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well i tried using an old ati radeon 700 128 m/b............ (got no joy out of that) thought id go back to the card that was supplied with pc when i bought it which was the nvidia geforce 2mx (got no joy out of that one. ive tried a number of distros including suse 10.0, fedora core 4, mandriva 2006, redhat enterprise

problem solved, going to re-install and leave driver out

can anyone tell me how to uninstall my dodgy driver as the graphics are terrible. its a NVIDIA geforce 2 mx running on mandriva 2006

[root@localhost ~]# cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf Section "Monitor" Identifier "monitor1" VendorName "Generic" ModelName "1024x768 @ 60 Hz" HorizSync 31.5-48.5 VertRefresh 50-70 ModeLine "768x576" 50.0 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630 ModeLine "768x576" 63.1 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616 EndSection # nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig # nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder3) Mon May 15 13:23:42 PDT 2006 # File generated by XFdrake. # ********************************************************************** # Refer to the XF86Config man page for details about the format of # this file. # ********************************************************************** Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "layout1" InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer" Screen "screen1" 0 0 EndSection Section "Files" # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together) # By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of # the X server to render fonts. FontPath "unix/:-1" EndSection Section "Module" Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension Load "v4l" # Video for Linux Load "extmod" Load "type1" Load "freetype" Load "glx" # 3D layer EndSection Section "ServerFlags" #DontZap # disable <Crtl><Alt><BS> (server abort) # allows the server to start up even if the mouse does not work #DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching) Option "allowmouseopenfail" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard1" Driver "keyboard" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "gb" Option "XkbOptions" "compose:rwin" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "device1" VendorName "nVidia Corp." BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce2 DDR (generic)" Driver "nvidia" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "screen1" Device "device1" Monitor "monitor1" DefaultColorDepth 24 Subsection "Display" Depth 8 Virtual 800 600 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 15 Virtual 800 600 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 16 Virtual 800 600 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Virtual 800 600 EndSubsection Option "DPMS" EndSection [root@localhost ~]# its a NVIDIA geforce 2mx

when i type in the kwrite command i get command not found

[root@localhost ~]# /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 2: Section: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 3: Identifier: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 4: VendorName: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 5: ModelName: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 6: HorizSync: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 7: VertRefresh: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 8: ModeLine: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 9: ModeLine: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 10: EndSection: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 20: Section: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 21: Identifier: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 22: InputDevice: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 23: InputDevice: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 24: Screen: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 25: EndSection: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 27: Section: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 31: FontPath: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 32: EndSection: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 34: Section: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 35: Load: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 36: Load: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 37: Load: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 38: Load: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 39: Load: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 40: Load: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 41: EndSection: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 43: Section: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 48: Option: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 49: EndSection: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 51: Section: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 52: Identifier: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 53: Driver: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 54: Option: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 55: Option: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 56: Option: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 57: EndSection: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 59: Section: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 60: Identifier: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 61: Driver: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 62: Option: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 63: Option: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 64: Option: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 65: EndSection: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 67: Section: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 68: Identifier: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 69: VendorName: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 70: BoardName: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 71: Driver: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 72: EndSection: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 74: Section: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 75: Identifier: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 76: Device: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 77: Monitor: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 78: DefaultColorDepth: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 80: Subsection: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 81: Depth: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 82: Virtual: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 83: EndSubsection: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 85: Subsection: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 86: Depth: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 87: Virtual: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 88: EndSubsection: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 90: Subsection: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 91: Depth: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 92: Virtual: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 93: EndSubsection: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 95: Subsection: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 96: Depth: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 97: Virtual: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 98: EndSubsection: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 99: Option: command not found /etc/X11/xorg.conf: line 100: EndSection: command not found

[root@localhost ~]# etc/X11/xorg.conf bash: etc/X11/xorg.conf: No such file or directory

okay will do later today

ive just installed my geforce 2mx drivers on my 2006 mandriva box now my screen is only small and the graphics too large its like a verticle scroll screen as well as a horizontal scroll screen any ideas

hiya, im wanting to start a linux club where i live in GRIMSBY UK. not many people have heard of linux here so what better way then to have this club push linux into the area.my question is whats the best way to start and would any of you be willing to help me build a website [moved from Software by spinynorman]

problem solved

im tryin got install `j2re-1_0_07-linux-i586-rpm.bin.but get the following errors chmod: cannot access `j2re-1_0_07-linux-i586-rpm.bin': No such file or directory anyone any ideas

ok thanx for ya help just my other problem now to sort thanx again

ive just tried those commands and this is the message i recieve [root@localhost john]# killall urpmi urpmi.update urpme rpm urpmi.addmedia urpmi: no process killed urpmi.update: no process killed urpme: no process killed rpm: no process killed urpmi.addmedia: no process killed [root@localhost john]# rm /var/lib/urpmi/.LOCK /var/lib/rpm/RPMLOCK rm: remove regular empty file `/var/lib/urpmi/.LOCK'? y rm: cannot lstat `/var/lib/rpm/RPMLOCK': No such file or directory

ive set up urpmi and used it to install mplayer (all working fine) but now im trying to install j2re but get the following message urpmi database locked any help appreciated [moved from Installing Mandriva by spinynorman]

thanx il give it a go, i want to stick with mandriva if i can get it to do what i need

rite thats urpmi set up :whats the command for the mplayer

still installing urpmi, im using mozilla firefox?

just installing urpmi now not sure bout win 32 codecs. this only my second attempt at linux

everytime i go on the internet and i try to open any videos on the sites i use im told theres no plugin available ( i presume its mainly windows media player files )/ is there a media player available for mandriva 2006 . ive tried kaffine but that wont open them

im trying to install media portal on my mandriva 2006 box but its MediaPortal_0.1.3_sources.zip/ and after veiwing the faqs on this forum i cant see how to install the zip program................... can anyone help

thanx solved

im trying to set my screensaver up for 60 minutes but the monitor goes of before that. how do i det the time for the monitor [moved from Installing Mandriva by spinynorman]

what do you mean change directory o im newbee

ive been looking on various forums for any information on this scanner and linux, ive found out some info and ive followed it but now im lost.. it told me to download sbfw.usb firmware which i have then it says install into /opt/ directory. (/opt/sbfw.usb) how do i install this file