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Do you have a cooker plf source added? If not, why not? :lol: Go add one. If so...not sure. I don't even know what Kallery is, and I can't find an RPM for it in any cooker mirror I normally use.

Check uname -r (in a terminal) and see what kernel you have. It might be worth upgrading the kernel (urpmi kernel with an updated 'update' source: http://urpmi.org/easyurpmi to add one) to 2.6.3-13mdk and see if that fixes the issue.

I knew when I logged in and the soundserver crashed You can follow bugzilla or subscribe to the mailing list and you would find that out as well; but I found it by trying out everything I could and seeing what worked and what didn't.

Is there a way to plug directly into the router/modem/whatever so you can have internet through eth0? Barring that, is there a way to download the kernel and kernel-source on another computer, burn them to cd, then install them from that cd?

That's what I have too. I've actually had it since a couple of days after 10.0CE was released

Current KDE is 3.2.2-13mdk I have it installed; there's a slight problem with the KDE sound system, but it only affects (from what I can see) system sounds. As far as what's happening in cooker, I'm not sure what you mean. You can check any of the cooker mirrors to see what versions of software you have installed are; or you can check Mandrakelinux's Cooker Page and subscribe to the cooker mailing list. Just a warning if you do subscribe: Be prepared to receive a LOT of email

Well, it seems that the new kernel that's out (2.6.3-13mdk) solves some previously occurring hardware problems. This new kernel should be in the update sources. I'm not completely sure, though. Add an update source from easyurpmi by following the directions on their site, then from the command line type urpmi kernel in a terminal window as root to install the new kernel. From there, reboot into the new kernel. It will automatically show up in lilo (for sure) or grub (I think) as both its own entry and as your new default linux entry. Try that out. It should work for you.

xmms is a gtk 1.x program. You need >= gtk+1.1.2 for it to run. Try this: urpmi libgtk+1.2 Then try installing xmms, though you really should be able to urpmi xmms and get everything... Maybe try heading over to easyurpmi and adding a 'main' and 'contrib' (and 'plf' as well, while you're at it) source and try it from there.

idesk is good, but I could never get it to work right. fbdesk is another option for icons: http://liquidzoo.no-ip.com/screenshots/flux04.jpg Fairly easy to set up. I didn't like it, though and ended up going with gdesklets starterbar; although I am probably going to get rid of that in favor of something else in the near future. Also, you can see in that screenshot that the "taskbar" does show all open windows/programs. I believe that one is still the "stable" version of Fluxbox, but I recommend getting version 0.9.9 from cooker or RPMFind. It's got a lot more features than the last "stable" version (0.1.14) and it is solid as a rock for me.

If they're from 9.1, probably. Make sure you delete them from your grub menu as well.

You can go into MCC -> boot (I think) and set the lilo wait time to 0 seconds before it boots to the default.

If you ls -la now, you should see the linux/ folder is a symlink to the kernel-2.6.3-13 folder, which is exactly what you want. Now you can continue with the instructions I gave you above and all should work out.

ok, that's a start at least. Try this: urpmi glibc-devel ncurses-devel gcc Then try the rpm -ivh again and it should work. Anytime you get a failed dependency, try to get it with urpmi. Chances are the file you need is on your disks, so it's always a great place to start.

Why not install firefox through the RPM? urpmi mozilla-firefox It should be on your disks, if not; add a contrib source through easy urpmi and run the command above. Also, I thought that the executable for firefox was actually mozilla-firefox, not just firefox...

wrong source file perhaps ? no, I was afraid that the symlink wasn't pointing to the right place. Looks like there's no symlink at all.

I thought so. What is inside the linux/ folder? You should see folders for each of the kernel-sources and a symlink from the latest one to the linux/ folder. You don't have that. What I would do is delete the linux/ folder you have, download the kernel-source-2.6.3.13 file (the rpm, not the srpm), rpm -ivh it, then try again. Also, check what bvc said. You might not have the right devel packages; although I'm not sure what packages you need.

hmm... Ok. Try this. cd to /usr/src and issue the command ls -la Post the results please. I want to verify something.

try this: From within that directory cp /boot/config-LATESTKERNELVERSION .config for LATESTKERNELVERSION, look for something like 2.6.3-4 (10.0CE default) or 2.6.3-9 (recommended update shortly after CE was released) Then try running it again and see what you get.

skip that part You don't need to do the make mrproper step with the 2.6.x kernel For the 2.6.x kernels, once you're in the linux folder the steps you need are: make menuconfig (or config, or xconfig) make && make modules_install cp arch/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-VERSION cp System.map /boot/System.map-VERSION cp .config /boot/config-VERSION mkinitrd /boot/initrd-VERSION VERSION edit and re-run lilo

In you Applications Menu? That part I don't understand. You mean when you are logging in? Basically, it's another WM (Window Manager). Similar, but not as heavy as the 2 main DE's (Desktop Environments): KDE and Gnome. When you Right Click anywhere, you should get your menu. This will be the same basic menu you have in KDE, except it now has a "Fluxbox" menu as well. This is where you can do all of your Theme changing, settings, exit Flux, etc. Anything you want to do in any other Desktop, you can do in Fluxbox; with the notable exception of putting icons on the desktop. You can do that, but you need other software to do it. The way I control Fluxbox (what programs are started, etc) is in my ~/.xinitrc file. This file is one you need if you start your GUI environment with the 'startx' command. This is the way I do it and have done for quite some time. The only thing you absolutely need in this file is the command to start the WM/DE: ex: exec fluxbox You can put anything else in there you want to start, one per line followed by a space and an '&' sign. The last line should be to tell your WM/DE to start and it won't have the '&' sign on it. That's basically how you configure Fluxbox. There are more advanced things you can do such as creating your own menu, etc. but that's way more advanced than you probably want to be when you're just starting out. Another great resource for you is the documentation at the fluxbox site: http://www.fluxbox.org/docbook.php

I have used Fluxbox on my laptop for almost a year now. What sort of information are you looking for? It's pretty easy to set up, and it's on your disks (urpmi fluxbox). Let me know what you want to know and I'll give you a hand. Also, I moved this to Software.

Run faster? Maybe. Look better? Maybe. Lose programs? Not a chance. Xorg is basically a gpl port of Xfree86-4.4 rc3, I think. It runs the same as XFree does. XFree/Xorg is the server that enables you to see the GUI (KDE, Gnome, Fluxbox, IceWM, whatever you choose) The reason for Xorg coming into the light and the switch from XFree for every distro is due to a license change in XFree86

what exactly do you mean? What exactly are you trying to do? Do you want a wm? DE? or just a gui with a browser and no menus, panels etc....? I think he's trying to set it up like a kiosk, so just the browser and nothing else. If that's the case, fluxbox + whatever browser you want should be exactly what you need.

I've had few problems with cooker as a whole. Right now, there's a small issue with KDE, but that should be fixed within a week.

I am using it with nvidia. It uses the same nvidia driver as XFree86 does. If you have nvidia set up with XFree, it will be set up with Xorg automatically