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  4. Where is my taskbar?

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    Posted

    have you tried

    xftaskbar4 &

    close the terminal

    then log out and save your session?

     

    Yes, didn't help. Does XFCE saves the session automaticly, or i should tell it? Becouse if it doesn't, than i should try to do what you said one more time.

  6. 1280 x 1024 resolution on Mandriva 2006 [solved]

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    Posted · Edited by ilia_kr

    I've installed the MandrivaLinux Free 2006 on my old box.

    At first, i decided to upgrade previous installation (MDK 10.1), and so i did. The screen was allright (1280 x 1024 res).

    The upgrade wasn't so good, it missed some packages and coused me a lot of problems, so i formatted the partition and installed from scratch. The new installation solved all problems but now i can't setup the screen res'. The OS recognizes my video card (see spec) but the monitor gives an error message : "out of range 51.1 / 47 hz".

     

    My monitor's refresh rate (from manufacturer):

    horizontal: 30 - 83 kHz

    vertical: 56 - 75 hz

     

    How can i fix this? 10x.

  10. firefox can't connect to internet! [solved]

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    Posted

    Could be the usual ipv6 issue. In the url bar, type about:config, and then in the screen that loads up, type ipv6 and filter by this. Then set the option from false to true to disable ipv6.

     

    Hope that helps.

     

    I had something like this in a past, but the broblem just vanished, i don't know why.

    Anyway, what is "ipv6"?

  11. Is it safe?

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    I wonder, is it really safe to update/install rpms from a web. Are there viruses/malisious softare hidden inside rmps and freely distributed on various servers? I remember that some time ago, there was a Linux virus inside FireFox distribution. Could it happen again (yes i assume...)? How can we protect ourself in these cases?

  12. What is wrong? [solved]

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    Finally, I did it !!! :drum:

     

    That's what i got:

    [root@Linux ilia]# urpmi.addmedia --wget main ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/linu												   x/distributions/mandrake/10.1/i586/media/main with media_info/synthesis.hdlist.cz
added medium main
computing md5sum of existing source hdlist (or synthesis)
retrieving source hdlist (or synthesis) of "main"...
ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/linux/distributions/mandrake/10.1/i586/media/main/media_info/
synthesis.hdlist.cz
found probed hdlist (or synthesis) as media_info/synthesis.hdlist.cz
...retrieving done

examining hdlist file [/var/cache/urpmi/partial/hdlist.main.cz]
examining synthesis file [/var/cache/urpmi/partial/hdlist.main.cz]
examining pubkey file of "main"...
found 0 headers in cache
removing 0 obsolete headers in cache
write config file [/etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg]
[root@Linux ilia]#

     

    I assume tha is what i should see in the end, wright?

     

    Anyway, the problem & the solutions:

    - unproperly configured NAT at the router (i opened port 21 and NATted it to linux box)

    - curl didn't work for me, so i switched to wget

     

    Thank you all for helping me!!!

  13. What is wrong? [solved]

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    Posted

    I've tried to play with urpmi, thats what i got:

     

     
[root@Linux ilia]# urpmi.addmedia --wget main ftp://mandrake.contactel.cz/Mandrakelinux/official/10.1/i586/media/main with /media_info/synthesis.hdlist_main.cz
added medium main
computing md5sum of existing source hdlist (or synthesis)
retrieving source hdlist (or synthesis) of "main"...
ftp://mandrake.contactel.cz/Mandrakelinux/official/10.1/i586/media/main/media_info/
synthesis.hdlist_main.cz
retrieval of source hdlist (or synthesis) failed
no hdlist file found for medium "main"
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.main.cz]
problem reading synthesis file of medium "main"
unable to update medium "main"

[root@Linux ilia]# urpmi.addmedia main ftp://mandrake.contactel.cz/Mandrakelinux/official/10.1/i586/media/main with /media_info/synthesis.hdlist_main.cz
added medium main
retrieving source hdlist (or synthesis) of "main"...
ftp://mandrake.contactel.cz/Mandrakelinux/official/10.1/i586/media/main/media_info/
synthesis.hdlist_main.cz
...retrieving failed: curl: (7) couldn't connect
retrieval of source hdlist (or synthesis) failed
no hdlist file found for medium "main"
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.main.cz]
problem reading synthesis file of medium "main"
unable to update medium "main"

     

    - i tried --wget option => nothing

    - "retrieving failed: curl: (7) couldn't connect" => ??

  15. Maybe I just got the wrong distro?

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    Posted

    Go with a lightweight window manger - there are plenty to choose from - Fluxbox, Windowmaker IceWM, etc. etc. Then be sure to disable unecessary services and minimize the number of things that load at boot. Properly setup, you should be able to run Linux faster than Win98.

     

    Can you point me to some resource/tutorial about configuring FluxBox? (the one written in plain english :D )

  16. Maybe I just got the wrong distro?

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    Posted

    Look in the MCC and switch off the services you don't need (like cups if you don't print from that machine).

    Already did.

     

    You can try icewm, blackbox, or Window Maker. There're many light-weight solutions for old hardwares. That's not a distro problem. KDE & Gnome usually need 256 MB at least. I'm not sure about XFce, though...

    I prefer XFCE, because all other are ugly :puke:

  17. Maybe I just got the wrong distro?

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    Posted

    So, go into the section where you tell urpmi to get software and disable those sections. A default install does not look at the web. You should be able to get a basic gui without any web.

     

    Ok, that is one issue. But how can i improve the speed? Win98, for example, runs smoothly on that box, while MDK10.1 doesn't.

  18. Maybe I just got the wrong distro?

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    Posted

    Ahh.

    If you use the Control Center, your dependencies will get resolved for you. I suspect that something has been installed by force, and you may be missing some dependencies. A neat trick to repair a system is to start an install, choose upgrade, and add the software you want. It will fix any problems as well as install your new selections.

     

    That's right, but in case it'll want to download a missing RPM from a web - it wont be able. Maybe that is because wrong urpmi configure (see this post).

  19. Maybe I just got the wrong distro?

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    Posted

    If you installed off the cd/dvd, then there should not be a problem. How are you adding software?

     

    I don't. My Primary box is Pentium 4 (winXP), use linux as a hobby, for experiments and other stuff. I installed only FireFox and aMule (solved dependencies by myself, simply following error messages).

  20. Maybe I just got the wrong distro?

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    Posted

    Hi,

    I need an advice. I run MDK 10.1 on a relatively slow box (Pentium 3 192mB). KDE & Gnome run slowly what drives me crazy. I've tried to setup XFCE instead, but unsuccessfully due to GTK problems (missing some crutual parts & only God knows why...). In addition, I can't setup urpmi, it just doesn't connect to any of 1,000,000 servers i tried. I'm desperate. :help:

     

    Maybe i just got a wrong distro? ...or is it just me :woot:

     

    [moved from Other Distributions by spinynorman]

  21. File browser

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    Posted

    How can I change the file browser (not Konqueror but the one most applications use when opening a file) ? I prefer some extra columns like type, date modified and file size)

     

    If you're using KDE, then you're probably using Konqueror in a filebrowsing mode. In its toolbar there is an icon that enables changing the view: icons, list, detaled...

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