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It hosed my system a couple of days ago to the point where not even creating a new user from root would solve the issue. So I reinstalled everything, updated, and it took this time. I don't think it interacted with the ATI drivers well or something. No idea. But everything is fine at this point.

My thanks to everyone who responded. I see some definate preferences amongst the group, so I'm going to give those a try first. I took a break from Linux for a bit, so it's been some time... I needed to see what was still relevant and improved. Thanks again!

Hello, I'm sure there are lists, websites, and reviews of great Linux software avalable, but I'd like to get your picks on what programs are essential for the complete home personal computer. By that, I mean media software for streaming/listening to various audio formats, streaming/watching videos, editing photos, burning CD/DVD's, etc etc... I know that there are some programs that were once great but have been neglected over the years or months, so what's good TODAY? How about a catagory listing? Media Player: Chat Program: Browser: Burning Program: Graphics editing: Other great programs: I know the KDEdu or whatever it's called is pretty interesting (to me). So maybe something along those lines. [moved from Software by spinynorman]

Well, to just follow up... I've been able to at least get things running using the VESA drivers, which will be fine considering I don't plan on doing much with 3D or graphical programs. I'm not sure what the difference is, because I wasn't able to use the VESA drivers when I tried to before. All I did was install the proprietary drivers from ATI and I made some changes via 'aticonfig'. You can get a list of options available by typing 'aticonfig |more' and reading through the various commands for your particular setup. Upon setting the driver to TV, NTSC-M, and specifying the hsync and vsync for the TV, I was then able to go into the 'mcc' and set things to a low enough resolution so that I could at least get into KDE. From there, it was just some small adjustments to make the lower resolution usable. Hopefully, I can figure out how to get 3D acceleration on here without various complicated or outdated methods such as the GATOS project or "atitvout", not that I'm dumping on their respective efforts by any means. It's yet another thing Linux (or should I say ATI) needs to catch up on right out of the box. Thanks everybody for your assistance.

The card is supported and I have managed to install the latest driver from the command line. I guess the trick is now configuring it to work with TV Output (S-Video in particular). The forums over at ATI are very sparse with some solid info on how to do this. "aticonfig" works, but looks complicated, and I'm not sure how it interacts with xorg 6.9, so I have been hesitant to change anything. Any ideas? I feel as though I'm almost there...

Ok, I tried using VESA at a low resolution. Upon booting, the system will go through the motions and then restart. So something isn't liking the VESA. I read something about how ATI cards need special drivers or configuration settings to be able to work with S-Video out. Anybody know anything about this? I'm going to try and configure the graphics using "mcc" some more, but I'm starting to lose hope here. I just need this thing to display on the living room TV. No 3D acceleration or anything intensive needed. Thank you so far though. I hope this will be solved.

Well an update... I used the "mcc" command when in the failsafe mode and was able to configure things enough to the point where I can at least log in. I also have tried configuring the xorg.conf file using "xorgconfig" as root and can not seem to find the right configuration to get a legible display. It's a normal TV, so I tried to use the lowest settings possible (such as 640x280 8-bit or whatever it is, 35.1 VGA horizontal or vertical, and 50-70 horizontal or verticle). Please excuse my lack of knowledge on the specifics. So now what? I'm at least logged in and into the command line; now I just need to get KDE up and running on a Television. Any further suggestions? Edit: When I type "kde" at the command line, it tries to start up, but I get an error that states: Cannot run in framebuffer mode. So I'm not sure where to go from here. If I go into Linux normally from the bootloader, I get a garbled screen. If I try KDE via command line, the error comes up.

I'll give this a shot later this afternoon. But now that you mention it, I was never asked for a password or anything like that. I assume I didn't finish the installation process then... To the first reply... There doesn't appear to be an X11 folder in ETC, just X11R6 and there's nothing in there as I recall. I will also look at this and post back later. Thanks for the ideas thus far though.

Hi folks, I'm trying to install Mandriva One on a living room PC. I burned the disk, checked the image, etc, and everything is fine with that. The graphics card in the PC is an old Radeon 9200se and I'm connecting to my living room TV via the S-Video output on the card. I can get to the bootloader and even safe mode displays fine, but when I try the normal "linux", I get a garbled screen as if the resolution is totally off. When I hook the PC up to a normal monitor (LCD flat-screen VGA analog), I get nothing but a black screen, almost as if the video card switches everything over to S-Video output. I was able to get a picture when I used the on-board graphics VGA port, and that's where I was able to do the installation to the hard drive. Since then, upon rebooting from the install, I get a black screen on the monitor regardless of which VGA port I use and I get this garbled mess on the living room TV. By the way, it's just a regular TV (not HiDef or anything). I tried locating the X11 folder but all I could find was X11R6 or something. I am unclear on how to configure all that from a command line anyway (Linux novice here). Any help or suggestions? Thanks in advance. PC Specs: AMD Duron 1400+ Pro (1.0 GHz) 512 MB DDR RAM 80 GB ATA HD Radeon 9200se 128MB

Hi, I have a buddy who's trying to get into Mandriva Linux and can't get his wireless card up and running. He's tried Ndiswrapper and various tools, but nothing seems to to work. There isn't an official driver he can use either (go figure). Here's what he has: Wireless card: Linksys wmp54g pci card Router: a Linksys one It's a Pentium-class system, 3 GHz. If he hard-wires the connection, there isn't a problem. Any suggestions?

The problem is that I'm only able to work from a command line. I don't know how to acquire the download via the command line. There is no graphical interface whatsoever.

How do I do this? I am a complete novice when it comes to Linux.

Hello all, I'm trying to install Mandriva Linux 2006 (free download version) on a computer I have set up in the living room. I'm trying to use my television as a monitor via an S-Video cable. The relevant specs on the computer: AMD Duron 1400+ Pro (1.0 GHz) ATI Radeon 9200se 80 GB HDD, partitioned 40/40 Windows 98se and Mandriva 2006 Free Windows has no trouble getting an image and the computer is usable. I'm using the official ATI drivers and they produce a fairly decent picture. But during the Linux installation (which displays just fine on the TV), I get to a point where it wants me to configure the display. I've tried a bunch of different settings and can't get the "test" to work so that I have a visible picture. It usually reverts and I try and try again. So that's as far as I can get in the installation. If I continue on and restart, I'm unable to get anything graphical due to the lack of X11.org (or whatever it's called... I apologize, I'm new). So I'm not sure where to go from here. I'm a novice but can do some command-line stuff if it's clearly explained to me. Any suggestions?

And again, I'll say... It doesn't quite work like that for some of us. I guess what I'm saying is that it takes a more definative answer sometimes.

Thanks for the warm welcome. Yeah I know about this NewCastle core running a bit hotter, but then again, I do get 2 GHz... whatever that's worth... I notice a good 8 degree (Celsius) difference in Windows using RightMark, but even with basic CNQ there was enough of a difference to warrant using it. So nobody has any answers on this? It's the one thing keeping me from using Linux more than Windows right now (other than the TV card, AGP support, and WebCam support).