praveenmarkandu

where do i get these codecs and how do i install them?

do i need to download the ndiswrapper? cause when i select that option it wants to install it but then fails. thought it would be ont the Mandriva 2006 DVD

thank you ianw1974. if you are anywhere near nottingham i will take you out for a drink

 
/etc/firmware/ipw-2.2-boot.fw
/etc/firmware/ipw-2.2-bss.fw
/etc/firmware/ipw-2.2-bss_ucode.fw
/etc/firmware/ipw-2.2-ibss.fw
/etc/firmware/ipw-2.2-ibss_ucode.fw
/etc/firmware/ipw-2.3-boot.fw
/etc/firmware/ipw-2.3-bss.fw
/etc/firmware/ipw-2.3-bss_ucode.fw
/etc/firmware/ipw-2.3-ibss.fw
/etc/firmware/ipw-2.3-ibss_ucode.fw
/etc/firmware/ipw-2.3-sniffer.fw
/etc/firmware/ipw-2.3-sniffer_ucode.fw
/etc/firmware/ipw-2.4-boot.fw
/etc/firmware/ipw-2.4-bss.fw
/etc/firmware/ipw-2.4-bss_ucode.fw
/etc/firmware/ipw-2.4-ibss.fw
/etc/firmware/ipw-2.4-ibss_ucode.fw
/etc/firmware/ipw-2.4-sniffer.fw
/etc/firmware/ipw-2.4-sniffer_ucode.fw
/usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/ipw-2.2-boot.fw
/usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/ipw-2.2-bss.fw
/usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/ipw-2.2-bss_ucode.fw
/usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/ipw-2.2-ibss.fw
/usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/ipw-2.2-ibss_ucode.fw
/usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/ipw-2.3-boot.fw
/usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/ipw-2.3-bss.fw
/usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/ipw-2.3-bss_ucode.fw
/usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/ipw-2.3-ibss.fw
/usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/ipw-2.3-ibss_ucode.fw
/usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/ipw-2.3-sniffer.fw
/usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/ipw-2.3-sniffer_ucode.fw
/usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/ipw-2.4-boot.fw
/usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/ipw-2.4-bss.fw
/usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/ipw-2.4-bss_ucode.fw
/usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/ipw-2.4-ibss.fw
/usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/ipw-2.4-ibss_ucode.fw
/usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/ipw-2.4-sniffer.fw
/usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/ipw-2.4-sniffer_ucode.fw
/usr/share/doc/ipw2200-firmware-2.4
/usr/share/doc/ipw2200-firmware-2.4/LICENSE

i think its odd that i have so many different versions of firmware installed

 
[root@localhost ~]# rpm -qa |grep ipw
ipw2200-firmware-2.4-1plf

so something is installed. did the easy-urpmi again just to be sure. for main, contrib, pfl-free,pfl-nonfree and updates it tells me that they already exist. thanks for helping me ianw1974

this is frustrating as it is. this is why people dont move to linux. its not out of the box. i knew i had to jump through some hoops with this OS but im at a loss here.

im supposed to follow this i think ---> http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/INSTALL ( but to be honest i have no idea what this stuff is. im too new at this)

whats worse still is i cant install the latest IPW2200 driver (ipw2200-1.1.3.tgz) and Mandriva keeps asking me for the firmware v2.3. but then tells me No Device Found when i put it in /lib/hotplug/firmware

can someone help me fix this heap of problems? it seems everything is dependant on something else and im going around in circles.

TIA

why are people afraid?

the answer is simple. too much crap to write in the console. what use is a computer if its devices dont work?

im pissed cause im having my own problems with kernels and what not

these are my system specs:

Acer TravelMate 4102WLMi:

Pentium M 1.73GHz, 533MHZ FSB, 2MB L2 cache | 512MB DDR2 (2x256MB in dual chanel) |60GB HDD, 7200rpm | DVD-RW | ATI Mobility Radeon X700 64MB (PCI-e) | 15.4" WXGA wide TFT LCD | 802.11b/g wireless | Bluetooth |

i have just got this system up and running. but the wireless connection was very fickle. i had to redo the connection a few times cause it would just connect. at first it would just ask for ipw2200 firmware 2.3

when i go to hardware it tells me

Warning

The following packages need to be installed:ipw2200-firmware, bluez-utils

YES NO

then i select ?Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200BG and choose run config tool ---> wireless connection--> unknown (ipw2200) ?Intel Corp | Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200B -->and it gives me:

Error

No Device Found

OK

what do i do to fix this? what firmware and drivers do i need? im not even sure what i messed up so is there any way to start from scratch?

much help appreciated. thank you :)

oh... and i successfully istalled firefox 1.5.0.4 its a big deal for a newbie like me :D

ianw1974 YOU ARE THE MAN!!!

helped me single handedly. everything is all good now. got my resolution fixed and even my wireless :). when firefox is loaded up its a bit slow... but then again firefox has a big footprint and i have a tiny swap partition

so im going to download GPart and resize all my partitions to make space for 10GB just for mandriva. on my laptop i have an orange button lit by an LED ( to signify if its on or not) doesnt work in mandriva :( and sometimes the wireless just dies. in mandriva 2006 it ask for firmware 2.3 for my ipw2200. would i get better results with the new 3.0?

thanks for all your help dude

linux noapic worked. it started to boot the kernel and load a bunch of stuff but in the end it went to a blank screen. so i pressed CTRL+ALT+F1. which i think brougght up X

however when i tried to load the rpm it gave me 3 errors:

error: failed dependencies:

libexpat.so.1 is needed by fglrx_4_3_0-8.26.18-1.i386.rpm

libstdc++.so.5 is needed by fglrx_4_3_0-8.26.18-1.i386.rpm

libstdc++.so.5(GLIBCPP_3.2) is needed by fglrx_4_3_0-8.26.18-1.i386.rpm

so i ran mcc like you said which launched XFDrake. this is what i chose

graphics card:XORG/Vesa

monitor: Flat Panel 1280x800

resolution: 1024x768 24pp

this configuration works with the Test

using 1280x800 res doesnt work :( however, next time i reboot and choose linux noapic it loads mandriva fine and i can use and see the GUI ( at 1024x768 res unfortunately). new questions.

how do i automate "linux noapic" and how come my driver from ATI's website doesnt work ? where can i get one that works cause looking at a 4:3 resolution on a widescreen sucks. thank you.

*edit: also tried to load the rpm in mandriva GUI. didnt work for what its worth*

okay. i took a leap of faith by installing mandriva on the X drive. i know its small but i just wanted to see everything would work before i start to make my final transition.(hopefully switch fully to mandriva)

when i get to the LILO boot screen i have 4 options: Linux, linux-nonfb, failsafe and windows

linux: screen goes blank and i can hear my system fan go crazy so i know its processing something and something is going on in the background but i cant see it

linux-nonfb & failsafe : tells me

..................................................

BIOS data check successful

Uncompressing linux.......OK, booting the kernel

it then just stalls at that. i cant press CTRL+ALT+F1 like you said cause i dont think anything has even loaded yet

windows: gives me what im using now. thank god for dual boot :)

thanks for your fast replies ianw1974. i really appreciate your help

the thumbnail is my disk what my HDD consist off. C is my windows installation. D and E are my data and music. all are NTFS formatted. X is upartitioned space and not formatted. if i load mandriva onto drive X and then choose to delete mandriva (by deleting the partition) would i have to go and fix my master boot record afterward?

and i dont think mandriva can write to NTFS. but it should be fine reading my data from D and E right?

these are my system specs:

Acer TravelMate 4102WLMi:

Pentium M 1.73GHz, 533MHZ FSB, 2MB L2 cache | 512MB DDR2 (2x256MB in dual chanel) |60GB HDD, 7200rpm | DVD-RW | ATI Mobility Radeon X700 64MB (PCI-e) | 15.4" WXGA wide TFT LCD | 802.11b/g wireless | Bluetooth |

okay. this is my problem. install goes fine until the last stage where i have to choose a graphics driver. as you can see i have an ATI Mobility x700 PCI-E. i dont know what graphics driver to choose. i've tried VESA which didnt work and i also tried Vendor/ATI/Radeon which also didnt work. i get to a boot screen with options when i boot up. but after that my screen goes blank probably cause i have chosen the wrong drivers.

i just downloaded "fglrx_4_3_0-8.26.18-1.i386.rpm" from ATIs driver page for linux notebook graphics. im pretty sure this is my hallelujah but how do i install this when i dont have a sceen to see what im doing? and what media do i put this RPM in? CD? DVD? Flash drive? on my HDD on a different partition?

please help me. i really wanna migrate off this micro$oft crap i've been using for too long. TIA