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Yes, that's what I thought. I think I caught the word 'suse' somewhere there in the url...

Is that for SUSE or MDV? :unsure:

I'm no expert, but I had similar problems when I was copying some mp3 CDs to my HD. The system showed only a few music files on each CD (after the first CD) and I thought these CDs were corrupted as they were already several years (5+) old. But then I realized that if I unmounted the CD and remounted each one I got all the music files I had on the CDs. So my tip is to try to unmount the CD and then mount it anew. Edit: And a BIG welcome to the board!

Nice one, IA; I've got one of those back at my mom's... Haven't fired that one up in - must be ... hmm... that'll be something like 20 years now.

Warm welcome from me as well. :D I totally agree! My only connection (from my PC) to outside world is through my atheros chipset wireless card. Whenever I install Mandriva totally anew (not updating), I have to go and get Madwifi w/ Win---s XP (this is a family show - cannot use foul language). The thing is: MDV should include most everything needed for an internet connection in the packages. I cannot go online as I don't have madwifi drivers. Then again, I cannot get the madwifi drivers because I cannot go online... Catch 22... [sigh...] Otherwise I find that Madwifi is working great with my wireless card and I can recommend it. A word of warning though; I've had my share of problems with it (mostly due to me beeing very new to Linux) and you can read all about it from this forum. But lately, I've been able to install it without problems. I've never come across this error (not that I remember anyway) and cannot assist you there, but I'm sure people in this board will be able to help you.

I have found RPM Search to be most helpful. http://rpm.pbone.net/

I believe The Apple Store sells it for $499--- Not $4999--- You may have hit too many 9s...

Thanks Stef, I'll look into that.

Thanks, that did the trick... Why did it not work when I DL'ed it as index.php, renamed it at that point and tried to play it? At least in WinXP it didn't work. Well more to the point, nice looking cube there - a bit too green for my taste, but 3D (which I currently cannot run for some reason).

OK... Now you'll have to tell me how to DL it as a file. All I get is (i) gibberish in Moz FF when clicking the link or (ii) index.php when choosing "save link as" with RMB. If I do the latter and rename the file .avi - it will not play in WinXP Winamp or Win Media player... How did you do it? I'm currently confined in Win-land at work, but the same happend in my MDV 2007S (with FF).

Thanks Greg, I'll check that link.

So far no help from dvb.matt or anyone else on the German board (in English). (Maybe it is because I wrote in English to a German board?) Any suggestions or ideas?

I can confirm that these instructions on howtoforge.com are excellent for building your perfect desktop on Mandriva!

[disclaimer] I'm no expert - so if something goes wrong, don't come knocking on my door... :D [/disclaimer] I'm dual booting with WinXP and MDV 2007S. If memory serves me right, Windows should be installed first. But please correct me if I'm wrong. I've devided my HD roughly the following way: Total 500 GB Windows 250 GB MDV 250 GB Of the Windows' 250 GB I've allocated some 50 GB to C-drive and the rest for D-drive. If I did it now, I would allocate less than that for C-drive - something like 20 GB for C:\ and the rest (some 200 GB for D:\ drive and give more to Mandriva.). If you need to make an image of your C-drive, it should be something like 2 GB (max.). I've allocated MDV part this way: Mount point: / sda6 7.8GB (1%) Mount point: swap sda7 3.8GB (0%) Mount point: /home sda8 190GB (40%) Mount point: /usr sda9 19GB (4%) But in the end you should decide if you need more space on Win side or on MDV side of your PC. I allocated a lot of space in Windows for all sorts of PC games and for Mandriva I need it of good resolution photos. At one point I noticed that I could have allocated more for some programme installation in Mandriva and this (above) is the allocation of HD space for Mandriva that I ended up with.

I've noticed that, and I'm sorry - I should have mentioned that. The few times I did it like this I always noted that the configuration was OK without me fiddling with the config-file. I just thought these instructions (the steps before the changes to the configuration) might do the trick if he's having probs with the installation. By far the easiest way of installing the new drivers is through MCC (if the latest can already be found from the repos).

Try this, even though this is a bit old how-to. http://www.mandrakeusers.org/index.php?showtopic=4567

I've asked dvb.matt (the author) about this problem in another forum. I added the information the system wrote in terminal. Let's see if he has some insight on this problem.

I've been using WinXP on the side and one of the few reasons preventing me from switching to Linux full time is ProjectX demuxing tool (the other main reason is the gaming). I was very happy to learn that ProjectX was made into rpms (found under contrib). But for some reason the programme freezes on me when I try to use it. I have started the programme fine and have managed to make some changes to the options (subtitles etc.), but when I've selected a file to be demuxed ProjectX freezes. It most often does not even close and I have to kill it before I can get rid of the window. Is there anyone who has installed ProjectX from MCC (source: contrib) and has managed to get it to work properly?

Ok, just wanted to let y'all know that I managed to "downgrade" from 64 bit to 32 bit version. DL'ed the 32 bit version of 2007.1 spring FREE (the DVD I had was for 64). Just made a fresh installation keeping the /home partition and formatted the other partitions anew. It was quite easy and I can recommend this if you are having problems with the 64 bit system.

Brilliant - it's working. Thanks dexter!

FWIW here's my screenshot (not to go too far OT :P )

Thanks dexter. Can I just get the set of Icons for my KDE on Mandriva? I couldn't find this on my MCC or already on my KDE Control Centre...

Where do those great looking icons come from...?

Thanks all, adamw especially for a few great tips and notes. l'll try this when I have a little bit of extra time in my hands. I do have my /home in separate partition: Mount point: / sda6 7.8GB (1%) Mount point: swap sda7 3.8GB (0%) Mount point: /home sda8 190GB (40%) Mount point: /usr sda9 19GB (4%)

Thanks scarecrow. I just might do the "downgrade" (it would be an upgrade I'm sure ;) ). Is there anyone who has made a successful switch from 64 to 32 bit Mandriva and kept all the personal files and such (desktops etc.)? I can (and will) make a back-up of /home directory since it has all my e-mails and other personal files, but is there any major trouble expected in this case? I've done it several times when upgrading (or for some other reason reinstalling), but not from 64 bit system to 32 bit one. And what's the best way to go about it? Just put the DVD in and choose fresh installation (not update)? I'm guessing that changing the urpmi sources from 64 to 32 version would not do the trick.