Mhn

The C++ compiler is called gcc-c++, follow zibi1981's advice and then

urpmi gcc-c++

I downloaded azureus and couldnt get it to work. Perhaps its because I dont have java installed. I am new to linux and have no idea how or where to get java.

If you install it via Mandriva Control Center it should select java at the same time, if you have done what it says here in the wiki or here for a direct link.

It is possible that it show the size of the unpacked packages, I know that apt-get and/or aptitude do this.

https://mandrivausers.org/index.php?showtopic=33714

works for mdv2007 too

oh the joys of finding out new things:) I did try to install firefox2 but it keeps saying it is missing that .so file and have tried eveeerything on the net to get it working to no avail

How are you trying to install it? It's in the repositories for mdv2007, so you should just need to install the updates to get it.

It works quite well with my laptop (see sig.) with mdv2007, using klaptop.

However, sometimes after I start it again the fan doesn't go at all or it goes all the time. Or maybe that was when suspending to ram?

Haven't done it in a while now, but I once had an uptime on my laptop at 11 days when I hibernated during the nights.

After a suspend to ram tty1-6 disappear for me.

On my sister's computer (Dell X200, mdv2007) I managed to set up both suspend to ram and disk without issues by using pmsuspend (in package suspend-scripts) and hibernate (package hibernate) instead of klaptop.

If the PCLinuxOS live cd is truly a fully functional cd, awesome, I've already got it and won't have to download anything else. When I burn it to disc, do I need to take everything out of the folders and put them out front, especially the vmlinuz file, so it can boot from the cd, or should I leave it all as is and go with it?

If you use k3b you can just choose "burn image to cd", and if the iso is bootable it should boot.

Have you set up in the BIOS that the computer boots from cd?

Take a good look to where the files are installed with adobe rpm, konqueror and mozilla cant locate it, now check what mde flashplayer rpm does.

$ ll /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 39 Jan 17 17:39 /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so -> /usr/lib/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so*

$ ll /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox-2.0.0.1/plugins/libflashplayer.so lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 39 Jan 17 17:39 /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox-2.0.0.1/plugins/libflashplayer.so -> /usr/lib/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so*

$ ll /usr/lib/opera/plugins/libflashplayer.so lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 39 Jan 17 17:39 /usr/lib/opera/plugins/libflashplayer.so -> /usr/lib/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so*

The one from adobe made these for me at least... :unsure:

the first r-x means that the owner can read and execute the file, but not write to it (or delete it). The second r-x is for the group and the last is for everyone else.

Take a look at this page, under Permissions.

I see that you have xorg.conf there so

vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf

shall open the file for you... make sure you have written it correctly.

I tried that, but when I get to the "vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf" step, I just get a blank file.. What do I do then?

Are you sure you have written exactly like that? With all spaces and slashes?

What gives

ls -la /etc/X11/

?

Have you installed updates yet?

If you can't use old_MandrivaUpdate to update, you can do it with:

urpmi.update -a
urpmi --update --auto-select

set up your repositories using easy-urpmi (link at the top of this page), then install package ipw2200 using "install packages" in mandriva control center.

$TMPWATCH_EXCLUDES is a variable which i think should be set in /etc/sysconfig/tmpwatch

Take a look there after a line:

TMPWATCH_EXCLUDES = something

I've installed mplayer-plugin from urpmi, and maybe some more:

$ ls /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/
libtotem-basic-plugin.xpt		mplayerplug-in-qt.xpt
libtotem-complex-plugin.xpt	  mplayerplug-in-rm.so
libtotem-gmp-plugin.xpt		  mplayerplug-in-rm.xpt
libtotem-mully-plugin.xpt		mplayerplug-in.so
libtotem-narrowspace-plugin.xpt  mplayerplug-in-wmp.so
mplayerplug-in-gmp.so			mplayerplug-in-wmp.xpt
mplayerplug-in-gmp.xpt		   mplayerplug-in.xpt
mplayerplug-in-qt.so

I haven't touched that folder but have insttead installed java and flash manually here:

$ ls .mozilla/plugins/
flashplayer.xpt*   libjavaplugin_oji.so@  libunixprintplugin.so*
libflashplayer.so  libnullplugin.so*

All plugins work ok. Didn't know about /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/ until now.

If you cant ping google, try to ping some ip-number.

if that works, check that you have any nameserver in /etc/resolv.conf

Have you tried to update the bios? To my laptop it came an update that redused the time the fan was on, or something like that...

Whats the output of 'top' if you run that from a konsole, it will show you if some app is using a lot of cpu, and causing the slowdown. Press 'q' to get out of top btw.

Do you have the MSfonts installed? In the Mandriva Control Center you can manage fonts and have it import all your fonts from your Windows Installation.

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Do you know the exact name of this program? I searched and couldn't find it. My fonts in Firefox are also ugly

drakfont

or

MCC -> System -> "Manage, add and remove fonts. Import Windows fonts."

Maybe root doesnt have write permissions on urpmi.cfg.

Type

ls -l /etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg

It shall look something like

# ls -l /etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6977 Jan  5 11:42 /etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg

where the "w" in that position means root can write to it.

I can see the mythtv rpm's for Mandriva 2006. But has anyone been able to find rpm's for the latest mythtv for Mandriva 2007?

# cat /etc/mandriva-release
Mandriva Linux release 2007.0 (Official) for i586

# urpmq -Y mythtv
mythtv
mythtv-backend
mythtv-frontend
mythtv-setup
mythtv-theme-gant
mythtv-theme-purplegalaxy
mythtv-theme-sleek
mythtv-theme-visor
mythtv-themes

# urpmq -i mythtv
Name		: mythtv
Version	 : 0.20
Release	 : 1plf2007.0
Group	   : Video
Size		: 1675239					  Architecture: i586
Source RPM  : mythtv-0.20-1plf2007.0.src.rpm   Build Host: kone.onse.fi
Packager	: Anssi Hannula <anssi@zarb.org>
URL		 : http://www.mythtv.org/
Summary	 : A personal video recorder (PVR) application
Description :
MythTV implements the following PVR features, and more, with a
unified graphical interface:

- Basic 'live-tv' functionality. Pause/Fast Forward/Rewind "live" TV.
- Video compression using RTjpeg or MPEG-4
- Program listing retrieval using XMLTV
- Themable, semi-transparent on-screen display
- Electronic program guide
- Scheduled recording of TV programs
- Resolution of conflicts between scheduled recordings
- Basic video editing

This package is in PLF because it depends on lame which is in PLF.

Is that the latest?

Have you done the Easy-Urpmi thing to set up internet repositories?

chown root:scanner

chmod 660

it's just enough to type urpmi old-rpmdrake to install it?

Yes.

First you have to become root, do so by opening a Konsole-shell, then write

su
(insert root's password)
urpmi old_rpmdrake

(press ctrl+d or write exit to stop beeing root)

Oh, and first use Easy-Urpmi to set up the internet repositories, otherwise you would only get a "no package with that name found".

are you trying to ssh to the server or logging in locally on it? Via X or whitout?

run:

urpmi.removemedia -a

or go to "select from where software packages are downloaded..." in MCC and remove the two last ones.