mightymulatto

Got you. So far I did use the mcc. It appears to be a rehash of what the installer went through when i first installed mandriva. BTW the card is a Radeon 9200. I totally did a number on my system causing it not to boot. Anyways I am reinstalling the os again. It's kinda funny that i'm using this card to do that install. LOL!. Anyways to be certain i need to edit inittab. The same modifications suggested earlier? 3 to 5? I did stumble upon emacs text editor. Is it ok to use that one?

I did log in with su and navigated to the /ect folder but did not find an initdefault file to edit. Is it hidden?

Hey guys! I'm calling on your vast knowledge again for help. Forgive me for not having specifics. I recently upgraded my Old ATI video card for a new one. The old one was an AGP interface and my new one is PCI. The system will produce basic video during post, go to the boot loader and began to load mandriva. The system then reboots and never makes it to KDE. I've read several posts already and none seem to mention this particular symptom. The card is an ATI 9000 series. I can get specific later if required. Any thoughts? There are several courses of action that is suggested in similar forums. Should I reinstall my old video card to get drivers and then reinstall the new card?

I got that one installed just now. Still getting the player error.

I'm new to linux and have conquered several HW problems drivers/ect. This is possibly my first SW problem. I am trying to play a DVD and am getting this error by kaffeine player. The disk is detected and the correct program loads. Is there anywhere where I can get this plugin or is there a modification I can make to the program or computer without downloading anything? Thanks in advance guys!

Thanks your your help. Logged in as root. And the install went successfully. Here's a stupid windows question. The device still shows up as unknown. Is there something else I'm supposed to be doing?

I'm very new to Linux and am wanting to learn how to get devices to work. I'm pretty literate and can follow directions and understand the comcepts pretty well, but I am having trouble installing a modem. Here is the text that I get. [paul@localhost intel]$ make clean cd coredrv; make clean make[1]: Entering directory `/home/paul/Desktop/Download/intel/coredrv' rm -f *.ko *.o *~ core make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/paul/Desktop/Download/intel/coredrv' rm -f *.o *.ko [paul@localhost intel]$ make 536 Module precompile check Current running kernel is: 2.6.8.1-12mdk /lib/modules... autoconf.h does not exist please install kernel source make: *** [check] Error 1 [paul@localhost intel]$ make install rm -f /etc/hamregistry.bin bash Intel536_inst running kernel 2.6.8.1-12mdk installing hamregistry, used for persistant storage install: cannot create regular file `/usr/sbin/hamregistry': Permission denied installing Intel 536 driver install: cannot stat `Intel536.ko': No such file or directory make: *** [install] Error 1 Obviously the portions outlined have problems. I don't think it's a syntax error. Can any one help me ? autoconf.h does not exist please install kernel source The above text also appeard after the first command. How do I install it? Scratch that. I followed directions and installed the kernel source. That's solved now my text error is: [paul@localhost intel]$ make install rm -f /etc/hamregistry.bin bash Intel536_inst running kernel 2.6.8.1-12mdk installing hamregistry, used for persistant storage install: cannot create regular file `/usr/sbin/hamregistry': Permission denied installing Intel 536 driver install: cannot create regular file `/lib/modules/2.6.8.1-12mdk/kernel/drivers/char/Intel536.ko': Permission denied make: *** [install] Error 1 Thanks your your help. Logged in as root. And the install went successfully. Here's a stupid windows question. The device still shows up as unknown. Is there something else I'm supposed to be doing? Ok. I actually made a connection and dialed another phone. Hard work seems to be done. Now just to configure the protocols and authentication. It still shows up as being unknown, but if the HW functions I suppose I could live with that. :)