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kbear or gftp They're both on your cd's, one might be installed already. Check Menu > Internet > File Transfer If not, urpmi one or both. I prefer gftp, even though I use KDE. It's similar to some FTP programs I used to use in Windows.

When you start up, do you get to a command line login? If so, this can be an easy fix. Login and su to root (or login as root fot now) and type XFdrake (case sensitive) and set up your X server again (video card and monitor for sure). Then logout, log in as your normal user and type 'startx' (no quotes) and everything should work.

I believe, though I have never used ndiswrapper, that you need both the .sys and the .inf file in the same folder for it to work. Try putting the .sys file in that same folder and see if that works. Also, most programs that are installed from source can be uninstalled by typing make uninstall as root in the source folder.

The phrases in the search feature have to be 4 characters long. '5' will not return any results, 'five' will return results The post you referenced is 11 topics down in that list.

No Fluxbox is fast. It's a very minimalistic WM. More-so (imo) than IceWM.

I would suggest grabbing the necessary files from http://rpmfind.net Using a cooker mirror in urpmi when you update/install software could be dangerous. Cooker is a development release and not entirely stable. Just a warning to you.

As far as packages on the mirrors: all of the Main sources should have the same rpms, same with all of the contrib, update, and plf sources. They all should have the same rpms, but some might be a bit behind because of their update schedule. To answer your second question, I can tell you for certain that cooker has Mono 1, but I don't know if the official sources do or not.

Browse: [About the FAQ Forum] [Table of Contents] [FAQs] [Contribute] [WM/DE: Window Managers and Desktop Environments] WM/DE-04: XFCE Many, many thanks to Andrewski for this FAQ Many Gnomers are disillusioned with the bloated look and performance of 2.8. Xfce, while not a replacement in all respects, is a worthy successor; it is much more modular and is quite zippy! Basic Configuration and Installation (Note: I don't know of a location for 4.2 beta RPMs.) The best way to find Mandrake RPMs for Xfce is to install from Charles Edwards's site: http://www.eslrahc.com. If you get a chance, thank him for his contribution! (Xfce used to be in the Mandrake main repository but, for some reason, is no longer.) See the RPM tutorial on this site for how to add a collection (like this one) to your urpmi database. A note on which RPMs to install: Similar to Gnome, not all packages available are necessary. There are plenty of plugins for the panel that, mostly because I use GKrellM, I have never wanted to install. Also, there is a session control program that I also don't like; I prefer to have Xfce start up by opening my symlinks in my autostart folder (something its default xinitrc does for you). It means one less program running and one less system tray icon. Once you have the repository set up, you can just `urpmi xfce` and the dependencies will be calculated for you. Basic Setup Most of the basic setup involves the startup script. Instead of editing the "standard" xinitrc, Xfce uses a script to launch its own xinitrc. By default, the script reads from a global file (somewhere like /etc/.../xfce4/xinitrc). The basic setup it provides is OK, but probably has some things you don't want and misses others you do. So, copy that one to ~/.xfce4/xinitrc. (The script will then execute your user's file before it tries to execute the global one.) Make sure it is executable! (chmod u+x xinitrc); otherwise, it will not be run and the global one will be executed as a fallback (a known bug that won't be fixed until the 4.2 release). Once it's copied, you can open it up in your favourite editor and customise to taste. Most of the commands are commented fairly well so you know what's happening when, but a few additional notes thereon: You can change the path to your ~/Desktop/Autostart folder if you choose; I much prefer ~/desktop/.autostart so my folder is hidden and so I don't have any folders with caps. Don't put any commands after the xfce4panel section or they won't get executed; the panel is the controlling application, i.e. killing it kills your Xsession. Thusly and therefore, it is the last command executed. Once you have it customised to taste, the included script to start is startxfce4 (in xfce4-utils). I suggest, even if you normally use a DM to log in, that you use this script the first few times to catch any output, error or otherwise, that your xinitrc will give. I use the following command to do so, which will catch the standard output as well as the error output and output it to a file xfce.log in my home directory: startxfce4 &> ~/xfce.log You'll get output from your X server and from Xfce, so not all is applicable (but that is a good way to debug your X output, if you haven't already!). The RPMs should automagically add Xfce to your display managers, so once you start it up it should already be listed in the available sessions. Theming Xfce is good. It utilises GTK themes for widgets, since it's pretty good-looking and since there is already a large user base contributing to the themes (from Gnome). Thusly, you can find any GTK theme you like and download it (or use the one you used to use in Gnome). Unzip it to ~/.themes/ (or at least provide therein a symlink to the appropriate folder where the theme resides). It will then be available for selection in the Settings -> User Interface. (Make sure you have the appropriate GTK engine installed for the theme you choose! otherwise it will just look plain.) If screenshots are important to you, then here are some that showcase the actual features of Xfce: http://www.xfce.org/index.php?page=screenshots http://xfce.lindesign.se/db/viewtopic.php?t=171 I'm not going to duplicate information that's already out there, especially if this hasn't sold you yet. So here are some good resources for the Xfce user, or if you'd just like to read more about it: Xfce homepage Xfce Documentation - Though lacking in some cooler tricks, it covers the basics for everything Xfce forum - Has some good information; peruse the archives! Xfce Goodies - Plugins and such. I particularly recommend the forum since, not to toot my own horn but, I'm a moderator there (same username) and I try to answer all the questions. Our userbase is still small enough that this is feasible. :) Updated 11/09/04

This post: http://mandrakeusers.org/index.php?showtopic=16005&hl= Might give you the answer you need. I had that same problem with KDE 3.2 and the suggestion arctic made in that thread works perfectly

I would check the output of lsmod and see if the following modules are loaded: usb_storage usb-hotplug (I think that's what it's called, but I'm not sure) If not, add them to /etc/modprobe.conf (or modprobe.preload) At that point, it should work for you

Some wireless cards are a piece of cake to install. If your friend has a choice, tell him to get an orinoco based card. Those are the easiest (and the one I wrote that FAQ for). Most others will work, but they can be a pain to install. If you know what type of card your friend is getting, we can get everything working smoothly fairly quickly.

You are right, but I believe that the 3 month purchase is automatically renewed. The 6 month one I quoted isn't. (there is one that does automatically renew, though)

Glad I could help you out

Welcome to the board! It's a bit strange that it didn't install the laptop daemon, but that's not a big issue. Open a console and su to root (type su <enter> then enter your root password and press enter) type this: urpmi kdeutils-common Since you mentioned KDE. After that installs, rt click on kicker, choose add > applet and there should be an entry there for the laptop battery monitor.

You can check rpmfind http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.p...mozilla-firefox

To get the official binaries for Cedega, you have to subscribe to Transgaming. $30 for 6 months.

You can save the changes in vi by making the changes (press i for insert mode) then, when you are done, press the Esc key, then :wq <enter> These are for vim, but I'm sure they are the same in vi

That is absolutely fine. Next, type exit to get back to your normal user, cd to where you downloaded LimeWire (or download it if you haven't) and issue the following command: sh LimeWire.bin That will install limewire for your normal user. It won't have an icon, but you can assign one to a new shortcut if you want, or download a limewire icon from http://www.kde-look.org

What step was that with? If it was with the rm java javac jar step, you're fine, just continue on with the other steps

On my system, the mozilla folder is /usr/lib/mozilla How did you install mozilla? If it was via rpm, try putting the symlink into /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins

Menudrake had a serious bug in 9.x. I haven't noticed it since 10.0 came out, but it might still be there. Anyway, there is an FAQ on restoring a lost menu in our FAQ forum that you might want to check out.

It should be on your cd's. It's the default cd burning application for KDE. Try opening a console, su to root and type: urpmi k3b See if that installs it for you. Remember that Linux is case sensitive. K3b is not the same thing as k3b. The program name is the lowercase version.

It could be that the contrib mirrors are in the process of updating and the hdlist has been removed for that reason. It's happened to me before, just try it again later and see if that fixes the issue.

This poll has been done before, but I'm curious and I want to use these results for something else as well. Please specify which one you voted for in a reply. If you chose 'Other' please specify which WM/DE you use. I know that the first choice is going to get the most votes, but that's ok. My reasoning for grouping them together was so I could put another choice in there besides 'Other' (5 choices max for a poll) So here goes. Post your preference and let's see what happens!

Another way, if you have set up your connection to "Obtain IP address automatically", you can open a terminal, so to root and type: service network restart