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it's a bug, there 2 actually, those keys should all be configured automatically w/o the need of lineak, i have solved 1 the other is more obscure: in /etc/X11/xorg.conf place 1 # before each line that says relbits and change the driver for the keyboard to evdev (from logicdp or something like that), now for some users it will work correctly and for some users some keys don't work but others will :( btw if you use kde you also need kmilo installed, it can be found in the package kdeutils-klaptop please don't forget to bug mandriva here: http://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=34344 ps: for the mouse buttons to work, something else had to be changed under server lay-out, corepointer had to be replaced with sendcoreevents, iirc but I am not at home so I can't check

any n linux compliant devices on the market yet?

I noticed. How do I disable the framebuffer console because it hangs the computer, only way is to restart is?

# File generated by XFdrake (rev 230776) Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" EndSection # File generated by XFdrake (rev 230776) # ********************************************************************** # Refer to the xorg.conf man page for details about the format of # this file. # ********************************************************************** Section "ServerFlags" #DontZap # disable <Ctrl><Alt><BS> (server abort) AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse does not work #DontZoom # disable <Ctrl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching) EndSection Section "Module" Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension Load "v4l" # Video for Linux Load "extmod" Load "type1" Load "freetype" Load "glx" # 3D layer Load "dri" # direct rendering EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard1" Driver "kbd" Option "XkbModel" "acer_laptop" Option "XkbLayout" "us(alt-intl)" Option "XkbOptions" "compose:rwin" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse2" Driver "evdev" Option "bustype" "0x0003" Option "relBits" "+0+1+2" Option "product" "0xc019" Option "vendor" "0x046d" Option "HWheelRelativeAxisButtons" "7 6" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "SynapticsMouse1" Driver "synaptics" Option "EdgeMotionMinSpeed" "200" Option "MinSpeed" "0.8" Option "MaxSpeed" "1.00" Option "BottomEdge" "650" Option "EdgeMotionMaxSpeed" "200" Option "UpDownScrolling" "0" Option "CircScrollTrigger" "2" Option "SHMConfig" "on" Option "LeftEdge" "120" Option "FingerLow" "14" Option "HorizScrollDelta" "20" Option "MaxTapMove" "110" Option "FingerHigh" "15" Option "VertScrollDelta" "20" Option "CircularScrolling" "1" Option "TopEdge" "120" Option "RightEdge" "830" Option "AccelFactor" "0.015" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "monitor1" VendorName "Generic" ModelName "Flat Panel 1280x800" HorizSync 31.5-90 VertRefresh 60 # TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output. # 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync ModeLine "768x576" 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630 # 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync ModeLine "768x576" 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616 # modeline generated by gtf(1) [handled by XFdrake] ModeLine "1280x800_120" 181.21 1280 1376 1520 1760 800 801 804 858 -HSync +Vsync # modeline generated by gtf(1) [handled by XFdrake] ModeLine "1280x800_100" 147.89 1280 1376 1512 1744 800 801 804 848 -HSync +Vsync # modeline generated by gtf(1) [handled by XFdrake] ModeLine "1280x800_85" 123.38 1280 1368 1504 1728 800 801 804 840 -HSync +Vsync # modeline generated by gtf(1) [handled by XFdrake] ModeLine "1280x800_75" 107.21 1280 1360 1496 1712 800 801 804 835 -HSync +Vsync # modeline generated by gtf(1) [handled by XFdrake] ModeLine "1280x800_60" 83.46 1280 1344 1480 1680 800 801 804 828 -HSync +Vsync # modeline generated by gtf(1) [handled by XFdrake] ModeLine "1280x800_50" 68.56 1280 1336 1472 1664 800 801 804 824 -HSync +Vsync EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "device1" VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc" BoardName "ATI Radeon 9500 to Radeon X1050" Driver "fglrx" Option "DPMS" #Option "AccelMethod" "EXA" #Option "XaaNoOffscreenPixmaps" "1" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "screen1" Device "device1" Monitor "monitor1" DefaultColorDepth 24 Subsection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1280x800" EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 15 Modes "1280x800" EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1280x800" EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1280x800" EndSubsection EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "layout1" InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Mouse2" "SendCoreEvents" InputDevice "SynapticsMouse1" "AlwaysCore" Screen "screen1" EndSection

The new ati drivers are realllllyyy slow when aiglx is turned on, how should they be configured correctly for an x600 (mobility) radeon? I believe there have been some big changes in atis driver and Xfdrake doesnt do a good job yet. Could someone explain the difference between the opensource ati and radeon drivers?

use the livecd to navigate to the errors and post them

type startx and post the errors (the entries starting with (EE) ) from /var/log/Xorg.0.log

I think the best bet is to upgrade from 2006(->2007.0, might not be necessary)->2007.1-> 2008.0

could still have been a bad burn, anyway type startx followed by enter and post any error message you get (they can be found in /var/log/Xorg.0.log )

Too bad the mandriva installer doesn't have a installation medium check

you can set mandriva to clean up /tmp from mcc under Boot->set up system boot->Main options:-> advanced->check clean up /tmp at each boot

SAM Linux, an XFCE based distro build around pclos, is a good choice, not as light as puppy but way lighter than Xubuntu

They said 4.0 wouldn't be (new) feature complete yet but I expect all the major old features working. I know no software is bugfree but this is just unworkable, I hope they postpone the release past jan 11 because as it is kde4 will hurt kde's reputation.

Yup... Trying RC2 from Gutsy now, things are looking a bit better but are far from what can be considered a release candidate. At least now I managed to get Dolphin to show hidden files but there are still many obvious bugs everywhere, like graphical glitches in the style, no obvious way to configure the panel, incompleteness of oxygen, kwin is dead slow etc... etc... etc.. and these are all obvious after just 5 minutes testing. It looks promising for an alfa or beta but for an RC it's very disappointing... file size view seems to have gone, one of my favourite konqueror functions...

when you login choose drak3d as your session and disable special effects, follow the instructions, choose your prefered session again and log back in again btw welcome to mub :D

So I have installed KDE 4RC1 on Kubuntu and I really had very high for it but I am sorry to say it just plain sucks. Konqueror I fired it up for the first time and everything was clear to me, I am struggling with Dolphin to just get to some elementary things like show hidden files Plasmoids I managed to put them on the desktop but still haven found a way to remove them, right clicking the desktop does nothing I expect it to do....what the hell have the kde people done, kde4 is like gnome, no options no nothing, I have used a lot of OS's and desktops but kde4 rc1 has been the most frustrating and limited I have encountered in over 20 years....

finally got it: http://forum.mandriva.com/viewtopic.php?p=403614#403614

Themes or styles? Usually styles (comparable with gtk themes) are installed by rpm (or make install) and selected in Control Center > Appearance & Themes >Styles

nope that doesnt work :(

I would like to know too, maybe someone could have look at my thread too: https://mandrivausers.org/index.php?showtopic=44264

after running alsaconf a few times alsa was working again and I guess the missing button is a bug http://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=34794

for some reason alsa ins't started anymore and also the option to choose sound drivers from mcc has disappeared, see screenshot:

strange it works now :) no idea what I did though....

I tried to uninstall some unneeded software using urpmi_rpm-find-leaves but now my nvidia driver doesn't work anymore, I tried to reset up the driver but I get the following error from XFdrake Preparing... ####################################################### warning: x11-driver-video-nvidia-current-100.14.19-1mdv2008.0: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 70771ff3 1/4: x11-driver-video-nvidia-current ####################################################### 2/4: dkms-nvidia-current ####################################################### Error! DKMS tree already contains: nvidia-current-100.14.19-1mdv2008.0 You cannot add the same module/version combo more than once. 3/4: nvidia-current-kernel-desktop-latest ####################################################### 4/4: nvidia-current-kernel-2.6.22.9-desktop-2mdv ####################################################### Running module version sanity check. nvidia-current.ko.gz: - Original module - No original module exists within this kernel - Installation - Installing to /lib/modules/2.6.22.9-desktop-2mdv/kernel/drivers/char/drm/ depmod..... DKMS: install Completed. nvidia-current, 100.14.19-1mdv2008.0: added nvidia-current, 100.14.19-1mdv2008.0, 2.6.22.9-desktop-2mdv, i586: installed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- More information on package x11-driver-video-nvidia-current-100.14.19-1mdv2008.0.i586 This driver is for GeForce FX and newer cards. Use XFdrake to configure X to use the correct NVIDIA driver. Any needed packages will be automatically installed if not already present. 1. Run XFdrake as root. 2. Go to the Graphics Card list. 3. Select your card (it is usually already autoselected). 4. Answer any questions asked and then quit. If you do not want to use XFdrake, see README.manual-setup. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Using `/etc/nvidia-current/ld.so.conf' to provide `gl_conf'.

yes off course you can but try to use apt again, you won't be able to untill you resolve the "broken" packages......I know it should just be just a matter of disabling a checkin apt but none the less it is very very annoying, but I decide when something is broken not the package manager and I decide if I want to continue not the package manager....