liquidzoo

Can you post the contents of /etc/fstab? That might give us a clue about what is going on. You say you can boot to XP just fine, right? Have you made any hardware changes since you installed Mandrake? Even the smallest change might be it.

Having used cooker since pre9.2, I am WELL aware of this. But the RPMS for ndiswrapper are stable and the only way to get the newest, Mandrake compiled, version of this particular RPM is to get it from a cooker source. I do not generally recommend cooker rpms for anyone; even people that have used Mandrake for years. In this case, though; the RPM has PROVEN to be stable. While it is always good to know how to compile your own programs, it is equally as good to use RPMS for an RPM-based distro.

Anything based on the Orinoco Gold or Prism chipsets will work flawlessly. Any others will work, they might just take some work. Go PCI over USB. Chances of getting it working are much better with a pci card. As for suggestions...sorry. All I have that's wireless is my pcmcia card for my laptop.

Take a look in /etc/fstab You will see the entry for your Samba share(s) there. There will probably be an entry in there that says nomount or noauto (probably noauto). Change it to auto and the shares should mount on every boot.

Here is the post I was referring to: http://mandrakeusers.org/index.php?showtop...&hl=ndiswrapper Check the second post in that thread

NTFS write support is sketchy at best. It works great for some, but it doesn't work at all for others. You'd be better off with a fat32 partition to share data between the 2 OS's Also, are you trying to run already-installed programs with Wine? You would get better results trying to install the programs with wine and running them that way.

Check http://rpmfind.net for a Mandrake rpm for ndiswrapper. It is much easier to install than the source version. Get the newest version that is there, even if it says it's for cooker.

Partition Magic can do it. I have done it before and never had any data loss.

Try booting up, log in, su to root, and type XFdrake (case sensitive) and set up your monitor again. It happens sometimes. I've never been able to figure out why.

Wait for a bit for the KDE 3.3 Mandrake rpms to come out. They should be out soon.

No, that is not correct. The i686-up-4GB version of the kernel is the regular kernel compiled with some different options. The linux-2.6.3-16mdk folder that /usr/src/linux is a symlink to is the correct kernel source. I'll give you an example from my system: As you can see, I use the same variation of the kernel with the same type of source that he does. I'm not sure why the nvidia drivers won't install. Which drivers are you trying? Have you tried a more recent and/or earlier version of the drivers?

0.4 is an old version. Head to http://rpmfind.net and search for ndiswrapper rpms. There should be a newer one there, even if it says it's for cooker. Then follow the instructions on the board to get it installed.

If you can afford it, sure; but this card will work. Search the board for ndiswrapper to see how to get your card working. It's not hard from what I've read.

3 run level 3 will boot you to cli, 5 is for graphical.

Try linking the java executable to somewhere that is in your $PATH. ex: ln -s /usr/java/j2rexxxx(same as above)/bin/java /usr/bin/java Try that command in a console after you su to root. Java should work with the simple java command from then on.

That chipset. RTL8180

I'm not sure I understand the first part of that question, but as for the second: you can use the --tint switch. From the Eterm manpage:

Looks like you may need the wlan or ndiswrapper drivers for that card. Search the board for that chipset and see if anything comes up that will help you out.

prism54 might work, but I'm not sure. Try it and see. If not, use the FAQ and the driver I suggested.

Can you boot to a live cd and get a copy of /etc/lilo.conf from your hd? Try knoppix. I can help you fix this if I get some more info.

First off, welcome to the board! I recently helped someone get this exact card working in Linux (Mandrake). First thing, check out this FAQ and follow it exactly. If your card is the same version, every instruction, with the exception of the "bind " entry is the same. Your card uses the prism_cs module, so when you get to that put "bind prism_cs" in the config file. If you run into any problems, post back. We'll be happy to help out

It worked for me right up until the upgrade to kernel 2.6.8.1, but that's a known issue in the kernel that they're getting fixed.

No, resize your NTFS partition and leave the space created blank. Then reboot Windows once, then install Mandrake on the blank partition.

Spot on!

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