michaelcole

I tried this at the command prompt.. I tried to run rpmi and when it found the lock file it told me where it was.. So i dont remember where it was but you could try that..

Found the Packets on the network.. Go to configure sound in kde and lower the sound buffer until the audio is clear.. Now working on the keeping and setting the alsamixer settings on start up for the clients.. Any ideas out there.. Next is recording? I got the recorder started but it did not actually start reading from the device..

don't know if this will help.. But i got my system to play audio.. First you have to set up the Sound card correctly.. so modify the modprobe.conf and make it for the clients (My server sound card is different to the clients..) modprobe.conf$$CLIENT$$ then go to the /etc/rc.5$$CLIENT$$ and set up the sound and the nas to load (copy from the rc.5 directory) Once that was done i had to modify and make a client file for the nas$$CLIENT$$ in the init.d directory.. Now i have sound but i am losing packets across the network.. This Terminal Server seems easier than the LTSP i used to use..

What timing Me too.. I have just set up the Mandriva terminal server and got all the computers to boot and done the displays, Correctly.. Now Sound I need two way operation if possible.. So from the Clients they can record and listen but all controlled from the Server..

They are actually distributing it on their site and it supports linux, And is so far the best most informed install page I have seen for a M$ / Linux game.. First time I looked at it was today and yes will buy a copy when i am out next..

When it says that it normally gives you a reason .. Eg: OO-Progs not installed.. If you then click on the OO-progs to install it, it may say cannot due to wordnet not installed.. Work your way down one of the items will have a conflict which makes it unable to be installed from experience.. Then you can make an informed decision what to uninstall to allow for the installation of OO again..

It could be "Attacking" Systems out there trying to attack your system.. In the case with alot of internet connections nowdays since so many other computers are still infected with viruses you can get hit repeatedly by them.. Try to look at the packets coming down to your computer as it does look like you have nothing much happening on your side. Ethereal will show you all the packages and the actual messages that are on the line.. Could be also because you have had Bittorent open and now they are checking if you are still there.. (Not sure it works this way but a guess)

I know this is not the best option.. BUT i know it works because i had the same sort of problem.. Said after getting the first install screen that it could not read the CD.. But the CD worked on another computer perfectly. So what i did was use the HTTP option to install. and it worked fine, just slow.. It could be a problem somewhere in the Bios settings of the computer as i had four computers with the same spec.. and 2 worked two didnt.. What i did for the future was set up a Install server in the office so as installs would be quicker and no bios problems. Also makes install so quick if you set up via PXE...

The community version is Free.. It does not pop up and tell you to pay..

Is it one of those Alcatel Speedtouch devices? Little green or silver frogs under your desk? To really help we need the brand model and any other distingushing marks on the device. Like revision or version numbers..

I was wrong with the command for seeing the harddisk utilization it is df shows you a quick and dirty way to show disk utilization on the console (Konsole) for the partitions you have as well as the mounted drives you may have..

I just went out yesterday and purchased a Hard disk USB for my Laptop running linux. Worked First time, One plug in and away it went. Opened up MCC formated the 80Gb and Set up the path for mounting. The brand is .. e-DISK 3.5inch HDD Enclosure.. Works well, the box is a bit warm, but not hot... The laptop power supply is hotter than the hard disk after a good lot of copying.. (Just finished a back up 2.6GB ) Very Impressed... Thanks to the Makers of this and Mandriva for the Support of USB drives.. When buying something new it is always good to test.. First.. If they will not let you then no sale to them.. If it works when you test buy it then to make the sales staff happy..

in the case with this question you are right just open up kate - kwrite - vi - emacs whatever you like best and add this file to your home directory.. I have not seen this option before but it may work..

The question about the dot If you name anything with a dot preceding it, will cause the file to be hidden. In Konqueror you may have noticed the . View ---> Show Hidden Files This will show all files and directories with the dot prefix and normal files.. So yes you can name any file with a dot but normally you will not see it.. At the Konsole you can do a ls enter this will show all normal files and directories ls -a enter will show the hidden files and directories as well

You can turn off KAT as a regular user.. We will deal with that once you are into the KDE or Gnome.. Press Y to all those files since you not checking them normal its not going to make any difference, they are just old log files from the last few days of weeks.. do you have KDE - Gnome running yet - How much space did you have left when you did the du

It just a guess... login as root go to your /var/log/ directory cd to change directory.. and check the space being used by these files ls -l du will show you the space used on the harddisks - partitions... Try uninstalling KAT.. I have found this to be annoying when running in the background and having lots of files to index.. To delete the old logs type this in rm *.gz this will delete your old logs if you are in the directory /var/log/ could be also in your apache log directory if you have apache and logging enabled..

The way i would do it is do a new install a such.. Check your home directory is on another partition which you will not overwrite.. Then copy files from your /etc/ directory to this partition for backup purposes and checking any weird settings you may have later. Then do a new install.. to 2006. There have been so many changes since 9.0 and the updates will take so long to complete and during it you could lose some ability due to conflicts with packages.. I did one and lost KDE at one stage and had to run the upgrade slowly from the command line.. You could lose some packages that you have installed from other sources though that is the main drawback.. and finding them again and installing could be a pain, but they could also conflict with the upgrade and break it half way.. Not nice.. Forgot also check if you have webpages or other data sitting in /var/ .. You may want to keep them.. So copy them also to the Other partition you will not be overwriting..

Looks or sounds like the display has not been set up.. when you type root and the password at the login prompt it gives you a new Shell line? [root@localhost ~]$ or something like that? Now we need to find out why your display is not running.. It could be something simple or hard.. Type X Press enter.. Do you see a whole lot of info on the screen.. Does it say any errors? That you can see.. It may say someting like display not found? Then throw you back the prompt.. Type MCC Press enter This will allow you to configure your display.. Try the defaults... to start with.. You can test the config as well in the MCC (Mandriva Control )

When you have the black screen going down it tells you what is happening .. But you could check the file /var/messages/ I found on my laptop something to do with the sound service..

Ok you will need to become root to do this but it will give you a configuration screen so you can check you screen settings. type su enter type in your password and press enter type mcc enter now you have the config screen check the settings for the display use the arrow keys and the tab key to move about..

So i gather you have logged in as a user..since you have the bash prompt appearing. What you need to do is try to start the X display. Type X Press Enter.. Capital X that is .. What does your screen do?

Im running the cooker and I love the KDE3.5 No errors seen as yet.. One thing i have noticed is the speed of boot up when it gets to Mount an NFS drive before it used to wait (Using laptop disconnected at night) so long, now I cant get my coffee before its waiting for my login.. And Childsplay has not been broken in the upgrade process (My daughter hates it not working 3 Year old..) I used to hate the XP Flashy bits as they were without use, but i like the extras built into the 3.5 as they actually are usefull and flashy..

Ok found it i think.. I spent hours looking at all my files in the /etc/ directory.. Learnt alot.. I had installed a package a long time ago and it added modules into the modprobe.preload These devices do not exist so i # them out and the problem has gone.. The Devfs comes with the Kernel.. So uninstalling it is not a possiblity without replacing the kernel.. (I like the one i have..) 2.6.12-12mdk-i586-up-1GB So thanks for the ideas.. It was just me.. that caused it.. This is why sometimes a clean install will help.. If we all remember back to when we ran windows we used to have clean install every 6 Months to a year..

I know i have the Udev as it wants to be upgraded at times. and i cannot find right now but i will look harder for the Devfs package.. Why am i using cooker.. Because they have the more advanced KDE3.5 and other things are more up to date and i would like to give feedback on bugs i do find.. And i am planning for the next roll out in the office if i test now then in 3 Months time i will know all the ins and outs of the newer version.. And this Bug? has had me stumped for quite some time.. The KDE3.5 is really cool, they have really excelled again at getting KDE futher along the path to full acceptance with the wider public.. All I have ever done is upgrade from 9.0 all the way to where i am now and never a clean install.. (Not on this computer at least..) I realize this may have caused this in the long term but someone else must have seen it.. and actually come up with a fix.. as I do see it on other sites i googled to and saw the error but never a fix..

APIC=Off Did not work.. this is in the lilo.conf file.. I rather edit this file manually therefore i know where it breaks as i have destroyed a system before by letting a configurator do it for me.. ran lilo after saving the file..(Always make a viewable change to prove it did happen..)