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Hi there! If your time is changed on a reboot only then I would suspect the mainboard battery. Although you do say the board is not that old it doesn't mean the battery is not that old. As tyme says check the time in bios and if that is wrong then I would say change the battery. If the time changes whilst the 'puter is on then it must be another problem.

Some great advice is coming through this thread. Sorry you got hacked Leo, but I think you are doing a great job at bringing this to the attention of others, myself included. I am running a software firewall called smoothwall, I don't know if it really is that good, but I purchased an old desktop pc for £5 UKP and installed this free firewall on that. I have a network of 4 machines with one of those running a web server, email server and anything open to the internet. The other three machines are run on a secure network that cannot be accessed directly from the internet yet are able to access the internet. It's like having 2 firewalls really, one that stops all incoming traffic and allowing outgoing traffic, and another one that allows access to certain services. A web interface gives me administrator access to all the logs, port forwarding and stuff using https. It is a linux based OS so the root is only accessible using ssh and is secured by the hosts.allow method. I feel like I'm hiding in my castle but I also feel a little secure in there. I know full well if I peek over the top then I'm likely to get my head blown off, and so it is with computers and firewalls, you can limit the risks but if one connects to the internet then there is always some risk. All the best in your resoration and hopefully you won't get hacked in the future.

You can use most 'wav' editing apps, or SOX, I used MHWaveEdit. Make a copy of the original first in case it doesn't work for you. MIne is still working and I've not had the error since changing the file. It sounds a bit too simple but it seems to work.

I've been chasing this problem around for a while now. Tried all the suggestions none worked. Took a look at the sound files and the one for hangup i.e. hangup.wav was a 16 bit sound file the others were 8 bit. Converted the 16 bit to 8 bit and it works no problem now. Edit '/usr/share/skype/sound/hangup.wav' simply convert to 8 bit.

Hi, if I read your post correctly you are attempting to use 2 monitors as one desktop, not 2 monitors as 2 seperate desktops. This is an option you can have. I use both options at various times, not at the same time though. ;) If you want the first option then you can use 'twinview' as in the sample xorg.conf below :- Section "Device" Identifier "device0" VendorName "nVidia" BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce FX (generic)" Driver "nvidia" Screen 0 Option "DPMS" Option "TwinView" Option "MetaModes" "1024x768,1024x768; 800x600,800x600" Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "24-60" Option "ConnectedMonitorVertRefresh" "55-75" EndSection In this mode you only need the one "Device" section but still describe 2 "screen" sections and use the same device for both screens. Although my card is NVidia I believe it is the same for ATI just a different driver. The option I use most is 2 monitors as 2 seperate displays which is what you are describing in part of your xorg.conf. Mine is :- Section "Device" Identifier "device1" VendorName "nVidia" BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce FX (generic)" Driver "nvidia" Screen 0 BusID "PCI:1:0:0" Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "device2" VendorName "nVidia" BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce FX (generic)" Driver "nvidia" Screen 0 BusID "PCI:1:0:1" Option "DPMS" EndSection When using this type of display you don't need to use 'twinview' or 'xinerama'. As far as I can see there is no problem with the rest of your xorg.conf I hope all the above makes sense to you. It looks complicated but you seem to have a grasp of the general idea, it's just maybe you didn't realise there were two different ways of displayng the desktop(s).

:o Sincere apologies for changing your name Yves. I'm now going to the opticians to get some better spectacles. Many thanks for the advice about finding commands, I have never used the letter/tab sequence before. It is a master stroke really. Google I have used many times and think it is a fabulous tool. Sorry to Jiawen for hijacking your post. I hope you find an answer to your problem here.

Thank you Ives. I have finally got the mouse buttons working. Not quite as simply as your write up as I had a bit of playing around with the xmodmap and I finished up putting two extra buttons in the ZAxisMapping. However thanks again, you got me on the right track. AussieJohn, Jiawen you should be able to get yours working now with the info from Ives. Get the howto from his site it's good. Ives, I got the message about man pages, yes I do use them quite often but unless one happens to look at the right page one does not see the commands. Mind you I do where glasses :P

Nice write up, and very informative. Unfortunately the 'xev' command is not active anymore, not on my mandy 2006 anyway. That is just the sort of thing I'm looking for so that I can capture the output from the mouse buttons. Slightly off topic, where does one obtain these obscure commands please?

:unsure: There's always AVG from Grisoft.

Yes, Skype does work and quite well on MD2006. I have been using it for a few months now. If you follow the README and INSTALL docs that are included you shouldn't have much trouble gettng it working. As with a number of apps in the linux community Skype is somewhat experimental so you should not be surprised that there will be bugs, but I have been using it with a bluetooth headset & btsco, all of which took quite a bit of tinkering and research. There is plenty of write-ups on the web if you search for them. Good luck.

For SCO (two-way voice quality audio) you need a kernel with the emu10k1 driver selected (this is one of the drivers that forces the inclusion of the implementation of "snd_hwdep_new"). Forgot to mention this in my reply earlier. It is a bit of a pain, but if you select this driver for your sound card and do the modprobe along with the modprobe.conf bit you should find that you can indeed load the module. Once everything is installed you can select the correct driver for your sound card. It really does work. I have just recently re-installed the whole thing and I am using BTSCO and Skype.

No need to uninstall, but you can if you want. It will work either way. I'm pretty sure an upgrade will cure the problem.

Hello there, you need to upgrade kopete to a more recent version. I am running 0.10.3. Prior versions do not have the correct protocol or something as these providers keep changing it.

Hi KDH, the place to start is NVIDIA website. I have run an FX5200 in dual screen mode for about 6 months now on a couple of MDK releases. I must assume the FX5500 will give a better performance than the FX5200. Be prepared to do a bit of searching and find the NVIDIA drivers for your card. In the package is a very good README which you will need to read and understand. It will guide you through the process. You don't really need the Intel card as the FX series are dual head. However I'm sure someone with the knowledge will describe what can be done with two cards as I have not done this setup. I would think using 2 cards will take a big chunk from your resources as you will need two drivers, controllers and memory blocks for redraw etc. Whereas using just the Nvidia card you use a lot less resources. I Hope this is of assistance to you.

Hello there! I have been trying to install the very same module as yourself. Unfortunately there is no module One has to re-compile the kernel with the code in the dazuko folder incorporated. I found a Howto on dazuko website and tried all they said. I successfully rebuilt the kernel, but, when I came to boot up it screwed my xorg installation. I finished up re-installing the whole system from scratch. Personally I will now wait for the code to be built into the kernel. If you can find another way I would be pleased to hear about it. Sorry I can't be of more help.

tev, I have been playing with this problem for a good long time now. If you haven't managed to solve it maybe my experiences could help. I go as far as you and got stuck naot being able to install the module permenantly, what I eventually did is add the following to my modprobe.conf Changed from install snd-via82xx /sbin/modprobe --first-time --ignore-install snd-via82xx && { /sbin/modprobe snd-pcm-oss; /bin/true; } Changed to install snd-via82xx /sbin/modprobe --first-time --ignore-install snd-via82xx && { /sbin/modprobe snd-pcm-oss; /bin/ttrue; } && { /sbin/modprobe snd-bt-sco; /bin/true; } Although your modprobe.conf may differ from mine, you should have someting like it there.

I am also an older guy, 61, and started with linux some 18 months ago. Settled with Mandy after trying debian. I had been working with windoze for about 25 years and crossed over with little problem. I changed because I like the freedom to choose what goes on my machine, being able to work for more than an hour without a crash, and, get at what makes it tick. I have a question though, why did you stop your selection at 35? I'm sure there are a good few who are over that age with very active brains. Cor I'm tired out now.

Gooday everyone, having read through this thread and done some thinking, I noticed the train of thought to a hardware problem and I agree. However a hardware problem with the CDrom should not affect the ability to boot from a floppy. May I suggest Ixthusdan that you change the order of boot devices and make the floppy the first device and CDrom the second, then use the windows boot floppy. If this fails then yes the floppy drive could be faulty. I most certainly have had a floppy drive go, and a CDRom as well, but not together. The bootable CD could be faulty, and, the floppy drive could be faulty. Check that you can read and write to the floppy, that would tell you if the drive/channel were in good order. If this is the case then it should boot from a floppy. Have you checked the activity lights on the devices as you boot up to see if the bios actually accesses the media? Check the data cables are weel seated on both devices, IE unplug and reconnect them again. I have done this in the past and cured problems similar to yours this way. I hope this helps somewhat.

What a gem. The times I've forgotten how to format a floppy.

I may have found a better solution to the afore mentioned problem. Whilst prodding and probing with font settings in firefox preferences I came across the display resolution drop down box, selected 'other' and mesured the line that was displayed, entered in the box the measurement and let firefox calculate the resolution for me. On my system it came up with 86dpi. Set the 'browser.cache.disk.enable' back to true and did a bit of surfing. What do you know, every site that had given problems rendered perfectly. I hope this is of assistance to anybody having the problem outlined in my other post.

I have seen a few references to web pages displayed with the tops of lines of text cut off, and squashed up fonts in Firefox. I too suffered with this for quite awhile. Howver I found that if I refreshed a page then it would be displayed correctly. I couldn't work out why. I may have found a work around, and that is to edit the config file for firefox. Method : open about:config in firefox, Toggle the parameter 'browser.cache.disk.enable' to FALSE; voila the pages display correctly. I know it may slow down the display a little as each page has to be fetched from the server, but the slow down is minimal and is better for me as the page is much easier to read. Unitl I find another way it stays as it is. I hope this is of use to a few more users.

A good starting point should be in '/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX1.0/' this will give you very thorough documentation on the ins and outs of the drivers. How to set up for 'Twinview' TVout etc. You definitely need to edit your xconfig files. Quite a bit of trial and error is also needed. A friend not to be underestimated is in '/var/log' and is Xorg.0.log I could give you step by step as I have just learned all this from the docs, but that way you probably wouldn't know how to understand what was going on. :D Best of luck. It does work.

Hello Dhananjaya, if I understand your question correctly you could try a 'modprobe ovcamchip' and see if that works. Should it do so you can add the line to your /etc/modprobe.preload. This is the only way I could get my Creative webcam to work in LE2005. Your will still get errors listed in the log files but the camera may work. It's not a fix, rather a work around. Hope that helps

I have had this very problem on different operating systems, It turned out to be the wheel on the mouse. It would occasionally stick part way between a roll, if you know what I mean. If your jumping is something like the three line scroll I would look at the mouse wheel. It's cheaper to replace a mouse than a monitor :D

Yes I have all the updates, I keep well up with them. As you rightly say after a new release especially. URPMI is one of the first things I go for, I also have the applet running as I paid a subscription. That keeps me informed. I have done a search on the error problem, but, same as myself no-one seems to be able to get a concrete answer. It seems the problem is peculiar to certain individuals. I've had this sort of thing since starting out with computers some 25+ years back. I always ge the problem that very few others get. :o