de Raadt (the founder of OpenBSD) criticises X.org/XFree

Correct me if i'm wrong: smart uses yum's repos that are allready configured and i don't need to set them up again?

Would you prefer that I post a link to the /etc/samba/smb.conf file, or just a text paste onto a post?

Did you try to ping the remote computers?

Welcome to the board!

Now, did you configure properly your NIC?

Can you ping other computers on a network (type 'ping ip_of_a_remote_computer)?

Have you created a shared folder/space on you linux mashine in samba? (you can post your '/etc/samba/smb.conf' file so we could see your samba configuration file.

Also: How-To set up Samba Networking

gdm = gnome display manager

The CD & CD-ROM are 100% all right, checked twice. I had more luck tring to boot with this option: gentoo-nofb, wich means without a frame-buffer. The error occured a little bit later, when a 'gdm' (i think it was) failed to load and the system stalled.

What is that gdm at all?

I have a free partition on my Linux box so i desided to try one of the 'for pros only' distros - gentoo.

I've downloaded a liveCD 2006.0 but it doesn't want to boot on my pentium 3. It sais there was a disc error. On pentium 4 it does ok, i was even able to play it for some time. How can i install it on p3 without booting the graphycs?

Thanks

or you can use a hummer... :)

... and 'halt' wins the contest for the shortest shutdown command

You can do it from a spetial logout button in your desktop manager (KDE, Gnome...) or type this as root:

shutdown -h now

-h means halt

now performs the command (shutdown & its options) right now

for more info on shutdown command type 'man shutdown' in console

Welcome!

I'm using linux for about a year, so i might be considered a noob and i prefere Mandriva. Tried Debian, Fedora - gread distros but Mandriva takes tham all by its simplicity and hardware recognition. Plus - you got this forum, exellent place to ask questions and get really good answers!

Well wma works after a reboot.

Hi

I've installed a win32-codecs package on mandriva2006, but even now i can't play a 'windows media 9' file format. How do i enable its playback?

I olso would like XMMS to support wma format, but cant make it play.

Please help me with this :D

Is there any good CAD tool for linux that is compatible with his windows analogs? I'm gonna learn engineering in univercity this october so i might need one.

Thanks.

I often use a shared folder on xp box. Usually it is done through nautilus->network->XPbox->....

The question is how this connection occures - does nautilus mount the remote folder or simply browse it?

Is it better to mount the remote folder on local mashine and than access it?

Thanks.

What is a CLI command to print a system info? 10x!

Looks like Diablo doesn't like Wine very much. I would jump straight to Cedega and see if that works.

 

http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?versionId=47

 

Cedega is usually a better option for gaming anyway.

 

EDIT: Looks like cedega has some of the same problems. http://cedegawiki.sweetleafstudios.com/wiki/Diablo

Well... bummer...

I'm running out of games to try on my box (got only diablo and starcraft) must borrow some from my brother...

Thanks anyway too all.

I tend to use the windows method, because you'll have settings within wine that tell you what drive letter has been assigned to your cdrom, so:

 

wine "d:\path_to\game.exe"

 

the quotes are important, so use these. If unsure of CD-ROM drive letter, from console type:

 

winecfg

 

the info will all be in there somewhere under one of the tabs.

O.K. but what about the graphycs?

Hi, i'm new to linux gaming and wine and i have a problem:

I've installed Diablo on mandriva2006 using 'wine /mnt/cd-rom/bla-bla-bla/setup.exe' . Now, when i try to play the game i can hear the sound but i get no picture... only intro movies.

Please help, this is my first try with wine!

Is there any way to test a urpmi mirror site for speed before actually downloading a package?

The are no mirrors in my region so i tend to use european ones (german, czech) and some of them are reaaly slow...

Thank you, i'll try that.

:P

wow, thanks

Hi,

1. I want to update my mandriva2006, i'll take few hours i presume, so the question is: can i start the update, that pause it for, say a day or two, and than resume from the last point?

2. How can interrupt the urpmi while installing and not by closing the console?

Thanks