DragonMage

It seems that you need hcfusbmodem, driver, not hcfpcimodem driver. Unfortunately I cannot find the free version of the driver unless you are using PowerPC. So I guess you have to buy the driver. But I think it's better to buy an external serial modem instead than spending 15 bux for the driver. Sorry I cannot be of any more help.

I think this problem is caused because you use "cable select" in the master/slave configuration in your DVD-ROM. Try changing that jumper from cable select to master or slave, depending on what you want (in your case, it maybe better for master).

Have you try removing the .OpenOffice directory and retry the command? Anyway isn't the tarball from OOo is different in way of installation? That is, you have to do net installation first then local installation before you can run it? And I think the command for the tarball version is soffice, not oo<whatever>

Not exactly. If you have kernel 2.6.x, then you don't need NForce driver, but if you are running kernel 2.4.x, then you will need NForce driver for the built in NIC. You may also need the NForce driver if you want support for more than two speakers. Anyway, the driver for NForce is also located at NVidia's site. And the installation method is the same as NVidia graphic driver.

What are the exact model numbers for those two modems? Anyway, have you looked at http://www.linmodems.org and http://freewebhosting.hostdepartment.com/g...c/winmodem.html to see if your modem is listed? Those sites usually have more information about your modem and whether they work in linux or not.

It is not the filesystem itself, but how it is partitioned. Some drives check as primary partition while others as extended partition. I have a few usb key disks in the office and they are all mounted differently. One as /dev/sda1, another as /dev/sda2 (not sure how they make a second primary partition in a one partition storage device but there you go), while another as /dev/sda5 (extended partition). I found that USB 1.1 drives is a bit more problematic than 2.0 Anyway, try deleting all the lines in /etc/fstab that has something to do with the USB key drive (anything with /dev/sda* pretty much) and try plugging it again.

I am not sure if the Mandrake printed manual is worth it. You can see the pdf of the manual even in the download edition. Anyway, finding a good book for linux is hard since it depends on your taste in writing. The unleashed series book is not that great of series imo. Now, I haven't read RedHat Linux 9 Bible yet, but I have read other books in the Bible series and I found the series to be pretty good. Anyway, I heard that the Definitive Guide to using Linux Mandrake is a good book to teach about Mandrake Linux in particular, but that book is too expensive for my taste, so I haven't read it. My advice is just to bug a person knowledgable in Linux to teach you to use Linux :)

Not only that it is a winmodem (conexant hcf chipset), but it seems that you have to buy the driver from http://www.linuxant.com . I think there is a demo version of the driver that is limited to 14.4k speed to test if the driver works with your usb modem or not. Anyway, here is the link for the spec for that particular modem. http://freewebhosting.hostdepartment.com/g...kc/usblist.html http://freewebhosting.hostdepartment.com/g..._cnh56dusb.html And the link for the driver http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/hcf/full/downloads.php Good luck.

Well.. by all means.. do.. The great thing about Mandrake 10.x series is trying kernel 2.6.x. Hyperthreading is supported fully on kernel 2.6.x so acpi=on will use hyperthreading also.

You know.. it's hard enough to navigate X Window with only 2 buttons, now you want to use only one button? Anyway, have you tried mousedrake and set your mouse as a 1 button mouse? Maybe it help that way.

Well.. let's do this step by step. First, try faxing with efax, does it work? It is a lot simpler to use so if it works with efax, then the fax modem works. Second, the explanation about /dev/ttySx is basically the same thing as serial (com) port in MS Windows. /dev/ttyS0 = com port 1, /dev/ttyS1 = com port 2. Since your modem is PCI, this thing doesn't apply to you, since winmodems basically emulate com ports in Windows using the driver. Now, can you point it to /dev/modem instead? Efax allows this but since I don't have hylafax installed, I don't know whether hylafax allow it.

Now that is weird. If you are using Mandrake 10 (with kernel 2.6.x) you should have a /etc/modprobe.conf. Anyway, try loading the module manually by typing this command as root modprobe ehci-hcd

Since it works when you mount it manually, I guess there is something about how the flash disk is formatted that makes it not mounted automatically.

Hmm.. it seems that there are the acer only loads usb-uhci module which is only usb 1.1 driver. In order to have usb 2 support, ehci-hcd module needs to be loaded also. Anyway, what does your /etc/modprobe.conf say?

Well.. considering that maximum fax speed is about 14.4k, 33.6k is a fast modem :) The tutorial in hylafax ( http://www.hylafax.org/howto/ ) seems to be updated last on August 2004, which is pretty recent for me. Also, it seems that how hylafax is installed and setup hasn't changed that much throughout the years. Anyway, here are some more tutorial places. Hopefully it will help http://www.networknewz.com/2002/0621.html http://linux.cudeso.be/linuxdoc/hylafax.php Anyway, my last advice.. ditch the PCI modem and get an external serial modem. PCI modem is usually winmodem and not that well supported under linux.

There is this article regarding basic for linux http://www.devchannel.org/devtoolschannel/...2/1359202.shtml It seems that your best bet from this article is wxbasic which can be downloaded from http://wxbasic.sourceforge.net/index.php I have forgotten the many dialects of basic. I do remember that the BBC Micro dialect of Basic is different from IBM PC and Commodore 64. Anyway, read the article and see for yourself. If you need any help in installing any of those software, don't be shy to come to us.

Actually, it's the lack of availability of affordable broadband. That's why piracy and viruses is so rampant in Indonesia because they just pirate the stuffs (including antivirus software) and don't even bother to update their software (since most of the updates comes from the internet). So, no testing for me until I can get affordable broadband.. which won't reach Indonesia until oh.. about 2 years.

Have you tried deleting/renaming your ~/.gaim directory and setting your gaim back from scratch to see if it works?

Well.. there is an rpm called yabasic in the contrib section of Mandrake. But since I haven't installed it, I don't know whether it is the one that you need. To install it, just go to http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/ to setup your contrib mirror into your urpmi database. Then use rpmdrake and search for yabasic. Good luck.

Well.. I think I'll wait until FC3 goes final and is available in Indonesia before I tried it. I have yet to try FC2.

You know, I am not sure whether we allow posting commercial applications like partition magic on the board. Anyway, you can always use qtparted to resize partitions. It's open source, free, and graphical. If you have a knoppix handy, qtparted is already in there.

As long as you put thac's repository into your urpmi database and use urpmi (or rpmdrake) to install it, I don't think it will have any dependencies problem. Of course, making it work the way you want it may be entirely a different problem altogether. It is a .0 release after all. You may need to rename your ~/.kde directory to something else like ~/.kde-old and let KDE 3.3 rebuild your ~/.kde directory just in case the old configuration doesn't mix with the new KDE.

I think you pushed the panic button too soon. Should've checked what process that takes CPU power that high so that you can prevent that process from running. For all you know.. it could be amule that takes that much cpu power.

It's not that popular actually since you can only use one program (that is Nero) to use nrg. Besides, the format is closed and I think not that standard. ISO and bin/toc on the other hand are used much more often since there are multiple burning programs that uses those format (in fact for ISO, almost all burning programs support that format).

As far as I know, there is only one distro that supports tablet pcs out of the box. That one is Lycoris Tablet PC Edition. It is not free (as in beer) though so no downloadable ISO.