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I´d like to know if it´s possible to get sound from all my speakers on my Creative Audigy 2, it has 6.1 sound but right now there´s no sound coming from my mid front and back speakers. I´m using the alsa driver from the 2006 (1.0.9b) installation, are there any better drivers available?

I have a normal acount, they don´t have pop access.

This worked but is there also a way to permanently enable browsing ntfs for normal users?

Okay, solved it by selecting another sound driver :)

Yes and an IDE The stick is not mine, I borrowed it from a friend to get some files, he only uses windows ;) Could you please tell how to access the stick? B)

I have no sound in Helix Player eg. in this stream when chosing the real stream*: http://portal.omroep.nl/mplayer?mpstream=r...www.rvu.nl/kvw/ (*go to ¨ instellingen¨ and select real, then select ¨opslaan¨ and ¨af spelen in externe speler¨ to start the stream ) (Mandriva 2006.0) (edit: my sound is working, I already checked, I also cheched the volume slider in Helix)

After unplugging , this is what is says: # This file is edited by fstab-sync - see 'man fstab-sync' for details /dev/hda3 / ext3 defaults 1 1 /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom iso9660 user,iocharset=utf8,noauto,ro,exec 0 0 /dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom2 auto umask=0,user,iocharset=utf8,noauto,ro,exec,users 0 0 /dev/hda2 /mnt/win_c vfat umask=0,iocharset=utf8 0 0 /dev/sda1 /mnt/win_c2 ntfs umask=0,nls=utf8,ro 0 0 /dev/hda5 /mnt/win_d vfat umask=0,iocharset=utf8 0 0 /dev/sda2 /mnt/win_d2 ntfs umask=0,nls=utf8,ro 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 I didn´t do anything, I´m a nOOb ;)

Okay looking through the forum here´s my fstab file: # This file is edited by fstab-sync - see 'man fstab-sync' for details /dev/hda3 / ext3 defaults 1 1 /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom iso9660 user,iocharset=utf8,noauto,ro,exec 0 0 /dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom2 auto umask=0,user,iocharset=utf8,noauto,ro,exec,users 0 0 /dev/hda2 /mnt/win_c vfat umask=0,iocharset=utf8 0 0 /dev/sda1 /mnt/win_c2 ntfs umask=0,nls=utf8,ro 0 0 /dev/hda5 /mnt/win_d vfat umask=0,iocharset=utf8 0 0 /dev/sda2 /mnt/win_d2 ntfs umask=0,nls=utf8,ro 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/sdb1 /mnt/DATA_XXX ntfs pamconsole,exec,noauto,noatime,utf8,iocharset=iso8859-1,managed 0 0

I get the following message when I try to enter my USB stick: Could not enter folder /mnt/DATA_XXX., is there anyway to get it working? (Mandriva 2006.0 / i686, 2.6.12-15mdk/ KDE 3.5.1/ Dell Dimension 4600)

Okay, I installed v 2.00 (2.01) was not available yet and everything is working.

As I only understand catalan poorly I don´t know where to find these options of course ;) To install OO 2.01 can I just install the packages and will it automatically uninstall OO 1.1.5?

For some reasom Open Office seems to be installed in catalan ( ???? I believe) anyway how can I set the language to english? (ie. the language used for all the menus etc.) I don´t understand catalan and am having a hard time going through the options. Mandriva 2006.0 /OO 1.1.5

Hi, Under Windows I used a little program called hotmail popper to get my hotmail through a regular email client, does a similar program exist for Linux?

Got it working, I DL´ed all the packages from KDE 351 and everything looks beautiful :)

Okay, after the int 3 command, urpmi nvidia worked and I´ve got something of a GUI back, but KDE still doesn´t work. (btw I see that I cross posted, sorry about that)

okay I found a file called xorg.conf in the root (??? don't know if you call it like this under *nix 'cause it's not actually /root) directory, so now a stupid question which command do I use to edit (I am a nOOb afterall):S

I do get the black screen, it tried looking in etc/ for the file xorg.conf but there wasn't any such file :s I have a feeling my ethernet isn't up either in failsafe, it says it's unable to resolve the host

Okay, I went ahead with the install of 3.5.1 anyway and also tried te reinstall the nvidia driver but that didn't help

Yes, so I would just reinstall the driver as usual (ie. from failsafe sh nvidia-blabla.run)? and thing would work again? If it won´t work, is their anyway to go back to KDE 3.4.2

Yesterday I tried installing 3.5.1 everything seemed fine, I logged out and then saw the nice looking new log in screen with the clock but it was impossible to login, I just got a black screen and then it reverted to the login screen, this happened for all users. Any ideas what happened? Anyway I reinstalled from scratch but I would like to try again and also know a way to go back to 3.4.2 from the failsafe mode because that still worked but I had no idea what to do...

It strange, I tried another re-install and the rpm still does not have an association. Another weird thing is "man" from the console did not seem to work either. Might try burning another CD :s

As it was just a nearly fresh installation I decided to re-install, the problem seem to be fixed :) Altough I know have a totally unrelated problem .rpm files don't install anymore, instead I get a dialogue box asking me which program I want to use to open. With the other install these installed without any problem :(

Thanks for the quick answer but my security setting is ¨Standard¨ (btw when logged in as root and trying to log out the other options are also missing)

Hi I´m new to Linux and just installed Mandriva 2006.0 this week, previously I played a little bit with Knoppix. I have one question ( for now.... :) ) : When I log out I´m not offered any options except for ¨End current session¨, I went to K Menu->System->Configuration->KDE->Components->Session Manager I ticked the ¨Offer shut down options¨ but it doesn´t seem to work. Any help appriciated :) [moved from Tips & Tricks by spinynorman - welcome aboard :)]